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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03
A MERIDIAN MAN QUOTES
SOME 1920 PRICES

Met man on the street the other
day and asked him the reason for
talking hard times. He said there was
no price he could get for his wool;
that the reason there is a scarcity OF
money just now in Meridian is that
wheat is worth about 50 against So
or better this time last year: clover
seed is worth lac against about 4Oc
last year; cream sells at the factory
for SIC, against zoe last year; hogs
are worth 10c and 18c was paid on
the first of. December last year. AS
taxes are nearly one-fourth more. it
is easy, says a Meridian man, to fig
ure out why the times are hard
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03

The young son of'Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Marcum, residing ON west Pine street
had finger blown off his hand and
suffered other painful injuries Fri
day afternoon when a dynamite cap
he was grinding exploded. He was
rushed to Boise hospital and is rest
ing easily, although it was necessary
to remove a part of one finger. The
boy found the dynamite buried and
dug it up
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03
NOTICE OF IMPORTANT MEETING

Next Tuesday evening, December
7th, there will be an important meet
ing of Meridian Camp No. 1864 of
NJ. w. A. to consider matters of spec
fal interest to the lodge in Meridian,
and also election of new officers for
the next year. Every neighbor is
urged to be present as a secret mat
ter will be discussed.
w. ORDER CAMP COMMITTEE.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03

Prof. Farmer is very much disap-
pointed that more of the signed-up
members do not attend the weekly
chorus practice. Next Monday ev-
ening another delegation from Boise
will visit us, and on Tuesday evening
as large a delegation as can be Sec
ured from Meridian will go to Boise
and attend rehearsal with the Boise
chorus.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03

About 100000 pounds of dried
prunes ar now being processed at the
big plant here of the McBirney
Southern Idaho Dried Fruit Co. With
18 persons employed the work is pro-
ceeding at the rate of 10000 pounds
of dried prunes a day.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03
Interurban VIII Change.

The Boise Valley Traction company
operating the Boise Valley loop, will
change its time at 2 O'Clock Sunday
morning because of the fact that
krains will still be in operation on the
lines of the company at the hour OF
midnight. Notices were posted in all
depots of the company and distribut-
ed to all the employees, signed by HE.
4 Dalton, general managr, giving notice
oil the time the company will make
The change. 1t is requested by Mr..
Dalton that all possible publicity be
given to the change by persons inter-
ested so that there will be the least
amount of inconvenience for the pat
IRONS of the company. .-...
The change will also go into effect
in the unorganized communities by
voluntary action, as all believe the
new time is the sensible one"
Railroads Hold Out by Compulsion.
While the Oregon Short Line Off
cials are supporting the change per-
sonally, the time on the railroads will
not be changed, and the zone will re-
main the same-Pacific time between
Pocatello and Portland, instead of
between Huntington and Portland.
The editor of the Times interviewed
people of towns including Pocatello
and west to Nampa while on trip
to the editorial convention this week,
and not one person interviewed was
in favor of retaining Pacific time.
Pocatello has the privilege, being on
the line, of adopting either time, yet
all business houses and people,and all
railroads, north, south, and east, all
except west bound, use the mountain
time by preference. This is sufficient
argument in favor of the change.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-12-03

At the special meeting of the town
board Monday night J. F. McGill was
appointed night watchman. George
Carr Will be continued as day watch
man and street commissioner. The
regular meeting of the board will be
held next Monday night
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
according to Mr.. Smith.

What the pea-foul is to the bird
kingdom the fox is In the animal
world, judging from Mr.. Smiths ex-
periences. Its pride is a thing utisur-
passed by any other living thing ex-
cept a human being, ne says. If a
handful Of mud is thrown ON its taii
a fox win scream in a most distressing
manner and give every Indication of
feeling as much disturbed as would
a young lady who was given such
treatment as she passed along the
street dressed in her Easter finery.
And Miss Fox would Immediately
busy herself with cleaning the mud off
her fur, nor would she stop until she
had every strand as fresh and clean
as it was before she was outraged.
Are Comparatively Tame.
The foxes GA this Audrain County
farm r comparatively tame, their
keeper says, so long as only persons
with whom they are acquainted are
around; but when a stranger appears
they very often run to their kennels.
In the spring OF the year, during the
mating and breeding season, no stran-
gers are allowed near them, but in the
fall Of the year his pack is a beautiful
sight and one Mr.. Smith is proud to
show.
The young ores are born about
April first. The Silver fox has from
one to six pups, but the Red fox has
twice al many. Mr.. Smith says he mas
had some animals which have refused
tG mate and that he has had to forego
getting some good crosses on that ac-
COUNT.
The corrals used for the animals are
about thirty-two feet square, and the
cost of construction is from 800 to
$3.50 each as they have to be mada
very substantial in order to keep the
animals in. Wien they do get out
they never leave the premises, Mr.
Smith says, but it is very difficult tn
get them back into the corrals and
often, when they escape, they have to
be killed lin older to prevent them
killing all the chickens on the
farm. For that is the first thing thew
do when they escape the bounds OF
their corrals.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
BUYS R. L. GooCH PROPERTY.
]. ". Gallaher Will Rebuild House
Has No Definite Plans.

The R. L. Gooch property on S.
jefferson Street was sold Wednesday
to J. W. Gallaher who began immed-
lately the work of tearing down and
remodeling the residence which was
recently damaged by fire.
Mr.. Gallaher says that he has not
made any definite plans asto just what
he will do with the house, whether
he will rebuild it or completely de-
molish it and erect a new one in its
stead. He does not plan to keep the
property for his own use, but will sell
it either before or after it is remod-
eled.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri,

ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri,
County Of Audrain.
In the Circuit Court, June Term,
1920.
Mary Thompson, .......... Plaintiff
VS..
Elijah Thompson, ........ Defendant
The State of Missouri to the above
named defendant Greeting:-
Now on this March 18th, 1920,
comes the plaintiff in the above en-
titled cause and files petition duly
verified by affidavit herein, by leave
Of Court, among other things plain
tiff alleges that defendant herein,
ELIJAH THOMPSON is a n~on-resi-
dent of the State of Missouri, and can
not be served with the ordinary pro-
cess of law in this State.
1t is therefore ordered by the Judge
of the Audrain County Circuit Court
in term time, that publication be made
herein notifying the nonresident de-
PENDANT that plaintiff has commenced
suit against him in the Circuit Court
of Audrain County, Missouri, the OBJ
ject and general nature Of which is to
obtain a decree of divorce from SAID
defendant, on the grounds Of general
indignities and desertion and now you
| said nonresident defendant are here
by notified Of the tendency Of this
suit, the object and general nature
thereof and unless you be and appear
at the next regular term of the Aud
rain County Circuit Court to be begun
and held at the Court House in Mex.
leo, Audrain County, Missouri, on the
First Monday in June 1920 and on or
before the first day of said term an
swer or otherwise plead to plaintiffs
petition the same will be taken as
confessed and decree rendered IS
prayed in said petition.
And it is further ordered by the
Court that a copy hereof be published
in the Mexico Ledger, a weekly news
paper published in Mexico, Missouri,
and circulated in Audrain County,
Missouri, for four weeks u ,essiv ,ly.
the last insertion to be more than ff-
! teen days before the next term of sand
Court aforesaid.
WITNESS my hand and official
seal. Done at office in the City Of
Mexico, County and State aforesaid,
this March 10Th, 1920.
(SEAL) E. F. ELLIOTT.
Clerk of the Audrain Circuit Court.
A true copy from the record.
Attest e. F. Elliot, Clerk.
R. D. Rodgers, j. W. Burlington, at
torneys for plaintiff. sat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01

deceased, and Samuel Murray, de-
ceased, Defendants.
The State of Missouri to all of the
defendants above named and describ-
ed Greeting:-
Now on this 10th, day of March,
1920, comes the plaintiff and files ny
leave of Court his petition and affI-
davit, and it appearing to the satisfac-
ton Of the Court that the defend
ants above named cannot be summon
ed in this action and it is ordered by
the Court that publication be made
notifying them that an action has
been commenced against them in the
Circuit Court Of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, affecting the title to the toll
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01


cribed 10 acres crosses the hedge and
run thence North 2.41 chains to the
South line of the North Half Of the
Southeast Quarter of said Section II,
thence East along the South line Of
said so acre tract to a point where
said line i~ntersects the hedge, the
hedge forming the South line of said
triangle, said triangle supposed to
contain one acre more or less. Also
the North Half of the Northeast
Quarter of Sec. 20 Township 81 North
of Range s West of the Fifth Priu-
cipal meridian in Audrain County,
Missouri.
Which said action is returnable on
the first day of the next term Of said
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01

lowing described lands and tenements
to-wit:
The South Half (h) of Southeast
Quarter Of Section IT, Township 81,
North Of Range 8 West except IL
acres described as follows:-Begin at
the Southwest corner of the North
west Quarter Of the Southeast Quar-
ter of said Section II, and run South
along the line dividing the Section
into East and West halves 1854 chains,
thence East 1920 chains, thence
North $3.50 chains, thence West 1920
chains to the point of beginning; also
excepting a triangular shape piece Of
land described as follows: Begin
where the East line of the above des-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01

+2AA
Court to be held at the Court House
in the City Of Mexico, the County and
State aforesaid on the 7th day Of
June 1920, when and where you may
appear and answer or otherwise de-
fend such action, otherwise plaintiffs
petition viii be taken as confessed
and judgment rendered aese3aingly,
Given under my hand tbs 10th day
of March 1920, in term timss
(SEAL) E. F. ELLIOTT,
Clerk of the Audrain County Circuit
Court.
A true copy from the record.
Attest E. F. Elliott, Clerk.
Fry & Fry attorneys for Plaintiff,
Sat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
Takes Cold Easily

q take cold easily and during this
winter always keep a bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy in the house.
1t is the best medicine for colds and
coughs l wei used" writes Mrs. S. E.
Kinnall, Roseville, Ohio. When you
have a cough or cold give this remedy
a trial. You are certain to be pleased
with the relief which it affords. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
FIRST CLASS FURs
ARE PRODUCED HERE

That foxes a be raised in Mis-
souri, climate SO that they will have
pelts which are equal in quality to
Michigan furs has been proved by H.
L. Smith, woh is famous in this Sec
ton of the country for the fox farm
which he maintains near Benton City.
At the present time he has only SIX
animals on hand, as he pelted all but
this number in January and it is not
yet time for the young ones to come
on. This season he pelted ffty-tw,
hides which he sold to st. Louis firms
at prices ranging from $3.50 to $32.5G.
All but 6 of this number, he said, were
placed in the class with the furs that
were being brought from Michigan.
Mr.. Smiths youngest son, Tom, does
all his pelting for him and IS consid-
cred by his father to be an expert, al
though he is but 81 years old. He
has been in the trapping business
since he has been big enough TO do any
thing and seems to have \ natural
gift for pelting and stretching hides.
lie can pelt as many IS twenty a day
when conditions are at the best.
Mr.. Smith has been in the fox ra,s-
ing business about five years, having
got his start from two Silver fox pups
which he bought from Michigan for
$4,000. Every season he raises a lacge
number and adds to his pack by catch
ing wild ones and by buying these
caught by others in that vicinity. He
keeps them in ~,corrals, there being a
separate one for each pair during the
mating season and while they are
tending their young. He is never able
to keep more than one male in a cor
raj, as they fight until one is deal;
but the females, Mr.. Smith says,
get along very peacefully together.
Fed On Milk.
The secret Of producing good fur
on foxes in this comparatively mild
climate lies in the diet, for the most
part. AS milk is the most fur-produc-
ing thing that can be fed Mr.. Smith
makes that and bread the chief source
o. their living. Only twice a week he
gives them meat.
Mating his animals is not an easy
matter, says Audrain's fox farmer
who says they prefer to pick their
own and that if a female is given q
n. ate Of which she does not approve
there is absolutely nothing that tho
breeder a do with her; if she
chooses not to mate with him that is
the end Of it, ne matter how much i!
may be desired to get q cross betwe ar
her and the male in question. And tine
same thing is true with the male, if he
takes a dislike to the female chosen
for him. no the other hand, when
fox is given the mate Of his choice he
remains devoted to her and her young
as long as the latter need his protec.
ton. Until the pups are veaned ht
never ceases standing on guard in th'
corral in which his mate and her littl'
ones are confined. He carries food t.
the mother, and will see that she get
what she needs even if it means HI
has to go without. There is nothing
the mother will do for her young tina
the male parent will not do also
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
State of Missouri,
County of Audrain.
In the Circuit Court, June Term,
1920.
j. D. Greer, ............ Plaintiff
VS..
William NJ. Campbell; and the un-
known heirs, ~consorts, devisees,
donees, alienees, and immediate,
mesne, remote, voluntary and invol-
untary grantees of William Camp
bell, deceased, Arobell Campbell, de-
ceased, John Alexander Campbell,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01

$ DR.. j. F. Harrison went to st. Louis
Tuesday to visit his brother. J. s.
Harrison.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
THIRD
or long life

A tractor to be an investment to the
farmer must be made for long wear
and accessible. One of the chief en-
emies of tractors ur any machinery is
dust. The Wallis has not a movable
part exposed to dust in fact it is 50
dust proof that there are parts that
only require oiling but once a season.
In the ~ years that the Wallis has
been in constant use the ~" frame
or oil reservoir has not been replaced
in a single machine, the same is also
a fact in regard to the gears and many
other main parts. The cylinders have
removable sleeves ana the walls Of
any cylinder can be removed without
a new block. All bearings are limp.
kin or Hyatt which cause the machine
to roll without friction, in fact it
will roll as easy as an automobile
when without Tugs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
There are three principal features that tractors most
have to be a good investment to the farmers of Audrain
FIRST
Light Weight

The Wallis Tractor weighs $3.50
pounds. When ready for the field with
Tugs, water, ETC., the total weight is
3,54O. This weight is carried on rear
wheels with a ID inch face and front
wheels with an 8 inch face. The
reason for this light weight is in the
exclusive features Of the Wallis and
the high grade materials used in con-
struction. The Wallis has no frame,
which is one of the unnecessary parts
of all other tractors, the ~" oil pan
made Of boiler steel makes it unnec-
cessary for a frame. The light weight
Of the Wallis is what makes it as dse-
full in the spring when the ground IS
soft as in the fall when heavy mach
ines can go into the field. The light
weight of $500 makes it unnecessary
for the engine to labor in pulling a
ton to a ton and a half of extra tractor
weight besides the plows.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-04-01
SECOND
Power

The Wallis tractor has a draw bar
pull of Is horse power and Is horse
power on the belt. The machine is
so scientifically balanced and con.
structed that it will not slip and sue.
cessfully pulls three Ia inch plows
under ordinary condition in high or
three Ia inch plows in low under any
conditions of the soil. The belt pully
is IL inches in diameter and has a Z
inch face which with ample power to
handle a "a or 26 inch separator. The
engine never heats regardless OF how
hard the pulling or the hours of work.
the radiator has a capacity Obligations
and does not boil the water regard
less of the blowing conditions.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28
GROUND BROKEN FOR UNION
CHURCH BUILDING

Immediately after the close of the
inaugural exercises on Friday morn
ing, large number of members and
friends of the Union Church met on
the site chosen for the erection of
the new church edifce. The occa-
sion was the ground breaking exer-
cises for the new building, which is
to be known as the "John G. Fee
Memorial" in honor of the founder.
After the singing of the hymn,
Faith of Our Fathers" the Scrip
ture was read by the former pastor,
DR.. A. f. Thomson, principal Of Lin
coin Institute. Prayer was offer.
ed by the pastor, DR.. r. G. lIutca-
ms. DIR. j. r. Robertson, the clerk
of the Church, gave a brief state
ment of the buildings used by this So
ciety and told of the plans for the
edifice that is to be erected. DR.. W.
f. Barton then made some brief re-
marks, after which Edwin s. Fee,
the son of the founder, and John R.
Rogers, the son of the first principal
of Berea College, and J. W. Stephens,
at present a trustee of the Church
and a member of the village board,
with mattock and shovel opened the
ground for the new church.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28
l. &C A l. P A G E
NEWS OF BEREA AND VICINITY. GATHERED FROM A
VARIETY SOURCES

Born TO Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Ste.
phenson a little daughter on October
26th.
Mrs. Dooley Botkins is visiting her
sister, Mrs. J. Woods, in Cincinnati
Walter VanWinkle and Ed Will.
lams, students of the Kentucky Yves.
leyan, have returned to school, after
spending some time at the formers
home.
A number of the friends of Pro.
fessor and Mrs. s. c. Mason took
dinner with them at Boone Tavern
Monday.
Lucy Y. Pigi, of st. Louis, is g
guest at Boone Tavern.
Mrs. II. T. Mann, of Carlisle, Ky.
was visiting with Mrs. Blanche earns
and daughters last week.
DR.. Margaret s. Grant is in Beres
for a few days.
r. C. Wilson, of Norfolk, Va, is
stopping at Boone Tavern.
Mrs. s. r. Scale made a trip tc
Lexington this week.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28
Y. w. c. A.

The College girls had a very rare
treat in Y. W. C. A. Sunday evening.
They were privileged to hear Mrs.
j. A. R. Rogers, the oldest member
of the association here, and one who
is very dear to all the girls, and
Mrs. Rowe, formerly dean of women,
also a member Of the association.
Mrs. Rogers told of the early days
Of Berea and the spirit that prompt
ed the undertaking of the school.
The keynote Of the talk was loving
Christian service, and she enforced
especially that Sewing is Gaining"
Nothing could bear stronger testimony
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28

to Mrs. Rogers words than her
beautiful life.
Mrs. Rowe impressed us with the
fact that heaven is within us. We,
by our own lives, are making heaven
for ourselves now.
The short talks by the girls made II
evident that the spirit Of which Mrs.
Rogers spoke still prevails in Berea.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28

Jno. F. Dean J. w. Herndon
DEAN & HERNDON
Dealers in Real Estate, Berea, Ky.
We are still selling real estate,
have some good bargains and some
places on which the terms are unusu-
ally liberal. II you can pay Y down,
you can make the other payments out
Of the land. Some nice residence
property in town. Some houses and
lots in town that we can trade for
small farms.
The possum's up the 'simmon tree,
The raccoon's In the hollow;
Dean and Herndon selling real estate
That's surely worth the dollar.
The elections getting pretty hot,
Each party has its man,
But we are not in politics
We want TO sell you land.
Ted Roosevelt's in Gloryland,
And Bryan ought to be-
But II you want to buy a farm,
We are the men to see.
We've got 'em on the dirt road,
And some are On the DIX;
We have them in the Blue Grass,
We've got 'em in the sticks.
And II you want TO leave the State
And try some other land,
Well send you up to Ohio,
Or cross TO Indian.
But there's a kind we haven't got,
Il wish we did have some)
That's land worth two hundred dol
lars,
Which we can sell for one.
Don't wait till land gets cheaper,
You may not see that day,
Nor hunt too long for bargains,
But buy It while you may.
John Dean is always at The Bank,
And Herndon rambling around.
But II you want TO buy a place,
They both are easy found.
So come 10 us and we will try
To Danish all your woes,
Sell you farm where you can live,
However the election goes.
Respectfully.
DEAN 4 HERNDON
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1920-10-28
UNION CHURCH

The annual meeting of Union
Church will be held on Thursday
evening the 2Sth, commencing with
a free church supper, to which all
members of the church and congre-
cation are cordially invited.
The pastors topic, Sunday morn
ing at II, will be Spiritual Analo-
gies from Electricity"