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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1918-01-11
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WtlI6torn. - Nartt apillig; ailr
brieo SO. 3 eelbss $1.79 unb SO. 9
semii9tts $1.74 Soften unb Graat
u. 3. prcmpter 8erIanbt; argenti'
MEG $1.95-2.05 Soften uub Gra4i
Rap gorf bei 9futunft.
9afsr. - Wartt itart; Gtonbart
96se.
Sopfen- - Wnrtt piIie; Siats
mittlerer Bis aiserleiener 1917. AZ
-53.; garific gpnit 1917, 21-24e.
Sdmnl5. = Wartt fart; WiboI'
Weit $2490-25O0.
3uder. = Sober, Wartt itetigi
Centrifugal $6.0o5; mclaies, nomi'
nell; raffinirter. itetis; feiH sraHaIir'
ter S7.45.
Der Warti FIT bic anbersn Grti'sl
mar urrerdnbert.
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BotreteteG & 10 Jennar 1915
1is od4ljts psreu tsuie In ben bisfips
Us1fen febr fsbtsif uHp Wefb ltisinf efn 20
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l4e. Rutd l5Ae, Gfoftolm pro xrone
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sssssina essis.unssss.
Gifumiate i'm tlsiigsn Clearinghouse
bsiisisa i'd lenls aui eI,iss.s9o.
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touImeu, aber ib babe nun einmoI fein
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Gbieago 10. osauuar.

Sdpeine 3ufubr $1,000
Warit ialpa9; Butt $16.10-16.a
90; ssnfidte $3.50 1850; i9psr'
$15.sO-16.5O; rau6e $15.80-15..
80; Jertet $1240-15.25.
RinbDitb. 3ufubr 26,000i
Usarit fdpnf1; Ratios Stisre $S. 10
1875; Stoders unO 6etbsrs $3.50
10.75; Riibe unb 6sifsrs $5.B-
LIS; &Glber $8.75-16.00.
S4dfe. 3ufubr 10000
Wartf ftetig; @etbers $9.70-13.35i
gtpes, $9.Go-1265; 2dmmsr, $14.a
OIL 80.
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gineinnati. 10. aan. 1918.

L tbf " bN' ~ lSs ON''s
Die na9foIeenben nuutirurgsn be-
sisbsn ii4 nur auf Gnsross1 1ransafs
tionen. Bei ilsinsrm gef9dften fpsrs
ben eipas b0bsre preiis bersdnst.
proDifiontn.
S9mafS. prirna Gtsam
l23.5O- %. .65e; Janep 25f-25se.
2rodtngefnI3snss Tleti4.
Gbort clear Geitm 2S-28af; srtra
fbort clear Geiten 27a-2Ss; iur5e
Hippu 27av-2se; Bellies 3oi Sobe
per pfunb.
Gerduhertes Tleifd. -
Short clear Gsiteu 30h Bic; eItra
ibori clear Gsiten 30-30Ae; fur3e
Rippen 30-30Ae; gslliss 33a-33ae.
Gugar gursb GIeifd. -
S4infen 28t-29Ae; pienie SGul'
tern 23-235e; 9reaiiaIf Bacon 39-
40t; S4ultrn IN padeten 24h-25e;
Rem gori Gut 25A 26e; ssirodnsis
Beef S4altern 34-34sc per pfumo.
Gibstp5dtltts JIeif d.
S9inten 251-26c; pienic S4nitern
20Ac; Bellies "a 36e; Sdultern In
podsten 20-2oAt; Rep DOrt Gut
bo. 21-21ac.
Jrif6es GIsif9. = G&in'
Ten, loie, 24s-25ae; picnic S&uIs
tern 2O-21e; Gdultern 23-23ae;
tur3e Rippuisiten 25a 26ae; fbort
clear Rippenfeitsn 25t -26ae; 1tru
ibort clear Rippenieiien 25s-25ae;
Isi6is Bellies 33a -34sc;; i4Ders bo.
32-33e.
Weeb[ unb 9etreibe
Webf. - Winter patsnt $10.70;
Dinter fanep 5000; Winier famiIp
S9.70; Dinter ertra $8.70; Wirtsr
orbindre 1920; 5ort.s Wei5sn patent
81 .50--12.00; 5nrtes Wsi5sn fanep
$10.75-1125; 50rtts IDebsn fa'
milp $1010-10.50; Rortblpeiteru
aemifftes S10.75-11.0O; Rossen,
gitr, reines, $11.O0-1125; Roggsn,
Gin. semiidi,s, $11.O0-11.25.
WeiSen. Der Marft mar ites
tis; Ro. l rotber $2.20;; 30. 2 ros
iber SIT; 30. 8 rother $2.14; Ro. a
$2.12 per 8u.
Delfaforn. - Die Quoiirun'
gen follen ismpordr aus infolss Der
unsertg.ltsn 3uitdnbe unb serinssn
ansebots, tptl8ss bic Geitfsbuns DON
preHen febr f9pieris ma&t. - Dei'
Bes aolbenforn $1.45-1.55; geibes
apItenton $1.45-1.55; gsuiti4t:s
aolbeniorn S1.40-1.50; srtihes
aorn $1.00-1.30.
6afer. - go. 9 ipeiber So
86c; Stanborb ipeibsr S4s s5c; To.
8 ipeibr 84s-85e; 30. 4 ipeibr 83
-84e; 30. 9 semifdier a-S5e;
30, 3 seinif@ter einbeimii&er 81
S4e; go. A ssmifdEer $3.50.
Rogaen. - go. 2 r1.81-1.82;
Ro. 3, S1S0-1S1; 30. 4, $1B-
LS0; probe $1.72-l78.
@btstep.
Gs ipurben beute 40 Gdiitr out
Der Bats Don $460 per 9alous per-
iauft.
Groesries.
Qaffse. - 5aDa 27-32e; Mo'
ta 27930c; Guatemala fanep
1916; DO. gutter 17ac.
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Metan MART.

Rem gort. 10. Sanunr.
glei. - Rartt feft; $6.75-70o.
Gpslter. = Waarit fistis; $I75-
500.
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Sunssr Serr I'M eiinlbdbuipussn:
sic feben mid ia 10 dufurrffam
an, erinHsre ib Sic an ienanb9-
gilter 9err: .sSu. Gle eriunern mid
an meine rerforbtue Sanie, aber re
battle sinen stipas ftdrtsren Sanurr'
.bart oIs Gifl.
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3udtr. - Yrtife feit. - Nafiis
nirter Gut 2onf S1O.55; poiposreo
$s.15; Cubes $40; eranulirter &c.,
90; Gonfsctionfrs ~. $3.50; Of
a. $S.60-s.70; ipeiBtr ertra $40
srira g. $3.50 per binbert
pfuno; Rem Srltans tlorifiso tpsts
ger SS.5O-8.75; bo. sslber $500
S.25 PER 100 Plumb.
MoIaffss. - Rartt itetis. -
gaep Orlsans Open settei 55-65e;
Centrifugal 40-4Sc per Golons.
Rsis. - Grtra fanrp 9eub g.
9ae; faHep 81-S4e; ieeonb Seab Sc;
ssbrotsnsr 7lr; Snpau s4-Sit;
Blue Rofs ssc.
DARN prubutts
Nutter. Warit siemli9 Iebs
taft. preifs fsit. = MboIsmiIt srtra
53e: GsntroIi5tb erira 50at; geniro.
Iisso firfis 4Sss; isrOuss 46e; Sdnrp
Dairp 45e; pading Stod 3o-34e
per YIuHp.
adfe. - Waorlt fefi; Csio 26s;
RorbpsFli9er 26-2sae; ReD Dort
27ac; GHpei5er 40-65e; aimburgsr
27-27Sc; bD. Bird 32e per pfunb.
gttr. 6rifts gier iinb IN
Ra&frass. grima firits Siibnsrsissr
&c; firits Gle; orbindrs firits 47t;
ieronbs 45c per 0ubsnc.
geftiseI. - Warit rubis unb
prsiIe fefi. = groilsrs 5tpei pfunb
inS bqrlIisr 25t; syrpers iibsr siDei
Yfunb CSC; Sdbus 17-20e; 9iibnsr
22-24e; SruitIbHsr BON $40
pfunb 20-24e; bo. init irumnsr
Hruff 1et; Guas Sc; psibs GHtel
27t; faytise 25s; gdnfe 18-20c;
aIis zaubeu $3.50 per DubenS.
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Gbicaga 10. Saniiar.

WaIhiorn. - Sir San. $127b-
1.27a; ON Sdlub $1.273. SIR Rai
81 .24ar1.253; am S1lub $1-24s.
Safer. - Cir Sol 7s-sotc; ON
SdluB 78te. Jiir Wiai $754-Tac;
am S9Iub 76c.
Rpgsen. = Ro. 2, nOriusu.
gerfse. - $1.38-1.58.
5inrot6p. - $5.O0-7.50.
&lee. - $21.00-27.O0.
BORT. - f7iir SON. $45.75-46.10;
am S6luB $46.1O. SIR Nai $45.12
$50; am S4lub $3.50.
S4mnls. - 15iir Son. S24.10-
24.37; am S6Iub $24.35. Sir Rai
24.35-24.S0 ON G6lub $24.75.
8ippenieiten. = s5iir gan. $23.5o
-23.90; am S4laB $23.9o. Sir
Rdi $24.0o-24.4o; ON StiuB
$24.I.
Butter. - glarii niebriesr; Grea'
merp 39-474c.
eier. - Wtartt b0ber; Snfubr L.
665 aiftsn; firits 5s-eoc; orotnarp
firits 54-575t; au fbem Wiortt "a
58e; refrigerator firits, feline Aao'
tiriing; rsfrissrators srtrus 43a-
44c.
aartoff.in. - 3ufubr 90 Cars;
Rnrft unperdnbert.
geFliiaeI. - 9e5enoes. giartt nie'
brigsr; Sd6ns 20-25tc; Sprinssrs
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Cincinnati, 10. San. 1913.
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"a Gtunben, persltdeH nit Den rors
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Dus Wintsrfuttsr Der gi.nsn. =
Blumsnitaitb 5ur Grndbrung Der
9rat. = 5eblerbufte Doben I'M
Wintsrquartitr. - Mdufefbabsu
i'm 8ienenitaat. = Der @nteroors
ratb i'm 8isnsritot. = grifae
Cuff i'm 8iensnbaus.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
SAVED SENTRY
SENTENCED TO DEATH
Cases Of -Four Present-Day Soldiers
Sleeping on Duty and Under
Death Sentence Recalls
Matter
Is UP TO THE PRESIDENT
Wilson VIII Review Cases and May
Revoke the Sentence Of Death
Imposed Upon Them

The announcement that four Amer
lean soldiers have been sentenced to
death by Gen. Pershing for sleeping
while on sentry duty, recalls the case
of William Scott, a Vermont youth,
who was pardoned by President Lin
coin the night before he was to have
been executed for a similar offense.
The Scott case hitherto has been the
most famous Of this character in the
annals of the U. S. Army.
Scott was a member of X Company,
Third Vermont Volunteers, and was
stationed at Chain Ridge, three miles
from Georgetown, Va, in September,
1861, when the incident occurred.
The boy had done sentry duty the
previous night as a substitute for a
sick comrade. The next night it was
his turn and he was found asleep at
his post. He was sentenced by court
martial to be shot, but his Captain
and other officers appealed to Pres
ident Lincoln.
The President went to the camp,
where the boy was a prisoner and af-
ter questioning him, told him he
would he set free, but asked what
Scott could do in return. Scott said
he would give everything he had.
mortgage his mothers farm and Dor
row from comrades. Lincoln replied
"My boy, my bill is a large n and
your friends cannot pay it, nor your
bounty, nor the farm, nor all YOU
comrades. There is only n man il
the world who can pay and his nam'
is William Scott. If from this da!
William Scott does his duty 10 that il
l was there when he comes to die h,
could look me in the face as he doe!
now and say, I have kept my promis'
and l have done my duty as a soldier
then my debt will be paid"
Scott was a model soldier there af
ter and refused several offers of pro
motion saying that what he had don
did not deserve reward as it was onl
repaying President Lincoln for hi
clemency. Scott was killed a fey
, months later, early in 1862, in tn
Pennsylvania campaign. When dy
ing he sent word to President Lincol
that he had "tried to keep the prom
ise."
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
MANY DEMANDS FOR THE
PRISON LABOR ROAD O.

THE State Highway Department is
in receipt Of many inquiries from
counties and districts throughout the
State relative to the use Of convict la
Dor for road construction. The scar
city Of farm help has made it all the
more necessary for prison labor Of
be used in some sections if road work
is to be done at all. The recent fire at
the State ~penitentiary, which destroy
ed one of the shoe factories, has
thrown several hundred men out of
employment, and the State Prison
Board reports more men available for
road work at this time than ever be-
fore. The work accomplished by the
prison road camps in Montgomery
and Dunklin counties has proven
highly satisfactory, and a number Of
delegations from other counties have
arranged to visit these camps to
make a personal investigation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
PRICES HIGH IN ITALY
Tn Rome Beef is Selling at From AZ
to rs Cents a Pound

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. ~. - ne
ports coming to the office Of the State
Food Administrator show that 1000
conditions in Italy are grave. Rome
hogan to use bread, macaroni and rice
tickets last December. Milan was
nlaced under general rationing Janu-
ary list. The average bread ration
runs from 25O grams a day to ooo
grams for workers and 600 grams tor
soldiers. At Milan 200 grams of but
ter are permitted a month and OF SUI
oar 400 grams. Taking 100 grams
70 be equivalent to about three ounc-
as. the bread rations a day runs from
oiobt 70 fifteen or eighteen ounces
Prices Of beet in Rome in Deem
her were from four to seven lire a
kilogram, or from forty to seventy
five cents a pound, veal from thirty
five to seventy cents a pound. FORK
nrices had been set at fifty-five cents
a pound, but it sold One-third higher
than at the authorized prices. Aaui-
terated butter sold from $l.oo 70
SLIGO a kilogram. A kilogram Is '"0-
fifths Of a pound.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
CAPTAIN CARTER TAYLOR
WRITES FROM FRANCE;
is WELL AND HAPPY
Will Attend School for a While There
Before He Gets Into Further
Service Nearer Front

DIR. w. F. Taylor has received the
following letter from his son, Captain
Carter Taylor, U, s. Army, stationed
in France:
Dearest Folks:
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE, Febru-
airy 8, 1918. - Well, l am about to
leave this place at last, after having
been here three weeks. Have had a
fine time and was just starting to feel
like an old-timer here. Was also
getting so l could speak a little
French and was also helping out in
some work at the barracks. l am
feeling fine and am ready TO get busy
at some real work. I leave here to-
day and the place l am ging will be
much more like war than this one, and
I guess we will all realize it more, too.
Also many people in the United
States are starting to realize it, too,
since we are actually into the fight
ing, and since the ship was sunk los
ing 210 men. But that is pretty
lucky I think for they usually go
down in a very few minutes, and if it
had most of them would have been
lost. Such things are to be expected
now. I took out $4,000 of the wal
insurance. 1t only costs $3.50 per
month.
After | get to where | am starting
to, today, l will be in a school fol
awhile-I don't know how long, but
will have a more pleasant address
and will write you from there as soor
as | can
/ have met quite a few old friends
here from all over the U. S. and i
sure seems like home to meet them.
Tell all my friends hello and to hur
nv over here and help US clean up tn
dirty work and get back home. Tn
more l see the more the U. S. appeal
to me, and if | ever had any idea o
staying over here after the war, it
all gone now. With love to all.
CARTER TAYLOR.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
COUNTY APPOINTMENTS
". W. Pollock Has Been Appointed
Chairman for the Entire Au-
drain County Loan Drive
STARTS ON APRIL SIXTH
X. r. Wagner is Chairman Of the
Sales Division and r. X. Ar
mold, Jr., Of the Bankers
Division

While the Third Liberty Loan ap-
pointments for Audrain County have
been made, the local body has as yet
not organized. This loan is expected
to be launched April 6, the a%nniversa-
ny of the United States entering the
war and will be the largest yet called
for, at least five billion dollars at
four and a half per cent.
W. w. Pollock, Of the North Mis-
souri, Trust Co., has been appointed
chairman for Audrain. R. R. Wag-
ner, Of the local branch of the Haas
Lieber Grocery Co., chairman Of the
sales division; R. R. Arnold, Jr., of
the First National Bank, chairman of
the bankers division; ]. T. Stewart,
secretary of the Mexico Chamber Of
Commerce, chairman of the speakers
division; Mitchell White, Junior Edi-
tor of the Mexico Ledger, director of
publicity
The local appointees will meet soon
and organize. Just what Audrain's
quota will be has not been announced.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
U 4 STILL LEADS
Rural Mail Carriers War Savings
STAMPS Contest Gettings Closer

G. 0. Niece, on Route a, who has
supplanted ]. P. Powell as the leader
is still leading the Rural Mail Car
ricrs War Savings Stamps contest by
small margin. His sales last week
were $4O4.95; he had previously re-
ported $~2,S4S.25, making a total oil
$3,253.2O.
Carrier Powell, on Route 3, VINO
previously led the contest, is now
ranking a close second. His sales last
week were $21O. He previously re-
ported $2,795, making a total of 3d.
010.
The other carriers rank as follows:
T. II. Gamble, Route 5, last weeks
sale $40; previously reported ST.
1886. Total, $1,4O5. -,
II. C. MCGEE, Route 6, last week >
sales, SIG. Previously reported SOU
Total $685..
RAYMOND Robinson, Route 7, re-
norris sales to the amount of $500.
Cbas. Rodhouse, substitute on Route
I. repored sales to the amount OF 500
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
X. OF P. MEETING
Sixth District Association Of the
knights of Pythias Met in
Centralia Monday

The Sixth District Association of
the Knights of Pythias held a meet
ing at Centralia Monday. The pro-
gram consisted of an address IN "The
Good of the Association" report of
the committees, election of officers
and the selecting Of a place for hold
ing the next semi-annual meeting.
The towns which have lodges in this
sixth district are:
Glasgow, Moberly, Centralia, Wells
vile, Mexico, Higbee, Huntsville,
Fayette and Columbia.
Those who attended the meeting
from Mexico are: T. L. Marshall, B.
F. Haskell, G. E. Wharton, C. P. Ma
lone, S. W. Gary, v. ". Pearl, Ben c.
Barnes, T. L. Kelso, E. R. Cass, Phil
Shire, E. L. johnson, Chas. Moore, L.
D. Penney, J. E. Blum, G. o. MCGEE
and G. W. Green.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
CAN HAVE MORE CORN BREAD
Four Ounce Portions Also Allowed If
Made of Bran or Oats

COLUMBIA, Mo-, March l. The
two-ounce portion of bread and rolls to
be served each person in hotels, res
taurants and dining cars applies to
Victory Bread, an Interpretation OF
the ruling received by F. B. Mumford,
Federal Food Administrator for Mis-
souri,, says. The four ounces of bread
or rolls allowed each person applies
only to. bread and rolls made of pure
corn or bran or oatmeal.
"The foregoing rules are voluntary
and hotels and restaurants should
periodically adhere to Them" the an
nouncement said. However, all no.
tells and restaurants that do theii
own baking must obtain a license ant
adhere strictly to the baking regula.
tons of the Food Administration"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
A NUMBER FOR EVERY MAN
Identification of Sailors Will BE
Easy After Thursday

CAMP DoNIPHAN, Ok, Feb. 29.-
Every United States soldier will have
a number for the duration of the war.
Transfer from one unit to the other
will not change the official number.
1t will appear on his Identification
tag, along with his name; it will ap-
pear on some of his clothing and on
all records kept about him, and the
same number never will be assigned
another soldier.
Given Numbers Thursday
The assignments was made Thurs-
day at every camp in the country, and
a number provided every soldier
whether he was present or absent. A
record of each number will be kept
both at the personnel office at di-
vision headquarters and in the sold
ier's own organization.
This simplifies the Identification Of
soldiers, particularly where there are
several men of the same name. IL
identify a man onlywill require learn
ing his number. His entire history
then can be quickly made available.
The number system was adopted b!
the War Department following tn
sinking Of the Tuscania, when it wa
impossible for days to identify SOM
Of the bodies.
Each separate unit has a series o
numbers, so when reports come il
that such and such numbers are miss
ing it is possible to tell just what unit
have been engaged.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07

may use the water on the farms be-
low as needed.
Met Dick Bates, formerly of the
Santa Fe neighborhood; he and his
brother are conducting a good hotel in
Carlsbad, and they seemed to enjoy
seeing someone from Audrain coun-
ty.
There are some Gyp. and Acme
manufacturing plants on the R. R. and
they ship a great deal of this material
used in ~plastering. There are beds of
it white as chalk, sometimes in the
roadway; being softer than gravel
and sand roads, it cuts out in holes and
ruts, making rough way for travel.
West of here, 60 miles, is Mt. Capt.
tan, and 1875 miles west is White
Mountains; these belong to the
Rock Mountain range hat extends
down TO Old Mexico. The White
Mountains are about 10000 feet in
heighth and covered with snow two.
thirds of the year. These mountain!
are the source of some of the princi,
pal rivers of the State, and the foot,
hills make fine pasturage for stock
In the region 80 miles southwest to-
ward FL Paso It's rough; if l would de-
/ scribe it properly I'd say it is compos.
ed of hills, rock and sunshine. The,
drill wells from 800 to 1000 fee
deep for water, with windmill and gas
oline engines to raise the water int
large reservoirs, then piped to tn
drinking troughs. The hills are most
ly built of cobble stone, as indicates
by the wash of the crossings and riv
ers. 1t is not sectioned and / don
think it will ever be settled as
farming country. Not as much so.
on 1000 acres as on n acre in tn
Spring River Valley. The sheer
goats and burros will climb dow
these for a bite of grass a hundre
years to come.
The people here r very sociabl
and h~ospitable and from all parts
the world. They have a sign on Mai
street "Welcome to Roswell" Or
man said his one objection was tn;
"more people were here from Texs
than from any state and Missouri ws
next" then there yer some fro
all lands and the islands of the sea
Many of them come for health
COW punchers, sheep herders and no
U. S. Senators, Congressman, Go
errors, bankers. | like the climat
the pure water, the balmy atmospher
the people, and would like to stay 10
ger, but after the big cattle conve
tion-5th, 9Th and 7th of March
I'll come home, if weather suits.
J.. A. GUTHRIE,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
BREAD SCARCE IN FRANCE

COLUMBIA, Mo-, March l. - The
gravity of the food situation in
France is outlined in the following ca
BILE to the Food Controller of Canada
from French officials, given out re-
Gently by the Missouri division of the
United States Food Administration:
"The supply Of breadstuffs is caus-
ing grave anxiety. Imports r very
short. Our bread card machinery has
been completed, but the present lack
Of cereals will not permit of its APP
plication. Sugar stocks are equal to
the present sugar card allowance Of
one-half kilogram a head a month
(about / 40 pounds.) There is a
great shortage Of farinaceous food
stuffs such as macaroni. The con-
sumption of meat has been restricted
by high prices to within the limits Of
the available and greatly depleted
stocks. Butter is very scarce and milk
even more difficult to obtain. Oils ant
fats are practically understandable"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
The Weekly Ledger
CALLAwAY COUNTY PLANS
ANOTHER ROAM nIsIRIr

A ROAD district under the benefit
assessment plan to provide for the
hard-surfaeing Of the Capital High
way" from jefferson City 10 the Full.
ton special district was agreed upon
at the meeting held in New Bloomfield
Saturday last. This will be the third
district Of the kind formed in Gala
way county within the past few
months. County Highway Engineer
Divers and the good road enthusiasts
in the Kingdom Of Galloway are get
ting in shape TO match dollars with
the State Highway Department in the
building Of both east and west and
north and south roads.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
W. CLYDE JOHNSON MOVES
County Superintendent of School in
the Chamber Of Commerce
Office

W. Clyde Johnson, County Superin-
tendent of Schools, Tuesday moved
into an office with the Chamber of
Commerce. He will occupy an exclu-
sive room in the building at the north
west corner of the square, which is
headquarters of the Chamber of Com
merce. johnson has been in an office
above the Power Company.
His new office is far more accessi-
bic, especially to farmers as it is on
the ground floor and near the hitch
yard. johnson has a well-lighted
room, separate from any other office
in the building and private.
lie will have the use of a large
committee room which the Chamber
Of Commerce is fitting up in the real
Of the offices and which will seat six.
ty men. This committee o will b
used Friday for a meeting of directors
of the county schools.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-03-07
HOME FROM THE SOUTH
Mayor J.F. Harrison and A. P. Green
Return From Florida

Mayor j. F. Harrison and A. P.
Green are home after a delightful
vacation in Miami, Florida. Mayor
Harrison says Florida is the land of
rocks (gold and stone) grapefruit,
sand and water and that it was de-
lightful during his stay there.
He visited Camp Joseph E. john
ston and saw Cave Johnson, Maurice
Barth and Aylette Buckner. The
camp has 10000 men in training at
this time and was most interesting.
Both Mayor Harrison and Mr. Green
returned greatly improved in health.