Mexico weekly ledger., 1906-01-11
Cottonwood Springs.


Correspondence OF the Ledger.
COTTONWOOD SPRINGS, Jan. a.-"He
that giveth to the poor, lendeth to
the Lord.p
Mrs Thomas Powell and her daugh-
ter, Miss Iyoe, r both quite sick. 1t
is to be hoped that both will be better
soon.
Mr. Meredith Armistead and sister,
who have been quite III, are much bet
ter.
Mrs John Fecht and Mrs William
Fecht, who have been Ill OF pneu-
monia, are much better.
Miss Edna Smith, Of Detroit, Mich
igan, who has been the guest of her
parents, Capt and Mrs Smith, just
west OF here, has returned to her home.
Miss Smith holds a lucrative position
In the Detroit schools.
Little Miss Laura Pratt, daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs Joseph Pratt, Of Mex
leo, was the guest Of her little friend,
Miss Stella Peck, Sunday. The little
folks were given a good dinner and
they had q great time. Ofcourse they
had their dolls and they had a good
time too.
Miss Vera Bishop Is back from MI
ami and will resume her studies at the
North Side School.
Gideon Powell, son Of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Powell, is quite sick.
Col Ebert Trainer, OF Benton City,
was the guest Of his relative, Walter
Peck, Sunday. Col Trainer tells US
that Benton is on the boom and still
booming, and that the lid is closed
tight on Sundays and that the good
people down there either read their
Bibles or go to church on the Lords
day.
Nightwatch Jeff Sims tells US he will
not be a candidate for city marshall
at the approaching city election. JEFF
is a good man anywhere you place him.
DR. Ed Patton is spoken Of asi ''good
timber" for councilman from the
Third ward. DR.. Patton is In close
touch with the people OF his ward and
they would like to see him Mayor.
Tell your wife everything you know
or else she will tell more than you
want to know. This is official.
The first paper ever issued In Amer
lea was In the year 1704. 1t was call
ed the Cottonwood Springs Wasp.
Rube Dill was manager, James Ed
wards was editor.in-chief, and Mitch
ell White was the bouncer; Roy Key
was foreman, and Krip Sexton press
man. 1t was a great paper but vas
suppressed.
Barney Joung, just west Of here, Is
casting goo-goo eyes and wants q wife.
Guess he will have to wait till old
Santa Claus comes around again. Old
Claus always brings the boys what
they ask for. II you don't believe what
we say, Just ask Bob Hooton.
Mr.. Pease, Of Farber, who traded his
farm near that place, to Col Patton,
for his farm out here, will take pos
session March 1st.
Miss Linnie Bybee is home from q
to Galloway county friends.
Mr. and Mrs JET Sims gave a swell
dinner to Mr. and Mrs Robert Hooton
Sunday. The affair was a very pleas
ant one, and when the dinner hour ar
rived each and every n did well
their part and no''arrests were made.n
Mr. and Mrs Sims are superb enter
tanners and all had q rattling good
time.
Hog killing is on. Goat-killing Is at
an end. Our crop was great.
II Jerry Dermody consents to run
for Councilman from the Second Ward
we would very much like to see the
color Of the mans whlskers who can
beat him. Merit johnson wants the
Office but he's afraid Of Jerry.
DR.. Marks has a class Of twelve
beautiful young ladies Of whom he Is
instructions how to carve the
letter s and figure s on the ice. DR..
Marks is an ideal skater.
Jim Mckee carries In his pocket
our thanks for favors shown us dur
ing the holidays. Jim is a lifelong
friend Of ours and is one Of Mexico's
best business men. Later on we shall
tell you who he is, and from whence
he came