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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
GOVT. POULTRY GAM.
PA|GN LAUNCHED HERE
r. L. Mason Visited Tuesday and
Appointed Committee on Ar
rangements for Audrain
SYSTEMATIC CAMPAIGN
PLANNED
Purpose it to Get a Greater and Bet
ter Poultry Yield During the
War-TO Have Lectures

r. L. Mason, representing the Gov
ernment Poultry Campaign, was in
this city Tuesday arranging for sys-
tematic drive in the interests of better
poultry in Audrain county. He ap-
pointed the following men on COM
mittee of arrangements for lectures
and puglicity: Sam Evans, W. S.
Eller, John T. Stewart, Secretary of
the Chamber Of Commerce; Superin-
tendent of County Schools W. Clyde
johnson will cooperate in the work
and boys and girls will be enlisted in
its furtherance.
The purpose of the campaign is as
follows:
Careful selection Of breeding stock
to reproduce larger percentage Of
good types of profitable producers.
Early Matching so as to produce
fall and winter layers.
To confne mother hens to broom
coops for at least two weeks after
the chicks are Matched.
To provide free range for both
growing stock and layers in so far as
possible to stimulate growth and pro-
duction and conserve food consump-
ton.
To preserve eggs for winter use.
To production of infertile eggs as
soon as the breeding season is over.
Disposing of surplus cockerels and
broilers to conserve grain.
To discourage the marketing of all
profitable hens of the general pur-
pose class until the end of their Sec
ond year, and of the Mediterranean
or egg class, until the end of their
third laying year.
To encourage the careful selection
of all hens in order e eliminate the
improbable producers.
To discourage the marketing of all
profitable pullets as broilers and of
all matured pullets for meat.
To encourage the caponizing of
cockerels only when free range can
be provided, and a special nearby
market afforded.
To encourage backyard poultry
keeping, especially among city and
suburban dwellers, thereby utilizing
table scraps for the production of
fowls and eggs for home consump-
tion.
To encourage, when conditions per.
init, the feeding Of a wheatless ration,
in order to conserve this grain for hu-
man consumption.
To encourage turkey, duck and
geese raising when circumstances arc
favorable.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
STARTS TOAD FARN

]. D. Miller is wintering a large
toad in the basement Of the Court
House Of which building he is custo.
dian.
Mr.. Miller says that Phil Shire and
Martin Donnelly can raise all the
frogs they desire, but that he believes
the toad will more than pay for him.
self in the number of bugs and other
things that prey on scrops the little
animal may eat.
There is some talk Of Donnelly and
Shire pooling their interests with a
view Of freezing Mr.. Miller out Of the
market. Mr.. Miller, however, states
that he has wintered the cold weather
SO far and doesn't believe anything tn,
two frog magnates could do would
force him to the wall
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
AUSTRIA SEEKS PEACE
ONCE WITH HONOR,
PRIME MINISTER SAYS

VIENNA, Sunday, Jan. 20. via Am.
sterdam to London, January %. -
at is his majesty's wish to end the
war at the soonest moment possible
by an honorable peace In pursuance
Of this desire and on the principles it
repeatedly has announced, the govern
ment Of the dual monarchy has done
everything in its power and will con-
tinue to do everything possible to
bring about most speedily a general
peace. II, for the present, however,
only separate peace with Russia is
practicable, the responsibility rests
solely with the entente powers which
have rejected repeatedly our peace
offers"
Thesestriking statements were made
by DR.. Won Seydler, the Austrian
prime minister, in the course of a
speech at an important conference
between the government and labor
leaders in the minister's room in Par
Lament House. Those present in
cluded Count Won Toggenburg, minis
ter of the interior; Lieut.. Gen. Czapp,
minister of defense, and Labor Repre-.
sentatives Adler, Seitz and others.
Ernest Gallop, of Camp Funston, is
here on short furlough visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Gallop.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
THE COMMUNAL
KITCHENS USED
IN ENGLAND
English Women Are Learning How TO
Cook ard Conserve at the Same
Time is Their Purpose
Reciprocal News Service

LONDON, Jan. 10. - Communal
kitchens and public cooking schools
for women of London are among the
schemes of the inistry of Food for
teaching She London housewife to
substitute foods which are procurabe
for those which are scarce. In some
districts the communal kitchens have
succeeded well, but in the poorer To-
calities the general complaint is that
the food tastes queer" and is unpala-
table. On investigation it was found
that the queer taste was merely due to
substitutes of unfamiliar sweetening
or fats not componly used.
CASSEROLE cooking is. now being
taught in order to preserve every
particle Of nourishment in meat, but
the London public does not like flav.
or, that is one reason why margarine
is so very popular here. A highly
favored dish is an abomination in the
eyes of lower class housewife. She
prefers plain roast, boil, or fry with
little or no seasoning and would
rather stand outside a grocery for
four hours waiting for her quarter
pound of margarine or tea than to
make a nutritious brew of cocoa or
cocoa shells or use nut-butter or olive
oil Of which there is no shortage.
Only the milder cheeses are sold to
the London trade; the pungent brands
being reserved for the north and for
expectation. Made dishes are served
as rarely at dinner in the ordinary
middle class household as coffee for
breakfast. 1t is said that only when
the middle and poorer classes have re-
allied the need for changing their
diet, when the town women have
learned to cook the unfamiliar foods,
that the pathetic quenes which
stretch for blocks outside provision
shops will dwindle.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
LESS BRITISH SHIPS SUNK

LONDON, January II. - Another
marked decrease in the sinkings Of
British merchantmen by mine or sub
marine in the last week is noted in
the report of the Admiralty, issued
last night.
In this period only six merchantmen
of 1900 tons or more were sunk, and,
in addition, two merchantmen under
1000 tons and two fishing vessels.
In the previous week the Admiralty
reported the loss by mine or subma-
rine Of eighteen merchantmen Of 1900
tons or over, three merchantmen uu-
der that tonnage and four fishing yes
sells. The report of January 2 gave
the sinkings as twenty-one, eighteen
being 1900 tons or over.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
POPULATION is 1O5 MILLION

WASHINGTON, D. c., January
1s. - The population of continental
United States January / was 1O5,-
100000, as estimated by Treasury De-
partment experts, who calculate the
per capita money circulation at
s48.7G on that date. An increase Of
l,7l9,00o in population from January
! last year is shown, while the per
capita circulation increased S5.76.
January l, 1879, the population was
1921, 900 and the per capita circula-
ton sl6.92.
The general stock money in the In
tied States January /, this year, was
6,256,l98,271, an increase of ST.
244,152,754 over that date last year,
and the amount in circulation was
$5,l2O,424,9O8, an increase of $685.
1924 last year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
SPY is ARRESTED

NEW YORK, Jan. 21. - A German
spy who had entered the New York
Navy Yard in the uniform of a Unit
ed States Marine was caught Satur-
day morning while attempting to
leave the yard in another garb, that Of
a foreign sailor. He is now kept in
solitary confinement, and no intima-
ton of his fate has been given p, the
officers in charge.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
the night as will be necessary to pre-

the night as will be necessary to pre-
serve the equipment from damage.
Responsibility for enforcement of this
rule shall rest with the management
of such office buildings and not with
the individual tenants.
"No. Z = Retail places of business,
including dry goods stores, candy
stores and other places for the retail
distribution or sale of commodities,
excepting grocery stores, meat mark
cts and bakeries, for the sale of food
stuffs, shall not open prior to Z a. m.
on any day while this order is in eff
feet and shall close not later than 7
p. m.
"No. 8 - This order shall remain
in effect until further modified by the
Federal Fuel Administrator Of Mis-
souri,. WALLACE CROSSLEY, Fed
eral Fuel Administrator for Mis-
souri,"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
DUELLING WITH
SALUTES IN THE
ARMY ABROAD
U. S. Officer and Private Salute Each
Other so Times-Joke Was on
the Officer Who Fashioned
Punishment
Reciprocal News Service

LONDON, January 10. - The
American soldiers have good-natur-
edly accepted all the rigidity of mill
tary regulations even the incessant
saluting. They have found that sa-
luting is much more hardship upon
an officer than upon men, and this
gives them comfort.
One private who neglected to 50.
Lutte his captain was required to stand
at attention and salute fifty times.
A colonel sauntered up and called the
captains attention to his own neg
lect to return each Of the salutes and
suggested that they start over and
mutually salute each other fifty
times.
Nearly the whole regiment watched
the saluting duel that followed, and it
is safe to say that the saluting re-
quirement was impressed upon cap
tain and private as well as the audi.
ence.
There is British general, in charge
of one Of the largest training schools
in England, who comes to London fire.
quently to stroll the streets and de-
termine if officers are properly re-
turning salutes.
Zone lazy officer can discoprao 90
the military punctiliousness of a
hundred Tommies in day." said the
general. 81 don't care what their
rank may be, call them sharply to
task when they turn away to avoid
salutes."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
WAR FACTORIES CLOSED
General Strike in Austrian War Plants
is Serious Affair

LONDON, Jan. 21. - A general
strike is on throughout Austria, ac-
cording to an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Paris Sunday, which
reports that 100000 men quit work
in Vienna and Neustadt and closed
down all the war factories. The
strikers are described as openly anti
German and the movement as both
political and economic and especially
aimed at securing peace.
Public demonstrations, it is added,
have been held in many places, at
which hostility as voiced toward Ber-
lin for trying to force the Austrians
to continue the war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
KAESEWURM WRITES
FROM CAMP DONIPHAN
Mexico Boy, Born in Germany, Who
Succeeded in Getting Into Ser
vice After Hard Fight
Is REGIMENTAL CHAUFFEUR
Says He Does Not Think He VIII BE
Able to Secure Furloueh TO
Visit Home Before Leaving

John Kaesewurm, a Mexico boy whC
was born in Germany, and who sue
ceeded in entering the U. s. Army af.
ter repeated failures, because of z
question of citizenship, writes the
following letter from Camp Doniphau
Fort Sill, Oklahoma:
w. F. Bridgford, Mexico, Mo.
CAMP DONIPHAN, Fl. Sill, Okla.
Jan. 13, 1918. - Dear Friend: Well,
Wilbur, as you don't answer my letter,
will have to write again.
Gilpin and I are in the same COM
pany. l don't guess you have heard
from me since l was transferred.
Yes, ! am now Regimental Chauffeur
and l don't know what Gilpin will be
in, as he was just transferred yester-
day.
l won't get home, l guess, as we
have orders to send all our surplus
clothes home so I guess that means
move, and maybe to France; but |
don't care where, just so long as they
take US away from here, for we sure
had a nice experience the other dav
with a snowstorm. When l woke IN
Thursday morning my bed was cover
4 with snow and nice drift along
side, SO all I'D to do was sleigh
do o1t Of bed to the stove.
How you and your family /,
getting along? Well, hope. We
Lave quite a lot of sickness here. II
have only a few colds, so otherwise |
l am in good health but am liable to
get measles.
Well, guess this is all for this
time. Gilpin sends his regards. As
ever, your pal, J. KAESEWURM,
Headquarters Co. 13sth Inf.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
6,400 RETAIL GROCERS
OF MISSOURI SIGN
FAIR-PRICE F
10000 Dealers in United
Promise to Sell Goods al /
soRable Profit
WASHINGTON ID G

WASHINGTON, D. c.,
q. - The Food Administra
nounced Saturday night that
of the 35O,O00 retail grocers |
ed the pledge card, promising
a Reasonable profit, at the ei
second week of the campaign
Missouri stands third on
with G,4O0 pledges signed.
yania takes first place. wi
Illinois, second, with 6,s75,
York fourth, with G,325. II
does not measure up to the
ministrator's expectations,
believed that returns have
layed by the heavy SHOWS, Y
up traffic in many sections.
The pledge which the reta
of the country are asked to
as follows:
10 serve our country we
listed in the United States
ministration. We pledge ou
give our customers the /
fair and moderate prices,
no more than reasonat
above cost to US.
Every grocer who signs I
IS expected to post it consp
his store. The food adm
asks the customer to lool
poster in the store at which
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
DISCUSS DRIVE FOR FUND

FULTON, Mo-, Jan. q. - A mass
meeting in the interest of the $780,
900 campaign in behalf of Westmin-
ster College was held Sunday at the
Presbyterian Church here. More than
100 men have volunteered for a five
day drive in this county, beginning
February %, through which it is hop
ed to raise 100000. Judge Seldom P.
Spencer, Of St. Louis, who was to have
been the principal speaker, was held
at Mexico by bad train connections.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
$4,000 BOND FOR G.
v|CTED BANK ROBB|
Brotherinlaw of Jess Prunty is
10 Arrange to Have Him Reles
ed Pending Result of Appea
MEN STILL HERE IN JAI
So Far Nothing is Known TO
Been Done Toward SecuriI
Bond for II. Z. Funk, the
Other Convicted Man

A brotherinlaw Of Jess Prunt
Of the two men recently convic
robbing the Bank of Farber anc
epced to rs years in prison, is he
arranging to raise an $4,000 b
have him released pending the
Of the appeal court. So far
known, nothing is being done :
bond for II. Il. Funk, the 9TH
yicted man.
Both men are in the Audrain
Jail. Their sentence was stage
January 25, pending the raising
bond. Prunty's brotherinlaw
prepared to give $4,000 bond, b
amount was not suitable TO III,
Other Court News
transcripts Of the testimony
Solomon Fox and Joe Weinan
were mailed to the Supreme @
Tuesday by Circuit Clerk L.
Oft. Weinand appealed his
S362.50 for violation Of the |,
tion law, and Fox his sentence
years in prison for manslaugh
Tho following diyorse sui
been filed here:
Maurice Miller VS.. Eliza NJ
VIM. 7. Pearce VS.. Fannie P
Clarence j. Lewellen VS.. L.
Lewellen.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
CAPT. TAYLOR IN FRANCE

DR.. Taylor, of this city, received a
letter mailed in the east several
weeks ago by his son, Capt. Carter
Taylor, of the heavy artillery, and
which was not to be released from
mailing until the latter's safe arrival
in France.
DR.. Taylor Of course does not know
any Of the particulars of his sons
trip, but is glad to know he reached
his destination safely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
Change From Germans

LONDON, Jan. ID. - Before the
war most Of the BARRIERS and hair
dressers in London were Germans
now most Of them are Dutchmen,
Glasses in hair-dressing are soon to
be established in boys schools by the
London County Council Education
COMMITTEES,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
IL DAYS OF ZERO

Jack Frost, it seems, has come to
make us a more extended visit this
year than he has for several of the
past years. So far this winter we
have had at least eleven consecutive
days Of zero or colder weather. The
record of the past few years does not
show such an extended cold record.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
Some IncOnsistar

LONDON, January 13.
OF all the insistence or tn
troller that people eat ID
increasing scarcity and c
most Of the English pap,
rying advertisements of
ieines guaranteeing to r
ing appetites."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

If you have been saving food half
heartedly, begin the New Year right
by abiding by the requests and plans
of the Food Administration. ,.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

DR.. Bridgeford, Ed Hendrix, Perry
Davis, j. N. Bishop, VIM. Treadway,
all of Santa Fe, came to this city on
business in large bobsled. They said
the roads were impossible for motor
car.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
METHODISTS LEAD AT

DEMING, N. NJ, Jan. 21
odists are in the majority +
soldiers at Camp Cody he
ing to a religious census
for the guidance of chur
ming religious work and m
Five thousand, five hundrt
ty-two registered as
Catholics were second
Eighty-one religious del
are represented.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
10 Save Milk

LONDON, Jan. ID. - To save about
looO gallons Of milk month used in
experiments at dairy school at
Chelmsford, the cheese and butter
making classes have been discontiru-
ed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

GERMANY once thought this
country was bluffing. With all her
laOOr'ou' studies in psychology, Ger.
many now realizes that as mind
reader she is a poor performer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
REBEKAHS INSTALL OFFICERS
State Officer is Here for Meeting
Monday Evening

The Mexico Rebekah lodge installed
their new officers after their regular
meeting Monday evening. Mrs. Sara
Tritt, of Fulton, District Deputy, was
present and had charge of the install
lation which was most impressive.
The following are the now nfficers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24
ABOUT OUR
SOLDIERS
FOR the Soldiers

For the Soldiers
Audrain county soldiers, when in
London, England, can find the Even
ing Ledger on file at l3 Queen
Anne's Gate. The paper is sent reg
ularly and it is placed there for your
convenience. diff
Mrs, Mamie Craig, of this city, re-
ceived news Friday that her cousin,
Mrs. Amelia Boggs Gazette, has been
awarded the "Silver Cross Of France"
for bravery and her daughter, Grace
Gazette, was awarded the Legion of
Honor" for work she had dcne in the
hospitals at the front.
Grace Gazette had become quite an
artist while abroad, some of her pie
lures holding places of high honor in
their exhibits.
She has given up her studio and
low has made some inventions which
,ave been of great benefit in hos
1otial work during the war.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

The stores will close Saturday
night at 7O'clOck instead of keep
ing open until 10 or IL.
All restaurants must close at
10 o'clock, unless they are con-
Quoted all night and they must
have special permission.
Picture show open only four
nights a week. Closed Monday
and Tuesday. Performance over
at 10 p. m. This alho applies TO
lance halls.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

The Rev. H. ?. Atkins left Monday
afternoon for Sedalia, where he will
attend an important conference.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

Mrs. w. c. Huey has returned from
st. Louis, where she attended the ball
and ouchre given by DR.. 0. E. Smith.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

Chamber of Commerce. The letter, IN
part, follows:
"A. L. F., No. "a, 1917.
al am feeling fine. | had a slight
cold few days, but it must have
found soldering with the American
Expeditionary Forces rough travelling
for it did not tarry long.
I'm still doing military duty. l
like this job because it is easy and our
quarters are perhaps a little better.
Four of us are quartered in one house,
which is both dwelling and barn.
at is a common practice here to
build the house and barn together.
This is a one and a half story stone
building with red tile roof, with a
living room in one corner, The rest
is barn. The room has a stone floor.
The ceiling is supported by heavy
square hewed timbers, black with age
and smoke from a big fire place. We
have all the wood we want to saw.
There is one window in he room. We
wash our clothes in a heavy stone sink
built in the wall.
81 like the room, though perhaps
we have spoilt or, at least, altered, the
style or intended appearance of it by
installing some Of our own furniture.
| mean the kind of furniture common
to the American Expeditionary Fore
es. 1t is not a popular style even with
the A. f. F., but it may .,e handled
with some warmth by the people who
put this adventure into fiction. But it
is practical. It is made Of rough,
knotty poles, with the bark left on.
In order to give ourselves more room,
we set four poles up from the floor to
ceiling, making two hunks, upper and
lower, each to hold two men. Let me
add it rides easy.
There is quite a lot of stock in the
barn - variety, our household COM
panions. Two white pigs, eight rab-
bits, and at night six sheep, two
cows, and an old white horse that I
might have been the pride of some q
family in Napoleon's time.
This country is full of small burgs. 7
Everybody lives in town. There are J
no lonesome farm houses. Most of
these places have no railroad, but !
however small the town there is al b
ways a big church with high steeple. r
81 have never seen a country so d
covered in green meadows a
As this. / have seen no flat or level e
and in France; it is all rolling hills '
md knolls Of green as far as one can
tee, with scattering clumps Of trees. o
There are many stone fences and y
highways with rows of rees on each r
ide. c
Il read in the Seattle Times about r
he tobacco funds they have raised
,ack there, was somewhat surpris- d
d at the amount, over a million dol o
ars, believe. The tobacco arrived all d
light. l received my share only yea p
sack of Bull Durham"
TY ROBERTS ADVANCED a
Ty Roberts. of this city, who is sta a
ioned in the U. S. Navy at Boston,
as been advanced to 1st Glass Petty a
officers at $50 a month. He having
,een printer and taken up that
pecialty in the service as well as the b
plendid record he has made since en- Il
gave him an early advance. o.
The pay of the various class of sea- 5
nen is as follows: O
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

L. 7. Thomas, Of Rush Hill, was in
Mexico Monday on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

Il. W. Hunton, Of Montgomery City,
was a visitor in Mexico Monday morn
ing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

Miss Helen Rixey, of Fulton, was in
Mexico Monday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

Mr'' G. II. Jacobs, Of Kirk,Villo
WIS in Mesico Monday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

warrant Objects from aI2UU 70 SI5UU
John Creigh and Ray Carroll were
here Sunday and Monday from Scott
Field, Bellville, ILL.,, where they are
in the aviation branch of the service.
They are much pleased with the work.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-01-24

W. W. Fry, Jr., Is homo
ness trip to Louisiana.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1918-08-01
FOR CONSERVATION

If newspapers are to follow the ad-
vice of the government, the subscriber
who fails to pay his subscription in ad-
vance will soon find himself without
his paper Publishers have been in
strcuted to conserve the supply of pa
per as much as possible. II IS urged
that newspapers observe the following
rules. Discontinue giving free sample
copies, free exchanges or free copies
to advertisers, excepting a single copy
for checking purposes. Because of
this ruling we note that some Of Ore
CONS papers are cutting their size.
The Dispatch, of Dufur, while the war
lasts, will be issued as four page pa
per instead of the usual six.
Many other reasons exist to make IL
necessary for the publisher to demand
prompt payment of subscription bills.
All of the costs of publishing have IN
creased by leaps and bounds since the
war began Now congress has adopted
new postal bill that will result prac-
tically in the elimination of subscrib-
ers who reside at distance because Of
the excessive and unreasonable rates
charged.
So, when you receive subscription
bill give 1T Just as much attention as
you would that for telephone or cleo
tric light service.