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Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
Lists 3-4153. -S-4257.
Restoration to Entry of Lands in
National Forest.

Notice is hereby given that the lands
described below, embracing 1872 so
acres, within the Coronado & ella Ma
tiOnal Forests, New Mexico, will be
subject to settlement and entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws of
the United States and the act of June
IL, 1906 ga Stat, 1881, at the United
States land office at Las Cruces, New
Mexico, on August "a, 1918. Any set
tier who was actually and in good faith
claiming any of said lands for agricul-
tural purposes prior TO January !, 1906,
and has not abandoned same, has a
preference right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli-
cations of the persons mentioned below,
who have a preference right subject to
the prior right of any such settler. pro-
vided such settler or applicant is quail
fed 10 make homestead entry and the
preference right is exercised prior to
August "a, 1918, on which date the
lands will be subject to settlement and
entry by any qualified person.
The SWt NET, the 81 NEi SCI, the
Sci SET, the M SWt SET, the NW4
SET, Sec. II, T. 33 S., r. 81 w, N. M.
P. M, 100 acres. application of Fairy
F. Estes. Cloverdale, New Mexico;
List 3-4l53.
The SW4 NW4 SEt.. the Wa SWt
SET, the SCI SWt, the 81 NEt SWi,
the SW Ia NE Ia NE IA SW Ia, the
81 NV IA NE Ia SW Ia. the NV Ia
NV IA NE Ia SW Ia, the Ei of Lot
3 40 %acres), the FL Wa Of Lot 3 10
acres), the E4 Of Lot 4 40 acres), the
E4 Wa of Lot 4 no acresl, Sec. Z, I.
Is S., r. IS W., except that portion
Q57. 80 acres heretofore restored under
List 3-2244, the net area hereby listed
being $50 acres. All lands covered by
the original list not embraced in List
3 .4257, will revert TO the status which
it occupied prior Ia the original listing.
subject TO any valid adverse claim.
Application of Gideon F. Thorp who
made Las Cruces H. E. Oll3O6; List
3-4257. G. NJ. BRUCE,
Assistant Commissioner Of the General
Land Office. June 10. 1918.
June 23-July 10.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
DESTRUCTION OF sOAPwEEO
This Valuable Western Range
Feed Now Being Utilized
Fiber Company.

Soapweed for years past has
been the salvation of The cowmen.
Many of our ranchmen have
numerous sections with absolutely
nothing on it but soapweed. The
country is very arid, and we're it
not for the browsing obtained on.
this land the utilization of the
rest of the great areas for the
production of stock would be
utterly impossible, and a valuable
industry in promotion of wealth
and food for the country would
be seriously crippled. Vast areas
of government land have this
soapweed growing. Thisland has
been used by cattlemen from
time immemorial, and since the
recent demonstration of its value
as a stock food when cut up and
mixed with other foods, its
protection is vitality necessary.
Receptly a we'll know concern
of st. Louis which manufactures
fibre and sells a great deal of it's
output at this time to the govern
ment, has secured a permit to
cut this fibre from government
land. Bear grass, soapweed and
other kindred plants belonging
to the Yucca family can be
utilized for this fibre. There are
also many other things that can
be used to make fibre, but this
company has been turning its
attention to the Yucca plants, and
their permit covers the cutting
of as much as 5000 acres. In this
country the soapweed furnishes
what they want and they are
playing havoc with the range.
The attention of the Panhandle
& Southwestern Stockmen's asso-
citation has been called to what
might be a serious calamity were
it continued, and through
Senators A. B. Fall, A. A. Jones
and Congressman w. b, Walton,
OF New MEXICO, an appear mas
been made to the Interior Depart
ment at Washington to stop Civ
ing such permits, as the govern.
ment gets nothing for it.
While the cowman of this state
is not asking the government to
give him any special favors. it is
quite apparent that were it not
for the fact that cattlemen have
come out on the dry western
wastes and managed to tide their
herds through seasons of drouth
by use of these plants, the sale
of thousands of acres of dry land
by the government or their lease
would never have been practical.
We think Uncle Sam will realize
that it is really protecting his
own interest when he prevents
the destruction of this valuable
food plant for use as a fibre
when other things can take it's
place.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
DEPARTMENT. OF THE INTERIOR
United States Land Office.

Las CTuceA, New Mexico.
May 2S, 1918.
Notice Is hereby given that the State
Of New Mexico has filed Indemnity
school Land Selections for the follow
ing described, unappropriated. unre-
lerved public lands:
List No. S307. Serial No. OtS271. for
the SWhNEh: SEhNWh; SWh; W.
SEA Sec. 10, T. 81 S. r.. 20 w, n. NJ
List No. 1924. Serial No. O1s265. for
the NEhSWh: SWhNEh; Lots /. 2. 8,
Sec. 1. r. so s.. r. II W; Lot 3. NEh
SWh Sec. Z. 7. 81 S. r.. 16 w Et6NEh:
E%SEA; swhSEh; sEHswh Sec. .,
7 81 s.. II 10 W. y. NJ. =. NJ.
List No. S295. Serial No. 01S266. for
the SWkSWh Sec. 9. T. 81 S. r. 10 W:
sen Sec. %. r. 30 s.. r. 10 W. NEh:
N'aSEh: SWhSEh Sec. %, T. 30 s., II,
10 w, N. NJ. =. NJ.
List No. S292. Serial No. 01s263. for
the SEhSEh; SWh Sec. 27, r. 30 s..
r.. ~ w. y. NJ. =. NJ.
The purpose Of this notice Is to al
low all persons claiming land adj
versely. or desiring to show u to be
mineral in character. an~OppOrtunity to
hle objection to such location or selec-
ton with the Register and Receiver,
u. = Lam ONCE, at Las Cruces. n. NJ.
and to establish their Interest therein.
or the mineral character thereof.
JOHN J.. BURNSIDE,
June 2f-July 10. Register.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
Serial No. Ol7g76
NOTICE

U. s. Land once at Las cruces. n. N

VI 3 Land Odice at Las Cruces. N. NJ.
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day of March, A. d. 1918, the San
Ia Fe Pacific Railroad Company, made
application at the United States Land
Office at Las Cruces, New Mexico, to
select under the Act of April 2Sth, 1904,
(33 Stat. $3.50 the following described
land to-wit:
Southwest quarter Of the southeast
quarter of Section "a, Township rs s.,
Range lS w, N. M. p. Meridian, con-
tanning 40 acres
The purpose of this notice is to allow
all persons claiming the land adversely.
or desiring to show it to be mineral in
character an opportunity to file obiec-
ton to such location or selection with
the local land officers for the land dis
trict in which the land is situate, to-wit:
at the land Office aforesaid. and to es-
tablish their interest therein, or the
mineral character thereof.
JOHN L. BURNSIDE,
June 7-July 5. Register.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
NOTICE.
State of New Mexico,
County of Grant.

State of New Mexico,
County of Grant. So
To whom it may oncern and espec-
tally to all persons who are or who may
become interested in the estate of John
d. Weems, deceased, late of the Coun-
ty Of Grant, in the State of New
Mexico:
Whereas, the last willard Testament
of John ID. Weems, deceased, has been
filed in the office of the County Clerk,
for probate, you are hereby cited TO
appear before a Probate Court, TO be
holden at Silver City, N. NJ, on the
23rd day Of July, 1918. at 10 a. m, the
time set by the said Court for the pro-
batting of said last Will and Testament
Of John d. Weems, deceased.
Witness, A. /. Murray, Judge Of said
Court, this 25th day of June, 1918.
T. w. HOLLAND, County Clerk.
BY c. r. Taylor, Deputy.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-06-28
AVIsO.
Estado de Nuevo MEXICO, 90
CondadO de Grant. 90

AANAAAA8 ~ Nh1N0 AAAIAAkH 90
CondadO de Grant.
A quien lie ~interese:y especialmente a
tOdas personals que estan o puedan estar
%interesadas en- ell estado de John d.
Weems, difunto, finado del Condado de
Grant y EstadO de Nuevo MEXICO.
Siendo que, la ultima voluntad y tes-
tamento de John d. Weems, difunto,
ha sidO protocalada en- la officina del
SecretaTio de Condado, para ser pro-
bada; estan por esta citadRs de aparecer
ante la Corte de Pruebas, que re reunira
en- Silver City, N. M, en- la dia % del
Julio, A. ID. 1918, 10 a.. m, ell tempo
senalado por dicha Corte para probRT
dicha vOluntad y testamentO de John d.
Weems, difunto.
Allestique, A. L. Murray, Juez de
dicha Corte, esta. diA. 25 JUNO, A. ID.
1918. II. VI. HOLLAND,
Secretario de Condado,
By c. r. Taylor, Diputado.
June 28-July 10.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
in
Picardy Keep
Foe on Jump
By Wilbur Forrest
(Special Cable to The Tr;bvne,

NOpeCM CGOte 10 Inc Ir1CNrel
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN
PICARDY, May 1s.-If the American
sector in Picardy is an indication of
the Germans nerves along the entire
battleline, the enemy must act soon
or become nervous wreck. He is
doing his best to turn the night into
day over the actual lines, and he is
occasionally hosting his new red flares
hundreds Of feet into the air, while
his airplanes drone loudly over the
American back areas.
Last night t.!efe was a quarter
moon. family Illuminating a sky so
full of stars that it would seem i'm
possible to crowd another in. The
front line was semi-circle of light as
it wound down on one side of Mont
dldler and went back on the other.
Back Areas in Darkness
The back areas were in semi-dark-
ness. 1t was as if theatre audience
were watching a stage. Above this
imaginary audience at least a dozen
enemy planes were sending down the
peculiar grinding noise of the German
motor. The Allied anti-aircraft guns,
annoyed at this intrusion, sent high
explosives into the upper void which
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

detonated with a noise like h;tt;n.
empty barrel with a clod Of div an N
stabbed the sky like bursting stars '''S
IN the meantime the American az
tiilery had ceased to fire, in order moi
TO give away its positions to the lurk.
ing enemy birdmen. After awhile tbs
dronlng of the planes and the anti.
aircraft fire grew fainter. Then ths
American gunners again turned lonss
their cannon on the enemy's rear srS
on the villages and roads where NJ
supply trains and men were cravlins
toward his front lines.
Bird Sings as Shells Scream
The droning in the sky again toya
the artlllerymen that the nervous
Boche was looking and listening aesin.
The artillery ceased and the anti.sir.
craft guns took up the battle again M.
I'll the invisible enemy planes droned
on through the stars to safer com.
munities.
Occasionally one could hear ensrv
shells arriving in f1ocks at different
points in our rear. Many of these
focks ploughed up innocent wheat
fields, because the nervous Boche o..
liberated with characteristic German
high explosive hate.
Just outside The Tribune corre.
spondent's dugout at midnight !
French mocking bird was telling the
world what he thought of the war
Nearby focks of shells only made him
sing louder, and he Knocked everything
from droning enemy airplanes e
,anary birds for four hours.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
The Official Statements

LONDON May 1sd Marshal Haigs from British head
quarters IN France to-da sad
raids
Molancour Euluch
ian Mrlancou village taking
the prisoners and machine gun
without incurring casualties themselves
The hostile artillery somewhat active this morning in the
Vilers Bronneux
DAYTh artillery activity night both sides
ty also the Hazebrouck Ypres
Violent Bombarment Continues Along the Somm Paris Reports
PARIS May 1S7he War Office today issued the toloomg:
DAYThcre violent bombardment points the
front north of the Avre
(Campagne and north of Four-de-Paris
without results
Italians Hold Positions Monte Como in Strong Attack
ROME May 1-Geneal issued the tooung
DAYTwo projectors
compelled
held
Berlin Reports Sixteen Allied PLANES Down
BERLIN, London May 1STh statement from the War Of
flee to-day reads:
considerably before harasng
continued led violent
fighting district
occasions prisoners brought in.
Sixteen captive balloon
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Nation Knitted Together

"Have you formed a picture in
your Imagination Of what this war is
doing for us and for the world? In
my own mind I am convinced that
not hundred years Of peace could
have knitted this nation together as
this single year of war has knitted
it together; and better even than
that, if possible, it is knitting the
world together.
"Look at the picture! In the CEN
tire of the scene four natnons en-
gagged against the world, and at every
point Of vantage, showing that they
are seeking selfish aggrandisement; /;
and against them, twenty-three gov
ernments, representing the great
part of the population of the world
drawn together into new sense of
community of interest, a new sense
of community of purpose, new
sense of unity Of life. The Secretary
Of War told me an interesting Incl
dent the other day. He said when
he was in Italy member Of the Ital-
ian government was explaining to
him the many reasons why Italy felt
near to the United States.
"If you want to try an interest
ing experiment go up to any one of
these troop trains and ask in Eng
lish how many of them have been
in America and see what happens.
Heart of America in Italy
"He tried the experiment. He
went up to a troop train and he
said, How many Of you boys have
been in American and he said il
seemed to him as if half of them
sprang up: Me from San Fran
cisco; me from New York; all over.
There was part of the heart OF
America in the Italian army. People
that had been knitted to us by as.
sociation who knew US, who hac
lived amongst us, who had worked
shoulder to shoulder with us, anc
now friends of America, were fight
ing for their native Italy.
Friendship is the only cement
that will ever hold the world to
gether. And this intimate contac-
Of the great Red Cross with tn.
peoples who are suffering the ter
rors and deprivations of this wal
is going to be one of the creates
' instFumentalities of friendship tha
the world ever knew, and the centre
OF the heart of it all, if we sustai,
i properly, will be this land tha
We so dearly love.
Must Serve One Another
My friends, a great day of dut,
has come, and duty finds mani
III as no kind of work can eve
Il it.
May l say this? The duty tina
faces US all now is to serve one an
ther, and no man can afford b
make q fortune out Of this war
There are men amongst US VIII
have forgotten that, if they eve
saw it. Some Of you are old enougl
Il am old enough-to remembe
men who made fortunes out Of tn
Civil War, and you know how the
were regarded by their fellow-citi
zens. That was ar to save on
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Both Sides Desperately
Prepare For Death Grapple
Ludendor Sends Aviators Scuryng Like Rngmaster in
Circus-Young Enemy Commanders Glory
in Feeding Men to Guns
By Arthur S. Draper

mon, the orchestra of guns has sud-
denly become so loud that it seems as
II they were trying to silence the thun-
der of violent spring storm. Their
rumble and roar are audible more than
hundred miles behind the lines.
Expect Two Attacks
1t correct deductions are drawn, there
will be simultaneous attacks on two
battle fronts, one perhaps moro power
full than the other. In other parts of
the battlefield there may be diversions
which may very possibly develop into
major operations overshadowing in in
terest and Importance the main at.
tacks.
Great gun fire in the last few days
has been directed at the front covering
of the Armentieres salient. Despite
terrific hammering, the Givenchy p%si-
tlons have been held intact by the
British. 1t is possible that the Ger
mans will try to drive in salient here
and widen it as they have done several
times successfully in this campaign
Although it is particularly danger
GUS tactics, the young German officers
with their highly disciplined troops
seem to welcome an opportunity to
show their initiative in this style OF
fighting.
The fact that the enemy's gunfire
has been concentrated on the southern
half of the battle front doesn't mean
necessarily that he has selected that
place for his main attack. But it is
highly possible that converging at.
tacks on St. Pol and Doullens might be
made from the Bethune front and from
the Arras-Albert front. If success.
full, they would pinch OFF Arras and
Vimy Ridge.
Foe Has the Men
In the opinion of military experts, the
enemy will be able to attack with q
force little inferior numerically to that
used on March 21. Ludendorff has the
men and guns to use over ffty-mile
front if he SO desires. The longer he
delays the more troops he can use in
| the West
This will prove long, anxious sum.
mer of fighting, with men the control.
ling factor in the final result. Time il
with the Entente, But it is half-neu.
trail, half-Ally. No sparring tactics
will bring a decision. The belligerenta
must come to grips, and this they will
certainly do very soon.
Ludendorff is expected to try for a
quick success at Ypres first, because
Of the moral effect Of victory there
He will try to reach the Ypres plain in
the first day of his next drive.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
American Downed Two Planes
In Minute, Pershing Reports
OF AR Battle Given in COMMUNICATE Captain
Peterson Bags German Machines While Awaiting
Arrival of French General

WASHINGTON, May 18.-Another Of
hclal American communique from Cen
eral Pershing was made public TODAY
by the War Department..
General Pershing transmitted de-
tails of the bringing down of two Ger
man planes within one minute bv
Captain Peterson, of the American
army, while aviators were waiting for
a French general coming to confer
decorations.
The text follows:
HEADQUARTERS AMERICAN
EXPED1TIONARY FORCES. Nav 16.
Section An Lorraine patrolline
was active and there was again in
crease of artillery fire. Otherwise
the day was quiet at points occupied
by our troops.
Section B-Particulars CONCERNING
bringing down hostile airplanes at
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Dairy Exposition Ready

The National Milk and Dairy Farm
Exposition at the Grand Central Palace,
which will bring to New York dairy
men and farmers from all parts Of the
country, will be formally opened to-
morrow night by Governor Whitman.
Tuesday will be Distributors Day;
Wednesday. Milk Products Day, with
Secretary Houston Of the United States
Department of Agriculture as the prin-
copal speaker. Food Administrator
Herbert Hoover will speak on Thurs
day, Dairymen's League Day. Friday
will be Public Health Day. Health Of
ficfiers from the principal cities of the
United States, Canada, Mexico and
Cuba will be present. Saturday will be
Women's Day.
DR.. Charles f. North, managing di
rector of the exposition, has arranged
a series of contests. Prizes are Offered
for the best put-up milk, pot cheese
butter etc
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

about noon, May Is, previously re-
ported, when aviators were waiting
Tor French general who was COM
ing to confer decorations, are as
follows:
while waiting, Captain Peterson
made an ascent and encountered two
German planes and shot down both
within one minute, firing sixty shots
at first and fifteen at second. First
plane burst jn flames before hitting
ground and wings of second were
seen to crumple up when nearing
earth. No definite information con-
corning third hostile plane reported
brought down.
ut is now determined that our air.
plane reported yesterday as having
accidentally fallen within our lines
north of Toul was shot down, prob
ably by hostile anti-aircraft guns"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19
Especial Cable to The Tribxns)

Especial Cable to The Tribmne)
LONDON, May 18.-The stage is set
for the third act Of the great drama
All the characters in. the mammoth pro-
duction have rehearsed their parts
The first and second acts had late
winter for backgrounds; the third is
set with a country bright with orchard
blossoms and green hills and trees.
Nature heals wounds quickly, and at
the sinister appearance which it had
during the winter months. In many
respects Ludendorff ia like the master
Of a gigantic, three-ring, open-air cir
Gus: lie has already snapped his whip
and the aerial performers have begun
their daring deeds.
No circus audience has ever wit
messed such thrilling fcats, no acrobats
ever have risked their lives in such a
care-tree way as these rival aviators
are doing to-day over thousands OF
square miles of Northern France.
Allies Are Prepared
AS the young airmen fly over each
others lines, photographing every bit
of the country and dropping bombs on
billets, ammunition dumps, transport
trains and railway stations, hundreds
of thousands of human ants below con.
tlnue to move back and forth, each with
his special part to play.
For the third act of the modern bat.
tie titantic preparations are necessary
Thousands of horses and mules have tc
be fed every day. Hundreds Of miles OF
roads and railways had to be built
Dozens of miles of water pipes had tc
be laid. Hundreds of miles Of tele.
phone wires had to be strung UP. Hun.
dreds of thousands of shells and thou
sands of tons of rations had to be
moved forward. New field dressine
| stations had to be built. Observation
posts had to be erected.
Ludendorff's Great Task
On both sides Of the line the same
feverish activity has gone on for davs
Before Ludendorff could ring IN The
curtain he had to make plans as great
as those necessary if Mayor Hylar
should decide to move half the ponuIa.
tlon of New York City across the Hud.
son in forty-eight hours.
The interval between the acts is
Longer than the acts themselves as the
play proceeds toward the final curtain
New York stands applauding for hours
as one division marches down Fiji
Avenue. Ludendorff will handle hun.
dreds of divisions in the next act.
With the air filled with the rival air.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-19

surpassed the hope of the most opti-
mistic.
Women and Children Fed
"If you could have seen, during the
recent offensive, the rushing by night
of Red Cross camions loaded with
food, to meet the thousands of men,
women and children being bombarded
out Of their homes without notice; if
you could have seen them receiving
the hot food and drink given to them
by the American people as they are
on their way they know not where,
and it, later, you could see the thou
sands and thousands of them who have
been helped by the American people
to secure lodging, food and clothing
you would then understand the look
Of gratitude upon their faces-grati-
tude to the American people.
"If You could go throughout those
countries into the buildings where
thousands of children are being cared
for, maternity homes where mothers
and their babes are attended,; in work.
shops where thousands of people are
given employment to make materials
necessary for the destitute of these
countries; in the dispensaries and
countless villages where, with the aid
of the Rockefeller Foundation, the
greatest war is being carried on
against tuberculosis; if you could visit
with the Red Cross representatives the
families of the soldiers whose names
are given by the military authorities,
to whom direct relief is extended, and
could go with the Red Cross repre-
sentative in the front-line trenches to
see them give articles of comfort and
serve hot drinks to the soldiers of our
allies; if you could go into the Red
Cross rest rooms and canteens and
see them care for and feed over three
million men month; if you could
visit the many hospitals in Europe
organized and being run by the Red
Cross and knew that, in addition, sup
plies are contributed to more than
5000 military hospitals in France and
Italy; if you could go through the fac
tories where artificial limbs are being
made for our own boys and those of
our allies, through the factory where
splints are being made so scientifically
that they have been put upon the
wounded men before they have been
moved from No Mans Land, thus saw
ing many lives and limbs which other
wise would have been lost; you would
not then fully cover the field of Red
Cross operations, for there is to-day
practically no breech into which the
Red Cross does not jump"
Having completed q sentence which
will hold the long distance record for
some time to come, Mr.. Dawson
stopped and mopped his head, while
the audience cheered and applauded.