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El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
New Alaska Railroad
Develops Farm Lands

Nearly 1000, men are working on the new
government railroad which is being built by
the Alaska Engineering Commission, under
the direction OF Secretary of the Interior
Lane In Alaska this year, one thousand
more than were employed last season, A
number OF those whose applications were
received too late have gone north anyway,
many Of them intending to apply for home.
stehds.
The new railroad passes through an OK.
tensiye agricultural country, and between
500 and 1000 hornesteaders are now develop
ing. that region as 1t was never possible to
develop Il before the coming OF the rail
road.
There is still room for a large number
Of homesteaders near the railroad, and the
government encourages farmers from the
states who wish to make Alaska their home.
Recently the Alaskan Engineering Commits
sion contracted with the Matanuska farm
ers for 400 tons of potatoes, or over 1900
bushels.
Many of the homesteaders now located
In various parts Of the territory are former
miners and prospectors who came primarily
for mining but were SO impressed with the
farming and stock-raising possibilities that
they ceased their pursuit of the elusive pay.
streak, and chose to follow the more de-
pendable pillow instead.
Manager Christensen of the Land and In.
dustrial Department, states in his report on
the farm lands of the railroad country:
Since the advent OF the railroad there
has been an influx Of several thousand peo-
pie and there Is now a demand for more
products than the farmer can supply. =
Matanuska Is located in the heart of the
Matanuska valley, and will be a distribut-
ing point for the farmers. Nearly all of
these farmers devote their time exclusively
to agriculture because they have always
been assured of a market and of high prices
for their products"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
Boy Scouts to Help
Guard American Coast

The Boy Scouts of America will CO.
Operate with the naval authorities in the
protection of the coast. For this purpose
the emergency coast service has been or
ganized and steps are now being taken to
prepare the Scouts in coast cities and towns
for this service.
No scout may participate in this emerg-
ency coast service unless he makes volun-
tary application, has the approval of his
parent or guardian and of his school author
tiles df he is a school boy) and is recon-
pended by his seoutmaster. In the coast
work only boys who are fifteen years of
age or over will be accepted; scouts under
fifteen may sign to assist in the service at
certain headquarters and stations as mes
sengers and such other work as will not
necessitate their being away from home
over night. 1t is distinctly understood that
no boy in the Boy Scout emergency service
binds himself in any particular to enlist in
either the Army or Navy or any branch of
military service.
The duty of those who participate in the
coast service under the direction of the
Naval authorities will be to maintain vigi-
liant lookout at visual stations and light
HOuSSo oiVh6 Tic CudSl, dCtllS DIS meSSen-
gers and orderlies at Navy Yards and Navy
Headquarters and in general performing
duties useful and helpful to the country in
time OF national emergency. They win
work In shifts for limited periods of one
or two weeks duration at a time, so as not
to Interfere too much with their school
work. So far as possible boys on duty
will be kept within reasonable distance
of their homes. 1t has been agreed that
the Naval authorities will not shift boys
in this service from one place to another
without the consent of the Home Depart
ment, and the Home Department will Sc
cure special permission of the parents or
guardians before such shift is put into eff
feet.
Before the service of the scouts can be
accented in this capacity legislation by
Congress is necessary This legislation is
being prepared and has. the hearty apppro-
val Of the Secretary Of the Navy and other
naval officials.
Records at the Boy Scout headquarters
show that there are over $4,000 Boy Scouts
living within a short distance of the sea
coast, everyone eager to be OF the greatest
possible service to his country.
By such service as trained Boy Scouts
will be able to give, it is probable that
of able-bodied men may thus be
for more men may thus be re-
for more active service in other
capacities.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
A Fact to Be Faced

That there is something radically wrong
with the New Mexico National Guard sys-
tenn is indicated by the spirit Of the men
who have returned from the border. They
made good, Woodworking, efficient and
faithful soldiers; they are not men who oh.
ject to military life; most of them are dis
posed to like it.
But it is an open secret that the nearly
unanimous verdict OF these men Is Never
again.
This is o condition which must be faced
frankly in the plans for state defense to
be considered by the legislature.
This from the Silver City Enterprise is a
sample of comment heard everywhere:
There seems to be a good many things
wrong with the National guard. This does
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
Good Patriotism

The European war has demonstrated in a
notable manner the fact that there is a
chance for every citizen, every man, woman
and child, to be an important factor in prac-
teal patriotism in wal time, at home or
at the from. f
The appeal of the government and the
systematic campaign inaugurated by the
government to increase production of food
in the United States is no less an appeal
to real patriotism than the call to arms.
This fact needs to be pressed home strong
ly to every American at this time. More
production and less waste sounds more
prosaic than Cup boys and at EN- but it
is even more vital to success.
We can plant enough and grow enough
and stop waste enough to enable this coun.
try to carry through its campaign of de-
Tense of democracy smoothly and victori-
ously; and there is not a soul in the country
who cannot help. Perhaps never at the out
break of a war was such an effective cam
paign set in motion so quickly to give ev-
cry citizen his "bit" to do, intelligently and
promptly.
The organization Of a patriotic Produc-
tion League in Torrance county, as told
elsewhere in this paper, is the best kind
OF patriotism. New Mexico has a tremen-
dous opportunity, with her vast lands, to aid
herself and the country in this way. Let's
have one of these leagues in every county.
At present we dram our W pocketbouks
and are a drain on the rest of the country
for support; let's support ourselves at home
and relieve the strain all around.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
How About Our Share,

The state of Vermont ia about o~ne-twelftI
the size of New Mexico; 1t has $4,000 lest
than New Mexico and In tht
present war situation does not occupy the
perilous position of one OF the three states
which the Germans have obligingly prom
Used to Mexico.
Here Is a line on Vermont and her share
In the national preparedness activities, from
the Kankakee Gazette;
s far as numbers go, Vermont Is
a small state-380, 900 people. Only six
states in the Union have fewer.
But the governor of this trim, fight
ing little bantam has asked the legis-
lature for 100000 that Vermont may
bear more than its share" of the duty
of national defense.
mo other state, not even those ten
times as big, have appropriated more,
In proportion to population Vermont
has far outclassed all the rest,
"We ave always done ore than our
share, you know says the governor,
with simple pride. Rightly, governor,
the record says SO, and it begins with
Ethan Allen and some of stark's men
and runs straight, fine and true Ameri-
can all the way down.
"'More than our share That's a
good word. More than our share.' says
Vermont, and makes no fuss about it
but starts to do it. II all the rest OF
us had the same r~esolute, u%ngrudging,
ready-to-serve spirit, Prussian autoc-
raoy would soon give way to real de-
mocracy.
Anyway, salute little old Vermont!
Old and always young! The governor
says it believes in action, not in words.
Then salute it again! Salute any.
body that holds such a doctrine and
gets busy on it,"
We are prone to talk out here about the
East"
How about New Mexico's share?
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
TIE POET

An English poet told in New York why
he had abandoned poetry for war work.
Even H. he said, cant make poetry
pay nowadays. In fact, as far as poetry
goes, I'm a good deal like the young Wash
ington Square chap who recently got mar
ried.
his tiny fiat she burst into tears and cried:
Darling, I've a dreadful confession to
make to you. | can't cook
That's all right he said. And I'm =
poet, and you'll have nothing to cook"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
DECLINING

With p~ardonable pride a lady displayed
a very ancient piece of house linen to her
servant, saying:
Look, Bridget, at this tablecloth. 1t has
been in our family for over 200 years"
Bridget eyed 1t carefully, and then re-
marked in a most confidential tone:
Sure, never mind, Mrs. Arthur, dear.
Who would know but what it was bought
bran new out Of the shop ?"-Tit-Bits.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

Be deeply trimmed in black.
Twill make me editors deride,
Or drive me even worse
To intellectual suicide
by writing libro verse.
Yours truly.
JOHN A. THANH.
Los Angeles Times.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

VIXEN PA PUTS UP The scREENs
When pa puts UP the screens he goes
And spends an hour In hunting clothes
To do it in, and frets and fumes,
And wanders round through all the
rooms,
And yells for this and yells for that,
"Oh, Nal where Is the hammer at?"
And bangs his thumb and stops to cuss
And makes, in fact, 80 great a fuss
That Ma exclaimsY Nov, what ON
earth!
You're lots more trouble than you're
worth,
You're not a help, by any means;
Hereafter I'll put up the screens!"
-Los Angeles Examiner.
ADD ALL Signs Of Spring.
vv-~~
SEND HIM HERE
tGienria Trihune,)
W. J. Rain was In Tueumcari last
week, having dental work performed
and attending to other business,
ALSO. WE understand, Mr.. Sands
was in Albuquerque yesterday.
-W-v- i
THE MALPf, n, NJ. Bumper" rumin-
ates that &c. w. Cudd returned last
week from Texas and will remain on his
ranch near Grenville."
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
coNsIDERATE

whats your dogs namo?'
Aristotle
What do you know about Aristotle?"
Nothing. | just wanted to name the
brute after somebody who had been dead
so long there wouldn't be no chance of
hurting his family's feelings. "-Washington
Star.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
"Married a cooking school grad

married a cooking school graduate, you
say?'
Yes; but hos no fool"
MOP"
THE first household utensil he bought
was a can opener."--Brimingham AgesHer-
aid.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

THExCOST OF the bare necessities Of
life in Germany is said to exceed the
peoples incomes. Are Americans try
ing to get in the same fix?
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
German Airplanes in Mexico

A British army officer has stated
positively that two years ago the
Germans had at least 100 airplanes
in Mexico and were developing an
airplane base on a large scale.
We are hearing continually Of
elaborate German preparations in
Mexico through British and French
channels. We never hear of any of
these preparations through our
own government.
The Ell Paso Times, in comment
ing on the British lieutenant's re-
port in a Philadelphia paper, says
it feels sure that the government
cannot have been idle in the face Of
these preparations that it must
know what has been going on and
must have been making it's own
preparations accordingly.
There were many, also, who felt
sure that the government had taken
such precautions that no such at
tack as that upon Columbus was
possible.
If the United States has any ade-
quate air-protection at the border
we haven't heard of it. 1t is unlike
ly it could have been kept secret.
The general information is that the
government has made no prepare
tons, even to the extent of anti
aircraft guns, to repel an aerial in
vasion. i
The government has issued no
warnings to the people Of this state
to be prepared for such trouble as
the Germans are certainly prepar-|
ing for the border. Stories of ma
chine guns and heavier artillery
being brought near the border UNI
der German direction have not beenl
given out by the war department.
The governor of the state of New
Mexico should obtain from Wash
ington whatever information thel
government possesses. We are en-
titled to know what the war de-
partment knows, if it doesn't have
information, we should know this.
Every presumption is in favor of
believing what we hear of German
activity in Mexico.
What we do know positively isl
that there is no government protec-
ton on our southern border worthy
Of the name.
If British and French can find
out what is doing in Mexico, the
United States certainly should be
able to. If the government has
definite and positive information
that all these reports are unfound-
ed, the state should have the bene-
fit Of such assurance.
II the war department is making
no preparation to combat aerial at
tack, the state should do so. Wei
should get our own aeroplanes and
train New, Mexicans to fly them;
We should have our own armored
maciine-gun motor cars, and artil-
lery.
a child-ike faith that surely
Fmcle Sam7is ready to take care Of
us is a dangerous reed to lean on.
1t is not pleasant to dwell on
the damage that a few German can
non and aeroplanes could do in New
Mexico.
The situation now is that nobody
knows definitely what the govern
ment knows or is ready for. The
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

PROBABLY THE Allies do not mag
Nifty the importance OF Lens.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

first thing to do is to clear up these
doubts and find out where we are
"at'; and then act accordingly,
quickly, without regard to expense.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor MAY never less
Your awful shadow grow;
May many wives and children bless
Your sayings to and fro.
IT'S not because | wish you i'll
! send to you my jag
To help with stuff still worse, to fill
The Illustrated Mag
But It's because to other jays
I've sent at great expense,
And had returned by devious ways;
hope you've better sense!
But II you have not. here's the stamps
TO send the dam thing back:
My hearty wishes that your lamps"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
WHEN PA pvTs UP rHs scHEENs

A LOT OF us being in it already
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
.JABS i'i s1:: ss.''


THEM THERE'S The Haig Peace
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

SOME THINGS THAT
ARE FAR TOO SHORT
Skirts.
Quilts.
Vacations.
Some Answers.
Circus parades.
Summer days.
Life.
GENERAL SILAS WHEATSTRAW,
in charge of the Pillow Brigade, has
been ordered to lead his men into the
trenches.
THE APOSTLES of Frightfulness ap-
pear to be getting more than a suffi-
cient dose of their own medicine in
France.
MURGUIA and Paneho, playing a
merry game of hide-and-seek across
the border, each keeps an eye over his
shoulder at the ~Star-Spangled Banner
north of the line. 1t is said that only
100000 of defaetos and the other kind
of bandits are gradually being assem-
bled in northern Mexico.
--v-v
THE HINDENBURG line seems to
have the gaps.
JUST AS a hint to Mr.. Bryan, if he
merely wishes to enact the role of the
humble private, he should take unto
himself 10 more publicity than the av-
erage III. P. receives. His conversion
at the eleventh hour to a yirtue-ofne-
cessity patriotism entities him to no
blare Of trumpets; and he should not
expect to leap from the position of a
national nuisance to a national hero at
one jump.
1T is the German riot and not the
German patriot hat bids fair to hasten
the end of the war.
--v-v
GEORGE i%nterposes the suggestion
that a Patriot, of course, would tech
nically be an uprising in Dublin.
~v-v-
JUST BETWEEN ourselves, now,
what would YOU do If a dozen German
airplanes with machine guns should
appear over Santa Fe?
THERE is a federal conference at Ell
Paso to discuss conservation of health
along the Mexican border. They had
better be devoting themselves to con-
servation of life and property.
VILLA, Of course, put the quip in
Namaquipa.
: RALPH ELY'S successful method of
stopping q runaway from the rear in
dicates that he has changed his tactics
since his experience with the steam
roller. 1t will be remembered that he
got in front of it.
---
1T MUST be admitted, of course, that
the steam roller never did look quite
the same again.
1T Is hard to beat Harry Kelly's ex-
ample OF Offering full salaries and their
jobs back to all employees who enlist.
WV" i
TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:---May never less
Your awful shadow grow;
May many wives and children bless
Your sayings to and fro.
IT'S not because | wish you i'll
SEND to you my jag
To help with stuff still worse, to fill
The Illustrated Mag
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

GENERAL SILAS WHEATSTRAW,
in charge of the Plow Brigade, has
been ordered to lead his men into the
trenches.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

THE APOSTLES Of Frightfulness ap-
pear to be getting more than a suffi-
cient dose of their own medicine in
France.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19
~
SOME THINGS THAT

SOME THINGS THAT
ARE FAR TOO SHORT
Skirts.
Quilts.
Vacations.
Some Answers.
Circus parades.
Summer days.
Life.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

1T is hard to beat Harry Kelly's ex-
ample of Offering full salaries and their
jobs back to all employees who enlist.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

Plan!
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-04-19

MURGUIA and Paneho, playing a
merry game of ~hide-and-seek across
the border, each keeps an eye over his
shoulder at the S~tar-Spangled Banner
north of the line. 1t is said that only
1l0,O 900 of defactos and the other kind
Of bandits are gradually being assem-
bled in northern Mexico.
The Washington times., 1917-07-24
TAKOMA PARK HAS
CANDIDATE OR
NEWMAN'S PLACE

Charles W. Ray, OF the hrm Of Bar
Der & Ross. was last night indorsed
by the Takoma Park Citizens Asso-
citation for appointment as District
Commissioner to I'LL the vacancy
which will probably be created by the
appointment OF Commissioner New
man as an officer In the reserve corps.
Because of the pressure of work in
the Municipal Architects office II is
probable that the plans for the eight
room addition with assembly hall 10
the Takoma Park school cannot be
prepared for some time unless the
work is done by outside architects.
The association voted to urge the Com
missioners to allow the plans to be
drawn outside.
Elimination OF the grade crossing ct
Chestnut street and reduction Of
speeding along Blair road and Piney
branch road IN the vicinity of the Ia
koma school were discussed.
The Washington times., 1917-07-24
MOTHER AND HER BABY
FALL FROM STREET CAR

Alighting from a street car at
Nichols avenue and Good Hope road
early today carrying her baby, Mrs.
Lillian Rhodes, twenty-eight years
old, OF 1880 U street southeast, feI,
inJuring her back.
In spite OF the mothers efforts, the
child received a bruise on the head,
but is not thought to be seriously
hurt. The mother and child were
taken home in a passing automobile.
While getting of a Washington
Railway and Electric car at Connec-
ticut avenue and L street last night,
B. H. Rogers, sixty-five years old. of
1920 Twenty-hrst street northwest,
fell and received a scalp wound. He
went home unassisted.
Louis Webster, helper on an auto
mile truck, was injured on the face,
head, and back In a collision between
his truck, another truck, and a Dis
trict water wagon at Second and X
streets northeast yesterday. He was
taken to Casualty Hospital. The two
horses attached to the water wagon
were injured.
The Washington times., 1917-07-24
HOW TO JUDGE A WOMAN
BY HER HAIR

There is real common sense in just
noticing whether the hair is well kept
to Judge OF a woman's neatness, or
good taste. II you are one OF the
few who try to make the most Of your
hair, remember that It Is not advis-
able to wash the hair with any cleans
er made for all purposes. but always
use some good preparation made ex-
pressly for shampooing. You can
enjoy the very best by getting some
canthrox from your druggist, dis
solve a teaspoonful in a cup Of hot
water. This makes q full cup Of sham
poo liquid, enough so 1t is easy to
apply It to all the hair instead OF
Just the top OF the head. Dandruff,
excess oil, and dirt are dissolved and
entirely disappear. Your hair will
be so fluffy that II will look much
heavier than It is. Its lustre and
softness will also delight you, while
the stimulated scalp gains the health
which insures hair growth.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-07-24
VETERAN OFFICER
SCORES PLAN FOR
WAR COMMITTEE

Major Charles T. Leadbetter. Of San
Francisco. who Is in Washington on a
business visit. expressed himself very
forcib;y today regarding the proposal
to have Congressional committee par
ticipate in the conduct OF the war.
Major Leadbetter is a veteran OF the
civil war, and is familiar with condi-
tIons which developed in the sixties. He
said:
The House OF Representatives has su-
premely patriotic duty to perform in the
conference ever the food control bill:
It should strip the Senatorial measure
Of its monstrous irrelevancies and ex-
crescences.
above all, It should cut out the
provision for a committee on the con-
duct of the war. Aulic councils, such
as existed in Austria during the wars
of the French revolution, never sue
ceeded, and never will succeed any
where except in the Senate of the
United States. The committee on the
conduct of the civil war was an ad-
mitted nuisance and failure. The
dominating members of that commit
tee were Senators Wade of Ohio ana
Zach Chandler of Michigan Under
their prompting the committee be-
came a common sewer, through which
flowed all the DISGUSTING idle army.
gossip. 1t will be recalled that they
solemnly reported that the failure OF
the mine explosion at Petersburg In
July, 1864, was due to the selection
by General Burnside OF a white divi-
sion to lead the charge instead OF col
ored troops.
"The favorite generals OF the COM
mittee were Fremont, Ben Butler,
Banks and the commanders generally
of coIored troops. 'Courts-martial,
said Webster, are organized to con-
vict.' Committees on the conduct
of any war are organized for purely
politico-military purposes.
The House should respond to the
universal demand of the country that
what is needed in this crisis Is a
food control bill and not a provision
for a local option election spy
bill on our weary President and his
advisers"
The Washington times., 1917-07-24
St. LOUIS RIOT
ATROCTTY CONDEMNED

Resolutions Of protest against the
atrocities perpetrated by the East St
Louis mob that killed and injured hun
dreds Of negroes in a race riot were for
warded today to Congressman Dyer Of
Missouri by the Young Mems Protective
League Of Washington.
The same resolutions supported the
effort OF Congressman Dyer to bring
about an investigation OF police and
military activity at the time OF the
strike.
These agencies, the league declares.
stood quietly by. and. II not taking q
hand in the destruction, did nothing
to protect the lives OF those Ameri-
cans set upon by that blood-thirsty
mob"
The Washington times., 1917-07-24
SAMMIES FROM B. OF 7.
NEEDN'T PAY ANY DUES

Members of the Board OF Trade
who enter any branch OF the military
service during the present war will
be retained on the membership rolls
of that organization until the end OF
the war, without payment OF dues.
This was arranged by the executive
committee OF the board yesterday.
These applicants were admitted to
membership: Charles D. Weiden-
hamer, Roger L. Lewis, Henry NJ.
Shook and Thomas w. Shaeffer.
The public schools committee will
meet at 4:3O o'clock this afternoon in
the board room.
The Washington times., 1917-07-24

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