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El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Tell of Ice
and Palm-Leaf Fans

A letter descriptive or beautiful warm
weather and another describing unbeautiful
and decidedly unwarm weather reached
Hugh II. Williams singularly, on the same
mail. The first is from General e.. +. Test,
formerly of Santa Fe, who is at Gatun in
the canal zone. Mr.. Test says the weather
is delightful and the green shruhbery looks
like springtime in New Mexico. His son.
Captain Test, formerly instruction officer
for the New Mexico National Guard, is on
the reserve officers list. Mr.. Test is still
boosting for New Mexico and Santa Fe. He
wants to see this place get better railway
connections, and suggests H. y. Nudge as
the man to help bring IL about.
The other letter was from George r.
Weed, relative of Mrs. Williams, who wrote
that the cold in Brooklyn, where he resides,
is awful. Many plants were compelled to
close on account of freezing pipes; the coal
ad ninistration's orders in regard to clos
ing down on required days are being faithful
ly observed; the theatres are dark on heat
less days; sugar can be obtained only in one
or two.pound lots; the streets are full of
ice and ice in the harbors is delaying deliv-
cry Of fuel. Mr.. Weed who with his wife
visited here some time ago, writes that San
ia Fe looks and sounds good to him now.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Somewhere in france

She stands alone beside the gate,
Where oft with him she stood before,
And seems to hear his voice relate.
Life's sweetest story DER and DER;
A hand she feels upon her own,
Unconsciously a tender glance
She gives, then starts and stands alone,
The lover sleeps-Somewhere in France,
She could have kept him ii she would
His heart and soul we're all her own
But true love knew and understood
That Honor is its WI true throne,
She heard the bugles' blaring sound
And whispered-"Go and take your
chance"
There mid the scenes of war he found
Eternal peace-Somewhere in France.
She knows not where that spot may be-
On barren plain, in hidden dell,
On wooded hill, beside the sea-
The lips that would will never tell;
She knows not what his last words were,
The thoughts that come with Deaths adj
vance,
And, yet, she feels they were of her,
Those last fond NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in
France.
lie Roy G. Henderson in Cartoons Maya
zine.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
All Sorts and All
Kinds of Religion
in the u. 5. Army

Truly all sorts and conditions Of men are
in the United States army, SO far as reli.
gious convictions, or the lack Of them, are
considered.
The religious census Of the iOsth Engi
~sineers. which was completed during the
week, shows that a large majority Of the
men OF the regiment claim utilization with
some religious sect. In making the census,
where the man himself belonged to no
church, but professed belief in the faith es.
poused by his parents that was accepted as
his own There we're a few cases Of this
kind.
The Methodists are largely in the prepon-
derance, having 384 members. Catholics
stand next with 2Ss. There are 1889 Chris.
tians, 17S Presbyterians and 1871 Lutherans.
OF the denominations having less than 100
and more than so members there are
enumerated the Baptist, 81; Congregation
alists, So. Less than so; Episcopalian, As;
Brethren, rs; Amish, is; Jewish, IL;
Seventh Day Adventists, s; Evangelical,
IL; Reform, 4; Christian Science, 8; Latter
Day Saints, s; Quakers, 8; Regalion, 3;
Swedish Mission, 4; Zion Reform, 2; Holt
ness, 2; Infidels, 2; Church Of England, 2;
Unitarian, /; Second Reform. 2. The fol-
lowing have one member each: Friends,
German Zionists, Believers, Atheist, Pro-
gressive, Mormon, Mennonite and Universal
list. There are ALSO As nonsectarians, max.
ing a total of 1,515. A number Of the men
Of the regiment, being on guard duty or
other necessarily absent from the camp.
were not included in the census. The 1OSth
is stationed at Camp Cody.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Mr.. Baker Statement

The secretary of war reports $780, 900
Americans In France early in 1872; a mil
lion more ready to go to the front in 1918,
plenty of artillery and rifles, and a record
Of remarkable engineering achievements by
Americans behind the French lines. Mr..
Baker declares that the arrangement where
by the Allies furnish our men with artillery
is of the Allies own seeking and initiates
to the advantage of all by lessening the
amount of stuff which has to be transport
ed across the ocean. His position further
is that the war department recognizes its
own shortcomings and is seeking to reme-
dy every deficiency called to its attention;
that conditions in the army camps airs as a
whole good. that the output of guns and mu.
~nitions has begun to come and in brief that
the whole American machinery Of war is
getting into its gait. All this, he says, he
hesitated to tell us because he didn't want
the Germans to know II. The Hun, he be-
lieves, did not even suspect" how many
men we had in France.
1t is to be hoped that MIR. Baker is fur
nishing facts not lumined by his own
cheerful optimism. At least he has become
much more definite. 1t is all sofewhat pug
N@@Aof IA NAOW - tAC oAuluu VI appears
from the people OF France, transmitted
: through newspaper writer's and correspond
ents, asking why doesn't America come ?"
1t would seem hat half a million American
soldiers in France would indicate to the
French that We have pretty we'll begun to
come.
Granting, however, all that Mr.. Baker
says, Americans should not allow tneul selves
to feel complacent. Half a million men is a
good start; but it is hardly enough to coun.
terbalance several times that number of
men reported being moved by Germany from
the Russian to the western front.
A million men ready to start from this
side the water, also, compose a task and not
an achievement. All signs point to a con-
certed U-boat grand attack on the American
troops and supply movement in c~onjunc-
tion with a supreme German blow in Italy.
America has Just begun to move toward
the peak Of the load" The Job has Just
started. We should not compare enything
accomplished to what we have done In pre-.
vious years in a military way; we must
compare it with what we nave yet to do.
Everything the secretary of war has stated
since the senate inquiry began has tended
toward re-assuring the public. We dom
want to be treasured; it VIII be perilous
to relax; our need is to be spurred and
alarmed, stimulated and pushed.
The thing to remember is that we have
sent only" 100000 men across.
AS to the unsuspecting Germans, we can't
get away from the feeling that they nave
been much more fully advised all along as
to American war preparations than has the
American public.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Why and How Of
the Hunting License
(The Pine Cone,

(The Pine Cone,
when you meet a man out hunting, ask
him to show you his license, and show him
yours" This is the new idea spreading
among New Mexico sportsmen. It sells more
licenses than a whole army Of special de-
puties.
Witness the so per cent increase in Ii,
censes sales effected by State Game Warden
Rouault last year-a total income Of S21,436
as against the previous high record Of S14,-
1872 by his predecessor. Remember. Mr..
Sportsman, that the income from licenses
goes into the state game protection fund,
and is used for the enforcement Of the law.
Common duty, as well as common sense,
dictates that every sportsman do his part
in spreading the knowledge that It is IN.
sportsmanlike and foolhardy to % afield
without a license. With every snortsman
demanding a license Of every one he meets,
the evasion Of license requirements would
become Impossible, and the miserable
insufficiency of our game protection fund
would be automatically corrected.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Some Word

1t was Mark Twain, an Amsterdam Assoc
ciated Press dispatch says, who made the
discovery that the German language
abounded in words $50 long that they have
a perspective" His record of a 37-letter
word is easily beaten by the Berlin vor-
waerts which accuses a wen known Pan
German publicist of being a "HUNGERFRIE
DENSRESOLUTIONSME
NDEBEKAEMPFER."
To save time, 1t may at once BIO statsu
that this monstrosity is So letters long, and
it means "opponent-to.th e-bitter.end-ofth
(Reichstag ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
peace 4a4
The assaulted Pan-German has so far
RETAINED from replying to the accusation in
suitable terms. Paper is probably too
scarce in Germany.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Good story, Anyhow

Deming Headlight:-Private Werley Hay
worth went home recently on a furlough
and while there confirmed" a story that
had been at Welcome, MINI, a long yarn
about the killing of a terrible German spy
while in the act Of poisoning the water sup
ply of Camp Cody. With vivid imagina-
ton he pictured the spy with quantities Of
s%trychnine sewed up in his pockets to pre-
vent wastage, climbing the ladders on the
side of the high water tower. Just before
said spy reached his goal eagle-eyed guards
spied him and with a half dozen bullet
holes in his body he fell 75 feet to his death.
As stories go, it was a dandy and Hayworth
doubtless won considerable notoriety in
Welcome and vicinity. 1t made no hit in
Camp Cody, though, and upon his return he
found awaiting him a discharge from the
service, IS. C. D." 1t has not been learned
whether he will turn his attention to short
story writing.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

every week to feed a family Of five;
forced to cut the bread on the table
compelled to undergo the incredible
privation of giving up the after
Itheater supper; allowed to eat only
five times as many Jumps of sugar
as they eat in France!
Well may the American people,
even though it bear in epic silence
this gnawing at its vitals, feel that
War is Indeed Hell!
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
THE WAR PIG

Albuquerque, N. M.-Oity ordinances
which from early days have prohibited the
keeping of livestock inside the city limits,
except under special license, and then only
in the case OF draft animals or dairy COWS.
may be abrogated soon in favor of the war
pig" A war pig, according to the city Of
ficials, is a pig raised or fattened on table
scraps, kept to aid in winning the war by
increasing the food supply,
City authorities are investigating the
question Of permitting war piggeries,D The
state food administrator, Ralph Q. Ely,
brought the matter to their attention.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
CASH AND CARRY

CASH AND CARRY
Lordsburg Western Liberal:-says a Lords
burg wcman ~ think merchants should
deliver goods-groceries and everything
to the woman who is at home with small
children and therefore cannot trot around
buying the necessities of life and carry
ing them home herseIf."
In a sense that Is true. But If the same
woman were taking a trip, and had to have
her trunk transported to the depot, sne
wouldn't expect others who were. not tax
Ing trips to help pay for the Transports
alton Of her trunk.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Nd cAusE FOR COMPLAINT

"I'm afraid, VIII, you do not love me any
more-that is, not as we'll as you used to-
why, Gracie,H interposed hubby, 'why
do you say such a thing?"
because you let me get up to light the
fire now"
"Nonsence, my silly lovel Your getting
up to light the fire makes me love you all
the more."-Exchange.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
ON coLpEsT oAY

Cut off the legs OF old silk stockings
and wear them under stockings Of the same
color during the extreme cold weather. No
one else will be able to tell that you have
them on. and you will be surprised to find
how warm they are.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
LABoRER KILLED

Silver City, N. M, Jan. GA laborer was
almost instantly killed at the millsite at
the Tyrone camp the past week. While
at work at the mill, his jumper became
caught in the conveyor belt and he was
drawn into the machinery, being horribly
mangled.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
State Briefs

THE CLOVIS HIGH school opened the
basketball season by defeating Hereford,
VI to IA.
r. L. SPENCER. who recently passed a
worthless check in Roswell, got a fine Of
$50 and the costs.
TEACHERS in Otero county in the future
will be paid in accordance with the length
OF time they have served satisfactorily. In
Bent, District Z, $1,000 additional will be
spent on the new school house, for which
$4,000 in bonds recently was voted.
AN INVESTIGATION is being made of
the killing of seven head of antelope said
to have been run down and shot by hunters
in an automobile, near Clovis.
SUPERINTENDENT e. w. Boyer Of the
Clovis schools has been reelected.
THE CLASSIFICATION of registYants in
Bernaiillo county is practically completed.
OF 149 men examined. AZ have qualified for
full service and 10 for limited service; SS
were disqualified.
OTTO HAMMERLE, who was arrested a
few days ago in Albuquerque on complaint
Of his wife that he had hidden or sold their
automobile without her consent, has dis
closed the hiding place, the car has been
and happiness is restored.
=
BESSIE MAINz. a Las Vegas nurse. fell
on her finger and broke it.
A SON OF REUBEN MUM near Perico
was kicked by a horse recently and painful
ly injured.
W.. II. sPlvY, who recently moved from
Mt. Dora to Louisiana, has arranged for the
sole of 1000 pounds of Pinto beans, F. o. b..
u cents at Mt, Dora. These are the first
New Mexico beans to go to Louisiana.
REV. FRANCIS M,6AcoN of Delta, Colo.
has been called to the rectorate Of the
Episcopal church in Clovis, and will begin
his duties tomorrow.
AT ROSWELL the First Methodist
church unveiled with appropriate ceremon
les the large service flag h%onoring the
young men Of the congregation who are
serving their country.
THE SPRINGER DITCH co. at its
annual meeting at Springer, elected the fol-
lowing directors: J. M. Cunningham, d. T.
Hoskins. L. e. AlIdrege, E. e. johnson and
C. Q. Fisher.
A FINE OF $50 and 30 days in the coun-
ty jail was the punishment given by Judge
Kinney to John Bella of Dawson fro cruel
.ty to animals.
THE NEW MEXICO CENTRAL railway
has been having some trouble because of
lack of water, the big tank at Otto having
frozen. 1t has been necessary to haul va
ter, and on several occasions engines have
been obliged to cut loose and go into Es-
Itancia for water and then reutrn and pick
up the train.
A. ]. LINN, q successful young business
man of Carlsbad, has been given a position
lin the accounting department of the finan-
|cial division of the United States army ord
nance department, with headquarters in
Washington.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
EVENTUALLY

EVENTUALLY
carrizozo outIook:-If we do not save a lt'
tile wheat and meat now, we shall have to
save a great deal later. To borrow the
catch phrase Of a great flour manufaet-
ory: Eventually, why not nowP
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
E FIRE SYSTEM

Springer, N. M, Jan. 24.-Springer's vol
unteer fire department has begun discus
sion of the installation of a modern fire
alarm system.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

1T is HOPED the time will come
soon when the dispatches will say that
a Million Dollar fire WAS to HAYS been
started by a German spy--now deceased
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
With the Hooverites
DO YOUR SHARE
Las Vegas Optic -

DO YOUR SHARE
Las Vegas optlc:-
Little bits Of bacon,
Little grains of wheat,
Give a soldiers body
Energy and heat.
Do your share toward keeping him warm
and full Of vim through the hard winter
months of fighting. He is saving your
country. You save your wheat and fats
for him!
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

THE WEEKLY TRAIN hdld-up and
massacre has occurred in Mexico. We
shall take our entry In that interesting
country in a high.altitude aeroplane.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

ANYHOW, 1t seems to US nothing
less than distinctly unkind for him to
bring up the fact at this time that the
U-boat warfare vas to end the war in
six months.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
THINK or THAT
(Lordsburg Liberal.

One Lordshurg man remarked that
in the neighborhood of four cents each
for an egg WAS a steep price this time
o. year, to which the dealer replied
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
War Is Hell

That General William Tecumseh
Sherman uttered one Of the eternal
verities is becoming more and more
evident. 1t is brought home to the
American people with terrible
shocking power this week.
The horrors of conflict reach
their elimination in the proclama-
ton just issued by the President
calling upon the people of the Unit
ed States to eat corn, rice, barley
and oats two days out of the week.
Such is warfare. A great people
condemned t 0 eat on two days in
the week rich, golden, fluffy corn
bread, spoonbread, corn fritters,
corn pudding, corn-cakes and corn
meal mush. What had the Gallant
Six Hundred at Balaklava on the
stern-faced millions who resolutely
face the bombardment of crisp,
delicate corn-muffins? What had
the terrors of the French Revolu-
ton to compare with the awful fate
of facing a stack of luscious steam
ing buckwheats at breakfast!
See the indomitable ranks of
heroes, with never a moan, placing
themselves on the outside of beau
tifully Drowned, light, tempting, nu-
tritious, rye bread; with rarest pres
ence Of mind swallowing graham
mullins without a sign of agony;
grimly eating hot oatmeal porridge
with rich cream; using flesh-build-
ing barley stoically; bravely chok-
ing down flashed Brown, French
Fried, Lyonaise, Baked-in-Jackets
Mashed, Boiled With reamGravy
Potatoes even as uncomplainingly
and with as much Spartan fortitude
as their ancestors lived in the Wild
ernes on roots, herbs and berries ;
nobly and periodically giving up a
breakfast Of beefsteak, pork chops,
country sausage, roast beef, fried
ham, veal loaf and spareribs every
morning; going for one whole day
in the week without meat, and not a
thing to take its place and allay the
pangs Of starvation but fried chick
en-, southern style, Belgian hare, del
icate cottontail rabbit, possum,
barracuda, shad roe, lobster, oys-
ters, shrimps, tuna, catfish, Fed
snapper, turkey, roast duck, SQUAD,
turtle, halibut, quail-on-toast,
grouse, prairie chicken, salmon,
bonita, mackerel, sardines, sand
dabs and a few dozen other varie-
ties of fish; asked in the nations
crisis to eat cereals, rice, that pro
duced one of the most powerful ma
tons on the globe; such incredible
articles of diet as parsnips, carrots,
peas, beans, celery, beets, satisfy,
pumpkin, onions, turnips, cabbage,
radishes, asparagus, sweet potatoes,
squash, okra or gumbo, and pie
plantl
And a whole day in every week
without eating a bit Of pork! Have
to eat maple sugar once in a while !;
put on a, sugar diet Of nothing but
golden syrup for maybe one day in
the week; commanded to eat only
pound instead of six pounds of
candy in seven days; ordered to use
pure cotton oil products instead of
greasy lard; deprived of the God
given and magnificent American
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
that an ess is a whole days work for a


WE SUGGEST using a part Of that
million soldiers we have at home TO
send down and clean up the Mexican
bandits who have developed such a
penchant for pot-shooting across the
Rio Grande.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

Light-Finuered Gentry

Mt. Dora News:-It seems that no one
can leave anything lay outside over night
without 1t being stolen before moving. If
our laws were so changed that it meant
a life term in the penitentiary, there would
MT be near so much Of that kind ofiwork 60
ing on.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

AT THIS WRITING the wire hasn't
opened and we don't know whether
Mr.. scheidetnahn Is to be burned at
the stake or boiled In oil.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

THERE are some days In the middle
west when they don't have billiards.
but they are not half as frequent as
Sundays and Christmas.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
OR WAS IT Six weeksY

IT'S UP TO you. Mr.. Santa Fe guy.
to save n bushel Of wheat. Get busy.
on 1t right today-for there's no tomor-
row in this food.saving proposition.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

WE CAN imagine how Francis j.
Heney hates to let that stuff get out
about the Packeteers.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
JAIBS int p,ss Solar

OUR DEAR and careful friends the
packers seem not to have been overlook
ing any bets.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

SECRETARY misunderstanding
on the shoulder poilu firing at botches
in trenches) Pardon. monsieur. but
there's an American soldier here who
needs your gun and uniform, much as
we regret to trouble you"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

THOSE who can't nurse can keep peo-
pie from getting sick-and what's that
about an ounce OF prevention?
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

GRANTING 1T ALL. Mr.. Baker. we
have a long way to go yet.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

YOU CAN'T dance de stars to bed
an foiler de sun round de daytime
Atlanta Constitution,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

WE DON'T care so much about the
Germans not reaching the old Jerus-
alem, but 1t Is immateriai how many are
given tickets to the New.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

& fHillsboro Adyocate.)

Senator La Toilette. the country's
disgrace, seems to be peacefully slum-
bering in the arms of senatorial
tesy.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

IF TINS weather continues we should
be able to navigate Santa Fe Creek next
Spring clear UP to the upper falls.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

NEW MEXICO Is asked for 1,42s ship
workers. We aren't long or ships but
we sure have some workers.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

THE CLOVIS HIGH school opened the
basketball season by defeating Hereford,
VI to IA.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31
Red Cross Notes
MACON MOUND FAIR NErs $t,5so

The Red Cross Fair at Wagon Mound last
week, which was opened by Governor Lind
sey al State Superintendent Wagner,
brought in $3.50. At the time the fair was
planned, it was hoped that 5000 could be
made, SO that the Wagon Mound people
greatly exceeded their aim. The bidding on
various articles was high. A rooster which
had been donated was sold, to the surprise
of everybody for $15. ]. Frank Curns is be-
ing given credit for hard work in making
the affair a success. The whole community,
however, Joined in the work Loyalty. 1t was
the best example Wagon Mound has ever
seen Of what can be done when everybody
work tremendously for a definite goal.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

NOW If AUSTRIA will just go a'step
farther and ask for a separate peace
with all the entente she will really be
doing something worth while.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

IF YOU are not a member of the rifle
club you are likely to be pointed out to
tourists as you walk down the street.
"-"
AND If you aren't a member of the
Red Cross, nor buying Thrift Stamps
nor Smileage Books, nor going to the
Fat-Lean basket ball game, wen try
and hush it up as much as possible.
MSHINEv is surrounded by the Ger
mans.
AT LEAST the wire stated Saturday
it was surrounded by Rumanians, who
as we understand 1t, are surrounded by
the Germans.
SOMETHING TELLS us that Stink
ing Lake is never going to be AM priv
ate shooting preserve.
NOW REMEMBER, using 80 per cent
less flour doesn't mean boarding 30
per cent more.
THE GENERAL comment upon look
ing at Gumshoe Bill stones picture is
that he certainly looks like that kind of
a person.
THE ONLY DRAFT RESISTERS
that meet any encouragement out this
way, says the Kansas City Star, are the
ones patriotic women are knitting.
WV"
THE COAL famine, it is pointed out
served one purpose, anyhow. II made
New York go to bed early.
CIVILIZATION is now looking to the
Cossacks, says an exchange. And Ger
many may, with profit, contemplate the
morals Of the %Igorrotes and Wallapai
Indians.
IT MUST be that Count Czernin's
speech, which he says he semi to w.
w, missed the boat, or got Summarized.
"-w~
LEONARD Wood, at that, seems to be
the only American majorgeneral distin-
guished by a wound received under fire.
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RECENT reports lead one to believe
that they misspell the front name of the
Dual Monarchy.
SWEDEN. who consents to let US
have a few boats, seems to be getting
wise to herself.
WV"
THINGS now are buried
out Of sight
Along the road Of
Anthracite.
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IF TINS weather continues we should
be able to navigate Santa Fe Creek next
Spring clear UP to the upper falls.
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THINK or THAT
IT ordshurp Tdherat
El Nuevo mexicano., 1918-01-31

F. L. SPENCER. who recently passed a
worthless check in Roswell, got a fine Of
$50 and the costs.