Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-07

lower thas ~yasterdays teE
Ned and hutoh 7E a 7@
Gooa heasy 7AsRT@
Roueh GO a re.
Llshs rs a745
Pigs gbo q 7e
Buik. 7a a 20
sheep. scee STEADY
Chicago Close
Wlezt. sep1 % is a IA Dec IS IS
MAY i0z "A a IS
Cora Sep Is - a - Dee s. II
May IS IA IS
Oats sept IS rs Dec &C II Mas
s. rs
lT0rk sem 1913 1851
centrsHa Nc, sep
There vas 8 fzEA q erosd Il
wines the cssing ProsSm Of III
Fair here to-day. The harness and
saddle rings were warmly c~oakssted
and the races were close
In the saddle class. Hook K
WOODS took sscond These raen Al
50 took first On the bsst mare o.
geinng hitched 70 a muabost-
81 81 Turner's horse was aNardes
FIRST in the consolation saddk
eFen and Z. d. Moore drst IL M
consolation harness eTeuz
II tie harness class E D. Moore
horse Won the blue rihbou-
In the gelding stake. Peter Pan
the b~oEu gesding Owned and q
Ihsbaed by Joe Harris. Of Columbia
won frs Early Dawn. owned by w
?. Hawkins. second; Columbia Cir
lshovn By "a. Davis. third; Laddi'
Boy. belonging 10 GIN Dysart
fourth; Peggy d Paris, owned b.
Hook d Woods. aad exhibited b.
Z. y. Moore nhh.
In the roadster class. Peter Pa
and Columbia Gil, as . pair, va
AWARDED the blue; Queen Of Den
mark ard Bonnie Maid owned b
IL D. Moore. third Chandler I
Chandjer we're awsrded second
Hook ( Woods Won first and Sc
ord IN the saddle gelding ring Wit
Tle Gingerbread Man and BEle. %
Scout.
". ". PoHacks pair Of drai
mares were victorious II their cias
In the class fer best pair o. mule
hnehed to wagon. Joe ConsidiHe.
land W. T. Green's mules won flrs'
Chapman Bros, second and NJ
. Murrys. third.
S J Bovine. ST.. q sailing toEi
shIp. uas apardod fhe ErlDo o Il
best gentleman rider over GO yeal
old. Rolla Asbuy, second and IN
NJ Fountain. third
MerIo Mack won the 255 Tot
ter dropping tie second heat to
riR- websters sam Feaiherstone b
g Itime. 20 u. Dick Orphan Bog "
I the 214 pace with Lady Van Dore
g saoud Best time z.19 IA. john
woods won The SIX farlong Hn al
INe0ma D., owned by Fields Bros,
This city, Won the four and one-ha
IfIrjOug run
J Walker Woodbridge, propriet'
tof the store formerly owned by J.
eTInsley, just east Of the postoffc
..tlbz q large quantity Of feed, far
ting implements and his fine hor
l. waen The barn on the John Hofse
II farm, one and one-half miles soul
soutbeas4 Of Benton City, burn
u Friday night. Mr.. Woodbridge
sides on the farm. The loss, il
, said. Will amount to oyer $4,000.
IRE charred remains Of his &
horse which be had refused $500
lhad not been found Saturday at no
and suspicion points to the hol
having been stolen and The barn 6
On fire.
r. u. Simms and son, Of near 5;
t. Fe. drove to this city this we
with a wagon load Of watermelon
and AFTER visiting many merchan
sold The entire load for a total
.$Z. Mr.. shnms is. however, an
- timfst, and smiled when he ga
the juicy fruit away.
He had driven over Is miles
this city starting al / O'Clock in {
morning to arrive early enough h
= to sell his fruit. There we're
- melons in the wagon.
The Audrain County Poultry ASS
citation met at the North Nilsson
Company's room Friday evening a
named the dates iyr the annual Do
try show to be this fan. Move
Der Is. IL, II and IS are the date
The show this year win be h'
in Ferris G. Cauthorn's room oy
the hardware store. The Doult
show follows shortly after Il
firms annual corn show and {
place is a fine location for q
event.
The annual poultry show b
grown to be quite a feature in t
realm Of chicken faneiers and the
are always a large number Of {
tries. The prizes offered for I
different classes also are attract
70 the poultry raisers and the .
thuslasm resultant from the inter-
taken in the show makes # a gna
success.
The poultry fanciers Of Audfa
nave looked forward to this eyH
and hardly before one show is or
they begin to think about the o
for next year. Consequently th
plan what chicken they intend
enter and think Of how they can
prove their bird tomake a beti
showing.
Audrain poultry Is becoming a |
faem in the products of the coun
and every year a large surplus
shipped. The report for last ye
shows that Audrain is a leader a
gives the following figures:
Number OF pounds OF live poul'
Ht1II7,750; dressed, 2,11s.406; eg'
2,G02,620 dozen; feathers, 2s,710 ID
This Is valued at $~771,s60.
Col. John Burgess, who resides
the Robinson farm, north Of tb
city, has purchased a wolf from
Western man and says he intenI
rateinr cnllfea Mrhefher that Is |