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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
ToMORROWs PoTLATCH PROGRAM

Here 3 the Potatch program for tomorrow:
M-FTst boat yachts enme
bay prizes.
M.Second motor boat OF all cruising
ri for prizes
MDaiy airshp flights by Curtss aviators
Robinson Three flights each Demonstrations
by aeropane.
p M,-Division T. Division No
Industrial PageantGProducts OF he nd
harbo prizes
p. M.-Boat Lake Washington
AN M-Speed on La Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19

at noon tomorrow. Follow the trail
and you may share in the shower OF
gold.
The envelopes Will be weighted
tomorrow. so that the Golden Girl
can throw then, far away from the
auto. None OF them Will reach peo-
pie nearer than 20 feet away from
the machine. So don't crowd when
you see the Golden Girl coming. The
nearer you get TO the machine, the
less chance you will have OF seeur.
ing one Of the lucky envelopes.
The trumpeter Will announce the
approach 0f the treasure auto con
tanning the Golden Girl.
BE sure to look for the signs on
the treasure auto that announce the
coming OF the Golden Girl Yester-
day some enterprising individuals
drove up In advance Of the treasure
auto and distributed red envelopes
containing advertising matter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
IT'S A SHAME

WARRINGTON, July r.
"oessing my face slapped be-
cause ! could not remove a spot
from my wife's kimono 10 not
right treatment" said Elmer 3.
Carpenter, government clerk,
In answering his wife's suit for
divorce here today. "she even
nskes me do the family cook.
ing and washing and then beats
me with a broomstiek for my
pains
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
ETHEL BARRYMORE is
NEARING HER HOME.

CHICAGO. July lq--Refuaing TO
make any statement on her marital
affairs. Ethel Barrymore arrived
here today. Much mail awaited
her at the Blackstone hotel. which
u fs reported included letters from
her husband and other members of
her family urging that she agree
TO reconciliation. Miss Barry.
more went on 10 New York this
afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
DENIES
DICK TO
DICK
Declares That He Never Wrote
Letter and Does Not Repre-
sent Morgan Guggenheim
Syndicate.

tuy usitea Frees r.~ssed wis~A
NEW YORK, July iSy--penylno
that he ever wrote or even heard OF
the famous "oies TO Dick" letter.
Richard Q. Ryan. claimant 10 lands
at Controller bay. Alaska, started
for Washington today 10 testify be
fore tho COMMITTEES on expenditures
In the interior department which 10
investigating the Alaska situation.
Ryan declared he did not repre-
sent the Morgan Cuggsnheim q eyadi.
cate in AlAaka. and that he had
never used the maine of Charles y
Taft In writing 10 former Secretary
naillnger well enough to address
Dick 10 tEcx' letter. said Ryan
y never wrote any postscript or any
such address. and ! do not know
Bailoinger well enough 90 address
him In anything but the most for
NAL manner do not knoW preei.
dent Taff'a brother even by sight
and could not possibly refer To him
The note Miss Abbott made public
seems 90 mo to be something
crazy"
Ryan declared hiE firm was tho
Probai Wetxier company. and that
so far AZ he knew they were not
connected with the Guggenheimn.
lie said all he wanted was his land
in Alaska.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19

Los ANGELES. July ie.-Alex.
ander Aikmap, proprietor Of cafe.
aud John Summers. an official OF
the, Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. were
almost Instantly killed and AK.
mans two children. Fannie. 10,
asd Mary, 2. were severely injured
near Puente. on the San Bernar.
dino road today when big touring
car driven by Aikman. turned
turtle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
LUCK OF ROARING CAMP

SAN FRANCISCO, July t9.--"fn
the Luck OF Roaring Camp" to be
given for the Fraternal order of
Eagles during their conclave here
next month, the 100000 visitors ex-
pected will witness a portrayal OF
the days OF 40 and early California
characters. An elaborate program
Is expected.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
HILL MAY FLY
IN AER0PLANE

GRAND FORKS, \. d.. July ie.--
louis w Hill. president OF the Great
Northern railroad. who Is expected
here Saturday. has been invited TO
take an aeroplane trip with Walter
Brookins, the Wright aviator. as
pilot.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
1T WAS ALL o. x.

4 It's all right TO throw base
4 balls at human beings. That !
4 Is the sense OF Patrolman !
Y Nuttlng's finding last night.
4 DR.. Mary d, Martin tele- !
\ phoned the police from the Y. !
4 w. c. A. stating that men and !
4 boys we're throwing baseballs !
4 at monkeys at Fourth and !
4 Union. Nutting was detailed, :
4 and reported that the mon =
4 keys" we're only human beings, !
= who we're getting paid for II.
= ttrttr =
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19

ROYAL EDcT
The King extends his imperial greeting Of good viii to the
loyal subjects Of Seattle The King thanks their
ebedien reception and welcome The King particularly aden
ishes and his subjects
Care foreso strife the
evil thoughts that besct all
The King O
last with all os his people forevermore
EDGAR !, REX
Signed the ship Portland this
reign of Edgar doro
/
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
IQQAY's PROGRAM


a 2 o. my--ArrlvsI OF the King
= on tire gold ship Portland ~ 4
Grand Trunk Pacific dock. 4
4 The King and Queen Will be
= escorted 10 the Potlateh 4
4 ofsrdstand, and the historical
. pageant will move through the 4
4 down town streets, passing IN
. review AZ the prancsssnd. =
4 after which II Will be dis. 4
. mlssed. 4
2p. INSTRUMENTATION OF
= tire curtlss hydroplane In the =
4 hsrbor with flights by Avi. 4
. tors Eugene Eiy and Hugh 4
. Hoblnson. 4
. "a .. r.-coneert BY Chan 4
= rina EIiery's band In Potiatch 4
= cranostsnd. 4
o. m.---iiluminated water 4
. psrsoc In the narbor: may be =
= sess from along the water
. fro1s or from Queen Anne and
. Capitol AIiIs =
. o. rn,--oponing of the 4
Soysl ball a, the state armory. =
. $50 p. m.-street parade 4
through down town district .
4 ~ potlaseh Flsmheau club. .
. 10 o. m.--crand display OF =
= fireworks from floats IN Elliott 4
= Say: may be viewed from any =
= prominence IN the city. =
Nidnigh,-~Reeepsien by the 4
= kina ard Queen as Royal bali. =
. sss,s armory. \
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19

The 18th float, great rosy
bower with marble throne bore
Queen Daphne. The float was
drawn by four superb dapple gray
horses. The Queen was surrounded
by adies-in-walting all garbed in
beautiful court dress.
The next float. No. IL, represents
the fishing industries OF Seattle. the
state OF Washington and Alaska.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19

Float No. II brought a mighty
cheer from the spectators. It rep
resented the arrival Of the treasure
ship Portland In 81. Miss Seattle
is shown holding out a model Of
the ship In her outstretched palm.
while about her are Alaskan
mountains and snow. sluice-boxes
and a miner panning out the yellow
dust, while two malamute dogs
stand guard
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
WEATHER FORECAST

For Seattle and vicinity :
! Fair tonight and Thursday: !
! light southwcstcrly winds. I
! Temperature At noon today. n. I
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
.APPY IS SENTENCED

! Atttt tt+-. -.+++++++*+++
addition The Golden
Girl will distribute 5000 theatre tick
Every envelope VIII Something
value IL theatre ticket ard gold coin.
SO follow the trail OF the Golden Girl TOMORROW
rs THE DAY.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1911-07-19
ooddess of Aarlculture.
Picking Up Nuggets.

Float No 1e, which was suggest
cd by the Scandinavian societies Of
seattle, was labeled THE Lucky
swede," and depicted a native OF
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Saute.
sir $500 mad 9satfalanS.

geutih : dr1erttanifde 3eitungel.
tuer6en i'm olten Ynterlano nit gro,
Sen, Snterefie eeIeier, neil iie lid'
frei ousipreteu ltno bdufig BON oru'
BET, unebr Meuigfeiien un6 Nofri9'
ten bringen, aIs bic 6eutiden Sci
tunaen ieIbit. Die .Greie 8reffe fiir
xeross lit oriibeti uberon, mobin is
eeionot miro, Elm iebr germ geiebenei
@n{t uro fam fid riibmen, Mtet
ye.luuna ul,o Wiiroigune gu fittoen,
ME nus 3dbireiheu Briefen an ans.
fosuie an Nieietioeil welhe Dos
8Entt on lire Bertpan0ten idifelt
herDorgebt. Mer onber ieinen Bee
mnn6ten uno Greuroen cine Greilc.
ertpeiien, linen Elm iuiQfommeres
@ehenf moder. min, Der beIfcne fin
re bic .Greie Breife fir Serns",
D0s SntereiIe fir Eeros, mie uber-
b0ispt fit ben Gfnnt urb Die @e
ae3ib, no bic Nersparoten mobners
III III DentihInnb iebr lebboft uni
es lit unsnogIih, in 9ripatbriefer
eipe - griinoIide MuffI6rung Uni
&elmreibung oes frem6en 2anoe'
III 1tben, tuie bies Die nGreie Hreiie'
qntpodentIid hit. Sur ben eeriit
On @reis bon $500 ~perienoet hi
bertofrd unier reidbaItiges $50
.&dsbfnt4 auf Elm Sobr an irgenl
tsgie Moreife I'm MusInnoe.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

The weekly issue of the"FREIE
PREssE FJER TEXAS has po-
sitively the largest circulation
Of all German papers published
IN the State of Texas. 1t is
mailed to $50 post-ofices. and
has an extended circulation in
Mexico in the Indian Territory,
and in Oklahoma
1t clrculates from Galveston
to Denison. from Marshall to e
Paso and of course mainly IN
the thickly populated central
and southwestern parts OF the
state. SIS also in Mexico.
Two tlavenng men and oul
very active local agents are con
tinuously adding new sub
scribers to the lists
In consideration of these facts
the "FREIE PREssE FUER TEXAS
claims to be the best adver'
Using medium In the State oil
Texas, when 1t is the object Il
reach the German reading pc
pulation.
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Mn bas Yublitnul

Oie .Sreie 8reiie fir 2eyas" wtrb
u iiber $50 Boitoffieen nerimbt.
ano bat cine grobe Berbreitung In
Der Nodbar-@ epublif Merifo, i'm Ssn-
,ianer .Eerritorium uno 0flaboma.
Sbr GirfuIotions. @ebiet in 9egos
ritreft fid bon COLLECTION Bis binauf
tod Deniion, bonn duberiten Often
,is nod 81 Baio TIM fernften @eften;
3 idIieBt ieIbitperitdnolid NIT be.
.onoers aebIreiden 2eierr oas oiht.
aeiie6eIte MitteI-geras uno ben Siio.
ueiten Elm. Mud in Megifo bat fie
,ine groBe 8erbreituna.
3mei &eiienoe iino beftdnoig,
Iabrein, iabral1s i'm SS~nterelie oes
BIottes .ulttertpegs uno fiibren benz.
ielben i'm Derein nit unierer riibri-
gen 2ofol-Mgenten fortp6breno re,ie
eefer gu.
Sn Mnbetrabt oiefer Eatfa9en tit
ne r5reie Breiie fir Eeras". no es
i'd oarum banoelt Die 0eltihe Be-
%,oIferung gu errethen bas bette In
ieiae.Nebinm i'm Staat: xtxas.
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aein aafpmel n5tig.

9as iddblibc uiio ullangenebl1e
@innebmen BON aalomel lit unnotig
geuoroen ourd oSimmons' 2iner
Yurifier" Die befanulte miloe 2eber-.
Weoi5in, Die aber eiien grunolid)en
IGffeft e~r5ielt. gsur in geIben 8Ieh
ihodoteln perpadt. Yreis 25c. Gin
smal perinht, imlner gcbraudt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-11-04

Sir Sic eefdbrIiden aranfbei-
ten, bic bic Nieren angreifen, III
g ridIp Witters Elm I'M.
febIbores M1itteI. CT beieitigt Stiff
fenihmer8en, aeidpolIene 6nBe utte
bnrtn6diges aopftueb -Spmptome
0ie nuf NierenIeioen bintpeiien.
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Wertbuue 9anbtreieu.

2ano in ben Counties Saycttc.
Colorado, 8iIion Grio, Sal, Cub.
bod uno 2nnn gum Berfanf, nit
LANCER 3abl3eit. Das 2nno gebort
uns. Sobn 81. SEER, MuIooon, Ser.
4err & Woorc, 2onob1noIer,
POP Moore-@ ebduoe, Gan Mntonio,
Seras.
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aaIonael lit haflid.

Mber aSimmons' GiDer Ynrifier"
tit b5hit ongenebm uno feline Bir,
funa lit griinolih. unberoaulidfsit
uno Werftopfung meihen. Gin Ser
{ut iiber3eugt. (gsur in gelben 8led,
{hoAteln). ginmaI periuht, intntsr
qebrnudt.
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Uebramdlt fein aalomel.

Ber es fennt, sebrondt INNER
.esmmorrs 2iper Burifier", 90 es
e5fh{o ariinoIid tpirft, obne Mager.
idmer3e1 ooer iouliiges n~nuolfei.t
5u btrllrinder. lgaur in gelbep
BleGimafteIm.) preis 25e. Ginmnl
ber{nht. INNER gebraudt.
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orh 8eriht,
Baummuqe.

Can Antpmip, Seq, 1. 3ob. Orr
binarb 1916 gtss; @oob &iooline
SIS Cts; 2oip Mibbling 6B Gts.;
@ibbIins III gts.; @ooS Wioo@
ling 1915 Gents.
galpefpm, Seq, /. SCOT. Srois
.larb tx gts.; Qop Weio6ling 8A
gts.; Naioolins 9% gts.; @ooo Mions
ling s% Cts; Mioolins Sair e12/16
Gents.
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Wehmt cine Coils 9r

Nebmt cine Coils Bridip
Nib 8itters Dor Dem 3nbet4e-
eeben uno Sbr fiiblt Gud friih uno
frdftig am Morgen. Die Gingeiuei-
De orbeiten oroentlif, appetit uno
geronuunlg belfern iih urto geiitisc
mie forperIihe gnergie i'll i'm @e-
foIge.
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Gemaie.

= Wetniife.
aartoffeIn. Californian, $2.1o mo
1925.
DtpiebeIn, California, SO II. 1925.
9omaten, Se1as. 75c II. $1.15 pet
Gratc.
aobl. $500.
gurien. sesas. $500 fir elm
f/3 BnfheI.
9obnen, ginbeimiide. 75c uro
85e.
griiner Yfeffer. soc per 4 Bus
letsgrnte.
Ola, 80 per tIS gnfdel.
Gquaib. 15c per Dnteno.
@elerie. soc unb 65e per 9nbeno.
anobla,lf, Sc nnb 10c per Rfano.
GibtmtoffeIn. $t.65 uno $1.75 per
100 Bfunb; geIotp Batps, $500.
@~Iun1eufobI. &c per Rfo., Soc per
Dueen6.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-11-04

gerlanst -Siinpes Yaar nin aui
Der Jarm 5u arbeiten. Gutter Blas
fir ridtige 2eute. Steauiig auf In.
ee 3eit. Man aoreiiiere: Uor 81
|Sfiomore, Seras.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-11-04

Gin gutes @las Bier idmedl
am beiten, menn mar es ungeitotr
trinfen fam. 9ies fam man bel
Q. 8nrgitGller, ntben Der Sermmnns.
iobne-Saae, mo bas ptadtige ReB
itets all 3apf lit.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-11-04

Geimdt - eutes 6eutides Dienit.
Madden fir Sausarbeit.- MuB Ell.
mas foden fonnen.
Tran SObanna 8alteper.
332 Sing Diaiam 6trabe.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
ITEMS FROM WALKER.

Everything in this neck of the
woods is dry as a powder horn
Hauling water and threshing is
the order of the day.
j. H Kammarmeyer has a splen.
did little well which furnishes
water for himself and several OF
his neighbors.
r. S. Mechlin went to st. Louis
Monday night with a car load OF
cattle.
j. II. Kammarmeyer and j. W
Coakley delivered cattle to Fred
Roberts of Rush Hill Monday
morning.
Most people are rushing their
stock on the market, on account
of scarcity of pasture. Feed prices
are very serious at present, and
from indications they will be no
better in the future until we can
raise another crop.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
Trustee 8 Sale of Real Estate.

Whereas Ed Williams and
Almar Williams his wife by their
certain deed of trust dated the
Goth day of November, 1910, and
recorded in the Recorders Office
of Audrain County, Missouri, in
Book 33, at page 593, conveyed to
the undersigned trustee the fol-
lowing described real estate, sit
uate, lying and being in the
County of Audrain and State Of
Missouri, to-wit: All of ten (lO)
acres of land described as fol-
lows: The South East IA of the
North East Fourth, of the North
East Quarter of Section Twenty
Five (25) in Township Fifty One
(51) of Range Six (6) West, in
Audrain County Missouri, on
which said Ed Williams and
Almar Williams now reside and
make their home. Said land is
known as the Galloway ten Acres.
Which said conveyance was
made in trust to secure the pay
ment of certain prOmissory note
in said deed of trust fully de-
scribed And whereas default has
been made in the payment of said
promisory note and of the interest
thereon and the same remains due
and unpaid; Now therefore in
pursuance of the powers to me
given by said deed of trust, and
at the request of the legal holder
of said promissory note |, Arthur
Sharp, the said trustee, will pro-
coed to execute the said trust
created in said Deed of Trust, and
hereby give notice, to said Mort
gagOrS, that | will sell the real es-
tate hereinabove described in said
Deed Of Trust at public vendue,
for cash, to the highest bidder, at
the East Court House Door in the
City of Mexico in the County Of
Audrain in the State of Missouri
on the 22nd day of July, 1911,
on Saturday, between the hours
of Nine O'Clock in the Forenoon
and Five O'Clock in the after.
noon, and Five O'Clock in the
noon, of said day, for the pur.
pose of satisfying said note and
interest and the cost of executing
this trust.
June 22nd, 1911.
Arthur Sharp,
Trustee
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
Administrator s Notice.

Notice is hereby given that let,
tiers of Administration on the es-
tate of Dinah Muldrow, deceased
were granted to the undersigned
by the Probate Court of Audrain
County, Missouri, on the 18th day
of June, 1911. All persons having
claims against said estate are re,
quired to exhibit the same to the
undersigned for allowance Within
one year from the date of said let,
tiers, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of said estate
and if such claims be not ex.
hibited within two years from the
date of this publication, they will
be forever barred.
John w. Howell,
June %, 1911. Administrator
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13

Virgil Vance out at Rowena
was using his team of mules to a
sulky rake a few days ago and the
mules took a notion they'd run
away. The rake was torn to
pieces but the mules came out of
it all right except few scratches
and bruises.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
A Funny Incident.

The following anecdote is re-
lated by VIM. Todd who is travel
ing about the country, about a
friend of his whom he took a spin
in his motor car during his vaca-
ton last winter:
Henry" said his friend to the
Chauffeur, before he started on
his run, "have you oiled the ma.
chine thoroughly"
eyes sir"
Are you sure, HenryY"
Eyes sir, I have filed the
Spring cups and the engine reser-
voir and have creased the cor-net,
a-plston, the plurebus unum. the
exhorst pipe, the muffled tread.
the thingumbob, the ragamajig
and both the hot boxes"
Are you sure those are all the
parts you have oiled, Henry"
eyes sir"
Then you have forgotten the
most important place of all. Take
the can and squirt a few drops of
oil on the license number On as
the dust will collect on it and
make it hard to read. Always re.
member to lubricate the license
number, Henry"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
An Old Slave Dead.

Fulton, Mo, July 3.-Ned Fer
gusOn, negro, who said he was
ll5 years old, is dead at his home.
Men past the prime of life remem-
Der Ferguson as an old man when
they were boys, and vouch for his
age. He was Virginia slave, the
property of Swan Ferguson. one
of the first settlers of Southern
Galloway County. He served with
the Union forces, and has been
drawing a pension for the last
twenty-five years.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
GATHERING SWEETNESS.
Is the Audrain County Bee Get.
ting His Wonted Share This
Season!

The Message heard two men the
other day discussing the honey bee
in connection with the drouth
question. There are no flowers in
comparison with other years. and
the little bee is having time try
ing to get "a start on his required
supply of honey to live on next
winter. 1t is guessed in MANY
quarters that he will have to be
fed next winter to keep off star
walton.
But he Jared well last season
and it may be interesting here to
note some figures. Missouri.
1910 production Of honey amount
ed to 7,649, 9l5 pounds, according
to advance figures from the 1911
Red Book Of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics.
At 10 cents pound, a fair
wholesale value, this mass OF
sweetness, which it took MANY
millions Of bees to extract, sip by
sip, as tribute of existence. from
flowers and other plants, was worth
81, l47, 4S7. 1t is figured that at
the same time nearly 2O,OOOp pounds
of beeswax was produced which,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
THROWS OUT SCARE.
Sow Turnips and Plant Sweet
Corn-But Well Not
Starve.

samuel JORDAN the corn expert
OF Missouri has issued the follow
ing advice to farmers VINO are
likely to be affected seriously ny
the drought:
The old-tlmers VIII remember
the year 1913 when the grasShop-
per plague existed IN Missouri ana
adjoining States. The devastation
wrought by the grasshopperamong
crops Of all kinds was almost com
plctc. The little pest even con-
sumcd potato vines and all other
growing vegetation. leaving moth
ing untouched except the apple
crop.
There was some old corn IN
the country. and the menu, morn
ing noon and night. consisted OF
corn dodger and apple butter;
some did not even have the apple
butter. Flour was 50 per 100
pounds and most folks did not
have the price. Certainly many
an Industrious farmer felt genuine
hunger many times.
1t now looks like somebody
will experience the same sensation
within the next ten or twelve
months. If we have reasonable
weather during the next ninety
days, much feed for live stock can
be grown, but not much for the
family. Turnips and possibly
some sweet corn constitute all that
may be produced for family con.
sumption.
Sweet corn may be planted up
to July 10 to 10. and with reason
able weather will make some fooC
that will help out, as it is easily
canned or dried. SO we should
not neglect this. If you have more
than you may need for your owl
Use there will be an eager market
| for it.
"Turnips cannot take the place
of dear old spuds, but almost {
total potato failure is now newt
able. So do not neglect to SOW
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13

Gov. II. :. Hadley and mem
Der, Of the committee chosen to
pick the route for the Cross-Statc
road will bc thru Audrain county
next Monday and will remain over
night in Mexico. Let's show
them our hospitality and above
all things that that road should he
built thru this section of the State.
Our people will help build it and
support it and do any other rca-
-onablc thing that we may have it,.
1t would be worth more than an
other railroad to our county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1911-07-13
Cross-State Highway Meeting.

All persons appointed on the
reception and entertainment com
mittees for the meeting at Mexico
next Monday will please take
notice of such appointments from
the report of the proceedings Of
the Business Mems meeting held
the 10th of July and in this issue.
Geo. Robertson, President,
j. r. Ricketts,, Secretary.
July II, 1911.