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Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-03-26
NEW LAW ON DESERT
LAND GREAT BENEFIT
COMMUNE TIom paee onel

the value Of not less than one dol
lar and twenty FIVE cents per acre,
and that he has in good faith,
used The land for agricultural pur
poses for three years and the pay.
ment to the receiver, at the time
OF hnal proof, Of the sum of seventy
1--we cents per acre; Provided, That
IN such case final proof may be
submitted At any time within five
years from the dote TT the ENTITY.
mans election TO proceed ms pro.
vided in this section, and in the
event of failure to perfect the entry
as herein provided, all moneys
heretofore paid shall he forfeited
and the entry cancelled.
The ACT CLEARLY OUTLINED
Desert land entrymen of the
West have been vastly aided, pro
tected and encouraged by the pas
sage, during the closing hours
OF congress OF ~ bill giving such
entrymen three to five years al
ditional time in which to make fin
al proof of their claims or purchase
them by nominal cash payment, or
convert desert claims to homesteads
II they cannon get water
Senator Shafroth aided by the
Colorado delegation succeeded in
pushing the measure through Ms a
rider to the general deficiency
bill. The hcuse accepted the
amendment, and the president sign
ed the bill. BY the wording Of the
new law oil persons who made en-
try on desert claims before July
1914, are included in s workings.
There arc three sections TO the
law The first provides for an ex
tention Of not TO exceed three yenrs
from the date Of allowance Of such
extension to all enirvmen who have
complied with the law as TO yearly
expenditures and who can show
proof that there is reasonable pros
pect, If the extension he grhn'ed
OF being able to makeifnal proof of
reel amation, irrigation and cultiva
ton.
The second section provides that
where a desert land entrymm can
show an expenditure, in good faith,
Of 50 at acre in the attempt 70 re-
claim the land and where hare IL
no reasonable prospect. il the 4hort-
or extension were allowed, of being
able under .Xisting laws to zen s,If.
hcient water 10 effect ptop,r rrcln
nation, such entrymnn may be
given five years from III. lolo of
his application in which Ia prffrct
the entry In the manner rOqui,rd
of "a homestead entryman.
The third section Is an ea.ars,
ment of The second. II provides
that ANY ontrynan en- i,led o. he
benefit of the secuad sos lln tn,v
10 he shalt So elect within xty
DAYS from the notice therein pro
vided, pay Co the receiver of The
local land office 80 cent. an acre
Thereafter he ma, pe,.cct his ga
try on proof thnt he has put upon
the land agricultural Improvements
TO the value Of 81 25 au acre aud
has used the land for agricultural
purposes for three years aud has
paid to rhe receiver, a. the time OF
final proof, the sum Of IS cents AN
acre.
FIVE YEARS TO PERFECT ENTRY
EleGting to proceed nlonr This
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21

The following are the grades of les
pedeza hay recommended by the Louis
lana Lespedeza Growers Association
Choice lespedeza hay shall be lespe
deza not mixed with over one.twentieth
foreign growth, properly cured, bright
natural color, sound and we'll baled.
No. lespedeza hay shall be lespe
deza with not more than one-eighth
mixed with foreign growth, properly
cured, good color, sound and we'll baled
No. 2 lespedeza hay shall be lespe.
deza not good enough for No. /, not
over one-fourth mixed with foreign
growth, fair color, sound and well baled
No. 3 lespedeza hay shall include all
hay not good enough for other grades,
sound and well baled, provided that no
hay shall be termed lespedeza unless
1t contains at least fifty per cent les
pedeza.
No grade that shall include all hay
badly cured. stained, threshed, or from
which the seed have been removed, or
is In any way unsound.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
ALL OVER LOUISIANA

Oil has been discovered in Plaque
mines parish.
Charles M. Rapp, Gretna saloor
keeper who killed policeman, was
released on $4,000 bail. ]. D. Hyland
signed for $4,000.
The city of Alexandria purchased
the Alexandria Street Railway prop.
|erty at receivers sale for $4,000, and
will operate it.
William Polk Of Alexandria, secre-
tary OF the Louisiana Good Roads AS
sociation, said the Constitutional Con-
Ventlon will be asked to authorize an
issue OF $5,OO0,O0O of bonds for good
roads.
Rain prevented the carrying out of
most of the drills and maneuvers for
the Louisiana National Guard at
Shreveport.
The yacht Destrehan returned from
Grand Isle, reporting that resort safe
and the people not alarmed, On the
vessel were ten passengers from the
mail boat Tulane, stranded about ten
miles from Grand Isle.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
A GOOD ROADS LESSON.
(Neshoba Democrat.)

(NesnODa Dem0crat.)
We had one of the best lessons thrown
up to us a few days ago Of the value
|of good roads we have ever had. There
was gentleman here from indianapolis
looking at a tract of $40 acres of land
about six miles from here, on which he
wanted to establish a hog farm. He
admitted the land was what he wanted
and even surpassed what it had been
represented to him as to quality. He
also said the price was ridiculously low.
He never closed the trade for the land
while here but said it was what he
wanted and told the owner If he did
not take it he could attribute it to one
cause alone, that was, using his own
words, these d roads we had in
this country" Now this is a true story.
yet we have some people who are
content with the present system and
we actually know one man who stopped
his paper because we have been untir.
ing in our efforts for better roads.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
THE GOAT AND THE WAR.
(Baton Rouge State-Times.)

(Baton Rouge State-Times.)
In one OF his delightful fables, Aesop
tells OF goat that sought to escape
Its enemies. 1t hid In the thick hedge
row, where the leaves Of the plants
concealed it from the hunters, and it
enjoyed peace and comfort for a time,
Finally it began eating the leaves, for
getting that it was the leaves that con-
cealed 1t, and suddenly found itself in
plain view of the enemy - and was
destroyed.
The warning nations are as silly as
the goat. They claim that they went
to war to protect themselves. Each
says 1t is fighting for its national ex.
istence. They send out to the front
long lines of men to fight and die for
their own protection. But instead of
securing the self-preseryation for which
they claim to be fighting, they are eat
ing the leaves that they should protect
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
TWO HUNTING ZONES FOR
LOUISIANA.

Two distinct hunting zones for the
tState OF Louisiana were outlined by
members Of the Conservation Commits.
sion at meeting held last Thursday
|afternoon.
The dividing line will be along the
southern boundaries of Vernon, Ran
ldes, Avoyelles and Concordia par
lshes, approximately on a line with the
southern boundary OF Mississippi. be.
tween the Mississippi and Pearl rivers,
TO include those parishes and those
north OF them. Thus the northern
zone" includes Avoyelles, Bienville,
Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Catahoula.
Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East
Carroll, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, La
Sale, Madison, Morehouse, Natchi-
toehes, Ouachita, Rapides, RichIand,
Red River, Sabine, Vernon, Webster.
West Carroll, Winn and Union parishes.
The southern zone" includes the
parishes OF Acadia, Allen, Ascension.
Assumption, Beauregard, Calcasieu,
Cameron, East Baton Rouge, East Fe-
llclana, Eyangeline, Iberia, Iberyille,
Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lafourche.
Lafayette, Livingston, Plaquemine,
Pointe Coupee. Saint Helena, st. Ber-
nard, st. John the Baptist, st. James.
st. Charles, st. Mary, st. Martin, st.
Landry, st. Tammany, Tangipahoa,
ferrebonne, Vermilion, Washington,
West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana.
In the northern part of the state the
season will be open September Is and
close January s, and the southern
season will be from October to jan
lary 70. Owing to the changes made.
10 restrictions were placed In the reso-
utlon pertaining to the hunting with
'r without dogs. and the new law
PERMITS bucks and does (fawns are
llways protected) to be hunted still"
II by pack in the season allotted.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
CONVENTION WILL SAVE THE
PEOPLE MONEY.
(Natchitoches Times.)

The point that those who object {,
our present taxation as compared will
former years is that in these DAYS
while there are waste and imperfec
tions in many departments of our gov
eminent we get something for oul
taxes.
1t cannot be denied that all our pub
Tic institutions and all departments OF
the government are rendering valuable
service. all have grown, and have re-.
suits to show for their expenditures.
All one has to do is to look about
and see the great public advantages
we. enjoy these days. Roads, bridges,
schools have been built. They may all
have cost too much money-but we
must learn by experience. There never
was house built or a ditch cut, but
that the man who footed the bill, after
reviewing the work, could not see
where and how he could have saved
money on the job.
The constitutional convention, If
held, and the proper spirit enters into
1t, can save the people Of this state
vast amounts of money without in
creaslng taxation or crippling the pub
lie service,
II the criticisms of the present are
rue we submit that conditions cannot
be made worse, while without the con.
Ventlon there is little hope Of remedy
ng them.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
PERSONNEL OF CONVENTION.
(FlOrida Parishes.)

Lawyers will dominate the consti
tutional convention if the voters shoult
happen to slip up and the convention
be endorsed. The lawyers now have
81 out of 11S delegates, barely lacking
nine of a clear majority. Seven par
ishes in which second primaries have
lately been held, increased the number
OF lawyers.
The following analysis of the per-
sonnel of the membership of the con-
vention at this time gives a fair idea
OF the trend: 81 lawyers, Is farmers
and planters, "a merchants and busi-
ness men, % members of legislature,
S state and city Office holders, 7 dis
trict judges, district attorney, 2 clerks
OF court 2 sheriffs, physicians, S pub
fishers and editors, 6 bankers, school
teacher, 2 general contractors, 2 saw
mill owners, former congressman.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
TRY THE GAME OF PIGS IN
GLOVER.
wv. D. Troutman, in Progressive
Farmer.)

wv. D. Troutman, in Progressive
Farmer.)
Did you ever play that little game
called "Pige in Cloyer?" If not, then
go and play it. You'll find it interest
ing all right, also pleasant and profit
liable. It's played in reality something
like this: You provide yourself with a
good clover lot and bunch of lusty
pigs, preferably pure-breds, for they
are desperately fond of clover. You
let them get taste Of the clover and
then go to try to drive them out. You
say "suey" few times and you make
IA pass at them with brush; you start
four of them out ON one side and chase
them down the hill. Then back you
come and say ''suey' some more. An.
other bunch of them starts off at right
angles, and after the exercise of a lot
OF patience they are put out. There is
a little runt in one corner. You have
only to chase him out and the trick is
accomplished. Out he goes, but two
of the first bunch are back. They are
run out, but some of the others are
quietly munching clover shoots on the
other end of the field. Run them out
and the runt is back. Run him out
again-is the job complete?
Well, just look down on the other
corner and start in and do the whole
thing over again. Just keep this up
till about frost and you'll get them all
out, but in the meantime what has hap.
pened to the pigs? Why, really they
have eaten so much clover they have
made hogs Of themselves. So when
the fire is built and the little rifle and
butcher knife are called into play.
you'll be able for the first time to get
hem all out of that clover patch at
he same time.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
MONEY MAKES 'EM.

Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
predicts nationwide prohibition within
FIVE years.
There is only one thing that can
stop the prohibition movement" Mr..
Sheppard said in Washington recently.
THAT is bribery and corruption"
He smiled and sighed.
Bribery and corruptioni We find
1t everywhere he said. "a young
lady visited the Austin Goblin show
place in New Hampshire last month,
The stately peacocks fascinated her.
She said to keeper, thinking she'd
like souvenir:
"Do these birds ever drop any of
their tail feathers?
The keeper put his hand to his
mouth and answered in hoarse
whisper:
They're obstinate brutes, lady, but
they drop 'em easy enough at the sight
OF quarter"
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
NEWS MULTUM IN PARvO

British submarines sank a TurkisI
battleship, gunboat and transport il
the Sea of Marmora.
Three Mexican bandits were kille,
ION the Texas border and the remainde
OF the gang scattered, Gen. Funston
being given a free hand to deal witt
the situation.
/ An appeal for peace will be sent al
factions in Mexico. Gen. Villas offe,
to sign an armistice for three months
or longer so that a peace conference
might be held was spurned by Gen.
Carranza.
An Austrian submarine was sunh in
the Adriatic by Italians. The Aus.
trians bombarded Italian coast towns.
damaging the railroad and causing a
panic in Bari.
British efforts to avert loss to cot
ton growers under the contraband rul-
80 "SAc o1ASohSCus
Lord Cecil in London gave the first
offlcial lntimation that the British gov
eminent intends to make cotton con.
traband.
Germans we're massing troops on the
Balkan frontier, causing apprehension
that the intend to violate the neutrality
OF Rumania after attacking Serbia in
order to relieve Turkey and send a
supply of shells.
Washington sent a reply to the Aus
trian protest against the export of
munitions, refusing to comply and en-
phaslzing the American principles and
policies.
Germans reported that General Won
Buelow had defeated the Russians in
the vicinity of Kubisko, taking many
prisoners, the advices showing that the
Russians are taking their artillery and
stores with them and are making an
orQerly retreat. |
Belgrade was bombarded by the Aus
'flans, who suffered a counter-bom.
1ardment of Semlin and Pascova.
1t is believed in London that the
Balkans would be the scene of the /
lext German offensive, the German
being to enlist Bulgaria, which
S holding out for more territory for
Ter weight In the war.
A German submarine sank the Brit.
sh troop ship The Royal Edward in
ne Aegean sea with loss of $40 lives. i
The American reply to the German
ote on the sinking of the ship Will
lam P. Frye was given out; it accepts
ne main German offer and leaves dis. Ie
uted points to arbitration. It
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
THE ART OF RESTING.
(The Youths Companion \

| CThe Youths Companion.)
To rest seems quite simple. There
are plenty of people who do not have
TO learn how at all, to whom resting
comes with a fine natural grace, as do
the arts OF eating and sleeping. These
people are not all idlers, either. Per
haps the greatest workers of the world.
are the men and women who can relax
completely, even in the midst of vast
affairs; who keep in their hearts an
unWrlnkled corner Of serenity; who
can snatch a moments sleep between
TWO great decisions, come out Of it re-
freshed, and make their decisions right,
But to many of US hurrying, hustling,
nervous Americans resting is one of
the lost arts. We rush from work to
so-calied recreation and from recres,
| tion back to work again. We say that
mere change rests us. So it would, il
we took it in the right spirit; but there
is no rest when the eye is on the clock
no rest when the hours and the DAYS
are too short for the things we under.
take to do in them.
Then, for some of us, comes the i'm
perative order; you must rest-and to
our horror, we find that we do not
know how. We try long hours of ex-
ternal quiet, long black nights when
the quiet is only external. We try
change Of air and change of scene, |
But in spite OF external quiet and ex-
ternal variety, the thoughts keep tap
ping - patter, patter, patter ON the
tired brain like raindrops beating on a. |
roof. It takes months, perhaps years, |
OF wasted life to teach us the lesson |
that at the proper time we might have
learned so easily.
For rest is a spiritual grace, an art /
that can be acquired in early years and
practiced with untold benefit. Teach
1t to your children and begin to learn
1t yourself, even now-the art of being
absolutely relaxed and quiet, even il
only for little while. No matter how
work presses, no matter how life whirls /
about you, teach yourself to become i
for few moments every day as pas.
sive as the white clouds or the green |,
fields or the tranquil stars. So will
you put new strength into your work L
that will make every stroke and stitch
OF it more lasting and more beautiful. |!
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
A BANKS PATRIOTIC EXAMPLE.

II the National Guard were as strong
Numerically as it should be and as it
would be If young men with military
INCLINATION met with proper encourage
ment, only a small increase in the
standing army would now be recon-
mended by the war department. As it
Is, large increase is demanded in
order to meet requirements for the
national defense.
President Warren Of the Lincoln
National Bank of New York has set a
good patriotic example in notifying
those clerks of the institution over
which he presides who belong to the
National Guard that when they go into
camp their pay will continue and that
the time spent in military service will
not curtail their regular vacation. 1t
is said that other concerns will do as
the Lincoln National has done.
Many corporations and mercantile
frms make it condition of employ.
ment in their accounting or other cler-
lcal departments that those employed
snail not belong to the organized mill
tia, There are about 100000 citizens
OF the United States between the ages
OF ~ and 45-men liable for military
duty-and OF that vast number only
10000 are enrolled In the National
Guard. There should be not less than
100000.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21

The United States will continue to
act alone in representations to Great
Britain regarding neutral trade. It was
learned Monday that negotiations be-
gun by the Swedish legation at Wash
ington to obtain American cooperation
In proposed concerted action of neu-
trails to protest against the British or
ders in council have brought no results.
Some details of the Swedish position
as to trade interference by Great
Britain, it is said, differ from the Amer.
lean views. Reports of strong German
sympatfieg in Sweden also are beliey.
ed to have been considered by the
State Department although the formal
reasons given for refusal to Join in the
movement are largely technical.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21
TO-DAY is FINE.

Sure, this world is full O. trouble
| amt said 1t aint.
Lord, I've had enough an double
Reason for complaint.
Rain and storm have come to fret m
Skies were often gray;
Thorns an brambles have beset me
On the road-but, say,
Amt it fine to-day!
What's the use of always weepin';
Maxim trouble last?
What's the use O. always keepin'
Thinkin' o. the past?
Each must have his tribuIation,
Water with his wine;
Life, 1t amt no celebration.
Trouble? Ive had mine
But to-day is fine!
It's to-day that l am livin,'
Not month ago,
Havin,' losin,' takin,' givin,'
AS time wills it 30.
Yesterday a cloud Of sorrow
Fell across the way;
1t may rain again tomorrow,
1t may rain-but, say,
Aint it fine to-day?
Douglas MalIoch.
The true Democrat., 1915-08-21

A well-organized mob, no larger than
could be accommodated in five auto.
attacked the Georgia State
penitentiary Monday night and took
Leo M. Frank from a dormitory and
escaped with him. They lynched him
almost within sight of Mary Phagan's
home at Marietta, Ga,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

It is the usual opinion OF those who
deny the chemical action OF the water
In the forge that its effect Is simply
mechanical. It is supposed TO prevent
the coal from burning. thus 1ocaltzins
the heat. or to pack the coal better.
SO that less OF 1t VIII De carried away
In the drauSht-~
On the other hand. HargceaSes w
Murray. head OF the Blacksmith shop
IN one OF the largest manual training
schools in the United States. holds
that the principal action Of the water
Is chemical. and he IS an expert IN
the practice OF blacksnalthiaE as well
as. It's theory. His experience teaches
him that where dry coal Is used IN
the forge. the iron Is likely to oxidize.
Or -.brrn. thereby deterforating
much in sqaali.y Wet coal heat has
carbonizinE eject which IS entirely
beneficial
Z But the point upon which he 1aJss
especial stress Is that the. heat from
wet coal IS iconsidcrably more intense
As heSStood at ono of the FORCES the
other day discussing this matter. he
used snrst dry coal and then wet ask
ing the: Observes to make their own
Deductions. There was an undertake
difference In the color OF the glowing
Goals. difference which convinced
the Iaymen present that the heat pro
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

land 20 s1.oeo.ooo.ooo each Here We
have a total already OF $4,000. coo. 600
II VIC count what has been spent by
Japan and other smaller powers the
total is not less than S50.ooo.e0o.oo6
These figures cover only actual ex-
penses OF waxing war. Besides there
IS the awful destruction in the cises
and countries rarased! and the indus
trial loss. which is inestsmable-
How are the governments going to
carry this awful expense They have
been saving up IN The war chest foy
generations The Bank OF France
has 81 DOC. 600 IN gold: Russia. 81
$50 600. eoa. Gerpan Imperial Bank,
but s.. oso, 100000 in gold This GOLD. is
all neld for the government in case Of.
war
Actua1 experience proves that the
governments. do not draw upon this
reserve: They resort to another source
which is mo-e productive and sim
pler-ths Issuance OF banlSnotes- In.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

TT is estimated that each soldier
costs. for maintenance. clothing.
7 ammunition. etc. averaging ar
tiilsry. cavalry and infantry together
sbout $40 day. In other words, 70
Keep million men in the field costs
coo a day
Starting with this estimate Ger
many, which has raised some five
million men. spends something ike
81. 100000 per diem. which is about
$1.1so.ooo,00 "a month Russia has
at least as many men under arms, 50
she must expend an equal amount
Some reductions may be allowed for
the drst three months OF the war. foS
tie second line was not called out I'M
IN towards the end OF the third
month.
France, with three million men n
the field. spends ss,eoo.Oeo a day. or
nearly a billion month Austria
Hungary spends almost as much
During the first two months Eng
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-16

ehromosome- which In many animals
distinguishes the sper.natozoon about
60 form a female in fertilization. Even
1t. however. cannot be claimed as the
cause OF sexual Differentiation. for It
may be paired IN forms closely allied
TO those In which It Is impaired or
accessory
The distinction may be present or
wanting. Ike any Other secondary
sexual character. Indeed, 50 long as
no one can show consistent distinc-
tons between the geological char
acters Of somatic trelating to one of
the se-;aI seements OF which the body
OF a vertebrate IS theoretically COM
posed tissues II the same individual
We can scarcely expect to perceive