Mexico Missouri message., 1917-11-29
MIR. j. G. McGEE's PASSING
FARMERS LABOR PROBLEM
SOLDIER BOYS VISIT HOME
Mr.. Householder's Big Corn Yield
John Berry's Fine Bunch OF Calves
Charlie Tanners New Store.

time is here.
The corn crop is being binned as
fast as time and labor will permit.
The labor proposition has grown
to be one of colossal proportions. with
another call of our 'conscript youths
we scarcely know what we'll do for
good help. Where there is a will
there is way is a very fitting axi-
ON at this particular time. We
! have heard many speels and write
ups about making two blades of
grass grow where one formerly grew.
Now the proposition confronts us of
making the labor of one take the
place of two or more. We have to
do learn to make one step count for
double, treble its former capacity.
II we can't do that then we'll have to
do the best we can.
John Henry Berrey brought a car
of calves from Kansas City market
They weighed over 400 lbs, costing
1915 per cwtlaid down in THOMPSON
The evenest best bunch seen lately
j. w. Holloway and Elmer Gate
wood shipped load of cattle each
to the National Monday, sold at the
tep of their calss.
c. NJ. Fox shipped go head of 1 800
pound cattle good enough to bring
$1,000 per cwt. which is good price.
j. K. Squirting and son shipped a
load of yearling cattle that topped
the market, selling at $14.OO.
c. M. Berrey had load of heavy
cattle on National near top of market
Wheeler Cant had sheep on the
National bringing. near the top price.
hi' anu MIS- VIII Elsie, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Eisele visited at c. R.
spurling's first of the week.
Grover Chapman, Thurman Chap
man, Harry Day, Chas. Tanner. Jim
Crosswhite, Chs. Weaver, Frank eau
thorn and their families, motored to
Claude Thomas near Littleby Sun
day a week and spent the day.
Chas Tanner, Thurman and Grover
Chapman and families and Mrs. Irma
Squirting spent Sunday in Hannibal.
The Red Cross Ladies will give a
pie and hot chocolate supper at Long
Branch church Thursday night
Thanksgiving for the fund. Every
body very cordially invited.
Mrs. j, L. Carpenter is visiting her
daughter Florence in St. Louis. Miss
Florence was recently married.
Ruth Carpenter will report short
ly for San Antonio, Texas.
c. M.Berrey will spend the winter
near Hillsborough, Texas.
Mrs. Alic Hickam of Vinita, Okla,
is here hte guest of r. T, Baker and
| tho Rrrca foDo;liae
Mr.. and Mrs. F.N.Parker after a
three weeks visit here leave for Wag
goner, Okla. Their first visit here dur
ing thir IA years absence.
Mrs. Jeff Ellis returned home to
Muscogee, Okla, after6 weeks visit.
Porter Bruce has erected wind
mill recently. New purchasers of cars
are Chas. Tanner, Harry Day, Jim
Brunette and John L. VIM.
]. H. Hebel purchased a new Chan
dler car of Chreigh Bros, Mexico.
Citizen Army Boys home Sunday
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on furlough are Clarence Nichols,
+ Cauthorn Bros, Virgil Stuart, Ed
ward Blase, Joe Nevins, Baker Barnes
The boys had nimbleness of two-year
olds. that's the U. s. treats his boys.
Strenuous times for our nation. Do
your most toward helping Uncle Sam
out. He needs all help to win the war
It is estimated to 10 million of our
men will have to go to the front. So
help along all lines to shorten the
conflict that our men may come back
to us. Europeans have formerly tas-
ted defeat; United States never has,
Let us see that UnGle Sam never does
uUa ara fighting IN the side of right