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Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

M. d. Porter continues to gain
fame with his herd of Poland China
hogs. Since his great success at the
State Fair he recently was awarded
a prize offered by Col. McCraken of
the Live Stock World for the best
under yearling sow judged by Judges
Marker and Kemp, the former judg-
ing the northern territory, the lat
ter Texas and California, thru the
fair season of 1915. Thus making
Mr.. Porter the owner of the best
yearling sow in the United States.
This sow weighed 500 pounds at IL
months old and is the first SOW of the
big boned type to win a grand cham
pionship at a State fair. she also
won more money than any SOW that
has ever entered the show ring at a
State fair.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
Now What2
B Coming2
Fsga-.n -
Is The Mckinley System
Well, So Mote 1t Be.

Fulton, Mo-, Jan. 16.-The Nc
Kinley System and the Mexico and
Santa Fe Traction Co. are three in
terests expected to develop electric
roads in this section of the State in
the spring. The Mexico and Santa
Fe Co. recently extended it's line to
Santa Fe, and has plans now for ex-
tensions into Galloway and Monroe
counties. Financial difficulties ham
pered the officials of the road in the
past after a splendid start in build
ing an interurban system, and the di-
rectors hope to get ample capital this
year for extensions. The Houseman
line is to come from Keokuk, Ia,
thru North Central Missouri to JEFF
ferson City. The promoters recently
said the road had been financed. JEFF
ferson City is to be the present south
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

ern terminus, and it will give Mis-
souri, it's first real north and south
line.
The Mckinley System is reported
to have purchased 60 acres of land
on the Illinois side of the Mississippi
River across from Hannibal. 1t is
said this location is to be used for
electric line shops. Mckinley and
his associates are reported to be plan
ming an extension from Springfield
to Hannibal, and then on to Jefferson
City, where the Mckinley corpora
tion owns the city system and small
interurban line into Galloway county.
The line between the two State capi-
tails, it is believed, is to be the be-
ginning of an extensive interurban
system in Missouri. patterned after
the one in Illinois.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
Thrashing in The North; The Big
Fair; The Dull Times; Gold Mining
and Such.
RIDING ON THE GREAT
OCEAN-WHOOPLA!
The Price of Butter, Eggs, Etc, Soar
ing-An Interesting and Most En-
tanning Letter.

Phil Rogers, formerly of the Mex
leo High School, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
D. L. Rogers, northeast Of Mexico,
writes his parents the following let
ter, which by kind permission we
quote in full. Read it, 1t will inter
est everybody. Casey" has put up
that kind of letters often for the Mes
sage:
Truckee, Cali, Jan. 3, 1916.-Dear
Folks, All:
Here's New Years luck to the
bunch. 1t has been quite a while, l
guess, since 1 opened up last, but up
to Dec. 10th I'd been shifting scenes
pretty often.
AS near as can remember, accord
ing to recollection, it was about two
days before Thanksgiving that l said
goodbye to North Dakota, the wheat
shocks and the snow, with ten days
thrashing yet unfinished, on account
of a 10 inch snow. But got in As
days thrashing anyway. One week
on a bundle wagon and the rest on
the engine.
The day l left for Portland and
eventually Frisco, 70 mile blizzard
was taking possession of the country,
and it had my consent. A few days
later after, a fine journey, I found
myself in Portland where the grass
was green and the flowers blooming
and the trees just taking on the
shades of autumn. Spent two days
in Portland waiting for a boat to
Frisco. Portland is a great town but
deader than a scarecrow now as in
fact all of the towns on the West
coast are now. Took my trip to
Frisco on the good ship Roanoke,
which wished I'd never seen after a
few hundred miles of pure Joy down
the Columbia River. For no sooner
had the ship touched the ocean than
storm broke loose upon us and for
two days and mites we faced T2
mile an hour gale.
While the boat turner somersaults
and looped the loop in the meantime,
felt pretty much disgusted and a
tribe seasick, Everybody else on
board seemed in pretty much the
same fix, l had been eating herring
and smelt in Portland for two days
but gave them up and back to the
sea over the rail. In fact / threw up
everything I'd eaten for six weeks
including all hopes, And there was
nothing to encourage my feeble mind
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
DEATH OF MIR. THOMAS.
One Of The COunty's Longtime
HOnored Citizens.

James S. Thomas, 76 years old,
died at his home southeast of Mex
leo of pneumonia Saturday afternoon.
Besides the wife the following chill
dren survive him: w. d. Thomas,
Wilson Thomas, Mrs Martha Crum
and John r. Thomas. Mrs. Crum
lives in the neighborhood and Mr..
John R. Thomas is one of the pro-
prietors of the Mexico Intelligencer.
Rev, H. B. Barks of Mexico held
funeral services Monday afternoon
at Union Chapel Church? Mr.. Thom-
as was a very earnest Christian man,
a member of the Presbyterian
church. The family and community
will greatly miss him. We proffer
our sincere sympathy to the be-
reaved ones.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
EAST END NOTES.
Audrain County Has The Best Year
ling Sow in The U. S.-TwO Birth
day Celebrations.

vandalia, Mo-, Jan. 1S.-The
heavy sleet that fell last week re-
mains with us yet, making it difficult
for stock to get out.
Mert Barnes lost a horse by it's
falling on the ice last week.
Several members of the John Chill
thero family are i'll of grip.
Henry Miller of near Vandalia
will have public sale of live stock
and farm implements January 26.
c. F. Darnell will load a car of
corn soon which he has sold to par
ties at Columbia.
Miss Grace Lemosters of Gazette
has returned to her school duties in
Iowa.
Leslie Barbee has recovered from
an attack of the grip.
Rev. Luke Kirtley has been unan-
imously called to the pastOrate of the
Pleasant Plains Baptist Church for
the eighth year.
Charles Green and several mem
bers of his family are afflicted with
pneumonia and grip.
Miss Celia Upton is making an
extended visit with relatives in Rock
Island, Ill,
Mrs. Zack Bondurant assisted by
her neighbors gave her husband
grand surprise on his birthday Jan.
10. 2. T. was going about his usual
routine of work, not realizing that
that day marked another milestone
of his life among the best people on
earth, when his neighbors began to
appear in large numbers Then it
dawned upon him that 1t was his
birthday, and words were inadequate
to express his surprise and gratitude
to them for their most kindly remem-
Z brance of him. At the noon hour
the dinner table was groaning as evil
dence of Mrs. BIS usual manner Of
preparing for such occasions to which
the guests did ample justice. The af-
ternoon was spent in discussion of
some of the live issues OF the day,
such as consolidated high schools,
etc. Also music and singing the sa-
cred songs of Sunday school and
church. Late in the afternoon all
depated wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Bon
durant a prosperous year and many
more pleasant returns OF the present
occasion.
Thursday, Jan. 1s, Mrs. R. s.
Nuckles gave her husband complete
surprise on his birthday, which was
real repetition of the above. A
large crowd being present. Mrs. N.
had prepared a sumptuous dinner
which ali enjoyed to the utmost. The
usual topics Of interest were discuss
ed and music and singing were the
afternoon entertainment, after which
the guests departed wishing for Mr..
and Mrs. Nuekles the best Of life's
blessings and good things.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
CASEY.

Mrs. E. H. Shook is returning to
her home in Bakersfield, Cali. after
a very pleasant visit to Mexico and
Audrain county relatives and friends.
She is a sister of Mrs. B. F. Miller.
Mrs. j. ]. Wood and X P. BAH of
this city. For a number Of years
she was one of Audrain eounty's
most prominent teachers.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

along different channels of thot. Ev-
erywhere looked I'd see some poor
devil, hanging to a post or the rail,
head bowed in agony, heaving away
as if he were working on a contract
job and his time was about up.
I'll here take the leisure to add
that if the whale that swallowed Jo-
nah had been aboard that ship-Mr
Jonah would have got his freedom
in darn sight less time than the
specified time.
And talking about whales. about
an hour before reaching Frisco we
saw a whole flock of them spouting
water into the air.
The boat was 40 hours late but I
was still in time for the last two days
of the Fair. At the Fair l learend
good many things didn't know and
relearned a whole lot that / did
know. The Missouri Building was
good, and the best thing about it was
little court yard in front surround
ed by hickory, pawpaw and persim-
mon trees growing along an old rail
fence. Three or four stuffed pos
sums hung by their tails from the
trees. In the grassy space in the
center were a great many hickory
chairs and sign hanging over the
entrance said, "Show Me-"
The Canadian Building was by far
the finest thing on the grounds. The
display and scenery were nearly all
natural. Live beaver, mink, musk
rat, otters and fish swimming in run
ming water Storks, cranes, ducks,
geese and other water fowls pudding
around. Partridge and grouse sit
ting on the wheat shocks. Moose,
deer, and elk wandering thru the
growing wheat; this part was on can
vas but you could hardly tell where
the real faded into the canvas. In
the front of each scene were live ami
mails and trees and grass. Further
back stuffed animals and finally the
picture.
You seemed to be looking 10.
miles. Wheat fields, farm houses,
woods, mountains, and so on. Every
body agreed that Canada had the U.
S. skinned in her display.
Saw the tallest flag pole on earth,
made from one Oregon fir tree, Saw
Art Smith turn summer sets and loop
the loop and do the spiral twist in
his air ship. Much else, of course,
couldn't start to tell it all.
Perhaps the most remarkable feat
ure on that last day was the crowd
and the way they behaved. There
were 100000 people went thru the
gates to see the finish. Yet there was
not soul hurt. a fight or a single
arrest made on the grounds. The
Fair closed at IL o'clock on the mite
of Dec, 4th, yet it took until five
O'Clock next morning for the crowds
to get out of the grounds. l got out
at three and was lucky at that tho
worked hard. To illustrate the dens-
ity of traffic ouside the Fair grounds,
it took me one solid hour just TO
cross the street. Newsboys and boot
blacks in order to save time ran he'll
ter skelter over the heads and shoul-
ders Of the mass, A smart gent
driving a Ford runabout tried the
same stunt, but it didn't work. for
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

The man who is strong to fight his
fight,
Aud whose will no force can daunt,
While the truth is truth and the
right is right,
Is the man that the ages want.
He may fail or fall in grim defeat,
But he has not fed the strife,
And the house of earth shall smell
more sweet
For the perfume of his life.-Anon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

Mrs. C. C. Cohoon and children
who visited Mrs. cohoons parents
here during the holidays. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. N. Boatman. returned to ok
lahoma recently. The family has
moved from cordeil. Okla, to the
big metropolis. Oklahoma city, MIR.
cohoOn is engaged in the banking
business, and, we are glad to know.
is doing we'll.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

the simple reason that somebody's
cigar got mixed up with the gasoline,
and the Ford was trasformed into a
hallo6n. Art Smith reported that
aext morning he passed it two miles
3bovo The clouds going up at the rate
ii 80 miles an hour.
After leaving Frisco | drifted up
tcross the State stopping at many of
he small towns, taking in the seen
ry and roaming among the noun
,ains Spent three and half days
1t Grass Valley, Cali, working in
ho gold mines. Here it is that the
,ichest gold mines in the U. S. are
perated The identical spot where
gold was discovered in 40 which
aused California to be California.
There are mansions and palaces here
built in 1850 that would make a
Spanish king ashamed of himself
The stones in the pillars and founda-
tions of said building glitter with
gold. The arches of the gateways
and the stone walls around their
acres of lawn shine like morning
stars. The very sand in the cement
that holds the stones together is fully
one-half gold. However, three days
Of descending 1900 feet into the
earth and shoveling pay dirt at S2.75
a day to make somebody else rich
got my goat and 1 beat it.
Each evening before leaving the
mines we had to strip OF, take
shower bath, and make an entire
change of clothes under the scrutin-
izing gaze of two big Honyaks armed
with Winchesters. In spite of this
there is a good deal of smuggling.
Lots of fellows start working for
$3.50 a day, stay about year. build
a big house, buy an auto and retire
with small fortune. The day 1
landed at Grass Valley there was
gentleman caught in the act of de-
parting with $4,000 worth of dust
and nuggets. Had he left a day SOON
er he would have made it all right
I have a pretty fair job here at
Truckee doing the blacksmith and
shoeing work in a garage machine
shop; but we are pretty well showed
under now (three feet) and will
probobly wind up here in two weeks.
The boss furnishes me a nice cabin
to live in. Electric lights, running
water, stove and cooking
tools of all kinds. Living is not so
high here if you don't go too strong
Ju bulNSIs SSSo anu ppulNiy. bu1ICA
is 45c a pound. eggs so to 6Oc a doz-
en- and chickens soc a pound. You
may judge how much of the above
that Casey deyours.
Business in general is dull in the
West, especially the Coast States,
Guess I'll try Reno next and maybe
get in on some tool sharpening at
the mines of Nevada. If 1 don't
get a sharpener of another kind.
Well, the DINNER of light has long
ago spread his mantle of sable over
The earth-in other words, it's get
ing late so I'll suspend litigations.
So Long,
CASEY.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
DWELLING BURNS.

The house on the Sterner farm,
down near Worcester, burned to the
ground early Tuesday morning. Al
bert Burgess occupied the house.
Fire, it 10 thought, caught lrcm the
lne. Loss of furniture covered by
insurance.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
GET MAIL CONTRACT.

The owners of the electric rail
way have been awarded the con-
tract to carry the U. s. mails be-
tween Mexico and Santa Fe. Santa
Fe will now get her mail about eight
hours earlier than by the old route
from Paris.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
THE WEATHER.

The mercury went IL below last
night; some thermometers
registered 16 below. Thursday it
was below. Three below Sunday.
Rain and sleet yesterday. Ice and
snow still cover the ground.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

Mrs. Ida E, Settle of Jefferson
City and Edwin Settle of Laddonia
recently visited their parents in Mex
leo, DR.. and Mrs. j. w. Settle.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

John T. Ricketts, is visiting his
wife and son, Joe. in Aiberquerkue.
N. NJ, and incidentally missing some
biting cold Missouri weather.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.

The date of the annual banquet
Is changed to Wednesday night
Feb. 2. The heads of the Mexico
Shoe Co., who live in St. Louis, and
Marshall Rust, owner of the electric
railway, will be present. The Missou-
ri Military Academy orchestra will
furnish music.
]. G. Ford called attention of the
Club to the annual stock sales of the
Missouri Horse Sales Co., which is to
be held in Mexico April 1914 and15.
Arrangements are being made to
revive monthly stock sales in Mexico.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-01-20

Mrs. Henry Burkett, southeast of
has been quite sick.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30

siFht~seer did not feel that sense of
being overpowered by the immensely
Of it. so invariably associated with
great worlds fairs
This southern California exposition
vas finished in every detail for the
semi-tropical trees shrubs, flowers and
lawns conveyed the impression of al
ways having been there.
The old mission style OF architec-
ture, with It's shaded cloisters. inspired
that feeling OF delightful quiet and
rest that is usually coupled in the
mind with those ancient religious edi-
fees Of the old World
one Of the mysteries and ceaseless
subjects OF wonderment. ~ how a city
the size of San Diego could finance
and keep mp such an am bitious under
taking which il might be thought
would tax the resources of dozen
States.
The exposition will always stand in
memory, at least, as a monument TO
the progressive spirit. energetic in
dustry and muuifcent liberality of the
people OF this most beautiful Of
southern California Cities
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30
IAN oLD-FAsHIoNED WOMAN"

Mrs. Josephus Daniels. wife OF the
Secretary OF the Navy. was called upon
recently 70 address a womens meet
ing in Washington and her speech
was a. follows:
IT arm an old fashioned woman, and
the only thing l have done is To raise
four boys In whose souls have tried
TO plant the ideals held SO dear ny the
people OF the old South do not
mean to disparage the work your
on anixation has been doing. for II has
brought forth wonderful results, but
along with this we should see that our
men and boys do not lose the old
ideals. Life LIZ what we put in Il and
not what we get out Of IT. This con-
gider the true measure OF life and one
that all OF US should adopt"
'-rhe only thing that she has done
Is to raise four boys with Southern
ideals; The only thing" God bless
you. dear lady, no woman has done.
or could do. nobler work or render
a more useful and patriotic service
than that Let other women bring
their political brilliants and display
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30

them In the Hall OF Fame. but you.
Ike Cornelia Of old, may point with a
mothers pride and love and Joy TO
your splendid boys and say. '''These
are MY Jewels"
Thank God for this "old- fashioned
southern woman" md for the inspir-
ing message she has delivered to the
women OF the nation.-Newpprt News
TimesHerald.
Ana may the day never come when
the "Old fashioned Southern Woman
Will be extinct. To her must we large
~ look for the UNFOLDING OF Southern
ideals, which are as far above those of
the -four hundred" as right is above
wrong.
The home whose good angel liz such
a woman is the strength of the nation
"a veritable North star TO guide it
TO haven Of a purer, sweeter. a
more wholesome home-life.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30

Ossippe. y. H, Dec 2s.-1ncidents
designed to show that Frederick L.
Small, a former Boston broker. used
harsh and profane language to his
wife. Florence Airline Small, for whose
murder he is on trial. we're related
IN the testimony of several witnesses
today.
Phillip L. Davis. formerly en-
ployed on odd jobs by the defendant,
said that on one occasion when Mr..
and Mrs Small were raising flag
pole. Mrs Small loosened a rope In
accordance with her husbands direc-
lions and the pole fell. Small then
kicked his wife, swore at her, and
ordered her into the house when she
tried to explain. saying to her: We'll
settle that later according to Davis
Mrs Mary Z. Conner, wife OF the
local high school principal. said that
Small add .essed profane language TO
his wife on one occasion because she
could not steer his motorboat with a
cord that he had arranged.
Miss Helen Conner said that when
she complimented Small on his wife's
cooking, he replied that sometimes he
had ito take the axe to her.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30
Boiled Down Items
From Everywhere


Washington, Dec. 29.-Representa-
tive Green, of Iowa. member OF the
House Committee on Ways and Means
declared yesterday that he would
support the Lewis bill for govern
ment ownership Of telephone lines IN
Washington He added that II the
bin failed at this session he would re-
Introduce IL in the next session of Con-
grcss and try to secure it's passage.
Mr.. Green said that the time was
coming when the public would own
the telephone and telegraph lines. He
thinks public ownership In Washing
ton will prove a useful experiment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30
NEW VIEW OF CHARLES M. scHwAB.

/ hons thrown about American shipping
ny The new seamen's law will mean
that shipowners will speedily transfer
the'r ships to foreign registry ut the
end OF the war.
While We do not believe that Ameri-
can public sentiment would permit of
any radical amendment Of the new
law 1t might as well be understood at
the outset just what a hard-headed
business man like schwab thinks about
1t, that we may be considering ways
ana means, not only for holding our
own on the high seas, but increasing
our merchant marine on Il basis that
VIII be permanently attractive to
American capital, and on basis that
Will make the service likewise at
tracuve to labor.
Speaking Of the plans for the de-
yelopment OF his great works, Mr.
Schwnh said that while at the present
time they we're the most largely en-
gagged in the manufacture of ordnance
and other war munitions. It was pro
posed that the twenty-five component
parts Of the enterprise would eventual
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30
Judge Lands Threatened.

Chicago, Dec, 29.--United States
District Judge Lands yesterday took
cognizances of anonymous threats of
persons who fear the results Of his
tnvesti cation into the operation of
Federal Court bondsmen.
Judge lands was questioning Tt
notify Curtin, bondsman. when the
court suddenly asked, DO you know
the fellows who have been telephon-
Ing me at night and saying things
to scare me?'
NO, sir" Curtin said
We'll. they are only wasting time"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-12-30

u In his recent public utterances the
4 public has been given more inti-
mate ami more favorable view Of
4 Charles NJ. Schwab than it has hereto
fore been favored with.
In his recent address before the
Lctos Club the creator OF the great
{ Bethlehem and many other enterprises
gave expression to some Of the most
/ lofty sentiments, taking as his theme
'1dealism IN Business"
Among many other good things the
steel magnate gave utterance TO the
sentiment that the glory Of business
= to make It so successful that you
can do great things because they are
great and because they ought 10 be
done, He declared that ITO make
money Is a good thing hat u is far
better thing to be able 20 create OPP
portunities for other men to work out
/ their own salvation In life with happi-
ness and conteutmcnt-"
Mr. schwah. besides being one OF
the greatest steel makers Of the world
and besides having created an
n ordnance plant rivalsng that of the
great Krupp works Of Germany, Is enc
OF the greatest shipbulders in the
world. The plants in which he owns
4 large or controlling interests are
u bailding one-third OF sill the ships
under construction IN this country.
These plants are turning out the
/ equivalent Of one n-thousand ton
merchant ship every week, besides
u building warships for the government
Mr.. Sehwab points out the extreme
~ significant fact that. while our shir
II construction Is at high water mark, a.
I least one half Of the tonnage being
built is for foreign owners, clear
liz indicating the strong effort that will
3 follow the war, on the part of the
4 foreign nations, TO regain all that they
have lost In the worlds carrying trade
Mr.. schwab declares that the resti1c-