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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
ADJUSTING AUTO PUSH RODS
Keeping Them in Proper Shape Means
Much to the Comfort of Those
Who Are Riding in the Car.

Push rods on an auto engine after
long use become worn and get noisy.
To adjust them you will generally find
two nuts, or a screw and lock nut
which you can adjust by %loosening the
lock nut, and screw the pin out until
you have about the thickness of an or
binary business card between the two,
being certain that the push rod is in
its lowest position.
If no such adjustments are provided
you will either have to draw out the
valve stem or take a rod about one-
eighth of m inch larger than the stem,
drill a hole in the end the size of the
stem to a depth of One-eighth Of an
inch, then cut off long enough to leave
a small cup with the bottom in, then
dress with a file until you get the prop
er clearance.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
PUT CHAINS ON YOUR TIRES
Duty That Driver Of Automobile Owes
to His Fellow Motorists and 70
the Pedestrian.

Whenever the streets Of New York
city are wet or sprinkled with snow a
large number Of accidents occur which
are due solely to skidding automobiles.
Traffic policemen, street sweepers and
members Of the fire department are in
jured In numbers that would surprise
the public. The automobile skids on
a slippery pavement because the diff
~ferential does not work perfectly and
nobody has been able to overcome
this weak spot in Its construction.
The only practical way to guard
against skidding is to put chains on
the wheels. These chains have been
In use for many years and have been
perfected to such a degree that they
do not cut or otherwise injure the
tires. They are cheap and easily car
ried and applied, so owners of auto
mobiles would not find an ordinance
compelling their use at all burden
some.
When an automobile skids on a
crowded thoroughfare 1t is more Of a
danger to other vehicles and persons
than to itself and its occupants, and 1t
seems unfair that a few careless own
ers and drivers who do not use chains
should imperil others who take this
reasonable precaution to prevent acct
dents. The courts should not regard
skidding as an unavoidable accident
when means of preventing 1t are so
readily available and so cheap.-New
York Commercial.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
FACTOR IN MAKING
HORSE COMFORTABLE
Ventilation Should Be Attended
to, Especially During Sc
we're Winter Weather.

Protection from heat and storm in
Summer and from cold and storm in
winter Is the biggest factor in making
a horse comfortable at night, points
out DR.. G. w. McCampbell, associate
professor of animal husbandry in the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
"In summer a paddock or pasture
with access to a shed may be used,
and is preferable with idle horses. A
barn which at all times should be well
ventilated but free from drafts may be
used" said Doctor McCampbell.
"In this climate the horse should
have access to an open shed or stable
at night in the winter time, and venti-
latiOn should be looked to at this time
particularly, as it Is really more like
ly to be neglected then than in sum-
mer."
A box stall Is best, but Is not always
practical, believes Doctor McCampbell.
In any case each horse should have a
stall to himself, and the stall should
be large enough for the horse to lie
down in comfort.
The floor may be made of cement,
boards, or dirt, but in any case plenty
Of clean, fresh bedding should be pro-
vided.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
WINTER HEATING IS
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Exact Temperature Required to
Save Blossom Buds in Cold
Weather Not Known.

Because of the difficulties in heat
Ing peach orchards in winter, horti-
culturists at the Ohio experiment sta
ton advise growers to avoid such OPP
erations by planting hardy varieties
and selecting favorable planting sites.
The exact temperature required to
save the blossom buds In extreme cold
winter weather is not known, as va
rieties differ in hardness and the same
variety may show some variation in re-
sistance to cold from year to year.
Without this knowledge orchardists
In some cases may waste fuel, while at
other times buds may be frozen be-
cause the fires do not keep the tenn
perature high enough. Watching ther-
mometers and keeping fires in zero
weather is trying work. Spring or
chard heating, however, has long been
considered successful.
On suitable locations peach crops
may be secured annually if hardy va
rieties are planted, these specialists
say. Winter heating is therefore I'M
necessary in such cases.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
WAITS IN SILENT GRIEF
FOR NEWS OF LOVED ONES
Plight Of Bereaved E%noIishman In New
York Brings Home to Watchers
Tragedy Of New Warfare.

New York.-It took the silent grief
Of John M. Little, Englishman, to bring
keenly home to the officials and clerks
of the Anchor line offices the loss Of
the California, one Of the liners sunk
as a result of Germany's new subma-
rine campaign.
Modestly, almost diffidently, Little, a
spare, slight man, asked for news Of
his wife and four children, steerage
passengers. The latest cable, he was
told, reported his wife and n child
missing-the others had been saved.
"But the wife and baby" he pleaded.
Cant you give me a word Of hopper"
No one dared reply. Tears welled
from Little's eyes and rolled unre
STRANGELY down his cheeks. The bus
thing activity stopped and heads were
bowed.
Strengthening himself with an effort
Little squared his shoulders and
walked away, the tears still stream
ing down his face.
Not a word was uttered as the work
of the busy office was resumed.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
WARNING TO DRIVER BEHIND
Automatic Signal That Flashes When-
ever. Automobile Is Slowed Down
Is Illinois Mans Invention.

Guy w. Conner, a conductor on the
Illinois Central railroad, has invented
and patented an automatic safety sig
nal for automobiles, designed after the
railroad safety signals that have done
much to eliminate accidents in rail-
reading. Mr.. Corners device is en-
tirely automatic and operates with
out the touch or thought of the
driver. 1t Is attached to the tail light
and license number bracket in the
ear Of the car and operates coinci-
dent with the working of the automo-
bile brake. Thus, whenever the driver
presses his brake to slow down his
a n %semaphore appears from be-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
SAVES HOTEL BILLS
BED WHICH MAY BE CARRIED BY
TOURING AUToIsT.
Enclosed Within Tent, II Provides
Complete Shelter From Wind and
Rain, and ls Easily Carried
on tho Machine.

The delightful independence of tour
Ing in an automobile can be improved
upon by means Of an Acknowledged.
Wherever nightfall Overtakes the trav-
eler, he a make up his own cot and
sleep In his W tent, completely
sheltered from wind and rain and with
no expense for a hotel room.
The metal frame of the bed Is joint
ed in the middle; and a leg is attached
at this point on either side. A cross
bar connects the legs, so that they
will swing together when the bed is
being folded up. One end Of the frame
pivots on a shaft secured to the side
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

While many people do not know 1t,
the first record we have of a vehicle
travelling without animal power is
found in the ancient Chinese records,
which give an account of the kite car
riages. These vehicles were driven by
the wind blowing against a sail at
tached to the carriage. In the early
reign Of King James I Of England a
patent was issued to one Hugo Upton,
reading as follows: "For the sole max
ing Of an instrument which shall be
driven by the wind for the transporta-
ton Of carriage Of anything by land"
Some believe that Upton secured his
idea from kite carriages in old China.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Arizona Mightiest Of
All Fighting Vessels.

The Arizona, the newest addi-
ton to the United States battle
ship division, not only Is the big
gest Of Uncle Sans sea fighters,
but no other naval power has a
fighting vessel that can reach 1t
in size.
1t is larger by 200 tons that the
Pennsylvania, the flagship of
Admiral Mayo, Of which it Is q
sister ship.
1t will be a damaging foe for
an enemy to meet. Its twelve IA
inch guns fire a broadside of 90
600 pounds Of steel, which can
be directed accurately at a mark
Is miles distant. The brOadside
is 5000 pounds more than the
combined broadsides Of the Kan
sas, Vermont and New Hamp-
shire, ships that have been
placed in the reserve fleet.
The displacement Of the Ari-
iona is 31,6O0 tons. 1t is pro-
PEELED by oil-burning engines,
which drive it at a speed averag-
ing 20 knots an hour.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

val department has decided and an.
nounced that the appointment to vol
unteer commissions will be made
from those classes Of our citizens who
have had such experience, and that
from those classes the selections will
be made In the following order:
(A)-Persons who have had expert
enc as commissioned officers in the
regular army of the United States and
ex-Oficers of volunteers Of proved ex-
perience and efficiency.
(B)-NOn-commissioned officers of
experience in the regular army.
(C)--PersOns who have had expert
ence as officers in the militia.
(D)-Persons who have qualified
according to law under prescribed ex-
amlnatiOns to test their fitness to
command and control men in the field.
(E)-Graduates Of educational in
situations Of military standing to
which regular army officers are de-
tailed as professors of military science
under the law.
NH/-oAOuAu lAC hCSCSouIy AuiliDCI
Of volunteer officers required not be
furnished from the above classes, the
war department will give civilians
lacking in actual military experience
an opportunity to appear for examina-
ton to test their fitness for commits
sions, before boards which the war de-
partment proposes to create in the
several states.
Begin Training at Once.
Under the caption Training of Vol
unteers" the war college pamphlet
"The training of volunteer troops
must begin without delay after their
induction into the service. No time
must be lost. 1t should begin at the
company rendezvous, without waiting
for complete mobilization. Under our
traditional policy of relying princi-
pally for defense upon citizen sol
diers, the larger part Of our land
forces will not be fully trained on the
outbreak of war. 1t Is more than
probable that we shall have to employ
some of them with little or no train
ing as soon as they can be assembled
in suitable units.
"The amount and character Of the
training will at first be directly pro-
pOrtional to the time consumed, pro-
vided q rational scheme be followed.
How much time will be available it
IS impossible to predict. 1t is reason
able to assume, however, that in the
event of a war with an oversee enemy
It will be the time required for our
enemy to establish at least a partial
of the sea sufficient to open
The way for landing of expeditionary
"Any system Of training, however.
good in itself, will fail to bring the de-
sired results unless there are avail
lble q sufficient number Of trained in
,tructOrs, officers and nOncommis-
stoned officers. The blind cannot lead
he blind"
Referring to the mobilization Of the
volunteer armies, the war college
points out that all points of mobiliza-
ion have been selected, n in each
state of the Union, and that these pre-
iminary arrangements have been APP
proved by both the federal and state
authorities. These plans provide for
he necessary buildings, for water sup
,ly, and all other essential needs
which will arise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Plan Mountain Grade.

Officials of the national forests of
the West met recently to form tenta-
tive plans for q motorcar road of
seven per cent grade up Mount Tim
panogos, nea Provo, Utah, for about
$4,000. The work is expected to be-
gin in April. The road will pass
through American Fork canyon, then
south to Aspen Grove and down Provo
canyon to the Provo and North Fork
and up Mount Timponogos to the gla-
cier base. The course lies within the
Masatch national forest which makes
an appropriation for its construction
available from the Shackleford bill.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

So many motorcars are being stolen
in Boston that the Bay State A. A. has
taken a hand in the matter and its Of
ficials are planning to do something to
lessen the number of thefts. At a
meeting Of the board of directors a
committee was appointed headed by
President George w. McNear, that is to
confer with Superintendent Crowley
Of the police department, and officials
of the insurance companies with a
view of getting some definite plan to
recover cars. and prosecute offenders.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

bars of the automobile, as shown in
he illustrations. The two outer legs
are pivoted to the frame.
When not in use, the legs are swung
up against the frame; the outer half
of the frame is folded over the inner
half, or foot of the bed and the whole
lifted to an upright position against
the back Of the tonneau. Small ratch-
ct wheels at each of the joints are
provided for holding the legs in posi-
ton and also for locking the entire
frame when folded up. Curtains are
stretched over the frame to form a
sort of box-tent, us shown in the IL
Observation-Disclosures Science Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

officers are drawn from the ranks OF
units already established. Then the
final work of building the unit up tc
full strength is begun.
From the officers training corps the
company, battery or troop command
ers and their subaltern officers are
drawn. Those of higher command art
promoted from other organizations. Ii
is understood one of the first mover
by the war department in the EVEN
of the necessity Of forming a big arm,
will be the organization of an officers
training CORPS like Canada's.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Mark Parts as Removed.

When necessary to remove any part
of a motor note carefully just how it
fastened on, and if necessary
mark 1t with a punch so that there will
be no doubt as to just where it be-
longs. This applies especially to such
parts as valves, valve filters, valve
caps, ETC., which look alike, but should
be replaced in their original places.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Fifteen Days Too Many.

There is a growing sentiment among
the farmers of southern New Jersey
against granting automobile license
reciprocity to outside automobile own
ers, on the ground that much of the
wear on roads is done by visiting mo-
torists from other states, it is report
ed. 1t seems fairly certain that any
attempt to extend the time Of the IT,
day reciprocity clause would arouse
strong opposition among some of the
farmers.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
See That Wirino Is Protected,

Because oil has a disintegrating eff
feet, not only on rubber but OF cotton
and fabric as well, care should be ia
ken to see that the wiring for electric
lighting and engine starting system is
well protected. If oil is permitted to
remain on the wiring the insulation
will in time be softened so that the
slightest chatting will cause the bare
copper to be exposed and a short cir.
cult or a leakage Of current follow.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Avoid Trouble With Carburetor.

In most every gas line there is a
strainer or trap, either in the line itself
or at the base Of the carburetor. Few
persons think to clean this OCCASION
ally before trouble is encountered. The
present-day fuel contains more or less
waste matter and trouble with the
carburetor can be eliminated by clean
ing this trap or trainer occasionally.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

hind the license number, flashing the
word "Stop" in large letters. In
daylight the word appears in white let
tiers on a red metal board that can be
plainly read for a distance Of 200 feet
behind the car. At night the letters,
which are made Of Opaque ~celluloid,
are lighted from within by an electric
light.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Piqs After Weaninu.

Fall pigs after weaving should be
given food to keep them growing when
cold weather sets in. Pumpkins will
be a good feed for pigs in early win
ter. Feed them shorts daily in their
slop while they are growing.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Realities Alone Count,

All growth, all strength, all uplift,
all power to rise in the world and to
remain arisen, come from the myriad
holds we have taken upon higher sur
rounding realities.-James Lane Al
fen.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Injurious to Alfalfa.

Practically no injury to alfalfa from
summer heat has been recorded in dry
climates, but high temperatures com
bined with much moisture in the atmo-
sphere are so injurious that it is diff
cult to grow the crop successfully un-
der these conditions.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Animals Relish Variety.

Note the variety of food you have
every day. You appreciate it, don't
you? The animals under your care
would like a change also. Beets, man
gels, cut clover or alfalfa could make
q change in the menu.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Probably Will Come.

"Woman is a little slow to get &C
luainted with the auto, apparently"
"What makes you say that?' Il have
never seen one repairing her car with
q hairpin yet"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Rjoht Treatment Of Soils.

Most clay soils have an abundance
Of potash, but you must treat your
soil right by growing legumes and turn
ing under organic matter, IL you would
have this potash become available for
the use Of your crops.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Cement Floors Too Cold.

Cement floors are too hard and too
cold for hogs to sleep on. Provide
plenty of good bedding. Under pres
ent prices the most Indifferent swine
man should not be careless In the
care of his swine.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Fancy Fisherman WANTING Restl

To enable a fisherman to get some
rest, a bracket to be clamped to the
side of a boat or any convenient ledge
to hold his pole has been invented, a
portion of 1t also acting as a brake on
the reel,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
May Adopt Canadian Plan.

New York.-Should the United
States decide to raise a vast army,
military men say, many features of
the Canadian system will be adopted
on account of the similarity of on
ditions In the two countries.
Canada's plan has been to form bat
talions which are the equivalent in
numbers and organization to regiments
in the United States service by first
detailing a full complement of officers.
When the commissioned posts Of q
unit are filed the noncommissioned
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
Weak Point Of Teams,

The weak point of most farm teams
Il at the shoulders.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16

Grow Your Own Fruit.
Every farmer should grow his own
supply of fruit.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-02-16
INTERNATIONAL
NNMSQ1O0L
LESSON

(By E. o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
Sunday School Course of Moody Bible
instituted
Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union
The Appeal., 1917-06-16
A NEEDED WAR MEASURE.

The government of the United
States ought to stop lynching as a
needed war measure. AS military
necessity, loyal patriotic citizens
ought to have chance for their lives
and no man, even though he be inno-
cent of crime is safe when the lyncller
is abroad. -z. -. ~
The stern hand of military law
ought to descend upon the people
who are defying the law and making
a mockery of democracy. ~.. r
The daily newspapers often con-
tain "scare heads and accounts of
horrible man burnings, where the
victim is drenched with oil and
burned at the stake. If some of these
papers should get out of the country
and fall into the hands of the Ger
mans who have despoiled Belgium or
into the hands of the Turks who have
massacred the Armenians they might
use them as a justification of their
atrocities.
Loyal patriotic citizens of the
United States demand the suppress
sion of lynching and the summary
punishment of the lynchers as a
needed war measure.
The Appeal., 1917-06-16
AN INSULT TO PATRIOTS

The registration for the selective
draft is over. 1t passed without any
serious disturbances anywhere in the
United States, although many arrests
were made of people who were guilty
of aiding the anti.registration propo-
ganda. So far as the dispatches show,
not a single colored citizen of the
United States was delinquent in any
way whatever.
And the colored people constitute
the only group of which this can be
said
Now that the registration is over, it
must not be forgotten, the colored
citizens were subjected to an Infamous
insult and one which was not offered
to any other class of citizens. The
insult consisted of the inscription in
the lower left hand corner of the
registration card. @1f person is Of
African descent tear off this corner"
1t was an insulting classification,
separation and segregation to which
no other group was subjected. not
even German aliens and spies or
The Appeal., 1917-06-16
YES, THERE WAS A TRAITOR.

THE APPEAL has stated a. number
of times that there are no colored
traitors in the United States, but we
feel that we ought to make a retrac
ton.
A colored traitor has been found
and his name is John Burlingame, a
resident of the world famous murder
city, Memphis, Tenn.
After mob of leading Memphians
had burned colored man at the stake
dancing like wild Indians around the
body as it burned, John Burlingame
colored chauffeur, seized an Ameri.
can flag from an automobile he was
driving and cried to several colored
men who had witnessed this act of
barbarism: "Come on boys! We are
through! Let's join the Germans!
Hurrah for the Kaiser!" -
Then he tore up the flag. He was
seized by dozen men who started to
lynch him for manifesting a lack of
patriotism. 7-@.
Officers, who claimed to be unable
to protect Pearson from the mob,
took Burlingame in custody and turned
him over to the Federal authorities
He will be prosecuted.
Yes, there was a traitor.
The Appeal., 1917-06-16
The Color Line in the Catholic churcI

me color Line in the Catholic Church,
(From the Southwestern Christian Ad.
" vocate, New Orleans, La.)
There are two hundred thousand
colored Catholics in the United states
according to Walter F.. McEntire =
prominent Catholic, who in telling If
the orders and societies of men and
women working among color people in
the United States, among other things
says in the Tidings, of Los Angeles:
The Church knows no color-line in
the House of God, and any man who
tries to lay one down is not a true
Catholic" - - uo
This is, good reading but it is not
true to fact. There are only two col.
ored priests in the entire Catholic
colored constituency of America. and
the Catholic Church is the onlv re1i-
glous body in America that forces on
its constituency a white ministry
Moreover, the color issue is drawn as
completely in the Catholic Church as
elsewhere. There was a time when
the Catholic churches welcomed cel-
ored people to the affairs but not now.
In st. Joseph Church, New Orleans. a
few seats in the rear are marked re-
served for ~colored.
The American prejudice has at last
tull grip on the Catholic Church.