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Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
MUST Be
MECHANIC AS WELL
As FILLER OF SOIL

This is an age when the farmer
is an engineer, as we'll as an agri-
culturist. To-day, many OF the
farms in Audrain county have gaso-
line engines upon them and many
that haven't have a garage as part
Of the barn equipment. The mod
ern farmer Is mechanic as we'll as
tiller of the soil.
With the electric road the farm
g If will have to FURNISH up what lit
tie knowledge his physics at school
gave him this science as well as
learn a little more concerning 1t for
power will supplant gasoline ON
many up-to-date farms here.
While not ON the. electric line,
Joe Considine is ON the power line
from this city to C~entralia and win
lhave HIS home lighted asf wen asl
his orn sheller, water4pump and
any other machinery on the place
run by electricity. Other farmers,
for Audrain farmers are modern, If
anything, will Take advantage of the
great power passing their homes and
utilize 1t TO save time and money din
their work about their places.
Many are already investigating the
costs Of motor, polls and wire, as
we'll as studying the matter so as to
be familiar with electricity when the
time comes to install it on their
farms, Z
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
ARMY EXPERIMENTS
PROVE VIRUS PRE-
VENTS THE TYPHOID

lOHs Jan. D,
So convincing have been the ex-
periments made by the army sur
geons with typhoid virus as a pre-
ventfve of typhoid fever that the
chief of staff, Major General Wood,
has issued a general order looking to
the vaccination of the entire army, If
possible with this virus. He says:
"The administration of antityphoid
serum, as now practiced, Is harm
less, The protective value of this
measure has been fully demonstra-
ed, as shown by the statistics of the
medical department. In order that
the army may, as far as possible,
have the benefit of the protection
thus afforded. and enjoy immunity
from a dread disease, commanding
officers throughout the service are
enioined to use best endeavors to
bring about the voluntary acceptance
of this prophyIaetlc treatment by all
Officers and enlisted men and by all
civilians resident at military posts,
except those over fortyfive years,
and those known to have had the dis
ease. j
I'm case Of an outbreak Of typhoid
fever at a post, compulsory vaccina-
tion of the entire population, in
GLIDING the families of the men and
civilians, may be had in the discre-
ton Of the department commander"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
MAN ARRESTED
IN EAST ST. LOUIS RAID

Carter Johnson and Jno. A. Nc
IIntyre, Of Mexico, who own a most
prosperous saloon in q. st. Louis,
III, ara in no way Interested in the
gambling joint" upstairs over this
saloon which was raided by the po-
lice in such a wild and woody West
way this week. The Sit Louis Re-
public first column on first page
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
OF SECOND
MILE NORTH ON ELECTRIC
LINE IS MADE FRIDAY

An inspection party, composed of
representatives of the Mexico, Santa
Fe and Perry Traction Co, the peo-
pie of Mexico and the bond holders
in the country north of this city,
visited the second mile of the north
arm extension of the electric line on
Friday.
'Track1aying is going on every day
and over fifty men are hard at work
on the extension. The inspecting
party was in charge of Chief Engin-
eer R. H. Phillips, who states that
If nothing causes delay, about a mile
a day may be laid from now on. At
present, track is laid almost to
the Alex Carter farm.
The inspection party was com,
posed of Joe Wilson and Jas. Craw.
ford, who represented the country
bond4holders; Judge Matthias Crum,
who represented the company and
S. P, Emmons, who represented the
Mexico bond7holders. Others in the
party were Mike Mumy, Judge Thos.
hurry, s. R. Craighead, S. L. Robi.
son, Major Stevens, Judge w. W.
Bolts and a Ledger representative.
Contracts have been secured from
both the Chicago G. Alton and the
Wabash for the subway under the
tracks and It lis expected that work
on this VIII start in the early spring.
The Wabash contract was signed
sometime ago, but the @. & A. con.
tract Just Within the past few days.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
NONE LEFT
FOR THE
GRAND JURY
LEDGER SPECIAL.
ROWLAND NEWS BUREAU.

West Union, o. Jan. 8.
Circuit Judge Blair and his count
officers ere In a quandry for so
many voters have been DISTINGUISHED
in Adams county and thus rendered
Ineligible for jury service that they
do not think dt possible to get an
other grand jury together In the
past week over 1900 indictments
have been RETURNED for vote-selling
and the court Is anxious that action
taken ON 400 more residents aer
cused of Illegal voting.
Quite a large number Of voters,
who have not confessed to get inn
immunity, have moved into Kentucky,
across the river. One woman has
been selling her sons vote for
years for SIS, and this practice seems
to have prevailed here for many
years.
The five in question were fined 5000
and costs each and sentenced ito
eight months I'M the Cincinnati work.
house. They viii be taken to Cinr
cinnati to-day. The men who walt
ed at the train ranged in age from
81 years to 20, and some of them
had walked in the rain haaf the
night to be ON hand.
With the arrest yesterday Of six
men charged with making threats
to kill Judge Blair, and dynamite the
court house and Adams county coun-
ty jail, 1t developed an attempt to
steal or destroy the records i'm the
~vote-selling probe was feared and
the more than 1900 indictments
already of record, were placed i'm
a bank vault. Judge Blair refused
to discuss threats against him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
THE PROPER COURSE
information Of Priceless Value to
Every Mexico Citizen.

How to act dn an emergency rs
knowledge of inestimable worth, and
this is particularly true of the dis
eases and ills of the human body. II
you suffer with backache, urinary
disorders, or any form of kidney tnou
bic, the advice contained In the fol-
lowing statement will add a valuable
asset to your store of knowledge.
What could be more convincing proof
OF the efficiency of Doan's Kidney
Pills than the statement of Mexico
citizens who have been permanently
cured?
S. A. Wilson, Sr.. N. Washington
St., Mexico, Mo-, says: About fif-
teen years ago my back was injured
and af+ er that / suffered severely
from 9 weakness and lameness I'M my
loins. My Kidneys we're also affected
by the injury and the kidney secre-
lions passed irregularly. AS Don
as ] began using Deans Kidney Pills
procured from the Buchner Drug
Co., | improved"
Mr.. and Wilson gave the above
statement on May 2s. 1906. and on
Nov. ~, 1908. he added: Il still
think highly of Deans Kidney pills.
| take pleasure in again endorsing
them as a remedy that lives up to the
claims made for it."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster Milburn Co.. Buffa-
10, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doanis-and
take no other.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
JORDON, OF
THE STATE UNNERr
SITY, ON SEED CORN

Tha selection Of seed corn a. urg-
ed by PROF. Jourdon, Of Missouri
University, is N Itself e romance.
Here NJ IL:
Most OF you walt until spring.
and when you get ready to plant
go to your crib and pick ont what
appear to be the best and soundest
ears. There Is but one worse
way, and that Is TO go to your neigh
boris crib after night and get It.
Corn is a good deal like folks, Id
don't have to be big or beautiful to
be good.
you don't know the story Of a
single ear you select. One may
have grown ON an inferior plant.
another may have been caught BY
the frost and had its vitality i'm
paired, and yet another mag have
had something like this growing close
to t." Here the speaker held up a
twisted diminutive, honary nubbin
and continued
"The pollen from this may have fal
len on and fortified this. In that
event there Is one chance in every
two that the productive and transmit
ting powers of the sound a have
been impaired, as is the case with
scrub stock and scrub people, no
man on earth, as wise as some Of US
think we are, could tell by looking at
the sound a r
Selecting eeed corn in the hurry
of the husking time 1T a little bet
ter but still wrong If YOU are not
willing to set apart a half-acre
breeding patch and raise your seed
corn scientifically, depollinizing IN
feror plants, go into your field about
the middle of September, when your
corn has matured. and before the
frost has come, and spend two or
three days selecting your seed corn.
Look at the stalk as we'll as the
ear and see that Is we'll rooted, short
jointed, and with vigorous leaf
growth. Only healthy plants can be
good producers. and If there Is a nnb-
bin close by shun that. Good seed
are the first essential on rich soil
Or poor"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
YOUR rat MAKES
YOU BALD-HEADED
LAD|ES-THROW AWAY
New York, Jan. 6.

wow lOlAi Odn' v.
II you do not want to be bald.
headed, ladies, throw that rat"
away
DR.. Guernsey Brownwell, who
talked to the Rainy Ray Club at Its
social meeting laid great stress on
the bad effects Of piling artificial hal
on the head. Heavy rolls and false
hair weigh more than natural hair,
and this weight alters tine circulation
in the scalp, eventually causing bald
ness, he said, and every time a
woman buys a new braid or a ley
set of puffs she is thrusting herself
that much nearer the bald stage.
After urging the women to abandon
their extravaganza and injurious coif--
fures he added that one step in the
right direction has already been made
since wonseG have happily given up
the general use of dyes.
"Dyeing the hair is n of the caus-
es of badness" Doctor Brownwell
said, "and now il we "a persuade
your sex to sacrifice those weighty
puffs and coils we may yet hope for
a regeneration ( women's browning
glory"
Childrenis hair should be kept
short, but not cropped, until the age
of 7, after which a eirt's hair should
be allowed to grow. according to DR..
BrownwelL
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
WAR time PRICES
IN NEW YORK FOR
NEW SPRING FABRICS
New York. Jan. Z.


The new cottons have just ap1
peared and they are a pretty offering
for the spring, The first striking
feature of them Is the prevalence Of
borders. The prices are even high
er than the quality of the new fab
RIGS.
1t is the novelties, of course, that
figure up the highest, and some Of
the weayes and patterns cost SIS a
yard and even more--a price that is
held to be exorbitant for silks aud
velyets by persons of moderate purs-
es. The most beautiful prices among
the novelties come from France.
Persian patterns and colors are pop
ular, but they are not alone, for the
lowered borders and the patterns
whose motives suggest vague hints
Of natural shapes in the new art
style are also prevalent. In some
of the pieces the very atmosphere
seems to have been caught in weaves
and dyes. Some pieces are real
pictures.
There are many thin materials-al1
the Swisses, organdis, marquisettes,
~voiles, crepes and nameless weaves
playing on the old types. land
hmong the cottons are pieces that
will make up delightful e
ing gowns, for cottons hold a high
place in the wardrobe to-day. Mer-
cerizadon and the mixing of silk
add greatly to their possibilities.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
LEDGER'S EFFORTS FOR
GOVERNMENT BUILDING
WILL Be SUCCESSFUL

There has been considerable discus
sion regarding the style Of architec-
ture for our new Government Build
Ing. Quite a number Of our people
have expressed themselves IN favor o
the colonial style OF architecture used
for the buildings at st. Charles and
Macon, Mo-, referred to On the follow
ing letter from the Treasury Depart
ment OF Washington City to Hon.
Champ Clark, member of Congress
from this district:
Treasury Department, Washington,
Dec. 81, 1870
Honorable Champ Clark, M. O.,
House Of Representatives,
Washington, D. c.
Sir:
Your letter of the 10th instant.
enclosing a communication from
Colonel r. M. White, editor of the
Mexico Ledger, in reference to the
proposed new Postoffice building au-
thorized in Mexico, Missouri. has
been received.
The drawings for the building in
question have not yet been taken up,
but when they are due consideration
will be given to the request that the
new building be similar in appearance
to the Federal building recently
erected at st. Charles or Macon,
Missouri.
Respectfully,
c. D. Willes.
Assistant Secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
AUDRAIN BOY Of SIX
YOUNGEST ENTRY N
THE STATE CORN SHOW

Joe Ware. Jr., s years old the
bright little son OF Jas. H. Ware,
one Of Audrain's most progressive
young tanners, Is the youngest BOY
to enter corn in the State Corn con
test for boys at Columbia during
Farmers Week, Jan. 10 to IS. The
lad went 50 far as to pick the corn
his father took to Columbia to show
for himl
Mr.. Ware said the lad drove the
discculttvator in laying+by the corn
and that he had to help him turn
the team at the end Of each row,
he was so very small
The little fellow shows unusual
adaptfbiIity for farming, but comes
by it naturally. his father being a sue
cessful farmer. as well as his grand
father, Joseph Ware, one Of our most
respected and highly thought-of oar
The corn Is Of the White Dent
variety and unusually fine. The Led
ger joins his many friends, both
large and small, an wishing him the
greatest success In this his maiden
effort.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
In. IN ann III VrarH
--Agn Thia Mrfk...
80 AGO.

G. w. Archer, a depty revenue
collector, moved to this city and
lived in DR.. Pinckney French prop
erty.
Judge r. J. Marshall and f. Tincher
were p~roprietors Of the West House.
J. Edward Bolts resigned his posi-
ton with Ricketts, &Emmons.
Mexico was tine home of the fol-
lowing travelling salesmen. DR.. 7. g.
Ready, H. r. Taft, Jouett Tomltn.
son. G. II. Green, w. H. Laforce, N.
j. Lakeland, Giles Allison, Tom
Smith, Sam Volt, Wick Mason, Ben
johnson, s. A. Grantham.
Cards were issued for the mar
riage of S. P. Martin and Miss Belle
Jones.
Mexico had two telephones, one
from the Ringo House to the depot
and the other from the city express
office to the depot.
@. Benning and Miss Allie Smith
of Laddonia, were married at the
Ringo House In Mexico.
Mrs. Il. Upton, living ten miles
north Of Mexico, died. The remain
we're inferred at Sun Rise church.
Henry Brown, Of Thompson, diet
OF pneumonia.
Charley Wheat, son Of Rev. T. J
Wheat, was delivery clerk in the
Mexico Post office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
JOE CAUTHORN IN
WEST SUCCESSFUL

Joe L. Cauthorn. formerly business
manager Of the Ledger, now circu-
lation manager OF the Los Angeles.
Cal, Herald, Is another Mexico boy
tsaat IL rising to the top OF the
newspaper ladder. Besides his 9th
er duties, he is treasurer Of the Los
Angeles Newsboys' Club whose pur-
pose is 70 better the moral. mental
and physical conditions OF the paper
lwenders{
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
D. j. B. B. KANALY'S
HOROSCOPE OF YEAR

aclysms, the failure OF great bankers
and commercial catastrophe and
some OF the crowned heads will pass
away.
Umbrage, pique, hate, d~isaffection,
antmosity, denomination, malice, dis
sensiol, irritation. inviduous trou-
BILE will visit some nations, and Eng
land will need her dreadnaughts to
pactfy one of her revolving posses
sions. The United States viii also
be the subject of b~elligerent atten-
ton at the hands of one nation.
Watch. they wdll come true. I,
The Sage Of East Lake, Brother Of
the Sun and Uncle of the Moon,
have spoken. Selah."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
FORM OF
GOVERNMENT WANTED
BY TWO MORE CITIES
Jefferson City, Jan. S.

J6tlSISOH Ohty, JdH. u
The new order of things in city
government, the commission plan,
is to be adopted by two Missouri
cities as far as the constitution
will permit, if a bill to be intro
duced by Senator Kirk Hawkins Of
Springfield is made a law.
The proposed measure. which in
wolves the formation OF a distinct
class Of Missouri municipalities to
be known as cities Of the second
class, includes practically every fea.
ture Of the commission plan, the
recall and the small council with
each member IN charge Of a distinct
branch of the city work. The meas
ure, which is nearing completion. lis
being drafted by a commission ap-
pointed by the mayors of Springfield
end Joplin, the two cities in which
the commercial bodies have ex-
pressed a demand for the modern
business method of city government.
Had Tried Once Before.
1t will have, Senator Kirk Hawk
ms says, the backing of the mer-
chants and large property owners of
the two cities, which will remove,
he believes, the opposition which de-
feated the attempts Springfield and
Joplin made four years ago to OBJ
tain new charters.
Under the proposed bfll, cities
with a population from thirty thois-
and to seventyfive thousand will
be known as cities Of the second
class, with special charters" Sem
ator Hawkins explained this after
noon, Under these charters the
commission plan will be obtained, or
as nearly the commission plan aus
is possible, without a change Of
the constitution.
Council of Four Members.
The bill will call for a mayor and
a council of only four members.
Now Springfield has the customary
c~ouncilof sixteen members. The
four council members under the new
charter, however, are to have pTac--
tically the same duties as the city
commissioners in cities where the
commission plan of government has
been adopted. The mayor, and each
of the four members of the council
are to have a distinct branch Of
city work, which they will supervise
and for which they will be response
BILE to the people who elect them.
The added assurance of good govern
ment will be given by the provision
tor a recall whenever the voters
ask 1t. Thus, without making neces-
sary a change in the constitution,
we will obtain through the new
charters a practical form Of munich
pal govrnment closely allied to the
commission plan"
Jas soon as the measure is com
pleted by the commission and the
hegislatmre Us organized, Senator
Hawkins says, delegations of busi-
ness men from Joplin and Spring
field will visit the Legislature to i'm
press upon the committees the inn
lportance Of the passage of the bill.
1t will have the support, he says,
of the members from Southwest
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12

formerly Of Mexico, and now Of Mo
desto, caa.5 was quite a society
event. She was married on the TWEEN
ty7eighth of Decs to Mr.. Henry
CasweIl, a resident of Modesto. The
wedding was a church affair with a
number of attendants and MANI beau
tiful floral decorations. A reception
followed the marriage. Mr.. and Mrs
CasweIl on their return trip to San
Francisco, will reside on the ranch
ct the groom IN the vicinity of Mo
desto.
4 pleasant Social was given the
Reverend Ayscue, Wednesday, otter
paryer meeting. The parlors of the
church were utilized for the occasion.
Refreshments were served and an
agreeable hour spent.
A pleasant meeting Of the d. A. r.
was held Monday, with Mrs. w. r.
Rodes. Miss Emma McPheeters gave
a short sketch of Israel Putnam"
and Miss Tine Houston told Of the
Battle of Princeton" The remain
der of the time was spent In social
converse and the partaking Of a
most deldcioug salad course lunch.
Mrs, w. H. Coons was the pleas
ant hostess for the r. A. e. club,
Tuesday afternoon. An enjoyable
time was spent at games, conversar
tion and lunch, The out4of-town
guests were Mrs. David Moss and
Misses Lula See and Elizabeth Ar.
mold.
Twelve members of the Wednes-
day Club met with Mrs, Rodgers this
week and reclted their usual good
lesson under the leadership Of Mrs.
Gregory. Mrs. johnson gave a talk
on Greek Muie OF Dress" Mrs.
bearing told of Greek Marriage
Customs" and Mrs, Locke gave a
alh on me Chio
H'ses next W'uh MIS- reed
m cios.4o
~ n,,th No. rJon
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
AvIATORS WILL Be
MORE CAREFUL N
THE FUTURE,MAYBE
Los Angeles. Cal, Jan. Z.

Los Angeles, Cal, Jan. Z.
One result OF the deaths last Sat-
urday Of Moisant at New Orleans
and Hoxsey at Los Angeles is an ar
rangement among the aviators to
quit flirting with death In AN effort
to Guido each other.
Those who entered into this agree
ment were Hubert Latham, Jas. Rad
ley, Glenn H. Curtiss, Walter Brook
ms, Eugene Ely. Charles f. Willard
and Phil o. Parmalee. All these took
part in the aviation meet here that
was brought to an end by Hoxsey's
death. They agreed among them
selves that for a time at least they
win attempt no sensational flights.
The aviators are participating In
a i04days' meet which begins in
San Francisco. Clrtiss will re-
turn here to conduct a series of
experiments in aviation. Willard
and Ely will go to Seattle, and the
others will return East.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12

DR.. D. B. b. J. Kanaly, sage II
East Lake and Astronomer Extraor-
binary has lesitated long enough
In his inspections of the heavens,
to become AN alarmist. In his fore.
east for the year 1911 he threatens
all of the terrible c~atastrophes in
the calendar and exhausted all the
frightful adjectives in Webster's Un-
abridged.
He says: "Ihe year 1911 will
overflow with tragedy like a BRIDES
mush pot. Through my crystal /
see into the future through a haze
of crimson hue which betokens no
good for the. year.
Cyclones, blood, fires, volcanic cat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12

We have also received a copy Of
the paper with a picture Of Miss
Hazel Kird, an actress, selling pa
pers with Mr.. Cathorn, in the back
ground, experimenting the sensation
sale. One Of the features Of the
Newsboys' Christmas was the ran
BILE Of 1000 Of them for coins thrown
for them to "squabble" for. Mr..
cauthorn was i'm charge Of the fun,
and had his hands full to keep them
from starting a ~first-class riot.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12

Cold and La Grippe.
Mr.. @. Happy, Hardin, Ray Co., No.
writes: 81 can safely recommend Pc.
mna as q remedy that will cure all Ca
tarrnal troubles,
"It was of great benefit to me, as IL
sured me of catarrh of the throat, and
[ took a very bad cold and had la
grippe last February. 1t settled in my
throat and lungs. / took three bottles
IT Pernna and 1t cured me-.
az highly recommend it TO all who
are sick, and l am glad to add my en-
iorsement to that Of Others"
Pe-ru-na for Colds.
Mr.. L. Clifford Figg, Jr., 2929 East
Marshall ST., Richmond, Va, writes
that when he gets a cold he takes Peru
ne, and IL soon rivesitoutofh his system.
For several years he was not entirely
well, but Peruna completely cured him.
People who obiectt to liquid medicines
san now secure Peruna tablets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
90 YEARS AGO.

The general merchandise store OF
L. P. Crigler at Worcester, burned.
DIR. W. ". Walker, Of this city, a
highly honored citizen, died of paral-
ysis Of the heart.
The Sewing Society of West Mex
leo met with Miss Mamie Gamble at
her home in the Prairie View neigh
borhood, southwest of Mexico.
james e. Lewis sold his 100 A.
farm, IS mllesnortheast of Mexico,
to James d. Anderson for $3.50.
Francs Brandon, public admins
trator of Galloway county. died In
Fulton from a carbunc1e. The der
ceased was a brother-in-la of Eli
jah Bennett of Mexico.
Miss Kate Houston Of Mexico Taught
school att Brunswick.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
10 YEARS AGO.

j. F. Brown, of Clinton, Mo-. and
Miss Stella Hamper Of Mexico were
married.
Mrs. E. S. Cave was awarded the
prize piano given by J. NJ. Pol
lard.
The remains of Mrs. VIM. Reed
we're brought from Kansas City to
Mexico for burial.
NJ. b. Guthrie and John t. Rick
etts formed a co1partnership in the
abstract, real estate and insurance
business.
Mrs. James Shell was critically i'll.
Richard Berry, of McCredie and
Miss Beulah Morris, of Mexico, we're
married. Other weddings were:
Simmie Adams and Miss Edith
Brown; and Mr., Irwin, of Kankakee,
ILL.,. and Miss Maude Wise, Of Nc
Creole.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-01-12
NO o CHOLERA.

IF YOU USE THE COLUMBIAN
HOG POWDER, WILL KEEP YOUR
HOGS IN FINE HEALTHY CoNDI-
TON AND THEY WILL INCREASE
IN FLESH FROM 10 TO 20 PER
CENT FASTER IF YOU USE 1T.
PLENTY ON HAND AT ALL TIMES
DROP IN AND GET A BOOK WHEN
IN TOWN, TELLING YOU ABOUT
THIS MEDICINE.
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