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Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

COL whitecotton, a prominent at
torney Of Paris. Mo-. while in Mexico
this week attending court, stated
that he thought the best move the
Democratic party OF Missouri could
possibly make would be to nnanim-
ously nominate Ex-Governor Joseph
W. Folk tor the Senate in 1ek1. Col.
Whitecotton stated that this would
surely please the anti.Folk Democrats
who are anxious to get the Governor
out Of the state. At the same time
1t would show that the party en-
dorsed the Folk policy Of enforcing
the law and keeping the lid on.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

THE salary Of the Governor Of Mis-
souri, should be increased. This sal
airy was fixed years ago. and is not
only inadequate. but much less than
that paid in other States. A metro
politan newspaper referring to this
matter says: Joseph W. Folk. re-
firing governor of Missouri, sold his
team and carriage that had cost him
about $500 for $500 . few days
ago. He did not like to part with
them at that price, but 1t was the
best he could get in a hurry, and his
friends here say that he needed the
ready money to close up his accounts
and not leave the capitol with any
debts unpaid. The ex-governor has
contracts for a course Of lectures that
viii net him anywhere from $1,000
to $4,000 in the next eight or ten
months, s250 a lecture guaranteed and
a percentage above a certain stipu-
lated amount. He needs neither as
sistance nor sympathy, and he wants
neither, but his case calls attention
to the parsimony Of the fifth state
in the Union In paying its officials.
He had more money when he came
here four years ago than he had
Ehen he went away. and it was not
because he made the race for the
United States Senate that his finan-
eial condition was not better at the
finish than at the beginning Of hin
term. The fact is that the salaries OF
the state officers we're fixed many
years ago when a dollar would buy
as much as two dollars viii buy now.
The duties and the expenses that are
necessarily connected with the Of
flces are greater than they were then
Other large states are recognizing
that fact. Missouri has overlooked It.
Every Missourian is well posted on
the fact that Missouri is the fifth
state in the Union in population and
wealth and better than fifth In many
things that 50 to make commercial
Importance. Yet the salaries it pays
It's state officers are far below many
states that rank below It in every
thing else"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

THE prize ear OF corn exhibited at
the cora show held at the Agricultur.
al Department OF the University Of
Missouri during Farmers Week was
sold at the close Of the convention
for $40 to ]. A Stewart, OF Colum-
bia- The best ten ears Of corn were
sold for $50, to the Archias seed
store Of sedalia. and the second best
variety went to Geo. F. Sly for
en- En
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
WHITLEY ARRIVES
AT SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, Jan. 16.-Lebbeul
R. Whitley, formerly a Mexico boy
former Judge of the United States
District Court for China, arrived here
to-day on his way to st. Louis. He
in the East. He recently resigned hi
expects to enter the practice of law
position in the far East. Mr.. VII.
Hey says that Shanghai rogues have
no cause to rejoice over his de-
parture, as his successor will finish
the work he began. He says further
that his resignation was neither ask
ed nor suggested, and that he told
President Roosevelt in September that
he intended to resign.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward o.
any case Of Catarrh that cannot DO cared b.
Halle Caterrh Cure.
We, the undersignsd, have known p. J
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe hin
perfectly honorable In III bHainf 30 transac
tIJns and financially able 70 carry out any 90
legations made By bis nrm;
WALDIs0, KLNNAN q MARFIN, Wholesali
Druggists, Tolsdo, o
HALLS Catarfh Cure is taken internally, &C.
ting directly upon the blood and mucous sui
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free
Price 7bc Dor bottle. Bol6 oy all Druggists,
PRANK J. CHENEY a Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Drug0ists. z5c.
Take HaII's Family Pnls Tor constipation
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

MARSHALL. No., has two hitch lots
owned by private parties who charge
80 cents for shelter and hay for q
horse. We understand both Of these
lots are literally and cordially pa
tronized By the farmers OF Saline
county. A private hitch lot in Mex
leo ought to draw q good business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
WILLIAM NC CREOLE DEAD,

The remains OF William McCredie,
who died suddenly in Kansas City,
sunday night, passed through this
city Monday en- route to Galloway
county where the body viii be inter.
red. Mr.. McCredie is a cousin of r.
D. Mckinney, Of this city, and ia wen
known in Mexico.
The Ledger extends sympathy to
the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

THE annual banquet Of the Mexico
Business Mems Association was Q
brilliant success. This is a splendid
start in the diresdon Of securing
practical results for Mexico and Au.
drain county during 1909.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

THERE are quite a number Of citi
Eens, business men and business firm
In Mexico who do not belong to the
Business Mems Association. AT thu
same time these parties expect prac
tical results from the association, and
are glad to participate in the same,
Some Of them 30 30 far as to find
fault and criticise the association foi
not doing even more than 1t does,
Come in, gentleman, and do your par
and stop knocking and 20 TO boost
Inc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

herd on his magnificent rancl
near the Golden Gate. | mus
hasten.
Great is Missouri, our nativ,
land. We love her but mus.
pass on to live stock. Grass i
perhaps mans greatest benefac
tor, especially in the vegetable
kingdom, the one thing tina
gave Senator Ingalls, a subjec'
with which he immortahzed hi
name. But suppose you strike
from our country its live stock
and in less than one year you
would bankrupt the commercial
world, yes, and wit it the short.
horn, and the velvet sward OF
the Senator's immortal would
lose its charm and grass would
become a menace to the high
ways. The live stock of the u.
3. A. esables US to draw on the
world for the balance of trade
for 500 millions of dollars. An
nually Mr.. Bryan's bimetalism
would have increased the worlds
redemption money over 3,OOO.-
OOO, 900 but this magnificent
balance of trade has more than
doubled our circulation per capita
in the last decade, or 5 billion
dollars.
We in Audrain county are
strlctly an agricultural people
and dependent on the product of
our soil for all material pro.
sperity. Hardin College itself
was founded on the farm land of
Audrain county aud to this
scarce she continually looks for
her main support both in girls
and money.
In order to stop the enormous
waste OF soil fertility we must
grow more live stock. We are
told each crop of corn, oats.
wheat or hay takes from orr
'oil (if not fed back thereon)
The sum of SO to $3.50 per acre
n chemical fertilizers; it be-.
looves us, therefore, to sound a
warming against this continued
iepletion of our soils. How then
az we conserve our great soil
wealth and at the same time
Increase our bank account, grow
i've strck Of the most approved
ype. II it's sheep, keep the
'est' II horse, COW or hog, the
'est are none to good. For NV.
Ell, give me the short-horn. Pm !
ware that many mongrels of M
'articular escutcheon esponse
ne short-horn name, when very
title of this blood, and that a j
oor quality courses their veins. 1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

EVERY friend OF education, which
includes everybody in Mexico and
Audrain county, will be interested in
the proposed memorial for the late
d. A. Mcmillan, superintendent of
the Mexico Public Schools, the best
schools to be found anywhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

MERCHANTS throughout Missouri
who II conducting clearing invoice
sales during January report splen.
did business. There are no dull days
for merchants who advertise the year
through.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
scHANKYFrLEI

MRS. ROSE scHANKwElLEI
brings in three new paidinadvance
snbscribeH to the Mexico Weekly Led,
ger this week. The Ledger is growing
in popularity and the subscription list
increases steadily. Advertisers shoul
make q note Of this fact.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
cisera Holt Is Missing !

Ciscera Holt, the Cala'
ty youth who processes 7
messed the murder Of "
in this city the night oil ~
IL missing.
He was subpoenaed pl
Jury which convenes 10,
Sheriff woolery found !
man gone when be VICE
apers on him.
There was some TAX y
at first but this hypOA''
to have no grounds. WOE
West at this time no one
knows. .,
Whether his story Wou'' :
one of the much needed ~
in the chain of evidence
on the killing u =
trary.
Circuit Court Cow
Circuit court conVen'' |,
with Miss Pea' !, /.
Circuit Clerk. TINS /.
lime in the history oil Au %s
a woman has illleO - |,
She will continue to a'' I
paclty during the illness"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Notice Of Final s.ttI.m.n.

Notice is hereby given that final
settlement Of the estate of Mary A.
nlShlnan' deceased, will be made at
ene February term of the Probate
court Of Andrain county, Missouri, to
De neio at Mexico. Missouri, on the
SECOND Monday in February, 1909.
ihomas Bass, Administrator.
dR.Af
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

IL you have any trouble with YOU
stomach you should take Chamber.
iaihs stomach and Liver Tablets.
MT, j. ?. Klote. of Edna. Mo-, says:
| nave used a great many different
for stomach trouble, but
llnd chamberlain's Stomach and Liyer
laolets more beneficial than any 9th.
y remedy | ever used" For sale by
Criswell Drug Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

Fair Association To No.
The great Mexico r.I, !
spring into the calcium n
tention. On the tseutl,s
month the members Of M
IN the Northeast MIssous !
iair circuit will couv.n.
Green No., and settl. a.
the fairs the approach.
Shortly after this ms,t,l
beers Of the local asso.l,s,
and decide upon the M,
new amphltheatre and ,,,s
which the destructive I'm
destroyed. Work will 4
the new structure as So
weather will allow.
The date of the apppd
meet and agricultural do,
Is undecided yet but IN b
ity Il win bo held alnos
time as the fair last ysu1l
part OF August. Tia III,
association are the BoyDp|
centralia and tho Mexico
The amphitheatre, secravl
and the Judges stand 10
here viii DO finer than d
this section Of the staie.
phitheatre, IL tho plans dIs
considered are carried ov
much larger than The Old d.
the center a reserved Ssai
aide the boxes In the fore
structure.
The Mexico fair has Avn
sed an enyiable reputation
year the directors intend
show shall exceed all iora
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
A. H. whitneys Official

III
/ Couhtv Recorder Of D~
Whitney has many odd anl
perienees in his official u
recently issued a marriage
a colored couple by ths
Ropem and Cheatem. In tA
/, he states, it will be a q
survival Of the fittest.
Within the past week 4
cured a license to wed ID
girl. Both persons were IA
circumstances and the rsqi
Samolean was all the mo-
had. Mrs. Whitney was pre-
the license was issued and
husband give her the mo
then took the dollar to Mis-
the Associated Charities d
of the case. Miss Frost II
money to the family fol b
Of necessities.
A well known justice
married the couple and y
emory discovered they u
and trusted them until y
ed groom could rake Il
withal. The following a.
settled. The question ID .
those interested is vheIAS
made one dollar do the "
The fact Leap Year Is
memory does not seen .
the ability Of 10
In attending to the deIais
when
with the grooms doing T.
Quite recently a MEMS
procured the llcenS
the engaging Of the minis
The groom was to .
lew minutes before the g
10 take place, Incidental
gave hes ago as "a and
rs 80 years when in tFlli
lust the reverse.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

Several of the largest lakes about
Mexico are very low. The thaw Of
the SNOW will not fill them and the
February rains are much needed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
Special o the ledger.

jefferson City, Jan. 2oth.-WlIllam
J. Stone was elected United States
Senator here to-day. The vote stood
Stone OF; Mckinley "a.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

Born, to MFR. and Mrs.. Ralph Nor
dyke. Of sedalia. No, Jan. 10, a
daughter. Mrs. Nordyke was former.
Iy Miss Wayne Helm, Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

rnn n Mexico Ledger would like 10
n nr1w the present address Of Dr.
formerly Of Mexico, Mo. 'u'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
clreult Court ConS'''
tx. JUDGE BAKER BaSV h
PAINFULLY y

Judge Baker Barnes VS. /
bruised by being throw
horse Friday. Mr. ba'D u.
fined to his bed, but Il n.
the injury will prove 'e'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21
;

LII The error Of an eps,-.I
read his watch BY tn n
an average of seven N.Y.
In a race to reach a ~.
miles west OF Dots.'s
way station, 20 mile,
Springs. Colo. Friday ", ".
s~eyenty-one were EIJ.,
port.
a child of Q out Of q,
one coach was the oDl,
. The engineer Of pas'.''
: on the Denver & n 4
road o k at bis xs,,
m He thought It w,
then passing Dotsero.
70 have waited for a
But the 10 minutes k,,TI
him by the error in N.
his watch convinced him 1
Tune to make the sidIn,
away, and with the tbroS.
the train Ieaped down !,
ca a curve and crashed
a double header freIrh,
was speeding to reach a.
at Dotsero before the ps,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1909-01-21

THE Mexico Ledger has for years
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22

The Camp Fire ClGh, Washington, B. C., has retitioned the government to terminate the lease with the North American Commercial company which allows this compeuy to seal at the Pribilef islands.
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22

4n the suit filed by 6. Ii. StulgeH against the Home Power company, oi Skagwey, asking for permanent in- 5unction prohibiting the said company from damming the waters of Lake Dewey, Judge Oushmen held that the Home Power company. had the right to dam the waters of Lake Dewey when ever it wanted to.
 President Taft is taking more than ordinary interestin the report of Maj. Richardson, Of the Alaska road com mission, which has been :Gn his desk for ten days. 1t is believed that he wiN transmit it to congress soon, with rec concentrations onsregar6ingtransportation in Alaska, says tbe Washington cores poGdent Of the 2.I. IWbite the report has not been made public, it IS known that it urges a speedy declaration ot policy as to aiding or noteiding rail road construction by grants or subsi, dies, ia order that the commission may plan it's road work accordingly. Con- sLruo6ion of railroads necessarily would reduce the amount Of road work re- quired. Senator Nelson has in prepar> ation several bills based condemnation given &eim by Mag. Richardson for ell larging the Alaska fand fro@ which is derived considerable revenue for road work. 0ue proposes to tax telephone lines and other pubtic .GtiNtie6 not HOW incFaded in the list of taxable property and to levy @ tax of S5 ou all mining claims, irrespective of value, they also not now being taxed.
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22
The N0rthIand The latest News, from Reliable Sources, ConcerRing the Greet
 North. Condensed.
InfOrnlatiOn for Everybody.

Maybe Cook did net climb Mt. Me Klnley, either.
 Ehink of it, even Ireland has pcom- jse of hcme rule.
 At Whitehorse ? dogs died in three days from poison.
 Census taking iu Southeastern Alas ka will begin next week.
 The Skagway Alaskan says th&t the pussy willows are in bloom.
 The Prince Rupert Evening Empire claims circulation of ] 400 copies.
 Thomas Rich, an Atlin miner, coua- mitted suicide at Seattle on the l2th inst.
 4 banquet was held at the Arctic club, at Seattle, in honor of Alaska's delegate.
 Lucy Lopp, daughter of ". P. Lopp, superintendent of the Alaska schools, died last week at Seattle.
 The explosion of fifty pounds Of dynamite at the Venus mine near Cari, bou, on the 9th, injured two men.
 The Sitka band is contemplating a iconcert tonr. and expects to visit ! Douglas, Haines, Skagway and J2neaa.
 Interest in the Alaska coal land cases continues. and Secretary Ballinger comes in for his share of the general abuse.
 Delegate WjckersAam will spend Christmas with his mother in Tacoma, after which he will proceed to Wash ington-
 Sam BouniReld, the well known fer mer Alaskan, who was at one time re- puted to be worth saOQOOo, has given it all away,
 With mere than one-half of the ehil- dreu sick from colds or whooping cough, the Whitehorse school has been closed for time.
 From our numerous Alaskan ex- changes we learn that all of the federal judges in Alaska are making good" 1" whatever that may mean. 1 Sweeping reductions Of the help 0f the interior department of the Yukon territory have been made, thereby ef- fecting a saving of s25.ooo yearly.
 A company has been formed and the capital raised to pat an independeRt steamer ca the run between Prince Rupert and Hazleton, on the Skeena river.
 Col. Reynolds, of the twentg-secon& infantry, has recommended to the war department at Washington that the next annual endurance ride for the army officers take place on the govern ment road back of Hajnes,
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22

ing Co.is now a bonded carrEer, aUth0r- ized to transport foreign merchandise between Edaines and Rainy Hollo%.
 Fanshaw, which in the summer sea son boasts of population Of from l5O to 2GO fishermen, now has but five resi- dentt. The trolling seas9n will Gpea aboat the erst of March.
 The Camp Fire Clah, Washington, B. C., has retitioned the government to terminate the lease with the North American Commercial company which allows this company to seal at the Pribiief islands.
 The %hitehorse Star ofthe ITth says: "A week ago yesterday morning the temperature at this place vas 5$ de grees below zerS. Yesterday morning it was 70 degrees above zero, @ change in the week of 9G degrees, whick is some"
 Ouring the first ten months of G9O9, the Seattle assay office received for de gosit S1l TSRo3347 in gold and S4 ,22l.A0 standard ounces of silve. Of the gold, lO,451 ,4O578 came from Alaska, while 72y y364.59 ounces oS silver came froG the territory also.
 pr. Gordon, a scientist Of tke Un57er- sity of Pennsylvania, spent summer in the Yukon ia the interest,o science His observation of the natives led him to declare- "The Alaskans aye, J be- lieve, through oRr misdoings, doomed to extinction at an early date"
 Mayor Emery Valentine. of Janeau7 and Mrs. Josephine G. Cook were mar red at the Catholic church aast Thurs day morning at 8;3o o'clock. Mr. Val entine is serving his second term as mayor and his bride IS a leader ia ehurch and social circles in the Capital City.
 Weston Coyney, editor of the l3awson News recently spent few days in Skagway on his way to the States. He was formerly the editer Of the Skagwag Alaskan, ana was one of the organizers of the 6rst A. B. camp. &e accredited with having written the rit0al'of the order.
 FIT. CongGon, mem berof parliament for the Yukon, has secured the promise eff the chairman of the railroad comuIis- siop to sit at Mkiteherse ia the spring for the psrpose of Investigating the rates charged Joy the White Pass Rail way company on freight from Skagway te thGt town.
 "Big Joe" EngIe, we'll known ia Skagway and throughout Alaska as the. manager of the old Beard of Trade, died in Oakland and wes cremsteG there on Nov. leth, says the Skagwag Alaskan. "Big Joe" Engle was one Of the pioneers of Skagway and remained Shere antil l9G5.
 If William TItus, of TibUs Bros., maA contractors for the winter service 0R the Truckee-Tahee ICalA star route, carries o4t his present plans he will shortly be carrying mail over @his route by means of Eskimo dogs.and g sledge. Eight or ten dogs will be used. So far as known here, tiis will be the only roGte outside of Alaska where the United States mail is tranapoated by dog teams
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22
The Alaskan Census

Ghe congressional act which provides for tae taki1g of the UniteG States census specifically states &hat Che cen sus taking shall commence &Qril Ia,
 9l0, and Joe completed within thirty days.
 The Alaskan census viii commence the latter part of this month.
 1t is grave injustice to Alaska to have the census taken at ths time. Many people are out of the country and, t1y as they will, the censue enup1erators cannot get on their rolls ,evea !the ,maio- portion ,of these ab- sentess-
 Asa resuiteof the date for Che Alas 4an eensus being arbitrarily set for ward aeerly fonr ;months, Alaska will undoubtedly lose several thousand population-on the eensEs rolls.
 The yeasSn for setting forward the .daSe of the Alaskan. census given out s5y the chief Of the census bureau is that.et this time,of the year it will be easier to reach the outlying districts This aeasen is not satisfactory It is decidedly doubtful if the outlying dis tpiots.of Alaska. can be better reached ia the dead ofwinter thenin April. At any event tis unjust to Alaska to de- tha eansps 2et
 tDelega$e Wiolershem wired pro" test &o Washington some time ago, but with characteristic indifference nc reply hes been made.
 Qhe Sreatment of Alaska in the cen eus takingisdust eGair sample of'what wemay expeeGelong all lines'nntil we get ethomes9u1e.-S Alaskan.
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22

Corporations interested in water traffic via St. Michael to the interior of Alaska are trying to get the appropTia- tion for the St. Michael canalincpeased to S2TOO00
 The '. Nj. .. A. houseboat Helen Could, named after Americas philaa- thropist, reached Fort Gibbon safely this summer. ". 4. Reid, secretary of the Grmy departmrnt of the |. M. C. 4. ia Alaska, and his wife made the trip down the Yukon in the house5oat. They started from Whitehorse.
 4 press dispatch from Cordoga to Ghe Seattle P.-l says: CordoTa is iu fever of excitement oyer the news gust received from the Jditsrod. A cable gram received here by J. X. Reidman from Ed yopng, at Nome, whose part. >ner, Ramps Peterson, au olG-time Alas kan, had gust arrived at the nearest telegraph office and wired that the pay streak is mile long, ,SO0 feetEwide, with three feet Of dirt running from five cents to Gfteen cents Q pan on bedrock, which is twenty feet deep.
 The anti.saloonists gre tO invade Alaska for the purpose of creating what their name implies, an auti-sa!oon Seeking, aud while those persons in the work of fighting the saloons perhaps are doing their duty as they see it, it is not believed thatthey will be welcomed by the majority of the people in Alaska. It makes no difference whether they coue a la Carrie Natien or as singers, war cniers, or as stubborn agitators- their advent will be resented bg a big percentage of the people. This is not the widest, w9oEest camp in the world, bat 1t is yet oa the frontier end there seems to be something ofa harry fer sgch methods of reform. Let the ants saioonists-if they must agitgte- do their work in the states, and give the people here-saloou men as well as .other citizens-Che chance to develop the .couutry and it's resources pndis- turbed. UJncleSam woeld rather point witb pride 5o the North and say "there is my sub,treesary" then "look what what aGiet place the reeormeTs have made Of Alaska. .'-Nome Gold Digger.
 According to the Laneau Record, Governor Clark has been interesting himself in the Alaska game laws end ,has sbeenin consultation with tbe garae wardens. After dae d6liberatien the go4ernor has recommended to the see- retaTy Of agric UltUre eertala changes in the regulations. An SO far as Southeastern Alaska is concerned the new regulations ere almost idea6- cal with Che old .IawsGor 6he -enGire'di triet excepting paragrephG. &tlimits the uumber of deer which mey 'be killed, lawfully. during the7seeson and shortens the open season. The sign3- cant paragUrphsof the new regulations reads: @Cl) Gu Southeastern Alaska She season ,of t1iHing deer eheN @be limited to the period :erom JGne& to Dec. E5; <(2) the sale Of deer 'careassee <or 4enison is prohibited except during the months.of September, October, Ne vember end Decen Der aud (&) theaum- Der of deerAsiiled by one person .shaL be limited to a2." The open season ended lest "Wednesday, ,:and'deeiers ere given !fftesn days'in which close out whatever deer meat they lmay have on IhcnE
Douglas Island news., 1909-12-22

Doh'tDwait until another Taku comes; orderyy our storm windows, now-of Jnhn IEsnsi