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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Luna County

For Sheriff
w. c. SIMPSON
For Treasurer
EDGAR HEPP
For Clerk
CHAS. R. HUGHES
For Assessor
JOS. A. STUMP
For Co. supt. of Schools
MRS, ALICE SMITH
For County Surveyor
L. NJ. CARL
For Probate Judge
c. c. FIELDER
For Co. Commissioner, I'd District
FRANK L. NORDHAUS
For Co. Commissioner. Sd District
M ". PHILLIPS
For State Representative,
Luna County.
T. G. UPTON
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
EXPLAINING AN APPELLArloN.

"Why do you call your mule Phil.
ippines;'"
a gemman come along an told
me dat I'D be a good name" replied
Mr.. Erastus Pinkley. - were sous
in de animal wifi i'm an | told i'm
WASH made up in my mind whether
Id hold on to i'm or try to trade in
III or lose i'm"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

Mrs. Daniel c. Kloss and little
daughter Margaret, Of FL Paso,
Texas, have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. kloss's parents,
MIR. and Mrs. j. Il. Blair, during
the past week.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

Mrs. Anna f. Wright returned
from a months visit with friends
in California. She brought a
basket of flowers with her which
attracts no small amount of
attention.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

Make free use of printers ink.
Talk to the world about your
business-the line of goods you
carry; their style, peculiarities
and adaptabilities. In purchas-
ing, do so with care, remember
ing that goods we'll bought are
half sold. Make careful %selec-
tons, buy cheap, and make the
selling price reasonable. Tell
the people what you will do,
and do what you advertise,
every time. Send out your
messages every week. The
people look for it and are dis.
appointed if they see it not; and
it is often the case after your
long silence, h c constant
appeals of others have caught
the eye and drawn thitherward
many a good customer you
once had, who is now a patron
of him who neglected not to tell
where to 60 to get what he wan
ted. at reasonable rates. This
is as it will be, in this busy age.
People take and read the paper
for a purpose, and one is to
find out where they can get
what they want without spend.
ing a day hunting over town to
find it. The merchant who
apprises them of this fact, in a
judicious way. will be the one
that catches the trade. builds up
a lucrative business, and makes
his calling a success.
One of the traits of a wide
awake, progressive town is civic
pride. 1t is a good trait, for
while sometimes it leads one
into making slightlyexaggerated
statements, yet in the main it
IS a good, healthy feeling for the
individual, and at all times
conducive to the prosperity
and growth of his city. 1t makes
one vigorous in defense, and
persistent in undertaking; it is
an incentive to industry; it
makes the individual contented
and therefore happy. Believe
in your town and talk your be-
lief. If you have any old TO-
gies remember they are in the
minority, and that it takes all
kinds of people to make a world
anyway. Encourage i've
people to move in by making it
worth their while. Welcome
outside capital in developing
any natural resources the town
has. Don't begrudge the dol.
lars the enterprisingman makes,
but hustle around and collar a
few yourself. Above all pull
together and the town will
ride the high wave of prosperity
over the most discouragins
breakers, and every inhabitant
will get his or her share Of the
profit from the voyage.
This is like all other cities of
It's size. Ii is not without the
croker OF the kicker. His pres
ence seems indispensable to
keep up the contrast between
tie snterprisine citizen whose
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

Learn the Barber trad e..
Wages earned while learning.
Positions guaranteed. MOler
Barber School, 429 +. 9TH Street,
Los Angeles, Cal. 6m c
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
Advertising Rates

Is cents per single column inch, each
assertion. Is &c nts per single column
,nch, contract. Local column 10 cents
Jer line each insertion.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
Subscription Rates

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six months In advance.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
Aug. SO-pemicratie state Convention
at Santa "a
Aug. 3l-T Nsaivo State Convention
AZ Santa
Aug. sos, Annual Convention
portales baptist Association at Fort
Sumner.
Sept A-t-State Tennis Tournament ~
Roswell.
Sept l4-i6-Falr at Artesia.
Sept l5-l6-Fair at Dexter.
Sept l4-lN-State Fair at AlbuqueEquv,
Sept lS-23-Livc stock n odu
Exposition at Roswell
Sept 2S-Falr at G~rpcnNille.
oct. 3-6-New Mexico Bankers Ahsocl-
alton Convention ~ Grand canon
Aria
oct iO-l3-Dona Ana county Fall al
Las Cruces
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

First.class Toilet Articles For
Sale at The Elite. adv
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
Columbus Has AerOplane Delivery

NAAN NAAe
which has an aeroplane rural free
delivery. The flying machine
has proved reliable and has been
adopted by the government as a
carrier between Columbus and
General Pershing's camp in Mex.
leo.
Only the first class mail is sent
by aeroplane. All the other mail
is sent by automobile truck. The
aeroplales make regular trips on
schedule time, and the mail ser.
vice afforded by this method is
very satisfactory.
The post Office at Columbus is
unique in many ways. In the
first place, five moths ago this
little office was ba rely out Of the
fourth class. All of the business
of the office was handled by Mr..
and Mrs. Burkhead. Columbus
had a population of only 700 at
that time and il was an easy mat
ter to handle the nail for a town
of that size, but almost overnight
the little border office was con.
fronted with the problem of
handling as much mail as ordi
narily passes passes through a
first class office.
Wien Villa raided Columbus
he gave the citizens a terrible
scare, put Columbus on the map
and caused the United States to
send 1900 troops from Colum
bus into Mexico. Then t h q
trouble for Postmaster B~urkhead
began Mail for the twelve thOus
and soldiers 'somewhere in Mex
ico'' began to stack up in the little
office. The postmaster wired
Washington for aid, but all he got
was encouraging kilograms.
With all this encouragement Mr..
and Mrs. Burkhead couldn't
handle the enormous mail which
piled in on them over night. They
had to have help. Finally the
postmaster took il upon himself
to employ three experienced
clerks with the understanding
that he could not assure them
that the government would pay
their salaries. He put these
clerks to work at once and they
have been working ever since and
have had no trouble whatever in
collecting their salaries.
In less than a week after Gen.
eral Pershing went into Mexico
the business of the Columbus
Office jumped from a little more
than a fourth class office to a
first class Office. The reports of
this Office do not reflect correctly
the business handled by it be.
cause about 40 per cent OF the
business is government business
and no record of il is made.
The business now demands the
attention of eight clerks ana MR..
and Mrs. Burkhetd The work
is carried on in Two offices or
buildings. The mann p~,,Jofice
occupies a floor spar. OF - Cy 81
feet on the civil sid OF tue town,
and military side of the town
occupies a floor space - by 80
feet. a building temporarily
erected serves to handle the mail.
The railway clerks have been
instructed TO separate the mail
for the civil part of town from
the military, 50 when the mail is
received at Columbus it is sent
direct to each office. The rail
road separates the town, the
civil being on the north side and
the military on the south side Of
the tracks.
After reaching Columbus all
the mail is reworked and dis
tributed to the proper cases
and then TO the sacks for the
different camps and regiments of
soldiers or Il their detachments
along the truck train road TO the
southernmost station reached by
] A. 49, M
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

] hereby announce my candidacy for the
nomination Tor the office Of district A,tor.
ney Of the Sixth Judicial District. State OF
New Mexico, subject TO the action o. the
Democratic party.
J. S. VAUGHT.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

How can YOU know they're mar
rled Z"
Cant You see; He's making her
strap her own skates"
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25

Wanted Position by lady, any
kind of work considered. Inquire
at Courier Office. If
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-25
THE COLUMBUS COURIER
Published Every Friday by
The Courier Publishing Company
C. E. PARKS.


Entered at the Postofice at Columbus,
New Mexico, for transmission through
the Mails as Second Glass Mail Mat
ter
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
COUNTY HOSPITALS.

Under the laws of Iowa, the various
counties may build and maintain hos
pitfalls. This privilege has been eXercis'
ed with splendid results in Washing.
ton, Jefferson and other counties. At
Washington and at Fairfield it was
necessary to erect new structures and
each cost about $25 900. A very small
tax brings a return of about $4,000 per
year which is ample for the mainten'
ance and improvement of the restitu.
tiOns.
If Mahaska county should wish to
take advantage of this law, the people
could be saved the first cost, as the
Oskaloosa hospital and grounds could
be taken over, and there would be no
cost to the country, other than the
small amount which would represent
the difference between the revenues
from patience and the expenses for OPP
Grafton. This might be nothing. but
the institution with the county back OF
lit would command greater prestige.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
PLANT WALNUT TREES.

Because of the very high listing
qualities of its wood and the mOder
ately rand rate OF growth of the tree
in good location, black walnut Is one
of thu most desirable trees to plant
on the farm. Small patches Of
rough. quilted or unused land about
the farm and narrow strips along
fence rows and highways or corners
of barnyards and stock lots make
ideal places for planting this Valu
able tree. The method is simple ana
the present heavy crop of nuts makes
this year most favorable time 10 be
gin work along this line. The region
where walnut growing is practicable
extends from southern New England
west TO the central states and south
ito South Carolina and along the
northern portions of the gulf states
to Oklahoma. The finest growth
takes place in the rich cove of the
lower Appalachians and over the
Ohio and central Mississippi basins
The black walnut tree is compare
lively free from insnct attack, partic'
ularly the wood. The price of black
walnut lumber in recent years has
been consistently high. Another
factor to be considered is the rapidly
diminishing supply of walnut trees
over practically it's entire range in
the United States. due to recent cut
ting in order to meet The demand for
gunstock material. The tree yields
wood which may be used for posts
and for a wide variety Of purposes
about the farm, in case ii is sold In
the lumber market.
In order to succeed well, walnut
requires a rather COOL grade of soil.
hence no attempt should be made to
plant it on poor, thin soil or on hot,
dry exposures. Favorable situation
far rapid development r. on strong
limestone soils, deep alluvial soils,
and stony loan soils along the mar
gins of highlands Since the walnut
tree requires a large amount of light,
II may successfully be planted on
OEen tracts recently cleared of old
growth and on recently abandoned
fields. In this respect it resembles
black locust, which. however, grows
faster, but in many localities is more
or less subject to serious attack by
a wood boring beetle.
The walnut crop was particularly
heavy last year affording a splendid
to gather or buy seed for
planting. Nuts should be stored
over winter and planted the follow
ing sDring, They are best stored in
pits dug in the ground, the bottom OF
the nit being covered with leaf litter
or straw. on which a 3-inch LAYER OF
nuts is placed, then a layer of litter.
and so. on. covering the whole with
soil TO as to leave the surface a few
inches higher than the general level.
Planting should be done about the
time termination begins. In eastern
United States north of the gulf startes
this is during the month of March
and early April.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
WEARING THE GREEN.

st. Patrick was the apostle of Ire
land AMI in the 9Th century converted
the people of the Emerald Isle to Cath
olicity. He was not an Irishmun, bil
OF Scotch and Roman descent. and
may have been born, according to
some authorities at the present Roul
ogne sur Mer. a seaport town in France
or what is now called Fitzpatrick, in
his honor, Scotland. near Dumb barton
as is declared by the Catholic Lives
of the Saints" His father was Calpur
MUS, a deacon. and his mother prob
ably. Conchessa, a niece of st. Martin
of Tours.
Briton or Roman. by decent. was
the Saint. and Scotch or French by
birth, and which has never been de.
fnitelv decided. but of all the litera.
ture that has ben written upon the
subject, one fact remains uncontrovert
able, st. Patrick was a gentleman.
The good Saint was accredited with
many miracles. The greatest of these,
according to the popular opinion, was
the Punishment of snakes from Ire
land Tradition has it that st. Patrick
as a proof of his power, played music
to which the reptiles all danced mer.
rily down 10 the sea and were drown
ed BY some it is declared that the
tune was THE Irish Washerwomarl."
So great was the power of the Saint.
II is sail, that even should a good son
OF Ireland partake Of too much pc
theen, pink rabbits and scarlet cats
would visualize before him instead of
the traditional snakes"
Patrick was carried in early life TO
Ireland as a prisoner. a slave. Here he
became an earnest Christian, and af-
ter escaped to Scotland but was again
led captive this time to France, where
he entered the Monastery OF Lefins.
After travelling to Rome and receiving
conservation at the hands of Pope Col
estinr he went into Ireland to preach
Christianity. His success was wonder.
ful Over 10000 converts were baptised
with his own hands and he established
365 churches and the Monastery at
Armagh and at Domnach- Padraig and
Sabhal- Padraig.
After twenty years OF labor he fixed
his Episcopal see at Armagh. The
churches and schools with which he
filed the country were the basis of The
great educational supremacy OF Ire
land and in the early Christian period
attracted students from other conn.
tries, He was buried az Down ia III
ster, and he probably livEi to reach
he goadly number ofi126 years or at
cast 1t6I 4. ~ M
The slamroek IS worn In 81, Pat
1ck's homer I'M ms much as II was Ms.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
F. N. BRISTOL COMING
Nebraska Bishop Will Speak at
Central M. E, Friday.

Bishop Frank NJ Bristol of Omaha
Nebraska, one OF the leading bishOrs
OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
will speak in Oskaloosa at the Cen.
trail Nj. h. church on FRIDAY evening.
in the interest of the Iowa Wesleyan
college campaign and the cause of
education generally. Prior to his
election as bishop, about the time OF
the Mckinley administration, Dr.
Bristol was the pastor of the great
Metropolitan M. f. church at W"sh.
ington, d. c., and he is regarded as
one OF the most eloquent spctkers
In Methodism. His address, on C1r-
cation is referred to as one of his
best and those who have heard if
are charmed. with his manner of dc.
livery and the way in which he uses
his arguments. If the people OF Os,
kaloosa were really aware of what is
In store for them, the church adj.
torium would be crowded on Friday
evening. 1t is not a money pro gram
but Is an address which is well cal
cualted to give knowledge and infor.
nation regarding one of the greatest
subjects OF the day,-that of Chris.
tan education and it's need for the
church of tomorrow. The local
church have looked forward for weeks
to this event and all who are at al
interested in this great subject
should make 1t a point to be present
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16

in Des Molnes the other day 10 con.
slider reports Of special inquiries made
by its members, as, to the effect of inn
proved roads upon land values and
business in market towns. e. F.. Rose
of Shenandoah, and e. T. Mes,,dith,
of Des Moines. submitted data TO the
effect that In all communities in the
agriculture states of Illinois, Indiana.
Ohio. Michigan. Wisconsin and Mime,
sofa where roads had been surfaced
either with gravel or pavements the
land near by had advanced in value at
once and merchants, mayors and com
mercial Gibbs invariably organized to
extend the road improvements mean
their towns when once a hard road
had been tried
Senator j. w. Foster of Guthrie Cen
ter, the banker member, submitted re
ports from the largest bond brokers
TO the effect that county bonds today
would obtain money at AZ to Az pei
cent interest and probably at 4 pei
cent in the near future. He advised
the commission that a bond issue
would bring large sums of new money
into the state to be spent for public
improvements Of lasting character
and that so long as a citizens mCneI
was worth at least 6 per cent in his
own business the individual taxpayer
would save ~ per cent on the cost o
a road every year he could use The
road at cost of Az per cent for Other
peoples money. II the bonds shoulS
run thirty years this saving Of ~ pei
cent compounded would save for tbs
taxpayer in their private business tht
full cost of the road in twenty eigh
years so that all benefits to land val
ues, all reductions in the cost of haul
ing all convenience to life upon the
farms and improvements tn business
in the towns would he clear profit
from hard surfaced roads. Present
road levies ara sufficient to- gravel the
entire county road system OF Iowa
and to nave some Of it If bonded. The
tax levies now being paid would pay
Off the bonds while the full cost of the
road woult be saved to the taxDave,
bv having his own money to USE in his
own business which he would other
wise have to pnt mp for road building
were bonds not issued and new money
not brought into his county.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
THE RuMMAeE SALE.

She opened her garnet and closets,
Peered back on the uppermost shelf
Pulled ont the things she had thrust
away
AS not good enough for herself;
Overlooked not the flimsiest item
She found in her annual search,
For any old rummage is good enough
For a rummage sale for the church
She drew forth d china teapot,
Quite good,-save it had no spout,
And there was q lamp that always
smoked,
So she'd finally thrown it out;
And then came a muslin shirtwaist,
Frail shield 'gainst the winters
blast,
But-rip off the lace!-somebody viii
pay
A dime for the poor outcast.
This? Why this is flannel jacket,
All threadbare and fretted will
holes;
And here are some slippers and higf
heeled shoes,
She must have danced out. theil
soles.
Four cups with the handles all broker
A bodice that's minus a cord.
But-they all go into her basket
They'll bring few cents for the
Lord!
And so the cleaning goes forward,
For miladi is fired with zeal
To sell to the poor of the parish
What a thief would not trouble tc
steel.
And the price OF the wornout gar
ments
(The sweat of the poor who buy)
Is set aside as an offering
To the Lord of the Hosts on High
Comes a time when miladfs translated
To mansions not made with hands
And st Peter, who knows all her rec
ord,
Shall say to his angelic bands:
GO look in the dimmest of corners
or the closet under the stair
Is a derited crown that has lost two
stars. ... ..., St.. ...- ...-..t- .... 4
But twill do for this woman TO wear
"And here are some wornout sandals
A robe and other old things.
And just take down from their hook
on the wall
That pair of secondhand wings:
They are rusty, know, in the hinges,
To use them she may demur,
But-her trash was cool enough for
the Lord,
So we'll hold rummage for her
Sara Beaumont Kennedy.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
THE LAvAs OF HAWAII.

! Among the island possessions of the
| United States none exhibit more not
able points of interest for the observ
ant traveller or the naturalist than the
! Hawaiian Islands. The natives are tyr
zeal of the race inhabiting many
island groups of the south Pacific, the
plant life has the attractive features
of insular development in semitropical
latituded, the marine life of the warm
waters is wonderful, but perhaps the
most fascinating. instructive, and awe
inspiring of all the natural phenome
ma of Hawaii are furnished by its &C
tfvevolcanos. The whole group of is
lands, extending in a chain for many
hundred miles, is of volcanic origin,
though some of the ishets and reefs
are but the wave battered remnants
iof volcanoes whose fires have long
stree died ont.
Since the time of Captain Cook the
Hawaiian islands have been visited
by biologists and others interested I'm
the problems of volcanoes, and much
has been written concerning them. Re.
Gently the United States Geological
Survey has taken up the investigation
of the islands from various economic
and scientific points of view and is
preparing Topographic maps, which
are necessary for many kinds of work.
II has been found that the geologic
history of the islands is by no means
so simple as was supposed from the
earlier publications concerning them.
II appears that there are many 9th.
er kinds Of lavas In Hawaii besides
basalt, and many facts of association
OF the different lavas are of interest
to students OF the inner history OF vol
canos. While much is yet to be learn
ed concerning the laws OF these island
Mr.. Gross shows that present knowl,
edge or the rocks is sufficient to throw
light on some OF the most yexed cues
lions pertaining to the origin and re-
lafions OF the ingeous rocks OF the
earth. The chemical relations are dis
.nssed with particular thoroughness.
I 6fut ~ nf, Anc uofru uonnc
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
-Careful investigation and con

Careful investigation and com
parison in the showing OF farmers
and other teams before and after
road improvement. disclose some re-
markable results. In one case an in
crease OF three hundred and eighty
and another. of two hundred and
thirty three per cent. was shown in
the delivery Of products for an equal
cost Compare and consider this pro-
n for the farmer with bis small pro.
portion Of the road enforcement cost.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-03-16
A Magnificent Issue.

What Cheer Chronicle: The PRO
gress Edition" of the 0skaloosa Her
aid was sure a magnificent issue and
will do world of good for Oskaloosa.
II was one of the greatest newspapers
for the purpose for which 1t was pub
lished we have even seen. The Herald
boys are q progressive bunch and up
to date i'm all they do, and Oskaloosa
people sure appreciate their splendid
efforts to keep Oskaloosa in the
front of Iowa wide awake, progressive