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TaIR HUT0H1Ct Mexico Message 0 MBXICO, MISSOURI, DBC. 26, 1912 no. a VOL. 14 Missouri TURKEY SOLD FOR $26.50 Paris, Mo., Dec. 20. A mam-: II10th bronze turkey, weighing twenty-six and one-half pounds, raised by Mrs. Dave Bryan, who reside south of Paris, was ship ped to the editor of an agricul tural paper published at Spring field, Mo., last week and sold for a dollar a pound, bringing $26.50. So far as known, this is the highest price ever paid for a tur key. The fowl was shipped in re sponse to an advertisement ap pearing in the journal calling for the largest turkey in the country. A California turkey, which died en route, weighed more, but of inferior quality, and Mon roe county won the honor, ac cording o a letter received by Mrs. Hryan. SOME INTERVIEWS. Fred Lehnen'i Viiit Jamai Slaughter in Kansas Dr. Tralle's Lecture. Fred Lehnen: I used to farm out northwest of Wellsville but I live in Wellsville now. I came around by Mexico on a return visit to my brother-in-law, Sam orreyson, near Rush Hill. An other brother-in-law of mine, James Wilkins, who has been in business at Howling Green for several years, has sold out there and will move back to Laddonia in February. None of us like to get far away from good old Au drain county. The Message is told of a bigger Monroe county turkey than the above. It was raised by J. S. Weaver. lie lives so near the Au drain line that really we ought to claim him for this county. Mr. Weaver tells us out of his own mouth that he sold a big gobbler last week to a Santa Fe merchant that weighed even 38 pounds That's a long way ahead of Paris C. C. Lucas, another Santa Fe citizen, sold a turkey a few days since that weighed 156 pounds. Pans, vou will have to come airain. Three Noted Odd Fellows. The following story is going the rounds of the metropolitan press of Missouri : Willis Ilulen of Centralia, not only hns the honor of being past grand of the Odd Fellows Lodge, but also has the distinction of laving two sons who are past rands and another son who is now noble grand. Mr. Ilulen was noble grand of the Centralia Lodge several years ago; his oldest son, Albert, was noble grand of the Mexico lodge tbout ten years ago, and his next ion, Kennan. also was noble grand of the Mexico lodge. Vaughn, the third son, is now noble grand of the Centralia lodge, and the youngest son Price, is a member of that lodge Audrain county for the presen year led the State in the produc tion of oats. The total yield for the county was 1,135,650 bushels It. F. Hopkins: I have a farm up 10 miles north of St. Joseph. 'm here to visit Mexico relatives and friends. I'm well pleased with my new location at St. Joseph. Stocking up raj place and getting along fine. Mason Creasey: Mr. Editor, tell 'em I'm rejoicing. Just re ceived by express from relatives at Wortham, Texas, a big fat gob bler of the Woodrow Wilson va riety. Yum, yum, but I'll put in a day at meal time this Christmas. J. E. Hodge: I live near Rush ifill. I had a field of 25 acres of corn this last season that yielded on an average of near 60 bushels to the acre. That was going some, don't you think t Clarence Harvey: I'm out southeast from Rush Hill. All my corn in but three days' gathering. I'm ready for cold weather, but hope this is to be one winter when we shall have but little cold weather. Big Prixe Crops in The "Valley" Object Leuoni in Thtt ' Schools. nomer Dillard: I live down on Cuivre. Fine weather, Mr, Editor. Finest autumn days 1 ever saw. How's the farm! All right. We're all ready for Old Santa's visit down our way. F. O. Hertels: 1 farm out southwest of Laddonia. Thru gathering corn, you bet. I ought to be able to enjoy Christmas and New Year's, ehT James F. Slaughter: I go this week to Garden City, Kansas, to spend a few days with my brother, John F. Slaughter. John is in the dairy business at Garden City and is doing well. Willie Bradley: And is this John Bealt Why, my dear sir, I'm truly glad to see you again We haven't met before in 25 m 1 1 i.t years. I ve been aooui ine com try some since then. I'm a travel ing man now and my head duarters are in New Orleans, You're the first man I ever work ed for. Ed. Rodman, now of Kansas City, and 1 "stuck" type for you when you and J. N. Cross established the Laddouia Herald in 1884. And you are now pub lishing a paper, the Message, in this good town of Mexico T I'm now visiting old friends here, and I'm glad to meet you among them. A woman's suffrage club might not be out of order in Mex ioo. Your "rights" are coming, ladies, just as well get ready for them. The Missouri College of Agri culture has recently sold a yearl ing son of Carlotto Pontiac to go lo Old Mexico. The purchaser is the owner of a large dairy herd of Noo cows. Carlotta rontiac is Holsteiu cow, bred and owned h the College of Agriculture. wunng the past year she has pro duced 93 barrels of milk contain m 708 lbs. of fat, which is univalent to 827 pounds of but ter. 8- J. Bishop and family, of near "uh Hill, have moved to the wiwder farm, east of this city. They will now get their Message t Mexico. Will Wilkins: I'm a busy man every day and hour selling shoes thru the day, and I think I may truly say I attend "all th ordinances of the church." But I can't get around as I would like to all of Dr. Tralle's lectures and his Sunday school institute held every Thursday night. By the way, Tralle's lectures on Psy chology are the finest thing in that line 1 ever heard. You ought to go and taste and see. SHIPPED TRAIN OF DIG MULES FROM BEAVER DAM. ! J- Wilson and wife went to "'"xiis City Monday to be the PiiHtu of their daughter, Mrs. Florence Walton, during the holi es and for several weeks fol ding. Mr. Walton -is clerk at Jta Rock Island Depot, at Kansas Mty. G. E. Maddox: I live three miles west of Santa Fe. You might say that my wife, Mrs. Ida Maddox, raised and sold, during the past two years, 1500 pounds of turkeys which brought her $240, besides keeping seven hens for her own use. She wants to hear from the one who can beat it. Sam G. Emmons: I have bought A. G. Smith's Fix It shop. I'm going to give Mexico a hospital at last for repairing furniture, etc., and that's no joke. I expect to make a house to house canvass of the town monthly looking for "patients." Beaver Dam, Mo., Dec. 23. Mr. Shrout, living on the north bounds of the Valley, received second prize of $10.00 for deliver ing poultry to Mexico merchants recently. Now it looks to us that at our County Fair the pumpkin that would make the most pies, the largest and roost perfect ears of corn, fruits of various kinds, even the tallest timothy grown in the county, year 1912 we noticed at Mexico Southern Bank from its card that all was the produc tion of the Valley. Who says no when we say, hurrah. Agriculture may be taught in our common schools witn aome degree of success, yet many of our teachers prefer giving object lessons that children often grow weary of when they are confined to one or two special branches ol study. One of our school teach ers claims that object lessons fur nish the best discipline for the mind. That by the ordinary methods of teaching- pupils re ceive very little mental dia cipline. But let a child use ' his senses in observing interesting objects, and it will aoon be noticed that his natural intellect is developing itself.. Indeed you might as well deprive a plant of li(rht f r heat of the aun and ex pect it to grow as to endeavor to impart good mental discipline to a child without the use or pres ence of objects. You ask us. Do we agree! Yes we believe object lessons are in tended to lead the child in the way nature intended and the ob ject method should be used in a! our common schools. How about that big mule men tioned in the Ruralist owned by E. J. Stewart of Battlefield, Mo that is 5 years old and 19 hands high, weight 1,700 pounds, valued at $1,000 T That is all right for Missouri but pretty tough on Au drain county, boasted the banner county in the state on big mules. We wonder, boys, if we couldn't muster up one somewhere along the Valley that would measure up to twenty hands and weigh 2,000 pounds T Farmers enjoy getting good prices for all live stock they have to market, whether they pay a high or low price for their living or for what they consume. They are then prosperous and ahead, because the large majority have more to sell than they consume. Wage earners down here get from $25 to $35 per month, higher than ever before since we have known the Valley, and help scarce; many farmers are not thru with their corn gathering, because of this scarcity of help. There is perhaps a greater de mand for farm products than ever before and or course our farmers are successful and are prosperous and our help, or wage earners, should be content and ' happy as the happiest of those in the Valley. Three Wadding Fir Co. Qeti Donation Dr. La Sue Dead. Fulton, Mo., Dec, 20. A train; of more than twenty tock ears left McCreedie, north of Fulton, today with the first big shipment of fat mulea from Callaway coun ty. j There were 843 cotton mules. that have been sold to East St.! Louis firms by Kingdom feeders at an average price of more than $200. The activity in buying be gan yesterday when representa tives of Sparks 1 Bros., Maxwell Crouch & Guyton and Harring ton of East St. Louis appeared in North Callaway, the home of the big feeders. The rapidity with which the first load was gathered showed that the buyers and sellers had ittle trouble over prices. It also dissipates the many rumors be fore election of drops in price in the event of a Democratic victory. About 1,000 more mules are on feed in Callaway county and it is believed the activities in trading will continue for aome time.!' It is probable that some of those who sold this week - will buy more mulea for the fattening process. The recent demand of Soutli Carolina buyers on the St. Louis market is believed to have stimu lated the activities in Missouri mule counties. , gave the Mexico Fire Lo. fo0 in oljur than the mere defeat of this appreciation of the firemen's ef- proposed amendment. It brought forts to save the three big oil to the knowledge of the farmer tanks in the recent big fire of oil the defects of raising revenue by near the Ice Plant. our State. The most prominent defect as far as landowners an Mr. Fred Husman.-living near concerned is the double taxation. arber, and Miss Neva Ball, were UIu1oP wlich tht, lHlul au,i the married at the bride 'a home at mortgage secured by this land Hereford, Texas, last Sunday. Lre both tnXlll (,m,rata) to the Mr. and Mrs. Husman Will return fuU nmomit; For instance, a man to this county January 1st, and hag $4j0oo. He buys a farm and will live on a farm north or far- ;8 (0 pay ,000 for it. He has to ber. The-bride is the daughter mnr,np i.;. frm tn fi,., 111HI1 of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ball, of tnat ioans to him tl)e remaining Vandalia. Our best wishes ex- Ui noo nn,i nva i,1i,.rK, (n i,if Mestaga Friends. The following have subscribed or renewed for the Message since our last report : Thod Boulware. ; S. V. Ston." ' G. C. Valentine. Frank Steward. ' O. P. Gregory. J. R. Snook. C. E. Casper. M. T. Pierce. Wm. Hesterbnrg. R. W. Goodell. Billie Weaver. Jos. Steinman. B. W. Hale. C, D. Holbrook. Irvin Watts. Gicaeker Bros. Lena Hopkins. F. F. Bush. F. M. Shoup. Wm. Frazier. Barton Iman. S. J. Bishop. T. A. Mosley. Mrs. Molly Solomon. Arthur Wright. H. A. Doyle. Mrs. Mary Slaughter. F. G. Bertels. Clarence narvey. J. E. Hodge. F. S. Skelly. Mrs. Elizabeth Stockwell. Homer Dilliard. The Waters Pierce Oil Co. A Suggestion, "In unity there is strength. This fact was again demonstrated in our last, election regarding tin single tax amendment. The tinn and energy spent in the defeat of this measure will result in good. tended them. The wife of Noel Edwards, the latter being a son of J. F. Ed wards of near Gant, has been very ill lately at her home in Columbia. Rev, W. II. nook of this city had an invitation last week to at tend a f'Roll Call" of Miriam O. O. F. Lodge, at Bethany, Mo., in Harrison county. Bro. Hook is a member of Miriam Lodge and was pastor of the Christian church at Bethany four or five years. of his farm, but the State taxes him for all the land the farm con tains and the mortage holder also is taxed to the full amount of his mortgage. Somebody nays taxes on something he does not own, and this somebody is the farmer. Now the suggestion: Exempt all mortgages from taxa tion, provided it i. on farm land, and for a low rate of interest, this rate to be fixed by law, ami tin reduction to equal, as near as pos sible, the taxes payable on land O. F. HAFNER, Rush Hill, Mo. "Ti 3 . tTM 3 II ...., uou. u. ' iinrrisl,urp, Mo., wishes to liour City neighborhood, were married in Mexico the 18th inst., Rev. A A. Wallace officiating. It 8 a splendid young couple and the Message wishes them long' life and happiness. of her husband who Inst full. wns traveling1 in this section, peddling a eternising prepnra tion called "Knox Snots", snys the Sturgeon Lender, lie is nearly (10 yenrs of age, and n 15- vflnr-nld lrv ia with liitu Tlinv inu hums Msyeiia rorsier wrr- lorsp married one day last week at the bride's home in Nevada. .Mo. The couple spent a few days at Mus- Chariton county papers are kogee. Okla.. as a honeymoon reporting an immense crop o visit, afterwards returning to pecans tins year. I lie limns this city to reside. The bride is a wicicer says the tanners m mat niece of Mrs. B. A. Powell of Mex- vicinity cashed 2,HM) worth ot ICO iiin-i-jr in linn utiuiv iin-it-wu ii recent Saturday. Many farmers Dr. R. J. LaRue. 75 years old. a have sold as much as SH,0U() former citizen of Mexico, died a worth each. If you are an Aud few days ago at Gulf View Hotel, rain county farmer why don't Cortez. Fla. He was a cousin of - Plant a tew pecan trees: I. M. Greer and Rev. J. D. Greer Never plant a tree without it of this citv ' Will bear something besides l .. jeaves let it be either nuts or Priia Winning Poultry. fruit of some kind. Plant your The Poultry Show at Wellsville tree and then take care of it ; a iew days ago was a grcai sue- teed it witn manure or muicii i . ... cess. Audrain county people won as much as remureu and never some nne prizes as loiiows: allow it to go thirsty tor a Barred Rocks: L. C. Kirk, drink. If you want to raise a Vandalia, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pullet; tree you must care for it. just 1st and Urd cockerel; 3rd cock, the same as you must in raising 1st pen. a garden or growing a field of J. T. Beatty, Thompson, 1st corn cock, 2nd cockerel, 2nd pen. s. v. Buff Leghorn: fcd. ban- w. Smith Jones, near llolli- Ralph S. Lewton, of near Santa Fe, writes us this note: Please change my address for the Mes sage to Laddonia, Mo., R. F. D. 4, as I am moving this week and do not wish to miss a single copy. Ed. Summers and ' daughter, Miss Flora, of Prosser, Neb., have returned home after a vtsit to Mr. Summers' brothers at Laddonia, John and Harvey Summers, and to the family of Tobe Teaguc in Mexico. Cecil Chambliss, of this city, a grandson of W. J. Rixey here, is at Oeala, Fla., and orders the Message to come to his address. Cecil is engaged with a big lum ber firm at Oeala. Y. M. G, A. IS ORGANIZED The Juniors of McMillan Ili.-.'li School entertained the student body and faculty last Friday afternoon with a Christinas tree and literary program. The gym nasium, where the exercises were held, was beautifully decorated appropriate colors. A herald was seid to the different class rooms who invited the students to partake of the hospitality of the Juniors. The program was open ed by an address of welcome by the Junior President, George Irion. Leonard Coatsworth made a spirited oration against the crystallized bureaucracy" of the Faculty. Anna Caldwell gave a humorous oration on "Fashions," and Mabel Threlkehl, carrying a suffragette banner, advocated woman's rights" with true suf fragette vigor. The debute also was very humorous. The question was, Resolved that the Jesse tribe should be forced to pay the . Single Tax or be exiled from the country. The affirmative was represented by Morris Dry. Mildred Pearl, Pereie Fuhrer and Alma Shonsh. The "Jesse Tribe", respresented by Morris Rodes and Louis Jesse, ably espoused their own cause. The last number on the pro gram was a travesty on "Mac beth" by t ho following: Macbeth, Hubert Warden; Bunquo, John Creigh ; King Duncan, Oscar Has kell ; Three Witches, Frances Pearl, Lueile Kunkel, LeRein Warden; Herald, llalley Brad ford. After the program Santa Clans emerged from the chimney and distributed his presents. The Freshmen, who were seated in the balcony, received their presents from a baby carriage, which ran on a track just outside the balcony. r temporary Y. M. C. A. or ganization was formed with a membership of 18. The follow- ng officers were elected : Ray Miller president ; Orlando Wor rell, Vice Pres.; Calvin Tilton, ec'y. ; Charles Guthrie, Treas. ; Russel Moore, ' Sergeant ; Orlando Worrell was elected delegate to the Y. M. C. A. convention at Se- dalia, Dec. 27, 28 and 29. Russel Moor was appointed alternate. bothe, Martinsburg, 1st pullet. jy Monroe county, has a cat- S. C. Ilamburgs: Ed. Sanbothe, Martinsburg, 1st pullet, 1st cock erel. S. C. Buff Orpingtons: J. A Parker, Laddonia, 1st and 2nd pullet. Mottled Anconas: Jos. Meyer alpa plantation ahout ready for the ax. There are 3,000 of tin trees, some of them are as big as a telephone post while others are not yet large enough for use, "Kveiy farmer should de vote an acre to this best of al Wm. Goodson near Benton City mas gift to a friend at Clarence, James Quinlan, Jr., and Fred Jacobi, who are attending St. Mary's College, at St. Marys, Kan., arrived here last week to spend the holidays with their pa rents in this county. peter, Martinsburg, 1st cockerel, post timber," says Ml. Jones 1st and 2nd pullet. "And if he will set aside, ten I. R. Ducks: M. D. Porter, acres of good land to it tie wit Vandalia, 1st, 2nd and 3rd pair, realize a big profit in 12 or 13 years. The venrlinir tdants cost I lie Laddonia Herald tias tne $n thousand and l.fiOO can be following mention regarding a pow, to the acre. At maturity it . tr Ti l brotner oi me message eauors there would be at least 3,000 Unas. W. lieal. ot liroken liow, posts to tjie ft0re, worth by that Neb., son of w . Jl. Jieal or tins tjmt, 25e a post, a total of $7.rj( place, was eiecieu rroseemmg an acViit After cutting the tini rviiumt-j ui ma uwi.io uuuiii j ui mer another crop can be grown the recent election. Uiarlie is from the same old roots in a Democrat but is in a strong Veiv short time. The hnrdv. or ltepubliean county, nis mends (.atalpa speciosa, is the sort to heie will be glad to hear or his g,ow success. Rev. W. A. Shullenberger of Lawrence Arnold, attending this city will assist in a revival college at Lawrenceville, N. J., is meeting at the Christian churcl in this city on a visit to relatives. I at Perry, beginning next week A Word From Oklahoma. Frederick, Okla., Dec. 18, 1012. Mr. John Heal: You will find inclosed postofliee order for one dollar for your paper for another year. Uur county has been bless ed with bountiful crops of all kinds this year. Our little city, Frederick, has three gins which have already ginned over 8,")00 bales of cotton this fall and lots of cotton still coming in. Till -mon county is the banner county of Oklahoma. Mrs. Emilia 1'vrns. The anti-profanity league re cently launched by the Catholic Church is making gratifyirg headway. Its object is to dis courage the use df rough lang uage and to impress young men and boys with the fact that it is neither smart nor gentlemanly to use billingsgate. Then ought tobe such an organization in every community. Mexico Savings Bank Capital Stock, S150.000.C9 43rd Year in Business. W. W. PRY, Prsi1ent. SAM LOCKE, Cashier. a