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The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
Goodnight

If Mr.. Goodnight of the Snooze de-
voted more time to proof reading his
own effusions and less to criticising
The Citizen perhaps Otto-Johnson's
advertisement writers could be con-
vinced that the Snooze is not trying
to make monkey of them. In Otto
Johnson's ad last week under the sub
title of "Due to Arrive" the follow
ing gem appeared as result of Mr..
Goodnight attending to everybody's
business but his own: early next
week big shipment of Shirts, Soft
Shirts with and without collars, Dress
and Work Shirts, also big lot of
Sport Shirts. The question arises,
Will l need a harvester? and will be
we'll worth your time to come in and
see them"
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
tuberculosis Claims Oklahoma Man

On Friday of last week, j. V. Hyer
of Canton, Oklahoma, passed away af-
ter hard siege of tuberculosis. He
came to Clayton eleven months ago
and the change benefited him great
w for a while. His father and
mother were with him in his last
hours. His brothers came from Can
ton, to attend the funeral. They ar
rived too late to see him while living.
The services were conducted by the
Odd Fellows here as he was member
of that order and had been for num-
Der of years. He is survived by a
father, mother and two brothers. He
was a young man of sterling quality
and was held in the highest esteem
by all who knew him for his patience
and resignation to the suffering ne
had borne for many weeks past.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
Catholics to Hold Big Fair

v -
Members of the Catholic Church,
and the FRANCISCAN sisters, will hold
a fair during court week and no ex-
pense or labor will be spared to make
this fair the best of anything of its
kind the town has ever had yet.
Amusements are planned and there
will be attractive booths with the
most desirable wares. Mrs. Frank
Garcia has been elected President of
the committees to superintend the
work. Luncheons will be served daily.
Mrs. John Brophy in charge of the
needlework department and Mes
danes Leyba and Gould will preside
over the Fish Pond. A doll booth, In
dian, Chinese and Spanish booths
country store, Fortune-telling, and
dancing, will comprise the amuse.
ments, each day evening. The 10.
cation will be announced later.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
Texline Boy Suicides

Hal Branstetter, age 20, crippled
boy of Texline was found dead on his
bed at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Bennett, Wednesday evening. A chlor-
oform soaked handkerchief was lying
on his face and a glass of the chlor-
oform was on a table nearby. Finan-
cial troubles were supposed to have
caused him to suicide. He left three
letters, one addressed to a girl friend
Miss Crayber, one to his mother, the
other to a man living near Texline. 1t
is not known as yet what the letters
contained. He was buried at Texline
this afternoon.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
CLERK

An examination for clerk will be
held at the post Office in this city on
August 26, 1916.
Age limit, 18 to As years on the
date of the examination.
Married women will not be admitted
to the examination. This prohibition
however, does not apply to women
who are divorced, but they are elig-
ible for appointment only as clerk.
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must be
not less than feet inches in height
in bare feet, and weight not less thar
1876 pounds without overcoat or hat
For application blanks and fol
full information relative to the exam.
nations, qualifications, duties, salar
les, vacations, promotions, ETC., ad
dress Immediately
THE POSTMASTER,
Post Office, Clayton, N. M.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
Case Taken Under Amusement

The Mansker case was taken under
advisement Tuesday by Judge Lieb at
Ration who has promised decision
not later than this week. Messrs. W..
D. Kilburn, o. T. Toombs, Robt. Man
skier, Dewey Johnson, D. ". Snyder,
Palmer, Gill, G. C. Smith, C. L. Col
Inns, county advisor to the commits
sioners, Capt. Snyder and Don Salo-
me Garcia, county commissioners, and
T. ]. Crumley, sheriff, motored over
to Ration the first of the week to at
tend the hearing. Attorneys Spiess,
Catron and Leahy were representing
the defense and Gill, Collins and Rem
ley conducted the persecution.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
CORONER JURY HEAR EVIDENCE
OVER BODY OF HYPES

One of the most distressing TRACE
dies ever to cast a pail over Clayton
eliminated Saturday afternoon when
N. A. Hypes, farmer of near Sofia,
N. NJ, died at the Rope hospital from
a fracture of the skull, the result of
having been struck by G. c. Dewey
Johnson about midnight Friday night.
At the coroner's inquest held Sun
day, it developed from testimony of
witnesses that Hypes arrived in town
Friday night and searched for
place to put his team for the night.
Arriving at Peoples Feed yard he
was unable to obtain feed and went
to the johnson home, evidence tends
to show, to make inquiry as to the
whereabouts of the proprietor of the
place. 1t is reprted that Mrs. John
son and her sister, who were alone
in the house, thought the man had
evil intentions when he called at the
house. They were frightened and
told Mr.. Johnson about the matter.
johnson went in search of Hypes
and found him standing on the cor
ner in front of the general depart
ment of the Otto-Johnson Mercantile
Co.
Johnson asked Hypes if he was the
man who had been "to the house
across the track" Hypes admitted he
had been and Johnson Immediately
struck him, the number of blows vary
ing with the different witnesses ver-
sion.
Frank Garcia, night-watchman, was
nearby. Seeing that Hypes was in
jured, he decided the proper place for
him was the Jail and forthwith took
him there after Mrs. johnson had
identified him as the man who had
been at the Johnson home, a short
while before.
About noon, Saturday, Hypes, hav-
ing been unconscious for several
hours it was decided to remove him
to the hospital. DR.. Bristol made an
examination of Hypes about $3.50 Sat
urday morning and decided that Hypes
was taking insensibility. The cor
oner's jury returned verdict that
"Hypes came to his death by blow
from the fist of Dewey Johnson
Johnson's bond was fixed at $4,000
Hypes has several acquaintance
in Clayton, who knew him in Kansas
when Hypes was travelling sales
man for a barber supply house il
Topeka. He was known as a relig
ious fanatic.
DR.. Bassett, of Des Moines, tool
Hypes body to Sofia, Monday. Mrs
Hypes, visiting in Illinois is reported
to have wired that she was afraid t,
return to New Mexico thinking tina
her husband had been killed in
"border raid"
The coroner's jury consisted of N
G. Tixier, R. M. Sloan, DR.. N. f
Charlton, R. @. Palmer, Roy Murra
and T. F. Savage.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
ship in educational matters.

ship in educational matters.
When he became County Superin-
tendent there were only twenty-six
school houses and sixty-eight teachers
in Union County. He has built sew
enty-fve new school houses in the
county, an enviable record; and he
has gradually increased the teaching
force as the needs of the people call
ed for, until last year the number of
teachers in Union county reached
total of 1876. He has had the school
houses modernly equipped and has
established school libraries whenever
it was possible to do so. He was very
instrumental in securing legislation
that gave the rural district mini
mum term of seven months.
He has done a great service in
bringing Union county into recogni-
tion by the leading and most infu-
entail educators of the state, and
thereby affiliating the educational
work of this county with the educa-
tional progress of the state. A few
examples serve to show the esteem
in which he and his work are held
throughout the state. In 1915 he was
one of the judges on thought and COM
position in the State Oratorical Asso-
citation, and he was also one of the
judges in the State Declamatory con-
test. He was the first of the newly
elected superintendents to be chosen
chairman of the Division of County
Superintendents of the State eTach-
ers' Association, an honor bestowed
upon him at the State Convention in
1915. In addition to his able work in
this capacity he has rendered valu-
able service on many other commit
tees at the past four meetings of the
State Teachers Association. He has
been the means of bringing such edu-
Gators as DR.. Boyd, of the University
of New Mexico, and DR.. Roberts, of
the New Mexico Normal University
to examine into school conditions of
this county. After one of these Wis
its DR.. Roberts wrote to the press a
highly complimentary report of the
school conditions of Union county and
stated that for the past fifteen years
he had Travelled over many western
states and worked with many county
, superintendents, and he had never
seen a county superintendent more
closely affiliated with his teachers ol
more helpful to them in government
, and methods than Supt. Errett. The
,, editor of the New Mexico Journal o.
Education says that the work done b!
Supt. Errett can hardly be supposed
elsewhere in the state; that quietl!
and without any heralding he ha
placed his county in the van of edu
cational progress. State Superin
y tendent of Education Alvan N. Whit
: warmly commends Mr.. Errett for hi
earnest efforts for more efficient pub
+ lie schools in Union county; and state
: that checking of Union county re
ports, and review of the correspon
y dence with the teachers and citizen
d Continued on Page Five)
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. PRE-
CINCT NO. 1

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED,
that a precinct Republican convention
will be held at Clayton on the 18th
day of August, 1916, to elect ten del
egates to represent Union County at
the Republican State Convention, to
be held at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
August 20, 1916.
Carl Eklund,
Precinct Chairman.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
IN THANKS TO FATTY"

The Citizen, speaking for the fans
of Clayton wishes to thank FATTY"
Lyons, the big Dalhart catcher, who
handled in such an able manner
Knaddler's rapid ones in Tuesdays
game. Mr.. Lyons came to the rescue
when ClaytOn's catcher went out Of
the game with broken thumb.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
THE POSTMASTER,
Post Office, Clayton, N. M.
State Bank Gets Another Machine

State Bank Gets Another Machine
Another adding, rather a book
keeping machine is due to arrive soon
at the State Bank of Commerce. Ac-
cording to T. H. Rixey, the machine
installed some time ago for this same
work has proved worth its weight in
coin of the realm, inasmuch as it
saves the employment of an extra ac-
countant. The new addition will be
the same in many details as the pres
ent machine except that the new COM
er will be run by electric motor.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
TRUST COMPANY WANTS ELY
REMOVED

An order was filed in the District
Court for Santa Fe county this morn
ing directing Ralph c. Ely, receiver
of the New Mexico Central Railroad
to show cause on the 14th of August
before the court at Santa Fe why he
should not be removed as receiver of
the said railroad.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27
Still Climbing

In spite of the dry weather, which
usually makes first its material ad-
verse appearance in bank statements,
The First National Bank and the Un-
ion County Trust and Savings Asso-
citation showed very substantial gain
in assets over prior statements. The
May statement found the First Ma
tional with assets listed at $519, ,229.96
while in the recent statement assets
amounted to $567,719.9S. The Union
County Trust and Savings Association
in its former statement showed assets
of $169,89O.83 while the last cal
found total assets at $196,881.67.
The Clayton citizen. [volume] (Clayton, Union County, N.M.) 1906-19??, 1916-07-27

Mrs. Frank Barnhart will be hostess
to the Five Hundred Club next week.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-23

Robt Williams, y $40 sherman
av., Evanston, fell from roof Of build
ing being constructed. Seriously
hurt.
lgnatz PoIIak, garage owner, sued
by Capt. Pat Wall Of, West Park pO-
lice. Wall hurt in auto crash.
Charles Clark, 414 Wabash aV.,
shot self in left side and temple. Dy-
ing. No reason known for act.
Will of Eugene Schmidt, disPosing
of S25O,O0O estate, filed in probate
court. Widow gets most of money.
Judge Sheridan Fry announced
that carrying revolver in auto was
against law.
Nellie, Smith suing Mrs. Emma
Boyle, 4219 Grand blvd, to get back
child which she allowed Mrs. Boyle
SANDER suit for $4,000 filed
against Rob't Halperin by Harry
Wolf. Details unknown.
Albert Dancey, $40 Wells, fell 40
feet from chimney at 1444 Lake
Shore drive. May die.
Robber got $50 from cash register
at Mrs. r. S. Schlossers grocery,
1852 BUena av.
John and VIM. McGoVern, $50 N.
Clark, in court charged with keep
ing saloons open on Sunday.
j. J. AbeIer, 372 N. Ayers aV., lost
suit to get child from St. Vincent's
asylum. Taken back by asylum on
hearing it was mistreated.
Fritz Sasnuff held TO grand jury.
Bit finger Of Policeman Dienthal
when arrested.
l. A. Whitehead, 1923 Pine Grove
av., arrested in auto that was not his
Companion escaped.
August Hierth, e24 w. 54th pl.,
struck on head by piece of brass that
fell from building at Jackson and
Dearborn SITS.
TopV PasseIosso. 3 GAO W. Aofh
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-05-23
-NEWs OF LIE DAY CONCERNING CHICAGo


Irma Morris, 10, 2o71 Lincoln av.,
lost. $755 Of employers money when
two men held her up on way to bank.
Safe at Dearborn theater, 20 w.
Division, wrecked by men who made
escape with about $1,000.
Mary EiIer, 3, 4235 Wentworth av.,
hit by street car in front of her home.
May live.
Saloon license of Michael Troian,l
HOO S. Jefferson, revoked. Restored
same day.
Ernest Sullivan, $50 NJ California
av., took poison Recovering.
George Kinberg, 1888 N. KimbaIl
av., salesman, filed petition in bank
ruptcy. Assets, $780,; liabilities,
S275,846.
Body of man about so years old
taken from lake at Washington st.
Skull fractured; may have been muir
dered.
Jas. Ryan and Michael Moffat &C
cused OF shaking down foreigners
under guise of federal sleuths. War
rants issued for them.
Carr Won bardl' $50 Mdrgate ] err
race, caught in Sweden. Wanted
here by Continental Commercial
Bank
Anna Brooks, IS, 543 w. 43rd, and
John Hurley, 1924 Wentworth av.,
hurt when swing broke at 43rd and
Princeton av.
Jos. Adam, butler, 1915 Astor, lost
watch to TObber who chased him a
block at Schiller and State.
Anatole Gollos, 911 Lawrence av.,
arrested. Mrs. Reta Meyerovitz,
5402 WOOdlawn av., says he swindled
her.
John PelIicia, COL N. La Sale, shot
by VIM. Nepper, neighbor, when he
slapped Nepper's wife. Nepper ar
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-24

ingdon and in 1928 the old PennsyI-
vania canal was built along the route.
In later years the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company built lines to the west
and the course was through the
Juniata Valley, too. For more than
a century the Juniata Valley has been
the route of travel from the east to
the west so that it will be Il place OF
historic interest to persons who travel
over the William Penn Highway.
In Huntingdon the highway will
enter the town at the east end of Penn
street and continue straight through
the town, leaving the borough at the
west end of Penn street. In this con-
nection it is interesting to note that
the William Penn Highway will have
its beginning in the shadow of the
William Penn statue in Philadelphia;
1t will pass through Penn street in
Reading; Penn street in Huntingdon;
Penn avenue in Pittsburgh and will
end in front of the William Penn Hotel
in Pittsburgh. Throughout its course,
it will pass through some of tho
prettiest sections in Pennsylvania.
All Huntington is stirred up over
the great possibilities of the new high
way proposition and it is quite likely
that in addition to the committee
which will be authorized to attend the
meeting in Harrisburg on March 81,
many individual citizens will make the
trip. From Altoona and Johnstown
it is believed there will be several
hundreds who will go to Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-24

vania appears to stand for something.
During the present time there is
much talk all over the country of
preparedness in time of war. There
would be no better place to mobilize
troops in Pennsylvania than along the
route of the William Penn Highway
You know this highway follows along
the idea of the Sproul Good Roads
Bill which authorized the connecting
of county seats by good highways. The
William Penn Highway runs through
the most populous part of the State
and counties to the north and south
of it are connected so that with this
great main road running through the
State it would be possible to mobilize
troops and get them to any point over
good roads in very little time
The present proposed route of the
William Penn Highway is over the old
postroad route from Harrisburg to
Alexandria, which was established in
1893. Data verifying this was found
among n pile of rubbish in an old
house which was removed some time
ago to make room for the new post
office building. The records We're
written by John Cadwallader who was
the first postmaster of Huntingdon,
and towns which he mentioned along
the route being Harrisburg, Clarks
Ferry, Millerstown, Thompsontown,
Mills, Huntingdon and Alexandria.
This same route was later used by
stages between Harrisburg and Hunt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-24
u. S. Consul at chihuahua
Denies That Gen. Herrera
Went Over to Bandit Force

Washington, D. c.. March "a
American Consul Letcher at Chi
huahua to-day reported there was no
truth in the reported revolt of Gen
eral Herrera and the Carranza garri-
son at Chihuahua.
Although General Funston and Cen
eral Bell on the border have received
reports confirming the story of the re-
volt, which they believe to be true. the
dispatch from Consul Letcher, who is
on the ground and has headquarters
at the place where the revolt was said
to have occurred, is taken by officials
here as confirming the statements of
Carranza officials that no such revolt
has occurred.
Consul Letchers' dispatch reported
that General Herrera was in command
of the de facto troops there and was
loyal to General Carranza."
His report is regarded as removing
one of the most menacing features of
the Mexican situation.
Major General Funston sent this
telegram to the War Department.:
General Herrera in a telegram to
General Gavira strongly denies all re-
ports that he has gone over to Villa.
General Gutierrez, Governor of Chi
huahua, in g letter to General Gavira
also strongly denies that General
Herrera has gone over to Villa"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-24
Returning Scout Asserts
Men and Animals Bear Up
Well Under Big Hardships
BY Associated Press

Columbus, n. NJ, March 24.-The
American campaign to capture Fran
cisco Villa has reached the, point in
the foothills of Chihuahua where it
has been found necessary to dispense
with heavy motor trucks as TRANSPORT
facilities and to depend entirely upon
the army pack mule, it was learned
here to-day. 1t is known that the
trucks have encountered many diff
culties in the sandy region through
which the troops have passed. Motor
trains probably will be used, however.
for transport purposes between Column
bus and the advanced base at Casas
Grandes.
The American advance into Chi
huahua is proving a hard, eruelling
march, in which both animals and men
are enduring great hardships, accord
ing to reports brought here to-day by
j. c. Marlowe, of Douglas. Marlowe,
who is the first of the civilians who
started eight days ago with the ex-
peditionary force to reach the border.
asserted that the army is more and
more realizing its utter dependency
on the knowledge of the country
shown by the civilian scouts.
Arriving on a motor truck train
after a thirty-hour ride over n rough,
dust-filled road from near Casas
Grandes, Marlowe was n vivid example
of the physical difficulties of the
march. His face was gaunt, burned
and blistered by the glare of the desert
sun. A weeks growth of beard was
caked with alkali dust, his clothing
marked by many encounters with
cactus.
Lieutenant ]. L. Parkingson, of Salt
Lake City, Utah. who was in charge
of the trucks on which Marlowe ar
rived. said that all Of the American
trucks and drivers have been ac-
counted for and that American troops
have not come in contact with any
Mexican forces since crossing the
border.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-24

plained that it was bitter and had re-
fused to take it.
Mr. Brothers announced that Waite
would be removed to Bellevue Hos
pital, a prisoner, later in the day. His
condition was not yet such as to per-
nit his removal to the Tombs prison
where 1t was originally planned to in
carcerate him to-day
Meanwhile it was announced at the
district attorneys office that the name
of a druggist who sold arsenic TO
Hate had been learned and that the
druggist would soon apl ear before
the grand jury which to-day con-
tinued its consideration of the case.
Investigation of the deaths of John
E. Peck and his wife in DR.. Waite's
Riverside Drive home, under circum
stances which led the authorities to
believe they were the victims of poison
continued to-day. The grand Jury
heard further evidence as rapidly as
1t was made available by a big squad
of detectives. Mr.. and Mrs. Warren
Waite, father and mother Of the man
who is accused of administering
poison to Mr. Peck are expected to