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El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

In the National Army of the United
States $4,000 men are drawing their $50
a month alongside bunkies who earned
a dollar a day before they were drafted.
Technically trained men, classically train.
ed men, college professors, sons OF mil
lionaires, hod-carriers, daylaborers are
putting in their long arduous days to-
gether learning as fast as the Lord will
let them how to dig a trench, to throw
a hand grenade, to use a bayonet, to hit
what they shoot at, to cook a pot OF
beans--to wipe out Prussianism and to
show that old George Washington and
Abe Lincoln did not indulge in idle dreams.
Talk about Democracy-and the Melting
Pot!
And praise God, the $4,000 men and
the $4,000 men and the grocery clerks
are doing it cheerfully and because they
want to do 1t.
Back of it all, however. the deeper
reason is that they know they have to
do it, we know we have to do it.; the job
has to be done lest something worse be-
fall. And while they are doing 1t, let us
at home ask ourselves daily If we, who
don't have to leave our Jobs and our
homes are doing something that hurts q
little. Nothing will put pep N determi-
nation into the boys at the front like the
knowledge that the $4,000 men and the
dollar a day men still at nome are work
ing as hard and as Economically and as
self-sacrificingly as themselves to See 1t
Through.
And right here-a good idea is to make
a regular appropriation out Of your month
ly income for war contributions-the Red
Cross, the Y. M. C. A., the naval service,
everything. Give your money systematic
ally and figure it out as part of your
regular expenses.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
Red Cross Seal Sale
Should Treble That
of the Previous Year

Christmas Campaign for Ten Million New
Members.
A nationwide Christmas membership
drive has been plannea by the Red Cross
War Council. The building up of the Red
Cross membership to 100000 in the
United States is the goal of the campaign.
This means the addition of approximately
10, 900, 900 names to the muster roll. The
campaign will start December 18th and
continue to Christmas Eve.
Now, if never before, you should belong
to the American Red Cross. All you need
is a heart and a dollar. There is strength
in numbers.
The membership committee Of the Red
Cross will meet at the New Museum,
Tuesday night, at 1880 p. M, for the pur-
pose of perfecting its plans for the Christ
mas membership drive, and to further
consider the important work of securing
renewals before the drive starts. The
working force of the membership COM
nittee must be augmented, and every
member of the Santa Fe Chapter, who is
willing to help is urged to attend this
meeting and enlist for service.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

ia name which has figured prominently in
the events of the last two years. The Arabs
also penetrated as far as Nyasa to the
south, and the result Of all this was that
the Sultan OF Zanzibar began to make
vague claims to include all this vast coun'
try within his dominions.
In those days it was nobody's business
in particular, but, of all the powers the
United Kingdom was of course, most near.
ly concerned, as Zanzibar was in a state
Of seni-dependence on India. When, how
ever, the Sultan Bargash, through Sir Will
liam Mackinnon, offered to lease the whole
territory to Great Britain, the offer was de-
clined. Shortly afterwards, largely owing
to the explorations Of Stanley, a movement
was set on foot for the partition of Africa
amongst the powers. Germany desired ter
ritory on the east coast, but British influ'
ence was so strong at Zanzibar that the
German Colonization Society determined to
accomplish its purpose secretly. The result
was the famous exploit Of the three young
Germans, Karl Peters, Joachim Count Pfeil,
and DR.. Juhlke. Making their way inland,
they got into touch with the chief Usam-
bara, and induced him to sign a treaty with
them, and to declare his independence of
the Sultan of Zanzibar. Other treaties
quickly followed, and, early in 1885, the Ger
man Emperor granted a charter Of protec.
tion to the Colonization Society. Zanzibar
resented the movement, but it was &C
quiesced in by the British Government, and
finally, after much negotiation, between
Germany, the United Kingdom and France,
the Sultan of Zanzibar coded absolutely to
Germany the mainland territory for 1000,
900 marks.
Meanwhile, German companies had begun
to exploit the country. In 1888, the German
East Africa company took over the admin
istration of the Arabs, Inc thereafter quick
ly followed the first of those periodic ris-
ings, whether Of the Arabs or the natives,
against the Germans, which dogged the
steps of German rule in the country for
many years. The story Of how some OF
these risings were suppressed is one of the
blacklist in the history of German colonial
administration. Ultimately, after some
twenty years of struggle, Germany made
good her hold on the country, but develop
ment was slow, and it was only during the
eight years or so Immediately preceding the
war that adequate measures were taken to
develop the resources OF the colony.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
Why Men Are Needed
for the Aviation Corps

(From the Committee on Public Informa-
ton, Washington, D.. CO.
One OF the greatest tasks in building
up the American air service has been and
is today the securing of the tens of thous-
ands of mechanicians, chauffeurs, and
other skilled workmen needed in the great
air domes behind the front lines in France.
A force larger than the whole American
Army before the war is needed for this
work alone, a force of skilled mechanics,
rare enough at best, but douDly so amidst
all the other war claims.
Popular imagination has been SO center
ed on the airman himself as almost to ex-
clude the other men in the sirvice. Little
thought has been given to the thousands
of men on the ground who keep the en-
gines in good order, the wires always
taught, the machine gun or camera ever
ready. Their work is perhaps less spec.
~tacular, but it is the foundation stone upon
which all the rest is erected. For il an
aviator is allowed to go out with an i'm.
perfect engine, a weakened wing, or an in
sufficient supply of gasoline, as has not
%infreduently happened, his mission is
doomed to failure.
Already mechanics nave volunteered in
thousands for this vital work with such
s~pontaneity, indeed, as to make it possible
Ito keep a steady stream of squadrone
flowing overseas. For som time now
they have been busy on the other side
building the air domes. establishing the
repair shops, and making ready to set up
the planes which villa announce Americas
arrival over the German trenches. Va
'rious trade interests and employers or
carnations also have cooperated with the
Government in the effort to comb out the
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
Only EOS Millionaires

An exchange points out that two hundred
and six men with millionaire incomes-ten
Of them with annual Incomes ranging from
one to five millionaire shown in the in
come tax figures of the Internal revenue
bureau for the fiscal year Of 1917.
The report of the tax shows growing
sums, despite the fact that a lower mum
Der of income tax payers is shown than
was estimated. The figures do not show
the full effect of the war as a creator Of
millionaires, and virtually none Of the
effect Of the entry of the United States,
as that will not be apparent until next
years report.
While 427,O36 persons had income taxes
last year, previous estimates set the mum
Der as high as 100000. The number of
married men subject to the income tax
under the old law was 355, 107; unmarried
men, 47,461; unmarried women, rs, 1888,
and married women, making returns sep
arate from their husbands, 1855.
The number reporting Incomes between
$4,000 and $4,000 was S5,122; between $4,000
and $4,000, 1907; between $4,000 and $780,
900, 1%50,551; between $4,000 and $751;
600, 1851; between $4,000 and $50, 900,
59,311; between $4,000 and 800, 900, 10,-
452; between $l00,00O and $3.50, 900, 1900;
between $15O,000 and 5000, 600, 1884, and
between 100000 and $1,000.0O0, 229S.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
German East Africa

As far as annals are concerned, German
East Africa is a very young country. Until
the middle of the Nineteenth Century, only
the coast land Of the territory was known
either to Europeans or to the Arabs. The
Arabs, indeed, were the first people in pos.
session, and when the Portuguese, stretch
ing out hands of dominion in all directions,
as they did during the Fifteenth and Six
teenth centuries, arrived in due course on
the east coast of Africa, they found the
Arab everywhere in power. The hold OF
the Portuguese on the country was never
firm, never extended very far over the vast
unknown hinterland to the west, and when
they finally took their departure, in the
early years OF the Eighteenth Century, the
Arabs returned, like water to an old water
course. All the coast towns, north Of Cape
Delgado, the present southern limit of Ger
man East Africa, fell under the sway of the
Arabs of Muscat, and, later on, under that
of the Sultan of ZANZIBAR says the Christian
Science Monitor.
Now, the Arabs Of Zanzibar were appar-
emily more enterprising than the Arabs of
Muscat. They had a strong penchant for
exploration. From about 1880, or even earl
Ter, they began to penetrate inland, and, by
1850, had established themselves at Ujiyi,
on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
A Myth Exploded

The alleged b~raggaGocio Of the American
soldier has failed to materialize. A writer
in the Westminster Gazette says:
"All stories which malicious gossips
may have spread about American Off
GERS or soldiers spreading themselves at
the front may be dismissed with cor
tempt. In a recent visit to France |
heard nothing but the warmest praise Of
the Americans, and especially of the mod
esty and simplicity of their behavior. I
was told everywhere that the American
staff officers had made the best i'm.
preston. So far from desiring to teach
other people their business or b~oasting
what they were going to do before they
had begun, they were quick to realize the
newness and difficulty Of the war prob
lens under present conditions and modest
ly anxious to learn everything possible
from the experience Of British and French.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
CHRISTMAS FAvoRlTE

The toys are SO new tangled, with their
little cranks n springs
They make a fellow wonder how a boy
can run the things,
You mustn't twist 'ern that way an, you
An his pants Is red an his coat Is
For fear you'll jolt their innards or a
drivin' wheel will break.
But the jumpin' jack! He will wigsle His
knees
An he'll jump his back just as gay as
you please;
An he don't wind up an he don't run
An his pants is red an his coat Is
brown,
He climbs the stick with a whack-ty-
whack!
Hoorah for the brave old iunpin' jack!
He isn't quite so stylish an he only
costs a dime,
But he Is little an timber n keeps
busy all the time.
A-bohbin' an a-noddin' with a capcr an
a hop
A-bowin' you a thank-ye when you jump
him to the top.
Ho, the Iumpin' jack! He will jigsle an
An he'll bend his back like he's doin'
a dance,
With his arms way up an his legs way
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
Understanding

The s%nowdrops and the crocuses
Bloomed in the olden way;
The stately tulips followed on
The pansies had their day;
The roses came-and yet the year
Brought neither June nor May.
And now the tiger lilies lift
Their freckled faces high;
And now the u is blazing down
From out a cloudless sky.
And yet it is not summer time
Though summer days drag by. y
His dog looks up the lonely lane
He knows the reason why.
ella Wheeler Wilcox
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
Christmas at Home
lsilver CITY Enterprlse)

The happiest place on earth is a home
full of children on a Christmas morning,
1t is q section of paradise, where human
ity revels in delight The noisy glee Of
the children among their presents is the
sincere recognition Of the Divine Goodness.
The old hearts that can not redden up in
the midst of such a chatter of joy must
have stopped beating. There may be a
little flush of appetite and sc lfishness in
it all, but supreme over all are good ma
ture and love. A Christmas morning with
the children lasts a lifetime and away in
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

down
An his painted grin like 4 clrous clown
He slams around with Z w~haoky-ty.
whaek-
Hosrah ser the fine old Iumplp' Jack.
reckon I'm old-fashIoned when II
oomes to Christmas toys,
But wal there any finer thing when you
an me was boys?
Remember him a-grinln' from your
stockln, that-a-way,
All ready to 80 jumping UP an down all
christmas day.
Ho, the lumpina 1ackl As would wob-
BILE his knees
An he'd hump his back with astonish-
in easel
He( would Jump way Up an would cit
way down,
An he tlckled 10 when he came to
town.
He was best Of all old Santa's pack
for the good old jumpin' jackl
Chicago Post.
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THE BOLSHEvIKI may yet get Bel
sheviked.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
Nc Good Reason
The Socorro Chieftain says

The Socorro Chieftain says:
There is no good reason why the So
zorro valley should not be fully settled
and every acre farmed, as the land ID
the most fertile in the state, and there is
always ample water. Pumps will always
find shallow water in the main valley"
Correct. We have always said SO. And
the best thing you can do is to make
your valley SO attractive to new settlers
that they will come in and help you make
it the garden spot of New Mexico.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
JABS : | ss'''

"A MAN recently bereayed Of his
wife interviewed the minister about
the arrangements for burial.
When Is the funeral?Y asked the
clergyman.
Monday" was the reply.
Monday" calculated the minister.
That's a long time to keep the body;
q whole week."
"Weel, YOU see," said the bereft,
Its like this. When we got marrit,
the wife an me made up DOR rninds
to hiv' q quiet week at hams the
first chance we got. We're fist hivin'
1t noo."
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

THE COUNTY FARM BUREAu

A WIZ |
Clayton News: Farmers are enthusiasts.
tic and the County Farm bureau promises
to be q success.
The organizing committee for the Union
County Farm bureau are having good sue
cess with their community meetings.
Eight enthusiastic meetings have been
held this week, and two each evening are
being conducted with the help OF the
county agricultural agents. The farmers
In all the districts where the meetings
have been held show interest, enthusiasm,
and a desire to cooperate in the farm
bureau work. In these meetings the farm
bureau plan has not with with a dissenting
vote or a word Of disapproval, and it is
expected that every district III the county
will fall In line with equal energy, and
that the Union County Farm bureau will
be launched in good shape with a large
membership the first of 1918.
MONEY WELL SPENT
Clovis News: The Clovis Chamber Of
ness lines with a paid secretary. This
would cost every enterprIsIng business
man in Clovis a little money, but 1t would
be money well spent. When a town gets
as big as Clovis there are matters or pub
die interest that must be looked after by
somebody and a paid commercial secretary
is the best solution of the problem.
COPPER AND OIL
Lordsburg Liberai: Men in Lordsburg
who watch the business marts, declare
that minerals stand out" strong and dis
%tinctive against the background Of q stock
market that has settled down lower than
during the panic of 1907.
This is not a stock market suggestion,
however, but an observation. It Is intend
ed to show that the tremendous war de-
mands for minerals and oil will rebound to
the advantage of large parts Of the coun.
try that are producing these necessities.
When we pause to consider the vast
mineral deposits of New Mexico and Arr
iona, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and other ad-
joining western states, not to mention the
wonderful oil developments of recent
months in Wyoming and Montona, we get
a faint idea OF the tremendous prosperity
that turks in the great west-a greater
prosperity by far than it has ever known.
In one state ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wealth
of oil is estimated in the billions of dol
lars.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
ALKALI IKE SAYS:

seen a piece In the paper where
they want we to quilt brandin' the
cowbrutes becuz II spoiis their hides.
All right, boys. We gotta conserve
the hides. a-going to asst the ole
man to order up a bale o. pink ribbons
with Barry Embroidered on them, to
tie on the tails o. the herd. Itll be
more elegant than brandin' and save
a cussed lot o. work.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

FIRST ONE: "Niggah, eff you non
key wiz me ahll knock de longin' TO
chicken and wahtamelon out OBJ yo'.~
Second One: Look heah, niggah, eff you
gibe me eny OBJ you lip ah'll kick you
SO hahd you grandchiluns will be hump
backed"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

AND MARY had a little calf, It was
her chef d'oeuvr; but quite embarrass.
ing to state, It went o'er to the Louvre;
she sent II to the allies on request Of
Mr.. Hoeuvte. 80 Mary now walks with
a crutch her way about to steer; but
she is game and does not beef nor sheds
a single tear.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

1T is SAID that shark meat is both
palatable and nourishing; a reminder to
the Old Printer that there is only a
hyphen difference between a mar eat
ing shark and a ~man-eating shark.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

ALTOGETHER, with the aid Of two
pairs OF scissors and an unusually
bright and clever days bunch of ex-
changes, we feel that We have got off
with our colyum very nicely today with
out using up too much of our Wit Re-
serve.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

A DRY FARMER north Of Fort Sum-
ner complains that his broom corn was
very short this year. The Ft. Sumner
Review thinks perhaps he planted
whisk-broom corn II
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

THE SAME paper furnishes the fol
lowing: Little girl, / hear you've got
twins v e at your house; what are YOU
going to name them?" Il don't know;
papa said Thunder and Lightning
when the doctor told him and | guess
that goes"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
"A home because She had the hives.

THE RATION guy who remarked to
his best girl, ITS as plain as the nose
on your face" now wonders why she
foxtrots with the other fellow.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

NOW BEAR in mind, friends, that
all the wheat the allies are going to
get from now on is WHAT YOU
DON'T EAT.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

MARY HAD a little lamb,
u grew Into q sheep,
And now, to Mary's great delight,
It's worth ten times It's keep.
Ration Reporter
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

A WHITE possum with black ears and
pink eyes is reported by an exchange in
Kansas City, Missouri city as wet
as they make them. But we have heard
Of much more colorful fauna In the
soppy bailiwicks.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

ONE DOLLAR will fill a Christmas
package for a soldier. Join the SPUGS
and give your Christmas presents
where they are most needed-at the
front.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

GIRL posing as a movie actress
accidentally shoots her mother. The
pernicious influence Of the deadly
movies.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

AN FRESHMAN and q Scot were ar
guing as to the merits Of their re.
spective countries.
"Ah, weeI," said SANDY, they tore
down an auld castle In Scotland and
found many wires under 1t, which
shows that the telegraph was knoorl
there hoondreds o. years ago."
WELL" said Pat, they tore down IN
aud castle in Oireland and there was
no wire under 1t, which shows that
they knew all about wireless telegra-
ply IN OireIand hundreds w years
ago."-Pittsburg hronicle1Telesfaph
v@-v-
THE HOTEL was overcrowded and
a very fat man had been forced to
spend the night on q wire cot. minus
blankets and mattress. How did you
sleepy" inquired the clerk the NEXT
morning.
"Oh, | slept all right" the rat man
assured him, but l certainly looked
like a waffle when / got up this morn
ing" I
OF COURSE, 1t 10 fine to nave the
British retiring successfully from an
~untenable position; but we do like
that Invincible British Advance bust.
ness, more, please.
AND BY THE WAY, speaking OF
old-fashioned ~twofisted scrappers-cafi
you beat those Tommies?
GOVERNOR LUCERO, if you please.
ECUADOR has broken off relations
with Germany. One by n the roses
fall.
NO USE talking, there is something
about that Colorado climate that isn't
healthy for pro-Germans.
THE BELGIANS certainly ought to
have a puff for giving those 600 loco
motives to General Pershing.
THEY ARE still giving villa his
daily massacre.
AN EARTHQUAKE seems to be the
only thing Halifax hasn't had recently.
---
1T is VERY vexing that our eff
cient policemen had to be disturbed
by the Boy Scout Yell.
AND YET, compared to some of our
regular Saturday night municipal
howlers, the Scout Yell is a mild sort
Of a thing when you come to think
about 1t.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

future years the memory Of it softens
many a sorrow and drives off many a re.
greet. There is nothing like the Joy of
the children to purify and ennoble the
pleasure of their elders. The happiness OF
a child is the foretaste of heaven, and to.
day is the great day of it.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

AND MARY had a swarm of bees, now
bless
Their little lives, they looked to Mary
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

AN EARTHQUAKE seems to be the
only thing Halifax hasn't had recently.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

THEY ARE still giving villa his
daily massacre.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

THE BELGIANS certainly ought to
have a puff for giving those 600 loco
motives to General Pershing.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

AND YET, compared to some of our
regular Saturday night municipal
howlers, the Scout Yell is a mild sort
Of a thing when you come to think
about 1t.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

1T is VERY vexing that our eff
cient policemen had to be disturbe
by the Boy Scout Yell.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

THE BoLsHEvIKI may yet get Bel.
sheviked.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

NO USE talking, there is something
about that Colorado climate that ISM
healthy for pro-Germans.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13
JEE-ROO-sALEM!

AA--A-A
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-12-13

ECUADOR has broken off relations
with Germany. One by n the roses
fall.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-03
HOMEMADE CARRIER IN BARN
or-savinu Device Easily Put To.
eether Greatly Assists With
Chores Around Stables.

The daily toll about the barn In do
ing chores can be lessened If a few la
bOr-saving devices are installed. One
OF these devices is a manure carrier.
l made one as follows: The body of
the carrier is made of pine boards for
the ends, shaped as in the sketch, and
onto these ends / nailed sheet-iron
sides and bottoms, as shown, says
South Dakota writer in The Farmer.
Then ] bent an ordinary one-inch gas
pipe into q shape. forming the frame.
and bolted it to the body of the car
rier, as shown. Then TO the top Of
the gas pipe frao,e l fastened two piv-
oted sheave wheels, diameter six
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-08-03

inches. A little retaining or trip lever
was also fastened to the frame and
engages In a suitable slot in the end
of the carrier body. This lever is
shown In the sketch. and it is to keep
the carrier body in place when loading.
and TO release the body so that IL viii
swing on the plvots in unloading.
TIE next thing was to put up the
track. l used round steel cable pur-
chased from the local dealer and fas-
tened this to a post In the barnyard
suitably guyed and anchored. The
Jther end OF the cable l ran through
the barn door to the opposite side.
There fastened ii to the wall securely
and stretched it tight. Then I hung
the carrier in place and the Job was
completed. II works fine and is about
as good as a more expensive one.