Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-01

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Cattle. 4.5oo. steady.
Sheep, 200, steady.
After buyers Of walnut logs had
tired without avail fer years 70 buy q
lot Of timber % the place Of R. Il.
Cump. near Stoutsyiiis. oae banCh Of
coon hunters TUNED the trek this
fall. when Mr. Crump discovered
that they had cut down one Of his
fine walnut trees, be decided that Il
his timber vas going to Be cut Up
anyway, he might as wel sell il.
Wm. James. of Paris, bought the tin
ber and is getting some extra good
logs Of the place now. One log that
was brought 10 Stoutsyiile Tuesday
weighed more than 1850 pounds ard
contained 400 fest Of lumber material.
Il vas "a inches in diameter and IS
feet long. Bob Painter brought in :
load of five logs from the CrumP
place that weighed 7730 pounds -
Paris Appeal.
Wm. Norman. near Santa Fe, has
load Of steers on feed. Also George
Trimble has a load Of around 1000
Ib. steers on feed.
Nine tons Of honey was the amount
harvested by Paul Foreman, near
Rensselaer,, last season. 1t was ex-
trzcted and sold in liquid form at 81
q gallon. The crop brought Mr..
Foreman about 81 800.
Ira Dow and Lewis Kidwell, farm
ers and stoekmen living five miles
J northwest Of Auxvasse. shipped a
car Of hogs 10 the St. Louis market
from Auxvasse Wednesday after
noon. In the shipment were 50 head
Of hogs belonging TO Mr.. Dow and IS
head belonging 70 Mr.. Kidwell. The
latter and Cyril Dow went to market
with the stock.
Bob Dye sold 6 mules TO Earl Car
ter, Of Mexico, for s120 apiece and
assisted Mr.. Carter in buying mules
from the following: Tom Scobee, 4,
for $3.50; Charley WiIkerson, II, at
$3.50 apiece; Tate English. /, for $500;
Clarence Dawson, /, for $500; Judge
Allen, /, for s210; Grow & Brown, l,
for S197 so. The mules were 3's and
IS and will be fattened for items in
Carter's annual sale. - Paris Ap-
peal.
Saturday morning Colonel J. R.
Brown was notified by the party on
his farm near Cant that couple of
his fine steers had disappeared and
the Colonel drove down at once to in
vestigate. Upon arriving he was
told a mistake had been made in the
count and the entire 10 head were
accounted for. Thinking that as long
as be was there be also might as well
count them; he came up head short
and no amount Of search could locate
the missing. Towards dark they hap
pened to notice a straw rick had fall
en- and leaving orders to 90 into it the
next morning, Mr. Brown came home.
Upon going back he was informed
that both steers had been found under
the straw and none the worse off for
their two days Of Imprisonment. -
Centralia Courier.
Hamilton Bros paid $500 to H. T. |
Merits, R. T. Merits and j. B. Gill |
pin for two extra good jacks this
week.
Joe Considine has purchased 2lO /
acres near the former site Of Hope /
well Church, west Of this city. He /
paid Judge Alex Carter S72.50 an |
acre for the land. Mr.. Considine
owns 1,1S0 acres in one tract with
this purchase.
John W. Greed, one-half mile north
west Of Auxvasse, is having waste
lime scattered on his land. He is
getting lime from Dyer Bros. farm,
one and one-half miles south of Aux
vase. This lime was thrown lway
some fifteen years ago, but has not
lost its strength, according to Mr.. |
Greed.
Hamilton Bros, who reside on the
Pike south of this city, shipped by
American Express 20 jacks to a Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, firm Monday. They
5hipped similar number about this
lime last year to the same firm.
These shipments probably are the
argest express shipments of their
lind ever made in Missouri.
Hamilton BroJ are among the
argest dealers in jacks in the State.
.ast year they sold Sc jacks and have
.lready made good start on a larg-
r record for this year. They have
zen shipping to the same firm for
ne past 22 years. They did not de-
ire to make public the price or the
anne Of the firm.
This firm has the highest standing
'herever it is known and they never
ell any but good ones.
F. W. Carlson, Of Audrain county.
To-, which is in good st. Louis terri
Dry, buys feeding steers and hogs on
ne Kansas City yards. Mr.. Carlson =
as Just bought on this market 300
cad Of steers Of the S5O-pound class
hich he will put on feed. In addi- !
on to buying these steers, Mr.. Carl
IN took out 1872 immune hogs. The
title and hogs will be put on a ration
first, and this will be increased un-
grass is ready, when they will be
ID full corn ration on a blue grass -
'sture. They will be fed until july
sfore being sold. - Kansas Citv di
royers Journal.
Last week William T. Dunn, of q
arrlson county, bought from Arthur ., .,
. Castell, of Mercer County, 32O )"
res OF land, l6O of which lies in CAL >
way county and 16O acres in Au-
am county. The land is situated
out 10 miles southeast Of this CITY w