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The Farmington times., 1918-08-23
BUSINESS COLLEGE NOTES

Austin E. Hall of French Village
called at the Office Monday and re
ported that he is doing nicely with his
work with the st. Louis Smelling ant
Refining Co., at Collinsville.
Welton Bauman and parents o1
Bioomsdale called last week and made
final arrangements for Welton to take
up business training.
Edw. Revoir and parents called
Monday, making arrangements fol-
Miss Fredia to enter and take up bus
mess training in September.
The demand for Stereotype is SC
great that we have added two more
machines to our list.
Miss Joggerst and sister, Zitta, Of
Ste. Genevieve, were in Monday and
made arrangements for Miss Zitta to
take up business training.
Miss Bisplinghoff and sister of Bis
marck were business callers last Mon
day.
Marie Matkin and Ruby Woolford
both of Flat River, entered Monday
morning and took up the work in the
combined course. They are getting a
start of two weeks on those who do
not enter until September 3rd.
Mr.. Black and partner were busy
painting desks last Saturday.
Miss Lottie Thurman, Route 2
Pennington, made arrangements for
business training and ordered her
books last week so as to be sure to
get them in plenty Of time.
Two more typewriters were receiv-
ed Saturday and added to our already
large stock. They are especially hard
to get now and it seems that it will
be much harder little later on.
Carrie and Estella AuBuchon, o1
French Village, were college visitors
last week. Their mother called and
made arrangements for both girls to
enter for business training in Septem-
her
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WALES MINES

Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Sykes, who have
been visiting at the home of S. A.
Sykes, returned to their home in Flat
River Wednesday.
Mrs Jas. Bunt wished relatives in
Festus a few days during the week
Charley Shannon was Flat River
visitor Wednesday and Thursday
]. r. Heaton and son, William, OF
Fluaum were guests of Vim. E. 7Iea.
ton and family Wednesday.
The following left Thursday for
training school in st. Louis: Edw
Hsaton, Arthur and Abb. Sykes. We
wish our boys much success.
Miss Ada Heaton was the quest OF
Mrs. Smith Waller Thursday evening,
Miss Edith Rowe visited relatives
in Bonne Terre Saturday.
S. A. Sykes was the guest of rela-
tives and friends in Flat River few
days during the week.
Lawrence Richardson and family
are moving to Bonne Terre this week
Miss Sally Semar visited her pa.
rents at Frankclay from Friday until
Sunday
Mrs. Il. H. Rowe was the guest Of
Mrs.. H. C, Rhodes Friday evening.
Miss Anna Heston visited at the
home of c. .Statzel Saturday and Sun
day and also attended the social at
the Charter.
Miss Annie Rowe visited her aunt,
Mrs. Andrew Msroe, of Bonne Terre
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Rhodes and
Edw. Heaton visited their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Wm. E. Heaton, Satur-
day and Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Harversticll
and children visited at the home Of
Henry Turley Sunday.
Arthur and Clarence Sykes and Ev-
erett Thurman and Miss Ada Heaton
attended the party at Joe Wallen's
Saturday night. They reported a
fine time
Mrs. Lizzie Turley is visiting her
daughter. Mrs. Matt Mnssbaumer, of
near Oak Vale, at this whiting.
Several from here attended the
dance at Melzo SATURDAY night.
Preston Burns of Festus was a
Valle's Mines visitor Sunday.
Arthur and Alb Sykes of st. Louis
visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
IS. A. Sykes, Saturday and Sunday.
A party was given at Geo. White
sells Tuesday for the boys who left
for training ON Thursday. The fol-
lowing were present: Inez Thurman,
Ethel Whaley, Lizzie Stated, Agatha
Speidle, Ethyline Watt, Dora and
Hettie Nussbaumer, Edith Rowe, Ada
and Olga Heaton; Messrs. Bryan and
Everett Thurman, Andrew Stated,
John and Felix Nussbaumer, Lon and
Geo. Moore, Edw. Heaton, Pete and
John Parker, Arthur, Alb, Earl and
Clarence Sykes, Charley Shannon and
VIM. Courtney.
The Farmington times., 1918-08-23
COUNTY COURT

Settlement of County Treasurer H
w. tCoffield taken up and approved.
Settlement Of County Clerk Albert
Wulfert taken up and approved.
Satisfaction entered upon payment
of interest and principal of schoo
fund mortgage and bond of j. A. Law
renee. Pho
J. W. David raising $337.50 for i'm.
provemcnt of Doe Run-Bonne Terre
road, the Court appropriates $67g
further. j. W. David appointed SUI
pervisor of expenditures and bone
fixed at $4,000.
Bond of J. W. David for $4,000 filed
with J. E. Kerlagon and W. E. David
as securities.
The Farmington times., 1918-08-23

urally can expect To see wide price
range to exist, and a great deal less
satisfaction in the prices obtained
than where the hogs were kept in the
feed lots until in more satisfactory
market condition.
SHEEP.-The fact that lambs are
closing fully SOC per cwt. lower than
a week ago today, top being SIT, is
not a criterion to judge in lessening
in the outlet for this class of stuff.
The weakness has solely centered up
on an over supply of lambs, while
any marked contrast to this condition
has been the activity for sheep of all
varieties, which continues to sell at
uniformly steady prices.
National Live Stock Com. Co.
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Do not forget to take part in the
great Pershing Birthday Drive, which
will be carried on throughout st.
Francois county next Monday, for the
purpose of putting this county "over
the top" in the sale of w. S. S. Then,
on the following day, Tuesday, please
remember that your present is ear
negtly desired at the great patriotic
Mass Meeting in this city, when an in
stetAsting program will be rendered.
Remember the boys 1over there" and
he present. I. a,... III,
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favorable for a good years work.
The, registration of High School pu-
pills will begin on Thursday, Septem-
ber 9th, and continue through Friday
and Saturday. 1t is earnestly hoped
that all High School pupils who can
will call at the office of the superin-
tendent on one Of those days and reg
lister. .aa
Very respectfully, at
w, L, JOHNS, Supt.
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LIVE STOCK MARKET
National Stock Yards, H., Aug. 20.
Receipts and Comparisons.

I1oXS ...r.s. .o,0VV lV,VVO
Sheep .,.......6,000 2,7O0
CATTLE.-The heavy liquidating of
cattle has dropped off considerably,
due to generous local rains throughout
this terrStory. If this condition con-
tinues the market undoubtedly will
show further Improvement, but if
there Is resumption of the dry spell
like which we have just passed
through, there is but one logical out
come to expect--a lower selling mar
ket.
Due to the falling off in receipts the
market, in general way, has respond
ed nicely, steers of all kinds showing
an advance of 15c and 25c per cwt.,
compared with last weeks close.
While all classes of killing steers have
had this advance, the stimulus given
the common killing steers has been
due to large extent to the increased
inquiry for thin and fieshy cattle for
country purposes. In some instances
it may he said that good weight cat
tie of fair quality have gone back to
the country, costing fully SOC per cwt.
more than they could have been pur-
chased last week, but sales of this
character have been an exception
rather than the rule, most transac-
tions of either thin stuff or killing
grades showing the 25c end OF the
advance.
Butcher cattle, mixed stuff, bulls
and Gamers came In for their full
share of the price gain this week, and
these classes averaged generally 25c
per cwt. higher.
The bulk Of the receipts of both
steers and she stuff consists largely
of the thin and habitat kind, and not
many strictly fat cattle have been
avadlable.
HOGS: Strictly good native hogs
!hate found excellent competition this
week, selling fully 10c to 15c higher
today than yesterday, with the ex-
treme top back to the record of $40
set short while back. Today's mar
ket is fully 25c per cwt. higher than
it was week ago today, and this up
ward trend in price values can be at
tributed solely to the scarcity of well
finished hogs, as but few country men
have had the courage to finish hogs,
owing to the extremely dry weather of
late. While the good hogs have adj
vanced, other varieties have not, due
to the fact that by far the larger pro-
porion of the receipts has consisted of
Southern hogs from Missouri and
other Southern States. These, COM
paratively speaking, show no advance
for the week. In fact any class of
Southern swine has, to large extent,
been neglected by buyers, who are
more particular as to quality and fat
now days than ever witnessed before.
The feeding Of hogs to more mature
state is earnestly recommended, for
not only will this revert to the ulti-
mate benefit of the producer, but it as
well, will be producing more and bet
ter pork, which is so highly essential
at this time of food scarcity.
If feeders still continue to show
the disposition to liquidate so many
light and unfinished swine, we nat
The Farmington times., 1918-08-23
LICENSE TO MARRY

Aug. 17--Guy W. Fraser and Lola
May Harrington, Pennington.
Aug 17-Herman Oscar Conrad and
Lydia Priscilla Bollinger, Frederick
town.
Aug. 2O-Clarence Harris and Hazel
Bradley, Leadwood.
Aug. 20-Henry C. Jennings and Sa-
die Jennings, Desloge.
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Presbyterian Church

Robert S. Boyd, Pastor.
Services as usual Sunday morning
at IL o'clock.
Sunday school at 9:45. s.,
Junior C. E. at 800 p. m.
Senior C. e. at 7:15 p. m.
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Lutheran Church

LuthtTdu SHuICH
II. Hallerberg, Pastor.
Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Morning worship at 10:30.
A cordial welcome to all. .,
The Ladies' Aid meets at 2 p. m.
No evening service.
The Mems League meets next Mon
lay evening at 8.
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SUNDAY AT THE CHURCHES
Christian Science

Christian Science
Subject: mind"
Golden text: II Corinthians 1871.
Sunday morning at II a. m. in the
News building. Sunday school at 9:45
a. m. To these services the public is
cordially invited.
The Farmington times., 1918-08-23
THE LOCAL MARKET

Wheat, per bushel. !. .s2.10
Flour, per 100 lbs. 1890. $50
Meal, bolted, per 100 lbs. 500
Mixed feed, per 100 fbs...... 2.20
Ship-stuff, per 100 fbs........ 2.30
Corn, per bushel ............. 2.15
Hens, per fb "a
Roosters, per pound .......... II
Butter, per pound ..... 35 and 40
Eggs, per dozen 40
Hay, per ton ........$ $40 to 22.00
Bacon, per pound ......-..... 20
Spring chickens. per D -
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
NEED $1,000 MORE BEDS
TO TREAT TUBERCULOSIS

New York, Feb. 2s.-At least 50,-
900 more tuberculosis hospital beds
will be needed in the United States
within the next two years to make
possible adequate control of the dis
ease and check its ravage under war
conditions. This estimate Of the ma
tional association for the study and
prevention of tuberculosis is contain
ed in a statement issued here today,
which says there are $4,000 beds
available. in the country at present.
The estimate is based on a revised
conception of the prevalence of the
disease as the result largely of the
examination of recruits and drafted
men for our new army and navy.
Until recently it was estimated That
for every death from tuberculosis in
the country there were five active
cases of the disease. II is now be-
lie. ed that the true ratio is twice or
three times as great. Instead of
about one million active cases in the
country there are probably between
two and three million.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
GERMANS CONTINUE TO
CONSCRIPT BELCIANS FOR
EVERY SERVICE NEEDED

Washington, Feb. 22.-Official dis.
patches to the Belgian Legation to.
day told of further communicating
by the Germans of young Belgians
for military work behind the Ger.
man lines and the filming of Louis
Franck, Flemish Deputy, $1,000 for
urging the Flemish people to stand
steadfast in their resistance to Ger.
man political intrigues.
Franck was taken before mill
tary tribunal and was threatened with
deportation, the dispatches said
but despite the German concern over
the spread of the movement against
the authority of the self-styled Coun-
ell of Flanders this threat was not
carried out. The judgment declared
that since the Deputy was charged
with having melted spirit of op-
position, this was the last time that
he could hope to escape with a fine
Communicating of men for work
behind the German lines continues to
grow, the dispatch said. At Renaix
an industrial town in Eastern Fland-
ers, $50 young men were seized, many
being taken from the streets. Some
had fled. and the Germans threaten
ed to take old men unless the young
ones returned.
Students were taken from an en-
gineering school of Mons and sent
to work at an aviation camp, while
ia Luxembourg more than 600 young
men have been taken from villages
for military work.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
u. s. ARMY WILL GET
ANOTHER MILLION
PAIRS SHOES IN 1918

Washington, Feb. 22.-Although the
War Department now has on hand
and contracted for a total of l5.437,-
600 pairs of shoes, Secretary Baker
announced tonight that more than
100000 pairs of shoes will have to
be obtained for the army this year.
This is made necessary by the build
ing up of adequate stocks of reserves,
both in France and in this country.
Gen. Pershing having in mind the
length of time shoes are expected
to last the men in France has re-
quested shipments of 1880 pairs of
shoes for each 25,O00 men monthly,
or approximately nine pairs of shoes
per man annually. This quantity is
in excess of actual consumption and
when reserve supply is built up the
quantities per man will be reduced.
For troops in this country after the
initial issue of 100 per cent. II per
cent per month is required for up
keep and 2 per cent, as a reserve
stock. At the embarkation concen-
tration camps. $50 per cent. Is the
ratio for equibping . given number
of men, with 32s per cent. as the
ratio for reserve stock. In France
the upkeep is placed at rs per cent
for a given number of troops with
7s per cent. for the reserve supply.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
GERARD STANDS OPERATION
IS NOW CONVALESCINC

New York, Feb. 2.-James W.
Gerard, former United States Am
bassador to Germany, was operated
on last Wednesday and is now re-
covering rapidly, it was learned last
night. DR.. Lee NJ Hurd. of IS East
Forty-eight Street, operated on Mr..
Gerard's sinus, between the nose and
the right eye.
DR.. Hurd announced that it was at
first feared that the patient might
not recover, but that recent improve
ment has been so great that the pa
tient is now convalescing satisfacto-
rily. Mr.. Gerard suffered from the
trouble for years, it was said, and
his, activity in German prison camps
aggravated the condition He suf-
fered so much as result of a re-
cent cold that an operation was con-
Sidered necessary.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
DILLS RE-APPOINTED
SURVEYOR GENERAL OF
STATE OF NEW MEXICO

The associated Press reported yes
terday the re-appointment of Lucius
Dills to be Surveyor General OF New
Mexico for another term of four
years.
Judge Dills was appointed survey
or general of New Mexico shortly
after Woodrow Wilson took office
for the first term. Mr.. Dills is a
native of Kentucky, is staunch
Democrat, practiced law for many
years and went to New Mexico, in
1885, locating in Lincoln county. He
removed to Roswell in 1887 and en-
gagged in the newspaper business in
1891. He was editor of the Roswell
Record until 1898, and latter became
editor of the Roswell Morning News.
He was county school superinten-
dent of Chaves county in 1896.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
CHAVES COUNTY THRIFT
STAMP LEAGUE WILL
HUSTLE FASTER NOW

The thrift stamp league announce
ment Saturday night started some
thing in two ways. First and fore
most, it caused the public to realize
that thrift stamps were not selling
as rapidly as they should. And since
the success or failure, of Chaves coun-
ty in this battle depends almost en-
tirely on the public, this realization
will help And then the players"
in the thrift stamp league realized
that they were not selling enough
stamps. Since the amount of energy
they put into the selling has a direct
bearing on the amount sold, they are
determined 70 make a much better
report for next Saturday. 1t should
be remembered that Chaves county
should buy an average of 5000 worth
of these stamps every week,-Roswell
Evening News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01

There are TO people in all our land
who are more interested in our
triumph in this war than the farm
ers; because if we lose in this war
we will have imposed upon us an
entirely different kind of govern
ment, and instead of the independ-
ence which we now enjoy we will
have to take orders from some mill
tary autocrat. some where. with
Prussian eagles upon his cap. We
will have to learn what we shall do
with our fields. ard how much of
the product of our fields we may
keep ourselves and how much we
will have to contribute to the sup
port of military and naval afma-
ments.-Governor Lowden. of Illinois.
in a speech at Morrisonville.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
BREAD LINE IS
AS IMPORTANT AS
THE BATTLE LINE
New York Tribune)


Washington, Feb. 22.--It now is the
settled policy of the government
that, ships being provided, the ma
tions that stand between US and
Germany shall be supplied with food
at any cost.
Hundred Million Bushels
The Food Administration, disre-
garding calculations as to the amount
of wheat remaining in the United
States, is deliberately deducting at
the flour mills the quantity of grain
The A.iies must have in order to SUR
vive and fight. They must have be-
tween now (meaning from January
~ and July | somewhere around
100000 bushels of wheat convert
ed into flour and 100000 Bushels
of other cereals. That will leave rs
with 300,OO0,000 bushels to feed our
selves, whereas we should normally
have 42OOO0,0O0 bushels.
Can Live On Corn
Before July we may find that all
of the wheat in the country has gone
to the Allies. Then it will not be
case of getting along on reduced
bread ration, but of getting along
for a period without any wheat
bread. The Food Administration
views this possibility with absolute
equanimity. We can fall back on
corn for our own needs. TO eat
corn bread for a time instead of
wheat bread is not a high price to
pay for victory.
The Allies will hold the battle
line.
We will hold the breadline.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
Returns Completed Soon
THIS AMERICAN FARMER
STANDS READY TO ACT

Occasionally we run across a
strong-hearted, hard-fisted, clear
thinking patriot, who is fighting mad
and knows why, and who is bend
ing every effort to serve his country,
wishing he could be in France with
gun and at home producing food
and making munitions and other
things for war purposes, all at the
same time. Recently we met one such
who is a farmer, and it was good 10
meet and talk with him. For some
of his rich neighbors. who gave all
of dollar to the Red Cross and
who bought a whole $l0O Liberty
bond, he had little time. And he said
some things not entirely compliment
tary to those farmers ready to give
up because they can't get help"
Neither can l get help" said he.
but do you think I'll be downed
by that handicap? When l get at
the old farm next season there is
going to be some little stirring
around, and I'll plan and work and
III grow. God willing, as much as
ever grew before. I'll just get through
somehow, because I've got to. We
Americans are not weak-kneed, and
we're not yellow. We will win be-
cause we've got to, but some of US
need to brace up and fight harder
and complain less. If we depend
on the boys going over to do all
the fighting-God help US" He was
not boastful, neither was he excit-
able nor hot-headed. He was just
full of fight. that's all. Nothing can
stop a nation Of that kind of men
and women.-Farmer's Review.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
RANCH AND GOATS SOLD FOR
$1,000 IN THE LINCOLN FOREST

An important ranch deal was that
which between Aubrey Gist and John
and Dave McCollum. The McCollum
brothers bought the Gist interest in
the big angora goat ranch in the
Lincoln forest, near Queen, includ-
ing Gist's share of seven hundred
and eighty goats, for the sum of
eight thousand dollars.
The Gist and McCollum angoras
have an enviablc reputation in this
part of the country as high grade
animals. The flock is constantly kept
up to a fine breed by the importa-
ton of expensive males, and they
shear heavily, a good grade of mo-
hair.
They will continue to maintain the
same fine grade of stuff for which
the ranch has become famous. The
ranch has had two inches OF precipi-
tation already, and a good season is
in the ground, giving promise of
grass as soon as the weather warns
up.-Carlsbad Current.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
PUBLICITY BOARDS ARE
Overlooking NEWSPAPERS

1t is hard to conceive of the good
all the propaganda we receive from
the multitudinous 'Dictators" Coun-
ellis, Boards, and promoters will do
US or our readers. We are approach
ed in a thousand ways every week
by some or all of these demands for
space and there is nothing we can
do but go on running our little local
paper and hand out what we think
Is the best samples of this junk. The
money spent by well meaning peo-
pie in this effort to do things would
go far toward keeping things normal
if it was kept in regular channels.
However it is as it is and we can't
help it so we shall hope that there
are some grains of good to be win
moved out of this mountain of
"Chaff-Roy Spanish-American.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
LOOKING FOR DEMOCRATIC
EDITOR FOR MOsQUERO SUN

Hon. 6. c. Smith. who recently
purchased the Mosquero Sun was in
town Sunday accompanied by his
wife, Mr.. Smith finds it difficult to
leave his business interests at Clay
ton and is trying to find q compet-
ent printer and editor to take charge
of the paper. He expects to find a
suitable Democratic person within
the next thirty days. Meanwhile Eye
old editor is constantly congratulate
ed on being at the head Of q Dem.
ocratic paper-Nosquero Sun.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
BIC STATE LAND SALE
AT RATION TUESDAY BRINGS
THE STATE LARGE AMOUNT

Twenty-eight tracts of land COM
prising all aggregate area of 48,32O7l
acres were sold Tuesday at the Col
fax county court house by State
Land Commissioner Erven and his
assistants. The largest tract, q ,22O.A
acres, was purchased by Sol Floer-
sheim, OF Springer at S. per acre.
This tract and the others are locat-
ed in the southeastern part Of the
county, most Of them lying east and
north of Taylor Springs and ada
cent to the Chico creek and its drain
age basin. The highest price paid
for any of the land offered was $50.
This sale and that conducted IN
Ration on June l9 of last year dis
posed of 82,ll6.l4 acres in the coun-
ty Practically all OF the land in
both sales is located in the south
eastern part OF the county, and is
largely used for sheep and cattle
Range.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-03-01
THE IMPERIAL GERMAN
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY
PROMOTING POLYCAMY

Neutral correspondents agree that
Germany is fairly flooded with pam
phlets issued through the connivance
of the imperial government urging
polygamy upon the German women
for the sake of the Fatherland" and
to acquire more cannon fodder for
the next war of defense against the
fierce Belgians. Thousands of in
valid soldiers are quartered in small
towns and turn these places into
veritable hells. College professors
and ministers of the gospel are aid
ing in the nefarious propaganda for
the selfish interest of the Kaiser.
Let the Kaiser and his son the
Crown Prince set the example by
sending their wives and daughters
into the camps.-Las Cruces Repul
lie