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Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
CANT.

Where rs the man that said Thu
year was to be a drouth.
Born, 10 the wife Of Joe Smith
a 9-pound boy.
r. J.. Sims shipped a load Of hog!
10 st. Louis Tuesday.
S. p. Loren's entertained the
young folks OF this vicinity with {
lawn party Saturday night.
Miss Maude Frazier. Of Centralia
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Allen Duf
fey, this week.
Quite a number from here attended
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Mr.. and Mrs. r. p. Hopkins da.
parted for Arkansas City, Kan, Mon.
Jay afternoon. Mr.. Hopkins wili con
SUIT a liver specialist there, and his
flied.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

stephen Cary and wife, who were
residents Of this city 20 years ago.
were in Mexico Monday. Mr.. Cary
says the city has changed wonderful-
~ since he was here and that pros,
poets are bright for Mexico in every
respect.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
LAW REQUIRES DEALERS
tn CANOI

Under the Pure Food Law all deal
ers IN eggs are required to candle
all eggs bought by them. If this Law
Is not complied with, the dealers are
subject to a fine of $4,000. All ths
dealers in this city are very careful
TO act in accordance to this law.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21


II. I. Cant. OF Thompson, left Sat
urday night for Omaha, where he
viii purchase western sheep and
lambs. Mr.. Giants first consignment
will be fed by himself. Charles House
holder, Jno. +. Baker and Cy Barnes.
Mr.. Cant has been most successful
with his Omaha sheep purchases for
the past several years ana he intends
to be a liberal buyer again this year.
S. NJ, wager, of Rowena, says that
Royal Diamond 2135 has made =
great season and that every breeder
who has a colt by him is well pleased
Mr.. Wager was recently offered 5000
for a yearling colt by this well-bred
horse.
J. Johnson, of Audrain. contributed
80 beeves weighing 1850 lbs. at
at S7.15 on the st. Louis market Mon.
day.
Powell & Mundy, with a load of
cattle, ]. j. Johnson with two loads
Of cattle and Geo. %Fennewald, with
two loads of hogs from this county,
were on the st. Louis market Mon.
day.
VIM. Freeman says that very little
wheat was sown in this section this
year. Oats he reports Furnishing. He
expects from IS to 50 bu. an acre.
r. l.. Phillips, who resides south OF
this city, has 80 acres of oats that
promise about 40 Blu. average. He
says his 20 acres of wheat will make
20 bu. to the acre. The corn crop
In that section he reports as a good
prospect.
Johnson Bros. will make their anni.
al pilgrimage to Montana in August
Tor the usual purchase Of sheep.
Ihey are among the largest sheep
buyers in this section Of the state.
W. w. Johnson, who is an expert buy
er, having resided In the great Mon.
tana sheep district for years, has
found his experience there a gfeat
asset in his purchases in the North.
west
0. ]. Mooers, formerly of this city,
now a resident Of Columbia, recently
paid $4,000 for 2S acres of land, two
miles east of Columbia. He viii start
a training and breeding farm for sad.
die horses.
NJ, l.. Waters, n Of Audrain's wei
Known farmers, was In Mexico Tues.
day. Mr.. Waters says he has "a
acres of oats that viii give only half
8 crop. Most Of the oats in his sec.
uon, southeast of this city. is In the
same condition. Something seems to
have blighted part of the erop. He
mas 30 acres of corn planted ove
that is doing fine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

THE STOCK AND
GRAIN MARKETS.
Ledger Special.
Payne & Becker Private Wire.
Natl Stock Yards. E. st. Louis,
CATTLE:
Receipts. $500. Market slow, in.
Guiding $500 native running 10 cents
lower in general. Range steers. $3.50
to 1925.
Cattle and heifers, $3.50 to SIPS.
stockers and feeders. s4.25 to $685.
Southern market slow, from Tues
days advance. Steers, s425 to $3.50.
Cows and heifers, $3.50 to 1915.
HOGS:
Receipts, $500.
Market, 10 to % cents lower.
Mixed and Butchers. $40 to $500.
Choice heavy, $S.45 to $3.50,
Rough. $500 to $s.95.
Light, $50 to $500.
Pigs, $500 TO $500.
Bulk, $3.50 to $S.75.
SHEEP:
Receipts. 20,0OO. Market strong.
Lambs, $500 to $3.50.
Mutton, $3.45 to $4.25.
Chicago Close:
WHEAT CORN
July, 1.09 3-S July, so
Sept, 1.O7 IA Sept, 81
Dec, LOS rs Dec, SO "a
May, 1.12 5-S May, .62
OATS PORK
July, Al 7-S July, s25.70
Sept, 80 3-S Sept, $21.62
Dec, 40 IL
May, AZ 5-S
July lard, $11.62
July. ribs, $11.95
Sept. lard, s11.72
Sept. ribs, $11.55
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Mrs. Ethan Howell and little daugh
ter departed Tuesday night for their
home at Hardin, Mont, after a visit
to relatives here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
$500 sprlngs. No. July Is.

Excelsior Springs. No, July Is.
Mexico will not get to see the
Jeffries-Johnson fight films if Mayor
Willard Potts a prevent *. Mayor
Potts. Judge w. w. Fry, Jr.. Tom
Chopper, Jas. Tanner and Ralph Buck'
ner are among those of the Au-
drain county colony enjoying the
Springs here.
When asked by a Ledger repre-
sentative If the fight pictures were to
be shown in Mexico. Mayor Potts
said: mot in Mexico, not on your
life" In fact, he seemed to think
Mexico was too good a town to be
sullied by the reproduction of such
a contest as this last Of the prize
ring.
Mayor Potts continued in saying
that the more he travelled. the
satisfied he was that Mexico wal the
hest town in the world. The fact
that bowling alleys and moving pictur
shows were open here on Sunday
called forth from Mr.. Potts and he
stated that was another thing he
wouldn't stand for in Mexico.
The members Of the Audrain col
ony are having a glorious time.
The funera Of William Atkins, who
dropped dead in okamulgee, Okla.
Thursday afternoon, was held in this
city Saturday. He was a former res
ident Of this city, unmarried and SIS
years Of age. Heart failure is given
as the cause Of his demise.
Mr.. Atkins is survived by the fol
lowing brothers and sister: John s..
Atkins, Of Vandalia; S. p. Atkins, of
Spokane. Wash; T. w. Atkins, Ok
amulgee, Okla; G. B. Atkins, Bell
view, Iowa; Claude Atkins, Spokane;
Mrs. j. w. Colley, Moberiy; P. S.
Atkins. Boone county and Earl Atkins
of Burke, Idaho.
The Ledger joins friends Of the
family in extending sympathy to the
bereaYed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
wf.dlt
MRS. ]. p. BLANToN
DIES IN CoLUmep'

The widow Of the late Prot j, !,
Blanton, former superintendent " ~
Mexico schools, died at her non, :
Columbia Monday morning the i'
eral was held Tuesday morning
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Sewing Machines, warranted 10
years. $500. To see is to buy. at
dw1 Robertson's.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Miss Lulu Price is home N
Wellsville. where she attela0u
funeral of her aunt, Mrs S'el
which took place Monday ai'e'~ r,r
at the CHRISTIAN Church, anu ,aIr
conducted by the Rev. Me- am
Mrs. Price who also ATTENDED 's d,
eral remained I'M WellsTilIe io'
days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Col. Jake Leinhart, Of Sla'e' I'M.
old C. & A. engineer, is IN t.isDd.
He Is the guest Of his warm
Major Ed. o'Brien.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Miss Eula Gibbs departed l@
loan Springs, Ark, Monday al,eiIU
She win be absent a year sne d,
been employed to teach in the pun
schools Of Sloan Springs durlns
coming winter. She will Visa
tiyes in Arkansas for several W."
before taking up her school uu''04
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
GENERAL NEWS NOTES
warreasbure. Mo, July IS.

Warnensourg. No. July IS.
Members Of the Epwouh League
q Missouri oomplsed a five days
meeting AZ Peerds Springs Saturday
morning and adjourned 20 meet here
again next year. It was the largest
mesatng ever held by the organiza.
tion. more than 800 delegates being
present.
The following officers we're elected
President sim Beam, Springfield
nrs vice president. Tom Bruce, Of
Mexico; second vice president E.
E. HOLLAND. Poplar Bluff; third vice
president. Miss Allie Jacobs, Fay
cite; fourth vice president, eileen
Nichols. Springfield; juulor superl.
teudent, Miss McMurnay. sheIbina;
treasurer. Mss Jessie Kelley. ST.
Joseph: editor, Miss Fannie Nc.
Clean, 81 Louis.
Sobnger. RhenEh Prussia, July is.
The great shock Of his sons death
resulted in a fatal stroke 81 apop.
Iexy TO Heinrich Erhslooh, father of
Oscar Erbsloch. who was killed. with
four others, recently when his dirig.
tbe balloon burst
While the services az the grave
we've being read the old man had 10
be supported by relatives. In the
midst OF the services and as the body
was about to be lowered into the
grave he gave q gasp and would have
fallen had not those who held his
arms prevented.
The old mans head fell forward,
He was laid down on a nearby benol
and a physician called. When the lat
ter arrived the old man was dead.
While the growing Use of the mo-
tor car in the country districts and
the Systematic Improvement Of ouT
country roads viii be of ncalcuable
benefit both to the farmer and to the
nation, there is an abuse both TO the
motor car and of the roads which all
must unite in suppnessing, and that Il
reckless driving. The law abiding
car owner has no use for the speed
fiend because he brings automobiles
into ~disrepute. The manufactures
has no use for the speed fend be-
cause the resulting abuse Of the caI
d~epreciates Il and the maker gets the
blame. The roadmaker has no use
for the speed fiend because il is the
abuse by the motor vehiyle and moi
their proper use which tears them up
The public have no use for the speed
fiend because he is a common dan.
ger TO life and limb. By force Of pub
lie opinion by education, and, if need
be, by drastic penalties he must BE-
eliminated, and the feeding Of the
farmers In this matter is shared by
every right4hinking person Ia tht
community. The day OF the ~irresp0n
sble chauffeur Is drawing to a close
From the farmers viewpoint ther'
is, however, one question which arise
here. He viii say: What We wan
is farmers roads, local roads, marke.
roads. We want to get about ouI
immediate neighborhoods, not TO mai
long trips" The answer is tina.
when the Federal government con
structs the main post roads, the stat
Is left free 10 construct the CONT,
and local roads. As Mr.. Poage say,
in this connection: Classification
which is q prominent feature in al
Of the heading countries Of EuropF
c0ntemplates the character and eN
tent of improvement exactly adapte
to the needs Of traffic on each road.
And, again, THE first work TO b
done On the roads themselves is thei
classification"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

him he had better call at the Bybee
home. He did so and found the boy
tied to the bedPcst The other chill
dren we're in the house. but the moth
er was absent from home washing.
One Of the little girls said her
mother had told her not 10 unite the
boy or she would KIN her. After the
mother left she united the little
fellow. but later he let her tie him
again. being fearful OF the conse-
quenees Of his sisters act should The
parent discover It.
Mrs. BFbee received a
diyo1ce at the Janu'
ary term OF the Audrain County Cir
cult Court from Arthur Bybee on
the charge Of desertion. Her hus-
band met the boy uptown. Tuesday
night, and gave him a dime to attend
the theatre. The lad says this was
the cause Of his severe treatment al
her hands.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

Rufus Underwood, of ThoDlpS'D'
touring the West.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
LOT FOR ADDITIONAL
HITCHINGS SPACE WAS PUR-
CHASED BY CITY MONDAY

An additional hitch lot was pur-
chased by the city at an adjourned
meeting of the City Council Monday
evening. The property of Mrs. elm
tyre on W. jackson street was che
site selected. The purchase price
was $4,000. This is an admirable oca
ton and convenient 20 the business
section Of the city.
The matter OF more hltching space
has been a subject Of discussion ever
since the racks were taken from
around the Square and put in the
present location ON N. Washington
street The present lot has always
been inadequate for the accommoda-
ton of the farmers rigs, and N
has been contended by several OF the
leading merchants Of Mexico that
people, who would come 70 Mexico
to trade, Il they could have hitching
space accommodations, now go g
other places.
And this seems TO be a fact. Far
mers in every section OF Audraln nav
complained about the hitching space
facilities IN Mexico. Il Is the com
mon contention among them that
their rigs suffer from the crowded
condition Of the hitch lot here and
say their vehicles are more or less
damaged by being used as a hitcn
post. For this reason, many have
sought other towns for their trading
places.
All Harrison. residing southeast OF
this city. and former collector Of Au-
drain. says farmers in his section Of
ten 90 TO Benton City or Martinsburg
to do their trading, when they would
prefer coming here. if this city had
sufficient hitching space.
This lack of hitchmg space is al
so felt by residents in the vicinity Of
the hitching racks. 1t has become
a common occurrence for the farmer
to tie his team to the fences. This
mo- only tears down the fence, but
allows the horses to blockade the
sidewalks along Washington street,
which has been a souree of complaint
to residents of the north part Of
town.
The property selected Is located on
the south side of W. Jackson street
and just west of the negro Methodist
Church. The committee appointed to
investigate he matter recommended
its purchase, If the council would in
dorse dts action. Mr.. Tinsley, may
or pro tenn, said Mayor Potts consid-
cred it a good investment. On motica
Of Councilman Sanford, the ground
was ordered purchased. The strip Of
ground is about 200 by 800 feet.
The purchase Of this ground for a
hitch lot will again bring up the ques
ton of a subway under the rail
roads. The lot is located just north
Of the place where a proposed sub
way has been suggested. The far
mers from the south and southwest
viii an all probability use this hitch
lot more frequently than the North
Washington street one and the neces
sity OF n subway becomes more APP
parent. Every force should be
brought to bear upon the matter, and
a subway built at the earliest posi-
Bile date.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

A State warrant was issued Wed,
nesday for Mrs. Cora Bybee, of this
city. charging her with assault upon
her 10-years-old son. The boy was
whipped, he says, by his mother with
three switches and his back is a
mass Of bruised stripes.
Neighbors called up City Marshal
Brown. Wednesday morning. and told
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21
Stock Notes


d LOCAL MARKET.
q wheat-Si.00.
q COrn-s1 and CSC. y
4 oats-Sec and s3e. n
4 Hay-sll.00 per 7. u
b United States Packing Co. !
\ IS paying this week:
q Springs-l4c.
4 Hens and Pullets. per billed
n Old BOOSTERS. per lb.-6c
n Ducks. per lb.-Sc.
y Geese. per lb.-sc.
n II. rurkeys-10c. 5
Y o. t. per lb.-1Oc.
Hides. per lb.-ec.
n Butter, per lb-19c.
n The United States Packing ]
\ Company are in the market forE
d all the eggs andSpoultry they ]
can get. !
q y n n q q q y q
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

The annual Audrain County Poul-
try Show. held under the auspices Of
the County Poultry Association, has
been set for November .. 10. II and
IL. These four days may also be
chosen as a Carnival date by the As
ISOLATION. which is anxious 70 hold
a farm product show in conjunction
with the poultry exhibit.
rhe show last year was a decided
success and those in charge say the
one this year win be much larger
than in 1910. There are many chick
en- fanciers in the county and some
very high-elass birds. The exhibits
promise much this fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

A new turn in the strike Of the
conductors and trainmen of the Gran
Trunk and Central Vermont deyel
oped Tuesday night while Vice Presl
dent Murdoch of the union called out
$50 Wabash men working teams be
tween Windsor and Niagara Falls
Dispatches from Detroit say the men
obeyed the order and freight traffN
Is tied up.
Many of the men shut out of the
shops have taken train service, and
the union officials bitterly denounct
the company for closing the shops
at this time and thereby throwing 10
900 men into idleness. They declare
that such a move will be ample jus.
t cation for a sympathetic strike
Of the engineers and telegraphers, al
though there is no indication Of any
such move. The latest calculation Oh
the number Of men rendered idle by
the strike and lockout run to 49,,
nAa
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

II the proposition offered the Mex
leo. Santa Fe and Perry Traction Co,
by ST. Louis financiers, is accepted,
the officials Of the line say the work
viii progress far more rapidly than
the public thinks. Judge Matthias
Crum, Judge 7. F. hurry and Judge
w. W. Bolts, as a committee, went
to st. Louis, Wednesday, to confer
with this Company regarding their
proposition.
Work is progressing nicely on the
line at present but the new PROPOSE
ton promises to facilitate matters
materially.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

The camping colony at the Mexico
Chautauqua, this year, promises to
be quite large. There will be a mum
Der Of out-of-town people here in
tents. The camp site is an IDEAL one
and as there Is some ing at every
hour of the day, being on the groundi
is quite a factor in enjoying the as
sembly.
Hon. E. C. Waters, of Vandalia
will have a tent and be here. R. B,
Finley and Sam Sharp will tent. The
family of j. f. Durkee and also thai
Of r. d. Worrell will be among those
who win live on the grounds. Other
names are being added to the list
every day. Price Johnson and family
will also be members of the tent city
Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-21

July lard, $11.62
July, ribs, $11.95
Sept. lard, s11.72
Sept. ribs, $11.55
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

Cotton, Wooden, Silk and Linen Mills
Textile World Record: The new
mills built in the United States in 1904
are a gratifying reflection of the pros
perity this country is now enjoying.
Although this period of twelve months
preceded a presidential year, 200 mills
We're erected, only Ia per cent less
han in 1903, and more than in any year
from 1897 to 1902 inclusive. with the
exception of 1900. The south leads in
cotton mill construction with &c mills
having 155,472 spindles, as compared
with % mills and elisa spindles in the
north. Only two of the northern mills
contained %spindles, the other 20 being
weaving mills.
OF the southern spindles nearly 80
per cent. are credited to the Carolinas,
showing the tendency of the industry
to concentrate within narrow limits.
The WOODEN industry also shows a
decrease in the numbe of new mills
as compared with the preceding year,
there being 40 in 1901 as compared
mills %, or more than half Of the total
number. are founded in Pennsylvania.
The south is a neglible factor in new
wooden mill construction, only one be-
ing reported, n that from Virginia.
OF the Ill new knitting mills built. in
1904, nearly two-thirds are found in
the middle states, seven in Maine and
the remainder are divided about equal
ly between the west and south.
The new silk mill construction for
1904 is no exception to the general rule
of concentration in New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, these two states claim
ing SO of the 40 mills. For a number
of years the United States has been the
largest of raw silk in the
world, and the steady growth indicated
by this years report indicates that we
shall retain this enviable pre-eminence.
There has been a noticeable activity
in the construction of these mills. In
1904 ~ new mills were projected, as
compared with SO in 1903. This in
crease in the number Of mills pro-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17
CHAPTER ".
THE LOT"

It was not a bit like Scotland Yard
as Kathleen Kent had pictured it. 1t
was q kind OF a yard certainly, for the
grimy little street, flanked on either
side with the blank faces of dirty little
houses, ended abruptly in a high wall,
over which We're the ray hulls and fat
scarlet unnels OF ocean-going steam
ers.
h driver of the cab had pulled up
before one Of the houses near the wall.
and a door had opened. Then the man
who sat with her in glum silence. an
swerfng her questions in monosyllables.
grasped her arm and hurried her into
the house. The door slammed behind,
and she realized her deadly peril. She
had had a foreboding, an instructive
~prenonition that all was not well when
the cab turned from the broad thor
oughfare that led to where she a
imagined Scotland Yard would be, and
had, taking short cuts through innum-
cradle mean streets, moved at a sharp
pace eastward. Ignorant of that Lon
don which begins at Trafalgar square
n runs eastward to Walthamstow,
ignorant, indeed, of that practical SUI
burb to which the modesty of an in
come produced by $4,000 worth Of
consols had relegated her, she felt
without knowing, hat Scotland Yard
did not lay at the eastern end Of Com
nercial road.
Then When q door or the little
house slammed and a hand grasped her
arm tightly, and a thick voice whis-
pered in her ear that If she screamed
the owner Of the voice would out
her. she gathered, without exactly
knowing what an outing" was, that it
would be wiser for her not to scream,
SO she quietly accompanied her captor
up the stairs. He stopped for a mo-
ment on h rickety landing, then
| DuShed omen 81 door.
Before the window that would in the
ordinary course Of events admit the
light of day hung a heavy green cur
tain; behind this, though she did
not know it, three army blankets, ju-
~diciousiy ffaed. effectively excluded the
sunlight, and as effectually yelled the
rays of a swing lamp from outside
observation.
The girl made a pathetically incon-
gruous figure. as she stood white but
resolute before the occupants of the
room.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-03-17

London Chronicle: TIC the Dick
SwiEellers Of this or any other gener-
alton Japan is the land of the blest.
For credit abounds there, and cash
is never demanded. In shops, hotels,
everywhere, there are provided paper
tablets, with tear-off leaves and a pen
ell. Instead of paying over money the
customer is asked only for a chit-the
amount of his purchase and signature.
On offering to pay a barber for a shave
the answer is: We can't bother
making up cash now. Give us a chit
and wait till the end of the month"
For the same simple chit lodgings,
meals, drinks, clothes. etc. may be OBJ
tanned. Only the railways demand
cash, and among the Europeans in
Yokohama only tourists carry money.
Everyone else makes his way with
chits. Two years are generally allowed
for the fulfilment of these promises to
pay, and three years is the limit. But
some keep on chitting for ten years,
though the custom is to pay up monthly
or yearly. Despite the manifold temp
tations thus afforded, the number of
chits d~ishonofed is relatively small.