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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-14
A Bone Head Report

TO THE fair-minded, unprejudiced voter, the re-
port of the Municipal league committee on can
didates must appear as colossal joke
This is particularly apparent in the summary
of the candidates. for corporation counsel
The committee reports the record of f. H.
Gue in the legislature as satisfactory" In the
same breath it reports the record of Thomas F.
Murphine as good and also takes dig at him.
GuieS and Murphne'S votes on every import
ant measure in the legislature were directly op-
posed to each other
Murphine voted as an independent. Gue
voted with the machine"
glance at the 1915 legislative record must
record is satisfactory" Murphines was not, and
if Murphne's is good" Guies is dad
Here are the votes on the IS most important
measures in the 1915 session:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-14
WELLESLEY GIRLS
HAVE GOOD FORMS

WELLESLEY, Mass. Feb.
it-Composite waist and leg
measurements Of Wellesley
college girls show they out
venus Venus. The Wellesley
inches. while Venus was 251.
inches. while Venus was 25.i.
Wealthy youth who pay linn
tied calls at Wellesley say
Venus was Ds. IN the running
when IT comes TO form.
Nicholas Murray Butler. presi
dent Of Columbia university, u
come here and speak at inaugural
OF President Suzzallo, oi
Of Washington.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-14

TONS OF GOLD
SHIPPED HERE

Twenty-Five tons OF gold. worth
sff 500 .03O. was received In Seattle
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-02-14
PRESIDENT DELAYS
HIS CHOICE OF MAN

WASHINGTON. Feb. IA
The expectation that President
Wilson would announce Secre-
tary Garrlson's successor to-
day was upset when, upon his
return TO the White House, It
became known that the an
nouncement may be deferred
for several days.
~s~~~~~~~~~~~~~>~~
Tonight and Tuesday, occa-
sional rain.
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At G o'clock Monday evening,
the Erickson campaign committee
will meet at the Good Eats cafe-
terra.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
TRAINING TODAY'S
BOYS AND GIRLS
Mystery Of ChiIdren's Friend
ships Can't Be Solved.
USUALLY COME BY ACCIDENT
They Are the Source OF Grave Con.
Germ to Many Parents and Some
times Should Be T~actfully
Broken Up.
BY sipoNiE NJ. GUTENBERG.

HlSJiiAT Margaret sees In that girl |
Wv can't understand Mrs. Calkins
was saying, when the talk was of the
difficulty of getting suitable coinp"n-
ions for the children. And Mrs. Cal.
kins was quite right. Nobody can un-
derstanl exactly. It's just ms great II
mystery as the n that keeps your
friend guessing why You married your
husband. or wife, us the case may be.
Johnny and his friend were chums
for many years becduS" they had the
same birthday; and Grace aad Ger
trudc found each other through writ
Ing the initial G. In the am way. But
another little girl with iluNcn hair and
pale eyes selected her friend because
the latter had such nice dark hair aud
skin and eyes. You may not hc 81 son
Sitiye To color: Yet IL was the wearing
Of IL red apron that gave Mabel Hen.
dcrSuU IL lifelong friend. Not that she
wore the red apron all her life-that
only started the friendship. The feet
is that Margaret herself could not
have told why she was 50 attached To
her friend.
1t takes only II triilc to start an as
sociution-u casual meeting On the
street corner waiting FOR II favorable
opportunity to cross, being admitted
to school on the same day, or being
fascinated by II gap In unothcr's row
of teeth. But after the beginning Is
made almost any two children can
learn to like each other fairly well. and
the longer they associate the better
they ON to understand each other,
the more accustomed they become to
each others ways, the harder will II be
for them To give each other up. Chill
dron's friendships are not deliberate,
calculated selections; they are haphaz-
ard growths. They can therefore not
be reasoned about To any purpose by
the parents, and much less by the chill
dren themselves.
II they are accidental In their begin.
nings II habitual In their continuance,
these childhood friendships are never.
theless Il source of grave concern to
many parents. Margaret's mother could
see in the girls friend many things
that Margaret herself could not see,
and many of them were of Il kind that
she would rather not have in her
daughters immediate neighborhood.
Mrs. Culkins remembered the story
that they used to tell the children years
ago, about the barrel of good apples
with the single rotten apple, and the
sad fate Of all those good apples. And
she feared THAT Margaret would
catch all the faults of her friend.
That is why she made heroic efforts To
dlscredlt that young lady in Margaret's
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There was u lull in the converse.
tion Of the little group gathered round
the stove In the enter grocery us
Hank Parsons concluded his tale Of
the great results he had accomplished
In fence building. II wns clear tina.
everyone was deeply impressed by the
story, for silence Is to the soap-hox
orator what applause is t. the poll.
tician.
Then an old man, known as "Old
Charlie" broke the silence.
"Wal, that thar YVES some fencin'-
leastwlse for these DAYS" he re.
marked. "Hut let mo tell We that 4!
ye want 10 know nnythIn' about fence
maxim, ye want to ask some of us old
~frlicrS. Why back In 90, when me
AMI Bill Potter was a-wOrkin' fer
the railroad, the boss sent US out one
morning To bulli II fuur-hourd fence
along both sides of the r~ight-cr-wuy,
and, sir 10y quittin time that night
~" had made 50 much fence that il
took us three whole days to walk huck
where We started iron."-YoutA's
Communion.
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retired when the weather grew warm.
with the return OF cool days, II has
been promptly reinstuted So that We
are TO he once more muiilcd up IN neck
wear. The collar on the cot pictured
Is ~ velvet banded with fur fabric.
The average cOat Is not ms long as
he model pictured for It lacks n few
nclies of covering the dress, nnd there
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
Aztec Runners.

Communication (a;n"hg the Aztecs)
was maintained with the remotesi
parts OF the country 10y means of
cOuriers. Posthouses were established
on the great roads, about two leagues
distant from each other. The cou
r!er. bearing his dispatches In the form
of q Thoroughbred painting, ran with
them 10 the first station, where they
were taken by another messenger and
carried forward to the next. and so on
till they reached the capital. These
courlers, trained from childhood. tray.
eled with Incredible swiftneSS; not
four or five leagues m hour, rs nm old
chronicler would make us believe, but
with such speed that dispatches were
carried from one hundred to two hun.
drei miles II day. Fresh fish was FIRE.
qucntly served at Montezumn'S table
in II hours from the time il had been
taken in the Gulf of Mexico. 200 miles
from the capital. In this way irrrllI.
gcnce of the movements of the ROYAL
armies was rapidly brought tn court !;
ana the dress Of the courier. dcnutlng
by It's color that of his tidiugS. spread.
ing joy or CONSERVATION In the own
through which he passcd.-From Pres.
cott's History of the Conquest OF
Mexico.
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estimation. That Is why she said things
about her daughters friend that she
would not permit anyone To say about
her W friends-true or not true. And
that is why she failed TO wean Mar
garet from her friend.
For the child Of normal sentiments
will resent bitterly any usp"rSiOns on
those he likes. He will o have any
one tell him Of his mothers faults, nor
will he listen 10 adverse criticism Of
his friends. lie is not concerned with
the truthfuincSS Of your criticism nor
with your good intention in telling him.
Every attack upon those he likes Is Il
chullcug" 90 his loyalty. And the ore
you rail against his ChuIn the closer
grows tn" attachment.
\ four-yoar-old boy, recently moved
into Il new EpighhpTnupd, nude the uc.
Guuiutuncc of u lad of HIS own aye but
of Il very different set Of manners. The
mother OF the first boy seriously
warned him not Ia associate with Bob.
because he would bee sure TO spoil his
speech and his manners. Bob used such
language, And from time 10 tiHc he
would even spit! Hector listened re-
hr,tjyrly, very much impressed. At
last he caught the idea. "Wcll, moth
cr," he said, that viii bee all right. |
won't let him make me bad, aud III
max" him good instead"
While We all know that one child can
spoil another, wc must admit that
there was some reason IN l~Icctor's
reply. Children do influence oue an
other, and the intlucuce for good Is
just Ms real aud just Ms effective as
the influence for evil. II we fear that
on the whole the evil influences pre-
vail. our remedy must not be- sought
In the isolation 81 the child, for snch
isolation Is at least as bad ns anything
that can lie acquired from unsolicited
companions. The remedy lies In two
directions. On the one hand, the child
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with M undesirable friend must be
qunintances; on the other hand, the In.
fluencc Of the home must he strength
cned In the hope Of counternctlng any
evil Influences that may cmanatc from
The "bad" friend. one need not be m
the lookout for trouble: hut II The Ian
guage used at home Is above rcproach
the careless speech IN the outside may
extend the vocabulary without much
danger If permanent hurm.,
There are extreme eases in which II
seems desirable tn separate II boy ot
girl from I'm undesirable companion. In
such cases the Surcst way of strength.
rniig the affinity Is usually 10 make
some shCw of opposing 1t. Every Mt.
tciipt 10 arouse n~Etnguuisias only sim.
ulutcS the iautunl interest. These facts
must not he taken to Indicate that tho
proper course lis IN n series Of rulo-
giles In honor of the undesirable one.
The first step is 10 ignore the friend.
ship us completely as possible. Then
an effort must he riadc ~ substitute
new interests for the old friendship
and To reduce the occasions for inter.
course as much as circumstances will
permit. II the parents will find or
maize opportunity to take the child cut
Of his usual surr' findings Ia their owr
company they will generally find that
the new interests will develop stimuli.
~tan,Ously with the fading of the nj.
tnchmcnt for the person to be divorced
The other side Of thc prohlcm Is the
encouragement of young people that
you consider worthy companions Cor
your children To come into more fire.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
CONSIDER THE PHl0X
BY l.. M. BENNINGTON.

Even moralists tell us that there Is
an element in all mankind that leads
to the enjoyment Of speculation and
chance. For the qualification Of this
instinct l do not know any more in.
teresting study than the phlox when
resorts to seeds for the growth OF
plants. or course, the staid, regular
garden worker will resort to cuttings,
because no n can guess, even APP
proximatcly, what will come from the
seed venture.
But there Is a lot OF fun In taking
the seeds and watching the results.
They may be anything, from n perverse
and hayward floral child to the light
of the garden when II Is left to first
principles for It's start in life.
The phlox Drummondi is the first
parent OF the family. II was found
growing wild in Texas back in 1884.
and since that time IL has grown in
popularity. Essentially Il garden flow
or, It fully justitics the use Of the
Greek name because II is literally a
flame Of light. There Is no question
but that II Is far better for having
been planted in the fall. At the first
hint of spring 1t will start its growth,
and the hard treatment Of n rough win.
ter will not serve to deter ii In its de-
termination To help brighten the world.
The one thing hat phlox will not
stand Is heavy clay soil. Planted
along walls and hedges, with borders
and In places where the irregular size
IL the plants affords contrast ia color,
there Is nothing more calculated To Cdd
life TO the garden vista than the simple
phlOx,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
HOUSE PLANTS IN WINTER
BY /. M. BENNINGTON.

Among the most beautiful and salts.
factory house plants for winter are
palms. They are very strong and
hardy, and with the observation of II
few simple rules can be kept green
and vigorous all winter. More palms
nre killed by overheating than by cold.
They should have u temperature Of be-
tween 80 and 90 degrees. II IL is not
convenient to have any room In the
house kept as cool at this, stand them
in the corner farthest from the ra-
diator. as close as possible to the light,
but not in the glaring sun
The worst enemy OF the plants Is
dust. Owing to It's smooth leaves. the
palm can be readily kept free from
this. Its leaves should be washed
with a soft sponge and lukewarm wa
ter.
The watering of the plants Is Of
great interest. The great danger Is
hat the housewife will he too gener-
Gus in this respect. 1t Is difficult to
give a definite rule. Generally speak
ing, the earth In the pot should be
kept moist. but not wet. II the room
Is kept ar high temperature, the plant
will require more water than in II
cool place. But winter should he n
time Of rest for the plant. II should
not do much growing, and therefore
nourishment and water should be- given
sparingly. II is easy 10 soak the soil
Of n plant, but hard to dry II, nee
thoroughly wet.
Neither a palm. or any other plant,
should ever be put in n glazed pot. II
nm ornamental pot Is desired. the earth
en- pot should be set inside. \ porous
pot absOrbs and evaporates the mois-
ture. while in n glazed pot the earth
sour and unfit for even very
hardy plants. There should be a hole
In the bottom Of the pot. owe which
n stone, a bit Of broken crockery or
something similar should be laid, This
will keep the earth from filling II up,
and the surplus water will trickle out
beneath. 4 few Jumps Of common
charcoal at the bottom of the pot will
prevent the roots from rotting, and
powdered charcoal mixed with the
earth has the same effect, keeping the
bottom from turning sour,
Having temperature and moisture
right, the next enemy Of the plant ID
parasites, such ms fungi and insects.
Many little insect pestN infest the
palm. Some Of these are destroyed by
washing the leaves with a sponge and
soft brush. using clean water only.
Those that cannot be destroyed In
this way, such rs scales, can he quick
IT, dispatched by tobacco juice diluted
with water. Any 'ob]acconlst or cigar
manufacturers will give you all the
ribs of tohucco leaves YOU want. Put
n handful Of these in n quart ~ water
and boil Wash the leaves with this.
md II you put In Il Il,tl" whulc-olI
soap, 1t viii be more effective. OF
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
Brother waueh's Grievance Zeal.

"inssuh, Is" done piled for n
diyo'cc FUN uuh wife. count a. her
dat blamed stravaEauce," suid dis
gruutlci Eruthci Waugh. "Lcmme
tell 80: We had II spute bout a
potion a. tic ScriptcrS, 'twuz und |
dcss simply slapped her down to press
muh ahgymunt on her. 'Stiddor
knowlrdgin' de Gavin she riz and
saturated mo IN de bead wild IA
skillet. Smncked me 50 huhd. sub,
dat muh skull popped right th'oo de
bottom Of II, ana | halter pay de
blacksmith haifcr dollah 10 file de In
st'um"nt ul'n muh neck. What kinder
way am dat to waste II mans money!
Judge.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
In Woman Realm
New Coats Are Of Luxurious Looking. Furry. Thick Fabrics and the
High Collar Has Been Rains Jated - Wraps For Children
Are Shown in Many Pat erns and Materials.

SOFT. thick fabrics. loosely woven
AMI luxurious luuking, supply II deep.
of the new fashions. Ihorr ARE mauy
of them, curistrn"l win numrS NOR"
or less descriptive Of their character
which is decidedly furry. They sus.
gcst warmth and comfort and enhance
the value or III" new fashionable cot.
ors, being especially good IN burgundy,
pruurllo, castor ana dark brown. They
call for fur In trimmings. but fur is
scarce and therefor" high priced. liut
wonderful fur iuhrics answer the pur.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
AUTUMN MODS IN COATS.

pose ana cost much less than fur trim.
mings.
A coat Of Bolivia cloth, shown In
the picture is trimmed with II fur
fabric initiating beaver. The castor
color of this trimming looks well with
all the fashionable coiorS brought out
this s"nsun uud is used for both coul-
and suits in collars and cuffs aud band.
iu"S.
The high, onv"lopinc collar winch
may u" turned NJ about tn" face. made
It's entry last year and was reluctantly
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

and other durable cloths. Coats OF
corduroy and velveteen are drcssier
hut not less durable. They are shown
IN blue, brown, green and black.
Among novelties, pushes and fur
fabrics woven In special patterns pro-
tcrinlS with which everyone Is familiar.
The school coat shown In the pic.
trrc is II gray. white and brown plaid
mixture with collar pd cuffs of veil
vrtr,n. 1t has II straight body with
- shaped skirt (cut on the bias) set
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
CARE OF THE H0LL.YH0CK

Keep the ho!lyhock flowers picked
off. Remove them as soon as they
begin to die. This serves two pur-
poses: IL makes the plant more at
tractive and II prevents seed from
forming. II you have noticed, there
ure almost always little branches
starting about the base of the old
plants. II seed Is not allowed 10 de-
aiop the energy Of the plant will be
expended On these, and they viii bear
a good crop Of flowers late in the sea-
son. But IL the plant pcrf"ctS seed
they never amount To anything. See
20 II that they are encouraged 10
max" themselves useful.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

* moro style In Il. This coat would
y" inpr"ycd Icy II little shortening. II
is simple in width. simple" in cut and
line. and those nrc the things that in.
AR" grace. The sleeves are capaciuuS,
with wide, turned back cuts bordered
with fur banding.
IN reviewing the styles presented for
children, II appears that Their" is n long
mad" In Il considerable variety
ut materials and patterns. For prac-
teal wear there ar" models In
serge wool v%pluurs. Scotch mixtures
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course. there are many insecticides
used by florists, hut this is n cheap,
simple remedy, which Is just as Of.
fectlve as any other. Being n eye
In handling or using the tobacco juice,
whereas paris green and other min.
eral poisons should be applied with the
greatest precautior. as wen Il slight
" erdose Will scorch the leaves and
thereby rum the plant.
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Unusual,

THAT man Thompson Is one OF tie
hest friends I've got In the world.
Why, ten years g he borrowed five
dollars from me-" And pald II back;"
"Oh, no. But when / meet him on
the street he's just as cordial as ever"
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qucnt association with the members d
the household. But there is danger IL
overriding this also, unless we have cx.
cepfionnl tact and insight. We NEEDLE
with fate In any case at our own risk.
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1916-10-06
Indians Become
Citizens Of j. s.

Chamberlain Register: I n s
week special competency Indian
commission from Washington is
investigating and passing upon the
progressive Indian on Lower Brule
Reservation with full rights as
American citizens in view for worthy
Indians. The commission consists
OF Major James Mclaughlin, Mr..
Small and the superintendent Of
the reservation. Mr.. Small is from
Oklahoma and had much experience
with Indians and Indian affairs.
Major Mclaughlin has seen forty
five years of service in the Indian
department of the government. He
was for fourteen years an agent,
ten at Devils Lake and fourteen at
Standing Rock, and has been in
spector for twenty -one years. These
two men and Supt. Brandon will in
vestigate the Indians at Lower
Brule and Supt. Haygood will as
sist at Crow Creek.
This comr.ission-and this one
is only one of three such commits
sions-is comparatively new feature
OF the Indian department. 1t was
first appointed a little over wear
ago and all Indians under the SUI
pervision of the government will be
examined. Those capable of bear
ing the responsibility of citizenship
will be placed upon their own stand
ing. Major Mclaughlin informs
us that the commission of which he
is chairman has visited twelve res
ervations and ofall the Indians eX-
amined only small proportion are
deemed competent for citizenship.
AT Ft. Barthold, n. D., only thir-
teen Indians were deemed capable
of receiving the rights. However
it was not expected that the first
investigation would bring out as
many citizens as a subsequent
one. AS soon as the Indians know
they are to receive such distinc-
ton they will labor with such pride
that they will be recognized and
another investigation will, undoubt-
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Minneapolis Bank
On Live Stock

he season OF 1916 has forced
the live stock movement ahead of
all others. Those farmers through
the Northwest who have live stock
IN sufficient numbers are now in a
position to turn their large hay
crop and their inferior grain crop
into highpriced meat. This les
son should be a lasting one.
Again. the all-grain farmer can
we'll consider the fact that as a
strictly grain farmer he labors for
five months of the year, expecting
to obtain some income, depending
largely upon the grain supply of
the world and upon the chance of
satisfactory climatic conditions in
his community. The other seven
months he is consumer, not a pro-
ducer, and is at a considerable ex-
pense to keep his farm factory in
condition to go through his next in
come labor period.
There is no argument that de-
fends twelve months OF labor which
contains but five months of produc-
tive work and in which there are
seven months of constant expense
getting ready for the next grain
growing season.
Every farmer knows the value of
manure when put upon land. He
knows that straw is worth over
s. 90 per ton when worked through
the barns and made into manure.
Live stock does two things: First
it turns all the roughage and cheap
feeds into valuable milk or meat
products, and second turns back TO
the fields the greater percentage OF
plant food taken out of the soil
! through the production of crops.
Live stock and sensible rota-
tion Of your crop will make your
farm more valuable year by year
and will give stability to the agri-
cultural lands in any section of the
country. Live stock means a per-
manent agriculture and a prospect
Gus farm people.
Ask your local banker as to
where you may secure expert ad-
vice in the selection OF breeding
stock suitable to your conditions.
Advice if given free bv the Agricul-
tural Extension Department of our
Agricultural Colleges and Expert
ment Stations, by the United States
Department OF Agriculture, by
County Agricultural Agents, by ex-
pert agricultural workers employed
by the railroads and by bankers.
You may know much better than
these experts what live stock will
be best for you, but it is we'll to
rember that advice might suggest
something of benefit.