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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-02
HORSELESS PLOW.
DON'T PUT BAD EGGS ON THE
MARKET-WOoDMEN
NEIGHBORS.
Released on a Charge of Deliver
ing Catalpa Trees on Sunday.

| 80 A'ANA blhbAJ NOhAAJ IbG jury
failed to agree in the case against
a nursery agent and his wife for
delivering catalpa trees on Sun
day, four favoring acquittal and
eight conviction. The defendants
claimed that their stock was perish
able and that the prosecuting
witness, Joe Brown of near Bell
flower, had them arrested because
they made him pay for $50 worth
of trees he had ordered. They also
swOre that he was washing his
buggy when they delivered the
ftreeS.
Ralph Eller, near Auxvasse, has
been sick all fall and not able to
gather his corn. He is a member Of
the WOodmen lodge. The other
day a number of his Woodmen
neighbors went to his field and
gathered the corn and hauled it
and the fodder in. "He is my
brother and friend who has mercy
on me. ="
Miss Sallie Conner of Mexico
visited her mother, Mrs. Mary
Conner, at Auxvasse, last week.
a horseless plow on David Ar
mold s farm south of Paris is at
tracing much attention in that
vicinity. It's motor develops 20
horsepower and it is rugged with
sufficient plows to turn 6 fur
rows in sod land at one time. It's
initial job will be the breaking
out of a 2OO-acre pasture that will
be devoted to corn next season.
The outfit belongs to Ed Mitchell,
an enterprising cOlored man.
Farmers should remember that
the pure food law holds them re-
sponsible if bad eggs are put on
the market by them. It is unsafe
to hold them too long or the fine
might be a good deal more than
the profit.
The Fulton Gazette says: Geo.
L. Black, a substantial and enter
prising young farmer, living two
miles east Of Hereford, was mar
ried Thursday at Laddonia. Au-
drain county, to Miss Gina AzdelI,
member Of a prominent family
Of that section. Rev. Sam Wood,
Of AuXvasse. was the officiating
minister. Mr.. and Mrs. Black re-
turned to Galloway that after
noon and will Immediately go to
housekeeping on the groom's
farm. The Gazette extends con-
gratulationS.
The Fulton Woman's Club, to
which the town is indebted for its
public library and other impOr-
tant civic improvements, at a
injecting last week, approved a let
ter to be sent to the officials of the
Chicago & Alton railroad com
pany asking that a new and at
tractive station be erected in Full
ton at an early date to take the
Iplace of the station burned sever
al weeks ago
\ freshman at the state uni
versity shaved off his "sideburns"
to keep the sophomores from do
ing it, The college paper said he
took time by the forelock. T."
Fines aggregating $4,000 were
assessed in the Charlton county
circuit court last week against
violators of the local option law.
One former saloon-keeper was
fined $4,000 and another $500,
and another person $500. G. NJ.
Hay, of Fulton, assisted in the
prosecution of the cases.
The AuXvasse Review says: 7.
j. Bates, the senior member of the
) firm, will move to Mexico to re-
side, Galloway is losing some
mighty good men lately, and Mex
leo is to be congratulated ON the
accession of the Pledge Bros. and
Mr.. Bates.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-02
COSTLY HOGS.
DAN QUNLAN'S MOVE
JOHN DAVIDSON TO COME
TO MEXICO.
Mr.. S. M, Stokes of Kentucky Be.
comes an Audrain County
Citizen.

iiCO IiOo'j SOtlJuWCSJ VI MIA
leo, raised a great crop of corn
this season. Some of it is yielding
20 and IS bushels to the acre.
c. Householder sold ia year
ling sheep at National Stock
Yards last week. They were Of
his own feeding and averaged %
pounds and brought $3.50.
James Quinlan sold to A. P.
Stuart of Pilot Grove, Mo-, a two
months old Chester White boar
last week, getting 800. Mr.. Quin-
Ian expressed the pig last Satur-
day.
Repeated from the Paris APP
peal: G. NJ. Robinson, north of
Tulip, sold 100 acres half mile
west Of Thompsonville known as
the VIM. Moore place, to Mr..
Nlundy, of Mexico, at $50 an acre.
VIM. Mohn, of near Hutchison.
Rails County, has bought a third
interest in the Mexico Automobile
Company.
j. G. Lower, north of Rush
Hill, was here last SATURDAY.. lie
owns 400 acres of land in that
community, $50 acres of it he
thinks the best piece of dirt in the
county. Mr.. Lower came to Au-
drain county four years ago fron
AtchisOn county, Kansas. He
thinks Missouri all right.
The Paris Appeal states that
Ernest Smiley bought the Wade
Wood place, 80 acres, near Long
Branch, at $50. George Vaniand-
ingham bought the Patterson
place, so acres in same vicinity.
at same price.
'The scarcity of stock cattle
and the high price they command
has had a bearing on feeding
operations for the winter. Then.
on the other hand, with corn sell
ing at 5O055c and the price of
cotton seed, meal and cake higher
than last year, conditions point to
a more moderate number of steers
to be fed the coming winter" re-
marked NJ. A. DOwding, a regular
shipper of Boone, Galloway and
Audrain counties, Mo-, to the S..
Louis Live Stock Reporter a few
days ago. While no doubt this
has been the cry the last several
years, really believe that the
number conditioned will be lighter
than usual. Now this in particular
will be the case with long-fed
steers and the majority of the
stOckmen that | have talked to are
going to feed from three to six
months as a rule The rain fall in
my part Of the state has been
pretty heavy of late and the
ground is wet enough now with
out any further rains for some
time. Notwithstanding the warm
weather and moisture the growth
of the winter wheat has not been
too strong and in general this
crop looks to be in pretty favor,
able condition.
Says the Auxvasse Review: Me,
Donald e. Lockridge, over in the
edge of Audrain, sold five mules
the other day to Atterberry &
Edmonds They got $165 a heal
: for two of them and 1920 around
for the rest of them.
Sam Turner sold NJ. w. Max
era, of Pike county, two hogs las
Friday which weighed 1000 lbs
and brought him $7O.70. This il
some hog and the price is more
than we paid for cows a few year.
| ago.
The Pike Co. News comments
Green Cant who was digging I
well on his newly purchased 81
acre farm 3 miles southwest o
Mexico, struck coal at a depth o
J l30 feet. The vein is 3 feet thicl
, and covered by a thick coat o
, rock Audrain is underIaid wifi
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1909-12-02
over S65,OOO.
LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS FOR
THE ELECTRIC RAILROAD.
A Little More Pulling and the
$4,000 Will be Raised.

scrlptions made for the electrit
r. r. bonds. 1t includes some sub.
scriptions that are contingent and
the conditions may not be com.
piled with. 1t will therefore be
necessary to secure more than the
'otal $4,000, to make the amount
sure.
\ number Of subscriptions, some
of them large, are sure to come
in yet. These and any increase
made by those in this list will be
published as they are made.
The following are those who
have subscribed $4,000 each
Matthias Crum, Lakenan &
Barnes, VIM. Pollock & Son. j. r.
johnson, S. NJ. Locke.
Those who have subscribed as
much as $500 each: w. II.
French.
Those who have subscribed
$1,000 eachi C. F. Clark, S. P.
Emmons, c. w. Lewis. r. V.
Montague, FIR. j. J. Dillon, Coats
worth Lumber Co.. A. ID. jackson.
r. NJ. White & Son, Llewellyn Il
Sons, VIM. f. Atkinson. w. w.
Bolts, c. c. Heller, W. L. Grad
dock, Mexico Ell. Light Co., f. /.
Crosby, Fred A. Norris, Ape
Realty Co.
Those who have subscribed $500
each: Champ Clark, c. P. Dun
lap, Hall & Mcintyre, Miss Ida
Rosamond, J. A. Guthrie, j. G.
King, Lane & Buckner, Thos. T.
Roden, R. d. Worrell. IncOgnito.
w. w. johnson, w. j. Bolts.
Kemp & Pearson, II. II. Meyer, b.
r. Middleton, w. L. Fowles. !.
w. Lee & Son, Crown Laundry
Co., DR.. Pinckney French, St.
Louis; c. b. Lyman, f. V. Layson
& sisters.
Those who have subscribed $500
each: G. r. Winn, John Beal, J.
IS. Beamer, II. ID. Rodgers, c. L.
Leeper, J. w. Gallahcr & Co.. Dr.
j. G. MOo,e, Smith Bros. Groccry
Co., Geo ii. Randle, w. J. Morris
Shoe Factory; August Meyer, G.
w, Robertson, FredendaIl & Viii.
kins, Abbay & Adams, DR.. p. f.
Coil, Il. b. Hawthorne, c. A. Buck.
ner, c. y. Rothwell, Elizabc'n
Dahlem, Williams & Sharp, NJ. T
Vandegrift, L. n. Ketter, r. L
Phillips, j. c. Mundy, Joe Stein
man, Joseph b. Botkin, GriffeC
& Martin, O. Poisson, E. II. Carter
d. F. Gillett, F. w. Brand, j. NJ
Dyke, j. b. Graham. |. II. McCue
T. j. HoXsey, Pitcher Jewelry Co.
|. NJ. Greer, Y. +. Hook. p. l.
Hanley, a, c. White, w. S. Hath
away, Joseph Barth. f. O. Morris
& Son, 7. j. Gibson, j. w. Dry
A. T. Smock, S, & n. Phillip. J. r
Jesse, S. S. Howard, w. NJ. White
J. o. Tinsley, J, p. Sanford, Ferri
& Cauthorn, Y. J. Kelso, G. \
Brock, John 7. Ricketts,, a. X
Luckie, wilkins & Brown, a. II
Whitney, N. R. Rodes, c. r.
Brown, w. E. West, d. II. Bren
ton, McLoney & Co., NJ. II. Heller
G. l.. Ferris, Bert f. Wells, DR.
Frank Spence, c, II. Hamilton
DR.. Theo. II. Winans, f. G.. Smith
f. A. Sannebeck. Geo. Boomer, r
G. Boyd, J. w, Woodbridge, S. Z
Guthrie, Joe b. Daniel, Smith
Peterson Coal Co., w. r. Sale
& Aug. Weber, b. A. Powell, j
y. Brown, Haskell Bros, DIR. K
r. Bragg, DR.. Robt. C. STROBE
Geo. Robertson, f. NJ. Ragsdall
99c Store; j. f. Blum, Fran
Jesse, Paul St. yrain, S. r. Fin
ley, ID. C, Haskell, Otis Purdy, j
G. Ford, d. NJ, Roberts, Geo. +
! Kunkel, t. A, Threlkeld, c. W
Candy, w. II. Redmond, Ro
Ferris, G. w. Strain, II. L.
:. Thicker. Geo. w Nash Elon Dao,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
The Protectinn Deficit

In 1897, the Washington Post notes,
the Republican ways and means com
mittee was kept busy finding things to
protect; now it has search warrants
out to find things from which to raise
revenue, the deficit from which will be
$3.50, 100000. The Post rejects the idea
of taxing tea and coffee and also of
increasing the tax on malt liquors. 1t
goes or to say:
1.-THE ways and can committee
will play with fire when it brings In
a stamp tax In time Of peace. A bond
sale for current expenses would be no
more odious and it would be no an
swer to the public clamor it would in
cite to say 1t Is necessary to resort to
1t. A stamp tax is a clog on business,
a burden imposed IN trade, but the in
convenience it would entail would
make it far more repulsive than the
cost of it would render it onerous. The
stamp tax England imposed on the colo
MES was for a beggarly sun that eth
err one of the thirteen could have paid
without embarrassment, but it made
a revolution and a war, and ever in
1862, when it was resorted to to save
the union, there were mutterings that
turned to cursings."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
People Demand to Be Heard.

We confess that We have never had
much notion that a permanent tariff
commission would be of superlative
value in helping solve the tariff prob
lem But We must admit that the op-
position of the American Protective
Tariff league to the formation Of a
commission is a strong argument in its
favor. The league opposes everything
that will tend to rob the tariff of mys-
terry into which only the high priests
of the protection cult are fitted to en-
ter. For the rest the plain people are
to accept with awe and gratitude my
thing that this priesthood vouchsafes
and be glad of paying the price of it's
exactions. All government, religion,
observation-disclosures concerns men
was once similarly held as something
about which there was to be no in
quiry nor discussion, but only submits
sion. But that day is passing, and the
opponents of light on the tariff may
rest assured that the time is at hand
when the making of a tariff shall be a
process carried forward in the open.
The day has gone by when a few spe-
cial agents Of beneficiaries can die
tate to the few leaders Of the domi-
nant party what "we'' will accept and
have it put Observation-Disclosures
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
Why There Was a Funeral,

"That looks like a newly made grave
that little hummock over there on
the DESERT" said the traveller from the
east.
That's Just what it is, neighbor,"
answered Arizona AL. THE editor Of
the Weekly Cactus Spine was buried
over there last week"
What was his complaints"
HE didn't have none. 1t was Coyote
Cal that had the complaint. You see,
there was a baby born up to Calls
house a spell ago, and the editor wrote
a item about it, sayin' a tow-headed
little girl he'd come to make Cal and
his woman happy, but 1t pears that
the printer got the letters mixed some
how. Leastways it said in the paper
when Cal read~it that it was a two.
headed baby, and him bein' an i'm
pulsive cuss, there want nothin' to do
but hold the funeral the next day but
one"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
SYNOPSIS.
ILLUSTRATED BY
RAY WALTERS
.

Three girls - Elizabeth, Gabrielle and
Elise-started for Canada to spend the
summer there. On board steamer they
We're frightened by an apparently dement,
ed stranger, who finding a bag belonging
to one of, them, took enjoyment in scru-
tinizing G photo of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. Graham, also
bound for Canada. The young women on
q sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham,
~anxiously awaiting her husband, who had
a. mania for sailing. They were intro
duced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith.
A cottage by the ocean was rented by
the trio for the summer Elizabeth
learned that a friend of her fathers was
to call. Two men called, one Of them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
steamer. The girls were mot at home"
but discovered by the cards left that one
OF. the men was Elizabeth's fathers
friend. The men proved to be John G..
Blake n Gordon Bennett. The party
was told of the search for smugglers in
the vicinity Of the cottage. Elise visited
Mrs. Graham to FIND that her life was
not the happiest. She learned that the
Grahams and Lady Edith were %acquaint-
ed. A wisp Of yellow hair from Mr.. Gra-
hams pocket fell into h hands Of Elise.
Mrs. Graham's hair was black. During
q storm the young women heard a crash
in the basement Of the cottage and a mo-
ment later Mary Anne, their woman serv-
ant, entered, her arm bleeding. To as
sure them there was no danger Mary
Anne descended to tho basement alone
and quieted their fears.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
PEOPLE MUST PAY
FOR REPUBLICAN EXTRAvA.
CANOE AND INDIFFERENCE.
Now 1t Is Proposed to Add War Taxes
to the Internal Revenue Laws
lncompetency Enthroned
in Washington.

Engaged in an apparently hopeless
struggle to make both ends meet, the
ways and means committee of the
house Of representatives is discussing
the advisability of adding war taxes to
the internal revenue laws. The deficit
for the fiscal year is mounting rapidly
and will expand from the present $780,
600, 600 to $50, 900, 900, or more, by the
end of the fiscal year. The Dingley
law has failed dismally as a revenue
producer, and the hope of increase
from a new tariff law is not only i'm
possible, but there is the certain pros
pect that there will be a falling off in
customs receipts as the result of the
scheduled readiustment of duties.
Extravaganza and indifference are
the twin sins for whose commission
the Republicans must pay the penalty
of restoring war taxes in time of peace.
1t is a bitter dose. A duty on coffee
and a duty on tea would be to pattern
after the English system of raising
money on articles not produced in the
country. Their imposition would be
to represent an indefensible mixture
Of the Numerically opposite English
and American systems. 1t is a woeful
comment on the protection system,
which has been strained to the crack
ing point for the last IL years, and is
still unable to both protect and raise
revenue at the same time.
With the cost of living at home OPP
pressive and prosperity delaying it's
heralded return and still out of sight,
1t is doubtful whether the people will
take kindly to a tax on their break
fast table. An increase of the tax on
beer will u little public concern,
but the temperance of the stamp
taxes will place before the people the
constant reminders that incompetency
has been enthroned in Washington.
The Democrats may heave a sigh of
relief that they did not win last No
vember. They have, at least, avoided
a heritage of the kind that came to
them in 1892, when they were made
to suffer for the sins of their reck-
less predecessors.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11

Might Look for Recovery.

The following was told Of the pa.
tient of a w%ell-known New York ply
stefan:
The patient, an elderly gentleman,
became quite i'll while the doctor was
absent upon a vacation, the i%ndisposi.
ton being the result of too frequent
po%tations, A female nurse was at once
engaged to care for him in his hotel.
A lady, residing in the same hotel,
became aware of his illness, and in.
terested herself to the extent of one
morning inquiring concerning his con-
dition of the chambermaid.
"Shure, ma'am," replied Maggie,
AN | think he do be getting along
very well. The nurse was sittin' on
his lap this mornin'!"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
~CoNGENIAL WORK
And Strength to Perform 1t.

A person in good health is likely
to have a genial disposition, ambition,
and enjoy work.
On the other hand, if the digestive
organs have been upset by wrong
food, work becomes drudgery.
Until recently writes a Washing
ton girl, Il was a railroad stenog-
rapher, which means full work every
day.
Like many other girls alone in a
large city, | lived at a boarding house.
For breakfast it was mush, greasy
meat, soggy cakes, black coffee, etc.
After a few months Of this diet I
used to feel sleepy and heavy in the
mornings. My work seemed a ter
rible effort, and l thought the work was
to blame-too arduous.
"At home I had heard my father
speak of a young fellow who went
long distances in the cold on Grape
Nuts anG cream and nothing more for
breakfast.
Il concluded il it would tide him
over a mornings heavy work, it might
help me, so on my way home one
night ! bought a package and next
morning I had Grape-Nuts and milk
for breakfast.
I stuck to Grape-Nuts, and in Less
than two weeks | noticed improve.
ment. ! can't Just tell how well II
telt, but ! remember l used to walk
the ~ blocks to business and knew
how good it was simply to live.
As to my work-well, did you ever
feel the delight OF having congenial
work and the strength to perform 1t?
That's how I felt. / truly believe
there's life and yigor IN every grain 81
Grape-Nuts."
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
lille in pkgs. There's a Reason
Ever r>nd che above Iettere A NV
y appearn frcm time 70 time. Th<y,
are Eenu;ne, trac, ana fun q hnhnls
tnterssts
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
CHAPTER VI.

It was a very beautiful world which
greeted us in the morning after the
storm, all swept and garnished and
freshly painted for our delectation.
I wish I could describe 1t, as we
stood upon our veranda drinking In the
life-giving ozone and feasting our eyes
upon tho landscape. Perhaps II /
were an artist / could better express
the bright EUR Of the sky, the deep
er blue OF the sparkling ocean ripping
with ~white-capped waves, the wonder
full ~clearness Of the atmosphere, and
the glorious sunlight gliding every
thing until the commonest objects
were endowed with a charm hitherto
unsupported.
I had wakened tired and unre-
freshed, and both Gabrielle and Eliza
beth looked rather pale and heavy
eyed, 81 we decided to spend the day
at home, and established ourselves
upon the veranda for one Of the long,
lazy mornings in which we frequently
INDUCED.
Lady Edith Campbell soon Joined us,
fresh and dainty in her pretty morning
costume and simple hat, and we
greeted her with enthusiasm.
"Wilfrid has gone fishing" she re-
marked, as she removed her hat, land
as he means to be away all day, I shall
not be missed. How very coy you all
look, and what a wonderful morning,
Is it not?"
IF storms bring days like this" re-
marked Gabrielle, from the hammock,
II shall not care how often they
come"
"Oh, shall you not?" replied Lady
Edith, with a little shiver. Il do not
believe I agree with you. Last night
was terrible even in the village; what
It must have been in this exposed
place | cannot imagine. I am always
afraid Of the wind, and then, too
She paused uncertainty and looked
ut us.
"Such a dreadful thing happened!
DO you care to hear hotel gossip?'
We fastened to assure her that we
loved all gossip, hotel or otherwise,
and she resumed.
well, last night Mrs. Bundy, the
fat old lady who had the table next to
ours, you know"
Who wore a diamond sunburst on
her forefnger and headlights In her
ears interrupted Gabrielle.
"And came to breakfast In a velvet
teagown, with an emerald necklace"
supplemented Elizabeth. "Of course
we remember her. Did she die Of
Apoplexy Or anything"
She was robbed" said Lady Edith
gravely. "All her jewels were taken,
and they were very valuable. Poor
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
Thanks TO the RurnIar,

The dark lantern flashed through
the fiat. Then came the CLEAN of a
revolver.
Hands up!" Kissed the head Of the
family. You're a burglar"
"Y-yes," gasped the intruder, as he
faced the cold steel.
What have you stolen?"
your wife's pug dog"
Him. Eff that's all you may
sneak out quietly"
"And your motherin-law's parrot"
You don't say, Well, here is some
loose change"
and your daughters photograph"
Good! Here's some more loose
change"
Also your sons punching Bag
What! Great Scot, man, come out
to the library and I'll open a special
hottle."-Tit-Bits.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
The Tariff on lumber.

Illinois lumber dealers recently
closed their annual convention in Chi
cago. Its secretary declares that he
believes the high tariff on lumber does
not benefit the business Of the Illinois
lumberman. Here is another bit Of
evidence to the ways and means com.
mittee in favor of eliminating a tariff
provision that has enabled a few old.
time lumber kings to amass huge for
tunes at the expense Of the general
public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-03-11
Favor CAPITAL. Not Labor,

Real tariff experts agree that a
downward revision of the tariff will
still yield to American labor all the
protection necessary to sustain high
wages as compared with the wage
scale of European laborers. The high
tariff standpatters are therefore not
fighting to protect American labor,
but to protect inflated capital,