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Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

we figure up the cost, both of going in
and staying out, we cannot wonder
that President Wilson has sought by
every means in his power to avoid a
rupture.
THE one event of importance that
has transpired between the publica-
ton of this editorial in The Republic
and the signing of the telegram by
Senator Whitley was the inaugural adj
dress Of President Wilson, in which
the hope that peace might yet be pre-
served was expressed.
ut is quite clear from such express
sions, which were frequent in the edi-
torial columns of The st. Louis Re-
public at that time, that certainly up
to and beyond the date of the tele-
gram which Senator Whitley signed
The Republic hoped war might posi-
bly, be avoided with honor.
Neither his opponent nor The Re-
public opposing him dare assert Sena-
tor Whitley is not a thoroughly loyal
| American.
But, since l am required to answer
questions, 1t is no more than fair that
| should be permitted to ask a few.
"Our reports from all over Missouri
indicate the nomination Of Senator
Whitley by a substantial majority. He
reports large and enthusiastic meet
ings and feels no alarm at the injec-
tion of false issues or unjust personal
attacks into the campaign. A large
patherinQ of Missouri Damocrata In
st. Louis yesterday brought nothing
but good news. The situation in st
Louis and Kansas City could not BIZ
better. Consequently, the important
questions now before the Democratic
voters in this family quarrel is wha'
the attitude Of Joseph w. Folk and hi
followers is going to be after Senator
Whitley is nominated.
my questions are:
will Gov. Folk support Senate
Whitley II Senator Whitley is noml
mated?
"Will The st. Louis Republic sur
port Senator Whitley II Senator Wi
fley is nominated? (Signed)
JAMES HAGERMAN, JR.,
The foregoing answers to The RI
public's questions given by Mr.. Hagei
man express my sentiments and NEE
with my full approval. (Signed)
JAMES E. BoGGs,
state Chairman. Whitley Campaign"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
FORMER GOVERNOR
PRAISES PRESIDENT

"The old world has been as en-
tirely wiped out as if it had been de-
storyed by fire. We are living in a
new world, with President Wilson as
truly the father of democracy today
as Washington was the father of the
old world democracy" Thus former
Governor Folk summed up the tribute
which he paid the President of the
United States for his work in the
cause Of world freedom in his speech
at the Mexico Courthouse Monday ev-
ening before a large crowd.
He was unending in his praise for
the chief executive of these United
States.
Why the United States Is Fighting.
when Germany is brought before
the judgment bar of the world, the
very seas will give up their dead to
bear witness against that defiler of
nations" declared Folk. He tracked
the history Of the entrance of our
country into the great worlds strug.
d gle with forceful conciseness, and
then asserted that 1--WE must win the
war now at any cost and at any sacri-
flee"
He pledged his most earnest sup.
port Of the present administration anC
advocated the adjustment Of all Ger
man printed newspapers in Missouri
condemning them as the most abomin.
able kind of German propaganda.
The Stand He Took on Some Things.
Candidate Folk urged that because o
his former connection with the Inter
state Commerce Commission that h
would be able to promote Missouri
through the more thorough develop
ment Of the nations waterways 70
war shipping.
He recited his enforcement of tn
liquor laws as chief executive of thi
State; called attention to the elimina
ton Of the race track gambling in tn
cities; stated that it was he who in
dorssd the initiative and referendum
and the primary laws under which tn
State is now operating; and condemn
ed the unlawful as pro-hun.
81 want only the votes of the 1909
Americana" he declared. "And whe
| go into the United States Senat
next fall, l will do my best to repre-
sent you, the people. | shall be you
next Senatorl"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
ESTIMATES SHOW
AUDRAIA s550,0OO

With a quota q sgf2O0o 10 raise In
the War Savings Stamp campaign
Audrain started doEgcdly a. work 30
prove is patriotism and Amerieanism
in the highest degree. Monday brought
the reward with H. when Fred A.
Morrs. chairman Of the movement,
after sorting over heaps and heaps Of
cards. reports. and estimates gave out
the rough total Of s550.O00. Nearly 25
per cent "overstampedi"
Martinsburg and several smaller dis
tricts have not yet been heard from.
Everybody Comes Across" Royalty.
Not only the towns in Audrain but
most every little country school dis
triet "eame across" with a surprising
oversubscription. Very few Of the d.
vision clerks sent in reports that were
below their minimums. Only twenty
school districts fell below their quotas
and the towns all went over with a
stamping" effect that will eventually
be felt by old kaiser bill away over in
Berlin.
Mexico with quota Of $4,000 is es-
timated to have hit the $165,OOO mark.
Vandalia, with an allotment Of $4,000,
sends in a report of $4,000. Laddonia,
whose share was estimated at $4,000,
reports that her citizens have willingly
given 5000. But, in all the towns,
there is some doubt as to whether the
solicitations made in the town and ac-
credited there have not been reac-
credited in the rural school districts.
Mexico's estimate is thought to be far
more free from this fault than other
reports.
How the Districts Hit Their Marks.
A list of the reports sent to Chair
man Fred A. Morris up to date fol-
lows. Places left blank are those not
yet heard FRONT
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
SAW MEXICO SOLDIERS
AT CAMP DODGE, la.

Frank Hazard has just returned
from Des Moines, where he visited
Camp Dodge, where a recent con-
tingent of Audrain county selective
soldiers are in training.
Mr.. Hazard saw a number Of Mex
leo boys and says they were IN their
toes and making splendid progress.
The camp at present has about $4,000
men in it with more coming; and Mr..
Hazard, who is a veteran of the
Spanish-American War, was much in
terested in the modern methods of mil
itary training. He says the boys are
learning more in three weeks under
the present routine than the men were
taught in seven months during the
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
MISS OLLIE DAHLEM WEEDS

Charles Redenbaugh of Rosedale,
Kansas, came to Mexico to claim as
his bride Miss Ollie Dahlem, daugh-
ter of Mrs. J. R. Dahlem of North
Clark street. The wedding was SOL
emnized by the Rev. Henry Pearce At
kins at. the Dahlem home Sunday
morning at 8 o'clock.
Sunday at noon the couple left Mex
leo for their future home in Rosedale,
where Mr.. Redenbaugh is employed as
a craneman. Mrs. Redenbaugh was
acting secretary of the Mexico Trans
fer Company before her marriage,
and Mexico regrets to lose her, but
wishes her a long and happy married
life in her new home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
LAND TRANSFERS.

B. F. Orear, Extr & Trustee to John
d. 0rear. Extr's Deed Consid. $1.00.
1-2 Int in S pit of Lot 6, Blk g., Orig.
Mexico, also S pit of Lot 5, Blk 8.
B. F. Orear to John D. Orear. War;
ranty consid $4,000. 1-6 Int in S pit
of Lot 6, Blk 9, Orig. Mexico, also S
pit of Lot s., Blk 8.
Mamie o. Everett to John D. Oraar.
Warranty consid $1,000. 1-6 Int in S pit
of Lot 6, Blk 9. Orig Mexico, also S pit
of Lot 5, Blk 8.
David B. Orear to John d. Orear.
Warranty consid. $4,000. 1-6 Int, in
S pit of Lot G., Blk 9, Orig. Mexico, also
S pit of Lot 5, Blk 9.
James L. 0rear to John D. Orear.
Warranty Consid. $1700. l-6 Int in S
pit of Lot 6, Blk 9, Orig Mexico, also S
pit of Lot 5, Blk 9.
Lucy Higley to John D. 0rear. War
ranty consid. $1,000. 1-6 Int in s pit
of Lot 6, Blk g., Orig Mexico, also S pit
Of Lot 5, Blk 8.
jeff D. Wright to H. D. and Lena
Smith. Warranty consid. $4,000. Tract
Of land 120x180 # :, 500 # S of Blk 81,
Orig. Vandalia.
George D. Coakley to D. c. Hatton,
Jr., Warranty consid. $1210. Lots l
and 2, Blk a, Swift's Add to Laddonia.
BEETLE Doolin Garrett to Sam Nor
ris. Warranty consid. $1,000. PIT Of Lot
/, blk l6, Orig. Town of Mexico.
Mar 7. Henegar to Ellis l.. and
Wallace G. Cassell. Warranty consid,
$1,000. Sc pit of Blk g., Ely & Daniels
Add to Vandalia.
City of Mexico to Stella Bridgeford
Cemetery Deed. Consid. 500. W 1-2 OF
Lot 81, Blk P, Elmwood cemetery.
Ralph Adams to j. A. Bolts, War.
ranty consid 81 and other valuable
consid. PIT of N 1-2 of Lot l, 31-53-8.
Addie Belle Haislip to Esther Au'
/, buchon. Warranty consid. Love, af.
lection and other valuable things. Lot:
3 and 4, Blk 10, in Town of Farber.
, Ellen Jacob to Alice Mathews. Quit
claim consid. 81 and other valuable
consid. Lot 10, Blk g., Crigler's Add t.
Martinsburg.
, Ernest j. Liggett to Mary E. Wat
: ers. Warranty consid. 5000. Lot 7 ant
8, Blk 8, BANDS Second Add. to Van
dalia.
Thomas j. Bybee to William W Nun
dy. Quit-claim consid 81. Pt of N
Sc 1929.
Maude Kincade to Taylor Arnold
Warranty consid. $4425. Lots 1 and
> Block 5, Rawlings Add. to Mexico.
Mary and Herbert Kincade by Cd
!, to Taylor Arnold Gdn. Deed consid
1915. Lot 1, Blk s., Rawlings Add t
Mexico.
Levi Lee to Manuel Nickens. War
y ranty consid $3.50. Lots 10 and II, Bl
22, Orig. Ma~rtlnsburg.
Ross B. and Susie Cauthorn to Chas
. P. Malone. Warranty consid. $1,000
Lot s., blk l, Hughes add to Mexico.
Is Amanda G. Kunkel to Bette Dooli
Garrett. Warranty consid $1,000. PIT O
9 Lot /, Blk 16, Orig. Mexico.
u Dora Branstetter ct al to Elmer {
q & Edith F. Maxwell. Warranty Cor
sideration $4,000. w 1-2 Of SW 11-51-y
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
DEMAND FOR DOCTORS STEADY


COLUMBIA, Mo-, June 27.-"Medi-
cine is perhaps the greatest material
force in war time" said DIR. Guy l..
Noyes, dean of the School of Medicine,
of the University of Missouri, in
speaking Of the part students are play
ing in the war. Through it every i'm
provement in sanitation known to sci
ence has been introduced into the daily
life Of the troops. Medical men and
women not only tend to the sick and
wounded but they inspect mess hall
! equipment, barrack rooms, clothing.
"The detention camps established by
the Medical Corps of the Army at
tends to potential contagion before ii
has an opportunity to spread" said
DR.. Noyes. "The detention of the car
riers of meningitis has been discov-
cred since the United States entered
the war.
"The demand for medical assist
ance is steady and it will be until the
end of the a All medical students
of draft age are enlisted in the reserve
corps of the medical department, and
are furloughed to the medical depart
ment until they get their degrees"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
Snanish-American War.

SpanIsn-AmerICdH WAT.
He reports all the Mexico boys in
the best Of health, and says the camp
is model in every way. The men are
given all the conveniences possible,
conditions are ideal, and there seems
to be a general satisfaction every
where. Uniforms have been issued
and though the men have no idea
when they are are going over, they
seem anxious to get away.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
Injured Man Recovering Nicely.

Thomas Deatherage, who was in
jured in an automobile accident at
Armstrong Saturday and brought to
the Mexico Hospital for medical atten-
ton was not as seriously injured as it
was first thought and continues to i'm
prove. His younger brother was killed
in the accident.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

THE Work or Fight order, ae-
cording to some reports, has been in
effect in some regulated families for
years, especially where the husband
has a tendency to direct the activities
of his wife at the tub.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

The Audrain County Court in ses-
sion Monday appointed John P. Kemp
to succeed /. 7. McCue on the County
Road Dragging Commission. Mr.. Nc
Cue moved to Arkansas some time ago
and since then the place has been un-
filled
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

IT has been announced that 407 YES
sells which had been attacked and sunk
by German submarines have been sal
vaged and are again in service against
the enemy. Even the sea refused to
swallow some of the atrocities of the
huns.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

SPEAKING of summer resorts, why
90 elsewhere than at home this sum-
mer. With the exception Of one or
two days, Mexico has enjoyed weather
tailored to her taste.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

Clagget Offutt and family of Kan
sas City, have returned to this city to
make their home. The Ledger joins
in welcoming them back home. "They
all come back"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

A KANSAS CITY store has been
robbed eighty times with a fair haul
each time. In this instance there does
net seem to be any safety in numbers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

Mrs. ]. R. Bettys is visiting in st.
Louis, where she will remain several
weeks before returning home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

Buy War Savings Stamps.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

noon. The men worked gallantly to
AVE the levee, but the water pressure :
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04

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e'N nlnL-n. Mnrinn DAINTY
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THORNE
a drama in four sssD
PRESENTED BY THE
Beaver Dam Dramatic Club
MOLlNO, Saturday, July 9Th
900 P. M.
Proceeds Go to the Red Cross
Proceeds Go to the Red Cross
CAST OF CHARAcTERs

Admission rs and IS Cents
Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-04
SEDALIA, AUGUST lO-l7, 1918

Eight Full Days and Nights Of Pleasure an
Profit, Fun and Education.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18
942 Miles Of Railway Abandoned.

The Railway Age calls attention to
the remarkable fact that In 1917, for
the first time in the history Of railroad
ing in the United States, nearly as
great a mileage of railroad has been
abandoned or torn up and sold for junk
because its operation was Improbable
as the mileage OF railroad constructed.
The mileage Of new line built was 1852,
which is less than the new mileage
built in any other year since the civil
war except 1916, when 933 miles were
constructed
On the other hand, railroad operation
was abandoned on 942 miles of line and
in addition there were 1896 miles of road
which the owners had asked permission
from state commissions or legislatures
to abandon.
Moreover, this latter figure does not
represent ali OF the road which would
be taken up if the owners could get
permission. The Railway Age has
kept record for IS years of new rail
road construction and in one year this
amounted to over 5000 miles. II 1917,
however, there were 451 miles Of rail-
road actually taken up or in process
of being taken up and sold for junk.
In addition, there were 49l miles of
road on which operation was abandoned.
At the end of the year there were
IL, 773 miles of railroad with standing
securities amounting to 1868, 936, 806 in
the hands Of receivers. Dnring the
year nineteen companies, operating in
all 2,486 miles of road, with Sol, 1863, 1862
securities, were placed in receivers
hands. This compares with nine COM
panies in 1916 with 4439 miles of rail-
road. There were twenty roads, with
10, miles operated, sold under fore
closure. This compares with twenty
six roads, with 8,355 miles operated,
sold in 1916.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18
Organizing Farm Labor.

The government of the United States
is working out number OF plans to re-
lieve the probable shortage of farm
labor next spring. One way which may
be great help is to enlist the older
school boys for work on the farms. BY
this plan it is proposed that those boys,
if they have good school records, may
90 out and work on farms during the
spring months and receive credit in
school lust as though they had kept up
their school classes all through the
spring. Previous to going out IN this
way they are to go out Saturdays and
receive training in milking, caring for
and handling stock, and other farm
duties, so that they may be more Ell
ficient when regular work begins.
Farmers who will help to give such
training, or who will want such boys to
work in the spring, will be asked to
sign papers to show what they will do.
Many of these boys can be great help
and they and the farmers working with
them will not only be doing a much
needed patriotic duty, but will mu-
tually assist each other.
An organizer for this work is ap-
pointed in each state, the one tor
Wisconsin being a former Rock county
boy, ]. B. Borden, now assistant state
superintendent of schools. Much of
the organization and carrying on OF
this work will be done through the
schools, and no additional salaries will
be paid for the service of school Of
ficials. Mr.. Borden has called meet
ing for Rock county at the GAINESVILLE
Y. M. C. A. for Saturday, January ~,
at 10 a. m. Mr.. HI. L. Terry OF Madl-
son will explain plans fully. Every
school superintendent and principal in
the county should be present, as well
as members of high school boards and
ward principals. Members OF the
County Council of Defense, officers OF
farm organizations in the county, and
any others interested in this great
movement are urged to be present. A
large production from the farms is OF
vital Importance, and we must use
every possible means to increase such
production. 0. ID. ANTIsDEL.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18
Income Tax Deductions.

'What deductions are allowed
farmer for business expenses IN MAX
ing out his income-taX return?'
This is one of the many questions
which revenue officers who will visit
every county in the United States dur
ing January and February will answer
in detail. Briefly, they include the
amount expended for labor in the prep
aration of land for crops and in the
cultivation, harvesting and marketing
of the crop. Declarations may be
made for the cost of seed and fertil-
izer, the amount expended for labor in
caring for live stock, cost of feed, re-
pairs to farm and other farm buildings,
but not the cost of repairs to the
dwelling. The cost of repairs to farm
fences and machinery is deductible, as
we'll as the cost of small tools and ma
terial which is used in the course of a
year or two, such as binding Irvine,
pitchforks, spades, etc.
The cost of machinery, such as trac-
tors and threshing machines, can not
be deducted, but the cost of their oper-
alton is deductible item
The value of farm products is not
considered taxable until reduced to cash
or its equivalent. If crops and stocks
were produced in 1916 and sold in 1917,
the amount received therefore is to be
included in the farmers tax return for
the calendar year 1917. Crops produced
in 1917 and on hand December 81 need
not be considered. Persons in doubt as
to any of the provisions of the income
tax section of the war revenue act are
advised by the Bureau of Internal Rev
enue to see the revenue officer who will
visit their county to assist taxpayers
in making out their returns, which
roust be filed on or before March I,
1918.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18
Letter from Camp Cody, n. M.
Ambulance Co. 1873,
Camp Cody, New Mexico,
j an. 5, IJIo.
Nv Donr Mrs. Henderson

u an. i, 1910.
NV Dear Mrs. Henderson:
have just learned from mother that
you were the woman behind the gun,
so to speak, and the one who was
largely responsible for the gift | re-
ceived some time ago from the Fedora
ton Of Women's Clubs. | was ex-
tremely glad to get it and can assure
you that appreciate it immensely, not
only because the gift itself was OF
great value to me, but also it gave evil
dence that still had friends at home
who remembered me.
All of the thirty thousand troops sta
toned here comprise the former Ma
tional Guard of Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
braska and the ~Dakotas. do not be-
lieve there is one other fellow in camp
who claims Wisconsin as his habitat
and | sometimes feel like lost sheep,
only there is no shepherd to take me
home. My only salvation, so far as
Wisconsin is concerned, is young fell
low in this company who was a student
at the University. We oftentimes get
together and talk about happenings
and scenes at Madison which are farnil
lar to both Of US. | hardly believe |
can camplain though of lack Of con-
gOUldl LClC WCiC CAGH CA
other fellows enlisted from my college
at the same time | did. About IS per
cent of our enlisted personnel are col
lege and university men and We have
quite an enjoyable time in spite of the
country and army routine.
Mother wrote that you were under
going typical Wisconsin winter and |
reckon it would be difficult to imagine
anyone playing baseball out Of doors
this time Of the year. It can be done,
however, for | pitched a game yester-
day afternoon and it was hot. This
desert offers two extremes. At night
the temperature drops below freezing
and raises the deuce with our water
pipes. Then old Sol jumps over the
rim of mountains and by noon we are
again seeking the shady spots for COM
fort.
[ read in the Reporter that James
Max had transferred to aviation. |,
too, passed the requirements but our
allotted quota of fifty men to attend the
camp at San Antonio had already been
chosen and must wait awhile.
Thanking you again for your thought
fu consideration, [ remain, the one
time ski jumper,
EARL WHITFORD.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18
AT THE LYRIC

Beware. of Strangers, AZ part
Special attraction will be shown at
the Lyric Thursday (Tonight.) This
powerful photoplay exposes the me-
thods used by swindlers to rob the
public. During the action of thrill
ing drama of love and hate there is
shown the wire tapping game, the
operation of the Clairvoyant Trust,
Blackmailers, etc. Shows 7:15 and
900.
All seats Is cts, this including
the 2 cent war tax.
"Babbette" featuring Peggy Hy-
land and Marc MacDermott will be
the attraction on Saturday. This is
one of the best Vitagraph picures
and is sure to please.
Robert Warwick and Gail Kane
will appear in the 5 part Brady pic
ture on Monday.
"The Fighting Trail,' every Tues
day.
"The Little Brother" featuring
Enid Bennett, and also a 1 reel COM
edy on Wednesday.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-01-18
Twenty-Five Years Ago.

Chas. Fremont Page and Miss Hattie
Culver were united in marriage at
GAINESVILLE on the 18th.
Mrs. Daniel Quigley, wife of one of
the pioneers in Edgerton, died sudden
ly Wednesday of heart trouble.
The buying of the 1892 tobacco crop
has been resumed on more extended
scale at prices from 10 cents down.
The county board at its January
meeting failed to decide upon new To-
cation for the asylum and poor house.
Janesville's river obstruction cases
were given their first trial in the cir
cult court at Waukesha. The action
is brought to compel the removal of
buildings in the river.
The longest spell of extreme cold
weather in years shows some signs of
letting up. Thermometers have been
at zero and below every morning for
the past 80 days, with an occasional
drop to 20 to % below.
Friday, Jan. 20, 1893.