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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-12-19
LOCAL AND PERSONAL


Buy your Christmas handkerchiefs
at Thompson Mere. Co.
Chas. Volkman transacted business
at Oshkosh Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos Nelson were
up from Hawkins Saturday.
Carbon paper at the News-Budget
office, sheets for cents.
Fire, Accident Sickness, Tornado
Insurance. Call On r. S. Reeves. If
James A. Hewitt was business
visitor at Weyerhaeuser Tuesday
Lester Peat, of Eau Claire, came
up Tuesday to look after his farm
near this city.
Miss Emma Webster went to Eau
Claire Monday to be operated upon
for nasal trouble
Birdie Peters, Piano and Voice.
More than ten years experience in
teaching. Telephone 222. 3Stf.
Miss Evelyn Smith, of Delavan, has
been guest of Mrs. James A.
Baikie the past few days.
home Saturday, after visiting for
some time with his son, Atty. j. w.
Carow
Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Peoples, of
Amboy, Ill.,, have been visiting here
the past week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Wilson.
Five horse power gasoline engine
for sale at a bargain price. Enquire
at Anderson & SINNERS blacksmith
shop, Ladysmith 1t
| Now is the time to get information
regarding stump pullers. Be ready
for early spring work. See the Lady
smith Implement Co. ct
George Harlstead employed as
| chauffeur at the Hand Livery, went
| to New Auburn Tuesday for weeks
visit with his parents.
Make money pulling stumps for
others. Get information from Lady
smith Implement Co. Machine also
will move houses, remove rock and
do hosting work. ct
| The Scandinavian Lutheran Ladies'
Aid society will have lut-fisk sup
per at A. Rockstad's residence on
Saturday, Dec. q, commencing at 5
o'clock and continuing until all are
served. All are invited.
The funniest Topsy, Lawyer Marks
and Aunt Ophelia The meanest LIE
gree The most faithful Uncle Tom,
and the most beautiful Eva, all COM
bine to make Harmounts big pro-
duction of Uncle Toms Cabin, the
ideal attraction Of the theatrical sea-
son. Watch for the band. At the OPP
era house Thursday, Dec. %.
O. w Pierce, the Well-known horse
dealer, has an advertisement in
| this paper calling attention to the
| fact that he has located here and
will have on hand at all times
first-class lot of draft and farm
| horses. He has his horses at Kin
f.! yon & SCOTS hitching barn and
there are a number of very fine look
| ing animals in the lot.
| Local merchants are now present
| ing their patrons with some very
fine calendars. They are expensive
and no one should ask for one who
does not intend to take care of it,
nor should several members of the
same family go to a merchant for
| these handsome souvenirs. Remem-
Der, they cost him all the way from
ten to fifty cents apiece. Most of
the calendars given out here this
season bear the imprint of the
Crescent Calendar Co. Ladysmith
Wis.," showing that the merchants
believe in patronizing home indus
try. On several jobs we inadvertent
ly omitted the imprint, SO unless you
see an outside imprint on the job
it has probably come from the News
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
MEXICO AUDRAN COUNTY MISSOURI THURSDAY, MARCH q 1913

.er counties were making TO secure
Farm Advisers. Mr.. Wright showed
that the movement for better farm
ing conditions through the medium
Of the Adviser was general through
out the State
Audrain County's Farm Adviser. e.
W. Rusk, was present, and spoke up
on his plans for Audrain and his pur-
poses in the work. Mr.. Rusk was en-
Enthusiastically received and made a
good impression. In part, he said;
with the cooperation Of the peo-
pie Of Audrain County and the Col
lege Of Agriculture we should imprcT
and build up our soil, our flocks,
our herds and ourselves as well as
better conserve the fertility OF the
SOIL" said e. W. Rusk, the new Au-
drain County Farm Adviser, who IL
here to assist in the organization Of
the Audrain County Farm Bureau.
Through more careful attention
to soil washing and cultivation aad
through the application of better sys-
tens of farm management in its large
meaning. We can do much vita the
land. This will mean bigger and bet
ter paying crops. believe we viii
be able to greatly improve our flocks
and herds through more careful meth
ods of feeding selection and breed
lug.
"With DIR. Connaway's expert as
sistance, we should be better able
to cope with diseases OF our live
stock with especial reference to hog
cholera. In fact, l believe We will
be able to control hog cholera
within the county II the farmers will
ask for help in time and do all in
their power to prevent its spread by
burning hogs that die of the dis
ease, by disinfecting and quarantin
ing and by preventing in other ways
the carrying of infection from farm t
farm. Such grave matters as handling
these diseases should, believe
have precedence over all other mat
ters in connection with this work.
Il shall encourage agricultural edu
cation and assist IN the organization
of contests Of various sorts among
the young people as far as it will be
practical for me to do. My office, i
rightly filled, will be broad enough
without overstepping its bounds an'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
COUNTY NE WS

Omar Blackman, of yandalia, was
accidentally shot in the ankle, Mon
day morning, while duck hunting
near Farber.
Mr.. Blackman and Henry Hick-
man, of Farber, were hunting togeth-
er and Hickman's gun was accidental
Iy discharged, the bullett entering
BIackman's foot just below the ankl
1t has not been learned just how Sc
rious the accident was, but 1t is
thought perhaps the foot will have
to be amputated.
w. w. Johnson was awarded $109S.
by the arbitrators in his settlement
with Geo. Fl. Gardner, with whom he
has dissolved partnership.
Joe Considine has returned to Ell
gin, Kan, after a short business visit
at Thompson and Mexico.
Mrs. Frances CookClay, daughter
of Hon. S. b. Cook, of Jefferson
City, will shortly sail for Europe
with a party of artists who will
visit the art centers of the Old
World. VIM. Chase, a noted artist,
whose parents and brother formerly
lived in Mexico, will have charge of
the party. Mrss. Clay has developed
quite a talent as painter and. is
very ambitious to study and become
one OF the best
The bridge on Electric Line
al Sun Rise Park was impossible, on
Tuesday morning. owing to drift
carried down by the creek Traffic
on the line was held up until the
drift was cleared away.
Clarence, years old, and Robt., al
most years old, sons Of Mr., ant
Mrs. Robt, Pearson, formerly of thii
city, but now residing in Omaha, Ne
braska, are seriously i'll with diph
iberia. Eleanor, their three year
+ old daughter, died in this city las
: year from the same diseas
! at the home of her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Pear
son. Mrs. Wallace Pearson ha
u gone to the bedside of the children
Robert Pearson's home was block
from the district of the city recent
9 ly devastated by torando. Thel
u many Mexico friends join the Lee
ger. in wishing the children an earl
recovery.
g C. F. Clark is home from visit
d his Island. Mr.. Clark is going
start a big chicken ranch on tn
III Island this spring.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
HOG CHOLERA WILL
Be ONE OF THE
FIRST CONSIDERED

Farmer Rusk, the name which will
likely be given our County Farm Ad-
wiser. says one of the first matters
he will likely give consideration
when he takes UP his work, will be
the eradication of hog cholera here.
He will be assisted by DR.. Connaway,
state expert on this plague, which is
costing the farmers of Audraln coun-
~ so many thousands of dollars.
81 believe hog cholera is at pres
ent the most important matter we
will have to consider here,
said Farmer Rusk. for he is a
farmer, having been reared and spent
his life, for the most part, on a Mis-
souri, farm and with his father
owns a farm in Boone County. "Hoe
cholera means much to every farm
er in dollars and cents and should
be eradicated so that in the future
4 can be held in check easily.
"Once we get control of the dis
ease, we can reasonably expect tc
fight it with more success than here
tofore. am sure the farmers will
aid in every way to stamp out the
trouble here"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

Reservoirs near Dayton and Ham
iIton are reported to have been brok
en- and caused the heavy damage.
The water, at most points, is
said to be higher than it has been
Hayears.
indianapolis is without water
gas or street car service.
Omaha, March 25.
Added to the already terrible
plight Of the many homeless per
sons at Omaha, is heavy snow
storm, which Is raging there. AIread,
three inches Of srow cover thu
the ground.
The latest report Of the nunbe
Of persons killed by the tornado
places IL at 200. More than ZOO
are homeless.
MEXICO PEOPLE SAFE.
Robert Muir has heard from hi
son and daughters at Omaha an
none OF them were injured in the tor
nado Mr.. Muir's son. Tom, ia
street-car conductor there and b
has two married daughters, Mrs
Nellie Houser and Mrs. Robbie Gldde
there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
AMENDMENTS TO BE

VOTED ON IN 1914
Authorizing st. Louis and other cit
les to become indebted to the ex-
tent of per cent of their taxable
valuation by a two-thirds vote to
build subways or acquire utilities.
Levying a tax of 10 cents on the
s10O valuation for good roads.
/ Increasing the salary OF members
of the Legislature to $1,000 annu
ally.
Authorizing the voters of any
road district to vote not to exceed
65 cents on the s100 valuation fol
road pusposes.
Exempting single tax from the op
Grafton of the initiative and referen
dunn.
Authorizing the issuance OF bonds
by Kansas City to purchase its pub
lie utilities, and providing thes'
bonds shall be taxed against the util
tiles purchased and not against tn
debt-making power of the city
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
FAMILY HElRLooMs
ARE COLLECTED.

fulton Gazette.)
Crockett Harrison, cashier of the
First National Bank, Of Fulton, has in
his possession number of family
heirlooms and relics that have been
handed down through several gener-
ations and which form collection
Mr.. Harrison prizes highly.
In the collection is an old knife,
carried through the Revolutionary
War by Henry w. Overly, who mar
ried a relative of the Harrison fam
lily The knife was handed down
through Mr.. overlys son, Pearson w
Overly, to Mr.. Harrison's grandfath-
err, Maj. John Harrison. A ring
from Penn's colony also is in Mr..
Harrison's possession, having been
handed down from his mother.
Henry w. Overly is buried in East
Galloway, but the grave is lost. Some
years ago when Congress appropriat-
ed fund for marking the graves OF
Revolutionary soldiers, an effort was
made to locate the grave, but 1t was
unsuccessful. The late Tyra Bishop,
who died near Liberty Church, In
Northeast CallsS ay, several year
ago, gave Mr.. Harrison the history o
the knife and also was authority foi
the statement that the grave Of Mr.
Overly never was found. The instruc
tions with these heirlooms are tha
they shall be handed down to futur
generations and Mr.. Harrison say
he will make every effort to compl
J with the request.
II He also has a sack carried frol
Galloway County to the Californi
+ gold fields in 1S49 by his uncl'
t Crockett Harrison. This sack was dl
Y ably made and sewed very stroni
: so that it would hold gold du
}. which was used instead of coin
: those days as a medium of exchani
The sack now contains many foreis
a coins. some more than II
It years old, that were gathered toget
d er in the South after the Civil WI
vi by Mr.. Harrison's uncle, the late
n r. Harrison. Old receipts, valu
a Bile papers and other curios make I
is the balance of the collection.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
FINE HORSES FOR SALE.

am offering at private sale 81
head horses, several OF these are
fine single drivers and safe for any
woman to drive.
II you need team, driver or
saddle horse. you can find here what
you want.
Also for sale cheap 5 buggies and
5 double and single seated traps, al
so farm wagon with hay frame, and
spring wagon.
w. F. FARRELL,
IS It wi Mexico. Mo.
Phone $50,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
LADDoNIA STILL CHAMP

lQN 6G6A EthS'
Laddonia High School was again
victorious over vandalia High School
Tuesday evening, when these schools
met in joint debate at the Laddo-
MIA Opera House.
The question was, "Resolved, that
municipalities should own all public
utilities, such as water works, etc
The Laddonia team had the affirma'
tive side of the question. The judges
we're DIR. H. c. Tralle, Of Mexico, Rev
S. w Partee, OF vandalia, and P. P.
Hummell, postmaster at Laddonia.
The debaters were: Laddonia, An
ma Hammett, Gavin Crandell and
Guy Leet; Vandalia, Joe Johnston
Stewart Stilmon and Frank HickersoI
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27


he will give the people of Missouri
relief from exhorbitant fire insuranc
rages by antitrust proceedings
agoirst the companies in the suprem
Court II Gov Major signs the Orr
bill repeating the Oliver rating law
The attorney general says IL this bill
il signed and the people are not Civ
en- reduced rates within reasonable
time he will institute an custer pro
ceeding against the fire insurance
companies, by the Orr bill" he
says, "the companies are again made
amenable TO the antitrust laws of tn
state and the attorney general is in
vested with full power to prosecute
,hem for conspiring to charge TIL
same rate"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

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Quality of citizenship measures pro
gress in the best methods of farm
ing. High quality of citizenship is
our first and most essential farm
product.
Summing up, the proper breeding
Of farm people, and training them
for the highest efficiency in farm
ing is of first Importance to the ma
tion, and it is false economy to
permit conditions that do not bring
about these ends.
Ends should be sought to put the
farmer under conditions that will
make of him an Independent efficient
citizen and business man. He can
not be such so long as he may con-
tinue to be a renter under any sys-
tenn Of tenancy. hence means should
be worked out whereby he may
most easily acquire enough land for
comfortable home.
/ Land occupancy laws, and the long
time loans. at low rates, that pay
both principal and interest, made on
ly to men of high moral character
will, in time, be worked out. Farm
ers' credit systems will eventually
lead to this end.
! To 'let well enough alone" is
good when one is doing well enough
but to define .''well enough" may
get one into long argument; then
besides, If we could not tell what
is well enough" we might be SC
. pleased with ourselves as to make
no progress whatever.
In the farm adviser matter +
might be presumed by some tha
} somebody was "butting into some
: body's else business, but from al
the facts everywhere, the farmer II
} not doing well enough, even thougl
, a good many may think that he is
: Any sane man will not deny that thii
! country is losing its soil fertility a
an alarmingly rapid rate, and tn
| man who reilly knows will tell yol
that most of this loss is entirel,
, preventable, but is not prevented TO
s the sole reason that the average far
: mer does not know how to preven
1t. 1t might be presumed that b
does not care to prevent it, bu
Y that view is entirely wrong.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
sHn WANTS

sHh WANTS
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
IS aiSTRESS," writing in an
a 4 woman who was making
{ ea.tal Suffrage says:
88e Nave done just as much
II mako this country what It
Ad hB fact that they have
asasie use of the ballot doesn't
Ii SiiK the less theirs by right
|x6HshIp. When the population
salAls6r women didn't think
lha vote; they didn't seem
"a Il. But for the past sixty
they have seen the growing
II IS. and more to-day than
il d 9|ot on American manhood
and iii tho way of native Ameri
women foting, While they are
< fhe ballot to strangers wit
know Anything about this coun
id eAfo lass.
Iii ahV Intelligent man reall,
lid Vote OF the 5000 men i
XaFk who live off"white slaS
N6aA Be better for the uplift
hh ooHhsry and welfare of fan
| liza than the vote of respectabl
f'esn Norking-women?
IS ANY woman really delude hel
into ihinking that anything coul
hAf aWay from the ballot-bo
81 women have the yotel If
a h61 of hers was running fC
4 H4arch your hearts, 0 won
and ~ srue to yourselves an
K hi Nourselves and for once |
t0 xosif sex. You won't have
II ssAi don't want to. But plea
4 fHi ine what don't want.
lIE dNI want 10 vote2 For Il
d fe4Aon the woman gave WI
tAb BID OF Mrs. Martins joke
.if| 1t Ihe ballot.
GNn expect to see such wor
beautiful and pure on the ballo
aef docs any one else; but VIII
10 4xpect is to have intelligen
|ufh "a pick out the man W
dea 9earest to our idea of what
a'4 be for the position the m
i saems most capable of stand
fin 1Wn feet and being able
iDrni bis duties without a BE-
ndiok pver him.
in fsselory life I have worked
d0n with aliens, where, IL ] tu
Hh|isienly to cross the ROOM
liafIe TO slide across on expee
81 Heir thoughts and habits "
sl4l'y lilthy. II asked one
~ How he was going to vote
hiId sIlrug his shoulders and {
f4nno; same as boss" I do
Ren I'D aliens, but we all kf
apx el that type.
Hh9 should the vote be giyer
8a and denied me?
sEAMsTREss,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
Flood Toll
Estimate
is 5000
ST. Louis, March 2s.

ST. Louis, March 70.
Situation 10 flood territory Of In
diana and Ohio 10 growing worse
Many cities devastated by floods.
The condition at Omaha remains
unchanged.
As a result of the floods in Ohio
and Indiana the death list is expect
ed to total 5000.
The Mayor Of Dayton estimates s.,
600 have perished in that city and
fully 10000 are homeless while fire
ravases the city.
The dead at Hamilton, Ohio, num-
Der 1000, and at Peru, Ind, $40.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
j. R. DoeYNs WRITES

OF CIVIL WAR.
Mexico, Mo, March 26, 1913
Mr.. r. NJ. White C SOM
l see in The Ledger last night an
article from Hon. George Robertson
about ]. G.. Muldrow and his com
pany shooting into some soldiers
east of bridge, but he failed to state
the cause of the shooting; the day
of the shooting these soldiers got off
the train and commenced shooting at
every person they saw; when they
got down town they killed Mr.. Lock
ridge a farmer, just starting home
That was on Liberty street. Mr.. Sur
ber was on the corner of Jefferson
and Promenade street That night {
volunteer company, raised by mos
of the best citizens of the town an(
several from the country headed b,
j G. Muldrow, went out east of tow
and shot into the train and killed
good many am just writing thi
to show that Mr.. Muldrow did not d
: this without cause.
Respt..
Il
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

.lontYic X. n, committee Is
W {i0m time TO time and Is en-
~ o work out details so
I.N tyktcm can be bought by
oAonlt Tho chief idea should
hsfa thls system bought by
4sN Hill Immediately extend
+ HaSs from Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

~ 10 be PROGRESSIVE.
,s-. ts.tors and professional
III l.a11 keep up to date by
s.d siudying. Bankers,
IA. sh1 business men Of all
.<tHs conventions, read trade
Aa keep step with ad-
iA t4NfV line Of business. All
,sfmers attend meetings
sS, ns<Fonize farm papers,
l6 aHf|rultural department
.,d consult whenever
81 MT. Experts In farming
aa<t man IN any vocation Is
n NHo Does not think he
al There are improve
k<|4r made everyday In ev-
,S,rtmsak Of activity and
.ns &oe.s se4 aueesssfui must
5fet5'xp.
\ FARMER In Audrain County
.nfS 10 get the most he can
ID fafm and at the same time
Iss iatN n good productive
a6 WslI Welcome to Audraln
Mr RusIS, the expert farm
4 n tolng to be with US at
~ tNf next three or four
Stf<n}ifIc farming in a
af SfAtcs has already prov
1fof.tabIe. Farms in the
hsi had been abandoned are
,14r nreductive. There Is no
1f#1I& In the world that
Nt< IS much improved, as
..hf 81 khc soil. There were
9<h9 ttffnerly laughed at the
n6 t|6ttric lights, steam
toc1natiHes and automobiles
thsr Srst important scientific
bn6tRA Right here IN
:, oN1 III the largest meet
Hv<f athered in the Court
W4s - "protest the automo'
I ts 5ats Of the earth" Those
.astIS|N*ted In that meeting
sotH bnt laugh at their own
4<as hutomobIles are not ;
& 'Qxury, but are proving
s.|(z khd most profitable in
lines 81 business as we'll as
ssas4 throughout the country
WANT " make good, we must
st ttcp up with the process
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
AupRAIN couNTYANs IN OMAHA

Among the residents of Omaha,
who were formerly from Mexico and
Audrain County are: Ross Cant
son of Henry Cant; Mrs. Maggie A
Ellis, Alb Muir and sister, Miss Susie
Muir, Lloyd Anthony and brother
Earl, Tom Muir and sisters.
So far as is known, no Audrain
people were injured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
FOR EXCHANGE

Coed farm of 100 acres to exchange
for City property.
Good suburban home to exchange
for 40 to 60 acre farm.
Stock Mdse. and store building tc
exchange for 100 to 800 acre farm.
dw1 North Missouri Trust Co,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

THE citizens Of Mexico are vital
ly interested In the extension OF
the Electric r. r. They showed
that they we're deeply Interested
ir this proposition when they sub
scribed $4,000 to build the road
This was by all odds the largest
and cIeanest subscription ever made
in Mexico for any enterprise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

l44h Ashworth and let US
ab &he $500 saddle horse
Il once. We are all in fav'
fhat proposition. We are all
10 - Progressive and public
ii this year. "Everybody's do
81.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
TORNADO & DESTRUCTIVE

WIND STURWo'
Reported from nearly every state
IN tho Union. Better get your prop
erty protected with policy in the "olC
Reliable Continental Insurance Com
many" The cost is small. the pro
lection best, do II now before th'
s,oru strikes d2w1
North Missouri Trust Co,
Agents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

Mexico People In Dayton, Ohio.
Among the former Mexico people
in Dayton. Ohio, the scene of the ter
rible flood are Mrs. Edgar Wiles and
Mrs. J. e. Moore.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

,.h4ctlhs,s to the Weekly
&..n,.id <zamIne the date at
(, Same b the margin o.
s ...-'t paper. The Weekly
| 4. s>zanss to everybody. Re
Ii, <s|z.>fIptIon week be
|.p .'6s sxpIres, SO that 70
+. @|.s : copy Of your savorlse
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27
MORE THAN FouR INCHES

WUHI IFHN FVU''
OF RAINFALL
From March goth until Tuesday
night, 4.04 in. OF rain fell in Mex
leo. This is one Of the heaviest
rains that has fallen in that lengtl
Of time in this city and far greats
than the normal rainfall. On Monday
the heavy rain fell, totalling 173 incl
| es.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

THE question OF building mile ol
rock road, south toward Fulton is be
Ing agltated and we trust it will b'
successful. This would be the begin
ming of a splendid work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

ALL in attendance at the Farmers
Meeting this week we're loud In
their praise OF Tuesdays Evenini
Ledger, covering the proceedings an'
objects OF the organization.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

Special 90 per cent discount on en-
broideries, landings and laces Fri
day, Saturday and Monday, March rs,
30 and 81. d3w1
Ricketts, & Emmons ID. G. Co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

COMPLIMENTs

4 COMPIlAENIS
! TROWBRIDGE.
]. Kelley Wright, on Tuesday. ;
said that some credit for the J
1 success Of the Farm Adviser
movement in Audrain was due TOT
e. A. Trowbridge, of the Ami ]
NAL Husbandry Department of j
Agriculture. Mr.. Trowbridge Z
Rwhose great popularity extends ov-
/ er the State is held in the high
est estimation by all who know :
him and his deep interestk
I in Audrain has made for him :
I many warm and admirlng friends.
D J o q u y . q D Z
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-03-27

lslnNNr A. ROSS HILL. OF
lase tI0|Fersity, announces that
4 ('N|sEh OF Mexico Is one OF
,1r ao.Ytdited Junior Colleges