Mexico Missouri message., 1912-03-21
THAT HOUN'
DOG AGAIN.
HADLEY GOT o QUIT TURN.
IN THEM CoNVICTS
LOOSE.
Rev. Cobb Writes Racy Letter OF
Mexico Matters.

Norborur. Mo-, March II. 1912. |
Editor Message: While in |
Mexico recently a number OF my
friends who are Message readers
requested me to write again Tor
your excellent paper.
The people in the lowlandS here
are already becoming uneasy lest
the heavy SHOWS on the mountains
and the Western plains should
cause high water in the Missouri
river this summer.
Instead of our mchchants hav-
ing their own delivery wagons AS
in Mexico, all goods are delivered
by a syndicate. 1t is one OF the
improvements that does not i'm.
prove; they are careless and m-
cleanly and do not seem to care
whether they give satisfaction or
not. Verify a trust is a bad thing
for the people, whether it be at
home or abroad.
We have one condition here
that is an Improvement; our two
railroads, the Wabash and Santa
| Fe, which run side by side, are
used as a double track road for
about 30 miles. All west bound
trains take the Santa Fe track at
/ Carrollton, while all east bound
trains come in on the Wabash
This facilitates transportation
and does away with collisions.
If Mexico had fine Union De
pot between her two roads ii
would be a great improvement
over existing conditions.
was very favorably impressed
with what | heard when I dined
with you at the Commercial Club
Banquet Those fellows are pro
grcSsiyc and on the right track
and if they can get one or two
progressive farmers from each
school district in the county to
Join with them and imbibe their
enthusiasm they can get any thing
they want.
| think ! understand the Scuti-
ment that prevails i'll Audrain in
regard to that new jail PROPOSE
ton. Comparatively few would
object to building simple
strong, sanitary Jail but the idea
prevails that Mexico wants &c
build a slightly structure, mostly
for ornamental purposes, at the
county S cXpcnsr-hcncc their OBJ
lection. | do not think myself
that a Jail should be fixed up as {
pleasure resort, with fine parlor.
and administer rugs, neither doe
any one else that | know of bu
it should be strong and sanitary
at least, and Audrain Shoult
build one Of some kind al once.
Things are in a healthier con
dition here, politically, than il
, Audrain. The two parties are s.
evenly matched that a scrub can
ride roughshod into office wit
nothing but a party collar to rec
ommcnd him.
Now, Mr.. Editor, you are
good Democrat and are lbcIng al
, cditorJ supposed to understano
all things Democratic; can yoD
tell fellow by what mode o
reasoning the St Louis "DcmC
cratic Bible arrived at the con
. clusion that it was an awful an,
objectionable sin for Teddy to 2
back on his pledge, on the on
. hand, and perfectly right am
, proper for the Democratic part
of Missouri to ignore its pledge t
Mr.. Folk on the other
! Politics is a queer bird VI
Folk sent a lot Of Scoundrels I
% the pcnitcntiary and the polit
clans kicked him out. Mr., Ila,
. ley turned more than 500 thus
! and thieves loose on the pcop
and they are talking about maj
% ing him Nicc-Prcsidcnt. If |
had turned out the other 1000
suppose they would have tried t
}. make him President. Yes, pol
,- ties is a queer bird, and havin
lost the party collar, and not hay