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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
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Editor News:-
Having a thin carpet of snow this
morning we will keep in doors for a
day or so with but little idea of the
doings and happenings of the outside
world, as under the deplorable mail
system we have run almost complete
ly out of News, though | should get
the st. Louis Republic tri-weekly, the
Alabama News weekly, two Tucum-
carl papers weekly, one New York
magazine semi-monthly out Of all, il
they get to my box at all ! generally
have heard their contents before | re-
ceive them. To illustrate, the Tucum-
carl papers published Feb. 2, were re-
ceived at my box the following We'd
nesday-the It'll; the Alabama News
| received the LIST and only copy (since
our rural system went into eifect) on
Monday the 18th, same having been
published on Tuesday the 9th. | have
received two issues of the Republic,
one published the lst and the other the
9th inst. As to letter mail it takes
the same chances or delivery.
Mr.. Ben Dunlap picked up three let
tiers dropped out in the road while in
transit. Now to explain: Tn, s'ar
route from Tucumcari to Kirk leaves
Tucumcari on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday of each week, arriving at
Quay ll:l5 o'clock each day. Now,
our rural route No. | leaves Quay at
8 a. m. On Monday, Wednesday and
Friday each week. Mail coming to
Quay on Saturday lies there till the
next Monday, likewise, mail taken up
by the rural man on Friday lies at
Quay until the next Monday, so all
mail is delayed one day at Quay and
that gathered on Friday and delivered
by star route on Saturday is delayed
three days. What do you think of
these schedules, and this I'M of
delivering mails? lnd 10 add insult
to injury one of our neighbors had the
nerve to write the department that
"the present schedule was the best
that could be arranged and that it
was utterly impossible to dispatch mail
on the Route / the same gay 1t ar
rived at Quay. There were four took
the civil service examination on the
10th, anxious to get the routes one
and two, and to dispatch mails as soon
as they could be sorted, and | will
further state that IL notice was given
for applicants to bid Cor apply that
25 bids will appear for each route, not
w~ithstanding the wonderful informa-
ton sent in by one interested.
"There's a niger in the wood pile"
as will be brought out later. The Quay
postofice has been leased or farmed
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
INSTANT ACTION SUR.
PRISES MANY HERE

This grocer's story surprises local
people: 81 had bad stomach trouble.
All food seemed to SOU and form gas.
Was always constipated. Nothing
helped until | tried buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc, as mixed in Adel-i- ka.
ONE SPOONFUL astonished me with
it's INSTANT action" Because Adj
ler-i-ka .flushes the ENTIRE alimen-
tary tract it relieves ANY CASE con-
stipation, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. 1t has QUICK
EST action Of anything We every sold.
-Sands-D Dorsey Drug Co.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

Land Commissioner Robert P. Err
wien has just received from Senator'S
Catron and Fall and Congressman
Hernandez a limited assortment of
garden and flower seeds for distribu-
ton in New Mexico. The New Mexico
members of congress have mailed the
seeds to those on their mailing lists
and the seeds sent to the land commits
sioner are the remainder of their an
nual allotments. Those wishing these
seeds should apply at ono to the pub
licity bureau, state land Office, Santa
Fe. n. NJ. Requests will be filled in
order OF receipt, so long as the sup
ply lasts.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
THE DOOR HAS BEEN SHUT

tt IS reported that senators and rep
resentatives are receiving floods of
letters and kilograms from ever Sec
ton of the country, congratulating
them for passing the immigration bill
over the head of President Wilson.
who had twice vetoed it on account
OF prohibiting foreigners from COM
ing over here unless they could read
and write either the English language
or their own language.
President Wilson said that "liter-
acy' was not a test of character, and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
LAST CALL TO PROPERTY
OWNERS TO TURN IN LISTS

The property owners of Tucumcari
ana quay county are hereby notified
that Feb. 2Sth is the last day to list
your property without penalty of 20
per cent being added, The law is very
plain on this matter and you have been
given due notice by publication in ev-
cry newspaper in the county. Don't
blame me If the Commissioners add
TINS penalty. | will be in my Office
most of the time now and will be glad
to have you call and make out your
,lsts' Remember, only few more days
ieit to list your property, so you had
better get busy. Do it NOW.
b. l.. FRANCIS, Assessor,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

Gen. Wood testifes in Washington
that the National Guard "has been
drugged by praise" Whatever the
effect of it may have been, perhaps
the praise is deserved. At any rate,
no National Guard Post has been sur
prised as was the regular army camp
at Columbus.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
4 TRIAL WILL PROVE IT.

Your old clothes are worth more to
you-than what you may think-when
you have them cleaned and pressed
right. They will wear longer, retain
ing their shape and we make them
look like new by u sterilizing pro-
cess. MODEL CLEANING WORKS
we deliver the goods Phone AIS
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

on the capital they invest. Those who
invest in mining companies that are
just reaching the productive stage,
take n trifle more Of a speculative
chance. but have the opportunity of
greatly increasing the value of their
investments and at the same time en-
joying the income that the older COM
panies provide.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
Thursday, February %, 1917

Pershing's retirement from Mexico
is not an unmixed blessing in the
minds of the refugees who are follow
ing him out Of the country.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

animation should advise this Office at
once of the possible number of ques-
tons they are going to need. There
will be no charges for this examina-
ton. j. 4. ATKINS,
Supt. Of Schools
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

Our army did not get Villa, but it
did get a lot of valuable experience.
1t is safe to say that the regulars of
that contingent will not again be TAX
en- by surprise like they were at Col
umbus.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
sTH GRADE EXAMINATION

The Eighth Grade promotion ex-
animation will be held throughout the
county on March 1928, April 1920,
and May 1918.
Teachers wishing to hold this ex-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

Entered as second-class matter at
the po~stofice in T%ucumcari, N. NJ, un-
der act of Congress, March /, 1879.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

p. S.-The inspector sent to view
and report on practibility of Routes
never went over a foot of Route 2,
but o KID just the same. He had just
as well o KID and stayed at home.
What think you people of this man
ner of doing business for "Uncle Sam
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22

out with a remnant of goods for a
time, but under the past administra-
ton it has reached the limit.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-02-22
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Published Every Thursday

IRA f. FURR, Editor and Publisher
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
SELECTING A SENATOR

This office has received a letter
from Charles F. Crane, Weyauwega
Wis, in which he advocates the cleo.
ton of a United tSates senator. He
would have a state convention com.
posed of delegates from all of the coun
ties, all party lines to be eliminated
The convention should select a 10y.
atty candidate, then circulate nomi-
nation papers for such candidate and
on the ticket place his name in the
Independent column. Candidates who
stand for reasonable utterances would
be given the taboo, and the author of
the letter believes this process would
result in Wisconsin no longer being
a doubtful state" He suggests those
who are in favor Of such a procedure
to communicate with the secretary of
the Wisconsin Loyalty legion, W. S.
GOOdland, Racine, Wis.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
Ablennan:

Alderman:
Dearest Folks: Just few lines to
let you know that l am we'll and hope
the same Of you. l am cooking now
again. We have a real kitchen here,
board floor, nice big double stove,
a great big mess hall which would
hold perhaps 800 men and four cooks,
besides myself. We wear white suits
and we must change them every day,
and we have to wear clean, white cam
vas gloves. This is the only company
in the regiment that wears white
clothes, but they are a bunch of nice
fellows to work with.
l have every fourth day off. l don't
have to do any work for the whole
day Our tents are all board floors,
boarded sidewalks and in the center
of our tents we have a wood heater.
1t does not take much to heat up our
tents. broke my old cot and l turned
it in and they gave me a nice spring
bed, and that nice quilt and blanket
and pillow you gave me go fine with
it, | am just like at home now. | can
go and eat any time l want to. Some
mornings l have to get up to build the
fire in the kitchen stove. / wish you
could come down here and see how
we have got everything. You would
not worry about me bit. We some
times have pie for dinner or sauce for
SUPPER sauer kraut and weiners, milk,
butter, eggs, ham, Goldfish, fish, bacon,
all kinds Of steak, hamburger and
everything more than we ever dream
ed Of having. | have to bake the pies,
if we have any to bake. Tomorrow 1
have to bake so apple pies. The other
day | baked three cranberry pies for
the cooks, and they were fine. l wish
had good cook book, l would get
along pretty good. l am learning very
fast-better than l thought l would.
l am glad l worked at the Wellington
hotel last winter-that Helped me lot
I know-hOw to bake a good pie crust.
The chef calls me the pastry cook, be-
cause if there is anything in the line
of pastry that has to be made, | have
to do it, and | like that work | would
like to be at Ableman now. l believe
could cook a dinner that would sur
prise you. 1t would not be like the
chicken l should cook. as you were all
in the field and the chicken started to
burn and | did not know enough to
take it off the stove, but I called moth
err from the field, and when she got
home the chicken was all burn black.
l will close. Love from
EMIL w. TRACHSLER,
Co. F 10th V. E. Engineers.
32nd division.
Waco, Texas.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
A POLICY NOT TO BE TOLER.
ATFD

The war has served to direct par
ticular attention to the matter of
language as a factor in developing cit
izenship. It has emphasized the fact
that in communities where German,
for example. is in common use, as is
the case in some communities in this
state, the development OF patriotic
sentiment and loyal support of the
has been retarded to such
a degree as to raise some question as
to what extent foreign language may
be employed in the public schools Or
in the daily. or weekly press Of the
country. There is considerable SEN
timent extant in favor Of prohibiting
publication of any newspaper in Ger
man during the period Of the war, and
already the requirement is in effect
that articles in German, dealing with
the government and the war, shall be
reproduced in the same paper in Eng
lish in accurate translation. How
far the government may be required
to go in this direction will be deter
minel by the users of the German
language, but that any prospective
American citizen should be trained in
the schools through the exclusive use
of any foreign language is not only
absurd, but is not to be tolerated as
a matter of public policy Minneap-
Oils Tribune.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13

she didn't start the war, that she
didn' want war, that she did not
violate Belgium.
And the most pathetic phase Of
the entire situation is that Germany
has repeated the incarnation so
many times that her government and
her leaders, at least, believe it, and
perhaps that belief has been instilled
into the minds of the people.
Every harmless town liar tells the
same old yarn so many times that
eventually every detail is SO burned
into his subcOnsciousness that he
finds it impossible to believe that
his story is a fabrication. And Ger
many is trying, and possibly has sue
ceeded in kidding herself into be-
lieving something she knows isn't
truc--Emporia Gazette.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
A LOYAL STEP

The board Of regents of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin acted most loyalty
in taking away the degree bestowed
upon Bernstorff. For his intrigues in
this country, the country that had
showed him SO much favor, he received
just what he deserved. 1t is stated
there are several members of the
faculty of the great institution that
are not loyal and these should be re-
moved if possible. Many Of the loyal
ones have joined the colors and those
who are in sympathy with our enc
mics remain in their positions. One
has been told to evacuate and others
should be treated likewise, especially
if a word Of disloyalty from them can
be nailed.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
THE WORK OF PACIFISTS

Wherever the 'pacifsts" get control
blood is poured out in heavier torrents.
They gained the ascendency in Russia
and the streets of their large cities are
strewn with the dead and dying, while
the paving stones are stained with the
blod of men, women and children. They
got into the Italian army and the whole
northern portion of the country is a
scene of bloodshed; one correspond
ent says that the dead lying on the
banks of the river resembled a tan
gled mass of seaweed washed ashore.
They did their work in Greece and
now divisions of Greeks face each
other in deadly array on the bloodiest
fields of Europe. There is devastation
and ruin there like that of northern
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
The Rockies Lament

Mr. and Mrs. John Rumpf, Glenville
have received a poem written by Ray
G. Clemens, now at Camp Greene, N
C. The young man formerly made his
home with Mr.. and Mrs. John Rump1
and is we'll known at Westfeld.
No more ham and eggs and grapefruit
When the bugle blows for chow;
No more apple pies or dumplings
For we're in the army now.
And they feed us beans for breakfast
And at noon we have them too,
And at night they fill our tummies
With the good old army stew.
No more shirts of silk or linen;
We all wear the o. D. stuff,
No more night shirts or pajamas,
For our pants are good enough.
No more feather beds or pillows,
But we're glad to thank the Lord
That we've got bunk and blanket,
For we might have just a board.
For they feed us beans for breakfast
And at noon we have them too,
And at night they fill our tummies
With the good old army stew.
But by jinks we'll kill the kaiser,
For it's sure that we know how
To hang him! For that's the reason
That we're in the army now.
RAY c.. CLEMENS.
Co. L, 59th Reg U. S. Inf
Camp Greene, North Carolina.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
IN THE SKIES

'The winter consultations are be-
ginning to spread their glory over the
eastern Skies" says The Ohio State
Journal. First to notice is Jupiter,
though no part Of the consultations,
is the ruler Of them all just now.
Near him are Pleiades and Hyades.
North Of him a little ways is the con-
stellation Aurega, with it's brilliant
star, Capella, of wonderful brightness
and color. Farther to the northeast
are the twins Castor and Pollux, the
former going away from us at the rate
Of twenty miles a secOnd-nO speed
law in the skies. And to the south Of
Jupiter, and just Frightening into his
glory, is Orion, the grandest of the
consultations. The scene will not
reach it's greatest refulgence till about
Christmas, which one might imagine
the celestial display comes to cele-
brate."
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13

France and Belgium, while the an
cient city Of Venice with all it's art
treasures lies in the line of advance.
Pacifism is the mcst deadly force that
is left to Prussian militarism and it
is being used in every country of the
world to weaken the fight against au-
tocracy. In Russia there is plainly
seen marching in its wake pestilence
and famine which will strew all Of
that vast country with the whitening
bones Of hundreds of thousands. That
is what pacifsm is doing for the
world. And yet there are many paci-
fists who are thoroughly conscienti-
Gus. The most charitable thing that
can be said of them is: Forgive them,
for they know not what they do
Omaha World Herald.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
INTENDED TO KEEP BELGIUM

A little pamphlet, General Won Bis
sings testament, A Study in German
Ideals, has been issued by Professor
w. MachneiIe Dixon of Glasgow, Scot
land. When the war came the Ger
man government gave out the state
ment they entered Belgium as a mill
tary necessity. Evidently there was
scarcely a word of truth in the state
ment. Germany conquered Belgium
with the intention of possessing the
territory. 1t was ali invasion Of con
quest. Here is what Won Kissing says:
The conclusion arrive at is
this, that if we do not get Bel
GUM into our sphere of power,
and we do not govern it in Ger
man fashion land use it in Ger
man fashion) the war is lost"
The letter appearing in the pam.
phlet was dated January Il, 1917,
about three months before Won Bis
sing died. Germany expects to keep
that country if she can.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
REAL PATRIOTISM

Patriotism does not consist entirely
in public speeches, braying bands, flag
bedecked parades and vociferous as
generations of love of country, but gen
uine patriotism consists in being a
thorough-going American citizen, dis
charging the various duties of citizen
ship every day of the 365, thereby
showing forth the blessings and glories
of our free and beneficient institutions
to all the world.-Speaker Champ
Clark in Leslie's.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
THE FALL OF .KERENSKY

opportunity knocked, not once, but
for more than six months, at Keren-
sky's door," declares The st. Louis
Post-Dispatch. "His was an attractive
figure. That an unknown man should
have been able to rise by mere force
of his personality and eIoquence over
night as it were, from obscurity to be
government head in the greatest coun-
try in the world appealed strongly to
imagination. Nevertheless the dispo,
sition will be universal at home and
abroad to attribute his fall to lack Of
practical qualities in leadership, de-
fciencies in organizing powers, too
great willingness to compromise and
too little appreciation of the value of
force in unsettled revolutionary times.
The worlds hope for his success dur
ing the early days of the most recent
crisis was based largely on a belief
that he had learned his lesson and
that, if able to continue in power he
would show an adequate conception Of
the needs of the situation"
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
War Papers Received

This Office has received two copies
Of the Camp Macarthur Bugle from
T. H. Tudor. The newspapers are full
of camp, Wisconsin, war, Y. M. c. A.
and general news. There are also fea-
lures so that the eight pages prove
very interesting reading. The paper
was established not long ago, the
copy of November 80 being Vol. 1, No.
IT. Friends here have learned that
Mr.. Tudor has been promoted to first
lieutenant in the regular army and
expects to be transferred soon.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
War Poem

Miss Laurene Cummings of BarabOO
requests the publication Of the follow
ing lines. She has two brothers who
are volunteers, Corp. Rex Cummings
and Private Edwin Cummings, with
Co. A 128th Wis. Inf.
Only Volunteer
Why didn't I wait to be drafted,
And be led to the train by band,
And put in claim for exemption
Oh, why didn't hold up my hand?
Why didn't 1 wait for the banquets;
Why didn't 1 wait to be cheered?
For the drafted men get the credit,
While l only volunteered.
And nobody gives us banquet,
No one says kind word;
The puff Of the engine, the grind Of the
wheel,
Was all the goodbye that / heard;
Then off to the Training Camp hustled,
To be trained for the next halfyear,
And in the shuttle forgotten
I was merely a volunteer.
And perhaps some day in the future,
When my little boy sits on my knee
And asks me what 1 did in this great
war,
With his little eyes looking up at me-
I must look back into those eyes,
That so innocentIy and truthfully
peer,
And tell him that I was not drafted
| WAS ONLY A VOLUNTEER.
Hat off to the Volunteer
'You don't belong to the regulars,
You're just a VOLUNTEER;
You don't belong to the rank and file,
No one will hold you dear q will,
kiddo).
Many mothers heart does ache,
But in the coming years,
Uncle Sam will take off his hat
To you, THE VOLUNTEERS.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1917-12-13
SAUK CITY

Mesdames Henry Sorg and Ben
Fuchs were Madison visitors Satur-
day.
Math Jacoby Of Madison was Sank
City visitor the fore part of the week.
A little son arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Decot on De-
cember 4.
Miss Hannah Schroeder spent last
week with relatives in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fuchs and son
Walter, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Fuchs spent
Sunday with relatives and friends at
Baraboo.