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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
"NOw PREPARED TO
DO BUANEss'
Eastern Capitalists Wire Estes n
That Erect

A dispatch from Deming states
that George Esics, president OF the
Colorado. Columbus and Mexican
railway, will start for PHILADELPHIA,
Pa Monday, where he has been
called by q group Of cspilalisis whr
ere Interested in the building Of The
proposed railway. and arc prepared
10 nnanoe the enlerprise. which
would mean 70 much 10 this region
by establishing direct communication
With Mexico, and opening ID the
rich country which lies north in NE
Black Range counlry, To tho north
OF that is Pennington and the CAL
lup coal fields. and business rlon
developers agroo as n The great ad.
vantagos which would acerno from
tapping this district.
"wepro now prepared 10 DO hlsl-
nesa, was the niessage rocGlved by
Mr.. Estes from bis eastern corrcs-
r0ndents.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
ANKRICAN ENGINEERS
INSTALL RAILWAYS m
FRENCH WAR THEATRE.

The Corps Of Engineers Of N,
hrerlcon Army since April has mol
only been supplying the Engineer
equipment for more than 1000. .O0l
men, but the members OF the rail-
way section have undertaken u
transport and install and put in op-
Grafton overseas a complete rail-
way equipment
The cost Of materials ordered %
date is approximately s70,OO0.O0. in
luding some hundrdeds OF locomo-
ives, more than 100000 tons OF steel
rails, more than 900 complete turn
outs, 100000 ties. 1900 freight cara
900 MI and ballast cars, 600 miles Of
telephone wire and apparatus, and
vast quantities Of construction and
repair equipment.
A duty imposed upon the engin-
GERS has been the purchase Of the
necessary engineer equipment for
iorc than 100000 men. Within IS
lays after the engineer corps, fol-
owing the declaration OF war. adj
fertiscd for equipment. awards had
cen made covering the require
menis for this vast force--a total
y 100000 articles. including amopg
1ther Items 8 miles Of pontoon
bridge.
The engineers have also under
taken the work Of organizing and
equipping troops for special ser
vices, such as lumber supply, r,ed
construction, sanitary construction.
'amouiiage service, gas and flame
service, mining and mapping.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
RED Cross SEALS.

The unusual importance OF the
oming sale Of Red Cross Christmas
'ols is urged upon the citizens OF
he country In a statement issued
Gently by The national headquar-
RS OF the American Red Cross.
This sale Is conducted by the
National Association for the sluay
nd Prevention Of tuberculosis, 10
uise funds iQr the national, stale
nd local campaigns against this di-
sease. The Red Cross eooperalrs by
furnishing the seals and the prcsl-
&c Of lis name.
While neither the National Red
ross nor lis local chapters have
nd Official part in conducting the
ale Of Red Cross Seals" says the
statement, 1--WE urge every loyal
r"mher OF the American Red Uross
. do everything In his or her pvA.
ir 10 help the local committee in
harge make this sale record
1reSker. The Christmas Seal form
he connecting link between this
reat organization for the relief Of
,uifering and one OF the country's
;reaiesl agencies for the prcvenllon
suffering the National Association
'o.' the Study and Prevention Of
tuberculosis, 20 which has be.r
'ry properly delegated the selling
II uhese seals.
'rhC success Of this association :
var campaign against the Increase
Z tuberculosis due &, military con-
tons will 40 toward preventing
Ich general suffering which the
led Cross would oth,rwise be latsr
He'd upon 10 relieve. To insure
his success means 10 greatly in
e Sc funds, Upon the sale OF Red
russ s,als this iepen'ls. the as,o-
'ation is out after s3,OO0OO0 this
ar. Let as help them get H."
: = American Red Ctu,s iirsl lr-
camo Interested IN thc sal. Of seals
in 1908 through activities af Mss
Emily p, Bissell, Of Wilmington.
ncseNaro, Tho organization agreed
10 furnish the seals and give lhe
ausa IFS moral support, hut dele
rtcd the management Of the seals
nd handling ~ ihe proreeds entire
" TO the National Association, and
Its aiilliated state aud local bodies.
Since that sear nearly sk,0Oo,OOO
have been raisnd in this way for
snii-luberculosis work.
The National Association Is CO.
operating with the Medical board Of
the Council Of National Defense In
combating the spread OK tuberculo-
sis anlone soldiers and sailors and
their families, a condition which has
become acute among the warrlng
nations fIe,lrope.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
WARTIME DEMAND ron
COTTON II ENORMOUS

Recent investigations In the us
af cotton show that a ia-inch gun
disposcs OF half hale OF cotton
with cvery shot fred, a machine
gun In operation will use . bale In
three piinu;es; a naval battle like
the ono on Jutland over 5,0o0
pounds a miuie are consumed BY
each active ship: moro than 20.Onl
bales a ycsr Wo needed 10 provide
absorbent cotton for The wounds Of
the ioiuved; one change Of apparel
lor all the troops now engaged in
Tho war represents more than a
'wiilion halcs.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
MINING MIN ARE WANTED
FOR SERVICE m FRANCE

Experienced miners, both hant
and machine drillcrs. muckers
tranlmers, timbermen. traeklayers
pumpmen, hoisimen. blacksmilhs
and tool sharpenrs, electricians
machinists, carpenters, surveyors
imekeepers, cooks, shift boss
.nine foremen and topmen, ar,
wanted TO e,glist In the eth En-
gineers, Especial mining regiment,
All men are enlisted as privales
nd from such will be chosen tn
nOn-commissioncd officers for eacl.
company.
Alter a man has enlisted he IA
clothed, fed, sheltered. and trans
ported hl the expense Of the d. S
rmy. Pay ranging from $500 PEI
month for a private up 10 5000
per month for first sergeant will
given these men. The total numb.
wanted is 1850. Those wishing 4
Mist should 80 10 the nearest r
ruiting olilce and enlist for the eth
Engineers, Camp Meade. Md.
According TO a report from.
General Pershing these men ar,
badly needed In France and the
regiment offers the best possible
opportunity Of getting over there
without delay.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

Newton ID. Baker, Secretary OF
War, estimates the losses up 10 June
1 OF the British exuedltionary forces
In deaths In action and from wounds
al 7 qer cent OF the total OF all men
sont 70 France since no beginning
of tho war. llo adds tsiat the ratio
OF losses Of his character today. be-
cause Of improved tactics aQd swift
ly mounting allied superiority il,
artillery. is less than 2 TO every 100
men.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
TwO BATTALIONs
oath INFANTRY ARRIVE
FROM DOUGLAS.

The First snd Second Battalions
{ the 2ith Infantry arrived from
Douglas, Arizona, yesterday after
ioon. having marched i63 miles In
days. The troops were In flne
ihnpe and spirits and reached Co
ambus an time 70 pertske OF the
thanksgiving Festivities.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
FINAL FIGURES SHOW
A BIG -DRl" MAJORITY

Final results Of the election held
November 0 were compiled this
week. following the the receipts by
the state eanvassing board Of the
ofncial returns. The prohibition
amendment carried by a majority Of
1885, the tax amendment was de-
fcated by a majority Of i0.97i and
the judicial amendment lost by q
majority Of 5.5Ss.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30
SAVE MONEY BY
BUYING STAMPS
GO0D ron sMAIL NyEsroRs
Stamps WIN Be On Sale a, Ideal
Pps,palrr.

Postmaster L. L. Burkhead yes
terday received . supply cf savings
stamps from Washington for The
new war savings plan 10 be inhusu-
rated BY the government The
stamps ere of handsome design. and
will no DOUBT prove success IN
raising war funds as well as profit
able % The purchaser.
The war savings plan provided for
In the last bond act Of September
"a, 1911, has been formulated end
announced by the Treasury De
partment and goes into operation
on Monday, December 3.
The plan puts Il easily In reach Of
every American eilizen 10 save
money and n Che same time aid the
government by supplying u with the
ssslais Of war. ..s
stamps. which are the govern
ments certificates Of indebtedness.
are 10 be sold in two denominations
thrift slamps, which cost 20 cents
each, and war@shvlng stamps, which
cost from si.i2 10 si.23 each accord
ing 10 the month in which they are
purchased.
With the flrst thrift stamp tho
purchaser IA given a card with
spaces for 10 stamps. When 10
thrift stamps havo been purchased
and aillxsd tho thrift card can -ho
exchange for a war-saSinss stamp
by paying the difference bciween
the - tho thrift stamps represent
aud the current value OF war-sav-
ing stamp which in December. 1917.
and January. 1918. will be SAP. and
,hereRfler I eonl fog each plsccdiug
month during the year 1918,
With the nrst war-saVlnes slalnps
obtained by purchase or exchange
the owner h given a war-sevines
certificate containing spaces for 20
war-saving stamps. II the 20 snaces
are fllled during December, 1914 or
January, 1918. tho cost 10 the pur-
chaser will be eii2 for each stamp,
or ss2. 40 for tho full certificate, and
on the ist day OF January, io29, the
eovernlnenl will redeem fhe cortill-
cate AZ 500. giving the holder q net
profit OF $3.50 for use OF his money.
Although these investments do not
mature until January 4. ieea. pro-
vision 10 made whereby unon 10
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

Ever stop 70 think how miserable
you would be II NIL your fesfs wrfa
to be rcalizcd2 a Jolly oh editor
kept this sem ot lho head 81 his pa
per; Y have suffered many mis-
fortunes. moat 81 which never hap-
pencil Quit worrying lHd 90 ID
work.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

Wouldnt Il be we'll 10 suspend the
study Of geography In the schools
for a time at leasR Tho youngsters
might stand tho chance OF gottjne
the right Sind of 4 start, which they
are BY no means sure OF now,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

The sugar used for making candy
in the United States, according 10
the Focd Administration, Is sufilc-
lent TO meet oil the sugar require
lnenis Of England under the ration
ing system adopted there.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

In the United States armies,
November z. there we're 7.Bi5,06o
mon IN Che navy eTi.Esl. OF TIE
total Of eos'.soC approximately
100000 voluntarily enlisted
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

The 1917 potato crop IL estimated
70 consist Of i5a,OO0OO0.OO0 bushels,
or half again as much as last year.
heper;s from the commission on car
service Indicate that more lhan 759.-
zoe cars will be noodOd % handle q.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

Thirty-four different races OF
persons bought bonds Of the second
Liberty Loan issue.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

sse Mua and Jea AZ Columbus
Friday and Saturday.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1917-11-30

Mutt and JeG Cartoons ri (olum,.
bua Theatre Friday and Saturday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
TO teach BOYS
HOW TO PRINT
Girls May Also Take New
Course-Journalism
Also Added.

A new elective course which will
be inaugurated at the Mckinley
School Of Manual Training this year.
is printing. One OF the classrooms
which had proved too noisy for use as
such. has been transformed into
printshop. and complete course in
printing and Job work will be given.
A great deal OF Importance is at
tached to this course by Mr.. Daniels,
the superintendent. This is to be a
/ four-year course. and will be open to
boys and girls.
In connection with this will be
given a one-year course in journalism,
which will be a general course In
newspaper and magazine writing and
reporting. The school magazine will
be the work Of these two classes.
Owing to the great demand for COM
| petent army cooks, and acting upon.
a suggestion in this connection. a
course in practical cooking will be
given in the domestic science depart
ment. The course will be open TO
| boys and girls alike. and will be de-
signed to instruct the pupils in the
proper preparation Of staple foods. 1t
will be elective.
Congress recently increased an ap-
preparation which was made sometime
ago for the purpose OF installing an
iron foundry, and the plant will be
installed and ready for use this year.
The appropriation for the foundry
was increased to $4,000 The plant
will be adapted to the casting of
| iron and lighter metals. such as
| brass, babbit, ]; ad. etc. The INSTALL
ing of this plant means that a course
in working and moldng metals will
be inaugurated. With the installa-
| ton of the foundry the shops OF the
school will be equipped to turn out
maChine-work from the cast ingot to
the finished product
| Red Cross work will probably be
taken up in the domestic art classes
again. These classes made patamas
and comfort bags last year. and the
same kind of work will likely be
| undertaken again.
| While no plans have been made 10
turn out war material of any kind,
Mr.. Daniels said that they were per-
fectly willing to help in any way that
they can, and that work along this
line will depend upon suggestions
| from the War and Navy Depart
ments. While Is it not desirable
that the boys work with loaded
ammunition. they are prepared to turn
| on; shells and projectilcs. especially
the latter. up to six inches in size.
| Commutators, armature, aeroplane
parts In fact, practically anything in
the nature OF machine work can be
turned out in the shops of the school.
| according to Mr.. Daniels.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
CAVALRYMEN OPPOSE
GOING in ARTILLERY
D. c. Troops Don't Like Orders
Dividing Squadron for Service

| Admission, Ala, Sept. l1.-Orders re-
celVed by the First Squadron of Dis
| trlct Of Columbia cavalry. providing
for its reorganization into two bat
teries Of field artillery. awakened a
storm of protest among the members
OF the command quartered here. New
Jersey and Virginia cavalry Guards
men at Admission have been similarly
| converted into artillery batteries, and
are reported as having sent kilograms
to Representatives and Senators pro-
| testing against the change.
| No official protest has been for
warded to the War Department yet,
and the indications are that protests
will not accomplish the object de-
| sired. Reconsideration of the matter
by the officers and troopers. IT is be-
lieved, will result in a withdrawal of
protests made.
In view of the fact that the War
Department has repeatedly stated that
no cavalry would be sent abroad,
failure to withdraw protests against
being converted, il is pointed our,
would put the Guardsmen in the falls,
| light OF not desiring TO be sent to
France. The only cavalry used in this
! country Will be a few regiments on
the Mexican border. All other Ma
tional Guard cavalry commands will
be reorganized as either artillery or
infantry.
Artillery Used Most.
New conditions of warfare In Eu-
rope, 1t was learned yesterday makes
| II absolutely necessary to convert both
regular army and National Guard
cavalrymen into other units. The Ma
| tional Guard army needs three regl-
| ments OF artillery to every four OF
infantry on account of the great part
which artillery is now playing in the
| winning of the war. No advance of
| infantry, it Is pointed out, is possible
| except where one side secures a pre-
ponderance of artillery to blast the
\ way
While 1t Is true that non-comnlis-
stoned recruiting officers during the
campaign to secure men for the new
| troops of the First Squadron may
have made unauthorized promises that
| the commands would be used only as
| cavalry, the War Department officials
made no such promises. In fact every
statement on the subject obtained
| during the campaign for recruits in
| dlcated that the troopers would not
be used as cavalrymen.
These statements were called to the
attention of the cavalry recruiting de-
| tail, but they refused to belivee them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
Soldiers "Over There"
Need Sheet Music

Sheet music and portable musical
instruments are in great demand
among the American troops in France.
Three thousand pieces of music, in
GLIDING thirty different titles, have
been sent over recently in response
to an urgent request from E. c. Car
ter, who is at the head OF the group
of Young Mems Christian Association
secretaries who are carrying on the
work with the American expeditionary
force. These music sheets were the
gifts of patriotic publishers of this
country.
Orchestras, glee clubs and minstrel
shows will be organized among the
men overseas, but all instruments and
other equipment must be sent from
the United States. All sheet music,
together with appropriate instruments
for regular orchestra work, as well as
guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles,
and even accordeons and mouth or
gans, should be forwarded, carriage
prepaid, to the Shipping Room of the
National War Work Council of the
Young Mems Christian Associations,
Madison Square Garden, 81 East
Twenty-sixth street, New York City,
marked for shipment to France.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
American and British Aid
Is Sought by Vatican

Rome, Sept. 1.-THE Vatican has
asked the good Offices of the Ameri-
can and British governments in be-
half of the priests and religious or
ders in Mexico which are threatened
with expulsion from that country.
The Vatican adds the assurance that
there is no reason iustifyinT such a
measure
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1917-09-12
THE DAILY STORE NEyVSW LANSBuRGH 5f3R0
Visit the Silk and
Dress Goods Dept.

Now located on the third
floor, where there are oceans
of daylight. Six electric ele-
vatprs take you there in a
jify.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-08-02
WINNING WITH WHEAT

A Kansas parable of the sower who
went forth to SOW has been made into
moving picture play and the ac-
tors are all real Kansas farmers, not
the whiskered caricatures found in
every so called rural drama. Their
actions are perfectly natural, for
they know the difference between a
silo and a separator. No farmer can
go away from this show with the
disguised saying that it doesn't look
like the real thing.
Did you ever eat mid-afternoon
lunch in the harvest field? That is
one of the things shown and it
is really artistic because it is so per-
fectfy natural.
The photo play has love plot and
there is touch of the military in it,
but the main theme is winning With
Wheat" which serves as title.
A young man gets interested in
the appeal of the Kansas Council of
Defense for more and better wheat,
and tries to get his father to get in
to the game. The oil d man ridicules
the idea, but allows his son to try
out his fool notions" The son rails
es 36 bushels of wheat per acre to
his fathers Is and marries the girl
and all goes well. But there is so
it. 1t has all the modern tricks of
moving pictures, fade-outs, close-ups,
dissolving views and beautiful Kan
sas scenery with everything real from
the horses pulling the binder to the
cat on the front steps Competent
critics who have seen it say that it
is better than many of the standard
productions. It's a real story with
real facts for a plot and it in
tensely interesting.
The wheat film will be shown at
Wa-Kecney on August 11th, 1917, at
8:45 p. M, without admission charges
through the kindness and patriotism
of MIR. r. r. Uford, at the Garden
moving picture theat3
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-08-02

to date if not in advance. He says
we failed to send the statement and
makes a demand for it, threatening
as penalty for our second failure to
come and board with US week after
week and preach to US all the time
Now. we should just love to have
our old pastor with US and to hear
him preach again; we well know one
of his sermons would be worth many
years subscription, but the board
ing-well, that's a different propo-
sition. Too well do we remember
the healthy Schotch appetite that
goes with that ability to preach vel,
living there are threatened dangers
that make even the bravest shudder.
Of course we could send the state
ment and then accept the standing
invitation from he and his good wife
and in that way enjoy the preaching
at a small cost, but, knowing his very
wholesome horror of dead beats and
to tackle that.
The doctor also tells a fish story.
Not chicken story, as you might
imagine, but a real f7shy fish story.
- Not long ago there came a terrific
rain and hail storm between the two
rivers north of town. The creek
rose so fast the fish could not swim
fast enough to keep from being car
ried out of the mighty channel
There being no rain west the torrent
receded as fast as it came, leaving
the hail and fish on the bottoms. Men
dug the fish out of the hail with pitch
forks, and a fair sample was left at
the Manse. Some of the fish were
said to weigh nine pounds, though the
pastor assures us he neither saw nor
tasted any such fish.
Any way it's a good fish story, and
as nothing is strange or impossible
in Kansas-well, who knows.-Nor-
ton News.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-08-02
SOAK IT-DON'T SPRINKLE

Lawrence, July 25. The lawn sprink-
Ter and the garden hose nozzle are
guilty of killing thousands of fine blue
grass lawns, aided and abetted by the
man who insists ON sprinkling instead
of soaking it. If you must water your
lawn. soak it, take off the nozzle or
sprinkler and soak it thoroughly, says
w. C.. Stevens, chairman of the bot
any department of the University of
Kansas. But unless you are prepared
to pull out the foxtail and crab grass,
do not water the sunny parts of your
lawn. FoXtail and crab grass thrive
in the sun and watering helps them
to thrive. If the sunny part of your
lawn is too large to be hand-picked of
foxtail and crabgrass, it is better to
let the blue grass dry up and turn
brown. 1t will come up green and
beautiful again in the fall But if you
water it and do not continually pull
out the foxtail and crab grass the blue
grass will gradually die out. Shady
lawns may be watered with little fear
of foxtail and crab grass in E-rge
quantities. But shady or SUNNI the
lawn that is watered should be soaked,
not sprinkled. The same is true with
gardens, Mr.. Stevens says. Soak 'em,
don't sprinkle. Also water the lawn
or garden any time you feel like it,
whether the sun is shining or not.
That's an erroneous old notion, about
not watering lawns or gardens while
the sun is shining. But soak it. Don't
sprinkle, wetting only the surface of
the soil and causing the roots of
grass or other plants to come to the
surface seeking moisture. Such roots
are killed by the drying out that fol-
lows quickly after the sprinkling.
Take off the nozzle or sprinkler and
soak it.