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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
CALLED HER Family
TO HER BEDSIDE
Six Years Ago, Thinking She Might Die, Says Texas Lady, But Now
She Is a Well, Strong Woman and Praises Cadui For
Her Recovery.

Royse City, Tex.-Mrs. MARY Kill
man, of this place, says; after the
birth of my little girl. my side COM
menced to hurt me. I had to go back
to bed. We called the doctor. He
treated me. but I got no better. 1
got worse and worse until the misery
was unbearable. Il was in bed for
three months and suffered such agony
that l was just drawn up in a knot.
I told my husband If he would get
me a bottle Of Cardui l would try it,.
commenced taking It, however, that
evening 1 called my family about
me. for I knew I could not last
many days unless I had a change for
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
WASN'T QUITE SURE

Over in Arizona they have extreme
ly precociOus children, If the story
told by a travelling man in Lordsburg
the other day is true.
II seems that in some country
school last spring a pretty school
ma'am from Missouri, and most Of
them in Arizona come from that state
or Kansas, or Michigan, was conduc-
ting a class in geography.
"NOw, children what is an island I"
the teacher asked.
A prim little miss raised her hand.
"Well, Jennie, you may tell" the
teacher said.
"An island is a body of land entire
ly surrounded by water" Jennie re-
sponded glibly.
"That is excellent, Jennie" the
teacher answered, smiling. "Now,
children, who can tell me what a strait
ISL"
This proved a poser, and for a mo-
ment or two there was silence. Then
a tall, frekled lad, nearly out Of his
teens put up his hand.
Teacher, / amt quite sure" he
answered earnestly, 'but / think il
beats three Of a kind"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
ODDS AND ENDS
(By Roy X. Moulton)

The parent of a school pupil is an
CRY and has written the following
note TO the teacher:
rS.r-Will you please give my sun
easier somes to do at mites in the fu-
ture. This is what he brought hoam
to or three mites back: eff fore gal
Ions of bere will fill thirty-to pint
bottles how many pint bottles will
nine gallons of bere flu" l had To
go to town to buy a nine gallon keg
Of bere which l could i'll afford to do
so we could figger it out for him
He went and borrowed a lot of wine
and brandy bottles and then counted
them, and there was nineteen, and luy
sun put that down for the answer. J
don't know whether it is rite or moi
for we split some while doing it.
up. S.-Please let the next some be
in water as l am not able to buy any
more bere."
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
~ CENTIMETER POETRY

A Lordsburg young man who has
a ~yearning to become a poet told us
the other day that he was composing
a hymn of hate loaded to the limit
with mean remarks concerning Kaiser
Bill. He asked our advice about hav-
.ng it published, so that his Imperial
highness could hear about it. Quite
4 number Of poetic ebullitions have
been fired in the Champ Autocrat's
direction lately, but they hardly seem
o be as effective as shrapnel and
hell. Our advice to the poetical
young man was to get his poem, trans
lated into High German and have
5ome daring aviator drop it at the
feet Of his majesty when no one was
looking. AS Uncle Sam is mobilizing
every force against the enemy it might
rot be a bad plan to mobilize a regi-
ment Of poets and have them lombard
he foe with a constant rain of ex-
plosive poetry.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
-CAvEbwELLERs HAD TROUBLES

Prof. Algernon Wendell Edwards,
Phi. D., LID, o. X etc, of Boston,
noted archeologist who is making ex-
cavations in the prehistoric ruins south
west of Lordsburg, was in town the
other day getting supplies and his
mail. While only mildly interested in
the latest war news and the baseball
scores, he talks chiefly of the wonder
full discoveries he is making concern
ing the doings of the oldtimers in the
southwest nook of New Mexico.
81 have been highly interested and
even amused" the professor says, Gin
solving the knotty problem of why
one cave which l have been studying,
was so much larger than the others.
IL had been, in fact, enlarged by the
owner after being built. / puzzled for
days over the problem, but at last the
solution came through the deciphering
Of an obscure inscription. In modern
English it could be rendered:
"Can you beat it'll My mother-in-
law is coming for a six months visit
and l have to dig this blamed hole-in-
the-wall three feet bigger"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
CONSERVATION URGED =
FOR FREIGHT CARS

In order to aid the movement for
freight a conservation, an appeal
has been issued by the Commission on
Car Service at San Francisco. 1t is
as follows:
with our country at war, the rail-
roads are being called upon to handle
unprecedented quantities of all kinds
of materials and supplies, and have
pledged to the government and the
people their united efforts to produce
minimum disturbance to commercial
interests, we earnestly appeal to all
shippers and receivers of freight to
assist in the conservation of freight
cars, the most important factors of
which r the following:
Shippers: Order direct, in writing,
from local representatives at point of
of loading only the number and kind
of cars suitable for your needs to-
gether with the amount or weight of
shipments.
Load and furnish shipping instruc-
tions in one day; the earlier in the day
the better the opportunity to get car
moving.
In accepting orders for shipment,
secure sufficient tonnage to fill com
pletely a 60, 80 or 100 thousand pound
dapacity car, including the ten per
Eeent which cars may be loaded above
marked capacity.
Receivers: Place your cars in guam
titles to provide a full car load as
above described.
In placing your orders, designate
track on which cars will be loaded
md bill cars accordingly.
Unload cars the day received. Quick
release increases supply available for
yourself and others.
The net shortage on all roads in
the United States on May LIST was
l45,449, which is the largest in the
history of the country, with every
prospect for increased demands. With
two and a half million cars in service
Ibis shortage can be wiped out by
increasing the load per car. Loss OF
car space and capacity is the most ser.
ious factor today causing the s~o-called
car shortage. Recent check of 65,219
cars shows SO per cent of capacity
utilized.
Will each and every shipper and re.
ceives of freight "do his bit" / TIE
existing emergency?
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
FOOD CONSERVATION NEXT

With the Liberty Loan Dversub-
seribed more than a billion, and the
Red Cross special fund a success, the
next task assigned the newspapers of
the nation is that of educating the
great American public to food conser-
walton. Already Herbert Hoover. the
official head Of the bureau in charge
has enlisted the aid of all the news
papers in the country, Food Saw
inc Day" has been proclaimed for
Sunday July 1. and the support of ali
civic, fraternal and patriotic organi-
cations is being sought to make Food
Saving Day effective in conserving the
the food supply of the United States
Tor the American people and their al
lies, and in reducing the cost of living
2s we'll. Clergvmen all over the
United States have been asked to
preach sermons on Food Saving Day.
rs the beginning of the campaign to
be carried on under the direction of
Mr.. Hoover.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
ARTISTIC HOMES

Public taste in the construction of
homes is improving. Consider the
the kind of homes that were built in
the United States in the last genera
t'o": and then compare them with the
kind built today. Of course, make
allowance for improvements that
didn't p"ist in the old days-and then
you will have much in our favor in
the form of artistic conceptions of
home building. The old-style house
was a kind Of a box; no attempt was
made to appeal to the eye. The new
style home is more-it must be pretty
or handsome" or modern looking
from the outside, and not only on the
inside. The advent of the bungalow
tyne of dwelling has done much to
awaken artistic sentiments in the
home-builder Of moderate means
The latter in Lordsburg now figures on
having more than a large box-like
warehouse on his hands when he
builds or buys; he wants something
that looks like the houses pictured 70
him by the expert architects in the
magazines and papers. There is no
reason why a dwelling should not be a
delight to the eve from the outside as
well as the inside; and, judging by the
character Of the houses built in the
last ten years, most of us have come
70 that conclusion.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

the better. That was six years ago
and I am still here and All a we'll,
strong woman, and I W my life to
Cardui. I had only taken half the
bottle when l began to feel better.
The misery IN my side got less... !
continued right on taking the CErdul
until l had taken three bottles and I
did not need any more for l was we'll
and never felt better In ry lite... I
have never had any trouble from that
day to this"
Do you suffer from headache. back.
ache, pains in sides, or other dlscOm-
forts, each month? Or do you feel
weak, and fagged-Out? If 90,
give Cardui, the woman's tonic,
trial. J. II
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
THE FOURTH IN LORDsBURG

Patriotism and Hospitality on the
Nations Birthday" has been the slog-
an adopted for the L~ordsburg's Fourth
of July celebration. The success of
the two-day program will depend to a
great degree upon the cooperation of
each and every person in the city in
carrying out the plans of the commit
tees for a display Of patriotic feeling
in honor Of the national holiday, and
a showing Of genuine hospitality to-
wards the hundreds of visitors within
the city. While the program outlined
for the two-day celebration is largely
OF entertainment, as has been custo-
mary in former years, nevertheless the
fact that America is now engaged in
a great conflict for the preservation
Of those peculiar ideals which have
made the Fourth Of July notable,
should give the day in Lordsburg
a peculiar patriotic significance.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
ESPEE EMPLOYEES
BIG BOND BUYERS

Employees on the Pacific system of
OF the Southern Pacific abroad sub
scribed for $1,315, 900 Of Liberty Bonds
according to figures just made public
by the Company. LOrdsburg Espee
employees took $4,000 worth.
The Coast Division, with headauar-
ters at San Francisco carried off the
the Southern Pacific railroad sub
division honors with a subscription of
$l34 $50. Other divisions responded
as follows: Western Division, S67,-
400; Sacramento Division, S119, 200;
Shasta Division, $21 $50; Portland Di-
vision, $t07,400; Stockton Division,
S55, 700; Salt Lake Division, $50, 400;
San Joaquin Division. $97,750; Los
Angeles Division,S73, 800; Tucson Di-
vision, $4,000. ~lTHWW
oaklond, Alameda and Berkeiy Su-
burban lines subscribed S17,65O. The
Los Angeles shops contributed sac, 900
and the Sacramento shops $37,25O.
Floating equipment such as river and
ferry boats are represented by $24,-
300 and the Inter-C California Railway
Company by S1,15O.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
Friday June 2,s 1917
TRIBUTE TO PRESS

Tn Liberty Loan campaign was es-
sentially one Of education, and without
the generous and patriotic support Of
the press of the Nation the hone of
those in charge that il would be a
popular loan would not have been re-
allied. The untiring efforts Of the
newspapers throughout the campaign
were a constant inspiration to the va
rious other groups Of workers. At a
premium the Liberty Loan was fea-
Tired at length.
Newspapers and magazines, in their
news, editorial and advertising col
umns fought for the success Of the
loan every step Of the way. The
foreign-language press, in SO Ian
guages, gave daily proof Of the un-
doubted loyalty of peoples Of foreign
birth. -
WILLIAM G. McADOO.
Secretary Of the Treasury.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

There Will be a special patriotic SER
vice held at the Lordsburg Christian
SOng-America.
Special-Mr. Sam Glass
church Sunday evening at 8 o'clock.
Scripture lesson.
Prayer.
SOng-No. 1877.
Sermon-Patriotism-The Pastor.
At the close of the sermon a %collec-
ton will be taken for the benefit Of
the Red Cross work. The old soldiers
of the Civil war, and of the Spanish
American war, and all interested in the
Red Cross work and in are for
wounded soldiers are most cordially
invited to attend this community ser
vice.
Rev. +. GAYLORD Roberts, Pastor.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

The dingy little restaurant was pInS-
tered about with menu signs. One
With any knowledge of dingy little IeR-
Iaurants could not but reflect that
what bubble and squeak" is to Eng
and beef stew" is to the United
itateR. Ones attention was attracted
o twoNhere partaking OF the great ma
ional dish OF the people. They we're
'scussing restaurants. Said one: The
galdorfl bet y'u beef stew up thOTo
rs about a dollar a plate" ;
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
ST. JOsEPHs CHURCH

"Food Saving Day" next Sunday
will be observed by st. Joseph's Church
and a special sermon on food conserv-
alton will be preached Sunday morn
ing by the pastor. This will be in CO.
operation with Herbert Hoover's cam.
paign for bringing the subject of
stopping wastage during the war be-
fore the people. Morning mass 10
O'Clock, a. m. Rosary, 4 o'clock, p. m,
Rev. Nobert Zudaire, Rector.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
Pumpkin Hill New
THE PUMPKIN HILL NEWS


Luke Makes Sun Rise at 10 a. m.
Luke Popeye, who has been ailing
for the last month, got orders from
DR.. Killem last week to get up early
every morning to see the sun rise.
Luke got up two mornings, but didn't
like It because the sun comes up too
soon for him. He now has another
scheme, which, he says, works like a
top. Luke has put a ladder in his
well behind the house and goes down
in the well every morning. Here he
can see the same sun rise at 10 o'clock
every morning instead Of way before
breakfast. Luke says: What's the
difference whether you Sc the sun rise
over the edge Of the well or the edge
of Cucumber Hill, just 81 you see it.
He claims he can see it rise about five
hours later by going in the well, thus
carrying out DR.. Killem's orders and
getting a lot more sleep to boot. If
there is something wrong with Luke,
we know it's not his brain.
Bill Mutten's pond has got so low
that he is rubbing cold cream on the
backs of his biggest fish to keep them
from getting sunburned.
Doc Win Get Even.
DR.. Tanker, the Pumpkin Hill dem
fist, was slightly injured Friday while
pulling a tooth for Mike SOakum. It
seems that Doc was standing on
Mikes chest, trying to hold him down,
when all of a sudden Mike took a deep
breath and threw Doc to the wall.
Doc says that the next time he pulls a
tooth for Mike he will get even with
him by standing on his indigestion
instead Of on his chest.
Flip Gumdrop, who has been to Tur-
nip Ridge lately to attend the pie sup
pers and already has four girls that
he would like to get rid of, says that
If all girls are peaches, the kind they
have over at Turnip Ridge must be
clingstones.
Bill Mutten's little boy, Sniffles, who
stepped on a horse shoe nail Monday
and couldn't pull it out, swallowed a
big safety pin that afternoon. When
the horse doctor of Cucumber Valley
arrived to extract the nail and safeey
pin, he looked for the pin first, Doc
being a firm believer in that old say
ing, Safety First"
Mrs. Henfeather, the Pumpkin Hill
milliner, got in another load of rooster
tails Monday for her next seasons
hats.
ST Rubbins fell out of his second
story window last Monday night and
might have killed himself if he hadn't
moved the window down stairs last
week. 81 has moved all his upstairs
windows to the ground floor, so he
won't have to use his long-range rifle
at nights when he shoots at the neigh
boris cats.
While out buggy riding last Sunday
Goldie Dihple broke her engagement
with Luke Sniffles, her old beau from
P~ickleville. Luke says he doesn't
know how it happened, but he believes
the engagement must have been
cracked when he got it, or it wouldn't
have broken so easily.
Brainy Cord is raising a new breed
of chickens and all Of Pumpkin Hill
will watch the results with interest.
Brainy says the new breed is a cross
between a hen and a rooster and he
can't tell what they'll turn out to be
as yet.
Bill Cutter went to the blacksmith
shop Wednesday to have his shoulder
blades sharpened.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

Mrs. Anna Wright Of Columbus, N.
NJ, paid $50 for a locked trunk sold
at public auction by the justice of the
peace at that place. She found a col
lection of jewelry, including a diamond
ring. There was also a set Of furs
which had been purchased by Pancho
Villa. She values the contents at
5000.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
METHODIST CHURCH

A sermon on food conservation in
I Inc with Herbert Hoover's campaign
fer stopping food wastage will be
p Eeached by the pastor Sunday.
Sunday School, 10 a. m.
. Preaching services, IL a. m.
Preaching services, 8 p. M.
Rev. J. E. Fuller, Pastor.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
The wurst Yet

Genius at the University Of Arizo-
ma, has a plan for rounding up all
burros in the southwest, making a
sausage out Of them called "esel-
wurst and shipping il to Eurupe2
Most everyone will be in favor Of
shipping it to Europe, we believe.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
POPULAR PLACE ON WASHDAY
(Colfax County Stockman)

For the accommodation Of the gen.
eral public which has not much else
to do, E. w. Galley has built a bench
seat in front of the Springer Service
Station, formerly the COwan livery
Station, formerly Cowan livery sta
BILE. The old bench that stood there
for many years was whitfield" down
and on It for twenty years or
many a big cattle deal was pulled of,
many a fellow was given H., and
many a political, religious and scienti-
fc question was settled. Over argu-
ments while resting there, many a
fight was started, many a horse race
framed up. Every old-timer, at
one time or another, has sat on that
bench. After many years it succumb-
ed to the continual whiting" and
the ravages of the elements, and one
day it went down-that was three or
four years ago. Mr.. Galley has *
hibited a philanthropic spirit in this
revival of an old landmark.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
NOT IN "BEST-SELLER" CLASS
mills, N. NJ, D~evelOper)

We have given out quite a good
many of those farm bulletins, but
have a lot left. One strange thing
about It Is that no one has any use for
the bedbug bulletins. We would like
to get rid Of these fine little works on
bedbugOlOgy.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Ny wife having left my bed and
board, | will not be responsible for any
debts she may contract.
Louis A. HELIOT.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

The San Simon Valley bank at San
Simon, was sold last week when c. E.
Mitchell of Alamogordo, N. M, dis
posed of his interest to w. P. Dunn.
A. S. Mckinney and J. M Hall. Mr.,
Mckinney was elected president, Mr.,
Hall, vice president and Mr.. Dunn,
cashier.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

A. f. Brown, trainmaster of the
Sacramento division, has been APP
pointed assistant Superintendent of
the Tucson division TO take the place
Of T. H. Kruttschnitt, who was re-
Gently commissioned a captain in the
quartermaster's department at Fort
Sam Houston.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

A dear, old lady on a train coming
in LOrdsburg the other day was EAR
nestly thirsting for information.
do you have Precipitation enough
here in New Mexico to raise crops or
do you irritate the SOIL" she asked,
sticking her head out of a Pullman.
"Well, madam" a bright young man
responded, "fOf one thing, we irritate
Arizona"
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
Around LOrdsburg

J. w. Craft Of neal Bowie, Ariz,
was bitten by a rattlesnake last week
while rabbit hunting. The wound was
on the palm of his hand, and while
seriously i'll, Mr.. Craft is recovering.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

C. E. Johnson, county surveyor of
Grant county, has been named as
highway engineer for the county by
the state highway commission.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

T. ]. Riggs, Of Bowie, is making
fs6sSla gsi honey &:o,i he expects p ov q tOf sIS 81
per gallon, which shows that the bee
business is profitable in the southwest.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
HAD TIME OF THEIR LIVES
Gallup independently

Joe Schauer and Ed Bates; Misses
Mary and Anna Morello and Louise
Charles motored to McGaffey's Mills,
Saturday night, in Joe's big Franklin
car. They went out for an evenings
spin, not intending to stop at the mills
for any length of time, but when they
struck the dance hall and heard the
music of the old banjo and violin
Keeling off the rhymes for the Virginia
Reel, the Paul Jones and the Famous
old quadrille, the sole of their right
shoe began to patter against the floor
and soon the left one took it up and
before they knew it, they were having
the time of their lives and the band
playing " Home, Sweet Homen and
the sun was beginning to peep over
the eastern horizon somewhere.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

Some of the lonesome, homeless,
mere men in LOrdsburg who eat at
local restaurants are in the habit, now
and then, of taking a nice fish, a
piece of game, or a choice steak
around to the cook and having it fixed
up just right. They say that it makes
it seem more like mothers cooking
at the old home.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

Don W. Lusk, Silver City news
paper man, has been appointed I'm
tied States Commissioner at that place
by United States District Judge Colin
Neblett.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29
ODDS AND ENDS
FRANK IS A GOOD FELLOW
Tarmington, N. NJ, Enterprise)

Frank Townsend the popular mer-
chant Of Largo was attending to bus
mess matters in Pennington, Mon
day. Frank is a noted character that
sells sandy wool, sOre-baeked horses
and punk Navajo rugs. At that he
is a good fellow and all his friends
here are glad to see him.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-06-29

Bill Mutten's pond has got 80 low
that he is rubbing cold cream on the
backs of his biggest fish to keep them
from getting sunburned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-18
FRENCH TAKE
IL MILES OF
GERMAN FRONT
All of First and Part of Second Line Between Rheims and
the Champagne Taken by Storm; Teuton Loss Estmat
ed at 10000; More Than $4,000 Prisoners Taken
Along With Twelve Cannon; Greatest Battle Since
the Marne
By Associated Press

Continuing their great offensive along the Asne and in the
Champagne the French have made further important gains More
than $4,000 prisoners have been taken the days of the attack
Twelve including three large cabre among the
large quantities of material captured
The battle, described the the battle of the
Mne and considered logical continuance of that struggle after
interval of than developed during last nights
heavy fighting in the region northeast of scissors where General
NiVele's troops made their notable progress
Pushing far north of the Asne the French completed their
cupatlon of Chvy the Osesne canal pressed
Laonno which entered by French patrols On the
sne tuhr west they occupied the village of Chavonne.
10 the of this several fortified positions
from the Germans the neghborhood of Ve-au Bo miles
southeast of Caone and the highway leading
from Rheims
Momentay haltng in the Champagne district organize
positions the French attacked the by the
Three counteraacks delivered Mont Carnet
southeast of Rheims All these
with heavy losses to the attacking forces