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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
Neglect of Rural Sanitation.

The belief that country life
is more healthtul than city life
was given a Jolt recently when
Dr.. Thomas d. Wood, professor
of physical education in Column
bia University, announced that
he had discovered that life was
more healthful in the city. 1t
used to be true, he said, that peo-
pie lived longer and were freer
of sickness in the country, but in
recent years there has been a
steady improvement of health in
the city.
Doctor Wood declared that in
recent years there had been in
the cities better sanitation, bet
ter living conditions in homes
and workshops, but especially
in schools, while in the country
there had been no improvement
worth speaking of; the little
red schoolhouse' was yet the
most favorable place in which
disease germs might propagate.
He advised the country to build
modern schools and have both
medical inspection and supervis-
ion.
IF rural America is to con-
tinue to be "a satisfactory nur-
"sery of human life for the
Nation. it must be made more
"healthful and attractive, both
in schools and homes" he said.
Doctor Woods statistics have
been disputed. But there can be
no question of the need of more
attention to sanitation and
health in country districts.
Most cities are deficient in these
matters, to be sure. But at
least most of them have made
progress, while in a good share
of the farming communities no
attention whatever has been paid
to the question of public health.
Kansas, through the direction of
DIR. Lydia A. De Vilbiss of the
department of child hygiene of
the state board of health, is now
entering upon a statewide CON
test to improve conditions in the
rural schools of that state.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29

Santa Ft The Twenty third an
uual reunion OF the coordinate DO lie
of the Scottish Rite Masons H. Sew
Mexico has been set for Fob ~ to 81
when the Legislature g. ion f-ior
and when il is hoped TO confer ths
degrees from the Fourth to the Thin
iy.sccoud, inclusive. on SOME hun
drol candidates An elaborate pro
gram is being arranged. h]cgiru.n-
with a sacred concert and organ re-
cital at the cathedral on Sunday AMI
winding up with the festivities o.
Washington birthday In addition q.
holdoyors fourteen poli',onn Tor th'
degrees are already in hand an o.
them from Grant county It N" Other
twenty-five counties DO as well. Tho
reunion will be a record breaker TN
Lodge of Perfection will hold it- an
nual meeting on Monday eve 1r
Dec. Is, and the Chapter, C1uuy
and Consistory on Friday evening
Dec. %. at which time officers viii
be elected
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND SANITATION
By y. r.. Chapman, Sanitarian ol
Myndus, ~ NJ.
FRUIT JUICE

An Oregon brewer is said to
be making a fortune out of UNI
fermented fruit juices.
Before the state went dry, he
saw prohibition coming-and
unlike many Of his fellow brew
ers refused to wall about it. He
knew there were many kinds of
drinks that people liked, and be-
loved there were many uses to
which a brewery could be put.
He observed the rapidly growing
taste for fresh fruit juices, and
decided to embark on a new en-
terprise.
Before the prohibition law
went into effect he stopped MAX
ing beer and equipped his brew
cry for producing apple Juice
and loganberry juice. His three
brewerieS are now running at
full capacity. He is employing
more men than ever before and
making more money than ever.
There are other breweries in
various prohibition localities
doing much the same sort of
thing. And there are distiller-
les in new prohibition states that
have turned their plants into de-
natured alcohol factories and are
finding business extremely prof
table.
Evidently one of the stock
arguments against prohibition
that it would destroy huge prop.
erty values by rendering brew.
cries and distilleries useless, is
losing its force.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior,
L. S. Land Office at Las Cruces,
n. NJ. Nov. "a, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that
Newton j. Yarbrough, of CO.
lumbus, n. NJ, who, on Deem
Der II, 1910, made desert land
entry, No. O4974, for n. f. n
n. w. II, Section 6, Township
27 S, Range 8 W, N.M.P. Meri-
dian, has filed notice of inten-
ton to make final proof, to es-
tablish claim to the land above
described, before w. c. Hoover,
L. S. Commissioner, at Column
bus, n. NJ, on the 18th day of
January 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses
Charles G.. Mayfield, William T.
Dixon, James, NJ. Holloway, J.
II. Lille, all of Columbus, n. NJ.
JOHN l.. BURNSIDE,
Dec. l-29. Register.
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Continued from Page y

thing for granted, but sometime
the tide will not return. Some
day the last invitation will be
given and will be accepted or
spurned by you and then eter-
nifty and face to face with life's
record, and if the evil has not
been wiped out by the blood of
Jesus the only remedy for sin in
all the universe of God. What
then?
O.
Watch night services vii! be
held at the Methodist church
Sunday night, Chaplain Beebe
will preach a sermon. The sa-
crement of the Lords supper
will be administered.
JOSEPH f.. NORVELL
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
CATTLE IN new MEXICO
SANITARY BOARD ESTIMATES l..
100000 HEAD. WORTH o,ooo, 900.
Total OF 27o,coo Head %sNipped Out Of
state During Year, Compared
with $50, IN 1915.

santa Fe One million, one hun.
drcd thousand Cattl" are on the
ranges and in the pastures and feed
lots of New Mexico, accog ing to the
estimate OF the cattle suuiJ.r. board
OF the state, made In It's biennial re-.
port. now in the hands OF Governor
Mcdonald The board does not csti.
mate the total value Of the cattle. but
at present prices II is believed the J..
100000 head represent IN value close
to- S4O. "uunuO.
The borrd reports that cattle ship
wcRi-. interstate and interstate. dur
ing the fiscal year 1916. ending NoN
go. last. were %. ov those Of 1915 Is
ruo lust fiscal year tGGl head Nnr,
Inspected for shipment. while In th,
year preceding tho total vas $780, '-5
However the board estimates Ina
-hipmcnts out OF m" state We're
greater in 1916. the total rcachlnl
100000 head. as against 25"uON hraD
a. 1915.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
When you want to buy, sell or
exchange anything, place an
ad in the COURIER.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the Interior,
S. Land Office at Las Cruces
n. NJ. November 10, 1916
Notice is hereby given that
Francis NJ. Lingo, of Columbus
n. NJ, who, on August 10, 1918
made homestead entry No. OS6S2
for n. H.. II, Section 20, Town
ship % S, Range 8 w. N. NJ. 7
Meridian, has filed notice of In
tention to make final three year
proof, to establish claim to tne
land above described, before W
Hoover. L, S. Commissioner.
at Columbus, n. NJ, on the 3ru
lay OF January, 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses
Lee Thomas, I rye T. Peters
Merrill p. Richardson and J0e
Winner all of Columbus, n. NJ
JOHN l.. BURNSIDE
Register
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior. L.
S. Land Office at Las Cruces, n.
NJ, December ~, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that
Willard +. Symonds, of Column
bus, n. NJ, who, on December /.
1913, made homestead entry 90
O42, for the S. w. Il Sec. "a. T.
p s. K. & w, and on April 10.
1916, made additional homestead
entry, No. 0l34l5, for S. F.. "A,
Section 33, Township q S, Range
8 W, n. NJ. p. Meridian. has filed
notice of intention to make final
three year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described
before w. c. Hoover. L. S. Com
missioner, at Columbus, n. NJ.
on the 26th day of January. 1917
Claimant names as witnesses
Clyde Darrow; Fred Darrow .
Charles c. Gard and Harry ],
Gard all Of Columbus, n. NJ.
JOHN l.. BURNSIDE.
Register.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior,
L. S. Land Office at Las Cruces,
n. NJ, Nov. "a, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that
William f. Cowgirl, of Column
bus, n. NJ, who on April %.
1913. made homestead entry
08335 for S. w, u, Section PC.
% s., r. 7 W., and on Nov.
l3, 1914, made additional home
stead entry. No. 01O675. for n.
w. n, Section 30. Township %
s, Range 7 W, n. NJ. p. Meri-
dian, has filed notice Of inten-
ton to make final three year
proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before w.
c. Hoover, L. S. Commissioner.
at Columbus, N. NJ, on the 18th
day of January 1917.
Claimant names as witnesses :
Henry Burton, William Van Rom
zelen, Leonard Miles, NJ. f. Tar
water, all of Columbus. N. NJ.
JOHN l.. BURNSIDE,
Dec. l-29. Register.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
THE PUBLIC HEALTH SER.
VICE HAS DISCOVERED:

That no bird ever tried to
build more nests than its
neighbor.
That no fox ever fretted be-
cause he had only one hole in
which to hide.
That no squirrel ever died of
anxiety lest he should not Law
by enough nuts for two winters
instead of one.
That no dog ever lost any sleep
over the fact that he did not
have enough bones laid aside for
his declining years.
Sounds like common sense.
Moral ; Don't worry.
Exchange.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29

rh"rr is uEnr" Caturrn IN tni- s"''.0H NJ
'.r uHulry lutn ull other disease, put
together. Iud uutl the last Few years
was supposed ln be- iuyuilhle. For a
great many Nrtfs doctors pronounced ia
local disease umi prescribed local rene
dies. and hN constantly failing tu cure
with local treatment pronounced II incur
hhl" Science has proven CatHrrh o. De
constitutional disease. n Therefore g.
Qulrrs constitutional treatment. Halls
,ntHtrh cure, manufactured hy T.
Cheney a Co Toledo. Ohio. Is IN, only
constitutional cure on the market II Is
taken Internally II acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces OF the system
They oner one hundred dollars foi any
case II fails TO cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials
Address! Y J CHENEY a co, Toledo. o
scla BY Druggists, 76c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for eonstlpauoa'
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29

RANCH-ll2 Miles out, for
sale or rent. Address Susan
A. Moore, Columbus, n. NJ. If.
FOR RENT-The Old P1stoi-
flee building size 22X36. Sec
]. X. Blair, at the Townsitc OF.
lice.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
DeBaca to Return Tor Inauguration.

Las Vegas A san Francisco dis
patch SAYS f. G.. DE B1ca. governor
elect Of New MeNico. who came her.
IN a month ago, win return TO Sauf
F6 in time TO TAX" the oath Of oft.c.
il he has TO ba carried there ou
$ ''etCher. according TO announcement
Mr.. De Baca. according to his physi
clans, has shown Improvement, large
ly through a determination to b,
ready for his Inauguration Since hi
arrival Nov 10 three lransfusions o.
blood have been made
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29

In st. Joseph, Mo. a man was
arrested for firing four shots at
random. He was acquitted of
the charge when ne proved that
he only fired one shot at random
and the other three at another
man.-Altamont Times.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-12-29
CHRISTMAS BRINGS A
STRONG GALE ALONG.

What is said to be by old
timers the worst wind ever seen
here was on Christmas day.
Early in the morning a strong
breeze from the southwest
started, which increased in force
until noon, and by two o'clock
had changed around and was
coming from the northwest.
There was plenty of dust and
sand along with it, and at last a
little snow. The wind was of
such force that it seemed it
would tear all buildings to pieces,
but we heard of no really serious
damage. Some of the small out
buildings were turned over and
a few corrugated iron roofs lifted
off. and several Christmas din
ners spoiled with the sand.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

timony Of eye-witnesses. Jim Donovan
had been the aggressor, and in killing
him, Lebonne, the big Canadian, had
acted only in Self-,lefense. But Dan
ny cared not for that. In his blind
rage at the news that his brother had
been stricken down. his one thought
WAS for a fitting retaliation, in which
q sense OF righ, and justice figured not
ut all.
Lehonne had been acquitted at once
and had departed two months before
the news of the affair had reached
Danny's ears, consequently the track
ing of him had been no easy matter.
At a little distance from the cabin
Danny halted his team and fed a
frozen fish to each of his dogs to in.
sure quiet on their part. Then he left
them and approached the cabin alone.
He crept stealthily to the uncurtained
window and peered within. A man
sat beside a table. He was laughing
and talking with someone at the other
side Of the room. Danny scrutinized
him carefully to avoid making an error.
But there was no mistaking him; he
answered to the description perfectly.
Danny drew his revolver from its
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

holster and cooked 1t, keeping well ,
back that the light streaming from the |
window would not betrny him. Then
he took careful aim at the broad
breast Of the man within.
Impel!ed by curiosity. Danny
stepped across the bar Of light to the
other side of the window. sight
met his gaze that drew forth muir.
muir Of surprise. In a corner of the
room stood a Christmas tree, glitter.
ing with crude, homemade ornaments
of tinsel. and alisht with tiny candles.
Before it, in attitudes Of awe-struck
admiration three children stood and
marvelled. They evidently had just
been admitted from another room.
Beaming on them with maternal pride.
stood u woman with rosy cheeks and
coal black hair. telling them. no
doubt of the wonderful things that
would grow on that tree over night.
It was Christmas eve; Danny had no
thought of that before. And tomor-
row would be the day OF "Pence on
earth, good will toward men" And
here was he Danny Donovan, with
black murder in his heart. feeling
Of deep shame came over him and he
lowered the hammer Of his revolver,
and returned it to it's holster.
"By the saints" he muttered into
his beard; IAN l KEN near to putin
an end to a bit of fun like that
And now the children We're sent
away to bed, and the task of hanging
the presents on the magic tree began.
Unmindful Of the biting wind and
snow. Danny watched, and slowly a
feeling OF loneliness crept over him.
and with it longing hope that perhaps,
some day. he. too. in his own home
And why not? Over in the Fort Nc
KenZie settlement was fair Rose
before the look in his own.
With a last lingering look inside the
! cabin. Danny made his way to his
| team. There II new thought came to
him and he paused to ponder it. Did
! he not owe these people something?
| He had come with heart black as
| sin. and he was leaving with heart
| light as air.
Ise fumbled beneath his pack. in the
bottom of the sled and drew out
deerskin bag. 1t was dirty and
! greasy. but it was filled with yellow
nuggets and dust. Danny had sew
ernl more like it in the sled, for luck
had been with him in the North. He
made loop in the string that fastened
Of the cabin He felt cautiously about
until he found the latch. then hung
his offering upon 1t and went back to
his team. With subdued shouts he
| reused the dogs. then turned his sled
around and made for the pass the
blizzard at his back and joyous
ugh:ness in his step.
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22
Danny's
Christmas Eve
BY E. w. CERRITSON

\ THE narrow confines of the
pass the blizzard screamed
with redouhled fury and whip
ped the SNOW cuttingly into
Danny DOnovan'S face as he
trudgcu along behind his sled,
shouting now and then to
urge his dogs to greater ef-
fort. He breathed easier
when, clear OF the pass, he
hegan the descent to the val.
ley below. Three thousand
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

travel for the purpose Of killing q
man, but Danny did not consider
1t hardship. for the man he was
tracking so mercilcssly had killed Dan
ny's brother. jim, up in the Forty Mile
Diggings. True, according to the tes-
The Glasgow courier., 1916-12-22

travelling bag, on
road between Glasgow and 10 miles
east. Finder kindly return to
Courier Office tt.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

paper. to which extraordinarily compli-
Gated and minute designs had been
transferred-strongly resembling Ia
borious efforts to conventionalize q
spiders web.
But no sooner had NJ. Ducroy focused
upon them the magnifying glass than
he started violently, uttered an excited
exclamation and subjected the papers
to an examination both prolonged and
exacting.
Monsieur is no doubt now salts
fied?" Lanyard inquired, when his pa
thence would endure no longer.
Yes" the other agreed breathlessly.
You have the negatives from which
these prints were made?"
Here" Lanyard said, Indicating a
second cigarette
And then, with a movement so leis-
urely and careless that his purpose
was accomplished before the other in
his preoccupation was aware of it, the
adventurer leaned forward and swept
up the prints from the Counterpart in
front of NJ. Ducroy.
"Here!" the Frenchman exclaimed.
why do you do that?"
Monsieur no longer questions their
authenticity"
81 grant you that
Then / return to myself these
prints, pending negotiations for their
transfer to France"
How did you come by them?" de-
manded n. Ducroy, after a moment
thought.
Need monsieur ask? Is France so
ill-served by her spies that you do not
already know of the misfortune re-
Gently suffered in London by one Cap
tain Ekstrom?"
You are-the Lone Wolf-then?"
81 am, monsieur simply as concerns
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-04-15

pretext and another contrived to haunt
the neighborhood Of Fiel's until the
party came out. something after one
O'Clock
1t was evident they had supped mer-
rily; the girl showed every sign OF the
gayest -humor; Wertheimer seemed a
bit exhilarated. De Morbihan was
plainly much amused. and even Ban
non-bearing heavily on the French
mans arm-was chuckling apprecia-
lively. The party piled back into De
MOrbihaa's limousine and were driven
up the Avenues des Champs-Elysees,
pausing at the Elysee Palace hotel to
drop Bannon and the girHhis daugh-
terZ-whOever she was!
Whittier it went thereafter Lanyard
didn't trouble to ascertain. He drove
morosely home and went TO bed,
though not to sleep for many hours
bitterness OF disiIIusion ate like an
acid into his heart
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CHAPTER XXIII.
No Solution.

No Solution.
Because his money was fast ebbing
and motives Of prudence alone-tf
none more Eorthy-forbade an attempt
to replenish his pocketbook by revisit
ing the little place in the Rue Roget
and realizing on the treasures there,
he had determined to have a taximeter
fitted to his car and ply for hire until
time or chance should settle the Ques-
ton Of his future.
Already, indeed, he had complied
with the police regulations, received
permission to convert his machine in
to taxicab, and arranged to have the
clock installed.
Leaving his car before noon at the
designated depot, he received the prom
Use that it would be ready for him at
four O'Clock. Returning at that hour,
he learned that it couldn't be ready be-
fore six. Facing YEARLY two hours
with nothing to do, and too bored and
restless to vile them away in a cafe,
he idled Hstlessly hither and yon along
streets and Observation-Disclosures in
the black melancholy depressing him,
whether or not he were recognized.
In the course of his wanderings he
found himself turning from the Rue
St Honore through the Place Ven
dome to the Rue de la Pafx
Before one corner window Lanyard
paused involuntarily.
In that window there was a mirror,
set at an angle to one side, and sud-
denly Lanyard caught its presentment
of himself-a gaunt and hungry appari-
ton, with a wOlfish airshe had never
worn when rejoicing in the sobriQuet
Of wolf. his eyes staring with preda-
cious luster-
And lest some passer-by be struck
by this betrayal, he turned and moved
on hastily.
Halfway across the Boulevard des
Capucines, to the east Of the Opera, he
Ieaped for his life from a murderous-
minded taxicab, found himself tempo
rarfly marooned upon one Of those
isles of safety which the Partisan
calls ''thank-GOds, and stood waiting
until an opening should offer in the
congestion of traffic and permit him
to gain the farther sidewalk
Presently the policeman in the mid
die of the boulevard signaled with his
little white wand, and the stream of
east-bound vehicles checked and be
gan to- close up to the right OF the
crossing. upon which they en-
croached jealousy. A taxicab on the
outside, next the island, overshot the
mark, and, obedient to a curt word
from the sergent, pulled up sharply
and began to back into place. Before
Lanyard could move round it, it's
window had drawn opposite him and
he was staring in, transfxed by a cas-
ual glance.
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you, the person in possession of these
plans, and who offers them through
you, to France, for a price"
But why introduce yourself to me
in this extraordinary fashion to con-
summate a transaction for which the
ordinary channels with which you
must be familiar are entirely ade-
Quate?"
Simply because Ekstrom has fol-
lowed me to Paris" Lanyard explained
indu1gently. Did 1 venture to ap-
preach you through the customary
channels, my chances of rounding out
a useful life thereafter would be prac-
ticalIy nil. Furthermore. my circum-
stances are such that it has become
necessary for me to leave France i'm
neutrality-suspicious. an hours delay
also secretly; else might as well re-
main here to - butchered. Now you
command the only means 1 know of to
accomplish my purpose And that is
the price, the only price, you will have
to pay me for these plans"
81 don't understand you"
ct is on schedule, is it not, that Cap
tain Vauquelin of the aviation corps is
to attempt a nonstop fight from Paris
to London this morning, with two pas
sengers, in a new PARROT biplane?"
''That is so. Well?"
ST must be one Of those passengers;
and have a companion, young lady,
who will take the place of the other"
1T isn't possible, monsieur. Those
arrangements are already fixed"
you will countermand them"
'sBut there is no time"
.'You can get into telephone COM
munication with Port Aviation In two
minutes"
But the passengers have already
been promised"
you will disappoint them"
1.-THE start is to be made in the first
flush Of daylight. How could you reach
Port Aviation in timer"
TN your motor car, monsieur"
cit cannot be done"
''It musti II the start must be de-
layed until We arrive. you win give
orders that it shall be so delayed
For q minute the minister of war
hesitated; then he shook his head def
nttely.
.-The difficulties are insuperabIe-"
There IS no such thing, monsieur"
Il sm sorry: Il can't be done"
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Instantly the countenance OF the
stout Frenchman was lighted with a
CLEAN of eager interest-romance
lover that he was-and he stepped
nearer, peering closely into the face
OF the adyenturer.
Gomez" he echoed 'MademoiseIle?
Your sweetheart, eh 90
Lanyard assented with a disconso-
lGe nod and sigh Impatiently Ducroy
caught him by the sleeve.
"Comei" he insisted, tugging-
come at once into the house Now.
monsieur-now at length you enlist all
ones sympathiesI Come, I say! Is it
your desire that 1 catch my death of
coId?'
Indiferently Lanyard suffered him
self to be led away. He was, indeed.
barely conscious Of what was happen
ing All his being was possessed by
the thought that she had forsaken
him.