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the Chilean foreign Office after communicating with the government
Ecuador
What attitude Brazil will take towards Chies suggestion not
known Dr. Muller Brazilian minister of foreign affairs,
conferred with the Brazil yesterday before sailing for
New York He then cabegm to Ambassador de Gama at
Washington expressing confidence that the American and Mexican
would able settle their difficulties without war
MEXICANS PROMISE TO RELEASE AMERICANS.
BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON June 2Rease OF the hfty or more Ameri-
GuanauatO colony Caranza detention
ed today City authorities according to telegram from
Consul Rodgers to the State Department
Evening journal., 1916-06-24
Bv The Unlted Press.

NEW YORK, June 24-NlctOr Chap-
man. the American aviator killed at
the French front yesterday. was the
son OF John Jay Chapman, wealthy
New York lawyer. with Offices at No.
60 Wall street. The attorney received
first word of his sons death through
the United Press.
Chapman is the first American avi-
ator killed in the European war. He
was twenty-five years old and a grad
uate Of Harvard He was studying
architecture in Paris when the wal
broke out and promptly enlisted in
the aviation corps.
Evening journal., 1916-06-24
HOUSE OPPOSES SUPPORT BILL

By The United Press.
WASHINGTON, june 2i.-Goven
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
VOTE FOR PEYTON
FOR COUNTY CLERK

K. 2. Pcyton of Defining is out
Tor county clerk and out 10 win.
lie completed his campaign in
columbus early this week and
feels certain that this precinct
is for him and all the rest of the
candidates on the republican
ticket.
Mr.. Peyton is we'll qualified
Tor the Office he seeks. While he
is young he has had plenty of
business experience and is
equipped with a liberal cduca-
ton. If elected as county clerk
II is certain that the records of
the county will be- kept better
than they have been in the past.
II is important that citizens be
assured of proper facilities for
examining the records and of eX-
pert assistance in obtaining the
Information that is often of vital
nportance TO them.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
FOSTER WINS FROM
CHUCK KINNEY

Clean sport had a boost last
night in the series Of bouts at
the Crystal, under the direction
of Larry Strouer, when the
stranger. Bull Foster, from San
Antonio. won a hardly fought
ten rounds from Chuck Kenney
Of the 10Th Cavalry now station
ed at Hachita.
The favorite at the beginning
Of the engagement was Chuck,
whose good work here has made
him a local favorite. the betting
being on him ten to one, but the
clean good natured and terrific
punching of the Bull gradual
~ wore Chuck out but he game
" stood up to the end and the
entire ten rounds were hotly
contested. amid tremendous en-
thusiasm. The other bouts were
good but space prevents men
ton this issue.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
MISS GOEBEL SHOULD
BE REELECTED

Attention is directed to the
official publication concerning
school expenditures for last year
and the budget of estimates for
the ensuing years needs and the
distribution of collections to the
various districts. These esti-
mates r submitted by the
boards of education and direct
ors, passed upon by the county
superintendent. revised and al
lowed by the county commits
s.oners and finally checked and
approved by the state tax COM
mission.
A iudicious expenditure of the
funds derived from special coun-
ty levies and other revenues will
finance the schools until Deem
Der /, 1917.
The school census for this
year numbers 3.002 scholastics
q gain of 362 over last year. At
the beginning OF TINS admins
tration in 1912 there were 1902
sCholastics.
The special district levies for
interest on bonds, and for sink
ing funds is .OO19 on al the dis
uicts carrying bonds. Not a
very heavy levy for the school
indebtedness for the entire coum-
ty.
A telegram has just been re-
reived by Miss Goebel stating
that the state tax commission
now in session at Santa Fe, that
no change was made in the
school levies. 1t was not con-
sidered necessary.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Tho economy Of this system made II
possible for every district In the state
10 hold terms Of school varying from
five month. the minimum under the
law to ten months. This law WAS
later amplitied by a Republican LeFis
azure into a sun greater educational
irp Tor the state More Of that law
loo @ moment.
The 1913 Legislature, which was
Republican, passed the law regulating
business colleges and correspondence
schools, thereby preventing the people
from educational quacks.
The 1913 lBcpublicanJ Legislature
also passed a law which made It pos
-ibIc for more than 300 country school
districts 10 build the kind Of school
hulsosy needed for the housing of lit
rIc children and this law, designed to
carry better educational facilities to
HE remut. districts whore the chill
drcu had none OF the advantages OF a
city. Was vigorously opposed by GOV
u0uor W e. Mcdonald and bis person.
ul legal adviser and deserving Dem
pcrut Summers BurI,hart.
It the Democratic governor who now
boasts Of New NeNiOo.s educational
system and tries 20 take the credit for
%. had had his way. the law never
would have been passed and the Coun.
.rF children Iu 800 districts would
have been denied the new, warm
.chOOl houses they hos have.
But Tor this law. enacted for the
people bog the Republican Legislators,
Use sghOu. districts could not have Sc
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
PARABLE OF THE
FORTUNE SEEKERS

the robber, and with this excep-
ton they were regular men.
They held a council of war and
doped out a scheme to salt a
mine and sell some tender-foot
a gold brick, and so they went
into the hills and began to dig a
hole in which to place their
salt. And it came to pass
that Bob stepped on Joe's sore
corn and Joe proceeded to hand
Bob one swift kick. Then there
was a row on in fine shape. Bob
used right swings and left
swings and upper cuts and labs.
Joe met him half way punching
right and left and closing Bob's
left eye by q blow straight from
the body
They kept this up and at last
both were completely exhausted.
Now it happened that Phil had
i'm his possession am 1892 model
Colts siX-shooter, and each one
of the combatants tried to per-
suade Phil TO give him the smoke
wagon.
Bob says to Phil. My friend,
pass over thine pistola that |
mayest blow mine enemy block
into a million and a half pieces,
that a gnat may eat his brains
Joe said. place in my paw
thine honorable siX-shooter that
! mayest pillow mine enemy's
body so that it will look like a
European battle field"
Phil at first refused them
both, saying, This is your fight
and | have nothing to do with
it. am a friend TO each of you,
and if you want to spill blood it
should be of no concern of mine.
And they continued to scrap un-
til they were completely out Of
breath, and when they were rcs-
ted they sterted all over again,
neither being able to knock out
his opponent.
Finally Phil got disgusted and
decided to pass over the gun.
First he handed it to Bob and
before Bob could make use of it
he. took it away from him,
saying that they could fight out
their own battle and hat he
would not interfere.
Phil changed his policy again.
This time he placed the gun in
the hands of Joe who immedia-
tely shot Bob, wounding him in
the thigh. An old miner car
ried Bob to a pin roller, where
he took up his abode aud re-
NAMED until he was sound and
well again.
When Bob was well he started
out to get his enemy. And he
wondered, saying, who is my
enemy. Phil is Just as guilty
of the Shooting as Joe. In fact
he is more to blame than Joe.
III get him first, and then 60
after joe
Now after the scrap was over
Joe began to use his grey matter
a little. Phil is not my friend,
he said, for he first handed the
gun to Bob, that he might shoot
me. III get Phil for this.
And when he saw Phil he
gave him a punch in the Jaw
and Phil took the count. Did
You not first give to Bob thine
s~iX-shooter, that he might blow
Off mine kelly p" he asked.
Then Phil began to think. He
saw his mistake. He had not
made friends on either side and
won the contempt of all who
knew about the incident, and
they failed to find a sucker tol
the mine and never made th.ll
pile.
This is an explanation of the
way Wilson has handled the
Mexican problem. He has lust.
w won the contempt of all Mex.
leans and also all fairthinkinS
people. regardless of politica
faith.
He resembles Phil in every
respect up to the present time
except that he evidently has mo-
vet began TO think and to SEE
his mistakes.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

.rict NEEDS as shown by the cer,-
led budget approved by the county
commissioners. All the taxable prom
'rty in the county, therefore. contrib.
utes IN taxes to ALL the schools Iu
The county. the tax reyenuC from tie
riCi districts going as much to the
poor districts as to themselves. All
Oh" districts, rich and poor. get what
they need for their school work n
terms above the minimum as such
needs are set out in the official bud
gets.
In addition there Is a per capita dis.
irtbutiOu TO the schools from the cur
rent state school funds. including the
proceeds Of the state half mill tax
Under the county unit law the aver.
age term Of school in New Mexico now
approaches nine months What pro.
gress has been possible. under the pro.
visions Of this act, in providing great
or educational advantage for the
tie chaps In the poor districts may no
Judged by comparison of the present
average school term with the average
100 the school year 1901. which was
1S5 months. This Is coutru.o est
dDuce Of the advancement made pos
-'hle hy Republican legislation
An important feature to be- romou
brrnd To- connection with the county
unit law is the fact that Il has rn
0ugCd the total amount Ui-couuty tax.
cs levied for school purposes. Il is an
parent from This Illustration.
In 1914, the year before the adoption
OF the county unit tax law. the total
proceeds OF the special district and
county lcy.es for school purpose
were Si.lg7.Ss5Ul.
In 1918. when the first county uurr
tax was levied. the amount necessary
for school purposes and for which tho
unit tax was levied. was &l,117.7IO.U1.
Thus. although the school terms
were longer I'm nearly every district, q
saving In school taxes Of SSO.llJ was
possible under the unit law.
And under the unit law every class
nj property bears a share OF the cost
of educating all the children Of the
county.
Beside the county unit tax law, the
Republican Legislature OF 1915 passed
a law providing for the training OF
fifty rural teachers every year AT the
states expense, so that in a few years
thirI.grudo teachers certificates will
have been eliminated, not by eliminat.
In the teacher but by training him or
her for the higher forms OF certiti
cation
The growth Of the educational sys
tenn OF New Mexico under the proEres
siye legislation provided by the Re
publican party may be seen at a
glance in the following comparisons
In lg0G-O7. the school census was
Sf,sGi; In l9lI-l2 60 had grown 10
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Famous hymn creurtsd TO Saint,
A famous hymn The Day Is Past
and over. IL believed to be a trans
lat'on from the Greek and written by
81 AuutOlus.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Eiderdown II one OF the poorest
conductors Of heat hence It's use
as a bed covering.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
FORMER ARMY MAN
WILL RESIDE HERE

Mr.. A. Hicks. who is well
known by a number of citizens
Of Columbus, has been dischar-
yed from the regular service Of
he army and will reside here.
He is interested with Thos.
G. Lakeland in a group of silver
and lead claims in the Tres Her
manas Mountains.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

statehood 10 New Mexico.
A Republican President o. tnt
United States signed t1e rHI
which made New Mexico e STATE
Republican members o. Con.
8rett secured for the re> state
double allotment Of federal lands
'or the schools Of New Mexico
= Republican state land depart
w-ut has carefully admrnttrat,d
those potentially rich lanos ossrI.
oping their riches. developing tie
state and making Of the soc .
souIee Of revenue for the s-hooG
o. today and an endo~ment for
the schools Of tomorrow
A Republican eonGtitut oral con
vertion, framing the constitution
upon which the new state would
slInd, carefully provided Tor the
boys and girls Of New Mckee by
writing into the constitution free
and proper education from the
STATE as their I1alienable rs1t.
Three successive RepUbi can
state legislatures, building upon
the foundation laid by the makers
Of the consttIt on, have enacted
laws to secure more schools. Iora.
er school terms, better teachers,
better method Of instruction. bet
ter school houses-so that you,
children, people Of New Mexico,
whether you live on remote ranch
or farm or IN the centers Of popu-
lation, may have the i~restiwahle
advantages Of the best education
To be obtained. And TO the eontin.
uation and development ot such a
policy are the Republican party
and its candidates pledged.
E,TEW MENICO'S great strides w ed
~ ucatIon has been o. Governor
". G. McDonald's chief topics in his
speeches IN this campaign hjthoug'
he has taken credit TO himself and I'M
administration for this progress, the
fact ls that Governor Mcdonald has
been utterIng praise Of the Republican
party.
The Republican party Is responsible
for the great educational advancement
OF New Mexico since statehood, just
as II led the way TO educational en-
.Hrhrunmcut and progress during the
DAYS when New Mexico was q strug
Cling territory. apparently forgotten
by the national government
Governor Mcdonald and ms Demo
cratic politicians are NOT willing &c
eiye credit where credit ls due Thee
admit tine growth Of education bat
would have the voters believe they ar,
responsible
Th" voters should know the facts:
Official records show mat every
law looking TO an extension Of tn
I''''
s'cnr' o''''' '~'''"''E '...'' F.""'
buildings, longer S,"''' ,"'
best approved emo O. .'""''
ana me d'7NlI'h".''" '.' .''
'"''' '' "
oi the poorest ''". Pop"'''' S'''''
60 'h' s'''" - q '' '"' '''"F
100 ''.' '"'".'' '"~."'"""'.' "' az
'i.h.'"'.' '.'''''N l" ''p'" van ''s''
'"l"i'
'u ..'' .."oT ".''o'"'" ' r.'
nic'ans ave 'h' ''''''''' 10 ''"' j,
Ih'Ir ls %" 'r". ."E i" .' puo'''
records prove .'
From me I''s' efforts '' 'l"" w
public ''h"o' system "' VITO N".'"'''
county "n'' law. t"'S'Nl me "'"'
mum school year ana '."'."t "''
poorer districts 10 nave TITO S''''
amount Of education '' me n'"eS
districts was written 10y h't anIl''h'
and enacted by the 1913 LEGISLATURE
a Republican Legislature
This law. framed n placed on IN
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

What would you call a pie trust
nprueteo" I'd cali him a pie-rate
king baltimore American.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27
EDUCATIONAL
ADVANCEMENT
IN NEW MEXICO

Democratic Promises and Claims VS.. Republican Pol
icies and Achievements, With a Review of Edu-
cational Benefits Secured for the Schools OF New
Mexico by the Republican Party Since Statehood
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

The jealous feed on Jealousy, yet
never grow fat
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Charlie Hughes, Joe Stump,
Frank /. Nordhouse, Senator
and T. G. Upton. democratic can
didates. arrived in town Thurs
day evening and are around
meeting the voters.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Jess Fuller, who has been at
Cotton, California for the past
few weeks on a visit, returned
homo Thursday
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Boost Columbus by pa'rohiz-
ing her Industries.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

For Sale or Trade One new
Ford car and an Overlard.-N:
b. Hampton u
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

Wanted-GiFl for chamber
maid work. white or coloreu.
Hoover Hotel. u
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-10-27

For Com. District No. !
JAMES WEST
For County Clerk
r. l.. PEYTON
Evening star., 1916-12-21
Grasping the Opportunities.

Washington is surely not going to
break its record this year by failing to
grasp all of the fourteen opportunities
for practical charity that have been of
fered to it. Heretofore in the last DAYS
before Christmas contributions to this
cause have come in abundantly, and the
fund has even been oversubscribed.
There is no reason why it should not
be so this year. The fourteen eases
that have been presented are especially
appealing. In every one of tlem there
is some urgent reason for giving.
With the ground covered with snow
and the temperature at bitterly low
point charity becomes a matter of great
urgency An impulse to give is univer-
sally felt. It is only a little matter to
send check or bank note to the
Christmas opportunities fund. This is
one Of the easiest means of doing good.
If all of the fourteen cases appeal
strongly-one Of them has already been
fully subscribed-it is unnecessary to
make a selection. Cash can be sent
generally to the fund to be distributed
equally between all the cases.
Inasmuch as Christmas falls on Mon
day this year let the fourteen oppor-
tunities be all accepted by Saturday
night. This can be done. The amount
still needed is small compared with that
which can be readily spared by most
Washingtonians, who only need a direct
appeal as a rule to cause them to con-
tribute to such worthy end.
Evening star., 1916-12-21
The Christmas Fire Danger.

It is well to emphasize the warming
uttered the other day by the chief of
the fire department against the danger
of fires at Christmas time. In the dee
Grafton of houses on this occasion and
the setting up and trimming of Christ
mas trees there is always peril unless
the greatest care is used. The ma
terials used are highly intlammable
and are placed in such q way as to lead
to disaster IL ignited- The substitution
of electricity for candles for Christmas
tree illumination has somewhat reduced
the danger, but there is still menace
in imperfect wiring The electrical con
nections are usually made by anna,
tours, who are not as particular about
this work as experts, with the result
of points of exposure and possible short
circuit that may cause sparks and quick
ignition Every Christmas tree should
Evening star., 1916-12-21
The Revenue Problem.

The government needs more money.
Il Is living beyond-far beyond-its in
come. A large deficit. and growing,
starcs il in the face The President js
considering the subject of where to find
the money. So also is Leader Kitchin
ot the House. At present they are not
in agreement. II has not been decided
whether thr matter * 10 be taken up
a. tins session, or passed on to the
Sixty NTH Congress.
Mr. kitchin is quoted as follows in the
Washington correspondence of the New
York Tribune:
''lf the President expects to get a
revenue measure along the lines he sup-
gcsted AZ the last session he will be dis.
appointed. There will be no tax on tea
or coffee and there viii be no tax on
gasoline or pig iron. Further, there
will be no reduction of the present ex,
emptInn limits of the income taxes. The
poor man is not the one who il helping
20 force up the appropriations, and will
tight to the last ditch before I see him
taxed for something he is not respon
siblc for. If We have TO get more reve
nue. and there is no doubt at the pres
ent rate that we must have it, probably
not at this session, but certainly at the
next most of the taxes are going tc
come from the profits of munitions
makers, from increased supertaxes on
incomes and from increased levies or
inheritances'
Why should there be "no reduction OF
the present exemption limits of the in
taxes truly democratic, giving large
numbers of men opportunity to contrib
ute their mites III that way to the sup
port of the government All enjoy tn,
protection of the government.
Taxing incomes is just and legiti
Evening star., 1916-12-21

mate method Of raising revenue, ani
when fairly and justly applied cannot b
successfully criticised. Such taxes il
our economic scheme have come to stay
But they should not be levied either
for the purpose of penalizing the ca.
pable, the industrious and the success
full, or for breaking down the policy OF
protection.
At present those taxes are sectional
A few states are paying the great bulk
Of them. Other states are paying next
to nothing at all. And as for protection,
if assessments are to be made SO as
greatly to increase receipts from incomes
and inheritances, and decrease those
from customs sources, American indus.
tries now enjoying and deserving pro
lection will be injured; and to the ex-
tent that they are injured the wage
earners will be injured. Reduce the
output Of the furnaces, the mines and
the factories, or put them out of bust
ness altogether, and the poor man,
whether taxed or not, has the bag to
hold.
Let whatever amount is fairly col
lectab1e from incomes be assessed so as
to distribute the burdens widely and
equitably. Let the rich man pay his
portion, and the poor man his. Under
a graduated income tax no injustice
can possibly be suffered by the latter
Neither class nor sectional legislation
is in accord with the spirit of our msti-
tutions; and neither is necessary in any
Of the problems that Congress, with an
eye ON either present or future, is called
upon to solve
A taxation tendency to make the in
come tax the sole national tax and to
collect that tax from less than one-half
of one per cent of the people of the
United States is un-American and un-
wholesome.