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The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
HENRY BEERLY, GARAGE MAN
KILLED BY FLYING PULLEY
Highly Respected Citizen And Mas
ter Mechanic of KentOn is Vic
tim of Singular Accident
Mecord-News Correspondeneel

Kenton, Okla, W cdnesday-Henry
Becrly, for many years a resident of
this community, received injuries at
! 80 this afternoon from which he
died at $3.50 p. m. A pulley break
ing loose from a shaft and striking
Mr.. Becrly in the head crushing his
skull is supposed to have been the
cause of his death although no one
was with Mr.. Bccrly at the time of
the accident.
\ noise was heard coming from
the rear department of The Ken
ton Blacksmith shop and Garage,
caused by pulley wheel which was
flung through "A rear window. As
Richard Pyles was working on a
wagon near by, he ran to see what
was the matter and found that Hen
ry Beerly had been struck with the
pulley, badly mutilating the side of
his face. Richard Immediately stop
ped the engine and ran to the
street and called for help. George
Hubbard an& Crit Allen, hearing,
qu X ~ responded. II Ia g
three carried the body to the Hotel
Lahoma and DR.. Milligan soon ar
rived, Life had not entirely de-
parted from Mr. Beerly until about
$3.50 of the same afternoon of the
accident. but he was far from con-
sciOusness.
The catastrope is one of the
greatest shocks that Kenton ever
had, as Mr.. Beerly was one of the
best citizens that could occasion
any community. He was as straight
forward and as industrious as he
was straightforward and has been
acknowledged by all to be the hard
est working man in the country.
Mr.. Beerly was a master mechanic
both with automobiles and other
wise and liked by everyone. He
built up a blacksmithshop and gar
age that Kenton is proud of and
his absence will be felt grievously.
Mr.. Beerly leaves wife and 3
children TO mourn the separation.
Funeral services were held at the
NJ. +. Church of Kenton, where he
was a member, at three o'clock
Thursday, after which interment
was made in the Kenton cemetery.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
WHERE?

Where will ClaytOn's new $4,000
school house be located?
Where is the most suitable site?
In this rapidly advancing country
5000 is not very elaborate
amount TO spend on an educational
institution. We believe the school
trustees feel that the entire amount
should be spent OH the building and
its equipment.
The News believes that the board
should not he forced to use a much
needed portion of the $35,OOO i'm the
purchase of a site.
Is any individual or set OF individ-
uaIS sufficiently interested TO give
or collectively give a block, or bet
ter, two blocks Of ground, where the
building will not only advertise it,
self but be located TO the advantage
of the greatest number of students
and patrons?
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
CLAYTON GRAIN SHIPMENTS
MAKE FLATTERING SHOWING
1866 Emmigrant Cars Received at
Clayton and Des MOincS In Last
Three Years.

During the past three years there
have been ll6 emmigrait cars un-
loaded at Clayton and Des Moines.
SiXty-one of these had Clayton as
a destination, fifty-fivc were billed
for Des Moines.
On account of the some $50 advan-
tagc per car of having Texline as
destination it is probable that more
cars have been unloaded at that
point than all Union county points
combined.
our figures were obtained from
Assistant General Passenger and
Freight Agent George Williams for
the C.. u 5 Mr.. Williams estimates
that half as many as the total have
been unloaded at Grenvillc, Mt. Dora
Folsom and Grande.
Clayton received more cars in
1915 than in either of the two prior
years, while Des Moincs' heaviest
year was 1911 when % ears were
unloaded there against 10 in 1910
and Il in 1879. ~
II is interesting to note that the
great increase of grain shipments
from Clayton and Des Moines
Clayton'S 1915 shipments were more
than three times as great as the ag-
gregate of 1918 and 1911. In 1915
there were $50 cars of grain, I2i
cars of live stock, 6G cars of broom
corn and 40 acrs OF beans, the lat
ter being almost four times the ag-
gregate of both 1913 and 1914. Des
Moines shows a slight decrease in
grain shipments, but an increase in
livestock, Folsom shows the heav-
lest live stock shipments of any sta
ton in Union county, sending 1873
cars in 1915.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Santa Fc Locates Depot.

Last Thursday superintendent F..
l.. Myers of the Ration division of
the Santa Fe railroad came TO Des
Moines in his special car for a con-
ference with the mayor and town
board of Des Moines relative to va
eating that portion of Valesquez
street that adjoined the right of
way. He explained that the Santa
Fe wished to place depot at that
point and by putting it on the north
side of the track a great deal of un-
necessary hauling could be avoided.
AS this street has never been used
south of the track the town Off
.cials readily gave their consent and
will at the next meeting of the
board take the necessary steps.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Another Plate Glass Broken.

plate glass No. broke from uh-
known cause Wednesday in one of
the big display windows at Robt. w.
Isaacs. The firm attributes the
breaking of this glass to somebody
using it as leaning post" and said
somebody beat il before the damage
was discovered. This totals five
broken plate glasses for MIR. Isaacs
within two years. Two met their
fate at the hands of burglars, one
from a stray bullet and two from
unknown causes.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
NORTH, UNION COUNTY TO
HAVE BRICK MAKING PLANT
Santa Fe Railroad Locates Depot at
Des MOines-Hardware Man
Will Build.
(swatiska News Correspondence }

(SWatiSlla News Correspondence
II. Petit, and j. W. Angel here,
formed partnership TO be known
as the Dcs Moines Cement Block
and Brick Manufacturing and Con-
struction Company builders and
contractors with Il. Petit, as man
ager and J. w. Angel as assistant
manager. 1t is their purpose to
make cement blocks and cement
brick as we'll as do general con-
tracing business. The machine to
make the cement bricks has been
ordered. It will have a capacity of
10000 brick a day. V
Mr.. Petit informs us that the ce-
ment brick can be made at cost
that will allow Them 20 sell them at
at about $3.50 under the cost of
shale brick per thousand, and they
will be better for all purposes than
the shale or pressed brick. We
understand that the new firm is
contemplating the erection of 50X
l2O cement block and brick building
for the housing of their plant. AM
pie capital has been secured for the
new plant and it will probably rep
resent about siC,O0J invested when
all machinery is installed.
This plant will add payroll to
the town and will therefore be more
than welcome. Mr.. Angel is one of
our good men and Petit has done
well to interest him in this venture.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
$4,000.
CLAYTON, n. NJ, SCHOOL BONDS.

Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned until o'clock p. m,
March 18th, 1916, for the purchase
of $4,000 3 1-2 per cent 30-year
School Bonds of the Board of Ed
ucation of the Village of Clayton,
N. NJ, dated Feb. 18th 1916, princi-
pal and semi-annual interest pay
able in New York, denomination
$500, bonds redeemable at the op-
ton of the Board after ten years
from date.
No bids will be entertained which
contain any condition as to the le-
gality Of said bonds, or otherwise,
and must be accompanied by GER
titled check of S35O0OO, payable to
the order of the undersigned.
NESTOR C. de BACA,
Treasurer of Union County.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
j. b. NeMrnnn Dies.

J. B. Newman, an old and highly
respected citizen living east of Des
Moines, died last Thursday at 400
o'clock after a short illness, pneu-
monia being the cause of death.
Mr. Newman was born in Knox
county, Tenn, on June 3, 1850,
Died on Feb. 10, 1916, aged 65 years,
months and days. About two
years ago his wife died and he has
been living with his son, William,
on his farm east of Des Moines. One
son was dead and William Newman
and Mabelle, a girl of 13 years old,
are the only surviving children.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Leuchard will Build.

Don Louchard closed the deal on
Tuesday for the lot between the
bank of Des Moines and the Hairless
Spell building and as soon as plans
can be drawn will erect a building
on this lot. He plans to extend the
building 20 feet or more, making it
25xS0 for the main building and
probably some warehouse room in
the rear of this This will be good
building in a good location and ca
pable of housing a splendid stock
Of hardware.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
AFFECTED BY LEVY ORDER
Taxpayers of District No. 1-Claytsn
viii Pay $1,000 Less As Result
of Change.

ON account of the state tax coma
mission reducing the tax levy on
certain school districts it will be
necessary for the assessors office
force to make a new abstract of
the books which causes a delay of
about ten days before the office is
ready to receive taxes.
Following is the official COM
munication from the state tax com-
mission to the Union county COM
missioners together with table
showing the districts affected by
the reduction:
Hon. r. :. Snyder,
County Commissioner,
Clayton New Mexico.
Dear Sir:
The tax roll OF Union county
having been received and examined
it is noted that the total production
of the 1915 taxes exceeds the maxi
mum fixed by the tax commission
by S3,iOO.i7, principally caused by
an increase in the total valuation
from Sl0,5lL2li to Si0,990,866. On
a difference of Si73,652, which in
crease in valuation was not antici-
IRted.
After consulting with you today
in detail as to the most practical
manner the excess of 3,i00.47, could
be eliminated. it is now suggested
that at meeting of your board the
following changes in levies be made
affecting the special school dis
tricts enumerated.
school District No 1 reduce from
from .OOl mills to .OO7 mills thereby
making a reduction in the extern
ton of taxes in the sum of 81, ,233.t4.
f.sehooi Eisiticl No. 3, edute
from .OOi mills to .OOO7 mill, thereby
making a reduction in the extention
&c ;aNes in thes um of Si23.39.
school District No. "A reduce from
.OO525 mills to .OOi2 mills, thereby
making a reduction in the exten-
sion of taxes in the sum of S4i7.6O.
Eliminate entirely tthe special
school district levies for School
Districts Nos. 6, 10, 2i and %.
The aggregate of all the above
mentioned reductions amounts 10
50, 1866, which will bring the total
production of all county tax levies
S6G.29 under the maximum amount
of SlO3,3Si.OO as fixed by the tax
commission.
You no doubt realize the neces-
sity of formal action by your boar6
in making such changes as will
bring the total production of all
county leyies within the prescribed
limit.
when such formal action is tax
en-, kindly advise us of that fact.
VERY truly yours,
"State Tax Commission,
HOWELL EARNEST,
Secretary"
Reductions TO be made on the diff
ferent school districts as ordered
by state tax commission:
District No. 1 instead of .OOi25
should be 0O6 mills.
District No 8, instead of .00i
should be 0007.
District No. "a instead of .00525
should be .OOi2 mills.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Official Committee Call

Pursuant to action and instructions of meeting of the
Democratic Committee Union County hereby
at Clayton Friday
March 10th, 1916 at 1880 p m.
object the meeting the Democratic
Union County and t. perfect plans and elect officers of the
during the approaching campaign
Democrats Others Interested the welfare of democ
racy the interests of heart
quescd and urged to attend.
JOHN SPRING.
C. Q. DUNN. Secretary. Chairman
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Fate of Saloon Will be Determined
Monday.

Judge Abbott, of Santa Fe granted
o. II. Toombs a temporary injunc-
ton for Mr.. Toombs' client e. ].
Walters, whose saloon was cloNed
upon the contention that it was not
outside the lawful 30O-foot limit
from a church. The injunction was
served on local officers TO prevent
them from keeping the place closed
because of the varied opinions as 70
what the law means.
The distance is more than 300 feet
from entrance to entrance but less
than three from building TO build
ing. The case will be heard before
Judge Lieb at Ration Monday.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Triangle Features Prove Popular.

The Triangle features at The Dix
ie seem to have firmly established
themselves with Clayton movie fans.
Manager Stats took on another pop
ular feature with addition Of Bris-
tolls orchestra, Of five members and
each member a musician.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19

VIM. L. Durbin Of near Mt Dora,
was a business visitor and trader in
the city Friday. While here Mr..
Durbin had his name added to the
subscription list OF the popular pa
per-The News.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Herzstein Returns From Buying
Trip.

Simon Herzstein and adughter Isa-
bel returned Tuesday from a trip
tn the Atlantic coast points whure
Mt Herzstein purchased stock for
lis ready-to-wear store.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Royal Nelnabosg Give BOIL

The r. N. A. ball Tuesday night
was attended by big crowd and
a good time is reported Prist0rs
orchestra furnished music.
orchestra furnished music.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
Charges Lane Killed Steer.

w. \. Lane, of near CauteS. gave
bond for his appearance before
Judge Kingdom Thursday in an
Swer to the charge of r.. .. Palmer
who alleges that Lane killed one of
his range steers recently for meat
consumption.
Dwight Shean of near Mt. l;ora,
attended to business in the city Fri
day.
Gale and Jim Giles of the Cimar-
ron country, were looking after
business in the city Friday and Sat-
urday.
n. f Kendrick, postmaster and
merchant at Cuates, was a business
visitor in the city Thursday and
Friday.
Asa b. Ellis of near Pasamonte,
attended to business in Clayton to-
day. Mr.. Ellis came in to meet their
Royal Highnesses, five registered
Poland China pigs shipped to him
from Missouri.
w. J. Siege, one of the prominent
ranchmen Of the Rosebud country,
attended TO business in the city Fri
day ad Saturday,. While here Mr..
Siege ordered a nice lot of stationery
advertising his ranch and business
Who's next?
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19

II you read The Clayton News
you will get all the news.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19

Watch for Bob Isaaes' big ad next
week. Bob is strong for the farmer
and wants TO tell him about the
many good things he has in store.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-02-19
News Gets typewriter shipment.

High" Suthers and The News Of
flee received a shipment Of ten
brand new Royal typewriters, eight
Model los and two Model 5s, Fri
day. Two + them will be used in
The News editorial room and busi-
ness office. L. J. Walters, r. H, Car
son and ]. Frank Barnhart purchas-
ed Model 10 each. The others will
be on display at The News office.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

longing to the bank, but must be
joined by some other officer of
the bank. Mr.. Thomas is a reg
ular practicing attorney, and
does little 'lawyering" when
he is not too busy "cashiering'
and doing politics, but he went
lame on his bill of sale.
What is the matter with this
library deal anyway if it is ar
honest, legitimate deal, perfect.
ly legal and regular, that it re.
quires SO much cuttle-fi fish tactics
lon the part of the supervisors,
the county attorney, Judge Sapl
and Cashier Thomas. Is it al
being done FOR the county's best
interests?
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10
JEWELRY TO MATCH CLOTHES
Intrinsic Value of Ones Ornaments
Not to Be Considered When
Selection Is Made.

Women no longer like jewelry sim
ply because of it's intrinsic value.
They like it because of it's suitability.
1t must bring out the best in them
selves and their clothes to be worth
buying.
A clever woman who sells jewelry
in fashionable shop said recently
that it was far more necessary for
her to understand something about col.
or harmony and human nature than
about the value of the jewelry she
handled. The day has passed, she
said, when the size of a woman's
pocketbook suggests the size and sort
of jewelry she will buy.
Well-dressed women wish to wear
distinctive jewelry, different sorts
with different frocks. So when they
have new frock they must have new
jewelry; and when they choose the
fabric for the new frock they take
samples Of it to match up in jewelry.
Of course this individual sort of
jewelry must necessarily be relatively
inexpensive. For even woman with
an unlimited dress allowance would
hesitate at buying jewels worth a
fortune to wear with each of them.
So the newer sort of jewelry depends
not at all on its intrinsic value-for
often it has very little Of that-to at
tract it's buyers.
Jewelry, too, is nowadays often a
composite part of ones frocks. There
are buckles at the shoulders and at
che girdle, there are strands of semi
precious stones about the neck, and
&here is embroidery in rhinestones,
glass beads and jet that all give the
same effect as more expensive jewelry
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

1t is officially announced there
will be a democratic paper start
ed in Winslow within the next
thirty days. There is good
opening here for another paper
and the Mail will be pleased to
welcome the new editor to so
promising a field. 1t seems a
Phoenix syndicate has decided
there should be democratic
papers at Ashfork, Williams,
Flagstaff, Winslow and Hol-
brook during the coming cam
paign, and to this end a plant
will be put in at Flagstaff, and
democratic papers for all these
towns will be printed there and
sent to the several towns for
distribution.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

The democratic state central
committee have selected the fol-
lowing delegates and alternates
to attend the national conven-
tion which meets at St. Louis in
June: George Babbitt of Flag
staff, M. j. Dougherty of Mesa,
]. j. Hawkins Of Prescott, ]. S.
Douglas of Douglas, George Mich
eIson of Yuma and f. P. Lane of
Clifton. The alternates are r..
C. Creswell of this city, Tom
Wills of Florence, |. NJ. George
Of Kingman. Mrs. H. E. Fletch-
er of Hereford, H. w. Purdy of
Nogales and John F. Weber of
Clifton. The sentiment was all
for President Wilson's renomina-
ton. The sentiment of the as
sembly in state affairs was an
tagonistic to Gov. Hunts admin
istration.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

Political banks that want to
control public officials and act as
their directing genius, should ad-
vertise on their windows along
side foreign exchange bought
and solo" that they are political
dealers and control public officers
for a set fee or on a commission
basis. If it is a good thing for a
bank to mix it's business in poll
tics they ought to advertise the
fact so their customers would
know the facts. We do not want
to be understood to mean that
men engaged in banking should
surrender their Individual rights
as citizens. but it is when the
power of the bank is used to CO.
cree that it becomes a menace to
good government.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

President Wilson has finally
selected his new Secretary of
War, in the person of Newton D.
Baker, of Cleveland, Ohio, and
the appointment will no doubt be
Immediately confirmed by the
Senate. Mr.. Baker is lawyer
and a prominent democratic poll
tician, and was offered the post
of Secretary Of the Interior in
the Presidents original cabinet.
He is in full accord with the Will
son program of preparedness and
foreign relations.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

Damon and Pythias had moth
ing on Judge Sapp and Cashier
Thomas Of the Stockgrowers'
and Merchants Bank when it
comes to devotion, each for the
other. Perhaps the cause Of this
apparent zeal and loyalty will
bear a little investigation later,
so the people may know" "wheth-
er Mr.. Thomas is acting on his
Individual responsibility or as the
official representative of the
bank.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10
commend the word to the pray
erful attention of the disgruntled
professor.

Where the People Rule" is
the title of one of the books in
the celebrated law library, Evi-
IDENTIFY Judge Sapp never read
that work very closely, as his
opinion seems to be along more
exclusive lines.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10

There is one advantage in hav-
ing an old reputation like the
editor of the Winslow Mail.
Nobody can damage it five cents
worth at any time. For twenty
five years it has been dented and
batted around until it looks like
an old tin can in the alley.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10
Friday, : March 10, 1916.

Why should the matter of a
few statutes stand between
friends when they want to help
out one another, especially if the
expense falls on the taxpayers.
The Winslow mail., 1916-03-10
Flagstaff Normal Troubles.
interests :.

From communications received
at this office it seems one of the
professors of the Flagstaff nor
NAL school has an alleged griev-
ance against the Normal School
Board, and wants to air his
complaints in the public print.
We have no acquaintance with
any member of the Normal
Board nor with any of the teach
ing faculty, SO any remarks we
make are unbiased as to the
individuals. The professor who
is airing his alleged troubles
has probably been a disturbing
factor in the school for some
time, probably laboring under
the hallucination that his talent
was not being fully appreciated,
and harboring the delusion that
he was better qualified to be the
president of the institution than
the present occupant, and de-
veloped a chronic fault-fnding
habit. If the school was not
being run the way he thought it
ought to be he should have re-
signed his job before he started
in on his criticism. The same
set of men he is denouncing are
the men who made it possible
for him to have his name on the
payroll as member OF the facul-
ty, and if they are the dishonora-
BILE crowd he says they are he
should have been too high-mind-
ed to have remainded in their
employ. He should have tender
ed his resignation as soon as he
made this discovery before he
said word in denunciation.
Then his criticisms might at least
have attracted more than pass
ing notice.
Normal boards, like school
boards, have a very thankless
and unremunerative job at best,
as everybody seems to think it is
their duty to offer criticisms, but
never offer any solutions of the
various difficulties that confront
the board. All good citizens are
interested in our educational in
stltutions, and the governor, who
has the appointing power to
membership on the normal board
probably exercises this preroga-
tive with the greatest care to get
men who are qualified by busi-
ness ability and mental training
to manage the affairs of our nor
NAL schools. Their only reward
for the time spent in their work
is a consciousness of having faith
fully performed their duties, and
the pride and satisfaction in see
ing the schools prosper and grow
under their administration. Men
Of this caliber are not grating
the state educational fund, and
if the truth was known it would
probably show that the money
expended by the normal board
has been even more economically
administered than these same
men would ordinarily use in their
private affairs. They are shreWd
careful business men who are
willing to sacrifice of their time
and money that the children of
our state may have the best in
an educational way, and their
zeal and broad-mindedness finds
no lodgment place for ideas of
petty graft.
The WinsIow Mail can give no
comfort or support to the fault
finding professor, who forfeits
respect of thinking people when
he assais the character of the
men in whose employ he is will
ing to remain until he is thrown
over the transom. Some place in
Holy Writ it says a fellow should
dig the saw-logs out of his own