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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
BOY SHOOTS SELF WITH RIFLE

Lest Friday morning about seven 80
clock Alberto Rivera 12 year old boy
who lives near the Catholic church, ae-
eidentally shot himself with a 2e.eali-
ber rifle. The ball entered the body
In the region of the stomach. He was
taken to the Office Of DR.. Ferguson ani
DR.. Coulson for treatment and after
wards removed TO the Physicians hos
pital where a successful operation was
performer end the boy is saii ~ be fast
recovering from the wound.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
woMAN's MISSIONARY SOCIETY

On account of the heavy rain the
meeting OF the woman's Missionary So
ciety of the Presbyterian church that
was announced for last week, was post
poned to Monday, June 90, at half past
three o'clock.
A very interesting program on "0ur
Last frontier" has been prepared, and
much valuable information about Alas.
ka will be given by Mesdames wohl-
berg, Keator, Luttrell, Morris and Win.
grove, and there will be musical selec-
tions by Mrs. stansbury and Mrs. Dew
or. Visitors are CO., daily invited to all
the meetings of this society
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
BOOSTERS VISIT SANTA ROSA

\ number of cur good roads boosters
went TO Santa Rosa Sunday in automo-
bilcs and took dinner at that place.
They were royalty treated and assured
the good will of Santa Rosa. One or
two of the autos were late in arriving
hut the trip was made in good time and
everybody reports n most enjoyable trip
going down, but the big rain between
here and ITanley made the roads hard
10 travel on the return.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
ASKS COUNCIL
TO ADVERTISE

A representative from the state com.
mission who has charge of the San hi.
ego exposition, was here last week talk.
ing with Tucumcari merchants and rep.
resentative citizens ia regard to advcr.
tising this county IN three books that
are 20 he widely distributed during the
big fair. This proposition was put up
20 the city council as just at this time
Tucumeari does not have n commercial
club. The council deferred th matter
until next meeting as they most always
do. in order TO give the members time
% find out what the people think about
such propositions. We do not know ex.
aetly what the proposition was but are
sure that the council will do the right
thing or as near 40 as possible II the
book looks like good advertisement
then we say 90 ahead and patronize IT,,
but il there is some better way Ia put
Tucumcari and Quay county on the map
then the proposition should be passed
up.
II pays TO advertise if you advertise
right but there is no use TO sling away
your money in useless advertising any
more than other business. A person
should use the same business judgment
in choosing medium in which 10 al.
vertise as he would in choosing n suit
of clothes. The price paid for such
advertising should be in accordance
with the circulation. In this book IT,
be distributed nj San Diego a page of
good sound truth regarding Tucumcari
and surrounding country would be cir
culated much cheaper and greater than
in any other way, and we would recon-.
mend that the council look well into
this proposition before they turn it
down.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
NICE RAIN THIS WEEK

The government water guDge at the
experiment. farm registered % inches
g rain SUNDAY and Monday, This rain
'ame in such a manner that most all os
il went into the ground where II struck.
II was the slow kind that does good
and was of great value to the growing
crops. North and west of town the
precipitation was greater Sunday even.
ing and the road between here and
Hanley were nearly impossible.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
TucUMcARI WELL LIGHTED

The new street lights were turned on
Monday night and the old town loomed
up as it never did before. The lights
are strong and illuminste from one to
the other and make II safe for the cit
izcns to be cut at night as well as by
day The light company was under no
obligations TO turn the lights on until
the first Of July, but everything was in
readiness and as the city was willing
the company began its contract Mt this
time.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
EXPRESS COMPANY CHANGES

j. Tessier, representing the American
Express Company, was here from Free
mont. Ncbr this week in the interes
Of his company. The American has re
ocrtly taken over the Y. $. Express Co
md win operate on the lines east from
this place formerly operated by the U
:. This makes the express eompanie
operating out of Tucumcari In the hand,
Of two of the strongest companies In
the world-The Wells Fargo and the
American.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
NOTICE TO MAsoNs

A special meeting of Tucumcari
Lodge No. 81, A + 4 A NJ will be held
Wednesday night, June "a, at 1880 p. m
at the Masonic Hall for the purpose of
celebrating 1T. Johns Day at the spe.
cial service TO be held at the Baptist
church Bro. C. A. Wilson, pastor Of
the church, will deliver the address. A
splendid program is being arranged for
the occasion. All Masons in the city
will please attend. The public is cor.
daily invited.
Jake Wertheim, w. NJ.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
RUN NAIL IN HIS FOOT

/. &, Miller. from Nara Visa, who
has been working for Judge Cutlip in
repair work around his residence. had
the bad misfortune Yesterday 10 step
on nail which penetrated the foot
about an inch. II took some effort 20
remove the nail and il win take some
.i,;'e sor'him to fully recover from its
had effects.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
ENTERTAINMENT
GIVEN MONDAY NIGHT

An interesting entertainment was
given Monday night under the auspices
If the Civic Department Of the FEEDER
pted Clubs. II consisted Of solos and
readings by Misses Alma Wilson AMI
Viola Wilson. Those who attended re
pc"t pleasing program and highly
compliment the performers
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18
FOR SALE

\ head of horses.
Three mares.
Bugglcs, surrey and wagon,
viii have them ut Center Street Liv
cry Barn Tuesday, June %.
j. r. Wasson.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-06-18

Cash paid for old gold and
silver at Blitz, the Jeweler.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

point, than reading about the for
nation of those laws.
The magnificent Library of Con-
gress places before the student the
worlds books from the time of
Gutenberg down to the latest best
seller" Every subject upon which
books have been written is to be
found represented here. A study
of the building itself is an instruc-
tive course that none but the stu
dent in Washington can avail him
self of. AS colossal as a palace of
the Caesars, yet with mural deco
rations and mosaicS as delicately
worked out as a jewel in a ring,
it is a magnificent structure of al
most barbaric splendor where the
artists in bronze, in marble and in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

The student of every science. of
every art and every profession
finds in Washington not only an
incentive to study, but all almost
unlimited store of material upon
which to draw. The government
buildings are vast storehouses,
placing before the eyes of those
who study them the originals of
the things that less fortunate pu-
pills must learn of only through
textbook descriptions and illustra-
tons. The United States main
tains departments devoted to all
kinds of research in chemistry,
physics, electricity, agriculture,
medicine, geology, metallurgy, as
tronomy, mechanics, etc. 1t main
tains museums and institutions
where the result of these researches
are catalogued, filed and stored for
the inspection of all who care to
come and see. Art, science. liter
AZURE, law, medicine, religion, every
line of human endeavor has stored
in Washington the best it has pro-
duced.
The glittering dome of the Cap
itol, the seat of the Nations gov
eminent, stands as a beacon light
to the student of economics, poll
tics and law. Here are assembled
the men whom the country has
chosen to mold its laws. The is
sues that affect our trade, our rail-
roads, Our foreign relations, our
money, laws and commerce are
fought out here. They are not alb
struse ideas that are read about,
but actual realities which are seen
and reasoned about. To see the
actual formation of the laws of a
country such as ours is vastly su-
perior, from an educational stand
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

the cotton fields of the South while
they are grating to produce a
larger head on the wheat OF the
West.
In every study the government
offers an unlimited fund of knowl-
edge which is placed at the dis
posal of the students who attend
the schools of Washington.
Washington has always been a
seat of learning. 1t has attracted
to its schools some of the greatest
men Of the nation by its sterling
worth as an educational center. and
the opportunities it offers TO lore
gather with world citizens is
broadening and beneficial.
No branch of scholastic instruc-
ton is found lacking here at the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

colors have Wed with each other
in the production of the beautiful.
The National Museum and the
Smithsonian Institution afford an
unlimited fund of knowledge on al
most any subject
In astronomy the results of the
work carried on at the Naval OBJ
servatory are placed at the dis
posal of all who wish it. In agTi-
culture the nurseries and laborator-
les of the government are con-
stantly discovering new facts and
correlating them. They are not
carrying on local researches, but
are dealing with problems that
obtain in every State. They will
be experimenting with a means
for annihilating the boil weevil of
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

THE selection of the school or
college wherein your boy or
your girl shall receive in
struction to fit him for the world
work is the part every parent has
to play as the student stands at
the cross roads of life with the
signboards pointing in all direc-
tons. Whether it be to take the
most elementary courses in minor
studies or preparatory courses for
the university education 70 come
or vet to take instruction in the
highest branches of learning and
post graduate courses in even
that, Washington is the city best
equipped to provide.
Washington - The Paris Of
Americas pre-eminent as an
educational center. No city in
any State in the Union can afford
the many and varied advantages
that this city gives alike to the lad
and lassie of the high school age
and to the men and women who are
adding the finishing touches to the
preparation for their careers.
The broad avenues of the city,
with their stately old shade trees,
the numerous parks, fountains and
magnificent statuary breath an at
mosphere of culture that at once
appeals to the esthetic senses and
sharpens the appreciation of nobler
things of life. Nowhere in the
country, perhaps nowhere else in
the world, does this pervading at
mosphere of culture and refine
ment obtain to the degree thai
it exists in Washington. To live
in Washington for few months
and really get to know it is, in
itself, a liberal education. To live
here and to study here at the same
time is indeed to become well edu-
Gated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
Its of Scholars


Nations Capital from the simplest
of courses in the studies of lesser
magnitude to the highest and most
intricate problems of the sciences,
competent teachers are found.
Universities founded when the
land was Young now rank with The
foremost in the world.
Business colleges to fit the youth
to enter the commercial world are
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

at their best and the lessons learned
at either day or night classes form
the stepping stones for successful
careers.
The study OF art, music and lit
erature here, amid the environs
created by the greatest of sculp-
tors, painters and authors, where
access to the best works of their
lives is free and unlimited, natural
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

ly presents opportunity for ad-
vancement.
Make your selection from any OF
the announcements represented in
The Herald's Educational Number,
where you will find the best school
for your boy or your girl, where
efficiency will be at the highest
point and economy consistent with
thoroughness.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
Twenty-second and O Streets
Pre-eminently the School for Your Daugh

BONNIE FEMME SEMINARY is refined home and day school for
girls and ladies' whose desire them enjoy the benefits of
liberal education the sciences and the joys Of right living
BONNIE FEMME SEMINARY teaches girls and young be
refined gentee and accomplished be credit themselves their
friends and their families all times and parents without exception
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04

strucon their daughters received this school, The school under
excellent home and religious Influences but sectarian.
BONNIE FEMME SEMINARY comprises three large, absolutely FIRE
proof buildings the finest residential of Washington Abo-
te quiet yet within distance all lines Unequed
social advantages several members the faculty well acquainted
IN high official circles
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
MUSIC.

Thoroug Oh instruction in the technique, ex-
preston, and Interpretation of the best musical
compositions for the piano and voice.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
ART.

The object Of this department is to train the
powers of observation; to enable the pupil to
draw and paint correctly from cast, nature, and
life.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
PHYSICAL CULTURE.

A combination of the best features of the
Swedish. the Delsarte. and other systems of SYM
metrical body building and health promoting;
also basketball. tennis. croquet. horseback nd
ing, and other outdoor sports.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
EXPRESSION.

Pupils are trained to foster love 70
literature, to develop individuality, to s.
the voice, mind, and body that she
may appear her best on stage, plat
form, or in the social circle.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-09-04
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.

A thorough training in the science Of cook
ing and the duties in the future home. Chemis-
try Of foods and nutritive value; the buying,
preparation, and serving of foods.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
YOUNG MAN WELCOMED SIGN
Showed That Fiery Southerner Might
Almost Be Considered Back
In the Union"

Senator A. O. Bacon of Georgia tells
this story of Colonel Clayton. a fiery
sOuthcrncr who went out of the Union
when his state did, and fought bravcly
through the war. lie refused to be
reconstructed" after tho war was
over
Once a Confederate always o Con
federatc.' he was wont to say. and
although he recovered from the bit
terness cngendered in the four years
of strife he regarded himself as an
alien in the restored Union. and re
fused to vote or to exercise any of the
duti 's of a citizen.
when the war with Spain broke
out, however. the old fire burned in
his eye. and he offered no objection
when his son. stalwart specimen Of
young manhood, Joined the national
army and went to Cuba to fight
zone day, after the battle of San
JuanA the young man received letter
from him
Well he said thoughtfuIly, after
reading it. father is back in the Union
at last"
Does he say SOP he was asked
Not exactly, but he might as we'll
He writes United States" now with
out putting the word United" in quo.
tation marks
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
MANY Women at Work.

Prof. Edward A. Ross says that
there are about 100000 women en-
gagged in gainful occupations in the
United States, and that the number is
increasing much more rapidly than
the general population. The factory
has taken everything out of the house,
he says. except the preparing of food
and the rearing of children. About
one-third of the single women of the
country between fifteen and twenty
five are engaged in occupations out
side of their homes, and in the city
so per cent, SO that nearly half the
women in the country are at work, but
between twenty-five and thirty-iive
only onefifth of the number are at
work outside the homes. most of them
being married.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
$4,000 Is Found in Stocking.

San Antonio, Tex-Sallie Wheeler,
a young woman, was charged by af-
fidavit of a San Antonio detective
Sunday with the death by poisoning
of Eugene Savoy, a Florida man,
whose body was found in a rooming
house Friday. A stocking containing
$1,000 in greenbacks was found.
Savoy is said to have owned an orange
grove in Florida.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
PROBE COMMUTE
IS NOW COMPLETE
GOV. HALL APPOINTS SENATOR
SMITH AND REPRESENTA-
TIVE AUSTIN.
He HAS A MINORITY OF ONE
Expected That the Commission VIII
Organize Soon-Scnator Amack-
or May Be Chairman.



Baton Rouge. Governor Han has
appointed senator George Wesley
smith. of Richland. and Representa-
tive y. Austin Foufenot. OF 81. Ian
dry, members of thn general probe
committee provided for by the Ciai-
borne net This completes the probe
committee. 1t viii probably meet in
New Orleans to organic shortly af-
ter September I.
The appointment by Governor Hail
OF two members Of the general probe
committee puts that body in a posi-
ilon To organize and begin its work.
Senator G.. W Smith. one of the Han
appointces, is administration leader
of the Senate and voted AGAINST the
T"nsas Basin probe resolutions. Of
fcred by Senator Leon r. Smith. Of
Caddo, and Representative Duncan
Ruie. of RiChland. Representative
FOntenot. the other Hall appointoe.
supported the Buic resolution I'm the
House and fought to have the state
bond deal and Tensas land transac.
ton specifically incorporated i'm the
Claiborne bill.
The committee is made up as FOL
lows:
Senator \. X. Amacker. East car
roll, elected by the Senate.
Representative Joe GenerelIv. or
leans. and Hewitt Bouanchand. Pointe
Coupee, elected by the House.
Senator Leon r. Smith. Caddo. APP
pointed by the lieutcnant-goyernor
Representative Duncan Buie. Rich
land. appointed by the Speaker Of the
House
Senator George Wesley Smith.
Richland, and Representative l.. Au-
stin Fontenot, St Landry. appointed
by the governor.
The administration members Of the
committee are Nessrs. G. w. Smith.
Generelly and Fontenot. The indie
pendents are Senators Leon Il. Smith
and Amacker and Representative Buie
and Bouanchand. This gives the ad-
ministration minority of one.
It is expected that Senator Amack-
er will be lected chairman at the or
ganiZation meeting There are sew
eral candidates for secretary.
Until the committee meets and de-
cides upon some plan of action. II is
impossible to say what subject will
be given attention first But the sen
timent at Baton Rouge while a ma
jority of the body was being chosen
was to take up either the Tensas Land
deal or State bond transaction be.
fore going into other matters. owing
to the overpowering importance OF
these two questions.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
German Reservlsts Are Ready.

Baton Rouge.-Sixteen sailors from
the German steamships Standard and
Chatham. now anchored in the river
off Baton Rouge are awaiting a time
when il will be safe for Germany to
fight for the Fathefland. The remain
der of the crews. composing approx
mately fifty men, will be sent to the
front by the German consul of this
district as soon as transportation ar
rangements can be made for them.
All owe service to their country. The
men are being sent via New York
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
On the Trail of the Hookworm.

Ruston.-The hookworm and health
campaign which is being conducted
in Lincoln Parish by DR.. J. ID. Bau-
cum. of the State Board of Health, is
creating more interest each day. DR..
Baucum is now conducting free dis
pensaries for the treatment of hook
worm disease, where public demon
STATIONS are made how hookworm di-
sease is disseminated and how to lin
it its further spread. The infection
of lincoln Parish has proven to be
still high in the rural districts.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
Took Her Too Literally.

A Bloomfield woman looked across
her lawn to where passers-by were
breaking off the blossoming twigs of
her favorite ounce tree.
eve might as well cut the tree
down as let it stand for people to de
strOy.' said she.
Half an hour later the tree lay on
the ground beside a little Ratchet,
while around behind the house the
small boy of the family was getting a
switching with one of the branches.
This teaches us that we should be
sure Of our audience before we EN-
ploy hyperbole in our speech.-Newark
News.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
Clean Livinu Did II.

Christy Mathewson, one of the
greatest twirlers that ever hurled a
ball, is now serving his fourteenth
year in the majors. and most of the
fans believe he is stronger than ever
At the age of thirty-four "Matty" still
is the star finger of the Giants, and
not only has he few peers in the game
today, but none of the men in his class
has seen such long term of service
on the big time" The longer he
pitches the better he appears to be-
come Strict attention to business, a
love of his profession and clean liv-
ing are the reasons for this popular
players great success.-Leslie's.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
To Store 800, 900 Bales.

New Orleans.-To insure a suffici.
ency of space for the storage of cot
ton in New Orleans the coming sea
son, the Cotton Exchange, after a con.
ference had been held with railroad
terminal superintendent Tuesday
morning. appointed a committee to
wait on the health authorities with
the view of obtaining certain modifi
cations to the ratproofing ordinance
Space for storing nearly 100000 bales
will be available if the railroads are
required to do ratproofing.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
Gas Found in a Deem Wcll.

Alexandria, B. Clifford. the
deep well contractor who has just
bored a well for the Long Pine Lum.
Der Company in the lower suburbs Of
the city, announces that at depth OF
40 feet he encountered a strata Of
gas, and when he reached a point 500
feet deep he found heavy gas pres
sure, which he asserts could have
been DEVELOPED in sufficient quaint
ties to operate large plant.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
Arctic Conditions Favorable.

Nome, Alaska.-The crew of the
gasoline schooner Hattie B. which ar
rived Wednesday from the Arctic
coast of Siberia. reported that ice con-
ditions now are most favorable for the
rescue OF the twenty-one men and one
woman who have been marooned on
Wrangell Island since the Stefansson
exploring ship Karluk was wrecked in
Arctic ice last winter.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-09-05
No More Human Plague Cases.

New Orleans.-With no new cases
OF human plague reported I'm ten days (;
human plague stamped out in the
practical recovery of the seven pa
tients at the Isolation Hospital: evil
dences found of material decrease
of the disease among the rats, and
all interest combined to make the
present cleanup campaign effective,
New Orleans is nearing the goal OF
the city sanitary. and health condi-
tions were never better.