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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
Have Very Pleasant Life"


q canoe to be polite, you know. A
canoe can go through the water So
easily when people paddle 1t. and n
canoe is very useful and lots Of fun
II It is properly understood. but It
isn't the habit Of a canoe to make
polite speeches.
at was most good Of you to make
the effort said Billie Brownie, bowling
very low.
"It was extremely kind Of YOU
said Bonnie Brownie.
ave think you are n kind and po-
lite canoe said the other little brown.
les.
"'Well,' said Billie Brownie, after a
pause, and after they had all chosen
places about the canoe so they could
hear Its story, won't you tell us all
about yourself. We have heard that
you came from n tree
az did, said the canoe. 4 came
from the Canoe Birch tree. There are
many kinds OF birch trees, but my
family belonged to the Canoe Birch
tree family. I'm so glad | belonged
to that family, for we are SO use.
ful.
NOW ] have had n useful and
very pleasant life as n canoe. The
people who " me are so fond OF me.
They won't let holes get Into nv
sides by running me up on rocky
shores. They are careful Of me. They
like me md they want to keep me a
long, long time.
"fou see,' the canoe continued.
the Canoe Birch tree family can do
many things. People can get delicious
sirup from our sap. They Gun make
wooden shacks out OF us. too-and ~
course, rs you know, they can get
canoes from MS.
THE cartridges enjoy our buds.
but most OF all are we useful IN men
for we can he made into so MANY
things. But best OF all. the very best
OF all. to my canoe mind. Is that We
can be made Into wonderful bark
canoes
"That's fne,' said Billie Brownie
i had no idea your family could do so
many thlhgs and That so much could
be made out Of you and your rela.
tives.'
~ beg your pardon said the canoe,
but my relatives are different. They
nre the other birch trees, and some ~
my relatives can't do much OF anv.
ming such as the White Birch fam.
lily, for example.
Ihey don't live long, they must
nave Swampy ground, and they aren't
nj all useful. Although the canoe odd.
ed' j must say n thing. The WhI,a
Birch family will grow In ugly nloces
"here there have been fires and
where the land looks shabby.
Bnt IN glad that | belong 10 tho
Blrch FAMILY. or that ! did belong IN
it-f0r we are considered the fines,
members OF the whole Birch Tree f,m.
lily. ~
OTTER some branches OF nv fam.
lily are thrown into a merry bonfire
ana how gnyly they crackle and
burn, and how they do add to an nm.
tumn bonfire party
"'Well. we're delighted IN ,oro
heard about you.' said Billie Brownie
a we thank you most extremely
Tor telling us your history added Rem.
ME Brownie, as. they all said good.bv
u lett the n for Its winters
rest" ' .
Copyright. 1918, Western s.w.n,,., r..
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
NO r PUNCTURES OR
R~-f-x t. ELL IL nj

The entire automobile industry has
received with considerable sa~tlsfac-
ton the announcement that the
answer to the pneumatic tire problem
has been found, and the most interest
Ing feature of this announcement Is
the fact that the statement Is not
based on theory, but on actual fact. in.
asmucb as the new tire filler which
will replace air has been put to prac.
ucal test covering a period Of over 8
years and Is already In use by over
10000 automobile owners. This resil.
lent hller is o q liquid, and NJ inner
tubes are used. The material possesses
great resiliency. rides like air yet Is
not affected by p%unctures; will not
blow out and doubles the life OF tires.
No spare tires or spare rims are needed.
1t differs from other s~o-called tire filters
In that II will not fiatten or harden and
Is not affected by either heat or cold.
Tests made by the Ford Owners
Club, Widney R~esillometer, Technical
Universities and over $4,000 users
prove that this remarkable tire 6ller
rides like air Over the toughest roads
and every indication points to its
acceptance and adoption by the auto
mobile industry as "A successor to air
In automobile tires.
The material Is manufactured by
The Essenkay Products Co, 1920 w.
Superior St, Chicago. III. Mr.. J. A.
Jonson. Sales Mgr, is offering a free
trial with a view OF having car owners
test II at the manufacturers risk and
then tell others Of It's wonderful merits.
Write Mr.. JonSon at the address above
for details Of his free trial offer.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
important 10 m

Just about the time you think your
up Of happiness Is going to run over
springs u leak.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
Snappy, All Riuht.

Mrs. Flatbush-Don't you think she
plays a "snappy" game Of bridge?
Mrs. Bcnsonhurst-Why, yes; I've
noticed that she is always swapping at
somebody at the table,"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
DISTRESSING Thouoht.

It's dreadful To think that n pretty
little maiden who Is o busy with
her dolls may grow up and become u
movie vampire.-Birmingham Age.Her-
aid.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
Don't Foroet cutieura Talcum

Ooht For0et CutIeura TaIcuM
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face. skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume, rem.
dering other perfumes superfluous.
You may rely on 1t because one Of the
Cuticura Trio (Soap. Ointne INT and
Talcum). 25c each everywhere.--Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06

Every man should master the art Of
onccaling his ignorance.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06

When a man has real troubles he
Ieeps them to himself.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06

Any woman ran keep n secret II she
wants to; the trouble Is to find u wOm-
an who wants 10,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
The Result.

"They tell me Bangs has been eat
ing too much rich food" "Then no
wonder he has such poor health"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-02-06
Dense.

A man likes to concentrate his mind
o. ne tries to be very careful not to
con-dense Il #"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
START new PLAY
Western Golf Championship
Begins in st. Louis.
Big Stars of Game Not on the
Green Today.

st. Louis, Mo-. June 16-Elimina-
ton rounds in the western amateur
golf championship opened today atthe
Sunset Hill Country club with ITS en-
tered, the largest field in the associa-
tons history Kenneth Burns of Chi
cago and John Simpson of Indianapo-
lis led off and were followed by other
pairs at four minute intervals.
The course is in excellent. shape,
fast. undulating and precipitating. and
ideal weather conditions prevail
Contrary to expectation, Francis
Ouimet, present champion. was not on
the green to defend the title. Chick
Evans and Robert Gardener, former
title holder, likewise failed to keep
their promise to enter.
st. Louis representation is nearly
two score, while Chicago sent %; Kan
sas City, Omaha, Minneapolis, Texar-
kama, st. Paul, Oklahoma City and
Little Rock are also well represented
The far west sent E. B. Tufts as chief
of the Los Angeles galaxy; the south
Nelson Whitney of New Orleans, win
ner of the Trans Mississippi tourney
last week, and the north, James D.
Standish of Detroit.
Among those expected to become
finalists are Harry G. Legg of Mime
apolis, five times winner of the Trans
Mississippi title; Nelson Whitney, Sam
Reynolds of Omaha, and Clarence
Wolff, who with II, shot the lowest
among his colleagues in the st. Louis
Golf association winners of the Olym-
pic cup yesterday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
MAC LEAN is NAMED
He Is Topeka Representative of Ma
tionaI Advisory Committee,

Capt. w. P. MacLean, of Topeka, it
has been announced by Col. Arthur
Woods, assistant to the secretary of
war, and charged with the task of
finding employment for ex-service
men, has been appointed as the To-
peka representative of the national
advisory committee. The function of
this committee is to bring ex-soldiers
and sailors into contact with the kind
Hof jobs that they are fitted for, and
desire to obtain. 1t will endeavor in
every case to put men where their
military training and their previous
experience will best fit them.
The committee is composed of dis
tinguished citizens in leading cities all
over the country, who have also been
members of the military establish
ment of the United States during the
great war, and have seen service over
seas. Because of their sympathetic
attitude towards other men who have
also been in the service, and their
great industrial experience, these men
will be of the greatest value in solving
the problem of unemployment among
discharged soldiers and sailors.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
REVERSE SIDE.
The Medal Given to Lutheran Church
Members in the Service.

Seventeen returned soldiers of the
Topeka church were decorated with
the medal at a program arranged for
the occasion. The principal speaker
was Lewis Stratemeyer, who was al
lower to come home for few days
from the hospital at Camp Funston,
where he is stationed for treatment.
Stratemeyer was pronounced by Brig.
Gen. c. 1. Martin as 1.-The best dispatch
rider in the American service and
served under him in France. His leg
was broken in a night ride in the st.
Mihiel sector. He was sent home as a
casual about six weeks ago. Damon
Gall, who was at the front nearly four
months with the S9th division, also
make a talk. Stratemeyer is brother
of Miss Flora Stratemeyer in the Of
flee of the register of deeds.
The seventeen Topeka boys who re-
ceived the medal are: Lewis Strate-
meyer, John Samuelson, Charles Gus
tafson, Elmer L. OLSON, Walter Eshe,
Damon Gall, Paul Stolpe, William
Schlichter, John Troxell, Paul Young
err, George Christman, Walter Fritz,
Edwin Fritz, Fred Miller, George l..
Tuer, John B. Christman, Don ]. Lin
dell. On one side of the medal is a
cross with the word for" in the CEN
ter and the words on each arm which
make it read For Christ, For Church,
For Country, For Home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
That Is Wheat Indication for
Shawnee County Now.
The Grain That Is Down Will
Not Be Lost.
SMUT DAMAGE IS SMALL
Upland Crops Have Not Gone
Down Under Rains.
O. F. Blecha, County Agent,
Makes Yield Estimate.

Shawnee county wheat conditions
existing at present indicate nearly a
100 per cent yield, according to o. f.
Blecha, county farm agent. The
forecast made today is based upon
reports from prominent farmers in all
sections of the county.
With the 100 per cent yield prom
ised and the high price offered. Shaw
nee county farmers must stop kick
ing, temporarily, and congratulate
themselves for increasing the county's
wheat acreage % per cent. The wheat
acreage in 1918 in Shawnee county
was $500 acres; in 1919 it is 1875
acres, an increase of 3,875 acres.
Lowland Crops Not Lost.
Complaints have been received from
wheat growers in the lowlands that
in many instances so per cent of the
golden grain is down. However, it IS
the opinion of wheat men that ma
jority of this wheat will straighten up
and do its full share in making auto
and silo and new clothes and new
machinery money for the Shawnee
| stances is any of the wheat down in
the uplands. Blecha estimates that
hardly one-eighth of the total acreage
of wheat will stay down permanently
As for smut, there is some, of
course. A generous estimate by
bleCid on wheat afflicted WITH smut
is 5 per cent. Another estimate,
which is the lowest, is per cent.
These percentages of ruined wheat in
clude rust and smut.
Upland Crops Not Hurt.
L. H. Neiswander, who lives in the
| uplands, estimates less than one
twelfth OF his wheat down. c. v.
Cochran, a resident of the lowlands,
estimates so per cent down. Joe
Hanson, another lowland farmer, puts
a rs per cent estimate on wheat down
on his acreage. Richland farmers say
not a stalk of wheat is down.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
HAS new IDEAS
Chanute Pastor Believes in
Working Dance Halls.
Fighting Chaplain of 35th Out
lines Passionate Duties.

Chanute, Kan, June 16.-"You
must be willing to find me in the
de nee hall, the club room, the pool
hall, or even the back alley, wherever
L can serve if 1 am to remain your
pastor" the Rev. Earl A. Bfackluar,
of the Christian church here, told his
congregation Sunday. II have re
turned from service in the A. f. F.
firm IN the conviction that L know
what the church must offer to serve
its returned soldier. l aim to give
that service. If not here, elsewhere.
Il you DC not care to stand behind
me in thai program, 1 wish to know
at cnce."
,rhereupon Mr.. Blackburn, lately
chapla'u of the 140th field arr lle~y
Thirty-fiftn division, and known thru
out = rance and the A. E. F. as the
fighting chaplain" rendered his resig-
ration to be voted upon next Sunday.
Thus the congregation will have a
week Al. which 20 consider whether
it will embrace the ideas of a broader
service brought bs ok from the A. z.
L. by the "IIshtIng chaplain.
G. arr gC1n6 to find me in the
dance hall, not because 1 enjoy dane
ing but because people go to dances
erl II ere iS a service to be done in
the dance hall" Chaplain Blackman
sad. II intend to see to it that the
dance IS ma le a proper institution n
Chan Ute for our young people. / have
strdIed history and people. That
;cach6i me Ganc.Lg is a most natural
ages have dan oe6 and they will con-
true to dance. We have been taught
t. believe hat the dance vas the
Ccyirs own DOL Why not tli:n It
away from tire devil and make II the
INSTR ment " the church%'
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
HARD LINES FOR HUBBY
Moral League Will Keep Friend
Wife Posted on Any affairs

Tampa, Fla, June 16.-Five hun
dred Tampa women have formed the
Woman's Protective league and say
they propose to clean up organized
vice by direct action-that they pro-
pose to undermine its support
BY the establishment of a sort of
moral credit bureau this organization
proposes to furnish any woman a con-
fidential report on the double life" of
her husband if she wants one. The
inquirer does not even need to give
her own name in making the inquiry;
she may designate postoffice box ad-
dress or any place where an agent of
the league may deposit the report on
its investigation.
Organizers of the bureau say sew
enty of their number have pledged to
dc the investigating work in the open
while the remainder will work in Sc
cret.
$50 many have such old reprobates
for husbands" said one of the chiefs,
they can't work openly because these
husbands won't let them. Therefore.
they will work secretly" The theory
of the league is that if man has not
been walking in the straight and mar
low path one of the 500 will know
about it-or at least can find out
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
SHOOT Them FREE
Typhoid InOcuIatiOns Begun by
City Today.
Three Weeks Required To Com
pIete Treatment.
CITY is WELL EQUIPPED
Offices Compare FavOrably
With Those of Best Doctors.
DIR. Brown Gives Interesting
Statistics on Disease.

The chance to obtain free inocula-
lions for typhoid and free vaccina-
lions for smallpox began at the city
hall Saturday The treatments now
NAV be taken at any time in the clinic
room in the health department on the
third floor of the city hall
Many persons have taken the inocu-
lations already or at least have be-
gun the treatment which takes three
weeks for completion. Three inocu-
lations ara made, one each week.
1t is the hope of DR.. Earl G. Brown,
city health officer, to have every per-
son in Topeka inoculated for typhoid
fever before the typhoid fever season
sets in The chances then would be
that there would be as few cases of
typhoid fever in Topeka during the
summer and early fall as there have
been in the various army camps where
every soldier in camp was protected
from typhoid thru the NEGOTIATIONS.
Have Complete Equipment.
e. Many persons hesitate to be inocu-
lated. The health department is no
hospital, they think. However, the
clinic room at the city hall is fur
nished like the office of any first
class physician in the city of Topeka.
The walls are white. the furniture and
equipment Is all WHlle eHdHlel. 1 mere
are sterilizing machines and all the
equipment necessary to carry on the
work of the department found in any
modern clinic. There is no more danger
in taking the NEGOTIATIONS at the city
clinic than there would be in taking
them at the office Of any physician
or in any hospital.
The NEGOTIATIONS are made with a
tiny hypodermic needle. There Is no
more pain connected with the pro-
cedure than there would be in prick
ing the skin with a needle. A slight
reaction is felt in the twenty-four
hours following the incubation. The
person inoculated feels tired, lazy and
inclined to do nothing much as is the
case when typhoid first sets in. The
next day the point at which the in
lection was made feels sore for sew
eral inches around the point of in
lection. much the same as the sore
ness of slight bruise when the skin
has not been broken. This is gone by
the next day. A week following the
first injection. the second inocula-
ton is given, and the third comes a
week later. The standard vaccine is
used and the incubation given is the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
WILL SING HERE
Rose Gilberg Will Give Concert
at Orpheum Theater.
Talented Topeka Girl Studies
Under Famous Teacher.

Miss Rose Gilberg, well known To-
peka contralto. will appear in a con-
cert at the Orpheum theater. Sunday
afternoon, June %, at O'Clock, and
the public will be admitted free.
Friends and admirers of Miss Gill
berg have urged her to do this. be-
cause they wish to hear her sing in
Topeka. Subscriptions will be taken
to cover the expenses of the concert.
Those who desire to contribute. may
leave their subscriptions at the State
Journal, Daily Capital or Guilds mu-
sic store.
Miss Gilberg has been studying I'M
der DeVeries, of Chicago, a famous
vocal teacher. Her voice has attract
ed attention all over the country, and
Topekans have been following her ca
reer with a great deal of interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
NEW BANKS SOUGHT
Special Session of State Charter Board
Held Saturday.

A special session of the state charter
board was called Saturday in the Of
flee of the secretary of state to hear
applications for charters for twelve
new state banks in Kansas. Between
SO and rs bankers from over the state
were present at the hearing. An ap-
plication for charter for new bank
at Grove, in Shawnee county about IS
miles northwest CT Topeka, was among
the others. Proposed capitalizaticns
range from $4,000 to $4,000.
The following banks applied for
charters: Bridgeport State bank.
Bridgeport, $4,000; Farmers State
bank, Mankato, 5000; Home State,
Anthony, 5000; Zarah State. zarah,
$4,000; Farmers State, Haviland.
SIS, 200; Farmers State. Danville, $10.-
900; Farmers National. DeSoto, $780,
900; Grove State, Grove, $4,000;
Guaranty State, Kansas City. Kan,
1000; West Side Union State. Par
sons, $50, 600; American State, Pea
body. $4,000; Merchants State, Salina,
S150.000.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
PHYSICALLY FIT
AT ANY AGE

1t isn't age, it's careless living that
puts men down and out" Keep your
internal organs in good condition and
you will always be physically fit.
The kidneys are the most over
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid ac-
cumulates and crystaIlizes look outi
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
the delicate urinary channels causing
cxcruciating pain and set up irrita-
tions W ich may cause premature de-
generation and often do turn into
deadly Brights Disease.
One of the first warnings of slug
gish kidney action is pain or stiffness
in the small of the back, loss of appe-
hte, Indigestion or rheumatism
Do not wait until the danger is upon
you. At the first indication of trouble
go after the cause at once. Get trial
box of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules, imported direct from the
laboratories in Holland They Will give
almost immediate relief. If for any
cause they should not, your money will
be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL None other is genuine. In
sealed boxes, three sizes
IAdyertisenenrh
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
BIRTHS REPORTED

The following births were reported
in the office of the city clerk for the
week ending June IA, 1919:
Thomas J. Curry and wife, 400 East
18th street, June 4, boy-James Wayne.
Frank Z. Down and wife. 920 Madison
street. June 10, girl-Betty Jane.
Jasper T. Eaton and wife. 1894 Randolph
street, June TO- boy-Donald Joseph.
Ray Earl Fisher and wife, ZIG West 18th
street, May 30, boy-Albert Henry.
Oliver Gray and wife. oil Park street,
June Is bOy-Victor Alfread.
Robert Nolan Ice and wife. 1880 Harrison
street, May 80. boy-Robert Nolan. jr.
Isaac DeMoss and wife. r. r. No. 3, May
%. girl-Valiela Mae
Edwin H. Ninemires and wife. SIS JEFF
ferson street June 3. girl-Genevievie.
VIM. H. Fiddle and wife. 613 Lawrence
street, June ). girl-Martha Alberta.
Pleasant NJ. Taylor and wife, SIG Lime
street, June 4, boy, Grover Pleasant
Victor A Dinner and wife, i441 Van
Buren, street, June 10. boy.
J. Earl Leech and wife, 112 Cherokee
street. June 8. girl.
Frank Joseph oppitz and wife. 43l VII
son avenue. June Is. girl.
clyde L. Smallev and wife. R. r. No. 20
Berryton. May 81. girl.
Glenn Marion Willard and wife, 1916 Blu
chanan street, June u. boy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
NO TOPEKA STRIKE
Operators and Linemen
Call Off WaIIxout.

There will be no strike of telephone
operators and linemen in Topeka to-
day owing to instructions received
from international headquarters coun-
demanding the orders sent last week
for a general walkout. This action
followed Burleson's announcement
that the unions would be recognized.
A complete copy of the requests of
the telephone employees and the de-
mands granted by the postmaster gen.
eral will be sent this week, it was
stated.
Union officials here notified every
member in Topeka and vicinity that
the walkout scheduled for o'clock
this morning would not take place, it
was said.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-06-16
HAVE RAISED MONEY
Work of Repairing Auditorium Pipe
Organ To Begin at Once.


The $4,000 necessary for repairs on
the big pipe organ in the auditorium
has been raised and James Day, of
Kansas City, has been engaged to do
the work An executive committee to
make these arrangements was ap-
pointed some time ago by the Chamber
of Commerce. The pipes on the organ
will be all taken down and thoroly
cleaned and a new Kinetic rotary
blower installed. A 10-horsepower
motor has also been ordered. but
owing to delay in shipment will proba-
bly, not arrive before the middle of
July, it was stated. In this case the
organ will probably not be in shape to
play again before September 1.
Day said he estimated that it would
take five weeks to clean the organ,
but it will be done in such a manner
that the work will not have to be re-
peated for a long time to come. The
new blower and motor and the tuning
that will be done will improve the tone
and strengthen Topeka's claim to the
finest pipe organ in the west