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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29
Will Establish
AKindergarten
Here Next Fall

Several Mexico women, who are
advocating the establishment of a
kindergarten here next winter, are
meeting with fair success in their
efforts to secure students for the
proposed class. An enrolment Of
twenty children will insure the kim
dergarten.
The kindergarten will meet every
morning in the week except Saturday
and Sunday from $3.50 to 1850
o'clock in the Community Room.
For the first ten days the course will
be in charge of kindergarten expert
from Mrs. Wilson's training school
in st. Louis. Mrs. George Wharton
Of Mexico will teach the class for
the rest of the winter
Mrs. Wharton is an experienced
kindergartener, having taught such
a course in Hartford, Conn. She will
prepare the children for their work in
the grade schools, using the most
scientific methods.
A feature Of the proposed kinder
garten would be means of trans
portation to and from the classes.
The children will be collected each
morning, taken to school, and
brought home without inconvenien-
cling the parents.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29
BROTHER WRITES
HE'S DESTITUTE
IN AUSTRIA

Issy Taylor, of this city, has just
received letter from his brother,
Jacob Pfeffer, who lives in Austria
stating that he is in destitute circum-
stances and in need Of assistance. This
is the first Mr.. Taylor has heard from
his brother in six years.
From the letter his brother is prac-
tically without clothing and has seen
no bread for some time. He lives in
Galicia on the border near Russia and
during the war the village changed
hands number of times. Mr.. Taylor
has feared for long time that his
brother was dead.
He is making every effort to get
funds to his brother. The Austrian
Crown which is normally worth 20
cents in U. S. money is now worth rs
cents hundred. The cable author
tiles refuse to guarantee deliverey
of money cabled to the family. Mr..
Taylor hopes to purchase Austrian
money and get it to his brother
through the mails.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

are now establishing country elubs
which are proving most popular with
the tired business man and his fam
lily. We feel confident such a club
in Mexico would prove popular. A
country club and an automobile club
would both bring results beneficial to
Mexico and the county
In this connection we would like to
see our farmers and our merchants
associated together in the same or
ganization for the benefit Of the
whole county. Our interests are the
same and in organization there Is
strength That's the way to get per-
nanent good roads.
l am enjoying the cool ocean air
but &certainly miss good old Mexico
and my friends and homefolks. With
out friends this would be a cold,
dreary world, and life not worth liv-
ing. BY the way-the older you get
the more you appreciate true friend
ship. The young or rich may think
they do not need friends, but they will
find later they do knew a man in
Mexico who told me when / was a
young man that when he needed
friends he would buy them" He was
rich then. When he died he did not
have even enough money to hire pail
bearers, and they had to be hired,
Even a friendly dog would be better
than no friends at all. The people =
community should all be friends of
each other. That's the way to create
little bit of heaven on this earth.
r. NJ. WHITE.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29
LADDONIA ITEMS.

c. E. Worsham has returned from
Kansas City, Mo-, where he has been
in the DR.. o. A. Johnston's Sanitar-
Jun for treatment He is much i'm
proved in health. - Mrs. Isabel
Chambers has returned to Kansas
City, Kans., after a pleasant visit
with her step-daughter, Mrs. C. E.
Worsham While there, in company
with c. f. Worsham and family they
motored to Slick, Lincoln County, to
visit relatives and had a most en-
joyable trip. They went in Mr.. C.
z. Worsham's automobile. - George
Orendorf, Of Kansas City, Kans, has
purchased "A fine farm from William
Spencer Of Rush Hill, to which he
will move in the near future. We all
welcome Mr.. Orendorf to our COM
munity las he is fine gentleman
and a first class farmer. He is a
brother-in-law of C. E. Warsham.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29
BEEF SHORTAGE THREATENS.

WORD comes from Manhattan,
Kas., that a beef shortage threatens
this country. DR.. c. W. McCampbell,
of the Kansas State Agricultural COL
legs, says the packer is paying the
cattlemen what he pleases for stock
and charging the consumer enough"
The same condition regarding beef
is apparently true here. Farmers in
this section who have been raising
cattle have been selling them on the
market for a loss and yet the price
Of meat in no way accords with the
purchase price of the stock.
The situation throughout the coun-
try sure to follow such conditions is
bound to be critical Production is
being curtailed and consequently the
demand will force the prices upward.
The matter is one that should have
immediate attention on the part of
those in authority.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29
Col. White Is
Finding Speed
Laws Enforced

R. M. White writes the following
interesting letter from New York CIV
ing few side lights into conditions
there:
Southampton, L. l., N. Y.
July 20, 1920.
The Democrats in New York feel
confident that they can carry the state
and elect the national ticket while
the Republicans are betting two to
one they can't. Nevertheless and not
withstanding the Democrats appear to
be gaining all the time.
The automobile laws are strictly en-
forced all through the East. In
Brooklyn Magistrate Fish committed
thirty-three motorists to Raymond
Street Jail for one, two and three
days, addition to imposing heavy
fine. Magistrate Fish announcing
that he had found fines alone had lit
tie effect on speeding chauffeurs and
he would try the plan of an added trip
10 jail in the effort to make driving
along the streets of Brooklyn safer
for the pedestrians as we'll as the
driver.
In New York in one day fair wealth
er speedcrs crowded the Traffic Court,
and $4,000 in fines were taken in. In
the last three days 900 case were
handled and the fines t0talled $4,000.
The days calendar yesterday was 355
cases; Of which l20 were alleged first
offenders
The sentiment Of the summer re-
sorts is changing in favor Of the drys
and most people claim that "the liquor
traffic is as dead as slavery" You
know the summer resorts used to he
the wettost spots on earth-as wet
as the ocean on which they fronted.
II was said that Prohibition would
ruin the hotel trade, make deserts Of
our popular resorts and kill every JOY
in lifc. Strange, is it not, that after
one year of dryness the report comes
from Atlantic City that $2,75O,000
was deposited in ten local bankks and
trust companies after the most pros
porous Fourth Of July that has ever
been known in that resort?
The comments Of bankers were to
the effect that the people spent liber-
ally and that they were amazed at the
amount If gold which was deposited,
indicatirr The unusual prosperity Of
The patrons.
The hotels not only did the largest
business in their history, but the thea
tres and movies were jammed,the res
taurants could scarcely supply their
patrons and the Boardwalk stores had
more patrons than they have ever
enjoyed.
Towns the size Of Mexico in the
East have Chambers Of Commerce and
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29
CALLlWGy sHFRIFF GETS TWO
BL00DHOuNUs 10 hUNT PRISONERS

Two bloodhounds from Springfield,
No., have been engaged by Sheriff Jim
Cole Of Galloway County in hunting
two prisoners who escaped from the
Galloway jail earlier in the week. Cole
drove to Mexico at / o'clock Friday
morning to meet the train which
brought the dogs from Springfield.
Three men escaped from the Gala
way County Jail, but one of them was
found. The two at large are iD<prison
on charges of forgery and theft.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

H. S. Coil and family and Mrs.
Barbara Coil, of Perry, were the
guests of Mexico relatives Sunday.
Mrs. Barbara Coil went to st. Louis
Monday to be with her daughter, Mrs.
Patrick Cullen, woh is recovering
from injuries received in a recent
fall.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

WE are blessed in living in a part
of the country that is not dependant
on one crop. Think of what happens in
certain sections of the country where
only one crop is raised and it happens
to be a failure. Here we have corn,
oats and wheat and alfalfa is becom-
ing a crop in certain parts Of this
quarter of Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

Ralph Fl. Ferguson Monday enlisted
in the United States Army and was
sent by Recruiting Agent William
Moss to the Tank Corps School at
Camp Meade, Nd. Hills enlistment is
for a year.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

R. ]. Nealy, was slightly injured
Saturday afternoon, when he fell and
Chevrolet automobile driven by
Happy" Blattner ran over his foot.
The accident occurred at the west end
Of the Wabash station.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

Robert Dermody, who spent his va
cation last week in St. Louis, has re-
turned to his position with the Barth
Clothing Company.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

Orphcus Harding, a former Mex
leo resident, was expected to stop and
visit here Tuesday on his way from
Nebraska to his home in Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

- Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Johnson have
gone West. They will attend the
Roundup in Cheyenne, Wyo., and
also visit in Montana.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

William NJ. Daniels of Bowling
Green was operated on at the Aud
rain County Hospital Saturday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

Mr.. and Mrs. S. J. Buckner, of
Quincy. are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Kelso.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Turner and MAS
ter Warner Wright Turner have re-
turned from a pleasant trip to Ok
lahoma and Texas.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-07-29

R. M. White writes the following
interesting letter from New York CIV
ing few side lights into conditions
there:
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
OLYMPIC TUG!oF-wAR TEAM

The American Olympic Tug-of- War
team has been selected entirely from
army men by Captain c. L. Brosius.
The team was picked from more than
29O soldiers. Captain Brosius is No.
Il in addition to being captain and
official coach of the team. The other
men are the pick of eight teams,
chosen at the recent Olympic try
outs at St. Louis, Mo. The combined
weight of the twelve men is 2,447
pounds, an average weight of 2OS
pounds. The lightest man weighs
1877 pounds and the heaviest, Private
Ducker, tips the beam at 2S9 pounds
This team showed a combined sus-
tained pull on the lynometer of 2,220
pounds for three minutes. Their. ex-
treme pull was 4,643 pounds, an av-
erage of 386k pounds per man.
The members of the team are Ser
geant Field, Musician Wiistot, Wag-
oner Kelsey, Sergeant Penn, Sergeant
Lindsay, Sergeant Kszycewski, Priv
ate Ducker, Private Dohaney,tt Pri-
vate Granrose, Private Wood, Cor
ooral Bond, Lieutenant Denny and
Captain Brosius. Practically all Of
the team are A. E. F. men.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
ADDITIONAL WANT ADS

FOR NT-Furnished room for
one or two gentlemen. Inquire at
-" 423 Fourth street 3t8-24
FOR SALE-36 acre. farm. IL acres
under cultiyation On Jeffersont
highway, eight miles from Bemid-
il, one mile from school and viii
lage. Bargain for quick sale.
Phone 53S. 3d8-24.
FOR SALE-Light work harness,
light driving harness, single buggy
with pole. Ford car, also Oakland
Six; Arrow thrust for boat and "a
good gasoline launch. E. J. Will
let's. 4t8-25
FOR SALE-One seven and one nine
passenger bus body, cheap" VIM.
McCuaig. =. 6t8-2Z
FOR SALE-One SIX room house,
close in; one nine room house, mod
ern. VIM. McCuaig. 6t8-27
FOR RENTTModern furnished room,
307 7th street, phone 1851. ~
2tS-23
FOR SALE-A high grade Circassiati
walnut suite and player piano. Snap
if taken before Monday. Call 129-
w. 1881
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
4EATa
GRAIN MARKET.

pany's money to loan workmen for
building homes.
Wood river began to grow. That
was in 1910. And when the census
was taken that year and when every
single person was counted, the new
towns population amounted to only
"a. But the next year it boasted IS
houses and few stores had begun to
spring up by private enterprise. And
the Smiths-husband and wife were
wrapped up in the town.
Today Wood River is booming
town with all city improvements. It's
streets are lined with modern bome es,
substantially built The railroads
now stop at the city's neat and ample
station and the towns name is print
ed in all the roads timetables. Nearly
everyone in Wood River owns his
own home. There are no negroes in
the town. A few work in the plants
of the town, but reside elsewhere.
And industry has grown. Besides
the original Standard Oil refinery,
there are now two, other companies
refineries, tannery Of the Interna-
tional Shoe Co., and other plants, the
payrolls Of which now total more
than $1,10O,000 monthly. =
Nobody locks his door. Thievery
is almost unknown. It is just big
community where everybody knows
everybody else, and Wood Riverans
don't know where the towns growth
will stop. It's natural advantages on
the Mississippi river, close to cheap
fue1 and water mower and it's lOca-
tion in the St. Louis metropolitan
district, all presage wonderful future
development.
And the Smiths, leaders, in social
and industrial development, feel they
own the place. And they ought to:
they made it.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
ST. PAUL BANK GATHERS
NEWS OF MINNESOTA

CONTINUED from Page One.)
brisk. The states ten thousand
lakes proved prime attraction. Hotel
keepers seem inclined to "go strong
er" on advertising next year.
Following are reports of the Sixth,
Eighth and Ninth congressional dis
tricts:
Sixth District.
Todd County-Fair crops. Build
ing activities have improved. Real
estate slow but values holding up
we'll. Car shortage.
Benton County - Loans very
heavy; deposits holding up. Farmers
doing considerable building despite
cement shortage. Cars hard to get.
Wool being held; some, cattle being
sold. County agent making a cow
census. Foley putting in water and
sewer system.
Cass> County-Considerable build
ing. Labor scarce. Corn and late
potatoes damaged by drought. Other
crops good. Bonds being sold for road
improvements and 100000 in con-
tracts have been let.
; Stearns County-Rye, oats and
barley are good. Weather dry.\ City
real estate bringing good prices but
business not very active. Strong de-
mand for building loans. st. Cloud
will have another bank next month,
the American National, capital $780,.
600.
Morrison Dry weather
hurt crops. Loans to the limit.
Plenty Qf~ labor but car shortage.
County board decided to improve fair
grounds.
Crow Wing County-Considerable
road work. CAss county building
highway which will connect with
main road to Brainerd. Crops fair
to good. Chambers Manufacturing
company of Minneapolis, farm ma
chinery, to locate at Barrows.
Beltrami County-Work has start
ed on Bemidji's 100000 armory.
Forest fires near Wilkoms. Gasoline
sales in Bemidji nearly 100, per cent
greater than last summer. Heavy
tourist travel. Hay crop excellent,
other crops much above average.
Potato crop promises large.
Aitkin County-Good crops and
good weather. Small , decline in
loans. No building. Roads in some
sections are worn but they stood up
well under the drought.
Eighth District.
St. Louis County-(Other counties
not heard from.) Heavy rains early
in August helped crops. Car short
age serious and freight and coal hard
to handle. Labor conditions very sat-
isfactory. No strikes. Wholesale
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21

conditions good; collections better
than usual. Iron ore movement below
normal and market very quiet. Ad-
equate coal supply for northwest not
yet received at Duluth. Good roads,
Bumper potato crop. Hibbing school,
situation serious; inadequate facil
tiles. q
Ninth District.
Marshall County-Crops fair over
80 per cent harvested. Some build-/
ing at Warren. Roads excellenE
Stock and grain improvement woE.
Roseau County-(Banking ,cohdi-
tions almost normal; loans not extra
heavy.) ~ Considerable building.
Farmers complaining of low prices
for wool and cattle. Roads in fair
shape but need better care. =.
Pennington County-Much wheat
escaped rust; crop fine. Sugar beets
splendid. Farm sales increasing with
Iowa inquiries. Aggressive. livestock
development work. Fall plowing has
started. Flood control survey being
made.
Polk County-Wheat spotty. De-
pOSltS decreased. Barns and SllOS be-
ing built. Not a vacant house in
Crookston. Rain saved the potato
crop. J. E. Harris, of Melstone,
Mont, bought 1000 acre tract near
Crookston for $4,000. Will raise
blooded stock.
Red Lake County--Rust affected
wheat. Other crops good. Ideal har-
vest weather. Moderate movement
/ in farm lands. Over supply of farm
labor. Some went to North Dakota.
Wool a drug on the market.
Clay County-Previous wheat esti-
mate of twenty bushels an acre cut
in half. Rust. Other crops doing
well. Money very tight. :
Ottertail County-Work staf
$120,000 good roads contractN
tween Perham and Ottertail. FirA
wheat threshed eight bushels to the
acre.
Norman County--About a so per
cent wheat crop. Other grains vary
greatly throughout county with many
fine yields. Drought reduced others.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

H. v. Miller of Remer was Be-
midji business visitor on Friday.
Miss Agnes Larson / of Thorhult
was a caller in this city yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Sackett of Deer
River was a caller in this city yest-
erday.
G. p. Ballou of International Falls
was a business caller in the'city yes
terday. .>nr
Charles Bloomquist of Big Lake
was business caller in this city
on Friday.
Monteville j. Brown of St. Paul, as
sistant attorney general, is a busi-
ness visitor in the city today.
Misses Bergit and Emma Klepp
of Dorset were among the out of town
visitors in this city yesterday:
Hr and Mrs. C. J. Murphy, Reeves
avenue, have gone to Bemidji, where
they will spend Sunday.-Grand
Forks Herald
Miss Alice Dadie, who has spent
the summer vacation in Bemidji, left
today for Spur where she will lake
up the position Of primary teacher
during the coming school year.
Miss Bertha Norem of Alexandria,
arrived in the city last evening to
spend the day here today on busi-
ness. She is en- route to Spur where
she will begin her new duties as
principal of the. Spur consolidated
school for the coming year.
Rev. Blaine Lambert returned this
morning from Hines, where the Lam
bert family have been on a week s
outing. Mrs. Lambert and children
and their guests, Misses Agnes Nc
Ghee and Bertha Webster, will re-
turn this evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. X. Foucault and
three children, and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Foucault returned last evening from
Duluth after spending the week there
as the guests of relatives and friends
They made the trip by automobile
leaving Duluth yesterday morning at
7 O'Clock and arriving in this city at
$3.50 after making several short stops
en- route. They report an excellent
trip and fairly good roads.
Registered at Birchmont Beach
hotel today are the following: Mrs.
Thomas Edsall of Hot Springs, Ark;
\. Earl Anderson Of San Francisco;
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
"OH DADDY MAKES HIT;
IN CHICAGO AND NEW YORK

The latest Richard C. Maddox mu-
sical comedy, "Oh Daddy" which
comes to the Grand theatre one night,
Tuesday, August "a, was a decided
hit with New York and Chicago au-
diences last spring. 1t is said to have
surpassed all other "Oh" musical
comedies. The story deals with the
many topics that are occupying much
of our attention these days and is
never allowed to lag for want CT
"pep."
The musical numbers are by T. H.
Willhite. They are of the tuneful
kind, for after hearing them they re-
fuse to dislodge from the mind. 1.-The
chorus has the grace of wild young
things of the forest" The produc-
tion is an elaborate one and the en-
tire cast from star to chorus girl has
been carefully selected. In all "Oh
Daddy" is a great hit and possesses
youth, wit and charm.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
MARKETS-LOCAL AND FOREIGN
HOES

Cow hides, No. i lb. ...r. q. 12c-l3c
Bull hides, No. /, lb. .. y. Z. .1Oc-11o
Kipp hides, No. 1. lb. lac
Calf Skins, No. I !b ...... zoe
Horse hides, large, each ...i... .$B-$7
Wool, bright ...:- zoe
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21
SOUTH ST. PAUL LIVE STOCK.

Cattle-Receipts, 1000; market,
steady; top, $4.75; bulk Of sales,
$4.50@4.75. :
Hog-Receipts, 300; market even
top, SIS; bulk Of sales, $4,000
14.25.
Sheep-Receipts, $500; market,
Lambs 75c lower, sheep SOC lower;
top, $10.75; bulk of sales, $10.75.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21

Miss M. D. Klabunde of Cass Lake;
Mrs. Spratt and son, M. E. McAuliffe,
Paul A. Erick, and St. Clair Sny-
der of Minneapolis; L. G. Topping Of
Fargo; c. Bibson Of Fargo; S. Brew
ster, Jr., and wife of St. Paul.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21

Registered at Birchmont Beach
hotel today are the following: Mrs
Thomas Edsall of Hot Springs, Ark;
\. Earl Anderson Of San Francisco;
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21

Mrs. G. A. Mcdonald and two chill
dren, Irene and Helen, arrived Fri
day morning for a visit Of two weeks
at the home her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank .McManus, 1918 Dewey
avenue. Mr.. Mcdonald will motor
here later and bring back the family
with him. -,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21

Mrs. P. w. Mabey spent the first
of the week with friends in Bemidji.
She returned to this city Friday
Thief River Falls Times
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-08-21

Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Whitney, Miss
Ruth Whitney and Frederick Baer
who went to Bemidji Monday to vis-
1t Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mitchell, have
returned to their home in this city.
st. Cloud Daily Times. l.