Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-22

fit to eat. The good cucumbers Il
the market are grown in hot house,
ard are selling for 10 cents apiece
The normal price at this time Of yea
is Is a bushel.
Peas were plentiful earlier in the
season. but there are none on the
market at this time. They retailed
/ for 20 cents a gallon, early in the
season. later jumping to 35 cents.
No Relief Until September.
The berries are almost gone. The
few strawberries left are unfit to
eat, and the blackberries coming to
market look almost ike dried berries
The cantaloupes coming in from Col
orado are fine. They sell for 20
and % cents apiece. The watermel-
ons coming from Texas are in good
condition, too.
Tomatoes r selling for Just twice
as much as they brought at this time
last year. They are 80 cents a
basket of five pounds.
There will be no relief from the
present scarcity of vegetables and
from the high prices until the sec
ond crop comes in about the first of
September. But that will not help the
potato market. And this winter
canned goods will be higher than the
have been for many years, the
dealers say.
The scarcity is caused by the dry
weather, which has been general
throughout the country.
Cherries, the earliest fruit on the
market besides berries, have been
retailing from 80 to 40 cents a gal
Ion. The crop. however, was light
and it was hard to get them at any
price.
(Staff Correspondent
Joplin, June II.
Jasper County, In which this city
is situate, has every read and by
path graveled and there is enough of
this ideal highway making material
IN the ground now to treat the re-
mainder Of thhe state in a similar
manner. One mine owner offered
the writer a pile of stone tailings,
from the mines, which would have
made Audrain equally as famous as
Jasper for good roads IL the writer
had the price for transporting the
100, 900 car loads to the "Horse Cen
ter of the world"
There is little super-heated ozone
in this section but the "booster spir-
1T" will stand the acid test and
shows results upon every side. Ev-
cry culvert in this county is con-
crete. Most of the public buildings
are handsome stone structures that
grace the magnificent country about
them as some virgin gem in its tiff
fanny setting. Every citizen wears a
smile with his other prosperous ha-
biliments and when q man is heard
to knock he Immediately becomes a
candidate for a museum attraction.
There are 500 miles of gravel road
Ger tering in Carthage, There are
$500 motor cars in the county. Jop-
lin has acquired the true Western
breeziness Of business life and rests
amid the metropolitan atmosphere;
100 miles Of inter-urban are in OPP
GRAFTON; two magnificent amuse-
ment parks and recreation grounds
are points Of popularity on these
lines. The entire county is a monu-
ment Of what the predominance of
the progressive spirit can accomplish
when allowed full play.
The Tim mining district is that
in which Col. Green Clay, W. w.
Fry, DR.. J. G. Parish, w. J.. Bolts
and Chas. Rogers. Of Mexico are i'm
terested and 1t is at present the
mining marvel of the district. Some
OF the richest strikes in years have
been made on their property. At
HOLSTER, Thursday, where we visit
ed the Presbyterian summer assembl
grounds / saw James Medley, a
former race horse man who will be
remembered by the older citizens of
Mexico. He believes in the future OF
the country and owns a small store
there.
Joplin is preparing to remove the
brick paving in the business district
and substitute wood blocks. Prac-
tically all of the streets are paved
regardless Of the fact Of cheap gray
ell.
The wonderful spirit of get
Their" and the great opportunities
for making ideal highways are two
things l wish it were possible to re-
turn with in my suit case. No great
err gift could be given Audrain coun-
ty. We have the spirit Of progress
all right but It needs awakening and
new life and then results will fol-
low.
There are many magnificent build
ings throughout the entire county
and they appear in the most unex-
pected places. Many of them are the
property Of farmers who, after har-
vesting their crops have sunk a shaft
and taken from beneath their fertile
acres, the wealth Of the zinc and
lead deposits. L. M. White.
LOOK FOR STEADY HOG MARKET
Everything is looking much bet
Tar nftnr tho ranant rains In NV sec