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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
To Ex.COnfederates.

~ Ia -OVu4VUVL dIVos
You are hereby notified that
Camp No. $50 U. Q. will meet at
Court House at Mexico, Mo-, Sat
urday, Sept. 18th, at 2 O'Clock p.
m. Election of officers and other
important business to be transact
ed. By order of w. H. KEENAN,,
Commander.
R. S. Mckinney, Adjt.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

The electric railway project
seems as dead this week as tho it
had never been born.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13
THE ALFALFA CROP.
Can 1t Be Grown in This Section Of
Missouri


many Audrain county farmers:
Emporia, Kan, August S.
Harrison Parkman of this city
claims to be the man who brought
into and planted the first alfalfa in
the state of Kansas. 1t was in
1882, and the seed used by him
was brought from Chill.
The story of the introduction of
alfalfa in Kansas, as told by Mr..
Parkman, reads like a romance.
He had been travelling in the Cen
trail and South American countries,
in the interest of 16 American
manufacturing companies, and
was one of the pioneers among
travelling men who introduced
American goods into the Latin
American states and republics.
Parkmau says HAT only one man
preceded him. T. Winsor-who
in 1870, the year previous to Park
mans first trip, visited South
America in the interests of a hol-
low-ware mandatory.
1t was while in Santiago, Chill,
that Mr.. Parkman had his atten-
ton first called to alfalfa. He
was a guest at the home of an
American by the name of John
Henshaw, who resided near Santi-
ago. Henshaw had married
wealthy Chilan lady, the owner of
an immense ranch. This ranch
had been divided into forty-acre
fields, each field and the crop
raised on it being kept account of
separately and to itself, so profits
and losses on the different crops
could be easily ascertained. One
of these fields contained alfalfa,
and Mr.. Henshaw assured Park
man that eight crops had been an
nually gathered from the field for
the past eighty.two years, without
reseeding, and with one narrowing
annually, each January. Another
one of these forty acre plats con-
tanned alfalfa which had been
planted fifty seven years.
FIRST SEED PLANTED.
The wonderful amount of nutri-
ton contained in the alfalfa and
the wonderful crops raised were
impressed on the mind of Mr..
Parkman so powerfully that he
obtained seed for ten acrea, which
he brought to this (Lyon) county
and planted it at Sunny Slope
farm, two miles west of this city.
1t was a success from the start, and
the next year Mr.. Parkman fur
nished seed for ten acres to be
planted on the Blackshire ranch,
about twenty miles west of En-,
@ poria, in Chase county. Later Mr.
Parkman sent to California fol
more seed, as demand for it be-
came general, as the adaptibility
to this region became self-eviden
to all who had experimental will
it, as well as to those who, by OBJ
servatiOn, became aware of thu
same fact.
! The first alfalfa that came Il
Kansas was sold at 81 bushel
a Notwithstanding h e immens
+ amount raised, it has never dropped
below SO bushel, aud then Onl!
! for a very short time and has gen
I orally brou ght not less than So
o bushel.
Alfalfa is one of the most i'm
q pOrtant crops raised in Kansas, AN,
it is safe to say that there is hardl
a farmer in Kansas that does no
4 put in more or less alfalfa ever
year. What alfalfa is TO Kansa
I may be inferred from what Sena
tor e. v. Peterson of Norton
Kansas. said at at a meeting of th
State Board of Agriculture. Fl
said, Were called on to sa
. what single product of the so
1 would probably assume the great
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-13

Grade Oxford and COtswold
bucks, thorObred Duroc Jersey
bears, agent Page Woven Wire
fence. best fence on market. By
mutual phone or mail.
p. T. BRUCE,
Route l. Thompson, No.
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LIBEhTY.

a Ere 90 felI Saturday eyen-
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26
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his tears ceased and rising he
clasped his brothers hands, en-
claiming:
what a good fellow you are,
Pro. can't see why you never
git mad like me and Sissy, father
and the whole business firm, you
just g long laughin' even if it's
rainin' pitchforks, never thinkin
that one of 'em will hit you.
I'll have Their wood in a minute,
an you go and git me that old big
coat this here is wet and muddy. "
Seeing hope returned, Proctor
went back to the house, drew a
bucket of water, filled glass and
with it in hand went on tip-toe
to his mothers room. She smiled
as he bent to kiss her cheek and
as he gave her the water he asked :
Are you better, dearie? How
S Bene?"
"Oh, yes, much better, my boy,
but your father acted so strange,
can't YOU go find 'em. Look at
the baby, Pro. "
The boy called it a red mousie
and touched gently the soft fin
gers, saying: Il must 60 now,
motherl The rain has washed
away all the fencing and l guess
father has gone to the Burr paster,
Mary is playing with Blanch, call
her if you need anything till We
get back. "
The wood box was filled as Hal
promised, Mary was dressing n rag
doll for Blanch, and the two boys
went out to find old Spot and her
black calf.
The rain of the past week had
made of the creek a rapid river
and Proctor suggested that they
60 first to see if the water was up
to the bars in the Burr paster.
Hal consented and both boys
ran to the high bars made of wire
to keep out cattle, and there before
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26
For the Rouno tOout.]
A STORY FOR BOYS-PROC-
TORS IiIHT.

When it rains 81 radily for nearly
a week in the complaining season
in Kentucky, it requires more
than mere pati-nce to wait time
in which to grow iron constitution
and nerves. There were already
four children in John Harland's
family, and i seemed a strange
arrangeme It C Providence for
the poor de-nrued infant to put in
an appearance under such depres-
sing co.. iiions as rain and
wealth
"Lc,s all 'em Bene, father!
Pro, tor says it means pleasure,
an lebbe Their name will bring
hit ter EN-"
Looking at the small red face
+ his youngest born, and remem-
boring the twisted feet destined
never to walk, John Harland MUIR
INJURED under his breath the Ian
guage of the immortal bard:
What's in name?
That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell
as sweet. "
Then seeing the astonished look
of his wife, replied:
Eyes, the name will do, Polly,
and We can, at least, try to make
life pleasant and happiness to
the child.
Yet when he left the bedside
and entered the side room, where
two untidy-looking children were
quarreling over the dishes which
were unwashed, he felt within his
secret soal that his child's life
would have more of clouds than
of shine. That John Harland had
married beneath him was common
talk at THE Crossings, a small
village in which he lived. If in
marrying poor widow with a
pretty face and a kind heart,
without education and full of fool
ish vanity and pride, this might
we'll be admitted, for John Har-
land had come of a good family,
once reckoned as high toned and
among the weather. class.
just how he came to marry Mrs.
Manley had been mystery, but
he had tried to do good part by
an unfortunate mating. Chill
dren were born to them-callow
fiedgings who found but little
food to satisfy their open, hungry
mouths, for neither John Harland
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26

filled with firm white teeth, and a
smile that on the instant won
your heart. He picked up the
sobbiug child with her black kit
ten and kissing the trembling red
lips, whispered: PRO will take
care of babyl come let us wash
faces and then go see mother and
that little bird of hers. But be-
fore we 60 you must help Sissy to
wash dishes and III help bring
the wood for Hal. "
Tenderly as a woman he bathed
the child's face and hands, combed
the yellow curls and changed the
muddy shoes. The kitty was hid
den in safe place where the blue
eyes could not help but find it.
When she was made over as
Pro. said, she got the tea cloth,
climbed up in a chair and said:
Her me IL, Tizzy, me hep wipe
bitches dood," and Mary so far
forgot her ill-temper as to break
out in merry laughter.
You needn't bring in wood,
Procor, l kin soon wash up these
dishes. Halls heart is breakin'
because father spoke so cross,
please go out and talk ter him.
Proctor nodded his head but did
not 90 out, instead he brought on
another towel and wiped the
dishes as they were washed saying
that little Sis was helping right
wonderfully, and not until every
dish was put away and Mary was
sweeping the floor did he go find
Hal.
Hal was not at the wood pile
nor vet in the wood house, but he
was found in the hay loft lying
face downward in the hay con-
vulsed with sobs.
go way, Pro. !" he cried !
leave me alone! 1 won't have yer
alters a taggin' at my heels, an l
am a goin' to kill myself if father
don't kill me hisself befo' long"
"Did you know that Mr.. Brag's
old Spot had found a new black
calf in the creek paster? If you
had you wouldn't been crying up
here by yourself, that's certain, "
said this big brother in poverty
flats, a born diplomat.
Come, now, buddy, cheer upl
After we get the wood we can take
her home. Lookl the rain has
almost stoppped!"
Halls sorrow was only skin deep,
and though he had been wounded
to the heart by the harsh rebuke
of his father, yet at the touch OF
this divine wand - sympathy
which makes the whole world kin
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26

or his wife were frugal. A run Of
bad luck had followed them all
through the years, until now, at
the birth of this, the fifth child,
and he a cripple, the cup of misery
was full to overlooking.
He spoke to Mary. the dish
washer, a dark-complexioned girl
of ten, scolding her for her dirty
appearance, idle and careless
habits.
She answered saucily: Proc
tors been away. How does yer
'spose any girl could wash dishes
when Hal won't cut a stick NV
wood ter burnt" Hal, a curly
headed, brown-eyed lad of twelve
years, sat on the empty wood box
with angry tear-stained face, and
in answer to his fathers question
replied: THAT he would be dog
goned if he cut wood when hit was
rainin' pitchforks!"
go this minute!" Numbered
the angry father, ''and if that
wood isn't here in five minutes
and those dishes washed in as
given a time I'll thrash both of
you two within an inch of your
lives! See to it'll" Hal went out
making a mouth at his sister,
while the girl shook her finger
surreptitiously, and her curls
coquetishly.
If Bene was ever to receive
ray of sunshine in this neg
lected home it must come from
the two persons entering. Fair
little blue-eyed Blanche, five years
old, stood in the doorway with wet
clothes, muddy feet and the
brightest of childish faces, holding
in her chubby hands struggling
black kitten and crying out in her
sweet treble voice: "Okk fadder
me foun' kitty in de arter butet!''
Take that kitten from Blanch,
Mary, and try, for heavens sake,
to put some clean, dry clothes on
her! l do believe if things go on
like this while your mother is sick
shall have to 60 to the asylum. y
John Harland banged the door on
a screaming child, and plunging
into the mud and rain, walked on
and on until the demon Ct unrest
became weary of fighting and
conscience sat on a sad but
righteous Judge.
Behind Blanch came Proctor, a
tall, awkward boy of fifteen. His
large eyes were intense blue,
earnest and expressive of patience
and quiet loyalty. His face had
freckles and his hair was auburn
lred; big, good-natured mouth,
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26
LID ON HARD"

If the program, as outlined by
Gov. Beckham, Mayor Barth, etc,
is carried out, tomorrow will see
the lid on tight and hard in Louis
Vile, and all saloons, theaters,
ETC., will have to stay closed all
day.
Mira bile dictu!
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26

their frightened eyes FLOATING but
held by the wire) was the body of
a man drowned.
With breaking hearts and tears
streaming down their cheeks both
exclaimed in one breath: It's
father Oh, father!"
n. S. COX.
May %, 1906.
The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26

For every Headache cause there
is a cure. DR.. Shops Twenty
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it put into circulation congested
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The Frankfort roundabout. [volume] (Frankfort, Ky.) 1882-1908, 1906-05-26
OXFORDS

Dainty and cool Many styles here select FROM including the
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Also Pink, Blue and Grey Canvass Butcher Oxords.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

From reports received from various
parts OF the county excellent results
are being attained by the local
speakers who have been addressing
the people at the smaller towns and
school houses. Good audiences are
reported every night and much
interest in the issues of the campaign.
All that is needed is for the people
to be aroused so that the calamity of
two years ago may not be repeated.
La politics as 10 every other matter
of Importance eternal vigilance Is
necessary. 10 every community the
more active democrats ought to visit
those who are likely to neglect to
vote and urge them to be at the polls
November sixth.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

Secretary Shaw has agreed to sur.
reuder eighteen million dollars worth
of United S ates bonds now 10 the
treasury as security for deposits made
by the government with New York
banks and to accept in their place
high grade railroad and municipal
bonds provided these ponds shall be
used as a basis FOR Increased national
bank notes Shaw wants 60 make a
Demonstration OF the virtues Of an
elastic currencf This thing OF elias.
tic currency may enable gamblers to
30 greater lengths In stock specula
ton, and when the crash comes may
make the fan the harder.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

Says the Kansas Ci'y Journal:
fortunately for the people Of this
district IL doesn't matter whether
Wallace is for or against the PROPOSE
tiou. No matter how warmly he
favors it, II would be idle aad foolish
TO send him TO congress, fcr the
reason that he would not be able to
secure the appropriation or do any
thing else for the river. His election
would simply rep at the bluuders Of
the last dozen years in sending
Democratic congressman to Washing.
ton who had no influence with the
administration and could not have
secured an appropriation for the
river no ma I r how hard they tried. y
II The above is true the administra
zion referred to must be the most
corrupt Que in the history OF the
country and deserves to be wiped oil
the map.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

According to newspaper reports
Edison is again promising to send the
horse to the dime museum by the in
ventlon Of an everlasting motor sc
cheap that anybody can have one
Edison appears to have become some.
thing Of a fakir IN his old age Be
has been very liberal of promises in
late years
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

A studeut riot az Drury College Is
reported this week. If colleges are
not able to suppress these dlsorlers
with a strong hand the public author.
tues ought to do so. There is nc
sense in permitting the colleges tc
become the breeding places for the
spirit of anarchy.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

Circuit Clerk

The newspapers are trying TO make
a sensation over the Imprisonment Of
Ex Senator Burton OF Kansas. Burton
deserves no sympathy and the inter-
est manifested in his case is an IN
heslthy symptom.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

The merchants and shippers of
Kansas City and st. Louis generally
are said to be signing a contract to
pay to the new Nlssours River Packet
Company for 10 years 10 per cent OF
all reductions In freight which the
railroads may make between those
two cities.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27


new employment to wage Farmers in
Vermont or Minnesota, who might
produce these articles 10 furnace
heated greenhouses, if protective
duties were made high enough.
When republican orators talk about
the relation between tariff aud wages
the thoughtful listener IS driven to
wonder whether these speakers ever
gave thought to such a thing as the
law Of wages A protective tariff
must affect the price of the articles
protected, or else it could not benefit
anybody. II it raises the price OF the
commodities protected it must raise
the cost Of living to those who use
these commodities. 1t must thus in.
directly raise the wages or salaries Of
preachers, school teachers, bank clerks,
bookkeepers, teamsters, aud every
body, who mas TO have these things at
the same time and III tile same degree
that IL raises the wages OF those who
are employed in the protected indus.
tries. 1t would be extremely Difficult
to show that 1t would increase wages
of the latter in a different degree.
The mere fact that a tariff Of protec.
tion enables the manufacturer to a
higher wages affords no evidence that
ne does it. II ability to pay wages
had any appreciable effect upon the
rate OF wages, this rate would vary
greatly in different manufacturing
institutions in the same town, one of
which for any reason was very pros.
porous and another not so. And not
In manufacturing institutions only
but in all other kinds. Some OF the
banks Of Kansas City are exceedingly
prosperous and some Of them not at
all so. Yet the wages of clerks Of
the same grade 10 these institutions
are practically the saano and are oased
upon supply and demand and upon
the COST OF living in the station 10
which the employee is wanted to live
Double the supply Of applicants and
wages would be somewhat reduced.
Double the demand and wages would
be increased and 10 larger measure.
Double the cost of living and wages
would have to be increased Ia much
larger measure. If ability to pay
wares had anything appreciable to do
with the rate Of wages there would
not be a labor union 10 the anthracite
coal fields of Pennsylvania 1r ia the
Carnegie steel works of Pi.tsburg.
The wage scale is very much more
increased by e~nlarging the market for
the goods produced, thus increasing
the demand for employees, than b,
enlargtng the profits Of the employer
upon a diminished product. The
interest Of the wage Garner aud Of
the world at large is promoted IN far
greater degree by the production of a
million wagons, or harvesters, or
sewing machines, or clocks, and their
sale at a profit Of q dollar apiece than
by the production of ten of these
articles aud their sale at a profit of a
hundred thousand dollars apiece.
But a republican whose creed pre-
scribed from Oyster Bay consists 10
the two items "Stand pat" and
stand by Roosevelt" can never be
made to see it. So Mr.. Welborn'a
argument upon this subject was pretty
well received by his republican
brethren.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

The Loyal Gun berlaud Presbyterian
who have refused to be bound by the
action Of the majority Of theil
dent mlnation in effecting a union
with the Northern Presbyterian
church, have decided to 60 to law tc
get possession Of Missouri Valley
College at Marshall. L. viii doubt.
less be a hard fought legal battle.
with The chances against the
minority.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

II Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Kan
sas and Colorado would let our wealth.
er alone Missouri would become a
year around resort The people Of
this state are gettlag tired of being
imposed upon with the remnants OF
storms originating elsewhere.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

The Kansas City Star is beginning
to publish straw vote stories from
Kansas. The Stars interest in the
Kansas election is probably intended
to make up for its lack OF interest 10
the jackson county contest.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-10-27

Sir Thomas Upton a issued his
fourth challenge for a yacht race. II
1t is accepted this will be his fourth
attempt to lift the cup.