Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-02-19
Stock Notes

ST Louis Close
Cate ESQ inclrdins $50 sauth-
erns Market STEADY.
Hogs i3..ose- e higher.
sheep $3.50. stea6y.
81 LOUIS CASH
No : Red IS
No : Hard 81 Ia = %
No 2 Corr IS
No sYssaiz
No 2 W Is
Chicago Ciose-
wheai May - IS ala A July 50
SIS B
Corn May &C B July Is -
Oats May 80 rs B Jay 80 IS
J. W. Rouse. president Of the Mis-
souri, bee Keepers Association. Is .
81 LOUIS. attending The Nationa
meeting Of Bee Keepets where
he is Nissouri's Representative d
tbs meetings.
NJ. /. Jones Is home from Kansas
City where he bought a bunch Of cat
tie.
REMEMBER the Big male sale d
the z E. Blggs farm. just east .
AuxYasse, Thursday. rorsg sple1dia
mules viii be offered and thers vii.
oe a chance for bargains. Arrange
ments have been made to cony y
buyers to and from the station.
JAMES s. HARRISON. brother o
DR.. Frank Harrison OF this city and
a member OF the commission firm o
Fry, Hannah { Harrison, Of tho
national stock yards of East ST. Lou
IS, has been elected a member Of
the Board OF Directors OF the Live
Stock Exchange. Mr.. Harrison is
most successful and Influential busi
ness mar and is well equipped for
this important position.
ALL interested in the preservation
Of game should help feed the birds
during this cold, snowy weather, es-
pecially those who know the places
frequented by the game should see
that the quails and other game are
fed.
The Missouri Saddle Horse Breed
ers' and Exhibitors Association Is
being organized through the Missous
Stockman. OF this city. II viii be m
corporated at first for $1,000 with
shares at $40 each. The purpose Of
the organization is to promote and
encourage the breeding interests
Of the saddle horse in the state. pro
vide proper classification and sup
ply competent judges aa wen as a
court to appeal decisions TO.
Those who have taken stock here
or in the county are: ", ". Pollock.
s. N. lager. Sturgeon; Chester G.
Starr, Centralia; E. S. Stewart, stur-
geon; Charles w. Green. Contra.
liza; c. r. Palmer. Sturgeon; Hamll.
ton Bros, Mexico; MCGOWAN Bros.
Ceutralia; Rufus jackson. Leo Bros.
and Tom Bass, Mexico, and Stock.
ton Fountain. Centralia.
r. N Craig OF McCredle shipped A
a loads Of cattle to ST. Louis this
week and still has 200 head on feed.
Mr.. Craig and T. p. Harrison are
handling cattle extensively this win
ter.
Tyree. owned by Field Bros, OF
Mexico, won first prize in the fastest
time on the Jnrez track In Mexico
Saturday. Tyree was a 90 to i shot
and o the 5 ~ furlong in 1.06
which is going some"
The Kansas City Drovers' Telegram
says; J. j. Johnson of Audrain coun
", Mo, who Is a good patron Of
these yards, speaking about the
great advantage of the open winter re
marked jokingly. that farmers had
1t coming to them. Look what we got
last summer" he said. after that we
deserve a time Of plenty"
E. F. Carper, n Of Audra,n's
progressive farmers. is moving TO
Hardin, Mont. The Ledger Joins in
wishing him success M his new
home.
Edgar L. Taylor. assistant cashier
'f the Boatmen's Bank, st. Louis.
Mo-, and G. Ryan of the st. LouisI
Union Trust Company. executors oil
ne estate Of Morrison Lakeland .werel
n Mexico to-day appraising the c..
ate of Mr.. Lakeland and arranging
o dispose Of the same under the
VII. It is estimated that the estate
VII amount to about $500, 900.
The appraisers are r. r. Buck.
Charles Dean and s. D. Byrns.
W. W. Pollock was clerk at the
L. Phillips sale southwest Of Nex.
co. Feb. IS.
A cure for poultry diseases win
g manufactured here shortly by all
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