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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
Mrs. O'Rear on Bolivia.

La Paz, Bolivia, S. A.-As / have
been asked to contribute a descrip-
|tion Of La Paz ITO help fill in" the
Society Column, | will take advan-
|tage of this time to answer some Of
the many questions ! have been ask
I'D since my return from there. 1t
would be impossible without a nov
ing picture machine to give you q
perfectly clear conception of the won
derful scenery and peculiar situation
Of the Bolivia capital, the loftiest city
n the world-12,0OO feet above sea
level.
After travelling three weeks over
prairies, mountains and deserts,
oceans, seas, canals, lakes and rivers,
pf every different variety and size
The earth is composed of, we arrive
at the entrance to our new home city
when we least expected it. One
moment we could see nothing but a
barren waste of land, the next we
were looking straight down on La
Paz, a thousand feet below. From
PR. Bryan's description the depres-
kion in which the city is built resem-
bles a wash bowl with a crack in m
fide. The sides being ragged noun
tains, the the crack the La paz river
more like a fall than a %river-and
Very picturesque.
From the aAlto" where the train
Stopped, we wound down into the
pity on an electric train--a scenic
Railway indeed. Next to the landing
b Mollendo Peru, where the serf is
70 dangerously high, this was about
fhe most exciting part Of our trip.
t all looked TO us like the picture Of
Palestine on the Sunday School cards
Fe used to have. The sky as blue as
fhe Venetian sky is painted, and the
@houses of many colors and the most
brilliant. The houses are built of sum
Dried mud brick, plastered over and
Fonderfully carved by hand inside
Rnd out, by the Indians.
The population is about 10000, and
consists of Spanish hola (the Span
#sh-lndian TYPED and the Aymara In
fians who are descendants Of the old
meas "a wonderfully civilized tribe
supposed to have been in existence
before Clirist,s time, Many curios
haYe been found in the ruins around
axe Titicaca, the most interesting
pncs being at Tiuhuanact, not far
ron La Paz.
There are very few Americans.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
POSTPONED.

The Road overseers meeting to
have been held Friday of this week
has been postponed by the County
Court until a little later. The cause
of this delay is due to the fact only
a few have accepted their appoint
ments.
The meeting will be an all day
affair and one which should be pro-
ductive of great good to the high
ways through this section. Announce
ment of the date will be made
through the press as soon as It is de-
fnitely chosen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
WCHS4M
WILSON suppoRr DEMANDED

WILSON SUPPORT DEMANDED.
Boonville, Mo-, March 6.-The fol-
lowing telegram was sent by VIII
liam Speed Stephens brother Of for
mer Gov. Lon v. Stephens TO Dorsey
w. Shackleford, Representative in
Congress from the Eighth Missouri
District.
"To hell with parliamentary eth
quette. Immediate action essential
and President justified in asking for
special rule for vote, Let's have no
vague resolution of confidence. This
country wants the President to act
without his authority being ques-
toned.
"Wm. Speed Stephens and a large
number of your good friends who
have been and are now in the tren-
ches with you"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

niicent Pullman coach; grading the
grain with the hand reaper to a reap
er that increases the worlds wealth
hundreds of millions of dollars every
year; the old hand press with which
two men could print in one hour one
side of 100 sheets, to a modern press
that will produce $4,000 impressions
on both sides of a ~ page newspaper,
delivering them folded, pasted and
ready to sell, all in one hour, and it
only requires the attention of five to
ten men.
When | raj a country schoolgirl
and we read about darius Green and
his flying maehine," we thought it a
great joke, and now a few years later
l have really seen men flying.
Think of our President sitting in
the Capital, pushing a button and
starting all the machinery going at
the San Francisco Exposition; a man
in Chicago talking to his wife in New
York City; the sending of messages
from one vessel in mid ocean to an
other miles and miles away. Is not
the mind of men wonderful?
Never before was the opportunity
Of men so great as today. Never was
there such a demand for trained men
those who do things well.
After all; the wonderful advance
ment, the great achievements, the
great achievements, the master pieces
Of poetry and art have not been con
summated for nan but for woman.
There is a woman at the beginning of
all great things and the deepest ten
derness a woman can show a man, is
to help him do his duty.
"There is a good, a better
and a best;
Man should not content be
nor rest,
Until his good is better,
And his better, best"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
Compliments New Firm.

Bradford Sappington, formerly of
Centralia, but now of Mexico, will go
into the hardware business in that
city with John w. Dry. The new
firm will open up for business March
18th. Both of these men are well
known in Centralia and their many
friends here will join with the Guard
in wishing them success in their new
venture.-Centralia Guard.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

most of them Missionaries and teach
ers in the Methodist Mission School,
'The American Institute" which is
patronized by the a~ristocracy. In fact
the Bolivian government gives them
a yearly allowance of $4,000 Boil
i%vianos (about Us of our dollar.)
The climate is delightful and in
MIGRATING, the temperature varying
between so and 20. The nights SEEM
ed very chilly until we became accus-
toned to a house with no hue. How
we wished for a big old-fashioned
fireplace and that coal were not
sixty dollars a ton.
The seasons are just reversed. We
have our strawberries at Xmas time.
The rainy season usually begins in
November and lasts about four
months. The showers come about the
same time each day, very seldom
lasting the whole day, and an hour
after the sun comes out the atmos-
phere is dry and hardly a trace of
rain left. Being SO sheltered by the
mountains there have never been
\ any s6vere storms.
As the nights are too cool for rails
ing fruits and vegetables, these sup
plies are brought from the valleys
several thousand feet below on the
backs Of mules or Llamas.
However, there are flowers Of all
kinds blooming in ~profusion all the
year around. Instead Of grass, we
have forget-me-nots. Sweet peas
bloom two years from one planting,
and the foliage is so dense and high
It is necessary to climb a ladder TO
cut them. We always have the most
exquisite hot house roses, american
Beauties" with stems nearly nine
feet in length.
The religion is Catholic though we
have Methodist and Baptist Churches
and occasionally a few Indians are
won over into the Protestant religion.
We saw thirty join at a Union Re-
vival Of the above mentioned church,
es, which are working together with
out prejudice. At tea at our Legation
one afternoon there was just five of
us-a Baptist, a Methodist, an Epis-
copaIian, a Seventh Day Adventist,
and myself a Presbyterian. This
shows how we Americans cling to-
gether las we should jim a foreign
country.
Mining is the chief industry
gold silver and tin being exported in
large quantities.
see | am monopolizing the society
column, and still there are so many
things | have left untold, as | imagine
it is with most amateur writer's"
land this is my very first attempt as
you might guess) the conclusion is
the hardest part. So in order to make
a brilliant ending l mention last the
gorgeous costumes Of the Indian and
Chola women who with their numer-
GUS skirts and expensive silk shawls
Of the brightest %colors, make the
Market Place on Sunday morning a
sight long to be remembered.
Mrs. John D. 0'Rear.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
If Your Baby Has Croupy Cold
Joplin Mothers Can Aduise You

a trial Jar of Vick's vapO-Rub, and
my baby girl, eleven months old, had
a sever cold and was threatened with
pneumonia. / applied vap-O-Rub on
her throat and chest well, and covered
with a warm flannel cloth, and It
worked like magic. l have four small
children and now II they get croupy in
the evening | rub them with Vick's
Vap-O-Rub Salve--and that Is all that
is necessary
Mrs. j. ". Drew, 822 Ohio Ave, Jop-
lin, says-'T have used Vap-O-Rub fire.
quently on the whole family with
splendid results. | think 1t much bet
ter than internal medicines"
Mrs. s. M. Black. 206 Moffett Ave,
Joplin, writes-Last spring | had a
very deep cold with a bad cough and
sore throat. The first night / used
Vap-0-Rub the soreness left my throat,
and the third day after | i had begun it's
s my cough. cold and sore throat all
yer gone. | think 1t better than any
thing / have ever used for colds"
Three sizes-2Bc. soc and 81. 90
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
R. R. Arnold Feeling Better.

R. R. Arnold writes US from st.
Louis that his health is materially
better and that he hopes within a
week or so to go to Florida with his
wife for a little outing before he re-
turns home. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold,
two o. three weeks ago intended to
go to Orlando, Florida, direct, but
stopped off in st. Louis for a little
while, and Mr.. Arnold has been in st.
Luke's Hospital steadily improving
in health while Mrs. Arnold at the
Windsmore Hotel close by.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
and Charlie Miller of Fulton.

ana Cnafle Miller OF Fulton.
Miss Linnie Allison was hostess for
a small tea, Wednesday afternoon,
complimentary to Miss Mollie Schultze
Of st. Louis. Miss Schultze has a
collection of book plates designed
from different nations and her inter-
esting account of each proved quite
a pleasure to the guests. The dining
room table held a basket of yellow
jonquils. Mrs. W. C. johnson poured
the tea. Miss Allison was assisted in
serving by Miss Martha Spence. In
vitations were limited to those who
extended like courtesies to Miss
Schultze.
Miss Margaret Barnett will return
to st. Louis, Sunday, and will be with
S~omnenfelds where she will be glad
to meet her friends. Her father, who
has been quite i'll, is convalescing.
Miss Mollie Schultze returned to
her home in st. Louis Thursday. Miss
Schultze made many friends during
her stay, and if we made as coed an
impression as she made, she will be
sure to visit Mexico again.
J. T. Coons will visit over Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. e r. Cunningham.
He will visit his mother in Kansas the
first Of the next week, and viii then
return to his home in California.
Mrs. j. w. Gallaher gave a pretty
bridge luncheon Wednesday. Carna-
tons were used as table decorations.
The other guests were: Mrs. Badar-
racco, Mrs. George Lee, Mrs. Oscar
Martin, Mrs. Wallace Fry, Mrs.
George Kemp, Mrs. S. J. Buckner.
Miss Anna Mcclure invited some
friends in Tuesday afternoon for five
hundred. Miss Mary Lee Burks was
the most successful player.
Miss Elaine S~iIverstein had two
tables of five hundred Tuesday even
ing, and entertained in her usual
pleasing style.
Pauline Van Ness entertained a few
friends Monday evening with a candy
pull and informal dace.
Mrs. A. c. Barnes gave a birthday
dinner party Wednesday evening for
her husband. Places for twelve were
laid and a delicious five course dinner
was served. The table decorations
were red and white. 1t was a most
delightful affair in every particular,
Thise who were present were: G.
F. Clark, c. A. Witherspoon, Robert
Cauthorn, S. P. Cunningham, E. S.
Wilson, Dan Cauthorn, A. A Wal
lace, S. N. Evans, G. w. Robertson,
j. G. Lakenan, j. J.. Steel.
Paul Turner, of Fulton, attended
the basket ball game Thursday even
ing at the M. M. A..
Miss Leonora Woodward, of st,
Louis, who is attending Missouri Uni
versity, will spend the weekend with
Miss Wayne Ringo.
Miss Bethel Lawrence returned
home Thursday after spending a few
days visit in st. Louis
Miss Gladys Van Ness and Mrs. w.
j. Rixey returned Thursday from a
visit in st. Louis.
Miss Elizabeth Parker left Monday
for Bowling Green, Kentucky, for an
extended visit. She was accompanied
to st. Louis by her sister, Miss Jen-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
10 Years Ago.


The new Wabash station at Jeffer-
son street was opened.
Tim Clements had his leg cut off
when he was in a railroad wreck near
st. Joseph, Mo.
James Sharp and Miss Emma
Luckie were married in this city.
Pindall Whitley died at his home
near this city.
W. Latney Barnes was home from
a trip to Texas.
Prof. D. A. Mcmillan, superinten-
dent of the Mexico Puolic Schools,
So years old, died at his home in this
city.
Edward Blase, of Mt. Leonard, Mo-,
and Miss Helena e. Lierheimer, of
this county, were married.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
30 Years Ago.

Sears, Willis and Co, of Centralia,
purchased the Raftery and Pendleton
lumber yard at Laddonia.
J. j. Spencer, formerly of Mexico,
was proprietor of the Tennessee
House at Jefferson City.
Myrtle and Herbert Tucker gave
a party to their young friends
Mr.. Robinson, of the firm Of Rob-
inson and Smith sold his inter, est to
A. B. Smith.
A debating society was organized
at Cedar Grove school house.
Rudolph KeetOn clerked in the
drug store Of Doctor Baker.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
COOK URGED FOR SENATE.

Jefferson City, Mo-, March 6.-For-
mer Secretary Of State Sam B. Cook
is being urged TO become a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
State Senator in the Twenty-seyenth
District.
The movement j ne to the under
standing here that Senator w. S.
Alice of Miller County will not be a
candidate for another term. Cook
said Saturday he has not considered
the candidacy.
The district is composed Of the
counties of Cole, Miller, Usage, Mar
les, Pulaski and Laclede.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
10, 20 AND 80 YEARS.
AGO THIS WEEK

L. Phillips had just returned from
an extended trip to the east.
Judge Forrist of this city. was
holding meetings in WelIsville and
Louisiana in the interest of the
Murphy movement
John Roseberry was wor ing for
NJ. Blum in his dry goods store.
Mexico was to have a candle and
lard oil factory.
John Robinson, the circus chain
pion bareback rider, was at his farm
south of this city resting after an ex-
tended trip to Australia
A. G. Armstrong was working for
Kabriches.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

To Manage Picture Show in Arkansas.
w. C. Smith, who for some time
has been manager Of the Lyric pic
ture house in Mexico, left today for
Rector, Arkansas, where he viii man
age the leading movie house. Mr..
Smiths family will remain in Mex
leo for a while at least. Mr.. Smiths
many friends wish him much success
in his new location in Arkansas.
Mrs. H. NJ. McPheeters has return
ed to her home in Columbia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

The Rev and Mrs. Burch went to
Kansas City Saturday, where Mrs,
Burch will undergo an operation in a
hospital. Their many friends in this
city hope for Mrs. Burch a speedy re-
covery, and that they will soon "all
come back"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

|. N. Bailey of this city, is home
from Chillicothe where he has been
the guest of his son, Bruce Bailey,
who is attending the Chillicothe Bus
mess College.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
90 CIETY
BY Miss Gladys Van Ness.
Phone SIT.

Late last week our city fathers act
n the capacity of gloom dispen-
closed the picture shows and
I.hools on account Of a few mild and
dated cases Of scarlet fever. They
4. s;sted that our people fOrsake the
Ls~.emblying Of themselves together
any manner whatsoever, even to
H. extent Of tabooing public wor-
Ihi,. thus throwing a scare into their
INA constituents that has put the
m. soft peddle o all kinds Of bus
ness and wrecked u social ship
H. the rocks of i%nocucus inertia. So
I'm I a do is to sit in front Of an
spen CRATE and listen to the neigh
lars wear out their sraphcphone I'M
it gets on my nerves. Then ! get
.be dictionary and look up a fresh
bssortment Of ~adjectives and put
hem in cold storage to be used in the
wqet by and by, when the mists have
Llearcd away and scarlet fever is
but a memory.
I hear gentle Ramey McIlheny shy
H. Globe Democrat on the lawn, l go
H. to retrieve it and across the
treet | see Judge John A. Guthrie
baking north with stately tread and
FERROUS expression, and then I know
ia s;45 a. m. and the doors of the
kouthern Bank down town will soon
Nv open to admit one. Securing our
H. comfortable rocking chair, | read
I'M about how President Wilson stir
Led up the animals in Congress by
trriting a letter to one Of the mem
Aers. calling for a show down by his
%.ritics, who were handicapping him
II diplomatic negotiations with Ger
napy. Until up the street ! Q L.
N. White in sporty hat fleeing home
~ lunch and wen on the other side
j R. Jesse trip along on the same
impose intent, and so ! know it is
30 a. M, and time to mix the bis
bit dough.
After lunch | call up a few peeling
rarlet fever convalescents and Land
hem such cheer as could be expected
Rom an in : grown pessimist, Then /
AXE a nap and dream Of Mary Pick
brd and Charlie Chaplin until arous-
b by Col. R. M. White boiling home
nth a roll of newspapers under his
arm, his black cigar at a rakish IN
Ii, smoke streaming behind him,
Ike the tail in the wake Of Brela's
fomet. so | know it is 300 p. M, and
bus | mark the fight Of time. No
he calls me up On the phone to re-
ort crimson dinner, pink tea or
urple midnight lunch; no n wants
heir name written there in the So
kety column. Therefore this space is
let and / am letting it. SO we
We with us this evening Mrs. Jno.
orear, who Is visiting her parents,
\. and Mrs. X. r. Bragg, and whose
bsband Is United States Ambassa-
b to Bolivia, Mrs. P. u. Coil and
b.. c, E. Leeper, conspicuously tall
ted members Of our social and re-
gio0s circles, who will discuss sub
ects Of interest from the woman's
iewpoint. And while have guar
anteed that anything they say shall
Dot DO used against them, ] think you
Nil agree with me after you read
What they have to say, that they will
De able TO take care of themselves.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
They Recommend the "Outside" Appli-
cation of Vap-o-Rub Instead Of
Harmful Internal Dosing.

Intelligent mothers everywhere real
ize that little children should be dosed
sparingly, and yet some treatment for
cold troubles is necessary. Joplin, Mo-,
mothers have solved this problem by
the use of Vap-0-Rub. This is the
external" Southern treatment intro
duced here last winter. Applied at
night oyer the throat and chest, the
heat Of the body releases the ingredi-
ents in the form of vapors, and thus
the medication is inhaled with each
breath through the air passages to
the lungs. VapO-Rub gives quicker
relief than internal medicines, and can
be used freely with perfect safety on
the smallest child.
Mrs. Mabel Hawkins, 1407 Pearl st.,
Joplin. writes-"My druggist sent me
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
State Of oh Q. nv Of Toledo. |.

LUCAS County,,
Frank : Cheney makes oath that he IL
senior pc ctner Of the firm of f. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the City OF To-
ledo. County and State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day Of December.
A. ID. 1856. =
(SeaD A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upor. the blood and mu-
eous surfaces. 81 the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
t. j.. CHENEY & co. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
* Hal'a Family Pills for constipation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

Mrs. w. C. Eagon, of Los Angeles,
in RENTING for the Ledger says:
ut is just like a letter from home,
and we cannot possibly do without
it.D
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09
Fine Seed Corn.

l have some good white seed corn
for sale. Phone Bell % F ID. H. O.
White, R. F. D. Nc. 8, Mexico. 1-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

Mrs, Cleve Smith is home after a
pleasant visit in st, Louis,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

Mr. and Mrs. R. B Stephens are
the proud parents of a 10h pound
girl which was BORN Feb IT,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-03-09

W. B, Hanna, of Santa Fe, was a
business visitor here Friday,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
The Long War

You have heard much Of the rivalry
between Cobb and Speaker-between
Travers and Evans -between Travers
and Travis.
These rivalries in comparison seem
As mere breaths OF time. For Brsi J,
ysrdon and Taylor have been at wa
FOR golf supremacy for twenty years
and the competition was the closest
any game has ever shown.
Some time ago Harold Hilton ar
ranged the complete figures for this
twenty-year rivalry In British open
championships, with the following 70
markable results:
Vardon, 6,237 strokes.
Taylor, 6,23S strokes.
Braid, 6,231 strokes.
When you put three entries together
over the hardest tests in the game, over
the championship route for twenty
years, and at the finish the third man
- but four strokes away from the
leader-the mere matter Of par on one
hole that calls for drive and pitch
the amazing evenness of the play can
be appreciated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
The Two Left.

With Braid missing, Vsrdon and
Taylor still expect to carry on the an
cient struggle in case the war doesn't
last beyond their winning years.
They made their hrst appearance IN
the British Open twenJy-three years
ago, 1898, at Prestwick. and have never
missed one since. They are now around
forty-four years of age, which should
mean about FIVE years more Of cham
pionship golf. At the end OF the war
one Of the most interesting features In
sport will be the effort of these two to
hold their places out in front, and the
chances are that both will add another
title year unless the war lasts 70 1920
or beyond But beyond fifty IL Is
doubtful If either can hold of the
younger generation.
The main regret here will be that
Braid was not allowed By fate to fight
out the old three-conered duel to q
finish. For more than a normal amount
OF water will pass under the bridge be-
fore another triple-costed rivalry ex-
ists-a rivalry so evenly held over so
long a time. 1t may have been that
with another shot at the title Braid
would have gotten those four strokes
back in the next 72-hole melee. But
that part of it will never be answered.
as the two Englishmen carry on the
contest alone, with Scotland's leading
star passed back to the games tradi-
tion and history.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
GREGG HIGHEST PAID
BASEBALL PLAYER

Who is the highest paid player in
baseball? Ty Cobb? Iris Speaker? Il
is none other than Vean Gregg. who
occasionally, very occasionally, pitches
a game for the Red SoT, champions Of
the world.
Gregg was wished upon the Red SoT
late in 1914 by the Indians, and Vean
did little else than nurse his arm for
the balance OF the year In 1915 and
again last season Gregg was almost
useless to his club. The main chores
he performed were those % the relief
variety. In 1915 he worked 70 a de-
cision in only six games; this year IT
was five.
For performing in eleven complete
combats in two years Gregg got his
regular reported TO be $4,000 g
sesson-snd two cuts of the worlds
series melon. That means Epproxi-
mately SIT 900 for working about TWEEN
" hours in two years, or $3.50 every
six minutes. II you have tears TO shed
this is not the spot.