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Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

Top of the cattle market in St.Louis
Tuesday and highest price in over a
week was $1,000, paid for two cars OF
1500-lb steers shipped by Geo. B.
Fenncwald Of Audrain county, No.
Consignment embraced 40 head av-
eraging exactly 1892 lbs. The cattle
were finished on a ration consisting
principally of corn.-Live Stock Re-
porter.
The short course in agriculture hav-
ing been completed at Mcmillan
High School, A Gorrell, instructor in
vocational agriculture at the high
school, has started another course
similar to the one just finished at
Benton City. The course will be given
IN Monday, Wednesday and Friday
nights of each week. There will be ten
or more lessons in the course.
Mr.. Gorrell has received word that
more than the required number for
the course to be given have enrolled
An average attendance of eight is re-
quired for the continuance Of the
course. 1t has not been decided what
problems will be studied.
Carroll County is making a good
showing in pure bred live stock due to
the strong efforts of the Breeders
Association there which was organ
lied in May 1915. O. C. Fuchs, the
County Agent, says he does not think
a scrub sire could be found at the
head Of any herd in the county.
J. T. Johnson, this week sold Shond-
Ter & Son, on the Clay farm neal
Sturgeon, 101 head of cattle for 49,
870,81. They averaged 1913 pounds
and brought 1862 per hundred. They
were extra good cattle.
A half interest in the Poland China
boar The Liberator has been purchas-
ed for $4,000 by c. V. Mosby of St.
Louis from c. j. Casey of Croker,
Mo-. This is said to be the highest
price ever paid in Missouri for a pig,
and Mosby said hat he believed The
Liberator to be the best specimen of
his breed in the state, In the show
rings last fall this animal had the bad
luck to run into two of his little
brothers. who beat him, leaving him
the third prize at the Missouri State
Fair ard second at the Ozark Fair at
Springfield. Mostly has a farm where
he breeds blooded hogs. At a recent
sale held on his farm he disposed of
one pig for $500 and others for $3.50,
$3.50 and 5000. The Liberator was
bred by L. H. Glover Of Grand View,
Mo.
Farmers Week at the College of
Agriculture, University of Missouri,
January II and 81, 1921 is an excep-
tional opportunity for the Boys and
Girls of Missouri. A special program
is being arranged for the Boys and
Girls Clubs. There will be contests
in different lines of club activities,
exhibits of club products, ~demonstra-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

Always use POLLOCK'S DAISY,
The Flour Of the Family, for sale by
all Erocers. dlwl
WIN. POLLOCK MILL & ELEV. co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

t5 FLOR SALE:-1 milk cow,
sets good leather double harness,
set single harnerr and l wagon. ED
MOORE. d1w1
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Nc
Donald, Nov. IL, a lovely little daugh-
ter.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

WANTED:-A large quantity
of good, dry wheat straw. Write price
and delivery to A. P. GREEN FIRE
BRICK COMPANY, Mexico, Mo.
S9-3t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

CUCKOO HEN FEED is the clean
est and purest feed on the market.
Try one sack. dlwl
VIM. POLLOCK MILL & ELEv. co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

E5HFOR SALE:-Economy cream
separator, good as new. CLARENCE
ADAMS. Bell phone 5F13. d1w1-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

DIR. F. NJ. Shoush, office at AVAIL
APARTMENTS, 2O3 w. Love st.
wit d Mon & Sat If
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

sF0R SALE:-Upright piano;
good condition; cheap. Call 1884.
1892 wl-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

Have your hemstitching and but
tons made by YRS. c. r. ROSE,
Louisiana, Mo. Prices reasonable.
All mail orders receive prompt atten-
tiCn. 3S-4t-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

- L0ST:-Auto license No. 227774.
Please leave at Ledger. 4l-2t-p
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

The cheapest cOw feed you can buy
q POLLOCK'S COW SMILE.
WM. POLLOCK MILL & ELEV. co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02
s6 aSRS1S4m
FARMERS
EXCHANGE;

RATES-l0 cents a line an inser-
ion. A line consists of 5 words.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02
d2wl

NJ. D. Squirting of Thompson was
l Mexico visitor Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

WANT O-Wheat and Dat Straw.
Phone us or prices. d1w1
WIN. POLLOCK MILL & ELEV. co.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02
TAX BOOKS NOW READY.

If you have bought or sold any
property it will have to be transfer
red. Please come in before the grand
rush and attend to it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

Beef hides wanted
w. J. SANNEBECK & co. d&w1t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

BEARINGS for gifts.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

t&y WANTED TO TRADE:-7 VIZ.
horse for hogs. F. J. PIMPELL.
287-5t Wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

Cifts-all kinds-DEARING'S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-12-02

c. p. ARNOLD,
County Collector.
WET dat ct dly 2 wks)
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15

than year, 1t has been demonstrated
that 1t is possible to determine from
appearances the males which are most
likely to produce the best-paying
hens.
The difference in the appearance of
males is comparable to the difference
in the rate Of growth and the intensity
with which hens lay. according to the
college. Some hens can lay an egg
once in every "a hours; others are not
able to produce an egg oftener than
once in 48 hours, although both have
the same care and feed. If one hen
can lay faster than another, it indk
Gates that she can digest large amounts
Of feed quickly. The experiments at
this point determine also the value Of
males as foundations of high-produc-
ing flocks. AVN.
The Cornell workers measured
several lots Of males year ago, and
by observing the records of the Off
spring, they say that they can tell
from the appearance of the rooster
whether his daughters will be good
layers. Members of the college staff
think the results Of these experiments
will have as much value in developing
efficient poultry fiocks as the original
discovery that it was possible to de-
termine by appearance which hens
were laying.
A rooster to father egg-laying Off
spring should grow rapidly and ma
ture quickly. He should appear deep
bodied and short legged, full in breast
and abdomen with fiat, wide back.
His head should be moderately short,
set on large full neck, and with
prominent eyes. A good male for
breeding is friendly. courageous and
proud of himself. calling attention to
his pride by frequent Growing.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
BUILDING TRADE
WORKERS TAKE CUT

ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 14.-Master
builders of Atlanta have announced
wage reductions to all employees
from common laborers to skilled CO.
ment workers and bricklayers, ef-
fective January 1, 1921. Common
laborers are cut to 80 cents an hour, q
reduction Of $1.20 for an eight hour
day; carpenters to 70 cent an hour,
a cut of 80 cents per day; plasterers
and cement finishers cut to 80 cents
an hour, reduction, of $3.50 per
day, this reduction also applying to
bricklayers. Painters receive the
heaviest cut, theirs being from 81 to
60 cents an hour, a reduction Of
1920 per daY.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
FIND CURE FOR FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE

PARIS.-Foot and mouth disease
the greatest dread Of stock raisers
thruout the world, Is not only cur
able but can be cured easily in four
days, according to sensational an
nouncement made before the Paris
Society of Biology by DR.. Andre
Copede.
DR.. Copede reported that he had
discovered a serum which had an al
most instantaneous effect. Fourteen
COWS on one farm, already far gone
with the disease, were cured easily
in from four days to week, while
other cows on the same farm which
had not yet caught the disease were
inoculated with the serum and re-
main immune.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
AIRPLANEs SAVE RICE CROP

Saving rice crop valued at mil
lions of dollars annually, with an in
vestment that is but the merest frac-
ton Of the value of that crop, and at
the trivial expense of only so cents
an acre per year to the growers, is
the newest use to which airplanes
have been applied. The rice fields
were planted to provide human food,
but wild fowl ate the crop, and scores
Of farmers were ruined. Airplanes
now patrol the rice fields, and have
been as successful in saving the rice
as the airplane forest patrol has been
in protecting our forests from fire.
The airplane patrol begins with
the wild-fowl migration, about Sep
TENDER 1, and is continued until al
ter the rice harvest, about December
10. By reason Of it's great speed, one
airplane can patrol a tremendous
acreage of rice, and three planes can
effectively keep the ducks out Of 35,-
900 acres. During the two seasons
that the rice patrol has been in ex-
istence, the flying has been done thru
the "a hours of the day by birdmen
working in four hour shifts. In that
time. there has been only one forced
landing. The airman escaped without
injury, but the plan had to be alb
andoned in the rice field until the
water was drained of for the har-
vest. Of course, the fliers do not aim
to kill any more ducks than neces-
sary, but since the success Of the rice
patrol depends upon driving thru. and
breaking up the flocks, some are
bound to be killed by the propellers
or caught on the plane. The airplane
patrol of the rice fields seems to have
refuted much of the popular theory
o fthe. terrific speed Of the fight of
waterfowl. The fastest plane in the
service will not fly over rs miles an
hour, yet that speed Is sufficient to
enable the airmen to run down the
geese and ducks. They out-maneuver,
but cannot outfly the airplanes.-
Popular Mechanics.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15


AIR. Hubert Armstrong came direct
Y to business.
Your sketches have for me n
louble interest, Miss Carroll he said.
"You have drawn remarkably some
# the happiest scenes Of my boyhood.
Genes which am ashamed to. say !
had half-forgotten. The world Of
BUSINESS absorbs much of human kind
Tess ! am afraid, and sometimes a
struggle for success causes us to leave
auch that is tender behind. am
grateful to you for awakening In me
hat, tenderness which l had almost
huried." ,s .
The mans voice broke huskily. He
drew forth an old sitting.room pic
4 ture. 4& #ss ,tss& ~ N&T
p. 'Peace on Earth was the name she
had given 1t. Y
that" said Hubert Armstrong. sis
the living room of my home In Hill
crest-the place where ! was born.
This white-haired woman's profile is
the peaceful profile Of my long-lost
mother That little bullying stocking
might have been my own stocking,
Just as 1t used to hang there years
lgo- Tell me-" his tone was eager.
"how did you come by your ,dream?"
K, Il visited last summer" Connie told
IN, hO so old IN,
crest with Mrs. Martha Snow, who In
vited me-" S M @
The man nodded hastily.
II see" he said.."it is quite simple
after all. Martha Snow is myfmoth-
er's widowed sister, A dull red crept
! to his cheek
Il had almost forgotten that Aunt
Martha asked me years ago to allow
her to continue on in the old home
stead. It was left mine by will. So
she's there yet, and the church bell
still chimes out for Christmas!
''You have sounded the memory
bells for me, Miss Carroll"
It seemed that the purchaser had
almost forgotten her in his musings.
Now that she looked at him closely
his face was threaded by lines of care,
his fine eyes sorrowful beneath their
sternness. Connie put forth friend
ily hand.
"Why,"" she said, $50 you are Martha
Shows nephew. Then there can be
no question of bargain between us,
the pictures are freely yours" >a4
The man spoke abruptly.
"YOu paint to sell do you not?" he
asked. isn't that what your studio
Is for?" "
Connie shook her head ruefully.
Mostly" she replied, my studio is
just to live in"
Sand you live aloneY
81 am quite alone in the world" she
told him gravely.
Then her irrepressible smile broke
forth.
''Unless,'" she asRdded, you would
count Prowler?" She caught the cat
in her arms.
-alone--too." Hubert Arm
strong said slowly.
Il know what II means. There's not
much difference between the gilded
walls of an apartment and these walls
of yours here"
Not when 1t comes to loneliness"
Connie agreed. 1--WE were going to
look much more cheerful" she went
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15

on, when you interrupted us with
your knock. was climbing the lad
der to hang holly wreath"
Let me do 1t for you" the man
said. Before she could could refuse
his assistance he was on the ladder.
the wreath in his hands.
That's better" Connie told him as
side by side they stood looking up at
the crimson berries.
ITS the first time In years." Hu.
bert Armstrong said with boyish
laugh. that I've done that sort Of
thing. Gives me thrill of old Christ
mas. Makes me wish for fireplace
with a filed stocking before It. The
fireplace Of your picture makes me
long to 60 skating on creek--your
creek, back at Hillcrest. Makes me
want to taste turkey again over the
old dining-room table,"
Eyes" breathed Connie. land hear
the church bell ring out across the
snow"
Eager-eyed the man gazed into
those other eager eyes beneath his
own.
Let's do It," he said impulsively.
''Let us have a real. joyful old-fash-
Toned sort of Christmas. you and |,
back at Aunt Martha's. ] will call her
on the phone. 1t would delight her
heart"
1T would be just peace on earth
to me-" Connie said happily.
And that Christmas eve as she gazed
wideawake through her attic window
the moon shone down through the
holly wreath.
Merry Christmas. whispered Con-
ME while the old moon smiled be-
nignly with promise Of happy
Christmases to come.
a. 1920. Western Newspaper Union.l
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
COLONY HOUSE IS PREFERRED
Give PouItryman Chance to Raise His
Fowls Under Ideal Conditions
Must Keep Clean.

Colony houses on free range give
the poultryman chance to raise his
birds under ideal conditions. But the
same sanitary precautions must be
taken as with laying houses. The small
houses must be frequently cleaned and
sprayed and the roOsts painted with
kerosene or some lice paint to keep
down the red mites.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
MAKE HEN FLOCK PROFITABLE
With Possible Exception of Leghorns
Fowls Over Two Years Old Do
Not Pay to Keep.

1t seldom pays to'keep hens for lay
Ing after they are two and one-half
years old. This may not be true Of
Leghorns but is generally so of most
other breeds. Hens older than this
may return some profit but younger
hens will return greater profits. In
this day Of high-priced feed, culling
will make poultry more profitable.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
VARIETY OF FEED ESSENTIAL
Every Flock Of Hens Must Be Supplied
With Necessary Material to
Manufacture Eggs.

Every flock of hens is an egg fac
tory. Like any other factory the flock
can be given the best materials in the
world to work on and still fail to pro-
duce enough to pay for running the
plant. Good feed in sufficient variety
is necessary for egg production, but
the ability to manufacture eggs from
feed must be there first.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15

ONNIE looked down to the
busy street, through a blur
Of snowt1akes. AT least.
Connie told herself DETER
minedly that snowflakes
were accountable for the
blur; then, she wiped her
eyes. ts4s sl
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
FARM
POULTRY
LARGE INFLUENCE Or MALES
Selection. Of Boosters to increase Ego
Production Il Urged by Poultry
Specialists. +

Although poultry experts have long
advocated culling non-producing hens,
poultry workers at the College Of
Agriculture at Ithaca now advise the
selection of ROSTERS to Increase egg
production, according to an article in
the Cornell Countrymen. From ex-
Deriments extending back for more
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
NO PROFIT IN POOR LAYERS
Improbable Producers Should Be
cuIled Out to Save High-Priced
Feed and Labor.

It pays to Gull out the poor layers
any time, to save the feed AMI labor
they cost, but to make profit on
them 1t is best to Gull In late summer
or early fall, before the rush Of spring
chickens lowers the market price Of
old hens.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15

Philological.-A colored woman
one day visited the court house in a
Tennessee town and said to the
Judge:
els you-all the reperbate judge?''
IT am the judge of probate, NAM
my"
Use come to you-all cause Use
in trubble. Nah man-he's done died
detested and Use got tree little in
fidels so Use cum to be appointed
der execootioner. THE Lawyer and
Banker.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15
CUT COAL PRICES

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 15.-Coal
prices, have been slashed from 81
to SO per ton here, the heaviest re-
duction being made by Randall Bros.
Coal Company, who announce re-
duction in the price of lump coal
from $15.70 to $12.75 per ton. Other
companies announce a reduction from
$500 to $14.00 for domestic coal
and from $11.50 to $1,000 for run
of mine coal.
In carload lots mine run coal will
be sold at $500. Improved car move
ment and better terms at the mine
are given as the cause.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15

The rule in Buffalo that you must
have doctors prescription in order
to buy a load of coal is logical
enough. Coal is a universal remedy
for chills.-Detroit Free Press.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-12-15

Yeast IL now recommended as a
daily food. Followed by chaser Of
grape-juice there may be possibilities
in it.-Columbia Is. CO. Record.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-04

Quality Furniture, nothing but
quality furniture, priced right
and personal interested service
are the compelling reasons for
our rapid growth and surprls-
ing success Of our GREATEST
OF AUGUST F U RNITU RE
SALES.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-04

Our Policy of Satisfaction CIV
ing, coupled with the above ac-
counts for the great strides we
are daily making into the con-
hdence and trust Of the people
Of the Calumet Region.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-08-04

The Reason is this. We buy at
lowest levels, getting the best
there is in price. because Of our
ability TO handle carload lots of
quality home-furnishings for
our three big exclusive furni-
ture stores. Low overhead and
large outlet completes the
story. The loop stores pay
more for | front foot Of rent
,shan we pay for an entire build
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-14
NO MERCY FOR PROFITEERS.
Three Large French Dealers Sentenced
and Forced to Advertise Fact.

PARIS, July l4-They have a sharp
way with food profteers in France.
Three leading members of big provision
firms operating on the Paris market were
arrested a few weeks ago for having sent
kilograms to production centres in the
country countermanding orders in order
TO maintain prices which had broken sud
denly.
II. Emile Lecouffe especially became
famous throughout France as a result of
the publication of the telegram: Land
Glide in little peas. All orders Cancelled. !"
Three months imprisonment and $1,000
fine for him and for Victor Quenalle, di-
rector of big stock slaughterhouse, two
months Imprisonment and 81 900 fine.
The three culprits also We're forced to
pay for ten to a dozen insertions of the
terms of sentence in the Paris press at
advertisement rates and have a large
copy pasted on the door of their business
premises for a period of one year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-14
HUNDREDS OF WOMEN.

nowadays are entering the professions
or business world and go to work day
after day in bad health, afflicted with
some female ailment, dragging one
foot YEARLY after the other, working
Fith an eye on the clock, and wishing
for closing time to come.
Women in this conditions should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound made from roots and
herbs. 1t has brought health and hap
piness TO more women in America than
amy other reIaedyIsaGive itseia trial -
Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-14
COAL CAR ORDER is
EXTENDED 80 DAYS
interstate Commerce Commission Con-
tinues It's Effort to Relieve
Shortage.

!. WASHINGTON, july l4-Extension
Tor 80 days of the order giving preferential
distribution of open top ears to coal mines.
east OF the Mississippi was ordered yester-
day by the interstate commerce commits
sion in an effort to solve the coal trans
portation problem The original order
would have expired July q.
Three fold amendment of the order also
was made by the commission, which. in
letter to Daniel Willard, chairman of the
advisory committee of the Association
OF Railway executives, suggested that the
carriers prohibit more than one recon-
Segment Of cars, loaded with coal.
The amendments of the original order
provide:-
The railroads must place an embargo
against consigners failing to unload open
top cars within "A hours after delivery.
That railroads may assign cars without
regard to existing ratings for the mines
so as to provide fuel for current use to
public utilities and public institutions.
Announcement of the commissions
changes came almost simultaneously with
the adjournment of the coal operators
conference, which had been attempting
for two days to work out a plan for sup
plying the northwest.
The commissions order requiring the
embargo against consigners failing to mn
load within q hours named streets and
interurban electric railways, electric
power aud lighting plants, gas plants, ice
plants, water and sewer works, hotels,
schools and other public institutions as
those to be cared for by the car assign
noent.. This emergency coal, the order de
elared, should be. for current use only and
not for storage purposes 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-14

cessor to johnson.
Bv DAVID LAWRENCE.
fSpecial Destatch to the Reformer
Copyright l920l
CHICAGO, July l4-Outside of the
ranks of the professional politicians the
nominees of the Republican and Demo-
cratic conventions have awakened no pop
ular chords in the West and were it not
for the suspicion that in troublous times
like the present third party would add
to the. governmental confusion rather
than stability, this would be an ideal
third party year.
As it is, there are Progressiyes galore
who are eager to take refuge somewhere,
but the tendency of the minority groups
meeting in Chicago to go to the extremes
of radiealism will keep large numbers of
voters in the two old line parties as q
choice between lesser evils. But both
Senator Harding and Governor Cox have
splendid opportunities of winning much
of this disaffected vote. BY showing
themselves able to rise above the organ
lZ1IIOH GHNlf0HHl0HL Ni4Ch1t Inv NttAiNs
i.they will regain much of what would
otherwise be a dead loss. For this time
the disgruntled voter isn't going to ex-
press himself necessarily in third party
! but by something infinitely more subver-
siye of campaign calculation; namely,
staying away from the polls.
Inside the Republican party the sitna-
ton is different only in degree from that
which exists in the Democratic party.
For the fact is. a decided sentiment pre-
vailed in the West for Hiram Johnson,
Herbert Hoover, Leonard Wood and Will
liam Gibbs McAdoo. Neither Cox nor
Harding could awaken a ripPlesof interest
where any of the first four would pro-
duee an emotional uphesyal. Leonard
Wood appealed to the youth of the ma
ton and to business folk as a decisive
character who typifed national efficiency.
Hiram Johnson came forth as the cru
sader of the West, uninfuenced and I'M
controlled by party bosses or organiza-
tions, but fun of doctrine of America
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-14

One hundred and fifty years ago,
when Brazilian stones were poured on
the market, first quality diamonds sold
as low as five dollars n earatta1 7