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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-27
DISSOLUTION I

Notice is hereby given that the part
nership existing between r. NJ. Lock-
EFT and w. V. O'Bannon, has this day
been dissolved by mutual consent, r.
NJ. Lockett assuming all liabilities Of
the firm of Lockett g. O'Bannoc, and
all bills due the firm to he paid %
r, NJ. Lockett. This Jan, 10, 1915.
T. M. Lockett
w. v. 0'Bannon
All parties indebted to Lockett &
O'Bannon whose bills are due, or past
due, will please call and settle.
Respectfully
T. M. LOCKETT
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-27

FOR SALE--ll mares, ranging in
ages from 3 to g years, with foal to
jack; n span, mare weight 1000,
horse 1880; mare in foal to jack; four
head spring mules; IL yearlings CON-
ing two. | will sell these animals
separately or together, on time, pur-
chaser giving note with approved Sc
ADAM LONG,
3w Tucumcari, N. NJ
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-01-27

List your city property with the
American Land Company. Il
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THE FIRST ROSE.

Mrs. Ford has three little girls.
The oldest is named Ruth. and she is
ten years old. The second is named
Violet and she is eight years old; and
the youngest is named Nell. These
three little girls live in West Virginia.
They have a big rosebush in the front
yard. Their mother said the one that
found the first rose on the bush she
would give them a prize. This rose
does not bloom till early summer.
Every morning the children got up to
see if any roses were on the bush. but
there We're none. On the first day of
June, Nell got up real early and saw
something white on the rose bush. She
went out and saw il was a white rose
on the rose bush. She picked it and
carried 1t 10 her mother. Nelrs
mother gave her a doll and carriage
for the prize. That was the very thing
she wanted.
MARGARET VIRGINIA BELkNAP.
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NIEXICO.

Mexico is a republic of twenty-seren
states. three territories and one fed
cral district. Since the conquest by
Cortez, Mexico has remained n DEEPEN
dency of Spain.
There were internal troubles. and by
the ambition OF a number of MeXicans,
led by Macmillan. Archduke of Aus
tria, to become emperor in 1863. Four
years later he was overthrown and
shot. Since then Mexico has remained
Il republic.
Most OF Mexico is 4 mountain region.
but through the center is n wide table
land from 5000 TO 5000 feet above sea
level Highest range of mountains 1s
the Sierra Nadine in the western part.
Mexico is in one of the richest and
most varied zones of the world and
most of the soils fertile and produces
cereals. fruit, wheat, rye, bananas.
pineapples and coco.
Mexico is rich In hardwood timber
and mines of gold. lead, silver. iron,
copper, tin, quicksilver, coal and pc
troleum. The climate is varied. There
is a rainy season OF four monthe from
May to October.
Each state has it's own government
legislature, courts and makes it's own
laws. The education is compulsory, and
nearly 100000 is spent every year fog
education. The prevailing religion is
Catholic, but all other religion is toll
Grated
The City of Mexico is the capital and
chief city, and is on plateau, and has
academies, theaters. museums and pub
lie buildings. First newspaper was
printed here. Nearly all cereals to-
bacco, coffee, cotton and sugar are
grown. They also raise horses, cattle,
sheep and swine.
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"sIY OWN LIFE"

am dog. it is true; but have had
good master and very good time in
my life. l hard some brindle in me.
had been staying with negro and
his wife. They didn't feed me we'll at
all. was poor and dirty. One day
white man came and got me. 1t
looked like we walked about 100 miles.
After awhile we came to 4 long pair OF
steps; then we went up them. There
were too little girls watching for me.
When i came in they patted me and
loved me. They fed me well, and the
next day they took me UP and put mo
IN a large white thing-T think they
called it n bath-tuh. After they got
through washing me they wiped me
with something fuzzy. ] felt so good
after my bath / went downstairs and
jumped all over everything and every
body. They played with me until bed
time. and then we went to bed. ! had
caught burglars by their pants many a
time. 1 was asleep upstairs with the
children when / heard noise down
stairs like silverware rafting. knew
it wasn't near breakfast time because
it wasn't light yet. crept down
stairs, and before I got down to the
bottom OF the steps I saw a little light
go on once and a while, then something
like man move. l went down slowly
and quietly until l got right up to
him. He was standing near the side
board drawer whore they kept their sill
verware. l grabbed him by the leg
and bit him. Then the fuss that
made awoke all the people In the house.
and some gentleman came out with a
pistol. / couldn't see who it was. He
got the man. took him by the collar and
went over to the phone and called up
somebody l don't know who it waa
After while here comes two men dress
ed up in uniform and took him away.
They gave me lot of meat. / believe
would have lived longer, but some
old man killed me and thought was
mad. But. anyhow. I had the best
time in my life in Hot Springs. Ark
with those little girls and their mother
and papa.
JULIA WEST GOODE
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A WISE SOS MAKETH A GLAD
EATHER."


Most of us understand what is meant
By this proverb. | am sure everybody
wants to please their father, and tries
to ind some way to do it, When we
stop TO think of it, there are many
ways in which even very small chill
dren can please their fathers. The
proverb is "a wise son maketh a glad
father But I think II can easily be
applied to mothers and daughters also.
An easy way to please our parents is to
obey them and always try to do our
very best in everything. The smallest
child can please It's parents by being
good and keeping out Of mischief.
When we go 10 school we can please
our parents. as we'll as teachers, by
learning our lessons and having per-
feet conduct. If we try to obey and
do gu: best all through our lives. we
will be wiser when we are grown.
MABEL DUNN.
Y. s. ID. t.. Staunton, Va.
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ELIzABETII's KINDNESS.


Ono there lived little girl whose
name was elizabeth Jones. She lived
Win her rather, and was made to do
an the work. while he went out visit
ing neighbors. One day as Elizabetb
was sweeping the kitchen she hen ri
some one knock at the door She went.
ana an old man stood there shiverlns
with the cold. He asked her for
something to eat. as he was not able
20 work and could not get get any
ming to eat. Elizabeth told him she
had nothing except n piece of bren ID
and piece of stale cake. He told
ner he would be very glad to get that
u she would give IL to him. Eliza
beth gave It to him, and he thanked
her and went away
When Mr.. Jones came home he went
Into the kitchen to get something 10
eat. When she told her father what
she had done with the bread, her
father was very angry with her ana
whipped her and made hec go to bed
without any supper. Elizabeth went TO
bed crying as If her heart would
break, but this did not disturb her
father. because the more she cried tho
more no would laugh at her The next
morning when she got up she was US
happy as she had ever been.
VIOLET DIARIES.
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THE TWO SISTERS.

once there was an old widow who
had a daughter who was very ugly.
And there was an old man that had a
lovely daughter. The widow told the
mans child il he would marry her he
would let her wash in milk and eat
the best of food and that her daugh-
ter would wash In water and eat of
what she left. SO the girl went home
and told her father. lie said hang my
boot on the nail and if the water
comes through the hole | will not
marry. but the water did not come
through, so they married But the
widow treated the mans daughter very
mean. She told her 10 go out in the
winter in the cold air and made her a
dress OF paper and sent her out with
"A little piece of bread.
Soon she came TO a place in the wood.
Three little dwarfs were peeping out
Of the window. They told her to come
in and warm. She went in and began
To eat her bread. She gave half to
the dwarfs Then they asked her what
was she doing out so cold day and
with such "A thin dress She said she
wanted to get some rawberrics. Her
mother said for her dare not 10 come
hack without them. The dwarfs said
go and sweep the yard She did and
there sprang up pretty red strawber-
ries. She gathered her basketful and
thanked the dwarfs and went on. All
~ thc iillIc gave neT IL Wish.
The first said she Will become more
beautiful every day she lives. The sec
ond said every time she speaks golden
Suineas would drop out of her mouth
The third said she shall mary prince.
The girl then Went home and when she
spoke golden guinea came from her
mouth. The widows daughter then
went out to see If she could have good
luck. Her mother made her fur coat
and gave her big lunch. She came
to dwarf's house. She sat down and
began TO eat. They asked her for some
and she said, I won't. Go and work for
yourself. They told her to sweep out
the backyard. She said. Do it YOURSELF
The first dwarf said she shall be
come uglier every day. The second
said every time she speaks frogs and
vipers would spring from her mouth.
The third said her death will be a
miserable one. Soon prince married
her and they had her stepmother and
sister 10 be put in barrelful of nails
to be rolled into the sea. The princess
and prince lived happily ever after.
BEULAH LAMB.
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Nnce there was man who w,s ,r,,o,
10 ~! DUMB animals and crenturos 49,
walk. creep or fly. WAY
one night. while in the woods tbis
~ man was caught in great storm
re began to whip his horse - ,. !.
him go faster. but the borso 81, maaK |;
and stood trembling. "'oPped
ne wind was moaning tbrouoL a..
woods and the trees bent am, ~, nv
In me rushing blast. The th nmooN
,oareu ana the rain poured down nn
me man and the horse. "'i
AS lie stood trembling tba ,
another morse coming. Gallon. saIfnn
Raiiop! Nearer and nearer can,a ~,
sound came the
AZ Htst he saw n great blacs s,..a
WIN tan man on his back con,in =,
,oWard him The tall man was dressaS
ia long black mantle that was AVN,
ing fire. were hash :
AS the black horse rushed h.. ~ -,
horseman swept the cruel man fran re
tien'nHhg horse to the back of his our
Sie"l Steed. Then away he went co,
Top, saiion. gallon. through the rain
wind and thunder "'''
me cfuei man was terribly fright
ehcd' and he cried out aloud IN -, -
tall. black horseman, who was - me
ing him away. but he did not ansu.sr
n word IVY answer
~ last they stopped before q cave
Wthomt word. the black horseman
threw the cruel man into the dark cave
ana rode swiftly away.
In the cave lie heard low moaning
sound and fash OF lightning showed
MN all OF the dumb creatures he had
killed Or hurt In his life.
fie turned and ran out or tho cayo
into tho woods, hut behind him ha
heard the horseman coming, gallon,
gallop. gallon! How the cruel man Got
home he never knew
Some say he had only been dream
Ing. but, In any case. he was never
cruel to dumb creatures again
LOUISE SHEPHERD.
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TEA IN THE GARDEN.

More tea said baby. hastily passing
his cup to Lois. who was in the proud
position OF teamaker at the pretty
rustic table unedr the old beech tree
Yes, darling" said Lois. at once pro-
ceeding to fill baby's cup. But saw
please won't you?"
Baby shook his head He thought it
unnecessary. He saw he should get
the tea, anyway.
say please, baby" said Emily, who
was cutting the cake at one end of
the table. ut is pretty to say please
and you know mother lets us have
tea iii the garden on condition that we
are nicely behaved at the table"
Give me bit of cake"' was baby's
only answer.
Baby was really terrible boy.
oh, baby. baby" said Emily. look
ing severely across the table AT the
little rogue. III you do not say please,
shall have to say 1t for you, as
one does for tiny. tiny babies
u want knife" said baby.
II must cut the cake
"oh, you tiresome little felloww The
words trembled on Emilys tongue but
she did not say them
Suppose we settle this. baby. You
shall cut some slices of cake II hold
your hand II prevent the knife slim
ping. win that suit your"
Yes said baby.
So Emily jumped down from her
chair and carried the cake around to
where baby was sitting, and helped him
to cut each Of them slice After
tea, mother joined the children. and
asked If they had all behaved nicely
Emily and Lois were wondering how
they should answer without teliin .
tales on baby When the young man
said calmly: 7'
The two girls were quite good.
was not"
Arnold MolyneuX Clifford, IL YOU
were not good. you ought to have been
viii be punished"
ANNIE DEANE LEWIS
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DISOBI:DIENCE.

Once upon time there were two
little girls whose names were Mary
and Alice
One day they asked their mother if
the could go about mile through
the woods to visit some of their little
friends Now, bears had been seen in
those woods, their mother was
afraid for them to venture SO far.
The little girls went, anyway, and
stayed until il was SO dark they lost
their way coming back.
They began to cry and Just then they
heard loud voice saying, Don't be
afraid: follow me-" They were glad
to see this kind neighbor and prom
ised never to disobey their mother
again.
TERESA CRITZ.
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CHINA.

China is the other side of the world
from us and is in the Eastern Hemi-
sphere
China is the home of the yellow peo-
pie who knew how to make gunpow-
der, chinaware and silk hundreds OF
years before the people of Europe knew
how. China produces tea. silk, salt
peter. and rice. China manufactures
silk. gunpowder. flrecrackers and
china ware Chna's principal rivers
are the Yellow and Yangfse Rivers.
The Yellow River overfiows it's banks
and browns thousands of people and
is called "China's Sorrow" The Yang.
tse River Is navigable for thousands
of miles and furnishes trade with the
inland people.
Composed Ry ANDREW RoAcH.
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.MAKE HAY WHILE THE Sun
SHINES.o

Those Of us who live i'm the country
should know what this proverb means.
During the summer there is certain
season for making hay. The grass ia
gathered and put into barns. Suppose
the farmer is q very lazy man and he
aWakens early one morning to find the
sun shining very brightly. He will
say to himself. Il am going 10 wait
until Tomorrow to get the hay, be-
cause to-day is a pretty day and / do
not want to work" Tomorrow comes,
but instead of the sun shining it is
very cloudy and is raining very hard.
The farmer begins to be very sorry
that his hay is not in the barn. He
wishes now that he had put the hay
in the day before while the sun was
shining. II is too late now. The hay
Is all wasted and maybe all that he
has. Would not ii have been better TO
do Ii at the right time than TO be so
lazy and lose what belongs to you?
You see now how careful a farmer
must be to get the hay while the sun
shines. We should be just as careful
TO do our duty at the right time and
not depend on some one else to do
il or say, Il Will do 1t later" If we
wait until later II Will he the time
for another duty and both Jobs will
be half done.
II we have an opportunity and do not
take it wo do not make hay while
the sun is shining" You let that op-
portunity pass and il will never como
back again No. not as long as you
live. Take your opportunities when
can have such good ones. There might
be some one who never had an OPP
portunity. Let us all remember to
GRACE DUNN.
y. 5. 2. p, stanton, Va.
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HOW THORNTON WON a PRIZE.

~ would like to earn some money
this summer, but don't know how
could I'm not old enough to work
for I'm only twelve years old" said
Thornton TO his mother.
"Son, think ! know of a fine plan
and how you could earn some money.
but it depends on you how much you
shall earn" responded his mother.
80 mother, how is It, how is it, ex-
ella lined the boy. full of Joy and happi-
ness.
Give me time and let me tell you
about IL. | do not know whether You
will like it or not, but. anyway, shall
tell it to YOU" said his mother Il
was thinking about giving you the
vacant lot next to us and let you have
garden You could plant 4 lot Of
things in there
Mother, tell me what to plant in
my garden" said Thornton.
Yes, I will. but not now. l think
YOU had better get it ready" answered
his mother.
Thornton went out i'm the garden
and worked until it was most dark
Then he ate supper and went and lay
down. for he had plowed half the
garden. Fle was soon asleep.
He Went out early in the morning
to work some more on his garden. BY
dinner time he had finished every
thing. but he hadn't planted anything
in his garden--in fact. he didn't know
what he was going to plant.
He went in and asked his mother
what he must plant. He was told to
plant it all in corn. He had to go
10 the seed man first and get the corn
to plant.
He came home with plenty of corn
and planted it, He waited patientIv
until il had grown tall and was rine
and ready TO he eaten, only it wasn't
cooked 1890
There was 10 be fair. so little
Thornton took some. of his corn there
TO try for the prize. He waited fen
days. which he thought was Longer
man any other ten days he had seem
He found his corn was the hes, ana
he won $40 in gold He was var.
glad To know he had Won the fr,t
prize. Then he sold the corn ana rSf
more for IT. When he had finished
selling his corn he had $50. more thnn
he had ever earned before. He snnn,
q part Of II to go to his Uncle .tnrL, :
TOT vacation. The rest Of the none.
ne put in bank. Now he had q MI
account of which he was very me-,
When he could he added more mnnn,.
to il. hIoiicS
(Original)
I. AIELVERN Fits
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A BAD LITTLE GIRL.


Once there was little girl. whose
name was May.
And every thing she was told to do
she would say, NO, l want TO play"
She would hit her little brother and
wouldn't mind her mother.
She whipped the cats and dogs and
threw rocks at the hogs.
She would pull the calfs tail inst
to see him run and sail.
, sne pulled the bunny's ears and runs
And when she catches them. she
would whip them. Oh. so hard. ~
ta)
But when her father came home
from work Oh how good she would
She would rim and look in his
pockets for candy. Her mother told
her father that she had been very mean
anu MAY ran and hid her face and
was ashamed TO be seen
Her father took her and kissed her
on her cheek, and told her to he bet.
ter the next week. 'e oe'-
NorlSinaD RUTH WHITFJEID
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REGlNALD's BILLY GOAT.

One day me and Reginald went to
the stable to hitch him up and he was
so wild that we had to pull him out
by rope and tie him to tree 10
hitch him. We sent Howard after the
wagon. After we had got him hitched
up we got in front and pulled him
along while ] rode. About time we
got down the town the wagon dumped
over and told Reginald he could ride
and ] pull the goat along. When /
was pulling him along / saw pocket
book. | was too afraid to pick it up,
so when Franklin came along he pick
ed II up and to our surprise, found
SIG. This is true story.
EUSTACE STONE.
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FRANK INGNAM,s Luck.

One day as Frank Ingram was fish
ing off the coast OF Long Island. he
came upon something floating on the
water. He ran his boat uu to III.
thing and turned ii over with his boa I
hook. He thought he was fooled. so
he started TO sail away. Just then
Pet Wheelock, an old sailor. came w
and told him he had better take IL
aboard. Frank asked him what il was.
Pet told him il was a piece of amber
girls; that is. something that comes
from the stomach OF the whale, aud is
used for perfumery, and il he carried
II TO perfumery in New York he
could get at least 800 for II. Frank
carried the ambergris home and pack
ed 1t up ready to carry ii. to New York.
That night, two poachers named Per-
kins and Russell stole the ambergris
and hid II. Frank had them arrested,
but they escaped jail and dug up the
hmbergris. Then they put IL on their
boat and sailed for New York II hap-
rened that Russell went TO the sans
pcrfumery that Frank did, and as am
bergris was scarce and Russell said he
had found his anbergriS at the same
place as Frank. the drue-cier began
TO get suspicious. lie called i'm po-
'iceman TO see If it had been stolen
He was caught and Russell was given
five years In the pcnitentiary and Per
kins was given three years. Frank
sold his ambergris for about $4,000
He paid the mortgage on the house
and went to New York TO take n bust
ness course at one OF the schools
ARCHIE HAWKINS
'22 Wythe Street, Petersburg.
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DAISIES.

AT evening when ! go to bed
! see the stars shine overhead.
They are the little daisies white
That dot the meadows of the night.
And often, while I'm dreaming so.
Across the sky the moon Will go;
1t is lady sweet and fair,
Who comes to gather daisies there.
For when at morning arise
There's not star left in the skies.
She picked them all and dropped then
down
Into the meadows OF the town.
MARGARET WALTON.
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Editorial and Literary Department

hard boiled eggs. He seemed to eat
all right. Fourth grade has Gin
derella Society. The first evening l
took him TO my teacher and she told
me what TO do for him. He lived about
one week and Il half. We had to feed
him every hour. One evening we did
not feed him. About $50 we gave
him his food. The next morning he
was dead.
THELMA LOFTS.
South Boston Va.
Send. Drawing.
Dear Editor.--I am sending in n
drawing OF dog. hope to see II in
the paper. Last Sunday 1 sent in a
story. Yours truly.
MARGARET THOMAS
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I love you sweet, mellow tone.
In stunning hymn or glee;
And you're wrapped in many moods
You're human as can be.
When ! am sad and gloomy
Then the way YOU do
Is sing and laugh at ME so hard
Till ! am laughing too.
You're a jolly and merry chum,
With laughter in each string:
OF birds and beasts and flowers
You always sweetly sing.
(OriGinalD
MARY ELLA HOWARD.
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il MILES.

/. what river in Virginia is the name
OF a girl?
2. What county in Virginia is the
name or great orator?
3. What county in Virginia is the
name of q cigarette
4. What city in Virginia Is the name
of battle in the Revolutionary?
). What river in the United States Is
the name of color?
VIRGINIA ANDERTON.
Tappahannock Va.
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Liked the Contest.

Liked the Confess
Dear Editor.-I
thing for so lon
hard time thinkii'
| can draw. 1t w
anything for the
have gone in the
glad to hear that
ton got the prize.
named Eugenia.
I. ID. c. c. l will,
drawing from he
drawing from NJ
member,
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Enjoys the Page.

Dear Editor,-It
weeks since ! wrote
son that I have no
that l have been so
! have not had tn,
be a better contrib
the future. Inclose
er3l drawings, two
brother Jack and I
] certainly do enj
page has grown sill
Elder certainly can
especially heading
most here again.
June Is. ] will WI
] have more TO wri
your member.
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THE BLACK HORsE,i.x

0OTISlnaID
|. MELVERN ELLIS