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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-23

Asbestos fiber now brings $500 Q
ton in United States markets.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-08-23

sDr Barthe de Sandfort, Hospital 81.
Nicholas. Issy Les Aouline aux Pres. Paeie
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
CIRCUIT COURT
is IN SESSION

George Ramey of near Laddonia
won his suit against the Blaugas Co.
who sued him on a contract for a
lighting plant he bought of them.
Mr.. Ramey claimed the plant was
not up to specifications. The suit
was on two counts. The jury al
lowed $S2.50 on one count and SIS
on the other and then Mr.. Ramey
was allowed $3.50 on a counter
claim.
Sol Spurs, colored, against the
A. p. Green Fire Brick Co., sued for
50, 900 personal damages-and lost.
Mrs. Willie NJ. Delaney was
granted divorce from Frank Delaney.
Joe Weinands, tried on two counts
for violating the local option law,
was found guilty on one count and
not guilty on the other. He was
fined $62.5O.
There was a hung jury in the case
of Margsri Contreras, Greek,
against the A. P. Green Fire Clay
Co. for damages.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
Mutual Telephone.

The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Mutual Telephone Co
was held in Mexico last week. A
new board of directors was elected
as follows:
S. P. Martin, of Auxvasse; Earl
Bell, Benton City; w. M. Strange
Martinsburg; Val Erdel, Rush Hill
Thomas Crawford, Worcester; Thod
Boulware, Molino, and w. G. Sims
south of Mexico. w. G. Sims and
Earl Bell are the new members on
the board.
This board will meet soon to elect
officers of the company and to organ
ize. The present officers are: w
M. Strange, president and manager;
Val Erdel, vice-president, and ]. H.
Wayne, secretary and treasurer.
This is the company that does not
operate any further east in the coun-
ty than Rush Hill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
Observation-Disclosures.

Mr.. Leo Rockenstein, formerly of
st. Louis, and Miss Josephine Byrns,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Byrns of Mexico. were united in
marriage at the home of the brides
parents here Wednesday, August 6,
1916, Rev. A. A. Wallace officiating.
Miss Virginia Rockenstein of St,
LOUIS sister of the groom, and Mrs.
Clark Garrett OF Ames, Iowa. sister
OF the bride, were out-of-town at
tendants. Mr.. and Mrs. Rockenstein
VIII reside on the groom's farm
near this city Both are very fine
young people and many friends join
in wishing them every JOY that we'd
ded life can give.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
Mrs. Collins i'm Wreck.

Mrs. E. A. Collins of Columbia,
formerly connected with Collins
Academy at Rush Hill and at Lad
donia, was in railroad wreck re-
Gently in Colorado and is now in a
hospital at Salida, Colo, recovering
from her injuries. Mrs. Collins was
graduate of Hardin College. Her
maiden name was Miss Laura Clark.
She is well remembered in Mexico.
Her husband is teacher in Stephens
College at Columbia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

ions of that great church soon united
as one.
Hiram Threlkeld is a "Missourian
of the manor born" as he expressed
it. 81 am also a Baptist and Dem
ocrat," he further said. Mr.. Threl-
keld lives on the farm where he was
born, near Beaver Dam Church. His
farm contains 1870 acres, and it is a
fine place. He married Miss Bette
Clanton, daughter of the late Mich
olas ClantOn. Three children-Mrs.
Ethel Crews, of Mexico, and Eunice
and Marcellus, at home. Mrs. Threl-
keld died Is years ago.
DR.. w. F. Taylor: Born and rear
ed in Galloway county. Began his
practice of medicine in Martinsburg
this county, 1877. Remained there
till 1904. Moved to Columbia and
later to Mexico. His wife was Miss
Althea Dale Jones, daughter of the
late Col. j. F. Jones, of Galloway
county. Latter owned LOO acres
of land. DR.. Taylor now owns 230
acres of the same tract. He also
owns 404 acre farm south of Mar
tinsburg, formerly owned by DR.. j.
F. Brown of Laddonia, whereon was
located the famous Old Todd Mill.
DR.. Taylor has three children-Car-
ter H., an engineer in Kansas City;
Mrs. C. r. Ruble, FIT. Worth, Texas,
and Miss Wilhelmine, at home.
w. b. Freeman: Has fine well
improved 80 acre farm five miles
southwest of Benton City. He was
born and reared in that neighbor-
hood. He was born on the place now
owned by Bud" Baker The wife
was Miss Margaret e. Greer, cous-
in of l. M. Greer and Rev. ]. d. Greer
of Mexico and of Mrs. Gusta Cowles
of near Auxvasse. There are three
children; ]. c., who resides in Mex.
leo, and Misses Emma and Ida Lee
INt ldIucT,
t. Freeman, came here from Ken.
lucky and his mother from Virginia
His grandparents also moved here
Their nearest trading point 81 years
ago was Portland, Galloway county
on the Missouri River. There was nc
Mexico. Mo-, then, tho the town was
laid out and Incorporated the follow
ing year. Mr.. Freeman has the dis
tinction of having produced Rex Nc
: Donald, reared and trained him
] He and his father bought the col
/ at seven months old. Hundreds o
men have esked him If he could pro
5 duce another such famous horse
On the day he sold Rex he said
t whenever they heat him. and bea
: him right, I'll try to produce his bet
; ter"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
DIES AT 95

Vandalia, Mo-, Sept. s.. Thomas
Wright, 95 years old, died today at
his homestead. which he entered 20
years ago, when land went at IL 1-2
cents an acre. He came to Missouri
in 1880 from Virginia, when only .
years old, his father entering land
still owned and occupied by his de-
scendants. Mr.. Wright leaves two
sons, John w. Wright and James II.
Wright, both of Gazette, Pike coun-
ty. and four daughters, Mrs. John
Gibbs of Kansas, Mrs. W. C. Maxwell
and Misses Lizzieand Fannie Wright,
all of Pike county.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

w, C. Atkins, a good friend of the
Message, who resides near Madison,
Monroe county, was in Mexico last
week. He was suffering from an alb
normal growth on his Adams APP
pie, as he expressed it. Was here TO
have his thoat operated on. We
hope that his relief may prove per
manent, He says it is awfully dry
down in Laelede county whore he
moved from less than year since.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
Died Friday Morning.

Mrs. George Cass, II years old,
died Friday at the home of her son
in this city, E. L. Cass. She had
been i'll for some time.
Mrs. Cass was born in Webster,
Mass. In later life lived at Gale
donia, Mimi. where the body was
shipped for burial Saturday, after a
short funeral service conducted by
Rev. A. A. Wallace. The husband
and three children survive. The
children are: E. l.. and Miss Har-
riet, both of this city, and Miss Hell
en- of Missoula, Mont.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Santa Fe Progress; John Heizer,
near Molino, invited five neighbor
men to his home on Friday to assist
in killing rats, They took both crib
floors up and succeeded in killing 76
of the dreaded pests and many
scampered away to the hay unharm-
ed,
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

A. c. Whitson, Prosecuting At
torney, is the president of the Mex
leo Rifle Club. We surmise he'll
prove quite a shooter when he gets
hold of that real army gun.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Begin to select your seed corn
now.
w. ID. Mason is feeding a drove of
fine young mules.
Oscar Martin of Molino, sold a
mule colt for $50.
VIM. Wainscott bought calf of
Felix Martin for $35.
j. II. Kammermeyer, near Molino,
bot two calves Of Forest Weaver. o
w. M. Beamer of Molino went to
Southwest Missouri to buy calves.
Our Champ Chimes says no wheat
is being sown in that neighborhOod
this fall.
T. r. Brown, near Centralia, bot
a mare mule colt of Robert Meals
for 500.
George Dean has bought jim
Johnson's farm south of Mexico, pay
ing 500 per acre. Fine tract of
land it is, too.
Horace Mundy, two and one-half
miles west of Mexico, is advertising
a public sale of live stock for Tues
day, Sept. 10. See full notice in this
issue of the Message.
f. M. Crooks and j. E. Hodge, both
of near Rush Hill, are touring South
east Missouri in an auto. Mr..
Crooks will buy farm. Mr.. Hodge
has made plans to move to Montana.
He may yet conclude to remain in
Missouri.
Joe A. Gregory arrived home last
week from Kansas City where he
took a course in the Missouri Auc-
tion School; it's the largest auction
school in the world. Joe is a good
auctiOneer and lines up with any of
booked for the near future.
"Shoot> the Buzzards." The hog
cholera season is here, and the buz-
yards help to spread this disease,
so says State Veterinarian DR.. d. F.
Luckey. A few outbreaks of anthrax
have occurred in northern Arkan-
sas. This disease is usually prevalent
further south and seldom becomes
widespread as far north as II has
this year. Anthrax is equally as bad
as hog cholera. Buzzards are likely
to carry anthrax from northern Ar
kansas into Missouri. Shoot the bug
yards and burn them! Buzzards are
menace to live stock production,
and therefore should be killed and
burned. "Shoot the Buzzards!"
It is often said that a man can not
pay rent on corn land and get Out
even on the deal. E. T. Stubbington
living nine miles northwest OF Cen
tralia, tells the editor of the Contra
liza Guard that he had rented fifty'
three acres of his land at $500 pei
acre and thirty-five acres at $500
per acre. the rental bringing hin
$4S5.OO. This land was rented t.
M. Stublngton's neighbors and thu
crops are estimated to be worth a
least 100000, This gives Mr.. Stub
ington practically $500 in rent am
the renters will receive $500 o
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

better for their crops above the price
of their rent.
The Santa Fe Progress says that
II. ]. Hawkins of that locality year
ago bot Hampshire SOW from which
he has sold $11O worth of pigs and
still has the sow and 16 of her prod
uct, which he values at $500.
Milk bearing the stamp OF approx
al by those in authority is not a
guarantee that it will keep whole
some il not properly cared for in the
home or retail shop. Containers
should be Thoroughly sterilized and
carefully dried; milk should be kept
cold and at regular temperature, and
should also be kept covered; milk
absorbs odors very readily and should
be kept free from communicating in
fluences.
Walter White, a fruit grower of
Irvington township, Nashville, ILL.,,
has made $24,00 from his peach or
chard of 40 acres this year, it is
said. His expenses were $4,000, net
ting him 100000. Last year his net
profit was $4,000. He has raised
good peach crops for four consecu-
tive years. White has a process of
spraying which delays the maturing
of the peaches for two weeks. Let us
on to that secret in Audrain, won't
you?
Does a hen get too fat to lay?"
II is observed that this question
should be reversed and instead of
saying the hen gets too fat to lay,
we should say the hen can't lay is
the reason she gets too fat. If a hen
is fed a ration which makes ten
yolks for each five whites, she will
make only five eggs and the other
five yOlks are taken back into the
hens system and built into fat. In
this way she becomes very fat, yet
produces only few eggs. In this
case the hen is not at fault. for if she
had been given a balanced ration.
she would have manufactured eggs
instead of fat. A good example of n
mistake of this kind is permitting
hens to eat with fattening hogs. We
often hear farmers say that the hens
waste the feed. They are right so
far as egg production is concerned,
for ration which is good for fat
tening hogs is not good for laying
hens. The reason is that the ra-
tion produces more yolks than
whites and therefore the hens get
fat instead of producing eggs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14
ThOmas-BaIlew NuDtiaIs.

Mr.. Aubray l.. Thomas of St.
Louis and Miss Ethel Ballew, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Ballew of
this city, were united in marriage in
st. Louis Thursday of last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Jump" Cauthorn was kicked by
a horse last week and seriously hurt.
His many friends rejoice that he is
recovering all right.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Hw\NE crop
Missouri
- realized the profit lies
u OF his soil.
soil
the brains to prize
% find
while
your mind that produce their a
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Mrs, Martha Mcdonald. who took
seriously Ill recently at the home of
Sam Craighead near Centralia, was
brought to the home of her daugh-
tep in this city last week. Mrs. S, II.
Richards. She is reported as i'm
proving.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

f. w. Isgregg has the thanks of
The Message family for fine mess
OF roasting ears" and Philip Shire
for big fat watermelon.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Misses Irene Hendricks and Nell
and Viola Wilson of Santa Fe have
enrolled as pupils in Mexico High
School.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

The Columbia Browns came over
to Mexico Sunday and in a game of
base ball walloped the Mexico Ath-
letics by score of tol.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

John Francis of Monroe county
FELL from a ladder and fractured his
hip.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

w. S. Biggs and John Wakefield,
two mighty fine fellows, move up
their Message subscription dates.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-14

Mrs. Victoria Sanford. who at one
time was Deputy Recorder of An
drain County. is the Democratic
nominee for Registrar of Deeds at
olathe. Kan.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-24
SYNOPSIS.

The morning after the finding OF WI
Fang's body and Kennedy's disappear
ance Marcus Del Mar appears from a
submarine. Elaine is warned by a little
old man to be careful of Del Mar, VINO
gets the torpedo, only to have 1t destroyed
BY the little old man. jameson Is cap
tured by Del Mars men. Elaine rescues
him. Lieutenant Woodward and his friend.
Professor Arnold, attend party given
at the Dodge home, where unknowingly,
tempt to prevent his cutting the Atlantic
cable she is made a prisoner. jameson,
in a hydro-aeroplane, saves her from
drowning. Disguished as man she dis
covers the entrance or Del Mars wire
less cave. She is saved by Jameson. Ar
mold and Woodward destroy the wireless
station, but Del Mar escapes. In a de-
serted hotel in the woods Elaine discov-
ers Del Mars men at work, is captured,
but escape When the hotel is attacked
the men retreat to the woods, where
they explode gas bombs, defeating Lieu
tenant Woodward and his attacking par
ty. Elaine receives new searchight gun
from an unknown friend. Elaine discov-
ers a bomb hidden by one of Del Mars
men, They take it to Professor Arnolds
yacht. They are attacked by Del Mar
and his men. The searchlight gun saves
Elaine and Johnson who reach the yacht
rine and destroys the yacht with a tor
pedo. Professor Arnold and his party
escape. Lured by a woman posing as a
modiste Elaine is again captured by Del
Mar and rescued by an old naturalist and
Jameson as she is about to drift over a
waterfall in a boat Professor Arnold, in
desperate attempt to prevent Del Mar
from stealing the harbor defense plans,
makes Elaine the unconscious instrument
to save them. Arnold discovers Del Mars
identity. Elaine is trapped in Del Mars
cottage and taken to the under sea rem
devious.
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ton. Men were unloading spiles
from a cable car that ran out on the
pier on little construction railway,
as well as other material with which
to fill in the pier. At the end Of the
dock lay a power boat, moored evil
IDENTIFY belonging to someone interest
ed in the work on the pier.
The workmen had just finished un-
loading a carful and were climbing
back on the empty car, which looked
as If it had once been trolley. AS
Del Mar looked over the scene of &C
tivity. he caught sight of the power
boat.
"Just what want" he muttered to
himself 81 must get Elaine. / can
get away in that"
The workmen signaled to the en-
gineer above and the car ran up the
wharf and up an incline at the shore
end.
The moment the car disappeared
Del Mar hurried away in the direction
he had come.
At the top of the grade, he noticed,
was a donkey engine which operated
the cable that drew the car up from
the dock, and at the top of the in
cline was a huge pile of material.
The car had been drawn up to the
top of the grade by this time. There
the engineer who operated the engine
stopped it.
Just then the whistle blew for the
noon hour. The men quit work and
went to get their dinner pals. while
the engineer started to draw the fire.
Beside the engine, he began to chop
some wood, while the car was held at
the top of the grade by the cable.
In our pursuit we came at last in
sight Of lonely hut. Evidently that
must be rendezvous of Del Mar. But
was he there? Was Elaine there?
We must see first
While we were looking about and
debating what was the best thing to
do, who should appear hurrying up
the hill but Del Mar himself. going to-
ward the but.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-24

to push him off and get away from
him,
She looked about for some weapon.
There on the ledge lay one OF the
hand grenades. She picked it up and
hurled it at him, but he lodged and 1t
missed him. On it flew, landing close to
the submarine. AS it exploded, another
Of Del Mars men toppled over into
the water.
Between volleys, Woodward, Arnold
and the rest pulled off their helmets.
"Elaine!" cried Arnold, catching
sight of her in the hands of Del
Mar.
Quickly, at the head Of such men
as he could muster, the hermit led
charge.
In the submarine the last man was
waiting for Del Mar. AS the her
NIT ran forward with several soldiers
between Del Mar and the submarine,
it was evident that Del Mar would be
cut off.
The man at the hatch climbed down
INTO the UOdl. IL was ooOASSS ~
wait. Slowly the submarine began
to sink.
Del Mar by this time had overcome
Elaine and started to run toward the
submarine with her. But then he
stopped short.
There was a queer figure of her
nit leading some soldiers. He was
cut off.
Back into the office!" he growled,
dragging Elaine.
He banged shut the door just as the
hermit and the soldiers made
rush at him. On the door they bat
tered. But it was in vain. The door
was locked.
In the office Del Mar hastily went to
corner after barring the door, and
lifted a trap door in the floor, known
only to himself.
Elaine did not move or make any
attempt to escape, for Del Mar in adj
dition to having a vicious looking au-
tomato In his hand kept q watcnIui
eye on her.
Outside the office, the soldiers leo
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-24

by the hermit and Woodward. contin-
ued to batter st tae door.
"Now-go down that stairway
ahead of me-" ordered Del Mar.
Elaine obeyed tensely, and he fol-
lowed into his emergency exit, clos
ing the trap.
Beat harder, men," urged the her
NIT, as the soldiers battered at the
door.
They redoubled their efforts and the
door bent and swayed.
At last it fell in under the sheer
weight of the blows.
by George hes gone - with
Elaine" cried the hermit, looking at
the empty Office.
Pound the floor and walls with
the butts of your guns" ordered Ar
mold. There must be some place
that is hollow"
Meanwhile, through the passage,
along rocky stairway, Del Mar con-
tinued to drive Elaine before him, up
and ever up to the level OF the
land.
At last Elaine, followed by Del
Mar, emerged from the rocky pas
sage in a cleft in the cliffs, far above
the promontory.
go on" he ordered, forcing her to
go ahead of him.
They came finally to a small hut
on q cliff overlooking the real har-
Dor.
Enter" commanded Del Mar.
Still meekly, she obeyed.
Del Mar seized her, and before she
knew it he had her bound and
gagged.
Down in the little office our men
continued to search for the secret
exit.
Heres a place that gives an
echo," shouted one of them.
AS he found the secret trap aud
threw it open, the hermit stripped
off the cumbersome diving suit and
jumped in, followed by Woodward,
myself and the soldiers.
Upward we climbed until at last we
came to the opening. There we paused
and looked about. Where was Del
Mar? Where was Elaine We could
see no trace Of them.
Finally, however, Arnold discovered
the trail in the grass and we fol-
lowed him slowly picking up the
tracks.
.
Knowing that the submarine would
cruise about and wait for him, Del
Mar decided to leave Elaine in the
hut while he went out and searched
for boat in which to look for the sub
marine.
Coming out of the hut, he gazed
about and moved off cautiously.
Stealthily he went down to the shore
and there looked up and down in
tently.
A short distance away from him
was pier in the process of construc-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-24

you see anybody come up through the
water, these hand grenades ought to
settle them"
Along the ledge the men were sta
toned, each with a pile of the gren-
AIDES before him.
"See!" cried one of them from the
ledge as he caught sight Of one of
our helmets appearing.
The others crouched and stared. Del
Mar himself hurried forward and gazed
in the direction the man indicated.
There they could see Woodward, Ar
mold and the rest of us just beginning
to climb up out of the water.
Del Mar aimed and fired. One of
the men had thrown up his arms with
cry and fallen back into the water.
Invaders seemed to swarm up now
in every direction from the water.
On the semi-circular ledge about one
side of the harbor, Del Mars men were
now ranged in close order near sub
marine, whose hatch was open to re-
ceive them, ready to repel the attack
and if necessary retreat into the under
sea boat.
They fired sharply at the figures
that rose from the water. Many of
the men fell back, hit, but, in turn,
large number managed to gain a
foothold on the ledge.
Led by Arnold and Woodward, they
formed quickly and stripped off the
waterproof coverings of their weap-
ons, returning the fire sharply. Things
were more equal now. Several of Del
Mars men had fallen. The smoke of
battle filled the narrow harbOr.
In the office Elaine listened keenly
to the shots. What did it all mean
Clearly it could be nothing less than
assistance coming.
The man on guard heard also and
his uncomfortable curiosity took him
to the door. AS he gazed out Elaine
saw her chance. She made a rush at
him and seized him, wrestling the rifle
from his hands before he knew it.
She sprang back just as he drew his
revolver and fired at her. The shot just
AdIIoWiy mlSSCu AACI, UuL oAO OIu
not lose her presence of mind. She
fired the rife in turn and the man
fell.
A little shudder ran over her. She
had killed man! But the firing out
side grew fiercer. She had no time
to think. She stepped over the body,
her face averted, and ran out. There
she could see Del Mar and his men.
1--WE can't beat them; they are too
many for u.s." muttered Del Mar.
Well have to get away If we can.
Into the submarine!" re ordered.
Hastily they began to pile into the
open hatch.
Just as Del Mar started to follow
them, he caught sight of Elaine run
ming out of the Office. Almost in one
leap he was at her side. Before she
could raised her rifle and fire he had
seized it. She managed, however,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-03-24
.o,rn,ng and the sand bars were

shipping and the sand bars were
cleared. -.
I strained my eyes through tho
glasses reporting fevertshly to Burn.
side what / saw so that ne couiu
steer his course.
"There it is" / urged. keep on
Just to the left
81 see it." returned Burnside mo.
ment later catching with his naKeu
eye the thin line Of foam on the water
left by the periscope. Would you
mind getting that torpedo ready!' ne
continued. "I'll tell you just wnat
to do. They'll try to duck as soon as
thew see us. but it won't be any use'