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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-18
Priporo5ila.

OTganizacija.- Najvccja naloga, XII mas caka y hodocr. bo ona
IN obdrzati tlanStvo Y naSih kluhih. To jc y Am"riki
sled goSpoidrSkih kriz in fluktuacjc dclayccv tclayna re. toda gle
.ati bo trcha. da Se to izvcdc vSaj tam. kcr ic mogoGc.
NaSl organMatorji pc naSclbiuah hodo morali skrhcti. Ia Sc v>ak
Handliat. prcdcn podpiSc priStopnico "a clanstyo. uaroti IA ua;a ra
lila. da poHla nekaj socali;tcnc literature. da We. kaj >ociahzrn,
iravzapraN hoec. kadar ho kandiiat vcdcl. kaj jc socialilcm in kai
potcm st 10 gotovo / MIN tudi Spriiaznil in ostala bosta pi-
ldtelja. To pa pomcni. da bo dobh ,talncga clana tudi klub. Stalnih
CLANCY, to J" tito kar potrchujc naSa Zycza.
CentrahzaciJa. - OgraniGno ic ddo pc II. zboru tako osrcdoto.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
MUST COME OUT
IN THE Open
That's just Like "Joe" Folk. He
Declares Railroads Shall Report
II They Spend Money to Influence
Elections.

Washington, d. G.. August TO-
The right Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to inquire into the polit-
ical expenditures of a railroad was
upheld today in a brief fled in the
District of Columbia Supreme Court
by Chief Counsel Joseph w. Folk in
the Commissions action to compel
President Milton II. Smith of the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad to
testify in regard to that carriers
campaign contributions.
Smith in brief filed several
weeks ago commended that expendl-
ture of funds by a railroad official
for political purposes was a private
matter and that it was beyond the
power of the commission to go into
such questions.
1.-THE commission under the pow
ers delegated it by Congress through
the act TO regulate commerce" SAYS
the Folk brief, has a legal right and
is subject to the legal duty to be in
formed as to carrier expenditures,
and it is a step toward the abuses of
the past for any carrier serving the
public to attempt to keep them secret.
That secrecy in the matter of ex-
penditures and rates has been the
principal source of evils in the rail-
road business cannot be denied. Cor
Eruption, discrimination and favorite-
ism breed in the dark and shun the
light. The evils to be fairly appre-
hended from governmental informa-
ton as to the expenditures of the
funds of interstate carriers are not
to be compared with the evil that
would surely result from secrecy"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
SALT RIVER BEAUTIES.

Il. II. F." and published in the Santa
Fe Progress. L. h. F.; yes, we think
we know him. He is the fellow who
pens the Nature Stories which have
been appearing in the Mexico Mes
sge for several months. Hear him
in the following:
Blake Williams, Roy Ferris and
Sam Ross made a trip from Mexico
to Santa Fe in small skiff. They
started Tuesday at noon and arrived
at Santa Fe just in time to hear the
dinner bell at the popular Snyder
Hoted on Wednesday.
The trip was full of thrills, for
the usually quiet and peaceful Salt
River becomes angry and in some
places very swift and dangerous to
navigation after a long hard rain.
Everything went lovely for Several
miles, but in shooting a swift rifle
between two bluffs the boat turned
turtle after catching upon a water
gap, and all the passengers took a
plunge under the swift waters.
Blake could not swim well, and man
aged to grasp the limb of an over
hanging tree and was rescued with
some difficulty The boat was fially
captured and all parties hiked across
helds to Mrs. Ida Gray's where cloth
ing and shelter was furnished.
Many beautiful bluffs touch the
water scenes that are far more bea -
tiful than others of greater reputa-
ton. If you wish to appreciate the
beauty of the cliffs. the scenic beauty
OF the river with its overhangilg
trees and vines, you shold take a trip
in the roaring waters of Salt River
when the river is up; but, as one of
the party suggested, you would bet.
ter wear your bathing suit"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
Established in 1900. Audrain Coun-
TVS FavOrite Newspaper. -
IF YOU BORROW.

Here is what farmer who needs
money may do under the rural cred
its bill, which was signed by Presi-
dent Wilson recently:
First. He must join what is
TO be known as a National Farm
Loan Association, paying So for one
of its shares for each 500 he wish
es to borrow.
Next, he applies to the assocla-
tion for the loan, giving his personal
note therefor, secured by a first
mortgage on his farm. No commits
sion is charged.
No single loan is to be for less
than 500 or more than $4,000;
nor for less than five years or more
than 40 years.
The borrower pays, semi-annually,
the interest on his note, plus an in
stallment of the principal. He must
not be charged more than per cent
interest.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
third.

third.
In corn stringing contest, Harold
Paradise, Erisman, and Vincent Dicus,
Cedar Grove, won first; Nautilus
Barnes, Liberty, and Francis Robin
son, Liberty, won second; John Hell
wig, Moline, and Hayes Spotswood,
Jesse, won third.
In judging draft horses, Hayes
Spotswood, Jesse, first. Nautilus
Barnes, liberty, second; Harold Par
adeis, Erisman, third.
In poultry judging, Francis Robin
son, Liberty, first; Harold Paradeis,
Erisman, second; Halves Spotswood,
Jesse, third.
In mule judging, Nautilus Barnes,
Liberty, first; Harold Paradeis,
Erisman, second; Hayes spotswood,
Jesse, third.
In the winnings, Helen Shahan,
came out first with $3.50 to her cred
it, while Sylvia Jones was a close
second with $500 as her share.
1t seems to me that there must be
a number who did not try that are
now feeling sick because they did not
get in and get their share. They
may next year.
1 sincerely regret that Prof. EN-
berson was unable to come because
of serious illness of his baby. l wish
to speak of the very valuable assist
ance rendered by Miss Mabel Cook,
who had charge of the girls contests
and judging their work, and of Mr..
strunk, principal of Mcmillan High,
who had charge of the boys contests
and judging their work. Both helped
greatly in getting the boys and girls
to enter in the success of the con-
tests.
And now let us all work together
for a bigger and better School Day
next year. And let us not forget to
thank the Fair Board in general and
White in particular for the
splendid good time they made it pos
sible for us to have.
Ralph Wayne who underwent an
operation week since for throat
trouble is about we'll again.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
PROGRA AM
FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD CONVENTION
vi Audran County, to be held in the Circuit Court
Room in the Court House Mexico, Mo-.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1916

l. Should the board have monthly meetings and
should the teacher be required to attend these meengs A. L.
Lipp.
q How to get the effective service from
teacher. H. c. Fisher
g. When may the building and grounds be
sdered in good order fol the beginning of school?
Gay Painting, pictures, heating ventilation
(b) Grounds clear of weeds and all trash
(c) Outhouses properly screened and painted
whitewashed and supply of lime hands for dsnfectng
j. w. Walker.
A. Furnishing the teacher janitor with proper
equipment for keeping the school building clean and free from
dust Brooms dustcohs oil ceansweep best kind of
and erasers, etc Vol Erdel.
s. The of free text books E. w. Lerhemer.
g. Advantage of voting a nominal building fund
each year to take of repairs, etc. j. f. Parker
T. Importance and means of securing pure
drinking water DR.. R. c. Strode
8. Purchasing supplies.
(a) Value of getting advice from county superinen
dent
(b) Dangers connected with buying books, maps
and charts from agents. D. NJ Slonaker.
8. Missouri's need Of Constitution. Dr.
Isadore Loeb.
10. Sanitation in the rural schools Prof. w. J. Bray
The Convention will begin at 900 a.. Saturday
morning.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
AUTO SNIASHES BUGGY.

Mr.. and Mrs. Rolla Hendrix and
baby, from down toward Shamrock
were driving to the Mexico Fair
Thursday morning and while On the
highway southeast of Mexico were
run into by an auto driven by Mr..
Brown. Mr., Hendrix escaped with a
lew decorations on his face while
Mrs Hendrix and the baby were
scarcely hurt at all. But the buggy
vas dem 'liahed. The man Mr..
brown showed himself a gentleman
he stopped and paid Mr.. Hendrix
all the damages he asked, writing
cut check for $40.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
RURAL SCHOOL NOTES
by W. Clyde johnson.

Childrens Day at the Fair has
come and gone. 1t was a fine day
But only few took advantage of the
opportunities so kindly offered by
the Fair Board. However, 1 feel
sure they now realize what splen-
did opportunity it was, and they will
be good advertisers and boosters for
the next one.
In all, Is pupils representing s
different schools entered Is contests
and won S43.5O.
In Judging canned goods, Helen
Shahan, of Liberty School, first. No
IA Helwig, Moline. cecond; Sylvia
Jones, Hurdle, third.
In the ciphering contest, Lille Nc
Cowan, Cant, first; Sylvia Jones,
Hurdle, second; Hayes Spotswood,
Jesse, third.
In the spelling contest, Sylvia
Jones, Hurdle, first; Hayes Spots
wood, Jesse, second; Lille MCGOWAN,
Cant, third.
Best map or Audrain County, Hell
en- Shahan, Liberty, first; Tholma
Heinlan, Cedar Grove, second.
Best map of Missouri, Helen Sha-
han, Liberty, first.
Best map of the United States,
Minnie Riggs Williams, Friendship,
first; Helen Shahan, Liberty, second;
Thelma Heinlen, Cedar Grove, third.
Best free hand drawing, Virgil q.
Williams, Friendship, first; Helen
Shahan, Liberty, second.
Nest button hole, Sylvia Jones,
Hurdle, first. Helen Shahan, Liberty,
second; Nora Helwig, Moline, third.
Best Judge of corn, Nora Helwig,
Moline, first; Sylvia Jones, Hurdle.
second; Hayes spotswood, Jesse,
third.
In darning contest, Lille Meow
an, Cant, first; Mary Lee Robinson,
Liberty, second; Georgia Roberts,
third.
In patching contest, Sylvia Jones,
first; Lille MCGOWAN, Cant,
second; Georgia Roberts, Moline,
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
morning.
Dear Mr.. School Board Member:

The law requires to call together members of the
different School Boards of the county for the purpose of
siderng and discussing questions pertaining school admin
straon 1t the duty every president and of every clerk
of school board in the county to attend this meeting; and
school officer attending such meeting shall receive
pensaon at the of $50 per day and mileage at the rate
of five cents mile for the number of miles necessary to be
Travelled in going from the school house of his district to the
place of meeting be paid out Of the incidental fund
the district Only two receive pay but oenmes the
entire board the two dividing with the third member
that each gets his expenses out of it. commend this
plan to you,
We have held three very interesting meetings Many
important questions discussed and much benefit
received by all attending. Much interest is being shown
all the county the improvement of the condition of the
rural schools know that you interested in whatever will
benefit your school and help to be better school officer
So here your chance that you will hear Dr.
sadore Loeb of State University He will discuss the need
Iof constitution He is well posted and well informed
YOU will also be interested in what Professor W. j. Bray
the Kksve Normal has to the question of sanitation
in the rural schools
Last year. every school yard moved before
school began; many wells cleaned number of oubun
cleaned and repaired and lime used to keep them sanitary nearly
all the houses scrubbed and many Of them painted papered
fact the boards looked at if their duty prepare
these homes for white people into them hope
expecting to begin school before the 21st that they
disease Then too hold teachers meeting August
and 49, and will be for the teachers dismiss their
schools and attend We shall be glad have many school
board members present possible at this meeting copy
of the program will be sent on requst.
With best wishes for the best school that you have
had and assuring of earnest desire to heartily
cooperate with you to that end, am,
Yours in the cause of better rural schools
w. CLYDE JOHNSON
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
REBEKAS INSTALL.

Mrs. E. w, Alexander, District
Deputy, % Paris, installed the fol.
lowing officers in the Santa Fe Re
beka Lodge recently:
Miss Ida Wilkerson, N. c.; Miss
Leila Davis, V, G.; Mrs. Hattie How.
ard, Warden; Miss Gertrude Davis
Con, Miss Mary Wilson, R. S. N. G..
Miss Isabel Wilson, L. s. N. c.; Mrs,
NJ. Beamer, r. S. v. c.; Miss Susie
Wilson. L. S. v. c.; R. A. Hanger,
]. S. @.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
LITTLE CIIILD DEAD.

Little Susie Belle Tanner, siy
years old, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Dee Tanner of the vicinity of Thomp,
son, died Wednesday morning of last
week of lockjaw at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Alex Chapman of this city.
The funeral and burial were at Ce-
dar Grove Church, in Monroe coun-
ty, Thursday morning..
Susie was the youngest of four
other children left in the home.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
POWELL FORD.

Misses Edna and Anna McMurtry
and brother Ralph are expected
home this week after three weeks
visit with relatives in Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis are at
their new home in Arkansas and like
It down there fine.
Misses Ruth and Mildred Cook
have resumed their school duties for
another year, eight months In the
same districts where they taught last
year
The drouth is broken. We hope
the hot spell is broken also.
The Mexico Fair had large al.
tendance from this neighborhood
All are glad to know that Milford
Berry carried off two first prizes on
the best draft colt and Mrs, Berry d
prize on her chickens.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
HARDIN COLLEGE
MEXICO, MISSOURI.

Officially Standardized by the University a
Normal Department. Certihcate
and Sophomore universities graduates
elor degree at university in years.
Exceptional advantages Music-Piano Voice Violin Organ
Art Courses Diplomas is
Hardin the only College whose graduates
taking the D. degree the University
Phi Beta Kappa honors The University Kappa
honors to nine the graduates"
Swimming to be built this
fall
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
ANNUAL $. 5. CONVENTION.

The Annual Loutre Township Sun
day School Picnic will be held in
Tratchell's Pasture next Saturday.
4 ball g1ne will be one of the out
side features, between boys OF the
Martinsburg School and the Benton
City School.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

Col, w. ID. Fonville of this city.
formerly at the head of Missouri Mil
itary Academy here, has been elected
president of Alabama Female Semi
nary at Tuscaloosa Ala. He and
family leave for Tuscaloosa this
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

That splendid fellow, the Hon.
James Newton Basket Of st. Louis,
who wrote the book, AT You-Alls'
House." who is known to everybody
in this town, is visiting here this
week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

George Lee and Horace Mundy
handled the big crowds at the Fair
with great care and caution against
accidents or any other unplea SAINT
features. All went merry as
marriage bell" all the time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. Gibbs Gentry are ar
rcnging TO move back to Mexico
from Hallsville. The Message is
clad to chronicle their return. Mr.
Gentry will have charge of the fires
at Missouri Military Academy next
winter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

Miss Janette White who was prin-
cipal of the Martinsburg School last
year will be principal OF the Halls
vile School the coming year.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. j. J. Johnston, south
east Of Laddonia, celebrated their
fftieth wedding anniversary recent
ly. They are two of the finest elder
ly folks this world affords.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

Miss Lena Shannon and brother,
Mr.. Ed. Shannon. of near Vandalia,
visited Hon, and Mrs. T. A. Shannon
ia Mexico last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17
BoHUMIR KRYL, THE sANDMASTER.
W. CLYDE JOHNSON.

EHRfBoDf VIII be glad to know that of
III tons to be repeated Chauuqua year is that splendid
Concert Band under the able leadership
Is the same big band that capivaed
her coming back bigger aud better than
Ine ana many quaint and curious Quk that
Kryl knows well how weave into his programs
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

w. 3. Freeman and family, south
east OF Mexico, visited relatives in
Columbia first of this week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

w. C. Duty gets on the Messages
growing subscription list
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

VIM. Fague, the shoe shop man O.
this city. is arranging to move to Van
dalia. :
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

F. D, Mudd Joins the Message sub
scription list.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-08-17

Ralph Wayne who underwent an
operation a week since for a throat
trouble is about we'll again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-19
MATTER OF FINANCE.

A gentleman who is described as a
prominent French Dublicist suggests
to the French government that France
could get back some of the gold that
has gone to America or cancel some
of the debts owing here by selling
works Of art from the Luxembourg
and the Louvre to American million
aires.
French pride would be sorely wound
ed if any of the nations great master
pieces OF ancient and modern art
should go 10 foreign shores on account
OF a national money shortage. but the
asperities of the plan are softened q
little by the introduction Of a delicate
bit Of sentiment. I'VE have" says the
distinguished publcist, been swind-
ling the Americans with fake master
pieces for a long while, so why not
sell them some real Ones?"
However, we doubt if this appeal to
the principles of abstract justice will
prevail. The Frenchman is logical and
will reason that If Americans have
been buying fake masterpieces at high
prices and are satisfied with them
there is no good reason why the bal
ance of trade should not be readjusted
by the sale of more fakes. Also the
Frenchman knows that Barnum's
greatest show on earth was no great
show compared with the show that
runs the year around in Paris and
draws its millions from the pockets Of
tourists year after year without fail.
Selling the pictures will be too much
like killing the goose.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-19
The Daily Story
He Lost Rib and Got Wife-By Oscar Cox.

1t was shortly after the great uni
ted drive began on the part of the
French and the English against the
Germans They were bringing the
English wounded TO the rear, where
the surgeons were attending 10 them
in the recently constructed hospitals
A young officer was carried into one
Of these hospitals, where equipment
for operating had been prepared in
advance of the drive, and laid on the
operating table The only assistant
who could be spared for that particu-
lar operation was a Red Cross nurse.
The patient was in too critical a con-
dition to notice his surroundings.
A fragment Of a she'll had struck
the man in the breast and broken sew
eral ribs, so crushing one OF them that
the surgeon felt it necessary to re-
move 1t. When the operation was con-
cluded and the patient returned to
consciousness he feebly asked the doc
tor what he had done He was told of
the removal of his rib. He lay quiet
while the doctor attended to another
patient, and when returned to observe
the condition of the first the man, who
meanwhile had been removed TO a
camp cot, said to him:
You say, doctor, that you have TAX
en- a rib from my side"
Yes"
"And this woman" pointing to the
nurse, "is the result"
Surprising that the patient was de-
lirious, the surgeon, not willing TO ir-
ritate him, assented.
well, then. suppose I'm Adam and
the woman is Eve. Were Adam and
Eve married."
Il don't know about that"
well, in these days, couples are
married. Bring a chaplain"
The surgeon looked from the patient
to the muse. She was regarding the
wounded man with great anxiety
Come; hurry up" pursued the pa
tient. Il may not pull through this,
and I want Eve TO inherit my property.
If | don't have a legal heir there'll be
no end of a fight among a lot of vul-
lures"
Again the surgeon looked at the
nurse. She was very much affected.
She gave the doctor no clew as to her
to be thus suddenly mar
ried and made heir presumptive to a
fortune.
You're not going to die" said the
to the patient "at least not
of this wound. You may get another
that will carry you off"
Never mind that. You do what
tell you to do. Get chaplain"
Are you agreed?" asked the latter
Of the nurse.
Still he received no reply. But, as
Stunning that with woman silence
gives consent, he called a hospital
steward and sent him for a chaplain.
who came from one dying man to an
other whom he thought to be dying
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-19
JUSTICE OF THE EIGHT-H0UR
DAY.

In considering the demand of their
employees for the establishment of the
eight-hour day the railroad managers
are quite right to give some consider
alton also TO the rights of their stock
holders.
And in making their demands for
eight hours the employees are quite
right in taking thought for their own
health. their unquestionable right to
leisure time, as well as sleeping time.
time for recreation, for self-improve-
ment and for association with their
families.
The obligation of gratitude to the
public rests heavily upon the rail-
roads.
They owe their very existence to
special privileges granted by the pub
lie All the risk involved in their
early organization was borne by the
public
The aristocratic streets of our great
cities are crowded with the palaces of
railroad builders who used the land
belonging to all the people and the
credit of all the people to found the
railroad system of the nation and roll
up for themselves colossal fortunes.
How great has been the total contri-
button Of the American people to the
railroad corporations in the form or
land grants, subsidies. state, county
and municipal bonds and other gra-
tuities no statistician has yet COM
puted.
We know that New York contrtbu-
ted $S.000,000 of state money, $1,000
600 of which went into the Golfers of
Erie and helped to found the Gould
fortune. In the form of county and
municipal subscriptions more than
100000, 900 more was furnished
Illinois gave to one railroad $780,
600 acres Of land. One transcontinen-
tai road, the Northern Pacific, receiv-
ed from the national government land
grants exceeding 47,000,0O0 acres
This is but a partial statement of
the railroad debt of the people 1t is
a debt growing continually as the cor
porations demand and secure new
privileges.
In the present agitation for the
eight-hOur day lies the railroads OBJ
pOrtunity to concede and the public's
opportunity to secure at least a par
tial acknowledgment of this debt
The eight-hour day is an eminently
just and socially desirable regulation
in any branch of employment It diff
ferentiates the man from the machine,
giving him opportunity for that devel-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-09-19
LEI Il
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NgYM .,.!! ! BRADY.M06

tically every adult harbors focus Of
the disease somewhere in his body,
and the tendency to natural or spOn-
faneous cure is so strong that only a
minority Of us. living under particu-
iaTly unhygienic conditions. develop
active or clinical tuberculosis, which
can be diagnosed during life
OF these victims of circum stances
Just so per cent regain good health if
they adopt the open air life and make
a business Of getting well.
Tuberculosis is therefore the most
durable chronic disease We have in
America. Al the same time. it causes
more deaths than any other disease in
America. The great majority of
deaths from tuberculosis are brought
about as direct result of inadequate
wages.
Isn't 1t absurd TO have to pay two
dollars an hour for the use of a 5000
automobile but you can hire a $4,000
human being for So a day?