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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
PRE- YIERlsl MEE
CLOSES WITH BANQUET
yARlo ~ s. tiAsEs OF CHURCH
N DIRK REVIEWED in III
h pASTs. s5ss3. II.

The Presbytery OF; Minnewaukan
which has been holding its sessions
in Devils Lake for. the past two days
closed last evening with q banquet al
the sevilIa which was rendered ~ the
women the ID local Presbyterian
church, and to which the members oi
the congregation were Invited There
were = large number present, ana af
ter the feast. which would reflect
credit upon any chef. 4 program 81
stoasts was given. Rev. Koehler 81
sMinneWaukan was toaast-mastersofl the
evening The speakers Sc the evening
were Rev. Coates 81 Rolla. Rev. III. 81
Morrison Of Rugby. Dr. Cairns, super
intend lent of Home missions I'm Min.
#neapolis. Rev. b. as Fahl d former
resident Of Devils Lake, Rev. 81. Me,
Chung of Phil delphia REV sW. IN,
5Warne of Warwick, Rev. A .C. Bar
ron, pastor Sof the German Lutheran
church Sof this city, Mr.. q: E. TaImage
sof Devils Lake, and mi Carr. 81
The speaking program was inter
spersed with excellent musical mum,
gbers by local talent, which were very r.
much enjoyed. Mr. I'd. Moran render
Hed an excellent solo On the cornet
Mrs. Ray Young rendered 4 very en-; en-:
|ioyable vocal solo, and MRS iii. u
Romig also delighted the guests with
a well given vocal number lsr. and
Mrs. A Z. Blonde sang vocal duet
ii their usual pleasing manner,
An invitation was extended from,
Lisbon for the next conference to be
held there which was accpated,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
gil i ] COUNCIL
!! llOL DS REGUl|. AR
MONTH"; MEET
ORDINANCE FIXING SALARIES OF
.5. POL cE& WAS Am ENDED BY i}'S5& n.
NOTION. 5 .:assst. I. tit stI ID 3
B'U LITTLE II q IS ACCOMPLISHED
sMAYoR REFUSES FIRE CHIEF oP-
PoRTUNlTY 10 MAKE RE-. + ~. !.
PORT ON CONVENTION 81 xt$ 4

~ Ins !, Y city council at their regular
monthly meeting held last Monday
evening again busted into the limelight
through their unIaue, method Of pro
E[eedures !: when al ordinance is chang ali
[ed etl sof IS amended the usual proceedings
Eis 70 nFesenti such amendment in writ.
ten g form 'es Sto be passed upon BY the city
|9sll councill y = regular meeting, but tie
EDeyilssI dads have: a way all their i
Town. afonday night Alderman Hal
gren Got Mtnto his noodle that the
local police were being underpaid, and
made d motion that their salaries
should be55 raised S. month. Al j.
Herman Greene was :of the opinion
that that rs good thing should be helped
along SO he amended the amotion to
make the salary raise for the law eli
forces 1900 per month. This proved
very 4 sag a greeable to the mayor and his
associates, who voted Yea! Yea!
MI. w r. Hurst was appointed
care-taker Of the fire hall by. the
mayor, his salary being fixed at $1,000
per month. The local fire laddies PEE
titioned the city council recently in
behalf Of Mr.. Hurst asking that he be
given this appoint .s31}E. :ss
q IYires sshief Russell, who was allowed
$500 ,sat the Sept meeting Of
the council, to defray in part his ex-
penses in attending the International
Fire Chiefs convention at Denver,
was accorded q frosty reception when
he asked to be heard, being told by the
mayor to present anything he wished
to report in writing, The sole 5inten-
tion Of Chief Russell in attending the
Denver convention was to obtain ideas
that would benefit the local fire de
partment. The citizens Of Devils
lake owe what has been accomplish
edsby the local department to Chief
Russell principally. for he has work
ed long and diligently to give Devils
Lake the best possible fire protection
with what apparatus he has to do
witt M
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11

Albert Jaqna and family of Toxic,
came down to see "Brewster's NIL
lions Saturday evening and returned
home Monday.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11

Miss aollie Thorson left Monday
Tor Minneapolis where she VIII enter
an art school Cor the winter
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
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SHOP UNI)E RllMlNfD
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WHICH Aal Gh / EAsi HAVE ..
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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
TWO BIG PROPOSITIONS PLACED
=: IN HANDS OF COMMISSIONS. n 4
S5 BY METHoDIsTs.
REV. WALLACE RE.APPONTED
WORK ON RAISING 100000 EN-.
DoWMENT FUND PLACED
z & ON BROADER BASIS.

II =
to make thorough investigation into
conditions surrounding the proposed
establishment of new Methodist col
lege in the state, and of another com
mission to. investigate the hospital
question, were two important actions
taken at the Methodist conference
brought to close in Williston Sun.
day night. u ,.. l.*3 z.s5g,,sa3
Splendid support for Wesley college
OF Grand Forks was also accorded.
the conference going on record in
favor of the immediate raising Of the
100000 endowment fund, and it also
authorized the appointment of a field
agent to take charge Of the task OF
raising the amount. v
Interesting features Of the appoint-
ments for the coming year are the
raising Of Rev. Asher to the position
Eof district superintendent of the MI
not district, Rev. Charles e., vermilia
Of that district, going to Valley City
as pastor. lsfx.:5 :s..t.
y The disoontinuance of active work
toward the raising Of the conference
claimant fund was another important
step taken by the Methodists. Rev.
4Karr has been successful in raising
approximately $15O,OOO during the
period he has been employed as spe-
5cial agent for that purpose. He
drops out Of that position and was
appointed temperance agent for the
state, but he may go to California,
where he has a splendid opening as
state secretary of chi1dren's ). home
work ;:$1 4',5 v H 3.5s
The new college question has been
agitated for some time by several pas
tors in the southwestern section Of
the state, and a year ago the con-
ference turned it down. Now, how
ever, a commission has been appoint
ID, consisting Of pastors and laymen,
and the special duty Of that commits
sion will be to study the situation in
the state and recommend to the next
conference what steps are advisable,
From Jamestown an offer was made:
concerning the question Of establish
ing a state hospital, and the creation
Of a commission to study that situa-
4 :. &
tion was the result Il So
DR.. M. D. Buell. of Boston, in one Of
his lectures during the conference,
lgave Wesley college a splendid rec
ommendation. He declared that the
plan worked out in Grand Forks was
to his mind, the greatest advance that
had been made in that phase of efln-
cational work. He said he had always
taken statements he had heard con-
cerning Wesley with q grain OF salt,
but he was now prepared TO heartily
endorse them
REV. c. Il Wallace 81 this city. re-
turned home Monday from the CON
ference, enthusiastic over the work
accomplished. ana the manner in
/ which the commercial club, pastors
ana members of the Methodist church
of Williston entertained the visitors.
lRev. Wallace was reappolated and
win continue his work here, III having
also been appoinaed . member of the
commission to iinvestig igate tlae new
college and hospital proposition
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11

MI A. 1giiler of Srary. was N the city
Monday attending to business mat
|ters. al
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11
SHOWS UP ARGUMENTS BEING
USED BY TAFT. SPEAKERS
AGAINST REPEATING.

De r0pSd1eQ anu the @IaFm0TE OF t1S
United States protected. .s5 s5
Mr.. Silver serumgard,
Devils Lake, NJ. Oak. s2
Friend serumgard:
81: I take the liberty to enclose a clip
ping from q country newspaper Of an
article written BY myself. Trust you
will take the time to read IT. and /
should be highly pleased to receive
your criticism Of same. The argu-
ment Is used now BY Taft newspa-
I 5perB and speakers, as well, that there
was nothing IN the hugh and cry
about Canadian reciproc ocity. The far
mers would never suffer, because they
say Winnipeg wheat is Just as high
as Minneapolis. This has actually
been true for while this fall, and it
is the very best evide to show that
we who have consistently opposed
that reciprocity scheme have 81 been
right. We have said, If there Is wheat
enough to more than supply our own
demand, we will have to export, and
that will put the price Of wheat down
to export prices. The truth of the
matter is that we are now practical
w on an export basis, and why I? Be
cause for the first time in many years
we have raised an export crop this
year. There we have 4O0, ,OO0,0 900 bu:
Of winter wheat, and we have just
harvested 40o. 100000 bu / Of spring
1 wheat. Ii addition thereto Canada
has raised over zoe, 900, 900 blu. 81
wheat. There we find ourselves 1 in
North America with q wheat crop of
aver Oo0. 600. 900 bu., this for the first
time iii its history. We need for home
consumption, seed and lli,about 67O.
200, 900 bu. Of wheat, and we have
raised 800, ZOO. 900. Our wheat crop
this year is good from the Mississippi
10 the Rocky Mountains, from the Ca
madam border to the Gulf of Mexico.
You and i may never ) s live to see 81
n to know Of So great q wheat CROP
again in this country. ;55.7
We speak of wheat. It is not the
only cereal affected. The difference II
price u greater On barley ana fax
Jet me quote yoi what the prices are
today lpls. septe tember @ 5-s;; De
I Eccember go s. innipeg October
wheat 50 ~; December s5 "a. You
\ \ win ASK why ii Winnipeg October 50
high? II the Arst place, WINNIPEG
has no septembe ber delivery because
they have no new wheat a september
IN the next place, their season y very
{ late this year, and there viii be very
little October delivery therefore, 0c
4 tober wheat ii high. on the othel
hand, their receipts win be- liberal 2ir n
December, conse equently their Decem
ber wheat is more than 4 cents loWei
than ours. It should by right be j,ist
as high, for, as you will find ir, "a,
article, We speak of w innipeg wheat wis
prices, when as a matter ofs fact. the,
\ are Port Arthur and Fort illiaIni e M
deliveries. Therefore their prices
I should really be higher than ours, pc
cause those points are several hun u
dred miles nearer seaboard than Min 9
neapolis. This ID granting that wt
sSa are on an export basis.
Yours truly.
M. REESE. n
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-10-11

Edlt Republican Press
Enclosed ] hand YOU q letter which
i wish you would kindly publish
what tlrst inspired this thought was
an editorial which appeared in the st iss't
Continued on Page Eight,}
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
LADDONIA ITEMS.

Laddonia and vicinity has been
having plenty Of rain for several
days. A very heavy and destruc-
tive hail fell around and in Perry
Saturday evening. Ruined wheat
and badly injured the oats. The
corn it is thought will grow out.
Also ruined gardens and broke
out window lights
Mrs, John Pate lost a good
mare and fine mule by lightning
Saturday.
p. p. Hummel and family are
visiting with his mother and fam.
lily, Mrs, Beavers, near Center.
Word was received here Sun
day Of the sudden death of VIM
Miller of Wellisville. He used tC
manage the lumber yard here and
had a host Of friends here who
were sorry to hear Of his death.
Mrs. John Yost spent Sunday
with her brother Harry Gallo.
way and family, north Of town.
Mrs. a. B. Shattuck and little
sons Of Nandalia are visiting heI
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
SURROUNDING AUDRAIN.

There will be no Republican
county ticket in Monroe county
this year.
Paris has oiled her business
streets. The oil is dry and hard
after the second day and the
dust problem is settled (no pun
intended) for the season.
Miss Stella Pierce, of near
Ortiz, Audrain county, has been
employed by the AuXvasse
school board as intermediate
teacher for the coming term of
eight months at a salary of $50
month.
The Rev. w. f. Brown, Of
Jamesport, has brought suit of
80, 900 against & boys and , girls
whotook'the pastors two hound
dogsoutandpainte them green
This is a more cruel and unusual
and uncalled for punishment
than kicking, the Rev. Mr..
Brown believes.
John Wallace, ON the James
r. Woolery farm, south of Full
ton, who probably has the best
upland crop Of wheat in the
Kingdom this season. has con-
tracted his crop to S. r. Yantis
the Fulton miller, at 81 a bushel.
Mr. Wallace has about 80 acres
Of grain and he expects a yield
close to 20 bushels an acre.
During an electrical storm
last Friday Mrs. Ellsworth Clark
10 years Old, was killed at her
near Buell. by lighting. She
was standing on the front porch
with her three children, heraunt,
Mrs. Marshall and the hired
man when the bolt struct her
breaking her neck. Mr.. Clark
had been to town on business
and was on hisroadhome. The
others were not hurt.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
WEST DULY.

Plenty Of rain, but much better
than the dry and hot weather we
had last year.
Sorry to hear of Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Carlos death They were
from this vicinity and have many
friends here.
II. NJ. Dallin and wife and
niece, Miss Lipscomc, are hom,
from Green Top, Mo, whore they
visited Mr.. Dakm's s sister, Mrs
McKichen.
Children s Day at Sunrise next
Sunday. Everybody invited, We
are supposed to have present a
Chinaman who has been at the
Bible School at Columbia, but
don't know for sure, but come
anyway
Maye Powell and Sunday
school class are to have a picnic
Wednesday if il doesn't rain.
Charlie Clappcr has lost two
good mares, twin colts, and had T
mule get its neck broken The
mule belonged TO Jim Lewis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
Music Recital.

The Young Ladies Mission Cir
Gle Of the Mexico Christian
church will give IA music recital
this evening, at the church. The
old favorites in song will be
sung. The program will be as fol
lows:
Piano soIo-'Annie Laurie,
Dot Wymore.
Solo-"Flow Gently Sweet
Alton" Mrs. Shullenberger.
Reading - Orphan Annie,
Frances Pearl.
Piano solo-''Nearer My God
to Thee" Victoria Brooks.
Solo-"The Hymns of the Old
Church Choir, - Margaret Clark
Quartet-"Swcet and Low,
Misses Clark, Brooks, Saunders
and jackson.
Solo" When You and l Were
Young Maggie, " Donnie Kelso.
Piano Solo Sweet Bye and
Bye, " Frances Pearl.
Reading - Selected, Dorothy
Holmes.
Piano Duet-"The Palms,
Misses Worrell and Threlkeld.
Solo-"Robin Adair," Victoria
Brooks.
Trio-"Ben Bolt" Mrs. Shul-
lenberger, Misses Kelso and Will
son.
Piano solo -- Home Sweet
Home" Grace Dugan.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
EAST HALLSVILLE.

A goot, deal of rain and cool
weather now
Mr. and Mrs. w. n. Durk of
Sturgeon visited relatives in this
vicinity Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Leach Allen Of Thompson
attended services at Murry Chap.
.el Saturday night and Sunday.
Loren Prentice and Jesse Durk
made a business trip to Ccntralia
Saturday.
VIM. Knigge of Columbia visit.
ed homefoI ks here Saturday and
Sunday.
Mrs. Glib bs Gentry has been
very poorly, but is able to be
about again.
Mrs. Henry is spending a few
days with Mrs, Gentry.
c. w. Andrews of Woodland.
vile visited relatives in this vi.
oinity a few days this week.
ode Allen and family visited
at 7. f. Aliens Tuesday.
-
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
SKINNER ITEMS.

Mr.. Day of Mexico is yisitiur
his son Harry and wife
Mrs. Clara d. Snidow and
daughters, Misses Ethel, Flcmma
and Fay, are the guests of c. r..
Squirting and family since Satur-
day.
Ralph King is in Kansas City,
the guest of his best girl.
Miss Sophia Yeager is visiting
Boone Faddis and family.
Mrs. Susie Faddis and daugh-
ter, Miss Eflie, are the guests Of
relatives and friends here this
week.
The school board of Gatewood
are in quest of an experienced
school teacher. An eight months
term at good salary.
Despite the very inclcmcnt
weather Saturday night last
about $50 were present Ten gal
Ions Of ice cream were disposed
of. All the people the writer has
spoken to are in favor of having
it over at no distant date. There
are a lot of people that want
some ice cream and will have it
somewhere.
The services at Liberty were
attended by a good sized crowd
Sunday. Rev. Edgar Herndon is
pastor and is well liked by his
people.
The many friends of T. j. Don
Carlos and wife were greatly
shocked on learning Sunday of
their being killed in a storm near
Liberty, Clay county, Saturday
night, while the storm was raging
there. Earnest sympathy extend
ed the bereaved ones.
F. l.. Bruce was here from Kan
sas City Sunday, a week, the
guest of relatives.
Jack Kennan is home from the
University of Virginia. Jack
looks extra well. The eastern
climate agrees with him.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
You Can Almost

See the grass grow-so plenti-
full has been the rain. If you
haven't already done 50, don {
fail to get an ILX mower lthe
easy kind to push and keep the
grass moved.
Ferris & Cuuthom.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
THE BATTLE AT CHICAGO.
The Taft and Roosevelt Forces
Are Fighting.

Chicago, ILL.,, June 1,.-Presi
dent Taft s chances of renomina-
ton were vastly increased this
evening when, after six hours of
hard fighting, Senator Elihu Root
of New York, was elected tem-
porary chairman by the Republi-
can National Convention.
The Taft delegates voted for
Root. The Roosevelt delegate
supported Gov. Francis f. Nc
Govern of Wisconsin.
The resulting roll call was
direct test of the strength be-
tween the Roosevelt and Taft
forces. 1t resulted in a decisive
victory for the Taft men Root
received 55S votes aud McGovern
SOP,
This accounted for LOGO of the
LOIS delegates in the convention.
OF the remainder three voted for
Walter l.. lIauscr Of Wisconsin.
nine voted for w. S. Lawdcr of
North Dakota, one for Senator
Gronna of North Dakota, while
five either were absent or delib-
cratcly refused to vote.
The vote on Root and Nc
Govern is considered of the high
est Importance, as foreshadowing
the outcome of the convention.
It makes Taft s denomination, not
a certainty, but strong proba-
biIity, instead of the grave un-
certainty it was last night.
In addition, today's tally sheet
is believed to show conclusivelv
that no matter what else happens
here, Theodore Roosevelt will
not be nominated, but the posi-
bllity of deadlock and reversion
to some third candidate, perhaps
Cummins of Iowa, probably JUS
tice Hughes of New York, is in.
creased.
In order to be renominated
! President Taft must poll $40
votes in the convention. Root,
running as Taft's personal selec-
ton for temporary chairman, re-
ceivcd Is more votes than Taft
will need.
There are reasons for thinking
Root received a few votes Taft
will not get when the critical bal
lot on the nomination for Presi-
dent is taken. Taft leaders on the
other hand, claim they will OBJ
tam new support from delegates
who voted otherwise than for
Root,
lmpartially speaking, it does
not seem likely Taft will fall
lower than Root, but he may do
so.
However, it is certain Roose-
welt on the vote for nomination
will not get all the delegates who
supported McGOvern.
In McGovern S total are i'll
cluded 13 votes from Wisconsin
and 10 from Iowa which, when
the crisis comes, must be cast
respectively for Senator La Fol
, lette of Wisconsin and Senator
t CumminS of Iowa.
e The "steam roller" is still in
. good working order, so good that
e the sensational third-term cam
paign of Col. Roosevelt seems to
l be crushed beyond hope of re-
2 suscitation, but whether, having
T. r., the "roller" will complete
e its allotted task and bring home
l. the bacon for Taft is totally
different proposition,
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20
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/ FARM AND LIVE STOCK. +


leo. has a fine drove Of $50 Angora
goats.
\. b. Wcidler, southwest Of
Mexico, has herd of POI head OF
Angora goats.
j. f. Lanham, of High Hill, is
feeding drove of hogs for the
July market.
Mrs. John Pate, of Laddonia,
lost mare and colt last Sunday.
killed by lightning.
Johnson & Romans shipped
ear of sheep from Benton City
last Monday.
j. Il. Hickman, Of CANT, bought
a load of corn in Centralia at 81
cents a bushcl.
j. j. Hickman, of Cant, sold II
hogs, averaging 1iO pounds each
at 1925.
st. Clair Emmous. north of
Molino, sold team of work
mules last week for %l0O.
Charles sellers, Of Cant,
bought II head of 90 pound
shoats of Dennis Craighcad at
800.
Manuel Redigcr, of High Hill,
has a very fine mule colt for
which he was offered $l25. but ne
refused the price.
Owen & McCory, of Cant, de
livered a load of hogs at Ccnmalia
for j. l.. lIuclman Tuesday of
last week.
ID. l.. Rogers. northeast of Mex
leo, has one of the finest wheat
fields we have seen: 80 acres. and
il promises a good Weld.
Tom Hook, northeast of Mex
leo, on Washington's Birthday.
this spring, sowed 20 acres of oats
on the snow. And he has the
promise of a fine crop, too.
Z. Marvin and son, Vinton,
southeast of Mexico, have so
acres Of corn which they have
plowed over twice. 1t is one of
the finest prospects in that
section, it is said.
w. c. Melahn, north of Rush
Hill. lost 80 acres of young corn
recently. taken by the cutworms.
He lost 20 acres of corn just be
fore that, taken in the same way.
The season is so late that he will
not rcplant. IT is quite a serious
loss to Mr.. Mclahn.
The man that sells hay off his
farm not only runs the risk of
having to buy at fabulous prices
when there is a crop failure, but
rObs the ground of nutrimcnt
that it will take many dollars to
replace 1t is bad farming to
Stu1,y-a tln soil
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Pickett, of
this city, visited Mrs. Pickett S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dry, near
Rowena, few days ago. All the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. Dry met
in family reunion at the old home.
All had not been together for 13
years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Miss Trix Plunkett and Miss
Pauline Cauthorn, of this city,
are visiting Mrs. Wallace Bruce,
of Ft. Smith, Ark.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Miss Ruth Durkee, VIM. Pol.
lock and Ben Elliott, of this city,
inspected the Carnegie Library
Building last week in Louisiana,
10 get some ideas for the Mexico
library building.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

The following good friends
nave lately renewed for the Mes
sage; Val Erdel, Jr., w. C.
Aleiahn, w. P. Denham, Miss
blanche White, r. L. Mcclure, j,
!. Duncan, j. j. Wakefield, Theo
hitz, and Gray Wilson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Mason Creasey tells us that his
father, j. r.. Creasey, Of Worth
am, Texas, is in big luck lately.
They bored for water within
three blocks of him and struck a
great flow of gas and oil. Great
excitement now in the community
of WOrtham.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Miss Minerva Pearson, of this
city, is at Lexington, Mo-, repre-
senting an Eastern publishing
concern.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Miss Edna Marie Morris,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Morris, Of this city, graduated
from Loretta Academy at Floris-
SAINT, Mo-, last week, in addition
receiving the gold medal for pro-
ticiency in Christian Doctrine.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Steele are
entertaining their two grand
children, Misses Mary and Mil.
dred Clayton, of Webster Groves.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Miss Lucy Roberts, of Halls
vile. visited her cousin here a few
days ago, Miss Ballew, the latter
having lately been very i'll of ap-
pendicitis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

VIM, Miller, manager of the
Lacrosse Lumber Co. in Wells
Vile, died suddenly last Saturday
night Of heart disease. F. p. Kel-
so, manager of the La Crosse
yard in this city, attended the
funeral.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

Mrs. Herman Butts, of Van
dalia, underwent an operation for
appendicitis in st. Louis last
week. We learn that she is re-
covering all right. Mrs. Butts is
a sister of Mrs. l.. +. Austin of
Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1912-06-20

The house belonging to Mrs.
Littleton, on North Jefferson
street, was bought at public
auction last week by George John.
son for $5,050.