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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17
McAI.IsTER ITEMS.

Have hsd plenty Of rains around
this neighborhOod and crops are fine.
n good many Of the farmers have sown
wheat.
Mr. aud Mrs. +. y. sprinkle. will
move 30 Tueumesri in the near future,
50 their children can attend the srhool
there.
Mr.. Wilson and Harry Barr made 30
trip - Tucumcari last Monday
Browning school started Mouday.
Oct. 6th, with Miss Lucille Armstrong
rs teacher.
Miss Cassie Gates left Monday morn
ing for Montague, Tex, GU visit But
she is coming back 10 the little dugou'
on her claim in few months
The Balkan Blouse fever j. s'ilI reg
ing at MeAlister. Tex. Miss Alpha
Langhsm Is having her aunt make her
one.
Mrs. W G. Lee served an elegant
four course dinner sunday 70 the Young
Ladies Of McAhster. All report GOO
lime and hope the invitation will be re-
peated.
school began At McAlster Monday
Prof. Hickey as teacher.
Miss Sallie Bridges who assis' ell Mrs
Thomas in the Thomas Bros. store is eN
pecting 10 leave Wednesday morning
for several parts ~ Texas visiting
Miss Bridges will he greatly missed b,
her many friends here.
The aVnce Bros are still threshing
wheat in and about MeAlister
John vanderwood is helping Mr. Nc
Luskey gather his crops Mr.. McLusk
ey says he has the finest crop tha. h,
has ever raised since ne has been ia
New Mexico.
A few Of the Roosevelt girls are NJ
tending the school here.
Quite number Of the McAlistei
folks went 10 preaching at Jordan
Friday evening.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

approval. Thus the Springfield
Republican declares that it would
be futile" and the Colombus
dispatch remarks that the only
way to drive bad music out is to
put good music in. ."
Let US compare the trashy
reading matter that can be Oh.
tanned with high grade literature.
If your child has been trained
correctly, which will ne choose?
The same is true with music.
Some one has said that music
paints upon the back ground of
our conciousness enlarged mean.
ings of ourselves. 1t reaches
our very soul. Music has serv-
ed in every camp, has gone to
the wars, has sounded the psalms
of peace, has led the bride TO the
alter and intoned the grief for
the dead one. In history it
has figured as healer of sick
souls and today in its loftier
manifestations it is a balm and
a sentiment TO the weary in mind
and body. Can any one branch
of education be Of more import.
ahce? Someone may ask why
not depend upon the home for
this vocal instruction and not on
the schools. We would answer
why not have a private teacher
for reading and arithemetic? In
the first place it takes too much
money for the average parent.
In the next place a child likes
company; his lessons with his
classmates become play while
when taken alone they often
mean drudgery. A mother can
do a great with her little ones
but so often she either has not
the ability or else she has not the
time. So | want to urge upon all
of you this afternoon the import
ance Of having vocal music as
branch Of common education
Ii is not enough 10 have instTu-
mental music taught as this
reaches Only a few of the forum
ate ones. 1t is not enough that
a pupil be taught to sing a few
songs at school. He should be
taught to read music and sing
understandingly. To accomplish
this successfully there should be
a special instructor OF vocal music
employed, Just az you employ a
piano teacher or an orchestra
leader. The duty of this vocal
instructor should be 10 visit the
individual class rooms and thus
give singing lessons to every
student in each Of the grades.
Remember vocal music il the
Oldest music in the world and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17
THE IMPORTANCE OF VOCAL
MUSIC IN the PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Paper Read Before The Mothers
Club and Bay View Club BY
Mrs. G. n. Meeker

The paper that | am going to
read to you this afternoon is one
that | prepared and read at the
Mothers Club a short time ago
At a recent meeting of the Bay
View Club when your vice presi.
dent asked that some one prepar e
a paper on What is the Matter
with our Popular Music, the
president of the Mothers Club
suggested that read this paper
entitled Public School Music"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

or stated differently, Singing
taught in all the Grades" Taken
all together Tucumcari has one of
the best Public School Systems
in the west. Just this year
three new departments. manual
training, domestic science and
kindergarten have been added to
curriculum. All of these are
very essential but there is one
more department that is just as
essential as any you already have
and considering the influence
that it has on the home, the
army and even on the nation
itself it seems to me that a de-
partment of vocal music is even
more to be desired than some
other subjects to which we de-
vote a great deal OF time. Now
some may say that it is not
necessary for all the pupils in
the grades to have singing
taught them; even many parents
will tell you that their children
have no musical talent, let us
grant this assertion for the
moment. ls this any reason why
you should not give them a
chance? How many of you have
your child give up reading or
arithmetic simply because he or
she doesn't t seem TO have a talent
for this one particular subject.
We find in one report Of the
commissioner Of education these
words; Experience has proved
that the human being born
wholly destitute of the musical
sense is rare exception Ais
this, Vocal music is one of the
most important branches OF
national education. We think
it Just as natural for one to sing
as for one 10 speak. How
patiently a parent waits for the
first baby word. How proud We
are of the first coherent sentence
Yet how impatient we often be.
come when our boys and girls at
tempt to sing. especially If tn
young sters fail to carry a tune
or if percharce the voice Is
harsh. Music differs from speach
| in that it gives voice to feelings
and emotions instead of ideas.
Speech is a medium for the COM
munication of thought. Music
arouses not only feeling but al.
so thought and action. Why
should a young child have this
vocal training? In the first
place these are his most impres.
sionable years. How many Al
adult can tell you today that
had he received the right train
;nq in his youth he would no"
be able TO at least join in the
singins at church instead of be-
ipo comDelled 10 set by and lis
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

Mr. aul Mr.. Lenuard will lcaN,
Monday for Ind.
louu ~tr.nhHgen b. ~ present q
Amarillo.
Mrs. STELLA Emmett and son Leste
will leave Monday for Mont Mrs. En-
met, has been visiting her parents here
Mrs. Ed McConacnIe aud son Law
r-urc of lurumrari. have been yisitina
nor sister and parents here severn
weeks. Mr.. aud Mr.. McCouachie haN.
moved GO III puso rerou-ly and Wil
make ~ Their home.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

Uncle ZIP ' the home talent play
o' the Presbyterian Ladies Aid to be
given urt - at the Opera House is
being rehearscd almost daily and
promises TO be most interesting play.
Mr.. Carter aud DR., Conlly have honorS
'' N" fun maker, Of the play. Mr..
/cun j. a skillful Romeo. Romantic
vaung people should hear him.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17
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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

Think Of it' You will not feel the
difference between bank account
" two hundred dollars or two hundred
two dollars. in hundred years from
now Why not enjoy the difference
in those sums. this winter. hy invest
ing in season ticket worth Ten dol
ars.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17
CHANGE OF DATE OF
PUBLICATION OF NEWS

IN few weeks the News will be pub.
Ii'hcd on Tuesdays instead of Fridays,
thus adding 10 its advertising value and
giving a better news service, covering
up 20 'he minute Of publication news.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17


How embarrassing it is for a
young man or woman to have to
be a wall picture while a crowd
of young people are enjoying
the musical evening. AS a child
grows older naturally he becomes
more sensitive especially to hear
ing his own voice. If he has
learned to sing in childhood he
thinks nothing about it. A
second reason why he needs the
training in his youth is to pre-
pare him for the adolescent
period. 1t is then that good
music will help him to observe
and will awaken the best of
thoughts and put new ideas into
his head. A third reason is in
order that he may be able to
distinguish what is good, what
is holy, what is great in music.
So that he may soon learn to
recognize the poorer class of
music. He will then have q
natural tendency to shun such
songs as Every Bodys Doin' il"
and In my Harem. These
two among many other late pop
ulsr songs should be the shame
of the American people. While
they may be catchy" tunes yet
the words are far too suggestive
for a young mind to have thrust
before it. Just here | want to
read a little clipping taken from
what Maud Powell thinks of our
popular music):
Because American music has
been handicapped and thrown
into disrepute through the IN.
speakably depraved modern pop
ular song" Miss Maud Powell,
the distinguished violinist, would
have our song. makers disciplin-
ed by a board of censorship.
Addressing the recent conven-
ton Of the National Federation
If Musical Clubs in Chicago,
Miss Powell vigorously arranged
that type of American popular
song which consists of braZenly
suggestive words to a catchy
ra9-time accompaniment. Not
only has it become epidemic in
this country. she said, but it has
successfully invaded Europe, sc
that you hear in London, Paris,
Berlin the popular song Of
America" and the shame is that
in some places they think it is
the highest expression of musical
art in our country" Continuing
the indictment, she added:
Il am heartily in favor of a
board of censorship for the popu-
lar song We censor moving
pictures and, in extreme cases,
censor the drama. We need
toning for the popular song, Its
words, if spoken would call for
arrest.
It's effect on young folk is
shocking. The vicious song is
allowed in the home by parents,
who, no doubt, have not troubled
themselves ia look at the words.
AS a result the suggestive mean
ings arc allowed TO play upon
immature minds at the dangerous
age. 1t is from the popular song
that the popular suggestive dance
sprang. Together and apart
they are a menace to the social
fabric. "
No wonder there is a move
ment to havp the Post-office de-
partment exercise a more care
ful censorship over songs sent
through the mails, in the same
manner as it censors books, re-
marks the Washington Times,
which goes on to say:
IF the ancient worthy who
said, Let me write the songs of
a nation and | care not who
makes it's laws could visit the
United States to-day he would
hear some things that would
cause him to rush to the shadowy
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

Views
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-10-17

OOD telephone service depends largely upon mutual courtesy
The telephone useful those who talk if face
face for cyty difficulties facilitates the prompt
possible connections
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23

clerks office in case the permit
is granted by the council.
Section Is. The work of moving
any such building shall be duly
prosecuted in the daytime until
completed, with due regard to the
safety of persons and property on
such streets and alleys and public
grounds; and for the proper pro-
lection Of the public, warning
shall be given by the display of red
lights at night and all reasonable
and legitimate directions of the city
marshal in respect to the proper
protection, safety, and restoration
of streets, sidewalks, and pave
ments. shall be strictly complied
with, and shall be regarded as part
of the conditions under which any
permit herein contemplated is
granted.
Section 16. The terms of The
application for such moving, con-
sidered with the terms of the per-
NIT granted, and all the con-
ditions provided by this ordinance,
and by the ordinances of the city
in respect to the use, occupation,
and obstruction Of streets, alleys,
and public grounds shall be merg-
ed into and be considered con-
tract between the city and any
such applicant, of which contract
the time prescribed for moving of
such building shall be an essential
element; but on application duly
made for an extension of the time
required for the moving Of such
building, the mayor may grant
such extension with due regard to
the reasonableness Of such ex-
tension, the necessities of the case,
and the convenience of the public
Section II. Any person moving
any building without the permit
herein required to be granted, OF
moving any building in violation o.
the terms of such permit, or In VIC
: lation of any of the terms of thi:
ordinance, shall be deemed guilt,
, of a misdemeanor, and upon con
> viction Thereof shall be fined sun
not less than ten dollars, nor NOR
: than one hundred dollars, and tn
, costs of prosecution, and shall b.
> committed to the jail of Howar'
, County, Iowa, until such fine an
costs are paid.
Section IS. This ordinance shal
take effect and be in force froI
: and after it's publication in tn
Howard County Times and low
S Plain Dealer as provided by law.
0 Passed May 18th, 1913.
Attest E. L. DAVENPORT,
:. A. w. GILLETT, Mayor
-, City Clerk.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23

Section II. Upon the appralse-
ment> having been made, and the
sum thus awarded having been ten
dered or awarded to such property
owner, or upon his refusal to ac-
cent the same, the depOsiting of the
amount for the use of the owner,
the housemover may proceed with
the work of moving such building,
using due care in the prosecution
of the same, and interfering, inter-
rupting or damaging such property
as little as possible consistent win
tie due prosecution of the work
Section 10. No property lawful
ly in, upon, or across any street,
alley, or public ground of the city
shall be interfered with in any man.
ner by any such moving until due
compensation therfor has been
ascertained and paid, rendered, or
deposited, in accordance with
either of the methods set out in the
preceding sections of this ordinance.
And no building shall be moved
until the payment, tender, or de-
post of the compensation agreed
upon or ascertained according to
the provisions of this ordinance
except upon the filing of an appeal
bond, in case of appeal, In the
manner of appeals from the judg-
ment of a justice of the peace, con-
ditioned upon the payment of the
Judgment and costs on appeal II
Judgment thereon should be un-
favorable to the appellant.
Section IA. A fee Of one dollar
shall be charged for the issuance
of a permit as herein provided,
which fee shall be held to cover the
costs of issuing such permit, and
shall be accounted with the other
fees of the mayors office, or of the
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
SLEEPING CAR LAW TEST
States May Forbid making Down" OF
1erths Before Being Sold.

Washington. May 20.-Whether
states have the right under the fed
eral Constitution to enact law pro.
hibiting the making down" of Sleep
ing car berths before they are sold,
will be passed upon by the supreme
court of the United States.
The St. Paul road company filed an
appeal from the action of the Wiscon'
sin courts in upholding the validity
of the Wisconsin law to this effect.
The Wisconsin courts held that i'll
the absence of federal regulation on
the point the state could enforce the
law
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
KEYMEN URGE LEGISLATION
Want Federal Eight-Hour Law fog
Railroad 1eIegraphers.

Baltimore, May 20.-Two bills al
fecting telegraph operators through
out the United States will be pre-
sented to congress in accordance with
action taken by the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers, in session here.
The convention adopted a resolu-
ton urging that a federal eight-hour
law be passed for railroad telegraph
ers and another calling on the post
Office department to transport mail
matter from all railroad stations to
postoffices regardless of the distance
between the buildings.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
A Progressive Century.

The twentieth century has given US
satisfactory treatment for rheuma-
tism. The American Drug and Press
Association, of which we are
MEMBERS are manufacturing
a preparation. called Meritol
Rheumatism Powders, from formula
adopted by them after medical experts
had pronounced it one of great merit.
Give Meritol Rheumatism Powders a
trial. They are guaranteed Fred Lowry
Exclusive Agent.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
GOVERNOR HUNT SIGNS BILL
Arizona Act Prohibits Aliens From
Owning Land.

: Phoenix, Ariz., May 17.-Governor
Hunt signed a rider on the new alien
land bill. 1t prohibits any alien Of
Caucasian or Monaghan descent from
owning land in Arizona if he has not
declared lis intention of becoming a
citizen.
This not only bars Asiatics who can.
not become citizens, but also large
number of wealthy Mexicans who live
on the American side of the line, but
who have maintained their allegiance
to the government of Mexico.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23

The beauty and virtue of women
are superior to the virtue and beauty of
men, but no one can be beautiful when
in the throes of deep-seated hacking
cough or cold. Nothing will bring greater
relief than Aliens Cough Balsam. Sold for
over half century. Endorsed by those
who use it. 25c., soc. and $l.00 bottles.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23

sent of the city council shall be
necessary for the moving of any
building, and upon the other re-
quirements of this ordinance in
such cases provided being complied
with, the council at the time of
granting such consent, shall direct
the clerk to issue permit in the
same manner as required in case
of a permit issued by the mayor.
Section 9. The privileges con-
ferred by this ordinance or en-
joyed under its provisions, in re-
spect to the moving Of buildings,
shall in each instance be subject to
reasonable property rights in any
telegraph, telephone electric light
or power wires, or poles, and all
other interests and property, pub
lie or private, lawfully in, upon, or
across any street, alley, or public
grounds of the city, and nothing
herein contained shall be con-
strued to give the person NOV
ing any such building, or causing
the same to be moved, any right to
interfere with, cut or damage such
property, or interrupt it's use and
operation, when the same has been
placed according to the require
ments and provisions of the city's
ordinances, without due compensa-
ton to the owner or owners there
of.
Section 10. The due compensa-
ton contemplated in the preced-
ing section of this ordinance, shall
be such an amount as shall be
agreed upon between the owner or
owners of such property and the
person moving or procuring the
moving of such building, or in case
of their disagreement, then the
amount found by the appraisers
as provided in tle following sec
ton.
Section II. Should the owner
of the property on the street Of
public grounds and the house
mover be unable to agree upon thu
compensation to be allowed for in
terfering with, interrupting, o.
injuring such property, then the!
!, shall each appoint an appraiser
who shall be citizen and free
holder of the city, and the TIVE
, thus appointed shall name a third
who shall have the same qualifica
tions as each Of the others, and tn
, three thus appointed shall, accord
ing to such arrangement as the
Shall deem best, proceed to asses
and fix the amount of damages t
. such property on account of tn
. contemplated moving. The az
pointment Of the appraisers sha
G be completed within forty-e1gh
hours after the permit as here1nbt
fore provided shall have been il
sued to such HORSEPOWER, and tn
t appraisement shall be complete
: within forty-eight hours after tn
appointment of the appraisers, un
p less both parties shall agree /
+ writing to an adjournment to
future stated time. Should tn
- owner fail or refuse to ar
point an appraiser within twenty
four hours after being notified /
writing by the housemover to d
So or should the two appraisers t1rs
appointed fail within the require
time to agree upon and select
third appraiser, then, in either case
the mayor may appoint such al
!. praiser, or both, as the case ma
be, and the three thus selecte
shall proceed to make the appraise
. ment and award as hereinbefor
provided.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
LAUDS CLERGY FOR THRIFT
II Average Man. Got Their Salary
Poorhouses Would Be Filled.

Atchison, Kan, May 2O-At the
Lutheran conference here resolu-
ton fixing the minimum salary OF
each minister at $1,000 a year, exclu-
sive of a parsonage, was adopted.
George E. Neff, a lap delegate from
Pennsylvania, said:
preachers are good business men.
The average salary paid ministers is
5000 yearly and if laymen had to
manage on the same wages the poor
houses would become overcrowded."
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
N tice to Breeders.

N tice to Breeders.
See MAXFIELD before you breed.
Will make the season as follows: Fri
days and Saturdays at home; the re.
mainder of the week at Protivin. Fee
$40 to insure foal one week old.
J ]. Prochaska. Prop.
35-t8 Chas. Tuchek, Mgr.
Chamberlain's SS',s, eno1 seme spa
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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23
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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-05-23

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scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely on
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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-08

Sugar from Cuba makes its
h'ghest record in 1913, 4,3l1, 744,
O43 pounds against 3,509,657,5 96
pounds in the former high-record
year, 1910, while that from the
Dutch East Indies principally
java makes its lowest record in
many years, being but l2,759,756
pounds, against 340,396,41O
pounds in 1912, 916,858,3 1881
pounds in 1909, and 1852, 202,
1854 pounds in 1900.
Figures indicate that the United
States is clearly at the head OF
the list of sugar consuming cOun-
tries, the figures Of the current
year suggesting a consumption OF
more than s billion pounds while
the latest available figures indi-
cate a consumption in India abOu
) billion pounds, in Great Brit
tain over 3$4 billion, Russia 3
billion, and Germany "a billion
pounds.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1913-08-08

very poor, being brown and bare
in many counties, with condition
Ter state at 40. Where dry
weather has been most severe a
few farmers have commenced to
ed milch COWS and other stock.
OTHER CROPS-Yield of tim
thy hay is placed at or tons
per acre; mixed hay, 0,9 tons.
Prairie hay may not exceed 0.5
tons per acre. Acreage of mix
ed hay as compared with last
year is 81 per cent prairie hay
estimated at 80 per cent, About
one-third of the hay crop is be-
ing baled. Condition Of apples
has fallen to 81. Peaches show
a condition of IA, and the com
mcrcial crop of Southern Mis-
souri,, with harvest just now at
its height, is one of the best ever
Known. Condition Of broom
ccrn is 70; flax, Ga melons, So;
tobacco, &c; cotton, 81; cowpeas,
80. Revised acreage figures
ON cotton, as compared with last
year, show SO per cent tobacco,
81 cowpeas, 105.