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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
Il Didn't Paw.

The poets and others. mainly others,
have sung Of the virtues and blessings
OF sleep. No class OF men guards sleep
as carefully as the doctors.
Some one, with all the wise theories
OF advertising, decided to mail his lit
tie call for business to the medical
men of indianapolis. He spent Il large
sum getting up some real snappy stun.
He figured out all the psychology and
personal appeal, with all Of the big "I'
stuff he could. and then some. He laid
plans TO rcnp a harvest. He did-not.
His good money went 10 the printer.
More went To Uncle Sam for stamps.
This wise nd writer put n special de-
livery stamp on zach of his letters.
Result: The doctors Of indianapolis
were awakened about / a. m. 70 sign
for a bunch Of Printed matter. Every
doctor seer says he tore lp the booFlet
and with curses deposited the unread
pieces in the wlSte-paper basket or
81 -rwhere.
with groans and harsh words the
medical Ten wen hack 10 bed. II was
a grea. .dea.-IudIanapolIs News,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
MATTY AND COBB DISAGREE
Derived by Ball Players in An.
eient Game OF Golf.

Christy Mathewson, noted pitcher
and manager, today comes with a big
boost for golf, insisting that golf is
beneficial to any ball player, II not
overdone. In passing, 1t Is interesting
to note that Ty Cobb, noted batsman,
Is a great lover OF the ancient game.
but CAV 1t up last year as he claimed
It "dimmed' his batting eye.
Thus we have the two masters dis
agreeing. Both are artists, II in de-
ceiyinC the batter, and the other in
running" the pitcher. Ty says the
follow through" In golf Is different
from the follow through" stroke in
baseball, and that the perfection OF
one will be the detrlment of the
other.
Marty already has advised a nun
her OF his youngsters to take up the
game. Cobb, on the contrary, has
tried to discourage 1t mons the dia-
mond tossers. So there you are.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

Ping Bodie is not a Yankee. He's
an Italian. Right name, Plzzola.
The Robins go South in the spring.
to get the kinks out Of their wings.
Taking Jim Thorpe TO Texas with
the Giants Is a disease with McGraw.
Outlook for the Mackmen Is as
bright as a bIrd's-eye view Of Pitts
burgh.
Carlisle Indians will play baseball
this spring for the first time In .
decade.
This Is the season when every ball
team is n pennant winner and the man
ager can explain just why.
Some folks say the Cubs will win
the rag. TO be Frank, It's q long
time since they've had 4 Chance.
Pat Moran has a Chinese inhelder
NV isHl ilh' f'' 'uEil W tONeE
lots OF ground, being from China.
Des Moines Of the Western leag
has purchased Outfelder Walter Sand
quist from the Washington Americans.
Mike Mulcahy, who played on the
Georgetown nine several years back,
Is trying for a place on the Camp Dew
ems team.
This daylight saving Idea Is sure 10
appeal 10 the baseball fan who is tired
~ having games called on o of
darkness.
. Baseball will he played on the extern
slve scale In the army and navy train.
ing camps where more than 1900, 600
men are under military training.
Supporters OF the plan to get Sun.
day baseball for the East, see an OPEN
ing. Army and navy teams will be
permitted to perform In and around
Boston.
Clark Grlfiths Senators think they
have found a way TO "~outhooves
Hoover" They decided as means Of
getting In shape quickly to cut out the
MONDAY lunch.
Jack Lewis Of the Newark I~ntsrna.
tionals. who has been reported sold to
several clubs, Is out with a statement
that he will accept no diamond en-
gagement this season.
The Pirates have another Joe Jack
son. He Is Lee King, a Pennsylvania
miner. He started training In his bare
feet, but Bszdek o o converted him
to the . Of baseball shoeS
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baseball 1t wouldn't be surprising to
find him writing sport, He has the
ability and knows a good story when
he sees Il.
John l.. Sullivan's greatest ambition
was to be n farmer and when he left
the ring he settled down on a little
farm near Boston.
Home Run Baker would rather be
considered a successful farmer than q
great ball player. Hal Chase thinks
more Of his billiard playing than Of his
graceful work around first.
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been chosen for its impossible combination of equally impossible flowers a
white silk shirtwaist, somewhat Sohed in front wher a piece NJ "lcknce'
had fallen, a green silk parasol, although II IA cold and cloudy. a cretonne
knitting bag and, crowning his disguise, IA blonde wig.
In this garb Tommhe swept up to the desk Of the Park hotel and regis
tered as Miss Evelyn Smith Carew, Detroit" The clerk. after viewing the
They we're red, somewhat chapped, grmy and the knuckles seemed o give
mute evidence that their owner had been recently playing marbles In a elm
der pit
The real Topmie asserted himself nt the police station, where q large.
red.faced ginnIng policeman demanded u kiss.
Say watcher don, klddin' somebody I'll bust you with this pun.
grshoot. you big sun" as the highly unadynke announcement OF Tommie.
as his fists lenched.
A little later, his injured dignity soothed, Tomme explained the mystery
Of his appearance.
-"Moher wanted me to wea MILDLY biouses to sell papers In" the mas.
querader said. 81 wanted a suit OF cordroys. Geei Those MILDLY biouses
re nothing for a fellow to wear. I thought II she wanted m to look like a
girl I'd X the limit I got these things a little at u time and then l hid
them In the cellar. After got everything put EN- on and started for Cleve
land"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
PRAISE FOR BOB GROOM

Umpire Billy Evans, who has
worked behind Bob Groom a
great number Of games since he
broke into the American league,
IL Of the belief that the former
Brownie will be of much use to
the Cleveland Indians this sum-
mer. 1t Is the opinion OF Evans
that Groom showed about rs
much stun last year as he ever
did. Groom has fine speed, a
corking curve and a most decep-
tive splitter, which he Uses only
occasionally. Evans believes
that Fohl will make much use
Of Groom As a relief pitcher
since his curve and splitter m
often OF great advantage In stop
ping n batting rally.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
o Release Grain In Case Of Fire.

o Release Grain In Case Of Fire.
An excellent suggestion for saving
wheat and other grain In country ele-
vators In the event Of fire has been
made by n South Dakota builder. The
Idea Is simple. Each bin for grain is
provided with n trapdoor In the outer
wall OF the building, so arranged that
In case Of fire the door could he pulled
open and the grain allowed to run out
on the ground.-Scientihc American.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

COCKTAILS Tor the party. Il am sorry,
madam" said the waiter. but I canno
serve you" Why not?" Because
you wear the army Uniform"
The tall. handsome woman wore the
khaki of the Medical corps, and was
forsooth an officer In the corps, a sur
geon bent on going abroad to serve
with the Pershing forces. Her blouse
was cut English fashion, revealing n
tie that sported the golden serpent
that is the emblem of the corps. The
lady In khaki refused TO be turned
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

down on the prohibition issue. She demanded that George c. Brown, who
bosses everything around the place. be called. She laid the case before him.
Brown took Il peep at the uniform and sustained the waiter
women haye the amt privileges and the same responsibilities that mu
have now, he said. The government doesn't know the difference between a
warrior in khaki and a warrioreSS and they'd SEND me over for n year for
gratifying the most beautiful thirst in America if 1t wore uniform"
At dinner that night a perfectly cool lady in khaki waS Waiting calmly
according TO n later report, went to his roon VIA a fire escape.
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NTU|I-VS TOF n ITITIttH+l"NT'OIU young
nan when the young man wanted
'cord'royS, Smacks of that nctional
1'ro's most abandoned crimes.
Tommie Is Ia jail IN Toledo, and
ocNed up with him &, the queerest coli
lection OF clothes that a Detroit news
BOY "ycr had the patience to gather
md the consummate nerve to wear.
lie appeared In a ravishing gown Of
-ustling silk, neatly pointed low shoes,
with high French heels, silken hose,
A nower-pot hat that, apparently, had
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
EvERS WANTED TO BE SCRIBE
Like . Lot Of Other Athletes, Former
Cub Player Nursed Ambition TO
Be Something Else.
A lot Of great athletes have nursed
secret ambitions to be something else.

Bob Fitzsiminons
wanted to be an
animal trnine
and used to keep
a tame lion.
Bat Nelson and
J o h n n Evers
cherished similar
ambitions. Both
wanted 10 forsake
the fields Of
sports and be-
come writer's. Bat
too a whirl at II,
but wasn't much
OF n success.
Whap Eyars ouitc
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Marriage a la Mode.

would you give up your happy
home for me2"
IT might"
Good :"
But remember, I won't give up my
matinee crowd or my dancing set or
my bridge charlottesville Courier.
Journal.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

malarial poisons-so Is .
furred or coated tongue.
loss Of appetite. head.
aches or giddiness, and a
drowsy, debilitated
feeling. It's your liver
that's at fault. You
want 20 stimulate il and
invigorate it with DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
With every trouble Of tho
kind, these tiny little
things act like a miracle.
You can break up sudden
attacks OF Colds, Fever.
nnl Inflammation Nth
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

Walter Camp, the Yale advisory
coach and football authority, Is n hard
working member Of Uncle Sans train
Ing force in preparing the country's
athletes for war. Camp Is stationed nj
the government aviation school ut the
University OF California, Berkeley, Cal,
as an athletic instructor. They say he
10 Of immense aid In putting the bodies
Of the young ayiators In splendid form,
which greatly Increases their chances
of coming unscnthed through the Sc
vere tests required to make flyers
capable OF holding their own over the
heads OF foes in Europe.
Despite the danger, there is a fas-
eination about flying and a daring work
that appeals to many American lads,
who figure they can learn as well as
did the men now flying abroad, and
sec no reasons why the feats Of the
past cannot be duplicated. Camps long
training at New Haven has fitted him
well for the work hs 10 doing.
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them. They'll give you permanent bene-
fit for Indigestion, Constipation, Sour
Stomach. Sick Headache, and Dizziness.
They are small and pleasant to take. and
the most thoroughly natural remedy.
Twenty-Five cents at most drug stores.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

III court hN Il customary part OF II
woman'S upkeep." The decision vas
handed down by a village police Judge
here after weighing every side Of the
question. And, take It from Louis J.
Whclan, who must pay an additional
dollar each week to his wife because
of 1t, the judicial finding Is one that Is
attracting considerable interest In this
village.
Whelan, who is a foreman gardener
on an estate near here, was summoned
into court by his wife, who declared
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

Possibly all men may be born free
and equal, hut IL Is impossible to keep
come OF them In that condition.
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that the 80 weekly he IA paying for her support was insufficient in these
panlcky times OF val n costly living TO keep her In the necessities of life.
But she spends 1t all o trash-fancy soar, face powder, and all that
trash" began Whean.
Just then the Judge cleared his throat, frowned down upon him and
brought the complaining husband to n sudden stop.
Yes they're trash, but they're a customary part OF n womanis upkccp"
Whtan agreed 'hut he would pay the sun although the decision had
not changed his opinion in the least.
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bad designs do him less harm than
his friends with good intentions.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

Teacher-Name the five zones.
Pupil-Temperate, incorporate, war.
postal and o.
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precaution.

"Are you studying German7" "Yes,.
I don't want any alice enemy to be able
to say things | can't understand"
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Detroit Tommy's Revenge on His Doting Mother

TulEbo-Thcrc re n o grounds o believe that Tonmic McnuTe Of Detroit
i ever cad the adventures of that Juvenile philosopher "renrOd ScohHd'
LL - -- manufacturers " his rcycnge ON a molhor who favored .mldly.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

- To Be Strong and Healthy -.
Won must have Pure Blood. GROVES TASTHLHss
chill TONIC pnrnhes and Bnriches the Blood and
Builds up tho whole system II contains the we'll
can feel its good effect on the Blood after tho nrst
tev doses. Price DC.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
Court Rules Woman's Toilet Trash" Is Necessary

D ICIFoRD. y. Young men Gll them foolish frms. Husbands call them
N trash. Women call them makeup. But, hereafter, soap and perfume
that ire to be found o nilady's dressing table are to have legal standing
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
Couldn't Get Cocktail Because Of Her Uniform

NJ Ew YoRK-A tall. dgnhed woman, o. what might be termed the inter-
" estng e to aNoid trouble, walked into the Park Avenue hotels dining
room with a couple OF friends. and by way Of Introducing luncheon ordered
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23
A mans actual measure Is never
marked Off on his tombstone.

The needle you must hunt for In
the lIaystack never prlcks your fingers.
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OUR DEFENSE

E In the spring we may be attacked at
any moment. Toxic poIsons pile up
within US after n hard winter. and we
feel rundown" tired out, blue and
discouraged. This is the time to put
u house In ~order-cleanse the system
and put fresh blood into our arteries.
You can obtain an Alternative extract
from Blood root, Golden Seal, Stone
and Queens root, Cherry bark, rolled
into u s~ugar-coated tablet and sold by
most druggists, In sixty cent Walls. as
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
This blood tonic. In tablet or liquid
form. is Just what you need for Spring
Fever" for that lack Of ambition. 1t
will fill you full Of vim. vigor and vi.
tally.
Chilliness. when other people feel warm
enough, is q sign Of biliousness, or OF
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-23

To keep clean and healthy take DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver. bowels and stomach.-Adv.
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small boy. That chap eve full OF mischief. yer watchful OF a chance to
play a trick that will reap him a good laugh and perhaps u chase by the
unfortunate victim of the trick.
A SiNtyhrSt street car was mcrrHy bowling along the street. The motor
man had n wide grin On his face The conductor vas checking u ~ his books
preparatory % "A quick leave when the n reached the barn. with the right
Of way clear the popular automobile o. the poor people W n insured a fast
voyage.
But alas! A barrel of apples stood innocenuy in front of a corncr gro,
Gerry. Along came n small boy In a % instant the barrel a overturned and
hundreds OF apples rolled into the street. The motormans grin changed to
sardonic laughter. Passengers silently cursed and the conductor knew he'd
be late al home. There were cold suppers that night The motorman could
nt start the cal until the apples were gathered.
In springtime n young boy fancy lightly turns to thoughts OF mischief"
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Easier Then.

Easier Then.
"Marjory, you must forgive your lit
tie friends when they are rude to you"
al do, mother; but I slap their faces
Observation-Disclosures Agc-IIcrald.
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nv THIT'IN Ut IIN NTIFtI 'WIN Ut" TIT
II joyful mood and the spring sunshine
brings out their good nature. They
are not haraSscd by heavy clothing.
The green grass peeping through the
earth cheers them up and they murmur
This is the life"
with the coming of the warm days
the street car chauffeur sees a better
world. No more wagons on the tracks,
no br%cakdowns, doors that open easily
and everything so happy and gay. But,
nlns. he Inns not reckoned with the
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important 10 Mothera

JmpOTtant 20 M0th0F0
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
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Barrel of Apples Makes One Peck Of Trouble

CHICAGO-The moormans life is full of vexing problems. After a long.
- hard winter fun of difficulties, delays, cold hands md feet and petty
quarreis with passengers, he looks forward to the balmy spring days. Then
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DIAMOND
NOTES

Ping Bodie is not a Yankee. He's
an Italian. Right name, Plzzola.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-14
IOWA STOCK RAISER
SAYS FAMINE APPROACHES

nesota, live stock farmers are losing
81 a hundred pounds on their cattle
because of inability to ship 1t.
"In addition large quantities of grain
are being wasted by being fed to hogs
and cattle which were ready for mar
ket weeks ago.
Sykes declared the government Is
losing the confidence Of the farmers
"because farmers and live stock pro-
ducers have been given no voice IN
the food administration.
He declared farmers tried in vain
TO get a practical farmer in the food
administration. He scored the slow
ness of the food administration in fix
ins hog prices last fall AS a result of
uncertainty as to what the price would
he live stock farmers last fall rushed
large numbers of partly fattened and
brood animals to market. This has
greatly curtailed production, he said
Sykes told the committee that when
cars are made available to ship meat
to market, packers will cut the price
to the producer, giving Increased re-
ceipts as the excuse.
.'But the price will not be reduced
to the consumer" Sykes added: The
live stock men whose patriotism is
costing them all it has taken tnenl
years to accumulate, are not going 20
be burned a second time; they VIII
get out Of the business.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-14

IBy Henry Wood, United Press Stair
Correspondent
WITH I'll E F r e N G H
ARMIES IN THE FIELD,
Feb. 14.-The Germans are
now believed to have at least
2,34O, 900 men concentrated on
the western front.
To date 175 German divi-
sions have been identified in
this theatre, including twenty
three recently transported
from Russia. A German divi-
sion is supposed to comprise
$4,000 men. On this basis the
units of 100000 men have
been identified.
Presumably an additional
twenty divisions have been
transferred from Russia in the
past week, making a total OF
1875 divisions.
At the moment the separate
peace with Ukraine W a s
signed, the Germans still had
sixty-three divisions on the
Russian front, the Austrians
had thirty-three and Turks and
Bulgars two each; while the
italian front was held for for
tv-two Austrian and three Ger
man divisions.
Indications are that all Ger
man divisions on the Salonika
front are now being replaced
by Bulgars from the Rumanlan
front.
The Turkish army in Asia
Minor numbers forty-seven di-
visions.
Preparing for Russia.
| AMSTERDAM, Feb. 1.-THE con
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-14
inability to Get Cars to Ship
Hogs and Cattle is Given
as the Reason.

limited Press Leased Wire Service J
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Railroad
and marketing conditions are rapidly
uslVing American meat producers out
VI business and menacing the country
Win meat famine.
:, Ihere Is no shortage of hogs or cat
ue Today. but seventy-fiye per cent OF
.he fattened cattle ready for the mar
net on January / are still held In
teealng yards because there are no
'ars to ship them to Chicago.
A., ihls was testimony today before
the senate agricultural committee of
-; SYKES. Ida Grove, Iowa, president
VI me Corn Belt Meat Producers as
soclatlon. The committee today open
M eu an investigation of the whole farm
situation with particular attention to
sraln, meat and labor conditions.
ratrlotism alonc is keeping thou
SANDS OF men out of the live stock
.nuslness,' said Sykes. Conditions as
uiey are nov will ruin feeders.
IN Iowa, Illinois, eastern Nebraska
SAo south Dakota, Missouri and Min
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v DOW
AND FOUR
CHILDREN
Packing House Employe Never
Got Over Thirteen Dollars
Per Week at His
Work.
DIED OF CONSUMPTION
Pitiful Witness In Labor Arbitration
Against Meat Barons Whose
Pay Is Too Small,
is Charge.
DIED OF CONSUMPTION

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Feb. 14.-Her four
thinly clad children clung to Mrs.
Eva Maciejlwski. a thirty year old
widow, while she testified today in
the packing house labor arbitration
hearing.
The father of the little tots died
of consumption contracted from over
work in a packing house and was
buried in the only suit of clothes he
possessed, according to the witness.
1--WE never have been one dollar
ahead in our lives and borrowed
money to start married life" said
Mrs. Maciejlwski in response to
questioning by Attorney Frank p.
Walsh, counsel for the stock yards
workers while he lived, we some
times had enough to eat, but since
his death we never have as much as
we need. We can't even afford movies
and only rarely visit the city parks" "
Other widows testifying today
stated the most their husbands ever
had made was S13 a week for ten
hours daily labor, and that they
worked several hours overtime every
day to be able to provide for their
families.