Mexico Missouri message., 1916-06-22
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Interesting Live Stock Matters
Mail Carriers Buying Autos--Mr.
Weaver's Ice Cream.

the late unfavorable weather.
Corn is selling at ~ cents per
bushel; stock hogs at from 8 to
8 IA cents per pound.
]. Mack Boyle was out a day re-
Gently picking up some good mule
colts, paying from 500 to $11O per
head. Mr.. Mack always buys the
good ones and is not afraid to pay
for them.
Misses Ruth Ellis and Hazel Hol-
loway are home to spend the sum-
mer vacation with their parents.
Mrs. Barbara Ellis Peterson of
Muskogee, Okla, is here, the guest
of her aunts, Mesdames ]. w. Hollo-
way and o. F. Ellis.
Miss Minnie Berrey spent the past
fortnight with Moberly and Column
bia friends.
w. F. Wiley sold 20 1OO-pound
shoats to j. F. Vigal at IA cents
a pound.
G. M. Berrey had "a head of PIP
pound hogs on the st. Louis market
which brought $3.50.
Charlie Powell shipped two loads
of nice young porkers Monday out
of Mexico, bought from various par
ties at 1925.
Wheeler CAN'T shipped out two
loads of 200 pound hogs from
Thompson Monday, bought from va
rious parties at 1926 to $3.50 per
hundred pounds.
P. T. Bruce and ]. L. Carpenter
shipped out rs hogs Monday from
Thompson to the National. These
five loads of young hogs will bring
nearly the top in their class.
Ross Ewing shipped two loads of
yearling Western wethers the mid
die of last week to the National
that brought very satisfactory
prices. They lacked only a little
finish to bring the top in their class.
H. L. Squirting and son were on
the National Tuesday of this week
with two loads of Western lambs
that will bring the top. This ship
ment winds up all of their past
winters feed, 600 head, and puts a
net credit on their bank book of
nearly $4,000. The Spurlings are
great huslers and money makers.
John w. Blum recently cleaned UP
his winters feed of Western lambs,
about 800, that put balance of
nearly a dozen hundred on his
books. Hurrah for our sheep feed
ers of the past winter. They've got
a great broad smile on their faces
that won't come off. But you know
they are the type of men that the
smile is always plying on their sun
ny faces, hit or miss.
1t is estimated that 500 people or
more gathered upon the beautiful
hill at Long Branch church Saturday
night We understand it was a real
love-feast, all vieing with oneanoth-
er in their gracious and generous
hospitality. 1t was a great sue
cess from every point of view, and a
great big net sum was realized, to
apply toward the maintenance of the
church.
The ice cream supper at Forest
Weaver's Saturday night was a howl.
ing success in every light we turn
upon it. Big crowd, orderly and 8
social time indeed is putting it, oh
so mildly. They always do things
down that way. Quite large crowd
around Skinner attended.
Forest Berrey and family, Harry
Heller and family spent Sunday with
Charles Tanner and wife.
Among those who have bought
Fords lately are: Our mail carriers
john Pulls, John F. Since, John
Showers and Peter Bruce,all touring
cars except the latter.
Born, Thursday, of last week, tc
the wife of John I. Neale, a Demo,
cratic voter; weight, 10 pounds
Doing well. They have christened
Neale.
Mrs. Miller and Mr.. and Mrs
Sam Miller of New Florence spent
a few days with their sons, Chris
and viii Miller, and families.
A number of our young married
women near here spent Friday in the
woods gathering gooseberries. They
brought back three pals pretty vel
filled. Among the gatherers were
Mesdames Bertha Squirting, Agnes
Day, Ora Chapman, Irma Squirting
Minnie Weaver and Elsie Cross
white.
A number of our men took day
off Friday and went to the creel
banks and captured several squirrels
and big string of fish, Those ii
the company were: James Cross
white, Dean and Charles weaver and
Med. Squirting.