Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-03-18

with FIVE carloads of cattle and one
car of hogs.
j. R. Bell of Ortiz Fruit Farm sold
a registered Jersey Cow last week for
SIPS. He had previously sold her bull
calf. shipped to Iowa for $40. and half
sister to this COW with her calf for
$3.50. He still has a yearling Jersey
bull for sale. The best n he over
raised.
Joe Mongler and the Csuthorn
Brothers, of near Moline, are load
ing a car Of walnut logs preparatory
to shipping to Des Moines, Iowa.
These logs are especially good ones
and will be used to make gun stocks
for the armies of Europe. Col. Chal
Weaver is experimenting the job of
loading the logs which will be ship
ped from Moline on the electric line.
The annual mule sale of B. R. Mid
dleton, Saturday, attracted buyers
from all parts If the state and eight
cen of the first offerings, all young
mules, brought in the aggregate &c.
1870. The sale was one of the most
successful ever held by Mr.. Middleton.
The list of sales follows:
Span of black mare mules TO W.
T. Wasel s515; span black mart mules
to j. V. Willis $410; span of mare
mules to Joe Considine $420; span of
black mare mules to P. o. Sansberry
\ S340; span of brown mare mules to
]. H. Gibbins $3.50; span black mare
mules to G. W. Peck $3.50; span of
black mare mules to W. w. Pollock
1925; span of brown mare mules to
]. R. Hodges s305; span of black mare
mules to ". W. Pollock 1925; span of
black mare mules to Joe Considine
$3.50; span of black horse mules to Joe
Considine 1915; span of brown horse
mules to W. W. Pollock $285; span of
mouse mare mules to Joe Quinlan
1926; span of dark mare mules to
Ritter Bros, $500; span of horse and
mare mules to W. W. Pollock $500;
! span of black mare mules to Joe Con-
sidine $500; span of mare mules to C.
P. Arnold 1886; one black aged mare
! mule to W. A. Shrout $162.50; one
black aged mare mule to C. P. Arnold
$l07.50; 5 year old mare mule TO DR..
Sappington $125; z year old mare
mule to W. W. Pollock $192.50; span
of horse mules to W. H. Simms 1910;
: span of mare mules to W. E. Cunning
ham $S52.50; span of aged horse
mules to Chas. Green $500; 4 year
old mare mule to Bonsil G. Considine
sl23; aged white mare mule to R.
Lockridge $40; span of horse mules,
Gibbins Bros, $345; Coming 6 year
old mare mule to J. W. Smith $500.
George Clark, who has been rural
mail carrier continuously on Route
No. 2 since rural free delivery was
established here, March Is, 1900, has
travelled 112,500 miles during that
time. This is nearly five times the
distance around the world. Mr.,
Clark travels rs miles a day with ex-
ception of two weeks each year when
he has a vacation. He is one Of the
very best and most popular carriers
out of the Mexico office.
]. T. johnson sold 81 head of fine
cattle in Chicago, Tuesday morning
for SS.15 a cwt. They averaged 1861
pounds and were too heavy for the st.
Louis market. Nh. johnson also sold
a car Of hogs on the St. Louis market.
When the management of the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition chose their
saddle horse show judges they left
Missouri off their list. The Saddle
Horse Breeders's Association has been
called to meet April First, in this city.
by their Secretary Curtis Cauthorn, in
order that a judge for these shows
can be sent from Missouri. Mr.. Cauth-
ornhas taken the matter up with the
exposition authorities and they have
held this position open regretting
their over sight. While no nomination
has been made for the Missouri Judge
1t is practically conceded that ". d.
Lee, Of this city, will be the lar
There will be as many if not more
Missouri horses in the big saddle rings
at the exposition than any and Mis-
souri, should have a representative in
the Judging staff is the general opin-
ION Mr.. Lee seems to be the logical
candidate as he is one of the best
known saddle horse judges in the
country always being asked to o~ficiate
at the big shows in the United States
as well as in Canada.
Two Of the Missouri stables to be
well represented at the show will be
those of James Houchin, of Jefferson
City and Miss Loula Long of Kansas
City. A number of other Missouri
stables will likely attend also.
Kansas City, Mo-, March ia
contract to furnish to the French
Government 10000 artillery and cav.
TRY horses was concluded Monday by
local firm of horse and mule dealers.
The consideration will inv olive be-
.ween $5,GOO,0OO and s6,OOO,O 900.
Since September l, when the first
on foreign contracts was be-
in Kansas City, 1876 horses and
mules have been received here, and of
hat number the British Government
as taken more than 10000, valued at
pproximately $12, 000, 900.