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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-04-07

ia Hlldiila III Pl'JN'NH' -
lbyl president %pozdrsvem imeneT
Podkarpatskych Rush, dale depu
tace /. sibifskeho pluku Mistrs
Jana Husi a deputace "a. pesiho
Ipluku. Phi odchazeni 2 audiencn.
sine byl president opet S nadsc.
min zdraven. Pc te V sale zape
10 Pevecke Sdruzenf Moravskych
IUcitelu a PGv. Sbor. |. sibifske
Tho pluku. Pc polednach odevzda
la deputace Mancsa p~residentu
tdarem Stursovu b%ron1otou soskIl
~raneneho vojina. President Wy
lsleehl pax V pfedsini II scholastic
is' %boncertu. poradaneho hud-
bou l. sibifskeho pluku ma Hradd
~ nadvofi a k |. iodine, nadsen6
zdraven, odjizddl ma navstevu ku
sye choti We Veleslavinu. Pc /.
lh0d. konal Sc V salonech Obecnf-
ho domu c:ajovy dfchanek rady
hlav. m6sta Prahy, do n6hoz zavi-
tal president 5 dcerou Dir. Alici
Masarykovou. President pffto-
men byl j slavnostnimu pfedsta
ven1 V Narodnim diyadle. kde byl
uvitan ma sehodisti velmi vhodne
vyzdobenem Sokolstvem a Y ma
lem vestibulu intendantem a ce-
lou spravod. Jako sIavnostnf
pfedstaveni byla ,sehrana Dvora-
kova opera ''Selma sedIak'.
K plebiscitu ma Teansku. -
ITeSin, 2. bfezna. Vydana Wy.
hlaska sdeluie: Dohodova komi-
Ise, ably zamezila nepokoje, loupe-
re a boufe. ma T6sinsku stale Sc
Iopakuilcf. ucinila souhlasu &
Ipredpisem 81 -. zbrojniho pa
tenth 2 "a. rfjna 1912 I. e.. {. 223,
toto rozhodnuti: l. Vsechny va
leone zbran6. nebo jine zbranG
Izlskane koupi, iez by vsak molly
.b1ti poyazovany "a zbrane valec-
me (kulomety, puSky, pistole, re
volvery, dyky, savle, bodaky, ia
|koz i stfelivo a valecne n~astroje,
jake granaty a rucnl pumy atd.).
Ijez Sc nalezail Y majetku soukro-
mnikii nebo spolkd, musi bTti do
10. bfezna t. 7. odcvzdany obec-
MIN 1iAdGm, ktefl pfijem iejich
.potvrdi. 2. VSechny osoby, II
niehz By 20 10. bfcznu byly male
.2eny zbrane anebo strelivo, budou
lined zatceny a dopraveny k sou
.du. Zbrane budou zabaveny. bu-
dou-li nalezeny zbrane u spolkti,
budou stihani jejlch ~pfedsedovG.
3. Pfedsedoye obci pfedlozi
svlm prcfektim do Is. bfezna {.
7. seznam odvedenych zbrani q
stfeliya. 4. Sprawl 1fady OBJ
drzl pozdeji instrukce, jak Sc ma
~naloziti sc zabavenymi zbranemi a
stfelivem. 5. Povolenf n0sifi
zbran6, dosud udGIena Sc z~rusuif,
6. Straznikhm, tovarnfm hlfda-I
cum a vsem osobam, ktere pfi wy
sve sluzby mus bgti o.
.zbrojeni, dovoIuje Sc nositi zbra.
ne, jestlize ii dali vidovati syijl
zbrojni pas u okresnjho hejfman-
stvi nebo jestIize pozadaji o Wy
noyeho zbroiniho pasu.
Podepsani De Mauneville, vii.
ton Borsarclli a Ymada.
Cesky dobrovolnik We valce
francouzske r. 1S70-1S71.
Jedinym asi zijicim ceskym &.
Sastnfkem bold "a valky Prusko-
franconzske jest pan Antonfn Ma.
adjnnkt zemskhso vyboru
y ~. Jako maly hoch zazil vpad
do rodne svf dGdiny. Kdyz
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1920-04-07

Jedinym asi zijicim eeskym e.
Sastnlken bold "a valky Prusko-
franconzske jest pan Antonin Ma.
adjnnkt zemskhso vyboru
~ y, Jako maly hoch zazil vpad
IPrusd do rodne sve dGdiny. Kdyz
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
ABOUT SEVENTY PEOPLE.
IN THE PASSING SHOW
American Legion in Mexico to Stage
Vaudeville, Minstrel and
Cabaret
MISS CHLOE DYsART DIRECTORI
Town People Will Be Asked to Take
Part-To Be Givren February
5 and 6.

'The Passing Show" is the name of
the vaudeville, minstrel and cabaret
entertainment which the James Bled-
soc Post of the American Legion will
give in Hardin College Auditorium
February and 6. Plans for the show
were made at meeting Of the post
held Thursday night in the Commun-
ity Room.
The following resolution was passed
by the Legion at the meeting Thurs
day night.
Resolved: That the James Bledsoe
Post fthe American Legion respect
fully petition the County Court Of
Audrain County to revise the honor
roll of Audrain County soldiers and
strike therefrom the names of the
undeserving among whom we cite the
name of one who was never in the
Military or Naval Service of the
United States and two or more others
who were deserters or were given
dishonorable discharges from the Ser
vice.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
LONG TELLS OF
WAR ACTIVITIES

Breckenridge Long, Third Assist
ant Secretary Of State, addressed the
Mexico Chamber of Commerce Thurs
day noon and gave most interesting
and instructive talk on the United
States Department Of State and its
work during the war.
Mr.. Long said there was much of
interest he would like to tell hut which
could not be made public at this time.
His talk dwclt upon the great cXpan-
sion of the department with the
breaking outof war and of what these
departments had to do and n what
orinr various activities Were rovern-
From $50 to 800 cot.I ca,ierrams
mc 80 the department during the
.Nsaty months Of The war and some
IS t,"so vnln vrr ten tho9saods
.. .ors These had to be resaed
% 81 oaso and before this was Gone
ubcy had to he dccolcd. This was but
one of the many interesting phases of
his talk.
MIR. Longs address was orc Of the
most interesting heard by the Cham
Der of Commerce for long time and
was thoroughly appreciated by the
large and attentive gathering.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
MARTIN DONNELLY
DIED TUESDAY NIGHT
Well Known Audrain Farmer, Native
of Ireland, Dies Following Oper-
alton Tuesday Morning
WAS VERY POPULAR HERE
Had Cbme to This Country From
Ireland in 1869 and Resides in
Audrain Since.

Martin Donnelly, 70 years old ,one
of Audrain county's we'll known farm.
ers, died at midnight Tuesday follow
ing an operation earlier in the day fol
gall stones. Mr.. Donnelly had not
been in good health for sometime and
his death will be learned with regret
by wide circle of friends.
He came to America from Ireland
in 1869 and has lived in Audrain
county since that time. Besides his
wife he leaves a son, Martin, Jr., and
two daughters, Misses Kate and Mary.
He also leaves the following brothers
and sisters: Hugh and Mike Dom
nelly, of this city, Mrs. Kate McDon-
aid, of Kansas City and Mrs Bridget
Winterhalter, of Browns Station,
Boone county. Mr.. Donnelly was a
charter member of the local Knights
of Columbus.
Martin Donnelly was devout mem
Der of the Catholic church. He was
man who always had a smile and
pleasant word for everyone and made
fgienGs wherever he went. He was
good friend Of the editor of the Led
ger and with Phillip Shire maintained
an imaginary frog farm competition
that gave him statewide fame and was
a great source of fun for himself and
his friends. He will be greatly missed
by all who know him and held him in
high esteem.
The Ledger joins in extending deep
est sympathy to the bereaved.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
TO MARK STATE HIGHWAY?
Proposition Will Be Made to County
Court Next Week.

The proposition of marking the
state highway through Audrain Coun-
ty under the supervision of the High
way Marking Association will be pre-
sented to the County Court at it's
next regular session, Monday, Feb
uary 2. A representative of the
Association is in Mexico at present
working in the interest of the prop
osition.
The project will be self-paying; as
the markers along the highway will
bear advertisements. The Association
keeps the min repairs, and keep the
grass cut around them. Illustrations in
color, of the kind of signs which will
be used, are to be presented to he
court when the proposition is made.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
LADDONIA Fl. S. GIRL WEDS.
Miss Marie Kendall and Albert Shot
well, Married in Bowling Green.

Albert Shotwell and Miss Marie
Kendall, both of Laddonia, were mar
ried in Bowling Green Monday after
noon The ceremony was read by the
Rev. Elmore, pastor of the Christian
Church, and the bride ard bride
groom were attended by Raymond
Shotwell and Miss Viola Paige.
Mrs. Shcrwell is a student in the
Laddonia High School, and she says
she will finish the years work. She
and her husband, who was recently
discharged from the service, will make
their home with Mr. and Mrs. A. f.
Foyt, with when the bride has lived
since rer childhood. The Ledger Joins
the many others in wishing th;:
young couple mu.n happiness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29

ON: Barnt Eann

you pay theprce did Audan county farm the
you about your place maintaining its fert
ty resident of this county who came here from
Iowa.
my Iowa farm for several hundred dollars an acre and
believe one of the the price instead lower
the year after given the closest attention
to maintaining the richness of its soil.
can't afford toarm land that good price
you attention conserving the important quail
tiles the soil When first here went the land care
fully having the soil tested to just what
By conserving the soil the out of and at the
same maintain its fertility
pretentiop knowledge of farming but this
conversation much it to you for
county bringing prices which
make raise better grades of stock and give more
toteh conserving of the SOIL That know There
right Audran and is
duty KEEP it just little better than elsewhere.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
WRITER COMPARES THE
PRICES OF TODAY
Advertising Man Cites Figures to
Show That Advance in Price Of
Products Meets Costs
SOME INTERESTING DATA
Fifty Bushels Of Corn Today WIZ
Purchase Suit and Shoes Where
in 1914 Only Suit.

The following interesting compar-
ison of prices for products compared
with those of shoes and clothes today
and in 1914 has been prepared by .
well known advertising man and will
interest Ledger readers.
"Most people seem to think that
clothes prices are high. Measured in
the number of dollars it takes to pur-
chase suit they are. But measured
in the prices of things which the pro-
ducer has to sell, or in the wages paid
for servisce performed they are no
higher than they were before the war.
In many instances, as a matter of fact,
they are not so high.
Compare clothes prices, for in
stance, with that of corn, the great
American money crop. In 1914 the
Iowa farmer had to haul fifty bushels
of corn to market in order to get the
money to pay for a $25 suit of
clothes. Now he can get $50 suit
and a $40 pair Of shoes for his fifty
bushels Of corn.
at may be that he doesn't haul
corn to market but feeds it to his
hogs. On December 30th, 1914. he
had to sell four hundred pounds Of
hogs at the top price of the Chicago
market to get the money to pay for
$25 suit and a SO hat. On Deem
ber 30th, 1919, of he sold four hun
dred pounds of hogs at the top price
O fthe Chicago market he came within
So of receiving the money to buv
$50 suit andthcre have been long per-
iods in the last two years when he
would have got from $50 to $g2 for his
four hundred pounds of hogs.
"If, on December 30th, 1914, he
marketed a thousand pound ,orn-fed
steer at the top price of the Chicago
market he got $91.50 for it. If he
marketed it on December 30th, 1919,
for the top price, he got $195 for it
money enough to buy a pretty nice
outfit of clothes even at present prices.
"Wheat is raised in very wide sec
tions of the country. Official govern
ment reports tell us that the average
farm value of wheat on November
1st, 1914, was TIC a busnel. The
farmer who sold fifty bushels of it got
$3.50, or just about enough to buy
a S25 suit, SIS pair of shoes, a SO hat,
two or three good shirts. and then
somc handkerchicfs. The farm value
or wheat on November 1st, 1919, was
S2l3 a bushcl and the farmer who
sold fifty bushels at his honIc station
received $1O650, or enough to buy
him fine $50 suit and a Zig thick
overcoat. If farmer happens to live
in the Northwest and to have held
his wheat until now he can get some
where near SO bushel for grain Of
good quality"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
LEE RICHARDS WEDS
MISS LUCILLE DUFF
Both Students in Missouri University
Have Been Engaged Over a
Year-Wedding a Surprise
WILL COMPLETE EDUCATION
Bridegroom Son of Mr.. and Mrs. l. NJ.
Richards, of This City-Bride
Daughter of Prominent
Farmer

Lee NJ. Richards, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. I'M. Richards, of this city, was
married by the Rev. Alfred Smith,
Methodist pastor in st. Louis, on jan
uary 10, to Miss Lucille Duff, daugh-
ter of A. M. Duff, a prominent Gala
way county farmer. Mrs. Richards
was also a student in the University.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard have been
engaged over year. When they con-
cluded they would marry they went to
St. Louis accompanied by Lawrence
Demuth of this city, another student
They told their parents of the wedding
Saturday and will continue in school
until their education is completed.
Mr.. Richards is a junior in the en-
gineering department at Missouri
He is young man of fine habits and
high ideals and was born and raised
here where he has many warm friends
His bride is most accomplished
young woman having attended Bel
mont college in the South as we'll as
the University. She is quite pretty
and popular with all who know her.
The Ledger joins in extending best
wishes and congratulations Their wa:
no parental objection to the wedding
The parents felt the young people
should wait until they were through
school but Mr.. Richards and his bride
felt otherwise.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
G. 0. P OFCO. FAvORS
LEAGUE RESERVATIONS
Audrain Mass Meeting of Party En-.
dorses Policy of Senate Foreign
Relations Committee
DELEGATES ELECTED TUESDAY
Men Chosen to Represent County at
Both District and State Repub-
lican Conventions.

The Republicans Of Audrain County
met in mass convention in the Court
House Tuesday afternoon for the pur-
pose Of electing delegates to tie dis
trict and state conventions. The
committee on resolutions submitted
and it was voted to adopt the fol-
lowing resolution:
eve heartily endorse the admins
tration Of George A. Hackman as
State Auditor and of Professor S. A.
Baker as State Superintendent of
Schools for the State of Missouri.
"We favor the ratification of the
treaty Of Peace with Germany and the
League of Nations with reservations
clearly defining and preserving. The
National policy and rights of our
Government as recommended by the
Committee of Foreign relations of the
United States Senate.
I'VE favor the return of the U. s.
to a Peace Basis in as soon a time as
j. practicable. We are irrcvocably o.
posed to alienation by Treaty or other
wise cf any cf our RIGHTS p a SOW
rrciun nation ard we demand a re-
turn TO the Old time economy and sim
plility il the administration Of gov
clnmenial affairs as defined and linl-
i.cd by our constitution as practiced
by the Republicans in the past admin
istration."
The following delegates were elect
Cd 20 represent Audrain County in the
Republican Convention of the Ninth
Congressional District to be held in
Montgomery City, February 8: l..
McF. Gamble, alternate Harry House
holder; J. H. Hebel, alternate Clyde
Ellis; R. R. Seymour, alternate P. A..
Meyers; H. E. Christup, alternate 7
G. Hawkins; J. A. Keith, alternate DR..
W. W. Bland; L. R. Larkin, alternate
George Kunkel; Theodore Selb, alter
nate D. L. Blanchfeld.
Delegates to the State Convention
which will be held in Kansas City May
were also elected. They are as fol-
lows: D. H. Robertson, alternate M.
7. Vandegrift; DR.. ]. c. Parrish, al
ternate Walter Boyd; DR.. Frank Gees
lin, alternate A. E. Henderson; Ken
meth Kennan, alternate W. W. Braden;
Benjamin Hill, alternate ]. R. Stew
art; Chas. Householder, alternate Joe
Considine; E. R. Taft, alternate R. R,
Buckner.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
FEDERAL TAX MAN HERE.
John T. Mason Here to Assist Income
Tax Payers in Filling Forms.

John T. Mason, deputy federal tax
collector for the First District of Mis-
souri,, has established headquarters IN
Room 1T in the Post Office Building
in Mexico, and is now ready to give
assistance to those who have incomes
large enough to necessitate the pay
ing of an income tax. He does not
have anything to do with filling out
the forms for the payment of state in
come tax. Although the exemption for
the two income taxes are the same
the latter is collected by county off
GERS, and not by the special federal
employees.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
OLDER BOYS AND GIRLS MEET,
Township Sunday School Conference
to Be Held Sunday.

A conference of the Older Boys and
Girls Salt River Township will be held
in the Methodist church in Mexico
Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The Organized Class and Father
and Son Week will be the special top
les of consideration. There will also
be musical program given, and n
light lunch will be served. 1t is hoped
that all the Sunday Schools in the
township will be represented in the
meeting.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
A COLD STORAGE PLANT.
w. L. Davenport & Co., Purchase
Lot as Site.

W. L. Davenport & Co., poultry
dealers, have purchased the lot on
west Love street which is occupied by
Pratt & Fields blacksmith shop and
expect to erect a modern cold stor-
age plant there.
The plant will have a several car ca
pacity. Just when work will start is
not decided upon but Mr.. Davenport
say sit will be modern in every par
ticular.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29

Mrs. George Lee fell, late Saturday
afternoon, and broke bone in her
thigh. The injury is a very painful
one and Mrs. Lee has suffered much
from her accident. The Ledger joins
her many Mexico friends in wishing
her an early recovery and no serious
consequences. The accident occurred
on the front porch of the Lee home
on South jefferson Street.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
MODERN WOODMEN INSTALL.
Mexico Lodge Puts New Officers in
For Coming Year.

The following officers of the Mod
ern Woodmen lodge of Mexico were
installed at the regular meeting of the
organization Tuesday night: Consul,
Clarence Hudson; advisor, John
Wright; past consul, E. A. Shannon;
banker, Frank Atkins; clerk L. E.
Worner; watchman, C. H. Spotts-
wood; sentry, E. NJ. Bemer. E. A.
Gwinner, chief forester of the Han
nibal camp, acted as the installing Of
ficer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
GREEN CO. INSURES
ALL ITS EMPLOYEES

One of the largest Group Insurance
policies that was ever closed in Mex
I leo went into effect at noon Wednes-
day, This policy was taken by the A
?. Green Fire Brick Company and
| insures the lives of all Of their cmL
ployees, numbering approximately
four hundred men and women.
The Group Insurance plan, as put in
by the Fire Brick Company, applies to
every man working at the East Plant
and the Josephine Plant, the young
ladies and the men in the office at
Mexico and to all of the statesmen who
represent the Company throughout
the United States. The policy also
applies to all ages employed.
The entire cost of the Insurance is
paid by the Company. Each employee
is given a certificate for his insurance
the amount to be governed by the
length of time which the employee has
served with the Company.
1t is necessary for anyone to work
three months before his insurance
starts. At the end of that time he
receives a policy for $500, Al The end
Of one year his policy is increased to
$4OO and then it is increased each year
$l000-the maximum being a policy
for $1,000. Those employees of the
Company which have been working
there for seven years will immed-
lately receive a policy for $1,000.
Each employee is allowed 10 nqrne
his beneficiary and upon his death,
either by natural causes or by acci-
dent, his beneficiary will receive the
money from the insurance company.
The Fire Brick Company also put in
at the same time another line Of in
surance-sick and accident. In case
any employee meets with an accident
that disables him or if the employee
gets sick and cannot work then, after
the first week that he is away from
work, he will receive fifty per cent
Of his regular wages for a period Of
twenty-six consecutive weeks. This
sick and accident policy goes to each
employee after he has worked three
months and it applies to everyone in
Mr.. Lindsay, Manager of the Employ
This insurance work is in charge of
Mr. Lindsay, aMnager of the Employ
ment Bureau. Mr.. Lindsay las just
completed a census of all of the men
working at both plants and they will
receive their policies based upon the
time they have been with the Com
pany.
Some interesting things were
brought out in the census recently
taken. 1t was found that at the East
Plant over sixty-fve per cen. of the
employees had been with the Com.
pany for period OF. from three to ter
years. The two plants combined show.
ed that over fifty per cent of the total
employees had been with the company
for that length Of time.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
Mrs. Sommers to Be Buried Here.

Mrs. James Sommers, mother Of
Mrs. o. D. FAINT, of this city, will be
buried in Mexico Thursday immed-
lately after the arrival of the train
from Fulton at noon. No particulars
concerning the funeral have been
learned here, but it is thought that
only services at the grave viii be held.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29

The law requires that a Will moe'
certain requirements in the manner
in which it is drawn, and despite the
fact that many such documents come
to the Probate Court in irregular
form, the will of Major Whitcomb pre-
sented some difficulties which neither
Judge Shannon nor Judge Bolts, his
precedessor, had ever been called
upon, in their official capacity, to
solve. The will not only had suf-
fix, which was unsigned and unwit-
messed. but contained three clauses
which had been scratched out after the
regular drawing up of the document,
according to the testimony of the
two witnesses.
The clause providing that the re-
mainder Of the estate, after the be-
quests were met, be placed in the
hands of the nephew of Major Whit
comb to be divided among himself and
his sisters, was scratched, and an un-
witnessed and unsigned codicile pro-
vided that 500 be paid to each Of the
living relatives land the remainder OF
the estate be given to Herbert Filing
ton, a man who at the time of the old
gentleman's death, was working on
his farm. Another erasure provided
that Mrs. Aca Ellington be given
$1,000 instead of $4,000 as the will
first stated. The third erasure was
over the clause providing that Sl,OOt
be paid to the Old Ladies' Home II
Mexico.
Judge Shannon probated the will a;
it stood when w. H. and F. E. Hol
lingsworth witnessed the signing Of
it; that is, before any of the clauses
were scratched out and before an!
additions to the main body were made
Mrs. Aca Ellington, to whom th'
will, as it was probated, gives $3'oo'
is a widow who lives on Major Whit
combs farm. Her husband died OF in
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-01-29
Onens Piano Store.

W. L. Dorgan, of Columbia, has
opened a piano store in the building
lust west of the Davis Shoe Co. Mr.
Dorgan is holding a thirty day piano
sale and may locate here permanently.