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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-08

Above is the summary OF cSSna sles'
Including casualties reported today
The list includes those lost at sea
also the total Marine Corps casu3lt Ies
to date, but does not include the Navy
casualties.
Army casualty lists released Tor
publication today contain 22l names.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-01-08

McGRATH. Fred. Manly, Iowa.
MENTOR, William o., Lisbon Ohio.
MISSING IN ACTIoN-PREvIoUSLY Re-
PORTED WOUNDED SEVERELY.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

Look ut the papers, the divorce courts.
\ mans interests are no longer his
wife'S. Curious that 1t should be so.
But it's n fact. 1t IS the modern dis
content. Women want different careers
from their husbands"
Yet, how could he help throwing his
life into his work? He had committed
himself; it was an obligation. If it
were not for that indctinable ONE
thing, his allegiance to the cause which
Knocked ut reasons and definitions oh,
he knew he had tilted with Gerry
and been worSted he would have re-
signed from his company, his company
which had dishonored him. Why should
he stay to get more StabS, more
wounds? And the last blow, this pet
of MnrShnll's. Hardin gave u scant-
ling in his path Il vicious kick.
TIL" girls prattle had died. She
walked with him silently.
AT the door of her tent, she stopped,
looking at him wistfully. She wished
he could hide his hurt. If he had only
some of lines pride!
GLOW are things?" She used their
fond little formula.
"Oh, rotten !" growled Hardin, fling
ing away. The gate slammed behind
him.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
TELLS GOOD ROADS, NEEDS
Farm and Fireside Explains Best
Plan for Oval Surfaee-Should
BE Flat az Possible,

Everybody agrees that the surface
Of a road must be oval in its con-
tour" says Farm and Fireside. ''but
not all understand that this oval
ought to be as fiat as the character
Of the road material and the lay Of
the land will permit. With brick or
concrete construction the oval may
be very fiat, because the traffic makes
no ruts to carry the water lengthwise
of the road, nor does the pavement
soften and develop depressions when
kept in contact with water.
"But broken stone .(water-bound
macadam), being susceptible to pene-
tratlon by water. and subject to great
damage If frozen while soaked, must
be given a higher oval and for gravel
roads a still sleeper pitch is de.
manded.
"As for earth roads, the steepness
must be governed by the combined
influence Of a number of factors.
Perhaps the leading factor is the
quality Of the earth In each particu.
lar case. And next might be placed
the presence O absence of 'seeps' or
'spouts'; while another Of these vital
factors would be the longitudinal
pitch Of the highway"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
(TO BE ~CONTINUED.D
BACK TO HIS OLD FREEDOM
Stormy Petrol, After Brief Stay With
Tame Birds, Returns 70 His
Accustomed Place,

1.-THE stormy petrol has left u.s." said
Sergeant MCGEE of the park police.
HE appeared to be getting along with
the mudhens like a house on fire, but
on Monday or Tuesday last he Just
faded away, and now he Is back on his
ocean wave or wherever else petrels
so when they get tired of the company
Of mudhens.
But n successor has come from
the briny deep to keep up the tradl.
tiOns Of the blue-water birds on
Stow lake. He is only a seagull, and
a seagull is not such a rara avis on
terra as our lost friend, the stormy
petrol. Nevertheless he Is the first
wild n Of his kind that has ever
tarried with us for two weeks. and
seemed to keep comfortable.
HE has no use for either the ducks
or the mudhens. That is to say, he
does not mix with them. But he has
struck up n friendship with Anthony
and Cleopatra, the two pelicans Of
the Nile, and there is no driving him
away from them. Maybe he thinks
they will protect him from the mud.
hens, maybe 1t is a case of the de-
sire OF the moth for the STAR and he
Is In love with n of them. II so, II
is only a matter of time when one or
the other Of them will get jealous and
gObble him up in n gulp."-San
Bulletin.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
CHAPTER TX.
The Rivals.

From the window Of the adobe Office
building Of the company, Hardin saw
Richard jump from the rear platform
of the train as 1t slowed into the sta
ton. He noticed that the new mana
ger carried no bag.
"WOnder what he's decided to dc
about the headgate. He didn't waste
much time out there" Hardin was
fidgeting In his seat, his eyes on the
approaching figure.
Richard passed through the room.
nodding to his office force. The door
of the inner office shut behind him,
Hardin stared at the blank surface. He
moved restlessly in his swivel chair.
Did the fellow think a big thing like
that could hang on while he unpacked
his trunks and settled his bureau draw.
ers? He picked up a pencil, jabbing at
the paper of his report. He covered
the sheet with fgures-three hundred
six hundred. Six hundred feet.
Whose fault that the intake had
widened, doubling its width, trebling
its problem? Whose but Marshall's,
who had sent down one Of his Office
clerks to see what Hardin was doing?
Wouldn't any man In his senses know
that the way Maitland would distin-
gulsh himself would be by discrediting
Hardin. by throwing bouquets to Mar
shall praising his plan? They all 60
at 1t the same sickening way! Office
clerks, bah! Sure, Maitland had ad-
vised against the completion Of the
gate. Said 1t would cost more in time
and money than Hardln's estimates.
Thanks to Maitland 1t did," growled
Hardin. scrawling figures over the
page. "By the time Maitland finished
monkeying with that toy dam of his
the river had widened the break from
three hundred to six hundred feet. Fo,
that, they throw mu1 at me. Oh, 1t
makes me sick" Hardin flung his
broken pencil out of the window.
Richard re-entered the room. The
question leaped from Hardin.
"The headgate-are You going on
with it,"
Richard looked %curiously at the
antagOnistic face of the man
he had s%upplanted. The thought
his mind that perhaps Hardir
had taken 20 drinking. 1t made ms
curt.
81 don't know"
"YOu don't know"
Il have no report to make, MI. Har-
din, until I see the gate"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
War Makes Deer Mionata,

War has driven the deer Of Massa.
chusetts from one Of their favorite
stands. When the six days open sea.
son started hunters who have been &C.
customed to stalk the animals In the
Nashua River valley in the central part
Of the state had to find a new objec.
tive. for what was once a great area
Of scrub growth is now the canton.
ment city Camp Devens.
Reports from towns a short distance
away indicate that large numbers of
deer have found refuge In woods not
many miles away.
Sportsmen anticipated a leaner sea.
son than for many years, a compare.
tive scarcity of deer being reported BY
residents Of rural districts.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Lake SIIlan.

The forested district round about Lake
Siljan Is n of the most interesting
bits Of country In the world, In the
matter Of local color and folk Gus.
toms that have been preserved almost
unchanged from earlier times. Lake
Siljan lies In the heart of Sweden, IN
a region still relatively isolated. The
lake is large enough to afford tranic
for small steamers, and the country
boats Of the peasants are numerous.
In dress and customs. the people
Of the villages that dot the shores
have kept the variety and color that
distinguished country districts before
modern means of transportation made
the world a unit, forcing US all to dress
and act and think alike. Thus the vii.
lage Of Orsa has even a dialect mark.
eddy different from its neighbors,
which is said to resemble the old
Scotch more than Swedish. People Of
villages 10 or IL miles apart can be
distinguished by their distinctive dresa
Daily News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

i, The words raised the wall of for
mality again. lines bent over hel
plate.
what made you change your plans?
suddenly demanded his wife Of Hardin
when Sam came In with your bag. he
surprised me So"
"My boss kept me-" Hardin's face
looked coarse, roughened by his ugly
passion. "Rickard, your old friend
He served a subpoena on me at the
station"
"Oh," cried Gerry. "Surely. he did
not do that. Toni"
Sure he did" Hardin's face was
black with his evil mood. "I'm only In
underling, a disgraced underling. He's
my boss. He's going to make me re-
member it."
"You mustn't say such things" pout-
ed his wife. "If it does not hurt you,
If you do not care, think how l must
feel"
"Oh, rot !" exclaimed Hardin. The
veneer was rubbed down to the rough
wood. lines saw the cOarseness her
mother had complained of, the Gingg
fiber.
II suppose you think I like to take
orders, to jump at the. snap of the
whip" He was deliberately beating
up his anger into a froth. "Oh. sure. l
do. That's a Hardin. through and
through"
Again the angry blood flooded his
wife's cheeks. He, too. was throwing
the boarding house at her.
"You md 1t yourself" Gerty with
difficulty was Withholding the angry
tears. II told you how 1t would be.
You would do it."
"Oh, HE'LL" cried Tom, pushing back
his plate.
His sister looked drearily out the
wire-screened door. Her view was a
dusty street. Hardin got up, scraping
his chair over the board floor.
sand to keep 1t from me-" persisted
the wife. ITO let me ask him to din
docs that dismal farce have to go
on?" demanded Hardin, turning back
to the table. you'll have to have it
without me, then. I'll not stay and
make a fool of myself. Ask him to
Me! I'll see myself"
lines wished she was In the neigh
tent. Tom was flashing himself
into a coarse fury.
To her dismay, Gerty burst into
1t was killing her, the disgrace,
she cried. She couldn't endure it. She
couldn't stand 1t there; she had not
the courage to go to Los Angeles,
her friends would pity her. 1t
was crushing her. She was not a Har-
lin; she was sensitive; she could not
everything a Hardin did as
light, no matter what the consequences.
The pretty eyes obscured, she rushed, a
streaming NiObe, from the room.
The brother and sister avoided each
eyes. Innes rose and cleared
he table of the dishes. She made a
oud noise with the running water in
he shed, racketing the pans to drown
he inslstence of Gerty's sobbing.
She kept listening for Toms step.
She wanted to go with him when he
eft; he must not reach the Office In
he blackness of that mood. She
he would not betray his feel
ngs; yet she knew 1t was not he who
vas to blame.
When she heard the screen door
liam, she flashed out the back way.
"Going?" she called after him. "Wait
or me-" She dashed into her tent for
Ter hat. She had to run to catch up
With him.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
PATCHING OFTEN neglected
Two Ruts Caused to Form Where
There Was but One Before &
Work When Road 10 Wet,

Patching Is usually neglected or
done In such a way as to cause two
ruts to form where there was but one
before. That Is the invariable result
OF filling a rut too full. This work
should always be done when the road
Is wet, preferably when the water Is
still standing In every little hollow on
the road surface, so that the workmen
can just lee where to place the new
gravel and about how much Is needed.
Unless the rut is a very large one.
1t Is always best to shovel the gravel
from the wagon into It, rather than to
raise a sideboard and attempt to dump
q part of the load.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
STORMS HOVER OVER THE CANVAS HOUSEHOLD OF THE
HARDINS AS RICHARD TAKES THE REINS

Synopss-K. {. Richard, IN engineer Of the Overland Pacific rail-
road. is called to the office of President Marshall in Tucson, ArZ. While
waiting Richard reads a report on the ravagrs of the Colorado river.
despite the efforts of Thomas Hardin, head of the Desert Reclamation
company. Hardin had been n student under Richard in an eastern col
iege and had married tierty Holmes, with whom Richard had fancled he
was in love. Marshall tells Richard the Overland Pacific must step in to
n the Imperial valley and wishes to send Richard to take charge.
Richard declines because h" fOrrsees embarrassment in suppanting
Hardin, but l. won wei. Richard goes to Cnlcxlco and, n the way,
learns much about Hardin and his work. Richard meets Mr.. and Mrs.
Hardin and lines Hardin, the formers half sister. At the company
offices he finds the engineers loyal To Hardin and hostile t. him. Richard
attends IL meeting of The" directors and asserts his authority. Hardin
RACES. ESTRADA, II MrXicun, Sn of the "Fathrr af the Imperial Valley"
tells Richard The general situation and expresses forebodings that the
work will fail.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

"And you went to the Crossing with
, out going down to the headgate?" Har'
din did not try to conceal his disgust.
II did not 60 to the Crossing"
"Didn't gO-!" Hardin's mouth was
agape. Then he rudely swiveled his
chair. The door slammed behind Rick.
ard.
Hadn't been to the Crossing? Then
where in Hades did he 90? He halted
MacLean who was passing him.
"Are you going to the Crossing to-
morrow" Hardin knew he should be
too proud to betray his eagerness. but
the words ran away with him.
mot tomorrow. Mr.. Richard Just
told me he might not be able to get off
until next week."
Hardin's anger sputtered. "Next
week. Why does he rush so? Why
doesn't he go next year? The Colo
radios so gentle, it'd wait for him. I'm
sure. Next week It's d put-up lob,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
CHAPTER x.
A Desert Dinner

A Desert Dinner,
1nnes Hardin was completing ner
simple toilet. Not even to please
Gerty would she "dress up" for the
dinner. 1t would have been easy for
her s%ister-ln-law to postpone 1t. How
could she expect Tom to go through
with 1t! She couldn't understand
Gerty!
An hour ago. hearing distinctly the
whir and splash Of e~gg-beating, she
had run over to the neighboring tent.
The clinking of the cake tins had sud.
denly sllenced. Excuse me, won't
you?' Gerty's voice had come from
the lean-to, the little kitchen shed.
I'm lying down."
"Lleing. yes" grimaced tho Hardin
mouth to its reflection in the mirror.
How many times that week had she
been repulsed by a locked door, a sud.
den cuytain of silence or a Run avs,
for a while. I'm trying to catch d
nap" Easy now to ser why Gerty
had wanted to 'hOld the reins" that
week!
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
EFFECT OF CLOVER ON SOIL
Same Necessity for Applying Lime -
for Wheat-Dress Land When
Sowing Seed.

Clover has a mechanical and nutri.
tive effect upon the soil. The necessity
II applying lime for the wheat holds
also for the clover. Usually the land
8 dressed with the lime at the time
he clover is sown. Twenty bushels of
hr-slaked lime or one ton Of ground
limestone Is enough for one acre.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

for six weeks. I did not know whether
to order it or not"
sand l in Los Angeles with my sum-
mer sewing all done! What good will
1t do me them" The pretty eyes
looked ready for childish tears.
Il know. That is, I didn't know
what to do" apologized lines Hardin.
Il decided to order it as I'd found the
place, and was right there, but l made
sure that 1 could countermand the or
der by telegram. So l can this very
afternoon. / knew you would be dis
appointed. l was sorry"
"IIl need 1t next WINTER. admitted
Gerty. helping herself to some of the
chilled tomatoes. I'm sure I'm much
obliged to you. ? hope it did moi put
you to much treable."
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
BETTER WAGON ROADS URGED
Farmers Cannot Take Hold Of Prob.
lem Any Too ouIekIy-cost Of
Hauling 10 Too ela.

Better wagon roads are a problem
which farmers cannot take hold Of any
too quickly. 1t now costs the average
farmer % cents per ton mile to haul
freight over wagon roads, while the
railroads receive on an average Of only
TO cents per ton mile for performing
the same service.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
ROAD
BUILDING.
ROAD DRAGGING IS FAVORED
-Four Good Points on Simple and Least
Expensive contrIvanes Tor
Maintenance.

prepared by tile United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
First. the road drag Is the simplest
and least expensive contrlvance yet de.
vised for maintaining roads construct.
ed of earth or earthly material. Sec
ond, the successful operation Of q road
drag depends to a very great extent
on the skill and intelligence Of the OPP
orator. Third. the time to use the drag
Is when the material composing the
road surface is sufficiently moist to
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Only Small Transoression.

Jane had a new tricycle.. but had
been told not to leave the front walk.
Instead Of minding her mother she
rode around the block. On her return
her mother scolded her and asked why
she did not obey. Jane thought Of ne
good excuse, so said: swell 1 didn't
fink you. would care II I Just went -
hind the block"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
, darnedest ass! Imperial! And Il

! d%arnedest ass! Imperial! And the
gate hung up!
"For Gods sake stop that buzzing !"
The happy little noise was ~quenched.
lines, entering at that moment. heard
the rough order. She looked implOr-
ingly at her sister-in-law.
"Supper's OF the table," cried Gerty,
the fixed, determined smile still on her
lips.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Hatch Early,

Early Matched chicks get . better
start than late hatched chicks and
r therefore stronger and better able
to Withstand the attacks Of lice and
disease.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Keep Aceounta

The farmer should know what his
income is and just how he Is dis
posing Of It
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

compact readily under traffic after 1t
has been moved by the drag and does
not contain sufficient moisture for the
traffic following the drag to produce
mud. Fourth, dragging cannot usually
be so arranged as to keep teams EN-.
plOyed all the time, and it Is therefore
desirable to have it done by interested
persons who car find employment for
themselves and teams when they are
not engaged in dragging.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

Little Labor for oata.
The oat crop does not require %
much labor a many other crops. ,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-01-30
HOW TO GET ROADS

While the government agents are
trying to find employment for dis
charged soldiers it might be well to
consider the road building problem. In
New Mexico there is road law re.
quiring every man over the age of
twenty-one to pay road tax. This
tax may be paid in money or in work
just as the party chooses, but it must
be paid if the law is enforced.
In Quay county one could look far
and near and find no roads. If this
road law was enforced much good
would result as the men VINO could not
afford to pay could perform few days
work and be relieved from further OBJ
legations, while those who do not de-
sire to work can pay "A small sum.
This money should be expended in the
district where it is paid and should
be expended by the road-overseer Of
that district. This would also give
employment to number of men who
will be idle unless something of that
nature is afforded to give them work
The soil is wet now and there never
was more opportune time to do road
work that would be permanent. All
overseers should be selected on account
of special fitness for the work, casting
politics aside. One or two road gangs
may work a lifetime and never get
through in Quay county, but if this
matter was taken up by the commits
sioners and an united effort put forth
all over the county within the next
much good could be accomplish
ed. The farmers need good roads; the
merchants need good roads; every au-
tomobile owner is anxious for good
roads; in fact every property owner
should be in favor of good roads, so
talk the matter over. get up petit
tion and submit it to the commission.
ers, show them you will stand behind
them If they do their part and Quay
county will obtain good roads, not only
one or two highways but good roads
that will be beneficial to the whole
county.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-01-30

ers which are very rich in historic
importance.
At Chalus we received some cannon
and our steel helmets. We had both
infantry and artillery drill. After
staying about six weeks in Chalus we
moved to Alike where we now are. We
moved here because it is near to the
supply depots. 1t is not so difficult
to get provisions to US here.
Here we continued our drills both
infantry and artillery and We also be-
gan to drill intensively with gas masks
If the war had continued we would
have gone to the front before Xmas.
We and the civil population were at
tackled by a wave of influenzy but
among the soldiers there were but few
deaths. have not been sick at all
since I've been in Europe. 1t appears
that there were quite few deaths in
America from that disease.
Since I've come to France very
much of my French has come back to
me and I've learned quite a lot more
so speak it quite fluently now and
and can read it very well. ! am now
Battery interpreter.
] have kept the good news for the
last. My regiment is going back to
America shortly We have an official
order to that effect. BY the time you
get this letter we will be we'll on our
way to America.
Show this letter to Nettie and Belle
and after that mail it to Mrs. j. M.
Putnam because | am not permitted
to write an uncensored letter to any
one except my father and want her
to know what I've been doing.
ROBERT GIROUARD.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1919-01-30
WHAT IS THE FARM BUREAU?

The farm bureau is u country wide
organization of farm or ranch men
and women, and their children, who be-
lieve in agricultural education and a
sound rural organization as the basis
for rural progress.
1t is non-political, constructive and
educational in nature, truly demo-
cratic in form, representing the whole
rural population of the country. and
its committees of farmers and stock
men representing all sections of the
county are responsible for the work
undertaken by the bureau.
1t works in cooperation with, and
is assisted by the county agricultural
agent, who is the official representa-
tive in your county of the United
States Department of Agriculture and
the New Mexico College of Agricul-
ture.