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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

LEIGH MITCHELL HODGES, ed
itorial writer for the Philadelphia
North American, well known in this
city, pays the Ledger the following
greatly appreciated compliment:
"For some time / have been planning
TO write to tell you what a fine look
ing newspaper you have been get
ting out Of late. Physically, it is one
of the most attractive newspapers |
have seen, and in substance its col
umns are a fit accompaniment. l
read every issue with the greatest in
terest,and | admire the splendid stand
the Ledger takes on all vital ques-
tons. II every smaller newspaper in
the country could be right in princi-
pie and al strong and fearless in x
preston, we would be well on our
way to the desired goals. 1t is a
great pleasure to see the Ledger
growing better all the time and to
remember, as | always do, the happy
days when helped to fill its col
umns."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
Stock Notes

E. S. Anderson of Audrain county,
Mo-, an extensive feeder and a man
who knows how to produce choice
beef steers, marketed e consignment
of 4S ~yearlings recently, averaging
1850 pounds that sold for 1855. Mr..
Anderson was highly pleased with
his sale and when seer by a repre-
sentative Of the Reporter had the fol-
lowing to say regarding the manner
in which he had conditioned his cat
tie.
Il purchased these yearlings about
January LIST and they were a good
bunch of calves Just taken from their
mothers. They weighed at the time
/ took them back home around $50
pounds.
when ! begin to feed a bunch Of
steers, ] believe il is invariably nee
essary to give them some rough feed,
particularly when YOU begin them at
the time Of year these were started.
Consequently | put them on shock
corn, gave them all Of it they could
eat. When grass came in the early
summer | let them forage on pasture,
depending IN good blue grass to
make them fat However, drouth in
jured our pastures and after mid
summer there was none TO speak Of.
They were finished out on shelled
corn and cottonseed meal.
Their gain vas all l expected and
the finish was good, as the price they
brought viii attest. OF course, I be-
lieve in using corr where it is desired
to produce pounds rapidly. And for
a finish have never yet found a con-
centrate that will produce it as thor
oughly and economically as cotton
seed meal. This latter ration, COM
bined with shelled corn, will give a
balanced ration, that has few equals.
| have used the meal for some time
and have yet to register a failure"
st Louis Live Stock Reporter.
Portland, Ore, Dec. 21.-Portland
is at present the highest primary
wheat market in the world. Prices
climbed steadily all last week. For
blue stem s1.22 IL was offered and
refused. European buyers still are
active here as in all Northwest mar
kets.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
CHANGING ONES NAME

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The recent application of Henri P.
Wertheim of New York City to have
his name changed to Wertheim Van
Heukelom in order that the patron
Ymic of his mother might not be-
come extinct recalls other reasons
given by applicants to courts for sim
liar authorization.
One applicant named Mudd asked
the court last year to let him alter his
name to Greaser, his mothers maid
en- name. Mr.. Mudd declared that
the Mudd end of his title caused him
embarrassment. Apparently he had
not thought of the effect Of the name
in the event of removing to Texas or
New Mexico.
Another applicant in a New Jersey
court asked that she might change
from Limburger to Macgilcuddy,
claiming that she was the subject of
ridicule because of the odorous sug-
gestion whenever she was addressed.
The guardian of two orphan girls
named VanValkenburg came to court
with a request that his wards be al
lowed to assume the name Of Stun
Bile, but the court suggested that un-
less there was a reason why Van Val
kenburg was inferior to Stumble it
could see no reason for the change.
Then the guardian surprised the court
by heatedly insisting that the name
of Van Valkenburg was harsh sound
ing while his own name was smooth
syllabled, much superior to the 9TH
er. Whether the court sup
posed the name Stumble might prove
a temptation to growing girls or
whether it could not see the logic Of
the guardian as to the merits of the
rival soundings, certain it is the appli-
cation was refused and the girls will
not grow up Marigold and Mable
Stumble
Not long ago a man named Darl-
ing asked for a legal shift. He de-
clared it was a sure laugh if a friend
called after him in a crowd. The
judge hearing the application had to
laugh when this plea was made, but
declared the mar calling Darling in a
crowd would be more apt to win rid
icule than the owner of the name.
But Darling was changed and walk
away very much flushed from the
;haf flung at him, the chief remark
being that he was mo longer his
Darling" etc.
The name Glutton was changed to
Worms recently but by marriage, and
Silversmith to Moulder the same way.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
H GERMANS
PULL rnGETHER

AL1 R1LAAAAAA
THE LEDGER has always been in
favor of business men, professional
men, and farmers organizing and
working together for their mutual
benefit Don't fuss among yourselves
or you will ruin your own business,
and not help the public. The Ger
mans as a nation work together, and
pull together, as the following from
the Saturday Evening Post clearly in
dicates:
we have seer one nation standing
against three Of the most powerful
countries in the world, and have no.
tieed that its financial generalization
was less extensive than might have
been expected. As to how Germany,
on the business side, met the shock Of
war, Vice-C Chancellor Delbruck is quot
ed as follows;
4" 4 had a talk with gentlemen rep
r~esenting control of the sugar indus
try, and in fifteen minutes we had
settled all the questions affecting it. /
met other men, and we quickly settled
the textile and chemical industries. /
met representatives of all the agrieul
tural organizations, and in an hour we
had settled all questions pertaining to
the food supply. Germany, as no other
country, is centralized industrially
and economically, giving us an or
ganization that makes us unconquer-
able, economically and industrially.'
Germany has long boosted of this
thorough organization and coordina-
ton of business. Farmers have their
associations; so have the iron and
steel mills, the coal Mines the chem
ical manufactures and textile indus
tries, shipping, and what not. 1t is
hardly too much to say that men
competent to speak and to act for all
the great lines of business, from
farming to banking, could be gather
ed in a small hall in Berlin on two
days notice.
Germany has long regarded this
organization of business as the key to
her extraordinary economic progress,
and the government fosters it.
"Pull together is the German idea.
Our idea is: Get apart and fight one
another!"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

THERE will always be a lack of
money in the city treasury just as
long as our system Of assessment and
taxation is what it is today. We
don't pay neal the taxes that we
should on the property we have.
Each n Of us tries to pay as little
as we can. We have in mind a citizen
moving here from another town, who
paid about $500 on his household
goods there and pays less than 81
here. Mexico can have plenty of rev.
enue with the tax rate the same as it
is, If property owners would assist
the assessor in making the proper re-
turns OF property on which they
should pay taxes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
REAL ESTATE
TRANSFERS

Albert e. Early to John T. Mitchell
and G. H. Early, Warranty. Conside,
Grafton $4,000 N 10 Sc. and Nh
sW d S l-2 Sc & Sc sW of 10 an,
52-l1. u ~
a. E. Early to j. T. Mitchell am
~ n. Early, Warranty, Consideration
S[4,oOo' ) l-2 Sc of 4 and NE and
N. ~ Of NV of 9-51-1O.
FRANK H. Paschang to Anton
hoehler, Warranty, Consideration
tinsburg. MAR
Joseph A. Farmer to Newton u
Farmer, Quit Claim. Consideration
Sd'oo l-2 int. in s. 1-2 of Sc and N
81 a of Sc of 25-51- s.
Newton B. Farmer to ,Josepb A
Farmer Quit Claim, consideration
%i,oO ~ int. in L 10 Of NV and w
51-5. - Oh 20
Laura M. Marshall to G. E. Sims.
r warranty, Consideration 81, 900 Lots
Mexico. Auo. 70
frederick W. brewer to s. A. Pulls
,raa. Consideration $3.50, Two
tracts IN SO. sW of s2-5s-lo.
y :. a. Pulls to Lee Ann brewer.
T., "o' "a Consideration $1,000, W.
- Oh Lot d, Roses Square; and Of,
.o's y and 10, Survey 40, Mexico.
aA"HG Mutt to jackson Q. Sander.
%, , warranty, Consideration $1,000.
DOCK d. Original vandalia,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

1T is hard to see how Belgium can
pay a war tax Of $70,000,000 to Ger
many in addition to the war levies
exacted from various Belgian cities.
A people that is destitute and starry
ing and whose cities have been laid
waste and fields ravaged by war has
enough TO do TO keep soul and body
together without contributing enor-
sums to the war-chest Of a hos
tile army Of occupation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

THE Bowling Green, Mo-, Times
publishes the following this week:
Ex-Governor Francis once said the
following of newspapers: Each year
the local newspaper gives from $500
to $1,000 in free lines to the communi-
ty in which it is located. No other
agency can or viii do this. The edi-
tor, in proportion to his means, does
more for his own town than any
other ten men, and in all fairness he
ought to be supported-not because
you like him or admire his writings,
but because the local paper is the
best investment a community can
make 1t may not be brilliantly edit
ed or crowded with thought but finan
eially it is of more benefit to the
community that the preacher or
teacher. Understand me, / do not
mean mentally and yet on the moral
question you will find most of the
papers on the right side. Today the
editors Of the local papers do the most
for the least money of any people on
EARTH
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
No pnLICE ARE NEEDED.

Fort Smith, Ark, Dec. 14.-Since
Fort Smith became dry Aug. l, the
criminal business of the administers
ton has been declining until the
policemen are securing the suburbs in
order to find enough to do to hold
their jobs.
The city Jail is empty and the night
taller has been discharged. The other
day Mayor Henry c. Reed made the
statement that with the closing of the
saloons and he general effort to "clean
up" he town, his administration was
about out of a job.
Chief of Police MARITIME Theurer ap-
peared before the Mayor, who is also
Police Judge, one morning last week
and reported that "there was no one in
the Jail to feed" and the Mayor re-
marked that business was exceeding
ly dull in his court; that he had not
had a case that had produced any re-
venue for the past six days"
Between the commission form of
government and the dry town, Fort
Smith as a Border City" is a marvel
among the cities of the South. Half
of the police force has been dis
charged since the city went dry and
other expenses have been SO reduced
that the police force is having a hard
time to find occasion to arrest a man.
The offences are minor in the extreme
such as violation of the traffic or
dinance,a few fights, one or two vag-
rants and one drunk; in all, nine cases
from Dec. l to 5.
The present police force aggrega-
ties Is, including the Chief of police,
day jailer, two depot policemen and
desk sergeant. A year ago the force
numbered 20, and they were kept busy
day and night.
In November 1918 there were a to-
tai Of 522 cases, and during the "wet''
days in Fort Smith town DRINKS were
not arrested unless they became UNI
ruly. The Chief always Sent them to
their home. So that the number of
possible cases would have aggregated
nearer 1000 thar the above number.
In November this year the total num-
Der of cases aggregated but POI and
most Of these were minor cases, in
GLIDING every drunk whether he was
a resident or nonresident. During
the first four days of December, 1918,
there were 26 DRINKS arrested out of
a possible fifty; the first four days of
December, this year, netted but one
drunk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
REGULAR STOCK SALES
TO RE FSTARIISl


BEGINNING the first Saturday in
April, Mexico will have stock sales
on the public square as we formerly
had years ago when they gave so
much satisfaction. Stock sales in
Mexico will be the first Saturday in
each month. Some towns have them
the first Monday, but we believe Sat
urday is really the best.
Stock sales prove profitable not
only to the buyers and sellers but to
the citizens of the county, generally.
Our people can meet in Mexico and
see each other at least once each
month. This not only encourages
trade but proves of great social bene-
fit not only to the farmers but to the
members of their families and to our
citizens generally. The oftener we
meet together and the more we know
and e Of each other, the better off
we are, and we believe these monthly
stock sales will go along way toward
creating the very best feelings be-
tween the country people and town
people, and should be participated in
by all farmers not only from all parts
Of Audrain but adjoining counties.
Arrangements should be made so that
the initial sale which will be on the
first Saturday in next April might be
a record-breaker and a general gala
day for the town and county.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

WE notice that the following pub
he-spirited and progressive citizens
who want Mexico to become a city,
and own property on E. Jackson
street, have signed a petition asking
that the street be paved: r. r. Ar
mold, Sr, Mrs. B. F. Wells, E. F.
ketter, c. A. Mitchell, Mrs. C. d.
Glendye, Mrs. N. E. Wells, Mrs. j.
7. Griffee, C. H. Beare, C. d. Scherer,
Mrs. R. r. Arnold, Miss Martha
Spence, F. R. Sanford, Mrs. L. l..
Graham, Fred A. Morris, O. E.
Tucker, F. w. Llewellyn, Mrs. E. S.
Gave and T. A Threlkeld
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
WE FURNISH
WORK RnR TIE HUNGRY


THERE is something about a
~soup kitchen" that is very unat-
tractive and humiliating to American
citizens. OF course there are cir
cumstances under which good.
healthy, strong American citizens are
willing to line up and wait for a
bowl Of soup or a crust Of bread. and
il is our duty to see that none of our
fellow-beings should go hungry. At
the same time II We are not careful
in our kindness Of heart we win build
up q class Of people who viii take the
position that the world owes them a
living no matter whether il is shovel
ed to them in a trough, or thrown to
item out of a kitchen window.
Our personal viewpoint is that if
the "tramps," OF 'hoboes," or what
ever you may term them, are given a
chance to do enough work to pay for
their supper or their breakfast or
their clothes, or whatever may be
thrown out" TO them, the result
would be much more satisfactory and
much more desirable not only from
the viewpoint of those who give,
but from the viewpoint of those who
receive. When we put a portion of
our citizens down on a level with
hogs who eat out of a trough. we
really II doing our brothers harm
instead Of good. When a mar works
for what he gets, he is elevated; and
new spirit is put into him. When he
begs and cringes and "eats out Of
your hand" or off the ground, you are
really doing him an unkndness.
Many of those who accept charity
are anxious to work; and if possible,
arrangements should be made so that
they may be given something to do
to pay for what they receive. In this
way it will be possible for them
TO retain their ~self-respect.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

II might be that arrangement
could be made SO that employment
could be given those who are willing
to work for their breakfasts, on a
job of breaking rock or of cleaning
the public streets. Quite a number
of tramps expressed themselves as
very anxious to work" There are
plenty of rock in the city yards, and
the boys surely would be willing to
make "little ones out of big ones" if
they got pay for it, especially if they
are so anxious to work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
U. S. CAN STOP AIR
RAIDS-A NEW GIN

RAIDS-A NEW GUN
Washington, Dec. 1S.-Tests dem.
onstrating the effectiveness of the
American navy's anti-aircraft gun
have been reported to the House
naval committee by Rear Admiral
Strauss chief of the bureau of ordn-
ance. This weapon used years ago
for other purposes, has been devel-
oped to bring down hostile aero
planes and dirigibles.
ut will be competent to deal with
aircraft" Admiral Strauss reported.
I'VE have tried it against a kite at
three thousand feet altitude, a suf-
ficient altitude to determine that it
is valuable for the purpose. Of
course that is not the final altitude at
which an aircraft would operate, but
we are able to judge from the success
that we had at that range what we
would have at higher attitudes. The
range Of the gun in the air is about
thousand feet. 1t is not quite
as large as the gun they use in Eng
land, but 1t is quite similar.
Have Other Guns.
This is not u only anti-aircraft
gun. We have a 3-inch gun firing a
lS-peund projectile that will be used
for the same purposes but in a diff
ferent way. They are for vertical
fire from aboard small craft. We
have some reports showing that shell
explosions in the vicinity Of a flying
machine greatly disturb the mach
ines, not enough to make them lose
control or upset, but to give them
quite a jolt. We have to hit the craft
a vital part"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

THE woman who was apprehend-
ed taking articles from several stores
this week applied at the City Hall
Friday and received clothing for her.
self and children from the supply
gathered by the Good Fellow com
mittee from the Churches and Coun-
ell Although Christmas is several
days away many of the poor who
have been insuficiently clothed have
been cared for because they needed
attention and delay until Christmas
would have been a serious hardship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

/ am raising hogs on a small scale,
and expect to feed out 20 tons of corn
in the next IL months. A Boston
firm quotes new No. 8 yellow at rs
cents, which | suppose means deliv-
cred promptly. Which grade of corn
is best for hog feeding? I presume
there is only n standard followed
in grading corn. Judging from the
amount Of old corn on hand and the
first large crop to be put on the mar
ket, would it be advisable to wait
until January before laying in my
years supply? What is the differ
enee between old and new corn as re-
CARDS moisture content?-J. H. NJ,
Shelburne, Vt.
Other things being equal, corn is
best bought on the basis Of the dry
matter content. Until careful inves-
tigation demonstrates a better way
make no distinction between yellow,
NNAbc vi mlASus Otu AONd COFD ol lne
1913 crop now runs about IL per
cent moisture, whereas 1914 Novem-
ber-picked corn runs l6 TO Is per
cent; ordinarily new corn in Novem-
Der and December contains IS to 81
per cent, but this is a good drying
year here. Economically to feed
corn to young growing and ~fattening
swine some protein and mineral sup
plement must be supplied; skimmilk,
buttermilk, tankage or meatmeal, lin
seed oilmeal, soybeanmeal, wheat or
rye middlings, alfalfa, clover, gluten
meal and cottonseedmeal are stand
ard. The relative price of the feeds
will determine the profitable choice.
John M. Evvard, Iowa Experiment
Station.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

COL. Ro0sEyELT'S opinion that
no good purpose can be served at this
time by his appearance in Washing
ton as an expert on the subject of war
preparations is disconcerting. Sad is
the lot of a country beset on all sides
by ferocious enemies that in its ex-
tremity appeals in vain to the only
man who might reasonably be ex-
pected to saw it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

THE fight being made against
President Wilson'S appointees for of.
fee in the western district of Mis-.
sour is liable to result in the same
old kind of a war for patronage that
we had under Grover Cleveland, and
the outcome could possibly be the car.
rying of Missouri by the Republicans
1t does seem as though the Democ-
rats couldn't stand prosperity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

/ have worked with milk and but
ter for years, and made considerable
money from my butter land eggs too,
but chickens r the only poultry
ever raised.) We have milk for pigs
and chickens and all the cream, milk
and butter for home use. In 1918 l
sold Loaf pounds of butter, 500 dOz-
en- eggs and SAG worth Of chickens.
From Jan. l, 1914, to April 25, l mar
keted 456 pounds of butter at Doc per
pound and 1876 dozen eggs. In cool
weather / mold my butter in brick
molds and wrap each mold in butter
paper, but in warm weather / pack it
in white granite cream buckets, 20
pounds in a bucket.
/ have bought with butter and egg
money a new sewing machine, a fine
coy cab, hardwood floors and rugs,
furnishings for the beds and table,
besides all the groceries we use, all
my W clothes, the clothes for an
adopted girl, and many other things
a woman likes to have. Butter-mak-
ing is hard work, but what is there
on the farm that is not hard work if
one makes a success? l like the
farm. | think farm folk the most
independent Of people.
We grow alfalfa on our sand hill
farm, have six Jersey COWS, a cream
separator, a modern churn and use a
dairy Thermometer. Anyone making
butter ought to have the thermome-
ter to test the cream. 1t will a v
work, for when the cream is at the
right temperature the churning is
comparatively easy.
| have my own bank account, write
my W checks, and think farmers
wives ought to be allowed the butter
and egg money to spend as they
please. There would not be SO many
dissatisfied women in the country if
they could call only a small amount
of money their own. There are few
women OF farms who do not work
as hard as the men do. l approve of
farmers clubs, county agents and
better farming associations.
Mrs. J. w. Watson,
-Preeders' Eazafta c,1I;van n Tod
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24
BRUSSELS LOOK mn n

VI
Chicago, Dec. 1O.--Ninety per cent O,
the population Of Brussels is depend.
ent for its food upon aid from the
United States, according to a speciaI
cable dispatch received by tbe
Chieago Daily News from tbe
belgian capital. The correspondent
describes the attempt of the peonlo
70 keep up appearances and then told
VI a VISIT to a soup kitchen, housed
IN a big building where formerly a
panorama of the Battle of Waterloo
was exhibited.
"A mixture of vegetables and a
small amount Of meat is boiled for
hours in ealdrons, each bigger than
a barrel. Then the soup is drawn of
INTO large tin vessels, loaded on draws
ana transported to the yarious de-
said.
Parents, elder brothers and sisters
come to these stations to eel tba
precious nourishment," the cable aid
They lined up in front of windo,v.
through which girl volunteers nasssd
vessels. Two children of 6 and ,
for milk and phosphatine for
younger children. Their shoes show.
Cd toes raw with cold through aroat
holes. s" great
Economically speaking, the stain.
d Brussels could not well be worsa
lNihe.y per cent of the bread winnirn
population than seventy tbona,
and people, depend for the da;ly a.
s.enee upon the soup kitchens. AnJ
ms too despite the fact that tbo,a
> bread for sale in nearly every hat
ny; that the pastry shops are n;Ied
ugh with cakes and currart i e
mere rs no lack of meat and there j.
N abundant Of fruit. within ro. -
'urants good meals may be had,
Yet or all sides, among all clas.o.
re found hunger and Despair y'@''S''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

EVERY citizen Of Mexico knows
his own business, and is the best
judge Of what be is able to give not
only toward public enterprises, but
toward charity. Those who claim to
have so much charity should show a
little of it in discussing their neigh
bors who don't always give or do just
what they think they should. Won
derful things are sometimes attempt
ed under the guise of charity when
really those who are participating
haven't the first idea Of what charity
a There cannot be too much
modesty or humility along the line
Of real charity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-12-24

GEORGE LEE of the firm Of Lee
Brothers of Mexico, which during the
last few years has sold thousands of
dollars worth Of horses TO John A.
Cambell Of the National Stock Yards,
who dropped dead in 81 Louis this
week, says that Mr.. Campbell was
n Of the best known and highly
thought Of commission men in the
United States, and that he had known
MIR. Campbell for years and feels a
personal loss in the death Of his
friend.