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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
LEA
Boys Win Prizes


-Four of Lea county's boys took
in the picnic at Brownfield. Each
OF them entered into the contests
that the program committee had
planned for the day and as might
have been expected each of them
got a prize. Out of 500 that was
given away that day these four
brought home $4,000
Bert Weir won first in the break
million dollars (2!O00o0) except to
meet a1loiments of Federal Funds
made to the State TO aid in con-
.struction and improvement of roads,
For The Amendment
Por Ia Fnrnienda
ts.h.ii liz tAsl ih.eat
&c Ia Enmienda
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

Sam Fambrough OF Ancho, shipped
a carload of fine cattle to the Pey-
ton Cattle Co. of Ell Paso.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

Against the Amendment
Contra de la Enmienda
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
LUNA

The big barn on the Edward Hart
ranch east of Deming, now tenanted
by Z. R. Vaughn, was blown down
Saturday and is a complete wreck.
Lee W. Russell has finished the
erection OF the mill at the Keno
mine, and has been conducting a
series of experiments to determine
how to secure the best results from
the ore that he has on the dump
and in sight. As soon as he has
completed his demonstrations and
has established the most profitable
method of handling the ore he will
run the mill steadily.-Deming Head
light
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

The Farmers Union of Levy ship
ped during the past winter and spring
seven car loads of beans. at highest
market prices, and every car was
accepted. The Farmers Union of OPP
timo and Levy will handle all their
wheat this year direct.-Wagon
Mound Sentinel.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
John Stalick Robbed

Some time during Thursday night
robbers and would-be murderers en-
tered the home of John Stalick
bound and tied him to his bed, beat
ing him severely over the head with
SOME instrument, evidently a six
shooter then proceeded TO take what
money and other valuables they could
find. Mr.. Stalick had made a deposit
of money = day before. OF else he
would have lo considerable by the
thieves. At 'sme of this report the
parties to the crime were unknown
and no arrests had been made
Gallup Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

P. c. Pinson of the J. {. Penney
Co. was in Gallup recently from
Miami, visiting the local store OF that
company. Mr.. Pinson said that this
company is 10 install about " new
stores this coming winter and spring.
Several of these stores will be in
the Southwest. The new stores give
the company a chain of nearly 800
mercantile establishments through
out the west and middle west. The
local store expects to occupy its new
quarters on Coal avenue in about
three weeks.-Gallup Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

two tractors getting ready for q
big wheat crop next year.
J. Andrew Myers, known IS Jerry"
by his many friends Is making a
grand success with the new bank
at Mora. The Bank has only been
in existence for a few months and
they have assets of over $4,000;
individual deposits of ove $4,000
00.-Wagon Mound Sentinel.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

For the Amendment
Por la Enmienda
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

For the Amendment
Por Ia Enmienda
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

ts.h.ii lie ts.el ihseat
contra &c Ia Enmienda
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

For The Amendment
Por Ia Fnnisnda
The sun., 1919-04-06

for the lacings and put in wooden
cross pieces. and made a sled which ]
saw several times without discovering
that 1t was in any way different from
the wooden sleds. 1t was only when
tried to buy a sled that I discovered
me dinerence. TWO sleds were for
SAFE and was told that one was better
IMAM the other because when the
"eatner got warm II would still be
usetui, while the other would fiatten
ana become worthless in warm
"ea.her ana was therefore Tor sale
'or nah 'he price,
Inns cheaper sled turned out to be
'ie inusk-oN SKIN one TOT which as an
e'"i'oiosieai SPECIMEN would nave
oeeh Mihhs 10 pay much more than
nc o'her hao there peen any possi-
'"''' Vi ring IL unchanged 10
I'M lhe,e was however IN
,o,,ou .iie Same uii'eu''s tha' mas pre-
e.eu u. sun places as mon'reai the
a' vi ''e pa'"eeS iro'h year
~
vi all things that these Eskimos told
u.s. the one that surprised us most
was the undoubtedly true statement
that snip manned by white men and
strange Eskimos was Wintering in
coronation Gulf. This we felt as the
reverse or good news, for the natural
Ieehnss OF sympathy that had grown
up through a year OF association with
'hese people, who In their way were
so INFINITELY superior to their civil
ized prethren In the west, made me
regret That civilization was following
upon our heels.
seeing she was there, we would OF
course pay her visit We were not
IN need OK assistance from anybody
out sui IN a far country like this
one Is always willing either to help
or TO be helped. In other words, now
that the ship was there we would
make the best OF a situation we re-
GREETED; we would make what use OF
her we could and be OF as much use &c
her as possible. although had we had
our way we should have wished her
on the other side OF the earth.
After loading mp our sleds with far
The sun., 1919-04-06

just which Coronation Gulf headland
the adventures had taken place.
From the seeds sown by Natkusiak
there had grown up a local myth about
kaplavinna and his whaling adven-
tures-a myth which Natkusiak him
self would have had fully as much
trouble as / in recognizing-just ex-
Gctly as the discussion of the Christian
religion by a missionary and of
strange social and political system by
a school teacher give rise to the most
astounding ideas in the minds of the
Alaskan Eskimos.
Another story which We picked up
at this time was that of the "Imnait,"
vague, mysterious animals living in an
unknown land to tho west, which Is
also inhabited by the "Kiligavait."
This story did not give us so much
trouble in Identifying It, for the name
OF the monster "Jmnait' was a correct
reproduction of that used by my own
Eskimos in the previous year in telling
their adventures in mountain sheep
hunting.
Mountain sheep, Of course, are found
rowhere east of the Mackenzie River
and could not therefore be directly
known to the Coronation Gulf Eskimos
These people were also unfamiliar with
mountains and the dangers involved
in mountain hunting They had re-
ceived from Natkusiak the general
Idea that mountain sheep hunting was
dangerous. and being unable TO ascribe
any danger to the mountains they had
transferred the dangerousness 10 the
sheep themselves. and the hairbreadth
escapes from death in snowslides
which Natkusiak had described became
in their version hairbreadth escapes
from the teeth and claws OF the fero-
cicus mountain sheep.
The "Kiligavait," which they as
ISOLATED with the mountain sheep in
these narratives. were nothing but the
mammoth. known to all branches OF
the Eskimo race by name at least. and
known here also by the occasional
finding of their bones. OF course Nat
kusiak had told nothing about NAM
moth hunting. but the mysterious
mountain sheep naturally allied them
The sun., 1919-04-06
GROUP Of PEOPLE Of the LITTLE

had been wrecked on the coast. It
might have been considered one of\the
cases OF politeness among the Eskimos
who usually answer any question in
the way they think you would like to
have 1t answered: but he had corrected
me exactly in accordance with the
facts already known to us, for Frank
Inns ships we're not on the coast, but
a considerable distance from It, and
were abandoned before the ice broke
up.
Misleading Native Information.
will give here a striking example
OF how easy it is to be misled by native
information. l had been led to believe
in the spring that the Coronation Gulf
people had no knowledge of the killing
OF bowhead whales, although they
were familiar with carcasses that had
drifted on their beaches Neither had
they apparently ever seen a live one.
which is not strange, as bowhead
whales are not only raro in these
waters but the people are always in
land in the summer and therefore not
in position to see whales that might
enter these waters in July or August.
, But now in this village we heard
stories of whale killings. most Of them
centring about a man whom they
called Kaplavinna.
They told how this person had on
occasion even killed several whales in
one day and how he had a very large
boat. This again was new information,
for up TO that time we had not heard
about anything but kayaks. In the
spring, in fact, the people had seemed
unfamiliar with the very name Of
umiak, the native name for the bis
/ skin boats.
1 listened with great wonder and
asked many questions which were
readily answered. but which threw no
great light on the subject, until 1t
occurred to me to ask one of the mar
rators: who told you this story ?
Did you get 1t from your father?" The
man said: mo, l got it from Nat
jinna." Now NatJinna had been a
| camp follower of ours all summer, and
I had asked him specifically In the
spring both about bow headed whales
and umiaks, and he knew nothing
| about either.
Some weeks later I happened TO
meet him and asked how was 1t that
in the spring he had been unwilling
to tell me anything about whales or
big boats and now he told long stories
to others about them. "Oh, but those
were the stories that Natkusiak told
me-" he answered.
1t turned out that my own man.
Natkusiak, was the fountain head of
| all these stories. The redoubtable
| whaler "Kaplavinna," was none other
than Natkusiak's former employer,
Capt. Leavitt Of the steam whaler Mar
whal. These were the local versions,
changed to fit the circumstances and
geography of Coronation Gulf and
translated into terms comprehensive
to the Coppermine Eskimos.
I had heard Natkusiak telling these
stories the previous spring, but the
versions that came to me year later
were so changed that they were not
recognizable. and had been so thora
cughly localized graphically that the
narrators actually could tell Slne on
The sun., 1919-04-06
Utilizing the Corncob

Corncobs have always been of tnv
great waste products of American
agriculture, yet the chemists of the
Department of Agriculture have
proved that practically the entire cob
can be converted into valuable sub
stances. About 81 per cent. by weight
OF the cob may be converted into
crystalline glucose. The cellulose re-
naming after the adhesives are re-
moved is practically a pure product,
very absorbent, and might be used for
a number OF purposes.
Alcohol can be manufacturer by
fermentation Of the corncob glucose. A
certain amount OF sugar may be OBJ
tanned from the cobs. About rs per
cent. by weight of acetic acid II re-
covered as a by-product In the manu-
facture of the corncob adhesive.
Whether 1t will prove profitable to re-
cover all of the by-products in the
manufacture of adhesives can only be
determined by commercial develop
ment .
The sun., 1919-04-06

selves in their minds with the also
mysterious mammoth, and were there.
fore coupled together in recounting the
same adventures. Thus we had a side
light not only upon the origin of myths
among primitive people. but also upon
the startling rapidity with which they
grow and change their form.
Journeys to the Moon.
Along with these stories of Kap-
lavinna and the mountain sheep we
were also told essentially truthful ones
Of the trading expeditions of certain
men of this district to the lakes above
the head of Chesterfield Inlet, as vel
as entirely fictitious accounts of how
certain men had, during the last few
years, made journeys to the moon
One of the local shamans had for =
familiar spirit the spirit of a white
man, and in seances spoke white
mems language"
We were present at one OF these
seances; and when | said that l was
unable to understand anything of what
the white mans spirit said through the
mouth of the woman whom he pos
sessed, II was considered a very sur
prising thing, and apparently inclined
some of the people to doubt that | was
really a white man as l represented
myself to be.
Not only does our experience here
show how myths may originate but Il
also shows how history and fact be.
come mixed with fiction, and how facts
are likely quickly to disappear as ir
reality they do. 1t is impossible among
the Eskimos. in the absence of extrane'
GUS evidence, to rely on anything that
is said to have happened further back
than the memory of the narrator him.
self extends.
The mind of the Eskimos is keen will
reference to their immediate environ.
ment, although of course unable &c
grasp things that are outside of their
experience. This keenness is shown
especially in the use which they make
Of practically everything that can he
turned to account in their struggle
against Arctic conditions.
Wood is not especially scarce ir
The sun., 1919-04-06

these. 1glihsirk. 1 questioned to see IL
he knew anything about the loss of
Franklin's ships. / asked him II he
had ever heard that a ship had beer
wrecked on the east coast of Victoria
Island and what he knew about the
fate of the men who had been on the
ship. He said so far as he knew no
ship had been wrecked on TIE east
coast but that in his fathers time two
ships had frozen fast in the Ice a long
way offshore, beyond the cast coast,
and the white men on them had evil
IDENTIFY abandoned them and all died.
Had the man answered my leading
question offhand. saying that one ship
The sun., 1919-04-06
BIG middle West homlny plant
Is to install on a large scale
the process for the manufac-


ture of corncob adhesive developed by
the United States Department OF Agri-
culture. This adhesive. a dark brown.
gummy substance, is said to be suit
able for use in the making of fibre
board and paper boxes, bill posting.
labelling. and wherever colorless ad-
hesive is not required. The process OF
manufacture Is simple and the yield Ia
large. the grade A adhesive amounting
to as much as IS per cent. by weight
Of the corncobs and the grade B to as
much as 80 per cent additional. If
this material should replace all other
adhesives. enough could be manufac-
tured from 3 per cent. Of the corncobs
produced In the United States to meet
the demand. Use OF this substance in
place OF starch. dextrine and -four paste
would make possible an enormous saw
ing Of these foodstuffs.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
A GREAT HARM

The principal harm done 10y the tel.
ing Of social fihs Is this;-W Where even
small untrutAs are SO often tod, II i
apt to duh our minds and to ar'uSrom
our tongues To telling lies We lose
our clear distinction between truth ana
uutruth. our viewpoint becomes
hlnted SO that the border line between
the two seems vague, And We are
APT to confuse right and wrong, where
they should be It's separate as black and
white
Thi, is the principal evil done 10y
social fihs They are quite harmless
SO long H. we keep our minds clear
and nucoufused a. In the border liue
between lying and fibbiug libs are
permissible according to all the rules
of courtesy. but lies are to be con
drmned under any and all circuln
stances. Honesty is the best policy.
and our own conscience viii tell uS II
we listen closely just where tibs stop
and lies begin.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
/ SEMININEl 0R0DLEMS
ummOF EVERYDAY LIFE

such social fibS are accepted and eN'
pcctcd hN II hers and We would scarce
~ Know how 10 DO without them Most
of H. speak them without Thought ar
to their value and meaning. and, Tor
the most nart. they do mot affect our
innate honesty ii the least
There are fibs, however, ana tEen
there are lies, aud many OF ns rl"tht
me latter IN the dress of the forln'T
! les are uHtruths. told tu cloak or IL
perpctrute wrong while fibs are hut
the form which courtesy must take at
times when the truth would tie rude.
ness We should mark the distinction
aud keen the dividing the well In mind.
for the one j. harmless and sometimes
even essential while the other IL harm
ful and wrong
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31

THE absolutely truthful Girl is very
rarely found in these ines Of
petty social and bushes, decelts.
and in reality she would be rather an
uncomfortable creature 10 have about
one cen lntlv Imagine such . "'rI
insisting upoA lclg all .H" RI"
exact truth as to Uha'her you "@' Ht
home or not InBgiH' her iu>'.''ua n
Informing the raiENd officiu that
your child was ID rt,eD instead Of nine
years old. as You nau told him. No
on the whole We would ia'Nr 10 with
out the too. too honest =
Petty tibs have become uuft AZ the
daily lives of most Of rs There are
many occasions when little untruthS
seem not only allowable bat almost ~
sential When courtesy is at stake
most of US viii fib nobY.
Fog example, when We are the guests
at All impossibly stupid party we must
tell our hostess when We leave that -e
have enjoyed her hospitality whether
il be true or not When man on
girl asks Us for our honest rputiden
tial opinion OF his or her betrothed. we
can only make audatorS REMARKS,
whatever our inmost thoughts may be.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
POLITE LITTLE FIBS.

Then there are certain little polite
formulas which we murmur at times
that really nave not a grain of truth
In them The so glad to have met
Won" formula is often used when we
have Just been introduced III the most
objectionable persons, whom "o stu
Cprely hope never to Il I'D a4H,u. me
Not ut home" formu| vu" only pro.
lection against undesi, Il visitors and
the Suddenly indisposed" preteXt, our
only excuse for evuding unwecome III
vitatlons which we could not refuse
when they were proffered
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
SUNSHINE" HERE
TOMORROW NIGHT

The Mardeek brothers. trio Of
dancers, are one of the big features
with Richard earle and his biz COM
pan tunmakers, singers and dan.
GERS tlexander Johnstone's tuneluI
and dttghtful musical comedy. sun
shine which comes to the Gayetv
Saturday night These BOYS by their
clever dancing kept all Chicago agog
during the three months successful
run Of Sunshine at the Studebaker
Iheater, Chicago, from whence 1t
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
OEonE SLAYER MUST
HANG SAYS COURT

III decision handed down this
week me supreme Court OF the sta q
OF Illinois refused to interfere TO save
rrndehcio l.auros of De Pue from the
gallows.
me sentence of death imposed upon
me DE Pne Snanard for the murder
or Celestino Biance when he was
tired last February at Princeton was
allirmed by the supreme tribunal.
As a result Of this action Iaures
VIII Eave to hang unless the governor
can be persuaded ~ exercise execu.
I'VE clemency The hanging will take
place at Princeton.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
Patterns for
Home Sewing

A pattern OF this illustration
will be sent your address. FIJI
off ene attached blank md mall
g sne Free Trader-Journal, en-
closing lie in money or stamps.
Please allow ten days time In
which to have pattern delivered
you.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31

TRY THE FREE IRADFRJOURNAI.
WANT-AIS FOR QUICK Results
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31

Marriage Licenses.
William FlayeI. Is. Carrie H1sl4u.
-, both OF StYaator.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-31
= = =

The Ladies OF the Baptist Church
will serve light luncheon on Satur-
daf fror II | O'Clock in the church.
Sandwiches, baked beans, coffee ana
pie will be served. Ever ane in the
city has been invited to attend.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25

Lumbermen of the Pacific coast
are urging the necessity of hav.
ing a tariff adopted by the United
States on lumber imported from
Canada, equal TO the tariff i'm
posed by Canada upon lumber
imported from the United States.
It would seem that no American
interest working in the country's
benefit as a whole. would oppose
an equal tariff under such condi.
tions. As the lumber industry
is one OF vital Importance TO the
west il is essential that IT be
given such protection and en-.
couragement as will enable it to
meet competition and employ
the army Of wurkmen dependent
on it for good wages Industrial
News Bureau.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25

The battleship Oregon, grand
old ship of the navy, will arrive
in Portland harbor Saturday
afternoon. April rs, and will re-
main until Tuesday. April 70.
when she will proceed to San
Francisco. The historic old
warship is being sent here IN
the interest of the Victory IL.
berty loan campaign. During
her stay IN the harbor visitors
will be allowed aboard. a
feature OF the vessels visit will
bc a parade Of 200 Of her iackies
through the streets of Portland.
This event will probably bc on
Monday.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25

ST. Johns should 10y all
manner Of reasoning be possess.
cd of n park, or at least a play
ground. Other parts of Port
land are well taken care Of in
this respect.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25

The Victory Loan drive is
meeting with considerable sue
cess both in Portland and thru
out the state at large. No better
investment was ever offered the
public.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25
SIM0NDS SAYS
AMERICA MUST
END RED RULE
Europe Knows That Only
Chance for Safe Peace
Lies With U. S.

Frank A. slmouds. the noted wal
correspondent. in one OF his c0mpre
hensiye peace conference stories from
Paris. says.
'All Europe recognizes the faoi that
the war H. not yet over that n viii
not be- over until ~ consequences
have been lluuldatod Ia a sure peace
IAN allied Europe equally recognizes
that only with Americas continued
aid can safe peace be- obtained aud
preserved Accordiugly, Americas aid
belng priceless. no price II too great
90 pay
"rhe one essential thing iH that
America should stay 90 fuish the job
N she doesn't We may have anarchy
and nolshoyirm from kamohatka 60
Lands End
Slmonda Ia on the job and knows
lie isn't writing Victory loan propa
ganda but the Victory Loan must be-
"put over" because OF the very facts
that he brings out
We have got TO finish 'he fob. To
finish the Job costs money Every
American citizen has got 10 dis down
aud help finish Il with the Victory
Loan.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25
500 Reward, SIOO

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Tor list of testimonials
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sold q, all lIuEHisiH .tr
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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25

After all. the fact that there Is a
Victory Liberty Loan IL the big rea
son for subscribing TO a
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1919-04-25

United States Government War Saw
inga Stamps bear four per cent inter
ast, compounded quarterly Make youi
money make money for you