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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
PINK BOIL WORM
IN NORTHERN MEXICO


Washington, d. c., Nov. II
The pink bolPworm, the most
destructive Of all cotton pests.
which has caused millions of dol
lars loss to the cotton growers in
Egypt, India, and other cotton
producing countries, has for the
first time been discovered on the
North American continent. The
presence and probable establish
ment of the pest in the impor-
tant cOtton-growing Laguna dis
trlct Of the state of COahuila,
Mexico, within 200 miles of the
Texas-MeXico border, has been
determined by specialists in the
l. s. Department of Agriculture.
Amendments to quarantine reg
ulations have been promulgated
by the Secretary of Agriculture
seeking to prevent the worm
from entering the United States
and every possible step will be
taken by the Department to
make the prohibitions effective
and to safeguard the interests
Of the cotton producers of the
United States in other ways.
The pink boil worm is a COM
parativey new cotton pest,
spreading from India to Egypt
about 8 years ago. 1t has al
ready spread to practically all
cotton-producing countries in the
world except the United States.
Recognizing the possibility of
introducing the pest into this
country in cotton seed, seed cot
ton, and cottonseed hulls, the
United States has prohibited for
several years the importation Of
these products from all cotton
producing territory except 81
States of northern Mexico. For
the same reason cotton lint from
such countries has been admit.
ted into the United States only
at certain northern ports and
after fumigation. The new
amendments to quarantine reg
effective November 4,
extend the prohibition against
importing seeds, seed cotton, and
hulls to the previously excepted
Mexican territory, with the eX-
ception Of the Imperial Valley
south of the Mexico-California
line. This area is continuous
with the Imperial Valley Of Cal
ifornia, is devoted to the culture
Of the same kind of cotton, and
is largely settled by Americans
In view of the unity of cotton
culture in the valley and the en-
tire separation of the Mexican
portions of the area from conti-
mental Mexico by the Gulf Of
California and wide eXpanses of
desert country, it is not consid-
cred necessary to change the eX-
isting regulations there. The
growers of this valley on both
sides Of the international line.
however, will be warned Of tho
l,nger and it is expected nat
urally will refrain from any
traffic, if such exists, in cotton
or cottonseed and seed products
from those parts Of Mexico
against which the quarantine
has been promulgated.
AS to continental Mexico,
however, involving the five
States of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila,
Durango. Chihuahua and Tam
aulipas, the discovery of the pink
boil worm in the Laguna district
makes it absolutely imperative
that furthur movement of cotton
seed and hulls be stopped. This
has been effected by the order
issued by the Secretary of Agri-
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
MEETING OF THE W. c. T. U.

The annual meeting of the w.
c. T. u, will be held in the
church on November 21st, 1916,
All members are urged to be
present bv order Of the President
and Secretary.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17

culture, reyoking the amend
hents to the cotton seed quaran-
.me which permitted such move
b uent of seed from these States.
he control Of the movement of
int cotton from these States OF
. uortncrn Mexico has been eaec-
ted by a revision Of quarantine
iegulations which viii necessi-
tate the transportion by water
route of Mexican cotton inten-
ded for the United States to
spe..c northern PORTS of entry
whore Cisinfcution and comph-
ancc with the other features Of
the regulations can be laade.
The establishment of the pink
boil worm in Mexico presents
Dne of the greatest menaces
which has come to American
cotton culture in its history.
This insect in India, Egypt
Hawai- and other foreign cotton.
producing countries, has shown
capacity for damage exceeding
that of the boil weevil. This
possibility of damage has war
ranted the Department of Agri-
.ulture, under authority of the
Plant Quarantine Act. to make
he most strenuous efforts to
'.clude this insect from the
United States. This has invol-
yed, rs already noted, the regu-
lation Of the entire cotton i'm
porting business, representing
I value of imports of from thirty
TO fifty million dollars annually,
md the control Of the utilization
VI foreign cottons i'm all Of our
spinning. weaving and waste
mills, and other factories utiliz-
ing such cottons in any raw
state.
The Laguna district, where
he insect has been discovered.
'epresents one of the most inn
oortant cotton producing areas
n MeXico. 1t is an elevated
plateau region near San Pedro
n central northern Mexico
Cotton culture is there more in
-ensively prosecuted than any
where else in Mexico, and it is
possible that this very interest
n cotton culture has led to the
introduction OF the pink boil
worm in the effort to get impro.
ed cotton varieties from Egypt
~ other foreign sources. The
discovery that the worm exists
n McNioJ resulted from the sen
ding by a planter of the Laguna
district to the Federal Hor-
'icultural Board for deter.
nination some cotton bolls
from his plantation which he
supposed to be infested with
the common boil weevil. Ar
Examination of this material
'howed that the infesting insec'
$ the dreaded pink boil worm Of
Egypt and India.
The pink boil worm hibernates
in the larval state in the seed.
and i'm this way is readily carried
% any quarter of the world by
seed expectation. The adult in
sect is a small moth. The worm
attacks the immature cotton
bolls, and, in severe cases, re-
duces the yield so per cent. In
addition to this, the amount Of
oil obtained from the seed Of in
tested cotton is lessened from
Is to 20 per cent.
In announcing the discovery
of the pink boil worm near
American cotton-producing are
as, the Department of Agricul-
ture urges that all cotton inter-
ests give assistance to the Fed
eral authorities in preventing
any movement in violation of
the new amendments of cotton
seed. cottonseed hulls, seed cot
ton or cotton lint from Mexico
into the United States.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
LARGE WELL RIG
BEING UNLOADED

Mr. Kniiiin is now unloading
the largest size standard rig for
oil drilling purposes and will pro-
ceed to develop as fast as pos
sible. Eight loads have already
been hauled out to the well.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
OVER FOUR BILLION
NOW IN CIRCULATION

Washington, Nov. 16.-Money
IN circulation in the United
States on Nov. lst, amounted TO
4,24l, 1852, ,189, treasury officials
eport. The per capita circu-
alton was Sails on that date.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
WAR CORRESPONDENT
GOES EAST ON VISIT

Mrs. Jean Cabell Herbert, the
'adv war correspondent, left
'arly this week for the East
She expects to return to Column
bus in about three weeks.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
AIDES AUXILIARY
WILL HOLD MEETING

The Baptist Ladies' Auxiliary,
viii hold a meeting at the home
f Mrs Riggs on next Thursday.
{ 3: p. M, A cordial invitation
e'tonded to the Ladies of this
community.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17


'"WtNG EVFNTs
Nov. z7-sO-Mcettng state Educaticrs
AskUtlaUuu at Albuquerque.
Vegas
The criminal docket for the Noyem.
bor term OF the District Court at Ro,.
well is light
The Improvement. the Santa re rail
way Is making at the Carlsbad ter
minal are progressing well.
The Austn-Amazon Copper Com
pGny filed Incorporation papers IN the
s,ate corporation commissions Office
group OF mining prospects is be
Ing developed IN the Kimball disJrct,
three miles north Of Stems, Grant
county.
The new shaft on johnson mine.
operated by SJCurrO Mining and MIL.
ing Company is down 2g5 feet, stiil iu
mill grade ore.
A state unit law, just as thcra
county unit law upon the 90
books, is to be proposed IN O. co .g
Legislature by friends OF the puJIc
schools
As a result OF a drinking r-r-. ~
Santa Ft &, ru,I r a.r ~. al
his home 50 of UIp,s q.
"lth Er1 iu his s..c BE- al
cuts on BIS face.
The Nara.ro Woale. ON.
panv. a Wiscon. i'm ,s
capitgl stock of ss- ed
to do business u y . Ae..o .. It's
Office IN Albuquerque.
Academy of the Sacred Heart OF
Mary is the name OF a pey,. .. I.d
Catl alic con.cn. ID "hal...a.. s8ty
of san Nilusl. By E,y Peter Runner.
parisb prl.st of that Mace
Since Aug 1916 a total Of 3lC
acres of land within the SANTA ~ ma
'ional forest. New Mexico were lisre1
with the secretary of the interior and
will shortly be opened TO entry under
the forest homestead act.
NJ g. l., NJ. ,....,.... &c.
800 pcrss was SOLD IN srate senate,
IL PunkRE of I.HmN gt 81
rhs sale was made NV spar.,l Mas
Ter Il A Iobnson subject IN tho ap
,,~ysI Of the District Court
We" MeNi'o may 500" nave count
20 '''''e 00"..'''S u'' '"'
which odioirs Sam ,r.gnrI roprty Is
out oftar , co,tnty agricrlt,,rist uitb
raod prosp,rts for landing ors
l".'''',"s OF ne" an"'' n''o" o"O'
'oo' 'v''' nus o',. s'n' ''u AZ w
sepaIa'' po'''S uy Moso''on M'hes 70
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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
JUSTICES OFFICE
HAS BEEN MOVED

Judge Peach has removed
rom his old quarters and is now
located in Peach's Restaurant,
which was formerly conducted
BY him.
STEALS LOCOMOTIVE
AND TAKES A RIDE
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17

Boost Columbus by patroniz-
ing her industries.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17

The Fountaine Stock Com
pany which has ben playing
here all this week, will give
their last performance here on
Sunday night. These players
have been giving us good clean
shows, and we are sorry that
they are leaving so soon.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-11-17
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union Eovs Service
'"WtNG FNFNTs
nov. zI-So-McettnV state EducatioHs
ASSOC iatiuu at Albuquerque.
Juno lf-lf--CoWbUyE Reunion az La
Vegas
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
Dickens Fellowship.

The Dickens Fellowship is an organ
ization with its center in London and
branches in the principal cities Of the
English-speaking lands. Its member
ship consists of people who enjoy read
ing and talking about the novels Of
Charles Dickens, and In supporting the
sort of benevolent enterprise which
would especially have attracted him
Fellowship meets every month at the
Nation Arts club, Gramercy Park, New
York city. The program of the meet
ing consists of discussions, debateS
the reading of papers, the presents
ton of brief plays and music. At me
fellowship's annual dinner, held on
Dickens birthday, the guests OF homo.
are the most prominent novelists Oh
the day. The New York branch OF me
fellowship supports a cot in chlias
hospital, gives a Christmas treat u
crippled children, and has other oenee'
olent activities.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
Motor Car Defined.

A motor car is really selt-runnms
and rather realistic moving piclui,,
machine. The difference is that -
hills are better than play Ones ~
one has much the same panoran'.ss
sort of pleasure except that, nsee.s
of sitting in a row of ten cent sea.
with great mass Of people IN -.
jerky and the clickety dark, one p.
securely and privately in ones ~"
moving picture machine and does -.
erything ones self. One steers =.
mountains past one, steers the r'' ~.
and hills with lever and turns -
scenery on and off.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
How Clever Plants Are.

The cleverness of some plants
indisputable. A sundew, or fy-eaeel,
deceived by a piece of chalk, seizea
in its tendrils, but upon discovering
the fraud Immediately withdrew them.
A fly, held just out Of its reach oi1
not tempt it to move, but as soon :.
it was brought little nearer the PLANK
prepared to take possession Of 1t ps,
win showed that begonia had EaDl'
of searching for a hole to insert ~
tendrlls into, and even Of withdrawn
the tendril to insert it in another nolss
If the first proved unsuitable. NOT -
this power of selecting combined =
any particular class. Climbers Has
the lianas will refuse to coil around
branch not strong enough to bear tneit
weight.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
TRIBUTE TO JANE Austen
Why the Writer cOnsia..
Have Been Greater Arts, Ts., %
George Sand.

In the history of literature csor.
Sand is the great example Of w eusss
who won success by the mascu,,ra :.
luton of detachment from exner,sn !.
and Jane Austen, the great $500.
Of woman who won success ~ ~
feminine solution of identIsc.,,o.
with her own dailyness.
! am inclined to think the Iatto. :.
far the greater artist, Just as -.
inclined to think that in lIterat,r.,
rather than in any other form Of me,.
tai activity will always be fouual
woman's highest intellectual achieve
ment, for the simple reason that vor,.
ans genius consists in personality, ana
for the expression of personallty
words are the only adequate medium.
Jane Austen's example is the great en-
enlargement for the woman vhe
wishes to write without ceasing to b.
a simple everyday woman.
Jane Austen was capable Of a de-
tachment that enabled her to writa
books that give no hint of the thun-
der of the Napoleonic wars even when
she had two brothers on fighting ships
She was capable of an identification
with her surroundings that enabled
her to write novels of universal hu
manity and eternal artistry and d
keep right on being everybody's aun
ut the same time.
She was sane and humorous in he
novels because she was sane and hi
morous out of them. She achieve
fame because she had first achieve
personality.
Still, her fame is only a thin, fra
fire set beside the effulgence Of
dozen men of her time. Yet, I won
rather have been Jane Austen tn:
Shelley or Wordsworth or Keats.
Winifred Kirkland, in Atlant
Monthly.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
In Praise of the crl.L.

: An i OLD French saying is, "As s,,lv ,s
MI cricket ,i.e but Charles Dickens giv as
TINS little musician quite n di,ye enoes
character in one of his most tor' gu.
domestic stories ever written 'e ..,,,'
H Hrne I on ~ the Hearth, a Fairy Tale of
Home The story takes its nam aa s, OF
lhe quaint description with Whit rom n
open, OF trial of skill in the no,' y
home of an English carter ha,, ,ne coy
t tea , and house cricket, IN wb i,.e
.ne latter gains the victory. .rro ~ hn.
ola t tSa !. on the hearth" Dot peryb,u.
s,e' .he carriers wife, tells her hnsS sp,l,'
lis the luckiest thing in the , husband
indianapolis News. ~ "oriu' =
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
Owner Of strono VIII,

10y husband was cone,rno,
smoker when | married him =
weed" 'ouches the
,ro Goo N,i said a.. one Of the group. ~r,,
qu IRE, a pretty strong vim" '''u' re-
Francisco Bulletin. so' San
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
Geese Are Pensioners.

Dick and Mary. two geese, Is e.
thirty-slx, which belonged to the - -.
Mrs. John Benns of Cleveland -.
now pensioners in the zoo, where Nv =
viii live the rest of their lives -
was their mistress wish that they .
allowed to finish their days IN pea
and comfort.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
ED. The men are kept In

n, ne Blanpre, new naval attacno
~ .ne French embassy, who has inst
arrived IN the United States and to IaSs
up MS official duties in Wasb,nat s"Aen
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27

"Ferdy is mean boy. To teaM
nlm' ! refused to give him a kiss osss
the Wire"
"Wellf"
he Immediately asked the telepncnss
girl to give him some other numne1'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-27
Not Candy.

What have you In that pacsas~
hubbyf
A-er--a quart, my dear. W
did YOU ihlnk?a
Thought maybe II was pound.
hansr" civ Journal.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
RESTAURANT FALLS.
AT LEAST 10 DEAD
Akron o. Cafe collapses When
Filled With Dinnr Guests
Many Injured.

Akron, o., May -. - While the
tables were crowded at the dinner
hour tonight, the Crystal restaurant
collapsed and slid into an excavation
which had been dug for new building
to adjoin the restaurant.
At $50, or three hours after the
accident occurred, ten bodies were re-
covered. Forty others were wounded
and several were taken to the hos
pitfalls and are reported to be dying.
The identified dead at midnight to-
night were: William Lawson, Akron;
his daughter, Mary Lawson; c. A.
Tompkins, Cincinnati, and the Rev. D..
S. Thomas of Cumberland. Many of
the bodies were mutilated.
While the exact cause of the acct
dent is unknown, it is supposed that
the adjoining excavation undermined
the building. 1t collapsed with but an
instant's warning.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
Cold Wave ITS
Distress Signal
On Spring buds
City Clerk Sends Winter Suits
TO Tailor and Shivers All
Day in His Airy Creation
of Gray-Matt Morrison
Sees His Shadow.

Summer suits and straw hats that
were caught out last night brought
grief to their owners. The drop in
the temperature took the mercury
down to eight degrees above freezing
at 2 o'clock this morning.
City Clerk Frssell sent his winter
wardrobe, consisting OF four suits, to
the tailor to be pressed Saturday. He
was left with only his summer seem
cry. He reached his Office a bit early
yesterday morning, clad in an airy
creation of bleached snow gray, and a
straw hat. He shivered during the
morning, and during the noon hour
doubled the covering on his lower ex-
tremities. He was comfortable during
the heated part of the afternoon, but
the drop in temperature Just before
twilight sent him frollicking home
after his winter earlnuffs.
Mayor Kage expressed regret that
he could not reScind his order concern
ing straw hats. He built 4 fire in his
big office stove last evening for the
comfort of his birds, he said, but
remained in the room to keep his can
aries company until bedtime.
Five hours after Col. Matt Morrison,
the goosebOne weather prophet, had
announced Monday that there would
be no more cool weather until autumn,
there was a sudden drop in the tenn
perature.
The Colonel made his announcement
upon his return from one of his farms.
He brought with him blackberry
vine laden with blossoms.
"You know these don't bloom until
after blackberry winter" sighed the
Colonel. "WelI, them two cold days
last week wuz blackberry winter.
Now, take it from ne, we are going
to have some mighty hot weather from
nov. on. There'll not be another cold
day until October"
Col. Morrison could not be located
yesterday when an effort was made to
get a goosebcne opinion of the present
cold snap. One of his assistants ven-
tured the opinion that the Colonel had
seen his shadow around the old brick
wal! on South Spanish street and had
gone into his hole.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
TELEPHONE CHIEF
QUITS TO MARRY
is GIVEN SHOWER
Linen Party Arranged for
Miss Alice Simpson, Who
Is to Wed Frank Schaefer.
HAS BEEN OPERATOR
IN CAPE NINE YEARS
She MemoriZed All of Phone
Numbers and Could Identify
Patrons by Their Voices.

Miss Alice Simpson, oldest operator
in the employ of the Bell Telephone
Company, in point Of service, resigned
her position yesterday and will become
the bride of Frank Schaefer sometime
next month. The exact date has not
yet been announced.
Miss Simpson was one of the mos,
popular employees of the company
She has been with the telephone CON-
pany for nine years, during which
time she has served as chief operator,
had charge of the long distance wires,
and has acted in the role of teacher
that is, she taught beginners how to
become proficient operators. 1t is said
that she is able to distinguish almost
every voice in the Cape over the tele-
phone. She has memorized ever phone
number and is familiar with most of
those in the country.
Her engagement was not generally
known until few days ago, although
some of her close friends had been
expecting the announcement. Miss
Bertha Taubert, of Louisiana avenue,
last night gave a linen shower in hon.
or Of Miss Simpson, and every tele-
phone operator IN this city who could
attend was present, and several came
from Jackson.
Pretty presents were given to Miss
Simpson, and each donor gave express
sions of regret at her departure from
the telephone service. The home was
decorated with blossoms, carried out
in lavender and white. A dainty
luncheon was served, with ices and
cake, which also were of lavender.
Among those present were: Miss
Clara Vasterling, Miss Cleo Davis,
Miss Frances Theaux, Miss Frances
McNeely, Miss Tony Schrader, Miss
Anna Koeherer, Miss Gussy Horn,
Miss Lydia Wolff, Miss Lydia Brand,
Miss Lucille Brand, Miss Paula Grieb,
Miss Rachael Finny, Miss Marie Tau
bert, and Mrs. Stousing, all Of the
Cape. Miss Jennie Horn, Miss Willie
Williams and Miss Meta Meyers, tele-
phone operators at Jackson, also were
present.
Miss Simpson was the recipient of
congratulations from her friends, al
most every one Of whom she had
fought. She will devote all of her
time until the date Of her marriage to
making arrangements for the event
and preparing the home which the
newiy-weds will occupy upon their re-
turn from the honeymoon trip.