Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-03-09
!, GENERAL NEWS NOTES y

The First Church Of Christ, Sci.
entists, Of this city, have purchased
the Gibbs property, on e. Promen-
ade street, across from the Pasqueth
home. They intend building a.
church on 1t IN the future.
The site Is an excellent one for
such buhlding, being close to the
center Of the city. Plans for build
ing have not mater,alized at this time
though they hope to be
ldn a position In the neaf future to
start work on a modern building.
Governor Hadley granted one pa
lrole to-day and revoked one he is.
sued last December. Thursday.
Charles Houck. convicted dn Au-
drain county In Jan. 1908, OF bur
Iglary ON six counts and sentenced to
the Penitentiary for eighteen years,
Twas the beneficiary of clemency.
| He was but IS years old when CON
lvicted. Citizens and officials dn
Audrain County petitioued the Gov
ernor in Houck's behaf.
Maurice p. Murphy, FORMER claim
adjuster with the Santa Fe route
Twill ARRIVE in this city the first of
the approaching week to take charge
lof the claim agents office OF the
Western division Of the Chicago G
Alton here. He viii. take Mr.. McCas.
Inns place.
| Mr.. Murphy is young man, a
lgraduate Of the University Of Mis-
lsouri and said to be perfectly fitted
for the position he has been assigned
The Ledger joins In welcoming him
| TO Mexico.
| c. C. Fowles is home from a
shor' business trip TO Florida on an
inspection OF the Palm Beach Farms
ICc. land; he was accompanied by
| L. w. Roberts and G. p. Woodward,
Of Rush Hill, who represented con.
tractors for land in this above Com
lpany tract
They found the hand 10 be fine,
rich, aluvial soil, and we're well pleas
ed with their contracts.
rhey were especially delighted will
the iown.stte opened by this Com
papg and expect to develop and i'm
lprove in that country at a later date.
While we like these gentlemen and
: know they rank among our best chit
zens, We should not like to lose them
from our midst and hope they will de
eide clly TO have winter homes
there But we are afraid they will
break our prediction of "They all
! come back
Vandalia continues to stride 10 the
front and divides the honors with
Mexico in making Audrain county
the most progressive in the State.
Vandaha now has two sire depart
! memts and hook and ladder com
pany. Prominent citizens have takel
o IAN active interest in the department
and they are organizing along busi'
luess lines.
Company No l Is captained by
that whole-souled enterprisiugs Cit
zen, Il. C. McCarroll. Company No
is in the hands of that popular
hustler, L. e. Waters, and the hocl
and ladder truck is captained by A
o. Smith, one of the towns most prt
a gressive men.
They have 600 feet of hose ant
their new water system will give tht
= city ample protection from fire. Al
alarm bell and whistle win be pro
N cured immediately and placed wher'
they win be heard all over th'
N city. We dalia is certainly gettinl
N there.
u Washington, D, c., March 8,
r. Representative Champ Clark OF MI
~ souri,, who will be the Speaker o
= the next House win hose $4,000
j President Taft calls an extra sesslo
- of Congress for the middle nf thi
"A month, which last night seemed a &c
~ tainty.
III MIR. Clark would prefer that ther
u be no extra session, or that 1t be pu
"a Ioff several weeks longer, but he
- not going to use his influence to thi
~ end simply because he will dose S
IN match hard cash.
,Iu beginning with March 6, MIR. Clar
~ has lecture engagements on the Cha
M tauqua circuit covering 10 weeks. u
u, der his contract he will earn aal az
~ erage of $500 a week on the trip.
~ The flnSt lecture is scheduled IL
:, Philadelphia. After two on thre
i. more engagements in PennsyKani
,y his dates call him West into Oregon
Nv Thence he will go Sout'' along I'll
ad Pacific Coast, speaking at yario
,or points en- route. He will return BaI
aa 1ecturing ON the way.
"a. Above everything, Mr. Clark is I'll
~ Democratic leader of the House. +
no does not intend TO let private engae
Nv ments stand In the way of perford
~ ance of dis duty in this capacity.
"a If the President says that the ne
~ Congress shall convene on March /
,ot Mr.. Clark won't probably leave Wa
,,s. ington at all, but will stay here
help in the arduous work of prepa
ing to organize the House.
San francisco, Cal, March 2.
m- In the superior court here MI
the Florence McEnery, wife OF Il
the wealthy Californian, G. 7. Meme
the and formerly Moberly, Mo, 81
has entered a plea for separate
one wherein she charges he tried to G
ate her signature to stipulation p'
uniting him to have his marriage :
NJ, nulled on the ground that she b
i not borne children since their mi