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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

cient county agent addressed them
taking for his subject, "The Dairy
Cow"
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

mond; sacrifice hits, Hall; home runs
Bain 3, Gather; three base hits, Ser
vice, Downey; two base hits, Service,
Weeks, Center, Weaver.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

WANTED-PIANO BOX-Must be in
good condition. Leader Office.
FURNITURE FOR SALE-Toledo
steel range, heating stove, tables,
chairs, mattresses, beds, rugs, lin
oleumn and aluminium ware Mrs.
Watrous, Coniber house. Toledo,
Oregon. 20-1ts
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06
Observation-Disclosures

FOR SALE-1 team mules, and g.,
well broke and gentle; VT. $500;
team, wagon and harness; price
100000. A great bargain. Inquire
Of G. F. Mock, Box 2a9, Toledo, Ore.
gon. 20-tf
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06
NOTICE
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
WHEREAS, the State Game Com.
mission of the State of Oregon is auth.
orized under Section s, Chapter sc,
General Laws of Oregon, 1921, to close
any open season or open any closed
season in airy county or district of the
State of Oregon for the shooting and
possession of game animals and birds:
NOTICE is hereby given that the
State Game Commission of the State
Of Oregon has made and entered and
does hereby issue the following
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

500 COMMISSION to anyone making
a sale Of the acreage at Caledonia
belonging to Mrs. w. Scarth, 654
Halsey Street, Portland. 20-4t+
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06
FOR RENT

WANTED-cLEAN Cotton Rags at
The Leader Office. Must be Clean
and Suitable for wiplng machinery.
Sc. per pound. Il
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

FOR SALE-in Toledo, Oregon, six
lots each so 100 feet and house
under construction In front of High
School. viii sell cheap for cash;
or give good terms. Apply to F. e,
Schmidt, 171oR Fell ST., San Fran
cisco, California. 16-tf
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

FOR SALE-ln Toledo, Oregon, six
lots each so 100 feet and house
under construction In front of Hiah
School. viii sell cheap for cash;
or give good terms. Apply to r. e.
Schmidt, 1710H Fell St., San Fran
cisco, California. 16-5t@
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1922-07-06

r. !. r. HATcHING EGGS-From
fine pen-$1.5o. A wonderful value
call and see them. n. E. Demitt.
lott
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
II HUMAN FACTOR

THE following editorial from the
Glen Elder, Kas., Sentinel, touches
so effectively on a human failing,
that we are moved to reproduce it:
"We made a mistake in last weeks
issue of the Sentinel. A good sub
scriber told US about it. The same
day there was a letter in our post
office box that didn't belong to US.
We called for SO over the phone and
got 1913. We asked for a spool of
No. so thread and when we got home
we found it was No. go. The train
was reported thirty minutes late. We
arrived at the depot twenty minutes
after train time and the train had
gone. We got our milk bill and there
was a mistake of 10 cents in our
favor. We felt sick and the doctor
said we were eating too much meat.
We hadn't tasted meat for two
months. The garage man said the
iitney was missing because it needed
a new timer. We cleaned a spark
plug and it's run fine even since.
Yes, we made a mistake in last
weeks issue of the paper"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
THE TWO KIRKSVILLE
PAPERS TO CONSOLIDATE
arly Democrat).

1t is reported to this office on good
authority that E. E. Swain, editor
and publisher of the KirksvilIe Ex-
press, Kirksville, Mo-, had purchased
the Kirksville News. Mr.. Swain is
to gain possession the first Of the
year and he win consolidate the two
newspapers and make his Daily Elk
press even a better paper, which is
saying it will be some good news
paper. Mr.. Swain is one of the real
live wire publishers and is already
issuing an excellent paper for the
people of Kirksville and vicinity.
The Kirksville Express is recog-
nized as a real news giver and get
ter.
The consolidation of the two pa
pers means one real newspaper for
Kirksville and vicinity, as it will per-
nit the one paper to enjoy enough
business to be able to give the people
first class paper in every way.
The high cost of everything that
goes into the making of a newspaper
will eventually eliminate many of
the newspapers in the towns and
smaller cities of the country. Hanni-
bal, a city Of about $4,000 population,
has only one newspaper, the Courier
Post. Sedalia, about the size of Han
nibal. still has two, but they are both
owned by the same people and it will
not be long until one of them will
cease to exist.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28

START AFTER
REPUBLICANS

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-Demo-
cratic party Headers, revising their
plans in view of recent developments
are preparing to bring the inter-
national issue forward Immediately
after the Christmas holidays.
They have decided, it is said, to
abandon the silence which they have
preserved since election. After
careful study of political conditions,
it has been agreed that the party's
guns should be opened up as soon as
the holiday lul is over. The 1924
campaign actually will be started one
year early.
In the immediate future, every eff
fort will be made to hammer these
arguments into the minds of the vot-
ers:
1. Failure of the Harding admin
istration to assist in restoring Eur
ope has cost American farmers mil
lions of dollars by cutting off for
eign markets.
2. Sudden activity of administra-
ton is due to belated realization
of this fact.
3. This situation never would have
developed had the international pol
icies advocated by the Democratic
party been adopted.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
ASKS rs MILLION
FEDERAL ROAD AID

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Presi-
dent Harding transmitted to congress
today a deficiency estimate of $685.
100000 for the department of agri-
culture for cooperative construction
of post roads, under the good roads
act passed at the last session of ION
gress.
Expenditures of $50, O00, 900, in CO.
operation with the states. was au-
thorized for the present fiscal year
and the department of agriculture es-
timated that obligations of $25 ,000,-
900 of this amount would be incurred
before June 30 next. The remainder
of the authorization will be carried
over.
In addition to the $25, ZOO, 900 de-
ficiency appropriation asked. the ag-
ricultural appropriation bill now
pending carries an appropriation of
$32,000,000 for road construction un-
der the federal highway.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28

THE Century Magazine says: "The
stage revolver, harmless enough in it.
self, is one of the great American
nuisances.
Your INSCRIPTIONS playwright re-
sorts to it upon the most feeble ex-
cuses. When in doubt, brandish a re-
volver-that has been his little motto
these many reasons. Whenever he
feels that a maiden is in distress, an
ominous shadow cast upon a win
dow-blind, or a cry of terror heard
off stage is not quite enough to induce
the desired agitation in the play
going bosom, he points a revolver at
that bosom and feels that the drama
has been rescued again.
The next time a second act begins
with a frowning broker entering the
richly carpeted library, walking
across to the massive, carved walnut
desk, opening the desk drawer, TAX
ing out a bright revolver, examining
it, nodding with grim satisfaction,
putting it back, closing the drawer
softly, and ringing for the butler
the next time that happens, l shall
reach for my hat and quietly leave
the theater. That is, if they want
me to go on reviewing plays"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
COURT
HOUSE

In the estate of Charlie Potter,
David Potter filed claim in sum of
500, which was waived
The administrator in the estate of
Laura 7. johnson filed report in the
sale of real estate.
In the estate of Anthony Hotter
man, the exesVtrix filed account of
sale. NJ
In the estate VI A. j. Beeby. DR..
Paul E. Coil fileR claim in sum of
$5S. Claim waived.
The administrator in the estate of
Wendall S. Hathaway filed final re-
ceipts and was discharged.
In the estate of Charlie Potter,
Hugh N. Turber flied claim in sum
Of SlO0. Claim waived.
Clark and Laylin filed claim in
estate of Charlie Potter to the a.
mount of $S53.5O which was waived.
The administrator filed inventory
and appraisement in estate of Charlie
Potter.
In the estate of Jacob S~tauterman,
J. S. Richie executor appointed I'M
der will. Filed waiver of right to
administer and suggested the only
child and heir, Cora B. Bartel be
appointed administrator and will
annexed.
DR.. Paulin E. Coil filed claim in
sum of $10.75 in estate of Harry
Pratt. Claim waived.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
THE PRICE OF HUMAN LIFE

A man in one of u large cities
was recently fined $500 for having
killed a baby when he struck the
child with his motor car. In another
city a fine of $3.50 was assessed
against the driver of a car which kill
ed a young man.
From the number of murders and
motor car accident deaths We were
ready for a rather low appraisal of
human life, but the figures above
rather astonish US.
To the mar with money, if a
little thing like another mans death
can be settled for $500, speeding will
have no deterrant. The fact is that
when cur courts begin to think in
prison sentences and capital punish
ment for such crimes then, and then
only, will the careless motor car
driver use some judgment in "step-
ping on the gas" We think Setting
a price on life" such as the two a.
bove cases show is rather an indict-
ment on our so-called civilization.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
THIGH BONES OF
A DINOSAUR 140
FEET LONG FOUND

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 90 Dis
eovery of the thigh bones of a Pata-
gonian dinosaur, each bone measuring
2 meters 70 centimeters (nearly nine
feet) in length and claimed to be the
largest unearthed in any part of the
world, was announced today by La
Plata museum.
These two bones, together with
other fossil remains of the gigantic
animal, were found by the museums
archaeological experts at Neuquen
on Nov. 20. 1t is stated that the
largest thigs bones previously I'M
earthed measured 2 meters 10 CEN
timeters and were discovered in the
United States.
The skeleton of the great diplod-
ocus assembled at the Carnegie mus
cum has thigh bones only l meter so
centimeters long, although the entire
skeleton measures rs meters and
from these figures it is conjectured
that when the Patagonian dinosaur
roa1ned the Mesozoio forests he was
at least As meters of about lao feet
long.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
20 Years Ago.

The Rev. James Coil of Higgins.
vile and Miss Virginia Northcutt Of
Knox City were married here.
S. P. Barnes resigned as passenger
agent at Mexico to accept a position
with a northern road.
Meinhart Sannebeck, n years old,
died at Mexico. He was born in
Prussia, Germany, and moved to
America in 1853.
l. M. Calhoun, AZ years old, died of
pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Cunningham
entertained members of that family
at reunion.
Miss Mary Beckley visited Mrs.
Edgar Wiles in Dayton, Ohio.
James F. Harper of Rush Hill and
Miss Kate M. James were married.
William L. Staples, formerly OF
Audrain County died in st. Louis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
YESTERDAY
IN MEXICO
10 Years Arn.

Y. NJ. c. A. organization was form.
ed at Mcmillan High School with fol.
lowing officers: President, Ray Miller,
vice-president, Orlando Worrell; sec.
rotary, Calvin Tilton; treasurer
Charles Guthrie; S~ergeant-at arms.
Russell Moore.
Miss Ida Rosamond opened a mil.
inery college here.
]. T. Hisey of Dallas, S. D., visited
friends here.
Mrs. Frances Garrett, 81 years old
died at home of her daughter, Mrs
T. A. Keeton.
James Kemp was appointed night
police.
John Tulis and son moved to Mex.
leo from H~oopeston, III.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jurgensen, rs years
old, died at home on south Jefferson
Street.
W. G. Burks returned home from
Akron, Ohio, where he attended the
annual meeting of the statesmen OF
the Wise Furnace Company.
Miss Pearl Hildebrand and Harvey
Mitchell were married by Judge w.
W. Bolts.
The engagement of Miss Frances
Mason to DR.. Howard Welsh of
Bozeman, Mont, was announced at
a party given by Mrs. Sam Sharp,
Fire destroyed two business houses
and a church at Farber.
Emmett Cunningham of Paducah,
KY, visited relatives here.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
WALLACE SAYS
RURAL SLUMP
IS ON WANE

Chicago, H., Dec. 21.-"While
agricultural prices remain lower re-
latively than prices of other things,
the farmers of the nation will get
between 1900, 100000 and $4,000
100000 more total money for their
crops this year than last. This real
E improves the whole farm situation.
Debts are being reduced. Farmers
are buying more freely of the things
they need. The effect on business gem
orally should be helpful"
This was the cheerful message of
improved agricultural conditions
which Secretary Of Agriculture Henry
G. Wallace delivered Wednesday be-
fore the Chicago Association of
Credit Men at Hotel La Sale, He
painted ven a more rosy picture of
the outlook for 1923 on the farms.
He declared that while prices pro-
badly will fluctuate "there seems to
be good reason to hope that, on the
whole, farm prices will be better both
actually and as compared with prices
of other things"
Overproduction, he stated, has
been chiefly, responsible for the low
prices during "the most severe agri-
cultural depression the country has
ever experienced"
"In times past" he said, 1--WE have
had lower prices, measured in dollars
and cents, for most farm products,
but we never have gone through a
period when prices for farm products
were so low, measured in what they
would buy"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
HANNIBAL JURY
RAPS OFFICIALS;

as TRUE BILLS
HANNIBAL, MO-, Dec. 22.-The
grand jury Of the Hannibal court of
common pleas, in session here more
than three months, reported forty
eight true bills, making a total Of
sixty since being empanelled Sept
ember 18. It is understood that the
indictments cover a variety of alleged
crimes from Illicit sale of liquor to
perjury in the grand jury room. The
jury has not yet concluded its work.
In it's report today the local po-
lice, the sheriff's office and the fed
eral prohibition enforcement officers
for Missouri are charged with fail
ure to properly cooperate with the
grand jury in its Investigations and
unnamed members of the police de-
partment are accused of law viola
tions. A city ordinance prohibiting
sale Of Illicit liquor is urged.
Aside from twelve bills reported
several weeks ago, no arrests have
been made SO for under the reports,
but several are expected this after
noon.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28

A travelling man was heard to re-
mark this week that he though Mex
leo was one of the most progressive
cities of its size he had ever visited.
He lives in the east and was some
what surprised to learn Mexico
didn't boast of at least $4,000 pop
ulation. Mexico is an unusual city.
When you hear it compared with
other places those "other places" are
always at least twice Mexico's pop
ulation. Mexico is the kind of a city
it is because its population is made up
Of the kind of people who do things
in a big way. The citizen who
speaks d~isparagingly of Mexico is
usually one who has never been away
from home. Those who have the op-
portunity of comparing Mexico with
other cities its size or larger ap-
preciate fully what Mexico is.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
NEW NEGRO
INSTITUTION
FOR MEXICO

The following letter to Col. R. M.
White will be Of much local interest.
1t is a matter for the Chamber of
Commerce to consider and act upon.
December 20, 1922.
Col. R, NJ. White,
| Mexico, Missouri.
Ny dear Colonel White:-
There is a movement on foot prim-
arily initiated by the Missouri Negro
Industrial Commission, quickly Sec
onded by the Missouri tuberculosis
Association, to introduce a bill at the
coming session of the Legislature
providing for a tuberculosis sanator-
ium for negroes.
You probably, as a member of the
Eleemosynary Board, are familiar
with the whole matter, but what |
wish to learn from you now is, would
the good people of Mexico and Aud
rain County desire the location of
such an institution in the neighbor-
hood of Mexico. Such a point would
be a good location for it is prac-
tically in the heart of the black belt
of Missouri, easily accessible from
Saline, Cooper, Cole, Howell, Boone,
Galloway and Pike Counties, the
counties having the highest percen-
tage and greatest population of
negroes in the State. Mexico is
somewhat nearer, too, to St. Louis
than Kansas City and also nearer to
the southeast counties of the State
which have a high negro POPULATION
density.
Please consider the matter your
self and ascertain the views of the
good people of Mexico and Audrain
County. Should it be their wish to
have such an institution located in the
neighborhood of Mexico, I will get in
to the game and push the proposition
for them.
With my best wishes for a merry
Christmas and a happy New Year, l
am Very truly yours,
DR.. Walter McNab Miller.
Executive Secretary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
$24, 900, 900 ROADS
COMPLETED OR UNDER
CONTRACT IN MICSnJTRI

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, December
accounting in $2,790y826 in road
contracts awarded today, the State
Highway Commission has under con-
tract or completed in Missouri over
S24, 000, 900 worth of road work, ac-
cording to figures obtained from the
engineers today.
On November 10 the completed road
projects in Missouri totaled $6,515,-
985.49. The projects under contract
aggregated $13,703 ,889.
The scope of the commissions
work is indicated by the following
figures:
Grading completed, 637 miles.
Crawling completed, 406 miles.
Crawling completed, 406 miles.
Crawling under contract, 461 miles.
Total Mileage of other roads under
contract las.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
"COALLEGGING" LATEST
CRIME WAVE" IN BOSTON

BOSTON, Mass. Dec. 22.-Bpotleg-
ring was added to the things that
Boston police must watch for.
In a general order sent out by
Herbert A. Wilson, police commission
err, patrolmen are ordered to observe
all deliveries of anthracite, particul-
qrly to see that no hard coal is
delivered to hotels, clubs, apart
ment houses, office buildings, thea
ters ,or other places of amusement,
factories, or merchantile establish
ments. It's to be kept for homes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
WHO KILLS THE PEOPLE?
THE New York World:

"A single defect in track or equip
ment," says a bulletin issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad, amay cause
a fatal train wreck" Yet, during
the twelve months ended with last
May not a passenger lost his life.
The system operates 27,OOO miles Of
track, 271. 900 freight ears 5000 pas
enger cars and 5000 locomotives.
The total Of passengers was $4,000,
900 IN a land SO long Indifferent to
The toll Of railway accidents the ach-
ieye1nent is noteworthy.
Accidents at grade crossing are
hot 80 easily dealt with, for here the
lending factor is the carelessness Of
the public. During the past five years
TIE total Of those killed in the United
states has fallen only from 1869 to
a7o5. The number Of injured has
EAA
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
REIn,S SERVICE

THE following from the St, Louis
Star expresses such a fine thought
that we are offering it to our read
ers. II also senses that message
which recently came from Washington
urging these men "higher up" to
discontinue the use o fliGuor in order
to aid in the enforcing of the prohib-
ition law. The Stars expression fol-
lows:
"Wallace Reid, well-known movie
star, is fighting for .his life against
the i'll effects of whisky and a habit
forming drug. Millions read daily
of his progress toward renewed health.
And millions are, no doubt, making
up their minds that drugs and whisky
are dangerous. If so, he may be
doing a greater service while in bed
than he has done in play acting for
the entertainment Of Others"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
43 Years Ago.

More ice was harvested in Mexico
than ever before in the history of the
city.
T. B. Buckner and j. Mcdowell
Trimble went to Texas.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. w. Atkinson of
Louisville, KY, visited here.
The Northeast Missouri Teachers
Association met in Mexico. Prof. j,
B. Jeter elected president and C. H.
Grasty, secretary pro tenn.
Miss Ella Cromwell and Thomas
Armstrong were married in Mexico.
A. ]. Willingham died here.
George Gill was injured in a wreck
near Berdan, Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28

sssn slightly, from 1894 to 1896. The
companies belonging to the American
Railway Association have begun a
campaign to make motorists more
careful. OF the seven rules, six may
be paraphrased as SLOW down, look
and %listen;;' but one will be new to
many. It is: "Shift into low gear to
prevent stalling on the tracks"
An automobile engine running
slowly in high is easily stalled-by
the roughness of the tracks or by a
wrong movement made in the sur
prise of suddenly seeing a train. On
the low gear there is less likelihood
of stalling and, further, it is possible
to put on speed more quickly.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
GIFTS TO
RESIDENTS AT
COUNTY


The thoughtfulness of j. D. Miller
resulted in making the Christmas
season brighter and happier for the
seven residents at the Audrain Co
unity %Infirmary, Mr.. Miller conceived
the idea of asking each g%roceryman
for a small donation Of candy, nuts,
fruit or other delicacies for the res
idents at the farm. All of the gro
cerymen gladly responded to the re-
quest. Mr.. Miller took the contrib
utions over to the courthouse and
with the assistance of Miss Ruth
Crews and Miss Mabel Grafford fix
ed up attractive Christmas packages
for the five men and two women who
are now at the Farm. The gifts
were taken out Thursday evening
and delighted the recipients.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that the
annual stockholders meeting of the
Farmers Elevator Company of Rush
Hill, Mo-, will be held at the business
office of said company to wit:
At the Elevator in Rush Hill, Aud
rain County, Missouri, on TUESDAY,
End day of JANUARY, 1928, for the
purpose of electing seven directors
TO serve for the ensuing year and fol-
the transaction of such other business
as may regularly come before the
meeting. !
The meeting will be convened at 9
o'clock a. N. and will remain in SEES
sion until at least 10 o'clock, noon
unless the object of the meeting DC
sooner accomplished.
w. C. MELAHN, Pres.
Attest: RAY SPENCER, Sec.
44-2t. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
FORD SALES RECORD BROKEN

According to a statement issued
by the Ford Motor Company, deliver
les Of Ford Cars and Trucks to re-
tail buyers during the month of
November totaled 106,327. This is
a new high sales record that has
never before been approached by
the Company at this season Of the
year and one which stands out in
marked contrast to the November
1921 retail delivery figures which
totalled slightly over $4,000 cars and
trucks.
Accordingly, the Ford sales Org
~anization is urging prospective Ford
purchasers to arrange for delivery
during the winter months in order
that the demand next spring viii be
relieved as far as possible.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-12-28
BAD BOOZE MAKES VICTIM
ALMOST BLEED TO DEATH

BUFFALO, N. Y. Dec. 22.-John
Peters of Main street was stricken
with ~hemorrhage while being tried
before Judge Peter Maui, charged
with being drunk. A physician said
that the attack was caused by the
bad whiskey the mar had drunk.
1t was feared he would die before the
arrival of the ambulance. He was
sent to the city hospital.