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Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
CLEANUP DAY

Next Tuesday, at 8 A. NJ,
everybody in Estancia will
please assemble in the square
around the flagpole, armed
with rakes, shovels, and any
implements that will be useful
in cleaning up; and those who
can do so are asked to bring
teams and wagons.
Everybody come. Let's
clean up Estancia and make it
look like a new town.
Every person should collect
the rubbish on his own prem
ises and have it ready to haul
away.
Now, let's all pull together.
DIR. C. H. JAMESON,
Village Health Officer.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
SOLDIER LETTERS
May 81, 1919

May Il, 1919
Dear Folks:-
Just received my mail yes
terday as l just returned to my
company from my trip through
France. I had one letter from
home. It showed some last
night but it is all gone now.
| am back on the picket line
and have two horses to care
for, but it is not so bad as
when we have to move / don't
have to carry a pack. The
chaplain said tonight that we
would not be here longer than
two weeks and l hope he is
right about it.
| passed through the battle
fields while on my trip and
some of it is sure shot to piec-
es. We passed through where
once had been a number of
towns, that there could not be
found more than one or two
foundations. In some towns
a house once in a while didn't
seem to be damaged much,
and others would have one
room. There were people liv-
ing in them. They all live in
one room..
The main railroad lines have
been reconstructed within fir
ing distance of the large guns.
The people are farming now.
In one or two places l saw
them plowing around shell
holes. All through France can
be seen German prisoners at
work on railroads and devas-
tated country and cleaning up
the debris of ruined villages.
Well, they should do this work
for they were the cause of it
all, and they should help as
far as possible to make good
what they destroyed.
Well, l will close for the
present, hoping to be in the
United States again soon.
FORREST w. JOHNSON.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15

is modelled after this building
Then went to the pantheon
La Guerfe" or Pantheon Of the
war. 1t is a painting of all
the battle fronts and President
Wilson and all the notable
people of every allied nation.
The Grand Opera was
closed so did not get to go
there, but I attended some of
the French shows. The actors
wear anything from nothing
up to a million dollars worth
Of clothes.
Paris has one of the finest
subway systems in the world,
you can 60 to any part of the
city in ten or fifteen minutes
for Is centimes or 3 cents.
l came back from Paris by
way of Toul, Nancy, Metz,
Luxembourg City, and Esch.
Did not get to see Luxembourg
City as the M. FPS. will not let
you go up town. Would like
to see the castles there.
We will probably move up
to Coblenz this week, so I will
have a new territory to ex-
plore along the Rhine. Sup
pose we will be there till we
start back to the States.
| had just come back from
Versailles, and just across
from the subway station where
[ got off is the Quai D'Orsay, |
where the peace conference is
being held. came up just
about five minutes after Pres
dent Wilson had left. l saw
Secretaries Daniels, Lansing,
3alfour, and Paderweski, Po-
and's premier.
| attended church services
It the Madeline last Sunday.
t is the best modern church in
france. 1t was Palm Sunday
md there was quite an inpos-
ng ceremony. A friend of
nine went to the Presbyterian
hurch where President Will
on attends, but he did not at
end that Sunday.
Well, l will ring off for this
ime.
ROBERT D. MAXWELL.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
"A NEW PIANO FOR YOU"

About May goth | will start
on a piano tuning trip through
the entire Estancia valley, pre-
pared to tune, clean, polish,
refinish, restring, and repin all
kinds of pianos and player
pianos, also do all kinds of re-
pairing including case work. |
will have an expert assistant
with me, and no matter how
bad shape your piano is in
now, we will make it like new,
at a reasonable charge. If
you need any work in this line,
drop me a postal and I will be
glad to- call and estimate
charges for the job. Write to-
day.. Lewis Clark, Willard.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
ROBERT D. MAXWELL.
AK Les Bains, France,
HToaI 1H 1n1 n

AK Les BalnS, France,
March 16, 1919.
My Dear Father and Mother:
l will write you a few lines
to let you know l am O. K.
l have sent several cards
and also some folders of this
country. We are in the French
Alps here and there are sure
many beautiful sceneries.
Mountains with snow peaked
caps, also many old historical
sights to be seen, as this coun-
try has been fought over for
almost one thousand years
save the last fifty. There are
buildings showing the old
Roman architecture and also
walls showing the Grecian
structure. l have made sew
eral trips and seen quite a few
of the sceneries. The largest
lake in France, Lac De Bonds,
is here, and over the mountains
west you can see Hannibal's
pass which is the same pass
Napoleon led his armies
through when he went into
Italy. At a town near here
Savoi, built more than six hun
dred years ago.
Some of the buildings show
they were built during the
Roman occupation, about 3 A.
D. and before, but the most of
those buildings are almost
ruins and would be but for the
fact that they were built out of
solid stone. When they were
digging for the laying of the
foundation for the hotel in
which l am now staying, there
was an old Roman casket
found which was in a good
state of preservation, also
many other relics denoting
Roman occupation.
There are hot sulphur
springs also alum springs here
which are open for the SOL
diers, and | have been taking
a medical bath almost every
day since l have been here.
You remember | am on a fur
Tough to travel over France.
am due to leave here tomor-
row if there is a train. We
are usually supposed to get on
1.-THE train about three hours be-
fore it leaves. l have sent sew
eral French and German SOU
venirs from this place. Hope
you will get them o. K.
This country of Savoie has
belonged to both France and
Italy. They have voted twice
The first time they voted to
stay with Italy, the second
time to stay with France. II
was bought off in the peace
conference, but they wanted tc
|stay with France.
i Well, ! will close and l may
mot write until l get back to
the company.
i FORREST w. JOHNSON.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
Jugs at Waggener's.
Attention, Property Owners

Attention, Property Owners
AS | am compelled to remit
all premiums to insurance
companies, at the end of each
l shall follow my in
structions and cancel out any
and all insurance not paid for
at the close of the month, in
which it is written. Please.
remember to remit according
ly, if you have unpaid policies.
Ira L. Ludwick.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
PUBLIC MEETING OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

At the Pastime Theatre Fri
day, May 23, 1919, beginning
at $3.50 P. M. Every citizen
should be present. Light re-
freshments will be served and
a general good time for all.
Bring the family and come
early.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
PICTURES WANTED

Ii you have a snap shot or
other photograph of agricul-
tural scenes, of public or pri-
vate buildings, or of any kind
that might be used in our ad-
vertising campaign, please
bring or mail to Chamber of
Commerce at once.
Do it now.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
Hussigny, France,
April 20. 1919.


Dear Father and LYNNE -
l have just got back from
my trip to Paris. | saw sc
much that l hardly know how
to begin to tell you about it
but l will try to give you a
brief story of what l saw. One
could spend months in Paris
and never see everything of in.
terest. l did not have time to
stop and look at anything
good, l had to keep moving to
keep up with the guides.
spent one day at Versailles
looking at the gardens and
part of the palace. I wrote
you a post card on the table
that peace will be signed upon.
1t was in the same room that
the Germans dictated peace to
the French in I'll, and William
l. was crowned emperor of
Germany in that room.
l walked under the Eiffel
tower. It's base covers four
acres, and it is the tallest
structure in the world-980
feet high, and is considered
one of the seven wonders of
the world.
l took two rides on the ferris
wheel, close to the tower, 1t
is the largest wheel in the
world, 800 feet high. You can
get a fine view Of Paris from
it.
I spent one afternoon in the
Louvre and just saw a corner
of it. They shipped all the
paintings away during the war
and have just brought them
back and are putting them up
now, so l did not get to see
many paintings. The statuary
is all open. l am sending you
some pictures of Venus and
Winged Victory. They are
said to be worth more than
any two other statues in the
world. There are about eight
miles of galleries in the Louvre
so you can see l did not gel
far in one afternoon.
I went to the 1nvalides
where Napoleon is buried, saw
his tomb. They have there
model of each type of artillery
that has been made since they
began making guns, also thu
first and last Bosh plane'
brought down, a wrecked Yep
pelin, and some fifteen hun
dred flags that have been cap
tured by the French since
times B. G.
l visited the Notre Dame, st
Sulpice, and the church tina
was struck by the long rang'
gun and killed eighty people
inside.
Visited the P an t h e n o n
where some of the famou
paintings are. Our capito
building at Washington, D. c,
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
DIED

Theodore Barnhart died at
Childress, Texas, May 7th.
He made no Improvement
after his arrival in Texas.
Mr.. Barnhart was among
the early settlers of Estancia
Valley. He came here about
1907, and homesteaded south
west of Estancia.
He was past seventy years
of age.
He was a good man, highly
respected and esteemed by all
who knew him.
The bereaved wife has the
warm sympathy of many
friends here in the loss of her
husband.
There were no children.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
PAY YOUR
BACK TAXES

Current taxes must be paic
promptly and payment of de
linquent taxes cannot be long
er deferred if House Bills Nos
1880 and 381 enacted into law
by the last legislature. are
properly enforced. The Tax.
payers Association of New
Mexico publishes the sub.
stance of these laws in the
April number of the Tax Re-
view.
By House Bill No. $50, it is
required that complaint of
error or injustice in assess
ments shall be filed with the
district attorney within six
months after the delivery of
the tax rolls to the county COL
lector, and hearing on such
complaint shall be held within
twenty days after filing of
complaint. The State Tax
Commission may be represent
ed at such hearing and may
take an appeal from the final
order of the district court in
the case to the supreme court.
The effect of this statute will
be to secure prompt correction
of all assessments and to pre-
vent the accumulation of un-
collectible taxes. Further, all
complaints for correction of
errors in any assessment made
prior to the passage of H. B.
No. $50 must be filed within
six months from the time of
the approval of the Act.
Under H. B. No. 381, dis
trict attorneys or special coun-
sci employed by the State Tax
Commission are required to
commence and prosecute suits
for the collection of delinquent
taxes. In all such suits, ten
per cent of the total amount of
the delinquent taxes, penalty,
interest and other cost shall be
charged and collected as costs
to be paid by the defendant or
recovered by sale of the prop
erty. From this ten per cent
shall be paid the compensation
IF special counsel and other
expenses incurred by the State
Tax Commission.
Any suit pending for delin-
luent taxes at any time, may |
De dismissed and a new suit |
for the collection
If such tax. The court may |
order all errors in assessment |
corrected and permit the
amendment of any complaint |
,or collection of delinquent
axes at any time before judg-
nent. Suit may be brought by
he district attorney or by
special counsel to determine
he validity of any tax sale GER
;ificate issued to and held by
my county. If certificate is
1eld invalid, same shall be
cancelled and suit may be
brought for collection of delin-
Iuent taxes on property in
Jolved as if same had not been
offered for sale. Failure on
he part of the county treasur-
sr to publish notices or post |
delinquent tax lists shall not
De a bar to the right to bring |
suit and sell property upon
lue notice at any future time.
Under these two laws it |
should be possible to reduce
considerably the amount of |
outstanding taxes which now
exceeds $2,250,0O0. AS all
delinquent taxes which ac-
,rued prior to January 1, 1915, |
will be paid into the state or
county road funds and roads
and schools will receive their
respective shares of taxes that |
have accrued since that date,
the laws relating to the collec-
tion of taxes should be strictly
enforced. If back taxes are
paid in the public business
could be placed upon a cash
basis within the next twelve
Taxpayers Associa-
ton.
stA NCxxy DUANn EnD VNIp,
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
NOTICE

All our accounts are left at
the Estancia Savings Bank for
collection. Call and arrange
settlement.-J. C. and X. B.
Peterson.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15
Seed Corn for Sale.

| have secured and hold for
sale 500 pounds native Mexi-
can seed corn.-Juan c. Jara-
milo, Torreon, N. M.
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1919-05-15

Sewing machines at Wag-
gener's.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

/ am a little boy 7years old. have
been going to school months and have
boon on the hogor roll each month.
want YOU to bring Inc an automobile.
Youwill find the one want at Mr.. Watt
!. Longs store. 1t has tenders and a wind
shield. and please bring me train that
runs on track, some skysockets, Roman
candles and lots of firecrackers. / guess
that will do for this Christmas.
VIM. Clifton Flowers.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

will write to let you know / 60 to
school every day am leaning fast have a
good teacher love her very much | am
looking for you to come to see me and
bring me a great big doll with large blue
eyes carriage for her some apples oran'
ges nuts and lots of pretty things can't
think of all want so please bring me a
whole lot and please don't think me greedy,
yours affectionately.
lila Thelma Riiery, Entwistle. :
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Dear Old Santa: I'll turn down the
light and shut my eyes tight, if you will
please come to see me and bring me a
ring and doll and lots OF good things to
eat. have tried to be good cmart girl.
So hope can go to see Aunt Annie
Thomas and get good dinner during
Xmas. am 6 years old and am in the
End grade.
Judith Evelyn Kelly, Hamlet.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

/ am little boy about 3 years old and
am looking for old Santa. ! want a train
with black engine and red cars, little
rake and hoe with white handle.
Some candy, grapes. apples and oranges.
/ want a little kitten to. Mama said It
would Jump out of my stocking but you
can put it in box Please don't forget
your little friend.
Franklin Mcdonald, Hoffman.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

! am little girl II years and in 5th
grade. Please bring me a doll and bed,
piano, set of dibhes, stove set and lots of
+ fruit and all sorts of nuts.
Elmer Wilson, Rt l..
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SANTA CLAUS LETTERS,
\ Continued from Page 8

Dear Santa: ! am boy years old. /
want you to bring me train that runs
on track B. B. shotgun and ma
chine gun and a sword and some candy
and nuts and fruits too. Your Friend
Howard Lackey, Hamlet.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18
Judith Evelyn Kelly, Hamlet

want you to bring me doll and a
little bedstead. Iwant a doll that will
open and shut her eyes. | have two
little sisters and one little brother. My
little brother wants a knife with chain
to it. My little sisters want pretty little
things to, We want some nuts and fruit,
am IL years old. Goodby,
Madge Sullivan,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

| am riting you letter for a doll
which can open and shut her eyes and
Garage ! am 8 years old. i am in
the End grade.
Margaret Tyner, Hoffman.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Will you please come and bring me a
doll and a lavallier, hope I'll have a
good time Christmas and goto see grand
pa and grandma Davis at Ellerbe. re-
old. I'm in the 4th grade.
Hazel Virginia Kelly, Hamlet.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

will tell you what to bring me. My
father is dead so want you to bring me
a pair of kid gloves, box of writing
paper, and box of handkerchiefs, Be
sure and bring them dear Santa Claus.
will close. Yours very truly,
Maud Baucom, aged IL
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

want you to bring me a % rifle and
box of cartridges and a bicycle and and
candy and fruits 50 will close. Your
little friend.
Fred Lisk, Mt Gilead
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Iwanf YOU to bring me 4 pair Of shoes
and a set of vases and doll and some
candy and apples and oranges and nuts
Ethel Williams. 1T 4.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Iwant yot to qring me sweater, a
doll, a tea set, and lots of candy and
fruits. Now will close. Yourf truly.
Mona Lee Maske
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Dear santa claus l am righting you,
want doll bed and stove. have a big
doll, from
Ethel Tyner, Hoffman.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

\ Iwanf adolf that will open and shut
her eyes and 4 trunk
Dora May Tyner. Hoffman
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18
Gladys Fields, Rosemary

am wiling you letter for rifle an a
bugle | am IL years old and am in the
Bird grade,
utbar Tvrar Huffman
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Iwant big doll and writing desk
and Santa Claus stocking. want you
to come the 10Th because am going to
Rockingham on Saturday and you must
not forget to look for me on Christmas
Eve night. Mother said you were poor
this Christmas, but you are not, are you
Santa Claus?
GLADYS Fields Rosemary
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

As | am too little to write Aunta will
write for me. am six years old. My
home is in Rockingham though / am
with my aunt now. want to go home
Christmas and want you to briug me
some apples, oranges and candy, cook
stove, dining table and some chairs, a
phone and doll. Please do, Santa.
Elma Covington, Eagle Springs
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

| am 6 years old and am going to school
to Miss Bernice Turner, like her fine.
| want you to bring me doll and a doll
cradle and piano and lot Of yood fruits.
Gladys Chandler
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

| am almost Z years old and in the first
grace, B class. want snake jump out
Of the box, a truck that you can crank
I'D, and have to spin when it gets wet, a
tricycle., wagon big enough for me to
haul things for dady. goat and harness,
a new hat, bugle and boy scout suit,
a watch and a watch fob.
Bruce Manship
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Please bring me wagon one that !
haul stove wood for Mama in. Bring me
horse and train. don't forget to bring
me some apples and oaranges and nuts
and crackers. Your little boy
Gilbert Knight, Osbtrie
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

want you to bring me trycickle and
some fire crackes
Wren Goodwin, aged S
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Iwant you to bring me baby doll and
aaincoat and some fruits, From one
of your little girls
Mary Thompson Hoffman.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

want you to bring me a stove some
pans and a ball
Gladys Goodwin, aged Z
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Please bring us doll asiece and some
caddy, oranges, nuts, raisens and other
nice things. Bring some for papa and
mama too and take Clarence something
too. Please dear Santa come down the
chimney in sack so you won't get our
dolls black.
Alma and Lillian Chance. Ellerbe, Rt.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

/ will write you so can tell you what
want. Twant pair of skates. That
is all want. My age is IL.
Ruby Robbins
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

want a tricycle. and story-book.
wiil not ask for much. ! want you t
think of other children who have NJ
mothers to take care of them. Your lov
ing little friend,
Stella Inez Coppedge. Ellerb'
wrote this all by myself am year
old.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

Please bring me little trair ond auto.
mobile, little toy lantern, ten boxes OF
pistol caps, oranges. apples, nuts, rasins.
English walnuts, candy and bananas and
little rocking chair. 7,
Ernest Lee Mclean, Ellerbe
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-12-18

dear old santa claus want you to
bring me bickle and some fee crackes.
William Henry Goodwin, aged 10
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Dear Santa: how are you this time |
am well. want pretty doll and little
carriage. all so apples oranges nuts. i
want to GO to the Xmas trse. am 8
years old good bye
Eva Alice Sullivan
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me will close f0dS Sasd H Baucom aged
my mobile lantern, boxes
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and bananas
,os lavalier hope I'll have little rocking chair -
grand Lee Mclean Ehert
pa and Eebe 70
Iod. I'm the 4th grade.
Kelly Hamlet almost old ana IN tne M
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bed and have big enough for
$50 from haulth and harnes
Ethel Tyner Hoffman a buge and boy scout sui
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leaning fast have
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, yours afectonateE Continued on Page y.