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acting for Player Davis, drew up the
original contract with the Chicago
club. 1t was a three year agreement,
1ron bound and riveted. At a subse-
quent date Davis signed another con-
tract with the New York National
league club.
The New York club sought to retain
Davis. regardless Of the Cincinnati
ward, and. in fact, did use him in one
same, despite vigorous protest from
Ihe American league. The Chicago
club was finally obliged 10 go into the
courts to enforce its contract, and John
M. Ward represented the player in the
proceedings
Davis was checkmated. but the Chi
cago club did not have his services in
The entire season. The cost of liti-
Eation 10 the Chicago club exceeded
$4,000. The entire transaction was
clearly a conspiracy, and a wanton
violation Of the peace pact entered into
at Cincinnati American league inter
ests must be considered and weighed
IN the construction of the national COM
mission each year.
1T is far from our purpose to say.
or even suggest. whom the National
league should elect its president, but
common sense and the interests Of
other parties 10 the agreement should
be considered if the present cordial re-
lations are TO continue.
The unbOunded prosperity the game
has enjoyed under its present govern
ment should serve as a safety valve TO
any prejudicial act that might tend 10
destroy a healthful. sound and sports
manlke condition in baseball"
OPPOSED TO 4 DICTATOR
Johnson said tonight that he was un-
altera bly, opposed to Charles W. Muir
phy-Wards Chief backer-becoming
dictator in theSba seban world.
His policies are far from being in
line with the ideas of men who have
been working for the development of
baseball said the American leagu
president, and would be ruinOus to
baseball II allowed TO continue. The
American league desires to continue
Ou friendly relations with its National
rital but can not do so If Murphy is
TO dictate the policy of the National
league and elect a man who has con-
sistentIy tried to tear down the fabric
we have established.
Mr.. Murphy stated. I believe. when
he first arrived here, that the Ameri-
can league was in favor OF a longer
schedule. and that all our club man
a agers advocated it, I have talked with
every man who has a financial inter
est in our teams and can not find any
one who desires TO have US play 16S
games in a season
'Ir. Murphy also has insinuated that
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Big Jim'S Old Teacher May
Train Him Again

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 13-Tommy
Ryan, the former middle weight cham
pion. may take an important hand in
training James J. Jeffries for his meet
ing with Jack Johnson. Ryan is at his
home in Benton Harbor, Mich. In let
ter to local promoter he states that
he will confer with Jeffries this week
and Jeffries has summoned Ryan for a
talk Ryan is credited with having
taught Jehries the famous crouch" po-
sition during the former champions
conQuering DAYS.
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Bungalow Club Holds Field
Meet and Barbecue

The Bungalow club held its annual
barbecue and field meet at lngleside
beach Sunday afternoon. The affair
was a success. Chef Boni de Ketingue
cooked the lunch to the satisfaction of
all the boys The athletic events re-
suited as follows:
80 yard dash. Dawson. Copt. Lennon: 100
yards. Rice. Mitchell, Johnson: 300 yards Fair
Stewart. Dufour: 40 yards. Cassidy. Jones. Grif-
fin; $50 yards. Holland. Mitchell. Johnson; two
mile run. Nunan, Rosencrantz, Moran high
jump, Dawson. Stewart, Rice; broad jump Stew
art Lennon, Griffin; fat mems face, Keating
Lindsay Hornburg.
The following committee had charge
of arrangements and acted as Judges:
Ed Keating, Jim Dawson, Al Fair, Doc"
Griffin, Dick Cassidy and Morris Griffin.
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Coliseum to Be Rebuilt as
Fight Pavilion

The Coliseum. which was burned re-
Gently. will be rebuilt on the same site.
Plans are being drawn TO construct a
pavilion for the purpose of holding
fights and other attractions, and the
structure will be built to accommodate
10, 900 persons.
According to the plans it will be the
grea test fight arena conceived here
since the days of the old Mechanics
pavilion
It will be a brick structure. with one
gallery and large main floor. The
pavilion will be built along the latest
lines, with the purpose of making the
center of the arena visible to specta-
tors in any part of the building.
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TWO BIG LEAGUES ON
VERGE OF GREAT WAR
President Ban johnson of Americans Charges
That Johnny Ward Aided Conspiracy
To Steal George DaOis

NIkW YORK. Dec The American league simply will tolerate
~ John N Ward being elected
John A Heydl according Johnson
president who
naean war
PUBLISHES TEXT OF HERMANN
As outlining his position the
meeting Johnson which
CHAIRMAN OF the national who instrumental ending the
between National
to froma
cyoft
sincerity O.
pact and the creation OF the agreement baseball
moved along broad
WARD ACTED AS ATTORNEY STEAL"
laws after he had been awarded the Chicago
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Tail Ender in the Marathon
Challenges Fitzgerald

Soldier King, who quit after run
ming 19 miles in the Marathon race
on Sunday, wants to race Jim Fitz-
gerald, the Irish-Canadian champion
at 5. 10 and Is miles. King wants the
distance to be IS miles, and he SAYS
he viii have the backing of the Pre-
sidio that he can defeat Fitzgerald.
King led for 10 miles Saturday and
he says the cold weather chilled Him
so that he was unable to show his
true form.
King says that he is better at Is
miles than over the Marathon course.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN
UNDER INVESTIGATION
Many Complaints Made to Sec
retary M. j. White of Society

According to the report of Secretary
M. j. White of the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Children there
were, during the month of November,
1856 complaints received by the society
involving 342 children. OF this number
202 were relieved, 38 placed in institu-
tions, II returned to parents or guard
ians and SO sent to the juvenile court
There were six prosecutions of adults.
four convictions and one case now
awaits sentence, while 20 cases were
settled out of court
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DR.. Roller to Meet Winner
OF Mat Contest

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-Something more
than the large end Of the purse and the
honors that go with victory will be the
reward OF the winner of the wrestling
match tomorrow night between Amer
icus. the Baltimore star heavy weight,
and Mahmout, the powerful Bulgarian
Arrangements were made yesterday
with DR.. B. F. Roller to come here
January 2 and meet the winner of this
contest at the Coliseum. Both men
have consented to this arrangement.
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WIFE OF LOCAL MAN
SUES FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Katie A. Stewart Charges
DeSertiOn

BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 13-Mrs. Katie
A. Stewart of this city has brought
suit here for divorce from her hus-
band. Daniel Stewart of San Francisco.
on the ground of desertion
They were married in Boston in 1903
and lived here until 1905, when, she
alleges, Stewart deserted her, going to
San Francisco, where he is now living.
Order of notice served by publica-
tion and returnable first Monday in
Januarv
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BIRTHS

ARNoID-In this city, November "a, 1909. to
the wife of Albert II. Arnold formerly Anna
Riley, daughter
this city, December 4, 1902 TO
the wife of Richard f. Frawley formerly
Matte Reed, daughter.
M0LIES--In Newport, WASH, December 2. 1909,
10 the wife OF j. Molles tnee Devening), a
daughter.
SoMERsTEIN-In this city, December o. 1909,
to the wife of Rev. Joseph Somerstein tnee
Rosaublattl. son.
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LOthrOp Wilmington Elected
Captain of Harvard

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. I3.-Loth-
rop Wilmington of Honolulu was
elected tom ght captain of the Harvard
football IAN. Wilmington is 20 years
old Last year he rowed No. 5 on the
varsity crew which defeated Yale. He
played left guard this fall. He is presi-
dent of the junior class.
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PRICE OF FLOUR GOES
UP in LOS ANGELES
MiIIers Make Second 20 Cent
Increase Within Week

LOS ANGELES, Dec 13.-For the sec
ond time within a week the price of
family and bakers -four has been in
creased 20 cents barrel by the Los
Angeles millers. AS & result, retail
quotations have increased 20 cents per
100 pounds. Bakers are considering a
reduction in the size of loaves of bread.
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FORMER PREACHER is
CONVICTED OF FRAUD
Found Guilty of Issuing False
Mining Prospectus

LOS ANGELES, Dec 13.-CharIes
Wesley McCroassan, formerly a Baptist
preacher of this city. was found guilty
tonight by jury in Judge Willis
court of issuing false prospectus to
aid the sale of stock in CordilIera min
ing company. Sentence will be pro-
nounced by Judge Willis Thursday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
SEEKS PUEBLO FRANCHISE

PUEBLO, Colo, Dec. 13-John HoI-
land, manager of the Wichita team of
the Western league, will be the owner
of the Pueblo franchise in that league
unless local people purchase the con-
tract next Friday. Holland will trans
fer the Pueblo franchise to ST. Joseph.
where ample capital is waiting to back
the team.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14
Elmhurst Tigers Win on
The Diamond

SAN LEANDRO. Dec. I3.-The Elm
hurst Tigers defeated the san Leandro
3Iaxweus in well contested game of
baseball Sunday AFTERNOON on the San
Leandro grounds, score 6 to 4. Pop"
Arlett pitched an exceptionally good
game and his batting was a feature.
The score.
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Birth marriage and death notices sent by mail
will not be inserted. They must be handed in at
either of the publication Offices and be indorsed
with the name and residence of persons author
ized to have the same published Notices re-
stricted simply to the announcement of the event
are published once in this column free of charge
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Y.M.C. A. to Hold National
Athletic Meet

NEW YORK. Dec ia national
athletic meet for members Of the
Young Mems Christian association, the
first Of its kind ever held under the
auspices of this organization, is sched-
uled 10 take place in New York city.
IN the last week OF January. 1910. As
sociations in many cities. including
Salt Lake. have already signified their
intention Of entering teams.
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san LEANDRO.
Total .-..-4....--.S1 4 6
SUMMARY

Earned runs-Ssn Beandro. I: Elmhurst. ,
Two base hit-CarI Zamloch. First base on
hsIIs-On Peterson, 4: Of Arlett, l. Struck
out-Bv Arlett S; By Peterson. 3; by Zamloch
3 Left on bases-San JeaDdro, 3 Elmhurst. T.
Double pIay-Wsrren 10 Westpshl. Sacrifice
hffs-Jonps ingram. Wild pitch-Peterson
Passed baIl-westphal ?. First base on errors
F-mhurst j; San Leandro. /. Innings pitched
Nv Peterson. z: by ZanlOch. 2. Charge defeat
"a Peterson Hits-Of Peterson. 9; Of Zamloch
i. Time Of game hours. Umpire-Larsen.
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MARRIAGES

TRIPLETT-ERETH--I this city, December
10 1909 by the Rev. ]. Fuendeling. James
Melvin Triplett of Seattle and Anna A. Kreth
of San Francisco
uBHAUs-UBHAUS- this city. December u,
1909, by the Rev. J. Fuendeling Captain
John H. Ubhaus Of Newark and Mrs. Katie
Ubhaus of San Francisco.
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Casey, public works commissioner.
acted as auctioneer and succeeded in
disposing of all boxes at a good price,
among the buyers being James Rolph-
Jr., Matt |. Sullivan, p. Broderick and
Michael Casey.
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COMPROMISE PROBABLE
IN SWITCHMEN'S STRIKE
Gompers Is Said to Have Rec
commended Step

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 13.-More talk
of compromise in the switchmen's
strike was heard today. President
Gompers, it is said. has recommended
such a step to President Hawley of the
switchmen's union.
A member of the strike committee
said a compromise was being, consid-
cred on the following basis:
Wages, cents an hour increase in
stead of cents asked.
over time. time and half, instead
of double time, holidays and Sundays
to be included as over time.
Age limit and physical examination
to be modified to a limited extent, in
stead of radical changes.
President Hawley declined to make
cfa q 7f
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Employees Will Meet

CHICAGO, Dec. 13.-The railroad
employees department of the Amer
ican federation of labor will meet in
ST. Paul next Saturday morning, ac-
cording to announcement made to-
night by H. B. Perham, chairman of
that department.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-14

HEINEMAN-In this city, December Is. 1907
Harry E.. dearly beloved husband of Estelle
G. Heineman son of Fannie Heineman and the
late Elias Heineman. aud brother Of Nose.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
New Things.

Mrs. S. N. Brown has had 11O
feet of cement walk made in front
Of her pleasant home.
c. B. Anderson has put in 7 more
street crossing for the city.
c. A. and Pm Jones are each
building a barn 36x5O feet.
John Campbell has put in $50
feet of cement walk.
Dan Sullivan now has a 118 foot
well with plenty of water.
Joshua Jarman is rebuilding his
barn.
j. H. Grady is adding one room
to his house.
M. P. Nolen is adding one room
to his home.
E. E. Kratz is having % feet of
cement walk and a cement block
front put in his business house on
South Main street.
Miss Martin is adding 2 rooms to
her home.
Mike Long is building a good
barn.
R. 7. Mudd is enlareing his home
by | room.
DR.. j. L. Reider is remodeline his
home.
Ole Olson is re-roofing his barn.
R. A. Spencer is building buggy
house and hen house.
Walter Hagan is building hen
house.
Albert Buckman is building hen
house 10x20 feet.
Riley Parsons is adding 1 room
to his home.
E. W. Campbell is re-roofing one
of his residences.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
Suit Case Found,

Last week a suit case was taken
from Hawkins & Nelson place of
business. 1t belonged to Mr.. Deimer.
Later it was found torn in two and
hidden in a hollow log. Simon
Lockhard of Tennessee, had taken
it, torn it open. put the contents in
to his own grip and shipped it to
Quincy. Lockhard was arrested,
told where the goods were and
they were recovered.
On account of his wife and two
young children he was not pun
ished.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
Broken Femur.

Coke Richard. the 14-year-old
step-son of ]. o. Gilson, took a ride
Saturday afternoon that proved
disastrous for him. His horse ran
away with him and dumped him
into the iron water tank at the
South park and broke his right leg
a few inches above the knee. Doc
tors Southern and McNutt reduced
the fracture.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
DemOCr ats Big Contest Should Interest You

town and boost the merchants bus
iness. No, / never gave an order
to a mail order house. but hundreds
of men do, simply because the mail
order houses advertise their goods
and the home merchant does not
advertise. The merchants who buy
space in newspapers and fill it with
an attractive advertisement, are
the men who are selling goods and
prospering.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
F0rtieth.

Mrs. Dora Hallock left Monday
for Mt. Pleasant. Iowa. to attend the
Supreme Council Of the P. E. o.
Society. 1t is not only the fortieth
anniversary of the organization but
is being celebrated in the town
which gave 1t birth.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
ITEMS FROM FARMERS
OF Farmers. For Farmers and Per-
tanning to Farmers.
Cremoline Dip.-L. M. Wood.

NIeiIioiLllc Dlp,-L. M. WOO0. Il
When you figure on a sale and
want Col W T Youell to cry it, call
Ebert Yates at the F & M Bank
He can give you the Colonels
dates.
For yearling Shropshire bucks
see ES Hampton.
If you are going to have a sale
call up j R B Kidd Monroe City
Bank or phone PAP. Satisfaction
guaranteed.
For Sale.
Ten high grade Shropshire 1 and
2 years old bucks.-Tandy G Moore
Bethel, Mo. 1924.
H c Corder is going to quit farm
ing and will sell his stock and
farm machinery at his fathers
farm 2 miles east of Monroe City,
Thursday. Oct. ID.
Having sold his farm j S Elzea
through Col W T Youell will sell at
his former farm 7 miles south and
1 mile east of Monroe City and
2 IL west of Joanna, Tuesday Oct.
IL, 800 head of stock and farm
stuff. In the horse line there will
be good work mare, good buggy
mare, fine 3 year old Gloster mare
3 Gloster geldings, 8 and a years
old, yearling mule, yearling gelding,
290 good breeding ewes, S register
ed Oxford bucks. 7 high grade Ok
ford bucks, | imported registered
Hereford bull, Rose Briar, 19 regis
tered cows, several of which are i'm
ported and the imported stock is
all extra fine, being out of the Ar
mour and Funkhouser herd, 2 farm
wagon, a spring wagon, a lot of
farm tools, some household goods
and other things. M B Proctor,
clerk See bills gotten out by the
Democrat.
J'B Headrick has completed a
drilled well 100 feet deep for Alex
Griffith and found an ample sup
ply of water.
j B Gray & Son brought a MAN.
mouth ear of Longs Dent Corn to
the city Thursday afternoon and
left it at Wade & Dawson's store
for the public to see what Northeast
Missouri does when it tries. 1t is
in size and the grains
are mammouth twice over. The
ear m measureS II 1-2 inches at the
butt, is Is inches long and weighs
40 ounces. The peculiar part and
most noticeable feature of the
great ear of corn is the size of the
grains which are about 2 1-2 times
as large as the average grain and |
hat is the reason there are only % |
'ows of corn to show for the i'm
of the ear.
Lawrence Bros have sold 4Oi
head of hogs to j B Tulley for $6.75
William Reachof has sold span
If 5 and 4 year black draft horses
o Yates & Yates. They weighed
.79O pounds and though the con-
liberation is private it is known to
lave almost touched the 400 mark.
j B McCintic has bought 400
ives, feeders, from Sam Curtrieht
t Paris.
H A McClintic has shipped a car ;,
bad of hogs.
W Handley has shipped car
oad Of mules i
Through Col W T Youell auc-
IOneer and Ebert Yates. clerk.
naar,h LlIiInnu ,.riIi all oR 49, -
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07

Jim Nickel. the famous driver
says the Rails County Fair AssOcia-
ton has the fastest half mile track
in the State.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07
WRITTEN BY
A Farmer for Benefit of Home
Merchants.

ceedinely bright country CORE
spondent who signs himself Hank" {"
and in the course of his weekly
letter he frequently gets off some
pretty good things. Here is one Of
his latest which is respectfully COM
mended to those whom 1t may con-
cern:
Is it any wonder that the mail
order houses succeed with their
business and are slowly but surely
taking the trade from the home
merchants? 1t is not because they
sell better goods or make lower
prices; but it is because they tell
the people what they have to sell
and the price they ask for every
article in their stock. l pick up
my farm paper or magazine and
the firm that manufactures wire
fence for farm, lawn or poultry, tells
what he has for sale and quotes
me prices and insists that / write
at once for samples. The man that
sells roofing for farm buildings
quotes prices and insists on send
ing me his catalogue and samples.
The groceryman and hardware
dealer does likewise, and so on
through the entire list of household
and farm necessities, and they are
not afraid to quote prices, and as
sert that no other firm sells as good
quality of goods or makes sucn low
plies I leed sCaiiS article and I
pick up my home paper and look
over its columns to see who is offer
ing bargains in the line l want TO
purchase, but after carefully scam
ming its pages l find nothing. They
have nothing to say and l do not
know whether they carry the arti-
Gle | want or not. and l have no
way of finding out except by going |
to their place of business and max
ing inquiry. | must lose the time |
to 90 to town and inquire what he |
has in stock, and buy of him when
he has never invited me into his |
place of business, as he should have !
done through an advertisement in
the columns of the local paper. But
if l send to some house that asks
for my patronage and get the arti-
Gle | need, this home merchant sees
it at the depot when it arrives and
he says am an injury to the town;
that he could have sold me a better
article for less money. Now, why
did he not tell me this before l sent
for the goods and l would have pur-
chased of him instead of sending
away from home for what l need
ed? And when l tell him so he ap-
pears astonished and says:
Did you not see my advert Sc
ment on the fence and telegraph
poles as you came to town? Why, l
have put up more than a hundred
signs with my name and my busi-
ness on" This he calls advertis-
ing, and imagines that people 60
"rubbering" along the road looking
for advertising on trees, fences and
telephone poles. Then there are
other merchants who fill your We
hicles with circulars sent them by
some Cheap John house with whom
they do business. This is not ad-
vertising in a proper way and such
stuff is seldom if ever read, but is
tossed out into the road on the way
home. and the merchants time and
labor in distributing them is thrown
away. There is but one legitimate
way to advertise. and that is in the {
columns Of the local paper, which
IN alxuaVa ready to stand nm fnF ifs 1
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1909-10-07

Oct. 19, a pair of 16 1-2 hand mules
S and 6 years old. 2 yearling and 2
2-year old mules, a nice driving
mare 4 years old, 4 year old black
gelding, extra good brood mare 4
years old, 6 year old saddle and
driving mare, span of black mares
coming 3 year old, span Of matched
iron gray horses 8 and 4 years old
and fine drivers, mare colt, dark
yearling colt, bay yearling colt, ex-
ira team of heavy coach horses. II
head of COWS and calves, some of
the cows are extra good mixers,
so head of shoats weighing from
125 to $50 pounds, a lot of farm
implements, 2 buggies. 2 sets of
harness, breaking cart, 1000 bu. of
corn to be sold by the bushel. See
bills gotten out by the Monroe City
Democrat
Errett Burghland, of Galesburg
ILL.,, has been down to his farm and
was pleased to find everything in
such fine shape. 81
Frank Bowers finished putting in
SO acres of wheat last Wednesday.
Hugh A Ford has sold II head
of yearling mules to F C Craigmyle
of Oak Dale.
The j F Renshaw sale proved
satisfactory to him. The total be-
ing $500.
Remember the date to bring in
your corn for the Corn Show is Oc-
tober 9 to 16 and that the premi-
ums will be awarded the following
Saturday, October %. Do the best
you can and make the exhibit as
large as you can for it will the last
year that we will work with and
for you for a distinctively Corr
Show. Next year it may be show
of a more general character and
then others will have charge of it.
John L Owen sent ID head of
beeves to the Bluff City market
Monday and has bought beeves of
L Bono 8. j w Osborn 1, H vi
Meeker TO- J B Anderson 3, John
Tulley 1, Wadsworth & Son 6, Jno
Arnoldy 2.
John Woolfork has sold Is head
of nice breeding ewes to Thomas
Stephens.
For Sale.
Two DuRoc boars, sired by gifts. |
A Galloway bull. Two Shorthorn
bull calves. All subject to register. |
JD BRANDMEYER.
Sold again. Dan X Yowell |
bought the 100 acre of j S Schott
farm north of the city and in less
than twenty-five hours resold it to
M B Proctor. Consideration pri.
vate but as Dan never does things
just for fun it brought a good price.
AS j L LaRue has sold his farm
2 miles east of Ely and 2 1-2 miles
west of West Ely, to enable him to
move to town, he through Col W T
Youell and Ebert Yates will on
Friday Oct. is, sell 2 good brood
mares, one coming IL and the other
S in fOal by jack. one 6year
old horse broke double and single
2 coming A year old geldings, one
yearling draft filly. two good spring
colts, two good sucking mules. 4
thoroughbred Pole cows. 5 Short
horn cows, one good Jersey COW,
will be fresh in November. 2 thor
oughbred Red Pole yearlins heifers,
thoroughbred Red Pole bull calves,
good steer calves. 2 heifer calves,
81 ewes and 1 good Shropshire