New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-09-13

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Over In Union County
The following squibs published il
the Clayton Citizen recently ha
caused considerable comment.
THE Good Die Young is an oil,
saying, yet what . great number o
gray-haired ministers are in exist
ence."
"Have you ever noticed how incon
sistent or unpatriotic, God must be |
His agents. the preachers are obey
ing orders? General Pershing i
calling for Chaplains, and the Y. N
G.. A.. is ealing its Secretaries from
the worldly, while God is said to b.
calling the preachers to large church
es made up mostly of women ant
backed by high salaries. Well, any
how, God knows His business. as h.
will not have to deal with the short
age of labor question, there being nc
danger of His agents being killed
by bullets"
At Van Houtsn
A farewell dance was held last
Friday night in honor of Bill Chit.
tick, who is called in the next draft
It was a regular old-fashioned dance
as the camp had to be searched for
coal oil lamps to take the place OF
the electric lights, as the power was
off. Bill was presented with a COM
fort kit and a wrist watch.-Raton
Range.
Mistake Discovered Too Late
In a western city a minister was
greatly annoyed every Sunday by the
women in the congregation turning
around every time any n entered
the church. After debating in his
mind the method Of solving the per-
problem he hit on a plan.
The next time he preached he an
nounced $50 that no one need turn
around>I will call out the names of
the person or persons entering the
during my sermon, And he
"My Dearly beloved breth-
ern- Farmer Jones and wife the
text for today's lesson will be-Miss
chapter, sec-
ond verse. of Mrs. Sam Brown and
,aby-St. John. where it says-Judge
md Mrs. Blair with a new bonnet
,n".
Immediately he discovered his mis-
AXE and was going to correct him
elf but it was too ~late-every wom-
IN in the place had turned around.
Bridge Party
Mrs. Terrell E. Price entertained
delightfully."- and informally at her
on East Boundary and Boule-
ard last Wednesday afternoon, a
of the younger army matrons
t auction bridge. The prizes for
he highest score went to Mrs. Harry
,. Bauman and TO Mrs. Kenneth B.
Illiott.-Columbus Courier.
:arlsbad Carpenters Celebrate
The carpenters of the city, hav-
,g finished most of their rush jobs
ecided to take a lay off and have
good time fishing. Accordingly
cars full of the knights of the
and Saw" loaded with every
hing good in the way of eatable
1T last Wednesday morning for the
shing grounds at the mouth Of the
delaware. They expect to stay there
ntil Saturday, being equipped with
mt, bedding and cooking utensils
nough to furnish a regiment.-Carls-
ad Current.
Amussment
Pitching horseshoes has become so
in the army that at a num-
of places it has been found n~eces-
Try to station guards to prevent the
en- from stealing the shoes off the
.ct of the horses. But no one has
ct been found daring enough to
cal.
he Swimming Pool
The Women's Improvement Asso.,
I'D a meeting at the Park and cleo
d officers for the opening of the
w swimming pool, donated by Mrs.
eymond, which will be dedicated
is evening. Mrs. Numa Raymond, ID
'esident; Mrs. o. H. Brown, Sec
tary and Mrs. Dallas Reeves, treas.
rs. Henry Stoes will represent the
ciety and give = short talk at the /.
The pool itself is now
'mpleted. and the high fence sur
unding il is nearly completed. The
ater from the irrigation ditch will I
We a continual flow through the d
thus freshening the water and I
eping it in 4 health condition for !
theirs. Il
As time goes on the citizens win {
alize more fully the importance of Q
e great gift Mrs. Raymond has pre- c
nted them with. Il Is going to be
eat sport for the kids, the grown {
kids and the little kids, and swim
ng is n of the greatest exercises '
the world. developing the lungs {
d swelling the muscles.-Las Cruz {
|, Citizen. "
nsfit Base Ball Game ID
)ne of the best ball games in Santa |;
for many moons was pulled off II
nday afternoon on St. Michaers d
Ilege grounds. The Knights of b
beating the local lodge of +;
by a of 9 to =. The game p
s held for the benefit of the K. Il
c. War Camp Fund and $6sy6s a
S realized, making an exceptional 5;
fine showing. The young men 81
end to keep in practice and put h
n or two more games during the el
fall weather, which can al n
Us be depended upon ia Santa Fe o,
late in the season.
Show Decided Success Al
minstrel show was given at the A
nory. last Saturday evening at Las al
ices by a number of troopers of Al
Fifth Cavalry Over 500 was real ii
1 from the entertainment, which W
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