Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-12-02

tern which begins January eth, 1910.
this week bought from W. A
Shrout. Of the Prairie vkv neighbor-
hood, IL EeznAng mules for si00
each. These were Illinois bred
and were brO1ght By Nj. Shrout and
are said 10 be extraordinary good
ones
Chss. Householder, a well known
shatp man Of Andraia county, Mo,
marketed IN ST. L01is Of his owl
feeding two loads o Western year
ling shetD that averaged 81 lbs.
End sold az $3.50.
Albert Harrison, a wei known
farmer sai substantial FEEDER Of
Audrain county. No, was in ST.
Louis this E@kg1lh a Consignment
OF tai steers thN sod al very salts
factory prices and topped the days
trade. The sales inelzdoa 30 head
averaging 1853 lbs at $3.50 and 3s
head, 1873 Tbs, at s7.75. The entire
lot sold to the UnEed States Beef
Co.. Of Nqa York
". s. Troleli has conveyed 10 II.
l., Frances 4 and r. W. Iee a
half interest 10 sI2 ceres east Of Pen
ton City.
John Brewer was in Cent ala on
Tuesday buying stock.
John Brewer bought 5 head Of
good horses lost week and some
mules. He IL preparing to ship a
car Of stock to the Chicago mar.
ket.
James Umstadt, Of near MoAnO,
says new corn Is selling for &C
a bu. and that Cleve Young has
been paying that for a lot of the
new stuff.
c. R. Harrison, Of near Benton
City, says there l a large acreage of
wheat ia his section.
Harry and T. P. Noel, who farms
south of Martinsburg, recently pur-
chased III a. Of the Elizabeth Coil
farm near venics. This is an ex-
cellent piece Of property.
Among the many Improvements go
ing on in the country the territory
southwest Of Mexico is about as
active as any in Audrain. C. H.
Dean is preparing TO improve the
old Turner place extensively; H. q
Spar, who OWNS part Of the A. d.
Jackson Place will add some i'm
proyements shortly; Green Cant
is erecting a handsome home and
substantial stables; Mr.. L~indenmy-
e. Is going to build and w. H.
Locke, on the Crockett place, will I'm
prove It. This is fine land and
the improvements win enhance is
value.
Lee Bros. bought horses at Paris,
Mo-. Saturday as follows: One span
OF KiEg Lewis. good ones, S425; a
span of Murray Dawson, $3.50; one o
ice InfieId, s165; one Of Ira Vow
ell, st75. and a pair of cotton mules
Of Thos. Furnish for 5000; one Of
Geo.. Hayden for $210; Chris Pal
mer, 5000; Geo. Brown s137; e. L.
Gaines $125, G. Shsrden $50
Boyd and William Gooldy sold 10
shoats that tota'ed 1,474 lbsR to
Tyke Harrison, of WellsvDie last
Saturday at 7 cents a lb.
That was an extra good pair Of
I3-year-old mules that c. C. Nichol-
son paid @. T. Board $3.50 for last
Saturday. Cope doesn't handle any
but good ones.
Bus Buekner let C. C. Nicholson
have a pair Of 2-yeaI.old mules last
Saturday at $500 This lie about the
highest price for 2-yearo'ds we
have heard of.-Auxyasse Revi W.
Mcdonald & Lockridge, OF Audrain,
sold five mules the other day to At.
terberry &Edmcnds. They got $1s5
a head for two OF them and $120
around for the rtst Of them.
S. S. Shay. Of Bachelor, has rent
ed the Les Williamson farm A miles
southwest Of Auxyasse, of ]. b.
Hyde, Of Fulton. and will farm there
next spring and simmer.
The dinner guests at Mrs. Spence's
on Thursday were Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
mold, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph WI.
kins and Mrs. Mcmillan, With Mrs.
Spence as hostess; Mr.. W. L. Har-
per with Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford;
Mrs. Edmonds and Miss Hattie Ed
monds with Mrs. Bruton; Mrs.
Scudder and Mary Hord scudder with
Miss Leland.
LOST - Lady's hand bag, con
tanning small amount Of money
and other articles, between Wilker-
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