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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
Fine, FIRM, AND
4 FERTILE {,
Shotld Be the Condition of the
Wheat Seeded to Insure
Maximum Yields.

A fine, firm, fertile, early prepared
seeded insures the largest crop Of
best quality wheat. When wheat fol-
lows oats, barley or other early har-
vested crop, pillow the land from 4 to
6 inches deep as soon as the preced-
ing crop is removed and work down
each half days blowing before leav-
ing the field. Harrow or disk the field
after every rain or as often as crust
forms, until seeding time to kill weeds
and to retain the sod moisture.
Ideal seedbeed preparation consists
in disking, blowing, again disking and
narrowing. Up-to-date farmers are
following this system especially when
there is considerable organic matter
to be plowed under. Always cut up
coarse material before turning it in
the furrow, otherwise it interrupts the
movement of moisture upward, max
ing an air space which allows drying
out. By blowing early and maintain
ing a soil mulch, moisture is retained
which favors quick termination. From
one to several weeks will be gained
in the sprouting and growth by q
thorough soil preparation. The Kan
sas experiment station found a gair
of as much as 81 bushels of wheat
when grown on land plowed sever
inches deep July is and then KEPT
well worked until seeding time, ovel
land that was plowed the same deptl
September Is. Perhaps there would
not be such a great difference in favoi
of early blowing in the more humit
climate of the eastern states, yet evel
there is pays to prepare the seed be-
thoroughly and early.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
ence to the ailments that are actually
going to kill them.
o FOR IDLE N

AGREEING with the Ledger that
the idle should have work instead of
soup kitchens or pensions, the Sat
urday Evening Post says:
Obviously there is no solution fo-
the problem of unemployment except
by putting the idle hands to work.
The British experiment of unemploy-
ment insurance leaves the real prob
lem untouched, though mitigating it's
effects. Pensioning a man capable Of
productive labor while he lies idle NAV
be better than turning him wei to a
soup kitchen; but it is certainly much
worse than giving him useful work to
do.
An efficient and economical agency
that sought out all possible jobs and
directed to them as much idle labor as
they could absorb would help some
what; but the basic fact is that ~
certain times there are simply moi
enough jobs to go round. A railroad
or mill that is laying off its old hands
has no place for new ones. When in.
dustry is contracting, labor is throw
out automatically and inevitably. Tn:
shrinking structure has nc place fol
it.
We believe it is possible to create
reserve of employment and that Their
lis no other solution for the problem o
unemployment. Certainly there is n
end of things that might proftably b
done, which still ordinarily go undon
or half done. There are over tw
million miles of public highway in tn
United States, for example, Of whic
, less than o~ne-tenth is improved, as til
Department of Agriculture defines in
, p%rovement.
r 1t would be possible, by an arrang.
ment embracing nation, state ar
county, to absorb a great quantity
idle labor by undertaking extensi'
road improvement in slack times, lie
SEEMING the roadwork as industry WI
: able 70 recall the labor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
FEAR AND DISEASE.

MONG the line Of not having
ymf Lcrve during illnesG the Satur-
asy Eyening Post says:
Measles and whooping cough each
eaae more deaths than scarlet fever,
a but not nearly so much fear. There
Is general opinion that modern sci
Gre has virtually disarmed diphthc-
IA, while Group has long been pop
virly regarded as harmless, yet
phtheria and Group together kill as
many people yearly as dread typhoid
fever. Smallpox, in the registration
area of the United States, has, in
Fact. become almost negligible as q
eause Of death. Out of nine hun
bred thousand deaths in 1914 only tive
hundred and twelve were from thai
Disease; bue its power to inspire feal
great.
Il The whole country has been startl
d by some hundreds of deaths from
.hfantile paralysis. Quarantine reg
hlations were put into effect in man,
5laces. By taking any particular dis
hse in the calender and printing de
Ills of the deaths from it for tire
decisive weeks people general
be brought into a quite panick
ate of mind regarding it pre-
irving meantime a cheerful indiffeT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
SS4.456 for war Brides

Included in the inventory of the es-
tate of DIR. Charles H. Hughes, neu-
rologist, filed in the Probate Court IN
st. Louis, is 276 shares of stock in
the Wagner Electric Manufacturing
Company, of a par value of $4,000
a share, but which has an actual val
ue of $306, making DR.. Hughes hold
ings worth $S4,456. Wagner Electric
stock is virtually the only "wa'
bride" in st. Louis.
The inventory also lists the physi-
clans residence at 1858 West Pins
boulevard, seven other parcels of rea
estate and a personal estate of SOL.
81 08, not including stocks of a pa
value of $75,750 and $1,000 worth d
bonds, listed as of doubtful value.
About As years ago DIR. Hughes
lived in Mexico and practiced medi
| cine with the late DIR. j. E. Hutton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
WHEAT A HARD DRINKER

Every pound of wheat requires an
average of 450 to 500 pounds of water
to carry it from planting to maturity.
Early blowing and frequent working
of the seeded helps to retain soil
moisture. A light narrowing or disk
ing early in the spring cultivates the
wheat and forms a soil mulch that pre-
vents the escape Of winter rains so
needed by the wheat when filling and
ripening. Experiment stations have
found that wheat, we'll supplied with
available plant food or growing on
rich soils, a produce a bigger crop
with less moisture than it can on a
poor soil or on one not well supplied
with available plant food. Wheat on
rich soils continues to grow even If
the supply of moisture is scanty. Sup
plying available plantfood to wheat
enables it to produce larger yields on
the same amount Of water. This is
especially important when the rain
fall is below normal.
Organic matter holds water like 0
sponge and releases 1t to the wheat for
| termination. In the spring 1t holds
the winters rains until the wheat
! needs them for final growth and ripen'
ing. A supply Of sufficient moisture
at filling time often makes a crop
The farmer cannot make It rain at this
critical stage, but he can keep up the
organic matter that will hold the sea
sons rain until needed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
WERE WED SATURDAY.

Miss Frances Powell, daughter Of
R. W. Powell, who lives about seven
miles northwest of Mexico, and Mr..
Bruce Ridgeway, of south of Moline,
were married Saturday evening at
1880 at the home of the brides par
ents.
Mr.. Ridgeway is an son of 7. e.
R~idgeway, who lives near Moline,
The young people will make their
home on the farm of Mr.. Ridgeawy.
south Of Moline. Both these young
people are we'll and ~favorably known
in their respective communities and
the Ledger joins their many friends
in wishing them all possible Happiness:
and prosperity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
A WHEAT SEED PLOT

The live stock man uses his strong.
est and best animals for breeding
purposes and sends the weak, inferior
and off-type individuals to the block.
First-class, prize-winners Of approved
type are secured only by breeding to
the very best animals the farmer can
secure. This same principle applies
to seed wheat. You cannot harvest
No. 1 or Q wheat by sowing No. 6
or No. 7 seed. Use only plump, heavy
sound berries of one variety and dis
card all off-type seed Just as you do
with the poor, weak, delicate and off
type live stock. A pure variety OF
wheat can be secured and kept most
easily by maintaining a seed wheat
plot, since 1t offers an ideal way Of
testing and keeping the seed pure
The seed plot should be just large
enough to furnish seed for the main
crop. 1t Is best on account OF disease:
to have the plot removed some dis
lance from the main field, and trea'
the wheat on the seed plot for smut
have 1t free from disease, and thu
a v treating the seed for tho mali
crop. Rye. cookie, and other weed
are more easily kept out of the see
plot than out OF the main fold. Jus
a little extra care in handling the see
plot will give you pure wheat tina
yields more bushels per acre, grade
high on the market, and sells at
premium when marketed for seed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
THE JOY OF

WE see a good deal in the newspa-
pers about how neutral powers are
big money, and that the pro-
her thing to do is to keep out of war
Ind get rich; but the following edito-
;al from the Saturday Evening Post
|ould indicate that neutral countries
lave their troubles:
What neutral sovereignty is actu-
Ily valued at nowadays, in spite Of
nuch fine talk about it, is illustrated
III the situation of Switzerland. A
correspondent writes that the Central
Powers recently threatened to cut oil
he sovereign republics supplies Ct
oal, iron, steel, chemicals, and vari-
bus other necessary commodities
which reach her ros their from.
.iers. unless she compensates them b.
Permitting the expectation of certain
Foods to the Central Powers.
On the other hand, the Allies Civ
her most positive assurance that i
she does permit expectation of tn
goods in question to the Central Pow
,rs her overseas trade will be stopped
BY the new law of nations neutral
Nv is nobody's dog.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
d DALE T

Hedge Dale school started Septem-
Der fourth with an enrolment Of Ia.
The school house has been freshly
repaired and papered. Some new
books have been added to the library,
too. Miss Ruth Rouse of Mexico is
teacher. - Mr.. ]. R. Shook and
daughter Frances with his sons, L.
roy and John, returned Sunday from
an automobile trip to Odessa. = Mrs.
Anna Wetchie and daughter, Mrs.
Minnie Compton, returned to Kansas
City Saturday after a visit with the
I F. Witchie family Several farm
ers from the Hedge Dale district at
tended the sale of julie Hodges We'd
nesday. A good crowd was there and
everything brought a good price. The
Methodist ladies served dinner. MI
Mervan Fisher found one of his horses
dead in the creek neal his home Sat
urday. Miss Leona Kircher will
take high school work at Rush Hill
- Miss Ruth Rouse spent Satur-
day in Mexico. Mrs. Ed Harrison,
Mrs. Mark Vandegrift and Miss Sally
calhoun, of Mexico, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Barley Thursday. Mr.
Fred Norris had a mule to get badly
cut this week. Mr.. Norris blowing
and the mule got caught in some wire.
- Many have been attending the pic
ture show at Rush Hill. A baby con.
test is one of the interesting features
Frances Kircher, Gladys Horniff, Haze
Biclow and Howard Armstrong wert
the contestants. Little Miss Horniil
won the prize. The show closed Sun
dfy night with the Passion Play. -
: Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Bethel of near Lao
donia, spent Sunday afternoon witt
George Downs and family. Georg
Shramp has started working on hi
saw mill out north. - Mr. and Mrs
Louis Kircher and daughters, Arlin
and Frances, are visiting in Illinois.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
WILSON PLANS FOR PEACE.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal,
Sept. 8. - That definite plans were
outlined at recent conferences between
President Wilson and peace advocates
for bringing about peace in Europe,
was the declaration made yesterday
by Chancellor David Starr Jordan, of
Stanford University, who has just re-
turned from Washington.
According to Doctor Jordan the con-
ference agreed that any one of three
plans would be feasible:
1. A congress of executives Of neu
trail nations might take the lead in
bringing the belligerents of Europe
together.
2. Congress might appoint repre-
sentatives to meet with representa-
tives of other neutral congresses tc
act.
3. The United States might act in
dependently.
Doctor Jordan said he was not al
liberty to give out the details of the
plans, as they would be handled oy
President Wilson himself.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
THE MILK QUESTION
is

~ ANhA
THERE has never been a time when
the public were more exacting in their
demands for purity, cleanliness and
w~holesomeness of milk and milk pro-
ducts than now. They are well within
their rights in making these demands,
and they should know that never in
the history of the industry were dair-
ymen, creamerymen and others en-
gagged in dairying and in manufactur-
ing dairy products better prepared TO
meet these demands than now, so says
State Dairy Commissioner E. G. Ben
nett, of Missouri.
Men who own dairy herds realize
that they are producers of raw mate
rial. Their herds and equipment rep
resent considerable investment. Their
success depends on the satisfaction OF
those consuming their products, and
they are Ito a greater Dr. less de-
tgree) responsible for the welfare OF
this great industry.
If the producers sell to manufac-
~turers, they know that the quality OF
the manufactured product depends on
the condition of their Jaw material
Their increased interest in the health
of their herds, together with the build
ing of better barns (seen the coun'
try over equipped with appliance
and conveniences looking toward th'
proper care of cows and careful hand
ling of their product, clearly indicate.
a growing desire of the producer Il
meet the consumers demands.
The progressive diaries, milk dis
tributing plants, creameries an
cheese factories today are equl2pe'
with the latest devices for the prope
handling of the products while un
dergoing preparation, prepatory t
being placed in the consumers hand
in approved condition.
Milk bearing the stamp of approva
and merit by those in authority
not a guarantee that it will kee
wholesome il not properly cared fc
in the home or retail shop. Contain
ers should be thoroughly steriiize
and carefully dried; milk should
kept cold and at regular temperatur'
and should also be kept covered mi
absorbs odors very readily and shouI
be kept free from communicating II
huences.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
LIKE ONE VAST FURNACE

PARIS, Sept. 10. - The ever- in
creasing violence of the bombardment
now in progress along more than 80
miles of fighting front in the Somme
sector is thus described in a dispatch
from the authorized correspondent of
La Liberte, with the French army:
From one end to the other the at
lacking front the cannonade ragged
yesterday evening, reaching a degree
of intensity hitherto without prece-
dent. Each day it seems as if the
extreme limit possible had been reach
ed and each day the bombardment still
grows in violence and fury. The
Fhench and British along the whole
front never cease Ia pour out a del
uge of thousands and thousands Of
shells of every caliber.
"Never before have l witnessed such
a spectacle" said an officer who had
Just arrived at the front at Vermando-
villers.
"The German position at the close
of yesterday evening were surrounded
with clouds Of dust and smoke, thru
which objects could be distinguished
family, One frightful explosion fol-
lowed another. From time to time
one saw enormous masses Of earth
and material thrown up and among it
all the bodies of the dead, torn to
fragments.
"When night came the sky stretch
ed out like one vast furnace, so that
as far as one could see there was moth
ing but a horizon Of fire."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
What Ahnnt the Hessian Flv1

What About the Hessian Fly?
l.. Question: Can the Hessian Fly
be controlled?
Answer: Yes. 1t can be controlled
easier than almost any other injurious
field crop insect.
2, Question: Does sowing wheat
late help to control the fly?
Answer; Yes. If the wheat is
sown on or o o after the fy-free
date. For the northern third of Mis-
souri, the date is about October 4;
central third, October 8; and southern
third, October 16.
3. Question: Well, you are wrong
there because ! sowed my wheat on
October rs last fall and l live in
Boone county and this year there were
many Hessian flies in my wheat field.
How can you explain this?
Answer: Your wheat went through
the fall and winter practically free
from injury by the Hessian fly, be-
cause the wheat came up after nearly
all the adult flies were dead. You
noticed no injury by the fly this
spring until about the last of April
The Hessian flies that destroyed your
wheat crop came from early sowr
fields of wheat or volunteer wheat
within a mile of your wheat field, and
this early sown wheat or volunteer
wheat showed fly injury last fall.
4. Question: You are right. my
neighbor just across the road SOW.
ed his wheat last fall on September
25 and the flies damaged it badly las
fall. But what can | do?
Answer: Organize your neighbor
hood and cooperate with every whea'
grower in your community in putting
into practice the measures that will
control the pest. II possible, get al
your neighbors to destroy their vol
unteer wheat and delay sowing unit
the fly-free date.
Write to the College of Agriculture
University of Missouri, Columbia
mo, for a poster bulletin telling hoy
to control the Hessian fly. Pos
where your neighbors a see it, a
unless they fight the fly with you
their flies may kill your wheat. - I
J. Talbert, Missouri College of Agri
culture.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
10 TO ~ OFFERED ON GARDNER

Odds of 10 to 7 are being offered
by Democrats in st. Louis that Col.
Frederick d. Gardner will be elect
ed Governor. Even with these liber-
al q~uototions it it hard to find Repub-
leans who will take the Lamm end.
Tom Kearney, the st. Louis Turf
broker, has a commission of $4,000
to wager against $1,000 on Gardner.
He also has a commission to bet on
Persistent Wilson at 5 to Z. Col Viii
liam Doyle has wagered $500 at even
money money that Wilson will be re-
elected.
K~earney said he thought Wilson
would be the favorite in the betting
within the next two weeks.
81 have a large commission from
New York." he said, "to place on
Wilson. My Clients, however, insists
on getting odds of 7 to 5 for then
money. The prevailing odds on Wal
street are ever money and take your
pick"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
villa Needs Ammunition.

Ell PAso, Texas, Sept. IL. villa S
ammunition supply is exhausted and
he will not take the offensive until ne
can get ammunition, either from
Carranza troops or from smugglcrS
on the border.
Freight service has been SUSPENDED
from Juarez to chihuahua City TEN
~porrarily because of Villas anxiety u
get ammunition. Three tre'gn'
trains, one from chihuahua to 'uare'
and twd from Juarez to Chihuahu'
City, have been held up by VllIa'
scouts since Friday night and tn
cars searched for ammunition or ri
lies.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
MoBERLY IN VICE CRUSADE

M0BERLY, Mo-, Sept g. - A petit
ton containing the names of 500 Mo-
herly citizens, sent to Attorney Gen.
eral Barker, requesting his presence
here during the session of the next
Grand Jury, resulted today in L. D.
Ewing, of the Attorney Generals Of
flee coming to Moberly.
Charges that the local officers have
not been doing their duty and that
vice flourishes have been made by q
organization known as the white
| Circle"
Ewing conferred with Prosecuting
Attorney Jeffries and is assisting in
directing the investigation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
Cooler Weather Promised.

WASHINGTON, Sept. II. The
weather predictions for the week is-
sued by the Weather Bureau are:
West Gulf States - Generally fair;
normal temperatures.
Ohio Valley and Tennessee - Cen
orally fair, except scattered showers
Monday and again about Thursda.7'
Temperatures near seasoned mark
moderately warm first part OF the
week and cooler weather latter part
Upper Mississippi Valley and Plains
States Generally fair except show
ers in the Upper Mississippi Valley
and Wednesday or Thursday in north
ern plains States and extreme uppe'
Mississippi Valley. Cooler within th'
next 4s hours, followed by moderate
temperature thereafter,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
MISS ETHEL BALLEw MARRIED.

Miss Ethel Ballew, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. H. Ballew, of Mexico, and
Mr.. Arbury L. Thomas were married
in st. Louis Thursday afternoon at
four o'clock. For the past three years
Mr.. Thomas hes been operating the
James Robinson farm near Mexico.
He came here from his home in Day
ton, Ohio. The young people will
make their home in st. Louis for the
present.
Mr.. Thomas made many friends in
this community while here, and Mrs.
Thomas had a host of friends in AMI
about Mexico. The Ledger joins
their many friends in wishing them all
possible happiness and prosperity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

VILLA, asserting that he bears no
drudge, has reason for taking such q
position. We did not catch him, and
we afforded him, as his opposing fell
low countrymen seem unable to d.,
|the thrills of a real chase. But il
he is looking for a truly discreet way
10 express his lack of hard feeling,
he will find it, and advantage also, in
keeping his ruffians away from our
horder
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
Advertised Letters.

A list of letters remaining in the
Mexico, Mo-, post office, week ending
September II, 1916;
Borland, Eva, Mrs.
Christel, Franklin, Mrs.
Downing, Mary j., Mrs.
Richard, louisa
Rearden, N. M.
Reynolds, Richard D.
Richardson, Wilson
Smith, |. 7.
Shuber, E. B.
White, B. II.
Weinze, Richard
williams, Rev. A. W.
W. R. Jackson, P. M,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

Mrs. Nancy A. Nichols, who has
been the guest of her brother, F. N.
Brewer, returned to her home in Ma
con Tuesday.
Minister to Bolivia Hon. John ID.
O'Rear expects to be in Mexico on his
vacation early in October.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
MAINE went Republican by the
normal majority of between ten and
Fifteen thousand.

ANYWAY, you have to hand 1t to
these crises that they pick an oppon-
emit of equal prowess, for by always
humping on Woodrow they prove that
they are not looking for any weak
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

THE stock market doesn't appea,
IA feel very bad about conditions in
Inc country. 1t is most unusual tha;
|early September Of a Presidential yeat
khould give evidence of such won.
|derful investment and speculative con
.fdence,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
Many Industries Threatened.
Store or Shop for Rent Cheap.

Anyone wanting to rent a basement
finished in granitoid, on the public
square, light as a first floor room.
price right, call at the Ledger office.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

Mrs. John Mcintyre and daughters,
Misses Hazel and Asher, have re-
turned from a visit with relatives near
Bachelor, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

c. 7. Hays, a lawyer of Hannibal
was a Mexico business visitor Mon
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

f. C. Hendrix, a lawyer of New Lon
don, was in Mexico on business Mon
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

Gov. E. W. Major has gone to Ken
lucky to make some Democrats
speeches.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

C. E. Finley and A. G. Barnett, Of
Louisiana, were Mexico visitors Sun
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

Mrs. Jesse Martin visited in Column
bia last week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
500, 900 UNION MEN TO STRIKE.

NEW YORK, Sept. 10.-Simultanc-
ously with the spread of the transit
strike, unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, rep
r%esenting more than 100000 organized
wa~ge-earners in Manhattan and vi
cinity, adopted a resolution tonight
pledging themselves to a city-wide
strike, if this be necessary to help the
street-car mems organization in its
fight with the traction companies.
This pledge, which carries the sup
port of Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
who had hurried to this city to resist
what was alleged to be an attempt to
disrupt unionism, dispelled whatever
doubt may have existed of the deter
mination of the Amalgamated Associ-
alton of Street and Electric Employees
to go to desperate lengths in its war
on the officials Of the transit corpor,
atoms.
Many Industries Threatened.
A strike of stage employees, long
shoremen, brewery workers, machin
lists, bartenders, molders and printers
in sympathy with the carmen, wa
decided on at a meeting of heads 0
their unions tonight, according to al
announcement by Hugh F. Rayne
State Organizer of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

John T. Marshall is reported much
better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

w. D. Stacey, of Vandalia, visited in
Mexico Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14

Miss Lillian Richards is teaching AZ
Farber, Mo.