Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-09-21
General News.

"A her 10 leave town and should she
-.sg-n he sosd her abe wou'd have
10 work ost the fine q $3.50. she
.,.r,ed sway, bus returned a fe~
hours later and was locked up
In susuer 10 a question from ne
cau-. she said sbe lived IN fulton'
h.,t she sid she Ola not pant 10 ~
irrn. she said she wanted TO so 70
|Iussssapa. jim Lindsey. her hus'
bana vas also before the Court
sbsrvca VIII drunkenness he was
o.soTsa % Start Cor Louisiana as
ss,on a. they wene RECESSED they
vere arrested Saturday evening
Al alarm Of frs vas turned ir
rom TIE weilsF Fargo Express Office
On soash Washington street sa'urdal
moruins about : o'cioek,ba me bsat'
vas exslnguished before The ceFsf'
meat arrived. 4 fire had been huii'
.n Haaiers barber shop Tho noS
hole in she shop IS opposite q IN
cxuress ONCE. The covering Of fhs
hoe IN the wesls-Farso Office caught
ire from burning SCOT and fire teil
among on brooms in the care q
the express company. Little damag
resulted from the Gre.
Tbe sale Of Roman candies n
Mexico lately has been almost Is
heavy as during the few days that
precede the Fourth Of July. To the
initiated, this sale IS quite mystify'
ing, but to those who suffer With
|nackbinas. Il Is quite simple.
The Roman candles are used 20
shoot into trees upon which the
b,ackblrds aue roosting for the night
and in which they keep up a coutin-
nal flutter and noise 50 load K does
ROT allow anyone in The vicinity 70
sleep. The candles are said to be
a sure preventive and drive the
birds away permanently.
A Marty Of movers passed
.throueh Mexico, Saturday, in the lat
est type Of caravan and prepared for
AN name Of troubles. They rode
in a large motor car to the front
Of which which was hitehed a team
of horses To the rear Of the car
was a buggy carrying a motorcycle.
Il seem when the gasoline power
proved insufficient they use the
horses and pull the whole With the
aid Of horse and gasoline power
Hugh Robinson. brother Of Mrs J.
W. Keltnsr. Of this city, one Of the
ariators In the Curtiss string Of flysr
has been chosen 10 make the aero
plane flight down the Mississippi RiY
er from Minneapolis to Mes Orleans
starting October II.
This flight Is for 10000 IN prizes
he viii ny in a hydro plane. starting
from the surface OF Lake Calhoun,
in Minneapolis, and will nse the
same machine in ST LOUIS during til
fan exhibition. He viii ear bicycle
tires about bis shoulders for Me-pre-
servers IN case he should be precipi-
tatcd into the River.
Saturday, Robinson fiew over Tie
Oklahoma state Ponlseatiary 50 che
convscis could see the machine, He
Is rapidly becoming one o. the fore
most aysaiors Of the world. cspee-
hily being a pioneer ia the use Of
he hydro plane. or aying machine
that fleets and starts on water.
Mexico footban enthusiasts VIII
glory Ia Eood pieakin iuasles this
aaa il tae prospect OF the No, b.
"a and NeA sn High squads doe
no, IA! ttlow par At present, both
schools have laIge bunches Of eandi
dates. at work daily preparing for the
~tryolts
When the first call for team mater.
al was uade a Missouri Military
Academy TIE iatter part OF last
week. g asen appeared q unlEoFm.
The coaches we're delighted with
the zest and n,anner in which they
answered % TIC tryout and the pros
poets for a winning team are very
bright
The ast q lie week also saw
over eighteen men don uniforms s,
Mcmillan High TO make fun tpo
teams and then some. Coach Street
aeH star, hard work this week TIE
schedules Of h1;h schools are yet 10
be r1ade up They win likely play a
number OF practice games tosesA
e..
Mexico travelling s~alesznen are
nothing il hot progressive. There
are five who reside in this city
who have motor ears and use them
70 cover az nearby territory. They
take their families with them and
the trip is q OF pleasure as veil
as business.
1t IS quite likely that Mexico IS
about the only toRn ia The state
vtth motoring commercial traveen
TIE location Of this city Is ideal
Tor such a scheme and they make tie
most Of it visiting their customers ia
several towns during m afternoon
when 4 they resorted to the ran.
roads they woald be forced to
make hni two at tie most.
The local men who make sech a
use q their machines are G d.
Luckie who has just purchased
iahdeFs; Oscar H~unenfeldt. WHO
drives an Ob5smoblle; Jack Hahnes.
e Buick; ceo Harvey. IN a Buick
ere Chas Rowland. m an +. n. +.
L0okridse steele, a former Mex.
go Dog. noE cashier Of large
Bakersfield. California bank.
ported as having recently Married
q s. Louis girl. The Ledger 5olns
iriends liz extending eougratufatous.
Fred Schultz. one Of Andrain.s
~adang farmers, lost two fine mileh
COWS Friday when they were struck
b lightning ard instantly killed dur.
ing a heavy rain storm.
Ny. Schultz valued the stooT NJ