Mexico weekly ledger., 1907-05-30
Cottonwood Springs.


b. one Reuben oEourke Din
on with the peekaboo waist.
Bert Wright is tilliue the soil fol
Charlie Brown this year. Bert is 4
hummer to a beautiful fare-you-well.
Oscar Bennett, who has been sick,
Is much better.
"I'm the fellow that waited at the
church. I'm the fellow that you left
in the lurch.n
W. B. Marshall is home from Santa
Fe, where be has been at the bedside
OF NJ. B. Wiikerson, who has been
quite III, but is now some better.
Jim o'Brien is train flagman on the
Branch road, near Darlington. Jim
has an eye that never sleeps.
DR.. Kanaly, Of East Lake, says be
now has a colored Irish valet In the
person Of one Bill Sullivan.
From the number OF pretty gowns
that a Cottonwood sweet girl is hav-
made we should judge that something
will be doing soon, probably In the
rosy month OF June,
Again Someone" got several OF the
boys to drinking Saturday night. 1t
is a measley shame. Why don't you
walk in the straight and narrow way?
Walter Hubbard writes back from
Montana that three OF his best dogs
were killed last week by bears. Walter
says be is having a rafting good time.
Walter Peck made the Ledger a
pleasant call Tuesday. Wherever you
find Col Peck you find sunshine and
lots Of it-blessed sunshine. Walter
has promised US a mess OF greens with
hog iole" on the side and we want
him to deliver the goods.
Col. Hendrix, the granitoid mer-
chant, is figuring with US on putting
down walks on the Pike and all around
the Indian Reservation, near the
Springs. Col. Hendrix works a Sarge
force of men and he is the man Of the
hour His work speaks for itself.
We hear that many OF Mexico's pee
pie at times are troubled with that
peSky disease, called brainstorm We
have had a little touch Of it, but gave
said little touch away. It's awful.
Col. Jim Tosson has about complet-
ed a tine residence for Mr.. McMaster
on West Boulevard. Col. Towson
steps aside for no man when IL comes
to welding the hammer and plane.
He is an Artist.
Miss Hattie Zaugg, an exceptional
ly pretty girl, is the guest Of Mrs Bob
Hooton. Mrs. Hooton will give a
big house party during Miss Zaugg's
stay at her home. Well be there.
Captain Patton, Of Monmouth, H.,
was the guest Of Walter Peck Friday.
Captain Patton is a gentleman OF
wealth.
Alex Babe Mckinley writes US
from Great Falls. Montana. that be
is prospering and enjoying himself.
Babe sends regards TO all his Mexico
friends and says II 1t was not for the
Ledger and our Driftwood be would
"repine and die away"
Manager Wat Woodbridge will make
no mistake If he appoints DR. Johnnie
Ball house physician Of the new and
greater Waverly. DR. Ball is 4 physi-
clan not TO be sneezed at.
Jim Gilpin and Dave Sullivan went
fishing Friday and Jim says they
caught a wonderful string OF fish.
They used liver and oxollne for bait.
Jim says the fish we're the largest ever
captured out Of Salt River and that
hts boarders will eat Dish for the next
two weeks, or probably a month.
What has become OF Fay Branstet-
ter, Grover Harris, Carl Sanford Jesse
Bratton and Art Landman, all Mex
leo boys. We haven't heard from either
OF them for several weeks and will
give 30cents for information for all OF
them. The last heard from them
they were counting ties' from the
west, headed for home They'll be
back il their feet don't wear out.
Walter Sannebeck says that Mr..
Chunks OF Driftwood was mistaken
last week when he said that he wal
ter was soon to marry a st. Charles
girl. Walter says the notice should
have read that his cousin, Meinhart
Sannebeck, will shortly marry q
Chillicothe girl. Walter is awfully
shy, and just at this time, we will be-
lieye him and let 'er go at that.
We was the guest Of Col rom Camp
ben,at the Planters Hotel Sunday and
we must say we never sat down to a
more sumptuous meal. Suffice it to
say, the feast was great. Col. Camp.
bell has a large number Of regular
b~oarders, and many OF Mexico's ladies
and gentlemen always take their din
ner at the Planters on Sundays. The
dining room was crowded and some
had 10 wait for the second table. Col.
Campbell has had charge OF the
Planters for about eighteen months
and has had a large patronage, turn
ing mauY away for want OF room.
There ate no better people on earth
than Col and Mrs Tom Campbell.
Our Chunks OF DriftwOod will ap-
pear in the Ledger about Thursday. IL
you have a chunk for US hand 1t in to
our business manager, Mr.. Ezra
Chunk, aud we will do the rest We
have a whole lot Of good chunks on
hand but II w we're TO publish one
third OF them we would be killed or
MANNED for life for telling the cold.
naked truth. There is a world OF
meanness going on in Mexico that
is close up 70 fierce and ought to be
aired, but we are afraid to tackle said
meanness-we will leave that for the
"other fellow" to do. We are awful
wise, but you a bet your sweet dear