Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-08-24

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a visit. Mr.. Woodson is a member
of the commission firm Of Wood
son & Fennewald. Of East st. louis.
w. c. Duty. formerly OF Mexico.
now Of X. F. D. 2. New Florence.
Mo. writes the Ledger as follows:
As l haven't written you since /
came down here. | will send you a
few lines. / amstil here and getting
the Ledger every day, and note the
interest the people of Mexico and
Audrain county 7 taking in good
roads.
recently commenced digging a
well and when l got down eighteen
feet struck gas and had TO abandon
II. The gas was so strong a man
could not stay in the well more than
ten or fifteen minutes at a time. A
piece Of paper set on fire at the bot
tom of the well would send a blaze
nearly to the top Of the well.
With best wishes. l remain
Yours truly,
w. G. Duty.
Twenty sturdy, drab-clad little fig
ures alighted from the electric
car Tuesday evening, carrying KNAPP
sacks and blanket rolls and happy
IL tired. They were Troop "a" Boy
Scouts OF America. located In this
city, returning from their first am
nual camp.
They had spent two days and =
night on the beautiful banks Of the
South Branch Of Salt River, each
Scout cooking his own meals, at
tending to the various duties as
signed him in tie military system
and enjoying the hours of work fully
as much as those of play.
A certain hour was allotted for
drill, another in which to swim, one
for games, policing the camp, in
-spection of tents and equipment,
sentinel duty and Council fire. The
Scoutmasters will meet this week
and make the various awards of
prizes for the patrols that made
the highest standard in the various
points stipulated.
There were no accidents, but one
case Of disobedinee and that set
tied with a Susiness-like court mar
tial where the boys were jurors and
settled the matter themselves. The
danCgef of accidnt was reduced to a
minimum by the excellent discipline
maintained and the boys entered into
the spirit with zest that did each of
them credit.
Preparations are being made by
Scoutmastens for a public demonstra-
ton of what has been accomplished
by the Scouts in order that the
public may be informed further along
this line and that their cooperation
be had. You can imagine no more
impressive sight than when, just
before taps were blown for the night
sec the manly little fig
ures grouped in a kneeling circle
about the Counciil fire, their heads
bowed in prayer. The camp next
year will be fully a week and by
that time several more patrols VIII
have been enlisted. The Scouts
Will Immediately begin upon their
work OF qualifying for second
class Scouts.
Those who attended the camp were
the following. The Fox patrol was
divided among the other three:
Hounds
orville Austin, Leader.
Richard Barth
Frank Wilkins
Harry Rose
Archie Rogers
Owls
John bearing, Leader.
Resell Haskell
F. Ridgway
Watts 81
Keltner
Ballew
Mcveigh.
Eagles
Dry, Leader.
e. Cunningham
w. Davis
G. Squires
S. Locke
Boatman
While working with his wind mill
NARROW Shock residing five miles
south Of this city caught the little
| finger of his left hand in the ma
chinery, MASKING it so that amputa-
ton was necessary.
Mr.. Shocks many friends Will re-
gret TO hear of his misfortune, but
trust the injury will not prove Sc
rious, and that he will have a
speedy recovery.
Charlie Frizier, Waterman at the
| Jefferson street crossing, had a mar
row escape from serious injury on
Wednesday morning, AS 1t was, he
is nursing a badly bruised shoulder.
Jim White, a negro teamster, was
standing on the tracks waiting for a
train to pass when the switch engine
pulled up with some cars. Charlie
was attempting to ave the negro
from being hurt and got in the wa!
himself. The M of the car hi'
his shoulder and he narrowly es-
capped falling under.
Colorado Springs, Aug. H.
Missouri's Admission Day as no
where observed with greater enthusi
lbasm and loyalty than at Manito'
on Thursday, Aug. 10, when mor'
,lthan 1900 residents and visitors o
the pixies Peak Region lopne'
i'm a reunion and picniic. Followlnl
an automobile parade through co
, orado Springs and Manitou' TN
crowd began to gather at the Man
-, slons Park about 1880 o'clock Tn
morning hours were spent in an n
formal reunion and at noon the pafi
a ru,a,a With plcnic parties. larg