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Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

COURT
HOUSE

In ~theAestate of Moses Knight. col
ored, John R. knight, the only heir.
MED application for letters of adj
<istration and bond fixed in the
sum of $1,000.
In the estate of Missouri Fenlev
Bryan, bond was filed in the sum Of
$4,000, approved and letters issued as
Prayed to Joseph H. Bryan.
In the estate of Mary A. Walker.
the administrator filed inventory and
appraisement showing personal prop
erty to be valued at $1,595.O6.
In the estate of Mary j. Norris,
the administrative fled bond in
sum of $4,000, approved and letters
issued as prayed.
Three new Ease have been placed
on the September docket Of the Aud
rain County Circuit Court. They are:
Matte Duley ct al VS.. Enoch C.
Duley. suit on partition; c. F. Maxey
No. 1 VS.. D. W. Hobart ct al; suit to
revive judgment; C. j. Maxey, No. 2
D. W. Hobart ct al, suit to revive
judgment.
In the estate Of Major Coy Laird,
Mrs. E. NJ. Laird filed application for
letters of administration. Bond fixed
in sum of $1,000. Bond given and
approved anil letter issued as prayed.
In the estate Of Clementine Welsh,
the administrator filed inventory and
appraisement showing real estate to
the amount of $1,25O.
In the estate of Christian Welsh,
the heirs filed remuneration of right
to administer and suggest that G. A.
LaPorte be appointed. Application
was filed for letters of administra-
ton. Bond fixed in sum of $500,
given approved and letters issued as
prayed.
In the estate Of Geore w. Mcclure,
j. W. Gallaher and Company filed de-
mand in sum Of $3.50. Demand
waived.
In the estate Of Missouri Fenley
Bryan, M. S. Bush Undertaking Com
0any filed demand in sum of $50; DR..
Stuart e. Phelps filed demand in sum
of S35 and George F. Hale demand in
sum of $248.50. All three demands
against the estate were waived.
The Audrain County Circuit Court
held an adjourned session of the June
term Saturday.
In the matter of the estate of Tom
Mann, Bryan Wilson made final re-
rort which was examined and approx
ed and Mr., Wilson discharged as
trustee.
In the estate of Hattie Stacy,
jeanette Stacy filed claim in the sum
of $50. Waived but year expired
July 10, 1922.
Two more cases have been placed
ON the September docket Of theiAud-
rainy County circuit court. They are:
iFfAnllin Bank VS.. ]. N. Bailey ct al.
dit on a note.
Ieona Robinson VS.. Charles Robin
son. Suit for divorce.
In the estate of G. A. Lee, S. M.
Lee filed claim in sum of $3.50. Claim
waived.
In the estate Of Adam G. Barnes,
McCabe Howe, guardian, filed objec-.
.tions to settlement by administrator.
In the estate Of A. G. Barnes and
son, McCabe Howe, guardian, fled
objections to settlement by admins
TRAITOR.
VI s - ---
There will be an ICE CREAM sup
per at 0LIyET church Saturday.
night, Augfiust 9Th.
wilt p Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03
WE PAY NO RENT

II you want TO Save money . visit
to our store will convince You. We
have an acre of space and can furnish
your home complete from cellar to
garret. We have a full line Of FUR
NITURE. RUGS and STOVES. SAM
MORRIS. lift Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03
COUSIN OF DIR. d. I.
MILLER KILLED In
ATRpT.ANE CRASH

DR.. ]. E. Miller has received q mes
sage telling Of the death Of his
cousin Zenzo Miller, ii an airplane
crash In Pennington, Mass. nj, Mil
Ter was ready to act as pilot for pr.
Clarence Gamble DC che Gamble soap
works, in an airplans trip 70 Passa-
dena, Cal. Dr.. Gamble suffered 2
broken arm and minor injuries. No
details Of the accident were given.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03
THE MARKETS.

AAAa =
Chicago Sept. Dec.
Wheat 1!O5% s1.O7%
Corn 61% SIX
Oats 33 35&
St. Louis Cash.
No. 2 Red Wheat. $1.09 to Sill
No. 8 Red Wheat -. s1.O6 TO S1.OS
No. 2 Yellow Wheat :. s1.0s to sl.Os
No. l Mixed Wheat .......,.. s1.O8
No. l Yellow Corn ........... SEC
No. 2 yellow Corn .......... 65h
No. l White corr .......... 62c
Nc. 2 White Oats ..... 35c to 35hc
No. 8 Mixed Oats ..............,3 "a
ST. Louis Stock Yardss-
Hogs l0,5O0 .....,,.,....... Slow
Top Observation-Disclosures. $10.53
Cattle 4,5O0 ............. Steady
Sheep 1000 .,..-........... Steady
Wednesdays Local Poultry Market:
Hens, per ID. ...-,... tic and 15c
Eggs, per dozen ............. Ice
Butter Fat, per ID. ........a... 27c
S. M. Silver Of 1921 N. Washington
Street was in the Ledger office late
Wednesday proudly displaying some
giant beans which he had raised in
his garden. They were th~ree-fourth
Of an inch wide and eight to ten
inches in length. Mr.. Silver says
taht they are the Kentucky wonder
variety.
by. Dubert of Audrain county, Mo-,
contributed a good load Of yearlings
on tine st. Louis market July 18th.
Twenty-nine head Of steers and heif-
ers OF ms W feeding averaged S25
iosp and brought 1928 per cwt., SELL
ing TO Swift at the price.
More and more farmers are coming
to reaiiEe the value OF i1suring their
crops. This year thousands OF dol
.L. N.. +"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

]. B. Slavens says his affliction Of
walking typhoid-malaria still hangs
on. He takes medicine and is able TO
eat a little, but nothing further than
a little walking each day gets mono
'tonous-he's getting tired,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

Sport Skirts, all wool serge, reg
ular $3.50 values ......,...Y $5.95
FREDENDALL & WILKINS.
d1 wit Advertisement I,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

Remember every sack of hard
wheat -four you buy, sends that much
money away from home and reduces
the consumption of wheat that you
produce.
d1 wit Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03
POLLOCK,S DAISY
THE FLOUR OF THE FAMILY
d1 wit Advertisement
Marriage License.

Marriage License.
A marriage license was granted
here Wednesday to Fred Sanford of
Mexico and Inez Mcdonald Of Aux
vase.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

GSFOR SALE-4O acres of land;
stock and chickens; 4 miles of town.
Inquire at AIS N. Washington st.
wit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

Mr.. ana MRS. Alf Elliott and son
are home from q delightful trip to
Chicago.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03
Toe
NEWS
LOCAL MARKET

Oats ..~......... S6c, ssc, 4Oc
Wheat SIC, SOC, sOc, Sic,
94c, 97e, $1.O0
Corn ,......S...... COO, 64c
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

There will be an ICE CREAM sup
per at oLIvET church Saturday.
night, Augtiust 9Th.
wit p Advertisement
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

G. G. Lake Of L.adoduia visited n
Mexico Sunday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

Miss Amelia Graham of Kansas
City the guest Of her grandmother,
Mrs. E. d. Graham.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

|aL MANAl I'm hF- HNfE ~. F1 T. NfHI ~ IL
terfere with harvesting and market
ing their crops
1t was said by the officials in the
various states Tat serious short
Of transportatiSn would result II shes
strike continued. dn Iowa the nae
limit was estimated at a week to ten
days; in Ohio grain elevators cannot
now obtain sufficient cars; in Mis-
souri, threshing coal is available, but
cannot be moved because Of the lack
of cars; Immediate action" was said
to be necessary in California; in Neb-
raska one station complained Of q
grain al shortage.
Bargains for hot days; $3.50 Wool
tex Tailored Wash Skirts -, 1895
FREDENDALL & Wilkins.
d1 wilt Advertisement
Miss Amelia Graham of Kansas
Ti+y t1,a r1YasA of hnr grandmother
Mexico weekly ledger., 1922-08-03

Ledger ads bring results.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
"They Don't Feel Pain
As WeDo, Is o. Vicious
and Ignorant Theory

THE discovery that wild animals have
God-given rights is YET in the making
@- A very few persons have made it, but
about seven hundred millions have not.
1t Is indeed high time that all men and women
who have thoughts, and use them, should
grasp this fact and retain it.
I admit that the rights Of man are in a
bad way, and they seem to be getting no better
very fast; but that is no reason whatever why
we should not give the wild creature q square
deal.
have seen vicious and ignorant men and
boys who really seemed to think that dogs,
cats, horses, sheep and swine "dont feel pain
as we do" This I regard as positive proof
that those persons had not descended from
apes or monkeys, because apes and mon
keys have more sense than that frame of
mind reveals. Only last summer Miss Phil
lips, the secretary Of the American Blue Cross
Society, told me the story Of horribly pain
full operation that had been performed on a
me animal without the use of chloroform, and
the pain and shock were so great that the
animal quickly died.
Even captive wolf who gets into trouble
has the right to have chloroform and good
surgeon. So does every other wild animal
that requires an operation, and in our ZOO
logical park we have administered ether to all
kinds of animals, from small monkeys up to
a rhinoceros. Surely, 1t is not at all neces-
sary to assure the readers of this article that
quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, frogs and fishes
have sensitive brains, nerves and muscles,
Just like ours and that when their rights are
abused they suffer accordingly It is true
that some "feel pain" more keenly and with
greater shock than others, but this also Is
true of men and women. Some Of us endure
pain stoically; others are racked and wrecked
by it.
Mans first and highest duty to wild ami
mails is not to infict upon them any needless
pain or physical suffering Under this head
chapter of horrors might be written. 1t opens
up the whole vast subject of cruelty to ami
mails. The domestic animals have the worst
of it, by about 10000 per cent, because usual
~ the wild animal quickly succumbs to cruel
treatment and is relieved by Death, the merci-
ful and compassionate. The wretched domes-
tic animal may be kept alive in misery for
years
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Anything from o. Mon
key to a. Hippo May Go
Under Ether in the Zoo

n,ent has a right TO be either well established,
set free or painlessly destroyed.
Every monkey on earth has q right to be
saved from the horrors and daily miseries of
life with organ grinders, and every civilized
state and nation Is in duty bound to enact
laws to prohibit the use Of monkeys with hand
organs. The fact that the hot pavement
monkey "amuses the children is no quaifca-
ton for the cruelty.
The wild birds have perfect right 20 take
toll of mans cherries, berries and corn in pay
ment for the services that they render mans
interests by destroying millions and billions
Of destructive insects. But, when robins visit
the cherry tree, how quickly do some farmers
forget the annual services of the robin!
T. cry wild bird or quadruped that is ac-
cused Of doing damage to the sacred interests
Of man has God-given right to fair and
square trial. and an attorney for his defense
who will sift all evidence and cross-examine
all witnesses before verdict is rendered.
This thing of condemning birds and sealons
and deer and bears unheard and undefended
and passing death sentences without any trials
is played out. This vicious old one-sided and
w;ckedly unjust course of criminal court pro-
cedure has become intolerable, and it has got
to be stopped. 1 have already written about
the real and alleged "pest animals" of which
we now are hearing too much.
Every harmless wild animal or wild bird or
reptile has right to live in peace and COM
fort or to be mercifuly killed No person
has right to have or to hold in captivity any
wild thing that is miserable, that is suffering
or thoroughly unhappy. Any "zoo' that fails
to make its animals comfortable as to warmth.
dryness, light, shades, seclusion from annoy
ance, food and water should not be permitted
TO exhibit or to keep wild creatures. When
it became quite evident to us that our big
elephs MT Gunda was permanently unhappy and
mentally miserable we asked Mr.. Akaley to
kindly end Gunda's troubles with bullet
through his brain, and the hunter Of elephants
did his work so skillfully that Gunda never
knew that he was hurt.
1t is the bounden duty Of all men and
women to prevent by active measures the
infiiction Of cruelty and suffering upon mon
keys, racoons, squirrels, turtles toads and
frogs, fishes and wild birds Of all kinds and
ages with which they come in touch. The
greater is mans intelligence, the greater is
his obligation to protect wild creatures In the
sn3oymsnts Of their rights.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
THE RIGHTS OF WILD ANIMALS
& BY DIR. WILLIAM r. HORNADAY
Director New York Zooio9ical Park

1t is my private opinion that ere long there
will be some startling revelations regarding
certain systematic unnecessary cruelties to do
mestic animals now being practiced In Amer
lea; but at present am not at liberty to say
any more.
Mans second highest duty to Wild animals
is to refrain from wantonly and unnecessarily
killing them. The details Of this basic prin-
clple are neither voluminous nor obscure, and
can write them into very few lines, as
follows:
Under certain conditions and circumstances
1t is morally and ethically right for man to
take toll Of the wilds and kill closely limited
number Of moose, elk, deer, African antelopes,
sheep, goats, wild swine, pheasants, grouse
quail and water fowl. The acceptable ex-
cuses are: Hunger in the wilderness and on
the frontier; complete oversupply Of game,
the depredations Of real "pest" animals, mans
real need for furs, the needs Of science and
education and, finally, the need of an object
to tempt brain and nerve weary men to get
oue INTO the open and ego hunting" in wild
places wherein game is sufficiently abundant
that the killing Of some of It does not spell
quick determination. But this right Of the
legitimate sportsman does not also carry the
right to shoot at sheep, goat or an ante
lope quarter of mile or even half mile
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

away, in which hit is scored only by acci-
dent in any old place.
1t is perfectly easy for thoughtful people
TO draw boundary line between the right
and the wicked killing Of wild animals. 1t
is the conditions that fx the verdict For
example, it was right for the plains Indians
and the frontiersmen to kill each year few
thousand head of buffaloes for fresh meat,
jerked meat, penmican, robes, leather and
sinews, but it was wrong and wicked for
wild mob Of 5000 butchers to slaughter hun
dreds Of thousands Of bufYaloes for hides worth
only $3.50 to $5 and leave mountains Of fine
meat to spoil
The fact that man is the sen-elected lord
Of creation and ''lsing Of the fowl and the
brute" does not by any means imply that wild
animals have not their own list of rights, or
that man may maltreat them merely because
he happens to have the power. Several mil
lions of brave men have died since 1913 trying
to establish the principle that the rights of
man are superior to the might Of cannon and
bomb welded by power drunken despots.
Every wild animal not seriously injurious
to man has right to remain free unless it's
captivity is justified by the legitimate demands
Of science and education, and its captivity is
free from privation and suffering. A captive
wild animal that is suffering from it's confne-
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
Unlike Autos, Dobbia
Was Safe and Sane

"Of course we must advance. You would
not want to see the hands OF time turned back
ward and to say that progress is a meaning
less thing. But at the same time we must
come to place higher value on the lives Of
our feowmen This is one of the evils of
motordom. This is one of the costs of modern
civilization, it would seem. Have we grown so
lax in our sense Of fair play that these things
can continue without redressf This is the
price that the public Is paying for its mad race
valuable asset to humanity. II has place that
is being filled with credit to the inventors, and
this is well and good But it should be made
to remain within bounds il we are to even hops
for continued peace OF mind in the future.
mo such indictment was ever made about
the horse and his vehicle. No, it was the ex-
ception that an accident was traceable directly
to the old buggy with Dobbin IN the shafts
There was less Of desire to race rnadlv over
the streets and highways, with never-endin~
mania for still greater speed. He, the family
favorite, was content TO act with more sse-
corum, and the driver Was not given Go the
idea that life was nothing without its speed
delights. And still we have advanced, and
to-day we are advancing more, if we are to
believe all that we read and see But. hon
estly, can this be called a sane advance when
life In held so cheaply7"
The answer, II goes without saying "a kAsA
SC can't
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

name now is byword for elegant automobile
bodies, made buggy that sold for $3.50. A
grand buggy it was, too-rubber-tired, glossy
and as easy to ride In as baby's crib. To
own one was mark of distinction approached
to-day only by the fortunate possessor Of
custom-built n.o*or car. Then came evil days
when sort Of fiivver-buggy made it's appear
ance, at the height Of competition, and sold at
wholesale for $500 dozen--a paltry s25
apiece.
There are still in New York, as a careful
search Of the parks and drives will reveal, a
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24
motoring to Our Doons,"
That's What We're Doing

If the carriage manufacturer had his way
the world would go back to the horse-drawn
able for pleasure and profit, but he wishes in
his heart of hearts that there were fewer than
II 100000 Of them in the United States And
he doesn't hesitate to predict that there will be
fewer and fewer when the public comes to
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

distinguished few persons Of age and wealth
who ride about in carriages in preference to
motor cars. But they are 80 few thet they
have become curiosities. The only horse~drawn
pleasure vehicles that exist in number are the
hansoms and their more comfortable compet-
tors, the giddy-glops, pulled by animals as
quaint as their drivers and as unkempt az
their seat cushions.
Gone into the limbo Of things forgotten are
the sumptuous brougham, the victoria, the
phaeton. Gone, except from horse shows, are
the agile footmen In forest green and brass
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

xU0GFDLL LDSddEng
realize, In the burning words Of carriage
accessories trade paper editor, that we
motoring to our DOOM" The editorial con
tinued:
"To some Of us this La gay life. 1t Ia
heydsy time, and the less regard we have for
the rights of others and the more 10y we get
out Of it the better do we like IL. So we rush
madly along--at least many who motor-car
ing little Of what the present and future has
in store for us. II we motor to our doom,
yhw worry, life is made up of thrills and the
more frequent these come and the greater the
excitement the better do we enjoy sensa-
ton.
For othrs who may happen TO get In cur
pathway we have small consideration. If they
are so unfortunate as to become tho victims,
albeit unwilling Of our making, well, the fault
is theirs, and by no means can the blame bs
placed upon our shoulders. II the rosd is not
wide enough for two Of us, well, let the other
fellow beware. We must not be interrupted in
our mad career. Life offers so many delights
to the man who has an eye for the fast and
furious. If he Is injured, or perhaps killed, or
it may be we are made the victims of our
whirlwind escapade, It matters little, the toll
must be taken and the race was worth the
price.
'FYes. many Of those who are gsyly motoring
to-day are simply speeding toward their doom.
They are mad with an intoxication OF cyclonic
fever, and, come what may, they are willing to
take the chances that are lying on every side,
ready TO engulf them. The figure Of the grim
monster ever and anon keeping the pace Jus.
ahead Of the steering wheel is not seen by
them. If it was would they not laugh to scorn
the thought that he would gain the mastery"
"Shall this condition continue to obtsinT
Must we permit the mad orgy to be prolonged.
endangering the lives of innocent beings, sim
ply because we have lost all sense Of homer, OF
right and Of fair play for the other mani Are
there not means within the reach Of our courts
TO stay this continued slaughter, or must it
ever be menace to the well being Of many
who, as yet are not so imbued with this form
of insanity? Can we sit by and trust to our
own coed fortune in not being made the VIC
TINS Of this deplorable state Of thngs7 Let
us stay the hand that would throttle the lives
of innocent men, women and children, by MAX
ing 1t at least reasonably safe for others TO
live without continual fear Of being thus
slaughtered
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

who could. with not the slightest effort, leap
backward from the curb with folded arms and
land safe and sound on the cushions behind the
mistress
But this holds true only in New York. Else
where there are carriages and smart pairs,
though, if the truth must be told, in no great
number. But in Iowa and Nebraska and Kan
sas, it is safe to assume, the family phaeton
still gathers dust between Sundays In the fam
lily barn, to be wheeled out on the Sabbath and
busted off for church or the afternoon drive.
A salesman for q Kansas City manufacturer,
working a part Of Kansas, has sold 1913 bug
gies since January / Of this year, and he is
only one Of half hundred employed by the
same factory.
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

in New York and the New England states.
The convention Is coming TO New York for
sentimental reasons-because fifty years ago
the association was formed here But instead
Of coming down ON the New Haven or driving
in from Long Island or Westchester, the ma
jority Of the delegates are facing long railroad
journeys from Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
lucky and Ohio. The national headquarters Of
the organization are in Cincinnati
For years the industry has slowly been
working its way inland from the Atlantic sea-
board. 1t is conceivable that in time it will
cross the Rockies and come upon, in an unsus-
pecting moment, one Of the most highly motor
lied states In the Union-California. Horses
in even the the smallest of California cities
are as scarce as In Central Park. Facing this
condition, If It ever is encountered, there would
appear to be nothing for 1t but to turn about
and work over the land already harvested
The Happy Days When $3.50
Was Paid for Buggy
But the carriage industry Is used TO ups and
downs. There was a time, not so many years
ago. when Long Island manufacturer whose
New-York tribune., 1922-09-24

Association in
the Has
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