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Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
Raised and Lowered Valuations,

The County Board of Equali-
cation made the following changes
in the assessed valuation of bust
ness properties in Mexico:
Joseph Barth, clothier, increas-
ed from $4,000 to $4,000.
Coatsworth Lumber Co., in
creased from $4,000 to $8,000
C. w. Criswell, drugs, increased
from $1,000 to $4,000.
j. w. Dry, hardware, increased
from $4,000 to $4,000.
A. Egerer, restaurant, lowered
from 5000 to $500.
1. NJ. Greer, furniture, increas,
ed from $4,000 to $4,000.
j. w. Harrison & Co., drugs
lowered from $4,000 to 81 800.
Kemp & Pearson Clothing Co
lowered from $4,000 to $4,000.
Lacrosse Lumber Co, increased
from $4,000 to $1,000.
Mexico Clothing Co., lowered
from $4,000 to $4,000.
F, A. Morris, grocer, increased
from $1,75O to $2,5o0.
j, w. Mckinley, bakers, in
creased from $500 to $500,
S. & N. Phillip, clothiers, in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000.
Pitcher Jewelry Co, increased
from $1,000 to $500.
Pollock Milling & Elevator Co
increased from $2,500 to So, 500,
A. w. Prussing, wall pape
supplies, lowered from $1,000 t
$500.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
Married This Week.

Mr.. Thomas Alexander Of Lad
donia and Miss Ef1ie Campbell of
this city were joined in wedloclz
Monday at the home of the bride 5
mother, Mrs. Thomas Campbell,
Father J. }. Dillon officiating. The
happy couple is spending the
week in st. Louis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander are both popular
young people and scores of
friends extend them heartiest,
best wishes. They will reside in
Laddonia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
The 26th Annual Session-Next
Meeting to Be Held in
Mexico.

The following is taken from last
weeks Vandalia Mail:
The tweuty-sixth annual session
of the Audrain Baptist Association
convened in the First Baptist
church in this city Tuesday morn
ing, and closed one Of the best
meetings in it's history Wednesday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
THE ELECTRIC R. R.
How 1t Would Help Solve the
Fuel Problem in Mexico.

The Message publishes the fol
lowing interview, given out by
Mexico citizen:
One of the most important ad-
vantages to be derived from the
electric road is that it would
bring Mexico into close touch
with the best coal measures in the
West. Near Hereford and Steph-
ems Store in Galloway county and
also in Boone county, nearer Col
umbia, is vast deposit of coal
of the finest quality.
The coal burns to a white ash.
It is about 60 feet under ground,
has a perfect roof over it and no
water in the mines. The bed is
three and a half to four feet thick.
1t is superior in qualiy to the Van
dalia coal and the vein is nearly
double the thickness, admitting of
the use of coal mining machines.
There are three coal mines in Op-
Grafton at Stephens Store supply
ing the farmers with coal for miles
around and until the last year the
coal has been sold to farmers al
5 cents a bushel on the bank. The
demand has become 50 great that
the operators have recently in
creased the price to cents.
Farmers a few miles south of
Mexico who have used this Steph-
ems Store coal and also the Mt.
Olive coal, the best Illinois coal,
pronounce the Stephens Store
coal superior in quality to the Mt.
Olive. These mines are at least
10 miles from the nearest railroad
station and a rough road to haul
over, rendering it impossible to
reach market except for the sur
rounding country trade.
The electric road runs through
this coal region and the haul to
Mexico will be about 20 miles, or
about 2 cents bushel. With the
interurban road built this coal can
be dilivered in Mexico proftably
at 10 cents a bushel. We pay Is
cents for Mt. Olive coal.
Mexico ships annually from Hi.
nois and further east about 500
carloads of coal or in the neigh
borhood of 100000 bushels ami
for that coal alone our people pay
about $75, 900. A saving of three
cents a bushel would be $4,000
which is good 6 per cent. interest
on $150,000. Our saving in fueI
alone will more than pay the in.
terest on all we are asked to sub.
scribe for the Interurban r. r.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

James Bunton and wife Of
Macon attended the Confederate
reunion here last week and visited
the family of w. A. Willingham.
Mr.. Bunton was once a resident OF
Mexico, lived here 3S years He
can tell many incidents of the
early history of the town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Little Letha Cant at Thompson
climbed up on a wagon loaded
with potatoes and fell under the
wheels and the wagon passed over
her body, AS it happened she es-
capped without serious injury.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Miss Mary johnson, of near
Santa Fe, who graduated from tho
Mexico High School couple Of
years ago, is teaching the Ringo
school, in this county, this year.
She taught last year in Monroe
county Miss Mary is a bright
young woman and makes a sue
eessful teacher.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Miss Ruth Newman of Mil
waukee, Wis, who has been visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. w. t.
Lott at Venice, expects to enter
Hardin College in few months.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Rev. W. o. Edmonston of this
city preached for the Southern
Methodist church in Bowling
Green last Sunday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Price johnson, northwest Of
Mexico, has ten acres Of corn that
he thinks will yield so bushels to
the acre.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

f. L. Crosby Of this city sold a
young jack to a Columbia man
this week for $500. The animal
is one Of Audrain's finest pro-
ducts.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
48 FINE MULES.
A Romance of the Manure
spreader-A $112. 30 Mule
Colt.

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at the State Fair. B. r. Middle |
ton is also at the Fair with his |
famous saddle mare, Minnie King, |
and the two great horses, Bonnie |
Maid and Lolita Boy.
Judge Alex. Carter and J. r. |
johnson recently bought up 4S
mare colts in Shelby and sur
rounding counties. The colts were
shipped here last week. They are
said to be the best drove of mule |
colts ever seen in this county.
w. w. johnson, north of Mex
leo, will have a big public sale
Oct. 13.
j. A. Surber, north of Thop-
son, says that on account of the
late dry weather the corn is very
wormy this year. You will have
to be careful how you feed it to
your horse stock. Mr.. Surber is
looking for a boy or young man
to help on his farm.
w. r. Surber is one of the hus-
ling young farmers out north Of.
Thompson. He is building a new
residence lately and making other
substantial improvements on his
farm.
A. Stone sold to Chas. Dean
mare mule for $40
At auction on the streets IN
Mexico last Saturday j. T. John-
son bought a mare mule of Ben
Showers f. $3.50.
Ben Showers sold horse mule
tD John Wahl for $46.
Ernest Gertings sold a sorral
mare to C. w. Strain for $40.
G. II. Martin bought on tho
streets in Mexico last Saturday
one red COW of Charles Brown
for $31. Mr., Brown also sold t.
| C. J. Rowe one COW for $47.
Charles Brown sold to Henry
Neiderschulte one mule colt for
S71.
Henry Neiderschulte bought of
Charles Brown mule colt for
$45.
Green Cant who recently sold
his so acre farm southwest Of
Mexico, to Will Hindman at 500
an acre, has bought so acres off
the west part of the F. L. Wentz
place from Chas. Dean, paying
$S5 an acre. There are no build
ings on the ground.
Henderson johnson sold a mare
mule to Chas Dean for $50,
Joseph f. Wing, the celebrat-
ed farmer, who is to be at the
| New London fair, is an ardent
. advocate of the manure Spreader.
t The story is told of Mr.. Wing
) that when a young man he made
= proposal to IA young lady OF
Ohio, whose parents were wealthy
= to come and live with his on the
2 old farm. She saw him riding Oh
. the manure wagon and turned his
1 proposition down. Mr.. Wing stuck
t to the manure wagon and the ole
{ farm and today he can get morc
/ for the land the manure pile stood
5 on than for the young lady's en-
e tire estate.
. Dan Quinlan, down Rush Hill
I way, has sold his farm of so acre
: to S. NJ Stokes, of Fulton, Ky
o We understand Mr.. Stokes vii
move to this county to make hi
It home. AS to MIR. Qulnlan, he Wi
e be buying again. He knows An
c drain county is too good a plae
k to leave.
e johnson Bros. of this count
5. have purchased 5000 sheep i
lie Montana and viii ship them her
is the first of next month. Tn
$, Johnson boys know how to max
m the sheep business pay.
id The Martinsburg Oracle say
lf that John Doran sold his 120 acl
Of farm west of that town last wee
rs to James Barker If near Wen
villa for 47 onO Mr. noron WI
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

There will be an all-day's mis-
sionary meeting affinity church,
Oct. Goth. All are invited.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
SANTA FEE P. O. ROBBED.
Auto Scares Horse to Death
Grocer Fined 5000.

Paris, Mo-, Oct. 1.-The Post
Office at Santa Fe, this county,
was robbed of 800 in money last
night. The stamps were not
mOlested.
A fine horse belonging to John
Peters in st. Charles county was
scared to death by a passing au-
tomobile a few days ago. The
horse SHE'D to one side of the road
and reared up and fell dead.
The case of J. B. Fenley,
Fulton groceryman, was called in
lie Galloway Circuit Court a few
days ago and the defendant asked
that the indictment be quashed,
claiming that the statute does not
prevent persons from ordering
liquor. Judge Thurmond over
ruled the motion and the case
went to trial, resulting in a fine
of 5000.
A miracle was performed in
Hannibal one day last week. Two
deaf and dumb negroes were ar
rested for disturbing the peace
and Recorder Harrison gave them
a hearing.
Rev. w. A. Todd, says the Mo
berly Democrat, was publicly re
buked by the wife of Peter Fahl-
busch, whose funeral he was
preaching, Tuesday. Displeased
with his remarks, she arose and
ended them by calling on a friend
to lead in prayer, expressing the
opinion that her husband s
chances for heaven were as good
as Rev. Todd s.
The Missouri Fox Hunters AS
sociation will hold its annual
meeting at the Sponsaler place
one mile west of Stoutsville, be.
ginning October % and cOntinu,
ing one week. Sportsmen and
| fast dogs from far and near will
participate.
The missionary institute and
district stewards meeting was held
at the Troy Methodist church thi,
week. DR.. c. NJ. Bishop of Mex
leo delivered an address and Mrs
S. p. Emmons of Mexico also haJ
a place on the program.
Rev. w. A. Fite has resigned a;
pastor of the Fulton Christian
church. The Gazette says a NOV
ing cause for the resignation was
the failure of the congregation tC
provide a larger and better house
of worship in which to carry OF
the work of the church.
Three masked men waited OF
the Chinese laundryman at Col
umbia one night last week ant
tried to scare him out of town
The Chinaman ran into the stree
and yelled for help. He declare
he will stay at the old stand re
gardless of threats or scares.
Ed. f. ]. Hampton was the vic
tim of a "choke" Wednesda,
evening, says the Louisiana Press
! He was eating boiled tongue whel
a piece of the delicacy got caugh
in his throat and he could not sc
it up or down. He endured it a
night and the next day Dr. Davi
/, pushed it down beyond the chok
! line. We would suggest TO tn
good brother that boiled tonga
2 is rather a rich diet for preacher
+ anyhow He had better stick t
a chuck steak and liver.
n Paris, Mo, Oct. 3.-OfficerS /
T. Paris are trying to locate a Boon
county swindler who came hel
/ two weeks ago and bought stcc
+ at different points in M1nrC
\. county, giving worthless cheek
II He did not take possession Of Il
stock, but cashed a number of h
individual checks at saloon bar
n all of them coming back fro
d Centralia protested. lie IS sa
u ~ n
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

j. w. Weaver and niece, Miss
Leota Weaver, returned last week
from visit in Oklahoma and
Texas. They had a most enjoy
able time. Down in Texas in
certain sections people were max,
ing garden and cucumbers We're
coming up. AT Austin they me-
Ed r. d. Chinn, late of Van
dalia. Bro. Chinn has moved t.
Austin to educate his daughter
They also saw Jim Wilkins, tate
of Mexico, at Austin. Mr.. Weav-
er says he saw a killing frost in
Oklahoma, but as he came this
way and back into grand old Mis-
souri, everything was lovely ana
Jack Frost had not been here &:
all.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Mike Shoup has been afflicted
with typhoid fever for couple
of weeks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07

Mrs. Caroline Martin, nee
Kanaly, was divorced from her
husband in the circuit court last
week. Her husband is in the u S;
Navy and Mrs. Martin alleged
desetion. The next day after her
divorce marriage license was is
sued to her and George Piatt Of
this county and they were m4rried
forthwith, Ed, ]. A. Headipgton
officiating
Mexico Missouri message., 1909-10-07
Frank w. Buffum Of Louisiana

Frank w. Buffum Of Louisiana
attended the Confederate reunion
in Mexico last week and he was
greatly impressed with the inn
portance of our paved streets. He
offers to give the city council of
Louisiana a free ride in his auto
noble to Mexico if they will come
here and be shown" Buffum
wants paved streets for Louisiana.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
COW TESTING ASSOCIATION.
The First One Launched In Australia
and Principle Probably Will
Spread.

The first COW testing association
has been launched successfully ir
Australia, and apparently it has come
the principle, as farmers are prone ia
follow one another, says Hoard's
Dairyman. The headquarters of the
new institution are on the south coast
of New South Wales, close to Sydney,
which is the Oldest milk center in the
commonwealth.
Thirty-one entries were received
year, although others were offering.
The testers go to work at once. The
morning and evenings milk of each
cow is weighed and sampled and then
the two mixed to find out the butter
value. Each barn will be visited once
month to get these results. The
test is multiplied by the days of the
month to ascertain the total and ar.
rive at the value of the cows milk
and butter during her milking period.
This will enable the farmer to as.
certain which are the robbers of the
herd. The Babcock tester is used
by the officers, who also carry scales,
brands, necessary acids and sampling
and testing bottles. According to the
regulations the tester leaves the
farmer each day the test for each
COW, while copies are registered with
the associations secretary. The herds
are represented by number so that
each herds result is secretive from
any other person excepting the sec.
retary.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
FOUR PERSONS DROWNED AND
ONE DROPS DEAD or
FRIGHT.
LARGE PROPERTY LOSS
TORNADO, cLoUDeuRsTs AND
LIGHTNING COMBINE IN WORK
OF DEVASTATION.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-Five people
are dead, at least ten seriously in
jured, several thousand acres of crops
are inundated and every stream in the
northern and eastern part of the
state raging as result of almost un-
precedented rains during the past
twenty-four hours in Oklahoma. A
number of houses have been washed
away. The dead:
Mrs. w. w. Brown and three chill
dren. of Foraker.
Mrs. Matte Jones, colOred.
Mrs. Brown and her children were
drowned in Salt creek while attempt
ing to escape from high waters.
Mrs. Jones dropped dead Of fright
when the waters of Boggy creek, near
Enid, surrounded her home.
Railroad tracks near Shawnee, Hol-
denville, Tulsa. Pawnee, Muskogee,
Vinita and Oklahoma City are in bad
condition and sections of track are
washed out. Bridges are unsafe along
the Arkansas, Cimarron and Canadian
rivers, and traffic is generally de-
layed. The flood is the worst since
1872 and the loss to crops will reach
many thousands.
Near Miami the Neosho river is out
of its banks and many farms are COW
cred with water. A cloudburst at
Kremlin damaged houses and crops.
A small tornado struck Morris, de-
molishing the Methodist church and
several residences including that of
Ernest Scott. He and his wife and
child were seriously injured.
Black Bear creek in Pawnee county
Is out Of its banks and hundreds of
people are moving to higher lands.
At Vinita the Grand river threatens
all lowlands and the railroads.
In the oil fields four 16,000-barrel
tanks were struck by lightning and
destroyed.
Lightning struck the schoolhouse
at Billings, injuring number attend
ing services there.
In Tom Green and Concho counties,
Texas, over 100 cattle and sheep were
drowned. Fifty houses were reported
destroyed. One woman was killed.
The loss will reach 100000.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
canada's Marvelou. silver Mines.

Ottawa, Ont-The silver districts
have been growing silently, yet with
marvellous celebrity Cobalt, Haley
bury and New Liskeard are growing
rapidly. Latchford, the gateway to the
Montreal river country. is becoming
the base Of an extensive traffic. North
Bay and Sudbury are alive with the
spirit Of the life coursing through the
river northland.r Gowganda, which
sprang into existence almost in a
night, finds itself the base Of opera
tions to country farther west. At
Wapoose. a little group Of tents and
shacks today, is the embryo Of the
larger community that is to be. The
whole north country is being flooded
with prospectors, among whom the
American largely predominates.
1t Is not unreasonable to predict
that in the next five years Ontario
will be producing most of the worlds
supply Of silver. The Ontario depart
ment of mines has received an offer
Of $20,O00,00O for. what is generally
adjacent 10 the chief producing Cobalt
mines. The offer appears to contem-
plate the purchase of the area en- bloc
and includes the provincial mine and
the thousand acres now being offered
for sale by public tender No official
announcement has been made concern
ing the character of the offer, but it is
understood it emanates from Montreal
capitalists.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
Fraud In Mixed Feeds,

Mixed feeds have always been the
medium through which the most fla
grant frauds in the feeding-stuffs busi-
ness have been perpetrated, says the
Kansas experiment station bulletin.
Oat hulls, rice bran, ground corncobs
and other waste products Of little or
no feeding value have been systemat.
ically Incorporated in such feeds. The
value OF mixed feeds cannot be esti.
mated by purchaser with much as
surance Of satisfactory results. In the
case of pure feeds the consumer can,
to degree, Judge for himself, not!
withstanding the considerable varia.
tions to which even they are subject
in respect to composition, and, conse-
quently, feeding value. Mixed feeds
have, therefore. always come under.
feeding-stuffs laws and have, indeed;
received special attention.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
Iona Concrete Pipe Line.

Denver. The Eastern Colorado
Power Company has just awarded a
contract for the construction Of
twelve miles of 3Ginch concrete pipe
to Arthur S. Bent Of Los Angeles. Cal.
This conduit is to convey the water
of Boulder creek from Barker dam to
the company's power house near Boul-
der, and is the largest contract Of the
kind ever let In the West. Bent has
returned to California for skilled men.
and will begin active work June 1st
Two hundred and fifty men will be
put on, and the work completed Octo
ber 1st,
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
HANDY GATE FOR DAIRY FARM
ono That IL Useful at Any Time Of
the Year and Can Be Built
Cheapiy.

A gate that can be made easily
and cheaply and operated easily is a
convenient thing on any farm Instruc-
tions are given below for the con.
struction of one by a writer in Farm.
er's Review. The gate is a common
panel hinged to post eight feet above
the ground. The lower hinge is a strap
OF iron bent around the post. and be-
tween this the panel is bolted. The
upper hinge is made of heavy wire
woven between the boards of the panel
and run up to chain one foot in
length which goes around the upper
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
War Secretary Returns.

Washington.-Wea from the ef.
fects of his illness. which compelled
him to cut short his trip, but improv-
ing, Secretary Dickinson stepped
ashore from the government yacht
Mayflower at the Washington navy
yard Sunday after tour of inspection
of the Panama canal. Until yesterday
Mr.. Dickinson had not left his berth
since the Mayflower sailed from Ha-
vana, where the vessel was when his
condition began to cause concern. Mr..
Dickinson expressed pleasure at the
progress in the construction Of the
Panama canal.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
Feed for Full Flow of MIX.

Cottonseed meal, faxseed meal,
shoots, bran or other feeds rich in pro-
tein are necessary for full flow of
milk. Glover or alfalfa hay are rough
feeds rich in protein. Corn, rich in
starch, produces heat, energy and fat,
but little milk. Silage and green
roots furnish water and are good apps-
Tiers and promoters of general health
for winter feeding. Bran and flaxseed
meal are good. bowel regulators.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
Adjunct, to the Dairy Farm.

Those who make the. highest sue
cess In dairying turn to either direct
or indirect money account-butter-fat
skim milk. calves and manure. All
of these are valuable, and the manure
is OF more real value than most dairy
men make out Of it. By some, calves
are considered of no value This Is a
great mistake. Where pure-bred
stock is used. nearly all of the calves
can either be used or sold for breed
ing purposes. The demand for prom
is!ng heifers of even grade stock is
very great in all cases, good profit
can be made from calves by feeding
them skim milk and selling them for
veal. The extra weight put on them
In finishing them for veal represents
as much or more gain as can be se-
cured. by feeding the skim milk to
pigs. a
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
THHHRAsEAW
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BEST OF MILK MAKING FEEDS
Protein and csrbohydrates Are Two
General Divisions Into Which
Food 10 Divided.

Because feed is watery is no proof
that 1t is good feed for the making
of milk.
The blood refuses to be fooled. and
will accept for its making only GER
tain proportions of water and solids,
asserts H. A. Richie. in Farm Life.
The old idea that a wet feed makes
lots of milk is exploded.
The best milk producing feed is that
which is the most perfectly blanched
as to its constituents. Protein and
visions into which the food can be d.
vided, and the proper amount Of each
must be fed.
There is no possibility Of getting
away from the above fact, and every
new dairy feed that comes to the
front must prove its value because of
its intrinsic worth, on the above basis.
Clover Is one of the best milk-ma-
king foods we will ever have. because
OF its richness in protein and its great
digestibility when cut at the proper
stage.
The way this feed has come into
popular favor during the past 20
years shows something of its merit,
for these 20 years have comprised a
period more than any other in which
the intrinsic value Of dairy feeds has
been challenged.
Alfalfa is even better than clover
as milk producer, when it is fed in
the form Of hay. When fed green it is
equally valuable, but some of the men
that buy milk for bottling and con-
densing purposes say that it gives a
strong flavor to the milk and they
discourage its use as green forage
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
Six Saloons Opened.

Alliance Neb.-In consequence of
the recent election wherein the city
went wet six saloons opened here
Monday to crowded houses. While the
new state daylight law is not effective
until July 1st all saloon proprietors
have entered an agreement between
themselves to comply with the law
from the start and therefore all closed
promptly at 8 O'Clock.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
To Prevent Collisions at Sea.

An arrangement Of ships lights in
. definite triangle on a known plan is
urged as a safeguard against collision.
The lights would then show an OBJ
server on another ship the vessels
course. her distance from the OBJ.
server, and her approximate speed.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-28
GOOD TYPE OF DAIRY BREED.
Ida MarisoId Was Champion and
Sweepstakes Cow at the Chicago
Worlds Fair.

This picture of Ida Marigold is an
excellent type Of the dairy breed. She
was champion and sweepstakes COW
at the Chicago worlds fair, and her
only son. Stoke Pogis of Prospect, is
the, sire of As tested daughters. If you