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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-08-02
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
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Department of the Interior. U. s..
Land Office at Roswell. n. NJ.
July 70, 1919,
Notice is hereby given that Charles
w. Jones nf Ell5ins. r. NJ, who. on
Jan. II. 1909 made Homestead Entry
Serial No cG976 for SNh Sec. %: and
on May 49, 1909, maae Additional
Homestead Entry No, Q12092 for SEA
Section p. Township Z South. Range
% East n. M. p. Meridian. has filed
notice OF Intention to make final three
year Proof to establish claim to the
ard above described, before II. p.
Lively. u. S. Commissioner in
his office, at Elkins. n. NJ, on the
23ra day Of August 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Vic r. Hackett. George G. Cooper
Henry i. Hyman, Louis n. Todd, all
Of slklns, ". n.
r. c. TIILOTsoN
Register
Iuiy l9-Aus. co.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-08-02
NoTIcE ron PUnIoATIoN

Orig. No 1ss2o, and Serial No. 013073
Department of the Interior. u. s. Land
office at Roswell, New Mexico, July
. is, 1912.
Notice Is hereby given that Lydia
NJ Roehrlg. of EllSins, n, NJ. who, on
september 30, 1907, made Homestead
Section 81. Township Z South, Range
% East, n M. p Meridian. has filed
notice of intention to make Final
three year Proof. to establish claim 10
p. Lively, u g. Commissioner, in his
office. at Elkins. N. NJ. on the 23rd.
day Of August, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
John Hall. Florence Hall, VIC r.
Hackett Fred Hilgenfeld all Of Elk
r. c. TILLoTsoN.
Register.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-08-02
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Department OF the Intettor, y. s. Land
office at Fort Sumner. II. NJ. July 6
1919.
Notice Is hereby given that Moses
J. Rippee, of Elida N. NJ, who. on
March 13.1s07 made Homestead Entry
No. O4053 for SEA Section 80. Town
ship South, Range 20 East, and on
July 7. 1908. made additional Home
stead Entry, No 06600, for NEA. Sec
East, n NJ. r. Meridian. has filed
notice OF intention to make five-year
on original. three-year on additional
Proof, to establish claim to the land
above described, before W. +. Cowgirl.
y. S. Commissioners, at his office, at
Kenna, N. NJ, on the Twelfth day OF
September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Edward d. Clay, Lawrence X. Jones,
Frank e. Miller. all OF Eli6a, N. NJ
George T. Littlefield of Kenna, N. NJ
G. q. HENRY,
Kenna Records Register
Az - s. G.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-08-02

F. S. Os69e. CS.
Department OF the Interior, u. s. Land
office at Fort Sumner n. NJ. July
II, 1912.
Notice Is hereby given that Henry
October H. 1905. made Homestead En-
try No. O3696, for SWh Section 21.
Township South. Range 20 East.
N. NJ. T. Meridian. has filed notice OF
establish claim to the land above
described, before W. 7. Cowgirl u.
s. Commissioner AT his office, at Ken
ma n. NJ. on the thirteenth day OF
September, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses
Alexander Hobbs. Lloyd b. Ball,
George Graves, Tommy Jones all OF
I-ist0n, N. NJ.
c. c. HENRY,
Kenna Record. Register
A.2-S.0.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Decay Of Handwriting.

The decay of handwriting was the
subject of a plant by correspond
emit recently in the London Times.
The steel pen,' he wrote, was one
factor in altering the style and legi-
bility of writing, and the fountain pen,
in some of its varieties, has proved to
be still more harmful machine.
Tipping certainly secures legibility, but
that is not writing, and it is doing
much to discourage the practice of
caligraphy.
There is. good reason to believe
that neat writing is neither taught nor
even encouraged in our great second
airy schools. Schoolmasters appear to
accept any kind of bad writing. The
average boy or girl now takes little or
no pains to form letters. In other
words, they do not write at all. Few
parents or teachers appear to take
any notice Of this writing, and the let
tiers of the last century, which were
generally neat and legible, at the
hands of both sexes, certainly put us
to shame today"
This Gladiator temporis acti" con
cluded by curious prediction that
posterity will have some severe com
ments to make on the handwriting OF
the twentieth century.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Gold Reports on Alaska.

g.
The United States geological survey
has just published as Bulletin 520-H
a report on the mining and water sup
ply of the Fortymile, Seventymile, Cir
Gle and Fairbanks districts, Alaska
by e. A. Porter and C. B. Ellsworth,
The estimated value of the combined
gold production Of the Fortymile and
Seventymils districts fsr 1911 was
$4,000, an increase Of $4,000 over
the output for 1910 due to the success
of two dredges on the headWaters OF
F'ortymile river. The value of the
gold production of the Fairbanks dis
trict in 1911 is estimated to be approx.
imately $4,500,0OO, a decrease Of ST.
100000 from the output for 1910, due
mainly to the fact that most Of the
bon1nzas of the camphaye been work.
ed out and the major part of the min.
ing was confined to deposits Of rela'
lively low grade. The Circle precinct
In 1911 produced gold with an estt
mated sgalue of s35f 300, which exceeds
that of any other year since 1898. The
increase was due entirely to the i'm
paoved methods employed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Scientific Toy.

parts, the blade and the handle. The
blade is made from a piece of wood
six inches long by one inch wide, and
three-eighths of an inch or little less
IN thickness. Choose a piecg of soft
wood that will white easily. This Is
shaved down until rather thin, slant
ing the two ends in opposite direc-
tions, just as in making a windmill
The handle should be of the same
length, made round, one-fourth of an
inch in diameter. 1t will stay IL the
blade better If the hole to receive it Is
square, rather than round, but a pin
driven through the joint will make IL
secure in either case.
To fly 1t, place the handle between
the fattened palms, as in the illustra-
ton, and draw them forcibly over each
each other. If it Is well made, a
strong boy can send it 20 feet or more
up In the air, and 80 or 40 in a hori-
zontal direction. Two boys, standing
20 feet or SO apart, can have great
sport with 1t, as 1t Is not so easy to
catch as it looks, often returning, like
a boomerang, from the catcher's very
hands, to fall almost at the feet of
the sender. II 1t "wobbles,' the stem
is either too short or too light for
the blade. Ifsthe blades are not slant
ed In the direction shown in the cut,
it will have to be Whirled in the op-
posite direction.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
FARMER AS A hlIDDLEMAN
His Place Comes From Services as
The Human Link Between the
Seed and the Finished Crop.

A good deal is said about middle.
men cand the cost they burden upon
both producers and consumers. The
cotton middleman exacts his toll
from the farmer The livestock com.
mission salesman exacts his fee from
the stockman. The groceryman takes
a profit on vegetables and canned
goods he never grew. All our mod
ern methods Of business lead us
across the middleman's path at every
step and though we may locate and
condemn him, his tribe seems to -four
ish exceedingly well these days.
The farmer himself is middleman
to a large extent. Perhaps he could
see that like other middlemen there
is a toll for him he can take if he
wants, he would make more effort to
get what is rightfully his.
The farmers place as a middleman
comes from his service as the hu.
man link between the seed and the
finished crops, says the Texas Co.
operator. Farmers call themselves
producers, but much of this name is
theirs by courtesy only, for after al
the farmer can only assist nature to
make the crop. F'op this service the
farmer is entitled to a legitimate
wage. We pay every other middle
man the price he asks because we
cannot help ourselves. # the farm
ers would unite for fair wages We
would have to pay them too.
LID
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
MUST MARKET COTTON SLOW
President Barrett Says ProduE kil1eal
. Realize Little Profit unle
s Utmost Caution ls Used. at

To the 0Mcers and Members OF the
{ Farmers Union: 1865 '
). THE farmers Of the southern. es
: this year In an excellent MI lin
obtain a reasonable price 70 | | Ut
ton, If they market the crop gradually
and employ business methods,
Admittedly, the yield is much small
er than that of last year. At the
same time, world consumption has
taken wider range The cotton
goods market is In a healthy condi-
ton, and business the world over, ac-
cording to reports received by the
international Institute Of Agriculture
at Rome, Italy, promises during the
forthcoming season to reach encourag-
ing proportions.
The cotton producer will not, how
ever, secure anything resembling the
worth of his staple to civilization un-
less he markets it with care and does
not oyerwhelm the buyer with offer
7 sngs.
In many of the states the Farmers
union has established warehouses
which viii handle the product and
enable the farmer to hold 81
The I'D system of gluttfag the mar
ket by rushing cotton upon 1t as soon
as picked has not only robbed the
farmer of millions of dollars which
were his due, but 1t has as well ham
mered down prices paid the farmer
who was more far-sighted and willing
to hold his output
IL necessary, make sacrifices to
feed your cotton gradually to the mar
ket. You owe 1t to your family and
yourself, and to your fellow farmers,
to get the price civilization is able
and willing to pay. 1t is certainty
that if you do not secure it, others
will
No other class of business, no set
of producers strain the market by
congesting it during a brief three
months Of the year with the entire
yield. It Is high time the farmer who
| produces cotton ceased this extrava-
CANT practice. The lct that diversi
| fcation has been practiced recently
more than ever In the cotton belt
will facilitate the practice, since more
farmers are provided with feed-stuffs
In payment for which they previously
had to sell their cotton at sacrifice
The present season is an excellent
u for the cotton farmer teEursue
I'll radual marketing p1 rs as
nj in his career. ThatkE4 lies
/ fr, sndoroo rrI rcN1 rr.toEAArA<i
| 4 CHARLES $. BAR T.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Infant Solomon.

Now, boys" said the schoolmaster,
suppose in a family there are FIVE
children, and the mother has only
four potatoes to divide between tMem.
She wants to give each child an equal
share. What does she do?"
Silence reigned In the room. Every
body was calculating diligently. Final
ly one little boy put up his hand.
We'll Johnny, what would you dor"
asked the teacher.
Mash the potatoes. Youths Com
panion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
BOXING IN EVENING SCHOOL
Successful Educational Entcrprisea OF
Scotch Mining Town-clerical
Members Opposed.

By introducing boxing to the eve
ming school curriculum the school
board Of GirkintilIock, a mining center
several miles from Glasgow, has added
to it's reputation for education enter
prise, according to the Glasgow CORE
spondent Of the London Chronicle.
Last autumn the local community
at Kirkintillock were agitated over
school board proposal to institute
dancing as one of the evening school
subjects. Mr.. Thomas Johnston,
Glasgow Journalist, who was RESPONSE
BILE for the proposal, carried his point
after convincing opponents that
whether the school Hoard took the
initiative or not the youth Of the dis
trict would indulge in dancing, and
that it was the best policy for the
school board to organize the danc1ng
in a moral atmosphere.
To carry out this proposal the
school board used the town hall and
employed full orchestra, &nd ii was
stipulated that only those youths who
enrolled in one of the other classes in
the evening school would be admitted
to the dancing hall. The resolution
was surprisingly successful Such was
the Increase IN the number of pupils
enrolled for the evening school that
the board gained extra grants from the
educational department in respect OF
increased attendances, which were &C
tually sufficient to reduce the educa-
ton levy on the ratepayers.
Inspired by the success of the dane
ing venture Mr.. tombstone urged the
rability Of boxing as an evening
school subject. With several clerical
members on the school board there
was naturally good deal of opposi-
ton, but Mr.. tombstone argued that
they had never attracted the type OF
individual to the evening school who
most needed this continuation school.
ing. They must get down to the level
of these young fellows.
The discussion ended in close
vote, and it was only by the casting
vote of the chairman that the board
agreed to include boxing in the cur.
riculum.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
HIGH AIM OF THIEVES
.RoYALo CROWNS HAyE BEEN OBJ
JEcTs OF DEPREDATloNs.
Latest TO Be Recorded Is an Attempt
to Purloin the Now Disused Dia-
dem That Once Belonged
to Brazii's Ruler.

Robberies of royal crowns are nat
urally extremely rare, and the num-
Der of thefts Of this sort that have
taken place since Col. Blood was cap
tured in the act of carrying off the
crown of England from the Tower Of
London, in the reign u Charles IT,,
may be counted on the fingers Of one
hand.
Recently the imperial crown of Bra
I'll was stolen from the Chateau d'Eu,
in Normandy, only a few miles from
Dieppe. Already on June IL, three OF
tie largest diamonds Of the crown
were found to- have been pried cut and
to have disappeared, along with three
costly rings belonging to the Count
ess d 'Eu. The services of the pc
lice and Of private detective agencies
had been called into action by the
royal occupants of the chateau, but
without avail.
On August IL a large dinner party
was in progress at the Chateau d Eu,
when suddenly the dogs outside began
to bark violently Prince Louis Of
Orleans Braganza, taking it for grant
ed that some thief was again about
the guests at the table had just been
discussing the robbery of June 12-
jumped from his chair, and, running
through the gunroom, seized a rifle,
which he did not even take time to
load, and rushed into the grounds. In
a few minutes he found, held at bay
by the dogs in a thicket, a man at
whom he pointed his gun. The fel,
low offered no resistance, although on
being seized and searched by the peo-
pie who rushed out after the prince
armed with two reyolvers and a long
knife, while in his waistcoat pocket
were the three diamonds missing from
the crown and one of the rings.
Further search revealed in the
snrubbery where he had been crouch
ing a bundle containing the imperial
gown itself and the jeWe1ed coronet
which the Brazilian crown prince
had worn on the state occasions. The
burglar was afterWard ascertained to
| be a former servant Of the chateau
named Louis Nieuten who had decid.
ed to turn his knowledge Of the inte-
rior and fittings of the place to good
account
Attention has thus been drawn to
| the owner of the endangered imperial
| gems, namely, the Countess d'Eu, ex-
Crown Princess of Brazil, and only
| child of the late Dom Pedro, BraziTs
last emperor. who was dethroned IL
1889.
sixty-six years old, very tall and i'm
posing, with large, bright eyes and
most unaffected in manner, the ex-
crown princess has inherited much Of
/ her fathers looks and character
Like him, she lives a life of mingled
stateliness and simplicity. Born at
Rio de Janeiro and married there in
1854 to Prince Castor, son of the
late DUO de Nemours and grandson Of
King Louis Philippe of France, she re-
peatedly acted as regent of Brazil
during her fathers absence in Europe
and the United States, aid it was as
such that it fell to her lot to sign
the decree abolishing for all time ne
gro slavery in his dominions.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
posed as follows.
A Russian Baby.

A traveller from Russia says that
Russian babies In Siberia are not
very attractive. He says that one
day he noticed in one of the houses
a curious bundle on shelf; another
hung from a peg in the wall, and q
third hung by rope from the raft
ers-this one the mother was swing
ing. The traveller discovered that
each curious bundle was child; the
one in the swinging bundle was the
youngest. The traveller looked at the
little baby and found 1t SO dirty that
he exclaimed in disgust, why do
you not wash it," The mother looked
horror-stricken, and calculated, Wash
1t! Wash the babyi Why, it would
kill it," What q happy country Rus
STA would be for some boys! Never
to hear, Wash your face and hands"
ner Have you brushed your hair?"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
HOME IN POWDER MAGAZINE
Queer snot Where Library OF shs
state University of Louisiana f'aa
Its Beginning.

The curious beginning OF the Chr
caeo public library, which was onee
housed In an abandoned Watef-'anA,
matched by the library of the Louis
ana State university, which nao lls
Arst quarters In an old powder maya
zine, asserts a correspondent OF the
Dial. The State university occupies
the buildings and grounds of the ola
army post OF Baton Rouge, Wnlch was
abandoned as result Of the electoral
controversy Of 1876-1877. The follow
ing extract from Fay's History OIL Eo"
ucation In Louisiana" gives a descrlp-
ton of the library as it was IRON
1856 to 1903: Far off to the north
eastern corner Of the garrison lnclos-
ure is long, low building, enelrel :,
without windows, save for TWO slllaii
grated apertures at each OF the mar
row ends, while for entrance heaYy
iron door Is swung in the center u
the southern front, a place more Ahe
q prison house than s,1hoiar Quies
domicile among books. Few nave evei
seen such a building; and as you en-
ter for the first time 1t fairly Cypress
es you to observe that you pass
through a doorway whose walls are
Ave or six feet thick. Within, the
room presents an equally strangs
sight. Along the walls book shelves
extend around the whole parallelo-
gram, save for the trifing space OF
the small windows. The ceiling IS
90 low that you can almost touch 1t at
the bookcases, but 1t rises IN low
heavy arches, only to sink again arcn-
wise on massive square pillars In the
center OF the room. Thus are formed
two long corridors with low arches
That fall into 8 succession OF vaults
down the passage. The central pillars
are grit around with square DOOR
shelyes, all with their burden OF vol
nmes.
1.-THE building was the old powder
magazine OF the barracks when SOL
diers, and not scholars, were station
ed there. You would think 1t dark;
but the Wilderness OF the ceiling coun-
teracts In some measure the def
cheney OF apertures for light, and on
fair days., at least, one reads without
difficulty until after sunset. So thick
are the walls that 1t is cool there on
hot summer days, and never very
cold on the rawest days the southern
winter Affords
Since the books have been re-
moved to a more modern structure,
the power magazine has been used
as q storage place for agricultural i'm.
{ pfemsnts, farm produce and expert
I ment station publications.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
WHAT TRUE Co-0PERA1Ich IS.
Produce Wants "square Deal" and It
Is Up to Him to See That Buyer
Gets Fair Treatment.

What Is it? Cooperation among
farmers, ranchers, truckers, fruit
growers. pou1trymen agricultural
producers of every kind, by whatever
name they may be known.
Why? Because there seems to be
no hopes for a square deal any other
way
That phrase Square DEAF is two
edged sword. 1t outs both ways. the
producer wants a square deal, but 1t
is likewise up to him to see that the
buyer gets a square deal, says the
Western Farmer
There la a bad streak In the best
OF us. We've got to cooperate to
eliminate 1t from ourselves as we'll as
keep the other fellow from showing
too much of 1t. The farmer must see
that his fellow worker plays fair so
as to prevent farmers as class from
getting bad name. Is there one
among you who cheats in his transac-
tons with the others? Does he hide
rocks in the load of grain or hay, put
bad eggs in the case, small apples in
the middle of the barrel, water in the
milk, or. resort to any such tricks?
Then he should be dealt with severe
" by his fellow farmers, because he
hurts them all as class by hismean-
ness
Honest men are too often mistrust-
ed because Of the misdeeds OF some
scoundrel. Cooperation should elm
mate this class.
But cooperation is necessary, If yea
get what is due you. COMMISSIONER
resort to such tricks as will rob the
producer Of his just returns. While
there are some honest and reliable
commission firms, the farmer has lit
tie chance to learn who they are. He
needs an agent OF his own in the mar
ket place to sell his stuff.
The Cooperative Live Stock Com
mission company of Kansas City re-
Gently won out in a great lawsuit
against the other commission mer-
chants. The stock shippers had been
held up until endurance ceased to be
a virtue and they formed a company
of their own.
=
The grain shippers and fruit ship
pers have had to do the same thing.
But those who are in the cooperative
scheme are SO few as yet that the
wolves in the market place still have
good picking.
&c matters little whether we have to
pay q few cents more or less on q
suit Of clothes or a pair of shoes, or
whether we think we are getting a
few gents more for our wool and hides
because of protection, but 1t does
make big difference whether each
farmer gets robbed Of several hundred
dollar year on his produce through
the knavery Of board OF trade gam
blers and tricky commission men.
he farmers work as hard for What
they get as any class Of 1aborers.
They are entitled to square deal
They never will get 1t except through
cooperative societies of their own.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
Barber Had Been Busy.

Louis Wolf, advertising agent of the
Colonial theater, brought downtown
one OF his own animated half-sheets
for hair cut. He planted him in a
barbershop and went away, saying he
would return.
Various business matters combined
to make Wolf forgetful. eliminating
In trip to one side of town to see
how his house was billed From there
he went straight home, kidless. to
meet an alarmed wife.
He chased back to the center of the
city and found the youngster complac-
ent enough, but with no hair to spare
to fill in time.-Chicago Pot.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-11-23
BOY SCOUT PUZZLE SOLVED
Considerable Argument Over Ques-
ton as to Who's Made BuIl's-Eye -
Some ingenuity Required.

When the Boy Scouts held their big
larget shoot, WI resulted u Ate.
between Cen Dick, Col. Tom, and
Capt. Henry, considerable argument
arose as to who made the bu11s-eye.
"You see, it was acknowledged that
each had scored Il points in siz
shots.
Now, it involves quite respectable
puzzle, for the reason that it re
luires some little ingenuity to pick
,ut the six which each one must have