Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-11-16
LADDONIA ITEMS.

e. c. Smith, son and daughter, have
returned from Hannibal. much i'm
proved They have been taking treat
ment under DR.. Bull, ehiropraetor. -
George Smith and family returned
from Oregon City, Oregon, recently,
to which place they moved last De-
cember. Mrs. Smiths father, d. N.
Canaday, returned with them. They
win make their home in Laddonia
this winter. - Chas. Alexander, of
near Gazette, ID drilling & wen for
Mr.. Wallace near here at a depth Of
about 200 feet. The drill rope broke
at the drill, and after several at
tempts to fish the tools out, he had TO
abandon them. So he purchased a
new set Of tools and began work
anew. This is the second string Of
tools Mr.. Alexander has planted In
about five months. At James Braden's
he had a string at a depth Of about
800 feet. Hard luck. - Jas. Biggs
bought Mrs. MeVay's crop Of corn
al Csc a bushel, and 1t snapped so
lbs, TO a bushel. - Some Of the farm
ers have been retailing corn at 75e.
with rs lbs. TO the bushel. HAY has
been retailing at $3.50 TO $40: oats
doc, good wheat S1.60; cream 3Sc;
eggs 35c; butter zoe. - c. A. Love.
lock, Of Eairhury, H., sold his farm
two and one-hah miles north of Lad.
donna to II. Knifel, of near Wells.
vile; the farm consists Of 40 acres
and sold at fifty dollars per acre
The farm is occupied by ]. A. Layman
- The Town Council is making sub.
stantial improvements in concrete
walk and crossing construction. The
council is also using to a good advan.
tage the special road fund in improy.
ing the highway adjacent to and lead.
ing to Eaddonia. This fund here Is ii
the neighborhood of S475. The road
overseer, G, Menefee, is building .
concrete bridge on the State Highway
one mile north Of Laddonia, to re.
place a wooden structure. Since tbs
advent of Portland cement the old
wooden structures are being one by
one replaced by the more permanent
concrete constructions, and road con.
ditions are greatly improved by the
proper application of the drag. =
Kenneth Kennen, of Laddonia, anC
Miss M. Tinsley, of Bowling Green
were married at the home Of her par.
ents at Bowling Green, Saturday, DC.
tober IL, at 8 p. m. Mr.. and Mrs
Kennen will go to Kansas City fol
. few days visit. They viii make
Laddonia their home, where Mr.. Ken
men has a fine bungalow all eady fur.
nished.-E. c. Smith, of Laddonia, i,
building a large stock barn on hi
farm occupied by Jake Baker. =
Cheeyer Dav, of this place. is makins
preparation to build a large moderi
barn OF concrete blocks on. the farm
he recently purchased north Of Van
DANA. - Calhoun Bros, north east O
town, are putting up a two-room add
ton to the HOUSE they built last win
ter. About a year ago their housl
burned and all Of their HOUSEHOLDS
goods. They were away from hom,
at the time the house burned. Stool
shipments from Laddonia this weel
were as follows: Hobson & Farmer
one car cattle, st. Louis; William
Faulker, n car hogs Monday night
e. A. Stephens, one car hogs, Mon
day night; Frank Scrogin, one ca
cattle and one car hogs; Strothe.
Bros, n a mixed cattle. - job,
Hobson bought 10 head Of cattle o
G. w. Rainey and in the bunch wer'
four head of gratis fed steers tina
averaged 1910 lbs. at &c. Hogs SO i
1920 per hundred.
Geo. Espy,of Texas, was here Re
Gently the guest Of his sisters fam
lily, Mrs. w. F. Whitley. Mrs. Nan
RTE Pearson, Of Mexico, spent severa
days here the guest Of her brother
W, r. Whitley, and family. She de
parted for Montana TO join her hus
band, who is in the real estate bust
ness out there, going Tuesday. :
Frank Simmons, a daughter O
Murray, Boone county, visited hi
brother-in-law, John F. Baker, AM
family, a few days recently. Johi
f. VIM, Of Montana, is home. Tn,
West seems to agree with him, ht
having been gone three years.