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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Walter Sharp of near Cameron, who
came near being killed in an auto acct
dent on the Ozark Trail about a year
ago near Lesbia, died last week of pneu
monia after an attack of influenza.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

FOR RENT-Four room furnished
house on south Second st.
Mrs. Ed. Hall.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Moses were in
Tucumcari Thursday. They are very
well pleased with their new location
at Glenrio.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Mrs. Herman Gerhardt has been in
Newkirk this week assisting in caring
for Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Jones and fam
lily, and Mrs. Rusby who were sick
with the "flu." All Of the family
are reported improving except Mrs.
Rusby who has pneumonia and has
been quite low. She was reported bet
ter Thursday.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Get rent out Of that vacant house.
Move it in town now. We can move
any size. Have had years of expert
ence. Call phone 320W.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Phone 212, Carriers Wood Yard, for
dry wood. We deliver IL. It
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

ped to Amarillo for burial. Mr.. Har-
rell and children have the sympathy
Of all in this sad hour.
Walter Sharp Of near Cameron, who
came near being killed in an auto acct
dent on the Ozark Trail about a year
ago near Lesbia, died last week of pneu
monia after an attack Of influenza.
John Pring has come in two days
straight with 20 quails--the limit. He
has q way all his W Of slipping DIP
on the birds. The "flu" does not seem
to have had any effect upon his marks
manship as he claims TO carry no salt
to throw on the tails Of the birds.
The soldiers rest room is becoming
popular. Last week the News said
the building was donated TO the ladies
free by the owner, Mrs. Curren, of
Clovis. This was a mistake, as they
are paying rent on the building until
they can find more suitable h~eadquar-
tiers.
the News to thank his many friends
who SO earnestly supported him in the
election. They have shown by their
ballots that they have confidence in
his ability to handle the public money
for the county. Mr.. Eager appreciates
the confidence shown in him and says
he will continue to do his very best
to give entire satisfaction in his Office
during the next two years.
The big flag on corner Main and
Second streets still hangs ut half mast.
II will be taken care Of. Mayor James
is looking for someone who will at
tempt Strengthening Old Glory so she
will fly at the top of the pole when
Germany signs the armistice and the
World War is stopped. Tucumcari
will fly another honor flag shortly in
honor Of going over the top with the
Fourth Liberty Loan.
Reports over the county say this
city is covering up and not giving out
true reports about the deaths from
FLU" in Tucumcari. They say there
are at least six deaths a day here.
The News has given a short report
Of every death reported and has kept
tab on the deaths occurring in town.
Last Sunday was the banner day for
deaths in Tucumcari, there being four
Pete Peggerman of Quay, Mrs.
Wood, and two Spanish-Americans,
one of them being a three-year-old boy
| six miles southwest of town. There
have been many bad cases and there
have been u number Of new ones this
week but the physicians are doing u
great work and have lost but a few
cases by death.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

The House Movers are here from
Amarillo. They finally secured a car
large enough to bring their outfit and
it will arrive on the T, & NJ. Friday.
II you have a house you want moved
now is your chance to have it moved
by men who have the outfit and have
had experience in doing that kind Of
work.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Goodman's Cash and Carry Store is
about ready for occupancy. 1t is paint
ed white throughout and the inside
shelving makes shopping easy. Read
nd. in another column and watch the
News for future announcements. The
store will be in charge of a live wire
who promises to have many surprises
for Tucumcari buyers.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

T. B. Johnson of Danley was in town
Saturday. He shipped a load Of cat
tie to Kansas City and was very well
pleased with the market.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

There are a few who have failed t.
pay their subscription and II has been
necessary to cut them from the list,
The News is DESTROYS Of keeping u big
list and will be glad to put these sub
scribers back on the list If they will
pay back subscription and in advance
as far as possible.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Move that vacant house. We can
move them right and at the right price
Let US talk II " now. Call Phone
Sow for further information.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Snow was reported west Thursday,
and 1t sure felt like il Thursday night
as the wind was quite chilly Plenty
Of ice was noticed Friday morning.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

Mrs. Del. Martz and son. Jack, Of
Moberly and Mrs. Martz's mother, Mr.,
frankie Rucker, arrived last week il
this city to visit ut the home of Mr.
and Mrs. G. V. Robinson. Mrs. Ruckel
will remain with her daughter, Mrs
Robinson, and make her home in Tu
cumcari.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

FOR SALE-12 head Of roam and
red Durham cows (registered). Pa
pers with every animal. Four 2-year-
old Durham registered bulls.
ADAM LONG g. CO.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
TRIBUTE is PAID TO ONION
First on Table, Last in the Cellar and
Strongest on Menus Of His
Countrymen.

A writer in WOman's Home Com
panion pays the following tribute TO
the onion:
"Half length behind the radishes
the green onions reach the table. Some
of us rejoice vOlubly; the rest turn
up their noses elOquently. The onion
arouses no feeling in moderation. Best
loved and best hated of all the gar
den tribes, he goes serenely on his
conquering way. The onion Is not SEN
sitive to the opinions of others; he
makes others sensitive to himself. In
his mature form, round and slightly
fiattened at the poles-like the earth
he displays a similar cosmic imper-
durability. Unlike his childish con-
temporary, the radish, the onion is
no plaything Of an hour. He claims
winter storage among the solid citi-
zens. We find his name linked with
that OF Honest John, the potato, In
any enumeration of our staple vege-
tables. First on the table, last in
the cellar and strongest on the menus
of his countrymenl He has public
career. We find his name in the pa
pers, making figure in the market
reports. The onion is in Big Business,
Incontestably, our plebeian friend getf
there.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
What He Learned.

A novelist was knocking the modern
drama.
81 once wrote a play myself" he
said after two years work on 1t
submitted it to a manager. The man
ager said it was full Of promise, but
totally lacking in technique. He adj
vised me 70 visit the theater assidu-
ously for a month or two. and learn all
could.
81 ran across him a month later In
broadway.
"'Well, my boy, he said, have you
been studying the theater, as l adj
visedp
ayes said /, I have
"Learned anythingT he asked.
"'Well,' l said, i've learned one
Going
Good said the manager. What's
thatT'
"Tve learned l said, that I'm
about the only man alive who isn't
able to get poor play put on
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
GOVERNMENTS COAL NEEDS UP
Shortage of Bi-ProductIon Denied Fac.
tories Where Other Can BE Used.

Washington.-Shor OF bi-produc-
ton coal, essential to steel production,
including the smokeless variety, es.
sential TO the navy, has reached such
alarming proportions that the govern.
ment may have to curtail so-called les.
ser essential industries more dras-
tically than contemplated when the
fuel need of war industries first made
restrictions on consumption necessary.
The fuel administration is now TAX
ing wherever 1t can be found every
ton OF this grade of coal from those
industries, which may use other
grades, including steam coal, just as
we'll
With the government steel require
ment approaching the 23,000,000 ton
mark for the remainder of the year,
and many blast furnaces threatened
with a shut down through lack OF BIZ
product coal, the fuel administration
and war Industrial board are joining
forces not only to stop private hoard
ing. but TO develop additional coal
fields.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Experiment Station of College
Makes Report on Investi-
cations.
PARASITES ATTACK PEST
Presence of Foes Of Worm Leads to
Belief That Trouble VIII
Not Be Repeated Next
Year.
BY PROF. r. Il. PETIT,
Professor Of Entomology, Michigan
Agricultural College.

East Lansing, Mich.-Early in the
present season II was discovered that
the joint-worm, Isosoma tritlci, was
present in large numbers in Michigan
wheat. Later developments show that
another species, Isosona yaginicola,
more destructive than the common
wheat joint-wOrm is also present in
restricted areas. The work of the
joint-worm is almost universally con-
fused by the grower with that of the
Hessian fly. Both the joint-worm and
Hessian fly cause wheat to lodge or go
down. although In the case of the
joint-worm a much smaller percentage
of infested straws lodge than in the
case of the Ely" The insect works
primarily in wheat, although 1t
is found also in rye. barley and some
grasses, the damage TO wheat being
anywhere from less than l per cent
up to almost total infestation. The
damage TO rye is usually merely nom
inal except that sometimes volunteer
rye may suffer qGlte severely. The
damage done by the common wheat
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
FORM PLANS FUR
REGISTERING 1916
STATE HEADoUARTERs, LOCAL
BOARDS AND OTHER OFFICIALS
ADVISED TO BE PREPARED
WHEN CONGRESS ACTS.
100000 MEN WILL REGISTER
II Is Figured That 100000 VIII
Be Qualified For Full Military
Service From Those
Registering.

Washington.-Pr Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder has announced that
plans already have been made for reg
istering 100000 additional men to
estimates will be brought under the
selective service law when congress
enacts the pending bill extending
army age limits to include men be-
tween 10 and 40 years. From this
number approximately 100000 quail
fed for full military service are ex-
pected to be secured.
So urgent is the need for additional
man power, General Crowder said,
that the draft machinery is being put
into shape for the great task ahead
without waiting for final action by
congress Men of the new draft will
be needed by October l, and in order
to get them registration day will have
to be held not later than September
10, and il possible September 5 will
be fixed as the day.
When the 100000 men are en-
rolled, nearly 25,O00,O00 will have
been registered since the United
States entered the war. Some 10,
100000 were enrolled the first regis
tration day, June 5, 1917, another
100000 last June 5, and several hun
dred thousand more are expected to
be enrolled August "a.
preliminary steps have been TAX
en- by the provost marshal general,
said General Crowder's statement, "tc
provide for the registration Of those
men who will be affected by the act
which congress expects to shortly pass
extending age limits of the selective
draft.
State headquarters, local boards
and other officials in the various
states have been advised to hold
themselves in readiness TO proceed
promptly with their work as soon as
congress has acted and the president
by proclamation, has fixed the date oi
registration.
Until the legislation is actually
passed it cannot be stated with ex
actness, OF course, what the new age
limits will be. But, because of the
urgency of the situation, ii is essen
tial that as much of the preparatory
work as possible be done at this time
in order that the administration may
promptly avail itself of the new law
To that end now as in the past, the
utmost reliance is placed on the Amer
rican people &c supply the necessary
cooperation and team work.
The situation is urgent because by
October l, class one, under the age
limits of the original act, viii have
been entirely exhausted. Unless there
Is to be a very serious interruption In
the flow OF American troops TO the
camps and thence across the seas tC
France, class one must be replenish
ed at the earliest possible moment by
aviation men. both below and above
the present age limits of Fl to 81
There is, literally, no time to be lost.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Incorriqible.

1.-The selfish" said n congressman
the other day, "can be selfish even in
their war work and wa economies.
"A certain selfish man came home
the other evening with an enormous
bundle.
Matilda he said, you know those
wonderful Accent shirts and 15-cent
necSties that you bought me last week
90 that could put more money in the
war loan?"
ayes
"'Well,' the man went on, I stopped
IN ut the same shop today and bought
something for you. It's beautiful red
and green check dress material, and 1
got you so yards at six cents yard.
The clerk said 1t will make enough
dresses to see you through the war"
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Vice-Admiral Behncke succeeds Ad-
miral Won Capelle in the office of state
secretary to the admiralty, or minister
of marine, as the Office is customarily
designated.
Admiral Won Capelle took over the
ministry OF marine, March, 1916, sue
ceeding Admiral Won Tirpitz. There
have been recent reports of Won Cap
elle's impending retirement, dispatch
es from Berlin on August 6 declaring
that his resignation might be expect
ed soon. A few days previously, Ad-
miral Won Holtzendorfl, retired as
head of the German admiralty staff,
shortly after he had made apology for
failure of German submarines to sink
American transports.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Emperor charIes At RerIIn.

msterdam.-Emperor Charles of
Austria is at German headquarters,
according TO telegram to the Lokal
Anzeiger OF Berlin from Karl Rosner,
its war correspondent. Emperor Will
lam and his advisers have been hold
ing an important conference at head
quarters, the correspondent reports,
and their deliberations, on political
and military questions, are reaching
their highest point with the coming
OF the Austrian emperor and his adj
visory staff.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
SHIPPING TOLL CUT SO PER CENT
Entente Tonnage Sunk In 1918 Hall
That Lost In 1917.

Paris.-Allied and neutral shipping
sunk by enemy submarines during
July amounted to 100000 tons COM
pared with 534.S39 tons sunk in July,
1917. This radical decrease in losses
is doubly significant when the in.
crease in merchant marine navigation
resulting from the American ship.
building effort is considered The
Entente nations constructed during
July tonnage in excess OF 100000 to
that destroyed during the month by
enemy operations.
The Entente tonnage sunk in 1918
waS so per cent less than that lost in
1917.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
GERMAN ARMIES BETWEEN ALBERT and
ARRAS ARE CONTINUING TO FALL BACK
Teutons Have Given Up Many Towns and Have Crossed
the Ancre River Closely Followed BY the British
Armies-Dangerous Salient Wiped Out.
ENEMY AERIAL ACTIVITIES HAVE FALLEN OFF
One Week of Fighting On Picardy Front Nets British and
French 80 244 Prisoners-Other Items of Interest
Pertaining to the European War.

With the American Army on the
Vesle.- Sustained pressure by French
and Americans on the line between
Scissors and Rheims are having the
expected result.
Information from behind the Ger
man front, obtained by observes, In
dicated withdrawal of one or two enc
my divisions. In addition, counter
actions of Germans have been notably
reduced of late.
Moreover the enemy's reply to
American guns, which never have
ceased their punishment, has been
appreciably less and falling of OF
enemy aerial activities has been espe-
cially noticeable.
Germans Continue TO Fall Back.
North of the Somme, between Al
bert and Arras, Germans are continu-
ing to fall back and the British are
keeping in close contact with them.
Thus far Germans have definitely
given I'D Beaumont Hamel, Sierre.
Bucquoy and Puisieux-au-Mont, and al
several points have crossed the Ancre
river, with the British following close
ly on their trail.
No official explanation has as yet
been advanced of the retrograde
movement of Germans over this front,
but it is not at all unlikely operations
on the Somme front and harassing
tactics the British recently have EN-
ployed made the enemy DESTROYS OF es-
labHshng himself on new ground
eastward, with the Ancre river a bar
rier between him and his foes.
At any rate, the Hebuterne Salient
has virtually heen obiiterated by re-
tirement of Germans and seemingly
they will be compelled to make q
reimbursement of their lines, between
the Somme and Arras.
Fighting on the Somme-Oise battle
front continues OF minor character
compared with that of the early parI
of the week, when Germans reinforced
their line and stopped the eastward
sweep of Allied forces.
Nevertheless, the British and French
again have gained ground on two I'M
portant sectors-the British a short
distance northwest of Roye, where
they took the villages of Damery and
Parvillers, and the French on the
southern wing of the battle front
where they have captured two farms
in the process of clearing the hills
and wooded district around Lassigny
OF the enemy.
In the week of fighting on the
Picardy front SO,244 prisoners have
fallen into hands of British fourth
army and French first army, accord
ing to an official announcement.
OF this number, the British cap
tured 21,S44 Unofficial reports, prob
ably compiled since the official dat;
were sent from the front, give tho
number Of prisoners since August 8
as $4,000 and say also $40 captured
guns have been counted.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
British Captured $4,000 in Offensive.

ndon.-Accordin to unofficial es.
Inmates here Germans captured in the
present offensive by the British fourth
army and the French first and third
armies total $4,000, while thus far &C
guns have been counted.
OF these, the British took 10000
prisoners and $50 guns.
There is clear evidence of the de-
moralizing effect of Tanks on the
enemy. Where previously Germans
offered stubborn resistance, this time
they surrendered almost as soon az
the tanks got near them.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Canada Losses $4,000 Men.

Ottawa, Ont.-Canada's death toll
from four years of war is now APP
proximately $4,000. The loss of men
in the Canadian expeditionary force
during the four years, including also
those incapacitated by wounds, illness.
or by other causes, is estimated to be
a little over 100000, or at the rate OF
about $4,000 per year.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Bomber CAPTURED in Spain.

Washington.-Rcbert Fay, who was
convicted of placing bombs on ships
carrying supplies and troops to Eur
ope and who escaped after being sent
enced to the penitentiary, has been
apprehended in Spain. Secretary
Lansing announced that he is being
brought back to the United States
without extradition.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Ma" said fve-year-old Willie to
the cleanliness administrator of the
household, 81 believe l could be bet
ter boy II you wouldn't wash me so
much"
what has washing to do with your
behaviour"
"Well, ma, you know that after you
wash your hair, you say you can't DO
thing with IT,"
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Old Chinese Industry.

Experts differ as TO how long ago
the Chinese began to make rugs.
There are some who think II is one
OF the native arts of China and others
maintain that Il is acquired. Never
theless, II is safe TO say that. like the
other arts of the Flowery Republic,
Chinese rugmaking is Ct very great
antiquity.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Southern Indiana gives us this story.
A slxth-grade examination was in prog.
ress. One of the questions read, Name
the national hymn of the United States
and It's author"
Back came an answer from one fu-
ture tiller Of the soil: "The United
States hymn is Uncle Sam and the 9th
er one is Woodrow Wilson"
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Allied Losses Small in Recent Drives

London.-Proportion Of German
losses TO those OF the Allies since Au-
gust is greater than at any other
period of the war, II was announced
in London. II is said the total Allied
casualties probably will not be as
large as the number Of Germans TAX
en- prisoner.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Fix that weak place in the fence.
and fix 1t today. .Breechiness in anil
mails is the result of training them
through the medium of bad fences. A
staple in time may often save nine
serious inroads upon the corn or hay
field.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Buy bushel. not OF wheat, but po-
tatoes. If you can't do that, buy a
sack. not OF wheat but potatoes. II
your cellar won't hold sackful Of po-
tatoes, buy them by the pound. hut
whatever you do. buy potatoes and save
fhe wheat.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
Eranos Given soc. ooo. ooo Loan.

washington.-Fran has been Civ
en- a loan Of 20o.OOO,OOO by the treas
ury, bringing the total credits to
France to $2,065, 100000. Total loans
10 the Allies now are s6,692.o40,0 goo.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Milk, butter and cottage cheese and
other cheese can take the place of
meat on the farm.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Calves are always greedy, and for
this reason overlooking should be
avoided.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22

Ans m-Iice-Admiral Behrcke
has been appointed state secretary to
the German admiralty, says the Weser
Zeitung, Bremen. He was formerly
vice-chief of the naval general staff.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-22
British Recognize czeoho-sIovaks.


has issued a declaration formally re
cognizing the Czecho-Slovaks as an
Allied nation and the three Czecho
Slovak armies as an Allied force reg
ularly waging warfare against the Cen
trail powers.
U. s. Still Considering Question.
Washington. Recognition by the
British government of the Czecho-Slo
vaks as an independent Allied nation
arrayed against the Central powers
follows similar action by Italy anC
France.
This question still is under con
sideration by the American govern
ment and there has been no indication
as to what course will be followed.
1t is recalled. however, that only re
Gently Secretary Lansing, in forma
statement, expressed the deep sym
pathy with which this government
views the national aspirations of thu
Czecho-Slovaks and other oppressed
people OF the Austro-Hungarian EN-
pire.
When Informed of the action o
Great Britain, Professor I. G. Masaryl
president of the Czecho-Slovak ma
tional council, and as such comman
der-in-chief OF the Czecho. Sloval
forces operating in Italy. France ant
Siberia, expressed his high apprecia
ton and said 1t was doubly valuable
since IL comes after adoption OF +;
similar course by the other two grea
Allied powers.