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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21
GOUenOrS Proclamation
'ple of the State of New Mexico [.

To the People Of the State of New Mexico!
The people of this will have tho opportunity on
june 2sh 1913 Of showing their loyalty and conservation
the great enterprise this nation engaged upon by pedgng
themselves to and economic and war savings
stamps
The material needs necessary successfully prosecute
the war can be met only the people of this nation deny
themselves Of their customary expenditures II
enough to furnish thousands OF young this Is
doing Those must he clothed fed and equipped
" when they willing to give their lives should
hesitate To lend savings
The people Of this state expected aud invest
in War Savings Stamps 20 the maturity value Of 100000
Similar alotments have been made other
President of the United States has called the people
various states June 2sth indicate their willingness
pedgng themselves to purchase War Savings Stamps during
fully to calls made upon and feel the present win
exception
In ord that this state and its people may not fall be
hind other states in responding 70 this call hereby proclaim
Friday, june 2sth,
WAR SAVINGS DAY
for the state Of New Mexico upon which day all persons shall
give their pledges for War Savings Stamps times and
places and IN such may be appointed by Halet
Reynolds savings director for this state acting under the
authority of the secretary Of the treasury and pursuant
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and
Done at the city Of Santa Fe this the 4th day of June
A. d. 1918.
Attested W Il. LINDSEY.
(seal) ANTONIO LUCERo,
Secretary of State.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21
BURGLAR ENTERS IHE
MEANS RESIDENCE

J. \ Means created something pf
q r"muoll"n iu ihr wee small hour,
"Wednesday uIghl When be- began
'h"ollne m, forty four at au mlud
"r Who wa, attempting to rob Ubr
house Tie" fellow managed lp get
away hul when last seen wa. hit
Ting about q sixty mllc clip mln the
brush.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

\ number Of children spent the
day with Mary aud Grace Taylor AT
the Homestead Wednesday. Those
present were isabel Moseley, Gladys
Lingo. Jesse English, Blanch Rilch-
le, Fay and Roy Evans, and Mar
lhiel Narhrough. Mrs. Laura G.
Richie accompanied the children as
rhapcron.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21
COLUMBUS PLANS To RAISE
W. \. \. QUOTA on 2sITI
or County Quota Of S9i.iS0 Only
SiO.57G.3i Has Been Taken
Our Share II Placed nj
One.Seyenth- -Si2 600

We y -
OF the s7OO0.O00 allotted 10 the
state Of New Mexico ~ her qunla
In the sale of War Savings stamps
10 be sold during this calendar year
Luna county has been allotted the
sum of s9kisO. 10 date the total
amount sold Is but little above $40
90.
Columbus has been asked Ia sell
si2.00O worth of stamp. and accord
ing To Postmaster l.. l.. Bnrkhead
shout 5000 have been sold Ia date.
This means that during the next six
months Columbus citizens have gpi
10 spend $1,000 Tor War savings
stamps We have always gone over
the top and this will be- no excep-
iion To the rule.
On National War Savings Stamps
Day the committees will visit every
body and will secure pledges for the
amount you feel that you can huy.
The idea Is Ia get children and those
with small incomes 10 aprcc IN IN
vest certain amount IN the stamps
each week until The end Of the year.
Everybody can buy some. They
are Just as good an investment ~
Liberty Bonds iou pay sal, now
and collect S5OO m lge3. THIS is|
Interest at the rate of four per cent
compounded quarterly.
We have not yet learned who the
committees who will make the
rounds will he hut that makes little
difference for you will not be- over
looked.
The 5000 which has been pledged
10 BE- sold by the retail merchant.
will cut The quota Ia Si.OOO. So on
the 2slh Of the monih We must have
pledge cards signed 10 the amount
OF not less than the $1,000.
William Klein Of The Bazaar. who
Is In charge of the campaign with
the retail merchants to sell s30n0
worth Of stamps has apporiioned |
the sum out IN the merchants Hnd
they have signed the pledge lo sell
the sum opposite their names.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Many are Swing their lives. You
are Just as much Interested IN the
hnal outcome Of the war as they
Il you cant fight you surely can
help equip those who are nghtiug
Lend Uncle Sam every cent you can
spare and then some. Invest your
savings m War Savings Stamps.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

C.. A. ponder has contracted a.
luild a five room house aud bath
with porch for r. ". Elliott. This
building Is Ia be- located on the cor.
nrr southeast aud across the strict
from the present Elliott residence
The lumber is now being delivered
nm the ground
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Two auto loads of Columbus pco.
pile have gone 10 Haywood Hot
Springs for u two weeks stay, The
party consisted Of Mrs r. W Elliott
and son Roy, Mrs Edwin Dean, Mr.
and Mrs. ". r. Page and Miss Mary
Field Page aud Bernice Cowpill.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

In addition TO selling humorous
oil lots or drilling sites In the Inde-
pendent tracts, H. NJ, Carl has sold
to Village Marshal I'd Mackey three
lots IN the Hulsey-Carl addition. also
Two lots 10 ". \. Munger. which are
located Ia The same addition.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

i. A. Hulsey announces the sale
.of two houses and lots of G. n. Me
Auley TO Major Christensen. also a
house and two lots to Mrs. Kate o
Payne.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Frank Wallace this week sold two
of ms barber chairs which were
taken into the military camp for
use there and is replacing them
with two that are more up-to-date
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

A baby hoy was horn To Mr. aud
Mrs. q. II. Parks on Thursday, June
20th.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

some of the real estate men ar,
"l Ne" opinion HAT more husinr,.
m 'i"lr lime could have been trans
wi'd had not 80 much of their
lu" been prr rmpi"d o., the difn-
rnIlir, ih1i arus" between tWu hu,
W"., ilrm, as they with others. sal
"n- hours m solemn roncla,r. ad
Indicating fractional conlrsrictic.
incident thereto
MSS.
Buy THRIFT stamp Every Day.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21
w. n 81

DIR. Dahncy announces the arrival
of a baby girl at the home or Mr.
aud Mrs. Genero Forzan. ON the
morning Of the Goth instant
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

You ,can at least be in the secon,
line of defense be Il war saver.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Buy a Thrift stamp Every Day.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Buy a Thrift Stamp Every Day.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Buy a IhriII Stamp Every Day
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

As WAo 5IdIrd ahONr We huNr UUiII
the end of this calendar year Ia
bay the amount asked of Ms. but
m the 2Sih ol the month the com
mitlocs desire to get pledges signed
mp and get the people 10 buying
stamps whenever they have a two
hlt or large piece they can spare
Many people cannot huy a Liberty
Pond, but everybody can buy thrift
stamps. Encourage your children
to spend their money for them in
stead Of spending II for candy aud
Ice cream and the like.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-06-21

Huy a rDrn stamp Every Day
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

represents ar unthinkable departure from
all the rules OF pTupri,ty.
1t would be difficult u trace the origin
OF the rouge mania ;n America. Those
who claim 10 Know the contents Of the
modern handbag say that even some school
girls carry face pain; sNd use Il moro or
less regularly. Who Is sviUs 10 convince
them that the practice Is .,No,ist and ugly
and that IL deeeives II, oncc The Newark
police have attempted this difficult task.
The police matrons have been ordered to
wash--forcibly IL neCeSsary- face OF
every young girl who is found on the
streets with her checks artiic.ally colored.
One cannot refrain from wishing Newark
luck and power to the elbows Of the police
matrons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
TALKING ALOUD AT LAST

CECRETARY SPROULE, of the State
~ Board of Commissioners of Navigation,
has begun to say aloud what men have
been whispering for years about the rea-
sons for the backwardness of this port.
Whenever two or three informed men
have talked privately on the subject there
has been general agreement. At a dinner
q few months ago speaker, sitting next
to one of the city officials, expressed his
opinion as to the cause. IF you say that
on your feet" said the official, you will
create a sensation"
But all that the speaker said was that
1t was the railroads which had blocked the
development of Philadelphia's water
borne trade. Now Mr.. Sproule, who knows
what fs is talking about, has said the
same thing in the course of an article on
the history and present status of this port,
printed in the Advance, the monthly bulle-
tin of the Corn Exchange Bank.
When we begin to talk in the open about
what every one knows we are making some
progress. If we continue to talk we shall
put the railroads on the defensive and then
we may hope that they will do something
to change tho conditions which have justi-
ded all the criticism to which they are
subjected.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
FROM SEA CIRT TO SEDAN

WHEN a regiment is cited Immediately
w after action it is proved to have done
something momentous and unusually
brave. When an officer is advanced on the
field he receives the highest recognition
possible under the rules of military service.
The ceremony represents the chivalrous
acknowledgment of superors whose own
hard experience has taught them how to
esteem exalted courage.
These distinctions were won by the Hath
Regiment, Camden's old Third Regiment,
n. G. n. j., and two of it's officers in the
final days Of the drive toward Sedan.
Major E. Stone and Major George l.. Selby
and the men in their command were aver
age Americans who trained at Sea Girt in
the easy.going days when there seemed no
possibility of war. They were part of the
National Guard in the days when the Ma
tional Guard was supposed to be old
fashioned and inadequate. The world
has since learned that soldiers scientifically
made are not always the best. Spirit
counts.
The "imponderable" in the Hath and in
all other American units, the win-or.die state
of mind that made a thought of retirement
or defeat unbearable, has added epic pages
even to the stupendous record of the most
awful Of wars.
Camden should do something fine for the
Hath when it gets back with the flags that
never were halted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
READERS VIEWPOINT

Fairness of the Cownsman to the Teachers
To the Editor Of the Euening Public Ledger:
Sir-Permit me to thank the "Gownsman"t
for his masterful presentation of the facts
about teachers salaries in Philadelphia.
Unlike writer signing himself Justice" In
a letter to one Of our papers recently, the
"Gownsman" knows whereof he speaks. Fur
thermore he reveals a large-minded view of
the whole problem, as any intelligent citizen
can readily see. 4
If we can read between the lines and read
correctly, we venture to believe that the
"Gownsman" is not the sort Of citizen who
would begrudge the teacher .wel-chosen, well-S
made, even beautiful clothing. Justice" as
he SO ludicrously miscalls himself might
prefer to see the teachers clad in Cinder-
elias rags or at best clad in severely plain.
lackluster attire--as. for example, khaki
duck in summer and olive drab shoddy in
winter for Justice" Is outraged at the idea
that a young teacher, In moment of en-
thusiasm, exclaimed that she would use her
$50 bonus money to buy an evening coat
II Justice is an experienced shopper he Cor
she) must be well aware that an evening
coat bought for $50 is a very understanding
affair indeed.
But the ideas of Justice about the cloth
ing problem for teachers are Just as far
wrong as the salary figures given in his
remarkable letter. The lowest salary paid
is not $40 for ten months, but 5000 for
twelve months. or $50 a month for ten
months, the teacher being at liberty to work
In mill during the summer as this is q,
free country, thank God The maximum
salary is not reached at the end of fvs
years. but at the end of ten years. Let
Justice" go to the Office of the Board of
Education and provide hmself with copy Of
the salary schedule before sending another
letter to the papers.
Many. many thanks to the EVENING PuB-
Lie LEDGER for its able and persistent re-
iteration of these compelling facts
T.. CAHILL.
1906 North Eighteenth street, Philadelphia.
December l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Member Of the Associated Press
THE CASUALTY LIST SCANDAL

CoMETHING is fatally wrong with the
~ system of reporting casualties to the
families of the dead or wounded For
example. thirty-fve days elapsed between
the death of Major Ward w. Pierson and
the notification of his widow A Comrade
of a young man who was killed in July in
formed the mans parents months ago of
the catastrophe but the family has not yet
received any official information on the
subject and hostilities ended twenty days
ago. Men who have been wounded seriously
have recovered and have been sent home,
have met the postman at the door of their
houses with a letter from the War De-
partment containing the announcement to
their families that they had been killed.
The lists of deaths given to the news
papers contain almost every day the names
of men who are known to be alivo and
well.
All this uncertainty is keeping the wives
and mothers of the men in a state of sus-
pense and strain to which they ought not
to be subjected. There is no necessity
for it.
But there are no indications of dispo-
sition to change the system. We are told
that the total number of casualties has
been 265,00O. The details Of only about
100, 900 men have been reported. The LANES
OF about 10000 remain to be sent across
the ocean. At the present rate it will
take 100 days to get the complete list here,
and the loading of the cables with the
names prevents their Use for o.her matter.
The whole list of 10000 .ould be brought
over the ocean by messenger in less than
two weeks The ocean can be crossed in
eight days, and if we allow two weeks for
completing the work there would be six
days for getting the lists to Paris and de-
nvering them in Washington with the sea
voyage taken out.
1t is about time that some one in author
ity in Washington with little compassion
for the friends of the dead and injured took
the matter in hand and forced expedition
and accuracy in reports.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
WHAT ABOUT ROUGE?

MEWARK has gone, as they say at cleo
= ton times, anti-rouge
The sternly avowed determination of the
city officials to wipe the flaming paint
from the faces of the misguided little sis.
ters who have given themselves over to
that fantastic means of adornment repre-.
sents one of the oldest municipal enter.
prises of recent years. 1t is not altogether
humorous. For undoubtedly one of the
etrangest and most moving sights in all
America Is the immature girl who turns
uron you the serene. guieless and unso-
phisticated eyes of child - and a face
painted like Sioux Indians She doesn't
know that in every other occidental coun-
try lavish use of face paint is the accepted
badge Of those who frankly disdain all or.
ldinary social conventions.
In. the end her painted face is actually
q rather pltiful symbol of innocence. II
81 the final consciousness OF this paradox
that has moved uncounted foreigners to
amusement In France and England we'll
bred women do not paint. The habit Z,
one that Is left. as a rule, to the stage and
~ the giddy minority whic, doesn't take
~ seriously From the viewpoint Of the
11< majority OF French and English girls
Good family The habit Of face painting
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Sartor Resartus

Apparently Mr.. Wilson's visit to Europe
Is far more momentous than any of us
dreamed. Frank Dilnot, writing in the
New York Times, says:
The French people in the streets, as we'll
as the fashionable people whom he will
see at the more distinguished gatherings,
will take a mental note of the Wilson
trousers. or the Wilson necktie and espe-
cially the Wilson hat. These will be the
things by which many Of the, people will
remember his visit. and will to some ex-
tent perpetuate 1t. Let him be careful,
therefore, that he sets the right note.
can foresee. moreover. that his clean
shaven face will do away with many of
the moustaches at present observable in
France. 10 be like President Wilson will
be the fashion.
It is a nice question in international
courtesy. VIII Lloyd George and Foch
shave, or will the President grow a bush
At present, at any rate. Germany looks
like the most clean-shaven thing in Europe.
SOCRATES.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
PRUNES AND PRTSMS
Tribulations

I AM conscientious citizen,
And on Sundays try to read the Sun.
day paper
Without stint or limit.
I study the rotogravure section,
l read the editorials,
The financial news,
The innumerable articles about the League
OF Nations,
The real estate advertising.
The stories of the home life Of theatrical
and movie stars
And why Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks couldn't
get along with Dug,
And the complexities of the Russian prob
lem;
That Omsk twhere is itO has suffered a
coup d'etat what is IT'D;
And that the Presidents mother.in.law is
to occupy
The regal suite on the George Washing
ton"
And oppressed mothers.in-law all over the
world
Now take heart and look for better days.
And I read that the All-Slyest
Still nurses a hope Of getting back to Ber-
And that PERU considers declaring war on
Chile con Carne.
And that an eminent parson says no one
can love New York
Because it is the city Of unbrotherly
shove.
And l read that no one can understand
what is happening
In AlsaCe-Lorraine unless he has read the
novels of
Erckmann- Chatrain (who was the lady0
And I think to myself THAT let's Pershing
out"
And I read that beer has Joined the Great
Majority.
And that some guy earned q place in the
Baltimore Sun
BY saying that everybody in Europe hates
the u. S.
And l read that a millionaire cut his
nephew out Of his will
Because his trouser knees were baggy,
And then,
Thoroughly exhausted,
I come upon an article about the Havasu-
pai Indians
Who hardly ever see a white man,
And l wonder how much It costs
To become a Havasupai Indian?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

on the forces which he knows will
operate at the Versailles conference to
build new empires of selfshness upon the
ruin of Europe. If he succeeds he will
be hailed as the greatest statesman of
his age. If he fails he will be repudiated
as vain victim of his own egotism. 1t
is mark of Mr.. Wilson's confidence in
his own position that he is willing to
risk so much on so perilous an enterprise.
That alone should be an adequate assur-
ancc of his sincerity.
The address to Congress, though it
lifted none of the mists from the Euro
pean situation, was tentative reply to
all Of those who have been convinced
that the President was preparing to
throw the weight of his influence to a
program of Government ownership.
Government ownership and socialistic
administration of other utilities are not
evident in the logic of the President.
The admission of Mr.. Wilson that he
didn't know the answer to the question
of utilities seems to dispose Of the pros
pect of Government ownership. He
implies that the matter is one to inspire
research and constructive reasoning in
Congress. Had Congress been more rea
sonable and more constructive in the
past the railroads might not have proved
inadequate in a crisis and they might
never have passed under Government
control. Congress now has another
chance. The railroads have another
chance. All of the utilities that have
been administered in the past for the
benefit of stockholders rather than for
the benefit of the public have another
chance. For what Mr.. Wilson said of
the railroads must apply with equal force
to the teegraphs and the telephones.
We may yet profit by the war if by the
present confusion the corporations are
taught to function efficiently, profitably
and in an enlightened manner under wise
Federal regulation. No other system is
adequate to America and the needs of
American life.
The plea for woman suffrage was
natural. 1t is highly probable that every
country in Europe will soon grant the
franchise to woman. We cannot afford
to be listed among the backward nations
of the earth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03

TO the Editor OF the Evening Public Ledger.
Sir-1n an editorial on Friday the Eve
MING PUBLIC LEDGER refers to chose who
rail like Roosevelt" 1t is common to hear
Roosevelt spoken of in this way, but have
vet to hear of one criticism he has made
cited as not justified by the facts When the
war started Roosevelt implored this country
to prepare. but President assured us.
there was no necessity for this and begged
us ito pay no attention to those among us
warning had been needed millions of lives
and billions of money would have been saved |!
President Wilson has been his own severest
critic; he has said and done many splendid
things but they almost always have been In
direct contradiction to what he has said or
done before, First 1t was to be peace with
out victory" later force without stint or
limit until the Hun has been beaten to his
knees" LINDA B. TROTII
Philadelphia, December 1.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Unbroken Cabinets

TO the Editor Of the EuentnD Public Ledger.
Sir--With the exception OF the elder Har.
rison, who died exactly one month after
his Inauguration, Franklin Pierce was the
only President whose Cabinet remained un-
changed In personnel during his term of Of
fee His postmaster general was the late
Judge James Campbell, Of this city, father
Of John M. Campbell, former surveyor of
the port g. b.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-03
Our Own War Songs
By Clara the Cockney
The Mother of Six"

MY OLD MAN was a lovable chap
A'A e Dashed my skull in twice;
An I was always fond Of a scrap,
An signed no armistice-
But our six sons was thoroughbred 'Uns-
'Eredity Is so queer!--
Each O. the litter a blinkin' gutter
An one was a profiteer!
CHORUS
They left the 1odr to Mother dear
As quick as quick could be.
An the only one to 90 to ne front
Wds-'oo do you thinkP--but me!
DILL and Ben was Bolshevik,
- Sans cart did palpitate;
And Ed compiled some little tracks
To teach men not to ate;
Joe was blinkin' pacifst
In everything but beer,
And Jack invented a cootie cure
And became a prof1teer!
They left the aOar to Mother dear
As quick as quick could be,
An the only one to 90 to the front
Wds-'Oo do you thinkP-but mel
IF EVER there comes another war
I know what l will do:
I'll never knit bloody sock
An fighting is napoo-
I'll be barsted warrior
At ome-yus, never fear!
I'll sell Jacks cure for cooties
An be a prof1teer!
They left the tcdr TO Mother dear
As quick as quick could be,
An the only one to 90 to the front
Wds-'oo do you think?-but me!