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Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
PAYNE DISTRICT.

Moving has been the go last week.
We had another snow Tuesday.
Jim Beatty hauled two wagon loads
of hogs to Mexico Monday. Cloyd
Wade helped hin.
Kelly Robson moved to his farm
near Bethlehem church Thursday. b.
F. Shock and wife are living with him
Miss Lotto Nevins is better at this
writing. We sure hope she will still
continue getting better.
There sure has been a lot Of sick
ness around here the past week, but
everyone seems to be getting better
Wren Davis moved ten miles north
of Centralia Thursday.
High Hill School closed Friday
March 3rd. Miss Sadie Allison was
the teacher. She is a fine teacher, the
pupils all liked her fine.
George Brown sent five truck loads
Of sheen to Mexico Tuesday. There
was about 1870 in all.
Miss Lorraine Showers visited
James and Ina Opal Denham Satur'
day.
Miss Evalee Smith visited home
folks over the weekend.
Quite a few people of this neigh
borhood went to Mexico Saturday.
The little son of Lock Kendall ant
wife is doing nicely at this writing.
Miss Genelle Denham has beer
sick. But she is getting along hne
James has been sick too.
There was thirty five present a
Salt River Sunday School Sunday
Will Allison and family and Lor
Shock and wife were the Sunda,
guests of Jeff Allison and family.
Jim Beatty and family were tn
Sunday guest of Roy Sims and IAN
lily.
Cleveland Brown and family wer
the Sunday guests Of Edgar SIN
family.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
PRAIRIE HILL ITEMS.

Miss Iona Beedle and John Henry
Trower were married Wednesday af-
ternoon at the home Of Leonard
TrOwer by Rev. Lovelace. They came
to the Tom Williams farm where
Johnnie has been patching. They were
treated to a charivari by the young
folks Thursday night. Here's wishing
them much happiness and prosper
ity.
We are sorry to report Claud and
Oscar Keith on the sick list.
Harold B~ranstetter visited hi
grandmother, Mrs. Dave Nation on'
night last week.
Mrs. Paul Evans put off 134 chick
last week and in spite Of the unfavor
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
HATToN--CoNCoRD

Grandma Woods was buried at the
Concord grave yard. Rev stommont
preached the funeral. Grandma
Woods was quite old. She leaves TWO
sons, Jim and jeff and a number OF
grand children to mourn her loss.
Miss Ella Boyd is no better.
Grant Cottrill, Frances New and
Mrs. Earl Stephen are getting along
nicely. .
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Sims attended
Howard Muir's sale Tuesday near
Fulton.
CS. W. Muir bought 35 head OF
stock cattle at the Howard Muir sale
to put in his feed pen, also 10 sheep
Pat Tincher and j.. W. Bailey
bought two loads of cattle from j. E
Muir and will ship them to the Chi
cago Market.
Howard Bailey of st. Louis wa'
here Wednesday buying mules. III
bought one load of S. ". Muir. Mr.
Muir is one of our best feeders ant
always has the best mules on tn
market.
Win Hendrix returned from the
Fulton Hospital and is getting alonI
very nicely at this writing.
S. w. Muir lost a good mule las
Thursday.
A number attended the stock sale
Fulton Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Sims wer
Sunday guests of S. W. Muir an
wife.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
CONFESS
HOLDING Up
STOREKEEPER

Willie Moore, Paul Gordon and
Harry Bartlett were arrested in Van
dalia Saturday night and are now in
Jail in Mexico, having confessed to
the robibng of Nelson Bondurant, the
store keeper at Carroll on January
20.
Mr.. Bondurant vas on his way
from his store to his house about 8
o'clock on that date and met the three
boys. One of them hit him over the
head and the other robbed him OF the
small change in his pockets which
amounted to $12.10. He was so sew
erely wounded that it was thought
for a time that he would not re-
cover.
The heaviest snow Of the year fell
on January 20 and n of the robbers
in his effort to run found his over.
shoes a burden and discarded them
The police found them and tracee
them to their owner Willie Moore
The others confessed when Moor
was arrested.
Moore is "a years old, Gordon z
and Bartlett II.
Willie Moore, Paul Gordon an
Harry Bartlett, who confessed Sat
urday to attacking and robbing Me-
son Bondurant the s%torekeeper a
Carroll January 20, waived prelin
mary hearing here Monday and wei
sentenced in the circuit court. Moor
was given five years in the Stat
P~enitentiary, Gordon ten and Bar
. lett five in the Missouri Reformation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
JESSE PRUNTY
PAROLED BY
GOV. HYDE

Jesse Prunty, who was convicted in
Audrain County in January, 1913, Of
robbing the bank at Farber, and sen
fenced to ten years in the ~penitenti-
airy was paroled by Gov. Hyde Sat-
urday to J. S. West of Peoria, Ill.
The parole was recommended by the
board and by Judge E. S. CAN'T and
Prosecuting Attorney R. D. Rodgers,
who tried the case.
He was jointly tried with Harry
Funk and both were convicted. Prunty
it was stated in the recommendation,
had no chance to prove an alibi. At
fidavits filed with the board tend to
show that Prunty was not at Farber
when the bank was robbed, and ap-
parently establishes his presence al
Pennington, ILL.,, on the night Of the
robbery.
Funk is serving a sentence Of
twenty-five years.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
THREE BIG WRESTLERS
TO APPEAR AT MOBERLY
CELEBRATION JULY 4TH

M. Plestina, Young Zybszko and
James Londos will appear at the July
4th celebration at Moberly. If Jake
Reed is to appear he will first have to
take on three wrestlers according to
Frank Holtsinger, who is in charge OF
the athletic carnival which is to be
part Of the celebration. The three
men Reed must meet are: McVey,
"the Conductor Of Richmond and
Conley Of Macon. If Reed defeats
these three men he will be asked to
wrestle at the Moberly celebration.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
SAVE THE CHICK.

Diachol! Chemistry's latest and
most valuable discovery. 1t brings
to the home one of her heretofore
hidden secrets, that directly benefits
the inhabitants of the poultry yard.
Diaehol is the product Of years Of re-
search and laboratory work and ex-
periments, and then to be discovered
by accident, as most Of the phenom-
inal discoveries are made. The world
was awakened the chemist as he was
never awakened before. The chemist
in his fevered search through chem
istry's great storehouse Of knowledge
for elemnts of destruction, explo-
sives, poison gases, etc. He found
elements and combination of ele-
ments heretofore unknown and I'M
heard of which when properly COM
pounded became agents of infinite
value to mankind in the battle
against old and new diseases inner
emit to animal life, In his laboratory,
Prof. A. F. Sala while in search for
elements and agents the combination
of which to produce certain results
foreign to the poultry culture. There
Diachol was born. Diachol is a COM
bination of chemical element that is
suer death tothe germ diseases that
attact the feathered specia. Diachol
is a complete and absolute preventa-
tive against White Diarrhoea in in
chicks, blackheads in turkeys, chol,
t era in poultry and kindred diseases
; of the poultry yard. At last, thanks
to chemistry and especially to DR.
Sala the poultry raiser need no lingel
! fear White Diarrhoea the scourg'
:, of the brooder-"The Chick Muir
|, sery;" Blackhead, the turks arcl
enemy; Cholera, the deadly plague o.
: the poultry yard. DiachOl saves you
baby chicks, insures your: turkeys
immunes your flock firm disease.
q Diachol is sold direct from the lab
- oratory to consumer only, thus asur
' ing prompt service and no substi
Ie tutes. Now is the time to order you
lr supply of Diachol, Have it on han
At when the chick is Matched. The fir
n. twenty days of it's life tells the sto1
&c Of a live chicken or a dead chic
T. Which is it for you? Price $l:C
y large package, postpaid. Money wit
=, order or no attention given.
" THE AMERICAN FARM CHEN
k ICAL COMPANY.
8, 203 S. First Street.
ey North Manchester, Indiana.
ig Diachol is Sold on Positive Guaral
10 tee, when Directions Are Followe
2-4t Advertisement.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary upon the estate OF
LUCY M. SHIELDS, Deceased,
have been granted to the undersigned,
j. G. Moore, by the Probate
Court Of Audrain County, Missouri,
bearing date the Bird day Of March,
1922.
All persons having claims againsi
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within 81
months from the date Of said letters
|or they may be precluded from ar!s
benefit If such estate: and il SALE
claims be not exhibitea within yeai
from the date Of granting said Letters
they will be forever barred.
j. G. MOORE,
Executor
Attested by me, this Bird day Q
March 1922.
(sEAL) BEss 7, WooDS
Clerk of Probate Couri
3-4t Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
CANT ITEMS

Cant vicinity sure has some bad
roads now.
Harvey Edwards and wife visited
her parents, joni Holman Sunday.
Went in their car bat didn't return
n it We suppose the roads were
80 bad for the car.
Aunt Bette McCarty is still in bed
with her cold. She has been real
sick.
Miss Lotto Nevins Is slowly improv-
ing She sits up some in bed now.
Mrs. Frank Harrison and children
and Win Allison and family were at
JEFF Alison's Sunday. Mrs. Allison
who has been real sick is some better.
Mrs. Joe Smith gathered in 230
eggs one day last week.
John Vance butchered a fat calf
Friday and delivered it around in the
ne~ighborhoOd at Is cents per pound.
It sure was fine beef. John you can
butcher some more like that again
soon.
Cloyd Wade and family moved to
where Grover Valentine and wife
vacated, known as the old Robert
West home.
James Beatty and family were Sun
day guests of Roy Sims and family.
A flying machine went over Cant
Saturday going southeast. 1t was so
low down that the buzzing noise from
it excited the poultry. They thought
it was a big hawk and horses and
cows ran from the sound.
Mrs. Geo. Brown is not so well as
she has been. She has had a spell
with rheumatism.
Lorraine Showers visited James
Ina Opal and Genelle Denham Satur.
day.
Cant school has four more weeks
of school, it will be out the 31st Of
March.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Edwards and
son, Raymond Lee, called on R. L
Showers and family until bed time
Friday night.
Dave Saylor and family have
moved to Cant.
Mr.. Slauterbacks's baby son, whit
has had pneumonia is much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Edwards ant
son were the Sunday guests of jason
Flynt and family.
Mrs. John Scholls aunt, Mrs. Cor!
Weaver was buried Friday, Marcl
the Bird at Granview.
Mrs, l.. E. VIM visited Mrs. S
Riggs Saturday evening.
Mrs. L. L. VIM and two sons hav'
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Nevins.
Friday, March 3rd was Mrs. L. Z
Winn's birthday. So or Sunda,
March, Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Riggs, MI
and Mrs. James Newman and sor
Vale Bud James Rutherford, Rolan
Showers and wife and Lorraine and l
L. VIM all took in some dinner ano
enjoyed the day together and lei
wishing Mrs. Vim many more happ
birthdays.
Things sold very we'll at Nevir
sale. Cow brought about $50; or
horse SO theother one $3.50; otht
things brought very good prices fc
the day was an awful cold n *
standing around at a sale. Walla,
Mildred was the auctioneer and do
fine.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
BUYS Woodlawn Home.

A.. r. Dallmeyer has purchased the
former Tucker property in Woodlawn
from NJ. T. Vandegrift for $500.
his is n Of the handsomest homes in
this popular residential section.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
CARD OF THANKS!

We desire to express thanks
and gratitude to our many friends
and neighbors for their help and
sympathy through the serious illness
Of our family and after the death Of
our beloved wife and mother, and
also our appreciation Of the beautiful
oral offerings.
u. RODECAPE
AND FAMILY
d1 wi p Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
~ Hnld Reyiyal.

J. W. Hickerson and wife viii
arrive here March "a to start a re-
vival meeting at the Baptist church,
They have been here twice before
with a total Of 1911 additions to the
local congregation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
IN Andrain Hospital.

Thomas Hamilton and Mrs. H. Rud-
asill were admitted to the hospital
Sunday.
Mrs. Alex Garter is getting along
nicely following a slight operation.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

The Weekly Ledger and the Ma
tional Live Stock Reporter, a daily
stock paper Of East St. Iouis, Ill,
for "a ysar, beth $3.50. This il .
money saving rate Il You want two
good papers. VIZ
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
SEED OATS.

We have a car of Texas Red Rust
Proof Seed Oats on track now, direct
from Waco, Texas. Phone us your
order. Phone $50.
PRODUCERS GRAIN co.
ST 1t WI Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
Abide In Him.

I And now, little children, abide in
Him; that when He shall appear, we
may have confidence, and not be
ASHAMED at His %coming.--I John 2:2S.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
TANKAGE.

We have a car of independent
Tankage in now. Will make a close
price if taken off the car.
PRODUCERS GRAIN co.
81 ct wi Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

The Rev. @. A. Shadwick, Of st.
Charles, formerly Of this city, was in
Mexico Tuesday. He reports his
family as all well.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
ersat MlschIefs.

, Great mischiefs happen more often
from folly, meanness, and vanity, than
from the greater sins Of avarice and
ambition.--Burke.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

Dr.. j. G. Moore left Monday for
Florida where he will visit in jack
sonville and other points.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

DR.. Burton, of Virginia, is the
guest of his brother, Col. E. Y. Bur
ton.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

P. H. Cullen, of st. Louis, is at
tending court here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

John Gatson Of Vandalia transacted
business In Mexico Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

II. P. French Of Martinsburg was
in Mexico Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

Z Don't despair of a student II he has
one clear idea.-Emmons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

Mrs. R. E. Taft and son are i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09

d1 wi p Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-03-09
4 mrrBRING RAW.

sat Advertisement
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
EULA VI. TROSPER
BRIDE or \. l.. BLAKE

The wedding of Miss Eula Mildred
Trosper and Albert Lester Blake was
solemnized at 9 o'clock Sunday morn
ing at the home of the brides par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James r. Trosper.
on California street. The Rev. Il. j..
Reynolds officiated.
Miss Razina Blake, ssiter of the
groom, was bridesmaid and II. o.
rrosper brother of the bride. was
best man The bride wore a we'd
ding gown OF oyster white canton
crepe, hand embroidered in white
silk. A shower of pink rosebuds and
sweet peas made up the bridal bou-
quet Only members of the two i'm
mediate families were present at the
ceremony
The bride is a charming and popu-
lar young lady and the grom is a stu
dent at the State College, maiorine
in electrical engineering.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
COMBINED ORCHEsTRAs
TO APPEAR HERE SATURDAY

one hundred juvenile musicians
from the schools of Whitman county
VIII assemble in Pullman next Sal
urday, May 1S, and in the evening
VIII give a concert at the Methodist
church, at which door charge OF %
cents will be made to defrav ex-
penses. Rehearsals will be held at
the church during the afternoon. and
lunch at noon and dinner in the even
ing will be served by the Pullman
Noman's club in the basement of the
church. J. G. Van Amburgh of Ros-
AHA is director of the combined or
chestras. The Pullman orchestra,
directed by Miss Edna Mckee. in
cludes p musicians. The visiting
musicians who do not return to their
homes after the evening concert will
be entertained over night by mem
bers of the Woman's club.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
CLEANUP WORKS WONDERS
WITH CITY MEMORIAL LOTS

pleted and the Legion men will put
on the finishing touches evenings.
A neat sign was placed on the
Main and Pine street corner OF the
lots bearing the inscription, Site
of Pullman's Community Memorial
Building The sign is triangular
with two sides painted. and can be
read from either direction. The
lumber in the sign was donated by
the Pouatch and Standard lumber
companies, while Smith * Basrord
did the woodwork and Harry Ban
than welded the brush
At noon the workers knocked
off long enough to take luncheon
with the chamber of commerce and
the volunteer community builders
made merry with songs during the
meal. Short talks were made by
George II. Cannon, Lieutenant A. Z.
Pence, L. x, Martini Carson Walker
and Joe Smawley At the close of
the session the Legionnaires present
ed the Phi Mu Alpha quartet and the
songsters fully deserved the rounds
of applause which followed each
number
The cold weather kept many fam
lilies away from the community bas-
ket dinner in the city park in the
evening, but about $50 donned
heavy coats and enjoyed the CON
tents of the well filled baskets The
college r. O. r. c. band gave a con
cert in the park following the sup
per and at 1880 the big "jitney'
dance in the armory was on The
big floor was crowded to the limit
with dancers, and the gross receipts,
$123.45. exceeded the expectations
of the committee by a large margin.
The use of the armory was donated
by the National Guard.
The exenses of the day totaled ap-
proximately $t59, of which $3.50
went for lumber, wire and stain for
the tennis courts and for oil and gas
for the tractors and trucks used and
$29 for the dance orchestra. Some
grading remains to be done, and this
will be completed by day labor at a
cost of approximately $25. The def
cit will be borne by the Legion post
Continued on page siX)
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
RADIO BROADCASTER
ENDORSED By CHAMBER

The chamber of commerce Tues
day endorsed the proposal to install
a radio broadeaating set at the State
College and named committee to
take the matter up with other cham
bers OF commerce and commercial
clubs of Eastern Washington with a
view to interesting them in the pro
posed venture. The Kiwanis club
will circuIarize other clubs of its ma
ture throughout Eastern Washington
in the interests OF the proposal.
Much interest has already been
aroused in the proposed station and
it is believed that it will be possible
to raise the funds necessary TO pur-
chase and install the outfit College
news. musical entertainments. lee
lures and many other features could
be broadcasted from Tie college. c.
+. Beckwith, G. z. Thornton and
William Greenawalt we're named on
a chamber Of commerce committee to
boost the enterprise
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
Scores of Citizens Don Ovcralls and
Assist in Cleanup of Memorial
Building Site-DanCe Nets
Big sum

The four Community Memorial
building lots on Main and Pine streets
underwent a real cleanup Tuesday
when scores of local business men
turned out to assist the members Of
Maynard-Price post No. 81, American
Legion, in its cleanup day activities.
Preachers, professional men and busi-
ness men donned oyeralls and welded
shoyels. rakes and spades in their
desire to assist in beautifying the
city, with the result that a remarka-
Bile amount of work was accom-
plished.
Before the construction program
could be carried out it was necessary
to haul ? loads of refuse to the city
garbage yard and vast quantities Of
other waste material were burned,
seven bonfires having been going at
one time Between i25 and $50 men
were employed in the work during
the day, although all of them did not
work the entire nine hours. Two
tractors were busy throughout the
day. one donated by the college and
the other by Martins Garage The
Pullman Engineering company, the
Potlatch Lumber company and Geo.
Ewing were on hand with trucks,
while William Porter, j. f. Lindsey,
William Brock and Geo. Ewing loaned
teams for the days work. All the
business houses either sent a mem
ber of their force to help or paid for
the services Of a workman.
Practically all of the filling and
leyeling which had been planned by
the committee was completed, the
maximum fill having been two feet
and four inches. The entire front
of the lots was leyeled and seeded to
grass and two horseshoe courts were
installed between the Pullman Ga
rage building and the building on the
Community lots. The tennis courts
were leveled and the equipment
all placed on the grounds for putting
up but six o'clock came before the
work on the courts had been COM
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
BIG CLASS To GRADUATE
FROM PULLMAN HIGH
FOrty-five Seniors Are Candidates
for Graduation-Comm
Exercises June |

Forty-fiye high school seniors will
receive diplomas at the commence
ment exercises for Pullman high
school, to be held at the college au-
ditorium the evening OF Thursday,
June / This is the largest class in
the history Of the school, the great
est number of graduates in any pre-
yious year having been 40. OF the
sy % are girls and l9 boys. Home
economics. is the favorite course Of
the girl graduates while the scien-
tific courses attracted most OF boys
of the class.
superintendent o. c. Pratt OF Spo-
kane will deliver the address to the
graduating class. The baccalaureate
address will be delivered by Dean
G. W. Laidlaw of st. James Episco-
pal church on the evening of Sunday,
May 28, at the Methodist church,
and the class day exercises will be
held in the high school auditorium
Wednesday evening, May 81.
Following are the candidates for
graduation:
Lula Adams, Hazel Boiling, Lenore
Cooper, Maude Curtis, Ruth Faux
ner. Juanita Gilleland. Grace Green
await, Nita Guthrie, Thelma Harper.
Edna Haxton, Cana Hinrichs, Mil
dred Hodges, Winifred Jacobson,
Crystal Lewis, Charlotte Mathews,
Audra Mcdonald, Glade Mckenzie,
Margaret Mcpherson, Ella Meyer,
Mildred Meyer. Helen Wood Celia
Boone, Avis Yeo,, Audrey Yeo, Anona
Clarkson. Martha Matheny.
Dayton Archer, James Brett, Dan
Campbell, Walter Carothers, Paul
Douglass, Eugene Harness, Charles
Hammond, Adrian Hodges, John Ir-
win, Clifford Lanning, Carol Mccoy,
Edward McCully, Charles McKillip,
Quentin Maurer, Don Newbrough,
Harold Pickell, Robert Schroeder,
Carson Taylor, Edward Wetherell.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1922-05-12
MANY NATIONALITIES
IN UNIQUE PROGRAM
Cosmopolitan Club OF College to Pre-
sent Interesting Program at
High school Auditorium
Tonight

The Washington State College
chapter of American Cosmopolitan
clubs will give a unique program in
the high school auditorium at Pull
man on Friday evening, May II, at
s O. clock.
Cosmopolitan clubs Jcalled Corda
Fratres in foreign countres1 are
found in 5G large colleges and uni
yersities in the United States and in
nearly all the large universities OF
the world. The w. s c. chapter has
been organized only a short while
and wishes to introduce itself TO the
college students and the citizens OF
Pullman. The club is made up OF
foreign and American students and
their aim is worlds peace and uni
yersal fellowship, breaking down all
race barriers 50 as to get "a fun un-
derstanding of our fellow men.
Twelve different natioualities are
represented in the local chapter be
sides the Americans Most of these
will be represented in costume at
this time.
The following is the program:
Polish Dance ................
Polish Student Club Member
Old and New American Schools
American Members and Third
Grade Children at Main Building
Hindu Poem. Mr.. Singh from India
Chinese Song Students from China
Spanish Play and Dance .......
............. Club Members
Mexico, Costa Rica. So. America
Songs, and Gathering in the
Philippines Filipino Members
Russian Sketch and Music ....
.......... Russian Members
Japanese Songs. Japanese Members
Cello Solos. ........... Sumbardo
American Member born on Italian
Swiss border
Piano Solos ..... Miss FitZ-
henry Marke and Mr.. Manning
American Members
America ............. 49,. CLUB