Mexico weekly ledger., 1912-10-10
COUNTY NEW

Mrs William Dooin, CT Rush
Who underwent 4 serious operat
last Thursday, Is reported to be q
ting along nicely. Her many frisn
wish her a speedy recovery.
Miss Nellie ouderdonk and broth
While 0uderdonJt. OF Nurseryl
Texas. are delighted guests Of theiil
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Peckl
and family. Just west Of town
Misses Mite and stella Peck aid
MI. Fred Peek are making the good
looking Texas youngsters have a
Jolly good time on their first visit
To Cottonwood Springs. grand old Au-
drain county and Imperial Missouri.
Dill.
Mrs. ]. @. Head has returned
from several weeks visit 70 relatives
IN Canton, Ill.
Taylor Befrcy Of Audrain Is on
The U. s. petit jury in the U. s.
court. which opens in 81. Louis Oct.
lie
Mrs. Claude Canterbury and two
daughters, Courtney and Christine.
of Oregon, are visiting friends and
relatives in Audrain county.
Joe Luckie and Leo Hanley de.
parted Tuesday for q canoe trip
down Salt River. The water Is
very low at this time but Il there
lis any Improvement in its stage
they hope 70 reach Louisiana before
the week ends. They win likely en-
tier the water at santa Fe,
Geo. Kabrich IS home from a
business trip in Oklahoma. Mr., Ka-
hrioh closed a deal whereby no dis.
posed Of his land and also the land
OF Pearl Van Horn. MI. Kabrich
says Western Kansas. Oklahoma and
-lTexas are very dry and that crops
are almost q failure. This is two
straight crop failure 5 for oklahoma.
Peaches, however. were very plen-
J tiful this year and Mr.. Kabrlch
says many a bushel was fed to the
hogs. Mr.. KabrIch was gone nearly
a week and he says the best crops
he saw were between Clark and
Kansas City.
Wallace Bassford, secretary to
Hon Champ Clark arrived from Wash
. ineton this afternoon and viii be in
. Mexico until after the election. Mrs,
Basstord and children will remain
, in Washington.
George o. Baker will arrive from
Paris, France. in q few days on a
visit to his mother. Mrs. H. p. War
den. OF this city.
Miss Hattie KEENAN, is home from
an extended stay in the State o.
,lcanfornia.
Mrs. William Crockett is home
|, from a visit in Arizona and Cali.
fornia where she went on accoun
of her health. She is much improy
ed and looks s~plendidiy.
Miss Flemma Snidow, who IL
teach ng al Huntsville, Mo, has rc
turned to her school duties, ate
ct ending Sunday and Monday will
|. her mother in this city.
Mrs. Susie Shaw has returned
frum a visit 10 ST.. Louis sh,
was accompanied home by her sic
" ter. Mrs. Elsie Thomas.
ais. Frank Buckley is slsitluI
relatives in Troy. Mo,
Col. Robert Barnes and wife. 0
Western Audrain. were in this cit
Tuesday attending tho political meet
y ing.
The Mcmillan Band, under the d
structlon Of Prof. Graf, is maklnI
marked Improvement. Prof. Graf 1
an experienced band leader and II l
hoped the band a continue unde
his instruction.
F~orty,four business men Of Perry
Mo. loaded In IL motor cars, arrive,
IN this city Tuesday morning decor
ated With yellow and black stream
ers and hats advertising their cor
show Oct. N, IS and 10.
u They came from vandalia and wi
go to Paris, Madison and Hanniba
before returning home Wednesda!
They arrived in time to witnes
Speaker clark's departure at noon.
= Mrs. Geo, Randall OF Mexico, an
brother. J.. T. Finks. Of San Francis
co. arc visiting friends in Monro
y City. Mo.
Fred Steele, a nephew OF John !
" Steele. OF this city. who has bee
employed by the Great Western Raj
road Company for eleven years an
IN the capacity of Commercial Ager
y for the past two years. with Aer'
~ quarters at Des Moines, Ia, ha
been promoted 10 Commercial Ager
y Of the TT. Dodge. Des Moines an
= Southern railway.
Mr.. Steele has made good in hi
Z various positions with the railroa
- companies. gradually advancing wit
every opportunity.
His many Mexico friends join II
|. Ledger in extending congratulatior
y with the hope that he may continu
TO enjoy merited success.