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Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
Horticulturalists Meet.

j. G. Whitten and Secretary
Wilson of the State Board of Ag-
riculture failed to arrive Monday
to give that promised -demonstra-
tion Of pruning before the County
Horticultural meeting here Mon
day. But a number of farmers
met in w. D. Mason s orchard and
the various questions were dis
cussed among themselves.
In the afternoon there was 4
meeting at the Hight School
building and the whole question
Of orcharding and fruit growing
was gone over, and many import
ant thoughts were brought out
1t would have been profitable if
every fruit grower in the county
could have been present. Among
those who took part in the discus
sions were Adam Weimer, E. V.
Laison, Noble Barnes, A. G. Gass,
VIM. Rouse, Joseph Ware, w. Il.
Kent and others.
The next regular meeting of the
society will be held in July.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
Crockett -Lampson.

Mr. Joseph Crockett, an enter.
prising young farmer of the Rush
Hill neighborhood, and Miss Allie
Lampson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. j. LampsOn Of this city, a
young woman of lovable char,
acter and many friends here, were
united in marriage at the bride 5
home Sunday afternoon, Rev. w
NJ. White officiating. Here's con.
gratulations and best wishes ex.
tended them.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
FROM OKLAHOMA.
A Former Rush Hill Man Writes
The Message.

Shawnee, Okla, Mar. 2S. .-Edi-
tor Message: Your paper, The
Message, comes to me regularly
once week, and it is welcome
guest, since it brings to me the
news of old Audrain and informs
me of the many changes concern.
lug my friends and acquaintenance
l am we'll pleased with this cOun-
try, especially this city. We have
a population of about $4,000, and
the place is growing rapidly. Our
streets ate throngel nearly all the
time; it looks more like mad en-
thusiasm to see the rush of strug-
Cling humanity in the streets day
after day. But when one gets ac.
quainted with what is going on,
we find that this is life in the fal
west.
We have had a very mild winter
here, almost like fall or spring
weather in Missouri. While l like
the climate it doesn't agree with
me somehow. I am in the cloth.
ing and gents furnishing business
and am having a fine trade. Shaw
nee Is destined to become a great
city in the next three or four years
We have the largest railroad shops
in the Southwest, working 1,2OO
men, with an annual pay roll of
more than a !Hilllon and half
dollars; a cotton oil mill, c0nsum.
ing 100 tons of cotton seed per
day; a cotton compress, handling
so 600 bales per season; Z cotton
gins, handling $4,000 bales J err
year, and this cotton is grown
around Shawnee. We have mil
lion dollar life insurance cOmpan Y
and million dollar fire insurance
company; Touring mill that
makes 200 barrels of -four per day;
3 ice plants; garment factories;
wholesale grOcers and hardware;
81 miles of asphalt streets; 6
banks with combined capital and
surplus of $500,00O and deposits
of $4,000; u miles street rail-
way, and the biggest department
store in the whole southwest.
The above is apart OF our found
alton, now | come to the latest
acquisitions, Il So, 100000 big ham
packing plant; a $5OO,0 900 Baptist
University; a 100000 cotton mil
to work the raw product into fab
ric; a $125,00O foundry; a new
railroad from the southwest direct
to st. Louis; Catholic University,
at "A cost Of $500 600.
Thee are only a few of the good
things Shawnee has secured in t b G
last few months, Everything i S
on the jump. Tell your friends
and my friends to come to Shawnee
and buy lots, People are doubling
their money every day, and they
are not balf HIS high as they will be
in 6 months. Corn is up, potatoes
also, but we are a little dry just
now. Wishing you and the Mes
sage continued success and all my
true friends a prosperous year, will
say gOod-by.
~ ID MrTrr
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
Negro Arrested.

James Huston, a negro, was ar,
rested in Moberly last week on
the charge of stealing a suit of
clothes from a hotel in Vandalia
some time ago. Huston is in the
Mexico Jail to await the action of
the Circuit Court.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
Rev. Truck Resigns.
G. R. MCCALL

Rev. H. E. Truck, pastor of the
Baptist church in Mexico, an.
nounced to his congregation last
Sunday morning that with the
termination of the present pas
toral year, on September 1st next,
his work here will close. Bro,
Truck has served the church
here since 1902. All will be sor-
ry to learn that he is to leave
Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

The musical drama, "Saul, =
given by the Baptist ladies at the
opera house last Friday night,
pleased a large audience. Miss
Ella Threlkeld, Claire Harding,
Ed. V, Williams, Marion Fonville
and Miss Ida Randle were among
those who. had prominent parts,
The gross receipts for the per
formance amounted to about 1890
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

er of moving show offers Ruft
all sorts of inducements to repeat
the performance before a machine
Therel is no truth in the rumoi
that he will be churched for dane.
ing and disturbing the peace while
that rat was so busy.
Judge S. Q. Groves, southwest
of this city, tells the Message OF
an important purchase he and his
brother, j. A. Groves, made last
week buying from w. j. Finley OF
Higginsville, Mo-, the fine jack
DR.. Wood, 1871, for $4,000. This
is probably the highest priced jack
ever brought to the county. DR..
Wood is registered iu the Ameri-
can Jack Register and was sired
by DR., McCord, 1766, he by Gov.
Wood, 33, he by Woods Tip Top,
he by Peters Black Hawk and be
by MasOn's Black Hawk. The
dam Of DR.. Wood was Miss Mudd,
by Smiths Black Grow, he by
Gladstone. This great jack was
bred by Gibbs Il Son, of Kentucky
and is a half brother to DR.. Grit,
the unbrOke three year old jack
that sold at the recent Finley sale
for $1,000. DR.. Wood is a six year
old and has been considered one of
the best jacks in Kentucky. He
was recently purchased in that
state by Mr. Finl-y. Groves Bros.
own three Other fine jacks, besides
the great stallion, Groves Squirrel.
This firm is doing its part toward
raising tha standard of Audrain
county for high bred stock.
G. j Smith is the first to in
troduce the Flo system of raising
chirkens IN Vaudalia and II visit
to his place is worth the walk, say
the Leader. The chickens are TAX
en- from the incubator aud put into
broOders which are boxes 6x3 fee.
and about Is inches high, one side
with glass panes and the top COW
cred with ruberoid roofing. Que
half the brooder is the sleeping
quarters and the other has dirt
floor and is the feeding apartment.
Here the chickens are kept until
big enough to put into a colony
house which is 12x9 and somewhat
higher than the brooders. Chick
ems are supposed to be raised in
these from Matching to laying age
and indefinitely if it pleases the
owner. Mr.. Smith has S5 chickens
now in two brOodrrs and has an
incubator full and will fill two
more which be has ready. To dem
Onstrate how beautifully the sys-
tenn works Mr.. Smith las his
brooder set right in the midst of
garden which fOuri>h"s finely
right in the presence of its natural
enemy that will never know the
pleasure of scratching up "A lettuce
bed. So far as this deponent sees
the Flo system was invented to
promote neighborhood peace and
harmony and the inventor should
have crown of glory. Moreover
the state legislature should pattern.
ally foster morality by passing Il
law prohibiting chickens to h,
raised by any other method than
the Flo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
Card of Thanks.

We desire to extend our thanks
to our friends and neighbors for
their kindness and help during
the illness of our children, also to
the Worcester Camp, No, TAT.
M. w, A., and neighboring camps
for their assistance.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. G. Roth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

Philip Shire, in Prairie Lea dis
trict, is to take two car loads of
his frogs over to Bean Creek and
Charlie Robinson is to water 'em
and Bill Kaiser is to feed 'em.
Shire is getting those frogs adver-
tised all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
DR.. Baker Dead.

DIR. G. NJ. Baker, aged about so
years, died Unexpectedly at his
home in Santa Fe last Saturday
morning. He had not been i'll.
His physicians think his death
was due to an overdose of some
drug. He leaves a wife and five
@children.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

The Eagles held memorial SER
vice in their hall Sunday after
noon, DR.. J. w. Crewdson Of
Louisiana delivering the address.
He made a fine talk and a large
audience greeted him, The Mex
leo Male Quartet, composed Of
st, Vrain, Kidd, Hopkins and DR..
Griffin, furnished several musical
numbers. A solo by Miss Mar
garet Clark, piano accompani-
ment by Miss Victoria Brooks,
was also an enjoyable feature.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

The Mcmillan Debating Club
was beaten here last Saturday
night in its contest against the
New London team. By the way,
in one respect it was Mexico VS..
MeXico-Prof. f. d, Lee of Mex
leo is superintendent of the New
London schools.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

The Sturgeon Leader printed a
picture a few days ago of Fred A.
Morris of this city and commented
as follows ''We print above q
fine likeness of Fred A, Morris, Of
Mexico, He Is one Of the most en-
terprising citizens OF tnat town, a
good business man and a genial
fellow, He has an interesting
family and should be a very hap
py man,
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

j, r. Scott, south of Laddonia,
paid the Message a pleasant
business call last Saturday He
says the wheat prospects in his
neighborhood are pretty spotted.
Some Of the farmers are plowing
their fields up.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

Pat Mddd, near Rush Hill, who
had his leg broken five months
ago, is able to get around a little
on erutches. The accident has
given him a good deal Of pain ana
trouble,
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

Stand by that chicken law for
Mexico. We are for it "teeth and
toenail, "even if that nomdeplume
writer in the Message last week
did make fun of it, pleading that
it was a pity that Little Banty
couldn't be let loose any more.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07
RUFE'S RAT EXPERIENCE.
Groves Bros. HOrses-J.B. Weav-
er'S StoCk-A TailleSs
Calf.

John Towles. of Long Branch.
is feeding so hogs for the July
market.
l. P. Dyer lost a fine young colt
one dav last week. He valued il
ut 800
Bob Cauthorn recently sold tC
Paul CauthOrn, near Molino, a
fine young jack for $3.50
James Quinlan, out on route 4.
Mexico, is advertising a fine quan.
tity Of Reeds Yellow Dent seed
corn for sale.
Joe COnsidine of Thompson
bought seven Searling mules last
week from TelfOrd Potts of Cen,
tralia for $500.
johnson & Gardner, north of
Mexico, last week bought of j. F.
Vigal the fine Percher0n stallion,
Urban, 22579, paying $400.
I. P. Dyer has Shorthorn. .Jer.
sey COW which gave birth to tail
less calf. The little animal is
healthy and all right otherwise.
Mrs. T. L. Cadwallader has sold
her residence here and will move
to EldoradO, Kan, to make her
home with her sister, Mrs. james
Atkins
The Laddonia Herald says that
G. E. Casper bought a hog of
Frank Erdel recently that weighed
$50 pounds and for which he paid
even $50.
Mrs. JIM. Barnes, west Of Paris.
makes money by selling chicks di-
rect from the incubator. She g, t.
dollar a dozen for them and can
not supply the demand.
T. A. Powell & Son, both form
erly of Mexico, have sold their
hardware store at Auxvasse to E.
E. Rhodes of Stuttgart, Ark. The
many friends Of the Messrs. Powell
hope to see them move back to
Mexico to live.
]. B. Weaver, near LittIeby
station, lately bought the imported
Clydesdale stallion, Ben Cruachau
(10505), from J. V. Fry of Mex
leo. If you want to breed to one
of the best draft Eorses on top of
dirt you see this animal-he is in.
deed good one. Mr.. Weaver al
so has three fine jacks at his
barns for breeding purposes. You
should not fail to see his stock.
There is a sudden demand for
wire netting and split oak posts in
Mexico, due to the recent enact
ment of rigid chicken ordinance,
comments the Troy Free Press.
This new law requires the city
marshal to impound all chickens,
ducks, turkeys and other fowls
found running loose on the streets
or on another mans property.
The ordinance provides for a fee
of 5 cents for each fowl caught by
the marshal
The Bowling Green Times tells
one on Uncle Sam ltohr, of Elk
Springs. Just before his sale last
week, in looking over the stock J.,
his son Silas said a jack colt, be
believed, would bring $500. Uncle
Sam laughed at the idea and final
! ly told Silas be would sell him the
colt and a yearlipg filIey for that
amount. This was accepted, The
day of the sale rolled around. The
Ally sold for $l02 80, and the jack
colt for $500--more than double
the amount named But Uncle
Sam stood by his trade
The Perry Enterprise tells of q
tragedy at the home of Rufe Poage,
near Santa Fe, 1t seems that
Rufe's iproads on pile of rubbish
SO astonished big rat that it
dashed ont and took refug in the
leg of bis pants aud scratched its
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Blackman
have been visiting relatives in
Slater.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

NJ. H. Heizer, who is farming
near Danville, was here on busi-
ness last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-04-07

W. L. Stewart and Dick Thorn
as Of Rush Hill paid this office ii
pleasant business call Monday.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
In Nevada County ChancerG Court

B. D. Moseley, Plaintin.
 vS, Callie Byrd ct al, Defendant.
 WARNING ORDER. The defendants Calhe Byrd and ,.. smith are warned to appear in this cont t, u, ! Tn thirty days and answer the complaint ot N plantiff B, D. Mosley. VI Il Witness my hand as cierk of the Nevad County Chancery Court this the 26d of \; Iooer' lSiV' t. E. MURRAH
 Clerk of the Chancery Cour
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
TO REVISE FREIGHT RATES
Commerce Commission Takes Step to Enforce Long and Short
 Haul Legislation.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Contemplat- ing an entire revision of rates on all classes of freight on every railroad in the United States, under the recent legislation passed by congress provd- ing that railroads shall not charge more for a short haul than for a long haul, the interstate commerce commis- sion today took the first step to actu- ally place the intent of the law in op- eration
 More than 150 railroad men-law- yers, traffic agents and freight bureau agents-as well as representatives of various shipping interests from every section of the country, had expressed their intention of attending the hear ing beginning today, which is an out growth of former hearing held by the commission when representatives from various railroads appeared to protest to the commission against put ting the law into effect at once. Sug- gestions will be made as a working basis upon which the law can be brought into full effect gradually and without disturbing to great extent the entire traffic schedules of the rail- road systems.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
MARLD070UCY IS AHGnY
REMARKS OF LLOYD GEORGE
 ROUSE IRE OF DUKE.
Retort Chancellor Is No GentIeman Personal Bitterness in Campaign.

London, Nov. 2S.-The duke of Marlborough has taken up the cudgels and laid about him in answer to what he appears to have taken as an i'm piled attack upon him on the part of Mr. Lloyd-George. In a speech made at the beginning of the present week in the east end of London the chan cellor of the exchequer ridiculed the cry of American dollar dictation,," which is one of the chief features of the present political campaign.
 Since when, Mir. Lloyd-George asked, has the British aristocracy started despising dollars? Many notable houses tottering foundations had been restored by American dollars. he remarked, and he added that in twenty years $S0,000,000 had bean paid by the children of Irish peasants aristocratic Irish landlords
 According to the reports in all the papers, MT. Lloyd-George himself did not mention Marlborough's name F. E. Smith, one of the best fighting speech makers on the Unionist side, however, publicly accused the chan cellor of making a personal attack on the duke, whose hospitality he had accepted at Blenheim palace
 The duke himself, speaking at Woodstock, spoke of the chancellor in terms which show to what degree personal bitterness has been injected into the present campaign.
 Within the last few days" said Marlborough, "Mr. yd-George has been down to Whitechapel, where, as he said, no peers reside, and here, as he forgot to say, he does not re- side himself. When MT. George did me the honor of staying at Blenheim nearly three years ago I certainly did not suspect I should ever eventually become target of his insolent and unsavory invective. At that time I must have thought him a gentleman"
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
HONORs KING OF VICE
Leader. of Cuban White Slave Traders Is Given Imposing Funeral
 at Havana.

Havana, Cuba, Nov. 26.-Not since the funeral of Maximo Conner In 1905 has Havana seen such tremendous demonstration of popular sympathy and respect as that which attended the funeral of Alberto Yarini, leader of the Cuban white slave traders, who was slain in a fight between rival gangs of Cuban and French slave trad CTS.
 The funeral procession was led by a police escort in the command of Gen eral Riva, the chief of police, and a hand
 In the procession were many thou. sands. of persons. including hundreds of gaudily attlred women of ,he town. committees of negro voodoo rocieties. all the elemen of the rcd light" quarter and delegations from various political and commercial bodies. There were also 100 carriages, containing the representatives of the best society in Havana, high government and army and naval officers.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
CONVENTION BACKS HIM
Foderatioon of Labor Upholds Com DOTS In He Stand on Jursdic-
 tlonal Controversy.

St. Louis, Nov. 26.-President Com pers of the American Federation of Labor was again forced to defend himself before the convention of that body when he was severely attacked by Delegate Andrew J. Gallagher of the San Francisco Trades and Labor council, for refusing to support the boycott against San Francisco news paper
 Mr Gompers defended the action of the council and declared the San Francisco union had no authority to act in the matter of boycott without previous sanction of it's parent body, the international union. Gompers has all along opposed any infringement by the city central bodies upon the juris- diction of international unions. He said a boycott did not mean a strike, as a plant could be boycotted by unions and still employ union men. The convention finally rallied to the support of Gompers and adopted the report of the council declining to rec ognize the authority of the boycott.
 The election of officers will close the two weeks convention.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
WHALES FOLLOW VESSEL
Form Line After Ship on Which Bones of One of Their Kind
 Formed Cargo.

Boston, Nov. 26.-Officers and crew of the British steamer Welch Prince, that arrived in port from Yokohama, tell story of school of at least one hundred whales that followed their vessel from Japanese waters in what the sailors believe was funeral cortege for the bones of one of the largest whales ever captured off the coast of Japan.
 The bones were in seven crates and V vaighed 175 tons. AS soon as the ship began its voyage the whales were reported Just before the Bos- ton lightship was reached officers say there were at least one hundred of the monsters swimming along with the vessel at an even speed. They were prevented from coming any fur ther by shallow water.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
FICHT WARM FOR CAPITAL
VIGOROUS CONTEST ONlN OKLA.
 IONA FOR LOCATION.
Muskogee Waging Strenuous Cam paign to Wrest Honor From Her
 RivaI-Claims Strong Support. :.

Muskogee, Ok, Nov. 2S.-The fight to make Muskogee the capital of Oklahoma is being carried on with renewed vigor, not only in Muskogee, out in Oklahoma City, where Mus hogee headquarters" were opened and where the larger part of the work will be done to bring about results which may end in defeating the purposes of calling a special session of the legis- lature in designating that city as the capital. Assurances have been re- ceived at local headquarters that enough votes could be mustered among the members of the legislature to defeat special legislation at this time, thus insuring vote by the new legislature under Governor Cruce.
 Messages in large numbers are coming from representative newspa- pers and civic bodies throughout the state in which active support is pledged to che "Muskogee movement" Practically all the counties in the eastern part of the state and others in the southern portion have ex- pressed themselves as favoring Mus kogee, it Is said
 Wagonor, Craig, Okmulgee, Dele ware, Ottawa and Washington coun- ties have all sent in the assurance of their support.
 Senator Campbell Russell of War ner will devote much of his time from now on in the interests of Mus- kogee.
 This city has now opened head quarters in Oklahoma City, which will be maintained under the direction of representatives of the Commercial club
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
Reduced Rates

T o,' St. Louis and Return. lace, accon :.
 Lakes to the Gulf Deen N,roaq w'a Convention, $17.9O. On S.,e "a's| al 2Sth. 'o NOl
The Prescott daily news., 1910-11-28
TAX RECORDS PUBLIC
CORPORATION RETURNS MAY BE SEEN UNDER RESTRICTIONS.
President Issues Order Making Effect. i've Regulations Regarding Pub
 icity of Reports.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-It is an. nounced that President Taft has issued an executive order placing in effect the regulations as to publicity of corporation tax returns to the com missioner of internal revenue, which were lately made public by Secretary MacVeagh. This marks the most ad- vanced step yet taken toward govern. mental regulation of corporations. It is the realization of the object sought by former President Roosevelt for several years, accomplished by Presi. dent Taft, by having the provision in. serted in the tariff act during the special session of congress.
 The order throws open to the pub. lie, not indiscriminately, but with proper safeguards for the protection of property, the returns of every cor poration doing business in the United States which is subject to the corpora tion tax. The records of returns re- about 250,000 corporations with a cap italization of more than $50,00O 00O,- 900. e.e--, .+
 The regulations open these returns to stockholders In addition, the gen. eral public Is to be allowed to inspect the reports of corporations whose stock is listed on the stock exchanges or offered for sale. In all cases, how ever, written application must be made to the secretary of the treasury and reason given by the applicant for his request, as well as his title to such permit
 All inspections must be made in Washington in the office of the com missioner of internal revenue, and no revenue collector or agent elsewhere will be permitted to open his books to the public. Officers of the govern ment may inspect the returns on a certificate from their department head but when this inspection is to secure evidence for cases in court a special warrant from the attorney general of the United States will be necessary. This rule also applies to state officers.
 One feature of the regulations is that supplemental reports, submitted upon request of the treasury to verify the original figures will not be open to inspection. Neither will any infor- mation thus obtained by inspectors be made public. The actual publicity, therefore, is to be confined to the or iginal statement upon which the tax is based.