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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31

HOW TO START Up YOUR

Y HOW TO START Up YOUR
Y PLACE EARLY IN
Y SPRING.-It would be well to
Y look from time to time to the
y bulb beds or rows. the strawber-
y ry bed and other growths which
y We're covered with straw early
Y in the winter. to be sure the
X mulch has not blown away. Re-
X peated freezing and thawing of
y a strawberry bed will almost
y certainly throw the plants out of
y the ground unless the bed has
y been carefully mulched. while a
y few warm. thawing days may
y AUST tulips and other bulbs to
y send up shoots if not mulched.
y Look out for rabbits in young
X orchards. Head them off by
y mea of preventive measures
y if they have not already attack
y ed the trees. If they have v
y the wounds they have made in
y the bark with grating wax,
X with some kind of waterproof
y paint or even with mud thick
~ ly applied. As has been stat
X ed before now. a thick coat of
y whiteWash to which has been
- added enough crude carbolic
- acid to give the mixture a strong
y odor will keep rabbits away and
y will also prevent injury by field
y mice. The acid in the mixture,
X carried down the trunks of the
y trees by rain and impregnating
y the soil around the roots, will
y also help materially to keep Dor
~ ers and other larval pests away
y from the trees.
y One suburbanite, keeping
Y chickens on rather a large scale,
X recently tried the experiment of
* furnishing the pullets in one col
y ony house with warm water
~ three times a day, while the
y same number of pullets of the
- same age and breed in another
y colony house were given only
y cold water. Each house contain
y ed fifty pullets. Within ten days
" after beginning the experiment
y the pullets receiving the warm
y water were laying at the rate of
y more than 80 per cent, the daily
y average number of eggs from
y them being twenty-nine. while
" the fifty pullets in the other
" house, getting only cold water,
y have never laid more than four
" teen eggs in any n day.
"
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31
ROAD SUPERVISOR PRICE
FORMS ROAD CORPS

County Road Supervisor Japhet
Price has formed an auxiliary engi-
neer corps and some fifty or more men
connected with the road department
of this county have enrolled their
and volunteered for active SER
vice in conjunction with the engineer
ing department of the U S. Army.
The names have been sent to Colonel
Stevens, State Road Commissioner,
and have been accepted by him in the
name of the authorities.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31
Absecon

Mrs. Anna Ludlam was the guest of
friends in Hammonton over the week.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31

We do not claim that the mere use
Of want ads will produce prosperity
But it seems more than a coincidence
that most prosperous people are quick
to recognize the value of classified
advertising. Let US sunuly your
wants through the Cent-a-Word col
umn of The Pleasantville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-03-31

is the only aaed.lm5 Anroue
'vartiSnt
bo wise and use its CO. 't3 generous
ly.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
A Message to the
Soldiers Mothers

Mrs. Elmer Blair, chairman of the Gen.
eral Federation department Of public
health, writes In the General Federation
magazine a message to the mothers of the
boys who have entered and who are to en-
ter their country's service:
The anxious concern of mothers for the
moral welfare Of their sons soon to be
drafted and held In concentration camps,
Is only equaled by their patriotism In God
speeding their own flesh and blood, often
forever, to respond to their country's "bat-
tle-cry of freedom" With the unspeakable
immoral horrors of the late Mexican border
camps still casting their blot upon the civil
lied manhood and menacing national pos
terity our women can be depended upon to
work to create a moral sanitary environ
ment for our boys and men in mobilization
camps;' and one of the most hopeful and
cheering signs of the dread times through
out which we are passing, is the assurance
the department already has (and will soon
definitely publish) of governmental appre-
citation of and efforts to abolish this evil.
AS a practical preliminary measure of moral
support of this course, the following is ur-
gently recommended:
Telegraph at once to Secreatry of War
bdker, DIT washington, your commence that
the government will successfully and
promptly work out this great problem.
In localities where military camps are es-
tablished, let the club women unite with
the best elements of municipal government
to foster clean moraI' conditions. IL the
municipal authorities fail in this duty, ap-
peal without delay to the federal govern
ment.
One of the most powerful organizations
for the substitution of rational entertain
ment and social employment, which expert
ence has shown can best counterfeit the al
lurements of vice, is the national Young
Mems Christian Association, whose greatest
need and most potential resource will be
the active support and cooperation Of club
women. Let US assure them they can de.
pend upon us.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
and Sentimentality

There was a time when we thought Of
Gelett Burgess only as a humorist, as the
inventor OF the Coop and the Purple Cow
and the Bromide. But the war, which has
shown up a good many people, has shown
up Burgess as d frst-rate patriot. AS one
Of the most active members of the Vigil
lantes, he has been writing some stirring
articles, notably about the Red Cross. His
latest contribution is called "Sentimentality
Versus Trained Nursing; Which Do You
Prefer for Our Wounded" This article
emphasizes the danger Of our wounded
soldiers being nursed by incapable and in
experienced women. Mr.. Burgess says:
Partly inside, but mainly outside the
Red Cross there has lately developed a
strong movement to extend the training of
the Nurses Aids to include a few months
hospital work.
"Now, although at first glance this would
seem to be a practical step, behind the
project is quite evident an attempt to place,
later, these superfcially trained students
as regular nurses In charge of the wounded.
There can be no doubt that women after
their short hospital training will feel them
selves quite competent to care for the sick
ELISE why should they go In It at all? They
will be Economically anxious to enlist.
Now, do you want your father, your
brother or husband in their terrible suffer
ing, on their death beds-cared for by ANA
teurs?
Mr.. Burgess recommends that the wound
ed in our war hospitals shall be attended
only by graduate nurses and that patriotic
women who wish to give the full measure
Of devotion to their country should enter
some hospital as student nurses and take
the regular two years course.
For the war" adds Mr.. Burgess, IFS
likely to be long and the wounded many
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
IIalf-Cock

The Las Vegas Optic went off at half cock
yesterday.
1t jumped on Governor Lindsey with both
feet for ALLOWING Arizona deliberately to
unload the /. w. WIS in this state after he
had had ample warning "The governor"
it says, apparently went to sleep and be-
fore he woke up the /. w. WIS were here"
If the Optic is hunting for an excuse on
which to hang an attack on the governor it
will nave to seek further.
The Arizona-New Mexico line is hardly
wide enough to accommodate a train load
of people, even If it were placed length
wise. The governor, of course, even with
troops-which he hasn't-could not do any
thing with a train on the Arizona side.
The governor, however, grabbed the train
the minute it got under his jurisdiction. He
did more. Arizona was unable to do any
thing but keep the /. w. VS. moving. Gov
ernor Lindsey of New Mexico seems to be
the first man who has put them in one
place where they couldn't do any harm;
and it looks very much as If he had success
fully ''passed the buck" to the United
States. Moreover, he saw that they had
food and drink. And it didn't take 1900
deputies to arrest them.
The Optic says that Lindsey has "foozled
the Job" by getting the |. w. WIS into
camp at Columbus. The Optic, we fear, is a
tri1e hard to please. Governor Lindsey may
nave been asleep; but it appears he had
one eye open.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
A Place to Begin

Vague rumors are rife, as the cub re:
porter says, that the leaders of the Grand
Old Partido of Lincoln and Bursum have
an indefinable feeling that maybe some kind
OF a change in the organization might be
advisab1e;t a vague impression, as 1t we're,
that maybe the cards ought to be shuffled
around SO the voters next tim wouldn't
recognize the same old deck.
Similar rumors are current that the pres
ent head of the Republican party organ
ization isn't altogether satisfied with hts
job; that he has even gone so far as to
signify a willingness to part with It; that
he feels that some things haven't come
out just as they should have come out;
that the fame and glory accruing to him as
a result of his mastery conduct of last
falls fiasco haven't been up to specifca.
tions; in short that he is suffering from
a feeling of peeve Of such an acute nature
that he is strongly tempted to slap some
one upon the wrist, or elbow. To be more
specific, we understand that Cap is sore.
Here we have two situations that seem
TO dovetail nicely; the party is dissatisfied
and Cap wants to quit. What a splendid
opportunity to utilize this fortuitous juxta-
position of psychological phenomena by al.
lowing Cap to go on his way. By this sug-
gestion we demonstrate our true friendli-
ness and sincere solicitude for the renova.
ton Of the party. 1t needs Improvement;
and the greatest Improvement we can think
of would be the elimination of Chairman
w. H. Gil1enwater.. Cap, as chairman, has
been about as valuable to the organization
as an inflamed appendix is to a hungry man
sitting in front of a pumpkin pie. From
the time of the justly celebrated Burkhart
letter to recent anonymous communications
to the press currently believed to emanate
from this accomplished political Warwick,
the alleged astute Mr.. CLEARWATER, has
persisted in confounding the party welfare
with his own private grouches to an ex-
tent which has proven most disastrous to
party hopes. If Cap had maintained his
former pose Of mysterious and silent wis.
dom things might have been different. But
somehow during the campaign he contracted
habits of conversation and composition, q
fondness for hearing his own voice and see
ing the volatile ink flow freely from the
facile pen which resulted in his putting his
foot in 1T about e.. o. D. In fact, Cap at
times became almost careless about his
vocal and published utterances. We under
stand he hasn't overcome this weakness
and If he started in TO CONDUCT another
campaign the dear old party would simpE
be on pins and needles all the time because
OF the chairman's verbosity. The Machine
Leader would wake up at 4 a. m. and wall
the floor till the morning paper appeared
to see in what locality Cap had broken loose
last It's a remarkable tr~ansfOrmatfuu--
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
Test Of Loyalty of
New Mexico Women

Are the women OF New Mexico enlisted
in the service Of the nation? Do they in
tend to stand s~quareIy behind the admin
istration in it's allimportant program of
food production and conservation and In all
the other fields of service in which their
help will be a decisive factor in determining
the war? The next two weeks will Indicate
what showing the women OF New Mexico
are to make in response to the call Of the
nation in regard to food conservation and
general service. The Hoover fo0d pledge
cards now being distributed by the Women's
Auxiliary of the State Council of Defense
will be signed, it is hoped, by every woman
in the state who has any control Of food
supplies. This pledge, is, of course, volun-
.tary; all the more reason, therefore, why
we, living in a democratic country, should
be quick to sign it. 1t is not impossible that
the nation will nave to force upon us food
restrictions such as are now made in other
countries less fortunate than our own at
this moment. But If each one in the coun-
try does his or her part, such action may
be unnecessary. Let us all do our share in
preventing the necessity of food tickets.
The other test of loyalty to the nation
by the women of New Mexico will be shown
in the signing of the registration cards
which are sent out by the omens COM
mittee of the Council of National Defense
at Washington. Many women have already
given their names to the Woman's Auxiliary
of the State Council of Defense which is
the local branch of the national organiZa-
ton. but it is greatly to be desired that each
and every woman in the state sign also this
official registration card which also serves
to show in what capacity a woman is most
fitted or desires to help. If a woman is I'M
trained but wishes to train for any particu-
lar service, it may also be indicated on this
card, and when the returns are in, the state
organization, with the cooperation of the
national organization, will endeavor to see
that such training may be given, in what
ever line desired.
1t has been arranged that il, at any later
time, the nation wishes to take a census
or inventory of its woman power" these
cards will be used and the woman who has
signed one will not need to register again.
Thus the widespread significance of these
registration cards may be seen. The reg.
istration now is voluntary, it is not q form
of transcription. Moreover, the registration
does not involve only the desire to volunteer
labor without pay, but also IL the signer
wishes to apply or qualify for some form of
governmental paid service, this fact also
may be noted.
Only. about 1000 registration cards have
been printed at the expense of the National
Council of Defense. In the states without
an appropriation the expense lhas been
borne by a small registration fee Of ten
cents, or by private donation or subscrip-
- - ~ NFa.sao - ,ut.t
ing these registration cards, and the Hoover
pledge cards as we'll, has been borne by the
State Council of Defense. Therefore no reg
istration fee is asked nf any woman who
signs.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19

twhii Silent Gaiiinipper! One would az
soon think Of muzzling the sphinx--but
than facts ra,st he need.
All in all. n doesn't seem that the ma.
chine struck 4 bonanza when n unearthed
Can. He banned out a. iron ~pvritas' Even
N that ne was only a nocket and the stuf
pinohed ont, The marty found a had only
brought IN a cas- we'll when n was hooking
Tor ! nroducer Now he's last hecominr n
mere duster and the machine might as
wall null the tools and dismantIa tba rig
Can. al a matter Of fact, h. an eyploded
aunarstition re WASN'T mareIv ! false
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
Over 100, 900 Men
Needed for Guard

More than 100000 men are still needed to
place the National guard Of this country on
full war footing, according to figures com.
piled June 80 and announced in the Official
Bulletin" Of July 8, issued at Washington.
The gap is to be filled by taking men by
the selective draft plan. 1t is announced
that New Mexico had "A officers and 1898
men on June 20. Texas shows the biggest
increase since the call to arms.
The war department announcement on
the strength of the guard, is as follows:
Reports now coming into the Militia Blu
reau from the states show that the total
strength Of the National guard of the coun-
try is in excess of 300, 900. II the guard is
to be organized in 100 full divisions more
than 100, 600 men are still needed to bring
1t up to war strength. These vacancies will
be provided for by the se1ective service pro-
gram.
"A. gain Of more than 10000 enlisted men
is shown for the guard for the last 10 days
of June. Only a portion of this number rep
.resents enlistments during this period, how
ever, the total being swollen by official fed
eral recognition Of a number Of National
guard units recently authorized and formed.
"This recognition was given prior to June
80, that the states might receive full credit
for all their men under arms in computing
allowances in making the draft.
"The most noteworthy increase is shown
for Texas, nearly 1000, a number Of recently
formed organizations having been given Off
Icial recognition.
. 'ttJust how many men the National guard
is short of being at full war strength will
for all organizations in federal serv-
not be known until complete reports are
received for all organizations in federal
service and in state service"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
The Governor and C. @. P.

Governor Lindsey, himself elected as q
Republican, has made a conspicuous effort
to harmonize Republican factions and has
taken pains to extend recognition and con-
sideration to Old Guard leaders. Certainly
no one can claim that he has evidenced any
avowed and active opposition to any element
In the party since he became governor. The
standpatters have had their full share OF
appointments; but despite all this. there
are unmistakable signs Of a general and
concerted attack upon Mr.. Lindsey by the
old CANS through its press Instruments,
This attack has made itself evident In the
much esteemed Las Cruces Citizen, the
equally esteemed LAS Vegas Optic ano
other recognized Republican machine mouth.
pieces throughout the state; and also for
some mysterious reason the Albuquerque
Morning Journal has developed a consider.
animus against the governor.
A headline in this paper Saturday made
reference In this matter to the Scripturai
admonition not to cast your pearls before
swine, lest they turn again and rend you.
II the governor has had any idea of making
good. Republicans out Of the old machine
statesmen we fear he ,is doomed to dis
appointment. The fact that he has shown
a real desire to make good in the suber-
Material office will not carry him far with
the Old Guard. That isn't the idea--poor
politics as it may seem for the Old Guard
to nave any other. The Republican organ
ization idea is to feature the gentlemen
who nave conspicuously failed to make
good; men who nave been removed from
office, discredited politically; it has a special
aptitude at running for office men who
have been repudiated by the voters; the
more frequent the reputation, the stronger
the candidate withSthe machine. Just plain,
sincere efforts to be honest and efficient
in Office according to ones lights form no
card of admission to the. councils OF the
machine.
Frankly we trust the bitter opposition
to Mr.. Lindsey; which has inexplicably made
its appearance among the old territorial
bunch will continue. Its continuation is the
best possible reason for hope for a popular
and successful Lindsay administration. Mere
places of honor ana responsibility for Old
Guard leaders butter no parsnfps so far as
the machine is concerned.
All in all we are rather Inclined to CON
graduate the governor.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
A Forecast

Jack Lait, the w~ell,known writer. proph-
estes. He tells in the August American
Magazine what he thinks will happen in the
thirty-fve years, and he also tells how 1t
feels to be thirty.five. He says:
There will not be a king, emperor, car
or kaiser in Europe. N
ireland will be an independent republic;
SO will Poland.
'Iiquor will be taboo the world over
barred at its source. =
women will have full suffrage every
where.
Socialism will not have displaced repub-
lican government. "a
There will be an aerial route across the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans, with stations
or controls at intervals.
''There will be telephone connections with
and without wireless across both oceans,
"All principal cities will have double
decked streets, the lower strata for traffic
by vehicles exclusively.
Emigration from one country to an
other will be rare.
"Firearms Of all kinds will be obsolete,
forbidden everywhere.
Huge artificial lights will make the world
as bright at night as by day.
physicians, lawyers, dentists, will be
public officials and will not work for in.
dividusl fees.
Love will guide matrimonial selection,
but government will refuse to license the
unfit, the mismated, the immature, the Sc
nile, the damaged.
New York City will have 10000, 900 in
habitants and its own legislature; Chicago
will nave 1000, 900 and its own legislature,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
Is She Nagged2

The Pittsburgh Leader seems to have the
idea that the American housewife is being
lectured too much on economy, pointing
out that she is the prize economist of the
whole bunch and declaring that the Great
American Waste occurs elsewhere than in
the kitchen.
Personally we believe the big idea is to
lecture the he ad of the house on the duty
of not emitting a roar when his wife feeds
him on a war-economy menu. Still, we hest
tate to believe that all the government adj
vice given the dea ex kitchen machina is
misdirected. Anyhow, the Leaders view.
point is at least interesting. 1t says:
ut is not at all surprising that the con-
tsant nagging of government officials and
others at the housewife has at last brought
some of them to the point of vigorous resent
ment.
"Why cant the food surveyors let the
housewife alone and depend on her to do
even more than her share for the war?
1.-THE woman in the kitchen isn't wasting
the nations food supply.
"It's about all she can do to get enough
to serve meager portions to each member OF
her hungry family without letting any find
its way needlessly into the garbage cans.
Don't the government agents know that
only a very small percentage of the nations
food supplies goes into the home kitchens?
Let anyone look into the garbage cans
these days and see If the housewife is reck-
dessly extravagant or criminally wasteful.
"Quit nagging at the American housewife.
"She isn't going to boot the war into Ger
many's lap with her wastefulness. 1t is
nothing rare for her to go without enough
to eat, simply in order to be economical.
Find out who dumps tons of food into the
oceans. Search out the criminals who leave
perishable food on the railroad sidings and
in the yards to rot. Exterminate the ma
tional pests that annually consume millions
of bushels of grain. Get after the glutton
who orders a mead of IL courses and de
stroys. what he can't stuff into himself.
There are wastrels enough, heaven
knows, but stop nagging the women in our
kitchens"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
How to Can Tomatoes

Washington, D. C.-Select firm, we'll
formed tomatoes. Scald / IL minutes or
until skins loosen. Dip quickly into and out
of cold water. Peel ant remove stems and
cores. Pack directly into cans or hot jars.
Press down with a tablespoon (add no
water.) Add s|leyel t~aaspoonful of salt
per}quart. Put the rubber rings and caps
of jars into position but do not tighten fully.
Seal tin cans completely. Place the packed
containers on a false bottom in a vessel of
water sufficiently deep to cover them by one
inch and allow to remain at a boiling tenn
peratute for % minutes when using hot
water bath Gamers.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
The Sunshine State
watcha Really Sore About?

Las Vegas Optic: The Santa Fe New
Mexican says the governor did perfectly
right in allowing Arizona to dump a lot
of l. w. WIS down in this state, because
now the government has taken hold Of the
Job and will keep the undesirables out of
circulation. If our executive had been "a
mind to" he could have kept the !. w. WIS
out and the government could have taken
hold of them in Arizona. And then, too.
supposing the government had failed to
act after they landed across the line?
Wouldn't the /, W.. WIS have had a soft
snap of it in New Mexico?
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-07-19
THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY

This week opportunity knocked at two
doors. A gflt-edge proposition was re-
ceived in the mails whereby $500 in
vested in a motor car company of Min
nesota would net us an independent
fortune at the end Of two years. The
prospectus was sent back to the Swedes
amount of kale. We would consider an
interest in a cat or skunk ranch, how
in the Gopher state who have a great
ever.