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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-04-11
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Anita had been u Cartervills for
Just two month"; two long, lonely
months. during which che grew to hate
every dusty street Of the shabby little
town. II was not on shabby, u course.
There were . few square white houses
with green blinds. asoks t1 VI
F: Anita taught Ensiish In the Carter
Vile high school and % Teacher she
enjoyed . sort Of social eminence.
The Culture club had taken her IN,
and the ministers wife asked her to
tea. but the young people, the girls her
own age who should have been her
companions, looked at her askance.
OF course, none Of these Carterville'
boys and girls would be possible
friends for her, anyway. She told her.
self this little vehemently, perhaps,
to stills lonely tugging at her heart.
At the end Of two months. however.
things began to be different. There
was . young man who boarded at the
Palace hotel. . nice-looking young
man With brown eyes and the sort Of
nose one imaglnes TO b. aristocratic.
Anita watched him sometimes In the
dining room and sometimes che lie
tened 10 his hearty velco whm - was
In the hotel .oGDeA talking With other
men.
"what . PITY" - tAeasht. shat .
man who looks IKE Tat should b
common. after all. He talks to Jim
Murphy ~ II he'd known him M his
life. and be uses % much slangis
Just what the strangee did IN Car.
terville, Anita was not sure. HIS name
--she could not help hearing that
was Davis, Carlton Davis.
When there Ii only one young man
about; when he In very good looking;
when he sits at q table near you in
the hotel dining room every morning
and evening. when you are girl, and
lonesome, It IL hard to be bound by the
traditions Of the proudest Of families.
Once, when she felt that he was look
ing after her as she left the room, she
was blinded by sort Of hateful self
consciousness that made her trip.
awkwardly, and fall. In an instant he
was on his feet, helping her up.
"Are you hurtf' he asked.
moi &C all. tnan. you:
nne vas aware {nat neg tone was
cold innosp!taoie: he bowed gravely
ana returned 20 nis seat near tne WAN
aow:
Aiter tnat ANITA urea 90 avoid Cari-
Ton paw. nne refused 20 ADMIT 20
for her early brealfasts, and late ain
nerss yet oeep "A ,nes neaft ene Knew
!nat sne eouid NOT oear 70 sit tnesss
IN silence - mar - MN. -.-.-;s..,--
One cven!ne ynen sne coula peer
tne strain o. eepeeeed sp14ts 10 ie9e'
9 w.tncut seacn q zone ,nors, Anlsa
supper tim: for c.rtsrviII.; light:
none I,cm tne un:naoeo Winocws. sno
.ne couio - sna'y sfoups spous sne
saoless
Inc sin scarcely nouceo where sne
vas waikin@ tne rough unpavea
etEeots OF me urtle Town were no oes'
Ter tnan tne Country roaoss ana anna
reensea, Win sudden SAT-. tnat sne
ha9 wa!ked Iar Deyono sne. ~ nou,e.
Tear. ovoIwnelmeo neg suoaen.y. =
y not. to youth. 2 genuine erief TO %
denied the pleasures Of youth. the sim
PIE Joys OF Hssnuv hvines MoFeovcf'
tnere was oometnlu8 ejso tuot mo00
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-04-11

Sales of war saving stamps have run
as high as $3,0OO,0OO day. This amount
provides the Treasury with about one.
tenth of the entire amount now being ex-
pended by the Nation for thelWar. While
$4,000, 900 is only 8 cents for every
man, woman, and child id country,
the entire cost Of the war Is 1t 50 cents
per capita a day.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28


ing was taking place. Uncle Sam
had started on this remarkable ex-
pertinent; he was going to see wheth-
er wheat could be marketed minus
rake-offs to the spectators. This
necessitated complete control by the
Government of storage facilities, trans
portation and distributive agencies,
and the marketing machinery for
wheat and rye.
Everybody was troubled; most of
all, the officials of the Food Admins
tration Grain Corporation who had
undertaken, without salary, and at the
sacrifice of their personal connection
with the grain trade, to whip into
shape the forces that would drive for
ward the big business machine for
marketing American wheat. A single
control; and a $50000,000 nonprofit-
making corporation to do the work.
This work Is a necessary arm of the
Food Administration, allowing the
Government to do business quickly
and without red tape. Its stock is held
in trust by the President of the Unit
ed States. For the time of the war 1t
win supervise the rate or purchase
the part commercially available of the
660,000,000 bushels of wheat and the
50,000,000 surplus of rye grown in
America In 1917. Its job is to find n
market for every bushel, irrespective
Of class and grade. Under it's patron
age, wheat screenings are moving just
as easily as No. Northern. 1t must
also work out satisfactorily the local
prices for wheat at each of almost
10000 country elevator points, adjust
thousands Of complaints, organize the
gathering and analysis of date, inspect
. concerns reported as dealing unfairly,
solve vexatious disagreements among
the trade, and deal effectively with the
allies purchasing agent and the neu-
trails who may desire to purchase.
In the early days. following the de-
termination Of prices for 1917 wheat
by the Presidents Fair Price Commits
sion, confusion existed In every part Of
the wheat-producing regions. This was
intensified by the Inauguration Of the
new grain grades, as promulgated by
the Department OF Agriculture, which
took place about the same time, and
led to diverse complaints and feel.
ing among farmers that the Grain Cor
poration of the Food Administration
was responsible for both the price as
determined and stricter observance If
grain grades But the corporation WAS
responsible for neither act, It 10 pure.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

The farm clubs of southwestern
Audrain county are opposed to the
hospital proposition for the follwing
reasons:
We do not think the people of
the country generally know theprop
osition or the date of the election.
We 10 not think this is the prop
er time to vote another tax upon
the people. The country people and
the people of the cities and towns
are just now taxed to the uttermost
and are having to strain every point
to support the war besides carrying
the extra burdens in the cost of liv-
ing.
We do not know when this tax as
proposed by the hospital promoters
is going to end or will it be collect
ed for time immemorial?
We do not think the proposition
has been sufficiently advertised for
some reason, and we would like for
all the people to invetigate the pro-
posed tax and we hope the people,
especially the farming class, will
come out and vote on the hospital
proposition on April 5th.
HIGH HILL FARM CLUB.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
Y. ". {. A. EXECUTIVE
TELLS Of Y WAR WORK

Miss Elizabeth Mcfarland, execu-
tive of the South Central Field of the
Young Womans Christian Associa-
ton, made the final address of the
Y, W. C. A. convention at the First
Baptist Church Sunday evening.
The meeting, which was open to the
public, was in charge of young wom-
en- from the schools represented in
the convention.
"The Y. w. C. A. is doing great
work among women engaged in war
activities" Miss Mcfarland declared.
"The hostess houses meet wide va
riety of needs at the various camps,
and the organization also provides
housing for girls in war industries"
"One of the principal aims of the
Y. w. c. A. in the war is to help the
girls and women to live a normal
life under abnormal conditions. The
Y. W. c. A. also wishes to establish
efficiency and the highest standards
CT character among the women of
the country"
Miss Thompson of Washington
University, ST.. Louis, presided at
the service Sunday evening. A
chorus choir, composed of girls in
the voice department at Hardin Col
lege, sang numbers especially plan
ned for the meeting.
A vesper service under the direc-
ton of Miss Mcfarland was conduct
ed Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock
in the Hardin College Chapel. The
Hardin Y. W. C. A. gave a stunt
party in the school gym for the
guests Saturday evening
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
\ COMMUNICATION FROM THE
MEXICO SCHOOL ROARn

/. The District of Mexico has nav
er asked those contiguous to ioin
or be set over into the Mexico District
but when the adjoining district has
voted to set them over in the Mavioo
District we have accepted them and
given their children the ADVANTAGE
OF the district, then when thev are
educated and have no more use for
the Mexico Schools we think IT .but
just that they remain in the district
The voters of the Mexico District
should vote hard against any such
proposition
2. Again, as TO nonresident nu-
pills; Those living in any other d.
trict ought not to expect us to edu-
cate their children. Orphans, or
children not supported by
their parents in any way, whose par
ents or guardian are not able to pay
tuition, are entitled to the school
privileges.
Families coming temporarily to
the district during school term for
the purpose of sending thSir children
to school are required under the law
to pay tuition.
A mans home is where he votes.
The Mexico School Board has no
right to accept children not legally
entitled to tuition.
We trust those interested will
take notice and govern themselves
accordingly.
S. p. EMMONS,
Chairman.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
WOMAN INJURED IN LEAP
FROM SUPPOSED BURNING CAT

Thinking a Stanley steamer In
which she was riding to be on fire
Mrs. Herschel Kemp, of Auxvasse
jumped from the car Sunday even
ing, and was painfully injured. Her
injuries were not serious.
MIR. and Mrs. Kemp were riding
in the car on the rock road south OF
Mexico, when they noticed an I'M
usual smoke. Mrs. Kemp supposed
the car to be on fire, leaped to the
road without giving any previous
warning.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
MRS. O,BRIEN DEAD.

Mrs. John O'Brien, SO years old,
died last week at her home near
Thompson. Mrs. O'Brien underwent
an operation from which she did
not finally recover. She had lived in
this county practically all her life.
The husband and two sons, Edward
and Sylvester, survive her. Funeral
was held at the Catholic church in
Mexico Friday conducted by Father
Gilfilland of jefferson City.
Mrs. O'Brien was a fine christian
woman. She will be greatly missed
in the home and in the community
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

at New York City was SIPS per BUSH
ell. Here is how he went about 1t:
The freight rate from Sikeston to
New York being 1898 cents per BUSH
ell, he deducted that from $228 per
bushel and found the price at Sikeston
to be $2.1102 From this he deducted
/ per cent per bushel for the commits
sion firms charges, which put the net
price (. o. b. Sikeston at $2.1002.
He next compared this price with
what he could get If he sold at st.
Louis, his nearest primary market At
st. Louis the basic price is $2.1S per
bushel, and the freight rate from
Sikeston to st. Louis 6 cents per bush
ell. This would make the Sikeston
price $2.12, less ] cent per bushel for
selling charges, or $2.11 net. The st.
Louis price would therefore govern,
being advantageous to the Slkeston
seller
If our imaginary bushels Of wheat
had started from Sikeston, since itiwas
a No. 2 grade, we must deduct 3 cents
per bushel, which would bring the
price f. O. b. the elevator point to
$2.0802 per bushel. AS our Imaginary
elevator man is charging 8 cents per
bushel for handling, which includes
the commission fee just mentioned, we
deduct an additional cents to arrive
at the price the farmer received. This
price would be $2.0402 at 'the elevator.
Some of that cents will return to our
farmer If the elevator prospers; for 1t
is owned comparatively.
When Farmer and Elevator Man DIE
agree.
Had this elevator been owned by pri-
vate Arm or person, or had It been a
'Iine" plant, Col. Jenkins would not
have been so bland and trustful.
He might have refused to sell at all
and arrangedsio store his wheat or he
might have taken 1t over TO COM
petitive concern which offered high
err price: for the Food Administration
has not yet attempted TO regulate the
prices paid farmers for wheat al coun-
try points II does. however, offer to
sell for any farmer or farmers organ.
lzatlon wheat offered at criminal
points, but makes comnnlssIon charge
OF per cent for lts services.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN SUNDAY
EVENING; FOUND MONDAY

A Overland touring car, belonging
to Mrs, Mamie Craig, was stolen Sun
day evening. The car was discover
ed Monday m orning on one side of
the Boulevard in front of the Mex
leo Fair Grounds.
The automobile was parked on
West jackson Street in front of the
First Christian Church when 1t was
stolen. The thief has not yet been
apprehended.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

Mrs. Jim Andy Harrison, cousin
of Mrs. j. G. Lakenan and Mrs. c.
3. Morris of Mexico, and who form
erly lived here, died in Pomona,
Cali, a few days ago and the body
was brought to Mexico for burial.
Rev. A. A. Wallace conducted the flu
neral Saturday. The pallbearers
were Charles Elzea, and Clyde Har-
rison, Charles Leeper, Lester Farrah
and James Booth.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.


State of Missouri, } In the Circuit
IS Court.
County'of Audrain. } March TermjI918
R. A. Todd, J. e. Todd, w. B.
Todd, Margaret Bass, H. E. Todd,
W. c. Todd and Pauline Hulvey
49,. plaintiffs
Lucy Anderson, j. c. Anderson
and the unknown consorts, heirs,
devisees, donees, alienees, imme-
date, mesne, remote, voluntary
and inv0'Tntary grantees of How
ard Rant. deceased, Armstrong
Rankin, jr., deceased, and Mary
Rankin, deceased, :. Defendants.
State of Missouri to the above
named defendants Greetings:
Now on this March 4th, 1918,
come the plaintiffs by their attor-
neys and file, by leave of court, their
petition to annul and set aside deeds
and for partition, and 1t appearing to
the satisfaction of the Court that
the defendants cannot be summoned
In this action in the manner prescrib-
ed In Chapter FL of Article 4 of the
Revised Statutes of the State of
Missouri. for the year 1909, it is or
dered by the Court that Publication
be made notifying them that an ac-
tion has been commenced against
them, the said defendants by petit
tion to cancel, annul and set aside
deeds of conveyance and for parti-
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
M'MILLAN HIGH SCHOOL
PURCHASES TWO NEW FLAGS

Mcmillan High School has pur-
chased two new American flags. The
larger of the flags will replace the
old one on the flag staff over the
school building. Thi fsagl is s by IL
feet in size.
The smaller of the flags, measur-
ing 6 by feet, will be used by the
cadet battalion. An ornamelted
flag staff twelve feet in length has
also been purchased for use in the
color guard of the cadet corps.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
J. T. JOHNSON CRIES RED
CROSS SALE IN WELLSVILLE

J. T. Johnson was in Wellsville
Saturday to cry the calf sale Of
the Commercial Bank and the big
Red Cross auction sale. A large
crowd from ak the surrounding
country was present at the sales
and both were very successful. A
hen, which had been donated to the
Red Cross sale, was put up for auc-
tion and during the bidding layed an
egg. The hen sold for SIPS, and the
egg was then auctioned and sold for
$25.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
Notice of Sale under Deed of Trust
Mexico. Mo.

Notice of Sale under Deed of Trust.
Whereas w. H. Upham and Ida M
upham, his wife, by their certain
deed of trust, dated February 9.
1915, duly acknowledged and re-
corded in the trust deed records with
in and for the county of Audraip
and State of Missouri, in trust deed
record book Al at page 319. convey
ed to the undersigned trustee the
following described real estate w.
ing and being situate in the City of
Mexico, in the County of Audrain
and State of Missouri, to-wit:
A part of the Northeast one-fourth
of the Northwest quarter of Section
&c, Township 81, Range 8 West,
bounded and described as follows,
to-wit: Begin at an iron pin 100
feet north of the intersection of the
north line of Love Street with the
East line of Wade Street; run 1874
feet north to a concrete stone; thence
East $50 feet to a rock; thence
south 164 feet; thence west
$50 feet to the point of
beginning, being otherwise known
as the north part of Lot Sew
en- CD in said survey No. As in the
City of Mexico, Missouri
Which said conveyance was made
in trust to secure the payment of one
certain negotiable promissory note,
together with interest thereon and in
said deed of trust fully described,
and,
Whereas, the legal owner and hol-
der of said promissory note for a val
liable consideration on June End,
1916, did release from the lien of
said deed of trust the north half of
the land conveyed by said deed of
trust, but did not release in any way
the south half of said land, and
Whereas, said promissory note so
secured by said deed of trust is past
due and remains unpaid. And where
as the trustee named in said deed OF
trust has refused to act as such
trustee and whereas said deed of
therein named refuses to act that
the acting Sheriff of Audrain County
may proceed to sell said property.
Now, therefore, l. the undersigned
Sheriff of Audrain County, Missouri,
and acting as trustee in said deed
of trust in lieu of the trustee therein
named, at the request of the legal
holder of said promissory note, will,
on
Saturday, the goth Day of April, 1918,
between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m,
and o'clock p. m. of that day pro-
oeed to sell the south half of the real
estate above described and conveyed
by said deed of trust, to-wit:
A part of the northeast fourth of
the northwest quarter of Section 26,
Township 81, Range 9 West, bound
ed and described as follows: Begin
at an iron pin 1870 feet north Of the
intersection of the north line of Love
Street with the east line OF Wade
Street, run 80 feet north; thence
East $50 feet; thence South so feet.
thence West $50 feet to the point of
beginning, being a part of Lot Seven
(7, in City Survey No, 45 in the
City of Mexico, Missouri, at public
vendue to the highest bidder, at the
east front door of the Court House In
Mexico, Missouri, FOR CASH, to pay
said debt, interest and the costs and
expenses of executing this trust
]. G. FORD, Sheriff of Audrain
County, Missouri, and Acting Trust
ee in said Deed of Trust.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

lating into the pockets of both produc-
ers and consumers benefits derived by
the Nation. He has shut Off specula-
ton, produced a free market and
movement of all grades of wheat, cut
expenses and induced q normal flow of
wheat in natural directions, and eff
fected a thousand other economies.
The Food Administration Grain Cor
poration, which supervises the sale, or
itself buys every bushel of wheat pro.
duced In the Nation In its progress
from country elevator to foreign buy
ers or domestic consumers, marks a
new step toward national efficiency.
How In four short months 1t has been
done is told in the following episodes
wherein two bushels of wheat Travelled
to market.
One fine fall afternoon, Col. Bill
jenkins, who farms somewhere In Mis-
souri,, loaded his wheat into q wagon
and drove along the black road that
led across the prairie to town. When
he reached the cooperative elevator
Of, which he was a stakeholder, he
pulled up on the scales, checked his
gross weights carefully, and began TO
unload. The manager came out and
asked:
when you want to sell this wheat?"
Il dunno" he answered. "One
times about as good as another
these days. IT won't weigh any more
later" he added, with dry smile.
"Wheat shrlnks lot" admitted the
manager. II hear the Government
wants as much wheat as 1t can get
just northumberland the Allies do
eat terrible lot of ii since the war;"
"What's wheat to-day?" asked Col.
Jenkins, getting interested.
swell, let me see," parleyed the
manager. II guess this wheat'd be a
good No. 2 under the new grades"
"Grades2 What about grades? That
Food Administration seems to mix into
mighty nigh everything from rabbits
to axle grease"
Hold on, Colonel" said the eleva.
tor man, good-naturedly. '"The Food
Administration is not to blame. Con-
gress passed the act and told the De-
partment of Agriculture to fix the
grades. They became effective last
July. ] sent out letter on It,"
swell, guess you better sell for
the best you can," said the farmer.
II am needed at home" And he drove
away.
a Ma,u nndn. IL ALa NraI.. NInnId
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

Mrs. c. F. Clark of Mexico was in
Vandalia Saturday in the interest. of
the Woman's Committee OF the Coun-
Gil of National Defense. Mrs. Clark
is county chairman for Audrain OF
this organization.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
IN the Country Gen1LenlaaI

ly an administrative arm Of the Gov.
eminent formed to buy grain or super
Wise Its sale at the prices determined
by the commission, and IL must do its
work on the basis Of the new grades.
But to return to our farmer and his
expectations of price.
Introducing Two Bushels Of Wheat.
Lying side by side in his wagon had
been 2 bushels of wheat that fate had
marked for strangely different ends.
They were very much alike, those
bushels of wheat, and to look at them
you would not have suspected the
strange and wonderful adventures In
store for them. Yet one was destined
to travel abroad for consumption in
France; the other to find Its way into
Georgia, where It was milled and its
flour finally reached a New York
baker on the East Side. But in the
sum of the travels made by the two,
as we shall follow them, will be I'M
folded the international panorama Of
wheat marketing in time of war.
Finding a Price at Country Point.
High war costs OF production gave
our Missouri farmer much concern as
to his returns and accounted for his
depression over the prospects of his
wheat grading down; for that meant
a reduction of cents per bushel un-
der the No. grade. But 1t graded
No. 2.
The elevator would also deduct an
30 N h1c hn1 fp hn
fixed charge made In this locality for
handling and selling The Scent
charge included the commission of 1
cent per bushel customary in 1917
among commission men for selling the
wheat to domestic millers or foreign
buyers.
The elevator man was none too sure
as to how to get at the price which
this wheat should bring. He knew
considerably more about human nature
than freight rates and decided to
"check up" the problem to the nearest
zone agent of the Grain Corporation.
So he wrote letter to the representa-
tive stationed at st. Louis. That let
ter was referred to the traffic expert
in the New York Office, who transmit
ted the following rule for determining
the price of wheat at any country
point:
There 10 only one price for wheat at
a country point. That price Is always
to be arrived at by taking as basis
the price at the most advantageous
primary market where we have fixed
a price and deductIna the freight to
that market and fair handling profit.
That is the price to be paid for wheat
at any station, regardless of the point
to which It may be shipped.
Working out the price which should
be paid for wheat at your station is
fine occupation for an Off day. If
you cannot find the answer, write to
the Food Administration Grain Cor
poration in New York City and its
traffic expert Will give you aid.
FindIna the Price of No. 2 Wheat at
Sikeston
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

Max l.. Piper, formerly of Mexico,
brother Of Bruce Piper here, was
thrown from his wagon in run
away at Martinsburg last week and
suffered three broken ribs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
Sikeston.

AXE an actual example !:
An elevator man In.
Sikeston, Mo-, wanted
TO know what price
No. 2 wheat should
bring at his station
when No. / wheat
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28
A New Order In the Grain World.

CONVERSATIONS OF this
kind might have taken
place In almost every
town in the great grain
belt of the Nation aft
er August 10; for revo-
luton in grain market
Mexico Missouri message., 1918-03-28

the farmers
share of the wheat dol.
lar is one of the war;
time jobs Uncle Sam has
done since food control
became possible. After
five months of Crap
pllng with the problem,
IJnplo Sam 70 nnyu trims.