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Iditarod pioneer., 1916-12-02
FORFEITURE NOTICE

To Andrew Humo, Jacob olsen, Chas. Holky,
 J. \. Lttterel Arthur Valentine, Wm.
 Butler Chas. Nelson, r. II. stafford.
 Ed KcOgh. K. Albright and Geo. AL
 bright, their heirs, administrators and
 assigns:
 You and each of you are hereby notified that the undersigned and their aSstgnors have expended for labor and improvements during each of the years 1919, 1913, 1914 and 1915 the sum of one hundred dollars ($f00.O0) upon Discovery association min ing claim, situated on Slate creek (at the time of the recording of the location notice Of the claim known as Henry creekl, trlb- utary of Otter creek, in otter recording precinct, territory of Alaska, in order to hold said claim under the provisions of law respecting the performance of annual labor on mining claims.
 And if within ninety days after the pub licaton of this notice you or either of you fail or refuse to pay your portion of such expenditure, your interest in said claim will become the property of the under signed co-owners, according to the provi- Sions of Sec. 2324. Revised Statutes of the United States.
 J. E. RILEY.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
WALLACE BASsF0RD MAY
Be WASHINGTON P. N.
Speaker Champ Clark Wants His Sec
retary, to be Capital Post
Master.
is ALREADY RECOMMENDED
If Senate Fails to Re-Appoint Herritt
Chance, Present Incumbent Bass
ford viii Get it.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 2e.-
Speaker Champ Clark yesterday wrote
Postmaster General Burleson, recon-
mending the appointment Of Wallace
Bassford as Postmaster of Washing
ten if the Senate refuses to confirm
the appointment of the incumbent,
Merritt Chance, named in recess last
summer. Bassford mas been Mr..
Clark's secretary for many years. He
is a brother of Homer Bassford of St.
Louis.
Although legally resident Of Mex
leo, Mo-, Bassford has lived so long in
Washington that he is eligible to ap-
pointment TO an Office within the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The opinion here is that the Post
master General will indorse the
Speakers recommendation should the
Senate decline to confirm Chance.
When Chance was appointed during
the summer and after Postmaster OF
to Praeger had been promoted to Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General, it
was stated that Chance was "Clark
Democrat" although he had previous
ly served under Republican admins
tration. Speaker Clark said yester-
day he had never heard of Chance un-
til he was named Postmaster and
doubted the accuracy Of the statement
that he had been active in his pres
idential campaign.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
WILLIAM JONES DEAD.
Adopted Son Of Mrs. VIM. Steffens
Dies Suddenly.

William Jones, the adopted son Of
Mrs. VIM. steffens, died suddenly
Tuesday afternoon from arsenic pois-
oning. He became i'll at one o'clock in
the afternoon and died at six. Funeral
services will be conducted Thursday
afternoon at two tirty at the Presby-
terrain Church by the Rev. A. A. Wal
lace. The burial will be at Elmwood
cemetery.
William had lived with the Steffens
family since he was nine months old.
He was twenty-four years old at the
time Of his death. He is survived by
his foster mother. The Ledger and
the entire community extend sym
pathy to the sorrowing mother at this
time Of shock and bereavement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
MRS. ]. B. HAWKINS DEAD.

Mrs. ]. B. Hawkins, wife of DR.. ]
B. Hawkins, died at her home here
Tuesday morning after an extended
illness. Mrs. Hawkins was one oi
the pioneer settlers of Mexico who
at the time Of her death had been q
resident Of Mexico for twenty-five
years. She was 66 years old. Mrs
Hawkins was a splendid woman, loved
by all her friends and her death will
sadden the entire community.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at the home by the Rev. o. o
Green of the Baptist Church. The
burial was made at Frankfort
Pike Co., Mo-, the former home of DIR
and Mrs. Hawkins.
Besides her husband, DIR. ]. B
Hawkins, she is survived by five
daughters: Mrs. J. L. Andrews
Mrs. Grace Byrum, Of st. Louis; Mrs
Sweeney of Middletown, Mrs. Bert
Luckie, Montgomery; and Mrs. VIM
West, Of this city. The Ledger joins
the entire community in extending
sympathy to the bereaved family al
this time Of sorrow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
DANIEL BOONE TRAIL MEET
ING 1T MOBERLY FEB. I

The Daniel Boone trail promoters
win meet in Moberly February 2, al
1;S0 p. M, to formulate definite plans
for the building of this national high
way. Mexico is mentioned on this
road and representative will be sent
to this meeting.
The Daniel Boone trail is the great
national north and south highway
1t has been completed from ST. Paul
TO Des Moines and now its completion
in the state Of Missouri is urged. The
slogan Of this route is Canada ts
Gulf Of Mexico
February 2, at Moberly, an address.
will be given by the vice president
Hon. John F. Ford, Mayor of Fort
Dodge, Iowa, on the subject eThe
Daniel Boone Trail" and arrange
ments are being made to have the
Minnesota vice-president of the route,
Hon. John H. Hohmann, of Mankato,
present to address the crowd.
The proposed route includes the fol-
lowing places: Des Moines, Prairie
City, Monroe, otley, Pella, 0skaIoosa,
Fremont, ottumwa and Bloomfield,
Iowa, and Lancaster, Queen City,
Green Top, KirksvilIe, Ia Plata, At
lanta, Macon. Jacksonville, Cairo,
Moberly. Clark, Sturgeon, Centralia,
Mexico. Martinsburg, Wellsville, Mont
gomerS Florence, Warrenton,
Wrigh w, Wentzville, st. Charles
and StAey.ws Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
MARY AUGUSTA KETTERY DEAD
Twelve Year Old Daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. B. Ketery Dies.

Mary Augusta, the twelve year old
daughter ofMr and Mrs. A. B. Ket-
terry, died at the home Of her parents
on west Liberty street. at one o'clock
Tuesday afternoon,
Besides her father and mother, she
leaves four sisters and four broth
ers: Mrs. Goldie Schankwiler, Misses
Grace, Blanche, and Fern Kettery, Of
this city, and Albert, Clever, Burton
and GIenden Kettery, also of this city.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted Thursday at the home on West
Liberty street. The body will be bur-
led in Elmwood. The Ledger extends
sympathy to the bereaved family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
LOOKS LIKE WILSON.
!. Bsnton is Mistaken for the
President Once in Awhile.

y. 7. Bunton, formerly of Mexico,
\, the genial travelling salesman Of
5 city is now being dubbed wood
\ Wilson" among his many friends
and down the line, says the Jeffer-
\ City Post. Bunton does favor the
esident just a little, especially when
smiles. Bunton, however, doesn't
pw whether to feel fiattered or not,
4 president has never been refer
to as a handsome man.
FOR some time Mr.. Bunton has
ficed that people gave him more
N passing notice and it pestered
} not a little. One day a friend
iced that Mr.. Bunton was worried
Put being inspected SO infinitely.
whats the natter Bunton," he
fed' Don't you like TO be gwen the
Ee over?" "Well", Bunton replied,
wouldn't mind it SO much il | knew
why. ] don't resemble anyone
N whose head big reward has
h placed, do I?p
should say not" said the friend,
Pnight when you get home get a
Pure of Woodrow Wilson and then
in a looking glass and you'll find
you and the president look
'pgh alike to be brothers."
Runton did as requested and found
what his friend said was true.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
FULTON GOES DRY lBY
l7S VOTES ON TUESDAY
Four Years Age it Voted Wet by i3O-
Election Was Quiet and Without
Any Trouble.
LICENSES EXPIRE ON FEB. llrH
Only Ward to Go Wet Was the First
Which Is Largely Populated With
City's Negroes.

Fulton, Mo-, jan, Virtually a
full vote was polled in the local option
election yesterday, $40 voting against
licensing saloons asH 432 voting for
them, giving the drys majority of
l7s. The First Ward, which is largely
populated by negroes. was the only
ward 10 go wet.
The City Council appointed special
police for each polling place for the
first time in a number of years, and
the 1oO-foot rule wae rigidly enforced.
The women workers were in strong
evidence.
The licenses of the two saloons in
Fulton expire at midnight February
II. Four years ago the vets won by
1870 votes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
rursr GIRLS OF TODAY


THOSE Of US who talk about @th'
Ill old days" are bemoaning, among
'|her changes Of the times the yer,
'Idependcnt young girls who plar
heir own lives.
A They say tho girihood Of thirteer
N fourteen Is no longer; that
sis age secs the braid and the simple
IT, supplanted by the coiffure and
fcss.
Perhaps after al ii Is only an ''cut-
ssrd and visible sign" and in no way
|Ortentious Of any @inward and spir-
zual" change. 1t his been suggested
kese children have surrrissatcd the
H. Of yester-year with the playthings
4 today and thst after all the revolu-
H. IS but an evidence Of their trend
! play.
They may be right. But there is
-Dthhg sweeter than the innocent
hung face crowned with a tastily
IA hair ribbon and girlish hat.
The frock Of other school days is
kore becoming than the dress reflect
II the styles for those who regret
sey are not again a school girl"
The powder puff, the eyebrow liner
.Dd the rouge box all seem to have
Siued the modern pIaythings in some
Ases. Complexions are being marred
well as some of our cherished ideals
n prettiest customs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
LOST 1.5l4 BOOZE DEALERs.

jefferson City, 24.--The year 1915
finds Missouri with 1929 liquor deal
ers in the state, falling off in a
year of 1914. This information is in
a bureau of labor statistics bulletin
just made public by Commissioner
Jno. A. Fitzpatrick. The bulletin shows
that the number Of Missouri corpor-
ations. companies, firms and individ-
uals who paid special taxes to the
United States increased from 1888
in 1915 to 42,304 this year. This in
crease is due to the additional burden
on the country by the war. Internal
revenue receipts from Missouri in
creased from $1S,Ss1,51s for 1914 to
$14,S74,S45 for 1915, a gain Of ST.
543,327 in twelve months.
The falling off in the number of re-
tail liquor dealers was chiefly due to
the ruling of the Missouri Supreme
Court in early 1916 that clubs which
sold liquors to their members had to
take out state, county and city licen-
ses. There are now 1900 rectifers,
whole salers, retailers and manufae-
turers Of liquors in the state.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
KILLS HORSE; SERVE sENTENcE

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 24.---John
Franklin Of Kansas City, Kansas,
must serve 100 days in the Kansas
side workhouse for the murder of
a horse.
o. X. Elders humane officer who
appeared last Friday night as com
planning witness, said that Franklin
killed the horse by hitting it on the
head with a shaft. Franklin admit
ted it but said the horse had lain down
three times in the harness. Judge
Brady ordered that on days that
Franklin was not breaking rock be
should receive but one meal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27

b. r. Middleton has leased his Law
cry barn 10 Messrs. Sword and Bogie'
Mr.. Middleton will spcnd his time at
tending to his large farm and selling
mules. His many friends here will be
glad to know he will remain in Mex
leo. Messrs. Sword and Bogie, since
coming to this city, have made many
friends and will conduct first class
livery business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
w. Tyson, HORSE TRADER. DIES
City Patient at the Mexico Hospital
Dies Tuesday.

William Tyson, horse trader,
whose camp was north of Mexico, died
at the Mexico Hospital Tuesday night
after an extended illness of pneu-
monia. Tyson was thirty-two years
old and single. His former home he
claimed was Champagne, Ill. Tyson
was a city patient at the hospital. His
people in Champagne have been noti-
fed and the body is being held.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
MRS. HAWKINS FUNERAL


Many Of the friends Of Mrs. J. B
Hawkins attended her funeral at the
home on east Liberty street Wednes-
day afternoon at 2:sO. The Rev. O.
o. Green was assisted in the services
by the Rev. G. A. Mitchell.
The body was shipped to Frankfort
where the burial will be Thursday.
The pail bearers were: e. s. CAN'T
c. "A. witherspoon, Ralph Head, B. R
Middleton, James Armstrong and
Earl Haggard.
Mrs. Hawkins was devoted Chris
tian. Everyone who knew her will be
saddened by her death. Not only an
old resident has passed away but d
friend of the poor and sick is dead
The Ledger extends sympathy to the
family at this time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
Or. AND MRS. GRIFFIN ARE
enjoying STAY IN SOUTH
Write The Ledger Of New Orleans and
its Interesting Historical Places
Of Prominence.
THE WEATHER is LIKE SUMMER
Found the Old Spanish Market one of
the Most Delightful Spots to Visit
MANY New Fruits.

Mr.. Mitchell White,
Dear sir:-
New orIeans. La, Jan. %, 1885,
We have been receiving the Ledger
regularly which we read and certainly
enjoy.
Sorry that l have not more to tell
you about New Orleans, as it is an
interesting and historical old place.
Ny curriculum extends over every day
in the week except Sunday, SO do not
get much time for sightseeing.
One of the places of interest we have
visited is the City Park. This is a
large park covered with massive
palms, rubber trees, artificial lakes,
and spreading oaks known as the live
oaks. One Of these old trees is es-
pecially historical from the dueling
standpoint, as The DeLissue-Le Bou-
isque duel was fought under this tree
in 1841. This park is beautifully ar
ranged, many artistic flower beds,
gravel auto drives, and the Museum
of Fine Arts and ostrich farm are To-
Gated here.
| The next place we visited was the
old Spanish fort, known as The Coney
Island of the South. This park or
summer garden is located on the beau
tifui Lake Pontchartrain. This lake
i is twenty-one miles wide, and seventy
five miles long; in fact, joins the Gulf
of Mexico on the north. AS the con-
cessions do not open before May LIST,
the lake view and old fort was all to
be seen. The latter or Old Spanish
Fort Is standing today just as it did
many, many years ago, long before
the old French settlement here. There
still remain five or six old cannon.
One evening we walked down to the
old French Market and there we saw
fruits and vegetables that we had
never heard Of before. This is one
place no one should fail to visit, on
coming To New Orleans. On our way
home from the market we stopped in
to see the Old Cathedral said to be
the Oldest in the United States. be-
lieve 1t is, from its architectural APP
pearance. 1t is quaint old building,
vet beautiful.
New Orleans has number of large
modern hotels, and at present they are
all filed with people from all over
the United States. New Orleans has
one Of the largest sugar refineries in
the world, is one of the largest dis
tributing points for bananas.
The climate is ideal here now, do
not have any fires or have need for
any. In fact, several days the news
boys were barefooted.
want to thank you for sending the
Ledger SO promptly, as we are always
eager to get it. We expect to return
to Mexico about June 1st. Will write
again later about things of interest.
We wish to be remembered to all of
our Mexico friends.
Hurriedly, yours respectfully,
DR.. and Mrs. Fred Griffin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
nocroRs ELECT oFFIcERs.

Al the meeting Of the Audrain
County Medical Siciety, Monday
night in this city, DIR. R. W. Berrey
was chosen president, DIR. J. 0. Ter
riIl. Of vandalia, vice-president; and
DR.. Chas. L. Blanks secretary and
treasurer.
DR.. r. L. Afford, of Vandalia, the
retiring president, was chosen dele
gate to the State Medical Society
meeting and DR.. Blanks named as al
ternate. No other business of inn
portance marked the meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
MISS HATTIE HAY DEAD.
Former Hardin MatrOn Dies Suddenly
in Virginia.

Mrs. W. G. Wilkins received wore
from Fredericksburg, Va, Wednes-
day Of the death of Miss Hattie Hay
Of that city, formerly matron of Har'
din college. The full particulars Of
her death were not given though she
died suddenly while attending q
party.
Miss Hay was one Of the most pop
ular women ever Connected with Har-
din College and was in this city a
great many years. The news of her
death will sadden wide circle Of adj
miring friends here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
A MYSTERIOUS BOOM.
* for President Movement is
Without Speakers Sanction.

|ashington, january 26.-Speaker
4 says he had no knowledge Of the
|ations of the Champ Clark Pres
pal Campaign Committee Of 1876
Rdway, New York City, which is
plating letters booming Clark for
Democratic presidential nomina-
Pe letter being seat OFT Is signed
Rulius j.. Binder. The letterhead
the name Of Binder as chairman,
#p Levy vice chairman, M. L,
pes secretary and Michael II.
Rauery treasurer. The Finance
nittee is composed Of Julius j.
Pr' Chairman; John Hodel, Jr., and
avidson, while, according to the
Fhead the Finance Committee is
osed Of John Hodel, Jrs and Max
lfsr.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
=, sp,ENDID EXAMPLE.

THERE is nothing finer in this
.Orld than true Christian fortitude,
.hat spirit of quiet complaisance
bich faces bodily suffering bravely
n without murmur.
,How often do we hear those whose
bubbles are but small ones cry against
|eir fellow man, society or their God
Seause Of what brooding has magni-
n for them into a load too heavy to
M.
/ In the death Of Robert Nicholas
exico loses one Of its finest Christian
.racters and one by whom others
nd well model their spiritual life.
'Bob," as his friends were pleased
4 call him, has been suffering in i'll
hIth for many months yet he bore
troubles without a murmur.
he was an active church worker
Ill his bodily troubles forced him TO
Y up this work; although health
ether inhrmaties were against
he Ssysr was without something
DO, being Industrious as well as
( My.
b bis deah Mexico loses a man
ose life was q splendid example for
citizenship. Had we more like
b Nicholas this would be brighter
better world.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
RuRNING WE'LL IS ayoLcANon

Sinton, Tex, Jan. 24.-The burning
gas well near here owned by ]. M,
Guffey of Pittsburg, Pa, and assoc
iates, has become volcano" within
the last "a hours. The crater has wild
ened to a circumference of 100 feet
and around it is piled cone Of mud
more than 80 feet high.
The detonations caused by the gas
explosions shake the houses for 20
miles around.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27

During a recent "Pay4Up Week al
bukon, Iowa, more than $4,000
|anged hands and settled indebted
ss of various kinds. Everybody hunt
up everybody they owed money to
y settled up. National Pay-Up Week
D be observed here February 2l-26.
at will be a fine time to pay up
pse different wipe the
he clean"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
4 DRIVE IN KAIsER's HoNoRa
London Papers Expect Teuton Oifen-
sive on wiIhelm's Birthday.

London, Jan. 26.-The morning pa
pers emphasize the renewal of heavy
fighting on the western front. They
believe there was great German at
tempt to break through the French
lines close to the Flanders coast Mon
day, and predict that German activity
in the west will probably reach It's
height Thursday, when the German
emperor celebrates his ffty-seventh
birthday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
100000 HELD CAPTIVE.

London, Jan. 24.--An Amsterdam
dispatch to the Central news says the
total booty Of the the Teutonic allies
during seventeen months of war is
summed up in Vienna as follows:
Nearly 100000 prisoners, 10000
guns and 10000 machine guns, while
100000 square kilometers Of enemy
territory has been occupied.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27
DIR. FRANK CRANE TAKES
UP C. C. SELECMAN

!
! The recent charge Of immortality in
moving picture camps made by the
Rev. G. G. Selecman of Los Angeles,
formerly pastor of the Methodist
church of this city, has aroused wide
spread comment throughout the en-
tire country. Frank Crane, prom
inent newspaper writer whose arti-
cles are copyrighted has the follow
ing to say concerning Mr.. Selecman's
charge in a recent copy Of the Chi
cago Daily News:
"A clergyman in Los Angles has
stirred things up bit by attacking
what he calls the immoral conditions
of the movie camps
"All around the metropolis of south
ern California are studios where cine
matograph films are made. To these
establishments flock naturally hum
dreds of young people of both sexes.
The same lure draws them that at
tracts crowds Of applicants to the
theatres.
"The parsons charges Lave doubt
less some foundation in fact. There
never was time or place where n lot
of adolescents were commingled with
out human nature asserting itself; and
it is human nature TO make love,
which + honestly. and others
-. .-estly.
.But a moving picture factory is
per Sc no more immmoral than any
other kind Of camp where boys and
girls associate Sunday school pic
mics, camp meetings, chautauquas.
any sort of fest where people let go
and play, are dangerous.
Moonlight nights on transatlantic
liner are dangerous. ! myself have
seen surreptitious hand holdings, al
though | fall back upon my constitu-
tional privilege and refuse to give evi-
dence that might incriminate myself.
Warm summer evenings are dam
gerous, and flower scented atmos-
pheres and leafy paths and shady
hooks. According to my recollection
it used to be we'll nigh impossible to
walk with a healthy, lively, beautiful
girl amid such terrible surroundings
and not tell her that she is the only
one, and that it seems like we'd al
ways known each other etc. ETC., and
isn't it funny how some people are
just natural affinitiesl
Seriously here's the error in all ac-
cusations of immoral conditions
brought against any institution or
class. 1t is that virtue can be main
tanned by rules circumstances, chap
erons and restrictions.
"My personal conviction is that CO.
education is much better for produc-
ing right character than are those in
stitutions where young ladies are con-
fined together and no man except the
janitor allowed on the premises.
"And my observation is that act
resses, circus women, and the like av-
erage up about as well as the inmates
of Miss Prune's select boarding school
for finishing young ladies.
"a great outcry is made from time
to time about the perils that lurk for
feminine stenographers, shop girls
and other working women. But they
are probably little higher in general
self respect and can take care Of
themselves better than young ladies
at home,' at least they don't loaf all
day and dance all night, and sit a.
round country clubs and drink cock
tails.
"The fact is that women are in
cFably good. And the more we trust
them and believe in them the better
they are"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-01-27

Lee Duncan, stenographer for Farm
Adviser Rusk at Quincy, Ill, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Duncan of this
CITY. was operated on for appendicitis
at a hospital in Qaincy Saturday. Lee
Is reported on his way to recovery.
His mother is with him.