davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
Notes From The
LOrdsburg Schools

The closing exercises of the Lords
burg Public Schools will be given on
Thursday evening, May oath, at =.
NJ. in the High School assembly room.
Each room will give special features,
combined into a joint program. The
people and patrons of Lordsburg are
invited to be present.
The Lordsburg Public Schools in
vite the public TO the graduating eX-
ercises of the Sth grade to be held in
the High School assembly room,
Friday evening, May 18th, at 8
o'clock
The following program will be
rendered.:
"Return of Regulus Percy Brown.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Wells.
Reading-Mrs. Snyder.
Piano Solo-Miss Trimbc.
"Baccalaureate Address" Rev.
Fuller.
Violin Solo-Miss Elinor Long.
Glass Prophecy" Clyde De Band.
Vocal Solo-Miss Mildred Trimble.
Eulogy to Education-Rey. Roberts.
Vocal Solo-Dr. Crocker.
Valedictory-Mi Tinla Snyder.
Presentation Of Diplomas-Mr r.
3. Ownby.
The Lordsburg Public Schools will
lose their school term next Friday,
May 25.
The different rooms are busily en-
Gagged in reviewing for final cxamin-
atious and grades essential for
passing.
The Primary rooms are busy with
number work. spelling, reading, writ
ng and phonics Songs and drills
ntcrsperscd with recitations vary the
monotouy for the little fellows.
Tho intermediate grades are re-
viewing, preparatory to passing on
to the next grades. Reading, Spell
ing and Arithmetic arc being em-
phasized.
The 5th and 9th grades are review
ing history, geography, arithmetic,
an average of IS in monthly grades
arc exempt from final exams.
The 7th grade is renewing techni-
calities of Arithmetic, percentage
being emphasized In English the
different parts Of speech in detail are
receiving special attention. Spelling
is being reviewed. Geography and
History have been reviewed.
The entire Sth grade passed the
state examinations and will receive
their diplomas Friday, May IS, at 8
o'clock in the High School assembly
room.
Attendance in the entire school is
unusually good and large percent
age will pass on the higher grades.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
MRS. NJ. McVANNAN
SELLS YEARLINGS

(From FL Paso Livestock JournaO
Mary A. McVannan, a prosperous
ranchwoman of Separ, New Mexico,
recently sold her crop of yearlings to
Charles w. Beeler, of Kinsley. Kans.
The price ranged from $4,000 to
$4,000 We consider this a good sale
Yearlings may go higher, and might
be a drag in sale. A price like this.
with the knowledge that they have
brought about what they are worth,
and that the cash is in your pocket
to carry on expenses for another
Years crop, is a very satisfactory
feeling. There are great many
women engaged in the ranching bus
mess in Western Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona, and they are all good
business women, and generally know
when to dispose of the products Of
their ranches. Mr.. Claud Hollis is
manager of the McVannan ranch at
Scpar.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
Registers Appointed
By The Governor

Enrolling officers are being selected
by Governor w. E. Lindsey for every
precinct in New Mexico in order to
compile a census upon which to base
the selective draft, of the United
States army.
Locally the following letter was re-
ceived this week:
Faris V. Bush,
Lordsburg, N. NJ.
Sir:
As you are no doubt aware, Con-
gress has enacted legislation putting
into effect the selective draft for the
purpose of raising the required num-
Der of troops for Federal Service. In
order that this burden may be equally
distributed and that our productive
industries may not be crippled, these
troops will be selected with those two
points in view.
The President is further authorized
TO use the officers and instrumental
ties of the various States, with the
direction that the voting precinct be
made the unit for enrolment and that
an enrolling officer be appointed for
each of said voting precincts. Your
name has been presented to me by
your State Senator, as a proper per-
son to do this public service in your
voting precinct. The law will provide
that all persons between the ages of
Is and As must report to the enroll
ing officer and furnish him with the
required information. In addition to
this, the enrolling officers will have
the legal right to examine all public
records, etc.
The President has asked that this
service be performed without COM
pensation and if so performed the
Government of the United States will
be prompt to acknowledge it's appre-
citation. However, if you should not
be able to perform this service, with
out pay, kindly advise as to whether
or not you will serve for reasonable
compensation, to be fixed by the Fed
eral authorities.
Trusting that you will accept this
opportunity of demonstrating your
loyalty to your Country in its time of
need,
/ am, your truly,
w. r. LINDSEY,
Governor.
r. C. r.
By +. w. G..
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
News From The
Training Camps

The great patriotism manifested
a flood of applications for admittance
to the training camps opening May
18th. for training reserve officers.
The War Department designated
two camps for the Southern Depart
ment; one to be held at Fort Logan
H. Roots, near Little Rock, Arkansas,
and the other at Leon Springs, near
San Antonio, Texas.
In order to give everyone who de-
sired to do so, an opportunity to make
application to attend one of these
camps, publicity was given to their
organization through the public
press.
War Department instructions gov
erning the organization of these
camps fixed the maximum limit of
250C for each. OF this number 150
are reserved for men who will be
specially trained as reserve officers
of the Engineers Corps, thus leaving
1850 to be trained for Infantry,
Cavalry, Field Artillery and Coast
Artillery.
War Department instructions fur
ther provided that officers should be
designated to examine those who de-
sired to enter the camps, the purpose
being to insure that those only were
admitted, who gave evidence of pos
scssing the necessary qualifications,
and for the further purpose Of max
ing selections from the above; those
best qualified being given preference.
The rush of applicants to appear
before the examining officers has been
so great that it was found impossible
to check the enlistments just at the
point when the authorized number
had been secured. 1t has, therefore,
been necessary to eliminate from these
first camps some of those who were
passed by the examining officers.
A great many applications are still
being received at Department Head
quarters from men who are keenly
anxious to enter the service. So
great has been the rush of applicants
that it has been found impossible to
reply to many, as the work of organ
izing the camps must have prefer 3ncc.
The War Department has stated
that other camps are to follow, and
it is believed that all those who are
disappointed by not being admitted
to those commencing May 15tn will
wait patiently for the organization
Of the next ones. Lists will be kept
of those whom it has been necessary
to exclude from the present camps
and preference will be given to them
in considering APPLICATIONS for succeed
ing camps.
Respectfully submitted,
II. L. LAUBACH,
Major, 18th Infantry.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
Camp Will Event
ually Have A MIL

Very satisfactory tests are being
made with the ore roasting and leach
ing process being tried out at the 85
mine. One day this week a recovery
of 95 per cent Of the copper content
of the ore was made. The expert
ments are being conducted by c. H.
Austerman, who is experienced in the
method of extraction.
At Silver City, Utah, the process is
incorporated in a custom mill and is
giving excellent results. The copper
content is saved in one product and
the gold and silver in another
through processes of roasting, leach
ing and cyaniding the tailings.
According to Manager A. J. Inter
riden of the S5 Mining Company, it
is planned to erect a treatment plant
at the mine in the near future, or as
soon as an effective and satisfactory
method can be decided upon.
Beside the roasting g-leaohing plant
the process of wet separation and
tiotation is also under consideration
by the company. This process would
be practically duplicate of the plant
used by the Phelps-Dodge Corpora
tion at their Burro mountain proper
ty. Fine grinding, Wiley tables,
vanners and fotation units comprise
the treatment.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT

Saturday night, May 10Th at
the K. of p. Hall the Smith Nur-
sery and Fruit Farm of Stafford,
Ariz., will give a Flower Dance.
They will bring with them the
Stafford orchestra and promise to
show the dancers here a good
time. Mr.. Smith gave one of
his flower dances here last year
and it was success. He eX-
poets to repeat the event this
year on even a larger scale.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
OUR HUGHIE is HERE

Hugh Williams, member of
the State Corporation Commits
sion, was in Lordsburg Thursday
from Santa Fe, New Mexico,
transacting commission business
and shaking hands with his many
friends. Mr.. Williams was at
one time employed by the S. P.
and also the A. & N. M. here
so naturally is well acquainted.
The Liberal expects to have an
interview with Mr.. Williams on
the war question next week.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
pIONEER MOMAN DIES.

Word was received in Lordsburg
the past week of the death at Duncan,
Ariz., of Mrs Sarah Caroline Cosper,
mother of George II. Cosper, Of Rich
mond precinct, and J. f. Cosper, Dun
can, Ariz., Toiles and John Cosner, of
Blue, and Mrs. Sarah Cummings, Of
Douglas. Born in Georgia in 1926,
Mrs. Cosper was 81 years old at the
time of her death She came wesi in
1886 Thirty-eight grandchildren, 81
great grandchildren and six great
great grandchildren survive.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
Banner Edition
Features This Week

The Western Liberal takes great
pleasure in presenting to its readers
on page ?, this week and next one
of the worlds greatest stories of
patriotism in "The Man Without A
Country, by Edward Everett Hale.
The Liberal believes this to be one of
the best features it has had an op-
portunity to present its readers since
the new management took hold of the
paper.
Now, when the fire of American
patriotism flares again from the
rocky headlands of Maine to the
golden beaches of California, is the
time to read anew this "prose epic of
American patriotism"
As a story it holds the interest; as
a lesson in love of country it has
thrilled the American heart for half a
century. There are now, thank God.
but few Philip Nolans among us,
men who wish they may never hear
Of the United States again!"
This famous story, which will rank
forever first among Americas ap-
peals to patriotism, should be read
and reread for its own sake and for
the inspiration it brings.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
BUILDING is POSTPONED.

The plans of Che Eagle Drug Mer-
camille Company to remodel their
store, putting in a front on Second
street, have been temporarily shelved
The bids received on the proposed re-
modelling were over rs per cent high
er than the architects estimate. All
materials have advanced in price to
such an extent that the company has
given up the idea of rebuilding at
the present time. This will also
mean that the proposed office building
not be built this spring or summer.
and store room of w. H. Small will
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
STIDHAM RANCH SOLD.

An important ranch sale IN southern
Grant county was concluded last week,
when the Victorio Land g. Cattle
Company acquired the Stidham ranch,
south of Hachta, together with a
number of cattle, The land and cat
tie will he merged with the Diamond
A holdings. The deal was made win
Mrs. Stidham, widow of the late
Frank Stdham, who was shot and
killed some months ago in fight
ncar his rRnch.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
GOVERNMENT ISSUES
NEW CIRCULAR

A new edition of advice to Home
steaders" has been issued by the Cen
cral Land Office The circular is No.
Sal and was issued on April 9th,
1917. The new edition contains all
the late laws and is a very valuable
document for homesteaders Copies
may be obtained by writing the Cen
eral Land Office at Washington, D..
c., or any of the district land J!lices.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
BANK WILL BE
FINISHED BY JUNE

Mr., Lakeland, of the Lords
burg State Bank, arrived here
with his wife Wednesday from
El Paso to locate permanently.
The bank has been issued a char
ter by the state of New Mexico
and will open for business as
soon as their new building is
completed. This will likely be
about the first week in June.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
cAMpFIRE GIRLs ORGANIzE.

The Lordsburg Campfire girls have
organized with the following mem
hers: Misses LaVerne Johnson, Mary
Dee Muir, Helen Chase, Lilly Bart
lett, Florence Beam, Lou Olney,
Josephine Bailey. They will meet
every Saturday afternoon.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
CHARLIE LEE TO BUILD

Charlie Lee let a contract
Wednesday to Jack Heather for
the erection of a two story brick
business house on the north side
of the S. P. tracks between the
Star grocery and the Wright
blacksmith shop. Mr., Lee in
tends to again engage in the
mercantile business here.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
MAY OPEN UP VALUABLE MINES

Last week we'll known Mogollon
trict viewing property near the Bon
ney mine with an object Of taking
over the mines if satisfactory arrange
ments can be made. Nothing definite
has been given out relative to this
important deal but there is strong
possibility of its elimination.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
Best Remedy for whOOping Cough.

DN'N lNVWVuy tut WHUOpIHE NUuBH.
last winter when my little boy
had the whooping cough ! gave him
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy" writes
Mrs. j. b. Roberts, East st. Louis, III.
ut kept his cough loose and relieved
him of those dreadful coughing spells.
1t is the cnly cough medicine / keep
in the house because have the most
confidence in it," This remedy is also
good for colds and Group. For sale by
the Roberts & Leahy Mere. Co.-ady
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
al Rid of Your Rheumntism.

Now is the time to get rid of your
rheumatism. You will find Chamber
lain's Liniment a great help. The re-
lief which it affords is alone worth
many times its cost. For sale by the
Roberts & Leahy Mere. Co.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
TAKE MAN BACK TO DEMING.

Officers from Deming, were here
Wednesday to get Albert Keith, who
was apprehended here on word from
the Deming officials. Keith is
charged with having shot-up saloon
in the neighboring town.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18

The articles on pages 6 and Z Of
this weeks Western Liberal are )t
interest to every citizen. The Liberal
publishes on page detailed state
ment of the Federal selcctivc draft
giving statistics and the laws passed
by Congress 1t is an educational
and news article of paramount value
at this time.
On page a resume of the ncy,
war tariff is given, showing the in.
crease in tax on incomes, liquors, TO.
Daccos, moving picture shows, cor.
porations, express, railroads, etc
Cut this out and save it for future
reference.
The Western Liberal monthly mag
azine section makes its appearance
again this week. Some of the features
are:
A complete story by Robert W
Chambers; zone Man In a Million.
"On the Rack, by f. Woodward
Neele.
The last chapter of "Thc Air
Pilot" with synopsis of proceeding
chapters. Read the entire story. 1t
will be published in book form later
and sold for $1.50 a copy.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18

o. ]. Whiteside, who is in charge
Of the Arizona convist camp doing
road work near Duncan, was here the
first of the week in search of two
escaped prisoners.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-05-18
POWER co. GIVES RONus.

On the first Of the month the Lords
burg Power Company payed all en-
ployes a 10 per cent bonus, COM
mendable action owing to the high
cost of commodities.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-06
Some Clever Parrots.

4 Boston man has a parrot that puts
its claws before its face and shyly
croaks, poly had n letter this morn
Ing an offer Of marriage for Polly"
Aud Philadelphia parrot earnestly
adWrcs the children 10 Hurry up to
schoollast bell is ringing. You'll be
late Another poor parrot WAS owned
10y young man who tried 10 teach it
TO welcome rich relative with the
words Good morning. uncle" The
bird was slow To learn. so he lost his
temper. took the bird by the neck and
shook il. cxclaimmg angrily. Say
Good morning. uncle you fool The
next day the young man heard ter
riblc noise in the hcnnery. On max
ing his way there he found three hens
dead on the floor. while on perch In
the corner was the parrot. holding a
hen by the throat and shrielling, Say
Good morning. uncle you fool.'
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-06

This is hard lesson about dcs-
perateIy bad man. one of the very
worst of the kings of judah. Of whom
it is said. This is that king Ahaz"
verse 22). Manasseh may have been
worse in some respects. but he repent
ed. while of this man we read of no
repentance. There were always some
who feared God. a Cody remnant. and
the sixteen years of this mans reign
must have been a hCartbreaking time
for them, but no doubt a time of hui
initiation and unceasing PRAYER 10 God.
and in due time deiverance came, as
we shall see in our next lesson.
Days of trial are always times OF
faith and patience on the part of Gods
people. and the terrible days still be-
fore us. of which We are having al
ready some foretastes. will give great
opportunity for the manifestation of
such graces deb ii, -. II. Rev. xiii.
10. All life's story as well as all the
Bible story is either II manifestation
Of God or the devil and so It will be
until = king shall reign in righteous
ness and peace and the devil be shut
up III the pit for II thousand years 1t
is written OF Ahaz that he did not right
in the sight of the Lord. but walked in
the ways Of the kings of Israel, and
they, without exception. walked in the
steps of Jeroboam. son of Nebat, who
made Israel TO sin.
What AhaZ did that Was wrong and
desperately sinful is quite fully record
ed in our lesson chapter and in II
Kings xvi. He burned incense TO other
gods not enly in Jerusalem. but in all
the cities of Judah and on the hills
and under every green tree. He burn
ed his children in the fire like the
heather whom the Lord had cast out.
He leaned on the king Of Assyria and
worshiped the gods Of the kings of
Syria. He had an altar made like one
he saw in Damascus and put it in place
of the brazen altar Of The Lord and
offered sacrifices upon it. lie took the
great laycr from off the brazen oxen
which supported it and set it on
pavement of stones. He cut in pieces
the vessels of the house of God and
shut up the doors of the house of the
Lord II seemed as if he could not
do enough to show his hatred of God
and His commandments. Yet he had
good father, lothian, who beams
mighty because he prepared his ways
before the Lord his God fxxyii. 81. and
he had good son, rs we shall see in
our next lesson.
These things are a great perplexity,
,iust AS similar things are in our own
times. But there is rest in the Lord,
aud in Him alone and in the fact that
lie cannot fail nor be discouraged 1sa
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-06
In Half a Century.

All these things took place within
short space of fifty years:
The Spanish-Amcrican war and the
establishment of the Cuban republic.
The discovery of the Roentgen rays.
The discovery of the sources of the
Nile and Niger and the exploration of
interior Africa
Rise and fall Of Napoleon III and
the establishment of the present
French republic.
The unification Of Germany and the
Eranco-German war.
The civil war and the abolition of
slavery in the United States.
The extension of the Russian powers
over central Asia.
The establishment of ocean steam
navigation.
The discovery OF the electric tcle-
graph.
The discovery of the telephone.
The laying of the huge ocean cables.
The discovery OF modern photogra-
ply Brooklyn Eagle
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-06
Assisting Women In Their Work
KNIT YOUR BIT.
Sarah Connstoek Of the Visilantes Gives
Advice to Women.

Sarah Constock Of the Vigiantes Gives
Advice to Women.
The word has gone forth that warm
sailor is better than cold one, says
Sarah Comstock of the Vigilantcs, an
organization made up of authors. art
lists and others for patriotic purposes.
This Is no sentimental catch phrase;
it is n literal physiological fact. \
warm sailor can work and fight with a
steadier nerve. with an increased phys
zeal efficiency. with n higher courage,
for the effect OF warmth is to stimu-
late.
Now. then, what can you, as woman,
do about il: You. woman. with
pair of knitting needles. can keep at
least one sailor warm. And remember,
the sailor that You keep warm is going
10 be Il better defender Of your flag.
The government supplies many OF his
wants. but there are three articles not
supplied and these are the sleeveless
knitted jacket. the muller and the
wristlets. lie will Use them when he is
doing exposed work this may he lay
ing mine or serving on picket duty
or In submarine and patrol boat serY-
ice. The comforts committee of the
Navy League of the United States. with
headquarters in Washington and at 800
Fifth avenue, New York. will help You
10 form an organization for knitting or
10 purchase wool. or will receive your
finished articles that you've made alone
in odd times, when Susie was quiet in
the bathtub or Johnny busy feeding the
rabbits. But II you're going to knit do
1t according TO directions. Here they
are:
THE MUFFLER
Cast on 80 stitches
Plain knitting for "a inches.
No. eelluloid needle. One-haif pound
dark blue knitting yarn
THE WRISTLETS.
Cast on o. stitches.
Knit two, purl two FOR T. inches.
scw up leaving two inch space for
thumb 3 inches from top.
No bone needica. ono hank gray knit
ting yarn.
TIE SLEEVELESS JACKET.
Cast on 80 stitches.
Knit Two. purl two stitches for four
inches.
Knit plain til sweater measures >
inches.
Knit > stitches. bind Of q stitches for
neck.
Knit = stitches.
Knit 10 rows on each shoulder. cast ON
= stitches
Knit plain for - inches
Pun TWO. knit two stitches for four
inches.
scw np sides. leaving nine inches for
armhoies.
SO. > cellnloid needle. Three-fourths
pound gray knitting yarn.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1917-07-06
FOUR IN HAND TIES.
An Easy Way 10 Iron Them After They
Have Been Washed.

II Is not al impossible task 70 wash
a four.in-hand tic. The difficulty comes
ln ironing IT IN such way that IFS
original share win be restored. writes
Emile Parent Ia tie Popular Science
Monthly.
TO Dc this II j. necessary 10 proceed
carefully start hy placing the wide
cisf Of The tie npon the boanl with the
scam M then staust IN the finger and
TAKE hold Of the lining. Grasp tine silk
cover TT the other band and pull II
back from ofer tue lining Tor about
half Of lis Length Then with q hot
irQn run over the lining to straighien
II out
tut a piece Of stln cardboard 10 III
into the wide end Of tic tie aud long
enough to reach TO the narrow baud.
slip this In between the lining and The
senu side Of the outer layer. Then
turn tho material buek In proper shape.
dampen clean cloth. las 1t over the
tie aud iron in The usual way.
The enrdboard form viii prevent the
pressure 81 the iron from causing
glossy mark 10 appear on the silk
front opposite the scam. When through
put the form aside for another time.