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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
THE I. w. w. MENACE

From Haywood, the head of the Or
ganization, down to the most incon-
spicuous agitator, no one ever has
heard a word favorable to improving
the mental, moral or spiritual condi-
ton of the members of the l. w. w.
Haywood speaks of them as trough
necks," and they speak Of themselves
as "roughnecks," and neither he nor
they wish to be other than rough
necks.
The whole propaganda of this avow-
edly lawless organization, is devoted
to getting as much money as possible
for the smallest amount of work. They
say two hours day would give each
man a good living, which, of course, is
not true, and would be the worst possi-
BILE thing for him il it were possible
to bring it about.
Haywood says the object is not to
elevate .he roughnecks, but to bring
down everybody else to the roughneck
level.
The !. w. w. agitator does not talk
of better future for his children.
You never hear him speak of making
home. He looks entirely for the
things which will contribute to his
own sensual pleasures. There is not
generous thought in his program of
! life, so far as he makes program.
Civilization is not going to allow
itself to be pulled down to the level
of the cave man. The feet of human
ity have tended upward from the dawn
of history, and from far back of that
dawn. They are not going to take a
downward path now.
The |. w. w. creed has no God in
it, no morality in it, no respect for
decency in it. II avows the organiza.
ton as outlaw, and violence is the
means by which it hopes to achieve
its ends. 1t kills people ruthlessly
and goes clear in the courts by means
of prearranged alibis. 1t burns crops
and houses, seizes trains and beats ur
trainmen who try to protect the prop
erty in their charge. 1t spits on the
American flag, defies the government
and then whines for the protection oi
the laws whenever outraged citizen:
take the law into their own hands. II
asks for the protection of fedora
troops, and calls those same troops
"Uncle Sans scabs in uniform" II
is Mortified at mob law, except wher
it is the mob.
With the /. w. w. there can be M
compromise, and there can be no fur
ther temporizing. Governors of thu
northwestern states are coming 60
gether for conference on what shal
, be done to stop the outrages of thi
anarchistic organization. And the Law
will stop the crimes or the member
will be hunted down and killed, as tn
, hostile Indians were hunted down ant
killed in the sixties and early seven
ties-Albuquerque Journal.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
PRECAUTION MIGHT PAY

II might be time well spent Tor GER
tain parties who drive autos in this
county to look up Chapter X, of the
New Mexico Statutes, and familiarize
themselves with Section 388-Use OF
Highways; Sec. 3s9-Meeting animals
Sec. 39O-Rule Of road; Sec. 39l-Un'
lawfu! operation injuries; Sec. 392-
Care in operating.
Some people seem to care very lit
tie about other peoples rights, and
never take the time to inform them
selves just what rights the law gives
to his neighbor.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
E. p. & s. w. OPERATOR is
MADE HEAD OF SIGNAL CORPS

Carrizozo, N. NJ, August 6-Jack
Young, formerly operator in the chief
dispatcher's Office of the E. p. & s.
w. at Carrizozo, who joined the Ca
madam regiment several months ago
and went to the battlefelds of Europe
is making an enviable record for him
self in his line Of duty. News of sew
eral promotions has been received dur
ing the past few months and this week
Mrs. F. F. Nudge received a letter
from Miss Cora Young, sister Of Jack
stating that the latter had been pro
NOTED to the chief command of the
Canadian signal service contingent
in which there are about 10000 men
Young is Canadian by birth and il
well known to the railroad men.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09

If all soldiers who line up in battle
array were such marksmen as Capt.
A. II. Hardy, the Worlds crack shot
who will appear each day at the COM
ing Cowboys Roundup, there would be
little use for Machine guns. Think
of 1t with an ordinary 22-caliber re-
peating rifle he shoots perfect pro-
files of Indian heads and other char
acters on plain steel painted white
and no outlines to follow, firing more
than 100 shots in as many seconds.
For years Captain Hardy has toured
most of the important cities of the
United States representing the Peters
Cartridge Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, ad-
vertising their product.
Then remember he will hit six tar
gets tossed in the air by his own
hands, using an ordinary Marlin re-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
FARMERS WANT SEED WHEAT

T. A. Muirhead, financial agent, and
E. M. Yates, acting county agent, have
been busy the past week arranging
for seed wheat and rye for the farm
ers. The state board has little r.
nance to work on and it is proposed to
sell this wheat at cost to farmers at
8 per cent interest. Many applica-
tions for seed have been made.
Mr.. Yates received a letter from
E. Peterson, county agent Of Curry
county in which he stated that Curry
county would have about 100000 bu.
of wheat this year. This wheat will
be sold for seed to Quay county buy
ers at Chicago prices fob. Clovis.
This will cut down the price on seed
wheat.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09

peating gun. The six shots are fired
in less than two seconds.
Then comes the big spectacular
stunt of breaking composition balls
from speeding automobile. Believe
me this takes some fine judgment for
the auto. as rule travels thirty-five
to forty miles an hour and balls, very
light are carried every which way
by contact with the air caused by the
speed.
Captain Hardy is member of the
famous revolver team in Denver that
holds the worlds record in military
shooting.
The Roundup Association has en-
gagged this extraordinary act to APP
pear twice each day at the coming
Roundup in front of the grand stand
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
COWBOYS GENERAL ROUNDUP

SOW boI . EENERAL nOOND-OG
Tucumcari Is located right in the
heart Of what was, a few years back,
the greatest buffalo range in the whole
American Southwest, and what has,
since the buffalo were killed, been the
cattle land Of the Eastern foothills
of the Rocky Mountains and the wide
expanse of table lands east to the
Texas Panhandle in New Mexico. And
Notwithstanding the fact that the new
homesteader has arrived and the big
ranches are divided into farming
tracts, we are yet, the cattle country
of eastern New Mexico. There are
many cattlemen and cowboys here, and
one of the greatest ranch properties
in the United States is right at our
door. The ranches Of the Red River
Valley Cattle Company cover a ter
ritory Of forty by sixty miles in area
and the south line of this great pas
ture is two miles north of the city
limits of Tucumcari, and this ranch,
larger than some of the largest coun-
ties of the big state of Texas, is stock
ed with graded white-face cattle, and
works sixty 30 one hundred men dur
ing the roundup and branding season.
This. with the many other smaller
ranches, makes Tucumcari the Duke
city of Cattleland. These boys will
be here in full force at the Roundup.
The Cowboys General Roundup will
bring back memories of the pioneer
days to the old and show the young
how the old did things and are doing
things now on the big ranches. The
cowboys come with their mounts of
the widest mustangs, and the highest
pitching broncs. They ride them for
good purses paid by the association
both cowboys and cowgirls-and
they stay above the bad 'uns while
they make streaks in the air like jag
ged lightning. They rope and ride
the big sleek steers and brand the
yearlings. They bulldog the steer
both from horseback and automobile
They leap from horseback on the old
steers back like lion, and take him
by the horns and throw him down and
hold him on the ground. He does the
same stunt from an auto while the
car is running twenty miles an hour
This is real dare devil work, but here
is where they add the new features II
the wild-west shows and this is to bt
Tucumcari's banner year in arens
work. The ranch chuck wagon vii
be here in its thrilling run and camp
pitching event, and the cow-pon!
sweep-stake, relay and straight-awa!
lcontests.
The parade will be composed of tn,
top -notchers of skilled riders, roper'
land arena contestants of America, ant
all the cowboys and cowgirls from of
the ranges from the Panhandle o.
Texas to the Rocky Mountain Divide
and from Cheyenne to FL Paso. Thi'
will give the visitor glimpse of th'
early days in the cow-country of thu
west, and to put modern conditions
in contrast, two miles of automobile
bring up the rear. The parade vii
be followed by the ceremonies of tn,
laying of the cornerstone of the Ma
sonic Temple. Tucumcari is prepar
ing to entertain the largest numbe
of visitors ever invited to the city
Come on in to the Roundup. Their
will be three days of fun end froli
and the cowboys will be here from
the region of mountain and plain, al
over the range. Committee.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
EXEMPTIONS ASKED
BY MORE THAN so
PER CENT OF MEN
A Number of the Young Men Cannot
Pass the Physical Examination
Which is Necessarily Very
Rigid

The per centage of claimants for
exemption among the men summoned
by the selection board of Quay county
for exemption as to their physical fit
ness is not running as high as was ex-
pected but the causes for exemption
seem to be wives, children and infirm
parents. Out of 144 men examined up
to noon Thursday thirty-one Of those
who stood the physical test did not
claim any exemption. Some of these
may yet claim exemption but it is
thought most of them are anxious TO
join the colors and do their part to
restore peace. Those who passed and
claimed no exemption are as follows:
45S-Pedro Pablo Borquez.
676-George Gordon Maben.
509-Florencio Gonzales.
373--Walter l.. Clark.
1O14-William Thomas Owen.
1O31-Leottis d. Montgomery.
606-Archie E. Roberts.
602-Charles L. johnson.
772-William d. Boatman.
721-James p. Watson.
983-Joseph Robertson.
117-James II. Bannon.
279-Knox p. Hedgecoke.
874-Lord C. Lesley.
726-William NJ. T. Martin.
981-Ernest Hugh Law.
770-Charles Ebert Fish.
677-Martin H. Hershberger.
749-Paul S. Pierce.
5-Charles w. Tins.
493-Walter NJ. Tompkins.
353-Miguel Valdez.
112-William A. Woodland.
53s-Solon Whitehead.
936-James Clyde lsler.
950-Jerome Kirby Isler.
l2S-Henry Clyde Hatcher.
363-Allen Smith.
1073--Joseph Noel Burton.
3S3-Claire L. Bowe.
, 906-George A. Carpenter.
| A large number of the boys have
already gone to Ell Paso and other
points and joined the army. vt pres
ent those who already belong to the
army and navy from Quay county are
not known, but it will be necessary to
obtain affidavits from the friends or
parents to the effect so this number
may be taken from the list necessary
for Quay county to furnish. Providing
all those who did not claim exemptions
pass the army examination and those
already in the army are accounted for
it is thought this county is about up
to her required amount.
1t is understood that the members
of the board have instructions from
Provost Marshal General Crowder to
publish in newspapers a list of the
men who claim exemptions, showing
reasons upon which they found their
claims. This instruction probably was
designed to aid the board in the de-
lection of persons who make false
claims.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09

An upward tendency is announced
in mems clothing. Bah! Who wants
to see what kind Of hose man wears?
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-08-09
NEWS REVIEW OF
The PAST Week
Haig and Petain Start Another
Drive In Flanders and Make
Big Gains.
AIMING At U.BOAT BASES?

Good Work by the Russo -Rouranlan
Forees-Teutonic Peace Move De.
rided-Agreement Reached on
Food Control Blii--Exemp-
tlon Bea ards Are Busy.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09

Spectators are not the only ones
to blame for the exploiting of the
people. Nor IS the war. Here are
Just few of the many similar and
long-existing reasons for the exces-
siye prices of necessities:
The net profits of the Armour
Packing Co. rose between 1918 and
1916 from six million dollars to %
million dollars.
The Swift Packing Co.'S from nine
million to twenty millions.
The Central Leather Co. from four
million to fifteen million.
The United Fruit Co. from five
million to eleven million.
Those of the United Steel corpor-
alton from eighty-one million to two
hundred and seventy-one million.
And they are all doing better I'm
1917.
So long as SO and 100 and 200 per
cent dividends are considered fair or
honest. the consumer will be at the
mercy of those who may and who
will hold him up.-Mo. Valley Farm
er.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
TO TAX UNSUED LANDS.
Use for Speculative Purposes.
Should be made to Pay.

Single tax has now been brought
into the foreground of the long list
OF ideas put forward in Congress to
help win the war. says a Washing
ton dispatch.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
the democratic whip OF the senate,
has offered a measure designed to
levy heavy federal tax upon all un-
used lands throughout the United
States. not merely as a means of
helping to raise the enormous reve-
nue. needed for war purposes, but
aiso to force increased cultivation to
stimulate food production.
Senator Lewis proposal would le-
w a federal tax upon unused lands
equivalent TO the local and state tax
now levied upon such lands. He es-
Inmates that the tax would yield fully
hundred million dollars 10 the fed
eral government annually and would
help greatly to meet the deficit caused
by the recent prohibition cnactments
of congress.
The single tax plan is one OF many
methods proposed to make use of the
vast areas OF unused lands through
out the country. particularly in the
west. Senator Borah. of Idaho, has
frequently urged the federal govern
ment to push the reclamation and ir-
rigation Of millions of acres which he
believes could produce focdstuffs far
in excess OF the needs OF this coun-
try and allies and solve the whole
problem of food shortage.
Discussing his plan and pointing
out its snumerous advantages. Senator
Lewis said: "The proposal as TO the
tax upon the unoccupied and unculti-
waited lands, as rendered by me, is for
the purpose of forcing the unculti-
waited and to bring forth food to III,
people of our country and for the sol
diers of our armies. That which IS
not cultivated will now bring Q tax
upon the basis that my proposal pro
vides. equal to a hundred million dol.
lars. and will take that tax off per
sonal property inheritances and in
comes and make up the deficit Great
ed by the operation of the prohibi-
tion enactments.
1T will also prevent lying idle
vast acres of lands throughout the
country which are being held for spe
culation. depending upon the raisc
of values upon adjacent land that IS
cultivated by the industry OF others
This proposal will apply to country
an d city alike, and will force the i'm
m ediate improvement of lots In the
city and the cultivation of all land II
the country"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09

Governor Alexander last week
made a formal request to Colonel
Dentler. In command OF the United
States army for the northwest, and
stationed at Portland, for federal
troops to be sent to the northern
part OF Ihe state to combat The ac-
tivities of the l. w. w. In accord
ance with the censorship exacted
by the government as to the move
ment of troops, no public announce
ment will be made as to whether
the frops will be furnished or not.
rhe Second Idaho.
Our soldier boys from this state
who are now in quarters at Boise.
will no longer be known as memb-
ers of the Second Idaho. On Satur-
day last he regiment as a whole
were drafted into the regular army,
and have now passed beyond the
control of the state and are now
subject to the orders of President
Wilson. who can send them to
the front In France. or any other
place he may designate.
AS federalized guard unit. says
the Statesman, the Second Idaho's
status was simply that of state
troops loaned to the government. As
such the boys had assumed a dual
obligation, one to the state and one
to the nation. While the president
was empowered to move them as
necessity arose to any point within
the continental United States, they
could not be sent abroad. Even
their disposition within the United
States was controlled by recommen.
dations of the governor.
The presidents proclamation
discharges them specifically from
their oath to the state. In this way
the constitutional restraint upor
use of the militia abroad is avoided
and the way paved for the Second
Idaho along with militia of Other
states. to see service on the firine
line at the European front.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
German Airmen After Utah Sugar
Factories.

Following the announcement that
aeroplanes have been seen In the vi
cinity of Grand county, comes word
from Benson ward that aeroplanes
were seen over there last week. Until
announcement was made by govern
ment officials that these aircraft may
be that Of Germans, who are operat-
ing from q base on the Mexican bor-
der, little was thought Of the visit in
the valley
Already wide investigation has
been started, it is reportd, and gov
ernment officials at Washington are
taking hurried steps to cope with the
situation. From the maneuvers of
the craft seen by the Benson ward
people a few nights ago it is thought
that an effort is being made by the
Germans to locate the sugar factories
in the valley with a view of Gripping
the fall sugar campaign. The fact
that no American fiiers are inland.
has lead officials to the belief that a
Domb attack Is being planned on the
factories and smelters of this state.
While the flights in the southern part
of the state have been high in the air.
the machines in this valley we're ap-
parently low A. " Reese. a prom
inent farmer of the Benson ward,
says the machines were 50 low that
..
tinctly.-The Logan Republican.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
100 Miles for Ten Gents.

SanFrancisco dispatch: A substi-
tute for gasoline which has proved a
success in severe tests by automobile
experts, is the discovery claimed to-
day by F. A Kormann, a San Fran
cisco chemist
Ten cents worth of his compound
mixed with water In the proportion
of two ounces to gallon of water.
has run loaded siX-cylinder car up
and down hills for a distance of 100
miles, Kromann declared. oh. fU
chance to get hold of some OF the
mixture.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
$500 Per Year
Alfred Speaks

Harvey Alfred, director of the
state Farm Market Bureau, was a
Jerome visitor this week, and on
Tuesday gave an address to the farm
ers of this section. Notwithstanding
the short notice ther was quite a
gathering present and the director
gave very interesting talk on the
crop and market conditions of this
section. He urged upon the farm
ers a closer cooperation and organi-
cation in the marketing of their pro-
ducts as this was the essential fea-
ture in getting the full market value
for their produce.
He stated that no one need have
no fear OF an over-production In any
of the staple food prducts. and pre-
dicted a good price for all of the
products of the farm. He urged
upon all the potato growers to build
pits cellars for the storage of the
crp, as the transportation facilities
might be limited at the time of dig
ging, and by storing the crop, the
danger OF flooding the market at
digging time is overcome.
He dwelt for some time upon the
farm labor question, and charged
the farmers themselves with being
responsible for the high wages de-
manded, as they we're in the habit of
bidding one against another for help.
He considered $500 per day and
board a very satisfactory price for
farm labor, and urged that the farm
ers of the county adopt that as the
ruling price for labor, as several of
the other counties In the state had
done
The grain and hay qustions were
taken up, and the director was frank
to admit that from present conditions
the farmer was justified In holding
his hay for SIS per ton, as the sup
ply was short in many of the states,
but he discouraged the holding for
any higher price, as the same would
be injurious to the dairy and live
stock interests of the state. The re-
marks of Mr.. Alfred were received
with much interest by those present,
and we only wish that we were able
to give more comprehensive report
OF the meeting.
We might add that bulletins from
the farm department are published
each week in these columns and the
farmers will find them of much in
terest to them, and they will keep
them posted on general conditions.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
Rabbit Skins in Demand.

Phil Dusault. of Hagerman. says
the Gooding Leader, has received the
following Letter from S. l.. Meininger
of New York City:
Through the courtesy of MIR. Max
Mayfeld, of the Falk Wholesale Co.
of Boise. | am taking the liberty of
addressing you to inquire whether
you or any of your acquaintances
could give me the names of some
people who either conduct rabbit
drives or possibly hunt them in large
quantities. have a market for any
quantity of jack rabbit skins of any
quality. and would be very grateful
to you II you could give me the name
and addresses of any of your friends
or acquaintances who might be inter
ested In selling them. as am in
formed there has heretofore been lii -
tie or no market for these skins. and
1t might benefit them to know that
they can sell them. Any lnforma-
ton that you can give me will be
greatfully received"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1917-08-09
StOp and COusider

Before the live stock is sold from
the farm, consider. that there has
been a decrease of 100000 head
of beef cattle and 100000 head OF
sheep In the United States In the past
ten years. During that time the pop
ulation has increased 100000.
Construe the meaning of the old
proverb. The hoofs of sheep turn the
grains of sand to gold"
Compare the yields of those fields
that have received no manure with
the yields of those that have.
Answer the question: II the srow-
er cannot AFFORD to feed high priced
hay who can AFFORD to buy and feed
it,"
Remember the old adage:
Keep more cattle
To make more manure,
To grow more corn,
To raise more cattle,
To make more manure.
To grow more corn"
and so on infinitum.
R. F. Rinehart.