Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-02-22
Notes
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9ur zxrsaos AID rigor- He
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wsa between TIE eyes Tie z2eeE
las trenches capacity ard 3 vel
talznes3 ard dzpiy. TIE NIX
veins IRE ucg--only wsl oeTe-
gpsd.
Ce4ea BrsoLHns Lass has selIg-
cred TWO calves. both hetsz.
J. 7. Bates 4 Scr 2 nile west
q Hxttor. extensive fzr5srE and
fse5e-z. Eh5,s5 il r. head Of cat
lie lart week from S. PzuL Kansas.
Ttey we're znl9sded AZ Columbia ard
driver frsz there across the o0znty7-
william G. Meyer, TWO -la nor1h-
west e AurTzsss sold . span Of
-are nales lzxt week 70 o. ". Mar
ere and sae-hsE miles nsrhwes.
iof Azx7asse fo- $40. One q the
---lsz wzz -nrse ard the other fer
years Cd
Three psblic sales we're bed o-
farms near Mexico last week Ths
ig9o6z offered at al the sales bro1g1i
good prices and large crowds attend
the sales.
The Beatty Sale
TUESDAY ice D. Beatty held . sale q
his farm. nine miles northwest q
Mexico. Joe Gregory cried the SAX
and al goods offered brought gooS
prices.
Cmehens sold up to SIPS . dozsn
stock hogs brought as high as 1852.
q head, cows sold 2; fron S55 u
lsl25. yearling mules sold as high a
$50 a pair and horses as high a
sle5 a head The ladies' Of Salt Rive
Church served dinner.
MOODY Bros Sale
Wednesday, Moody Bros, three nile
southeast Of Mexico, held a sale d
their farm. Joe Gregory and j. ]
johnson we're the agctioneers.
One pair Of mares sold to Jess GiV
, ens for $40; colts brought from Sc
70 800. yearling mules sold IS hig
as Sll0, SOUS brought up to S35
head. and COWS up to $50.
e. ". B. Paiges Sale
u. B. Paige, living two and on'
= half miles west Of Mexico, held hi
sale on Thursday with Joe Gregor
as s%uctioneer.
Horses brought from s135 70 SIG
each; Cows sold as high as $50; stoc
1 hogs brought s1O.65 a head; chicken
sold at s10.25 a dozen; calves brougf
$50; corn brought 99c and the ma
ehinery sold well.
Thomas Z. German IS again pun
chasing corn in large quantities. b
purchased a couple Of car loads {
snapped corn from Mrs. Virgin
: Buoy, northwest Of town, at IS cent
per bushel ard also purchased 100
bushels from Mrs. Elizabeth Whit
and daughter, Miss JEANETTE, at 81
q busbeL 49, C~entralia Courier.
William G. Meyer, two miles nortl
west Of A~uxvasse, paid Thomas 7
Lawrence $500 for a brood and far
mare Saturday .
The big mule sale Of ]. T. JOIN
son will be held March l.. Over II
head Of good ones viii be disposed 0
Out near Moline Thad Boulware
feeding d load Of hogs and ten {
them already weigh oyer 300 and
present prices viii bring over $40
head. He is also feeding u head
calvcs, seven Of his own raising, f
baby beef. They weigh over q
now.
The writer had the pleasure Of a
tending Ab Harrison's big mule sal
north Of Benton City, on Friday, Fe.
ruary the 18th, and found as lari
and representative crowd of farme.
as has been at any sale this year.
Before the sale opened, we n
ticed there were more than fifty al
tomobiles in addition to the larl
number Of other vehicles that wei
parked in and around the home place
Mr. Harrison has one Of the be
farms in the county, with two in
mense barns, one for his mules ar
the other for his cattle. with an in
Immense concrete silo.
The sale was a splendid success, ;
Mr.. Harrison's mules were well s.
lected and in fine condition; the fir
pair selling for $3.50, and bidding b
ing very lively.
The sale as a whole was mo
satisfactory. Mr.. Harrison not on.
handles a lot Of the very best mule
but is feeding about 1855 head Of ca
tie, and paid out this year in cas-
about 10000 to the farmers for col
at 90c a bushel.
The farmers that have anything
sell this year, should surely be pro
porous and happy. Prices for q
stock and farm products never we