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Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
CONvICTs 10 BuIID RoAn

Kansas City, Mo-. July 9.-Fiv,
hundred conyiets from the State Pen
itentiary at jefferson City win be put
to work building a cross-state high.
way from Kansas City to st. Louis a,
soon as arrangements can be com.
pleted, according to an announcement
made here Thursday by Gov. Major.
IF quarries are established at on
yenient points along the cross-state
road, the convicts can work the quar-
ries and the problem of cheap rock
will be solved" said the governor.
The administration will welcome cor
wet labor on the roads as a solution
Of part Of the convict labor problem
A movement was started here
Thursday to get the counties along
the roadway across Missouri to are
for the prison workers while they are
engaged in building the rock high
way.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
MExICO,s sMARTEST DOC

Mrs. II. B. Mckinley has the smart.
est dog in town. She says SO and
offers this story as proof.
A few days ago Mrs. Mckinley
left a dressed chicken on the back
porch. She stepped into the house
and the dog saw his opportunity,
Mrs. Mckinley knew that dressed
chickens didn't fly. So when she re-.
turned and foundthe bird gone she
picked up a switch and gave the dog
a reminder. Now you know better
than that, what did you do with that
chicken
Some two hours later Mrs. Nc
.kinley found the chicken in the spot
she had left it, but It was all be-
smeared with dirt. The dog had TAX.
en- his licking TO heart and dutifullv
returned the pilfered goods, after
burying It intent on feasting on some
dog holiday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
f q COAL MINE.

J. w. Lee, after sinking a SO foot
shaft on his farm just east of this
city, has struck a 4 foot 0 inch vein of
fine soft coal. He has three men en-
ployed in the mine at present but ex-
poets to increase this force shortly.
The farm is just outside the city
limits and a number of years
Chas' Davis mined coal on the place.
Mr., Lee says the coal is there in APP
parent abundance and he expects to
have a busy mine with a large num-
Der Of employees shortly. He says the
expense Of mining is not great and
he will be able to place his product on
the market at a very low rate.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
FEW MARRIAGES IN u,Nr

There were only ifteen marriages
licenses issued this year during the
month of June by the recorder Of
Audrain County. The other months
this year also show a decrease over
those Of the last few years. In 1911
more licenses were issued in June
than were granted during that month
for ten years. The number stood at
20 Every year following there has
been a decrease in the number Of
marriages in the county. Last year
only IL were recorded. In 1914 in the
months of April, May and June 4s Ii
censes were issued. This year for
the same time 40 were granted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
NotIee IN Trnntre.a Snle

WHEREAS, r. J. Morrison.
widower, by his certain dea
OF trust duly made, sirna
and acknowledged on January i
1905, and filed for record In the oeSa
Of the Recorder Of Deeds Of Audrah
County, Missouri, on January u
1905, and recorded in tho deed II tna
rccords Of said county and state d
book "a at page ais, did convey u
The undersigned, as trustee
The North half VI Of the NorA
half fh) Of the Northwest fourA
GA Of the Northwest quarter (h)d
Section Five 81 and the North hau
t1Al Of the North half (k) of ts
Northeast fourth (h) Of the NORTH
east quarter (A) Of Section six (6l
all in Township Fifty (50) Range Tea
(l0), west of the 9Th p. M, containing
70 acres, more or less, in Audrah
County, Missouri. In trust 10
secure the payment of one
certain promissory note in said deed
Of trust described: and whereas
said note is past due and unpaid, and
default in the payment thereof has.
been made by the signer thereof.
NOW THEREFORE. at the requet
q the legal owner and holder of said
note, and in pursuance of the pro.
vision of said deed Of trust, l will
sell at the East front door of the
court house in Mexico, Missouri, the
above described land on
Friday. July 20, 1915,
between the hours Of . o'clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the sf-
.ternoon of said day, for cash, to ihe
highest bidder, at public vendue, for
the purpose Of paying said debt and
costs Of executing this trust.
io-4t S. m. Locke. Trustee.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
MEXICO BOY WORKED TO
RESCUE E.-l SUBMARINE
Mark Luekie, Of United States
Ship Alert, in Honolulu
Al the Time.

Mark Luckie, a brother OF
Chas. Luckie, of this city, has
written home from Honolulu,
telling of the fight the United
States sailors made to rescue
the American submarine Ed
when it sank in Honolulu har-
Dor several months ago. In his
letter MIR. Luckie said not a man
or officer in the submarine fleet
slept for 100 hours and finally.
when hope for those on the i'll
fated vessel was given up, the
men almost dropped from ex-
haustion.
Mr.. Luckie is on the U. S. ship
Alert. One of his best friends
in the service was lost on the
F-4. The naval authorities have
sent to the Mare Island naval
station for six huge tanks of
$50 tors lifting power each to
aid in rescaing the submarine.
1t is estimated the F-4, water
as it is, now weighs 600
tons and to drag it any further
toward shore would likely pull
it to pieces and interfere with
the naval engineers discover
just what caused the acct
Mr.. Luckie was at one time a
sparring partner of Battling
Nelson and has won some little
in the squared circle"
He left Mexico quite
number of years ago and has
many friends in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
DIR. C. W. MCINTYRE INJURED.

DR.. G. W. Mcintyre of this city, {
veterinary surgeon, received a com
pound fracture of his right limb just
above the ankle, Thursday afternoon
when the steering mechanism of his
Ford automobile broke. The doctor
was near Hannibal at the time of the
accident The way his leg was in
jured is not exactly known, though It
is thought it was caught under the
car when it turned over.
He was taken to the Hannibal Hos
pital and given immediate medical
attention. The injury though painful
is not serious. A telephone message
from Hannibal, Friday morning said
the Doctor was resting easily and
would probably be brought home soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
TO INVESTIGATE
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Effort Being Made to Organize the
Dairy Industry for Mexico and
Vicinity

The commercial club at it's regular
Friday luncheon appointed a Dair,
committee Of W. W. Fry, ST., Judg,
VIM. Smith, 1. 7. MeCue, C. P. Malon,
and L. B. Hawthorne, to investigate
the dairy industry of this section and
determine the possibilities for its ad-
Sancement. They were instructed to
consider the cost of various milk
plants-everything from a conden-
sery to an ice cream factory-and
find which or what combination would
best suit this community. The aim
of the club is to consolidate the var
iOus milk industries in this section
and create a demand for milk that
will justify farmers raising dairy
cows.
The club decided to have the road
committee investigate the feasibility
and possibility of getting the COVER
nor to employ convict labor on the
North Highway, running through
Mexico. He has decided to do so on
the Central Highway road. 1t was
suggested by several members of the
club that the county aid in securing
the convict labor of the state as well
as to employ its prisoners on the
roads. The committee will report at
the meeting next week.
Attention was called, by C. P. Ma
lone, to the bad condition of the Cen
tral Route. He said if it could be i'm
proved the cross-state traffic would
come over the Northern route.
c. A. Barnes and C. P. Malone were
appointed a committee to meet with
Marshall Rust and Judge Bolts and to
reach a definite agreement on the ex-
tension of the electric line south.
Various propositions have been dis
,ussed but the recent one of making
4 townsite of the end of the south
branch las proposed in another article
n this issue) is receiving the most
consideration and will likely be the
me ultimately adopted.
The fall festival was discussed in
informl way and it was decided to
each a definite plan for such an at
r%action at an early meeting. Topeka,
Kansas has planned to have a 'Mer-
hants' Chautauqua" this October and /
he committee are considering that {
orm of a festival. /,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
CHURCHES SHOULD ADVERTISE.

San Francisco. Cal, July o.
Churches, schools, corporations and
causes Of various sorts should adver-
tise, Talcott Williams, director Of the
School Of Journalism, Columbia Uni
versity, told delegates to the Interna-
tional Press Congress, in an ddress
here Thursday. Great Improvement,
he said, was shown in the class of ad-
yertising handled by newspapers
since those e.poverty-strieken days
when leading newspapers freely ac-
cepted advertisements which the
worst would not print today, and Hor-
ace Greeley publicly wrangled owe
Official advertising which carried with
i political subservienee."
The moral improvement began, he
said, with efforts three-quarters of a
century ago to exclude lottery no.
tees.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
Graham Mullins

cup graham flour: 1 n oc.,,..
Hour 2 lepet teasDoonGh KE Eastr1
Founder; Ito 2 level tnble spoon ~ =
easpooTtag satt; / e0gsfs CUPS m;E .,
70 ta6tespo0nfuls melted hi.
m'T ana bake as One-Eag MnGrs.
Sra1am batter should always be oui,e ,os,
70 insure Light and moist muffns. SUI
KY % other recipes as good a, Thea.
rsn ~ 'ss certificate packed in every 81
seht Of Baking Powder. ana ,.s "a. IN
5000 Q The Cooks BODY" bv w
Janet Mckenzie Hill. Handsom.jy. mra'
ua'ed' Jaqaes Mfg. Co., Chicago. H'u''
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
CENTRALLA STIRREn Irp.

According to a dispatch TO the ST
Louis Republic, John Gentry, giving
his address as st. Louis, gave Cen.
tralia a strenuous day, Wednesday
Gentry it seemed wanted Cocaine and
after alighting from the train immed.
lately sought DR.. o. B, Mayes anc
under threat of death forced him "a
write a drug prescription. Later he
entered the drug store of R. L. Hope
AS he came in several customers left
hurriedly by way of the door and .
convenient window. He threatened
Mr.. Hope who was cornered and called
for help.
Marshall Baldridge arrested him
only to have Gentry escape at the
lookup door and take a fortified pos
ition on the city rock pile where he
had sufficient munition to stand off
the attacking party. He was finally
secured and sent to a Moberly Hospi-
tai for treatment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
FRANK UFFUM State Hirh

FRANK BUFFUM, State High
way Commissioners. is quoted as
saying the reason the Mineola
Hills on the Central State High
way have not been improved is
because the County Court of
Montgomery County want the
highway travei over the North
ern State highway which de-
parts from the Central route
near New Florence and passes
through Mexico. If the narrow
parts Of this highway in Aud
rain can be widened something
definite toward securing this
travel permanently can be ac-
complished.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
BORAx STOPS FLIES, BREEDTNc


a small amount of ordinary bora,
sprinkled daily on manure, will efec
lively prevent the breeding Of the ty
phoid or house fly.
1t is used at the rate Of n pount
to twelve and one-half bushels or 81
pounds to eight bushels, or ten cubj,
feet of manure, or calcined colemanite
tcrude calcium borate) at the rate Of
one pound to ten bushels. The method
for using either substance instables is
to sprinkle it in the quantities given
above, by means of a -four sitter or
otner fine sieve, around the outer edges
Of the pile Of manure. The manure
should then be sprinkled Immediately
with two or three gallons of water 70
eight bushels Of manure
It is essential to sprinkle a little Of
the borax on the manure as it is added
daily to the pile, because this will pre-
the eggs which the flies lay on
fresh manure from Matching As the
fly maggots c~ongregate at the outer
edge of the manure pile most Of the
borax should be sprinkled there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

WAR? WHERE'S A WAR;.

AfNhlIAk nOIlu.l
Besides being a lawyer, William
brennan Of Brooklyn is a sceptical
soul. He admits nothing.
In the Brooklyn Municipal Cont
Miss Margaret Cloke sued John J. Nc.
Crane of McBrane's Catholic Tours
because the tourist agency didn't land
her in Germany last August. Dren-
nan is her attorney.
we couldn't land her n Germany
because the war was going on Nc.
Crane testified.
Stop, commanded brennan oHo,v
DO l-know there is a war in Europe2
No proof has been presented to this
court showing there is a war. In NV
professional capacity I know nothing
Of any war and deny that the defend
ant has any personal acquaintance
with any war of whatsoever sort.D
MY goodnessl" exclaimed Judge
Meagher, startled. won't YOU admit
that there is a war? Don't you read
the papers? Everybody is talking
about it!'
I admit nothing said brennan.
absolutely nothing. | demand that
the defendant prove what, when, how
and why is this war he speaks of. if
It is to be dragged into this easelo
Judge Meagher gasped, but was
compelled to sustain brennan.
So Frank x. Sullivan, McGrane,s at
'orney, sent to the State Department
y Washington and got several vol.
Of diplomatic correspondence
reating Of the war. brennan looked
hem over, asked a few questions and
oppressed himself az satisfied.
\ guess maybe there Is a warip be
aid. "Proceedn
Justice Meagher awarded Miss
Joke $306.5s, the balance Of the ann
he paid for her ticket.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
HOW ARABS TRAIN HORSES.

t~breeder's Gazette.)
What is the Arabian method Of
training horses ?-R. r. b., Grand
Island, Neb.
So far as we know the Arabia,
breeders have no patented system !
training their horses different fror
those prevailing among peoples az ,
similar degree of civilization. Ma,
urally the lack of pasture results i,
young Arabian horses being fed 4 con.
SIDERABLE quantity of barley and, Sc
the story goes, at least, a not incon
siderable quantity Of the fruit 81 tbo
date palm, fresh and dried, bv wav -
su~cculence.
The colts are broken usually hare.
backed at 2 or 8 years old. Thor srh
Sequent handling is much like that If
al other horses, with perhaps the diff.
ierence that as carly in life as pos.
the young animals are aecus-
to doing without water for IN.
'reasing periods of time in ordo, j.
them later on to the scar
ny J, q liquids in desert journeys.
Inc ancient stories about the AL
zee being kissed and bawled over by
She'k's whole family, kept IN The
wing tent and foaled on the best siIk
ugs are picturesque fables ~contain,nn
,o0u' inc same measure of truths as
one which dates the pcdigrecs Of
Irabian horses back to the mares
wned IN Biblical times by King Solo,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

AZk
20 poorly that my folks thought | was
going into consumption. One day /
found a piece of paper blowing around
the yard and / picked it ND and read it.
IL said Saved from the Grave and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham's Veqeta.
bic Compound has done for 1
showed 1t 10 my husband and he said.
Why don't you try it?' So did, and
after ] had taken two bottles | felt
better and i said TO my husband. Tdon't
need any more and he said You had
better take 1t a little longer anyway
So ! took It for three months and got
well and strong. Mrs. ALoEzo T..
BAKER, . Tecumseh ST., Adrian, Mich.
Not Well Enough TO Work.
In these words Is hidden the tragedy
OF many a woman, housekeeper or wage
Garner who supports herself and Is often
helping 70 support q family, on meagr
wages. Whether III house, Office, fac
tory, shop, ntore or kitchen. woman
should remember that there Is one tried
and true remedy for the ills to which all
women are prone, and that Is LYDIA f.
Finkhnm's Vegetable Compound. It
promotes that yigof which makes work
easy, Tbs Lydia Il. Finkham Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
l. 0. o. F. Elect Ofieers. Thuraday

l. o. o. F. Elect Officers. Thursday.
The Mexico branch Of the /. o. o.
+. No. 90. elected officers Thursday
night. Those chosen and installed BY
A. c. WhitsOn,D District Grand Master
were: Noble Grand, Isador Taylor;vice
Grand, C. H. Hamilton; Financial Sec.
S. F. Sanford; Recording Sec, A. G.
Stallings; Treasurer, W. A. Boatman.
The following were appointed by
the new oficers:-R. S to N. G.
Frank McCord; [. s., Minhardt San
nebeck; Conductor, N. Lambert; War
den, J. J. Wood; o. Canadian, E. L.
johnson; J. S. s., T. S. Riley; R. S.
s., R. L. Miller; Chaplin, VIM. Boat
man; Vice Grand, c. H. Hamilton; R.
S. to v. G., A. C. Whitson; ] S. TO v.
L., NJ. Dozier.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

THE driver of an automobile
should be especially careful
when approaching railroad grade
crossings. The accident to a
motor party from Kansas in this
city Saturday morning is an
other case in point. The grade
crossings is a menace under any
circumstances and is being alb
olished in all of the larger cities.
Traffic on the Western Avenue
crossing is becoming heavier
every day and the necessity of a
Waterman at that point is all
the more APPARENT because of this
accident,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

THE appointment of T. L.
Marshall, Of this city, as District
Deputy Grand Chancellor of the
Sixth Pythian district of the
state will meet with the APPROVAL
of every member of the order in
this section. Mr.. Marshall is
one of the leading lodge men in
Central Missouri and a Pythian
of much prominence.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

1T might be an economy as well as
a great benefit for the City to use the
new road making outfit on the dirt
streets in Mexico. Its rental would
not amount to much and splendid re-
sults would be sure to follow. After
these streets are onee in good condi-
ton their upkeep would be materially
less than they have been.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
MORRIS AND SISTER
ON CYCLONE STRUCK TRAIN
We're in Coach Which was Lifted From
Track and Eh=s~a in Corn Field
80 Feet Away.


Earl Morris and Miss Pearl Morris
children of Sam Morris of this city
were in one OF the coaches Of fsI
Wabash train No. 9 which was blowr
from the track a mile west of Gil.
more Wednesday afternoon about
$3.50 o'clock when a cyclone struck
the mail train. Mr. Morris. other
than getting badly shaken, was un-
injured but his sister was not so for
tunate and is suffering with a dis
located right shoulder. No 8 is due in
this dty at $50 p. m.
The train pulled out Of st. Charles
in the teeth of the storm and progress
sed as far as Gilmore safely. A mile
west of Gilmore the cyclone struck
the rushing cars. The first four
coaches were blown out Of the train
and 80 feet into a corn field. They
were lifted above a barb wire fence,
separating the right-of-way from the
field and left it standing intact. Five
coaches and the engne remained on
the track, That no one was killed or
seriously hurt seems miraculous.
Earl Morris Story.
Earl Morris and Miss Pearl Nor
ms Of this city were on the train and
Miss Morris suffered a sprained Shout
der and several painful bruises. Earl
Morris was not injured but was badly
shaken up and knocked unconscious.
He landed in a puddle of mud and was
mistaken for the porter after the
wreck. Mr.. Morris in describing the ex-
perience said that number nine was
running faster than usual for she was
ten minutes late and the engineer was
to pass the storm. They were
struck first by a heavy rain and sud-
denly by the wind which blew five
coaches from the track, a distance of
30 feet and dropped them in a cornfeld
In three minutes the sun was shining
and the atmosphere calm. Mr.. Morris
said the people vert worse frightened
han hurt though some were badly
ut by the flying glass and many were
'ruised. Mr.. Morris noticed that the
the train was derailed was in
he middle of the cyclone path. On
iither side the effects of the wind were
ess serious. The passengers on No.
arrived in this city at eight O'Clock
Wednesday evening.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

THE question of motor races at tn,
Fair in August has been receiving
much discussion lately. Quite a mum.
Der Of amateur drivers who have cars
built for racing have been inquiring
regarding these events. A few 500
purses would attract a number Of ex-
cellent entries and should prove a big
drawing card. A so mile motor race
every day; a race between motor and
aeroplane every day with som other
events would give this fair the most
interesting and unusual speed pro-
gram of any in the state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

Notice Of Deed Of Tru.,
WHEREAS. Fred B. Ken, s sss
Kent, his wife, By their cora. aa
Of trust. dated the 18th dav ~
1917, and recorded in the =
Office within and for Audnir ~
Missouri, In Book 80 AT
thereof, conveyed 10 S. N
Trustee. the following descra
estate situated In Audrain
Missouri. to-wit:- N0a
The South half Of the Son,t i,
quarter, and the South one '
90 of the North half of n. i y
West quarter Of Section Sew
TN; ~
Also a part Of the East half =
North West quarter OF Section
~ t20), containing 3G.l5 nero.
bounded and described as ~.
Commence at q stone set n,
Southeast corner Of the NORTH
quarter Of the North West ana,
said Section 20, and run thence n.
on the quarter section line $40 Nv
for q point of beginning; run NJ
North i4.36 chains to the ouariss !.
ton corner on the North Side a =,
Section 20, run thence West !.
Section line 1888 chains 70 a ~.
thence South 20.S3 chains 70 a noir.
the North side Of the public ~,
thence North ga degrees Sc nina
East 1.22 chains, thence South 20 y
grees East SAC chains thence NJ
4S degrees 80 minutes Fas, wy
chains, thence North IA deo,. w
minutes East b.sb chains 10 H. 2
of beginning; "e pOal
All Of the above deseribod
being in Township Fifty XXX Prsnlss'
Of Range Q West and MAJ NortA
all 1876 acres, more or Iees ing n
In trust to secure the
four az certain promissory Of
the interest thereon in ala O.es with
trust fully described and SET ross su Oh
AND WHEREAS, said Ur.ai
trust provides that if default ~ p
IN the payment Of said interest =. I
part thereof, then both princin %at
interest shall become due and
able; anu ~
AND WHEREAS, default b.,
made in the payment of the ne 80
and the principal due on the lass
Of said notes and the said notes w
interest are now due and remsin ~
paid. w.
WHEREAS, said deed of t,us, !.
vides that in case Of the inabiGtr !.
refusal Of the Trustee to act. ths ~
acting Sheriff Of Audrain County n
shall become his successor and ny,
proceed to sell the property J.,
whereas the Trustee, s. Nj. Tost.
has refused in writing to act.
Now, therefore. /, ]. w. Bar5s,
he now acting Sheriff of Audr,i'
County, Mo-, at the request Of a.
egai holder Of said notes, will. ON
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1915
between the hours Of . O'Clock A n
md 5 O'Clock P. M, of that day. prs
'eed TO sell the above described ~
at public venduc, to the MI
sc bidder, at the East front door \
he Court House In Mexico, MissCus
or cash, to safety said debt and N
and expenses Of executing tD
rust.
9-4t ]. w. Barnott Sho,,N
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

Woodstock, Vt, July IA petition
70 yacate the decree of the federal
court ordering the foreclosure sale of
me Wabash railroad was denied We'd
nesday by United States Circuit Judge
Elmer Adams Of St. Louis, afer a
hearing a his summer home.here The
sale will take place on July .21,as orig
inally ordered.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15
Married Here waa.A-

George Waterston, Of Perry. and
Miss Era Wills, Of st~outsville, both
members of prominent Monroe and
Raiis County families, were married
wednesday evening in this city by
kev. B. G. Reayis, at his home on
east Promenade St. The Ledger joins
In extending congratulations.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

DR.. Dysart Moore, of this city, who
was graduated in Dentistry in st
Louis this spring, passed his state
examination in Jefferson City Wednes-
day and will open an office in Santa
re. Dr. Moore is a splendid young
mar and Santa Re is most fortunate
in securing his as a citizen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-07-15

IN the purlies if there are such of
Oyster Bay, or whatever else he may
be, the most eminent of oysters doubt
less is crashing his teeth (this oyster
has 'em) because Col. Bryan is get
ting all the publicity.