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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
DAT CROP OF WORLD
Some Interesting Facts Con-
cerning T.
Nearly -Four eiiIIon Bushels eyce~o'
ton In Europe and Americs-Hy<m-
100000 Bushels Produced In
United States.


National Crop Improvement Service.1
The oat crop of the world 10 nearly
1000, 000, 600 bushels annually, most OF
which 10 produced IN Europe and
North America. The principal oat-pro-
ducing countries are the United States,
European Russia, Germany, France,
and Canada. In the United States the
greater portion Of the crop Is grown
in the upper Mississippi valley. I'LL.
nois. Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Nebraska are the leading states In
the production Of oats. The annual
crop. In 1919. of the United States. was
about 1,42o.ooo.oO0.
The market grades Of oats depend
on the color of the grain and its free
dom from mixture and from dirt.
The legal weight Of bushel of
oats in most OF the states is 30
pounds.
About two pounds Of straw are usu-
ally produced to one pound OF grain.
The proportion Of straw may be ma
terially reduced, however, In some va
rieties and In some seasons. or 1t may
be materially increased. The hull
usually comprises 30 TO 36 per cent. Of
the grain. though the range is from
little more than 20 per cent, to about
IS per cent.
Analyses shows oats are higher In
protein than corn. and about equal to
wheat and barley. They are higher
In ash than any OF the other grains.
and considerably higher in fat than
either barley or wheat. On account
of the hulls, oats contain the highest
percentage of crude fiber, an undesir-
able element. Dat straw contains more
protein and more fat than corn stover
or the straw of any other small
grain.
Feed Value Of Dat Straw.
Dat straw is more palatable and
moro nutritious than the straw of any
other grain and Is nearly equal to
corn stover. In addition TO its use as
q feed It Is largely used for bedding
and for the formation of manure. Its
fertilizing value is about SO g ton.
Hay made from oats or from oats
and peas. is both paiatsbie and nutri.
tious. being higher In feeding value
than timothy hay. These crops can
also be used as pasture or cut green
for feeding TO stock Sheep do par
ucularly wen ON oats and peas, either
when cut for hay or when used az
pasture.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

That's a queer notion some
folks in this community have that
the home people who subscribed
for bonds, and paid their good
money on bonds, toward building
the electric railway, gave that
money as a bonus, just as others
gave to secure the Shoe Factory.
Not so. The two propositions
were vastly different. We know
of one poor man who subscribed
81 400 in bonds for the electric
railway. AS we said, he is poor.
Did he think to give that money
up as bonusf
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Hon. P. H. Cullen of st. Louis
addressed the Mexico Commercial
Club at their monday luncheon
last Friday. He took occasion to
commend most highly State Sen
ator r. D. Rodgers, of Mexico,
declaring him a legislator with q
record unexcelled by any man
since the Civil War. He also
spoke just as complimentary of
Hon. E. A. Shannon, Audrain s
representative in the House. Au-
drain had two bright men in the
General Assembly this session.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
RUSH HILL ITEMS.

We think Spring surely is here
as the birds and frogs and Mr..
Lees violin all say so.
+. M. Crooks was in Mexico
last Tuesday.
j. n. Rosser of Centralia was
here visiting old friends last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mrs. H. Ernst and children
were in Mexico visiting relatives
one day last week.
Miss Nettie KnObel returned to
Mexico last Friday.
Prof. j. L. Shobe of Mexico was
in our town last Friday.
c. S. Ray, Val Erdel, Jr., G.
kellerhals, L. T. Paisley, E. A.
Feutz, Frank Kellerhals and C. l..
Smallwood, were Mexico visitors
last Thursday.
j. w. Coleman and Miss May
Coleman We're in Mexico Friday.
Mark Givens and little daugh-
ter from Littleby Station were in
town between trains last Friday
evening.
Little Mary Erdel has been
quite sick.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Farmer Rusk met large num-
Der of Audrain county farmers on
Big Sales Day at Martinsburg
last Saturday. For a time he held
a regular reception in the Office of
the Martinsburg Bank. Farmer
Rusk is a genial fellow and a man
whom it is a pleasure to meet. If
he and DIR. Connoway succeed in
wiping out hog cholera in the
county-then you will all want to
see him.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Under the headings "Why
Want to Vote" are some pretty
good arguments on both sides of
the suffragette question in Hol-
lands Magazine. Miss NJ. L.
Lindsey says: "While not wholly
in sympathy with the modern
Boston Tea parties they are hold
ing in England, I feel that taxa
ton without representation is
tyranny as much today, applied
to women who are not enfran-
chised, as in those old days of the
colonies" And Miss Lee McCrae
says; 81 have just these two
reasons for not wanting to vote 1T
would cause less peace on earth
and add tremendously to the
already tremendous burden of re-
sponsibility resting on our weary
shoulders. "
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Mayor Willard Potts has APP
pointed the following as delegates
to the Third National Drainage
Congress which is to be held in
st. Louis April 10, II and II: G.
f. Clark, w. w. Pollock, C. A.
Barnes, Ms. Myers, j. 7. johnson,
F. A. Morris, f. L. Crosby, j. o.
.Tinsley, John Beal, l.. NJ. White,
Rufus Jackson and G. P. Arnold.
One thing this Congress should
originate, it seems to us, would
be a commission TO oversee the
building of every great dam,
reservoir or levee, in any part OF
the country, to see that they are
safely, securely and permanently
built, so that there may be no
chance of their breaking away
and thus flooding whole commu-
mites and perhaps endangerine
the lives of thousands of people
Under the present laws Uncle
Sam can have no accounting
against anyone for setting one OF
these death-traps.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
TOWN ELECTIONS.
Centralia, Vandalia and Sturgeon
Give Results.

City Councilmen in Mexico
First ward. j. A. Lewis, II votes
Second ward, p. L. Hanley, 46
Third ward, +. i. johnson, II
Fourth ward, j. j. Wood, "a.
S. p. Emmons and w. w. Will
kins were elected school directors
The vote for the school levy
stood as follows:
First ward, for, so votes
against, SO. Second ward, for
%; against, &c. Third ward, for
SO; against, 81. Fourth ward
for, AZ; against, 81. Total vote
for levy, 173; total against, 1872.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
It is estimated that Audr!

1t is estimated that Audrain
county will get $4,000 or more
from the State automobile fund
during the next u months. This
money must be expended in drag
cling the roads and otherwise i'm
proving them and keeping them
in the best condition possible. We
hope to see this money wisely
spent.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Holiness Church. - holiness
Sunday school, $3.50 a. m; oe-
votional services at II a. IN. ana
7 30 p. m. every Sunday. Prayer
meeting at 1880 p. m. every Wed,
nesday evening. First floor over
Ricketts, & Emmons Dry Goods
Company's store.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
BEAN CREEK.

VIM Hesterburg has a mare
which has given birth to twins.
W. f. Byars bought a mare at
Mr.. Deans sale last week for
sl75.
Misses Hulda and Dora Klotz
of St Louis spent a few days
among relatives here last week.
Mrs. Annie Hesterburg, wife of
VIM. Hesterburg, died Thursday,
March 9th, at 10 p. m, of heart
trouble. Funeral services CON
Quoted by Rev. Geo, Orlowski at
the German church Saturday, 2
.p. m. Her remains were laid to
rest in the German cemetery.
R. T. Byars delivered load of
fat hogs TO Powell and Mundy at
SIS ~ hundred, this week.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

G. c. Moore, who lives near
vandalia, is a prospective candi-
date for County Recorder next
year. Mr.. Moore served on the
petit jury in Mexico recently. He
is a mighty good fellow and no
doubt would make a fine official.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Read further about the great
storm at Omaha and the destruc-
tive floods in Ohio and other
states on another page of the
Message. No other Mexico paper
will have these accounts.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

J. R. Doyle, of Kansas, has
rented and moved onto J. B. Bot
kins' nice farm. in the Washing
ton district, south Of Mexico. The
Message is glad to welcome Mr..
Doyle and his family to Audrain
county.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Laddonia, Mo-, April 2.-The
following We're elected as city
officials yesterday: T. II. Slavens,
Mayor; C. C. Ingram, councilman
Second ward; VIM. OHearn
councilman First ward; Mart
Syler, Marshal. The school levy
carried without a protest and P
P. Hummel and w. H. Logan were
elected directors.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Commission form of govern
ment is coming for the cities of
Missouri. One thing it will do,
which would be good,-make an
end of party politics in municipal
affairs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Some mighty interesting read
ing in the Message this week.
Read every page of the paper.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Centralia, Mo, April AT the
city election today the following
were elected: A. Bruton, mayor I;
c. W. Lyon, police Judge; w. H..
Baldridge, city mashal; Fisher
Elliott, collector; J. G. Stewart,
clerk.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03
They Killed Josephine.

Columbia, Mo-, April Jose
phine the COW which two years
ago won the worlds record Oh
milk production for all periods
up to II months and missed the
record for a year only by a small
amount, is dead. She was killed
by the dairy department of the
College of Agriculture to gel
her milk organs. She was eleven
years old, and had ceased to be OF
value FOR breeding and of small
value as milch cow. When she
was on test she produced 26,861
pounds of milk in a year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Vandalia, Mo, April 1.--R. X.
kendrick and II. r. Butts dem. }
were defeated by DR.. j. c. Par
IRISH and A. S. Carroll (Rep.) in
the election here today for Alder.
men. f. c. Leqmon and Charles
Mulley were elected School
Directors.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Everybody is predicting a fine
peach crop this year.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

Sturgeon, Mo, April lie. 5.
Stewart was elected mayor to-
day; d. c. Carter and A. A. Sims,
aldermen; w. F. Keith and DIR.
f. n. Gentry were elected school
directors.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1913-04-03

That's what you will do if you take advantage
of our special arrangement and let us send
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
MOVING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
WESTERN.

Secretary of the Interior Franklin K.
where a cottage has been engaged for
weeks stay.
Thirty-six persons were injured,
four seriously, as the result of the de-
railment of Chicago, Rock Island &,
Pacific passenger train No. 40 near
Manhattan, Kan.
Three thausond coal miners of the
Bay City and Saginaw, Mich, district,
went back to work after a weeks, idle
ness, as the result of conference held
at Columbus, Ohio.
Heads of state institutions in Ne
braska have been given notice to get
rid right speedily of such sisters, cou-
sins and aunts as now are on the pay
roll of the state, all but one.
Edward Jordan, twenty-nine years
old. shot and killed Vernon W. Doo-
gan, aged thirty, his next door neigh
bor at Kansas City. Kas., who he ac-
cused of having broken up his home.
A record unequalled since the es,
tablishment of the weather bureau in
ly all points in northern Minnesota
and around the shores of Lake Su-
perior on the 21st. The earliest pre-
vious snowfall was recorded Sept. "a,
1907.
The unknown tramp who shot and
killed Freight Conductor Samuel E.
Marts of the Rock Island railroad at
Limon, Colo, is one of the most des-
perate and cunning "hoboes" included
in the category of gay CATS as
tramp gun men are called, according
to the officers prosecuting the search.
Two robbers with drawn revolvers
entered the jewelry store of ]. ].
Thompson at Grand Rapids, Mich,
commanded the clerks to throw up
their hands and, when they refused,
opened fire. John A. Thompson and
Ed. Smith fell dead and Paul Town
send was fatally wounded.
At the conclusion of a pathetic plea
in his behalf by his white-haired faith
er. A. B. Widney, wealthy Los An
geles realty operator, was held to an
swer before the Superior Court by Po-
lice Judge Shortall fol having ac-
cepted money earned in the night life
by Noel Murphy. formerly his friend.
Unless there is an increase in the
meat production in the United States
In the next ten years, porterhouse
steak will be selling at more than 81
a pound, according to Gustav Bischoff
of st. Louis, Mo-, president of the
American Meat Packers Association.
which held its annual meeting in Chi
cago.
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
TRAIN BANDIT HIDING
HUNDREDS HUNT MURDERER OF
CONDUCTOR MARTs.
Was Pursuing Tramp Across FIeIds
Near Linon After He Had Robbed.
Brakeman Reed When Shot.

Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Limon. Colo.-The desperate who
early Sunday morning robbed Brake
man Norman v. Reed of Rock Island
freight No. 81, after beating him into
insensibillty while the train was on a
siding at River Bend, six miles west
of here. and a few minutes later shot
and killed Conductor Samuel E.
Marts when he gave chase across the
fields, is still at liberty.
While the train, which left Limon
at 11:2o, was on the siding. Brakeman
Reed went along the cars looking for
hot boxes. About the middle he dis
covered man riding the rods. He
called to him to come out The man
complied and pulled a revolver on
Reed when he arose from under the
car. The men grappled and during
the fight for possession of the weapon
Reed was stunned. The tramp robbed
him of watch, his pocketbook and
his Rock Island pay check, and ran
across the fields toward the south.
Reed staggered to the caboose and
reported his encounter to Conductor
Marts, who started in pursuit of the
holdup, with Reed following. They
crossed an open field and Marts saw
the man hiding behind tree. He COM
manded him to give himself up. The
desperate responded by opening fire,
shooting three times and killing Marts
Others of the train crew knew nothing
of what was going on, as Reed and
Marts were in charge of the rear end
of the train alone. Engineer Chris
Kunn of Denver started to pull the
train out of the siding, when Matt Dali
ley, forward brakeman reported that
something was the matter at the rear
of the train. They stopped, and Reed
informed them what had happened.
They discovered Marts' body and
made futile search for the desper-
ado.
The engine was unlocked and
Marts' body taken to Limon Marts
leaves widow and three children in
Limon. The body will be sent to Fall
City, Nebraska.
Officials of the Rock Island are un-
willing to accept the version of the
story as reported by the brakeman
and have undertaken a rigid investiga-
tion to clear up conflicting features.
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
WASHINGTON.

The Senate confirmed Joseph w.
Folk, former governor of Missouri, as
State Department solicitor.
John A. Peters, recently elected to
the House from the Third Maine dis
trict, has been sworn in the Senate.
Miss Annie S. Rennick is a proud
woman, Tor President Wilson waived
the civil service rules and regulations
to appoint ner to $1,000 position in
the State Department
So far as the Washington admins
tration is concerned, 1t became known,
no move is contemplated in the Mexi-
can situation at present. The cleo
tions OF October 26 now are awaited
here with keen interest.
Walter Addison Jayne of Colorado
was appointed by the President first
lieutenant in the army medical reserve
corps. Frank E. Baxter was appointed
postmaster at Laporte, Larimer coun-
ty, succeeding r. ]. McNutt, resigned.
That the House committee has no
intention of reporting the Kindef re-
solution directed aaginst Attorney
General hcReynolds was evidenced af-
ter the Colorado member had made
personal cali on each majority mem
ber.
President Wilson will be given an
opportunity in the first week of Octo-
ber to review the largest body of
mounted troops Of the regular army
that has been assembled in Washing
ton since the grand review of the six
ties led by Generals Grant. Sherman
and Sheridan. This aggregation. com
posed of the tenth. eleventh and fif-
teenth regiments of cavalry, has been
encamped at Winchester, Va, since
the middle of July and will break
camp October /.
The antisufiragettes issued state
ment from the National Publicity
headquarters that the votes for wom-
en- cause was responsible in large
measures for immoral plays, objection
able dances and present modes of iu.
decent dressing"
Administration officials regarded
the statement made by Provisional
President Huerta that ut would be an
anomaly for the government to have a
candidate" as tantamount to declara-
ton that he would not be candidate
himself IN the coming elections.
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
GEN ERAl.

Because he frightened a white wom-
an in her home by his strange actions,
Henry Crosby. negro, was Iynched
at Louisville, Miss.
Six persons are dead and a seventh
is dying at hospital at Birmingham.
Ala, as a result of wave of crime in
Jefferson county Sunday
Captain Francis ]. Borchardt. a
justice of the peace, well known in
national guard circles throughout Wis
consin. was sentenced to nine months
Imprisonment at the house of correc.
ton by Judge Page of the District
Court at Milwaukee, on a charge OF
contributing to the delinquency of a
minor.
The first official figures that show
the amount of the estate left by Rus.
sell Sage, the financier. who died
June 23. 1906. show that he had a
gross personal estate valued at $64,.
411,21S His real estate was appraised
at s1.945.500 Mrs. Margaret Olivia
Sage, the widow. received 1868, 500,
on which the estate paid a tax OF $685.,
O3S. The rest of the estate went to
twenty-eight nephews, nieces, grand
nephews and grand nieces of Mr.
Sage, each receiving $4,000.
o. A. Farmer of Mora, Ark, fire.
man on Kansas City Southern passen-
ger train No. 4, was killed by light
ming In the locomotive cab as the train
neared the station at Salisaw.
The history of Doctor Ernest Mu.
ret, companion in crime Of Hans
Schmidt, murderer of Anna Aumuller.
which was made public In New York
by Inspector Faurot seems to give
fairly good reason for the belief that
Muret and the Doctor Held who fig
ured in the Johann Hvch wife murder
case in Chicago are one and the same
person.
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
BISHOPS POINT WELL MADE
Rebuke to Which II 10 Hard to See
How the curate Could Make
an Answer.

Bishop Oliphant of Llandaff had .
well-to-do young man as curate who
had rather sporting instincts. He
kept his own horses and always drove
tandem. The bishop disapproved. and
decided to administer a rebuke on .
favorable opportunity. Both the bishop
and the curate, each driving in his
own way. met near the historic Cow
and Shutters. The bishop. Of course.
was driving two abreast and the cur
ate tandem, as usual.
Il really must protest." said the
bishop. "at your driving about In such
a manner"
We'll, my lord" said the curate.
you are driving two horses. and SO
am l. What is the difference?"
After a few moments reflection
Bishop Oliphant replied:
IF. when you are at prayers at the
cathedral. the congregation placed
their hands In the same position az
you have placed your horses what
would become Of the dignity and
solemnity Of the service?-London
Mail.
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
FOREIGN.

An exodus Of Mormons from Coionis
Morales Oaxaca and Colonia San JosA
Mexico, has begun.
Lady Decies of London, gave birth
to daughter at Seton Park, Stoks
Pogez. This is her second daughter.
Dublin's streets again were the
scene of battle between the police
and strikers. Many heads were
broken.
Jorge Huerta, son of the Mexican
president, who was injured in an auto
mobile accident a few days ago, is re
ported to be dying.
The Italian minister of posts and
telegraphs, T. Calissano, died at Milan
Italy, at banquet while delivering a
speech. Death was due to heart dis.
ease
Relatives of the queen of Spain have
been shocked by the news that the
second daughter of the queen, like
her second son, will be both deaf and
dumb, says the Manchester Guardian.
The Greek authorities at Koritsa in
AiDaLlid oelLcu luc AuellCdu SCuOOlSi
where instruction is given to nearly
100 Albanian girls. The information
reached Vienna in a telegram from
Avlona, the principal seaport of AL.
bania on the Adriatic sea.
Complete anarchy reigns in AL
bania. The provisional foreign minis
ter Mufid Bey, who has just returned
from Europe, has summoned his par
tisans to arms to march against Els.
sad Pasha, the former COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Turkish forces at Scutari.
Federals were feeding the bodies of
their comrades to the hogs when Fred
Weimbens of the Waters-Pierce Oil
Company left Torreon with other
Americans and foreigners under the
protection of Vice Consul Allen on
Sept. 1. The garrison, he says, is in
dire straits
Four girls who were to become
brides at Budapest were killed by
lightning near the village of Macy
Varad. The girls were picking flowers
to decorate the church for the we'd
dings. They were overtaken by a
storm and took refuge in grotto
which lightning struck.
Gilpin observer., 1913-09-25
SPORT.

George, H. Estabrook of Denver,
whose stables have been prominent
winners on the grand circuit for many
years, has announced that he will re-
tir from the track and he has con-
signed all but few of his horses to q
sale at Lexington, KY.
In sight of hundreds of passengers
on both elevated and surface lines,
Joseph p. Murphy, twenty-one years
old, of the Bronx, professional high
diver, jumped from the middle Of
Brooklyn. N. Y, bridge into the river.
He turned three complete somersaults
before striking the water, feet first
Connie Mack has done it again, and
Philadelphia is singing the praises Of
the astute manager of the Athletics.
BY taking two games from the De-
troit Tigers Philadelphia again won
the American league pennant The
Athletics can now lose every game ON
their schedule without dropping from
the head of the league.
The French aviator Pegoud, who re-
Gently made an upside-down flight, ac-
complished at Versailles another
daring feat in his self-imposed task of
proving the stability of the aeroplane.
After mounting to a great height, Pc
poud dipped the left wing and his bi-
plane slowly turned over on it's side.
The aviator flew for some seconds
head downward. He then gained the
uprigh position by gracefully looping
the loop. Pegoud's hazardous flight
was watched with breathless interest
by a great crowd