Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-07-14
GENERAL NEWS NOTES

Al a conference Saturday after
aeon between President Lamber, OF
Hse ST. louis Aero Club. and }. H
Curran. chief immigration commE
sioaer. & was definitely decided toI
apan The new Kinlook aviation
Grounds and 90 start the St Louis-
Kanza city sIO.ea0 aeroriane flight
Tharaaay. September /. It was es
hmated lhe work Of preparing fhe
aeW grounds would take az least SIX
weeks. and as a number Of avia-Gs
u nai.nual reputation have already
made flying dates up 90 that time III
dare was decided upon as the best
fer all coHecrncd,
Commissioner CuTrap announced the
.uusc has been finally fixed to fol
los the Wahash Railroad. The fol
lowing Missouri towns have been
ieiinsclg selected as stopping places;
81. Charles. Mexico. Montgomery
CITY Hnufsylle. Brunswick, Carroll
ton. Lexington and Kansas CHy.
Fsw ton days Deputy ". W. Heath
~ has been visiting al the towns
q any size along the proposed
routes. asyd p decision vas reached al
r considerAgg every posaibie phase
u the p-foPpaiton.
The financial arrangements have
q quite KEEP, pace wlh the other
matters. bot Commissioner Curran Aa
confident that w3ihin a fsw days the
,alnnee II about $500, which st.
Louis s. GE.l short In her quota d
The pixie money, win be forhcom-
Ing.
Charles y. willard, the Curtas b.
plane manipulation. who has been Civ
ing exhibitions throughout Missouri
Tor several weeks, Is Of the opin-
ion thai the terms Of the St. Louis
Kansas City cross-State flight for
$4,000 viii bar an extensive entry
Hs
The Missouri flight IS in reality
the first proposal 10 race aeroplanes
ever made" he said yesterday. 1T is
proposed to start the ayiatora from
81. Louis and race TO Kansas City
In an event Of this kind only those
operating the big Curdss-Hanilton
machines, with bigh-power motors,
would stand a show.
''When + Is considered that by
hree dates Of two days each for exhi
billions an aviator Is guaranteed thee
amount a the prize without amy
chance, It Is hardly reasonable that
many viii spend from ten days to
two weeks with travelling expenses
to take a chance against a big field
for SIC. 00o.9
Geo. Robertson, who was vice
presidena Of the Mexico Business
Mems Association, Is nov president q
that body since she resignation Of
President S. r. Emmons Mr.. Rob
ertson's term q office ends next
May. TO iustil new lie into the or
ganization and assist its growth. Mr.
Robertson called a meeting Of the
board Of directors. Tuesday. az the
office ii John r. Ricketts,, the secre-
tary.
One Of the first matters attend
ed 10 was the filling Of vacancies
caused by the designations Of 8.
p. Emmons and T. J. Williams, r,
n. White and p, A. Pitcher were
chosen IA their places and John p.
Kemp in the place Of J. W. Mil
Hon.
Every effort viii be made to swell
the membership 81 the organization
this year. The presidents and score.
tary were delegated to write articles
urging the citlzens 20 become mem.
bers Of the body and patrhotically hel
ID The furtherance Of the oiiy's
growth.
The secretary was notified TO col
ieef ali dues up 10 July !, Of this
year. Z. D. Graham was appointed
TO confer with local manufacturer
concerning their labor needs and the
best policy to pursue IL securing suit
able labor that Is needed.
The Eighteenth National irrega.
ton Congress win be held in Pueblo,
Colo, Sept. 2G-s0 ana Mexico IS en-.
titled to two representatives.
g. N. Clay and ]. T. Ricketts,
were chosen TO attend IN behalf Of
Mexico.
The Directors al the meeting were.
Geo. Robertson, r. q. Morris, J. 7.
Ricketts. c. ~. Class z ID. Graham
ind 7. r. Roden by proxy.
The Ch%auiauqaa tickets taken by
t8b Business Mems association viii
BE- plaoed on sale at the following
slores and hotels.
Haxsey Hsicl
Rineo Hotel
ilucknef Drug Go.
IlamwdTk.
\. A. aiar 6
Rntkers Drug store
C~raadneb'K Book Store
Worreii's Jeweiry store
North No. Trust 90.
Kama Moison 90. store
pnrays Drug Store.
Liewellgh'a Drug Store
Pllchefs Jevelry Store.
Ricketts, a. Emmons's store.
Wlfn the leticrrafrier presented