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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-22
REASON FOR GOOD H w
intricate and Perfect Network Of
Roads Necessary 10 Release
Energies Of Amerlea.

II IL p%refectly obvious that you have
got 20 have an intricate and perfec'
network Of roads throughout thu
length and breadth Of this great cont
lent before you have released the en-
ergies 81 America, . The bloot
Of the nAtion will not flow In harmonl
Gus concord unless Il can flow In 10
innate sympathy.-Presiden Wilson.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-22

For Sale: Three and onc-half
miles Of smoolhe wire fencc.-N. j..
Y~arbrough. n
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-22
Says P~hosphates Make
Beautiful Women and
Strong, Healthy,
Vigorous, RO.
bust Men.

phN sirians all over the world arc
prescribing phOsphaies IA build up
run down cncmlC conditions and
those who have treated their
patients with ArnO-PhOs-
phate are changing thin.
cncmic women with tone
less tissues. ilabby flesh,
into the most beautiful
rosy Checked and
plump round for
mcd women
imaginable.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-22

Houses for llcnt-Bob Flack. II
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-22

Boos, Columbus by pAtrouiling her
industries.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-06-22

JAMES n. wADDILL,
REFEREE.
First publication. May n. 1871.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
BY WAY OLE DIVERSION.

said Snas McGuggin, in Peeweeple's
tore: Tho ball teams are tossin'
the horsehide once more. They've
gone into tralnin'. II won't DO NO
long TIL they'll all DO playin' tho
game good an strong, IL l owned
die Giants I'd order McGraw 70 trade
this guy Cobb for n speedy south
paw. He needs n good pitcher.
Coob's arm Is all through. Good
twirlers like Evers. for instance. are
few" When 81 finished talking. old
Grandpa McGee looked w n a
'Say-yer q wonder TO me-. Yer
knowledge OF baseball has got me
amazed. I'd almost be- wlllin' 70 say
that I'm dared. Detroit has Ty Cobb.
He's no pitcher-not him. He plays
In tho field. although battin's his
within. You. likewise. got Evers all
wrong. by the way. Outside OF all
that, Ill admit yer o.. X" Said Silas:
oh. boshl You're n fossil. MCGEE.
I guess I'll get out. This u no place
for me. Not one OF you fellers has
rot a real brain. Your talk Is 10 silly
IL gives mo a pain" Then Silas moved
or. As he went through tho door he
told them he'd never come back any
more. Jed Peeweeple screwed up his
face as he sighed: That means I'll
20 broke" Then he laughed TIL he
cried.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
GOSSIP.

Augustus Thomas Is writing an
American play.
Tho Morris Dance" at tho Little
Theatre. viii quit and pay the fiddler
Saturday night.
'Pierrot, the Prodigal," Is 10 be- In
Baltimore next week. MaJorle Pat
terson, who plays PlerrOt. originated
there.
When Al Jolson and Robinson
Crusoe JT." reached Detroit Monday
they found n 1900 advance sale star
ing them In the face.
They say Romains Simmons can
carve a duck as well as he can play
the piano. He's noted for tho beet
h0yen shorter STUFF, you know.
The spectacle Submarine -" Will
be exhibited TO school children be.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
IT HAD PUZZLED HIM.

A n old farmer and his wife drove
~ to market one day. II had been
a very wet day, and large pools
or water had formed in the roadway
between the farm and the town. On
the return journey an old friend was
met And how are YOU to-day?" was
the friendly greeting, "Oh. very well,
thank your answered the farmer.
How Is the MISUSE" continued the
friend. Shes ine, hne!" answered
the farmer. She's behind there
jerking his thumb toward the back
seat, Shes not there!" said the as
tonished friend. The old farmer
turned n looked over his shoulder,
then coolly replied: "Humph! that
would be the splash then! "-Phila-
delDhia Star
The evening world., 1917-03-01

tween 3 and 3 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. March IL, at tho Winter
Garden.
Annette K~ellermann. who has been
training at st. Nicholas Rink, will
onter the skating races at the Hippo
drOmc. She expects TO win, too.
Leon Enrol returned to the cast OF
The Century Girl yesterday after "A
brief absence cuused by an injury TO
an ankle.
Doraldina, tho Hawaiian dancer Rt
Montmurtrc, has been offered "A big
salary TO go to London and do her
shredded wheat steps.
As IA result OF her fall on the Lib
erty's stage, Louise Dresser Is In the
stern S%anitarium with IA broken right
wrist. Flora Isabelle Is being ]rehearscd
in the role Miss Dresser has In Have
"a Heart"
An organization In tho Bronx
known as tho Forum Players has
been formed with the ultimate aim OF
developing into "A community theatre.
II will present three playlets Satur-
day night, March 10, In tho auditor
lum OF tho Morris High school.
+. {. Whitney's now operetta,
Boys VIII Be Boys" viii play two
weeks al the Colonial. Boston, begin
ming March 8.
Nile. Stuzia Ballot. who was Eliza
hetn Hodge, OF plaiutield. y. j., has
become premiere d%ansouS" of 'rho
Wandcrcr." She comes direct from
the Parts opera House.
Clifton Crawford. Of Her Soldier
Boy" has written u book telling what
he saw when he once went around
tho world
John Reilly. who says he is sixteen
and IAN cscontric JIgEcr' writes MS
for a theatrical engagement Care
ful, managers, Don't crowd
The evening world., 1917-03-01
WON'T FORCE PATRIOTISM.

g.. S. Moss announces that The star
Fpangled Banner" and the United
states flag viii no longer DO in evil
dcuco in the Moss vaudeville and pic
ture houses. lie has issued an order
20 this effect out OF respect 10 the song
mercialism should not be permitted 10
make capital out OF indiscriminate flag
waving and the use OF the national
anthem. II is TO end what he consid-
ers the dissertation Of the song and tho
emblem that he has taken this stand
The evening world., 1917-03-01
SPECIALLY BUILT.

CiGNoR MARCONI has been tell
y ing a story about a certain cele
brated admiral who was a coun
tryman OF his.
The admiral" he says, had wor
many battles and great and
at a ball given in his honor one LADY,
sa!d to another:
"'HIow frighttully fat our dear ad-
miral Is getting
Yes replied the second lady:
isn't II fortunate7 Otherwise he
wouldn't be able to wear ali his
medals Tit Bits.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
IGNORANCE is BLISS.

A CERTAIN section foreman no
n ticed that one OF his men hac
rabbit meat in his pail. II,
questioned the man.
Yes, me got lots rabbit" was m,
smiling reply.
John" the foreman said, ''yol
bring me rabbit Tomorrow" 49,
John promised he would, and m,
next day the foreman received nj.
portion and ate Il with relish. n,
also became curious as to where job
got n.
SAY, John" he inquired, "wher,
do you get all this rabblt?"
"Oh, that's easy" was the reply
rabbit him come 10 my house eve,
night. Him go Meow, meow and
shoot him.'-Connellsvillo Courier.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.

TWO laborers were engaged to
deepen well which had become
dry. One OF them sent his mate
down into the we'll while ne sat at the
top and directed the work,
He first ordered the other man 20
dig a bit on this dde." then dig a
little more or that hde," until the
latter. tired Of both the work and the
orders, exclaimed, "Yyu cit up there
The evening world., 1917-03-01
Good Stories
BY c. NJ. Payne

and use your tongue while / have 70
do all the work" "Oue man her
giving directions said the man AZ
the top. can do as much as ten meu
down there"
Th"rcupon his mate threw down
his pick and climbed up beside m,
other nan what are you dolng
here?" inquired the latter. "TWc
men up here" answered his mat.
can do as much as twenty down
here ,"-Baltimore Sun.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
ROTH r

Nat Roth celebrated his fifty-nfth
birthday yesterday at tho Montmartre
Cafe by drinking a bottle OF Rhine
wine 100 years old. The wine was
given him by a. TOKEN Worm. who
bottled Il originally.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
o. r. ESCAPES INJURY.

While skating together on ice re-
Gently Laurette Taylor and Daniel
Frohman fell and turned turtle.
"O-o-o-hi" came from Miss Taylor,
as she lay on her back.
ITS all right" sang out Mr.. Froh-
man. adjusting his Eoatee. Don't
worry-I'm not hurt
The evening world., 1917-03-01
LEN

Behind the scenes at the. Republic
Theatre Is a sign reading %"Silencel"
\ sixteen-year-old girl VINO was in
yiied 10 meet Jane Cowl IN her dress
irE room yesterday noticed the sign.
What do you do" she asked OF the
doorman, ~ people disregard the sign
and talk? >"
Il holler at EN-" he replied laconi-
4. ny.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
FROM THE CHESTNUT TRee.

rs that stranded band IN town
AN but the drummer"
did no get Hway?'
Yes, be beat his way home
The evening world., 1917-03-01
IN THE WILLOW TREE"

Conan d Harris have selected a
good cast for The Willow Tree tho
japanese play which goes into tho
Conan a. Harris Theatre March 6.
II Is composed Of Arvid Paulson,
Harold De Becker. Harold Vosburgh.
Shelley HUI. Richard Taber. George
W Wilson. Fay BANTER. 4. Hatake-
naka. Darrell vinton and Mrs. Thomas
Wise.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
10 PLAY SEX DRAMA.

Tho Awakening VI Spring" Wede-
kinds drama OF the sexes, will be
played at u special matinee on the
last Friday in March by Godfrey {.
Stein and a company under the us
pices OF tho Medical Review OF Re
Views Sociological FUND. The Francis
]. Ziegler English translation will be
used. The theatre will DO one OF two
in the Times Square district. Mr.. Stein
ana his ~co-workers believe there IL
as great a need for this play rs thore
was for Damaged Goods" Thu
Awakening Of Spring" is supposed to
show tho evil in the neglect u inform
young people ON certain subjects.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
NoT BARK

X Mrs. Torkins. they have dog
tents in the army. don't
they?"
why. yes. You sec, It's a sort OF
technical term
"You needn't trouble to explain. ]
guess | understand words ~ one cyl
liable. what | wanted to ray Is. that
I'm glad our faithful fOur-footcd
friends arc provided for. only | sus-
poet tho :, p. Q, A. ma 70 them do it,
Washington star.
The evening world., 1917-03-01
About Plays
and Players
BY BIDE DUDLEY

"Rs. EMILE HAPGooD, who IL
kIV primarily responsible for the
Gn11 production Of Magic" at Max
inc Elliott's Theatre. II plan
ming TO do some more producing for
the New York stage. Just what tho
natur Of her next play il has not
bean disclosed. but Mrs. Hapgood re-
fers to II ns her new dramatic sur
prise Sho is negotiating for a
Broadway theatre for It. Magic" has
met with considerable success, and
this fact has whetted Mrs Hapsood's
appetite for further theatrical ven
turea.
The evening world., 1917-03-01

The near name for "T'hc
or Day. clifton Meets
comic series, to be chosen
from among the Screral
thousand submitted IN the
contest which closed yestcr-
day, wiH appear orer the
strip IN Mondays Epening
World, together lOih the
name of the dUard trimmer.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

Lakeland, Fla, rendered Comptroller at the close
of business, Nov. 20th 1917.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03
AMERICA NEEDS OPTIMISM

(St. Petersburg independently
We notice the following in one of
the weekly religious publications and
we commend it to all engaged in the
task Of awakening America:
America will need many things
during the dark days of this winter,
men. money, munitions and food. but,
above all, she will need optimism
Cheerfulness at home as we'll as cour.
age at the front is essential. There
fore the country should encourage
within reasonable limits, the lighter
and pleasanter features of life to in
spire hope and strengthen confidence.
Gloom is a very bad weapon to make
war with, and it's apostles err wheN
they endeavor to disseminate 1t, for Il
does not help, it only demoralizes ant
weakens." -
Truer words were never written
The people of America are not goins
to be terrified into fighting. More
over. they are pretty certain to rejec
extreme statements. What is neces
sary more than anything else is tha
spirit of calm self-confidence wit
which the English people faced tn
long ordeal of the strife with Napt
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03
AT The Christian
Church Sunday


The services at the First Chris
tian church yesterday were al! full
Iof interest and with increasing at,
tendance. The subject of the morn
ing sermon, "The Lords Supper;
Wnat 1t Is; Who Ought to Partake.
and How Often"
The pastor said In part: This
supper is a symbolic feast, it having
been typified under the Jewish dis
pensation by the Passover as given
by God to His people Israel; and we
keep it in memory Of our Lords
death and suffering for our sins.
In Luke 22:19 he, says, after this
supper, This do in remembrance OF
Me-" A strong argument was made
against making the Lords Supper 4.
church ordinance, as by type in the
Jewish dispensation, and by Christ's
own appointment, and the teaching
and example Of the Apostolic church
did not warrant any such construc-
tion; but as the name indicated, II
was the Lords Supper, and given by
special divine enactment, and 1t was
not within the province Of the
church to put up restrictios, as to
who shall partake, but let every pro-
fe,sed follower of our Lord Gas Paul
has put It in 1st Cor. 11:28): "Let
man examine himself, and so lei
him eat Of that bread, and drink o!
that cup" The church has no pre-
scriptive rite as to inviting, nor as to
prohibiting any professed follower o,
Christ partaking of these emblems
but it being the Lords Supper an6
he having invited, we, the church
are merely to spread these emblems
and the matter Of partaking is tt
5c between each individual and hi.
, Lord. Christ or the apostles d. mo-
sny, let the church pass upon thos,
who shall partake, but rather ale
each one examine himself" as befor,
/ his Lord, in the light Of Gods wore
, ard SO eat. AS to the frequency o
; the observance Of the Holy Commun
ion, or Lords Supper, there is ,
growing belief among many religious
bodies that the Lords Supper wa,
observed by the apostolic church wa.
frst day of every week, as in Act
zo;7, and should be so observed to
oay' REPORTER.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

no better than they. TO drill once
week is insufficient. 1t is very easy
to forget movement after a weeks
interval, but when we have 1t every
other day it will always be fresh IN
the mind.
will close this article by stating
Il AM in favor of a full attencanco
of lots of drill, and if we can't per-
suade the boys to turn out, I think
at the next meeting of the state
Legislature to have a bill put
through, drafting a Home Guard and
having guard house penalty for vio'
lators.
Respectfully submitted,
| G. R. MAIZE,
Sergt. Lakeland Home GUARDS.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

Not only is there much ignorance
and miscunception relative to Florida
ana6ng people living elsewhere, but
Floridians themselves must needs
travel over the State to get any ade-
quate idea of its great variety of pro-
ducts and resources. Probably when
our Polk county folks look over the
thousands of acres Of citrus trees
that cover its hills and slopes they
think that the citrus industry is Flor
ida's big bet. The pineapple fields
along Indian River, the great potato
farms of Hastings, the big acreages of
tomatoes in Dade-each Of these no
doubt impresses those residing there
that their section is cit" But one
hasn't seen trucking in Florida until
he has visited the lettuce and celery
fields that form the setting for the
pretty city Of Sanford. These are not
patches, but great acres, reaching as
far as the eye can see, and forming
vista in which both scenic beauty
and substantial prosperity are com
bined. Lettuce is moving now and
the celery is "up and coming" Spec
ializing in these two crops, the pro
duction is in sufficient quantity to in
vite buyers from all over the country
hence there is no marketing problem
The people of that section must Ger
tainly be making money, and the de
velopment of this great trucking in
dustry indeed justifies the appela
tion Of Lucky Sanford"
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03
WaveletS
Fro m
The Deep
C.. Gre e =,

Well the old General is still
ByNGING away at 'em.
That Society Circus they had in
Tampa was a great event. The wom-
EN- Ct the Red Cross in that city de-
s.rve tons Of praise.
Th.'nk I'll take a trip to Washing
ton thf,s week and see II can make
arrangem, ,ents to store some goods in
Wilson's CABINET
The poor soldier has one consola-
tion. If he is hard up at Xmas
time. he can at least give the Coun-
tersigh. N
can stand all this kn!ttins
around the house, all the Red cross
doings. etc., but I dread to see the
day when my better half will attach
a pair of wings to the Singer ard try
t. learn to fly. IN
Wonder what a Tampa official has
to take off to show his customs re.
ceipts.
Even with things as bad as we
Imagine, we lots to be thank
full for during .Ao past year. For in,
stance, Florida might have been di.
yided, and we could have had two
Cats instead of one. Perry Herald
That sure would have been a LIT
TER sure enough.
Wouldn't the Gas and Electric
mrn form fine LIGHT brigade?
Got letter from a fellow at th'
front who used to run a big credi
house over here. He says tn,
"CHARGE TT, PLEASE" sounds
mighty different over there
Music in Paris must be very en-
FRANCEing.
How cute the girls hair looks GOV
,ered with one of those bayo-NETS.
TEN YEARS AGO IN LAKELANi I
Mother threw a plate and 1t di'
not MIZ-PAH an inch, which wa
FATE.
TEN YEARS AGO IN LAKELANI
Turkey hash was served in al
homes.
FIVE YEARS AGO EN- LAKELANI
Men in the Toothpick Regimen
were on PdCK-IT duty.
FIVE YEARS AGO IN LAKELANl
Minister tied the knot and still tn
y"ung couple were knot tied.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Jewett have
returned home from their weddin ?
trip. in their automobile down the
east coast. They went as far as Mi
ami. stopping at Fort Lauderdale
and number Of other places on the
coast. On their way back they visit.
ed Lakeland. Orlando and other
places on the west coast. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jewett are now at home to their
friends at their home on Fort King
avenue. .-Ocala Banner.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

leon. Over-confidence does occasion
ly bring disaster, but the nation that
is not confident rarely emerges the
victor in the strife. There are
certain features of the military situa
ton that are bad; there are Others
that are good, but nothing will serve
to initiate more against our efficiency
than the spreading of gloom. about the
country.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

J. Walker Pope has bought a Lake
front off the Haskins property and
will at once begin improving it for a
permanent home The property en-
braced in this deal is the north lot
plated some months since from the
r. G. Haskins homestead. 1t lays just
south of Sunshine Villa the beautiful
winter home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. c..
Dernell and fronts on Lake Silver. Mr..
Pope will first erect a $1,000 garage
and servants quarters The residence
will cost something over $4,000. Lake
Silver people are glad to know Mr..
and Mrs. Pope propose to stay with
the colony-Winter Haven Chief.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

We would like to see an explanation
from the folks who fix prices on din
ing or buffet cars operating through
Florida, Of why it is necessary to sell
grapefruit at 40 cents each to their
patrons. In these days of price reg.
ulation it looks like about two or
three hundred per cent. profit would
be enough on citrus fruit. We can
put the railroad folks in touch with
some growers, too, who will sell them
oranges at such q price as will enable
them to serve one profitably for less
than 15 cents.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03

Buy a War Saving Stamp. 1t will
cost you $4.12 and will be worth $500
after while. 1t is the safest invest
ment in the world, pays good interest,
and its purchase will help your gov
eminent. If you can't buy Saving
Stamp, buy Thrift Stamp, which
costs only rs cents, and when you get
sixteen of these you may exchange 1t
for the Saving Stamp. Ask the post
master-he will be glad to tell you
how you can save something and help
"do your bit" at the same time.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03
THE MATTER
WITH THE HOME GUARDS

There is something wrong with the
Lakeland Home Guards
We have about 80 signed-up men,
ters, with only about 30tper cent
attendance. There is some reason for
this small turnout. Now these men
signed up with the full knowledge OF
what they were doing. At the TINA
their intentions must have been good,
or they would not have taken the
oats of enlistment. Company b will
soon be the laughing stock of Polk
county unless she gets together IN a
business-like way and learns some,
:hig of what being soldier means.
You can drill until dooms-day in
half-hearted, Indifferent sort OF
way and without the proper interest
or enthusiasm but you will never get
anywhere. Now, 1t seems to me the
proper thing for the few attending
members is to stir up the non-at'
tending ones and make them see the
Importance of a well-drilled COM
pany "a thing to be proud of. tn
most awkward and ridiculous thing
Imaginable is a poorly drilled bunch
ot men, struggling along like lot
Of stray cows and 1 know there are
no men in Co. B that have any pride
at all that would want to be CON-
pared that way. What do you sup
pose your wives, sisters, mothers
sweethearts, etc., to say nothing OF
our northern visitors, would think ol
a company like that, after seeing Co
D at drill? Military discipline is a
taing absolutely necessary to make {
wel,drilled company and it can't bc
done without. Where there is n>
discipline you cease to have soldiers
but have mob instead.
Kut to get back to the maiY
question, "What is the matter witt
Company B? If there is any objec
tion to the officers or non-coms 70,
should at least show backbon'
enough to come out singly or In
body and say so, or resign, or mos
: any old thing but stay away ant
show such utter indifference. j
your officers suit you, maybe you ar
waiting for your new uniform. VIII
you be credit to 1t II you dom
know how to drill? I am firm be
lever in drill, lots of drill; drill OF
ten, every day. II possible-not les
than three times week, anyway
, All man should drill, not few bu
, 80 men should turn out in bod!
, and drill. They should be forced t.
: drill. If we are not going to drill W
, are fooling away lot of good tim,
: aud money on an organization q
: this kind.
r We should drill one hour ever,
l Tuesday and Thursday night be
r tween 1880 p. m. and $3.50 p. m
: and when I say drill" mean drill
and not stand and visit or walk VI
and down the street. We hav
plenty of time for that at home ,
. at work; and last, but not least,
4 am in favor of assembling ever
j. Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at tn
a Ba;i park in North Lakeland for ex
Q tended order drill. Don't be shocke
I at my suggestion of Sunday, for 1t |
tie only day all the boys can get o1
and daylight drill is very important
|. OF course, 1t may be against some Q
t your religious views, but remembc
e the boys in France don't have SUI
Q day off or any other day and we ar
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-12-03
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Celebrities must expect cock and
bull stories to be told about them, but
that story about the bull chasing him
up the tree and causing him to lose q
portion of his attire seems to have
gotten next to Mr.. Bryan. He digni
fies it with a public denial, in which
he claims that the animal was not 9
bull, it was not wild, Mr.. Bryan wa
not run up tree, and he didn't lose
any of his clothing. Otherwise,
adds Mr.. Bryan, "the story is sub
stantially true"