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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
IS join BAPTIST
CHURCH KINGDOM
DAY. DECEMBER z

Kingdom Day at the Baptist Church
was a success from the beginning of
the day with Sunday School to the
evening services. There were GA at
Sunday School and S02 at church in
the morning. The church was filled to
its capacity at the services all day and
though no actual count was made
Sunday night, there was as large a
crowd as there was in the morning.
Mr.. Hughes sermon in the morning
was on the Impress of the King, and
in the evening on the Night Wages
of Sin. The choir gave anthems, and
mixed quartet, consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ross Wagner, Melville Paul and
Miss Zella Keaster, gave special
music.
Fifteen persons joined the church.
They are Mrs. Beulah Salmon, Walton
Frazier, Miss Esther Brown, Miss
Maxine Martin, Mrs. Mamie Martin,
Bert Martin, Glenn Hatfield, Mrs.
Alva Black, S. P. Spottswood, Mrs. s.
P. Spottswood, Captain Van Horn of
M. M. A., Mrs. George Clark, Miss
Mary Lancaster, Mrs. W. H. Robert
son and Mrs. William Bradley.
"A canvass for the church expenses
of next year was made Sunday, and
more than the necessary $4,000 was
secured.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

Audrain County's Hospital is COM
plete. 1t was the first hospital for
which county bonds were voted after
the state of Missouri passed law ex-
tending such privilege to counties.
1t cost $150,0O0 and'is not only fire
proof throughout, but contains the
very finest of material and in every
respect represents the latest ideas and
equipment in hospital building. 1t is
the outgrowth of the Mexico Hospital,
an institution whose inception was
,tarted by A. P. Green, of this city,
and whose success was the result of its
being underwritten against loss, at
the beginning, by a number of cit
izens. Its success and service proved
to the community and county the need
of such an institution here which re-
sulted in the bond issue for the county
institution carrying by vote Of A
to and later additional funds being
?otad by even larger majority.
The new building, which is located
on East Monroe street on beautiful
lie, has an ex erior of handsome tap
5try BRICK ond Carthage stone with
immense pillars at the entrance. To
42l Y appreciate the splendid mater
ial which has gone into the building of
his institution one should read the
enaifca ions. They not only require
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

These are the anesthetic room, the
nurses scrub-up room, the physicians
and surgeons scrub-up room with
shower bath and toilet, supply room,
the major operating room with large
sky-light, a no-shadow electric light
arrangement for night operations and
the last word in other equipment.
Then there is the sterlizing room per-
feet in every detail and the minor op-
Grating room.
The top floor of the building is the
nurses quarters, Here is the nurses
sitting room, 2 single and 4 double
rooms, nicely furnished and with large
closets, bath room and large
porch.
The building has a large dumb
waiter from the kitchen to all floors,
and laundry chute. The floors are of
terraza, except on the first floor where
they are of specially treated concrete.
The closets are cedar lined, the electric
wiring the latest type with storage
batteries, the willis of the very best
and most sanitary plaster, the heating
system is most complete with therno-
static control, the windows weather
stripped and the plumbing the most
modern and sanitary. There is priv
ate automatic telephone system and
in fact in every detail it is a model.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

ed oak. There are two bath rooms,
with marble partitions, as have all the
bath roona, an immense sun parloG,
with wicker furniture, fully equipped
diet kitchen. The doors are wide so
that patients beds can be rolled from
their rooms to the sun parlor at any
time. In the hall is special niche
where the nurses chart desk is. This
has q signal board so that when a
patient wants the nurse it not only
registers OF this board but red light
shines just above the door of the room
from Whence the signal came. There
is large linen and supply room, with
cedar closets. There are smaller clos
cts whose lights go on with the open
ing of the door and are extinguished
when it closes, also a utility room.
The next floor has large hall with
a nurses desk and signal equipment
in it, diet kitchen, large sun parior
and 10 private rooms and wards, a
utility room baby room with cribs and
bath room IN. the west wing on this
floor is the operating suite which is
complete and modern in every detail
and can be closed off from the remain
der of the building There is a labor
atory on this floor,
Incorporating suite has large cir
cular hall with the rooms about it,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
Council Holds
Meeting By
Lantern Light

The city council met Monday night,
with councilman W. S. Eller and J.
W. Gallaher. Because of having no
light and the inability Of the two Lam
terms to furnish sufficient light to
carry on business, the meeting was
adjourned in a short time after 8
o'clock.
D. c. Owen, chairman of the claims
committee, reported claims to the a.
mount of $1617.30. The following Is
the balance left in the different funds:
general fund, $2525,20; light fund,
$3395.95; septic tank fund, $4545.19;
library fund, $1O7350; vehicle fund,
S69.92 and cemetery fund, $624.97.
The ordinance was passed accepting
the gift of Major Whitcomb to the
city. The council is holding up the
October and November street light
bills, on account Of the service given
by the Missouri Utilities Company.
which they claim is not according to
contract.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
Garrett Barnes
Worshipful Mas
ter OF Masons

At the annual election Of officers of
Hebron Lodge Number 354, J. Garrett
Barnes was elected Worshipful Mas
ter. He succeeds Ross Wagner who
served as Worshipful Master the past
year. He has also served at Senior
Warden.
Other officers elected are DR.. J. F.
Jolley, Senior Warden; Tom Riley,
Junior Warden; r. J. Kelso, secretary;
and Will C. Williams, treasurer. Mr..
Kelso was reelected secretary for the
ninth consecutive time.
Following the business session, an
oyster supper was given by the men,
bers at the Hoxsey Hotel. Wednesday
night, the annual Masonic banquet
will be at M. M. A. A musical pro-
gram will be given during the even
ing.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
VANILLA UNDER BAN7

Several grocers in Fulton have re-
ceived notice from the government
agents that the sale Of extracts, van
illas lemon and other havorings used
by housewives In cooking. have been
put under a ban, and are now classed
with Jake, white mule and raisin
whisky. As yet no notice has been
received by Mexico grocers.
A chemical analysis show that the
amount Of alcohol in these teptracts
varies from 40 to 80 per cent, which,
under the volstead act, is forbidden
The manufacturers say, however, that
they are trying to make extracts
which will not contain alcohol in Ia
prohibitive amount.
Merchants in Fulton were told that
they can still sell what extrscts they
have by using discrimination in the
selling of it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
Central School
Gets Rest Room
For Students

In report to the Central Parent
Teacher Association at it's regular
meeting Friday afternoon, the special
committee composed of Mrs. Rolla
McIntire, Mrs. Theodore j. Williams
and Mrs. H. E. c. Tucker, stated that
a restroom had been provided for the
use Of the students of Central School
and that it had been equipped by the
,oard of Education.
About one hundred members of the
organization were present at the
meeting. The president, Mrs. Rufus
Jackson, gave very interesting re-
port of the state conference of the
Parent-Teacher's organization held in
connection with the State Teachers
Association meeting in Kansas City,
and to which she was sent as dele
gate by the Central Parent Teacher
Association. DR.. Williams gave
very instructive talk on Preventative
Medicine" Mrs. c. M. Murray told of
the work done by similar organiza-
tions with which she has been connect
ed.
In addition to the business those
present were very agreeably enter
tanned by the play, 'The Lame Boys
Dream" rendered by the pupils Of
Miss Craddock's room; and piano
solos by Misses Lorraine Ford and Vir-
ginia Gentry.
The next regular meeting will be
held in the evening Of January Id
which the fathers will be urged to at
tend.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
Country Club Elects
New Members And
Starts House Plans

The Board of Governors of the
Mexico Country Club met Tuesday
evening at the First National Bank
and elected the following new mem
bers to the organization: Nate Phil
lip, w. d. Lee, T. ]. Hoxsey, A. L.
Dallmeyer and r. P. Kelso.
The matter Of raising the initiation
fee to $3.50 after the first of next
March was discussed and considered
savorably. The House building Com
fnittee reported that Ben Elliott, the
architect was at work on plans for
the club house to be erected early in
the spring.
The Club House promises to be an
attractive building, ample for every
club purpose and SO built that 1t can
be enlarged at any time in the future.
A sketch Of the building will be on
display shortly. The membership is
rapidly filing up and the 100 limit
will be filed soon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
MCM. TO PLAY 8
BASKETBALL GAMES
on HOME COURT

The schedule of basketball games
on the home court at Mcmillan High
School has been decided upon. There
will be eight games played here. The
outside games have not yet been ar
ranged.
The following are the dates for the
teams to play here:
December 22-Montgomery City.
January 11--Wellsville and the
Troy girls.
January 20-Moberly.
January 28-Chillicothe and the
Jefferson City girls.
February 3-Columbia.
February 10-Fayette.
February 17--Kirksville.
February 24-Hannibal.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
Every Taxable
Person In Mexico
Has To Pay 1888

Every taxble person in Mexico has
to pay eighty cents city and $2.5S
county tax. Compared with other
cities Of like improvements, the taxes
in Mexico are very reasonable.
The following is a list Of the taxes
to be paid:
City taxes-library, 7 cents; light,
20 cents; septic tank, 10 cents, and
general revenue, 43 cents. !,
County taxes-state taxes, 19 cents;
county, As cents; school, $1.60; spe-
ella road and bridge tax, rs cents; and
road tax, 10 cents.
This makes total of $3.38 each
taxble person in Mexico has to pay.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
In
corporated With
6 Shareholders


The dry goods store of c. P. Ma
lone, which was sold several weeks
ago, has been Incorporated and incor-
poratiOn papers filed in the recorders
office Saturday. The stock is divided
into two hundred shares at 500 a
share, which are held by six men.
The following are those owing stock
in the corporation: R. Dallmeyer of
jefferson City; fifty shares; A. r.
Dallmeyer Of Mexico, forty shares; J.
IA. Raible Of st. Louis. forty shares;
Luther Brown of St. Louis, thirty
shares; D. w. Dallmeyer Of Jefferson
City, twenty shares, and w. C. Hoefer
of Jefferson City, twenty shares.
The corporation will continue for a
term Of fifty years. The directors for
the FIRST year are R .Dallmeyer, A. r.
Dallmeyer, C. W. Dallmeyer, Luther
Brown and J. A. Raible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
AUQRA|N HOSPITAL
OPENS FORMALLY
THURS. AFTERNOON

The formal opening Of the Audrain
Hospital will begin at 2:30 o'clock
Thursday. afternoon at the new build
ing which has just been completed.
The building will be thrown open to
the public at that time for inspection.
The program for Thursday is as fol-
lows.
2:3Q Music-M M. A. Quartette.
Invocation-Dr. A. A. Wallace.
Music-Quartette. "
Presentation of the Audrain Hos
pital by the president of the board, ].
w. Dry.
Acceptance-By presiding judge of
the county court, S. c, Groves.
Inspection of hospital.
7:30 to 10 o'clock in the evening
reception.
The program for Friday:
MEDICAL PROGRAM
2:30 to 4 o'clock visit to hospital.
a -o'clocK-Address by DIR. L. G. Nj
fong of Columbia on the subject
"State Hospital and IT'S Affiliations
with the County Hospital"
6 o'clock-Supper at the Hoxsey
Hotel.
1880 o'clock-Address by DR.. H. e.
Pearse of Kansas City.
Address by DR.. C. H. Nelson of st.
Louis.
With the opening Of the new hospi-
tai, Mexico will have one of the finest
and most up-to-date hospitals in the
state. It's furnishings are of the most
modern and its equipment is the best
and latest that can be bought.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
Two Enlist in Navy Monday.

Two EhIiSE IN NNVy MUHudy.
Two boys, both eighteen years old,
enlisted in the navy Monday at the
loval naval recruiting station in Mex
leo. They are Martin Daniels Of Van
dalia, who enlisted for three years and
was sent to the naval orerating base
at Hampton Roads, Va, and Floyd R.
Hollys, who enlisted for three years
and was sent to the same place.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
STRUCK BY CAR

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Harvey going
north, driving a team of horses hitch
ed to spring wagon, were struck by
an ahtonpbile Sunday evening at 7:30
on North jefferson street. The car
was driven by Raymond Lame.
The team being frightened, broke
loose and tore up the wagon. Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey were shaken up and
bruised but received no serious injuries.
The car was wrecked. Mrs. Erdel,
owner of the car, paid all damages.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16
ENTERTAINED CLASS

70 q Z q Z Y
Mrs. Fidela's Sunday School Glass
of the Baptist Church entertained
Captain avn Horns class with party
Monday night at the home Of Miss
Emily Gibbs. The evening was spent
in playing games and music.
The following program was given;
Piano solo--Miss Helen Hart of
Hardin College.
Vocal solo-Miss Gertrude Graham
of Hardin College.
Reading Miss Wilda Gresham of
Hardin College.
Whistling solo Miss Bezner.
The oyster supper recently held at
Midway church cleared skfl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

l. 2. Wilmshorst Of Rush Hill was
q business visitor Tuesday in Mexico.
T. P. Herren ofAuxvasse spent Tues
day in Mexico.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

Mr.. and Mrs. E. d. Arnold were the
quests Of Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Arnold
Thursday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

The many friends of Ed Lawder
will be glad to know he is improving
nicely.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

Mrs. H, D. Llewellyn Of Marshall,
Mo-, who has been visiting relatives
here, left Friday for-her home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

T. ]. Kelso was in Fulton Monday
on business.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

, w. c. Hale Of Martinsburg was a
visitor in Mexico Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-16

The oyster supper recently held at
Midway church cleared $50.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
THE FLU AT HANALEi

"The flu. situation in Hanaleii is
being efficiently handled by Miss
Springer, the Board of Health nurse
that came, down from Honolulu for
that purpose. There are about q cases
at the present time. The patients re-
main in their own homes, and Miss
Springer makes daily visitations to
them, and taking them proper and
nourishing foods and generally caring
for them as we'll as instructing the
families in many useful things. The
people are very fond of her and will
ing to cooperate in every way. She has
been a veritable ministering angel to
them. Mrs. Isenberg had been sup.
plying them with an abundance OF
eggs and Mrs. Sanborn has given milk
and other foods as they were needed.
The little valley has been thrown
together in that friendly and kindly
spirit of cooperate and sympathy
that is the invariable out come of a
"fu" epidemic wherever 1t is.
DR.. Lane of Kilauea is the attend
ing physician and is most faithfully
attending to his patients in the Hama
lei district.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
MEETING Of THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

!, The Board of Supervisors of the
County of Kauai held its regular
monthly business meeting at its office
as usual on Wednesday April Z, 1920
at 10 o'clock a. m.
Present: H. d. Wishard, Chairman;
T. Brandt, w. d. McBryde, J. F. Bet
tencourt, A. Menefoglio.
The minutes of the last meeting
were read and approved.
After a verbal statement by the
County Auditor upon the motion of
Mr. Brandt seconded by Mr.. Menefog-
lilo it was ordered that the pay war
rants about to be issued by the Audi
tor for salaries due to John Lowell,
police officer of Lihue, and s. Mikaila,
Jr. superintendent of Waimea Water
Works, deceased respectfully. be made
payable to the widows of the de-
ceased.
The Board after examining the sew
eral demands submitted approved them
against the following appropriations:
Salary County Rd Supervisor 100000
Pay of Police:
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
Koloa Notes
By Soon N. Aim

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Tomorrow night, the moving pic
ture hall will be opened again. Prob.
ably, the churches will be opened on
the coming Sunday.
The school will be opened on the
nineteenth of this month.
Quite a number of Koloa teachers
went to the Centennial. They are
Mr.. j. Bush, the principal Miss F.
Gonsalves, Miss D. Mckee and Miss
Kawaiae.
The Koloa basketball team is prac.
tising hard to challenge the L. H. s.
team again. Sometime ago, Koloa team
lost in the initial game with Lihue
High school.
Two new beautiful beach houses
have been built at Poipu. Poipu is a
best swimming beach on the Island.
A Japanese fisherman with his sam.
pan had disappeared mysteriously
while he went fishing. His friends are
combing the ocean to find him.
1t is a rumor that the Japanese
temples on, the plantation land have
been ordered to remove out.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
SOCCER MEETING AT koLoA

The Kauai soccer league held a
meeting at Koloa last Thursday even.
ing to discuss the matter of sending
an All-Kauai team to Honolulu to
compete for the C. C. Kennedy cup, at
present held by the Honolulu team
After a Thorough discussion Of the
matter 1t was finally decided to post
pone the matter until the 4th of July,
whom a game will try to be arranged
for.
The matter of the Lihue-Kawaihau
game that should have been played
week before last, but wasn't, was dis.
cussed.
Lihue representatives stated that
they visited Kapaa on the day Of the
game and found that the grounds were
in NO condition to be played upoa, 90
returned to Lihue and later attended
the game between Makaweli and Nc
Bryde.
Kawaihau members stated that at
time game should have been called
at Kapaa the grounds had been put
into condition and that the Hawaiian
team was ready to play. The mem
bers from McBryde held that, as Ii
hue was not present when the hour
} for the game arrived, they therefore
forfeited the game. The majority OF
the members present however, ruled
that the game should be played the
following (last) Sunday. 1t was SC
decided.
A matter brought by the exchange
of letters between President Dam
kroger and Father Hubert, manager
of the Kawihau team, regarding the
unsportsmanlike conduct of Kapaa
fans on the day of the Makaweli-Ka
waihau game, was thrashed out, and
it was decided to drop the whole
matter and forget it.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
THE PUUkAPElE ROAD

Mr.. Moragne has been spending a
good deal of time during the last two
or three weeks blocking out the new
Puukapele road. He finds that the
difficulties are mainly on the makai
half of it, and he proposes that the
$4,000 appropriation be spent there,
on the first eight miles or so.
1t is on this section that the grades
are excessive, but by making detours,
grades of from six to twelve per cent
can be secured.
The new location will strike the
brink of the valley much sooner than
the present one does, and at a partic'
ularly fortunate place which gives one
of the very finest views of the whole
region.
BY careful economy he hopes to
have enough money to do consider
able macadamizing at the lower end
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
I|HUE WINS
FROM KAWA|HAU

In a game notable principally for
the extreme good nature displayed by
the opposing teams, Lihue defeated
Hawaiian at soccer, last Sunday, by
a score of 2 to 0, and thus secures a
chance for the championship. The
season has ended in tie for first
by Lihue and McBryde, both teams
wind up the season with eight points
each.
According to agreement, the two
teams will play series of three games
to decide the championship for 1920;
the frst game being played at Lihue
park next Sunday at p. m.
In this championship series, the
fans are due to see some real soccer
and the wise ones are not saying much
either way as to the outcome, al
though the respective teams have the
matter all settled to their own salts
faction as to what they are going to
do to the "other fellow"
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
MANAGER OF NEW BANK
At kAPAA ARRIVES

X. B. Morgan, casheier of the Bank
of Kauai, soon to be established al
Kapaa. arrived last Friday morning
and is now actively engaged in getting
the business started.
The bank has leased building site
on the corner of the Kaneakua prem
ises and will start at once the cree
tion of a handsome concrete struc
ture for It's future home. In the
meantime. business will be started in
q temporary structure.
Mr.. Morgan comes from The Peo
pies Bank, Of Hilo, where he has been
assistant cashier for the past two
years. He appears to be a wide
awake young business man, of pleas
ing appearance. and will be valuable
addition to the growing community
of Kapaa.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
KAUAI SCHOOLS OPEN
MONDAY, APRIL 10

Miss Elsie Wilcox school commits
sfoner for Kauai, before taking the
steamer for Honolulu last Saturday,
stated that the schools of the Island
would open on Monday morning, April
10th.
The impression has got spread over
the Island somehow, that the schools
woul not open before Tuesday, the
goth, as a number of the teachers,
who are attending the Centennial, will
not return until then.
school will open on the morning
of Monday, April 19th," stated Miss
Wilcox" and the teachers who are in
Honolulu and return ON the morning
of the Goth, will be allowed one days
leave, which will be credited to their
sick leave allowance"
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
HoMEsTEADERs' ASSOCIATION
ELECTS OFFICERS

At the annual meeting of the Kapaa
Homesteaders' and Cooperative Asso
citation held at the Kapaa court house
last Sunday. the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: ]. F.
Bettencourt, Jr., president; Karl Jen
sen. vice-president; l.. c. Johonnot
secretary; M. Correia. treasurer; A. s
Bush, auditor; Joe Correia, John Or
nellas, John Victorino and S. Meheu
la, directors.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
LIHUE TO MAKE SUBSTITUTE
FOR GASOLINE

Among the numerous improments
planned by Lihue Plantation for the
future is a fuel alcohol plant, prab-
ably, along the lines of the Foster
process, which has proven so success
full on Maui.
1t is believed that the plantation
can manufacture enough fuel alcohol
to supply the local demand.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13

The Hanalei union Easter services
were held In the Hawaiian church.
The Easter story was given by Mr..
Werner. and the remainder of the
program of songs, recitations and ex'
ercises by the children.
The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1920-04-13
Kapaa Notes
JAP DENTIST ARRESTED FOR
PRAcTIcING WITHOUT LIcENs

JAT OGN 10 ! NhhG0 Ell run
PRAcTIciNG WITHOUT LICENSE
L. Eshima, a Japanese was taken
into custody Sunday morning by off.
GERS D. Hama and A. Refs for practi-
cling dentistry without a license. A
complete set of dental instruments,
including miscellaneous dental sup
plies, were gathered as evidence. The
police report that although they had
suspected the man for several weeks
back, they were unable to get the
goods on him until yesterday, as he
had previously travelled from one
locality to another. Bail of $4,000
was promptly put up by the accused
in cash. indicating that business must
have been good The case came up
for trial on Monday morning and the
defendant forfeited his bail by failing
to put in an appearance.