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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Kaiser Bill was recently deploring
4he visit of Col. Roosevelt to Ger
many several years ago. He said:
after Col. Roosevelt had reviewed
many of my armies he slapped me on
the back and said, Well. Bill, with
these armies you can conquer the
woodland I was dam fool enough
20 believe it."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Gentry Brothers Famous Shows &
Wild Animal Circus which will ex-
hibit in Santa Fe on Friday Sept. 8
are presenting a patriotic spectacle
as the opening number this wears
all new performance. Nearly lO Of
tie ponies taKe part in the pict IT.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

1t is a good guess that Senator
Fall and Supt. Wagner will be re-
nominated by the Republican con-
vention for their present positions,
but beyond those two any guess is
too speculative to be worth consid-
ering. With almos. one thousand
delegates to be heard from and many
of the counties with favored sons
it will take many ballots to eide
on some of the candidates.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Already the political sagacity of
Hon. M. A. Otero is being demon
strated. Only last week he arrived
from Washington armed with auth
GRITTY to represent the adminis.rs
ton and Senator Jones, politically,
and to defeat Walton's nomination
for the u. S. Senate at all haza~Is
Already there are whisperings that
Walton is eliminated, Richardson i'm
possible, Hanna unreceptive, and that
M. A. Otero is the one and only hone,
ehance and Moses to bring order out
of chaos and defeat Fall.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Charles Davis fourteen months old
child OF Mrs. Ida Davis, died almost
instantly Sunday ev,ning after suck
ing a small stick which it was play
ing with into II, wind pipe-tolum-
luS Cnurier
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
SAN JUAN

This week Olin {. Walk r. who has
for panv years conducted an Indian
trading Post at Red Rock, traded
his store and stock for the interest
OF Willis Martin in the Pennington
Electric li%ht and Power Plant
Pennington Hustler.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

When the boys "over there" get
back to this country they may have
something interesting to say to the
people over here who opposed the
work or fight" provision of the new
army bill.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Thursday moon !. NJ Craig OF Ok
l1homa, and r. + Craig of Arkansas
signed contracts to purchase the A,
+. Dustin Ranch. and tn. Walter
Wagner place on the Peninsula. The
gentlemen left for Their homes and
plan to return soon and locate
Pennington Hustler.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

which represents the allied nations.
At Z command from the trainer they
march in different directions, each
one bedecked with flags of tn ma
lion they represent and the entire
moving panorama of horses forms
of the most stirring events in
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

the program. This spectacle is the
result of the trainers efforts of the
past year and is pronounced the big
est and best animal display ever seen.
Many new acts and features have
been added to Gentry Brothers Shows
this year including complete circus.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

rect TO thd creameries, and their
Saturday shipments will easily make
a total of $500 cash realized by the
farmers of the Portales trade ter
ritory for butter fat Saturday.
II is hard to estimate the amount
of money realized from cream sales
over the county Saturday. A thou
sand dollars would probably be near
il according to one buyer here
Portales News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
SOCORRO

Socorro county has filled It's war
savings stamp quota, pledging more
than $2o5.WN.- Socorro Chieftian
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Wiley Fox last week purchased
the 7. II. Foley five acre ranch north
east of Farmington. the consider
alton being $3.50
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

F. Ceilings, Elida. played in hard
luck with the rain. On ccoun of
the drouth he lost several head ana
when it rained he lost seven head
by lightning.-Portales News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
ROOSEVELT
$500 Worth OF Cream

Saturday, sale If huitc- lat 70 N.
local buvcrS IN P"rt+lcs wa> tightly
under $500 Several shippers ship di-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
UNION

First Crop or Pinto Beans
The first of the 1913 crop OF Pin
(oS for Onion County were market
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

James Willett's house and contents
were destroyed by fire Sunday. jam
cs was gone and no one at home but
his wife, who was in the house at
the time but didn't know it was afire
until the roof started to fall in. She
was unable to save any of their be-
longings.-Des Moines Swastika.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

ed in Clayton this week. Albert VAL
des, of Moses, New Mexico, was the
grower, and w. L. Franklin of the
Four States Seed Co., was the buy.
er. While Mr.. Valdes has recently
threshed over two thousand pounds
of the new crop he brought only l66
pounds in to Clayton. Mr. Franklin
paid " cents for this sample and
on the same day shipped car, the
last of the 1917 crop of pintos.-Clay-
ton News.
Good Crop Of Corn And Beans
c. c. Ross was in from the Cor
rumpa on Monday with IS sacks of
corn that brought him SIS. He re-
ports that this year he has corn that
will make 60 bushels to the acre and
his neighbors estimate his beans
from 600 to 1900 pounds to the acre.
c. c. says he will be satisfied if they
60 900 pounds and feels he is safe
for that much or more.-Des Moines
!Swastika.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30

Roosevelt county this year grad
uated at least $50 pupils from the
rural schools. Superintendent Stin-
nett has not compiled the list yet,
but he is sur, that there are $50 or
more who graduatcd-Portalcs
News.
Charles Goodloc OF Purtalys has
only a sixth of IN aerr in grapes.
but will have over 2000 pounds of
grapes The vines are llree to five
.. ar> old.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-30
Struck Oil in fabian

The new Santa Fe water well just
completed at this place has been put
on the pump to test its capacity,
and il has been found not only to
furnish an abundance of water at
l2S feyt. but also has 4 strong show
ing of oil
The Great Western Oil & Rein
,nc Company Of Roswell are making
plans to start drilling on their well
No. ! on the Watkins place two
miles east Of town-Taiban News.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
BERLINO REPLICHERA'
ALA NOTA DI WILSON
Senza l'Accettazione del
l'Armistizio la Campagna del
SottOmarini Continuerebbe

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT No. 3ii
Authorized by the act of October o.
1917. on file at the Postonice OF Phila-
1elphia. Pa.
By order OF the President
4 s. RURLFSON.
Postma aster General
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
John BHleycorn on Trial

The aNowed purpose. of the Rev.
Charles StelZle's "Why Prohibition - Is
TO point out the perils connected with
the liquor business in this and every
other land" The author has observed
the social, economic and Industrial con-
ditions as affected by alcohol during a
number of years. and ne offers his inn
pressions and conclusions in this volume
with the hope that they may be of
service to the valiant fighters who need
ammunition to batter down the bulwarks
OF booze"
Among the phases OF the subject dis
?ussed are personal liberty and prohibl-
ION. workingmen and the saloon, or
sanized labor and the saloon the ma
tional liquor bill, liquor and length OF
life. substitutes for the saloon, prohibit
tion In practice, and methods Of fighting
the saloon that the author considers
effective and proper Many Of the gen
eralizations in the book are based or
Incidents that came under the authors
personal observation. This, indeed, Il
his general plan OF argument. The booh
Is written vehemently and ardently.
WHY PRoHBITION. BY Charles stelzle
New York; George II. Dorsn Company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
4 BOHEMIAN GIRL
IN EARLY NEBRASk A
NV 4utoni 4nOther of
Miss Gathers Vital Pictures
Of Pioneer Life

IN extraordinary sense of reality
yitalizes aud lends rare distinction to
VILLA Sibert Gathers novel. "NIv An
tona" Il is diflcul, for the reader to
regard as fiction this vivid but simple
picture Of a Bohemian immigrant girl
who grows from early childhood on the
windswept plains of Nebraska. while
the bilowing red prairie grass gives
way to well-ordercd wheat and corn
fields while the sod-covercd dugouts of
the early settlers are being replaced by
snug little wooden farmhouses while the
life of the entire surrounding country
changes slowly from bleak and arduous
pioneer conditions 10 the comforts of
prosperity and civilization
This aspect of material evolution is
| made the ever-present background
against which the author depicts the
development of Antonia Shimerda. trans
planted daughter Gf southeastern Eu-
| rope The story Is told by a man four
years younger than sntonla. who was
her closest neighbor-as neighbors went
in those early sparsey settled days
during childhood and early youth, and
then. after lapse of twenty years, re-
heWed the early friendship in the ma
turity OF middle life. in an episode which
IS virtually au epiogue.
40 attempt is made 10 approximate te
ordinary plot continuity or sequence
The story is deliberately. .pisodicf the
aNowed intention being to pr, sent q
a1sia
skinned. rosy-cheeked girl of strong per-
sonality and Of those about her All OF
these are presented with striking in.
dividuality. with Contemptuous dsre.
gard OF convention in characterization
The narratora kindly and industrou.
grandparents with whom he lived, pa
thetic old Mr.. Shimerda and his futil,
fiddle. his gaunt but grasping wife, ant
their other children, Antonias brothers
and sister as well as more distant neigh
bOrs, two lonely Russian peasants. AN,
the varied folk of the nearest town
Black Hawk, move through human
crises that are poignant in the live
, OF these humble toilers of the soil
The death Of Antonias s father, he
brothers avaricpus materialism. til
/, tragedy of Russian Payel and Peter
the lure of excitement as typificd /
the dance tent at Black Hawk. the curl
. Gus fortunes of the hired girls" An
tomas disastrous love affair ana late
wei-rounded domesticity with man
, children seem actual happenings. rathe
, than tctional episodes. But the out
. standing feature of the book il tn
, strong sense of the land and inmat
feeling for it which Miss Gather com
municates TO the reader.
, MY Antonia' Ghe first. syllable c
2 the name is strongly accented in the Be
hemian pronuncation) claims no kr
ship with the fiction of ephemeral er
, tcrtainment, II is a remarkably int
4 mate picture Of pioneer days in III
. west Of reality. It's Nividness matche
: only by its severe simplicity.
; | NY ANTONIA. By VILLA Sibert Csthe
4, Boston: houghtou Mifin Company. sis
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
PLAYS FOR THE
LITTLE THEATRE
COndenSafiOnS From the
Classics Suitable for Use Of
fhe Stage UpHjfers

Perhaps the greatest obstacle thht has
handicapped the so-cailcd little or arr
theatre movement both here and abroad
has been "A dcarth Of suitable plays for
production. Numerous NolumCs have
been written about tn" theory of the
movement and its special technique OF
presentations But the first need, plenty
OF good little theatre" plays. has not in
the past been satisfactorily met, as
Philadelphia has ample reason to know
through certain disastrous experiments
of recent years
Little theatre ideals require. primarily
compact plays. preferably "one acterS
Of such compelling dramatic qualities or
intrinsic appeal that such details as
scenery become negligible in importance.
and acting and play are supreme. An
Intelligent and original means OF sup
plying this requirement has been hit
upon by Samuel 4. Eliot ,Jr,. who has
had practical and varied experience in
general stage and little theatre produc-
tions. His plan is to condense. without
taking any liberties with the text. plays
which have stood the test of time and
are of established dramatic worth. such
Il task as this calls for the incest dis
elimination and is calculated 10 provoke
! the charge of sacrilege from those who
may regard the classics with pious
| veneration But the results, as ex-
! elnpllftd in the first volume of the
series. are certainly commendable. MAX
/ ing available plays OF enormously great
| Ell value than the majority Of current
| "potboilcrs.'
! The five pieces included in the first
volume are "PolySena," taken from the
| "Ilecuba" of Euripldes: "a Christmas
| Miracle Play" from a medieval miracle
pageant; "Ricardo and Viola" from
| THE CoXcomb" of Beaumont ant
Fletcher; the Doctor Faustus" of Chris
| topher MarloWe; and THE Schemint
Lieutenant" from Sheridan's "St. Pat
ricks Day An introductory historical
and explanatory sketch. and adequate
| stage directions. accompany each. Sucl
pieces may not constitute the entir
| dramatic bill of fare on little theatre
program, but they should at least proVid
refreshing and worthy novelty. All bu
one of those in the first volume have al
ready been produced.
LITTLE THEATRE CLASSICS. illustrate
1 from photographs. Vol !. Adapted an
edited by Samuel A.. Eliot. Jr. Boston
| Little Brown g. Co. sl.5O. =,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
NEW NOVELS ABOUT LIFE IN THE MIDDLE VEST
JOHN NJ. GIBBONS
NEW NOVEL
A Lore Story about a Girl
Studying Music and a Hero
Who Finds Himself

.tohn Murray Gibbon has followed his
clever Hearts and Faces with a new
novel that ,possesses all the same OUT
ward sign OF cleverness---adept oberva-
ton, pungent phrasing quickness AZ sZ-
inf. up a situation and punch IN ue
welcoming Though in substance anu
environment '"Drums Afar' Is remole
from its predecessor. Mr.. Gibson If eNl-
IDENTIFY much Travelled as obviously lie
has assimilated knowledge OF charac-
teristics. customs. traditions ana ldion,
wherever he has stayed or possibly just
strayed. -.
Hls prior work told sood tale OF
modern Scottish life and character anu
the artistic temperament as dlvulgeu
and displayed in the ateliers OF Paris.
The new ,nqvel opens and for some lItl'e
has It's being at oxford Then its broad
canvas sweeps In London, Germany
France. the United states, particularly
chicago. and the western war-tront MI.
Gibson's craftsmanship IL freehanded
and hold and he colors usually with
broad strokes, but III some OF ms more
intimate passages the detail II pains
talSinely applied with hne brush. Inc
hero develo,,s from likable young cub,
rather fortunately born With a silver
snoon I'm his mouth and without much
incentive TO a career into a real man
! Love is partly resrousible-for there is
a girl. very charming girl. of the at
tractiye. active and achieving American
| tvpe. studying music abroad,N not be
cause she has to find career but from
sheer love Of II. The war, too, II partly
responsible for the heros finding him
| self, the war which has made men sc
fine that no Kipling can Justly per
| Archlliochiau verse about 'flanneleo
tfools" and "muddied OATS"
! DRUMS AFFAIR by John Murray Gihhon
| Kew York: John Lake Company. H."o.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
The Heart of Alsace

on the very day President Wilson
made his reioinder to Germanys ac-
ceptance Of propositions wherein were
stated the essentials of "a peace that
would satisfy America and mankind,
one of which essentials was the righting
Of the wrong perpetrated on Alsace-
Lorraine in 1871. q cable dispatch told
OF an order emanating from Potsdam
requiring the inhabitants of some forty
towns between the Swiss frontier and
Colmar TO evacuate the homes they had
occupied for nearly half a century as
unwilling subjects of the Kaiser. II
such an order had not of itself been
a speaking proof Of the cruelty Of the
German overlords to a people peculiarly
enamored of liberty. a glimpse of II
may he obtained in story by BenJa-
min Vollotton entitled The Heart of
Alsace."
Here is a most dainty, vet withal con-
vincing, portrayal Of the patient suffer
ing endured through more than four
decades of enforced Germanism by an
oppressed but undaunted race, French
70 the core. and with its inner gaze set
on the redemption from bondage which
as we see today. oncoming peace Is
bound to bring II. The writer is a
Swiss who, in the role OF tutor to the
bows OF an Oiu AlSdlldH IdilllN, II
brought into close contact with the true
sense underlying an outward aspect OF
submission TO tyranny and injustice. He
left his Swiss home with the full intent
of being a neutral in the irrepressi-
bic conflict between the native Alsatians
and their Prussianized governors. 'tSR~
his sentiments were swayed byT The
vision he obtained in his association
with his pupils, their parents and other:
OF the "old stock" is charningly told
and when the trump Of war brings the
promise of a realization OF dreams Ions
cherished the author is at his best
There is vivid description and admira
/ bile character drawing that are sure e
/ give The Heart of Alsace'' merte'
place among the really worth-whil
history novels produced by the crap
pla between democracy and autocracy
thar can have only one result, and tha
one a balm TO the heart of peopl
ever loyal to its high ideals.
! THE HEART OF ALSACE.. BY Beniami
I Nollotton. New York; Dodd. Mead 90
$50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
SCORES AUSTRIAN NAVY HEADS
Deputy Attacks Authorities for
Action i'm Cattaro Revolt
speciar Cable TO Erenins Public Ledge,

copui0ht. 1918. by Ncr YorL; Times Co.
Zurich, oct. 19.--The Vienna Arbeter
Zeitung publishes a heavily censored re-
port Of the sitting Of the Austrian Par
lament on October II, when Deputy
Schacheri asked questions about the
naval events at Cattaro, and gave the
following detdils:
'sAIore than $50 soldiers are in prison
for taking part In the so-called revolt
against the military authorities. The
trial took place in February. a number
Of the soldiers were shot and others
condernned to hard labor"
The deputy charged the military au-
fborities with useless brutality, for the
soldiers declared. that they had struggles
against the enemies Of Austria. and that
the revolt took place as a protest against
their bad treatment
The question was accompanied by cries
and noisy demonst cations by Slav and
Socialist Deputies The orator concluded
by exciainnng:
-pown with the regime OF terror and
these bsrbarous and senseless meas
N|<<
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19

OIlObTe.
americani, recentemente giunti in Italia.
hanno visltato, ieri, II fronte di battaglia
austro-italiano, Essi sono stati ricevuti
da Re Vittorio Emanuele che. in unione
al Generale Diaz. Ii ha trattenuti
desinare, fece loro una cordlalissima
arcngllenza.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
4 Bows Book of Signs

Dan Beard has produced book OF
signs. symbols and signals which will
delight the heart of every genuine boy,
He has gathered together lIrge mass
Of ideographs, picturegraphs and signs
used by tramps. yeggmen, scouts, trap
pers, gypsies and Indians and has ar
ranged and classified them so that they
can he used by boys In their games in
the open air. There are chapters on
signs Of direction, on danger signs, on
signs of good luck on gesture signals
and signal codes, the meaning of the
whistle signals Of steamers, the signs
shown by the trails, tracks and spoor
Of animals and many others. II Is a
complete handbook so arranged that
any Intelligent boy can acquire great
facility in using and reading the signs.
! AMERICAN BOYS BOOK Or SIGNS, sIG,
: NAI.H AND SYMBOLS BY Dan Beard
/ Philadelphia: J. b. LlpDinsott Company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
.The Wiltd Princess

The author of Billy Pony and His
Friends and Adventures Of puss and
Boots, Junior" has provided another
charming christmas book for the young
stcrs of five to ten years In Little VIII
ful Princess" It's sort of fairy story
with pet monkey who talks. ana nre-
c,es ana miller's daughters and ni
course. the pert. petulant heroine who
comes to better thoughts and better man
ners before the last page is read aloud
10 the children lucky enough to find this
book. with it's interesting black and
white illustrations by Elizabeth Jones
I'm their stockings.
/ TITLE WILFI:L PRINCESS. BY David
cory New York Moha'' fard 60
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
washlngton DC. Is ottobr.

:"
Tn fsvorevole rapporto e state oggi
emesso dal Comltato del Senate per gil
ATARI esterl circa II trattato con rItalia.
secondo II quale gil italiani negli Stati
Cniti ed / cittadini di questa Nazione in
Italia, saranno soggetti al doveri mill
tari. u trattato e. praticsmente sirnile
quello cOncluso con l'Inghilterra @
F'rancla, e sospende Iapplicazione di un
precedente trattato secondo Il quale
clttadini delle due nazioni non potevano
essere costretti al servizio militare
quando ri troyavano fuori della nazione
al origine
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
Sea Tale for Boys

stories OF the deep sea are especially
fascinating at this time. and this one
comes as somewhat Of novelty for II
does not deal with the war. What the
author has done Is TO show how sew
eral boys earned their living upon an
island during their summer vacations
When the writer brings smugglers OF
Chinese aud water gypsies into his story
he supplies a thrill that IL worth while
ana boys will enjoy the reading OF this
story because OF It's moral taught through
the character OF spendthrift college
boy who reforms.
IlAl sPrRLINO. FISHERMAN. By. Albert
si.et'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
vienna (via svizzera) is ottobre

Vienna (Nia Svlzzera) is ottobre
lie disposizioni per rOrganlzzazione
delrAustria sopra basi di una Fedora
zlone di Stati lsono state proclamate,
oggi. dairImperatore Carlo. I piani non
devono comprendere runione della Po-
lonia Austriaca con 10 state indipen-
dente Polacco." rimperatore ha dichi-
arato. La citta' al Trieste e la regione
di Trieste dovra' essere trattata sepa-
ratamente lin conformita' del desideri
della popolazione."
Lievacuazione del territorio della
Serbia. Albania Montenegro. da parte
GA cominciato.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
Copenhagen. 10 ottobre.

Notizie quf giunte da Berlino annun-
ziano che la Germania oggi replichera'
ALA uoia del Presdente Wilson negando
raccusa iii crudelta' commesse dai
soldati tedeschi q dichlarandO che la
canpaguu del sottomarini non potra'
cessare Sc prlma non venga stabilize
rarmistizio.
II Gahinetto di guerra germanico 81
riuui ieri sera ale ore 6 per decldere
defintivamente sulla forma delle ri
sposta che la Germana dara' agi Stati
Until.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-19
FORMER RUSSIAN CHIEFS SHOT
Kokosoff and Shakovskoy Con-
demned by Peoples Court"
By The Associated Press

+ Xmsferdam, oct, fs.-Vlndimir r.
Knxoaoff, former Minister OF Finance.
and Prince Shakovskoy, former minister
81 trade and commerce. have been sum-
1h4r1ly shot according to Moscow
|Irnn{ch to the l.okal Anzeiger OF Ber-
They had been condemned 10 death
~ people's court
9W ~ kokosofT bad a noted career In
1n uo3i<ics and was minister OF
a uoyeral cabinets during the
@1Girna He aIao served Tor q