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The Spanish American. [volume] (Roy, Mora Co., N.M.) 19??-19??, 1917-04-28
Auto Accident

C. L. Wensell and Wolcott
Russell turned the big Okkland
car over on the Albert hill last
Saturday. They were coming
home from Albert and the csr
stopped on the hill, the break
failed to hold and in running back
against the bank to stop they
ran up on the bank and tipped
over, They walked to Lyle
Bradley's and got him to bring
them home in his Ford.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
A. L. DUNkESON
COMMITS
SUICIDE

A. L. Dunkeson killed himself yes
terday afternoon about 8, o'clock by
shooting himself in the left side with
single barrel No. IL shotgun. Death
resulted almost instantly. The sad af-
fair occurred at the home of his faith,
er-in-law, R. F. Bowers, northeast of
Neosho near the Gibson cemetery.
Several months ago Mr.. Dunkeson
received an injured ankle in an acci-
dent which led to rheumatic trouble
later on and finally affected his nina.
He was an educated man Init for the
last few weeks has acted more like
a child, talking at random and it is
said making threats to take his own
life. All firearms have been kept
away from him. Yesterday, however,
one of the boys had used the gun men,
toned above to shoot hawk, after
ward putting it away in the garage,
not believing that his father saw him
Mr.. Dunkeson, however, must have
known the gun was there for he went
to the garage and secured it and used
it there. Also he must have had a
shell in his pocket FOR the gun was
left unloaded. The occurrence is in
deed, sad one and the bereaved fam
lily have the deep sympathy of all.
H is survived by his wife and three
children, two boys and one girl.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon at the Hazel Green cemetery
in Benton township.-Neosho Daily
Democrat.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
TATE WILLIAMS

The marriage of Mrs. Nora Tate
to Don Williams, took place at Joplin.
Tuesday evening at five o'clock. Rev.
j. F. King, who is in Joplin attending
the annual conference of the NJ. E..
Church, performed the ceremony.
Immediately after the wedding Mr..
and Mrs. Williams motored to Car
thage and were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmett Williams. They returned
to Monett, Wednesday night.
Mrs. Tate is the oldest daughter of
Mrs. A. L. Granger and has lived in
Monet ever since she vas a small
girl. S,ls has i, n many friends here
by her amiable disposition.
Mr.. Williams has a position as ma
chinist and is also we'll known having
lived here number of years and is
known as an estimable young fellow.
They will make their home in Mo-
nett.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
Big DRIVE WILL
BEGIN IN SPRING.
War Secretary Says Allies Will Be
Content to Wear Down Foe Until
Sammies Arrive in Spring.

Washington, Sept. 26.-The Ameri-
can governments first official state
ment concerning military operations
in Europe was issued tonight by Sec
retary Baker, inaugurating series
which in time will be devoted largely
to activities of the United States ex-
peditionary forces. 1t says that while
ascendancy on the western front has
passed definitely to the allies, they
are content merely to wear down the
enemy until the force of the American
army makes itself felt in the field.
Operations for the week ending
September % are reviewed by Mr..
Baker without reference to the Amer
ican force now in France. The state
ment follows:
'The secretary Of war authorizes
the following statement dealing with
military activities in Europe for the
week ending September 22::-
GAS the time draws near when mil
ltary operations on large scale on
the western front must come to a
standstill, owing to the approach of
winter, it becomes evident that the
enemy does not feel himself in a posi-
ton to undertake the much advertised
offensive action so often boasted of at
home during the last summa in order
to end the war VIGOROUSLY by Christ
mas.
fIt may be stated affirmatively that
the ascendancy in the west has passed
definitely to the allies, though the, lat
ter are content, by tactics of attrition
to wear down the enemy, giving no
rest or respite until such time as a
force of our army may make itself felt
in the field.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
NEW SITE

Sunday was our regular meeting day
at this place.
Getting ready to sow wheat and
cutting corn is the principal occupa-
tion in this neighborhood.
If Mr.. Hoover could see some of the
cellars around here, he would not have
to complain about no fruit being put
up.
Several from here went to see the
soldier boys off last week. One of our
boys was in the bunch.
School is progressing nicely with
Miss Villa Henbest as teacher.
Mrs. Arthur Higgins visited Mrs.
Wash Montgomery, Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Russell are
the proud parents of a girl and, Mr..
and Mrs. Leonard. Teel report fine
boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Miller and Miss
Beryl Lowrey of Purdy, and Loren
Hodge of Exeter, motored out along
the Ozark trail Sunday to Sarcoxie
and Carthage. They report a fine
time and splendid roads along the
trail.
Ora Higgins returned to his school
at Liberty last week.
Miss Vada Henson was very pleas
antly surprised by her friends Satur-
day night, the occasion being her
The guests were treated to
a watermelon feast after playing
games. All departed at late hour
a jolly time.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
A PREMIUM GETTER

Simon Bumgartner, who lives west
of Peirce City, was in town, Wednes-
day, exhibiting premium ribbons won
at the Carthage fair on his various
farm products.
He received twenty-three first and
second premiums out of twenty-eight
exhibits.
Mr.. Bumgartner is one Of Lawrence
county's most scientific farmers and
is usually given charge of the county
exhibits at county and state fairs.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
LIBERTY

Mr.. and MrsA Will Davis and son
Frank, spent Sunday with Will Jen-
kins and family.
Mrs. Mary Chitwood spent last
week with her brother near Crane.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Weygandt and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Weygandt and
grandson, Wesley Beckett, visited
Friday evening with Troy Beckett and
family.
Mrs. George Mulkey and children
Wilma and Russell, have gone to
Phoenix, ARR, to be with her sister,
Mrs. Bertha Mental, who is very low
with tuberculosis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Darlington are
the parents of baby boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Russell and
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
Men NerV NeckWear ON Display
h h W e IF showing lie season ~Igwaet stIe
Phone GALLOWAY MANSFIELD adpay
Phone OPS

turned to her home at Ainco, Okla,
the latter part of last week.
Mrs. Fulton Smith of Monet, is Wis
iting relatives at this place this week
Loren Blankenship has bought Her
man Rains furniture store.
George Teel has bought w. 2.
Counts store.
MIR. and Mrs w. A. Boucher are Wis
iting their son, John, at Jefferson
City, this week.
Miss Marguerite Burg of Monett,
visited here last Sunday.
Key Browning, of Exeter, was in
Purdy, Sunday.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
LACK men FOR
DRAFT CANTONMENTS.
National Guards Will Take 1000 of
Recruits and Aviation Section
Wan Get 100, 900 National
Army COnscripts.

Washington, Sept. 26.-There is lit
tie doubt now that large deficiency
Of men will be shown when the first
increment of the National Army, 687,-
900 men, has been modified.
Seventeen National Guard divisions
must be brought up to war strength
and several special service forces or
ganized out of the reservoir, so the
number of drafted men remaining at
the cantonments hardly will be suf-
ficient to organize the sixteen Nation
al Army divisions at a full strength
basis. Whether incomplete divisions
will be formed or call for more men
issued has not been indicated.
The guard probably brought into
the federal service a total of not more
than 100000 men, possibly less. It
will take, therefore, at least 1877 900
National Army men to fill up the
guard divisions. Another 100000 q
the National Army will go to the air
service and certainly as many more to
other special services. That would
leave not more thas 250,000 men
form the sixteen National Army di-
visions, which should have an aggre-
gate war strength of 4S9,000.
Secretary Baker pointed, out today
some of the difficulties that attend the
reorganization of the National Guard
for war purposes. While the sixteen
division plan for the guard, since ex-
tended to'seventeen with the organiza-
tion of the Forty-second or "Rain-
bow" division, is an old one, the whole
fabric of the divisions has been
changed. With the adoption of the
European regimental and company
standard, every guard regiment which
was to be included in division, had
to be expanded. Regiments and parts
of regiments are being consolidated
IL fnsni@ss ~ $ $50 1eginestal.units
now desired.
In making these consultations the
department is attempting to keep the
forces as much localized as possible.
The same practice win be followed in
assigning men from the National
Army men will go to regiments from
their own states. There are many
cases, however, where the practice will
have to be abandoned to meet military
necessities.
The guard consolidation has brought
on the department a new source of
trouble. Numerous colonels and regi-
mental staffs of the guard are certain
to be left without commands, since the
number of regiments has been reduced.
This has already proven a fruitful
source of protest from the state of
ticials The policy of the department,
it is. said, will be to find places for
such guard officers in other forces as !
far as possible and desirable. +
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
GALLOWAY s. MANSFIELD

children, Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Chit
wood, Miss Norma Blackshear and
Earl Forbes of Wentworth, spent Sun
day with Walter Davis and family.
Miles Thomas and family, John
Means and family intend to spend
Sunday near Neosho.
..Mendon school has started with 26
pupils enrolled The older pupils
will not start until wheat sowing is
over.
G. W. Scott Of Mendon Springs, is
remodeling his house.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
PURDY

- Mrs. w. A. Boucher returned home
last Wednesday night from Eureka
Springs, Ark where she spen* the
summer
Mrs. c. M. Smith of Exeter, visited
her daughter, Mrs. Weis Smith, last
Sunday.
Misses Nora Epps and Enid Smith
went to Monett, last Saturday.
Mrs. Galloway, who has been vis-
iting her mother. Mrs. Orahood, re-
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

-Lrs. c. H. Ring visited in Carter
vil,e, Wednesday, and attended the
fourteenth annual convention of the
Southwest Missouri and Southeast
Kansas Rebekah Association. She was
on the afternoon program for an ad-
dres SIS.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Do you get up at night? Sanol is
surely the best for all kidney or blad-
der troubles. Sanol gives relief in "a
hours from all backache and bladder
troubles. Sanol is a guaranteed rem
edy. 35c and $1.00 a bottle at the
drug store.-Adv.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

John R. Mccormack of Monett, was
accepted for service with the regular
infantry at the army recruiting station
Tuesday. He left Tuesday night for
st .Louis.-Springfield Leader.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Davis, the wall paper cleaner, will
clean your rugs on your floor with his
big gasoline engine vacuum cleaner.
Phone Davis Grocery, 142. 1O-22p.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

FOR SALE-7O0 bushels of home
grown orchard grass seed Inew) at
$3.50 per bushel. W. NJ. Holmes,
Marionville, Mo. w4t6p
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Eugene Hayes visited friends in Au-
rora, Tuesday night
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Mrs. Lee Martin and children re-
turned to their home at Picher, Ok,
Thursday morning.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Miss Charistine Johnston has return
ed from q visit in Pueblo, Colo.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Mrs, M. f. Atkerson went to Bax-
ter, Kan, Thursday.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

Mrs. G. R. Wilcox will go to Mem
phis, Tenn, Thursday evening to visit
relatives.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
DON'T FORGET

That Clayton & Snider pay the
highest cash price for good second
hand furniture. Phone 565. 56tf
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
U-BOAT LOSSES STILL
= ON THE DECLINE.
British Merchantmen Numbering Is
Were Sent Down Last Week.

London, Sept. 26.--!Thirteen British
merchantmen of 1000 tons and ovel
and two vessels of less than 1000
TONS were sunk by mines or SUBJ
marines last week, according to the
weekly admiralty statement issued
this evening. In the aggregate this is
the smallest number of vessels sunk
during any week since Germany be-
gan her intensified submarine warfare
last February.
Two fishing vessels also were sunk
last week.
The smallest aggregate Of vessels
sunk in any previous week since the
February underseas campaign was
started by Germany was sixteen
fourteen merchantmen of 1000 tons
and over and two of less than 1000
tons. This was during the week end
ing August IL.
Last week the admiralty report
showed twenty-eight merchantmen
sunk-eight Of more than 1000 tons
and twenty of less tonnage.
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Mrs. +. D. Davis and Mrs. j. D.
Hepburn visited friends in Joplin,
The Monett times., 1917-09-28

FOR SALE-Seed Rye A. E.
Banks, Phone 9O4-31. 66t12p
The Monett times., 1917-09-28
STRIKE ON BARLOW FARM,
EAST OF MIAMI

The strike on the Barlow farm, five
miles east of Miami, has caused some
thing of sensation among mining
men. The ore is said to be unusually
good and there is every indication that
another rich field is being opened In
that section.
Drill cuttings show high grade
ore, and prospecting is going to be
lively in that part of the county. There
are several companies holding leases
out there, but little prospecting has
been done. This strike, it is believed,
is continuation of one of the big
leads from the Tar River field.
There is little land to be leased in
that part of the county, as most of it
was taken up by prospectors some
ago, but it is expected there viii be
great development activity there with
in the next few weeks. The Tulsa
Sapulpa-Miami company has several
leases in that vicinity, and they have
already announced that they will be-
gin prospecting ON rather a large
scale in the immediate future.-Miami
Record Herald.
The above strike on the Barlow
farm was made by the Cedar Bluff
Mining Co., of Miami, Okla. Quite
of Monett parties have stock
in it.
&c. j. Rathers, president and man
ager just returned from Miami, where
he has been looking after their in
terests.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-10-05
Teach Public Speaking
In the Common Schools

We hold it to be a self-evident
fact that no school is doing its duty
when it trains not its pupils in the
art of composition and voice cul-
ture in the way of puplic speaking
and reading. These very re-
quirements are to be met at the
close of the school, ano il is un-
just to make such a demand, and
neglect the training for it until
the eleventh hour. The demand
is all right but the neglecting of
early training for it is absolutely
wrong. 1t should begin in the
lowest grade by leading the child
to express in its own language a
description of what it sees, and
continued in every department,
and most thoroughly drilled thru
out the highest grade.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-10-05

Senator Roberts was in town
Friday.
Margaret Green is in Denver
with her sister.
Nora O'Connell is in Denver Wis
iting relatives.
George Harrington was in Den
yer over Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Robinson of Idaho
Springs was in town Thursday
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Netsel returned Sunday
from a trip to Idaho Springs,
where she visited her sister, Mrs.
Will Stephens.
A very jolly dance was given at
Movie hall Friday evening, more
than 3S guests participating in
the pleasure of being ''rubes."
There was a little jealousy over
who was the belle of the ball.
but the difficulty was finally
amicably settled by the bell being
broken.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-10-05
Statement of the Ownership,
Management, Circulation, Etc,
Required by the Act of Congress
of Aug. "a. 1912.

OF Idaho Springs Siftings- News. published
weekly at Idaho Springs. Colo, for Oct /, 1917
Before me, q Notary Public in and for the
l. G. Stafford. who. having been duly sworn
cordng to law, deposes and says that he is the
editor and business manager Of the Idaho
Springs Aftings-News and the following is. to
the best of his knowledge and belief, true
statement Of the ownership, management, etc.
of the aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption required by the Act
of August "a, 1872 embodied in section 443, Pos
tai Laws and Regulations, printed the re-
verse of this form to wit:
l. That the names and addresses OF the pub
Usher editor. managing editor, and business
manager are:
Publisher The Siftings Printing & Publishing
Co., Idaho Springs. Colo, Editor, Managing Edi-
tor. Business Manager. l. G. Stafford.
q That the owners are: I. G. Stafford. Idaho
Springs, Colo Elsie M. Stafford, Idaho Springs
Colo, G. NJ. Stafford Denver. Colo.
That the known bondholders, mortgages.
and other security holders owning or holding
per cent or more Of total amount of bonds
mortgages or other securities are:
None.
I.G. STAFFORD.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th
day Of October 1877.
JOSEPH BURKE.
Notary Public.
MY commission expires July IA, 1917.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-10-05
Increasing The Shark
Leather Output

A corporation with shark fisheries
in Alaska and Seattle, Wash, is to
erect 100000 plant at ST. Peters,
burg, Fla, where sharks will be
caught and their skins turned into
leather. This company states
that there is as much value in an
ordinary.sized shark for leather as
in an ordinary steer, though the
cost of catching a shark in very
small as compared with that of
raising a steer. There are at least
10 varieties of sharks whose skins
can be turned into good commercial
leather. They are the blue shark,
which attains a length of about Is
feet; basking shark, 18 to 45 feet;
pilgrim shark, Is to % feet; por-
poise, about 8 feet; bone shark
from 8 to 80 feet; maneater shark
or white shark, up to % feet;
great tiger shark, about 20 feet;
hammer-head shark, about Is feet,
thresher shark, ,-15 to 25 feet; mac
kerel shark, 8 to Is feet. Sharks
are caught by line and also with
seines. In Florida catching,
skinning, and tanning will be an
all -year-round industry,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-10-05
Miners Not Worried
About Silver Slump

/ The nice weather of the past
month has added increased mo-
memtum to the mining activities of
the upper Clear Greek districts.
Important new developments are
in evidence in the mines and con-
struction work will soon be com.
menced on two new mills.
Notwithstanding the present
temporary slump in the price of
silver, caused, no doubt, by man.
ipulation of the silver brokers, the
belief that Europe's staggering
financial condition will eventually
result in the price of the white
metal going to much higher
figure than it has yet attained,
there is much demand for silver
and lead mines by parties willing
to spend money in development.
The Hall tunnel and Hustled
properties were taken over this
week under lease and bond.
Equipment is to be established at
once to better facilitate thoro
exploitation of this valuable prop
erty. 1t is the intention of the
new owners to merge number
of old time and famous silver
properties for the purpose of more
development.
This tunnel was the pet scheme
of George W. Hall and was started
when he was manager of the
Colorado Central mine in it's best
(, producing days.
The heading of the tunnel is
now in about 1000 feet from its
portal, but lacks about 1900 feet
of cutting the Colorado Central
and Aliundi veins at a few feet
below their lowest workings.
The tunnel was projected to do
away with maintaining and keep
ing in repair the surface workings,
which had become rather ex-
pensive because of the loos e
character of the ground. Besides,
the ore could be laid down at the
railroad tracks and concentration
OF; the lower grade ores could be
effected without pofluting the
Georgetown water supply.
As~the Hustled holdings include
a number of claims which have
been proved by development to
be extensions of the Colorado
Central and Aliundi veins, much
interest is manifested in the future
of the enterprise.
As soon as the veins are inter-
sected a large compartment shaft
is to be sunk to very great depth
This, it is expected, will open uE
the same character of ore now ex-
posed ia the lowest workings OF
the Central vein, worth when
worked, between $500 and S4OC
per ton, but left in the mine be-
cause of litigation.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1917-10-05
Silver Plume Notes

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Richards
were in town over Sunday.
The Smuggler mine is making
the usual large shipments.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Gibbs have
gone to Denver for few days.
Frank Poirson seems to be the
crack grouse hunter this season.
Antri Davis returned Tuesday
from a trip throug Oh the eastern
states.
The 14O lease on the Seven.
Thirty mine shipped sixty tons of
concentrates.
H. Noyes has been in George
town this week getting the Jones
estate settled.
Mrs. Adolph Nelson was in
town Tuesday casting smiles to
her many friends here.
E. Beyers, formerly in the dairy
business here. is in town looking
after some mining claims.
The new electric motor has ar
rived for the Terrible mine and
will be installed this week.
Professor Davis left for LaSalle
Friday afternoon to get his family,
and returned Sunday night.
Olingers funeral car was in town
Tuesday to remove the remains
of Mrs. Jewel to Crown Point
cemetery near Denver.
James Hines and company have
taken lease on the Payrock mine
and are retimbering the shaft
through the Ashby tunnel.
| Carlo Meloni & Co. shipped
sixty tons of concentrating ore to
the Wasatch mill, which ran seven
tons lead and twenty zinc.
Mrs. E. johnson left for her
home in Arizona Tuesday. She
was accompanied as far as Denver
by her sister, Malvina Snarr.
William Seymour of Los Angeles
hoo 1oc% wool, <~ x-scs< NIT n
old friends of his parents. 1t is
his first visit here since boyhood
days.
James Variolotti, who was denied
exemption, was in town Monday
getting signatures of prominent
men to have his case reopened,
but the board would not act.
Jack Green, our county CON-
missioner, not only believes in
good roads, but in home improve
ments as well. He has put in a
new cement walk at his home.
Mrs. Magnetti left for Denver
Tuesday, where she will meet her
son, Joe Magnetti from Pittsburg.
He has been called to the army
and will leave Denver Wednesday.
Several auto loads from here
went down to Idaho Springs
Tuesday evening to attend the
dance given in honor of the de-
parting soldier boys. All report
a very good time.
Roberts Brothers find some
difficulty in getting someone to
take the contract for cutting
timber. They have had the cabins
moved further up Grizzly gulch
and will move the saw-mill site
soon.
4 Joe Carroll, our new barber, has
now taken full charge of the shop.
George Bracken, the former owner,
will remain with him two weeks
and then leave for a southern trip
accompanied by sister from Vim
! ton, Iowa.