Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-06-15
BEAVER DAM.
Rain Needed-Mrs. Threlkeld S
18th Birthday-Stock Items.

| Inc uIOutH COntlIutS through
ont the entire valley. Unless it
rains in few days very few
fields Of oats can be harvested.
Nothing at this writing in sight
that looks encouraging to the
farmer. Wheat fields are turning
to a golden color, but lacking
moisture, corn. all along the val
ley mp to this time has not been
checked, hut little in growth for
the want of rain having been well
cultivated. The prospect Just
now for corn, is promising,
Ben Brown, sold ~ head of
hogs to Powell < Mundy. at $50.
Earn Cannon, contracted one
load of hogs to Powell & Ilundy,
to be delivered last half of July,
at 1915.
Joseph Crews, Sr., shipped out
from Ortiz Station. one ear of
hogs to st. Louis, this week.
Roy McCord and Elmer Dicus,
concluded they would glut the
Mexico Market on cherries. hence
they picked two hundred gallons.
Hired an auto-and quickly ar
rived in Mexico and sold the en-
tire load at 30cts. a gal On their
return when asked if they glutted
the market, they each replied in
the same tone of voice, Noah. "
Jno. Foddy, living on main
street, at Champ has remOdeled a
large barn for Judge Cook Grow
es. .jno. is a mechanic of the
right kind, proven by his work.
Bro. Cobb when at leisure hours
is studying agriculture as science
and art. and we can say from ex-
perience that the art part of agri-
culture can only be acquired by
practice. In other words he
must be a worker, a thinker and
a business hustler, hence Bro
Cobb is well equipped having
these qualifications.
| Doc McClintic has bought a
new Galloway Gasoline Engine
He says il comes so near doing al
kinds of work that should he get
a good rain he would like to have
it pillow his corn.
| Prof. James Porter, has beer
employed to teach the Beaver
Dam fall and winter school. Boil
White. The Ledger man told us
once they all come back; Prof
Porter has taught here before.
On last Wednesday Mr. Viii
Bradley, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Bradley. married at the bride 5
home, near Thompson, Miss Flor
ence Brown. The happy pair wi
at once 60 to housekeeping on tn,
farm Of Albert Prices. known a.
the Ed Gambol place. Much hap
piness we wish you as You glide
down the rugged stream of life.
Beaver Dam Sunday School il
progressing under the Leadership
of Mr.. 10. Bradley as superinten
dent. and Mr.. Hiram Threlkeld
assistant. We failed to get nam
es of teachers and secretary. Nov
that proves we don't go to Sun
day School. Well we are goo,
anyway. Extend report later.
Rev. Billiard preached to
large crowd at Beaver Dam Sun
day morning, selecting theS
words as the text, And The Sol
of Man is Come to Save. tina
which is Lost. " At 1870, tn
theme based on 3 chapter. 4th +
55th verses of Luke's GOspe
Rev. Billiard is very earnes
worker and is deserving of an al
tentive audience. such as he has.
Emery Miller, who was raise
on the valley and after marriag
was located for six years at Altor
ILL.,, has just lately moved to Ok
mulgee, Oklahoma,
A pleasant occasion was tn
celebration of Mrs. Eliza ThrelR
eld's birthday. This reunion too
place Sunday, June 1lth, at tn
coy home of her son, Hirar
; Threfkeld, where she lives. PEI
haps never in the history of TN
, valley was there an event chron
clcd that surpassed this occa
SiOn for social hanninaSc Tho 40