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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
FACTS ABOUT THE
SUNSHINE STATE"

qNew Mexico has more church members
according to the population than any
state in the Union.
qE1as smaller percentage of murders
than any other state
qBoaStS of the smallest per cent of insanity
of any of the states.
qThe most healhful and delightful eli
mate in the world.
gThe purest water, the richest and most
productive soil, and good markets.
GSorne government land that can be had
lor the asking.
q | he smallest per cent of mortgaeed
farms of any state in the D. S.
uThe Lower Min Tres Valley the best
part of the best State.
q | he place where you get the most enjoy
ment out of life
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Strange Bits Of New

London Eng. Frederick Bur
ton, one of London's most pathet.
iC hermits, is dead When his
sweetheart's father forbade their
marriage, Burton swore never
to inhabit house, sleep in a bed
or shave himself. He lived in "a
cave for fifty years. The man
the girl married, at her fathers
wish, squandered her fortune
kicked her to death an d paid the
penalty on the gallows.
Kinston, N. C.-That the
present high cost of living is
joke is shown by prices of food
stuffs contained in copy of the
American Record, printed az
Washington, ~ G. in 1919
Flour was priced at that time AZ
S23 a barrel, nails ut 10 cents %
pound, sugar at 80 cents
pound, pork Sl8 a barrel and
whiskey at only 75 cents
gallon.
Brooklyn, n, Y. The neigh
borhood of Colum bia street was
suddenly aroused at midnigl I
by shrill screams of Help! Mur.
der! Police! and MIR. and Mrs.
6. Basile and three small chill
dren awoke to find their tene
ment on fire. The screams
came from Basile's pet parrot.
Cobleskill, N. Y.-Charles W.
Karker has two colts which he
keeps in r waterless pasture.
When the colts get dry they ring
a bell placed on the fence. and
someone brings water to them.
Dothan, Ala. - An Atlantic
Coast line train pulled into Jakia
Ga. with no hand guiding her
and the engineer in a deai
faint Il. z. Dickey, she eng
neer, recently recovered from
serious illness and took out the
train. 1t is believed the engina
ran for miles before the eng
neer's condition was disc0vere
by the fireman.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
ROddirslon to Remain

Mr. and Mrs. 9. II. Bodding-
ton attended the district confer
ence last week at albuquerque
and we are please q 10 leatn that
Mr. BOddington was appointe d
pastor Of the Columbus Metho.
dist church for another year.
A petition 10 DR.. Bright, signe d
by practically every citizen Of
the community, praying that
Mr. Boddington be returned %
Columbus for another year, and
his desire TO remain, is respOnsi
BILE for the appointment.
Mr.. Boddington now enters
upon his third year here. The
church has steadily grown under
his leadership. He is young
man Of ability and integrity and
he and Mrs. Boddington have
been of unestimatable worth TO
the community We speak the
sentiment of all when we endorse
his appointment for the year
ending September, 1916.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Was it a Dream!

a fellow dropped into the
office and ordered the paper and
we were pleased Said il was a
good paper and We were glad
Said it was more than worth the
money to any man Of intelligence
and we were tickled. Said il
was the main stay Of the town
ana were super. tickled. Said il
was the greatest booster and the
most reliable town builder and
developer in this whole commu.
nifty and we yelled with JOY
Paid for his paper and we slid
gently to the floor in bissful
uncOnsciOusness. Nature had
reached its limit - Swiped.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Melon Blight

The Department of Agricul
lure at Washington sends out
the following:
"A type Of injury to water
melons and cantaloupes, very
prevalent this year, takes the
form Of pitted decayed spots
scattered over the fruit. TniS
is the anthracnose, a fungus
trouble which originates in the
field where it attacks the foliage
as we'll as the fruit. Thorough
spraying with Bordeaux mixture
is the remedy in this case. "
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Dinner Party at MOOreview

MIR. and Mrs. John j. Moore
gave pleasant dinner arty az
their hrme. Moureview, hSt
Sunday The table decorations
were green and red and gave q
very pretty effect. Those pes
ent were DR.. aud Mrs. Bolts
of Missouri, Mr.. and Mrs. : G.
Pierce, Mrs Pierce's brother,
Mr. Chapman, Of Waterloo, Mr..
and Mrs George T. Peters,
Miss Floy Moore and MIR. Clair
Moore.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Pleased with the valley

DR.. and Mrs. Dobbs, of Mis-
sOuri, who had been ont on the
Tactic coast for the past few
months, stopped of at Colum
bus for few days, They were
old friends of ] A. Moore, also
j w Blair, having lived in the
same town in Kansas. They
were very much pleased viii
the COZ ditionS here and exp ess
ed iesire to return.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Win Develop Property

The Columbus Oil Company
have sold the necessary : Ock To
insure the sinking Of Il deep
test well and the work of drilling
VII probably hc started within
tie next thirty days. The OH
GERS ~ the company consider
that IN order 10 make ii thorough
test hole must he sunk at least
1900 lcet and they are prepared
financially u bore a we'll TO this
depth. The work will he rushed
aud within a few weeks the re
suit uf the deep boring will be-
Knuwn a II or H. inch hole Will
he drilled The report that the
old we'll in which oil was found
will be drilled deeper is without
foundation. It is u small hole,
not ,7lsrd ant is croui,rd and
iurti"r rXpen>v would he a
waste ui funds
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
News Frcm Camp

Sergeant Michael Glppo4s,
Troop d, has returned from ,u'
militia ~rhoui Of instruction
at LcnuWorth. Kansas, jIIr Gp~
iuincd his troop.
\ lcagu" baseball team i"1u.
Kansas city on their way to 'h'
rNpu>ltious, VIII >tnp oti a.""c
next rhuI ~day tor game ~itl,
the l3tll cavalry.
Cuu, Epgcrnmn Q NJ {. pay"
e.. > Mintuna '"n day ulu r.'.u
Tuesday tn" next moru.nE u,
told Epprrmau that ther" Wa
something tllr matter with th'-
kitten. that it wouldn't eat III"
said he ted 10 a c.m Of cpnd"q>'.I
milk and it did not eat mnr'
than half ri IL.
Privatrs Rub.rtSon, Co.'r''r
and liuir have returned tgpm
Pclra, y NJ, where they . tse
been un duty
Rcpimcu,m @ NJ. SerE ant
Oscar +. .u.dtl,. has hren an
pointed rhirf musician nee
Wurneckr discharged.
squadron Sergeant " ilr
Henry y Bco,z has been ap
pointed Rrgim"ulul q NJ SER
geant Vice Luedtke
Sergeant Samuel f. AcHIry
has been appointed ,ery-.Dt
major second squadron.
Shelton Nelson, OF TeNar aaa,
Texas, was here few utys
visiting his brother, N.tnn
Nelson, Of Troop l., lMh ydv
airy Mr. Nelson is cHief
dispatcher tor ,he K. e. s X r.
School Hats ~ Moore Il Moore's :
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
The Justices Court

The local juslIc" Of tha peace
aSSeSSed fines from several of
the cltiZrnS this w,rk for differ
cnt violations ol the uw. Ia has
hc,u lhc policy ut the Courier
in the past to say nothing of the
court proceedings when citizens
were involved, at least AS much
50 as possible From this date
all the proceedings will be pub.
lished in full and if you don't
care a. have your name appear
you had better obey the laws.
We are giving due notice that
no one may have reasons To be
offended. The writer has read
of instances where the adoption
Of such a policy has caused a
reduction in the number of cases
brought before the court and we
really hope this will apply here.
Ano the citizens OF community
deserve u know who the viola
tor. are. Sncloty demands IT,.
Ilo,r VIII he, no doubt. some
ri" nrp tots puIcN, but,
l.r u,J S.A .ug, 'lhr hit dor.
,tr " will tpl,Iv tn.tt,,.u
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

Arthur E,anS has purchased a
new Ford tie sold his old car
last week put soon iOund out.
tba, lie could not do without one.
CaLcu, l6 6Ad> 81 Moore Il Noore
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

The walls of the new pOstofice
building have been laid and the
carpenter work is under way
and the building will be- complet
ed ready for occupancy by the
first of November.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

There has been an unusually
large number Of visitors in tow
during the last few DAYS. Bn.
mess in all lines seems 10 be bes 3
i has been Tor several lnontls
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Must Change Name

The new oil development
company has received notice
tIIat they cannot incorporate
under the firm name they had
selected, same having been
used telO e. This will not hold
pack the granting of the charter,
and the corporation will sunn be
ready to issue the stock. They
are Incorporating under the
laws Of the state of Arizona
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

Henry Burton, .. Ruesr, and
Mrs Jack Wright were driven
t0 Dpming Monday by Mis-.
Stanheld in her Ford. MIR.
Burton went up on busin, - ia
connection with the telephone
company, Mr. Reese tU secure
his naturalization papers and
Mrs. Wright on legal business
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Wheat Smut Control

NFtibhH Wf-'N 'aus'h W pitNtub-
able diseases. Wheat is preyed
upon by a number of parasitic
fungi, three Of which are class
ed as smuts. Two of these
smuts are common pests in the
wheat fields of North Anne rica;
the other. comm only known rs
ilag smut, is thus far unknown
tO this continent, though il is
fairly common in Australia and
certain other parts of the world
where wheat culture has been in
progress for centuries.
OF the two smuts, bunt or
covered smut of wheat, some
times referred To as sinking
Smut is found wherever wheat
is grown, sometimes resulting
in losses to the farmers of the
United States of S2O,000.O00 or
more annually Not infrequent.
~ fields planted to untreated
seed and giving promise Of yield
ing 30 TO 10 bu Shells per acre of
good wheat will produce crop
crop of covered smut amount.
inK, in some cases, to as much AZ
as 10 TO 80 per cent OF the crop.
This smut disease is caused
by parasitic fungus which
attacks the growing wheat plant
before the first leaf appears
above the ground Once inside
the attacked seeding il continues
its growth, and by the time the
wheat begins 10 head the dis.
,.ased plants produce crop of
smut. IL we examine the heads
of such plant we find, instead
Of normal wheat grains, only Il
lot of smut balls. In other words,
the materials produced by the
living plant for the purpose of
building mp sound wheat grains
have been consumed by the
parasite in forming its masses
uf smut spores which finally
occupy the exact position in the
wheat heads that would have
been filed by the kernels had
they been allowed to develop.
These smut balls consist of moth
ing but millions of spores
inclUsed in each case by u thin
enveloping membrane. When !
The smut balls are crushed the |
spores give OF an oder not unlike
that of herring brine. The
liberated Spores become attached
10 the seed, which, If planted |
without previous treatment, may |
produce another crop of smutted |
wheat.
Bunt or covered smut of |
wheat is one of the most easily |
prevented of any of the cereal
diseases The following proce |
dure IL recommended: Run all
seed wheat through a tanning
mill in order tO blow out the !
unOroken smut balls This be
ing done, the grain should be-
soaked 10 minutes in solution I
consisting of | pound of CONNER. |
cial formalin (obtalnable aI near
IN all drug stOresl added to 10 !
gallons of water. The seed thus |
treated is next allowed to drain |
and is then liltd IN the fUOr
and stirred frequently until
sufficiently dry To SOW Ii dur
lng this process the kernels have
swollen very much, the drill
should be set tn sow little |
thicker, else the quantity sown
per acre will be- less than was
Intended.
Recent experiments have |
shown that in certain sections of
the country the soil of field !
producing crop Of smutted |
wheat this year may harbOr
enough smut spores 10 cause the /
appearance of smut in next
years crop If the field be- receed.
ed a. wheat. This sometimes
occurs where smut is very bad,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

Miss Linnie Barron, Kim bail
Lennon and Frank Hunt are
attending the state fair at
Albuquerque this week at the
expense of the fair commission.
Misses Ruth Pohf and Edna
ltitchie We're also appointed To
attend but were unable tO make
.he trip. The appointments
were made by Miss Goebel and
were based ON the showing made
in school last year.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

The Broken Coin, Il new
serial story, will appear in the
Courier at an early date The
tirst installment will be shown
on the screen at the Crystal
the following night after il ap.
pears in the Courier Watch
for further announcements.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

practiced in addition To seed
treatment. Bunt or covered
smut OF wheat attacks no other
cereal crop, but other ceaealS
have their own smut diseases
Weekly news letter. Dept. of
Agriculture.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

Miss Treya Biuir arrived here
Wednesday and IL residing on
her homestead four miles east
of town. She has been away on
a five month lravd.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

Oper Gibson IN installing "a
large Eclipse windmill at his
ranch near Sunnyside.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

The Methodist parsonage is
almost completed and Mr. aud
Mrs. Boddington will soon
Occnpy same.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15
Bazaar viii Be Held December :

TIE Ladies' Aid Society have
decided on Friday, December I'D
as the time to hold the annual
bazaar They will meet with
Mrs. Ballenger next Wednesday
in all day session. A large at
tendance is desired.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-10-15

Lennon & ROmncy brought
over from Mexico the first uf
the week several hundred head
of cattle, the major portion OF
which they will turn out on the
range near town. They have
disposed ui large number To
ranch owners IN the valley.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Pythian Activities.

Damon and Pythias bid fair to re-
establish their habitat among the fra
ternal orders of Ashland. On Thurs
day night members of Granite City
lodge, X. P, together with the
Pythian Sisters and visitors from Tai
isman lodge of Medford, met in
Moose nall in social session. There
was a program and banquet. Chief
interest centered over arrangements
for an epoch-making gathering of the
order at Crater Lake on the 18th of
next August, when the third and prin-
cipal rank of Pythianism will be con-
ferred on a large class among the
weird surroundings of the Crater re-
gion, the premises having been leased
from the government for one day only
for that particular purpose. This GER
emony promises to rival in mysticism
the ceremonials of the Shriners with
in the recesses of the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado in Arizona. This
novel project was the main topic OF
discussion at the social gathering and
in the meantime local members of the
order will cooperate with outsiders
in arrangements which will make the
innovation score a success in the his
tory of like undertakings.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Entertains for sidney HazeIton.

Mrs. Clark Bush entertained a
number of the younger set last Tues
day evening in honor of her brother,
Sidney Hazelton, who has been visit
ing her for the past few weeks. The
evening started with a theatre party
at the Vining, after which the guests
adjourned to the Bush home on
Scenic Drive, where a dainty four
course luncheon awaited them. Ar
tistic souvenir place cards, the boys
representing roostcrs and the girls
rabbits, were found at each plate.
The table and the luncheon carried
out the color scheme of yellow and
white. Cards were INDUCED in for
the remainder of the evening. The
guests who enjoyed the hospitality of
Mrs. Bush we're: Misses Elizabeth
Blackford of Medford. Frances
Briggs, Ruth Scott, Millie Shinn,
Margaret Siepantel and Ruby Palm
er, and Messrs. Billy Briggs, Andrew
McGee, Paul Williams, Roy Mcdaniel,
Wilfred Carr and Sidney Hazelton.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Teachers Entertain Board.

The teachers OF the Ashland school
entertained the school board and
their wives at merry April fool par
ty last Thursday evening. The party
visited the Vining Theatre, where
they witnessed "Neptune's Daughter" ."
They then adjourned to Rose Bros.
confectionery, where refreshments
were enjoyed. Water and straws fur
nished the first part OF the evenings S
eats" and April fooled the party to
the limit, but the hosts and hostesses
took pity on the hungry looking board
and more substantial food was
brought on and enjoyed. The whole
crowd we're adorned with Ounce caps
and a variety OF clever stunts made
the time Fly.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Garrett-Canfield.

Miss Bess Garrett and DR.. Garfield,
both of Drain, Ore, were married in
Roseburg Saturday evening by the
Episcopal minister, DR.. Baker. Miss
Garrett is 4 daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Garrett of Ashland and is
we'll known to the people of this city.
She has been the pharmacist at a
Drain drug store during the past two
years and DR.. Garfield makes his
headquarters at the same store. Their
Ashland friends wish them the happi-
est kind of married life.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

The annual meeting of the Congre-
cation of the First Presbyterian
church will be held Wednesday even
ing at 1880 The ladies of the church
will serve the annual dinner from
$50 to and all are requested to
bring well-filled baskets and come
prepared to have a good time. This
is the one get-together of the Presby-
terians and their friends annually,
and while no charge is made for the
dinner, basket will be there and a
free will offering will be acceptable.
At the annual congregational meet
ing following the dinner, reports from
the various departments Of church
and election of elders and trustees
will be held
H. A. CARNAHAN, Pastor.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Pleasant Surprise.

A number of friends sprprised Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Foltz at their home
on B street Tuesday evening. Cards
and music were enjoyed. Mr.. Roy
Hale sang two beautiful solos, accom-
panied by Miss Fern Murphy on the
piano. Dainty refreshments were
served to the following: Mrs. Wal
ter Gorham, Mrs Walter Frulan
Messrs. and Mesdames r. S. Hale,
Jack McRae, Alex Livingston, ". n.
Wallace, Horace Mitchell, Clifford
Shuts, o. w. Long, C. D. Cane,
Misses Fern Murphy, Ruth Hadley
and Loleta Norton.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Rebekahs Entertain.

March'30 having been fifth Tues
day, it was fittingly observed by the
local Rebekahs, who took advantage
of the occasion by sharing the pleas
ures of the evening with number of
invited guests. A delightful skit,
THAT Old Sweetheart of Nine" was
the climax to a resourceful program
Civ with full tableau effects April
fool jokes were sprung indiscrimi-
nately even though a trfle prema-
ture. A fine banquet followed the
literary and dramatic specialties.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
Methodist Easter Services.

In spite of the inciement weather
Sunday evening, a goodly number of
people assembled at the Methodist
church to hear the Easter music by
the choir. The singing Of these mu-
sicians is characterized by spirit of
reverent devotion and an absence of
that striving after dramatic effect
which too often mars choir singing.
Four anthems. including Unfold, Ye
Portals" by Gounod, and Mozart 5
"Gloria in EXcelsis," were sung with
spirit and precision, which showed
careful training. There were twenty
six voices, the four parts being well
balanced. The solos, etc, were excel
lent and deserving of more extended
mention than space permits. The
spring song by Miss Engle and
Messrs. Tilton and Ever was especial
ly fine, the latter's solo part showing
a splendid bass voice to good advan-
tage: Mrs. McGee's sleep song was
a delicate, exquisite composition well
suited to her voice The solo by Mrs.
o. II. Barphill revealed a voice of
much sweetness and expression.
Among the newer voices in the choir
is the clear, resonant contralto of
Miss Mccormack, which harmonized
beautifully with Miss Engle's in a
duet. Miss Young, who studied last
year in an eastern conservatory, sang
a duet with Mr.. Yeo. Messrs. McGee
and Tilton sang a selection together
and there was a much appreciated
number by the Siskiyou quartet,
which is undoubtedly the best collec-
tion Of male voices in the city. Mrs.
Van Fossen's rare skill as an accom-
panist contributed much to the beauty
and perfection OF the vocal music,
while the complete program reflected
great credit upon the leader, Mr.
Howard Ever. who has worked in
season and out OF season, without
money and without price, in training
the singers OF Methodism in musical
worship.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
In the Social Realm



in was earnest and worshipful. The
choir was under the fine leadership of
Mr. E. L. Rasor, with Mrs. Olive B.
Parson presiding splendidly at the or
gan, and both the choir as a body and
the singers individually did exception
ally well, and earned the commenda-
ton of all. The church decorations,
in the hands of Mrs. Otto Winter and
her sister, Mabel Russell, were most
artistically arranged, and the Easter
spirit in flower and hymn and song
and message was in keeping with the
JOY of the risen Christ.
At the evening service the choir
rendered with splendid effect the
Easter cantata, "Penitence, Pardon
and Peace"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-04-05
NJ riley Circle.

On Wednesday afternoon of last
week the members OF the Merley Cir
Gle were delightfully."- entertained at
the home OF Mrs. Throne, on Fourth
street. This organization is the So
cial branch OF the Aid Society of the
Baptist church, and receives its name
in honor OF Mrs. Merley, who was for
many years a prominent member of
the Baptist church of Ashland, and
whose untiring efforts and zeal for
the welfare of the church are COM
memorated in the Merley Circle.
Mrs. Throne was assisted as hostess
by Mrs. Gault. The parlor and dining
room were tastefully decorated with
peach blossoms, manZanita and potted
plants. Further enjoyment to the af-
ternoon was added in a swell-rendered
reading by Miss Fern Upton, who re-
sponded to encore. Master Julian
Barrett added much pleasure to the
guests by several violin solos, Mrs.
Isaacs being the accompanist at the
piano. A humorous selected by Mrs.
Porter was also a pleasant feature of
the afternoon. and not the least of
the pleasures OF the guests were the
delicious refreshments served by the
hostesses. There were present Mes
danes MaXedon, Wilson, Cole, Bomar,
Turner, Durkee, Porter, Holmes,
Farmer. Barrett. Canine, Shut, But
terrified, Peters. Mattingly, Isaacs,
Owens, Gault. Throne. Simpson, l.. A.
Wright. A. r. Wright, Hall, Rev. and
Mrs. Blackstone, Misses Upton and
Bomar. Master Julian Barrett. The
younger generation were represented
by little Misses Louise and Beatrice
Blackstone. Janet Wilson and Frances
Buckmaster.