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The Little River news., 1921-06-04
Arden News.

Arden, June (SpeciaD- and Mrs. Jim Lewis and family of Oklaho- ma are visiting relatives here now.
 Mrs. R. l.. Hudgeons of Foreman re- turned home Wednesday after few days visit with relatives.
 Mrs. Horace Hodges of Foreman wis., sted Mrs. A. B. Phillips Thursday.
 Warren Bocock and Miss Opal Alten- hamer were Oak Hill visitors Sunday.
 Carl Emerson and Miss Dovie Ander- snn. both prominent young people ot this place, married Tuesday afternoon at the home of the groom.
 Mir. and Mrs. Tead Lewis left Thurs day afternoon for Hope, where MT Lewis will be employed as truck driver
 Mrs. Jim Wise was in Foreman Sat urday.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frank are rejoicing over the arrival of a fine daughter al their home Thursday afternoon.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04
King Rider News.

King Rider, June 2.-(SpeciaD-W we are still waiting for that rain.
 The farmers are busy harvesting oats this week. There was a large crop planted this year.
 Cantaloupes and tomatoes are look ing pretty good but they would do bet ter with a shower.
 R. H. Smith moved his saw mill into this community this week. He located it on the H. c. Boyer farm.
 Ed Smith is baling oats this week.
 H. c. Boyer of this place bought the blacksmith shop and store at Jewel and is operating both at that place.
 Several from here intend paying taxes this week.
 Tom and Carol Evans of Goodwater, Okla, visited with their father, G. w. Green, Sunday.
 Ed Smith and family visited R. H. Smith and family Saturday night and Sunday.
 Arch Dover reported that his can talOupe vines are growing so fast that his horse got wound up in the vines and he had to quit blowing. If any one has that beat we would like to hear from them.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04
WiIton News.

Wilton, June 2.-(SpeciaD H. Childers of Foreman was attending to business here Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs Harris of Shreveport is visiting T. E. McCray and family.
 Miss Annie Mills of Texarkana is spending the week with her father, Joel Mills.
 Mrs. Jim Thompson is reported to be quite i'll.
 Roy Thompson is home from FL Dorado.
 Mrs. Robert Can't and Miss Myrtle Mccall were in Ashdown Wednesday.
 Mrs. Dixie Vaughan left Monday for Haynesville, La. Mrs. P A. Pipkin is visiting rela- tives and friends in Oklahoma, where she was called on account of the death of her brother, Gus Pew.
 Those who attended the childrens day program at Oak Hill Sunday night were: T. w. Mccall, Leslie Messa- more, Curtis Pipkin. Ross Hill, Hugh Throckmorton Flint Nichols, Misses Nave Johnston, Ada Hedgecock, Eula Nave Martin and Myrtle MoCall.
 Mrs Homer Chambers and little daughter, Mirl, of Texarkana, are vis- iting relatives and friends here.
 Mrs. c. N. Cash and Misses Eula Nave Martin, Rora and Cora Mcdaniel were shopping in Ashdown Wednesday.
 Mrs. Hazel Mckinney of Texarkana visited her parents, MT. and Mrs. Will Rainey Sunday.
 Mrs. J. H. Barkman was in Texar- kama Thursday.
 Riley Cooper of Texarkana spent the week end with homefolks.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

Henry Ford made his five millionth fiiver the other day and placed in the museum alongside No. one. Which re- minds us that twenty years ago an au- tomobile was curiosity in our largest cities Ten years ago there was about one in a town like Ashdown, but you could see it passing your door every five minutes on an average during the day. Now the streets and roads and COW paths are cluttered up with them, and many people think so little about the expense that they never think to put the cid bus under shelter winter or summer, which is one reason Henry has to work overtime to supply the demand.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04
Hicks News.

Hicks, June 1.-(SpeciaD - Every one is rejoicing over the nice rain.
 FEE. Johnson of Wilton spent Sun day with his sister, Mrs. J. N. Phillips.
 Miss Artie Wright of Ashdown spent Tuesday night and Wednesday with MT. and Mrs. J. N. Quarles.
 Miss Bess Johnson of Paraloma spent the week end of last week with Miss Birtie Lee Matthews.
 Mrs. J. N. Phillips who has been re- ported on the sick list is improving.
 Miss Fannie Burke of Stamps spent Tuesday night in Hicks.
 Eugene Phillips, who is working at Fulton, spent Sunday with his parents, MT. and Mrs. J. N. Phillips.
 H. A. Turner of DeKalb Texas, spent Saturday with MT. and Mrs. J. w. Quarles.
 MT. and Mrs. A. c. Stephens spent Sunday with relatives near Foreman.
 MT. and Mrs. Leo Gentry of Browns town spent the week end of last week with the latter's parents, MT, and rMs. Jim Matthews.
 Mrs. billiard Capps of Vivian La., is visiting MT. and Mrs. Geo, 'Capps.
 Everybody come to Sunday school Sunday.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04
Ogden News.

Ogden. June SpeciaD-We are certainly having good old summer time now. However, we are needing rain very badly The showers sighted us the other day, but our time will be next perhaps.
 It doesn't seem possible that it is so near Institute Days again. Time is certainly Hitting away.
 Misses Ethel Smithson and Laura Van Hook are home from their schools which closed recently.
 Did you ever realize how charming it is to sit in the beautiful moonlight and listen to the whippoorwills and other musical voices of nature?
 MT. and Mrs. Luther Bean and child ren of Texarkana were pleasant visi- tors with the formers niece, Mrs. Pete Airs last week.
 Mrs. w. J. Mcdowell returned Sun day from a visit with her daughter, Mrs K. Spates at Saratoga.
 MT. and Mrs Geo Lewis of Ashdown rassed through Ogden Tuesday on their way to Red Water, Texas, to make their home MT and Mrs. Lewis formerly were residents of Ogden.
 Decoration day was impressively celebrated here Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs Edward Shepperson Of Columbus were guests of Dr. ana Mrs. I. N. Hut Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs., Eber Mcdowell are nroud parents of fine daughter, who arrived Tuesday.
 Mrs. Reid of Magnolia is visiting her nephews, J. H. and Nathan Furlow.
 On Tuesday night of last week Mrs. I. N. Hut very prettilv entertained her Sunday school class with moonlight picnic and ice cream party at the Woods spring.
 Miss Mae Rose of Texarkana was a week end guest of Miss Essie Flaw kins.
 Emmett Smithson and Ben Leather wood of Texarkana spent Sunday with home folks.
 The Epworth League is arranging a very interesting program for Sunday evening. The subject will he "Crea- tion." Quite number of interesting noints are to be discussed and con- sidered.
 Mrs. V. M. Crouch of Pine Prairie visited the family of W. S. Crouch Monday and Tuesday.
 MT. and Mrs Woody Smisson of Tex arkana were visitors here Sunday.
 The Methodist Sunday school is an- ticipating a picnice sometime soon.
 Dr. and Mrs. Anderson of Ben Lom- ond were visitors here Tuesday
 Mrs. Roy Budd entertained the jun ic.rs of the town Thursday evening at her home.
 Fishing is getting to be quite a past time around Ogden They are catch ing some good ones too. Ogden has great many places for fishing and out ing Numerous visitors from far and near visit us quite often.
 Little Miss Kathleen Hull is report ed to be very sick.
 MT and Mrs. Johnson are now occu- pying their beautiful bungalow just recently completed on the East side.
 The truck growers are kept busy thcse days
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

The boys caught two pound catfish out of an ordinary mud-puddle here in town the other day If you have time please figure out how the fishes get there. and also why the puddles are allowed to remain.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

The big navy folks won There is never any doubt about that. Disarm- ament is a pretty theory, so is an ideal state in which everybody is good, but human nature being what it is we find it expedient to keep police force, nationally as well as locally.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

The city league is still strong and going good. The Baptist team has been strengthened and promises to be a contender in the race. The fans are having lots of baseball sport right here at home.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

Now that the railroads have been granted big cut in wages the next thing in order is a big cut in the freight rates A freight rate that is high to the prohibitive point in many instances loses for the railroads and for the general business of the coun- try as well.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

Now is the time of year when you dream of cool place by the side of running water in the mountains. only when you get there you find it about as hot as here.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

The head of the Federal Reserve banking system reports that the coun- try is rapidly recovering. In other words, it is still able to sit up and con- sume the usual amount of gasoline.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

They are setting out sweet potatoes and there is now no doubt about the acreage being a large one. Potatoes are a safe crop, good to sell, to eat and for feed Play it right and you cant lose.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

The cotton crop is reported to be short. That is what the South in- tended it to be. If that doesn't put the crop on a profitable basis we should make up our minds to let the world get along on silk and wool for awhile.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

The weather man says that last month May smashed the May hot wea- there records. We are hopeful that June is not cut to break any records.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

Make the late hay crop big one. Lay up in this way a big store of am- munition to bring the high cost of farming down.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

We would like to be invited to go fishing with some of those fishermen who always catch long string. Only for the love of Mike, pick out shady place.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

You can get the kind of meal that mother loves at William Bros Grind- ing at all hours. Try them for nouns and fellers, will saw any pattern you want. If
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

They are hauling gravel while the sun shines.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

Don't let the hot weather get your pep.
The Little River news., 1921-06-04

A good blowing is equal to rain. If in need of rain, blow.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
Prevention
Is Life Insurance

COLUMBIA, Mo-, March 1S.-An
old and oft-quoted adage is IAN ounce
of prevention is better than a pound
of cure" If you question people you
will find that they all believe this, yet
how many act on their belief? In
practice we find that the average per-
son is still controlled by the old ideas
Of disease, and still looks for a cure
rather than a prevention.
This is shown by the many new So
called schools of medicine which
spring up, in America particularly,
year after year, live a certain length
of time, gain many kdherenrs, and
then pass out, declares DR.. NJ. P. Raw
enel, specialist in preventive medicine
at the University of Missouri and
president of the American Public
Health Association. 1t proves that
the average person is stiIl possessed
with the idea of curing disease rather
than preventing it, yet every lesson
taught us by world events Demon
strates not only the feasibility but the
falae Of prevention.
The United States Government has
recently issued q book Of statistics of
he World War. Turning to the pages
concerning disease and its prevention,
We find the record Of tremendous adj
vance in life saving.
During the Mexican War, seventy
five years ago, one hundred and ten
Of our soldiers died of disease for each
fifteen who were killed in battle. In
the Civil War, sixty years ago, we
lost sixty-fve soldiers from disease to
every thirty-three killed in battle. In
the Spanish American War, twenty
two years ago, we lost twenty-siX SOL
from disease to every five lost
IN battle, whereas in the World War,
in which we had the largesr number
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
Swinging from the Leafy
Dough or Snug in the
Crotch Of a Tree

March q has been established by
Missouri as Bird Day.
The average persons knowledge of
birds includes intimacy with the
robins on the lawn, admiration of the
red-bird's song, and anxiety over the
house sparrow's nesting. Yet all
agree that the study of birds should
be fostered and developed.
The first requisite for bird study is
the ability to see--to observe quickly
and with accuracy. 1t also takes pat
fence to learn the habits of bird life.
Everyone should be taught to see birds
in Connection with their nests, eggs
and young.
1t is very wrong to take eggs Oh to
destroy nests, but both boys and girls
should be taught to look for nests
and to respect bird homes. A careful
examination of a birds nest will con-
vince anyone that it is a work or
art.
A. R. Dugmore has written a book
Bird Homes" from which the follow
ing notes are taken. "A birds main
idea when depositing it's eggs is that
they shall be safe from enemies of
all kinds and from unfavorable wealth
er conditions. With these objects in
view, it is interesting to note the diff
ferent methods employed. The whip
poorwill builds no nest, but lays it's
eggs in a slight depression among the
dead leaves. When the parent bird
is sitting, her color, which matches
the leaves and dead wood, saves her
from observation. The qauil and
many other birds, such as the meadow
lark, often arch their homes over with
growing vegetation or dead leaves,
and in some cases build covered paths
or entrances.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
VIERICK GETS HIS.

GEORGE Sylvester Vierick, leader
of the German propagandist in this
country, has been fttingly rebuked by
President Harding. Vierick recently
acid a self-solicited conference with
the then President-elect and informed
him that he had not only delivered to
the Republican party six million Ger
man votes in the United States but
demanded a German-American in the
cabinet and presented a list Of names
of those whom he thought would suit.
The Harding cabinet has been
named and none Of Georges list APP
pears therein. Men OF German blood
or ~antecendants would be acceptable
on the cabinet when their American
ism was unquestioned but when Vier-
lex made the issue a racial one he in
stilled into the matter a question
which has no place there and which
should have brought him a rebuke.
Vierick is getting just what he deser-
yes and if we are not mistaken there
are a few more rebukes coming to
him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24

"The woodpeckers hide their eggs
in natural holes in trees, or in holes
followed out by tedious labor. The
crested hy-catcher often makes use Of
a snakeskin in the construction of his
nest, which occupies a hole in a tree.
"The ruby-throated humming bird
saddles his tiny nest on a high branch
and covers it with lichen so that it
resembles an extension of the branch.
The Baltimore oriole hangs his we'll
built nest, a masterpiece of bird arch
itecture, on the extreme end of an
o~verhanging branch where nothing
but a winged enemy can reach it. To
guard against these, the nest is made
so that it looks something like a hor-
nets nest-with which the jays, crows
or hawks would not care to interfere.
Some birds return regularly, year
after year to the same nesting site,
even after their nests have been rob-
bed several times. Phoebes return with
regularity to the same rock or bridge,
where they make one or two nests
each season.
Now a little bit about that most
popular local bird, the robin, The
robins nest which is very bulky and
sometimes rough in appearance, is
formed of leaves, roots and grasses
sometimes entirely of grass and
mud) plastered together with an in
ner wall of mud lined with fine grass.
1t is placed either On a branch or in a
crotch at from four to thirty-fve feet
from the ground. The eggs are of a
beautiful pale greenish blue, giving
the name to the color known as
robins egg blue" o
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
"TRUSTEE SALE'

WHEREAS, Basil A. Smith and
Lola NJ. Smith, his wife by their GER
tain deed of trust, dated March g.,
1920 duly acknowledged and recorded
in the Deed of Trust Records, within
and for the County of Audrain, State
of Missouri in Book At, Page 633, on
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, 5, 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, I, 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.,
Alt Trustee
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
Hardin College
Will Graduate
Forty Five

Plans for the commencement K
at Hardin College, which will
prbably be held the last week in May,
are being made now, as well as plans
for the Hardin May Day festival.
There will be forty-fve graduates
from the college this year. They are
as follows:
Conservatory Of Music.
Lucy Baker, Dunbar, Neb.
Gladys Blackburn, Malta Bend, Mo.
Helen Hart, Charleston, Mo.
Ottilha Houser, California, Mo.
Rosebud Mcpherson, Pawhuska,
Okla.
Louise Patrick, Denison, Texas.
Delpha Dickinson, Tina, Mo.
Pauline Van Ness, Mexico, Mo.
Expression Department.
Marie Miller, jackson, Mo.
Barbara Reavis, Mexico, Mo.
Mary Worrell, Mexico, Mo.
Ruth Harper, Mexico, Mo.
Art Department.
Thelma Farquharson, Wichita, Kan.
Mable Hill, Chickasha, Okla.
Ruth Noah, Topeka, Kan.
Literary Department.
Dena Allen, Broughton, Ill.
Elbertine Broome, B~entonville, Ark.
Eva Bell, Newtinia, Mo.
Anne Callison, Clarence, Mo.
Bonnie Enloe, New Bloomveld, Mo.
Edith England, New Haven, Mo.
Marie Fears, Stigler, Okla.
Gertrude Graham, Kansas City, Mo.
Vida Gresham, Bigelow, Mo.
Marian Greene, Richmond, Mo.
Wyona Guest, Plainview, Texas.
Helen Hart, Charleston, Mo.
Hazel Mcintyre, Mexico, Mo.
Ruth Noah, Topeka, Kan.
Marie Ports, Fairfax, Mo.
Allie Bruton Parrish, Jonesbord,
Ark.
Avis Shotwell, Richmond, Mo.
Lucille Simmons, Centralia, Mo.
Kathryn Shoop, Richmond, Mo.
Sarah Williams, Freeport, Kan.
Ann Lacy Wallace, Mexico, Mo.
Helen Heller, Mexico, Mo.
Elsie Ward, Mexico, Mo.
Eliza Martin, Mexico, Mo.
Gladys Dowell, Mexico, Mo.
Elizabeth Harper, Mexico, Mo.
Home Economies Department.
Anne Callison, Clarence, Mo.
Lucille Simmons, Centralia, Mo.
Marian Greene, Richmond, Mo.
Dena Allen, Broughton, I'll.
Allie Bruton Parish, Jonesboro,
Ark.
Sarah Williams, Freeport, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
usfNEss CONDITIONS.

business situation, according
rye E. Roberts, vice-president
National City Bank, of New
5 one that would be materially
"a IL everyone would do his
ial part toward helping pres
ditions along in their economic
t1nent.
ates that grain movements are
te with prices strengthening
lat, and considers this a good
The winter wheat crop pros
morally is gratifying. On the
and money continues somewhat
Industrial conditions are not
! the bright prosects that ag-
al conditions indicate.
rges the cooperation of every
a unified program furthering
N readjustment Of conditions
normally. Without this I'M
conditions will continue until
rec their own readjustment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24

of troops ever assembled in this coun-
.try,we lost only nineteen from disease
to every ifty-thre killed in battle.
This may be stated somewhat diff
~ferently as follows: In the Mexican
War for every thousand men engage
ed, one hundred and ten died from dis
ease; in the Civil War, sixty-fve Of
every thousand; in the Spanish-Am-
erican War, twenty-six Of every
thousand; in the World War, only
nineteen of every thousanG.
The danger from contagious dis
eases increases exactly in proportion
to increase in population. Conse-
quently the results in the World War,
when we had the largest number of
soldiers, the largest camps, and the
greatest concentration of men ARE es-
pecially notable.
In the Spanish American War, with
107, 900 men, we had 20,73S cases of
typhoid fever, with 1880 deaths; in
the World War, when approximately
five million men were taken in through
the draft, we had both in America
and in Europe only 1928 cases of ty-
phoid fever with 227 deaths. If the
same typhoid fever rate and deathr rate
had kept up in the World War which
we had in the Spanish-Amer1can War,
there would have been 100000 cases
Of typhoid fever, with 10000 deaths.
With these facts before our eyes,
is it not clear that preventive medi-
cine is a paying proposition? Does it
not show that it is much cheaper, ever
from the money standpoint, to pre-
vent disease than to attempt its cure?
Does it not show that money spent for
the prevention of disease is a good in
vestment-that it is life insurance,
the cheapest and best which we can
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24

SINCE the war the newspapers
have been flooded with propaganda
Of various kinds. The stuff is only
a nuisance to the editor who has to
open all mail for fear Of missing some
thing important. Not a day passes
that from five to twenty such mis-
sives arrive in the Ledger official
the work of a press agent and seek
ing free space.
If some Of those who were putting
up the money for this matter of
spreading such special interest infor-
nation would learn where their copy
rally landed they would discontinue
this useless practice.
Newspapers always have space for
legitimate news but the day is past
when some smooth press agent can.
tell the editor what is news and what
isn't, especially when his brand Of
news" is so palpably press agent
agent stuff.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
7. ?. \ DELEGATE

AT a meeting of the. Travelling Pro-
tective Association, Saturday, March
10, Sam Morris was elected to repre-
sent the Mexico Post / at the State
Convention at Chillicothe and was
recommended as a delegate to the
national convention at Louisville, KY,
to beheld in June 1921.
The following officers and chairmen
of committees were elected; president,
J. C. Davis; LIST vice-president, Harry
A. Chaplin; Secretary, Sam Morris;
railroad committee, T. J. Hoxsey;
press, C. R. Gibbs; hotel, O. j. Holt
man; legislative, E. B. Keath; en-
ployment, j. E. Cockelreas; good
roads and public utilities, T. ]. Hox-
sey; commerce, Ross R. Wagner;
chaplain, the Rev "A. A. Wallace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24
CHARACTER.

RE are a lot Of folks wearing
5ps cap that think it the laurel
IL are q lot Of people vino don
h and a frock coat and believe
i've acquired Importance,
E are heaps Of folks Who un-
psly repeat the sayings Of
wise man and glory in the
I they have given birth to an
q is many a woman who buys
Of rouge, a lip stick and a
Of hair and believes sire has
sed beauty.
& is many a man who HIS load
self with ponderous dignity be-
he has achieved ability.
4 as a mass of people who as
\ gloomy expression thinking
denotes depth of thought.
there is no man or woman who
j anything that will make the
hink they have character. The
of character comes of its own
and cannot be bought or
! a man has everything else
sn't character he hasn't much
hing after all,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24

opportunities for the purchase Of new
merchandise at prices which are most
attractive. The local stores, always
noted for their unusual showings Of
high grade goods, seem to have out
cone themselves this season not only
the increased size Of their stocks
but in the prices which are much
lower than are to be found elsewhere.
NseXieo's progressive merchants are
o,, g much to make Mexico a greater
& y by widening its trading territory
ard attracting favorable attention to
splendid merchandising opportun-
tiles.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1921-03-24

1T looks very much as if the re-
ferendum will be brought into play
prominently in connection with a
large number of bills at present be-
fore the Missouri legislature. In
many cases such action is good and
then, again, it causes expensive an
unnecessary delay.