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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10
HONEST RATES FOR
An HONEST sEnNICE

In days gone by Spokane was a
great utility town and while It's
utilities prospered the city grew
10 be the inland metropolis.
Il had double track lines ON all
its streets, interurban lines shot
out TO extensive suburbs, and inter-
mountain lines went 10 the lakes.
But all this has changed, and
hammering Of the utilities by com
missions and city. county, state
and national politicians has re-
suited in utility junking.
Not even the most radical social
ist or economic iconoelast has
any pride In the work OF tho
wreckers who have hammered util-
tiles for years.
What has the public gainedG
Nothing; II has suffered and paid
for the. experiment OF the pro-
fessional and political agitators.
The position Of utilitiesian cities in
all parts Of The country Is the
best proof thar can be offered OF
the folly Of destructive regulation.
Already utility commissions In
many states are awakening 10 the
fact that they are not serving the
best lnerests OF the public by
wreeking utility companies through
failure 10 grant living rates. Com
munities that have suffered poor
service, lack OF extensions and In
some instances discontinuance OF
service through inability Of COM
panies 10 exist under old time
rates have realized the fact that
a public utility can no longer make
a doller in revenue pay for two
dollars worth Of labor. material and
taxes any more than can a private
citizen.
The public Is rapidly awakening
10 the fact that an honest price
must be paid for an honest ser
vice and that public utility rates
are no exception 10 the rule.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10
IN REGARD TO ERRORS.

In each and every newspaper you
viii notice an occasional error In
the reading matter or IN the adver-
Using. We are. or rather were,
duly chagrined when In one Of our
most promising sentences some ter
rible makeshin Of a word occurred,
We are over that now. What the
public wants Is news. lots Of H. A
newspaper Is published for that
purpose, and every detail in the
making Of a newspaper begins and
ends with Speed The newspaper
Is read and thrown AWAY. 30 is the
error. Forget ~
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10
BUILDING or COLUMBUS

Cities, like all other things In
this life. were not created without
a reason. n Is presumed that Co
lumbus was al fret thought OF
because the M paso a South
western wanted a water tank al
this location. Naturally a coal
bin was added. then the station
operator and agent They had
10 be fed and wanted 10 live
as other men, 80 along came the
women folk, then the grocer and
you might say the candlestick
maker. although A. Frederickson
might resent this. Then came IN,
pioneer townsite people; then IN,
army Of soldiers and the army Of
men and women catering 10 their
wants. All this meant an unstable
population.
What Columbus must have is a
population with a back ground Of
stability, Of -permanency.
And all around Columbus. al is
very city limits and extending 10
and into the mountains are 10 be
found the reason for the future
growth Of Columbus which will
permit the home owners and bust
ness men 10 breathe without the
constant fear OF the army leaving
and Columbus becoming a dead
town. Water and oil and mines
In a nut shell. We have them
they are here. Capital. real ihnan-
ciering, with experienced men In
command. will change all this
country as only one state in this
union was changed-California
Think OF those God-forsaken sand
wastes Of California a. we saw
them. Desert on one side OF q
fence and fruit and nut groves o.
the other. Everything that Califor.
mia is noted for will be grown q
New Mexico. here near Columbus
with the exception OF citrus growths
as soon rs the mOneyed man let'
loose with his capital and goes Il
well-digging. The water Is here
The trouble with Columbus Is ever,
one In the city Is too busy making
money in his own individual bust
ness. The merchant Is satisfied
He 'whoops" II up for Columbus a
best he can, and he does II IN
DINIDUALLY. II must be done
COLLECTIVELY and there IL only
One way. We have the experience
Of thousands OF cities-it's a cham
Der Of commerce with a head
The Chamber OF Commerce OF Co
lumbus is a joke as II stands nov,
and has stood for 10 these many
days. II started OF slam-bang.
Enterprising merchants took many
shares. then they commenced drop
ping out and IL finally petered
down TO where the secretary didn't
or couldn't collect cigar money,
Maybe the membership was right.
We don't know. we were not here.
hut we're here now and we hear
a~-plenty.
Factions we're created and those
who wouldn't Join one or the other
didn't give a darn one way or the
other. but were just willing 10
give their dollars anyway. Fifty
members attended meetings al the
start. We understand seven at
tended the last one. Something
rotten in Denmark or in Columbus.
Well, let's forget Il. Let's get
together again and fifty or none.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

Many a would-be booster is a
town knocker. He does not know
when 10 duit-knows knothing OF
where 10 place a comma in a sent
ence. lie bushes the Convey, but
does no killing and he knows not
the reason. He ove does H. and
his listeners sidestep him. Isn't
IL sOg How many real estate and
other deals have fallen through on
this account A word too much
and later on Il causes many a sad
reflection.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

The editor is now a citiEvn Of
columbus-having paid the ~ oc-
cupational tar. Were going 10 get
our moneys worth someway and
we know Of no other way in which
we could wish 10 have that q
spent than 10 e II invested in a
yard or two Of wire from the enc
Of which would dangle an electric
light bulb Ia any Of the residenc,
sections OF Columbus.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

"Innocuous dessiteude,- or some
thing like H. was a phrase coined
by President Cleveland and used
by that eminent scholar frequently
when he considered something a
dead ISSUE" The Columbus Cham
Der Of Commerce was not In exist
ence during his time but the fore
going two words are appropriate.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

The Santa Fe New Mexican Is one
Of our most valued exchanges. +.
Dana johnson. editor, and c. Ken
nedy are giving the citizens OF
Santa Re a metropolitan newspaper
and ia large advertising patronage
shows appreciation OF the business
men. Geographically Il is almost
perfect
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

business will never return 10 the
Old Time gait The fellow who tries
Il will not remain In business long.
Advertisers have learned The value
Of advertising and they will stick.
That is not saying every advec-
User will make a big ucces and
rumain permanently In the publi-
cations. They never did and never
will, for the simple reason that not
all who 80 into business Of any
kind have the capital, knowledge,
wisdom and acknowledgements u
succeed. The law OF averages will
prevail. but there will be many
more successes than there have
been. because business. and par
ticularly advertising. will be better
understood-The Dope Sheet
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

Columbus has been surfeiicd with
a lot Of too much boosting, too
much .Rahl for uolumbusl stun
which accomplished nothing and
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

eoi us nowhere Il has answered
is purpose though, IN making he
sobe, husius1s man ait tight reflect
and plan for the future Ia a differ
'ont manner. and Il looks 70 The
Courier a. Il Il viii result IN the
presentation Of nlain. solid facts,
delivered with a punch and terse,
convincing argument8, backed by q
successful business career. In this
way only will iinanciers, brokers,
bankers, promoters listen. The
old brass band teni-barhecue way
OF building a city has been done
away with by city builders and
modern chambers Of commerce.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

The Courier is independent in
politics. but Il thoroughly agrees
with the egg-throwers Of Ardmore,
Okla. Senator Reeds record Is
similar 10 some Of the aged hen
fruit he was pelted with.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10
Faith i a wonder worker.

farms, cities, Nncre prehistoric
monsters once disp0ried.
Faith transforms The desert into
fruitful farms and duplicates The
miracle Of Mamma in tho Wilder
ness.
Cast your eyes. my son. over yon-
der Old Homestead, the cradlo OF
a thousand precious memories,
where reapers are singing a. they
toll amid the golden harvest
sheaves; those mellow. cultivated
fields we're once a savage solitude,
inhabited only by indians and wild
animals. II was Faith that tickled
the somber desert with a pillow and
set IL lonely vases 10 laughing
with happy harvests.
Faith is the harbinger Of pros
perity. the forerunner OF civil
ixation. Faith Is the fundamental
in business rs II lie In religion.
n you would be successful have
Faith in yourself; II you would
be happy, have faith In your fell
low man; and N you would be q
goOd citizen, paying your just debts
as IN honest man. ! exhort you, by
the mercies Of God, brother. that
you have Faith In the town In
which you live.
AT home be a constructive citizen
q builder Of confidence, a promoter
of public spirit a creator Of pro-
gress and civic pride.
Abroad. be a drummer for your
home town. Write lis good name
on the door posts Of every portal
sou enter. Like Saul. when you 81
down 10 Jerusalem, let Il be known
that you hail from Tarsus--"a no
mean city" Tell Il In Gath and
publish IL in the street OF Askelt0nr
that your home town In on the
map. Always and everywhere be
"smith, OF Columbus" a herald OF
It's present and a prophet OF IL
future.
No man has a divine right 10 b.
a king. but every man has a divine
commission 10 be king-pin In IN,
town In which he lives.
Quit being a wilmer, a wet-blank-
let a knocker.
i Join the commercial club, the
boosters club. the live-wire club
Indeed. I would beseech you. BROTH
er. 10 go farther and add another
club-a stuffed Grub" II yol
please for the benevolent exter.
mination Of moss-backs and home.
I town knockers.
U%nhappily, there r a few Of
|, these scalpers OF enthusiasm among
!, us. They should be humanclS
chloroformed and then toma.
hawked. The only good Indian is 4
dead Indian. and these benightcC
wearers Of the wet-blanket should
be relegated 10 the happy hunting
grounds along with the k~ick-a-poos
the poo-poohs, and those other
%untuiored heathens Of unhappy
memory.
II you would be a good citizen
dutiful 10 the just obligations yor
owe the community in which you
Hive. you will not rest from your
llabors until you have erected .
monument TO the memory OF IN,
lone survivor OF the t0mahawl
tribe. inscribed with the cpiiapl
Of public execratlon and crown.
ed with the sculptored garlandi
OF skunk weed and spanish onions
BE proud Of your home towt
and your home town will he proud
OF you. For with what mcasr,
you mete Il shall be measured L
youthful measure. pressed dcwI
! and running over.
|, In you would live In a town Of
good rcnown,
/, The kind Of n town you like,
You need not slip your clothes Il
a grip,
And start on 3 long, long hike.
You'll find the kind you left lie.
hind,
) And your move you'll surel,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

Senator Pitiman Of Nevada pre-
diets si20 an ounce for silver
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10
SCHOOL CENSUS COMPLETED;
4. ,. FULTON, COMPILER

y. ]. Fulton. school census exam
liner under the direction Of the
board OF education, has completed
the school census OF District No. 8
OF Luna county. which OF course
means the village Of Columbus.
Mr.. Fulton's report shows colum-
bus has 4t6 children Of school age
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-10-10

The nife's wound heals, but the
tongues never.-rurkish proverb.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
YOUNG ANGELES WILL CONTINUE
 FATHER'SWORK

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S (by Associated Press) Alberto Angeles, 22 years old, a son of General Angeles, who was executed at Chihuahua a few days ago by orders of a Carranza court-martial, says he hopes to con tinue his fathers work of establish ing a democracy in Mexico.
 Young Angeles hopes that the new government which he hopes eventu- ally will be founded will respect It's international obligations and it's own constitution.
 He said that the execution of his father would solidify the cause for which he suffered.
 The wife of General Angeles, who is critically ill., has not been advised of the execution of her husband.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28

portionate amount of said expendi- ture, your interest in said claims and each of them will be forfeited to me under the provisions of the statutes of the United States relating to in- terest in mining claims for failure to contribute their proportionate share of the expenditures required by law for such annual work.
 DEXTER CAYOUETTE. City of Seattle, State of Washington, United States of America-ss.
 Personally appeared before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, Dexter Cayouette, of Dan creek, Alaska, who deposes and says that the statements in the above notice are true, and that the said par ties have not contributed any money as labor towards the assessment work on the mentioned claims for the period stated.
 DEXTER CAYOUETTE.
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-ffth day of September, 1919
 (SeaD FORD O. ELVEDGE, Notary Public for the State of Wash ington.
 My commission expires July 29, 1923. Date of first publication Oct. 1, 1919. Date of last publication, Dec. 31, 1919.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
SU M MONS

In the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division. Torger Asbjorson plaintiff vs. Caroline AsbjOrnson, defendant. No. C-176. The President of the United States of America, Greeting to the above named defendant:
 You are hereby required to appear in the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Third Division, within thirty days after the completion of the publication of this summons, to- wit, within thirty days after the 25th day of October, 1919, and answer the complaint of the above-named plain tiff in the above-entitled action, wherein said plaintiff prays that he be given an absolute decree of di- vorce from you forever dissolving the bonds of matrimony heretofore existing between you and said plain tiff.
 And unless you so appear and answer the plaintiff will take judg- and will apply to the court for the relief demanded in his said complaint as hereinabove set out.
 The date of the order for service by publication herein is September 8, 1919, and such order was duly made and entered and filed herein ca said date.
 The date of the first publication of this summons is September 13, 1919, and the date of its last publication Is October 25, 1919.
 WITNESS, The Honorable Charles E. Bunnell, Judge of said court, and the seal of said court, on this 3rd day of September, 1919.
 Court SeaD ARTHUR LANG, Clerk of the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division.
 By JOHN B. MILLER,
 Deputy.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To c. M. Gage, Peter Conaton, Will
 jam Farrell, Jack Ryan, Morriss
 ODonnell, Eli McQuade and George
 Dempsey:
 You and each of you are hereby no- tified that l have performed the an- nual assessment labor required by law for the years 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916, upon the following described placer claims on Young creek, tributary to Nizina river, sit uated in the Chitina mining and re- cording district, Territory of Alaska, United States of America, to-wit:
 CD Boston Association Placer
 Claim, recorded in 1911, and
 (2) The New York Association
 Placer Claim, recorded in 1911, and that unless within the time prescribed by law you pay your pro-
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
BARS ARE INSTALLED
 FOR SALE OF LIQUOR
 ON STEAMER LEVIATHAN

WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (by Asso- ciated Press) The question as to whether the prohibition amendment to the constitution will have the ef feet of making American ships "dry" has been referred to the Shipping Board Bars for the sale of liquor Leviathan.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
MURDERERS OF TWO ARE FOUND GUILTY AND
 SENTENCED FOR LIFE

PORTLAND, Nov 2S (by Associated Press) David Smith, Walter Banas- ter and James Ogle pleaded guilty on Wednesday to the charge of murder in connection with the shooting of Bur gess and Peringer at road house near here, and were sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
WANT REPATRIATION
 OF GERMAN PRISONERS
 OF WAR BY CHRISTMAS

MUNICH, Nov. 2S (by Associated Press) Official information given out here is to the effect that the holy see will ask France for the repatria- tion of the German prisoners of war before Christmas.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28

FOR SALE-Four square feet French
 plate glass mirror. Apply Horse4 shoe barber shop. 26-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1919-11-28
CANADIAN PROSPECTOR
 DIES IN ONTARIO

PEMBROKE, Ont, Nov. 2S (by As sociated Press) .-Benjami Rollinger, a leading Canadian prospector and miner, who discovered the famous mines at Cobalt, died suddenly at hls home here Wednesday night.
 Just received supply of yarn tt Cor dova dry goods store.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-07-04

the league and where their terms
trespass upon the powers of the the
league they must be amended at once
to conform to what the council or the
assembly may decree.
"The right of the United States to
establish commerce. is to be largely
negatived if the covenant becomes a
fact. Whenever the council, domi-
mated eight to one by foreign nations,
shall decide that such measures are
necessary, a universal boycott is to
be put upon an offending nation.
The United States will be compelled
to be a party to such an arbitrary
stoppage of commerce, even tho it has
no quarrel with state affected and
wishes to maintain friendly relations
and commerce with her.
"Truly these are strange times to
which we have come when the assem-
tial principles of the DeclaTation of
independence, promulgated 143 years
ago and defended by American lives
and money to this day, are now to be
thrown to the winds, and our lives,
liberties, and fortunes entrusted to the
tender care of foreign nations natur-
ally antagonistic to our welfare and
jealous of our prosperity"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-07-04

(6), Township Twenty-seven (2T,
North of Range Twenty-three (23) f.
w. NJ, also the Northeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter (NEh of
SEh) of Section One ~, in Town
ship Twenty-seven (27) North of
Range Twenty-Five (22), E. w. NJ,
together with all water rights for irri-
cation or otherwise, or any interest
therein now held or hereafter acquired
by said martgagor in connection with
said land, together with all and singu-
lar the tenements, hereditaments and
appurtenances therunto belonging, or
in anywise appertaining.
Therefore, notice is hereby given
that on Saturday, the 5th day of July,
1919, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day,
at the front door of the Court House,
in the City of Wenatchee, Chelan
county,, Washington, will, in ODE
dience of said Order of Sale, sell at
public auction, for cash in hand, to the
highest and best bidder all the right,
title and interest of all the defendants
above named in and to the real estate
hereinabove described, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
plaintiffs judgment, together with
interest, attorneys fees, costs and
disbursements and increased cots.
Dated this 3rd day of June, 1919.
BERT McMANUS,
Sheriff of Chelan County, Washington
LIST pub. June 6; last pub. July
CW&E
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-07-04
THIS COUNTRY NO PLACE FOR
RED ANARCHISTS

The American Defense Society has
done good work in defeating the dis
loyal plans of enemies within the
country during war times. There is
still plenty of work for them to do.
Organization against the anarchistic
element which threatens the nation is
the only way to defeat it.
The American Legion of War Vet
Grams are opposed to bolshevism and
will fight it with all their strength.
But the fight should not be left to
them. The have done their share
in defeating the Hun. Rather should
the job of cleaning out the bolshevists
fall to the lot of civilians who were
not in the service.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-07-04
WILSONIAN PIFFLE

at is very delightful to find my
self at last in Belgium" said the
president with his benign smile. II
have come at the first moment that
l was relieved from imperative duty.
l could not come to Belgium
until l felt that l was released from
my duty" Whereat his audience in
dulged in sardonic smiles. They
not forgotten how he passed within a
few miles of their border when he
was Fastening to London to enjoy the
luxuries of Buckingham palace, bask
in the plaudits of an admiring Eng
fish multitude, and escort the queen
in to a dinner served from the royal
gold plate, while the king of Great
Britain and Ireland, emperor of India,
ETC., followed behind with Mrs. Will
son upon his arm. Neither have the
Belgians ceased to remember his trip
to Italy, several times the distance to
their own capital, in which much time
was consumed in the attempt to win
over the Italian people to the support
OF Wilson so that in the event of a
crisis arising between him and Italy
the people would desert their own
government and cleave to the presi-
dent.
The Belgian people have known
from the first, as have the French,
that nothing bores Mr.. Wilson SO much
as to be compelled to observe the ruin
wrought by the Hun. He wishes to
have the calm reflection of his mind
unruffled by emotions that might be
aroused were he to behold the scenes
of German frightfulness that abound
in Belgium. Reflections upon the sor-
did crimes that have been the order
of the day in Belgium for the past
four years have no place in the Will
son mental makeup, and he has put
all thot of such things from him un-
til he could postpone no longer the
official calls he was compelled to
make before starting home. The Bel