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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21

ASTORIA, Ore, Dec. 21.-The pro-
German smelt who just wouldn't en-
ter the Columbia river and give aid
and comfort to Oregon and Washing
ton housewives in the heyday of high
meat prices. must have argued it out
with Brother Whale-now in Hoover's
army-for they have reformed. Re
ports here today are that the smelt
are beginning to come in slowly. The
season is past due.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-12-21

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. 21.-The
fifteen best boosters among Port
lands army of news hustIers," the
boys who wrote the best essays on
What We Can Do t Make Portland
a Better City" were guests of the
Chamber Of Commerce at a special
Christmas luncheon today.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-05
EVEN TIE INSANE
TO DO THEIR "BlT"

Even the insane in the State Asy-
lm al Spencer Will do their bit" Tor
their country in the war DE-. Charles
a. BARLOW. superintendent, is having
a 175acre farm cultivated and all
the work IS being done by the patti
eat- at the institution. Preparations
are being made 10 ser out 10000 to-
ma5o plants and $4,000 sweet pota-
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-05
ALLEGED UGLY THREAT
GETS MAN IN TROUBLE

CHARGED w.l uasias -hH ae4
inst President Wilson Pembartoa ".
Stickrath, veterinary. who lives ar
Sl3 Front street Marietta, O.. was
arraigaea before + S. GeMm Iou-
er He pleaded 10. gaHsy ANA was
held - the federal grand tag an4.s
$1,000 bond T -IyHuz r. arla-sga
bail The a9.-4aVlt charges shat
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-05
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT

MI. j Frank Seibert, of the Berke-
ley Wooden Company has been in
Charleston taking the examination
before the board OF public account.
ants. There are six applicants.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-05-05

to plants The plans contemplate
putting G5 acres in beans, Is acres
in cabbage. % acres in Irish potatoes
IS acres in sweet corn and ensilage,
and the remainder of the farm into
small vegetables
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

joined a hospital, corps, and went
to the front as an orderly, that was
the final thing needed to make me
see my duty to let you go, my first
born. my choicest and best in
whom my life centers.
These people have done their
part to demonstrate Christ's doc
trine of service, sacrifice and love.
Therefore 1 enjoin you to hold your
self as a soldier of service, and love.
Do not fight with that hate which
curses those that hate, but with the
knowledge that you are helping to
better things. Fight honorably, my
son, for 1 realize there is honor even
in warfare.
Forget the dark side of this war,
my boy, keep your thoughts on the
good you can do, and pray with the
trust you held in your baby prayers.
Remember you are offering your
life for your country, democracy, and
humanity. OF such sacrifice Christ
says, Greater love hath no man than
this, that a man lay own his life for
his friend
Don't think, dear boy, that if you
fall it will not break my heart. 1t
will! But there will always be this
light and this hope in my life-that
you died a hero, as is each man who
dies in this cause, and that some day,
when God wills, l shall meet you
again in a world where there is no
war and no heartbreak, my beloved
son, my heroic
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
MEXICO COUPLE Welded.
Drive In Auto To Clinton, Mo.-Sur-
prise Their Friends Here-Are
Now Here And "SettIed Down."

The Clinton (Mo. } Eye contained
the following paragraph last week:
Gordon Ridgeway and Miss Eliza
beth ]. Taft, both of Mexico, Mo-,
were married by Rev. A. N. Lindsey
at his home at 1880 October 18th.
They came down that evening with
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E.
r. Taft, from Mexico in their car
and were married right after their
arrival. The bride wore a becoming
brown suit, trimmed in grey fur.
She is one of Mexico's popular girls,
and a sister of Mrs. Harry Witt of
this city, and has many friends here,
as she has visited in Clinton quite of
ten. The groom is the American
Express agent in Mexico. They were
at home to their friends in Mexico
after Monday. They visited at the
home OF Mr.. witt several days be-
fore returning. Mr.. Taft went from
here TO Oklahoma Saturday, and the
others .'-,afued to Mexico in the car.
The happy couple have the Eyes
congratulations.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

81 write this letter to assure the
State Tax Commission that in the
call for the special session of the
General Assembly, shall include,
not only the consideration of legisla-
tion for the reduction of the State
rate tax levy, including the levy
made for paying the capitol bond
and the interest on school certificates,
but also reducing and further limit
ing the maximum rates of levy that
are now permitted to be made by
county courts, city councils,
boards of aldermen, trustees and
school boards: and also a reduction
of rate of levy now required by law
to be made to entitle county to be-
come a beneficiary of state and fed
eral road money.
"After a legal assessment, as pro-
vided by law, has become a reality,
which it will when the 1917 assess
ment is completed and accepted, the
total of all rates of levy may be re-
duced to from 20 to 40 per cent of
what it now is. These rates by leg
islation can and must be so reduced.
This statement is made that revenue
officers, especially members of coun-
ty boards of equalization, and the
public generally, may understand
that in the special session to be call
ed all maximum rates of levy will be
reduced to meet TIE new legal as
sessed valuation and the revenue
conditions resulting therefrom."
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY.

The American Telephone & Tel
egraph Company and it's Associated
Companies forming the Bell System,
announce a subscription in behalf
of themselves and their employees
of $5,OOO,OOO.0O to the second
Liberty Loan.
This subscription is to be allotted
to localities or sectinos of the coun-
try as nearly as may be in proper
tion to the quotas assigned by the
Treasury Department to the various
Federal Reserve Districts, so that
each such District will get credit for
its proportionate share of the total
sum.
The actual subscription will be
made in each locality by the Associa-
ted Company operating in each To-
cality.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
State And Local
To Be Lowered
Governor Will Call Special Session
OF The Legislature For That Pur-
pose One-fifth To Two-fifths OF
Present Rates Will Suffice.

The last argument of those op-
posed to the operation of the Tax
Commission Law has been removed
since Gov. Gardner has advised the
Commission that he will convene the
Legislature in extra session for the
special purpose of reducing the
maximum rates of taxes for State
and local purposes. Many taxpayers
have been misled into the belief that
an assessment of property at it's
true value meant a very large in
crease in the amount of taxes to be
collected.
In announcing that the rates of
levy would be greatly reduced the
Governor is adhering to the time
honored policy that no more taxes
shall be collected than is absolutely
necessary for the proper admininis-
tration of government when econom-
) ically expended.
The Governor in communicat-
ing to the Tax Commission is quoted
as follows:
II am in receipt of your letter of
the 18th reporting progress in the
tax reform movement, and asking for
authority to advise the public that in
making the call for the special ses-
sion of the Legislature, 1 shall in
clude consideration of legislation,
not only reducing State tax rate levy,
but reducing the maximum tax rate
levies now permitted to be made by
all local levying bodies.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
CENTRAL CHAPTER o. E. S.
Celebrates Its First Anniversary
Three State Officers Present-Has
A Membership OF 80.

Mexico, Mo-, Oct. 22.--On Octo-
Der 10, 1916, an order of the o. E.
S. was constituted at Central, the Ma
sonic Hall, IT miles northwest of
Mexico, with "a charter members.
The order has grown until it now has
32 members.
They celebrated their first anniver-
sary by having their Charter consti-
tilted by the Worthy Grand Matron,
Mrs. Julia McCool, of Harrisonville.
and District Deputy Grand Matron,
Mrs. Bessie Mayhall, of Laddonia.
Other installing officers were Mrs.
Jennie Fisher, Grand Associate Ma
tron; Mrs. Lima Smiley, Grand AS
ociate Conductress; Mrs. J.W. Bea-
giles, Grand Conductress; Mrs. Annie
Beal, Grand Chaplain; Mrs. Bessie
Mayhall, Grand Marshal; Miss Effie
Drake, Grand Warder; Judge j. w.
Beagles, Grand Sentinel.
Visitors present from Santa Fe
Chapter were: Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fisher, Miss Effie Drake, Judge and
Mrs Beagles, and Mrs. Lima Smiley,
who is d. d. G. NJ. of District No. III;
from Mexico Chapter: Mrs, Annie
Beal; Laddonia Chapter, Mrs, Bessie
Mayhall.
Members of Central felt it was
quite an honor to have three Grand
Chapter officers meet with them at
one time.
The officers of Central Chapter
are: w, NJ, Miss Carrie Edwards; !;
W. p, e. E. Pierce; Asso, NJ, Mrs,
Mamie McGee. Sec'y, Hettie Pierce;
Treasurer, Mrs. Flora Slonaker
Asso, c., Miss Lena Carpenter; c.
Mrs. annie Galloway; Chaplain, Mrs
Helena Edwards; Adah, Miss Katie
Edwards; Ruth, Mrs. Maude House
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

quire no feed during the pasture sea-
son, of course. winter my sheep in
the bluegrass pastures. They eat
the weeds and grass in winter
and any sprout that comes up during
the year.
"In February, when the lambing
season begins, 1 feed them some clo-
yer or alfalfa hay and a mixture of
oats and bran. l find that they do
better on oats and bran than on corn
chops and bran. The feeding pc
riod is short, of course, and that is
the big feature. 1t requires very lit
tie farming to raise sheep. Weeds on
most farms are looked upon as a nui-
sance. Farmers spend weeks fighting
them and they go to waste. Weeds
are an asset where sheep are kept.
Sheep turn weeds into money, and
they are the only things that will.
Every farm at least ought to have
enough sheep to keep the weeds
down.
"In the ten years l have been rails
ing sheep they have made me great
er profit, the amount of the invest
ment and labor considered, than any
other live stock. I am going to sell
my cattle and keep about 100 ewes.
They will make me about $1,5O0
year, and 1 won't have to do much
farming to raise feed for them-just
hay and roughage. They do mighty
we'll on corn fodder
with the sheep we will combine
the poultry business. My wife aver
ages more than $500 a year from
her poultry. We will keep Just
few head of milk cows and sell the
extra butter and cream. We will
raise just enough hogs for our own
use. We have a fine garden, berry
patch and orchard. We also have
bees and wouldn't do without them
as side line. We can lot of veg
etables and fruit, and visit the gro
Gerry store very seldom. We live at
home and live we'll
Cattle require a lot of feed in
winter. There is good profit in cat
tie and l do not want to discourage
the farmer who likes the cattle busi-
ness. I like cattle, too, but 1 am
arriving at an age where l can't do
as much farm work, and where little
work and big profits look good. That
is the reason l am going to turn ex-
clusively to sheep. l have made
money breeding grade beef cattle.
Every farmer ought to have live
stock and crops ought to be market
ed thru live stock and poultry.
wool from sheep more than pays
for their keep. A good crop of lambs
represents the profit. In addition
they are the great labor savers. "
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
WHY HE FAVORs SHEEP.

Sheep and poultry are taking the
place of cattle and hogs on the S. l..
Tally farm, north of Lees Summit,
Mo. Mr.. and Mrs. Tally are pioneer
farmers. They have arrived at an
age when they want to slow up, so
far as farm work is concerned. They
have found after ten years expert
ence in the sheep breeding business
that sheep make greater profit with
less care than any other live stock
on the farm, says the Kansas City
Star.
"a beef COW requires as much
feed as eight head of sheep" Mr..
Tally said recently. "The profit
from the eight sheep is more than
500 annually; from the grade beef
cow less than that amount. In ad-
dition the sheep keep down the
weeds on the farm, are less expensive
and less work"
Mr. Tally had 14O acres of land,
the greater part of it in bluegrass,
Thirty-hve ewes have So lambs this
year. He has 16 other ewes too young
to breed this year. From the 81
ewes he will make $3.50 this year
from wool and lambs. He has 81
head of grade beef cattle on the
farm.
THE net profit on the sheep is
greater than on the cattle, while the
cattle require larger investment, !"
Mr. Tally said. "Sheep are no troub-
lie whatever. l almost broke myself
down lighting weeds on the farm
and in the pastures until placed
sheep there, Sheep will eat most
everything that grows. They re-
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
MISSOURI BOY SAYS
FRANCE LOOKS TO U. S.

Columbia, Mo-, Oct. 22.-"France
is expecting great things of America
in the immediate future, and 1 hope
our Missouri U. boys will make a
creditable showing for themselves" !"
This is the message from ]. H. Pat
rick, graduate of the University of
Missouri, who went to France with
Pershing and who is now with the
Chief Surgeons Office at the head
quarters of the American Expedi-
tionary Force. In the same office is
another M. U. graduate, Walter Man
dry. Both are Missouri boys, Pat
rick being from Higbee and Mandry
from Moberly.
I'VE are in the eastern portion of
F 2cc1 at much higher altitude
than Paris and the result is that the
weather conditions are much bet
ter" Patrick writes. "The days are
usually cold and the nights cold
enough that five army blankets are
not at all out of place. We put in
from 8 until each day, seven days
to the week After a bit when we
get additional help, we hope to be
able to explore the surrounding
country which is beautiful beyond
description"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
A Mother To Her Soldier Boy At The Front

The following is from a letter of
a mother to her son, boy of 21, who
has enlisted in the army and gone to
mobilization camp, the first time he
has ever been absent over night from
his mothers home:
when this war came three years
ago, as you know, hated it and
thanked God YOU we're not yet old
enough to fight
Now l see it differently. AS the
war has continued l have come to
recognize that we are fighting for the
highest cause for which nation can
fight, not for domination nor pos
session nor for material aggrandize-
ment. We are fighting for aggrand-
izement in the sight of God.
ITO serve and to sacrifice is the
doctrine of Christ. AS one nation
after another has Joined the allies
many of the organizations and the
people that stand for Christ's teach
ing-for service and sacrifice-have
thrown their service in with the fate
of the nation and offered their sac
rifice, even to their lives.
"The Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation has sent men both to fight
and to uplift. The Young Women's
Christian Association works in all
ways such as woman can work to fur
ther right.
"The Salvation Army has sent to
the trenches its quota of workers and
hghters. When my own clergyman
puts on the humbleness of Christ
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

The Message thought with Senator
w. j. Stone at the start, that Uncle
Sam should have kept out of this
war, but developments have shown
that we had no choice. The Kaiser
smote us in the face; we turned the
other cheek and he smote that also.
He had this coutry full of spies
four years ago-was virtually wag-
ing war against us. Now that we are
in the war; there is nought left but
to clean up the Hohenzollern crowd
good and plenty.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
LITTLEBY METHODIST CHURCH.

Rev. j. L. Nickerson, the new
Methodist preacher on the Mexico
Circuit, held two weeks revival
meeting recently at Littleby Method
ist Church. There were four acces-
sions to the membership and the
church was unified and built up. The
people like Brother Nickerson. In
three minutes time one evening they
raised him a $16.5O cash donation,
and that was good, too.
Littleby Methodist Church is one
of the very best rural churches of
the county. They are all good folks
down that way.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 17.-Orville
Wright, "king of the air." working
hard to become the Henry Ford of
the air."
The air wizard may soon startle
the world with a discovery almost as
revolutionary as that with which he
and his brother, Wilbur, amazed
mankind.
This time it is to be the first prac-
tical flying machine.
In his experimental laboratory
here in Dayton, Wright is working
hard to make his second great dream
come true.
He wants to see the airplane as
serviceable and as cheap a vehicle as
the humble fiiver.
All this was gained in a three
hour talk with the "air king" today.
what are you working on now?"
Wright was asked.
Room for Improvement.
"I'm experimenting with wing
models to increase the efficiency of
plane surfaces"
"TheA there is room for improve
ment here?"
Plenty" was the reply, big
battle planes don't interest me much
except that / know they are needed
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
The Henry Ford Of The Air---Has Dreams

to end the war, so we may tackle
the airplane for the uses of peace.
what is wanted is a compare
lively low-powered machine, say of
1OO-horse power; whose wing surfaces
are so, efficient and whose inherent
stability is so high it won't require
a big field to alight inA
After the war flying will become
safe, popular and comparatively
cheap
"As soon as the war is over 1 ex-
pect to see the whole country map
ped out with highways. Along
these routes, say every seven miles,
there will be alighting stations and
hangers.
with these airdomes as near to
each other as this, 1t always will be
easy for an aviator to make a safe
landing in case of engine trouble.
while flying one-half to one
mile above ground is a very modest
altitude nowadays, 1t will be easy to
glide to safety If you get stalled mid
way between these stations.
I'VE already have an air route
between here and indianapolis, with
airdomes seven miles apart, and
am looking forward to the rapid ex-
tension of this system as soon as the
war is over"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
GIRL AND HER FATHER
HAVE JAIL EXPERIENCE

Montgomery City, Mo, Oct. IL
Miss Rose Butler and her father,
James Butler, are both in the county
Jail here tonight.
The girl assisted Frank Tally in
his effort to break Jail, pleaded gull
ty and was given a year in Jail.
Her father was arrested today on
charge of burglary. Tally has
been drafted and sent to the army
at Fort Riley.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

The Message will be $3.50 a year
after December 1st. If you owe us,
pay up and take a year ahead at the
s1.00 rate. Many are doing this.
Several have been liberal enough to
advance $3.50 to get a year ahead.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

c. c, Ingram of Laddonia was in
to see The Message Monday. He
says the fuel situation is desperate
in his town, also. Jim wilkins got
in a car of coal the other day and
the folks came near Communicating
the coal and Jim, too. before he
could say scat.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

A large aeroplane passed over
Auxvasse last Friday night. 1t was
going westerly. 1t had a powerful
searchlight which it flashed down at
the town as it passed over. Editor
Hook thinks it was too serious to
joke him. 1t gave him a thrill
that's made him feel querr ever
since.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Otto Kunkel, formerly of south
east of Mexico, who holds an impor-
tant place in the Department of Ag-
riculture in Washington City, was
shaking hands with friends here last
week
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
REVIVAL MEETING.

q Rev. ]. L. Nickerson begins a re-
vival meeting at Trinity church next
Sunday night He will preach at Oh
ivet Sunday morning at IL o'clock.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
GO TO CAMP FUNSTON.

Henry Cassidy of Laddonia and r.
A. Angert of Mexico, drafted for
army service, have gone to Camp
Funston. They were exempted, but
later their discharge was revoked.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Frank Owings arrived home last
week from the Great Lakes Training
School on a two weeks furlough.
Frank is looking healthy and we'll
kept.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25
THE NEGRO SOLDIERS
ARE TO GO SATURDAY.
COlOred Friends Arranging For A
Banquet And Other Honors And
Entertainment.

Audrain county's first quotp OF
colored citizen soldiers have been no.
titled that they must assemble in
Mexico tomorrow and the following
day they must be off for Camp Fun.
ston. There are 81 of the men.
The local colored citizens have
perfected every detail for a fine fare.
we'll entertainment.
The following constitute the quo,
ia:
William Henry Lewright.
Jasper Richard Kemp.
William Patterson.
Howard Hoffman.
Albert Mcdonald.
Ernest Ramsey.
George Hill.
Ollie Right.
Charles Edward Spotser.
Jake Rus Gardner.
Henry Sharee.
Florence Jones.
Clyde Phillips.
Percy Guy.
Edward Thomas.
Allie Gibson.
Gilbert Holt.
John Palmer.
Henry Jackson.
John Boyd.
Thurston White.
Carl Cooper.
Simon G.. Booker.
Grimley Bell.
Oscar Lee Towsley.
Warner Grant.
Harold Holt
Scott Hutchen.
Pet Talton.
William Scott Marteen.
John Henry White.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

L. w. Roberts for first-class SER
vice and funeral work. Licensed
embalmers. Answer calls promptly
day or night.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs S, L. Hickam at Boonville
in renewing for The Message adds
this much appreciated note-"Don't
see how I could do without The
Message"
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs. Thurman Stallings of Mexico
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Barbee, near Vandalia, last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Circuit Clerk e. F. Elliott reports
that there were 80 divorces in Au-
drain county during 1916.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

The Associated Union of the Bap-
tist women of Audrain county will
meet in Vandalis Thursday, Novem-
ber 18th.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs. L. P. Crigler of Webster
Groves is visiting her son, Martyr,
cadet in Missouri Military Academy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs. Matte Buchanan of near Per-
ry visited her brother, Dr. w. H.
Hickman, in Mexico last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs. w. ]. Crow of Farber came
to the Mexico Hospital for treatment
last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs. Earl Wisenan and small son
of Kansas City are visiting Mrs.
Wiseman's sisters in Mexico, Mrs.
Joseph Springer and Mrs. E. F. Kun
kel.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

Mrs. John Akridge of Laddonia
underwent an operation in the Mex
leo Hospital last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-25

A. G. Azdell is arranging to move
to Kansas City to spend the winter.