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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

a little odd, but highly interesting,
to walk around the public square and
pause, for instance, in front of a
shoe store. One show window might
present a neat display of footwear,
with price tags attached. The other
window, most likely, was wonderful
ly arrayed in selected specimens of
corn in the ear, corn in stalk and
blade, wheat, oats, clover, alfalfa,
pumpkins, eggs, walnuts, apples, O
ions-the whole list of things that
grow on the farm.
In one show window, in the midst
of a multiplicity of farm ard garden
and orchard products, appeared a full
filled dream in the shape and iden-
tity Of a lemon meringue pie. Mrs.
Farmer had had a hand in the final
establishment of that window. Else
where she had whole windows to her
self. Here appeared her canned fruits
jellies, cakes, pies, preserves and 9TH
err kitchen products. In 9th = windows
were her more permanent but not
less interesting handiwork, in the ma
ture Of linens, laces and what COM
monty is described as crochet work.
One show window in particular at
tracted attention. 1t was an exhibit
made by a single farmer, Theodore
selb, of Sunny Slope Farm, near Mex
leo. There were 127 varieties of prod
| ucts in that window. For a drouth
year the showing was remarkable. If
there happens to be anything grown
on a farm in this part Of the country
which was not represented there the
farmer probably overlooked it in his
haste to get his display ready. All the
exhibits were collected and prepared
in a brief time, for the roundup had
its inception only three weeks be-
fore the opening date.
Obstacles Doomed Here.
1t was good to find here in interior
| Missouri a county which could over
come such obstacles as q summe sea-
son of unusual drouth, the financial
tightness due to the drouth and to a
| great world war following it and pre-
sent such a %bewildering abundance
and variety of the good things of life
which must be coaxed from the soil.
What Audrain did and gave proof of
in this roundup other Missouri coun-
ties have done this year. Some few
| of them have held similar SHOW you"
demonstrations, and the mi in Aud
rain is typical of all and illustrative
of what a great many counties in the
diversified farming region could do If
they chose to make a definite show
ing.
1t struck me as a happy idea in
store window advertising to put
these exhibits in the windows. While
admiring Farmer Smiths champion
pumpkin or Farmer Johnson's prize
potatoes, the observer also was at
tracted by the handsome displays of
mercantile goods. The town merch-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
REAuTIFY RURAL SCHOOLS
In Jackson County Flowers, Tree,
and Vines viii Be Planted.

School brildings and grounds in
rural Jackson County will be made
more attractive than those in we'll
populated and wealthy rural regions
IN New England, if L. F. Blackburn.
county school superintendent; z. A.
Ikenberry, farm adviser, and some
Of the members of the school boards
in the various districts have their
way about it.
Models for All Schools.
at is the opportunity to make
YOUR schools the models Of all rural
schools" Mr.. de Vigne told the
teachers, pupils and board members.
zone school in each township is Sc
lected to set tho example Of what can
be done in making the grounds and
buildings beautiful. It is not neces-
sary to spend a lot of money to do
it. 1t takes very little money if done
with a hearty spirit of cooperation.
The school grounds can be made as
much Of q factor in the education Of
the children as the text books and an
example that win be followed by ev-
cry home owner in the township.
Mr.. de Vigne and Mr.. Ikenberry
outlined the plans of improvement
which could be adopted to best ad-
vantage by the two schools visited
recently. There will be crimson ram
blers and Dorothy Perkins roses on
the front fences, grape vines and 9th
err hardy vines on the side and back
fences, shrubbery in the corners and
at the sides and the walks lined
with flower beds or AMOR privet,
Honeysuckles and clematis will be
planted to cover the trellis work
around the campus building and ma
tive shade trees in the rear part Of
the grounds.
A Hundred Dollars in Prizes.
Fee P. Kennett offers a prize Of
SIS to the teacher Of a rural school
in jackson County and SIS to the
minister of a rural church which
have the most attractively kept
grounds and buildings. Mrs. Laura
Nelson Kirkwood offers SIS to the
teacher and S25 to the minister in
Sni-a-Bar Township who win the
prizes offered by Mr.. Kennett. Mr.
de vigne and Mr.. Ikenberry are th'
Judges Of the awards which are to b,
made June /, 1915.
The 500 to cover the prizes is OF
deposit in the First National Bank il
Kansas City TO the credit Of Mr.. d,
vigne and Mr.. Ikenberry. All thu
rural schools and churches in Jack
son County are eligible. All that il
necessary TO begin the work of i'm
provement and keep it up.
The kinds Of shrubbery, vine
and flowers to plant and how AMI
when TO plant them is information
which may be obtained by addressing
E. A. Ikenberry, City Hall Indepen
dence Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

ant and the farmer thus, worked to-
gether for mutual benefit. The whole
roundup, for that matter, was a
successful effort toward advancing
and emphasizing the mutuality of
interests. Audrain is prominently an
agricultural county, and the towns
and the farms are interdependent.
What makes or mars n makes or
mars the other. Thus an annual af-
fair of this kind tends to induce that
n~eighborly feeling which promotes
community interests.
1t is said that about 30 per cent
of the land in Audrain is Of the up
land prairie kind. Corn, perhaps, is
the chief product, with wheat and
oats closely following, while fruits
are cultivated TO an extent not gem
orally known outside the county.
By now most of Us probably have
become aware that Audrain County
is the accredited and acclaimed home
of the American saddle horse. The
country around Lexington, KY used
to be famous for its fine horses and
still is, but not more so than Audrain
County, Missouri, which in recent
years has become known even inter
nationally as the place where the
handsome horses hail from.
Home of Famous Rex Mcdonald
| saw B. R. Middleton driving a
buggy along one of the brick-paved
streets adjoining the public square.
He was pointed out by Mitchell White
one of the ringleaders in the round
up as the man who owned the late
Rex Mcdonald.
sand who was Mr.. Mcdonald"
No. did not ask that question. As
every Missouri schoolboy ought to
know, Mr.. Mcdonald was a horse. He
was a Missouri horse, a Mexico horse
and a world horse. All the world loves
a lover and of fine horse. Rex Nc
Donald was the finest horse in the
world. He was the worlds champion
saddle horse, and he became the sire
of a line of promising progeny. His
last colt was born since his death last
year. Rex Mcdonald went from Mis-
souri, to New York, where ne won the
worlds championship in his class at
Madison Square Garden. He was in
ternationally famous.
When, full of % years and honors,
he gave up the ghost and was buried
with fitting ceremony, he was the
most noted citizen of Audrain County,
with the exception, perhaps of Col,
Robert NJ. White, for 80 years owner
and editor of The Mexico Ledger and
for many years corresponding secre-
tary of the Missouri Press Associa-
ton.
Col. White is a native of Southamp
ton, L. l., where the salt breezes blow
and the sirens battle, but he came to
Missouri and grew up with Mexico.
Now he looks, acts, talks and feels
just like a native. Every year he goes
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Tiers. This fact was called to my at
tention by several of the roundup
workers. 1t goes to show that the pop
ulation of this good old Missouri town
is of the substantial, staying sort.
While Mexico has increased in popu-
lation considerably in recent years,
having now nearly 1000 people, most
of the increase is native to the soil
Of that section. Comparatively few
outsiders are in business there. The
old-timers prospered and multiplied.
The young fellows stepped into the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

good things along. Mexico, conse-
quently, is made up very largely of
people who call each other by front
names and can recall the politics, re-
ligious persuasion and personal pecu-
liarities of everybody's father and
grandfather. 1t is a good home town,
inhabited by home-loving folk.
Upbuilding of Citizenship Cultivated.
The roundup proved tho truth of
this. There were many aspects of it
devoted to the upbuilding of the
home, to the fostering of the best
both in religion and in education. Ev-
cry day lectures on Sunday-School
work were delivered by experienced
workers. Mayor Dry, for instance,
told "How / Built Up Ny Sunday
School," S. e. Stratton of Benton
City, spoke on the value of Sunday
School picnics. Joe Dye OF Vandalia
told of his problems as a Sunday
School superintendent.
The local newspapers, including Col.
Whites Ledger, John Beal's Message
and The Daily Intelligencer, eo-operat
ed nobly. The Intelligencer is anoth-
err old-established daily. edited until
recently by Col. Rufus jackson, who
was appointed Postmaster. Col. Fred
Morris then assumed the helm. 1t ap-
pears that the only Colonies in Mex
leo are newspaper men, but the town
is full of Judges, including judges of
corn, cattle and horseflesh.
1t was astonishing to be told that
about 100 babies were entered in the
"better babies contest" It was baby
Judging day when we visited the
roundup town. The babies were be-
ing inspected and examined for fine
shoes of their elders and pushed the
points in the beautiful Elks' Club
building, which probably is the only
clubhouse of its kind in Missouri that
never had a bar. There were fond
mothers and doting fathers from all
parts of the county, carrying their
young h~opefuls, each eager for a
prize.
Home economics was another gen.
eral topic which was discussed during
the roundup. There is a mothers and
others club in the county, which held
a big roundup for the considering of
home problems. "Care and Feeding of
Children" eThe Child's Companions"
"Family Barometers," Parental De-
linquency" and the Importance of
Knowing Your Children" were some
Of the side issues treated.
In the home economics division such
matters as finances of the home, ra-
tons for winter egg-laying, poultry
for profit, the woman's interest in
live stock and how to eliminate drudg
cry in housekeeping were discussed by
women who have studied these prob
lens. Business Methods Applied to
the Family Sewing" was m of the
topics. In fact just about everything
relating to the home and to home
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

A list of advertised letters remain
ing in the Postoffice at Mexico, Mo.
for the week ending Nov. %, 1914:
Bouleman, Maggie
Boil, Mrs. Francis
Bowler, Robt.
Cooper, J L
Cannon, Eddie
Gentry (Dick) H c
Hewitt, Mrs. Hester.
McGrider, Mrs. Ben.
Mitchell, Mrs. Barbara tcol)
Nathan, / c
Neideger, Bernard
Spotser, Eddie
Tibbs, Luvire (2)
Thompson, Miss J.
Woods, Jake
Wolfe, VIM 49,
W. R. Jackson, P. M.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
~uP-To-DATE FARM LIFE
No Need of Farm Life Being Monot-
onous Drag on Farmer and Wife.

For twenty years an Iowa farmer
aid been pushing a swilleart
back and forth three times a day be-
tween the big stock tank and the
hog lot. Sometimes when the wind
failed to blow for several days it
was necessary to pump water for the
hogs. 1t took him from 40 to so min.
utes every day to feed the hogs.
Years of hard work finally undermin
ed his health, and last summer it
was necessary for him to go abroad
to recuperate. He left his farm in
charge of his two sons, one Of whom
was a student at an agricultural col
lege.
The old man had scarcely gone be-
fore the sons bought a tank and
enough piping to lead the water from
one tank to the other. The entire
outfit cost $50, but the boys figured
that they could ave that sum sew
eral times over. In the first place,
there was no more swilIcart pushing.
This dirty back-breaking, "drive-the-
boy from the farm" job was eliminat
ed, and the barrel turned into kind
ling wood. Besides this, the hogs
were taken care of in one-fourth the
time, and that meant more time for
the other stock and more time in the
fields. 1t was a profitable invest
ment and the father is now taking
an interest in other modern con-
venienees.
This farmers case may be taken
as typical of many other farmers,
who, although they have capital, neg
lect to make improvements that
would tighten many jobs on the
farm. Many farmers still turn to
grindstone and cornsheller, tramp
behind the harrow, and push the
swillcart. The farmers wife, also.
must still carry water from the well
and bend over the dashboard.
These men are all pushing the
~swillcart." They are bound hand and
foot by the spirit of "always-did-it-
halfway" The enthusiasm of mod
ern progress has not yet affected
them. Vim. Brand.
Chickasaw Co, la.
Breeders Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

back to Southampton and spends a
month at the old homestead, but al
ways he is glad to get back to Mex
leo, where his son, Mitchell, helps
him to run the daily and weekly pa
per, and ne hopes some day to have a
grandson to insure the passing down
Of the editorial pen to the White
name and line.
And just here it is in order to re-
mark that Mexico has an unusual
number of business institutions which
have been passed down from GRANDPA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26
Residence Phone 33 Office Phone IL
Vim. Hardin Rixey
Real : Estate : and Loans
KEMPER BUILDING
MEXICO, MO.

If you want to buy, sell or trade any kind of Real Estate, Borrow
Money or Loan Money on Real Estate, come and see me. | want
your business and any and all business is given my personal atten-
ton. If you have Real Estate you have been trying to dispose of
for a long time, take the sign down and list it with me. Read the
descriptions below and just remember | can suit you in any kind of
property you want, size and price. Come and see me if you have
any Real Estate business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

: SILVER CUPS
: FOR CHRISTMAS
: WEEK BABIES
!: As has been the custom for
!: many years. The Mexico Ledger
/: will present a silver cup to every
!: white baby born in Audrain eoun-
!: ~ during the last week Of 1914
/: which Is Christmas week. The
: name Of the baby with the name
/: and address OF the parents must
be sent to the Ledger office at
Mexico by Jan. 10th, 1915.
j.. =. - - .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

No 5 room frame dwelling, Z. lights, sewer and water
within 100 feet, outbundings. Lot 60x120. East front. Alley back
of lot, Good walks. Price, $825O0 Terms.
No. !. / have ten houses, well located, in the best OF repair,
some 4 and 5 and 8 rooms. Want farm. Will trade all together.
No 8 One of the very finest homes in Mexico, 2 blocks frem
Square, and seven other houses. Price right. Want farm. WIN
trade all together.
No. 6 room frame dwelling, lot 75x25S on paved street.
Price 100000. s room, 2-story frame dwelling, lot 9lxl2o. lhls
is a fine home modern in every way. Price S6oOOOO. Also . ROOM
2-story frame dwelling, modern in every way on paved street
price. ST. 100000. Three (3) room house, 3 lots. Price $l2O0OO'
-Four lots. well located. Price for the four, Sl,OOOO0, 1otal o All,
Deed Of Trust s65OOOO. Eqt. $12,OOOOO twelve thousand). viii
trade for land in Missouri. Price must be right.
No s / have some nice vacant lots. Price right.
No. 6 0 rooms, 2-story frame dwelling, Y block on paved
street. barn etc. one of the finest houses in Mexico. Price right
Will trade
No. 7 80 acres just outside city Units. Well improved. farm.
No. 8 10 acres, well improved. Will trade for smaller prop
erty and carry back the difference. Price ~$l0O0OOO.
No. o. have a few business houses for exchange.
M TO- 100 acre farm, 4 miles from Mexico. Want home in
Mexico. Will carry difference back on farm.
No II. so acres miles from Mexico, Deed of Trust, $3,OO0.OO.
Eot, 100000. Will trade for Mexico property.
No ~ 100 acres 2 miles from Jonesburg Mo-, 60 miles from
st. Louis on Wabash R. R. S-room 2-story frame dwelling, every
thing modern, bath hot and cold water, furnace, basement under
house 400 acres plowed. Balance in timber. Land is rolling, fenc-
ed with woven wire. Hog house, sheep barns, cattle barns. Tins is
me of the finest stock ranches in the state Can be bought cheap.
Owner will take in a Missouri farm and give time on balance. Ihis
is a bargain.
Come and see me. Now is the time to buy property. Mexico Real
Estate will not be as cheap as it is now again. Mexico is as good
a town as there is anywhere. THINK 1T OVER; what town has
better schools, churches, paved streets; find a cleaner town. You
can't do it. Some people will want your home II you don't List
" "" !" WIN. HARDIN RIxEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

MIR. and Mrs. w. F. Farrell Of Aga
wan, Mont, are the guests OF Mex
leo friends and relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Fry spent Sun
day in Vandalia with their mother,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

sI1SS vas graced the certer
Oh tne table-flanked by 4 lavender
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-11-26

JUDGE ALEX CARTER
MARBLES SATURDAY
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-04
DIARY OF FATHER TIME

Now that such tremendous strikes
have been made in the postal depart
ments of the nations of the world and
particularly in the growth of the par
eel post in the United States, it is in
teresting to note that the first post
Office ever established was that in
Vienna almost 400 years ago, in 1916.
From this postofice mail was sent to
Brussels where a postoffice was later
established.
Posts were established regularly
between London and all the principal
towns throughout England in 1876.
Postage stamps were introduced in
England In 1910; in the United States
in 1S47.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-04

Whistle in spite of the grouches who
bristle;
Whistle away all our worries and
cares;
Something there is of the troubadour
clan in you
Warming. our hearts with your
melodies clear;
Toll is forgot as we bark to the Pan
in you;
Go on and whistle pleasant to
hear;
Whistle, man, whistle-as light as a
thistle;
Go on and whistle it's bully to
hear!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-04


ing is none too good for him" "A
Letter to the Editor.
Whistle, old chap; you just go on and
whistle;
Never you fret about kickers like
him;
Your hearts as light as the down of
thistle;
Who cares if grumblers are
grouchy and grim?
Go on and whistle; don't mind what
they say to you;
Most of us thrill to your message of
cheer;
Fortune is good and the worlds look
ing gay to you?
Go on and whistle; it's pleasant to
hear!
Whistle, man, whistle as light as a
Go on and whistle; it's bully to
hear!
Whistle, old fellow; you go on and
whistle;
What do we care if you sharp or
you fiat?
Let the old bachelors burble and
bristle;
Who gives whoop for such peo-
pie as that?
Go on and Whistle-it proves there is |
Boy in you.
+. Youth that has lasted for many a
year;
Give nc tho notac IF tho finn ond tho
joy in you;
Go on and whistle; it's pleasant to |
hear;
Whistle, man., whistle as light as a
thistle;
Go on and whistle-it's bully to |
! hear!
Whistle, old chap-you just go on and
whistle;
:, Give us your fittings of popular |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-04

Mutinous m'utterines filled ST.
Louis municipal lodging house re-
Gently when a man 6 feet 10 inches
high was given two 6-foot cots to
sleep on. With diplomacy, peace
could have been restored by letting a
5-footer repose on the balance of the
second cot. .....-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-04
PRETTY TOUGH

The bored youth turned to his din
ner partner with yawn.
who is that strange looking man
over there who stares at me so
much?" he drawled.
ooh, that's Professor Jenkins"
she replied, "the famous expert on in
sanity
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-03-04
THE WHISTLER
BY Berton Braley.

"One of the worst pests is the ding
ed fool who whistles in public places,
street cars, buses, ETC., to the annoy
ance of every one around him. A lick
ing is none too good for him. "A
Letter to the Editor
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-05-29
RELIGIOUS.

Rev. Goe. H. Harris, rector of St.
Peters Episcopal Church, in this city,
attended the sessions of the Diocesan
Council of the Episcopal Church in
Lexington, this week. While there he
was the guest of DR.. and Mrs. F. o.
Young.
The Rev. P. H. Tsu, one of the
native clergy of the Episcopal church
in Shanghai, China, will deliver an ad-
dress at st. Peters Episcopal church,
Saturday afternoon at half-paSt three.
The rector and members of ST. Pc
ter's extend a cordial invitation to the
public to come and hear Rev. Mr..
Tsu.
Sunday school and Bible class Sun
day at $50 a. M; Holy Communion
and sermon at 10:45 a. m.
The third quarterly meeting for
the year will be held Sunday at the
Methodist Church. Presiding Elder
E. l.. Southgate will be present and
administer the sacrament of the
Lords Supper at the morning service
Rev. Southgate will also occupy the
pulpit at the night services.
Sunday School at $50. This will
be Orphans Home Day. The offering
taken will be sent to the Methodist
Home at Louisville.
| The regular devotional services al
the Epworth League at 6:45 o'clock
| Subject, Builders of MethOdism, III
Francis Ashbury, the Wilderness
! Apostle" Leader, Miss Francis Han
cock.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-05-29
STOCK AND FARM NOTES

In Clark County, J. S. Lowrey,
for Johnson & Briggs, sold eight
mules at prices ranging from 5000 to
1925.
The X. T. H. B. Association an
nOunces 938 mares nominated in the
Kentucky Futurity for foals of 1914.
We trust the time is not very far
distant until it will almost be impos-
sible to find anything but registered
cattle and hogs in our county.
j. B. Richards, Jr., of Decatur,
Ca, has an egg laid by black Java
pullet barely a year old that weighs
four ounces and measures 6h inches
in diameter.
AT the sale of C. P. Goodpaster,
of Midway, pair of twO-year-old
mules sold for $257.5O; pair of six
year-old work mules were also sold
at per head from $40 to $3.50.
News comes from Columbia, KY,
that beef has never been Scarcer in
that section than it is now. In fact,
there is none on the market and has
not been for two months. 1t is said
there is no butcher cattle in the
county.
Montgomery County Fair will be the
mule colt ring. AS $500 cash money
is to be hung up in this ring, it is eX-
pected that this will be the largest
and finest show of mule colts ever
seen in the State.
Eggs are so plentiful in Jackson
County, Indiana, that they have been
sold by the bushel in Columbus. A
huckster who called at the home of
John Marion, farmer in that county,
bought two bushels of eggs at Sc a
bushel.
-GEORGETOWN COURT There
was a small crowd in town Monday.
Auctioneer Ben B. Peak reports only
80 cattle on the market, He sold two
COWS for T. K. Snuff to j. A. Harmon
for $3.50 and $54; II head of cattle
for j. W. Thompson to Homer Rob-
insOn at $40 per head.