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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02
QUAY COUNTY LEADS so FAR

Santa Fe, N. M, Aug. The total
gains in assessment of New Mexico
this year will be more than had been
estimated. Fourteen counties, whose
assessment rolls are in hand, show a
total increase of $S,699,S39, and only
one county, that of Rio Arriba, shows
decrease of its already very low
assessment, although it is in some
ways the richest in resources and one
of the oldest counties in the state.
Quay county leads with an increase Of
81 ,S04,57l; then comes San Miguel
with an increase of $l,3S3,062 and
Union which shows an increase of
81, ,200,970.
1t is believed now that the returns
will show total increase Of $15,000,-
900 over last year.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02
MAY SEND INSTRUCTOR TO
THE EXEMPTION BOARDS

Santa Fe, July Silt is suggegted
that the state council of defense send
representative TO address each of
the county boards of defense to out
line the service that is expected of
them and the proper steps to take in
emergencies. As most suited for this
task is mentioned Col. Ralph +.
Twitchell, who has just returned from
recruiting tour in eastern and north
ern New Mexico, and has made COM
plete report to the governor.
T. A. Muirhead, one of the financial
agents for the State Board of De-
fense. and E. NJ. Yates, acting county
agent, have sent in the following list
of names to the governor asking that
they be appointed on the County De-
fense Board:
Forrest. II. WEIGH.
McAlister-George Bond.
Jordan-Ernest +. Hall.
House-H. o. Norris.
Quay-Al Dunlap.
Montoya-Dr. l.. T. Jackson.
Lesbia-A. l.. Flemister.
San Jon--Jesse T. White.
Endee-Wash l.. Batson.
Glenrio-Wm. M. Germs.
Nara Visa-O. o. Gragg.
Logan. f. Johnson.
Hudson. NJ. Bartlett.
Tucumcari-Ira +. Furr.
Norton-J. NJ. Thurston.
Governor Lindsey has made some
appointments in other counties, but as
vet he has not O. KID. the above list.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02
LEADING |. W. W. AGITATOR
DIES BY THE ROPE ROUTE

Butte, Mont. Aug. Frank Little
member of the executive board of the
Industrial Workers of the World, and
prominent in labor trouble in Arizona
was taken from lodging house early
today by masked men and hanged to
a railroad trestle on the outskirts of
the city.
The body was cut down at s a. m
by Chief Of Police Jerry. Murphy who
identified it. Little, in recent ad-
dress here, referred to Uncle Sans
troops as "Uncle Sans scabs in uni.
FORM"
Since his arrival in Butte recently
from Globe, Ariz., Little had made q
number of speeches TO strikers in al
of which he had attacked the govern
ment and urged the men to shut dowr
the mines of the Butte district. lie
was bitter in his denunciation of the
government. His record was under
Investigation by the federal authorl
ties whose attention had been called
to his activities.
On the other hand the report was
current that Little was in the employ
of prominent detective agency ant
one theory was that he was the victim
of a radical element of whom he ap
peared to be member.
Little took u very prominent par
in recent labor troubles in Arizona
He addressed message TO Governor
Thomas L. Campbell of Arizona, pro
testing against the deportation of |
w. w. members from Bisbee. Thii
letter was written from Salt Lake
Gov. Campbell replied, telling Littl'
he resented his interference and hi
threats. Little was understo, to hav'
the confidence of VIM. ID. Haywood
secretary of the |. w. w. nar.onal or
ganization and was regarded here a
one of Haywood's chief lieutenants
Little was a cripple, but very activ
and forceful speaker. lie was Grip
pied while in Arizona.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02
Secretary McAdoo Startles Con.
gress by Asking S5.000,-
100000 More for War.
TRANSPORT PROBLEM IS Big
Shipping Board Quarrel Ended b.
Change OF Personnei-Russia's Nil.
itary Collapse In Gaiicia Complete
French Repuise Tremendous
German Attacks.
by EDWARD W. PIckARo.

The United States Is having i'm
pressed upon II the magnitude of the
war In which IL has embarked, and Is
beginning to realize that 1t must be
fought through to victorious finish
ut tremendous cost In money, energy
and, doubtless, life. The money end
of 1t was brought sharply To the at
tcntion Of congress last Tuesday when
Secretary of the Treasury McAdOo in.
formed the lawmakers that $1,000, ,OOO,-
900 more than had been estimated
was needed. and needed at once. Much
of this will be expended for ordnance.
Sen, r. Smoot informed the senate
that ;. the end of the fiscal year the
wsr expenditures by the United States
are likely to amount to S20,OO0,0O 900.
The figures staggered the members Of
both houses, and there was hnsty
calling together OF the senate finance
committee to revise Its report on the
war-tax bill.
Transportation Is now one of the
administrations biggest problems
transportation by both land and sen,
but especially the latter. An immense
number of vessels must he provided
to carry to Europe our troops and the
vast supplies they and the allied arm
les, must have, and efforts are being
made To gather together all the avail
able ships, even Japan being asked to
release many of her merchantmen.
Meanwhile the plan of building II mon
atar tn.rshnnt m rinn pf Dllr p\vn Mu Z
given added impetus last week. AS
had been predicted, President Wilson
was compelled To take II hand Ia the
dispute between General Gocthals and
Chairman Denman of the shipping
board, and he settled the matter by ac-
cepting the designations Of both, and
of Capt. J. Il. White as well. lie then
named +. n. Hurley of Chicago as
chairman and cambridge Colby ms
member of the board, and Rear Ad-
miral Capps, lon- chief constructor of
the navy, as head of the emergency
fleet corporation In place Of Goethafs.
or these appointments, only that of
Colby was adversely criticised. llur-
ley Is an energetic business man and
Though the elimination Of Goethals Is
regretted by the innumerable admir-
ers OF the great builder Of the Pan
ANA canal, It Is felt that no one bet
ter than Admiral Capps could he
picked to manage the construction of
the emergency fleet. II Is understood
that as many steel ships as possible
will be built, which was Goethnl's plan.
Later in the week the president ac'
cepted the resignation Of vice Chair
man Theodore Brent of the shipping
sboard.
Steps In Making the Army.
The need for many vessels Is EN-
phasized by the semi-oillcial announce
ment that the United States plans to
A send to Europe not only 100000 men,
but more than million as soon as
they can be trained and equipped and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02

CONTINUED on back page)
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02
CRUSHED ROCK ON STREETS

At the council meeting last Friday
night it was decided to ballast the
streets of Tucumcari with crushed
rock and teams will be put to work
soon hauling rock from the Sisney
place west of t..wn. This experiment
will be used only on few of the main
streets in order TO try it out. II it
proves successful crushed rock will be
used instead of cinders as has hereto
fore been the custom.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02

G.. w. Brannan was here from Lo-
last week on business. While in town
he called at this office and subscribed
for the News.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02

64-Earl Heintz, Tucumcari.
870-Joe Kitchen, st. Vrain.
549-Guy W. Carpenter, Logan.
440-Thos. Franklin Page, Quay.
105d-Geo. David Thomas. Lestia.
74l--Archie w. Pike, Bard.
711-Albert j. Peck, San Jon.
1022-Berry j. c. Lang, Puerto.
841-Asher +. Hunton, Forrest.
638--William f. Lowrey, Endee.
1032-Florencio Spitz, Lucille.
623--Chester o. Beasley, Glenrio.
269-Theodore A. Thurman, Tucum.
685-Edmund w. Wilson, Logan.
l016-Fred c. Lossinge, Plain.
335-Vernon A. Harris, Tucumcari.
493--Walter NJ. Tompkins, Nara Visa
923-Lone b. Hancock, Puerto.
341-Holland ID. Thomas, Tucumcari.
l007-Claude A. Sparks, Plain.
39l-Walter W. Kirkpatrick, Glenrio
353-Miguel Valdez, Lesbia.
970-Leroy NJ. Smithers, Endee.
637--John Bradley, Endee.
360--Jose Garcia, San Jon.
671-Phillip Janto, Logan.
488-Henry A. Whitaker, Nara Visa.
704-Charlie NJ. Apple, Hudson.
72-Leroy F. Morris, Tucumcari.
356-Juan F. Montoya, Hudson.
William A. Woodward, Tucum.
1067-Lois l.. Hammond, Norton.
l2s-Henry C. Hatcher, Tucumcari.
679-Roy X. Etheridge, Lockney.
S05-Alfred M. Wooten, McAlister.
11-Juan Gonzales, Tucumcari.
900-Estes Kent, Hassell.
363-Allen Smith, Lesbia.
6-Harrold II. Aull, Tucumcari.
327-Henry o. Christie, Tucumcari.
664-Chas. II. Pine, Obar.
93-Curtis Ivan Davis, Tucumcari.
957-Jos. S. Hindman, Endee.
345-Robert B. Worthington, Tucum.
i03-Robert Gebo, Tucumcari.
556-Patricio ortega, Logan,
154-Claude Boyet, Tucumcari.
5l-Pedro Duran, Tucumcari.
7l7-Harvey NJ. Arnett, Bard.
1057-Wiljam F. Hevert, Norton.
l073-Joseph N. Burton, Bard.
30-Max. J. Goldenberg, Tucumcari.
l99-James N. Barnett, Tucumcari.
388-Perry M. Turpin, Endee.
773-Arthur NJ. Bradford, Montoya.
60S-Chas. A. Schenck, Glenrio.
406-Jessie c. Hodges, Puerto.
5l9-Clarence Kraws, Nara Visa.
25-L. w. Cox, Tucumcari.
392-Wm. ]. Ashcraft, Endee.
8s9-Wesley N. Tibbetts, House.
3s3-Cha.s L. Bowe, Endee.
588-Silas c. Oswalt, Logan.
856-Fred c. Whitfield, McAlister.
705-Francisco Castillo, Hudson.
576-Reginald r. Long, Logan.
944-John Arthur Inman, Cameron.
122-Arthur c. Camp, Tucumcari.
642-Earl V. Frost, Rama.
939-James C. Isler, Cameron.
222-Grover Miller, Tucumcari.
906--George A. Carpenter, Hassell.
700-Harry V. Nidever, Hudson.
297-Enrique N. Zarazoza, Tucumcari
321-William II. Todd, Tucumcari.
736-Roy B. Shope, San Jon.
7O7-Dud T. Reed, San Jon.
l002-Austin w. Branson, Kirk.
368-Fred Hedgecoke, Endee.
974-Wm. l.. o. Swift. Elvira.
320-Alonzo Pckard, Tucumcari.
950-Jerome X Isler, Cameron.
926-Robert c. Cogdell, Cameron.
l0l0-Ernest l.. Grissam, St. Vrain.
9l9-Joe Farris, Hassell.
656-Clarence l.. Payne, Lockrey.
sl4-Perry B. Wooten, Roosevelt.
l070-Erhy Alfred Cannon, Bard.
738-Horace Horne. Bard.
s48-William r. O'Dell, Field.
l21-Juan Welch, Tucumcari.
22l-Elton F. Dunn. Tucumcari.
292-Juaquain Garcia, Tucumcari.
s22-Robert c. Goodrum, Curry.
504-Jay Frank Bell, Clifford,
l064-Warner S. Ayler, Norton.
1091-David II. Nelson, San Jon.
470-William r. Conant, Montoya.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02

Work on the Masonic Temple and
the Goldenberg buildings is progress
ing nicely this week.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-02

John Pring was here from Taylor
visiting friends Saturday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-09
CHRISTMAS
Perfumes and
Toilet Goods

Dainty flower frag-
RANGES in beautiful bot
ties are ready for those
who like to make early
selections from these
c h dice and givable
things. Our line Of high
grade perfumes and tot
let waters are lower
priced now.
Toilet waters and fan
CIV boxed perfumes from
"Hudnut,' "Piver,'
"Hil b ert,' "Melba,'
"Rignod,' "Houbigart,'
"Dolita' and American
Toilet Goods Co.
Soap Babies in pink
and green fine quality
soap that will not harm
the softest hands. Spe-
e en1v 1Oc
Soap Teddy Bears in
pink and white 10r
only. Special. W.
Soap kewpies,' a new
arrival, are in a nice box.
(s s!ssa fG a1Iv.. 2-25c:
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-09
Books and Books and Books
Among the Most Useful Gifts
Slippers Hold a Forward Place

A pair Of slippers chosen with taste
will be joyfully acceptable to any man,
woman or child We have so many styles
and such a variety of colors, all at special
prices that bring deep qualification to
the Xmas shopper.
You sure can find just what you want
in slippers if you come to our Basement
Shoe Department, for no one could show
you larger, better selected stock than
we have-and then, too, we have put
such tempting low prices on them, to
tell the truth, we don't believe we'll have
near enough to satisfy all, SO come early
and get yours.
Note These Special Prices
Women's felt comfort slippers in all col
ors, lambs wool soles, with fancy rib
bon trimmings Just think &125
special at-....--.-.-.-.-,-~.--.~-..- " Ae6O
Women's felt Julets with nice fur trim
ming, leather soles and low leather heels
All colors to select from. ~1e16
Special ...................WA ~
Women's Daniel Green comfys in every
desirable color made, wonderful quality
Of felt, trimmed very nicely with ribbon.
Best grade of carded felt bottoms. Show
, snse taG grades $1.5O-$1.75
Misses and Chldren's Felt Comfys and High Bootees.
with cuff top in ribbon fur and fancy trimming
: r~a sra s1s fs sss sso" .25$l50
The largest line of Mems Felt Comfy slippers
have ever shown: some with high grade leather soles
and heels some with corded felt bottoms, both in
sss ana sr s" sre ssss an navy l50$250
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20

made for clerical help, postage, trans portation, administrative work or any other form of charity red tape" Every penny contributed will go direct to Belgium and will help to feed child. The sum of SIP will save a child from starvation this year. The Digest heads the list with a contribu- tion of $600O.
 The appeal is made to the entire country. America should come to the relief of the Belgian children. AL though we have done much, it is after all comparatively little. We have con tributed, someone has estimated, about 2 cents per capita. All dona- tions, in whatever form, should be made payable to Belgian Children's Fund, care of the Literary Digest, Fourth avenue, New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
READING ALOUD

Reading aloud ought go around tho circle. Mother and the children should take a turn and you can lie in wait and trip, them up. This is both restful to you and solacirg. Incidentally the chii- dren find out how words sound as well as look, which is sometimes worth know ing In this way young girl once dis covered that a rebellion was not & rebel lion, as she had always supposed. The same youthful reader, after conducting the mystified family circle through the imposing 'krimony" at the altar. by which the hero endowed his bride with all his worldly goods, discovered that the word she had been flying at was ceremony
 Information like this, acquired easily and without pain, is not so much re- sented by children. Most children Qike most grownups) simply hurdle over 8 word or an allusion in their reading which they do not understand and hurry on to see if the marriage takes place in that chapter If the head of family reading out loud circle wants to be ty- rannical and obnoxiously useful he will halt the proceedings at every such word or allusion and clear the mystery up In such a way it was discovered only the other day that the person commonly known as Lord Bacon, whose name, mis- named, popped up in the reading was no longer alive. Until that time it had been supposed he was still active.
 The allusions in "Child's History Of England open up another wonderlui perspective The Spanish Armada brought lsWestward Ho" to mind and now that IS down on the out loud reading list. James I (pronounced no good whatever and lit tlo better than an old woman by vote or the circle) suggested ''The Fortunes or Nigel" and there is no telling where inc list will end if the fire logs and the apples hold out and that trick with the clock is not discovered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
 SN FADING aloud is conventionally INK supposed to be too slow for this Ss fast moving age But happily there are places where the good old cus- tom has not gone out.
 To get the most out of reading aloud requires a. combination of right elements, including appreciative listeners. The first place must be assigned to the book it. self-it must be a book that is of the reading aloud kind, and it ought to be book that the reader has read before and is familiar with. Just as you want to know something about an acquaintance before you introduce him to others and make yourself, in a sense, responsible for him, so you ought to know what IS in a book that you read aloud. There is only one place to read aloud, of course, and that is not the lecture platform, nor the House of Representatives, where there is good deal of it done-mostly in the dry unflinching manner of MT. Wegg reading the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'-nor in the pulpit, where too much of it Is in the manner of MT. wopsle, nor on the stage, but at the family hearth, where a bright fire gloWs, where mother sits with her embroidery and the children are curled up in chairs exchanging delighted signals over your head because you have not discovered that they have turned the clock back 90 minutes. Under such circumstances lit erature could have no better show. If Robinson Cruesoe," Kidnapped" West ward Ho," "Gulliver,' Tom Sawyer" .Ivanhoe,' "C1oister and the Hearth" :" Little Men," Lorna Doone," Last or the Mohicans' and "Pickwick" can get no hearing here books may as well be removed from that house and some thing else be given chance-boxing les sons or casino.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
AS TO HUGHES
l the Anniston Star.

From the Anniston Star
 Congressman Hefiin says MT. Hughes is "an animated icicle, with a beard full of frost" We'll! Well! But isn't the campaign over yet?-- Age-Herald.
 And MT. Hearst called him an "ani- mated feather duster." There seems to be some doubt as to what he is, but there is a unanimity of opinion that he is animated
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

There ain't no such animal as the per- feet woman. But every now and then you will meet one who is smart enough to conceal her imperfections.
 The only way to avoid disappointment in this world is to expect nothing.
 Somehow or other a train never kills any cows but pedigreed Jerseys worth $500 and an auto never runs over any dogs but blue-ribbon winners worth $100.
 Men are just as vain as women. When a man has his photograph taken he won ders why the fool photographer doesn't put it in the show window.
 Of course, a woman doesn't believe it. But it makes her feel good all over to have you tell her that she is growing younger every day.
 Other mothers may have had ugly babies. But any man can tell you that his mother never had one When a modern wife discovers that she can't spare the time to be devoted to her husband and her clubs and societies she quits being devoted to her husband. Marriage is now regarded as such a joke in some circles that while the cere-
 mony is being performed 1t wouldn't surprise us to see the groom trying to flirt with the bridesmaid and the bride eASAA6 tO e3AAe VAsti tAsO SSSs A-se~'@'
 It often happens that every woman iii the neghborhood knows that a girl is engaged long before the fellow she Is fengaged to knows anything about the engagement.
 | Every time we pass drug store we are impressed with the fact that an awful lot of good booze is spoiled by the patent
 medicine people.
 Father will take the other side in argu- and will fuss and indignate until he runs everybody out of his pet saloon. Then he will go home and want to kill the chil- dren because they can't agree when they are playing some game.
 Every now and then you will run across a sweet young man who makes you won l der how long he has been debutante. Another Fairy Tale: Once upon a time there was stew who didn't want to tel the world how ''shober" he was.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
FRANCIS JOSEpHaS SIMPLICITY

nius must have presided over the choic4 of colors for the army. When they arv blended as they were at Carlsbad, be't cause the chiefs of many regiments hay come together, the effect was like that o1. tn sun shining through a stained glasG window.
 Tn the midst of all this glory was the Emperor, yet, suddenly to us no longer the Emperor. Somehow he had come to impress us only as man and man or sorrows at that. No one could look upon that fine old face without rememberins that this mans brother, who had become Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, was exc cuted at Queretaro; that his only son. Rudolph, the Austrian crown prince, was either killed or a suicide at Meyerling; that his wife, the Empress Elizabeth. was assassinated by a madman at Geneva.
 And there was not only the death or his kin to leave those lines in the old mans face There was also disgrace Himself, perhaps not without failing, the head of the Hapsburg house, what must his dignity have endured in the scandal after scandal which marked that house. scardals so marked indeed as to win for Francis Ferdinand the name of being the last offensive of all the archdukes.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
Preparing for Baseball

Despite the fact that a baseball strike is threatened by the Players fraternity, all SouthernA league clubs are making preparations for the, open ing of the season." said President w. D. Smith of the Birmingham club. "A number of clubs have sent out their contracts for the coming season, but we are holding back.
 The Nashville club sent out its con tracts several weeks before the strike agitation started and consequently has number of them returned signed. Other clubs are sending out contracts now. Although I do not believe there will be strike, the matter Is a seri- ous one and must be adjusted.
 Birmingham prospects for the coming season are excellent. We have a fine collection of players and there is no reason in the world why the Bar ons shouldn't be top notchers during the coming campaign. I hope the play CTS will be satisfied and baseball will again hold the top perch among the sports"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
HOTEL LOBBTES
Paises opern Cnmnnnr

T freely say that the Boston Ma tional Grand Opera Company is the best organization of its kind that has ever visited Birmingham in the IS years I've lived here" said William Gussen, the well known musician. There was a beautiful performance of Parsifal' given here on one occa' sion, but no other opera company ex- cept MT. Rabinoff's has ever kept it's word. They've advertised things that they've never done. The Boston Ma tional Grand Opera company does everything it says it is going to do.
 T consider that their performance last season of The Love of Three Kings was one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard unsteady. ScenicalIy 1t was equally as beautiful. The Boston opera carries a good chorus and a fine orchestra and shall advise every pupil that Mrs. Gussen and I have to go to hear Faust and Aida In fact, I am trying to arrange to give a lecture on one or both of the opel"S poAore they dAS ph
 "The choice of Faust and Aida is perhaps the best from popular stand point that tcould be selected. Many musicians, of course, would have pre- ferred something else, and yet neither of those two operas ever grows old. The singers included in the cast of these operas for the performances here on February are excellent"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
Trying to Reduce Accidents

'The Central of Georgia is making an attempt to reduce the number of grade crossing accidents" Robert Anderson, dis trict passenger agent for that line, said yesterday 'vice President L. w. Bald win has sent out to automobile owners in Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee let ter urging them to bring to full stop and look and listen before crossing a railway track
 This has been done in the hope that the automobile drivers will heed the rules of safety and thereby reduce the annual number of deaths caused by collisions be- tween trains and automobiles.
 MT. Baldwin believes that these ac- cidents can be eliminated absolutely and entirely if every driver of a car will bring his machine to a full stop bef.re cross ing.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-20
ON ITS WAY

From the Albany Decatur Daily.
 "A Michigan man turned his wife out of the house and sued for a divorce. Then he learned that she had recently inherited $40Oo,oO0 and now he is wishing he had not been so nasty. ."-Birmingha Age Herald.
 There's another fellow who believes money talks, but all it ever said to him was good by