Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-07-11

sr.. and. near Tulip, that was sold las.
winter, is all in corr AMI Heitz
Young thinks it will make rs bushels
to the acre If the sea5Jn CONTINUES
good. His son, Jim Tom Young, has
Is acres as tall as a horses back.
Twenty-seven head Of cattle en-
route to the Kansas City market over
the Wabash were burned to death,
nea Palemon Monday morning. The
car caught fire from a hot box. Only
n steer from the a was saved.
Fred Roberts. one O. tho leading
stockmen Of Audrain county, Mo-, sent
If a load Of ttod quality lambs that
were not very heavy, weighing &c lbs.
which sold at s1s.75. and that was the
top Of the market and they were the
only lambs in st. Louis Wednesday, at
the price. Mr.. Roberts kls been .
regular patron Of this ma.set for
many years and has sent in many tor
pers, both lembs and hogs. He rerclts
crop conditions never be Ter in lis
part of the Stste, although a hail last
week did Quite a bit Of damage in
certain secvions.-Live Stock Renort-
er.
The Wainwright levee, over six
miles in length, and protecting thous-
ands of acres of Missouri bottom land
IN Galloway county is now completed.
The district vas promoted by Hon.
John P. Gordon, former State Auditor,
who owns 800 acres in this district.
The first of the new wheat crop in
Bates county tests sixty-one pounds
to the bushel.
A wheat field of about 400 acres ON
the Kochtitzky farm southeast of NAL
Den, caught fire recently and before
the blaze could be extinguished ten or
twelve acres of wheat was burned,
causing aloss of $4,000 saws the
Maiden Merit.
Just three weeks after he had leas-
ed his farm to an oil company, George
Wilson, Of near Hume, struck a fine
flow Of oil while drilling for water.
says the Telephone. He found the wat
er, but the flow of oil rendered il val
ueless.
A creamery company being organ
lzed IN Pettis county will be composed
OIL stockholders who are consumers
and producers of dairy products.
Sidney Houston, with the United
states Army overseas, writes home
that he met Sergeant Roy Creasey and
FRED McGee, both Mexico boys, in n
city "over there" The meeting was
by accident.
Conductor Horace Southwick brought
a special train with nineteen cars ~
stock and one Of wheat into this eitv
over the South Branch Monday.
While harvesting his oats last week.
George Settle stuck a thistle in his
hand. The wound proved more serious
than he at first thought, and TUESDAY,
ne came to Mexico for medical aid. He
brought over 10 bushels of oats with
him' which he placed on the market.
Mr. Settle reports that his corn pros.
pect is excellent and that his wheat
and oats are beyond the average. He
a a large plot devoted to navy beans
and potatoes and has worked the
whole farm by himself.
One Of the cheapest and most ef-
fective methods of improving the ay-
erage country road in Missouri is TO
drag the road after each rain. The
state pays SIS per mile per year on
more than eleven thousand miles of
lhter-county seat roads. This is often
not enough money to pay for dragging
me road in proper manner, and Il Is
'ussested by the State Highway De-
partment that local funds should be
subscribed to supplement the money
made available by the State. Organ
ne a Road Drag Club, solicit subscrip-
Ilons' and make arrangements with
who will drag the roads after
each rain.
'ohn Quinlan was ~threshing wheat
'n his farm north Of town Tuesday.
sugar corn was delivered on the 10.
sal market Wednesday by Noble
This is the first Of tho season.
crops generally throughout the
ounty continue most promising. Au.
ram farmers are doing their BIZ 10.
YARD winning the war.
Albert Price has started his throsb.
and is getting a good percentage
rom his wheat crop.