Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-01-21
the first time in two days. So far as
know this is the worlds record.
MCMILLAN WINNERS.

know this is the worlds record.
MCMILLAN WINNERS.
The Mcmillan high school stock
judging team returned from Column
bia Friday bearing two honors. John
Crook won second in the cattle jndg-
ing contest and Roy Washington won
third in the sheep judging contest
They won from a list of entries num-
bering fully 400. some counties sent
as high as 90 boys to contest and did
not capture u prize.
The other members Of the MeMil-
lanteam were Alvin Beamer, Henry
Greer, Aubrey Jones, Raymond
Shook. They are all young men VINO
made splendid showings ever though
they were not as successful as their
teammates.
Charles R. Craghead and Wade
Fewell, east of Auxvssse, bought
I,700 bushels Of corn last week from
Harry +. Henderson and Robert
Wood. The cereal is penned on tho
farm Of R. NJ. Hunt, two miles SOUTH
east Of Auxvasse, and cost the buy
ers 20 cents a bushel in the pen.--
Gazette.
John ". Boles. Ave miles northeast
of Auxvassc, sold a fresh young
Jersey COW VITA a small bull calf BY
her side, one day last week, to Ed
ward NJ. Crump, just north Of Fulton,
at SIS.
C. b. Schopp lost n cow and am
other was injured Wednesday after
noon, when a rick of fodder fell AZ
his farm north Of Mexico, while a
herd of cattle were eating around the
rick. All but two of the cows ran
to safety and one caught under the
fodder was saved by Mr.. Sehopp and
seven other men, who dug down into
the fodder and dragged the cow out
with the aid of a pair of mules.
The other COW smothered to death be-
fore the rescuers could get to her.
On Monday afternoons freight
we're two cars of feeding steers which
Lutte S. Smith G. Son, were shipping
to the Clay ranch near Larabee. The
stock was loaded at Cedar City, but
bought south of the river by Finley
Smith.
One car of the big hogs shipped
from McCredie Monday afternoon by
t. P. Harrison sold on Tuesdays
market at 81 a hundred pounds. The
other two arr did not sell that day.
]. E. Wheeler & Son, seven miles
northeast of Auxvsse, unloaded a
car of baled timothy hay from Iowa,
in Auxvasse, Tuesday. The feed
cost SIS a ton laid down.
Leslie Williamson, of Auxvasse,
has rented his s0-acre farm, eight
miles west of Auxvasse, to R. Lee
Greed, who resides just east Of Hat
ton, for the coming crop year.
William R. Buckner, a thrifty
young farmer and stockman, three
miles northeast of Auxvasse, shipped
a car of mules of his own fattening
from organs Monday afternoon.
Charles R. Craighead and Wade
Jewell, east of Auxvasse farmers and
stockmen, bought a cow last week
from John ". Greed, one-half mile
northwest Of A~uxvasse. The animal
weighed 1926 pounds and sold for 5
IL cents a pound.
Walter M. Harrison, two miles
north of Auxvasse, who is feeding ca
aged steers for Dyer brothers, Aux
vase cattlemen, says the stock is do
ing nicely. Mr.. Harrison has been
feeding the cattle a little over a
month on ensilage and cotton cake.
and began Monday to give corr rat
ions with the other feed. He has
enough feed to run about forty-fve
days.-Gazette.
R. r. Buckner and Son, one mile
northeast of organs, near the county
line, shipped AZ head Of dandy big
sugar mules to the st. Louis market
recently. At last accounts, the mar
ket was weak and they had not been
sold.-Gazette.
John S. Henderson, five miles south
of Auxvasse, sold a good mare last
week to Lee brothers, of Mexico, for
$145. Mr.. Henderson also contracted
116 fat ewes to Edgar Smith, five
miles southeast of McCredie, to be
$500 per hundred pounds.
Fred Kemper lost a fine horse this
week from blood poisoning. The an
imal had just been broken and was
valued at $50. A barbed wire cut
caused the trouble.