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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

ON one leg of a crow shot in
Germany was a silver band show
ing it had lived more than a CEN
fury.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

Buckles. are principally long,
deep, oval and square, longer than
the belt is wide and curved in
ward.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-23

Dear mr.. Good Fellows: am a
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
LADDoNIA ITEMS.

Laddonia, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE
mercury this morning at Sunrise
registered % above zero. VIM
coming from the northwest.
Light shower of rain last Fri
day night, just enough to lay the
dust. No snow yet this winter.
Born, to James Moomaw and
wife, a son, on the 18th of Dec
All parties are. happy.
Doesn't seem to be any great
demand for corn selling by the
wagon load from 30 to 40 cents
per bushel.
John Jenkins and a. j. Baker
per head.
w. II. Beal OF Mexico is here till
the last of the month helping III
the erection of Bellamy's new
black smith shop.
Eggs on the Laddonia market
are selling at 30 cents per dozen
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
Mrs. Orr Dead.

Mrs. Thomas Woodward, late OF
Mexico, now of New Bloomfield
Mo, was in this city Monday on
her return home from MOberly
where she attended the funeral OF
her sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Orr, VINO
died in that city the 9Th inst. after
an illness of only a few days
Mrs. Orr was horn in Illinois, Sept.
IA, 1879. The family came to
Audrain county in 1886 and lived
near Rush Hin for some time.
Deceased leaves a husband and
three children. Mrs. Woodward
mentioned is her only sister. She
was a good Christian woman and
many friends will be panied to
hear Of her death.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15


Miss Hannah Duggan, 36 years
of age, died last Sunday in st.
Joseph's Hospital in Kansas City.
Her home was near Thompson
this county. She was hurt in n
jam in Kansas City a few weeks
ago, during the Priests Of Palace
festivities. The body was brought
to Mexico Tuesday and funeral
service was held at st. Brenden :
church, conducted by Father j. j
Dillon. burial in the Catholic Gem
etery. The pail bearers were
Jack and Charles Hayden, Willie
Murphy, Willie Welsh, Ed Der
mody and John O'Brien, Jr. De
ceased was a splendid Christian
character. Many true friends
mourn her death.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri

In the Circuit Court,
January Term, 1911.
Charles c. Ackman' ,,....... Plaintiff. ;.
Lycurgus L. Ramsey, Isham C. Kilgore
ana w. Z. Brown, their consorts, heirs
devisees, assigns, donees alienees or
immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary
or involuntary grantees Defendants.
The State Of Missouri TO the above named
qeIendants, Greetings: -
You, the above named defendants,
Lycurgus l.. Ramsey, Isham @. Kilgore
ana "; c, Brown L living, and II dead,
heirs, deyisees, donees, assigns, alienees
or immediate, mesne or remote, voluntary
non residents Of the State OF Missouri. are
hereby notified that an action has been
commenced against you, the above named
County of Audrain, State OF Missouri, for
the purpose OF correcting. the record title
under SECTION 1884, Chapter, 81. Article 9,
for the purpose, Of removing cloud from
utle OF said lands and to cancel mortgage
thereon said section 1884, being entitled,
titles" and providing for suits to perfect
tiue by limitations as provided In all
You are therefore notified thar thar ibis Is
described lands, lying and being in Au-
West Quarter of the North West Quarter
OF Section Twenty Three, (23). Township
Fly Sy,, one S5l( North, Range go. West
lands, to-wit Beginning at the corner
equi-distant between the center and the
west side of said Section 20. TIP. 81
Range g.. and run thence South, SO De-
grees and ~ minutes West, 3.17, chains
ssaS sseS1 th sns Sor R9,ea East deare s
and ~ minutes, West, 6.47,
chains g the south bank OF Davis fork OF
west LII, chains TO the line runninA
North and South through the center Of
the North West Quarter of said section
2S; thence south 240 chains to the place
OF beginning and containing 2.4S acres
follows, to-wit Beginning at the South
west corner OF said 2.4S acres tract and
run thence north 2l0 feet more or less to
a line running east and west through the
center Of said section 2s and run thence
TO the East line of b. r. CauthoTn's land
thence south with said line 21O feet more
or less thence east 748 feet more or less
to the place OF beginning, and containing
S.6b, acres more or less That 1t Is alleged
in said petition that said defendant
Lycurgus /. Ramsey, his unknown heirs,
consorts, deVisees, donees, alienees or Inn
mediate. mesne or remote voluntary or
Involuntary grantees have or appear to
have n claim and interest in said lands
part OF said lands more par
ticularly described in said deed 10 said |
defendant Ramsey that said defendant |
Isham c; kilgore, or his unknown CON
sorts heirs, devisees donees, alienees or |
imemdiate, mesne or remote voluntary or
Involuntary grantees, have or appear TO |
have an interest or claim In and 10 a |
part OF said and, under n deed dated |
January, rs, 1870, conveying part of said |
lands, more particularly described In said |
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
NORTH cALLAwAY.
Mrs. Bright Dead-Mr. stoddard
Sells His Farm Live Stock
Items.

Weather still fine and dry and
cold. Some Of our farmers are
getting rather short on stock
water. Good roads, we are having
these days.
Clarence Barton of northern
Iowa was visiting Joe Sallee last
week and looking after his farm,
doing some improvements on it.
George Mcdonald bought OF
Mr.. Wilson ? loads of hogs, pay.
ing $3.50 per hundred pounds for
them.
Mrs. Annie Bright died at heI
'lome in Hatton last Friday OF
pneumonia.
The farmers are stringing wire
and putting phone boxes on the
Mutual phone line running Out
northwest of Auxvasse, as fan
north as the county line.
Baxter Guthrie shipped from
Auxvasse last Saturday 2 cars o.
extra beef steers to the Chicago
market.
Mr.. Black shipped 2 cars o.
good steers to the St Loui'
market Saturday last.
Juett Phillips shipped 2 load
of extra beef steers to East st
Louis from Auxvasse Saturday.
]. w. Bailey, one of Concord
merchants, is feeding one car o
lextra good steers for the new
years market.
Jeff Wood, our wide-awak'
trader, shipped one mixed load o
mules and horses to the st. Loui
market last Saturday.
| w. J. Woods sold to Ed. Free
a span of extra good 3 year oil
mules at 1910 for the span.
j. C. Berry has his new dwell
ing about completed, on hi
Woodlawn farm, 3 miles west o
| Auxvasse.
| Mr.. Stoddard sold his nice littI
sixty acre farm last week TO a
Illinois man at $65 per acre.
Lutte Smith sold to jeff Wood
a good pair of work mules at $50
, for the pair.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

deed c, said defendant. Kilgore and that
said w. 9. Brown, II living, or IL dead,
then his heirs, assignees, cOnsOrts, devil
sees, donees mesne or remote, alienees,
voluntary or involuntary, grantees have or
appear to have an interest in and to said
lands under a certain trust deed dated
December 10, 1881. given to secure pay
ment to two certain notes therein des-
cribed, payable to said w. c. Brown, and
conveying certain Of said lands more
particularly described in said trust deed.
You are further notified that said ac-
ton is returnable on the first day OF the
next term Of said Court, TO be begun and
holden in the Court House in the City OF
Mexico. in County, Of Audraln, State OF
Missouri. on the third Monday of Janu-
airy, 1911, when and where you may APP
pear and defend such action; otherwise
the plaintiffs petition will be taken as
confessed, and judgment rendered ac-
cordlnglv.
And whereas plaintiffs petition in said
cause is duly verified as required by law
1t is therefore ordered that notice of the
tendency Of said proceedings be given by
publication, and i is ordered that this
notice be published in the Mexico Nilsson
Message, n weekly newspaper printed and
published in said Audrain County, Mis-
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
n ..... RAGSDALES CASH STORE .....|

that yhad
in al
sit
There whole
f them here however and they have
all and ISSUE "a
mu,an
to hard and
that you just have keep and
a in a 0 time
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

We notice thu; .ur old friend
Hon. Frank l.. aWson, of LIS
berry, is a candidate for Chief
Clerk of the House at the coming
session of the Missouri Legisla-
ture. Mr.. Dawson was Chief
Clerk four years ago. lie has also
served as Representative in the
House from his county. He has
the experience and has always
made good. Make him Chief
Clerk again; hunt the State over
ana you could not find a better
man.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
Will it Cut Your Love in Two

to make a friend a present of a
pocket knife or razorR We think
not, especially the kind that Is
usually sold, without enough met.
al to cut anything. Now, we have
line of CUTLERY, each blade OF
which is guaranteed to give sat
isfaction. We do not hesitate to
sell and recommend them. We are
not superstitious; they will please
Ferris & CauthOrn.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

The census department has an
nouneed the population of Mexicq
TO be $3.50. The population ten
years ago was 5,099. \ growth
Of over Is per cent in that time.
That's pretty good, don't You
thinks
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

The Missouri School Journal
Prof, Howard A. Gass, at Jeffer-
son City, editor, is henceforth tt
be printed in Mexico and the No
Printing & Pub. Co. here gets the
contract. Mr.. Gass will get a good
job of work. We congratulate
the Printing Co. in getting as
good a piece of work and in
getting as good a man to work Tor
as Mr.. Gass.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
Imported Carving Sets.
Ferris & Cauthorn.
PUBLIC SALE
Tuesday, Dec. 20, 1910.

Having sold my farm and in
tening to quit farming, l will offer
for sale at public auction at my
residence, 3 miles south Of Benton
City, IL mile north and ~ mile
east of Sun Rise schoolhouse, the
following property:
"a. . Head of Live Stock. "a
FOUR HORSES
Two draft mares in foal by
jack; one draft gelding two years
old. One draft filley, 2 years old.
EIGHT HEAD OF CATTLE
Two milch cows; one 2 years odd
heifer; three yearling heiferS
two steer calves.
EIGHTEEN HEAD OF HOGS
Nine shoats about 200; one SOW
with eight pigs.
FOUR HEAD OF SHEEP.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
l wagon, 2 buggies, mower, ]
rake, disk harrow, disc cult.
vator, l six shovel cultivator,
pillow, l harrow, l set double Con
cord harness, set single harness
and other things too numerous t.
mention.
$50 bushels of corn in crib. 10t
bushels of oats.
TERMS:-AH sums of $40 an,
under cash, over $40 eight months
time at 8 per cent with bankabl
note.
Sale begins promptly at II a. III
ADAM WIENER
j. G. FORD, Auctioneer
J. J. f. JOHNSON. Clerl;
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Live Stock Reporter: Judge J
e. Sims. a prominent farmer and
eattleman of Audrain county, Mo-.
was in today with a car of fat
steers of his own feeding. The
sale embraced % head weighing
1890 lbs that sold at 1925.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
Ferris & Cauthorn.

NJ. j. Decker, who succeeds Ep-
pa Elliott at Thompson, is moving
to that thriving little village.
Here's wishing him success and
prosperity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

souri,, for four weeks successfully as re.
quired by statute.
In witness whereof, have hereUnto set
my hand and affixed the seal cf said
Court at my Office in Mexico. Missouri,
this 22nd day Of November, 1910.
tSEAL) W. II. NORRIS
Clerk of the Circuit Court,
Audrain unity.
S. u. Stocks,
Attorney for plaintiff
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Vandalia s new water works
system was put in operation Mon
day Of this week. The water
comes from a deep well and l.
clear, healthy and palatablc
Connections are being made with
homes all over the city. Van
lalia is always taking a step for
ward.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

81 per week for "a weeks will
put music in your home for 81
years, If you buy an Edison Phou-
ograph. WOrreH, The Jeweler
Music Dept Mexico, 40.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
"a Pictures Is Cents, at Hattcls

A Violin special for Christmas,
Violin, bow, rosin, instructor, cx-
ira set Of strings, all in nice case
for Sc. Worrell, The Jeweler.
&usie Dept. Mexico, No.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Hatten photographer makes "a
pictures % cents-Better hurry.
Take good on cloudy days or
take them over Free.
Over Craddock's Store.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

There was a misunderstanding
on the part of the directors and
Miss Lily G. Hendrix did not give
her entertainment at Washing
ton school house last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

The Message wishes every one
Of its readers all of the compii.
ments, good cheer and best wishes
of the season.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Shook, north
east of Mexico, will celebrate their
goth wedding anniversary the
evening of the 24th inst.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

The Audrain County Demo.
cratic and Republican Central
Committees filed with the County
Clerk last week statements show
ing the receipts of moneys used
in the last campaign. The Dern.
ocrats expended $315.25. The
Republicans expended $299.40
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Geo. T. Fisher, south of Van
dalia, has moved to Mexico. Gen
Fisher is all right. Glad to have
him and his family come to Mex
leo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Too few babies and children
that's the reason the enumerators
could not find a larger population
for Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
j. G. FORD, Auctioneer.
J. J. F. JOHNSON. Clerk

Pianos For Christmas. You'll
be agreeably surprised at the
value we give in pianos. Prices
$1S5 to $3.50.
Worrell, The Jeweler.
Music Dept. Mexico, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
Who Ever Heard.

of good metal carving setsH Most
of the cost as rule is in the
handles, we have the Imported
kind. They will sure hold an
edge.
Ferris & Canthnrn
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Rev. j. ID. Greer Of this city has
been called to the pastorate of the
Antioch Christian church. north
west of Mexico, for another year.
He will give that church half his
time and is to get $500 for the
years work. Bro. Greer is an
able preacher and one of these
days we expect to see the large
city churches calling for him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Contrary to what we say on
another page of this paper, Au,
drain will not have an exhibit al
the Industrial Exposition in ST
Louis next week The Optimistic
Club raised sufficient funds ia
meet the expense, but the farmers
did not bring in the required
quantity of corn. But old Audrain
is all right anyway, even without
the exhibit.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

Everything in Music. Quit
airs, So to $15. Mandolins, $3.50
to 500. Violins. So to $35.
Worrell, The Jeweler.
Music. Dept. Mexico. Mo.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

"A Pictures 25 Cents, at Hattens
Over Craddock's Store.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
JEWELRY FOR GIFTS
XMAS Is CoMINS

II you will yisH our 1oSLand
Deck which>Se have AA fin
ished for our, Santa Clam Ms
play, you gin find the INST
complete line of TOYS thu
has ever been shown in the city,
1t will please the old folks as
wen as the young, The gifts
you purchase here will be long
remembered.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
DOLL SPECIAL

DOLL SPECIAL
We bought IA of this one num-
Der, just to be sure we would
have enough to go around, 16-
inches high, natural hair, tied
back with ribbon, goes to sleep,
full jointed at arms and legs,
really a Use value as long as
this lot lasts .:......... 49c
Full line of Baby Buggies. >.
........... 25c to 1898
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

John Ellis went to st. Louis this
week with a shipment of fat cattle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
SPECIAL IN MEMS NECKTIE:

Mems all Silk Neckties, bought
especially for Xmas trade, re-
gular SOC values, your choice
Observation-Disclosures. SOC
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15
SWEATER COATS

$500 Ladies all wool Sweater
Coats, made Of the purest comb
ed lamb wool, will make hand
some Xmas gift-get yourself
one Observation-Disclosures. $3.49
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-12-15

County OF AudrAln
/, w. n Morris. Clerk OF the Circuit
Court OF the County aforesaid, hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true copy
OF the original Order OF Publication In the
above entitled cause and that the same
appears OF record In my Office. This No
Vember 29th. 1910.
(SEALl w. H. NORRIS,
Clerk Audraln County Circuit Court,
y. r. JESSE Atty. for Plaintiff.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-02-22
Sheep Raising Depends on the Man

Tribune subscriber asks, among other
questions, why it is that some are so
successful with sheep and Others claim
there is no money in them?
The keeping of sheep profitably de-
pends upon two highly important things.
First, the one who cares for them must
be lover of sheep; and, more than this,
he must be free from laziness, and must
not consider it hardship to get out of
a warm bed at ] o'clock on cold night
and go to the sheep barn and look over
the flock to see whether some eve has
not given birth to lamb which needs
to get its fill of milk before it perishes.
He must not be afraid to soil his hands
in handling new born lamb. He must
be a man who is constantly studying his
flock to see if some one of them does not
need little doctoring with the shears
in removing tag locks, or needs to be put
where it can get little better feed than
the flock is receiving. Second, he needs
10 be a man we'll versed in sheep lore to
tell good sheep from a poor one, and
to select for himself flock that are
strong and uniform in age and size; then
study their needs in food and care and
strive to meet them, instead of striving
to feed and care for them as cheaply and
with as little care as possible. Lastly,
he must take pride in his business. The
world over, whenever or wherever we
find sheep owners doing this, we find
them making a success of the business,
and whenever or wherever We find own
ers of sheep who think they can keep
sheep ON lazy mans line of doing busi-
ness, or striving to winter them on any
old thing they happen to have surplus
of, regardless of it's being suitable food
for sheep or not, we find no large profit
in the business. Thus, you see, my
friend, wherein the difference lies. 1t
can all be summed up in one word,
adaptablity.-Dr. Smead in Tribune
Farmer
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-02-22

T've got notion on that" said
Orde.
Into the forest went the axmen
The straightest trees tiey felled
trimmed and dragged down travoy
trails they constructed, on sleds they
built for the purpose, to the banks OF
the river. Here they bored the two
holes through either end to receive the
bolts when later they should be locked
together side by side in their places
AS fast as they were prepared mer
with canthooks rolled them down the
slope to a fiat below the falls.
After the trees had been cut in suf.
fcient number Orde led the way back
upstream a half mile to a shadows,
where he commanded the construction
Of a number of exaggerated sawhorses
with very widespread slanting legs.
When the sawhorses were completed
Orde directed the picks and shovels
to be brought up.
Orde set his men to digging a chan
mel through the bank. 1t was no slight
Job, as the slope down into a swamp
began only at point forty or fifty feet
inland; but, on the other hand, the
earth was soft and free from rocks.
When completed the channel gave pas
sage to rather feeble streamlet from
the outer fringe Of the river.
Next Orde assigned two men to each
of the queer shaped sawhorses and In
structed them to place the horses In
q row across the shallowest part Of the
river and broadside to the stream.
This was done The men, halfway to
down heavily to keep their charges in
place. Other men laid heavy planks
side by side perpendicular to and on
the upstream side of the horses. The
weight Of the water clamped them in
place. Big rocks and gravel shoveled
on in quantity prevented the lower
ends from rising. The wide slant Of
the legs directed the pressure so far
downward that the horses were pre-
vented from floating away. and slowly
the bulk Of the water, thus raised a
good three feet above its 'ormer level,
turned aside into the new channel and
poured out to inundate the black ash
swamp beyond.
A good volume still poured down to
the fall, but 1t was so far reduced that
work became possible.
"Now. boys" cried Orde. Lively
while we've got the chancew
The twenty-six foot logs were placed
side by side, slanting from a point two
feet below the rim Of the fall to the
ledge below. They were bolted to-
gether top and bottom through the
four holes bored for that purpose. The
task finished, they pried the fash
boards from the improvised dam,
piled them neatly beyond reach Of
high water, rescued the sawhorses and
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-02-22
Profit in Small Farms.

The day of the large farm is passing,
because farmers have been brought to
realization that large farm Is oftener a
lessener than an increaser of income.
To farm on an extensive scale profitably
requires the thorough organization OF
large staff of men, the heavy investment
in large quantity of machinery and, for
many purposes, available power to oper-
ate the machinery. For the ordinary
farmer, who in total produces the vast
bulk of our enormous crops, these
things are not practicable. He may be
a good farmer and yet lack genius for
organ zation; he may even be fairly pros
porous and yet not be equal to the in
vesiment in machinery and power that
is necessary to get all out of his spread
ing acres that he should get. The re-
suit is that considerable area of his
land either lies idle or is so inetiiciently
cultivated that the crops it produces do
little more than the cost of production
aud the interest on the investment, and
sometimes they do not even do as much
as that.
But the small farm may be held well
in hand by the farmer. He can plan for
the planting and thorough cultivation OF
every acre; he can establish system Of
fertilization >and rotation of crops 80
that his land will suffer no decrease in
fertility, aud by doing these things he
can not only harvest an immensely larg-
er crop to the acre than he could by the
old method but the product will be OF
better quality.
If there is anything in the theory that
our production is falling behind our
population, it is not because of any lack
Of arabic land. Rather it is because
that which we have has been wastefully
used. But much progress has been
made toward remedying this evil, espe-
cially within the last decade. Some men
who were farming large areas for pre-
carious hand-to. mouth existence are now
farming smaller ones and prospering.
The old idea was land and then more
land, broad acres, whethere they were
profitable or not, to lie idle or be in
differently cultivated as it happened.
There was a time, of course, when virgin
soil was plentiful that this policy, ex-
travagant though it was, worked fairly
well, but it never will again.