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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
SID HOUSTON WRITES
OF STORM N CAMP


The following interesting letter
from Sid Houston. formerly city edi-
tor of the Ledger, who is with the
Ambulance Corps from Kansas City
on the Texas border, is an interesting
insight into the camp life Of the
troopers and their recent experience
in the heavy storm which leveled ma
ny Of the tented cities. His letter
follows;
LAREDO, Texas, Saturday night
We had been praying for rain. Ev-
cry time the win blew, which was all
the time, covering everything with
dust we swore eternal vengeance n
Texas and the army and asked the
good Lord to send us a rain, and He
did.
Last night the tail end Of a storm,
which | understand did a great deal
Of damage on the Gulf, sailed up the
RioGrande and hit the soldiers camp
at Laredo, By morning half the tents
were completely down and a majority
Of those standing were filed with
water. The camp looked as if it had
been under fire, but in truth it was
only the remains of a losing fight be-
tween U. S. troops and the elements.
The rain started in the afternoon
and by retreat il wal so muddy |
gave up a trip to town in disgust and
retired at s o'clock. At 9 / was
awakended by the wind beating the
rain against the tent. went outside
and frightened the stakes and retired
once more II seemed as if | had
been asleep only a few minutes lit
was really several hours) when | was
again awakened; this time by the tent
across my cot. Only n side had
come down when | woke up, but before
/ got out the entire thing dropped.
l wrapped my blanket and the few
clothes not in my box in my shelter
half and started for the Y. M. c. A.
building just a short distance away.
Most every available space was taken
there when | arrived (about 2 G. MI
So / suept on top of the piano until
the wind changed from the north to
the south and drove the rain in on me
in sheets. l was soaking as was ev-
erything and everybody around me.
At 4 the rain stopped and those cf
us without tents got up and started
to re-arrange our homes. All day I
waded in mud and water, bare footed.
So | slept on top of the piano until
Six out of nine of our tents blew
down and few outfits Jared better than
we. Some Of the mess-halls (woodeil
buildings) were blown over and not
a regimental hospital was left stand
ing. In one company out of the New
Hampshire regiment every tent went
under and their entire regimental
row highest officers Of the regiment)
was a total wreck this morning.
The LIST Missouri (St. Louis) was a,
the rife range, Z miles south of hers
with nothing but pup" tents, all
Of which were blown over by 9 o'clock.
They "hiked" home tonight, their
clothes still wet.
Although everything was thorough
ly soaked and water was standing ir
the streets, it will be dry and the
dust will blow as usual by Monday
afternoon. This Texas sun has 4
wonderful drying effect.
/ don't mind the life down here, but
since it looks as if we were not going
into Mexico, l would prefer to be a,
work in Kaysee. However, there
seems to be little possibility of out
leaving here for several months.
guess the training will help a lot il
this preparedness proposition.
Sid.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

H. B. Brett, of this city, sends Us
copies of Alaska newspapers. Mr..
Brett is touring the country of gold
and glaciers before returning home
about the middle of September. Mrs.
Brett and son accompanied him West.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

ROY FERRIS, who was serving
his second term as President of tn,
Mexico Commercial Club, has resign.
ed, because the press of business
matters. Mr.. Ferris accepted the pc.
sition a second time under protest,
feeling that devoting a good part Of
his business hours for a year was
all that he could really afford. Mr..
Ferris has made a splendid executive
and a second term was really an I'M
position on his good nature.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

The Deutschland, a German super
submarine, built for carrying mer-
chandise, arrived at Baltimore from
Bremen on July 8 with a cargo of
~dyestuffs and mails. Her arrival was
hailed in Germany as the beginning of
a regular submarine merchant SER
vice between the United States and
Germany which would be followed
shortly by the Bremen, a sister ship.
The Deutschland left Baltimore on
her return journey on August l with
a cargo Of rubber and metal.
Capt. Koenig, when he left Balti-
more, expressed confidence that she
would reach home in spite of the hea-
Wy odds she would face when the
three-mile limit in the Atlantic ocan
was reached.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

Mrs. Katie Haynes, Of Coffeyville,
Kans., who is visiting her sister, Mrs.
James Sallee, underwent a slight
operation at the Hospital Monday
morning.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

o.
child's head. The
doctor said it was
three years coming
and gave me medi-
cine for it until /
was called away
from the city for
5 ZONE time. Of
course ! could not
|go to him then, so
|my ~isterin-law told
ltna that cha fhot,ubf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
FOR SALE CHEAP
FURNITURE, STOVES
AND RUGS. | A
YOU MONEY.
SAM MORRIS

Major b. A. Polzin, formerly an in-
structor in English at the Missouri
Military Academy, was in Mexico
Friday on his, way East. The Major
is now located at Salem, the capitol
Of Oregon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

GETTING up Annias Clubs for TIE
accommodation of ones political OPP
ponents is a form Of b~enevoIence that
feurishes in presidential years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

A FOOL proof system of handing
high explosive would be worthy inc
efforts Of any modern scientific gen
Jus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

Ms. A. H. Davis, of Bull, Idaho, is
visiting relatives in Mexico and viein-
ity. Mrs. Davis was formerly Miss
Callie Morris, of Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

SUBMARINE BLUE" is the latest
color for leather in the east. Would
not submarine black" be far more
appropriate?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

IN Europe rumors of readiness for
peace continues to be followed by ex-
preston Of determination to fight to
a finish.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
Notice. Stock Holders Meeting.

Annual meeting of the Audrain
Mutual Telephone Company will be
held at Mexico, Wednesday, Septem-
Der 9Th, 1916, at 10 a. m, at Odd Fell
lows Hall. To elect board of directors
and transact such other business
as shall come before the meeting. A
proposition will be made to amend ar
ticle A of bylaws.
W. S. Strange, President.
Jno. H. Wayne, Sec. 25-4t
G.. w. Nash and wife went to Chi
cage Friday on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
DEUTSCHLAND ARRIVES
SAFELY IN GERMANY

BERLIN, August "a. - The Ger
man merchant submarine Deutseh-
land arrived at the mouth of the We
ser OF August %, according to the
Overseas News Agency.
The agency says the Deutschland
arrived on the afternoon Of Angus.
% and anchored before the mouth eli
the river. All on board are well.
The Weser River flows past the
city of Bremen into the North Sea.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

Ed Shobe, Of Laddonia, wal in this
city on business Saturday.
II. ". Stuart, Of Rush Hill, was a
Mexico visitor Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

ONE Of the loudest explosions OF
al was that Government crop report.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

DR.. W. W.. Macfarlane Of :. AZ
was the guest Of Mexico INV
day.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

Park Sellard. who has been quite
i'll with typroid fever in Albuquerque,
N. NJ, is improving rapidly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

ITALY must remember how she
felt on that other momentus day when
Caesar overcame the Nervii.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
HOW Mrs. BEAN
met THE CRISIS
Carried Safely Through Change
of Life by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Nashville, Tenn.-"When | was going
through the Change of Life / had a tu-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

Miss Theo Griffith, Of Chicago, is
the guest of Mexico relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

MEDIATION is even better than a
strike for everybody concerned - en-
ployer, employe and the public.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31

SusseffSszs 70 the Weekly Ledger
should watch the date On eae margin
Of their paper and rcnes their sub
scxfption promptly 80 that they viii
not miss a copy Of their fsEorits
paper.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
i FRIDAY. THE 18TH DAY OF

NBt biti'' IL. firFl
(it being the 18th day OF uns "a (
Court Of said County, Be to,,, I
hours of nine o'clock in t9e ,us I
and five o'clock in the u aitIf9 5or.
the CITY Of Mexico, GouIs! ~
drain aforesaid, sell the same, y I
much thereof as may be reqa'. W.
public vendue, to the hlgne', n =
for cash in hand (subject 70 y !, 4
liens and judgments), to sa'''
Execution and costs ,,NrTT.
26-4t j. W. bnG"rnty Nj
Sheriff of Audrain County
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-31
The Weekly Ledger

Entered at the P. o. Mexico, No,
and admitted a. End class matter.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-19
"DAWN O'HARA''


Well. come what might ! would
not falter. peered into the din
ing room.
Tho thunder OF Conversation went
on as before But there was no
bloodshed. Nothing but men and
women sitting at small tables. eat.
Ing aud talking ! stood In the
doorway until Herr KNAPP spled me.
took n nimblc skip In my direction.
and waved ne toward table Ia
the center Of the room.
Then a frightful thing happened.
The battery was not that OF WON
ems eyes. but Of mems. And con.
yersation ceased The uproar and
the booming OF yowels was hushnd
Such men Immediately dubbed
them the aborigincH. and prayed
that might find adioctiyea with
which 10 describe their foreheads.
f. appeared that the aborlgines
we're especially favored In that they
were all placed al one long. untidy
table Ut the head Of the room. The
rest Of ua sat AT small tables Later
/ learned that they we're all en-
gineega. At meals they discuss en-.
cheering problems IN the most
awe-inspiring German They are
all graduAtes Of high-HOunding for
elgn universities and are horribly
learned and brilliant. but they are
tho worst hammered lot ! ever saw.
An examination Of the dining
room and It's other occupants served
to keep my mind off the hateful
long table. The dining room was
a double one. the floor carpetless
and clean. The wall was ornament
ed with very German pictures OF
very plump. bare-armed German
girls being chuckcd under the chin
by very daahIng. mustached Ger.
man lleutenants II was all very
strange and foreign TO my eyes.
and yet there was something bright
and comfortable about H.
felt that / was going 10 like II.
aborigines and all. II is uncanny
In these United States. But It il
going TO be bully for my German.
Won Gerhard has not behaved al
all nicely. did not see him until
two weeks after my arrival in Mil
waukee. altho he telephoned twice
to ask IL there was anything that
he could do 10 make me comfort
able.
Yes" ! had answered the last
time that ! heard his voice over
the telephone. 1T would be a
whole heap OF comfort to me Just
10 see you. You are the nearest
thing 10 Norah that there r. in this
whole German town. and goodness
knows you're far from Irish"
He came. The weather had
turned suddenly cold and he was
wearing fur.lined coat with a
collar OF fur He looked most
amazingly handsome and blond and
splendidly healthy.
You have no idea how glad
am TO see YOU" told him. III you
had. YOU would have been here
DAYS ago. Aren't you rather Ill
hammered ana neglectful, consider
ing that you are responsible for
my being here7"
Il did not know whether you, a
married woman. would care 20 have
me here" he said. IN his composed
way. In place like this people
are not always kind enough TO take
[. the trouble to understand. And
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A Novel
A Week
i;u::is:;;..,ai:;:

would not have them raise their
eyebrows al you. not for
Married" ! laughed, some imp
of wl1lfulneHs selling me- I'm not
married. What mockery TO say
that ! am married simply because
I muat write madam before my
name, am not married. and !
shall talk 10 whom ! please"
And then Won Gerhard did a
urprising thing. lie took two
great steps over 20 my chair, and
grasped my hands and pulled me
To my feet. stared mp at him
like a silly creature His voice was
very quiet and contained.
You arc married he salt
Never forget that for a moment.
You are bound. hard and fast and
tight. And you are for no man.
You are married as much as tho
that poor creature In the mad
house were here working for you.
instead OF the case being reversed.
as It n. So
What do you mean" I cried.
wrenching myself away indignant
Is. what right have you TO talk
10 me Ike this? You know what
my life has been. and how ] have
tried to smile with my lips and
stay young in my heart! thought
you understood. Norah thought so.
too. and Max"
4 do understand ! understand
80 well that would not have you
talk as you did a moment ago. And
said what said not 80 much for
your sake. as for mine"
oh" ! said. like a slmpleton,
and stood staring after him as hs
quietly gathered up his' hat and
gloves and left me standing there.
1 CONTINUED From Our Last lssue)
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CHAPTER ".
Stseped In German

am living Ut n little private
hotel Just across from the court
house square. The house Is filled
with German civil engineers. me.
chanical engineers. and Herr Pro.
fesaors from the German academy.
The little private hotel Is kept
by Herr and Frau KNAPP ! never
would have found IL myself. IL
was Doctor Won Gerhard who had
suggested Knapfs. and who had
paved the way for my coming here.
You viii find II quite unlike
anything you have ever tried be-
fore" he warned me Very Ger
man IL In. and very. very clean.
and most inexpensive Also !
think you will find material there
how Is II you call it7-copy. yes?
Well. there should be copy IN
plenty. and types But you shall
see"
From the moment rang the
KNAPP d0orbell I saw. Herr KNAPP
opened tho door ] scarcely had
begun 10 make my wishes known
when he interrupted with large
wave OF the hand
"Ach. yes You would be the
lady OF whom the Herr Doktor has
spoken GewiKsl Frau Orme. mott
But so n Young lady / did not eX.
pect TO see. A room we have
saved for you-aber wundcr-
hubsch' II makes me much pleas.
me 20 show. Folgen sic mir,
bite"
tried not TO look frightened.
and followed him up TO the but
wonderfully beautiful" room. To
my Joy I found Il high-ccilinged.
airy. and huge. with n great vault
OF clothes closet bristllng with
hooks
had thought myself hardened
60 strange boarding house dining
rooms. with their batteries Of cold.
critical women'E eyes Therefore
on my first day al Knapfr ! went
down 10 dinner IN the evening.
quite composed and secure IN the
knowledge that my collar was
clean aud that there was no flaw
to find 10 the n, OF my skirt in the
back.
As opened the door OF my room
heard sounds as OF a violent al.
teroaion in progress downstairs.
leaned over the haluHters and lis.
tened. The sounds rose and fell
and Hwelled and doomed.
tip.toed down the stairs. altho
| might have fallen down and land.
ed with thud without having
been heard The din came from
the direction OF the dining room.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Next Week
christmas Carol"
ny
CHARLES DICKENS
iiii,.,i,ii:.s; ::::Ii:sss

enough. Norah. and Max and Mr..
Doctor Man. am going away"
Nofah lwung about TO face
me 40, New York again.
Dawn Not New York;
= am afraid so" answered.
But YOU have been working
walled Norah, every morning.
And thought the book was com.
lng on beautifully"
"oh. the book-it is too IN
certain. II viii be- months before
the book il properly polished off
And then ! may poddle II around
for more months. No. ! cant af.
ford To triflo with uncertainties.
And anyway. Or. Won Gerhard will
tell YOU how we'll and strong am
Won't you, Herr Doktor7"
Well. said Won Gerhard, In his
careful. deliberate English. since
YOU ask me. should say that you
might last about one year, In New
York"
What utter bllther," scoffed
turning to glare at Won Gerhard.
Gently" warned Max. such
dlsrespect 10 the man who pulled
you back from tho edge Of the
yawning grave only six months
ago."
"YawnIng fiddlesticksl" snapped
I. elegantly There was nothing
wrong with me except that want.
ed 20 DO fused over. And ! have
been. And Two loved a. Hut Il
must stop nov" rose and
walked over TO tho table and faced
Won Gerhard. sitting there in the
depths OF great chair. There Is
my living to make. And there is
Peter Orme. DO you think that |
could stay on here like this7 Oh. |
,snow that Max Is not poor man.
Ilui he IL not rich man. either.
And there are tho children 20 be
educated. and besides. Max mar.
ried Norah Oilara. not the whole
o'Hara tribe. want 10 20 10 work.
am not free woman. but when
am working. ! forget. and am al
most happy ! tell YOU ! must be
Well again viii be Well am
WE'LL"
Al the end OF which dramatic
period ! spoiled the whole effect
by bowling my head on tho table
and giving way 20 n flt of weep
ing such as | had not had since the
days OF my illness.
Looks Ike Il" said Max. ut
which decided Go laugh. and the
situation was saved
II was then that Won Gerhard
proposed tho thing that set Us
staring ~ him IN amused wonder
You have done me the honor 10
include me In this little family con
clavo." began Ernest Won Gerhard
4 am going 10 take advantage 81
your trust. shall give you some
advice thing ! usually keep for
unpleasant professional occasions.
no not 30 back 10 New York"
Ito reached out and took my
hand into his great. steady clasp.
Come to IN. happy. healthy. Ger.
man town called Milwaukee. yes ?
Aeh. you may laugh. Hut there
you could live sRneiy. and work
not too hard. And IL viii speak
OF you 10 Norberg. OF tho Post.
And on Sundays. " you arc good.
may take you along the marvel.
GUS lake drives IN my little red
runAboui. yes! Abcr wundcrhar.
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those drives are So"
Then 49, Milwaukee, nhrleked
Max aud Nornh and I. together.
After New York Milwaukee
Laugh" said Won Gerhard.
quite composedly. Il give you un-
"a tomorrow morning to stop
laughing. At the end Of that time
II viii not seem quite 20 amusing
No Joke IL 30 funny after one has
contemplated II for ~ hours"
Won Gerhard did speak 10 Nor
berg OF the Post And am 10 90
to Milwaukee next week ! wish
that I were chummier with the
Irish saints. | need them now.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-19
he RE1uPN OF WHISPERS

90 YOU KNOW
II isn't tie custom to treat the
druggist
ri GIN doesn't wear a pompa.
dour
Few people know who wrote
Grey's Elegy
Mt. Rainier Is taller than Dr
Matthews.
Henry Collins. the cigar dealer.
says he knows n man so stingy he
smokes the Christmas cigars his
wife buys In the department store
BROKEN TOYS
How al you and your mamma
enjoy Chrigtmas7
We both had hard luck. | got
new doll and mamma got n new
husband and they we're both broke
inside OF week Puck
oLDE STUFF
In a theatrical I'd
Positively his last appearance IN
America"
President and Mrs. Wilson have
been married year today We
don't know whether that's n paper
wedding or not. but the chances
are Wilson will write note any
how
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-19
The Better Way

rTELEPHONE workers in Seattle, in the rest OF the
country, will be given bonuses equal to two or three
weeks wages for Christmas
At the time. the Puget Sound Traction, Light
Power Co announced raise OF cent per hour in the
wages OF its amounting in all 10 $4,000 Another
similar increase OF wages will be made in July is declared
More and do the big corporations realize that their
best OF make their employees satisfied
with the wages and working conditions.
Tho may at the l-centan-hour increase by
the traction company, 1t is nevertheless good sign The
corporation yet reestabsh itself in the estimation Of the
community and be regarded instrument OF real service
Now they're moving railways to France Europe
might well get the railways She's got all the butter
and eggs.
New York is closing its Sunday movies, and Con-
neccut is prosecuting for "blasphemy" The dark
est hour comes just before the dawn
Life in Sing Sing for selling fake monographs is a
sentence just melted out by New York judge. What
will happen to sellers Of Hawaiian" records?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-19
Our Little Crouches

vrYF all love heroes There is enough of the poet and the
w actor in the average there is enough Imagination
enable him put up fair imitation of hero whenever
the opportunity offers
We can all manage to failure grief and death with
some show OF bravery.
But often towards when we face the petty
irritaons day And these ills OF hourly
much less heroes in fact than fancy
selves SO it is good plan in while. to make little
record of our ordinary grouches.
There's the gettingup Crouch Its the
the for all 1t be had before leave
roomust little deep breathing before the open window,
cold plunge. will do the work.
There's the crouch because the morning coffee is too
weak or too strong Well OF drink much coffee,
anyway
There's the crouch because have stand up in the
good 81 massage for that of the population which
sits at work all day.
There's the crouch clothes-which never
quite good enough We this by buying
Ii woman can afford chinchla $500 she covctS
sable cape at $4,000 But will put minds the
needs OF the Red Cross in Europe very soon become
ashamed OF mad craze for fincry.
There's the office grouchwhich consists in trying to 20
opposite TO the OF business usavcage human
perversty kills harmony and cooperation in many organ
zation There's always above next us to be
Jealous Of The for this is remember tina, hc who
would command first learn to obey" And il this kind
of philosophy does not help then the honest thing to find
another job.
Every morning seize afresh upon all OF our little pet
xrouchcs as they novelties belonging each
clusvely and not ancient membranes which should
have discarded yesteycar And perhaps cannot
selves altogether OF the habit of getting grouchy about
thing But can prove ourselves extraordinary almost
heroic by getting rid OF all these commonplace grouohes and
invcn,ing few brand new ones?
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-19

New York is closing its Sunday movies,
necticut is prosecuting man for "blasphemy."
est hour comes just before the dawn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-12-19

London editors say Bucharest's fall important
chiefly because OF moral effect Gee! has anybody
there got any morals left'
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1t pays to read The Stars
Classified AID Page.
The Sentinel=record., 1916-11-29
LALLY COLLYER HERE.
We'll Known Sporting Writer Enthused
 over Racing Prospects in South.

La,ly Colyer. one of the well known sporting writers of the country. came 10 Hot Springs from New Orleans and spent yesterday looking over the sit. uation relative to racing. He stated that all the preliminaries waich made racing at New Orleans this winter had been cleared up, and that the Business Mems Association was assured that the meeting this winter would be one .cf the best ever held in the Crescent City. MT COllyer is much enHhused over the idea of attracting horsemen Ito winter quarters in Hot Springs, and also the idea of interesting horsemel in establishing breeding farms in this county and state. There is a wide field Of opportunity for the horsebreed- CT now" said Mr. Collyer yesterday. The American turf is being re-estab- lished on a sound basis in all the cities where racing is conducted and horse men who a few years ago suspended breeding farms, have found there is a shortage of good thoroughbreds, and have again turned their attention 10 the breeding end of the game