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Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23
SANTA FE ITEMS.

Charley Lucas and wife were
shopping in Mexico Saturday.
Doll Hanger and Frank Snyder
transacted business in Perry Sat
urday. John Bacik and wife of
Stoutsville were guests Of Ed.
Hendrix and family Sunday.
Mrs. Scobee and family spent
Wednesday near Victor with
relatives. W, j. Hanna was a
Mexico visitor Saturday. Stuart
Trimble and wife of Oklahoma
are visiting MIR Trimble's pa
rents, Mr.. Geo. Trimble and wife.
Newt Dull and wife of Paris
spent Saturday evening and Sun
day with Charley Lucas and wife.
A large crowd attended the
funeral of Mr.. John Dashner, fu-
neral services conducted at the
Christian church Sunday by Rev.
Marlin. Remains were laid to
rest in Santa Fe cemetary.
Miss Lizzie Hunt had relatives
visiting her from Centralia Sun
day, Mrs. Minnie Bridgford re-
turned to her home in Mexico
Thursday.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23
Mrs. FoWles Dead.

Mrs c. c. Fowles, % years old,
died in a hospital at Mattoon, H.,
Wednesday night of last week,
She had been i'll for some time of
stomach trouble. The funeral
was held Friday morning at Mrs,
Fowles' former home in Mattoon.
Mrs. W. l.. Fowles Of Mexico was
with her daughter-in-Iaw when
she died.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fowles were mar.
ried about two years ago and
moved to Mexico where they re
sided until Mrs. Fowles health
began to fail. She was "A good
woman and many friends in Mex
leo will be panied to hear of her
death.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23
SOUTH SALT
RIVER PICNIC
Gathering in John Thomas Watts
Grove-Over 700 People En-
JOY the Day Together

About 200 men, women, young
people and children gathered
last Saturday in John Thomas
Watts Grove, 10 miles southeast
of Mexico, for IA big fish fry, an
annual event in that neighbor-
hood.
1t was a great time for every
body present. h. i. Mcclure, w.
b. Freeman, j. W. Crum and the
other committeeman got busy
early in the day. A number of
the county candidates were pres
ent and they were put thru their
program first. Judge j. w. Smith
acted as chairman at the speak
ers' stand.
The men were marched thru a
gate and counted and afterwards
a collection was taken and a hat
full of money was gathered. Over
Sl2 above expenses was collect
ed and will be saved over for
next year S event.
Next came the dinner. And
such a dinner That 300 pounds
of fish satisfied everybody on the
eating along that line, and there
were yet the pies and cakes and
other good things. lee tea,
lemonade, and cOffe-the latter
with the sugar and cream.
After the dinner Mrs. J. w.
Million delivered a fine speech
favOrinP ve'cS for women. The
remainder of the day was spent
III social intercourse. A repre-
sentative of the Message was
present and had one of the times
Of his life.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23
HIGH HILL DISTRICT.
Mrs. Cleaton's Birthday-A 1900
Bushels oat Yield.

High Hill, Mo, July 20.--Wc
are needing rain again. Had {
few little showers Thursday
night and Friday morning. A
good root-Soaker would make our
early corn, that is what we need
now as we see it.
l.. Il. Spencer delivered a wag-
on load of lambs at Centralia
Wednesday at 61-2c.
A large crowd gathered at the
home of w. Y. Cleaton, near
Cant, Thursday, July 10th, in
honor of Mrs. Cleaton's 50th
birthday. Ali came with baskets
well filled and a most enjoyable
day was spent. There were 30
present. All departed at a late
hour wishing Mrs. Cleaton many
more such happy birthdays.
Lucy and Annie Pulls of Mex
leo visited in this vicinity the
past week.
The thrasher has been in our
the past week.
Threshed 1900 bushels of oats
for Vase Cox, 500 bushels for
Julius Strinkey, and 276 bushels
of rye for j. o. Sims. Others
threshed, but we did not get the
returns.
w. T. Pulls visited his sick
in Mexico Saturday. He
left her some better. She will be
81 years old her next birthday.
Mrs. Emmett Sims Is visiting at
her father-in-law's this week, j.
o. Sims.
Chester Rediger got too hot in
the hay field last week. He was
laid up for a while.
Elmer Shock had a runaway
tho first of the week. He was
hauling hay. He drove out in the
road, stopped to fix something
when his team became frightened
and ran 2 1-2 miles. When over
taken they had run astride of
a tree in front of the Judge Flynt
place. No serious damage done.
b. +. Pulls is on the sick list.
Sam Music bought a milk COW
of j. r. Daniel for $50. l.. l..
Spencer cut and baled the Widow
Fowler's hay the past week.
Bruce Edwards and brothers did
the baling.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

Hollensville, Mo, July 90
Threshing is about all done.
Among the best yields of wheat
were j. G. Crawford, 20 acres of
University wheat, Ross Ewing,
30 acres, Dowell Bros. 40 acres,
Claude Slonaker 20 acres, all
making more than % bushels
per acre.
At long Branch church supper
40 gallons Of of ice cream and
other ices was not enough for the
large crowd.
Long Branch Sunday school
and preaching services were dis
missed Sunday and the members
went to Molino to hear Rev.
Lyon.
Don't fail to attend the ice
cream supper at Midway Satur-
day night, July 25th.
Get ready to attend Chautau-
qua at Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23
COOKING CON-
TESTS, ETC
Farmer Rusk Tells Of the Show
to Be Held in Mexico Tomor-
row and Next Day

4 Pure Food Show, Cooking
school and Household Arts Ex-
hibit will be held i'll Mexico, July
oath and 25th. This demonstra-
tion will be held under the aus
picps of the Missouri State Board
of Agriculture, the Missouri
Food and Drugs Department,
and the Audrain County Farm
Bureau. 1t will be of especial in
terest to all the women in the
county. Miss Bell, Home
Economics Lecturer for the
State Board of Agriculture, will
demonstrate a model kitchen,
modern methods of cooking and
canning, and give lectures on va
rious subjects pertaining to home
management,
Prizes will be given for the
best loaf of bread made from Pol
lock- S Daisy Flour; best recipe
for preparing the most appetiz-
ing meat dish, utilizing the
cheaper cuts of meat; the best
plain cake (not angel food made
from Pollock s Daisy Flour; and
for the best cake, using Armour S
Simon Pure Leaf Lard.
II will pay every housewife of
the county who possibly can to
attend this show, and it is hoped
that large number will enter
the contest.
A Pure Food Show and Cook
ing School is new ching iE this
seetiOh of the country, but you
will say it is a good thing after
you have attended. At Columbia
nearly 1000 people attended the
show which was held there about
a week ago. II was a great sue
cess.
We all believe in pure food
good cooking, and baking, and
the modern conveniences for the
home and these are what will be
demonstrated at the show next
Friday and Saturday tomorrow
and next day. ] attended the
show one day at Columbia and
am glad that we are going to
have one here. The dates are
Friday and Saturday, July oath
and 25th.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

The corner stone laying cere-
monies for the new $4,000 Har-
din College Gymnasium are to
take place next Monday after
noon. Grand Worshipful Master
of the Masonic order of Missouri,
Van Freemon Boore, of Kansas
City, will be in charge, assisted
by S. P. Cunningham of Mexico
Many prominent Masons from
different parts of the State will
be present.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

scholars and they are all
progressing fine, but they can t
I do otherwise with the teacher
they have To tell the truth. we
think Miss kcnnen is one of the
finest instructors in music we
ever knew. We also have "A class
IN art. Miss Beulah Shook is the
instructor, and she is grand. Her
class Is doing fine But while
we are telling about our instruc-
tors IN music and art, we want to
say word about our primary
teacher we have in the public
school here, Miss Anna Miller.
She has been with MS several
years, and to say what she is
worth is impossible 1t is a
sight to go in to Miss Miller :
room and see the children work.
We do not know how Miss Anna
gets SO much into those little
heads III so short time but she
does it and does it easy.
j. j. Harper has returned from
a visit to- his sister in Kansas
City The autumn days have
come, the saddeSt of the year
when the landlord says your rent
is due, by golly, do you hear.
We notice that the Famous Ben
Greet players will put Oh the |
comedy of Errors at the Chautau- |
qua in Mexico, that will furnish
plenty of amusement for the
week. The Chautauqua bids fair
TO eclipse all previous records. |
Quintano is bringing his big New
York band. Sam Schildkret's
Hungarian Orchestra will draw
a crowd.
j, G, and C. +. Maxwell are
loading and shipping wheat. The
wheat is a pretty good quality
They also had one load of oats
which was very light. We have |
heard of some good oats but they !
are awfully scarce. w. S. Doolin |
and Kellerhalls are also LOADING
here and at Benton City. j. =.
Harper, our stock man, is putting |
some stuff on the market. Henry
Stuart shipped out a good bunch
of hogs first of the week.
Mrs. NJ. S. Doolin, Mrs.
Bernard and Miss Laura Max
well were shopping in Mexico
Monday.
We understand the telegraph
operator at Laddonia had very
bad accident Sunday. His bicycle
skidded into "A ditch, throwing
him to the sidewalk, cutting his
face badly and rendering him nm
conscious for some time. We
hope he is not hurt as badly as re
ported.
: Albert Feutz of st. Louis with
his family are visiting his
brother here, f. A. Feutz. They
came thru in a touring car, max
ing the run from st. Louis to this
,1ooo =, ,l...l r.. l.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23
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Some Views M Mand Interviews


the rain Tuesday u hours before
it came. Uncle Sam s weather
man was outdone altogether,
Mrs. w. j. Young: My family
came to Audrain from Northern
Illinois. We have been dis
couraged with Missouri on ac-
count Of the drouths. But the
fact is all countries have their
drawbacks. Parts of Illinois
were badly hit this year.
b. f. Dowell: | tell you the
farmers are feeling keenly the ex-
pense they were put to in paying
for feed they had to ship in this
last winter and spring. May the
good Lord deliver us from anoth-
er such eXpcrience-at least for 80
years to come.
$. ID. Wilson: ! own the old ].
p. Dyer place, southeast of Mex
leo What do think of the Mes
sage? 1t is the best county pa
per that ever came into my home.
| used to live up in Wilson town
ship, this county. | have been
trading in Mexico for AZ years.
My grandfather, Dave Wilson,
settled on a farm two miles west
of Thompson and Wilson town
ship was named for him.
Y. b. Ridgeway: ] had a let
ter recently from my father, G.
w. Ridgeway, down at Wildo-
RADIO, in the Panhandle Of Texas.
He raised 5000 bushels of wheat
this season. That part of the Lone
Star State raised the biscuits this
year.
John Byars: | don't think
much of this notion that the can
didates must go around over the
county and each make his little
speech. | never shall forget the
first instance of the practice !
ever heard of in this county, Ru-
fus Pearson, yet living i'll Mexico,
and Frank Cave were candidates
for Sheriff. 1t was away back in
the sos. One Saturday the Bap-
lists held a meeting at IlOpewell
church, west of Mexico, and these
two candidates came out there
for canvass for votes. Some
folks thought it little less than a
species Of sacrilege, Cave be
came Sheriff.
p. d. Hodge, My corn is look
ing well. Rain at the right inter
walls would make me a good yield
yet.
d. 7. Sewell; ! am now located
in Centralia. ! like Mexico and
community and expect to be back
again.
Taz b. Hill: | live over in the
edge of Monroe county, but ]
love to come to Mexico occasion
ally. used to be superintendent
Of the Audrain County Poor
Farm.
Nelson Matthew's; | was in
the wheat fields - days in Kan
sos lately. Was with Ed, Lam
hcrt who moved out there q mum
ber of years ago. Mr., Lambert
married Miss bingham of Rush
Hill, this county. Kansas has the
biggest wheat yield this year in
the history of the State There
are solid wheat fields for Is miles
at a stretch. ! never saw any
thing like it. We ought to have
cheaper -four this winter, eh?
Henry Kunkel; My son, L.
Otto Kunkel, has a Government
position at Cabool, Maine. He
will spend next year at Berlin
University. l feel justly proud
of that boy.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

James Lynch, south of Lad
DJi'a' tells the Herald that his
""eat yielded 30 bushels to the
av'e' Jim, shake, yours in the
p'Cond largest yield we. have
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

Mrs w. T. Darr, of Weleetka,
oAla, visiting her parents, Mr.,
'a1 Mrs. W. G.. Sims, southeast
VI Mexico, has been very i'll of ty-
p"oId fever of late. We are glad
=" state, however, that she is
y" 'he way to recovery.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

j. W. Plunkett and daughter,
Miss Trix, are visiting relatives
at Pueblo. Colo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

Vice-president Of the U. S. Tom
Marshall is to be one Of the
speakers at the Columbia Chau-
tauqua next month.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-07-23

Everett McDonough, south
east of Mexico, has been suffering
greatly lately from a gathering
on one of his hands.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

Police Judge r. H. Dunlap, Of
Boise. will probably have no OPP
position in the democratic ranks
for the nomination of probate
Judge. and it be gets the same en-
thusisstic support from his repub-
bean friends, be will be elected by
: large majority at the November
election. II experience counts. he
Is well qusli6ed for the position.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

Since the railroad has reached
the Payette lakes there have been
many visitors, and this week
comes the good news that the con-
tract has been let to K. q. Getting
ham Co, OF Nampa for the new
club house and hotel building Of
the Payette Club. and work will
start at once. The building will
be three stories and basement
The basement will have rooms for
the help. and furnace; the first
story will contain the lobby, bill
lizard room, at the right, and din
ing room and kitchen at the left
and rear. The two upper stories
will contain AZ sleeping apart
ments, with baths. Plans are
made so that billiard rooms may
be put in the basement later on
and the space turned into a large
ball room.
L. X. Deck this season grew
three potatoes Of the early Ohio
variety that weigh Al ounces. One
weighs IA ounces, the other two
Is ounces each. From six rows
Of Early Ohios grown in his gard
en- Mr.. Deck Melted $40 besides
those he used in his own family
Each OF these rows was ll6 feet
long. This year Mr., Deck got the
first potatoes from his garden on
June 10, which he says is the
earliest date in all the years OF
his experience.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24
To the People of Idaho:

wish that will be candidate at the primary
be held Sept for the Republican nomination congress
from Idaho If nominated and elected shall do my
induce appropriations public funds for the of completing
all irrigation schemes in the west that have merit them favor
free rights settlers projects such the Boise Project 1t
wild venture for the place its in irrigation
schemes and when settler willing 60 upon such projects and
the hardhps incident the reclamation of arid lands he
should be given his right when he the
that he has reclaimed the land
the idea Of rural hanks enable the producer
borrow money upon his crop low rate of interest.
Upon the question of the prohibition of the liquor traffic in this
nation stand where have always oodfor the absolute prohi-
bon of the manufacture and sale of Intoxicating liquor in the
United States for beverage believe that right be-
off the head of this which
within its cono the politics and the business
life of this nation Public opinion opposed il and believe that
ready to take the lead by sending Congress bouts
pledged for its determination believe that defeat
largely due attitude this question: but conf
dent that position right and that shall the
of the people this state who hold to views similar upon
this great question.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

Eleven new silos will be built
at Meridian and ali of them are to
be completed by the first Of Sep
tember. They were recently sold
through the agency OF the Cope
land Lumber company of Merid-
ian. All are of the wood stave
type, their capacity ranging from
rs tons TO 200 tons each says the
Capital News.
Those who will build these IL
silus are: Orville Allen, two silos,
loo tons capacity each; j. M.
Flack, one silo, $50 tons capacity;
William Moreland. two silos, each
loo tons; Leo Marsters, one 100
ton siln; J j. Jones, one Potion
silo; ID. A. Armfield, one l20-ton
silo; Charles Cairns, one 75.ton
silo: G. w. Martin, one 75-ton silo;
K. @. Pfaffle, one 200-ton silo.
Each Of these men own a nice
dairy herd.
There are now in the vicinity Of
Meridian FIVE silos. So that by
Sept. | there will be is silos in
this district. This large increase
in siIos here is directly sttribut-
able to the new Meridian cheese
factory. the largest in the state
This factory has already made
over 10000 pounds Of cheese. The
dairy industry here is growing
very fast. The importance of this
Industry in a measure is seen from
the fact that alfalfa fed TO a milk
COW is said to be worth SIS to SIG
per ton, according to the quality
of the COW.
| Present indications are thai
other dairymen here will bnilc
| ilos in the near future.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24
Notice.

| hereby announce my candidacy
upon the Republican primary ticket, for
probate Judge OF Ada county. ! am s
Republican, born in Boise, completed
my law course at the State University
in 1913 and was thereupon admitted to
practice in the Supreme Court. | feel
that can safely submit my quslliica
ton to fiji this Office to the members
Of the bar who know me and 10 the
voters Of the county,
am particularly Interested IN the
Juvenile work OF this court, Rnd believe
that the present organization Of the
court as already effected by Judge Dun.
bar is business-hke aud effective. II
elected | shall consider that the public
interests will be best subserved by re
tainlng the present juvenile officers
and | should consider myself most
fortunate il able TO retain them.
CARTEE WooD.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24
Notice.

Legal notice is hereby given
that j. L. Alvord has severed his
connection with the Jensen Cream
cry Co. of Boise and Meridian,
and is no longer qualified to trans
act business of any nature for the
company.
Boise, July II, 1914.
Signed.
Jensen Creamery Co.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24
Hurry Up and Register.

Attention is called to the regis
tration requirements for the con-
ing primary election, published in
another column. The registrars
for Meridian precinct are w. H.
Peer, f. g. Pfafle. Arthur Frazier
and George Whitlock See II you
are properly registered or you
cannot vote.
All who did not vote at the last
general election or who have
changed their residence must
register before 8 O'Clock. Friday,
July 3lst.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

AUDITOR AND RECORDER. ADA COUNTY
Candidate for reelection on the
Republican ticket for second
term. The office is on paying
basis, the revenue derived from
fees leaving a surplus TO credit of
the county after paying all ex.
penses of the office, and therefore
Is of no expense to the taxpayer.
STEPHEN UTTER.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24
Plastering and Brick Laying.

Geo and Jim McKinnis have
just completed a splendid job of
plastering for | Lee Truax, south
east of Meridian, and are ready
for other work Of the kind. Ad-
dress them at Meridian.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

TIE ladies' of the Christian
church viii nod ! cooked food
sale At TIE cid Hedges stand on
SATURDAY., July .. al day. and in
the evening Vii serve ice cream.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

&f&Aa " va tAs15 alf<~'-~e'-H
with relatives and friends Ia this
vicinity.
A daughter was born Sunday,
July 18th, to Mr.. and Mrs. John
Saith, living six miles northwest
Of Meridian.
Hon. Bert II. Miller OF st. An
thony has announced his candid
acy for congress on the democratic
ticket
j. G. Mcintosh spent last Sun
day at the home OF his son Guy,
at Bliss, in the Hagerman valley.
Mrs. Owen Lay OF Louisville,
KY, and Mrs. s. J. Dunlap OF
Boise we're visitors at Mrs. Baird's
last Friday.
The second installment OF that
bright serial Anne Ives, Mascot"
Is printed In another part OF this
paper. Read H.
See v. Richardson for your
carriage painting, also h 0 u Q
painting, staining and tinting.
Special rates on carriage work at
present.
John P. Congdon, the we'll.
known civil engineer, has an.
nounced his candidacy for state
senator on the republican ticket
r. A. Schultz Of Council Bluffs,
Iowa, is visiting his brother, j @.
Schultz, q Meridian rancher resid.
ing three mifsa southwest Of town.
q. A. Journey and family left
Friday by team for two weeks
hunting and fishing trip, TO be
spent on the middle fork Of the
Payette river.
Al. w. Garrett aud wife left Fri.
day for the Guyer Hot Springs
pleasure resort near HALEY, where
they expect 10 spend couple OF
weeks.
Mrs. Il. w. Sanders and sor
Howard Of Salem, Oregon, ar'
visiting with her sister, Mrs, t. A
Allen.
Found-Nose glasses with golt
chain, Sunday afternoon. Owne
may have them by calling at thu
Times office and paying for thi
advertisement.
o. h, Carpenter, who is nos
comfortably located in Gresham
q good town in Oregon, writes 70
the Times to be sent him regular
ly at that place.
For Sale--One good McCormicl
binder, with tongue trucks, all il
Al shape and guaranteed to worI
right. w. j.. Wolfe. Independent
phone S66.
Bee supplies Of all kinds ES
perience counts, Advice free
Good secondhand bee hives 70
sale cheap. Get our prices. Th
II, f. Atwater Co, Meridian.
For Well Drilling see ]. Lesli
Shellworth. residence phone n,
l9SSW Boise. Residence 24C
REESE que street Reasonab
Prices.
Harry Tolleth. John aud Cir
Waggoner aud A. ID. Hedge
members Of Meridian's Ford clu
with their families, made hun
ing and hshing excursion
Blacks creek Sunday.
A good portion Of ths Times
used nowadays in presenting &
claims q the various csndidRt
for nomination This means
czrt&illsnt a the news fsstzl
of the paper
FE $50 sSrss. 2 ri so1
and IA nj west of Meridian.
sSrss i AlfzlfA. 3 scr~s n vie
q a-rss II GAIA Terms SIS
EzthczE e-up. $50 with CT
ia. SchGltr, Meridian, Idaho,
Tie szzoG1csE=zE Ct Z
Ellen. : p<ozizszt ztt0rzsE
Basss. thsz he vii be q cz11i6
tuE probate lzags, : fzFurEnly
esived ard he VII get 3 good '
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

Ar. ard Yrs. J. & Grover have
s-rivsd iron Possible and taken
the Frank Williams house On Pine
srsss Re = 6 csrpsotsr, and
#il slso prospect for the purchase
q ; snail DAIRY fKru Lsrs.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-24

Two new regular trains have
been placed IN operation on the
Short Line from Boise to Lake
port. the terminus Of the PRyetts
Lake road. They viii meet here
going in opposite directions At
IS n n. esch dzv.