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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-09-17
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Bible school 9:45 q. m.
Preaching and Communion 1900
a. m.
YPsC T. at 700 p. m.
Teachers meeting will be held on
Thursday evening.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-09-17
Time Of Arrival and Departure
Arrive


Arrive Departs
No. /, west bound 7:l0 p. IN. 1880 p. m.
No. 2, east bound 1915 a. m. 1890 I'm
No. 3, west bound, $40 O.. m. s;45 q. m,
No. 4, east bound l;25 q. m. 1:s0 .. m,
Amarillo passenger TOO p. m. 1:0o pm
Dawson passenger $3.50 p. m. 1880 am
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-09-17

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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-09-17

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Evening star., 1914-07-05
SIDEWALK STANDS CUT
HIGH COST OF LIVING
Experiment at Northeast Temple
Declared to Be a Pronounced
Success.

That the recently esta ablished sidewalk
market at the Northeast Temple. 18th
and H streets northeast, has proven ad-
vantageous to residents of that section,
as well as to farmers and market gar
deners. is the assertion of many persons
living within the territory served by the
market.
Permission was granted May for the
location of sidewalk stands at the North
cast Temple for the use of farmers and
other producers, il being the belief Of
those backing the project that such
means of bringing consumers and pro-
ducers together would result in lowering
the cost of farm and garden produce.
Farmers have taken liberal advantage
of the facilities afforded them for the
sale of their produce direct to the con-
sumer. it is stated. and consumers have
found prices for fresh. crisp vegetables,
fresh eggs. poultry, butter. etc, lower.
All of the stands are protected by light
portable awnings. which shield the vege-
tables and other articles from the sun
and at the same time afford protection
for venders and buyers. Residents of
the northeast section declare that the
outside stands have already resulted in
material lowering of the cost of living.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
SUMNER SCHOOL WORK
TO BE RESUMED MONDAY
Sessions to Be Held Twice Daily
With Musical Entertainment
for Friday Evenings.

Social center and summer school work
at Grover Cleveland School. which was
started last season as an experiment
with a view eventually to opening other
schools in crowded districts if the idea
proved successful, is to be resumed Mon
day
Miss cecil r. Norton. a teacher in the
Grover Cleveland School. who last season
made such pronounced success of the
social center that the school board COM
mended the work, and the Presidents
daughter complimented it after an even
ings entertainment as the finest sum-
mer school she had ever seen will again
be in charge. Miss Frances Frailey.
principal of the school, will assist in
the work. giving her services free
In the mornings there will be industrial
class work, including dressmaking. cro-
cheting, basketry and typewriting. In
the afternoon there will be athletics and
story telling. Every Friday evening
there is to be a musical and dramatic en-
tertainment by the children. They pro-
vide all Of the stage settings themselves
including the scenery. footlights and cos
tuwes. Mothers. many of them immi-
grants to this country. are admitted &c
these entertainments with their smaller
children. and some of them last year
when they saw what the children were
Icing taught begged that they too. Nigh,
be given instructions how to make cloth
Eng for their little ones
Evening star., 1914-07-05
CROSSING NEVADA DESERT.
Saxon Lincoln Highway Car Leaves
Salt Lake City,

The Lincoln highway Saxon car
reached Salt Lake City the twenty-
third day of its trip from New York
to San Francisco, and when last heard
from was crossing the desert in
Neveda. headed for Eureka.
The worst road conditions on the
entire trip thus far were experienced
by the coast-to-coast car in t-avers-
ing the state of Wyoming. According
to a dispatch from the drivers, the
gumbo mud and alkali of Iowa and
Colorado We're mild compared with the
difficulties of getting over the trails
and steep sided gullies of Wyoming.
Added to these severe conditions.
which are adverse at their best. the
car had to contend with rain. II is
practically impossible to cross Wyo-
ming without encountering a number
of cloudburrtS.
In arriving at Salt Lake City the
Lincoln highway Saxon covered a dis
Evening star., 1914-07-05
AUTOMOBILES

here attracted considerable attention
by reason of its being spattered with
mud accumulated during the long trip
During their stay here they were the
guests of T. Lamar Jackson, local
Stevens-Duryea representative. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sweat are on a six-month tour
After leaving here they motored to
Philadelphia and New York From there
they Will continue on to Boston. Bath
Me. and thence to Montreal and Que
bee. returning to the Adirondack noun
tains and thence going west to Utica,
Alberta. over the Canadian Rockies
and into Yellowstone Park No trouble
OF any kind was encountered on the
trip. and they were delighted with the
tour up to the time of their arrival in
the National Capital.
Evening star., 1914-07-05

tance of c.47e miles IN twenty-three
days. average thirty miles TO the gal
Ion of gasoline and $50 miles TO the
quart of oil Throughout the entire
trip the average over the steepest hills
has never fallen below twenty-nve
miles per gallon of gasoline.
When San Francisco is reached this
Saxon car will hold a record for haS {.
ing run 7.439 miles in sixty days or
travel. 1t previously covered 1875 miles
a day for thirty days. That perform
ance. coupled with the Lincoln high
way run, places the equivalent of two
years of service accomplished In two
months to the credit of the transconti-
mental car.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
En- Route to California.

DR.. and Mrs. c. Hart Merriam and
daughter and Devere Weldon, left We'd
nesday in a Chevrolet Six touring car
for their summer home at Lagunitas. Cal.
They expect to remain on the Pacific
coast until fall. when they will make
the return journey. Last year they mo-
tored across the continent and were so
delighted with their experiences that they
are now making a second trip.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
A Premier Delivery.

A six-cylinder "43'-15 Premier ro.d-
ster. upholstered in Turkish brown
leather and English brown top, was de-
livered few days ago to Meyer Davis
The car is equipped with wire wheels
electric lights and electric self-starter
Mr. Davis left yesterday for Bar Harbor
Me, where he will spend the summer
An order has been placed by NJ w. Of
futt for seven-passenger touring car
Of the same make
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Overland Deliveries.

Overland deliveries made during the
past week included DIR. Harry x. Kerr
DIR. J. H. Purdy, Harry Patterson, Harry
Buic Rev. T. G. Smythe C. W. Melvin
Frank ]. Warne, Guy H. Tolman. w. F.
Hedekin. W. NJ. Duvall, Floyd Wagga-
man, G. NJ. Byrne. c. ]. Hughes. B. K.
McCloskey, V. VI. Dorsey and P. j.
Lalegar
Evening star., 1914-07-05
our ORGANIZED MILITIA.
BY Frederic ]. Haskin,

No consideration of this country's de
fenses would be thorough without a sur
vey of the organized militia. In most
countries. especially those that have
large standing armies, the militia is a
more or less we'll trained body of citizens
upon whom would depend the last hand
to-hand defense of their homes. In this
land the militia also may be described
as more or less but it is more impor-
tant here than the others are to their
respective governments.
The reason that the state militia. or
National Guard. in the United States is
of greater relative weight in military af-
fairs is that it is not tine last de-
fense This country has such a small
standing army that the militia would be
part of the first line in case of war with
a foreign power
With regular establishment of 3o.Ge'
men. and the militia numbering 26o,ao
at full strength. we would have an army
of only 3J0.tto to face an enemy 1hiS
of course, is no army at all, as moderh
military organization go. Any real war
that we should engage in would be with
a great power, whose regular army ana
exceedingly well drilled and carefully pre-
pared reserves would total between one
and two million men. Back of them
militia, great percentage OF whom
would have had previous military eN-
perience Of some sort
Against such a formidable host We
would have a mere 350.No. providing
every last man responded. But less than
| one-third, or the .nHJO of the regular es-
| tablishment is fully prepared for war
| The various organizations of state militia
are only in a half-baked state. Only one
| state in the Union has organized Its
guardsmen on the proper military dlVl-
sional basis. Further. the militia is at
| less than half strength, the actual en-
rollment being only 12o.op officers and
men.
Consequently. If We should be forced to
go to war tomorrow our defense would
be 10000 men. The other 10000 to fill
UP the militia ranks would be raw re-
cruits These last could not go to the
front before three or more months Of
preparation. That would not make them
soldiers, but they would know enough
about personal hygiene in the field, camp
sanitation. drilling, maneuverlns and
shooting to take fairly good care of them
selves back from the line. among the re-
Inducements. When they marched to the
front the task of getting ready another
big batch of rockies would have to be
gin all over again.
1t is realization of all these startling
facts that has led to the commcrdah BILE i'm
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Still Biting Sandy.

From the Pittsburgh Chrnicle- Telegraph.
One day out at Delmar two horses
were coming down the home stretch.
nose and nose. but when they reached
the wire one of the horses stuck out
his tongue and won the race.
That, gentlemen" remarked by
stander, was the closest race l ever
saw"
That's nothing" remarked another
man. Il lived in Scotland two years.
and that's the closest race l ever saw"
Evening star., 1914-07-05
HEADQUARTERS to Be Here.

]. E. Dudley. eastern sales manager for
the Lppard-Stewart Motor Car Com
pany. arrived in this city Thursday morn
ing. He has transferred his headquar-
tiers from Baltimore, Md. to this city
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Enjoying His New Sedan.

Eapt- Mark l. Bristol L. S. N. is en-
joNinz the beautiful Sedan built to order
for c. NJ. Dow of New York. The car
is completely equipped in every respect
for comfort and is provided with full
electrical devices.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Motored to Atlantic City.

= n Johansen. local manager for the
United States Tire Company. motored to
Atlantic City in his Studebaker car
Thursday afternoon. He went via VIII
-nington and Penns Grove and will return
sHer the same route tomorrow.
Evening star., 1914-07-05

Is a convenient place to leave your little
Household Wants to he forwarded to The
Star. Rent Rooms. Situations and Help
Wanted. Sale miscellaneous. etc, are
Crly one cent word each insertion
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Studebaker Deliveries.

Studebaker ears were delivered during
the past week to ]. II. Thompson. L. J.
Nearney. r. j. Levcrow. Bernard G.
Brown. A. r. Ward and the Agricultural
Department.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Will Sell Hupmobiles.

!. c. Marble is now connected with
Messrs. \. IA Mccormick. jr.. aud =.
NJ Dow and will devote his time to the
sale of Hupmohiles in this vicinity.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Spent Fourth Here.

Harry S. Jones, District sales manager
for the HAYNES car. arrived in Washing
ton Thursday. remaining over the
Fourth with his family.
Evening star., 1914-07-05

the states territories and the District
of Columbia have been lie same as
in the regular army. Changes in regu-
lations and routine in the regular army,
from time to time. likewise affect the
militia. In order to participate in the
generous apporuonment which Congress
proposed to distribute. the states found
II highly advisable to come in.
Congress has been helping out the
state militia and guards since the early
days of the republic, The first federal
appropriaton on record .son Vas ain in 1898 1893
$4o0 900: 1900. s1.o00.000. In 1906
system of steady federal appropriations
began The sum of $2.0O0.O00 was pro-
vided for annually. as a continuing ap-
propriation. to he approtioned accord
ing to the congressional representation
of each state. Two years later similar
amount set aside. to he appropriate
ed automatically each year. and to be
distributed among the states according
to militia strength. The money is used
to provide field equipment.
Nowadays. Congress is making a prac-
tice of giving to the several states for
militia purposes more than, they them
selves are appropriating This has had
something to do with the willingness
of the state to sacrifice individual
whims for the sake of uniformity. The
average annual congressional appro-
priation is Sc. 0n0. 600. wher the states
are allottins $500 900 on the average.
Coincident with the unifcation of the
organized militia has been the growth OF
the division of militia affairs in the War
Department at Washington. The corre-
spondence on this subject began to pile
up following the passage Of the militia
law in 1919. and administrative questions
came up for settlement. So a division to
handle these matters was organized in
the Secretarys office June IL. 1905. 1t
began with Lieut.. Col now GenD f. NJ.
Weaver and one clerk That lone clerk
is now chief clerk of full-fedged d'vi
sion. There are many other clerks, and
ten army officers are on constant detail
in the office Gen. Robert X. Evans sue
ceeded Gen. Weaver. and the present
chief is Gen. Albert I. Mills, who has
already been superintendent of West
Point and president of the Army War
College.
Every state militia has at least one
officer dst all inSnectar. in :
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Army Officer Detailed
for All State Militia.

active officers and nineteen on the re-
tired list are on this detail. For four
years each officer makes a business of
teaching the military art to the guards
men of the state to which he has been
assigned They travel from place to
place and report monthly to the War De-
partment. In addition they have armory
inspection in the spring. and summer en-
campment inspection. These encamp-
ments last about ten days. and every
other year there are joint maneuvers with
the regulars at advantageous points
throughout the country.
Since August ], 1913, the militia has
been prohibited from having a lot of
high ranking officers without adequate
commands The joke about GER
tain National Guard that had almost
as many officers as it did privates is now
until ii has generals command. The
states are also being induced into recruit
ing up to at least the minimum pre-
scribed by law. The minimum for A COM
pany is only thirty-eight. And vet of
Los companies of infantry 1,n3S fell
below even that. The maximum strength
is los in time of peace and $50 in time Of
war. Another reform that Will be
brought about will be a better balancing
there is far too much infantry and a
very scant complement of artillery.
More target practice, more drills and
the reassembling of the militia into real
armr divisions. the basis Of all military
calculations, are further improvements
which are to he brought about within
our organized militia as time goes on.
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Stiff Grades Encountered.

During the trip a. number of stiff
grades were encountered. In the desert
sections the sand was so deep that 1t
was necessary to spread canvas slips
eight inches wide in advance of the
car On one occasion they got caught
in water spout. and on another came
across some Indians with four-mule
team stuck in the mud. They had no
difficulty in pulling through the same
mire In their car. On arriving at the
Colorado river they ran the car on a
fat car and crossed to this side. The
original set of tires are on the front
of the machine. The car on arriving
Evening star., 1914-07-05
TRAVERSE 1900 MILES
IN TWENTY-FIVE DAYS
! Mr.. and Mrs, W. H. Sweat Motor
Here From Los Angeles in
Stevens-Duryea.

Mr. and Mrs. w II. Sweat. who motor
ed from Los Angeles, Cal, to this city
in their Stevens -Duryea touring car.
arrived here few days ago, having
covered 7,20O miles in twenty-nine days.
They took the southern route after
leaving their home on the Pacific coast.
crossing the Arizona deserts and max
ing detours into New Mexico, visiting
the cave dwellers.
They enjoyed the beautiful scenery
along the Colorado river. and also the
Grand Canyon and Indian villages
passed through en- route. They arrived
at Indianapolis in time to witness the
5O0-mile race. The machine was equip
ped with complete camping outfit. in
cluding electric lights and an electric
stove. one evening while camping out
on a mountain they had an experience
with a rattlesnake which was about
to enter their tent. Mr.. Sweat, turning
the spotlight of the car on the rattler.
killed it with his rifle. 1t measured four
feet inches
Evening star., 1914-07-05
Improvement Is Shown
in the Past Ten Years.
: U VTFTI
Of the sew
eraI $ I ate
e IL q T d &

within the past ten years. The army au-
thorities have always urged a larger and
more cohesive force, but the great trouble
has been to get the people TO see the sit
uation from the same angle The great
mass of our citizenship has still to get
the point of view, but the militia authori-
ties are interested and so are a whole lot
of our people. In this way the trans
formation of the forty-seven Nevada has
had no militia since 1909 state National
Guards into an organized militia, half
state ard half federal, has been going on
by degrees.
This has not been easy to do, for a
the geogra phical and political status of
the country has always given us a
sense of security wholly unknown to the
harassed nations of Europe. In the sec
ond place, the militia, even today legal
" speaking, belongs primarily to the
states. The Constitution of the United
States gives each state authority TO or
ganiZe and maintain its own militia to
be governed within the state. and to be
called into service by the President only
when il is necessary TO suppress re-
bellion or repel invasion.
Furthermore. as state militia. they can
not be ordered beyond the boundaries of
the United States. Prior to the Spanish
American war and in that conflict they
went with the consent of the state al
thorities. \ new law that passed Con
gress last April provides that henceforth
they must so to the front as United
States volunteers and not as state on
ganiZations. In the Philippine insurrec-
ton 1t was found necessary to organize
United States volunteers and merge
many of the state troops into them.
The campaigns in Cuba and the Philip
pines exposed the general inefticiency of
the state militia. Almost without excep-
ton they were improperly officered. were
below strength, inexperienced and with
dfstreSsingly uneven training in military
affairs. Some were good. Some We're
bad. Within the state organizations
themselves the standard of excellence
and lighting ability varied from regiment
to regiment and company to company.
Each state even had its own uniform at
the outset of the war. and the stand
ards varied according to the whim of the
governors or the individual militia COM
manders.
Evening star., 1914-07-05

\ full-fedged, properly trained organ
lied militia, working with the regular
army, small
Well Trained Militia as it was,
would have
" ~so e II d d the
Philippine insurrection well within a
year 1t took three years. and small
bands of insurgents and robbers roamed
in certain sections for another three
years.
The first official step toward the
Standardization of the militia on high
er plane was taken January 81, 1908.
when Congress passed the organized
militia act. Amendments were added in
1908 and 1910. Ever since the latter
year the organization. armament and
discipline of the organized militia in
Evening star., 1914-07-05

1t is a realization of all these startling
facts that has led to the commendable i'm
Evening star., 1914-07-05

Every feature is of standard size and
make. This isn't one of the cheap
makes-but very well known model
popular because it serves so satisfac-
torily. Regular size, with galvanized
clean-out pan: standard flues and oven:
standard solid cast top; four standard
burners, including giant burner; pilot
burner in oven; full cast front; frame;
drop door and oven burner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10
The Headsman's Ak.

In days gone by the London public
were always made aware by the man
ner in which the 'headsman of the
Tower" carried the av whether the
prisoner, who marched Immediately
following him in the procession to and
from the place of trial, had been sen
fenced to death or not, for as long as
the prisoner had not been convicted or
condemned to lose his life the AK point
ed forward as it was borne before him
by the headsman. But from the very
moment that capital punishment had
been decreed aaginst him the edge of
the AK pointed omniously his way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-10
INDEPENDENTS To
MEET MUSCATINE
Game With Columbus Junction
Is Cancelled to Give Fans
Better Football.

Owing to the defeat of the Column
bus Junction, Iowa, football team by
the Moline Olympics last Sunday by
a score of Is TO o. the management of
the Rock Island Independents an
nounced today that the game with
this team here tomorrow has been
cancelled. Instead, a game has been
secured with the Muscatine Independ-
ents for tomorrow afternoon. This
change was made to give the local
fans better football. as the Muscatine
team g. considerably heavier and fast
er than the Columbus Junction eleven.
The game will be played at Island
City park and will be called promptly
at 8 o'clock Muscatine has always
sent fast teams here in the past and
hard game Is looked for. There are
several independent stars on the Mus
catine eleven who are well known to
local fandom. They include Bull"
McCleary, halfback. Curtis Deems, cen
ter, and ''Ludy" Boston. halfback. All
OF the Independents are in good con-
dition after the Grueling game last Sun
day. no outdoor practice was held
last evening owing to the rain. The
men were given a signal drill at the
Armory hall.