Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-12-11
STOCK
NEWS


Tyke Harrison, c. C. Bhdsoe and f.
A. Bradley, who are attending the Fat
Stock Show in Chicago, wired Yves
VIM one o fthe owners of Gerstda.e
Jones, the great Poland China sire,
that Peter Move, of Iowa, won the
Grand Championship ring at the show
with a Gerstdale Jones pig.
Roy Bryarly AMI Ray billiard attend
ed the State Poultry Show in Marshall
Thursday.
S. N. Evans showed his fine fowls at
the State Poultry Show in Marshall.
Buckner & Brett ,Auxvasse stock
men, paid s110 for a f~our-year-o!d
mare that they bought Monday from
B. V. Martin, of Darlington. They
resold the same animal to Lee broth
ers, of Mexico, for S115.-Fulton Gaz-
cite.
Riley Cason, of Stephens, got $50
for a pair of aged work horses he sold
in Fulton Monday. A horse went TO
Lee brothers for s35, and Il mare to
George Carter for SIS. The buyers
were from Mexico.-Fulton Gazette.
The Garland ranch at Jonesburg re-
Gently sold to E. W. Johnson of Mex
leo, a car load of pure bred black Poll
ed cattle.
Auxvasse Cutting Wood.
Going to the woods daily and cut
ting wood is the method used by many
citizens Of Auxvasse to meet the emer-
gency caused by the strike Of coal
miners. Hardly a store building in
the town has enough coal to last more
than a week, and if the situation Is
not relieved in a few days the town
may be compelled to go en- masse 70
the woods to get fuel enough to keep
warm, is the report.
Col. ]. T. Johnson, the big fat auc-
tioneer of Mexico, attended stock
sales at Fulton Monday bu5 said that
as far as business was concerned the
day was a waterhaul, but that he had
recently made a record for himself in
three things. Eyes, sir" said the Col
onel, Owe recently done things I
never did before. | sold a horsehide
for s16. l paid $3.50 for this very
pair Of shoes l have on. They told
me they were kangaroo and l guess
they are, for a kangaroo never could
jump any higher than the price of
them has jumped recently. And l
shipped an entire a load of 81 head
of sows to the st. Louis market and
l only had one dock of 40pounds on the
entire load. Yep, a car load of hogs
and every animal in it a sow."-Aux-
vase Review.
William L. Owen, two miles south
Of Fulton, sold a pair of four-year-old
horse mules, Monday, to Lee brothers,
of Mexico, for S240.-Fulton Gazette.
R. E. Wilson, of Guthrie, sold a
f~ve-year-old horse mule, Monday, to
Sanford brothers, of Mexico, for s165.
He also sold a five-year-old horse to
Lee brothers of Mexico, for $780,
Fulton Gazette.
w. E. Black of Centralia, former
resident of this county, who lived near
Hatton has just recently purchased
a farm near Glasgow. The farm con-
tains 245 acres, 200 acres of it being
bottom land. Possession will be given
about March l, 1920, and at that tins
r Mr.. Black will move from Centralia tc
the farm. Mr.. Black receivtd his dis.
. charge from the service severa
months ago, since that time he ha.
been making his home with his par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. William Blacl
Of Capitalization Sun.
= A.. s. j. Harrison Of Benton City,
: brother of Mayor Crockett Harrison
Y If Fulton, made a wonderful recort
& during the past several weeks in sal
n Of yearling steers on the St. Loui
IS market, winding up his performance
Thursday, when he disposed Of tw
car loads Of As head that sold flo
$19.25, the top for the day. Severe
lie weeks previous he has sold four ca
Sc loads at $40 a hundred, which was tn
Of seasons top up to that time. A,
p together he shipped about 140 head {
cattle in those six car loads.-Fulto
Sun.
Geo. Lee is home from W~arrensbur
wher he has been buying horses.
Corn in this community is place
at - bushels to the acre by the farm
be ors. The crop is scarcely more tina
"a half gathered. The heavy rain la
ig week will still greatly retard the wor.
to -Vandalia Leader.
n Two Of the common grade steer
which Judge C. c. Blcdsoe sold in S
fe Louis a short time ago to Georg
h. Peak, of Illinois, were given prizes