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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
Red Cross Uniforms.

Red Cross Uniforms.
Members Of chapters Of the Red
Cross should not rel any out.of.
door uniforms except those of the
Canteen Service and Motor Service,
which are the only ones sanctioned
by national headquarters. No Red
Cross members should wear any other
uniform than those authorized by
Washington, and no chapter should
adopt any sort Of uniform without
the consent or approval of division
headquarters.-A. r. c. Rays.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

There Is no Mason and Dixon line
In the Hearts of the American people,
but the Democratic lenders in Con.
grcS> have drawn one in puhjlc lcSl>la-
Ion and they insist upon l~airo.ling it
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Lee Clifford, who has been in the
garage and auto repair work at Tu.
laros for several years. several days
ago purchased the Pruit Garage bust.
ness of Drew e. Pruit, and will con-
duct the business at the Hutchison
garage building.-Alamogordo News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Wallace Hill during the past week
sold 100 head of cattle to a man from
the Glorieta country. No cars could
be had for shipping them. and the buy
err employed Mr.. Hill to get help and
drive them through.-Estancia Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
WOMENS CLUB FEDERATION
WILL POSTPONE MEETING

Owing to influenza the annual
meeting Of the state federation OF
womons g., Is which was to be he'd
in Ration october, %, "a and % has
been POSTPONED.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Henry Hermeyer has harvested his
potato crop, Tire variety was small
hut the flavor delicious. Nels Curtis
cattle haven't learned to dig spuds.-
Fort sumner Review.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

F. A. Odell, Of Roswell, proprietor
Of the Star Cafe In that city has
bought the Busy Bee restaurant and
will also conduct that eatery in tho
future.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Bulge and Charley Hedgecoke un.
loaded a car of cotton seed cake for
for MI. Caller last Wednesday. Glen
rio Tribune.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Ed Richard Of Valley View is build
ing a larger tank on the old Cooper
place, and will drill another we'll. Says
he is going to plant a patch Of Alfalfa.
He has one of the finest gardens In
his neighborhood.-Elida Enterprise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
UNION

John Miliken of Folsom sold seven
carloads of steers to an FL Paso pack
ing company, five carloads being ship
ped last week. 1t is stated that John
cleared over nine thousand dollars on
the transaction, he having bought the
steers last spring and fattened them
at his ranch.-Des Moines Swastika.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

George Dardonis of Folsom Is a
young Greek who is making good In
his adopted country. George has a
goat ranch about s miles~from Folsom.
He owns several hundred mich goats
and employs his countrymen to milk
them. Mr.. Dardonis informs us that
he will make a shipment Of nine
thousand pounds of cheese next week
that is contracted for at so cents per
pound. Some of these goats average
a profit of SIS per month to their
owner it is claimed.-Des Moines
Swastika.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
ROOSEVELT

Mrs. Guffey of Valley View has
sheared her goats, 70 head,) and now
has % pounds of mohair for SALE
Elida Enterprise.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
Sweaters In Demand.

Sweaters In Demand.
Division headquarters Is in posses.
sion Of IN important telegram from
Washington, which requests that
chapters concentrate their knitting
activities on production of sweaters.
Urgent demands for military relief
make this necessary.-A. R. @. Rays.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

The recent rains have been worth
thousands of dollars to Quay county,
but they have knocked the bottom
out of her roads.-House News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Another Allotment
The local chapter at Carjsbad have
received orders for another allotment
consisting of 1000 no~n-absorbant
pads.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
0TER0

Otero county has been pretty we'll
wet up the past ten days by a number
# rains.-Alamogordo News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

J. r. Marsh raised 49, 600 pounds Of
beans on So acres of land this year,
which is about as good as any of them
did. He marketed them last week.
Estancia Herald,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

T. A. Henson shipped three cars OF
cattle to the Kansas City market last
week.-House News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
GRANT

The new compressor at The Great
Eagle Mine, Red Rock, will be in op-
Grafton within a few days. The ore
bins and chutes are overloaded on &C.
count of the trucks being out of COM
MISUNDERSTANDING Liberal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Emery Webb of Victory, is rejoicing
we his beans doing so we'll. He had
something over 5000 pounds.
The Drigger Cattle Co., Of Wichita
Kansas, unloaded 2100 head Of cattle
here several days ago. The cattle
we're shipped from the Usage coun-
try in Oklahoma to be placed on win
ter pasure, 700 head going to the
Apache Canyon east Of town and the
balance going out ear Pasamonte. -
Des Moines Swastika.
A farmer near Folsom had "a hands
in his fields recently helping to har-
vest his crop. He paid these men 30
cents an hour and fed them. Isn't this
an evidence Of good times to both
the employer and the employees. -
Des Moines Swastika.
Peter Haley, Of Texas, has leased
for a term of years the J. N. John
ranch 6 miles from Folsom and bought
several hundred head of cattle that
were on the ranch. The ranch con-
tains over three thousand acres. This
Is the third big ranch near Folsom
to change hands in the past few
weeks.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

The rain which fell last Monday
seems to have been pretty general all
over this part of the state. 1t was the
hardest shower we have had for many
months-6S hundreths of an inch of
rain falling in a very short time
Carlsbad Current.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Even Roses Do Their Biz
The Judges in tho City Beautiful
contest at Roswell last week awarded
the prize OF $500 to Mrs. H. ].
Swartx, Of that city for the fairest
and most beautiful rose In the non-roA
division. Mrs. Swartx has turned the
money yer to the local Red Cross
chapter.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
The PortaIes Chapter.

The PortaIes Chapter.
Has received 125 pounds OF knitting
yarn. which will be worked up into
garments for the soldiers as soon az
the influenza epidemic has passed.
Roosevelt county's quota for pajamas
from the war department is 200 pairs.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

It was q fine lot OF lambs and Denver
was the market they we're sent to-
Roy Spanish.American.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
Christmas Gifts From Switzerland.

Christmas Gifts From Switzerland.
A Red Cross bureau is to be or.
ganized Immediately for the purpose
Of undertaking the sale In this coun-
try Of articles manufactured by in.
termed prisoners in Switzerland. It
is the intention to have the articles
on the market for the Christmas sea-
soma. R. G. Rays.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

The Manganese mine at Caprock,
about 20 miles northeast of Lordsburg,
was the scene of a fatal shooting re-
Gently. Juan Gonzales had been dis
charged from the mine o ncomplaint
OF Francisco Vallenzella. He went and
borrowed a 1880 rifle, then returned
to the mine at night and watched his
chance and shot down Vallenzella, at
the same time wounding Jose Zazaya.
Gonzales then made hsi escape in the
darkness. He is still at large.-IOrds-
burg Liberal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Jim simpson, of Chalk Bluff, ship
ped four cars of cattle to Kansas City
last Thursday Hope Press.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Va S0oN WY AVb SAO AoA80S
and most beautiful rose In the non-roA
division. Mrs. Swartx has turned the
money over to the local Red Gross
chapter.
The Roswell Chapter.
Has furnished several pairs Of u.
jamas. rs night dresses and q mum.
Der Of handkerchiefs to the Mexican
Relief Work at the emergency hospl.
tai in that city. These garments
we're much needed for the influenza
patients.
The members have been working
on the large surgical gauxe allot.
ment for October, which was finished
on time, thus keeping up the splen.
did record of the Roswell chapter.
Tho Red Cross Sale
Held last Saturday afternoon at
San Jon. Quay county. netted the
handsome sum Of $4,000.
Tho Las Cruces Chapter
Are now working on the rush order
from the war department for 300 pa.
jana suits, which are requested to
be completed within three weeks.
During the influenza. epidemic In
Old Mesilla the local Red Cross chap.
ter furnished soup, eggs and milk
where needed and rendered aid In
every possible way. Miss Shirley
Thomas and committee in charge viz.
tied the locality at once and have
been doing noble work relieving needy
cases. following a conference Of the
executive committee with DR.. Ger.
Der, county health officer and Dr..
Sexton of that city.
In The Recent Campaign
For clothes for the Belgian refu.
gees, conducted by the Red Cross
chapter, Quay county was called on
for 300 pounds. The generous re-
Spouse was 1890 garments weighing
GIG pounds, besides a hogshead OF
shoes and hats.
The PortaIes Chapter.
Has received 125 pounds OF knitting
yarn. which will be worked up into
garments for the soldiers as soon az
the influenza epidemic has passed.
RoOSpyplt countv'c n,oto for oo;,-..
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
EDDY
Big Cattle Shipment

Big Cattle Shipment
Messrs Beeman, Queen Plowman
and Crowder OF Malaga, shipped six
carload OF cattle from Texas points
to this place recently, These were
originally New Mexico herds that were
shipped 70 Texas grass during the
summer An incident of this ship
ment shows to what straits the cattle
interests are reduced; when the train
arrived which was to carry Mr.. Bee
manto lecOs to receive the six loads
OF cattle, it was carrying loads
OF New Mexico cattle to some point
IN Texas fer grass -Car!sba Current
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

The Carlsbad cotton gin is turning
out the tieecy stulf in quantities, and
the yards are full Of wagons loaded
with cotton waiting their turn all the
time. Up to last Thursday morning
the gin had turned out 1863 bales and
had twenty-five wagons in the yards
wainting.-Carlsbad Argus.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

The Nations outfit shipped out two
train loads of cattle last Wednesday
and will follow with heavy shipments
later In the Neutrality-suspicious. News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01
S0CORR0

soeorro Shipping Cattle
Henry Steen shipped out several
cars of cattle to the Kansas City mark
ct last Saturday going along to e
that they reached there in good shape.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Robert l.. Cooper, chief hydrograph-
or Of the office of the state engineer
for the past seven years has been
commissioned captain and ordered to
report to Camp Cody. Deming. for
General duty with the engineer corps
He recently passed an examination
at Deming.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Handsome French lady, FL, worth
$125,00O. Anxious to marry honorable
gentleman. Mrs. Warn. 22l6H Temple
St. Los Angeles, Cal
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-01

Tho Red Cross Sale
Held last Saturday afternoon It
San Jon. Quay county, netted the
handsome sum Of $84. 90.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-26

other talk. during the whole time, nor
that Baum did not say TO him, you're
drunk. Pike. come and see me when
you are sober; Could not say posi-
lively that he did not say to +. +.
Earring and r. r. Damper. at Durbin
home near Burley, that he. Durbin,
might have suggested that Conarroe
might refuse to testify for $500, in
stead of Baum's having made the
statement as charged in the affidavit;
Could not say positively that he had
not said to T. Bailey Lee Of Burley,
prosecuting attorney of Cassia coun-
ty, that Baird had told him that if he
made a counter affidavit, or did not
adhere to the one he had already made
that he would be prosecuted; could
not say whether he was drunk at the
time he talked to Conarroe; would not
say positively that he had suggested
to other parties that if he could get a
bottle of whiskey that he believed he
could get Conarroe not to testify. And
in fact many times he said his mem
Ory was not trustworthy. and that on
several occasions called to his atten-
ton. he could not say whether he was
sober or not. At the conclusion of his
testimony adjournment was taken &c
9 o'clock Friday morning.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-26
THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN
SOLDIERS CROSS ATLANTIC
Yankee Army in France Daily Grows
in Numerical Strength OF Fighting
Men.

A few days ago the naval authOri-
ties received a pleasant tribute from
the local authorities of a small city
located near the battleship base.
You may be interested" says the
letter. TO know how much We think
of your men. They are fine gentle
manly fellows and always welcome
here. On the Fourth of July Ameri-
can sailors had shore leave to visit
this city. which has only four thou
sand inhabitants. 1t might perhaps
have been anticipated that the visit
of such a great number of holiday
making sailors to such a small town
would have resulted in considerable
trouble to the local authorities. but
there was not a single complaint
from any quarter and every citizen
Of our town was glad they came
On the business side of the naval
operations it may be said that the
month of July will show all records
broken in the number of American sol
/ diers escorted to Europe and the ar
rivals have done we'll despite the ef
forts of the submarines in many Euro
pean waters. In a single day recent
ly there were more than 100000 Amer
lean soldiers on the sea at one time
an of whom arrived safely.
On a recent occasion ships carrying
more than $4,000 Americans were es
corted at one time through marrow
passage where U-boats were known t
be operating but the destroyers ant
chasers were so active that not
single attack occurred nor was an at
tack even attempted
The new American submarin
chasers which for long time wer
regarded by experts on this side a
more~or less of an experiment, hav
won many laurels recently and hav
proved themselves an excellent type c
craft for convoy and patrol worl
Large numbers of these are now OF
Grating from several important basei
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-26
+ = + +++ $50 - = + + + + + + !
+ LETTERS FROM POWER
i COUNTY SOLDIERS. I
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Camp Merritt. New Jersey, July l..
My Dear Mother, Sister and Aunt
Alice Well. l am still at Camp Mer-
ritt. I don't know how long 1 will
be here or how soon I will go. but
keep on sending my mail here.
l had a dandy time in Patterson.
n. j., last Sunday. A church from
here sent over a number of autos and
took fifty of us boys over there to
their Y NJ. C. A. where they gave us
big supper and a fine musical enter
tainment.
just received a promotion from
private to high private. l Will get 81
more a month and be in line for pro
motion to corporal l can't expect to
get along very fast in this company as
l will have to learn to be a baker
first.
DOWS SMITH.
s44 Bakery Co. s1st Division. Camp
Merritt. n. J.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-26
L. ;. ARMY OFFICERS
INVOLVED IN FRAUD
Extensive COnspiraeies in Connection
With Contracts for RaincOats Tor
Soldiers Uncovered by Justice De-
partment.

Extensive conspiracies involving
bribery and graft, in connection with
army contracts for rubber raincoats
sent to soldiers in France, have been
disclosed by department Of justice Of
ticials. simultaneously with the arrest
of seventeen officers and employees
of fifteen manufacturing companies in
New York and Brooklyn. on charges
of bribery. fraud or conspiracy
Officers Of the quartermaster
corps involved are under surveillance
and probably will be arrested soon IN
Washington or other cities.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars Of
raincoat contracts are tainted with
fraud already uncovered by depart
ment of Justice agents. and other dis
closures affecting army orders for
clothing. soldiers equipment, macnln-
cry and supplies and involving ar
rests on criminal charges, may pe
made soon. it was learned.
Most army officers at whom the
finger of suspicion points are of the
/ lower ranks. but a few of the ranks ol
major and colonel are said to be un-
der investigation.
Direct bribery of unnamed army OIL
fcers. who had charge of letting con
tracts or inspecting goods, is charged
against a number of those arrested
/ Monday night
Ii was announced that in some cases
manufacturers inundated military OF
civilian inspectors of raincoats D,
threatening to use influence in Wash
ingtOn to obtain their dismissal IL lhe.
did not approve the coats m&ufactur
ed. Others practiced fraud ny secret
Inv shifting rejected goods TO othe
nlants to which inexperienced inspec
tors or those who would play ln
game" were assigned.
Those arrested were:
Felix Gouled. a wealthy clothinl
manufacturer. who is charged VIII
acting as "go-between for other con
tractors and with seeking to sohci
contracts under the Illegal c0nJnseh
fee system: Joseph Sydeman, Wllian
81 Svdeman and Joseph Wood OF IN
Z Sydeman Rubber company; Ralph 20
E hen of the Yorkshire Manufacturm
= companv. Ralph Rosenthal of tia
I nener and Rosenthal: Alfred Littel, q
p the Automobile Raincoat compEny In
oorporatvd: Louis Fried, 5. HalperI
If the Iuterborough Raincoat, CON
!. many. Polly Clameons Of thee Man
I cbester Waterproof Coat company
NJ Halpern of the National CenieD
company. Simon Harris OF the Harrl
- Ralncoar house, Morris Lesser
7 Lessee. q Stenge; Joseph Pine or IN
= pines Rubber company. and L. l. +
! Yellim of the Eureka Rubber MANI
featuring company
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-26
il STICIA sunk BY U-BOAT
ELEVEN ARE DEAD
Great White star Liner Escapes l.
Boats During Battle Continuing -
Hours.

The White Star liner Justicia. was
sunk off the North Irish coast on Sat
urday morning last.
The Justicia nearly approached the
dimensions of the great steamship
Vaterland, now in the service Of the
American government, and being used
as a troop transport. She was de-
signed for passenger trade between
New York and Rotterdam. The vessel
was 740 feet long, eighty-six foot beam
and fOrty-three feet deep.
The Justicia carried a crew Of be-
tween 600 and 700 Eleven members
of the crew are dead.
The news of the sinking was an
nounced by the Belfast Evening Tele-
graph. The liner was torpedoed. the
newspaper states.
One of the crew of the Justicia is
quoted as asserting that ten tOrpedoes
were discharged at the Justicia. Four
of the approaching missiles, he added,
were exploded by gunfre from the
ship.
The Belfast Telegraph says that
land had just been lost sight of when
terrific explosion shook the Justicia
/ The crew was speedily mustered on
deck, but it was soon ascertained that
the damage was so trivial that the
liner would remain afloat for a suffi-
cient period TO enable her to be tow
ed to port.
A tug pulled alongside the liner for
this purpose, when two more torpedoes
were fired by a submarine which had
not been sighted. These missiles pas
sed between the liner and the tug
Further attempts were made to tor
pedO the Justicia during Friday night,
but all failed, and it was not until Sat
urday morning, and after the subma-
rine had expNhded numerous torpedoes.
that the destruction of the ship was
accomplished.
The final attempt was made at
o'clock on Saturday morning, when
two torpedoes hit the ship. One
struck the engine room, causing a viO-
lent explosion and the other penetrat-
ed a forehold
The liner was in tow at the time
r and as she did not sink until O'Clock
in the afternoon there was plenty OF
time to transfer the crew to rescuing
ships The Justicia was a vessel Of
z 32.234 tons.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-26
IDAHO ASKED TO FURNISH
$500 MEN IN AUGUST
August Draft Expected to Exhaust
Class l and Cut Into Registration
of 1918.

Approximately 25O0 white men and
a proportionate number of colored
men will be called from Idaho dur
ing August. the provost marshal gen
eral announced Wednesday in tele-
gram to C.. 5. Moody. adjutant general
advising that steps be taken at once
10 make available a sufficient number
of men to meet the coming demands
A call for 2OO0 men to entrain Aug
ust 5 to for Camp Fremont. Cal.
has already been announced by the
Iadiutant general. This will meanfthat
/ 500 more men will be required to ill
/ the provost marshal generals estimate
/ for the month. Reclassitications of
men under the first registration. and
speedy examination and final classiti-
cation of men under the second regis
tration will be necessary, as the cali
for 200O men practically exhausted
the class / registration.
The telegram of the provost mar
shal general is as follows:
The August calls upon your state
will be as large as the July calls. Ap-
proximatelv 25O0 white men and a
proporti0nate number of colored men
will be called Some of the August
calls have already been announced.
Immediately instruct local boards
to refuse release g. the navy, marine
corps or the emergency fleet TO all
registrants of the 1917 or 1915 classes
Who have been. or Will be- CLASSIFIED
in class / until a sufficient number of
class registrants. physically qualified
for general military service are iu
sight to fin promptly and properly all
calls up to August 81 with generous
allowances for physical reflections al
camp. This applies whether or moi
registrants have been finally ciassi
fed or examined physically.
Reports reaching this office ndi
cate that the 1915 class has not beer
finally classified and examined ply
- sically. and this office is unable tC
place additional August calls until
report is received.
Urge district and local boards %
exert every effort to make a suftcien
number Of men available to in thu
5 August calls and instruct medical ad
visory boards to speed up examination
+ of registrants as yet uneXamined-