Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-05-04
TALKS WITH PEOPLE.
Mr.. Ragsdales's Health Rules
Jim Young Still Young
Billie Coil, Joker.

young, and that's no pun, or
poetry, either. It's the straight
fact.
Arthur Holmes, the barber:
No. am no relation Of the w. j.
Holmes mentioned by Byron
liams in his letter to the Message
from the Mexican border. None
Of my folks are MiSsourians; | am
only a MiSSourian by adoption. y
John Wilburn: used to live
at MartinSburg. came to Mex
leo from Lincoln county - years
igo and ddn' t have a dollar.
Well, yes, have picked up some
thing since. now own three good
homes in this city which it would
take more than $1,000 for me to
let them go.
r. L. Stuart of Molino came in
on the electric car last Saturday
and while here he smiled in upon
the Message. Said he got aboard
at Duncan Station" Laying
aside all jokes" he said, eve d
like to know out our way why the
road is not being built on to San
ia Fe, or on toward Hereford.
Anything to have something do
ing"
w. L. Coil: "Some of us down
around Laddonia don't care much
now if the new Jail proposition did
fail to carry. Wen get the Poor
Farm building, all right, and it s
going to be so up-to-date and
healthy and sanitary that ! may
apply to become an inmate my
self. | can t get a home that will
he like that, so perfect in all its
appointments" Billy jokes some,
times, you know, and all will
know how to take him in this.
NJ. NJ. Hill: The farmers are
getting to land tiling in Audrain,
| laid 2l00 feet recently for c. b.
Lyman, on his 800 acre farm near
Seed Tick church. Next / shall
lay 400 feet for C. p. Arnold. !
believe the farmers are going to
find that tiling is just the thing
for this locality of the State. 1t is
the correct thing for drainage :;
will prevent soil wash, so to speak.
and help enrich the ground, and
this, Of course, will help land val
ues. Thing is an experiment that
will be closely watched in this
county from this time forth.
w II. Beal: | was S3 years old
Monday Of last week. ! came to
the Lick Creek county, this
county, from Indiana, III 1853. |
have Strayed around into Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska,
but | never had any other home
than the one in old Audrain. !
never returned to Hoosierdom My
Audrain county farm in 1855 cost
me II 1-2 cents per acre. | pre-
sumo the same land now, which is
owned by Mr.. Bowen Of Laddonia,
is worth $50 or 800 per acre
They may talk about other climes
and lands, but give me old Mis-,
souri, for mine.
l.. II. Biggers: As to all those
thousands of Americans who have
gone TO Canada in recent years,
thousands are coming back as
quickly as they can get back. !
had a relative who went up there
and shipped along 20 mules to use
| in his farming, but when he landed
he learned he could sell
them at a great profit, but, no, an
officer appeared and said, "You
cant do that, no live stock to be
sold until you haze been here a
year" You better believe that
fellow is one of the fellows who
has come back. Uncle Sam 5
government is pretty nearly good
enough. You might even find that
out if you should 90 down and in .
yestigate conditions IN Old Mex
leo.
f. NJ. RagSdale, owner Of Rags
dale s Cash Store: / believe that
good, pure water is one of nature s
best remedies. | drink near a gal
Ion a day, and | like the habit.
Another thing ] do which has
| brought me health and sound