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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30

and turned somersaults. And one day,
when Mrs. Bear called them into the
house, they ate, each of them, several
quarts of chestnuts which Mr.. Bear
had gathered and brought home. In
fact, before Mrs. Bear knew it they
had eaten great many more chest
nuts than were good for them. Ana
.Cuffy, who had eaten the most, soon
began to have a pain in his stomach.
That's what you get for being
greedy" his mother told him.
II didn't eat many chestnuts," Cuff
fly said.
Mrs. Bear pointed to the floor
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
new DIRECTORY FILLS
LONG STANDING NEED

The first attempt to publish a di-
rectory of Oregon manufactures has
been issued by the Associated Indus
tries, A. G. Clark, manager. The book
is neat and handy volume, free from
all advertising and calculated to fill
a long felt want
The directory comprises a fairly ac-
curate list of manufacturing enterpris-
es engaged in making Oregon prod
ucts. Great difficulty was experienced
in getting replies to missionaries fur
nishing necessary information and
omissions and errors are due to the
carelessness of the manufacturers
themselves.
Listings are made first by towns and
manufacturers in alphabetical order
second by commodities in the same
order, third in a separate group fol.
lowing alphabetical list of manufae,
turers, is the list Of associated mem
bers who furnished the financial sup.
port that made the publication posi-
Bile.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
Transport Proceeds
Under Its Own Power

san Francisco, Jan. 29-The trans.
port Mount Vernon which Is returning
to San Francisco In leaking condi-
ton after having put out from here on
january a9 ON secret mission, is In no
danger aud is proceeding without as
sistance according 20 a radio message
received by Major General Carol De
Vol chief of the army transport serv-
ice from Captain G. j Brugulere, mas.
ter OF the ship, today.
The message said the Mount Vernon
was about 45O miles off san Francisco
and was proceeding through heavy
rain, but that she was In no danger ana
that all was well ON board, She should
arrive here tomorrow morning, the
message said.
Captain Bruguiere asked for no as.
sistance and as far as the transport
service knows none has been sent, Gen.
eral Devol said
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30

adjoining building peering into the win
dow They screamed and aroused
other girls, who telephoned headquar-
ters.
Traffic Officer Moffitt, who hap
pened to be within the block, hurried
up into the alley behind the building
and saw ladder leading to the roof.
When he reached the roof he saw
where the prowlers had entered the
Cottilon dance hall through trap in
the roof Hurrying in pursuit he found
where the men had escaped through
unlocked doors of the dance hall and
out onto the street
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
THE MONEY VALUE or
AFFECTION

Notwithstanding | went to sleep ra-
ther depressed, | wakened the next
morning feeling much improved both
In health and spirits, Sleep had done
more than knit the reveled sleeve of
care, for ! began to feel the invigor-
ated life blood eourslng through my
veins
"After your bath and your break
fast, said my nurse. I'm going to let
you read your letters, Your friends
have surely been solicitous for your
welfare, Mrs Gordon"
The promise of letters Intrigued my
curiosity and | was in very happy
mood when John came in
"My, but you're looking fine thi.
morning. he calculated. 81 thought
you were wild rose yesterday In you,
pink contraptions, but | am not sure
that this peculiar blue Is not more be.
coming to YOU! | think, my dear, thai
| am going TO insist that you shall weal
your hair short It's so becoming"
1T looks all right in bed, John"
said, 'hut you would be the first e
find fault with it when go out among
your friends, You know you have al.
Ways criticised my disregard of con
ventional modes"
Nothing Gould BE Prettier.
Perhaps | shouldn't like IT," h,
said, "but nothing could be prettiei
than your short eurls and that childish
blue ribbon band and perky bow.
almost feel as though YOU were q grea
big doll that has been given to me q
I play with"
That's il John, I've often though
that men, because they We're denied
dolls when they were boys, hoped I,
satisfy their longing for that prett,
toy when they married So many mei
seem To want their wives 10 be daiutl
dolls that they can play with wheI
they wish. And when they tired o
these dolls they can put t.them away il
a drawer and SO about their business
or play with other toys their fame,
might suggest. And all the while, il
some compartment of their brains re,
poses pleasant consciousness that wher
ever they wish they can 10 back an,
take their own little doll out OF IL
drawer aud play with ii again"
Look here, Katherine, you're NO
beginning To give me sarcastic phlio
suphy already are youg"
Is that sareasm, John? thot Il
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30

.,Chestnuts shells" Cuffy replied
hanging his head. There was a great
heap of shells on the floor where Cur
! fy had sat.
/ "Pick them all up-every one oil
them" his mother ordered. And
when you have finished you may take
nap-both of you
/ Cuffy yawned.
"What do you say?" Mrs. Bear ask
+ ed severely.
( Excuse me!'' Cuffy said hastily.
THAT'S better!" said Mrs. Bear,
! Now do as l say. You'll be asleep
before YOU know it. And don't intend
TO have those chestnut shells lying
around on the floor all winter"
You may think that was a queer
thing for Mrs. Bear to say. But when
YOU see what happened, you'll under
stand what Mrs. Bear meant.
As Cuffy and Silkie sat down on the
floor and began gathering up the
chestnut-shells they both yawned and
vawned And since Mrs. Bear had left
the room they didn't bother to say,
| Excuse me-" They were so sleepy!
And before little Silkie had finished
picking up her shells she just rolled
herself up into round ball and fell
fast asleep. As for Cuffy, being little
older, he managed to stay awake just
llong enough to get the floor all nice
and clean. And then he rolled himself
Into a ball and he went to sleep, r,gn.
there on the floor,
So Mrs. Bear found them when she
came back into the room. She smiled
as she saw them. And picking up first
one and then the other she carried
them into their little bed-chamber and
put them down gently and covered
them over with leaves, so they would
be sung and warm. Yes, Mrs. Beal
wanted her children to be warm, fol
she knew that they would not wake
lup again until spring. She had noticed
for several days that Cuffy and Silkit
were growing sleepy. And to tell the
eruth, Mrs. Bear was becoming sleepy
herself That very night she and Mr.
Bear went to bed a whole hour earlier
than usual. And the next day they nev
er minded at all how cold it grew out
side or how much the wind howled
For not one of Mr.. Bears family walked
up at all. They just slept and slep
land slept, the whole winter through
THE END.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
LOVE and MARRIED LIFE
bY, the noted author
Idah McG Clone Gibson
just a fanciful philosophy
Great Baskets of Notes.

just fanciful philosophy"
Great Baskets of Notes.
what have we here?" he asked,
dropping the subject as the nurse plac-
ed a great basket of notes and letters
on my bed.
Il thought, Mr., Gordon that it would
make the day seem shorter for Mrs
Gordon if she could read some of the
kind wishes of her friends"
John picked up a huge handful of
letters, ran through them quickly and
grunted or chuokled as he recognized
the superscription on some of them. |
was still eating my breakfast SO paid
little attention to him for a moment or
| two. Then ! became aware that he had
begun to lay the letters in neat little
piles on the coverlet,
What are YOU doing" l asked cur
iously
| We'll, I'm putting the ones am not
going to let YOU read over there" point
ing to number of misunderstanding
documents
well, like that" l answered.
They are my letters, aren't they p
And | shot out my hand for the pros
cribed missives
He quickly pushed them out of my
reach, ITS nonsense of YOU to read
them all he said There's one of
them; they're probably all alike. |
know now why Shepard lost that ac-
count to me last week There are COM
pensations,' he said as he grinned
in having a business competitor in
terested in your wife"
Written by Karl Shepard.
For moment did not get the real
Import of Johns words was too in
dignant over the fact that he was still
holding the half-dozen letters that had
evidently been written me by Karl
shepard. Then all at once got a new
angle on my husbands character.
DO you mean 10 tell me" l asked
hreathlessly, that YOU would condone
an undue interest in your wife by your
best friend, provided you made money
by the operation"
Wen, as long as my best friend con-
fines his undue interest to letter writ
Ing and the wife OF my bosom is i'm.
ured In a hospital SO i'll that she can
see neither him nor anyone else, ]
think I am safe In accepting the bust
ness that his detection sends my way
John replied, still grinning.
OF course, he treated the matter as
a Joke, but the idea was too serious fol
me TO Joke about. However, | said nc
NOR, but opened the letter In my hand
Tomorrow--Astonishing News.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
Boy Injured By Dynamite
Cap May Lose Right Hand

Danger was seen Friday that Guy
Asher 49, who Monday almost tore his
right hand away when he was playing
With a dynamite cap. would lose all
but his thumb OF the hand. He is at
the willamette Sanatarlum and is un.
der the care ef Dr Fred II. Thompson
Little Asher. who resides in the
southern outskirts OF the city. was
handed the dynamite cap by two other
hoys when he was az the Middle Grove
school Acting upon an Invitation OF
the other boys he sought to remove the
powder from the cap by pounding II
AGAINST wen with rock. 1t eSplod-
ed almost severlng his hand from his
wrist.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
crrFy REAR GROWS SLEEPY

Far up Blue Mountain and down III
the valley too, the leaves had long ago
fallen off the trees. And for some une
The ground had been white with snow;
for winter had come again. And curry
Bears sister Silkie had had a birthoay
party the very first day it had showed
Cuffy and Silkie shouted with slee eacI
morning now, when they went out 0.
doors, where the earth was covered
with a snow-blanket. And they play
ed and played and had just as good d
time as little boys and girls have when
winter comes. AS they scampereu
about in the door-yard their feet lett
tracks that looked exactly like the 1oot
prints of barefooted girls and boys
They played tag and hide-and-seek'
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
FNight Shift Of German
Mine Caught By Flood

Berlin. Jan. "a dispatch to the
Local Anzeiger from Dortmund says
that the entire night shift of the Apler
beck mine is imprisoned in shaft as
a result of the mine becoming flooded.
wives and relatives of the miners,
most of them in a hysterical condition,
have assembled about the mine en-
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-01-30
Early Arrival OF Officer
StOps Intrusion On Girls

The early arrival Of Traffic officer
Moffitt on the scene probably prevent
ed the breaking into of the sleeping
quarters of girls at the Y. w. c. A., Nc
Gilchrist building, late Thursday night
by two men.
AT 1880, two girls preparing to re-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COURT
HOUSE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Probate Court

IN the estate OF A. F. Sun:mer.
vile. J. R. Jesse, c'cs.., lilies an az.
count OF thc'saie.
In the estate OF d. "A GRAY. DR.
K. L. Buell. files a claim in tho sun,
of $3.50 waived.
In the estate of Willard Potts. l.
N. Crebs files a claim in the sum OF
$1,000 waived.
In the estate OF Nancy c. Turner.
G. c. Turner makes application for
letters OF administration His bond
va fixed at $1,000.
In the estate Of John ]. Pulls. the
resident heirs file a waiver.
In the estate Of John Raymond Nc
Elhiney, the guardian files bond and
applications made.
In the estate of Nell R, Davis. let.
tiers were issued to Newton C. Davis.
according to the win.
In the estate of Joseph Eubanks.
R. c. Paul and Sons file a demand
in the sum Of 500.
In the estate of John A. Morgan,
J. F. Flynt files a claim in the sum
Of s15.15.
In the estate of Nell R. Davis, the
executor files inventory and appraise-
In the estate Of john A. Morgan, j.
Flynt files claim in the sum of
In the estate of Nell r. Davis, the
Executor files inventory and a~ppraise-
In the estate of E. B. Norris, the
appraiser, j. c. Mundy files a report
howing a tax due of S773.s5.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
NcCLINTIC ITEMS.

Jacob Barnes passed away last Sat
urday, October 23rd. He lived in
Laddonia and was buried Tuesday,
October 26th. We are sorry TO lose
Mr.. Barnes from our midst. Mr.. and
Mrs. F. l. Hagan attended the fun
eral, from here. - Otto Ehrlich made
eighteen gallons Of molasses for Bud
Dubray Tuesday. Mr.. and Mrs
John Hagan and family were guests
# MIR. and Mrs. Joe Gies Sunday af-
ternoon. - Mr.. and Mrs. F. /. Hagan
sat up with Mrs. Bride, of Rush Hill,
last Sunday night. Mrs. Brides
health does not improve. Frank
Paris and Walter Hagan were in Mex.
ico last Monday on business. Claud
bought some cattle on the
market in st. Louis recently. He in
feeding them. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Flynn and son were the guests
If Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Flynn, Sum
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Honif
we're the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Paige Sunday. - Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Armstrong and Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. P. Mollet Sunday night.
hr. and Mrs. Louis Sonwalt we're the
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mollet
afternoon. - The meeting at
4ittleby Baptist church closed Sunday
hight. Louis Sonwalt, Otto Son.
and Miss Elsie Sonwalt went to
Saturday on business. =
;harles Ferris was the guest Of Selby
wifi Saturday and Sunday. - Will
Ehrlich was the guest Of Otto
Sunday. - Mark Hitz was
he guest Of Otto Ehrlich Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
TO TEXAS CONFERENCE

The following was in the Christian
Advocate about the Rev. S. w.
Hayne, who was pastor OF the Mex.
leo Methodist Church from 1913 to
1917: "The Rev. s. w. Haync has
been transferred % the Northwest
Texas Conference and is stationed al
Vernon, Texas. He will serve a
large congregation in a splendid
town. Missouri regrets to have him
go. He has been a successful pas,
tor in our best stations and has
shown strong evangelical gifts. Our
brethren will Immediately
mark his worth and make him feel
at home. He and Mrs. Hayne are
both industrious and devoted work.
ers who everywhere are highly es-
teemed and greatly loved"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
Present C.M.CIav
With Handsome
Lamp ondayEv

There was a feature on the open
ing program at the new Liberty
Theatre, Monday evening, which had
not been advertised. 1t was the pre-
s%entation to C. NJ. Clay, who has had
charge of the building of the theatre,
which cost over 500, 900, of a hand
some lamp from the citizens Of Mex
leo in appreciation of his giving this
city such a magnificent building-the
finest theatre of its kind IN a city this
size in the world.
Wallace Fry, just before the even
ing program started, made a short
and timely speech Of presentation
which was enthusiastically applaud
ed by the imemnse audience which
packed the theatre.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
MERCHANT GIVES
FACTS Of TROUBLE
st. Joseph Man is Able to Attend to
Business Again-Feels
Fine Now.

Ny health was so bad when | be.
gan taking Tanlac that l had given
- my business; l have gained TWEEN
ty-five pounds and am feeling so fine
have taken up my old business
again." said George A. Fisher, 1901
Highland Avenue, St. Joseph, Mo-, a
wholesale and retail poultry dealer at
POP Edmond street.
For the past three years stomach
trouble and rheumatism have been
pulling me down until finally / had
10 give up all work and was Just bare
ly able to hobble around. Ny diges-
ton was terribly u Of order and it
looked like every bite | ate would
sour on my stomach. / would bloat
all up with soul gas and feel SO tight
across my chest | could hardly
breathe. | had rheumatism all over
my body and the pains were so severe
especially in my legs, it was all l
could do to get about at all. Ner-
spells often came on me and
sometimes | had awful headaches and
dizzy spells. l lost considerable
weight and planned to go to a diff
ferent climate before it was too late.
1t was just at this time that / got
hold of Tanlac and now my recovery
has been so complete and I have been
built up so fine in every way that
feel just ike l am starting life all
over again. | am eating whatever is
set before me and I never have a sign
# indigestion. All traces Of rheuma-
ism have left me and l never have
n ache or pain. My nerves are
'trong and steady and l am no longer
bothered with headaches or dizzy
TANLAC is sold in Mexico, Mo-, BY
Harlow G. Cox, in Benton City by
word e. Bogie, in Vandalia by ].
in M~artinsourg by C. T. Pey-
on, and in Laddonia by McCubbin
|, Garner Drug Co.
ADV wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
EXECUTORS NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that letters
%cefamen'arv upon the estate of
MISS NELL R. DAVIS. Deceased.
lave been granted to the undersigr. d,
e%Tecutor, by the Probate Court
OF Audrain County. Missouri. bea"ir2
date the 30th day of October, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance within six
months from the date of said let
OF they may Ec proc!ad,l frrm ~;
benefit of such estate; and Il said
be not exhibited within nc
year from the date Of granting said
letters, they viii he forever barred.
NEWTON C. DAVIS,
Executor.
Atested by me this Both day Of
October, 1920.
ISEAL) BESS WOODS,
STAT Clerk Of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
MEXICO COUPLE MARRY

Miss Geneva Gentry, a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Gentry, and Stan
ley Christian, both Of Mexico, were
married at Warrenton Monday, Nov.
emher /. They will make their home
in Mexico.
Mrs. Christian was formerly an I'M
ploye of the International Shoe Com
pany, and Mr.. Christian is an EN-
ploye of the A. P. Green Fire Brick
Company, Both are well known in
Mexico.
The Ledger extends congratulations
to Mr.. and Mrs. Christian.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Prospects for a satisfactory wheat
price for the next two or three years
are good. This means that f~ertiliz-
ers applied 10 the wheat crops should
pay good profits. The results from
the Missouri soil experiment fields
representing many Of the important
soil types Of Missouri show an aver
age increase Of around five bushels
OF wheat from the application Of
phosphate fertilizers such as bone
meal or acid phosphate, reports NJ.
y, Miller of the University OF Mis-
sour, College OF Agriculture. An
application Of 200 pounds OF acid
phosphate at fall prices of fertilizers
will cost about $500 an acre and if
the 1921 wheat price is equal to the
present price of around $3.50 a bushel
the value OF the return over fertilizer
cost you'd be close to 5000 an acre.
Similar return can be expected from
steamed bonemcal, although this ma
terial is becoming scarce and high
IN price St that the net return may
probably be estimated at slightly less
than that OF acid phosphate under
present conditions. On poor lands
the highly phosphate mixed ~fertili-
gers containing around two per cent
ammonia, ten or twelve per cent
available phosphoric acid and two per
cent potash, may be expected to
bring similar returns. Such figures
are encouraging to the men who are
in the habit of, using fertilizer for
the wheat crop. The high cost of
wheat production due to increased
land values and to the high cost Of
labor, makes it more important that
increased yields be secured. The use
Of fertilizers is a very important
means of increasing production.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
Welcome to Audrain.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Stuart, form
erly of Dalton, Mo-, have moved to
the Harper farm east Of this city. Mr..
Stuart was a merchant at Dalton.
The Ledger joins the people OF Mex
leo and Audrain County generally in
extending a welcome to Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuart.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

MIR. and Mrs. Grover Simms are
home from a delightful trip West
While in Ogden, Utah, they visited
f. P. Ellison and family and Mr.. and
Mrs. r. W. Taylor and while in
Omaha were the guests Of Wheeler
Cant and wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

during the world war the govern
ment OF the United States made
thoroughly detailed investigation
among farmers and ssockmen to cs-
tablish the proper economic relation
between the hog price" and the
Corn price" This federal inquiry
had Tor its goal more particularly the
deciding the basis Of what the rela-
ton Should be" to insure the cost
Of production and a reasonable prof
IT TO the hog raiser. Alter many con-
%icrences, hearing the experts and the
big pork producers, the decision was
reached. Somebody, remembering
wildly how the political phrase of
Sixteen to One" fitted onto the
tongue, suggested that, since it was
found that thirteen bushels OF corr
would produce one hundred pounds
OF live pork on foot (undcr average
conditions anywhcre) the economic
relation between a bushel of corn and
a hundred pounds of live hog should
be established at Thirteen to One
10 insure a reasonable profit, the
records OF the years on corn and
hog prices having been taken into
careful consideration in reaching this
national verdict. Without debating
the question Of whether or not g..
hundred pounds Of pork on loo.
should net the farmer thirteen timc,
his market cost Of one bushel Of corr
it is true that hogs on The averag :
have not sold that high during the
past ten years. An official stat e
ment OF E. A. Logan and Jew, (.
Mays, joint representatives of the
United States Bureau OF Crop Fsti-
mates and Missouri State Board OF
shows that the average
price of one hundred pounds Of live =,
hogs divided BY the average price Of ,
bushel Of corn has, during the ,
past ten years, averaged in Missouri
only ten and threc-tenth O0.3), and
u the United States only ten and
'wenty-one hundredths (l0.2D--in I
iound numbers "Ten to One" !
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
Legion Men Attention.

All American Legion men are ex-
pected to attend a call meeting of
Post Thursday eve, Nov. 4 Mt 8
o'clock. Business Of Importance, after
which Liberty Theatre party will be
enjoyed by all present, d2 wwlt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Lieut.. and Mrs. Kenneth Sanford,
are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. R.
sanford. They are on their way from
Texas "a Baltimore. Nd.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Still plenty of good apples and
sweet cider at reasonable prices at
the KENT ORCHARD 3 miles south
Of Mexico. Bell Phone No 567. dlwl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Mrs. Oliver Garrison returned !.
her home in St. Louis Saturday 49,.
a visit with her parents, n, ~
Mrs. G. W. Robertson. Mn. -
son, who has been quite m, i. -
better.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Miss Mary Lawton of Colorado
Springs, Colo, who was the weekend
guest of Miss China NJ. Glandon, left
Monday night for Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04
Sale on Fencing.

Special Cash Discount on heavy
American Anthony Field Fence dur
ing November.
MEXICO HARDWARE & FUR
NITURE co. d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Miss Leila Tinslcy left SATURDAY !.
spend the weekend with Miss Pn,.
ccs Palmer at Centralia.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Big reduction on all trimmed hats
Friday and Saturday. WILLIAMSON
AND KARLE, SUCCESSORS TO Mrs. j.
E. Blum. d1w1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

Mr.. and Mrs. Norton Nelson =.
J. D. Mckee drove TO vandalia 8.
day to visit relatives.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

FARMERS :
EXCHANGE :
Observation-Disclosures

RATES--10 cents a line an inser-
Ion. A line consists of 5 words.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

tsg LOST:-A blue velvet hand.
bag, on the north state highway
about II miles from town. Return to
MRS. F. R. SANFORD and receive
ieward. d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-04

There will be a PIE supper at
Bryan school house Friday night,
NoY. 9Th. wit