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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

AFTER counting the absentee vote,
we find that the Democratic party -
Audrain County gained 235 votes this
year over 1912, while the Republicans
gained one. In 1912, the Democratic
vote was 1882 and the Republican,
1877. In 1916, the Democratic vote
was 1861, and the Republican vote,
'172g
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
BOY INJURED BY COW

Ledger Special.
wELLsvILLE, No, Nov ,e
Tinsley MeNamayer, Of this city =,
years old, was found upcoD,.;.,
the road near this city at q, ,..n-
hour today, His clothing wa, ,,,,
pletely torn off and his BODY w,,
cred by bruises. Upon inyestig,t..
it was discovered a COW he was l,.S
ing had become frightened and S,n,
him 300 yards before he could b..nSs
untangled from the leading roDs
He is a grandson Of Cant CON-,
Menu and was found by Everett Law.
who drives a delivery wagon. Ism.'
attention was firss attracted bv
bloody track down the center ~
road and his inquiry into the c,r,'
lead to the injured child's d~i,cov.,-
While seriously hurt, his recovery
not dispaired of.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

AN agricultural community, that OPP
poses a Highway Engineer and a
County Farm Agent, should not be
surprised If it does not grow and
prosper as ii should. There are 40
more important Offices in any agri-
cultural county than those Of High
way Engineer and County Farm
Agent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
FRIDAY. THE STH DAY OF DE-
GENDER A. D., 1916,


By Virtue and Authority Of Sp
cial Execution issued from the oftl@
Of the Clerk of the Circuit Court q
Audrain County, Missouri, returna0!i
at the November Term, 1916, Of Sals
Court, and to me directed, in favor q I
ID. C. Owen, and against William !
Atkinson, Samuel NJ. Locke and Elv,
R. Locke, I have levied upon and selIa
all the right. title, interest and clam
Of the said William F, Atkinson, San,
tel M. Locke and Edwin r. Locke o.
in and to the following described Ken
Estate, to-wit
Lot two (2) Of Block one q
Jeffries Addition to the City Of Mes i
leo, in Audrain County, Missouri, y
lying and being within the ny
County, and State Of Missouri a"
will. on
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
Took a Neiphbor,s Advice.

Last winter my son Claude had n Sc
we're attack Of Group. / took a neigh
boris advice and procured a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. 1t re-
lieved him promptly, writes Mrs. T.
II. Bell, Vandergraft, Pa. 0btainable
everywhere. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
New Manager in Charge

Lenas Garrett, ofMexieo, came to
Fulton this week TO take charge of the
shop Of the Glasgow Tailors in West
Fifth street. He has had consider
able experience as a clothier, and ex-
poets TO conduct a first class store.
- Fulton Gazette.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

NINETEEN women section hands
killed by an express train near Ber-
lin - a tragic reflection Of the call
upon women in Germany to do the
heaviest work Of men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration upon the estate of
JAMES A. QUINLAN, Deceased.
Of Audrain County. Missouri, have
been granted the undersigned, by the
Probate Court of said county, bearing
date November 8, 1916.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance within six
months after date of said Letters or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft of such estate and If such claims
be not exhibited within n year from
the time of the publication Of this
notice, they will be forever barred.
.37-4t Norma Clyde Quinlan, Ad-
m~inistratrix.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

Subscribers to the Weekly Ledger
should watch the date on the margin
Of their paper and renew their sub
scripd0n promptly so that they viii
not miss a copy of their favorite
paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
FRIDAY. THE STH DAY VI u
CEMBER A. d., 1916,

Gt being the Eleventh dai
the Circuit Court y
said County,, between the hours
nine O'Clock in the forenoon ana Nv
o'clock in the afternoon Of that ~
at the East Court House door IN
City of Mexico, County of Audrs
aforesaid, sell the same, or SO my
thereof as may be required, a. pup. \,
vendue, to the highest bidder Y
cash in hand, (subject to no prior F II,s
and judgments), to satisfy SAD hA'
cution and costs. ,,rrr
Sheriff of Audrain County, Mo- oo~
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

IF you have a shcep-killinE dog you
had better dispose Of it, It will ave
YOU money.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
The Weekly Ledger

Entered at the P. 0. Mexico, No,
and admitted as End class matter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

Mrs. Adele Ashmore, Of Kansas
City, arrived Saturday to be the
guest Of Mrs Cora Ashbaugh and
Mrs. Mamie Craig.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

ALL farm machinery should be
carefully painted, cleaned, oiled, and
sheltered for the winter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

Grover Dye, of Rush Hill, who has
been i'll at the Mexico Hospital for
the past three weeks, is in a critical
condition.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
WORLD CATTLE PRICE
TOPPED BY LOCAL DEALERS
Clark & BledsOe's Shipment to St
St Louis Brought sI150. the High
est Price Ever Paid for Steers.
TWO LOADS IN NJ
The Beeves We're Native Audrain Co,
Cattle and Part of Which Ship
pers Raised Themselves.

Audrain county as q stock raising
county always bee7 among the leaders
but Tuesday We stepped into firt
place when two loads Of steers shipp-
ed to the National Stock Yards, East
st. Louis, were sold for Sll5O per
hundred the hint price ever paid
for steers II Iohirnsnt belonged
to Clark & Bic n, Of this city, and
were purchaSdWto Armour & Com
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
SHERIFF'S SALE

oAAAsAAlCI D BALE,
By Virtue and Authority Of SDsci,,
Elk ecution issued from the otfico a.
the Clerk of the Circuit Court ~ A. VI
drain County, Missouri, returrsbIs A ~
the November Term, 1916, of al, =
Court, and to me directed, in tavo y ~
ID. c. Owen, and against Virto,ia y =
Adams, S. c. Adams, John 7, Ricfs+tt.
and Alice F. Marks, | have Levied rn.s
and seized all the right, title. ipts,s,s
and claim Of the said Victoria / al
ans, S. C. Adams, John T. Pi,ts ~,
and Alice F. Marks, Of, in, sSi +
the following described Real Es,ts
to-wit: ~
Beginning at a point on promsr,a,
street 125 feet East Of the NorS
West corner Of a tract or parcsl n
land conveyed by Hunter and oSs-
to John Saunders by deed recordJS
Book "0' on Page $50 and Sus
Recorders office in Audrain Cssr
No. and thence East 60 feet, ers
South to the North side Of Lbe-,
Street, thence West along The NH
side Of Liberty Street, 60 feet tbs,g
North to beginning, Book g. Pan
25S). Also beginning at a point q
the South line Of Promenade Strs
in the City Of Mexico, Mo, s feet -
OF the North West corner OF the trs
Of land conveyed BY ". D. H. Hunts
and others TO Hamilton Hall, by War.
ranty Deed dated January lOth, 1855.
and recorded in Book 20" at Page 36l
Of Records Of Audrain County. No,
run thence East along the South line
II Promenade Street 95 feet, thence
South TO the North line Of Liberty
Street in said City. thence West along
the North line Of Liberty Street 95
feet, thence North TO the point d We.
ginning, except the following:-Be.
ginning at a point on the South lbN
of Promenade Street, IN the City d
Mexico, Mo, which is the North East
corner of a tract Of land conwysiBy
Hamilton Hall TO Samuel Locke BY
deed dated July 18th, 1906, recorded in
Book 50. at Page 242, Auiain County
Records, run thence West on South
line of Promenade Street 2 feet,
thence South to the North line d
Liberty Street, thence East along the
North line of Liberty Street 2 feet
thence North to the point Of beginn.
ing, all lying and being in the said
County, and State of Missouri. Andl
will, on
FRIDAY, THE STH DAY OF De.
GENDER A. D., 1916,
ut being the Eleventh day
Iof the Circuit Court Of
said County,, between the hours Of
nine O'Clock in the forenoon and five
o'clock in the afternoon Of that day'
at the East Court House door, IN The
City of Mexico, County Of Audra1
aforesaid, sell the same, or 50 rnuca
thereof as may be required, at pub
lie vendue, to the highest bidder, ii
cash in hand, (subject to no prior lsr'
and judgments), to satisfy SAID Exc
cution and costs.
j. W. BARNETT,
| Sheriff of Audrain County, Mo. %a
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

The condition of Mrs. j.. +. San
derson continues TO improve.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
AncOnas.

]. J.. Steele. Mexico, first and third
hen, first pullet, second pen.
Geo. Dingelden, St. Charles, first
pen, first cock, second hen and second
pullet
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23

Mrs. w. N. Mitchell, Vandalia,
first, second, third and fourth pullet,
first, second, third and fourth cock
erel.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-23
White Wyandottes.

W. o. and B. A. Smith, Thompson,
first, second, third and fourth pullet.
first, second and fourth hen, first
and secnnd cockeral
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
TIMBER SUPPLY GOOD FOR
1875 YEARS

That Washington and Oregon will
be the leading states in the produc-
ton of lumber for the next hundred
years is indicated by figures just
compiled by officials of the West
Coast Lumber Manufacturers Asso
citation, who find nearly a trillion
feet of standing timber within the
boundaries of the two common
wealths. This supply, it is estimated,
will last 1875 years, not allowing for
new growth.
Late estimates show that there is
still standing in the forests of
Washington and oregon 92S, 431 ,000,.
900 feet of merchantable timber. 1t
is believed that this estimate is very
conservative, and that 936,000,0 900
would more nearly represent the &C
tual merchantable stand, due to the
fact that timber when cut very often
overruns the cruise figures.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
JOHNSON SUSPENDED

B. ~ Johnston is guilty of breaking
faith with the Socialists. So said the
state executive committee of the par
ty in session recently at Seattle. In
his bill of exceptions to the action
of the Cashmere Local he scored on
one point, and on account of irregu-
larities, the penalty was one years
suspension, instead of permanent eX-
pulsion, as was desired and recon-
mended. Burdick has a whole year
for contemplation. Whether it will
be remorse for sins of omission and
commission during the last city cam
paign or warfare on his former parti-
sans, he has not yet indicated. His
friends here think he made a poor So
cialist anyway, and believe that dur
ing his period of ostracism he will see
things according to the light of either
the elephant, donkey or moose.-Cash-
mere Valley Record.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
Plea for Women Workers

ficient, they should be so amended
as TO give the power and means to
provide for their enforcement, so that
these conditions may be improved
without delay"
Governor Manning also recommend
ed a law raising the age limit of
children working in factories, mines
and textile establishments. He said
that a large number of school dis.
tricts have placed themselves under
the compulsory school attendance
law, but this was not true in mill dis.
tricts because the minimum age limit
of the child labor law is 70 years and
the school law maximum is ID years.
The child labor law, declared the
chief executive, prevents school dis.
tricts in mill sections from taking ad-
vantage of the school legislation.
A workmens compensation law is
included in the recommendations
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03

nails exceeds by far what might be
expected from fatherless youths in a
season Of relaxed morals.
Then follows the startling deduc.
tion-the most terrible indictment of
war itself-that the children OF all
classes born during war times are
largely criminal in nature, ready them.
lselves, when arriving at manhood,
to become the most savage of sol.
diers. DR.. Erich says: And yet this
is not all The war fever seems to
affect even the unborn"
In support of this theory the pro
fessor goes through the history of the
last 200 years, and claims that a sec
ond tidal wave of crime or war al
ways follows war 20 odd years la
ter.
1t is an endless chain-war creates
criminals, the criminals create war,
the war creates more criminals, who
create more war, and so on ad in
finitum
This, then, is the fruit of an exploit
ing system of society, that thrives on
war
Dr. Erich declares that the favorite
weapons used by criminals after war
are always those which he liked best
during the war itself And from that
he concludes that, after this war, the
air will be full of explosives, of poi
son gases and mines.
How much longer. with such a pros
pect in view, will the common people
endure a social system of exploitation
that produces all this war and mis-
ery?-Ex.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03

COLUMBIA, s C.-n his message
to the general assembly Gov Man.
ming urged legislation in behalf of
workers, especially women in large
industries and also women employed
in other lines of work He said;
Women are sometimes cruelty OPP
pressed, and have TO work for Il great.
err number Of hours than flesh and
blood can stand Sometimes they are
required to work as many as sixteen
hours or more, without opportunity
for rest, and with scant time FOR
meals; and with their work places
at times in an unsanitary condition.
"Those questions are of vital i'm
port to the future of our race, and
we must vitalize and put into active
effect the laws now on our statute
books. which apply to these condi-
tions. If the present laws are insult
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
SOCIALISM AND THE UNI
SKILLED

Did you ever notice that it is al
ways the skilled workers who get
their wages advanced? You never
hear anything about the wages of
children in the mills and the factories
being raised. You never read any
glowing accounts in your favorite
daily about an advance of wages of
the old men and women workers in
the sweat shops. The over-worked
housewife-you never hear anything
about her wages being raised. Fun
ny, too, that the scrub women and
the washerwomen never seem to get
in on this wage-raising game. Why
don't they organize? Why don't the
babies in the southern cotton mills
organize? Ye gods! Why don't they
have ice cream in hell? Socialism
will raise the wages of all workers,
skilled or unskilled, and it will raise
them to the full limit of all they pro
duce-Appeal.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
EXTREMES MEET

1t is reported that the president OF
the American Federation of Labor,
speaking in the San Francisco con-
vention against the resolution in fav-
or of legal limitation of the work day,
and in general deprecating reliance
upon political action as a method OF
improving the conditions of labor, de-
scribed the ballot as "a piece of paper
dropped into a box" Would Samuel
Gompers or William D. Haywood be
the more scandalized on having his at
tention called to the fact that they
both use the same phrases? But, aft
er all, there is nothing to wonder at
in the verbal coincidence. Syndical-
ism is nothing but conservative trade
unionism dressed up in red Clothes
The New York Call.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03

"All through history" says the pro-
fessor, waves of crime preceded
wars, not so much crimes involving
property as those against persons.
Nations seem to become bloodthirsty,
or, as Bismarck used to put it, krieks-
lustig und menschenfiedlich Thirsty
for war and manhating).
Just previous to the war of 1866
| PRUSSIA against Austria) the number
of murders and assaults climbed to
terrifying height in Prussia; and
before the war of 1870 (Franco-Prus-
siam personal crimes ran rampant in
both France and Germany. On ex-
aiming the court annals in Germany
since 1910 a regular warfare with
cranks and criminals is disclosed in
such a notable degree that the writer,
in 1912, openly predicted this war,
basing his representation solely on
the phenomenal crime wave"
DR.. Erich goes on to state that in
the course of war prisons are thrown
wide open, and criminals are put in
the ranks, a leaven of crime as it
were. The horrors committed by the
criminal element of the rank and file
gradually cover tender consciences
with a callOused hide before which
they themselves, on sober reflection,
will be appalled, And when they see
that the very scum of our prisons is
decorated with the iron cross, as has
happened thousands of times, is it a
wonder if the war makes a carnival
of crime, since the momentum is al
ways downward, and the good will
learn from the wicked, never the
wicked from the good? The writer
instances Richard III, Wallenstein,
Macbeth, and long list of noted war
riors to prove that the crime wave
generally mounts far above the ranks
and taints even the heads of society
But while the crest of criminality
usually finds its way to the battle
front, crime does not stagnate at the
fireside. 1t is a known fact, he states
that young men take up not only the
work Of their elders in the war, but
that the number of youthful crimi-
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
LAW INSURES REST
ONE DAY IN SEVEN
SUNDAY CLOSING LAW UPHELD

PORTLAND, Ore-Federal Judge
Wolverton has sustained the Oregon
Sunday closing law and rules that q
state has the right to pass legislation
of this character, not for the purpose
of enforcing religious observances,
but to protect persons from the phys.
ical and moral debasement that comes
from uninterrupted labor"
The court said: THAT the law is
sometimes called a Sunday law does
not alter the question, and the inter
probation must be had by considera-
ton of this fact itself Laws setting
aside Sundays as day of rest are
usually upheld by the courts. 1t is
within the police power of the state
to suspend certain activities on Sun.
days. Laws relating to Sunday are
enacted in the legal exercise Of the
police power of the state"
The court held that the question
was state issue and not a federal
one, as the fourteenth amendment to
the federal constitution did not apply
to legislation intended to promote
health, peace and morals unless the
act was so unreasonable as to amount
to confiscation.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
LOW PAY DRIVES
GIRLS TO STREETS

SPRINGFIELD Ill. - More than
100000 young women in Illinois are
working for a wage that is driving
them into vice, officials of the State
Labor Bureau declared. The state.
ment is based on the report of the
Illinois Vice Commission
The Vice Commission report, pub
lished after an investigation that ex.
tended over several years, placed SO
week as the lowest wage on which
young woman, under any but ex.
ceptional circumstances, could live.
thousands of girls" the report
states, ARE driven to the street be-
cause of sheer inability to keep body
and soul together on the low wages
received by them"
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
NEWS AND NOTES
SNOHOmlSH COUNTY OFFICE
Carl Ulonska, County Secretary
.- REFERENDUMS OUT

National Referendums for the cleo
ton of Presidential and Vice-Presi-
Dental candidates are now before the
membership Also the referendum
providing for a unity conference be-
tween the Socialist Labor Party and
the Socialist Party is to be voted up
on. During the next two months sew
eral important party referendums are
to be voted upon. See that your dues
are paid up and that your local secre-
tary reports promptly each month.
ABOUT COUNTY Committeeman
Has your local elected County Com
mitteemen yet? If not do not neglect
to attend to this matter soon, as the
Snohomish County convention will be
held within few months. Send a
copy of the committeemen's creden-
tials to the county office.
LOCAL TRAFTON ACTIVE
A splendid propaganda and organi-
cation meeting was held by the Coun-
ty Secretary at Trafton and a large
crowd attended. The Traitor com
rades are planning a Valentine Party
for the benefit of The Northwest
Worker, February II, at the Grange
Hall The program includes recita-
tions, songs, dialogues, etc. A Fish
Pond" and cake Contest will be
features of the evening. Lunch will
be served and all are invited. The
committee in charge of the arrange
ments are: Mrs. Cora Donahue, Mrs.
E. Drake Mrs L. Clapdadle and Dor
othy Jewett
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
COMBINATION OFFER

To all our readers who send us one
dollar and ten cents we will pay for
a years subscription to "Redfeather'
and send The Northwest Worker, to
any address, for one year Better &C
cept this offer at once, By so doing
you will help The Northwest Worker
and yourself, and also aid Comrade
Rogers in obtaining second-class mail
ing privileges for "Redfeather" DO
IT NOW!
The price of "Redfeather" alone is
csc a year, and its office is 226 Lib,
erty Bldg, Seattle, Wash
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
SOCIALIST PARTY
DIRECTORY

Cards will be inserted In this col
umn for the sum OF fifty cents a
month.
NATIONAL EXECUTIVE sEcRE.
TARY. - Walter Lanfersiek, 300
West Madison ST., Chicago, Ill.
STATE SECRETARY OF WASHING.
TONI. e. Katterfield, Box 491
Everett, Wash Office S14 Com.
merce Bldg, Everett.
sNoHoMIsH COUNTY sEcRE.
TARY.-Carl Ulonska, Room 8, The
Forum, 1912 California Street. Ev.
erett, Wash.
LOCAL EVERETT No. I meets every
Thursday evening at in the Forum,
1912 California St, Everett. K. Fl.
Hodgins, fin.-sec.; Sophus Bonni-
vie, rec.-sec F. G. Crosby, organ.
izer.
LOCAL EDMoNDs meets every Sun.
day evening at 8, in Engels' hall,
Edmonds. c. e. Briggs, Edmonds,
recording sec; B. H. Davis, Ed
monds, financial sec.
LOCAL MONROE meets on the LIST
and Bird Fridays In the month at s
p. m. in the st. James hotel. r. w.
Thompson, Monroe, sec.; w. s. KEEL
Ter, Monroe, organizer.
nHAI NEnaD VAL
the End and 4th Saturdays In the
month at p. m. In the Cedar Val
ley church. Richard Pape, r. F. d.
Edmonds, Sec; J. M. Hs,ver, r. F.
d. Edmonds, organizer.
LOCAL LAKEWOOD meets every
Thursday in the month at $3.50 pm,
in Lakewood hall. Chas. Roth, r.
1 Arlington, fin.-sec.; John Over
void, r. l Arlington, organizer.
LOCAL RICHMOND meets every End
and 4th Sunday in the month at 8 D.
m. in the homes Of members. F. D.
Hoffer, r. Edmonds, fin.-sec.; Bon
ner Bartlett, Edmonds, rec. sec.
LOCAL GOLD BAR meets every 3rd
Sunday in the month at 2 p. m. in
the homes of members. Rufus
Wren, Gold Bar, organizer. Gustus
Fleeder, fin. sec.
LOCAL SlLVANA meets every Bird
Sunday afternoon in the months at
2 pm. in the Silvana Trading Union
hall. Arvid N. Berg, Silvana, fin.
and rec. Sec; Ole Larson, Silvana,
Organizer.
LOCAL BRYANT meets every End
and 4th Sunday in the month at 2
p. m. In the homes Of members.
Mike Kronholm, Bryant, fin.-sec. !;
Oscar Carlson, RID. 4, Arlington,
organizer
LOCAL HOME ACRES meets first
Sunday afternoon of each month at
comrade Chas. Solie's residence. W.
j. Fortson, rec. Sec; Chas. Sole,
fin. Sec; Chas. Jurgus, organizer.
LOCAL MARKHAM, Seattle, meets ev-
cry Thursday at p. m, at 1888
Lakeside Ave. Lalla Rogers, 1893
Lakeside Ave, fin.-sec.
LOCAL ARLINGTON meets every
Monday evening at p. m. in the
Labor Temple. Homer Caswell, rec.
sec.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-02-03
LECTURES HELD
DURING NEXT WEEK
LOCKWOOD LECTURE DATES

LOCKWOOD LECTURE DATES
Sat. Feb. 5, Bayview Sun. G p
M, Anacortes; Sun. 6, Is PM, Mt
Vernon; Mon. 7, Enroute; Tue 8, We
natchee; Wed. 8, Quilltoc Chine; Thu
10, Colockum; Fri. II, Adrian; Sat
II, Coulee City; Sun. 10, Wilbur.
HERMAN LECTURE DATES
Sat. Feb. 5, Prescott; Sun. 6, Day
ton; Mon. Z, Turner; Tues. 8, Pome,
roy; Wed. 9, Starbuck, Thu. TO- Clark.
stOn; Fri. IL, Asotin.
Idaho Dates.-Sat. Feb. II, Lewis
ton, Sun. 10 q PM, Pullman; Sun
10 e PM, Moscow.