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Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

.Hlection Of 1t is supplemented by proper
&esign and layout.
s. The road problem is not to build
d few boulevards but a transportation
system.
9. We have thought too little about
the basic function Of hlghways-the
0ffering of facilities for travel.
10. A striking feature Of highway
construction, reconstruction and main
|8enance has been an almost total dis
Regard Of comfort, convenience and
Economy of operation in the interests
the travelling public.
II. The one permanent thing about
lead work Is proper grading on cor
4rect locations.
12. The highway user knows little
bout pavement economics: but he
Toes know where and when he broke
me last spring.
ID. We have used too much mathe-
matics and too little common sense.
IA. Our owners demand service and
se~rgfceSthey must be given.
is. Maintenance is the keystone of
the entire structure Of pavement serv-
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Home ONn
[fHepSY
NOT ALLOWED TO BE PESTS.
City Of Boston Has Strict Regulations
Governing Construction and Main
tenanee of 5illboards.

The following regulations are ! n eff
feet In the city of Boston, governing
the use Of b%illboards:
No outdoor advertising shall be per-
mitted on any location within 500 feet
of town Or city parks, Fairgrounds,
metropolitan parks, parkways, state
reservations or public buildings.
No outdoor advertising sign shall ex-
coed an area of ten square feet II
within 500 feet of any public highway.
No outdoor advertising sign, wher-
ever located, shall exceed an area Of
100 square feet, and all such signs
shall be rectangular in form.
No outdoor advertising shall be per-
mitted upon any rock, tree or natural
object of beauty.
All ields4and backgrounds of out
door advertising shall be of neutral
colors, and the fields, backgrounds and
letters thereon shall NOT be d%iscordant
with surroundings. and nothing shall
be placed thereon except letters of
the alphabet and numerals.
No outdoor advertising shall be al
lowed within the area between inter-
secting streets and within a radius Of
$50 feet from the point where the CEN
ter lines of the streets intersect.
The structure and the materials of
all outdoor advertising signs shall meet
the approval Of the department of
public safety of the state as regards all
questions Of fire hazard.
No waste or other rubbish resulting
from any billboard or outdoor advertis-
ing sign shall be allowed to accumulate
on or in the vicinity of the premises
where the same is located.
Bottoms Of all signs shall be at least
three feet from the ground.
No outdoor advertising shall be per-
mitted or allowed to be maintained
without an annual state license.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
eTRUsTEE SALE

WHEREAS, Basil A. Smith and
Lola M. Smith, his wife by their GER
tain deed of trust, dated March 8,
1920 duly acknowledged and recorded
in the Deed of Trust Records, within
and for the County Of Audrain, State
of Missouri in Book AZ, Page 633, con
veyed TO the undersigned Trustee, the
following described real estate, sit
uate, lying and being in the County
and State aforesaid, towit:
Lots /, 8, A, s, 6, Of block 2 of the
original town of Rush Hill.
Said conveyance was made in trust
to secure the payment Of a certain
promissory note in said deed Of trust
fully described and
WHEREAS default has been made
in payment of said note and interest.
Now, therefore, l, Pete Erdel, Jr., the
Trustee named in said deed of trust,
at the request of the legal holder Of
said note, will on
SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH 1921,
proceed to sell the said Real Estate
at public vendue to the highest bid
der at the East front door of the
Court House in the city Of Mexico,
Audrain County, Missouri for cash to
pay said debt and the cost and the ex-
penses Of executing this trust.
PETE ERDEL, JR..
AT Trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
McCLINTIC ITEMS

Conrad Shuttle had a surprise party
Tuesday night.
Otto Ehrlich sold two lambs to Call
Anderson last week.
V. T. Wood delivered a sermon at
the Rush Hill community church Sun
day morning.
Mrs. F. O. Paige and children were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. R. Ha-
gan Saturday night and Sunday
morning.
The baking club of the McClntic
School gave a basket of Easter Eggs
to Mr.. Swift, the schools teacher.
Daily Lowen was the guest of Mr.,
and Mrs. Anderson Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
N BY AUToISTS
ARE ACTS OF SAFETY,
NOT MERE COURTESY

The meaning of various sig
nails in automobile driving
Proper signals are not acts
of courtesy-they are absol-
utely vital to safety. The
driver behind you is not a mind
reader, and every driver should
guard his own safety and that
of other drivers by the fol-
lowing signals:
'The outstretched Hand,
when pulling away from curb;
2, when turning at intersec-
tons; s., when turning in
street; a, when changing
course.
"The Arm Above Head
When stopping.
"The Sounding Of the Horn
1, when passing overtaken vehi-
cles; 2, when approaching in
ter-sectians.
Don't signal in a half-heart-
ed way. Every day traffic con-
gestion is increasing; every
day the danger is increasing.
Strict obedience to the city or
dinances and laws of the state
is incumbent on every citizen"
u .
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
STOCK
NEWS

The S. P. Emmons and Son sale of
registered Scotch Shorthorns Mon
day, March %, brought $500. Buy
ers from many different localities in
and out of the state attended the
sale. The sales made were as fol-
lows:
No. Frank Jones, Paris, Mo-,
Roam Maid, $415.
No. &c. W. Miller and Son,
Plevna, Mo-, Missiles Queen End, $345.
No. 26--H. S. Williamson, Central
ia, Mo-, Fair Countess, 1910.
No. PA. w. Gels and Sons, Chill
licothe, Mo-, Sultan's Claret, $345.
No. 21-J. A. Farris, Roanoke, Mo-,
Cumberland Secret, 1896.
No. 17-C. W. Miller and Son, Plev-
ma, Mo-, Lady Viscount and calf, $3.50.
No. 27-W. o. Patterson, Forest
Green, Mo-, Royal Mayfiower, $3.50.
No. Isl. A. Ferris, Roanoke,
Violet's Stamp End, $500.
No. 29-George Nicholson, Nc
Creole, Mo-, Brilliant Diamond,
$4OO.
No. 34-George Nicholson, Nc
Creole, Mo-, Sprays Cumberland, $95.
No. 33-W. w. johnson, Mexico,
Cumberland Monarch, $3.50.
! No. 31-Judge S. C. Groves, Mex
leo, Barmpton Cumberland, $125.
i. No. ga. W. Gels and Son-Chill
cothe, Knights Nonpareil, 1920.
No. 24-H. w. Smith, Thompson
Empress Gipsey End, $135.
No. 81. A. Farris-Roanoke Mo.
Cumberland Girl, $500.
No. Nv. A. Grimes, Paris, Mo.
Lavender Gem End, $3.50.
No. 14-R. L. Clark, Buell., Mo.
Mercedes End, $3.50.
No. 23-J.A. Ferris, Roanoke, Mo.
Golden Crest, $500.
No. 36-W. C. Cowart and brother
shipped to Alabama Royal Rusper
$500.
3 No. BOW. A. Stocker, Roanoke
9 Mo-, Diamond Rusper, 5000.
No. LA. W. Gels and Son, Chill
licothe, Orange Lady 3rd, $170.
No. 5-John H. Showers, Mexico
! Roam Bull Calf, $3.50.
No. 31-Joe Paschang, Warrens
, burg, Luster's Choice, $50.
No. 37-C. C. Bybee,M Moline, Rus
per's Gloster, $50.
No. 35-R. L. Clark, Buel, Mo.
, violets Rusper, $75.
No. 41-Joe Paschang, Warrens
= burg, Violet Prince, $42.5O.
! No. 38-Daniel Fetsch, st. Peters
). Secret Rusper, $45.
:. No. 40-Joe Paschang, Martins
:, burg, Baron White, $42.50.
:. No. 32-A. L. Miller, Gillian, Mo
:. Villagers Goods, $145.
No. s-Jones and Young, Paris
. Daisy Butterfly, $3.50.
No. 18-Sam G. Emmons, Mexico
Mo-, Lovely Lessie, $75.
No. 5-A ". Gels and Son, Chilli
- Gothic, Mo-, Sweet Brier Rose, $3.50.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
STRAY NOTICE.!

Taken up by M. M. Taylor and post
ed before R. B. Hooton, a justice of
thepeace in Salt River Township of
Audrain County, Mo-, on the 9Th day
Of March, 1921, the following describ-
ed property: one red Shorthorn COW,
6 or z years old; no white spots, and
appraised at $500.
SGT M. M. TAYLOR, TAKER UP.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
REMOVE BLoTs ON HIGHWAYS
National Association Of Gardeners
Passes Resolution Concerning.
Use Of B~illhoards.

The National Association of Gar
deners passed a resolution at its last
meeting concerning the use Of bill
boards on highways and private prop
6rty. Let's have more Of these resolu-
lions and more action against these
lots on our landscape. Why not re-
move all material that litters the
Fences and trees near homea--Le Roy
cady, associate horticulturist, Univer-
kity farm, st. Paul.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Erldax Maa colurnbua. Fate.

It was on d Friday that Columbus
set out from Spain to seek a new
WORLD on Friday that he first caught
sight OF land; on Friday that be start
cd On his return voyage; "a Friday
that he safely arrived back In Spain;
FRIDAY that he first sighted the
American mainland on his next yoy-
age; on Friday that he first set his
foot upon It. and again on Friday that
y handed ia his native land.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Hospital Rooms Named for Soldiers.

Hospital Rooms Named for Soldiers.
Various clubs in Galloway County
are endowing rooms in the Galloway
Hospital to the memory of brave Cal
laway boys who gave their lives in the
great war. The Music Club honored
the memory of Ira Orval Arbuckle,
the first Galloway soldier cited for
bravery. The Graden Prairie Com
munity Club will name a room for
Dean Stambaugh and Frank Frieber-
ger. The women of the Lamar dis
trict will name a room in honor of
Howard Sherrick.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
|MoToRTRUcK IS BIG FACTOR
Anything That viii Make lntsrurbsn
Transportation More Efficient IL
Advantageous.

Motortruck operation Is Just begin
ming TO make itself felt az q factor n
lowering food prices. and everything
that will make truck operation more
eAidient, especially for interurban
transportation. will be of a decided
Advantage to all Of US who have ~
cit. 9lAt
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Opens Business Here.

4. w. Stotler, who has been resid-
ing near Laddonia, has rented the
Johnson building on South Washing
ton. street, and opened q jcbbing bus
for the Service Cushion Tube
Co., Of Kansas City. He will Job
these tubes fro mthis city. The Led
ger joins III welcoming Mr.. Stotler to
this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Appropriate n b

Symbols are curious things. Our
language is full of them and so is re-
ligious ritual, the ceremonies Of se-.
cret societies, and at times 1t is very
picturesque. When we wish to imply
that a mans head is full of absurd,
chaotic ideas we say in slang that
there r bats In his belfry." Do
Won not see how in a dream a belfry
could symbolic a head, and bats, NOR
bid, sinister and absurd ideasf
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
FOR ECONOMIC ROAD
nary Of important Points Brought
in Recent Address by Wiseon-
Sin Engineer.

roads are given a strong rec
aation as economic highways by
zrst,. Wisconsin state highway
Not only so, but he is of
opinion that the economic
q gravel road is proportion
worth. In other words, If a
dway 16 feet wide has a life
OF three to five years, then
on of 10 feet will increase
Pable life to six or possibly
figures are not definite"
Hirst, "they merely express
parison which it Is sought to
e Moreover this comparison.
hold true, o is any broad
Of the worth of gravel roads
tie unless there is continuous
fance. Wherever gravel roads
sdng notable service good main
Me- il as much the reason as is
CONSTRUCTION in the first place."
Hirst recently gave an import
Eaddress on this subject and the
bwing is q condensed summary of
main points in his discussion:
/. The prime factor in determining
. relative service value Of highways
whether they serve traffic effective
.hnn inexpensively.
preliminary traffic censuses are
seleSs as aids in pavement type Sc
Aon.
Traffic counts have value only in
information upon traffic
ses, and operation costs over
Ing pavement surfaces. .c.
What has been is no indication
what viii be.
States must adopt uniform loads
70 borne by roads of varying classes
Importance.
All highways cannot be made ID
I highways every day in the year.
{. Expressed in terms of real serv-
value. type means little unless Sc
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

Will Douglass Bush, of this city, is
in receipt of a box Of oranges, sent by
Edward Wells, Of Ontario, California.
Edward is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Wells formerly Of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Notice Of Efficiency Conference.

Notice of Efficiency Conference.
The Annual Efficiency Conference
of the Audrain County School Asso-
citation will be held on Sunday after
noon, April third, at three o'clock, in
the Mexico Presbyterian church. Mr..
Paul H. Vieth of the State Force will
be there. All County and District
Officers are expected to be present.
VILLA GUY McCUNE,
d&w1t County Secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice lis hereby given, that letters
of Administration uDon the estate Of
| ROBERT FRITSCHE, Deceased,
have been granted 10 the undersigned
Mrs. Minnie Fritsche, bF the Probate
Court Of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the 18th day Of March,
1921.
All persons having claims against.
said estate are required 10 exhibit
them to her for allowance within six
months from the date of said letters,
or they may be precluded from any
benefit Of such estate; and IL said
claims be not exhibited within one
year from the date Of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred.
MRS. M. FRITSCHE,
Administrators.
Attested by me this 18th day Of
March, 1921.
(SEAE T.. IA. SHANNON,
Git Judge os PROBATE Court
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE..


Notice is hereby given. that letters
of administration upon the estate of
A. S. PROCTOR, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
]. G. PROCTOR, by the Probate
Court Of Audrain County, Mis-
souri,, bearing date the 10th day of
March, 1921.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within six
months from the date Of said letters,
or they may be preoiuded from any
benefit Of 6ueh estate; end Il sad
claims be net axhiSited within one
year from the date of granting said
letters, they will be forever barred.
sa 5,i1 u G. PROCTOR, 4
Administrator,
Attested by me this 21st day od
March, 1921.
{SEALl E. "A. SHANNON,
6-4t Judge Of Probate Court
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
NOTICE OF FINAL sETTLEMEN1

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT.
Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned, P. d. Forrest, Admins
traitor of the estate of
DENNIS E. FORREST, Deceased,
will make final settlement of his ac-
counts with said estate as such admin
i~strator at the next term of the
Probate Court of Audrain County,
Missouri. to be holden at Mexico; Mo-,
in said County, on the 9th day of
May, A. D., 1921.
P. D, FORREST,
Administrator.
Attested by me this 22nd day of
March, 1921.
(SEAL) BESS WOODS,
6-td Clerk of Probate Court.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

Mrs. W. G. Burks is entertaining
her sister, Mrs. C. G. Jungk and her
niece, Mrs. C. H. Carpenter, both of
st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

Last Easter there was over a foot
of snow fell in Audrain county and
forty years ago March "a over
eighteen inches Of snow covered Aud
rain and made many of the roads i'm
p~assable. A. L. Yarnell, called at the
Ledger office Thursday, and told
about the snow of March "a, 1881.
He arrived in Mexico from Kentucky
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. M.
Yarnell ,on that date. He states that
thefarmers were backward in their
work that season because of the cold
weather and did not get to do any
thing in their fields until the last of
April and first Of May.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
Birthday Basket of Roses.

There may be some dispute yer DR.,
P. E. Coils age, but there can be no
dispute over the beauty of the gift
which he received on his birthday
Tuesday. The nurses Of the Amanda
Hospital presented him with a huge
basket of red American Beauty roses,
two dozen in number.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

w. C. Stuart of Rush Hill was in
Mexico Wednesday
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

E. E. Price has returned to his
home in Nevada, after a business trip
to this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

No. 2s-M N. Mckinney, Cairo,
Red Empress End, 5000.
No. 1S-Jones and Young, Paris,
Mo- Layender's Type, SPAS.
No. 12-Jones and Young, Paris,
Miss Sempstress, $500.
No. 12-L. H. Magruder and Son,
Roam Bull Calf, $165.
No. 16-Chappel and son, Bowling
Green, Village Crocus End, $3.50.
No. 20-Prewitt and son, Clarks-
vile, Village Fleda, $275.
No. ia. W. Gels and Sons, Chill
lieothe, Secret Cumberland, $275.
No. Al. L. Burgess, Tulsa, Okla.
Violet's Pride, $270.
No. 4-Resold to W: A. stocker
Roanoke, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31
d&w1t

J Il. jacob of Martinsburg was in
Mexico Wednesday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

The many friends Of Mrs. William
Hamper win regret to learn she 10 II.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-31

ourley Clemens formerly Of this
city, now residing in st. Louis, won a
gold medal in a metropolitan skating
contest recently.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-12

ready has large interests in the dis trict, dating back to 1895, when a con trolling interest was purchased in the Detroit Copper Co. of Morenci, to which point had to be built a remark able corkscrew narrow-gage railroad, that since has been somewhat strengthened by "switchbacks". The Detroit mines have been greatly de- veloped and are equipped with mod ern mill. A shelter at Morenci has been dismantled, though with plans for it's recreation with more economi- cal equipment.
 The districts mining operations have been conducted with all harmony between the companies, with a gen eral side-line agreement in force. In 1903 serious labor trouble resulted in the sentencing of the union leaders to the territorial penitentiary. In 1915 second outbreak occurred, which was notable in the fact that the new States government took the side. of thes trikers, with incidental threats against the mine managers. Litiga- ton over alleged pollution of the streams from the concentrators was ended when the companies erected large dams for ,impounding the tail ingS.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-12
COMMITTEE TO DO AWAY
 WITH CHILD LABOR EVILS.

David Franklin Houston, former secretary of Agriculture and of the Treasury, has accepted the chairman ship of the National Child Labor Con- mittee. He will direct a vigorous ed ucational movement to arouse Ameri cans to the permanent evils resulting from child labor, especially as practic- ed in some of the agricultural regions. The move is aimed chiefly at the drud- gery and denies them the opportunity for even the most meager schooling.
 Investigators have found areas in the tobacco, cotton and sugar beet areas where it is the practice to put children to work when they are five years old. In these areas the laws regarding compulsory education are entirely neglected.
 "In the long run," said MT. Houston "what is best for the child is best for humanity. No harvest of beets or to- bacco or cotton, however rich can ever outweigh the vicious harvest of illit- eracy, physical deterioration, poverty and crime that will inevitably be the reaping from an abused childhood, overworked and denied it's schooling and normal play. The problem is to secure effective and fuller administra- tion of the laws, it is problem of edu- cation"
 V. Everitt Macy, 105 East Twenty second street, New York, is the treas urer of the committe. The Board of Trustees includes Jane Addams, Adolph Lewisohn, Lillian D. Wald, John Dewey and Paul M. Warburg.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-12
HEAVY SILVER VALUE
 DISCLOSED AT SHEA

Assays made this week of ores from the west drift on the SS0 level of the Shea mine show values that have caused renewed interest in the property, and considerable excitement among the local stockholders.
 The values run from sixteen to forty-four hundredths of an ounce in gold, from 49.6 to 59s ounces in sil- yer and an average copper content of three per cent. ~,' ~ E
 The vein was practically barren of silver values from the 700 to the 830 level and the recurrence of tetrehed- rite with a high silver content is specially encouraging.
 Formation Loosening
 The condition that brings most de- light to the management is the fact that the vein is widening and the formation is becoming looser, thoroughly disintegrated and soft. There is every reason to hope that as soon as permanent water level is reached conditions will be such as to favor the deposition of ore in qaun- tity.
 Work on the drifts east and west from the S3O has ben suspended and Superintendent Engelder is preparing to resume sinking. There has been a heavy flow of surface water follow ing the recent rains and arrangements are being made for the installation of pump with capacity sufficient to handle the flow.-Jerome News.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-12
ROMAN ROAD IN ENGLAND

Discovery is reported from England of another old Roman road, hitherto unknown. . IT,. .,n
 Workmen who were digging man. holes on a road near Farnham,in Sur say, unearthed, five or six feet below the surface, part of what appears to be an old Roman road that ran from Manchester to London.
 The road was in an excellent state of preservation, the surface layer, be- ing foot in thickness and constructed of flints. In order, to penetrate the surface, the workmen had to use drills and steel wedges.
 Research has demonstrated that not only the Romans used bituminous ma terials, including asphalt, but the ancient Sumerians, Persians, Baby lonians, Greeks and Egyptians as well.
 The road discovered in England, ac- cording to engineers, was capable of carrying traffic heavier than any to which modern roads are subjected.
Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-08-12
QUEER SORT OF ASSIST

They pulled new one for the book in a game between the Phillies and Braves at Philadelphia recently. In the sixth inning, Pitcher Betts was hit on the head by a line drive and the ball bounded into left field, where Wrightstone caught it for a putout. This play is on a par with the one at Houston last spring when the Car dinals were playing an exhibition. Johnny Lavan hit a line drive, which hit the pitcher Buscha, in the head and bounded back to the catcher for the out.