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The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1918-07-27
LIST OF UNCLAIMED LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at Eu-
reka, Nevada
90 Normal School Geo w Goodfollow
Sergeant L Gaumer Mrs Eva Knox
Mrs O W Enke Eureka Banking Go
] r Adams Augustin Garcia
] B Sanchez Mr. Hashimoto
The Mayor City Hall
LAURA HOEGH. Postmaster.
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Sagehen in this section are said to
be quite plentiful this season and a
number of full bags are reported.
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Classified Advertisements

A ADINING-ROOM GIRLS wanted at the
Europa Hotel in Eureka. Wages $50 per
month, with room and board. Steady work.
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Note of Former Residents

Ely Record: l. C. C. Whitmore
pas received information that his
f0n, I'd, has received his commission
r second Lieutenant, and will be
P'a.loned at Fort Benjamin Scott.
Indiana.
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E,ruRnKA sBNrINH II
..ruRDAY. JULY ~, 1918
,ocA1 BREvITIES.

moss matters in Eureka.
!, and Fred Waltz autoed into Eu-
thursday from Keystone to at
j d to some business matters.
u;ss Maud Harris left by Thurs
r,straim for a visit with her sister,
~ H. Estes, at Battle Mountain,
evada.
Victor f. Borgna left for San Fran
20 by Mondays train. where ne
tends enlsting in the United States
rvice.
colo Of the w. H. Smith ranch
,orertv in Newark Valley to Le-
,rro & Co., sheep men, is reported
ending.
Rev. E. H. Price of Elko held re-
nous services in the Episcopal
burch in Eureka on Wednesday
Eening.
Mrs. B. Merialdo, son Vincent. and
buohter. Miss Addie, left by Mon
bv,s train for a few weeks visit at
akland, Cal.
Attorneys Edgar Father and w.
REYNOLDS, and w. R. Gilkey re-
,rned Thursday from an auto trip to
emo and Carson.
The local railway company is ad-
;ertising the sale of undelivered and
pcaled for freight. See notice un-
er New To-Day.
Miss Noko Burdick has returned
Oakland, Cal., after a several
Ieeks' visit with her parents, Mr..
nd Mrs. 7. A. Burdick.
\ Judge Peter Breen returned home
Wednesday from Austin, where he
as been holding a term of the Lam
er County District Court.
DR.. Childs Mantor of Eureka was
ranted license to practice medi-
line in Nevada by the State Board of
Ledical Examiners at Carson City
bst Tuesday.
John Potts and sister returned to
heir home in Monitor Valley Thurs
Nay after several days visit with
heir sister, Mrs. Walter Handley.
t the Cottonwood ranch.
Eugene Davis of New York, inter-
ksted in the Eureka -Croesus Mining
Company here, who has been visit
pg with Major H. G. Catlin. left by
thursdays train for a trip to San
Francisco.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Wattles and
aughter, Mrs. E. C-Boston, have
zone to Reno to seek medical advice
(egarding the condition of Mrs.
Eattles, who has recently not been
h good health.
Senator l.. R. Thatcher of Union
+ reported to have taken over under
working bond the silver, copper
(nd gold mining claims of AL Dees at
paid Mountain, White Pine County.
arrangements are being made to in
|tall a concentrating plant on the
property.
Wednesday, July "a, was the ami
|ersary of the big flood in Eureka,
Fhen II lives and thousands of dol
an ofproperty were destroyed
"nlle it clouded up that afternoon
'nd several drops of rain fell, there
vas little to indicate a repetition of
he disaster.
Ata meeting of the Eureka Dis
ilct School Trustees Thursday. Miss
osephlne Jeffries was reelected as
eacner OF the Fourth, Fifth, and
1ln grades for the coming school
ear Miss Jeffries leaves by Satur-
ay S train to spend the remainder
| lhe vacation period at Berkeley
10 other points in California.
Inc County Board of Education
us week received telegram from
''sS Lottle Feeley, teacher of the
numerical Department in the High
'"ool last year and reelected for
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Su1ar Warning

Sugar Warning
In large poster bills. notice is given
by the Federal Food Administration
for Nevada that all persons holding
more than 30 days supply of sugar
(three pounds per person. must re-
port the quantity thereof to w. H.
Russell, Eureka, Nevada. Eureka
County Administrator, on or before
August l, 1918.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
MILLERS ASK FOR
SPECIAL RATE ON
new MEXICO GRAIN
OUTPUT FOR THE STATE FOR
THIS YEAR Is OFFICIALLY
ESTIMATED AT 100000
BUSHELS OF WHEAT A
BIG INCREASE

Special rates for the moving of
wheat and flour in New Mexico will
be applied for by committee repre-
senting the millers and wheat raisers
who met in Albuquerque last week.
Data was telegraphed to Washington
showing the cost of milling in New
Mexico, and a request for food re-
gulations that will secure justice to
millers and growers was included.
Col A. J. Hunt, of Kansas City,
chairman Of the flour milling divi-
sion of the national food admins
tration. who was the principal speak
er at the meeting, advised the millers
and wheat growers to secure modern
machinery for the handling of wheat
in order to practice economy. He
advised all farmers to equip them
selves with modern threshing ma
chinery as the loss in wheat by the
use of obsolete threshinp was enor-
nous.
At the afternoon section a letter
from R. F. Hane, field agent of the
department of agriculture. was read.
Mr.. Hare writes that the official
estimate of the output of wheat
in New Mexico in 1918 is 2.2o0OO0
bushels. He writes that approxima-
tely 1870 acres Of wheat are in
cultivation.
The millers were told by Col Hunt
that the government was anxious
for every mill, no matter how small,
to continue grinding wheat.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
REGISTRATION IN STATE
OF TWENTY.ONE YEAR OLD
SOLDIERS FALLS TO HALF

Like election returnes in New
Mexico, reports from the registration
of June S have been slow coming
into the capitol. Enough counties
have been heard from by this time
to indicate that the number of boys
who have reached the age of Fl
this year and have not already join
ed the service is about half what the
authorities expected.
Taking the proportion Of men at
the age of Fl years who registered in
the draft a year ago, it was found
to be near 10 per cent. Using this
ratio as a basis New Mexico was ex-
pected to raise = quota Of $500 Ow-
ing to the fact that a greater pro-
portion of New Mexico boys have
enlisted than the average for other
states, many of the boys who were
counted on to register were found
to be already with the colors, hav-
ing enlisted in the army.
Captain r. c. Reid. federal disbur.
sing officer here, states that whereas
for the United States in general the
proportion of volunteers to the total
number of men in the army is &c
per cent, in New Mexico the proper
tion is 81 per cent
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
COURT IS
AFTER PERSONS WHO
SELL SOLDIERS Drink
OFFENDER RECEIVES JAIL
SENTENCE; OTHERS RE.
LEASED BECAUSE OF NIT.
IQAT1No CIRCUMSTANCES
OF THEIR CASES

The jury brought in q verdict of
guilty in the case of the government
vs.. Lem Moore, who was tried in
federal court on the charge of Civ
ing or selling whiskey and wine to
soldiers at a place called Ada, near
Deming. u. S. District Judge Colin
Neblett, who tried the case in the
federal court, had instructed the jury
that allowing soldiers to get alco.
holics at a meal and charging an
excess profit on the meal to cover
such beverages is a violation of the
law.
The court dismissed the charge
against E. J. Wasridge who was in
Quoted into the army. Wasridge is
a youth of l8 or 10 years of age and
it was alleged that he was walking
along the street as soldiers passed
and that one of the soldiers exc1am
ed. "here boy, get bottle of whis.
key" handing Wasridge two silver
dollars. Prompt action followed.
Judge Nebiett sentenced Rudolph
G. Butler to serve ten months in u.
S. jail and to pay a fine of $500 and
costs for selling liquor to soldiers,
The case of the government vs..
Juan Rivera, charged with giving
whiskey to soldiers, was dismissed.
Evidence was introduced to show
that soldiers entered Rivera's house
at Las Cruces.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
SANTA FE WOMEN FORM A
VIGOROUS DEFENSE BODY

Commissions issued from the gov
ernor's office to the woman's county
council of defence recently organ
lied with Mrs. I. H. Rapp, as chair
man; Mrs. A. B. Rehehan, secretary
Mrs. James L Seligman, disbursine
officer; Mrs. R. E. Twitchell, publi-
city; Mrs. Otero-Warren, oreaniza-
tion committee; Mrs. Kate Hall, reg
;stration; Mrs. J. M. Diaz. food pro.
duction and victory gardens; Miss
Flora Conrad. child welfare; Mrs
Loveland, health and recreation and
social service. Mrs. A. ]. Fisher, pat
riotic education and public markets
Mrs. ]. H. Wagner. Liberty Loan
and Thrift Stamps; Mrs. Grace B.
Ormsbee. home and foreign relief
ecnomics> ;, Mrs. Harry [. Wilson,
food conservation and library work
The last named will select four
teams from Santa Fe county to at
tend the Mothers and Daughters
congress at Albuquerque during the
last week Of June.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
DON'T BE AN ACCESSORY
BRING PROFITEERS TO TIME

The President placed himself iu
an embarrassing position when he de-
clared in his recent address to Con-
gress that there now exists profiteer,
ing that cannot be got At by the res
traints of conscience "aud the infor-
nation with regard to it is available
and indisputable." As Senator Borah
very pertinently.. pointed out. the
government has recently convicted a
woman of sedition for saying among
other things. "No government which
is for the profiteers can also be for
the people, / am for the people,
while the government is for the pro-
fiteers." There is no question that
the woman was wrong in saying
that the government is for the prof
iteers, and yet she has semblance
of corrogoration when the President
announces that the government has
evidence available and indisputa Bile"
if the profiters be not brought to
account. 1t is surely up to the admin
istration to name and convict the
profiteers, in the public mind if not
in the courts.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
HEALTHY CONDITION OF
N. M. BANKS SUMMARY

Deposits in state banks alone have
Increased nearly $3,OO0,OOO in the last
year. The exact figure is 2,o41 .366.o3
~ given in a condensed statement
by State Bank Examiner Geo. II. Van
Stone, for a period from May l, 1917
to May 10, 1918, just year and nine
days.
Bank resources of the state amount
10 $8Ol7 72Oo%. Of this amount
$206l9, 1926 is represented by state
regulated banks, which show an in
crease of $4,2479O2s8 for the year.
The increase for national banks
though not shown in the statement
s said to be in proportion.
Investments in Liberty Loans by
state banks form a part of $92067463
held by state banks in the item of
stocks and other securities This is
An increase of $647,93362.
For the two months between
March 4 and May 10, 1918, an in
crease of $500 is shown in state
bank reserves, while deposits because
of war donations and bond buying
have been reduced by the compara-
sively small figure of $1,000 in round
dumbers.
There are lis banks in the state.
Of this number II are state banks
and ~ are national, six state banks
have been organized since May /,
1917; The Citizens Bank, Fl. Suin-
ner. The Farmers and Stockmen's
Bank, Estancia; The Farmers State
Bank, Texico; The First State Bank,
San Jon; First State Bank of Cap
tan; The international State Bank.
Ration. In the last year only one
state bank, The Farmers Trust
and Savings Bank of Las Cruces has
gone out of business.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
NEW MEXICO LUMBERMEN
ARE READY TO HELP WIN
THE WAR IN ANY MANNER

To help win the war by preparing
to cooperate with the government to
the fullest extent should a lumber
administrator be appointed for the
state of New Mexico, representatives
of the industry from all parts of the
state yesterday organized Lumber
mems associotion, with especial ref
erence to the retail trade.
James Doolittle manager of the Al
buquerque Lumber Co.. was elected
president; Jacob Proebstel of Santa
Fe. Vice-president and Clarence Iden
Of the Gross Kelly company's Las
Vegas branch. secretary. Statistics
will be compiled on the cost of do
ing business. to be placed at the
disposal of the government. 1t is
considered likely that a lumber ad-
ministrator will soon be named in
each of the states.
r. D. Mundeil a member of the
Rocky Mountain Lumber Dealers
Assn, came from Denver to address
the meeting and assist in the organ
ization. He brought a message from
national conference Of business
men in Chicago held three weeks
ago, to the effect that while many
of our citizens are prepared to give
their lives il need be in the war,
business men should be willing to
give their property If asked for, and
otherwise to organize for the aid
of the government in any way il
may direct at this time.
Albuquerque. Santa Fe, Las Vegas,
Espahola, Ration and other cities
were represented
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
LARGE NUMBER TEACHERS AT
SILVER CITY STATE NORMAL

With an enrolment the opening
week of almost 800 teachers and stu
dents.. the State Normal summer
school bids fair to equal. If not ex-
ceed its enrolment of last year. This
is regarded as remarkable, inasmuch
as the war has had a marked effect
on school attendance at the higher
educational institutions.
President f L. Enloe, who has
worked hard to make this years
summer school success is especia-
lily gratified at the large attendance.
The teachers attending are from al
most every section of the state.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
EACH UNIT OF OUR ARMY
ADOPTS FRENCH ORPHAN

The Stars and Stripes, official jo-
urnal of the American Expedition
ary Forces, has proposed lately to
each unit of General Pershing's
Army, Infantry, Battery, and Esca-
drille, to adopt a French War Orph-
an and give 500 francs a year until
the majority of the child.
Sixty-four adoption papers were
presented to the Bureau of News
papers and to the Committee of the
American Red Cross. the aviation
division has adopted l9 orphans.
One division has sent to the news
paper l,750 francs for two orphans
and also provision for two Others.
A letter accompanying one of these
requests reads as follows;
1--WE are happy that you permit US
to contribute and adopt so many Or
phans We feel that this is a very
slight restitution to France for all
that we owe her"
Each unit is collecting so as to
have a little French child as a mas
cot. Most of the requests specify
age and how tall the child shall be,
and very often the color Of the hair
and eyes. In the presence Of so many
thousand little childrens. the Red
Cross Committee has rather a task
to answer all these requirments.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
PRAIRIE DOG POISON NOT
TOOTHSOME TO THE QUAIL
NO DANGER SAYS WARDEN

Discussion of the action of the
biological survey of the United
States which with the cooperation
of the state has for some months
been engaged in the task of des-
troying all the prairie dogs in New
Mexico. has been rife during the
past week.
1t seems that the claim was made
that quail and in some cases doves
poisoned by the grain which has
been set out as bait for the field
rodents. State Game Warden Thco-
dore Roualt, Jr. in a public letter
has declared that little damage of
this kind has been done, in the
knowledge OF his office.
Only two quail. and but a few
doves have been poisoned so far as
he is informed, and this is ascribed
to the fact that poisoned oats were
used in one instance where others
were not available.
The birds hull such grain as they
pick up, and therefore do not usual
ly take the poison. The greatest
care is being used by the poison
crews to set out only selected oats.
From IS to 90 per cent of the
prairie dogs are killed off by the
poisoning where it is being done
The remainder are ehoked with
poison gas which is applied by means
OF special generator in the prairie
dog holes.
Most of the work OF poisoning
by grain is now finished and several
crews are at work in different parts
Of the state using the gas. Stock.
men and farmers will gain to the
extent of millions OF dollars in in
creased values when the prairie dogs
are exterminated
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
THE BEAM IN HIS EYE
HIDES PUBLIC WELFARE
Special to State Record.

Special to State Record.
Washington, June ll.-When re-
ports are heard of the Utterly reck-
less expenditures the present Admin
istration is making one naturally
thinks of the thousands of poor
people who are denying themselves
real necessities to. make a payment
of dollar week on Liberty Bond.
The Chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce is a Florida
Democrat. He has a small private
office adjoining the larger commit
tee room in the Capitol that he
conceived to be inadequately lighted.
The other day there was installed
on his order ten-light chandelier
of cut glass which cost the gov.
ernment $500. 1t is understood that
the illumination OF the little room
is now sufficient. The irony of the
thing is that the Commerce Com
mittee is the one that has been in
vestigating- the Hog Island ship
building plant, concerning which such
loud cries of extravaganza were
raised.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
RUIDoSO RESIDENTS
HAVE DAY IN COURT
over WATER RIGHTS
Ell PASO q SOUTHWESTERN
RAILWAY ACCUSED OF
WANTING WATER WHICH
so SETTLERS SAY THEY
NEED FOR IRRIGATION

Sixty settlers in the Ruidoso val
ley and along the Bonita and Eagle
creeks in Lincoln county were rep
resented in the federal district cou-
rt here on Saturday, when they sou-
ght by injunction to restrain the Ell
Paso! and Southwestern Railway
from tapping the headwaters OF the
Ruidoso for railway purposes.
The claim was made by the farm
ing men of that vicinity that they
need all the water that they can get
and more. The wheat irrigating sea-
son begins with the years beginning,
and corn, alfalfa and later garden
crops require water until the end
of October. For thirty years they
have been applying the waters of
the Ruidoso and its tributary stre-
ans as they see fit, and have brought
1000 acres under cultivation along a
river frontage or 20 miles Col Geo
rye w. Pritchard acted as their at
torney. and among those appearing
were State Senator J. v. Tully and
Frank B. Coe of Glencoe. The suit
was brought in the name of J. F. Al
lison and others.
The railway has begun the cons
truction of wier at point 81 miles
from their line, and it was on infor-
nation that they had begun to get
pipe ready that the suit was begun.
The railway through their attorney
w. A. Hawkins denied that it was
the intention of the road to build
a pipe line just yet. and also denied
that the farmers need all OF the
water. He set up claim to certain por-
tion Of the waters through grant that
the road has secured from the de-
partment of the interior in conjunc-
tion with federal Indian service, and
alleged that the water is needed by
the railway to operate number Of
extra trains made necessary by the
army camps along the E. P. & s. w.
and connecting lines
After hearing a number of witness
es and receiving affidavits covering
certain contentious of both parties
to the suit, Federal Judge Colin
Neblett ruled that the case will re-
main on the docket, and may be
opened up again at any time the
complainants desire to do so, if it ap-
pears to them that the railway has
made definite enough move on the
water resources on which to make an
injunction,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
COAL DISCOVERED
Near PoRTALES BY
4 WELL DRILLER
II VEIN Is AS THICK As RE.
PORTED AND QUALITY IS
GOOD THE FUEL BILLS OF
THE PKO0S VALLEY SEQ.
TI0N WILL BE OUT HALF

J. Jones. living about fourteen
miles west Of Portales. while dig.
ging a we'll, found about a four or
six foot vein of coal. The exact
thickness of the vein was difficult
to determine from the fact that their
only means of arriving at any con-
clusion was from the amount OF this
deposit brought up in the slush
bucket. The deposit Is about one
hundred and thirty feet below the
surface. Samples brought to Por-
tales indicate that the quality is
good. Two miles further west
Clarence Newman also found coal in
a well he is putting down, which in
is identical with that
found on the Jones place, however
the vein does not appear to be quite
so thick.-Portales News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
MESQUITE ADDS MOISTURE
AND HUMUS TO THE SOIL
SAYS COLLEGE BULLETIN

That the mesquite bush is a factor
in conserving moisture, and that its
use for this purpose may be of bene-
fit to the New Mexico farmer is ad-
vanced by the state agricultural col
In unirrigated mesa soils IN this
part Of the country mesquite may
be used to store up moisture and
also to add nitrogen and humus to
the ground. OF course some sunshine
is sacrificed on account Of the shade
from the bushes, but this is made up,
it is claimed, by increased produc-
tivity.
There aresi certain grasses and
weeds that grow we'll in moderate
shade; one of the most promising
of which appears to be the mesquite
grass (MUHLENBERGIA PORTE
RID. In some places nearly every
mesquite bush has more or less Of
this grass growing beneath it; and
the growth made by the grass, eveA
during a dry season is usually fair
ly good. During 1917, several bunch
es of this plant, occupying q space
of approximately twelve square feet
O'.S"'" n.eS4u'tS Jus" ~t o.@lS
College, N. M. produced total OF
l4.6 ounces OF air dry matter. or at
the rate OF 33l2 pounds OF hay. per
acre. The roots extended beyond the
space occupied by the top; but the
grass was at some disadvantage on
account OF being situated on soil
that was five of six inches higher
than surrounding ground. and some
OF the moisture that tell ran beyond
the reach OF the roots. 1t had not
been protected from stock in past
years and 1t is doubtful II any other
grass common to southern New
Mexico would have produced so
heavily with such small amount
OF moisture Inc precipitation tor
the whole year was ouly S.S8 inches:
a small amount OF which tell after
the grass had been cut and weighed
The seed OF this species germinates
taitiy well ana II might NOT De very
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-06-14
BEAN6ROWERS TO
ORGANIZE IN ALL
PARTS OF THE STATE
DELE0ATES FROM LOCAL.
ASSOCIATIONS TO PORN
THE STATE BODY, Off.
GERS ELECTED AND Re-
CONCENTRATIONS MADE

w. F. Martin of Mountainair was
elected president of the New Mex
leo Bean Growers Association, which
was formally organized Monday. c.
H. Gaylord Of French was made vice
president and c. M. Milbourn OF Es-
tancia. seeretary-treasurer.
1t is planned to form local asso-
Citations in all parts of the state,as-
each to elect delegate who in turn
will represent the local in the state
association.
A trade name for New Mexico
pinto beans will be sought and an
advertising campaign will be opened
to increase the popularity of the
product.