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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
AIN COUNTY, MISSOURI THURSDAY. MARCH 49, 1909
INDIGESTION ENDS
IN FIVE MINUTES.
Misery from an Upset Stomach Goes
before You realize II.

Every family here ought TO keep
some Diapepsin in the house, as any
one of you may have an attack Of In
digestion or Stomach trouble at any
time, day or night.
This harmless preparation will d.
gest anything you eat and overcome
sour stomach five minutes afterwards
II your meals don't tempt you, OF
what little you do eat seems to fill
you, or lays like a lump Of lead in
your stomach, or If you have heart
burn, that is a sign of Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for 50-cent
case Of Pape's Diapepsin and take on
triangle after supper tonight. There
will be no sour risings, no belching o
undigegted food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn. fullness
or heavy feeling in the stomach, Nau-
sea, debilitating headaches, dizziness
or Intestinal gripping. This will all
go, and, besides, there will be no sou
food left over in the stomach to
poison your breath with nauseous
oderss
Pape's Diapepsin is certain cure
for all stomach misery, because 1t
will take hold of your food and d.
gest it just the same as if your stom-
ach wasn't there.
Actual, prompt relief for all your
stomach misery is at your Pharma-
cist, waiting for you.
These large 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to cure a case
Of Dyspepsia or Indigestion.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18


ilEFERRING to the proposed cleo
lTic railroad, the Fulton Gazette edi-
zeflAlly says: Samuel McClintic, of
HaAton neighborhood, was in Fulton
All Friday in company with S. L.
n1bison Of the Mexico, Santa Fe and
Perry Fraction Company, and reported
Hasfng The right-of-way for the road
rom the north Galloway line to Here
E1fd, except across one farm, and
told fhat fully half the right-of-way
bad been secured between Hereford
and Fulton. Mr. McClintic seemed
s5nH1ine OF getting ninety per cent
u the right-of-way signed up shortly
judging from the way the farmers
Hho had been seen were receiving tn
proposition. The surveyors were a.
WofI getting the grade on the Boone
end of the survey, last week, and
aea expected to be in the vicinity OF
HUlt0n, latter part of this week, wher
che survey win be completed. AS
Anon 81. this is done. effort will be
made ID dispose of stock among the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

KTRs. JOHN HOPP, Webster Ave-,
ltl Glendale, l.. l., n, X, writes:
"I have been suffering for the pas,
ten years with many symptoms Incl
dent to my age, also catarrh and indi.
gestion. was weak and discouraged,
had no ambition, could not sleep al
night, and lost greatly in weight.
81 tried other remedies, but with no
success, until commenced to take Pc
runa. 1 now feel better in every re-
spect, can sleep we'll, and have gained
in weight. 1 cannot praise Peruns
highly enough for the good 1t has done
me.
"If any women are suffering as / did,
Iwould advise them to try Peruna and
convince themselves. Peruna has done
me good. / know by my experiences
that it is worth its weight in gold Ia
any one who needs it.
81 also took Manalin, for constipation
in connection with Peruna, and found
1t helped me where other laxativei
failed"
Now Wen of catarrh.
Miss Malisa Jolley, Parmele, N. O.
writes: ~ have been taking your Pc
runa, and can say that ] am well of tbs
catarrh.
'I thank you for your kindness anc
your advice"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
FEED AT HATHAWAYs.

Baled Hay. Corn. Oats and Mixed
Chop, Mill Feed, Cotton and Linseed
Meal and Cake. Alfalfa Hay and
Meal, June Pasture Dairy Neal
Composed of Alfalfa Meal and Mo-
lasses.) This is the Best Feed Of
Feeds for cows and pigs. Mixed
Chicken Feed, Oyster Shell, Grit.
Meat Scraps and Tankage, Corn
and Wheat Chop, Cane and Kaffir
Corn, etc. d2-w1 4wks
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

0nQaeH JOHNSON Is circulating
\ snt6driflioh list to raise money to
HiasA 1at1I&d The road one mile north
from Rhs end Of the paving on north
JeffNfsan street. The cost Of this
ono niIe 0f road will be about $4,000;
and We afe glad to know that Mr..
Johnaoh n meeting with cordial sup
port qshs citizens of Mexico as well
"a the farmers north Of town are TAX
inc an active interest in this enter
prise One mile of maeadamized road
i 4 goed start in the right direction.
livery body In Mexico is now in fa-
xor Of street paving, and at no dis
zank date everybody In the county vii
be Iii faVof of macadamized roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
JOHN p. GORDON

ON TAXATION
A great amount OF talk has been
indulged in at Jefferson City, re-
garding the suggested raise in the
valuation Of the farm lands Of the
State sufficiently to bring into the
State treasury enough revenue to ade-
quately meet the growing demands of
different State offices and State in
stitutions. Jno. P. Gordon, State Au-
ditor, says, regarding this:
Il admit that there is ground for
apprehension that the State viii be
unable TO meet all demands made on
its treasury, under our present sys-
tenn and mode of raising revenue.
"The idea has been spread abroad
throughout the State that all proper
ty other than farm lands has been
assessed at a very high rate Of valu-
alton, and farm lands at very low
rate of valuation. /, too, believed
that this was the case until came
into office of Auditor of State. Since
taking charge of this office, l am
convinced that the farmers land is
assessed at higher rate Of yalua-
ton than any other class of property
excepting bankers. From statements
made to the State Senate of Missouri
this year OF 1909, by the
individual assessors Of each county
/ find that the real estate of the
State is assessed at an average of sc
per cent of its actual cash value.
81 give below some figures showing
what per cent of money, notes ant
bonds of the State is assessed, al
compared to their actual cash value.
i 'In September, 1908, there was OF
deposit in the various banks Of the
State, $512, 2,6S0,5O0; that the amoun
of money, notes and bonds returned
Al by the assessors of the State for tax
able purposes, for the year 1908, wai
$85, ,618,582. This last amount wal
assessed at an average of sc per cen
of money, notes and bonds, on which
taxes can be collected for 1909. Thi
amounts to the paltry sum of s56,50S
264.12, which is only eleven and tw'
one hundredths per cent of the &C
tual cash value OF the money, note
and bonds of the State, while on rea
estate the assessed valuation is 80 p'
cent of It's real or cash value.
81 wish to say to my friends owe
! the State who have talked with m
about raising real estate to its az
tual value, that / am unalterabl
> opposed to doing 50, until some pla
is inaugurated whereby the peopl
!. who own the money of the State wi
y be made to pay taxes on 1t in som
9 form or other"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
CO. SUPERVISION BILL FIRST


ONE PASSED BY LEGISLATORS
The county supervision bill, which
insures a uniform system Of educa-
ton throughout the State, requires
but the signature Of Governor Had
ley to become law. It passed the
House In jefferson City Wednesday
afternoon by vote Of 81 to 26, af-
ter a spirited debate consuming the
afternoon. The enactment Of this
law will be received with enthusl-
asm by the educators of the State. II
has been the SUBJECT Of contention in
the Legislature for fifteen years, each
session up to the present witnessing
Its defeat on one pretext or another.
The opposition to the measure has al
ways come from the ruraIltes. Many
Of them fought II again this year,
but enough were won over to aid the
progressIonlsts 70 force It's passage.
This 10 the first bill that has run the
gauntlet In both Houses.
Governor Hadley will sign the bill
as soon as It reaches him. He adyo-
Gated 1t in his inaugural address.
In regard to the bill Superinten-
dent Hawthorne, Of the Mexico Pub
lie Schools, said: "This is the first
good thing that has ever been done
in the State In the interest of the
country schools. 1t is the best thing
that the legislature could do to raise
the ranks Of the rural school, Mis-
souri, ranks S2nd in the table of IL
literacy Of States and is one Of the
four states that did not have state
wide county supervision. Now with
the passing Of this bill, Missourif
districts will receive as good atten
tion as will make then nearer on a
level with the urban districts.
Briefly, county supervision means
that each county Of the State is re
quired to elect a superintendent O
Schools, who shall have supervision
over the schools and whose educa
tionaa qualifications, as provided II
the bill, guarantee his fitness t.
guide the teachers in their effort
to improve the minds of the pupils il
their charge.
Under the present local-optioi
school law, only twenty-six countie
of the ia in the State have Count!
Supervision.
The law will enforce all to adop
the system.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
SAYS He SAW LUTHER
ANDERSON WE


ANDERSON WEDNESDAY
Ledger Special.
Martlnsburg, Mo-, March f2.--Lu-
ther Anderson, the alleged murderer,
who recently escaped frc.n the Mont
aomery county Jail, passed through
this city Wednesday evening about .
o'clock on the Burlington tracks. He
was seen by James Sandbothe.
Mr.. Sandbothe saw him standing be
side the tracks and engaged him in
conversation ordering him to move on.
Anderson stated he had been at work
near Farber and was farm laborer.
He was attired in ragged clothes;
the collar Of his oyercoat was turned
up to hide as much of his face as
possible. He had a two weeks old
mustache of sandy shade slightly
curly. He walked erect.
At this time Mr.. Sandbothe had
not seen description Of the escaped
man and did not know he was want
ed or he would have Immediately
placed him under arrest. The man
he saw tailed in every way with the
description Of the escaped murderer
land he feels poritiye now thae thai
was who it was.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
FULTON MAN
WANTS A WIFE
Says He Wants Her "oulck"--J. c,
Lindsay seeks "5etter Half'
through the Columns Of the Led.
ger.

II want a girl and want her quick. "
Thus writes J. @. Lindsay, of Gala
way county, to the Ledger in request
ing a wife wanted" advertisement
be inserted in the Ledger.
His demand is a bit ambiguous. Does
he want her quick" as analogous to
hustle and speed as housewife or
are his desires for connubial felicity
SO insistant that he wishes to wed
Immediately and suffer no delays?
Mr.. Lindsay has so acres Of good
land and is well fixed. Why he has
to seek other fields than the ''King-
dom" for bride is a mystery, for
the girls of Galloway county are noted
for their beauty and ability as hodse-
wives,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18


Tho woman who has periodical head.
a.has hackache. sees imaginary dark
ssu.s es, -, s,,eel,s Sootin, or dsncine hefore
spoes ~ sposas nos d,stpase nS beavv
her eyes, nasaw'ns tnia. e'I saoS,s ~ 49,.
full ieeilng n sDomach, iaihs spens, vi
ging-downLteellng In lower aDoomihai OK
pelvic region, easily startled or excited
irreguAf or painful periods, with or with
out Ielvic cateRrh, is suffering from
weaknesses andderangements that should
have eaYiy attention. Not all OF above
symptoYks apG likely TO be present in any
case at one fine.
Neglected or badly treated and such
cases bft4n run into maladies WHICH de-
manR TIE surgeons knife IL they DO not
restAtfatally.
No medicine extant- has such q long
and numeT0lls -reclrd Ql -cllfeS y IN sueh
caSeS as DE. Plerces EaX0rlta -PreScrlp-
flQD... 40 medlcine has sneh strQpR
prod sl6hAI lpdotse OF each OIL us
eeYfraI lngredle ntS<=sH nrth more lhan- any
npmher Qt Qrdinarx- -nons irQl Les lona1l,- les
tmbnIalss. The very best lngredlents
known 70 medical science Tor the cure N o.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh OF
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
back, dizziness, sleeplessness, nervous
ness, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
better health in that organ is'obtained
quickest by proper treatment of the kid
news. Swamp Root corrects inability to
hold urine and scalding painin passing it,
and overcomes that unpleasant necessity
Of being compelled to 60 often through
the day, and to get up many times during
the night. The mild and immediate effect
of Swamp Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. II stands the highest be-
cause of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
Swanp-Root is pleasant to take and Il
sold by all druggists in 6fty-cent and
one-doilar size bottles. You may have q
sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y,
When writing mention reading this gen
erous offer in this paper. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
| Swanp-Root, ard don't let dealer sell
YOU something in place of Swamp Root
If you do you will be disappointed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
coLuMsIANs DOUBTFUL THAT


sPAETE's LINE WILL BE
columbia University Missourian.l
What will be the outcome of the
proposed interurban railway that has
been seeking a franchise from the
city council Of Columbia? Are the
promoters sincere in their motives,
or is their object merely to get a
franchise, which would be sold at a
large profit? These questions are in
the minds of Columbia citizens rel
garding the North Missouri Central
Railway company. which proposes to
run a road connecting Mexico, Jeffer-
son City and Columbia.
One councilman said: ut seems
as II there is no actual backing to
the company. 1t looks as If 1t is try
ing to get a franchise to sell rather
than to use. II there was something
to show for the company's stock, as
invested money, 1t would be different
This feeling is more or less general
among the business men and others
Several signers of the petition fol
the road, after a consideration of tn
matter, have asked that their names
be taken from the list"
An attorney who has looked over tn
franchise and investigated for some
OF the property owners, said: II de
not understand why the company
wants to bring the franchise undel
section 5855 of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri, 1899, instead of section
6119 of the Statutes, 1908. The citl
attorney advised them to use the lat
ter section"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

COUNTY coLLECToR t. F. Ro-
den'e statsnlcnt shows that he has
made Audrain county most eff
cIent officer. Mr. Roden is not only
q bplsniid collector, but has made a
naoss efiieient office man. MIR. Roden
and his deputy, Miss Gibson, are
mosi pdpulsr with all Of the taxpay'
Nv III Tic county on account Of theiI
always being In the office ever ready
ID aSalat ln looking up records OF
nlfiin6 eorrections and are accommo
6atinz lo The taxpayers In every way
sy.s4Nihle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
NOTICE.

I wish to say to my old patrons
and others that I have put in COM
plete line of farming tools and vehie-
les of all kinds. I am still making
strictly HAND-sTITCHED HARNESS
at low prices. Before buying call and
examine ali my goods. WIT
August Meyer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
AN EFFECTIVE HOME
MADE KIDNEY CURE
simple Directions to Mix Remedy
Which Is said to Help Many.

What will appear very interesting to
many people here is the article taken
from New York daily paper, CIV
ing simple prescription, which is
said to be a positive remedy for back
ache, kidney or bladder arrangement
IL taken before the stage of Brights
disease:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, / ounce
Compound Syrup sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Shake well in bottle and
take in teaspoonful doses after each
meal and again at bedtime.
A well-known druggist here at
home, when asked regarding this pre-
scription, stated that the ingredients
are all harmless, and can be obtain
ed at a small cost from any good pre-
scription pharmacy. or the mixture
would be put up If asked to do So
He further stated that while this pre-
scription is often prescribed in rheu
matte afflictions with splendid re
suits, he could see no reason why II
would not be a splendid remedy fol
kidney and urinary troubles and back
ache, as it has q peculiar action upoi
the kidney structure, cleansing thes'
most important organs and helpinI
them to sift and filter from the bloo'
the foul acids and waste matter whicl
cause sickness and suffering. Thos
Of our readers who suffer can max
no mistake in giving 1t trial.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

Friday morning two suspicious-look-
ing fellows, who were at first thought
to have been Luther Anderson and his
pal, the escaped prisoners from the
Montgomery county Jail, entered the
store of ]. G. King and communicat-
ed over the telephone with parties at
Farber. Mr.. Kings suspicious be-
came aroused when he heard the
conversation. as things were said that
would naturally create some appre-
hension as to the mems Identity.
Mr.. King promptly notified
the authorities, but upon investiga-
tion the men were found to be some
other parties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

Hugh Willoughby, buyer for Geo
Watson, the leading high class horse
dealer of New York, shipped 10 head
of classy Engllsh-gaited saddle horses
to New York yesterday. Mr.. VIII
loughby has selected these horses
from the stables Of Mexico dealers
and are as fine lot as have left thii
city this year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
STANDARD OIL CON-
PANY GOES FREE
Acquitted Of Charges Of Rebatlng In
Famous Twenty-Nine Million Dol
lar Fine Case.

Chicago, ILL.,, March 10.-The Stan
dard Oil company was acquitted to-
day of the charges of rebating In
the suit instituted by the govern
ment last year, which resulted in
Judge Lands filming the Standard
Octopus $20,OOO,OOO. This fine was
later set aside as excessive, by the
United States supreme court and a
rehearing granted.
To-day's ruling puts an end to the
whole controversy and the Stan
dard Oil company goes scott free.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
MEXICO sPoRTsMEN HAPPY

mENiCO oFOnl SMEN TArTf
OVER GAME LAW BILL
Jefferson City, Mo-, Mar. t1.-The
new game and fish law, introduced In
the Senate by Senator Prendersast, Of
st. Louis, was amended, ensrossed
and printed this evening. 1t had been
under consideration pretty much all
day. Twenty-Five amendments were
offered"
The above dispatch and the news
that 6 of the amendments sought
by local sportsmen were Incorporated
in the bill is received here with much
joy by all hunters. The amendments
adopted do not in any way effect the
scope of the law. Most of the
amendments adopted tend to make the
provisions Of the law more rigorous.
The new bill differs little from the
old wamsley bill. VIM. yivion, of
this city, and the members of the
East Lake hunting and fishing club
were very active in the movement for
these amendments.
The vote on engrOssment was so
nearly unanimous as to indicate be-
yond doubt the measure will pass the
Senate.
The changes effected in the bill of
any consequence are here noted. The
license for nonresident hunters is
increased from $5 to $25 year.
Any person may hunt on his own
land without a license and this ex-
tends to leased land, If such is used
for agricultural purposes. Residents OF
the State must pay 81 to hunt in their
own or adjoining counties, and 81 to
hunt anywhere in the State.
Bona fide residents of the State
may sein in back water and dispose
of the fish they catch to suit them
selves. This, however, does not ap
ply ito sloughs and ponds that are
permanent, but to back water.
| Game cannot be shipped even un
der permit. The only exemption tC
this is the shipment of deer or ell
from private preserves. The only
way hunter can take game homt
with him on a railroad or transpor
ltation line is to carry 1t as opel
baggage.
| Senator Buford made a strong figh
TO amend the bill so as to permit o
the sale of the game in the count.
where killed, but the Senate woul'
not stand for the sale of game. Sen
ator Wilson made an eloquent speecl
in favor of saving Bob White" b!
prohibiting the killing of quail fo
a period of three years. He was vot
ed down.
1 The open season for killing quai
and turkey was definitely fixed be
tween November 1 and DecembeN31.
| In effect, this is the old Walmsle,
game law of 1906. 1t re-establishe
the game and fish warden system, an
will, If it is enacted, prove a substan
tial source Of revenue.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING

Office Of North Missouri Trust Co.
March 9Th, 1908. The annual meet
ing Of the stockholders Of North Mis-
souri, Trust Co. for the election of di-
rectors and the transaction of such
other business as may come before
1t will be held at the place of the
Co. on the north side of the public
square, Mexico, Mo-, on Monday, Maj
20, 1909, between the hours Of 9 a
m. and 10 m. Of said day. d1-1-2.
w. w. Pollock, Pres.
]. @. Mundy, Sec.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
THE HORSE is GIVING AWAY
ra ENcoAcuMEN NTa oE MAN


"a horse, horse" he cried,
my kingdom for a horse"
Thus did his kingship call
In sorrowful remorse.
But now the horse is doomed,
The autos come to stay,
And scientists aver
Designs upon his hay.
Is the death knell Of the horn
sounded in the auto horn and the
cry of the scientist who informs us
alfalfa Is soon to become a food for
man?
Because the members of comic op-
era choruses are said to utilize hay
in the building of comely curves
and we have taken to the consuma'
tion OF oats for breakfast food will
this most faithful of beasts be starv
ed out of existance?
Mayhap in some far distant age
when a dome-headed. be-spectaclet
archeologist is digging in the eartl
for prehistoric wonders will the dis
covery of a horse skeleton Sc
the scientific world agog?
Who lxnows7
Attack on Alfalfa.
! DR.. d. F. Luckey, State veterl
marian is the authority for the state
ment that alfalfa has most Of tn
nutritive qualities of milk, and tha
1t may in time come to be used a
human food.
The post horse has been suppressed
ed by the telegraph and telephone
The farm horse is fast disappearing
and in his place powerful engines arr
used. Even the old family horse hai
been driven to a quiet old age b!
the automobile. What is the answer
The Auto and the Horse.
The fight of the horse-car mel
against the trolley car is remem
bered by all. The claim was thel
made that 100000 horses would b
thrown out Of work. and that hors
breeders would starye. The trolle
Is well-nigh universal, and yet NOR
horses are raised each year than tn
year before, and they bring bette
prices.
The horse interests have eve
fought the automobile. There hay
been thousands of columns of argr
ment published against it, and shor
sighted men have advocated sue
heavy taxation against 1t that
great and evergrowing industry wou
:, have been sadly hampered had ha
the unwise legislation planned bee
. put into execution.
Now highway experts, aided b
the motor-car interests and powerf
!, association of London and its SUI
urbs, have turned like the trodde
! worm and started an attack on Il
!, horse.
The claim they advance is that Il
polluting of all public thoroughfar'
: is done, not by automobiles, but
Ie horses; that IL no horses were
!. lowed to drop organic matter on pu
!, lie thoroughfares, the dust nuisan
would soon be naught but an u
!, pleasant memory. They advan
i the logical statement that the n
sance created by hundreds Of thol
!. ands of horses is detrimental to pu
lie health and a menace to the pay
:. ments, and they charge that the &C
- tinual cleansing of the streets
cause Of this traffic imposes a va
and unjust tax upon the citizens.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18

thin Ledger regrets very much to
hear of th& Illness of Mrs. D. q.
Shea. forsnerIy Of Mexico, now of Cen
tralia. Mra. Shea is the widow of
Capt b. u. Shea, formerly one Of
Mszlco.s most prominent and enter
pfssine cltizbns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-03-18
Yagaries Of q Cold.

In winter cold may settle in the bowels.
In the summer it may give you colo or
summer complaint. But don't fear appen-
dicitis or inflammation Of the bowels. At
the first pain or cramp take Perry Davis
Painkilleriu warm waterand relief will come
at once. There is but one Painkiller, Perry
Davis. Al4sge 35c. size as wellas the 50e. size.