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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26

Nepberry on bis trip 10 Ire uop|
|hlue peaks which ross 40 ,n front
Ike ships Approached 81 sen somt
IA coic> and eymelrlcal rollollalcd
slupes and others in irregular mass
There are dniics. lava lows.
solesuS necks dlbCs. palisbdes pin.
naclcs. garnet fields. pcifinod forest
sofeea, peaks and other magnificent
lhinss enough 20 keep q sight
sccr's eyes busy The resi- OF hie life.
Every person who hes eyer heard
|oi The Navajo country associates IN
hla mind The idea OF gold and prccl-
ous stones. treasure and great
riches. Vet the United States gov
|ernmeni mineral surveyors report
Iby Herbert r. r.. 0rceory. 1917. says
that Tho rocks OF the Navajo coun-
TRY are m~lncrnllzcd only 10 a slight
degree. pegmallte veins and quartz
reefs r unknown, and the basic
inecous instruslons arc unaccom-
panied by precious metals. In adj
dliion 70 water n deposit n large
economic Is called coal"
What eauses the idea 10 he pre-
snlcnt that here Is the land Of
riches? Are the government gcolo-
gisls Mistaken Or Is Il because Of
me weird history Of the country
Al any rate there Is . ereal conflict
between the prospecior and the &C.
oloeisl u u the conflict Of beau
uful dreams versus stern facts or
Is the geologist at fault and The old
timer right Ever since Calvin
Jackson and bis party Of % prospec-
tors in 1859, nfy years $50, made
their unsuccessful attempt the story
has persisted that eold IN large
quantities remains 10 be discovered.
N0w that the country Is subject 20
location, the next few years will de-
eide Tor all time which side Of the
question Is correct
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26

Farther important developments
IN wild cailine ~ fhs eastern New
Mexico fields arr gcporlcd by Clinton
p. Anderson. Of me New Mexico
Public Health association. who re-
turned home Iusi n|ehl from . buell.
ness trip 10 pccos valley points. b.
N. 0recnlco Of Bakcraneld. Cailfor-
mia, Mr., Anderson wns informed. has
'compleicd tho bIoeklne Of around
10000 Hcret Of lenses and has set
.rp a standard rig af ncdland In
southeastern Roosevelt county where
drilling Is 10 begin immediately. The
Sinclair Oh company during the
week purchased 40 acres adjacent
% The drilling site Of uc Nu-Mcx oil
company, southwest OF portales. fol
so per acre. The Prairie on aud
Gas company. Il vas reported. had
announced II would do No drilling
'in New Mexico until OH n discov-
cred and that the company has Sc
cured sufficient acreage by lease and
purchase 10 protect Us interests.
At Roswell yesterday a rumor was
current that The National Invcsl-
ment company had struck gas al Va
well No. ! al Timing, southeastern
Lincoln county. This proved lncor-
|uct The drillers, however. report
~ having encountered very favor
ablo conditions at 100 feet the depth
reached by the drill on Thursday OF
this week.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
SPLENDID WORK on
NEW CONCRETE ROiD

Tho construction Of the concrete
road from Mesquite 10 Las Cruces in
Dona Ana county Is extra nne. ac-
,ording 10 A. o. Peabody. assistant
tate highway engineer, who spent
some time inspecting this project
this week. Three and one-hali
miles Of paving Is completed from
Mesquite north. A second concrete
mixer will be- ready for work on
Monday. about two miles further
~ the line. When this gap is filled
Il is the purpose 10 move the frs
mixer 10 Las Cruces and work south
igain. Natural gravel and crushed
rock are being used for the con
crete. About 70 per cent Of the cul-
yeris and other drainage structure
are In place. No bridges r. used
he canals and laicrals Of the irri
CATION system being carried under
the highway by inverted siphons, Mr.
Peabody states that the Lee Moor
Construction company has the roa,
contract and has also paved scvcra
blocks In Las Cruces.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
Hear.rs Magazine Liberal Education
In HEARTS, for December
as Worker. Farm e2O.OOO Bonuses

sas-a.weck workers In a certain Chicago corporation.
who invest el.2s a week. At the end of 20 yean
service draw out s20.O0oi Employers aud worken
alike should learn more about this remarkable prnn,..
sharing plan. Read "a Man with 1000 Partners.
y dsarsf's for December
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26

~ Clifford G. Blood, IN SOUTH
western Magazine.
Tho departure Of Clark Brothers
Last week 70 locale The big ledge Of
ileh srade copper ore which they
claim 10 haV discovered thirty
years ago brings 20 mind the fact
that just now Navajo county IL the
center Of interest for thousands Of
people. The opening Of any section
OF hitherto closed territory always
creates an influx OF people and more
or less excitement, But on account
Of H. peculiar history and the ira
dilions attached TO u. and the tales
OF treasure seekers ever since the
time Of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vacn.
the opening Of this large territory
hears peculiar interest. There b.
one class Of men who are particular
~ lnterrsted-lhe old-timers, the old
pfospectors, the original treasure
seekers, the pioneers Of the South
wosi.
Because Of this interest In the
country I am giving a few facts
from some available material that
may be worth while. have never
been very deeply in the region called
the Navajo country, but I have
talked with many who have. From
these and some government reports
I give this information.
The Navajo country occupies q
territory In Northwestern Arizona
aud the adjoining corners Of Utah.
Colorado and New Mexico Of about
5000 square miles. The San Juan
river on the north, the Colorado on
the northwest. The Little Colorado on
the southwest and the Rio Pucrco on
the south enclose the region or all
hut one side and form so-called
natural boundaries. The eastern
boundary is roughly given as the
i08ih meridian, which confines The
country 10 parts Of Montezuma and
La Plata counties In Colorado. San
Juan and Mckinley counties IN New
Mexico. This district constitutes a
part OF the great Colorado Plateau,
hut Is a region OF folds and faults
as seeming TO lie almost In ribbons
aud fragments ON some supposed
b level stratum far beneath. Parts Of
the area are 80 %intricatcly dissectcd
by intcrlaced gorges that the orig
inal surface Of the plateau appears
10 have been destroyed and Is now
represented by a bewildering array
OF scattered mesas, buttes, isolated
ridges. and towering spires, among
which dwindling streams follow
their ioriuous paths"
That the country Is arid 10 the
extreme Is shown by a study Of H.
topography. Little or no water II
carried by most Of the canyons
except al certain times Of coarse al.
luvium and huge boulders ard car
ried~by most OF the canyons except
at certain times Of the year. In the
rainy eason quantities OF coarse
alluvium and huge boulders r car
ried down and deposited upon flats
and places where there are widen
inRs In the g,rges. II the water
carried In these streams during Hood
times were distributed over the I'LL.
able districts OF the region there
would be sufficient moisture for al
purposes the year round. This 1.
partly what leads TO such engineer.
ing projects as the Elephant Butt
aud Roosevelt dams, both Of which
get much Of their drainage from th'
Navajo territory. Terrific wind
sweep unprotected portions clear +
bedrock. and build monster dunes
leaving walls OF bare rock instea'
Of laius slopes. The climate Ia mucl
like that Of CASTLE pr Portugal, am
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
on WELL At PICACHO

Roswell. n. M, Dec. 2i-Thc
National Exploration company b.
making excellent progress with II,
we'll at Picacha and Is now down
about 400 feet. The rev is work.
ing in three shifts and the drills are
running both day and night Up "a
the present time everything is run
ming smoothly and no trouble la.
been encountered.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO
CHARGE OF MlRDEM

Las Vegas. Dec. 2i.--Ilamon Mou-
laf. Indicted for the murder o.
slcouldc Gallcgos, appeared In court
Friday morning with his attorney
and plead not guilty. His bond was
nxcd nj s5.0oO by the court and ~"
case was set for trial in the Juns
term Of court in 1890.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
How ArmIea Cod Zoo BIZ Dol FIEhl

VIII the Nations really disarm ? People everywhere
arc CRYING Tor universal disarmament and permanent
peace. hut will the League Of Nations be able TO
bring this about Guglielmo ferrcro, ltnlys lore
most historian, discusses this tremendous problem
" Hsarsfs for DscsHhn
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
LONG DELAYED PARDON
COAiiss TO n. ". CONVICT

Santa Re. n. NJ, Dec. 2i-Luis
lorrcs Of parral. Mexico. sent I"
the New Mexico penitcntiary for HE
70 years ago for killing a nan ai
Santa Rita In a dance hall fight will
get a Christmas pardon. II appears
hal Torres, being unfamiliar with
court procedure. thought he would
stand q better show Of getting on
n he denied the whole charge, and
he was convicted on circumsianiial
violence. Torres confessed the Kill
ms 10 years ago 10 Governor LARA
kolo. then an attorney al the bar,
claiming that the other man al
lacked him with a knife In the dars
md he killed him IN self-deiense
Tho governor this week came across
"a his nles his plea for Torres made
At that time aud al once decided 10
give him a Christmas present Of y
pardon. Ten years ago the convict
sas supporting a widowed mother N
parrsl. whether she Is yet alive /,
not known.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
In Hearst's for 1920

Other rrcst writer's in Hearts for 1870 win lnrludei
y. Bhtlen Austin, Arnold Bennett, Dom byrne. X.
W. chamber q. X Chestcrton, Rchan Maehburn
Child. Larry Fvana. Cosmo Hamilton. W. W. Jncohs,
Rudyard Kipling. Maurice Level, Arthur oonion
Roche. Bernard SfAw aud many others.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-12-26
The LiilIe Things That Count

Why are there so many unhappy marriages, Often
because Of the samo trhlns thians that brought
Andrew Merrill and his vito 10 the point Of olsercs,
yet were cleared up In ten minutes o. imnk discus
slon. Read The Little Things That Count, q
story Of married life by Roland Pcrtvco
In Hsarn's for December
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

geranlums, means a real place in two
or three years time. There are not
many things more worth while, and
even if you move it is a legacy of
good fellowship to leave behind one
germ of garden. Garden furni-
ture and decorations with only ivies,
grass and potted plants can make the
difference between a place that looks
as though some one loved it and a
place that looks bedraggled and neg
lected. Which is yours?
DR.. N. L. Britton, director of the
Horticultural Society, is also an hon
orary member of the City Gardens
Club, and the illustrator. William
Overhardt, has contributed to the
cause a postcard design (shown in
the CUT which illustrates how much
can be done to give a garden effect
with a minimum of planting if tho
soil is unkind.
If you are "agin" high fences and
waste places, and are for gardens
tell Miss Peters about it. She will
welcome you to the fold and tell Won
what to do next!
Anne Lewis Pierce.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

gardener. To have a record for
having "knocked out" a goodlv num-
Der of these hideous barriers is a
cheering thing to remember about
ones self-like the planting of trees
or the rescuing of children. People
hide weeds and rubbish heaps, uncut
grass Of any) and other ugly things
behind said fences that they would
hastily remove if the fences were
down. But if your neighbor will not
be converted, then one can throw up
a defence of trellis painted horizon
blue, or quick-growing vines, like the
moonfiower, to wave tendrils in the
air and large white blossoms in the
dusk, guaranteed to cover a six-foot
fence by the end of July with large
green leaves so overlaid that the
fence is almost forgotten.
Backyard soils are not the most
responsive known. 1t takes some
coaxing, much experimenting and 4
grain Of common sense to grow n
backyard garden. But little done
every year, a few hardy perennials
we'll rooted and modest annual in
vestment in zinnias, rose bushes and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
: By ELENE FOSTER

a black eye," so to speak, in the
very beginning of things, when the
work was in the experimental stage
and the results reached by the
chemists were not always satisfac-
tory. The goods dyed with some of
the colors made in the beginning
did fade, and they did come home
from the laundry streaked and
spotted. Mistakes were bound to
occur at first, but as a matter of
fact at least half of the trouble
which was laid to American dyes
was mot caused by them at all.
The truth is that at the begin
ming of the blockade the consumers
Of dyestuffs in this country had a
large stock on hand, the greater
part of which lasted until the first
American dyes were put on the
market. There were a few colors,
however, which ran out, and when
a manufacturer called for these
colors and found that there were
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

the war has brought forth. You
are helping to take SIS, 100000 a
year out of this country and put it
into the pockets Of the Huns; you
are helping to kill an industry
which represents a total investment
OF $450.000,OOO. Has Germany
treated you and yours so we'll that
she deserves this reward?
You have been decrying Ameri-
can dyes (through ignorance and
misrepresentation, to be sure, fos-
tered continuously and insidiously
by German agents), but now your
eyes are opened. Now is the time
to go to the other extreme and in
sist on having only those goods
which are dyed with colors of Amer
lean manufacture.
We have the testimony of the
greatest textile manufacturers in
the country that the American dyes
are absolutely as good as those
made in Germany. l saw a letter
the other day written by the presi-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

which is sawed at the mill. Each
animal is not only made and stuffed
by hand, but its stuffing is manipu-
lated by the skilful fingers of Miss
Earle and her assistants, so that
The bulges and indentations come in
just the proper places. For in
stance, one of the masterpieces of
this bath towel menagerie is an old
grandfather monkey, with shoe but
ton eyes and long wired tail,
whose entire body, from his fore
head to his hind legs, is a series of
most characteristic bumps and
orlgcs, which ire his figure a nat
nHa'ness that Utmost uncanny.
There are i dozen or more of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

Earle in an apologize manner, but
she assured me that I need not be
ashamed of my longing, as large
number of her animals became the
possession of ''grown-ups," and she
showed me most dilapidated old
specimen of Mary's favorite beast
which had been sent her with the
following note pinned to his ear:
please clean and restutf Hermit
one, as she is in disgraceful con-
dition, as | have carried her about
so much on the trains-but don't.
for heavens sake, change her won
derful expression"
That's from 'grown-up, Miss
Earle explained. "a young woman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Should Draw the Color Line at German Dyes

none, having orders to fill he &C
copied substitutes which were never
intended for the use to which he
put them. For instance, cotton
dye was substituted for one Of the
same color intended for woollens.
Of course, the result was nearly
always disastrous, and to save him
self the manufacturer joyfully
adopted the excuse, "American
dyes" which covered a multitude
of sins.
There was one case of firm which
manufactured casket cloth and which
had on hand a large amount of the
dyes used for this purpose, which
they sold at an enormous profit to
a stocking manufacturer. This was
a special black dye, made in Ger
many for the particular purpose of
dyeing casket cloth, which would
never be exposed to the light. The
stockings dyed with this were a
wonderful black and sold very read
lily, but the color rubbed off at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

is 'Mary's little lamb" creature
with the blandest, meekest, most
"butter-wouldn't -melt-in-my-mouth"
expression ever seen on the face of
a dumb animal, and with blue bead
eyes and a wreath of forget-me-nots
around her neck. It's very long
time since l have coveted anything
IN the shape of toy, but l certain
ly did want that foolish little baa
lamb, and if it hadn't been that she
was necessary as a model, l should
have trudged home with her under
my arm.
Herzs7sone, the Lamb,
Belongs to a "Grown-Up"
| expressed nv desire TO Misc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

gienic and civic reasons for gardens
IN citiesl 1t is the city dweller who
needs the garden most. Any one
who has a backyard and refuses to
turn 1t into a garden has burden
on his SOUL Besides yourself many
people look down into a city back
yard-they can't be shut off like
country estate-it must speak of
ugliness and neglect and discourage
ment to many-or it may sing at
morning, noon and night fresh
hymn of hope and beauty, of fresh
ness and new beginnings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
WNEEY have been rechristened
B Bath Towel Beasties," but I


prefer their original name Of
Bedtime Toys" because it takes me
bark to the time when ! refused to
go to sleep without a "squashy" old
pirrushion With a string tied about
It's miIdle tucked under my chin.
remember that my little brother had
the same penchant for an old rub
bsr dcll which he would have been
quite ashamed to have been caught
playing with in the daytime, but
which he took to bed with him every
blgswed night AS I recall it, very
fax children of my acquaintance
went To bed toyless, and, though
thar favorites might be of various
kinds and shapes and sizes, one quail
iiy WAS absolutely necessary in order
for them to be accepted in that ca
pacity-they must be "suuashy."
The child who once adopted one
Of these ~squashy" specimens re
fused to be parted from it, and no
matter hOw soiled or dilapidated it
beN;asne-and they certainly were
disrep1table sight in the daylight
the appeals of the "pizen neat New
England housewife to be allowed to
wash it fell on ears that were stone
deaf
AL this was in the days before the
advent of the Teddy Bear, which
suppianted all other bedtime toys in
the affections of the younger chill
6ren for nearly a decade. There
were, TO be sure, children here and
there who were loyal to their old
Erierbr, but as rule the Teddy
Bear was king Of the whole race of
bedtime toys. For some time, how
ever, his popularity has been on the
wane, and If you viii peep into a
modern nursery tonight it is ten
chances to one that you viii see the
occupant Of the little white bed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Women Missionaries Can
Save American Colors

A real campaign is being carrisI
on among the salespeople in our a
partment stores by those who ~.
interested in furthering this cans.
Meetings are held at which the dv.f
situation is explained by exosr.,I
from the big chemical compan;.,
and the salespeople are shown II.
error of their ways and the dis., /
trous effects of decrying goods dvs,J
with American colors. One of II. /
oldest and most conservative Of NM
department stores recently opened
its doors for demonstration mr..
poses, for the first time in its his
tory, to an exhibition of America,
dyes, and another big Fifth Avenul
shop showed a window filed witt
silks in the most gorgeous colorine,E
With sign bearing the legend
Dyed with American dyes" Lid
tie by little, too, the placard which
warned the would-be purchaser thai
"On account of the war we do nd
guarantee these goods" is disapI
Fearing from our shops.
Samuel Hopkins Adams, writipi|
on the dye situation, says: "AmerI
can women can quickly put an end
to this propaganda if they will u|
their shopping trips emphaticallI|
protest against these unpatriot.|
placards and insist on having proi.|
rcts dyed with American dyes H.
stead Of with dyes from the same.
German factories which have been
making high explosives and poiso.
gas to kill American soldiers
The khaki and the navy blue /,
which our boys went to war vers
the first cloths to be dyed with GU,
own American dyes land both
the boys and the colors-were war
ranted not to rum; the America
flag, that waves undimmed in storm
or sunshine, is dyed with colon
made in America" If Amer,cal
colors are good enough for suci
usage, surely they are good enougs
for you and me.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03

]~J' Az IL OIlC VI Illc DCSL OF
naoits. There is necromancy
IN garden, especially one freshly
watered. The prophet OF old when
be was hunting for a promise of
great beauty with which to make
the lsraelites enamoured of virtue
sang "And their soul shall be as a
watered garden" He had doubt
less walked in his own garden when
the very earth was fragrant with
gratitude for it's refreshing after
the days heat, and every little
dropping leaf perked up and was
glad.
Many case Of nervous prostra-
ton has been cured By gardening
getting next to earth, sweating with
simple honest effort, getting the feel
Of the irrevocable, silent ways of
growing things1this will put per-
spective into anybody's troubles-no
matter what they are.
And so besides the joy they are to
the eye there are deep ethical, n.y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Civic and Ethical Reasons
For Gardens

The City Gardens Club believes
all these things, and believes further
that since Cleveland and Baltimore
and Chicago have made success of
such club New York ought to rise
to the occasion. The club in our
town is only sixteen months old and
welcomes members at 81 each to
spread the gospel of turning back
yards into gardens. Miss Frances
Peters, of so West Sixty-seventh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-08-03
Women Are Called to the Colors
to SaUe an American
Industry

to kill, if possible, the American
dye trade.
Former Ambassador Gerard is re-
sponsible for the statement that
whatever happened Germany would
never rclinquish her supremacy in
two industries--her shipping and
her dycstuffs. We all know what
happened to her shipping; now let
US see what we can do about the
dyes.
You remember the hue and cry
that went up from our manufact
urers when the British blockade
first made trade with Germany i'm
possible, so that they could no longer
procure the German dyes, and you
remember how the Deutschland, at
her peril, ran that blockade with a
cargo Of dyestuffs. Those dyes were
the last of their kind to be brought
into this country. Since then we
have developed an enormous indus
try that makes us independent Of
Germany, if we wish, for all time to
come.
The Germans weren't bit wor-
rled at first over our "attempt' to
manufacture dyestuffs. In the frs
place they said we couldn't make
the intermediate" from which the
dyes are produced. Our chemists
set to work and toiled night and
day until they produced these.
"All very WE'LL" said Germany.
"but they can't make dyes without
potash, and we control all the pot
ash in the world, except that in
their own country, which is being
used by the government"
"Watch US" replied the American
chemists, and they began to gather
III the kelp from the Pacific Coast,
from which they obtained all the
potash they needed.
And even then Germany was not
afraid, for the secrets Of the pro
duction of fast color5 were still
hers, and she couldn't believe that
our chemists had the skill to dis
cover them; but, mark you, in two
years our American chemists have
succeeded in producing the self
same coiors which it took the Ger
mans thirty wears to produce.