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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
MISSOURI HAS MANY
ODDLY NAMED TOWNS

Most towns have q main street, but
did you know that Missouri had a
Main City? And did you eve hear Of
any Of these Missouri towns; Topsy
Triplett, Economy, Energy, Unity,
Biblegrove, Novelty, Bluffton, Hatch,
Prohibition, Lively and Wisdom?
There are also a Blue Eye and an
Oasis, a Chauneey and a Nefy, while
Only and Anutt offer opportunity for
punning.
Braggadocio, q small town in South
east Missouri, has two stories as to
its name. One is that there was a girl
named @Docia" who Dragged Of the
number Of beaus she had; the other Is
that the beaus Dragged of Docia.
The hearer is TO take choice.
Knobtown, up near Lees Summit
has a ghost story as to its naming.
1t seemed a man hanged himself on the
door-knob Of a cellar door.
Sayerton, near Hannibal, vas the
scene Of a big fight with the Indians in
ye old days. In the hercest Of the com
bat, the defenders cried out Save our
town. Save town. Savertinl"
With these stories what could not
be done by the citizens Of Rescue
Phelp, Goodnight, Kissee Mills, Fair
dealing, the three Melon Switches,
Morehouse Kidder and Kiddos Spur?
And who could be consistent in in
consistent Bea Lake, Hickory Greek,
Grassy Bayou, Cream Ridge, Sugar
tree, Fountain Grove, Hilldale, Rocky
Comfort, Butterield, Drycreek, and
Clay Root? On the other hand, who
could live without Pure Air and Sun
light?
1t is possible to visit places of great
and foreign name in Missouri. From
Denver to Philadelphia, from Roches-
ter to Mobile, not to mention Cairo,
the Klondike and Glasgow-there is a
sample each. Missouri has a Gar and
a Kaiser, a King and a Regina, while
Isadora, Mirabile, Cleopatra, Pisgah,
Homer and Corili add the glamour and
romance of fairer skies. There are a
Hibernia and a st. Patrick; Musick
with an extra letter; the sign of Zod-
lac; a Pilgrim and a Postal.
Alexandria and Hy offer contrasting
lengths. There are Mint for the
Lamb, a Not and a Surprise. Gobler
and Cooter are changed only in Spell
ing. Pulltight, Sinkin and Lookout
command, while Dawn, Bullion and
Lingo sound like the order Of conduct
from rising to chatting at lunch.
Peculiar, P~rettyman, Coy, and Tiff
City are towns also, as well as Eye,
Bliss and Half Way, Albright and
Cowskin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
KILLS wRoNs WAY

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L a Aekzgs by rial Casszvznt who
was formerly ksr fzBee, was arrested
as a ET-aeEk he furnished bail Of
$3.50 70 appear at her hearing Feb
Il Jealousy was given By the poHee
as TIE motive foz the crime.
Mnz- Oakley pleaded not guilty af-
ter Hs police had learned she had
.bgught cream pzfs and arssnic She
sid she had purchases the poison al
the instance q her kznce, CasszTant,
who. with his friend. the murdered
man, ate the poisoned p1EA and who
had east her Oh, she admitted, for a
younger woman.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
EDITIONS To EAT DoGFIsH

London, Feb. 4-Expert opinions
as to a Briton's patriotic duty, which
have been forthcoming frequently
during the war, have been augmented
by the opinion of F. J. Stubs, curator
of Whitechapel Museum, that patriotic
duty demands that Englishmen should
eat dogfsh.
Mr.. Stubs course Of reasoning il
that it is a duty to live as cheaply as
possible, and that dogfsh is cheap:
moreover, that it is patriotic to eat
fish that are native to British waters,
instead or those from foreign seas.
Finally, as a p~iscatorial expert, he
declares that dOgfsh is really not only
edible but delicious. (Dogish is a
species Of small shark
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Fired SILENT sH0TS

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 3.-Harold Sc
very, IS years old. arrested in Schen.
ectady as the man who last Friday
shot four persons, has been identified
by John Mccormack, one Of the in.
jured, as the person who attacked him.
He admitted having been in an asy-
lum.
In Severy's trunk was found q tar.
get rife Of small calibre, equipped
with a silencing device and a wire with
which it could be fired. severy ex.
planned he carried the weapon In his
coat sleeve and by pressing on the
wire discharged the weapon. He also
could reload It in his sleeve.
Severy admitted, according to Dis.
trict Attorney Harold D. Alexander.
that he shot a man on Chestnut street
last Friday. James Irwin, one Of the
four victims Of Fridays shooting, who
died Of his injuries, was shot as he
was passing through Chestnut street
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
BLAST DESTROYS RnILING

Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 4.--The his.
toric Canadian Parliament building
was destroyed last night by a fire de-
elared unoficially to have been caused
by the explosion of a gas bomb or an
internal machine.
Two women, guests Of the wife Of
Speaker Seyigny, were overcome by
smoke and persisted.
Two Dominion policemen and two
Commons attendants, who were work
ing in the Chamber below the Speak
er's quarters when the roof fell. are
declared to have been killed.
Three of the four men killed were
identified as Robert Tanning a waiter;
Alph Des Jardins, a Dominion police
man, and A. Des Jardins, a plumber.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
KISS TO COST RAILWAY $500.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 5.-The
Metropolitan Street Railway Com
pany yesterday, under a settlement
reached in the Circuit Court agreed to
pay Miss Evelyn Wilmington, I6 years
old, $500 for a kiss administered By
one of the company's conductors.
Miss Wilmington and her cousin
were the only passengers on a a one
night in January, 1915, she told the
court. When her cousin left the car
Miss Wilmington laughed because her
relatives's descent from the car steps
was impeded by a tight skirt. The
conductor, too, laughed. A few blocks
further on the conductor kissed her,
Miss Wilmington declared.
did you get hurt?" asked her at
torney.
well, he kissed me-" came the an
swer.
The young woman sued the company
for $4,000.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
MINISTER ORtAR IS sIp
FROM Ia PA snI

Tie earth slides v1,A
damaging me rapitsl !. aa'
Pas hare IN no way ens, De.
life Of United sta.e. Ni-l
D o'Rsar. Of this CITY. -.
ioned there. casius N. g.. Y
has visited Mr.. oReas ala = Y
si'as the United States lsr,4 as'
fully seven blocks from s. :
Of TIE city which has ,ns. sen
Ias f'l's"iHs dispatch I'M
Panama, Feb. 7-Asso,
ADVISES from La Pal, eas,.
ssllsia, = section Of the city
1870 yards long is sudis, '1 !.
the chOqusya Pa Rive, - I
section comprises mostly sol u
Of the poor. although then, =.
It ne market barrack, AID l.
nansky. fo-
Thus far there bsv.
casualties. The loss i. .
at 100000 bOlivianos. =. u
visno Is equivalent to .bop. ~ T
eents-) The slide is said !,
due to an infltraaon which !,
dsrmined the river banks
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
VICTIM OF SLEEPING SICKNESS

New York, Feb. A victim Of the
sleeping sickness engendered by the
bite of the African tsetse fly, DR.. Al
bert C. Pervail is in a state Of coma at
his Brooklyn home.
Doctor Pervail was bitten by the
insect five years ago, while travelling
through the jungles of the Congo IN
company with a band of mining pros
peetOrs. The symptoms Of the usually
fatal disease subsequently develop
ing, be went to Paris and was under
treatment at the Pasteur Institute,
with the result that the malady was
checked. He then returned to the
Congo, where he remained two and a
half yaers, returned to Paris for an
other treatment and again went
to Africa.
In August last Doctor Pervail came
back to Brooklyn, since when the mall
ady has gradually reached a serious
if not fatal stage.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
GERMANY SEXES TEXTILES.

London, Feb. 7-Aoeording to Ber-
liz newspapers, "a quoted BY Reuter's
Amsterdam correspondent q new or
der vas put IN force February ! IN
der which the greater part Of all pro
ducts Of the textile industry was con
hsezted-
The Tageblst says It IS highly sig
niheant that On this occasion the gov.
eminent does not seize raw material,
but finished articles. Included IN the
list are all materials for clothing
suitable for army or navy officials. all
goods for undergsrnents, blankets
inclusive Of horse cloths; eolored linen
goods. Innings ard sail cloths.
Berlin newspapers point out that
this measure diseloses a scarcity Of
these materials, and also indicates
that Germany is preparing for a war
Of long duration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
HAVE LOST q zEPPELINs.

London, Feb. 4-Twentyone Zeppe-
Inns and eight other German dirigibles
have been destroyed or lost since the
beginning Of the war, aeronautic writ
err estimated Friday in commenting
on the reported disaster to one Of the
German sky dreadnoughts in the
North Sea after the Monday night
raid on England.
The Zeppelin Lie, reported by
Skipper Martin Of the trawler King
Stephen to have been sighted in a
sinking condition in the North Sea,
is believed to have gone down, carry
ing with her about thirty members Of
her crew. The dirigible is believed
to have been hit either by English
coast batteries or by the guns Of
Dutch soldiers when she approached
the Dutch coast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
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War Better Than Old Game.
Detectives and other Representatives
Of the Law, however, tel . different
Stay, and are constantly relating tales
Of how they met this or that renowned
porch climber or CRIB cracker wearing
his EAjestys Uniform, and heard from
him stories az war adventure that, IN
his OWE words. beat the old game
holI0w.=
In consequences Of all this the Cen
trial Criminal court, NE %Old Bailey
Of other days, has just finished It's
shortest session On record TIE
Christmas Calendar" almost invzr-
iably a badget Of rich things IN evil
was this year a mere shadow
Of its old self. with only fifty eases al
told, and most Of them ~pleasingiy triv-
iaL
For instance, the larceny cases num-
bered ten, those Of fraud and receiv-
ing stolen property FIVE eaehyand there
were an equal number Of embezzls-
ment cases. There were three cases
Of forgery one Of TRADING with the
enemy and only one Of murder.
Within living memory never has
there been q shorter list. In the pol
ice courts the story is the same; pros
ecutiOns for burglary, forgery, coin
ing, receiving, all have lessened to q
minimum
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
WABASH A RIDERS.

IN an attempt to put an end to the
depredations to their property the
Wabash Railroad is now employing q
large force Of special detectives and
train riders who receive their orders
from Wabash Detectives Reynolds and
White who have their headsuarters
in MoberIy.
The officials claim that the Wab-
ash more than any other road, has suf-
fered from petty thefts and damage
suits as a result Of men stealing rides
On trains and sustaining injuries, and
it is in ar attempt to stop this that
the new employees are being put TO
work
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
SHOWS UP TIGHTWAns

~Doylestown, Pa, Feb. 1.-The Rev.
William E. SteckeL, pastor of the
Presbyterian church here, announced
that ne was considering the introduc-
ton of a new collection device in his
church.
This newly invented contrivance Is
intended to stimulate giving. If a
member Of the congregation drops in
a half dollar there is no sound; when
a quarter is deposited it jingles: a
dime, and a bell rings; a nickel, and
a whistle blows, and if a cent is slim.
ped in a cartridge explodes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
ADDS SUES I'M
ELECTRIC LINE FOR slYI

Donald Adds, of this city. h, :.
suit in the Circuit Court Of M.
ty against the Mexico Inye,tn.~ !,
Construction Co, operators and
ers Of the Mexico and Santa :. y
trie Line. He asks $500 dan,,.s.
the loss of a motor car and I'M.
personal damages following +
lision with a coach b~elOpriS, !.
road.
The accident occurred las, S.,...
Der second north of this rite !.
Adds was driving r. D. Worm,
motor car when it collided with 4, !.
senger car on the Electric Linz I.
Adds was thrown beneath d. 4,
trucks Of the car and narrovl, !
capped being killed. Nh. VIA.
jumped before the accident s,s
capped unhurt. The automobile
demolished.
This is the first accident Of as
which has occurred since the ro.s
been in operation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
APPROVE COMMISSION FORM,

About $50 cities N the United
States have adopted the commission
form Of government and almost IN
~aninously have found it more sue
eessful than the old mayor and eoun-
ell form.
Here are some Of the ways in which
the cities report the commission plan
superior to the old form:
Il acts instead Of celebrates.
1t investigates instead Of refers.
1t is always IN session.
It represents the people, not q pre-
dominating party or faction.
Capable men, with the liberty given
them, are glad to serve on the COM
mission
Pull forward improvements. to the
neglect of the city as a whole, is ell
minated
This information about the COM
mission governed cities was obtained
by the municipal reference bureau Of
the University Of Missouri at Col
umbia- Letters we're sent to each
city that has adopted the commission
plan asking Of the success Of the new
system. About 300 replies have been
received. Efficiency, the elimination
Ct petty politics and a practical bus
mess management Of the city are the
advantages most often reported. In
some places there is opposition, es-
pecially where the system is yet new,
but the replies show that in 95 per
cent Of the cities it is favored. Many
officials reply that their citizens would
have no other plan. There is more
service, activity and city progress
where the commission rule is in use,
according to the letters,
The replies indicate that the COM
. mission form gives nearer 100 cents
of service for each dollar spent by
the city than does the council and
mayor plan. Petty political pulls and
~log-rolling for ward advantages are
completely eliminated.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
LETTER AFTER s. YEARS.

Neoga, ILL.,, Feb. 5.--Rev. Samuel
Ward November 6, 1860, wrote a let
ter to H. o. Ward at GAINESVILLE, O.,
in which he said he had cast his ballot
for Abraham Lincoln for President.
The letter has just been received
through the mails by w. B. Ward in
Los Angeles.
The envelope bears the following
postmarks: Neoga, H., November G,
1860; COLES Station, N. Y, August %,
1910; GAINESVILLE, o., October, 1915;
Los Angeles, Cal, January, 1916.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
a.000.0oo BALEs usEn.

Washington, Feb. 4-Three million
bales Of cotton have been consumed in
making gunpowder during the las
year. 100000 in Europe and i,0O0,.
600 in the United States, Representa-.
tive Heain Of Alabama told the house
census committee recently. He appear
ed before the committee to urge favor.
able action on his bin to gather and
publish statistics Of cotton used foi
war purposes.
Director Rogers Of the census BIZ
reau also urged passageaof the Hear
bill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
DANIEL o WALNUT TREr
MADE MO snrup,n

N#1A LMNI
The demand for black walnut h
guRktocks TO be used in the tpsAy
In Europe has caused many iarnsnb
fell walnut trees and sell the lev b
the manufacturers, and in asgas,
Of logs from Montgomery ass.
Missouri, a log from a tree plra
by Daniel Boone, the great pioneers
a century ago, was included. III
Boone log, however, will be made into
butcher-knife handles, picture francs
and souvenirs.
J. R. Phillips of 1891 Arlhgtn
avenue, st. Louis, who bought tie
Boone log, was told Of the Big Mont.
gomery county log. Robert Grahsz
an assistant in the veterinary iepar,
ment at the University Of AizOuh.
center on the Tiger football team i
1914 and great-grandson Of the Rob-
ert Graham who bought the GrshH
farm from Nathaniel Boone IN 1914
verified the fact that the old tree vas
|felled and the log sold. Young Ga'
ham has run a moving machine =
the field where the tree stood and i
familiar with its location. Misses
Martha and Emily Graham, fonna
Hardin College students and vel
known in Mexico, live upon this fans
Near the tree Nathaniel BOorsi
house stood, and near the cabin Dan
lei Boone planted a walnut Is
sprout grew and lourished, and n
thaniel Boone guarded the yOulg
tree. for the soil seemed especially
adapted to It, and to have a nut ls
rear the cabin was desirable in pi''-
eer days. In 1910 Nathaniel BOdHs
sold his place to "Marse Robin GFi'
ham. and ever since that time %
Grahams have resided on the aps
hill. where Robin Graham built q 's
two-story house.
Black walnut timber abounds 10 u'
Loutre creek region, and the old '''
Bibher tavern, at Mineola, about :
mile from the Graham home, Is pun
almost entirely Of black walnut ~
Van Bibber tavern is the Oldest ram
house west Of Sc. Louis.
The Boone tree" was damaged p
fire about 1856 when the log eaou
standing near it caught fire and Duln'
ed to the ground, but revived ana y.
years was a landmark Of the BOOZE
Lick country. Nine feet from y
ground the trunk of the tree W.
well over two feet through a'e0i1,
ing to the log scalers who measure.
the big timber at New Florence ~
week.
The log was marked, and VIII =
followed through the storage Pr
and sent to a factory to be maas ~.
souvenirs of the famous pioneer Wv
planted it.
Daniel Boone himself died at o.I
cite village. St. Charles county NV !
about ninety-five years ago his ia
and the following January OO0-,
county was formed part of h0"'''
county and named in his honor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Prosperity Coming.

Frank Klingensmith, viee-president
and treasurer Of the Ford Motor Co.,
Detroit, Mich, has announced that the
plant Of the company at Highland
Park, a suburb Of Detroit, will be
tripled at a cost Of about $40, 600, 900.
Work will start on the proposed ex-
tension within a month and when
completed the company will employ
10000 additional men.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
'RE0R ]. C. JOHNSON
AGREES WITH PRESIDENT

Nsjor J. G. johnson. of the United
States Coast Artinery service. vho
has been residing IL Ssn Francisco. Is
az Benton City the gaest Of relatives.
Major johnson says be agrees with
President Wilson eoncerning the nee
ssSisy for preparednesk Mrs johnson
who was Miss Frances Howe. If this
gstyAnd daughter viii remain in San
Francisco until the schools close III
The spring ~Aea they win 90 east AID
join Major johnson VINO has been De-
tailed IN the Inspector Generals de-
pzrtnent for a period in New York.
Major johnson. who has been sta
toned IN the Philippines, HAs aecorn-
panied BY Eleno Brier, his Philippine
servant who speaks English very wei
and who the Major IS having educated
here.
Majcr Johnson said international
conditions at this time ara most uaeeF-
tain and that President Wilson was
right in urging preparedness. He add
ed that no one knew what the next
hour might bring that would throw rs
into war.
When asked if there was much dan
ger Of war with Japan he felt that
we had little to fear in that quarter.
He quoted Japanese statesman who
said We people Of the United States
did not knew what taxation was and
seemed to think our unlimited financial
resources were among the things
yhich held Japan of If that country
desired war with us.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
A SAVINGS CLUB.

The First National Bank has in
~stituted a lands Christmas Savings
Club which starts February four
teenth. In addition to the regular
savings this offers the bank will pay
three per cent interest on all payments
made promptly.
This savings idea Is one which has
grown universally popular generally
throughout the country and is an ex-
%cellent plan to save funds for the
Christmas purchases. The National
Bank should meet with encourage
ment in starting this idea here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
|PRoOFs OF PROSPERITY
THAT TELL TIE STORY

Railway returns show an unprs
cedented Increase Of gross earning
for December. s2a.T7ssA The larg
lest Increase previously reported val
{ 7ea!sT0 In 1914
The total supply q gold money y
the United States Jan. /, was tz,ai2,
4t4Ae9. an increase of sae6. 0o0,0ot
over inst of ys=s ago. There wAl
never before such an increase IN ons
year IN this or any other country.
For the first time IN lis history The
Bethlehem Steel Corporation has de-
dared a dividend on It's common stock
The dividend anounted to $50 = share
o. 3 total Of about sA50oyoOo and Is
payable in quarterly installments.
Contracts are now held by ship
building companies on the Delaware
River for eiehty-two ships valned at
approximately SIS. 0oO.0 900. and aggre-
eating sss.07s tons. More than TO-
COO men are engaged in shipbuil6ing
along he Delaware.
Earnings Of United States Steel
Corporation for the last quarter Of
1915 were s5I ,2s2, 7ss. the largest for
any similar period in the history Of
the corporation, exceeding the prev
icus record. made in the second quar-
ter Of 1907. by s5,72S.os3.
Heavy exports and declining i'm
ports together have set a new Amer
lean trade balance record-s1s772.-
100000. Exports increased 70 per
cent in 1915, breaking all previous
records, with a total Of 1856 600
Imports were the smallest since 1912.
Gold bullion and coin in the United
States mint at San Francisco totals
s350.OO0.O00. The mint at Denver re-
a total Of s34,s42,s1s Over the
1914 receipts. OF this sum $685.
44S was gold and s574,175 silver.
On the American farms on Jan. !,
1916, there were more cattle and swine
than there were on Jan. /, 1915. The
figures show 21,Sss. 900 milk cows, an
increase Of "a per cent ' 1915;
s9,453,0 900 other cattle, an increase
Of 6.4 per cent; and 6s,o47,0O0 swine,
an increase Of So per cent
More money in the United States
than any other country. The per cap
ita circulation Jan. / was s3s.4s,
on the treasury department es-
innate Of the population, i01,5T7,0oo.
This compares with a per capita cir
rulation Of $3.50 for an estimated
population Of ss,s75,0O0 a year ago.
Reports Of the leading express COM
for the quarter ending Sept 80,
asst, the latest figures available. shows
hat the net earnings Of the Adams
Express Company increased l62 per
,Cnt; those Of The American Express
Company more than 100 per cent and
hose Of Wells, Fargo & Co, ~ per
,ent.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-02-10
Kills Huge Golden EaV,e

C~enterviile, Ala, Feb, Lambert
Gentry, living near Active. Ala.
brought to the court house here an
enormous golden eagle, which meas
ured sever feet four inches from the
TIP Of wing to the tip Of the other.
he shot the eagle as it was d-eyourinv
a large kid.