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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
CURRY

Wood Simpson of Cameron says he
raised one thousand bushels of corn
on twenty acres OF land this year.
J. Frank Neel has shipped in 1000
head of sheep which he will sell to
local farmers. Mr.. Neel has sue
ceeded in placing many sheep here
in the last few months.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

DIT. c. Campbell, owner OF the
Campbell hotel, south Main street is
having a heating plant installed that
will be sufficient capacity to supply
enough heat at all times for two
stories. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have
been here for seventeen years and
through their ability to please the
public, have built one of the best
patronized hotels in the southwest.
In fact, the business has gotten to a
point where a second story becomes
essential to take care of the large
business LAS Cruces Citizen.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
EDDY

DeLonp and Bell shipped nine
double deck cars of sheep. to Merit
zon, Texas. the shipment going for
ward from the Carlsbad pens.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
GRANT

E. d. Lidston, OF the Black Hawk
Mines Corporation, now occupies the
residence property purchased several
months ago by him. The house was
entirely remodeled. a steam heating
plant installed, and garage built.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
cOLfAx

Jack Carlton. of Ration, and party
who went hunting one day the latter
part of last week in the Sugarite
district at place called Soda Pocket.
brought down a 5-point buck at the
first shot few hours after reaching
that vicinity. The party were back
in Ration b. 5 o'clock, This was short
work on the part of the hunter and
enthusiasm run high among those
who were contemplating a hunting
trip. Immediately there was a rush
for hunting licenses and Mrs. Tom
linson sold SlosSs in licenses before
closing hours that night.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
new MEXICO
NEWS REVIEW
BERNALILl0

7 The Imperial Laundry company OF
Albuquerque VIII install a "Permutii
Water Softner," large and costl,
apparatus which is the last word IN
laundry water treatment and which
/ guaranteed to take the hard h'a
water, long one of the hardest prob
laundry work, and transform it into
water that is as soft as the softes,
rain water.
Foundations for the new apparatus
are now being laid and parts of the
machinery have arrived which is be-
ing shipped front factories at Kansas
/ City and New York. The total weight
OF the equipment, when assembled
will be about $500
Carrie Chapman Gait, accompanied
| by five distinguished suffragists, will
/ be IN Albuquerque on December 4th
and Sth to address statewide meet
ing by the Women Voters Union
This will be a wholly nonpartisan
gathering, solely in the interests OF
suffrage. and women from all over
the state will be invited to attend
Albuquerque Herald.
Saturday night Deputy Sheriff
Charles Banghart, of Albuquerque
arrested six men who were enjoying
nice little old fashioned game OF
poker out in Old Town. The guests
were Col. J. c Albright, editor, Aca-
sio Gallegos, interpreter of the dis
trict court, J. w. Ryan, Leo Quier,
]. l.. Gober and Fred Barela They
put up $50 bound apiece for their
appearance before Justice of the
Peace. M c. Ortiz at 9 o'clock Sunday
morning. At that time they filed
500 bonds each to appear for hear
png later.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

Willard Bates has. asked for forty
single-deck cars for use in cattle
shipments from Lakewood. on New
ember lsf.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

John Clark, proprietor of the Dem.
ing Roller mills, has booked orders
for five carloads of Elk flour in the
mining towns OF Grant county Ship
ment was started the first of last
week and will be completed by the
end of the month.
This outlet for Deming made flour
is growing steadily. the sales from
the mills TO points outside Luna
county being about 50 carloads a
year, and it offers a splendid oppor-
tunity to the farmers of the county
to grow wheat and to secure a mark
ct for their products right at their
own doors. With facilities for mil
ling every bushel OF wheat that could
be grown here it would be possible
for Luna county farmers to devote
a portion at least of their lanI to
wheat and to secure the revenue that
such crop would bring-Oemine
Headlight.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

fhtsuo
Mohair is coming in pretty fast al
this time and is mostly being pur.
chased by Joyce-Pruit company who
will ship it as soon as possible to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Pro-
vidence, Rhode Island They have
the clip of 7. c. Love, about 1900
pounds Tom Middleton, 5000; Dave
Clements, 2,50O; w. w. Warner, 1000;
A. S. Knott, 1900; Charley Grammar
5000; Scibey Cox, 5000; ]. X. Bonine,
1000. Several others in the noun
tains have sold direct to dealers from
the east the price at this time being
especially good and the hair of extra
good quality-Carlsbad Current.
Mrs. L. A. Burgess, of Cleburne.
Texas, is a newcomer to Carlsbad
and will be one OF Us, she having
leased the dinning room OF the
Palace hotel, which she will conduct
in the future Mrs. Chaytor will
look after the rooming part OF tn
establishment. The work has been
very heavy for her. the Palace being
one of the very best hotels and room
ing houses in the city. The new
lessee of the dining room, Mrs
Burgess. brings to the work an ex-
perience of some years in catering TO
the public.-Carlsbad Current.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
LUNA

The Columbus Oil Filling station
owned by Evans & Tracy will be
ready for business as soon as the
large 1890 gallon tank is placed in
position. 1t was purchased in Fort
Wayne. Indiana. for 5000 and the
freight here was ss25 90 When the
proprietors saw the freight bill there
was an explosion other than gasoline.
Recently a fire Of unknown origin
was discovered IN a cottage owned
bv Mrs. Alice Hopkins and Ida B
Martin, proprietors of the Star Res
(Continued - pass ssw)
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

Manager Christian reports the
Carlsbad gin working steadily, hav-
ing turned out $50 bales of cotton
The past week has been generally
very pleasant, with one or two foggy
mornings, but on the whole has been
such that cotton picking has gone
steadily forward. and all the gins
have been working steadily. The gin
at Otis the new one belonging to the
Otis Gin and Warehouse company.
had turned out 800 bales of cotton
up to this morning, Wednesdays run
having been thirty-nine bales. So
far this gin has not had any trouble
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

Mrs Frank McGinnis OF Patterson
N. J., and two daughters, Misses
Caroline and Louise, and Mesdames
Louie Want, Van Valkenburg and
Graham, of FL Paso, all latter sis
tiers of Messrs, Pearl, Rolly and II
II. Bailey of La Union, spent SUN
day here and at Mesilla. Mrs. Nc
Ginnis owned large orchard at
Mesilla "a years ago and will be
better remembered by old timers as
Miss Alice Griggs Will Crosby also
accompanied them here.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

Abe Cecil, 90 years old, service car
driver, and Mrs r. c. Pool, %, were
both killed October 2s near Meloche
ranch, 9 miles east of Ration. when
an automobile in which they were
riding turned over and down 10 the
bottom of a 20-foot arroyo Both
were residents of Ration.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31
GUADALUPE

Hayes & Melaven sold bunch ol
steers to Tot Montgomery. OF Mem
phs, Texas.
Ed. Morrow of the Juan de Dios
delivered a bunch of steers to J. c
Dunlap, of Fl. Sumner.
Clark Cain, of Cuervo, sold about
200 head of yearlings steers to ]. c
Dunlap, of Fl. Sumner.
Victor Epps, of the Juan de Dios,
also sold bunch OF steers to ]. c.
Dunlap, of Fort Sumner.
Murray & Davis delivered 400 head
of steers to Tot Montgomery, OF
Memphis, Texas,
w. A. Davis, manager of the Salado
Livestock Co., is receiving about TO-.
600 head of sheep at Vaughn.
T. L. Lewis received about 1000
head of steers at Cuervo. The steers
were recently bought in Oklahoma
by Mr.. Lewis.-Santa Rosa Voice.
Senator II. L. Kerr shipped 500
head of calves, this being the second
shipment that he has made this fall.
The previous one consisted of 400
steers, and was shipped two weeks
ago. Senator Kerr will ship another
lot of 300 calves about December ist
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

The new fixtures for the Springer
posa-office have arrived and are be-
ing installed by contractor c. w.
Brown. The fixtures are all up-to-
date and when the office is complete
ed will be one OF the finest in this
part of the country and one that
Springer and vicinity can well be
proud of.-Springer Times.
The new building which is being
erected by NJ. 6. Smigelow opposite
the Range office, for occupancy by
himself. is showing good progress at
this time. The cement work for the
floor and partition walls is now near
ly completed Much of the necessary
material has been slow in arriving,
but il is believed that from now for
ward the progress of construction
will be much more rapid.
The final work on the reconstruct
ed office suites of the St. Louis.
Rocky Mountain company is now in
progress, with little remaining to be
done to make them among the most
beautiful and convenient TO be found
anywhere in the west.-Raton Range.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

with its machinery and has been
ready to run whenever the weather
would permit-Carlsbad Argus
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-10-31

c. Redd left Canutillo Thursday
for Phoenix, Arizona to buy two
carloads of fine dairy cows for lower
Mesilla valley farmers.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
Bedtine Story for the LittIe Ones
UNCLE WIGGHY GOES cCASTING.
By HOWARD a GARTN-

AVE any clean handkerchIefz.
Al Nurse Janes" asked Uncle Wig
Eily Longsars. the bunny rabbit gen
t-sman- one morning as he was about
70 start out from his hollow stump
Bungalow 10 look for an adventure.
Clean hzndkerchle5s7 cried the
r1usirat lady. why. / should say you
had a lot OF themi Look IN the upper
right hand drawer OF your bureau
and
Il DID look. but there isn't q clean
ir1ned handkerchief there" said IN
Gle WiEEily.
oh. dear ne. 7 quite forgot" said
the muskrat lady. Vow I remember,
] didn't iron you any handkerchiefs on
account OF last week being New Years
and the week before that vas Christ
mas Anyhow. I can't iron you any
clean handkerchiefs until have a new
ironing board Ny old one is quite
worn out"
-Ha- Then It vii give ne the great
esr pleasure in the world 10 get you
new ironing board Nurse Jane" said
the bunny rabbit gentleman wiki
rinkle Of his twink nose and a low
and polite bow Of his tall silk hat III
set you the ironing board at once"
Please do begged Nurse Jane
You Just get the plain piece OF long.
smooth board III tack on the cloth
and padding 70 make soft place to
1ut the handkerchiefs and other
clothes when I smoothe them out with
hot iron
No sooner said than done. OFF start
I'd M LcnEezrs. the bunny rabbit gen
tiemzn- 10 get 2 new Ironing board for
Mss Jane FUZZY WHY
On the way Uncle WigEily saw sam
ME and Susie Littletau the rabbit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
Correcting Mr.. Hurley

IN recently published article bearing the Of E n
Hurley, of the o. S shipping board alusion is made
the year 1890 the co burning period" and Of 1914 It
said that nobody would have thought Of burning
any other farm product for farmers prosperous
along with the factory workers. Statistics not avail
able showing the average price of in $780, that
material
Nj HuTeys attempt to picture 1890 and the years
Immediately before and after period Of Industrial de-
preston IN America and the 1914 period as period Of
prosperity Men and women whose memories carry them
back quarter Of century very distinctly remember that
the period Of depression in America in 1890 but
from 1893 to 1896 following the enactment of the Demo
cratic tariff law. That the period of idle industry
bank recevershps and poverty And 1914 was not time
Of prosperity The Democratic tariff act of 1918 became
effective IN October Of that year From the time II became
certain that tie law would be passed. American industry
began to decline and continued to decline until war orders
began to come In It along in 1916 before American
mills got well started orders and prosperity was
restored.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
Little intaUieuS
Warns SuagetS to Pay Poll Taxes Before the Election
RevYng of Taxpayers League Is Urged On Business Men

thousands OF negroes taken to the
battlefieIds and embarkatiou ports Of
France have shown TO the people OF
other countries what we OF the south
have always known-that the darkey
from Dixie has. naturally. a keener
sense OF humor than any other race
Of people on earth-also, that ne viii
fight They have not only kept going
under fire. but amidst all the travail
OF battle their unqueuchable good
humor has furnished a welcome relax
alton from the tragedy OF Il all The
cOlored doughboy has furnished no
small part OF the entertainment
trenches and out HIS fighting In
stinct is just like his humor-spou-
taneous and oftimes extremely orig
inaL His quaint remarks are funnier
BY reason Of absence from affectatfon
or elaboration, he not being handi-
capped by the ordi7ary conventions
OF language and circumstance"
The best soil analysis Is the
amount OF character OF vegetation.
say alfalfa, that soil viii grow" said
d. c Taylor. graduate Of the aEricuI-
tural college Of Minnesota, who has
been a practical farmer. Now the
land needs acid phosphates and nj
trates- A good way to demonstrate
that acid phosphate used little or
none at all in the Fl Paso country,
am informed. will increase the Yield
OF alfalfa as much as fourfold. can
be well demonstrated by any farmer
at small expense Let him take IS
percent acid phosphate. which Is moth
Ing more than ground phosphate rock,
treated with sul1huric scid. which
latter releases the phosphorus acid.
which Is plant food The farmer can
choose s. uare OF four acres Of uni
form alfalfa on one acre apply no
fertilizer. on the second 100 pounds.
on the third 200 pounds and on the
fourth 900 pounds. and the results VIII
indicate the amount his soil needs 50
he can act intelliEentiy the following
year. Some one may say Why not get
a soil analysisF That Is all right. but
an analysis may show the necessary
chemical elements are In the soil. but
they may not be In the form for plant
food That Il what I mean when I
say that the vegetable growth on a
piece OF land is the best soil analysis"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
A Remarkable Prophecy

NOW that the is over there time to examine the
prophecies long ago made concerning the and its
outcome Of these perhaps the most noteworthy is that
Of Victor Hugo, written in 1880. He wrote:
Then France viii suddenly arouse herself She VIII
become formidable She will regain Alsaoe and Lorraine
Is It enough? Mo- mol She viii eapture-lsenl-Treves
Mainz Cologne Cohlenz And you shah hear France cry
The clock strikes my hour! Germany hear mel An
thee return all to thee upon condition. that shall
longer be divided people; that shall be united
family, one republic viii dsmolish my fortresses thou
thne-y vendetta IS brotherhood No frontier The
Rhine mine and thine
1--WE shall be the liberty Of Europe And now let Us
clasp hands, for have rendered each recprocaed
vice Thou hast freed from my emperor I viii free
thee from thine!. -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06

not unless be the Hun leaders, and indeed any
able person in any civilized country would rejoice to all
forever ended But solution Of the whole problem lies
working out practical plan and it is admitted that lit
tie progress toward such plan has been made
Disamsments and freedom Of the involved in
the problem which appears grow complicated the
longer II is studied Il is believed that the president
changed his views considerably parts of the peace
program and is wiling agree to anything reasonable
with the peace representatives concerning the formation of
a league of nations
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06

YOU WONT believe this.
IT'S so silly.
AND WHEN I think Of it
GET cold all over.
AND IT happened at a dinner.
WHERE MOST Of the guests
HAD MET one another.
FOR THE first time.
AND IT was All very formal.
AND DRESSED Up.
AND THERE was = butler.
TO WAIT on the table.
AND I thought used to know him
But I couldn't ask him.
AND HE kept looking At ne
AND GOT ne nervous
AND ! had . feeling
HE KEPT counting the silver
THAT WAS at ny place.
AND ANYWAY.
HE HAD served the oyStsrI
AND I had just spearsd one.
AND THOUGHT had H.
AND WAS raising 1t gently.
TO ITS destination
WHEN THE woman beside ne.
HAD sOsIE sort Of a II.
Or UPSET = glass
OR SOMETHING.
AND I st.aightensa mp.
AND wHBN I ala it
IIosT the oyster
OFF OF ny fork.
AND I could feel It strike ma
on TIE soft shirt front
AND vas afraid.
IT WAS on ny lap.
AND WHEN got a chance.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06

seT'HE public probably now has
i been fully informed OF the fact
that there Is going TO be a strenuous
race for city offices, at the primaries
in February said Robert Krakauer.
The women. at the last session Of the
legislature OF Texas, were given the
right to vote in the primaries. and
now there Is a strong probability that
the present session Will submit a con-
stitutional amendment giving women
fun suffrage: that is. that they viii
be allowed to vote at the elections.
The women OF Ell Paso should pay
their poll taxes for the next primaries.
to show the legislators Of Texas that
they take an interest In the affairs
Of the city, which viii be an indica-
ton that they viii also do so when
matters pertaining to the state are
in question II q lack OF interest in
community affairs would be shown
by a small number only Of women
putting themselves in position TO vote
at the city election, It would be dis
senator In Austin and might tend TO
weaken their position IN supporting
fun woman's suffrage"
II steps have not been taken to-
ward reviving the Taxpayers league,
which was permitted TO lapse when
Mr.. Bandeen entered military service
last spring. something should be done
TO that end" said E r Gibson. The
organization was doing good work.
and its efforts IN the way Of bringing
about equalization were Just begin
ming to be appreciated by the taxpay-
ing public II II Is necessary. why
not make proper representations to
the proper authorities in the war de-
partment, and secure Mr.. Bandeen's
release from the service. II he viii
come back TO his old Job and put the
wheels In motion AGAIN. II Bandeen
viii not or cannot come back. the
directors Of the league should meet
and make move toward securing the
services OF another competent man. I
understand there are funds IN the
treasury Of the league with which to
finance its further operations"
People IN the north often talk
about the lack OF enterprise IN the
southern cities, but II they could see
the activity In FL Paso they would
sing a different song. and probably
get busy themselves" said Patrick j.
Kelly, Of Philadelphia. Pa There are
more energetic clubs and associations
In this city than I have seen in any
other city Of its size. And as for cities
larger than It, 1 should not be sur
prised II El Paso compared with
those Of the 300,0 class. The people
move around here rather slowly, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
EUen If They Are Old
hey Are Good Anyway
BY ANY BI.FsFyER-

0UR grandfathers. or Il may date
~ back farther than that decided
on some few little smiles and fool
ish phrases. and through the chan
nels OF heredity they became our.
Perhaps because they are 50 ex-
pressive We continue to carry them
ABOUT IN our conversation. or Il NAV
De that We can't find any substitute
70 take the place OF.
As still as a mouse
AS old as the hills
-As black as pitch.
AS thin as s rail-
AS big as n barrel
As quick as lightning.
As SLOW as molasseS in January
and many. manv more f1st as foolish.
and Just as expressive in their mean
Ing
II YOU have the habit OF thinking
you are ltra-up-to-date. with an ~
latest novelties in slang. and oeca-
sional sprinlcles OF French Tor effect
the latest edition Of Life so tho
oughly mastered that you can nearly
quote pages. then think how offe1
you use terribly old fashioned. frite
SMILES like these
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
Little Interviews

. they do not seem 70 be as sparkling
as many OF the people OF the north
and east: but after all. Il seems that
they know what they are doing"
* c B. in The Herald last satur-
day night certainly gave utterance to
the right idea. regarding the disposi-
tion which should be made OF the
vessels Of the German navy. now in
termed IN British ports.- said c H
Hamilton To sink S2.ooo.0o0.o00 or
50. 600 900. 900 worth OF steel and ma
chinery, as proposed by admiral Rod
ney and endorsed by. perhaps. count
less thousands OF thoughtless Amer
leans and other enemies OF the Ger
man people, would be the acme OF
criminal waste and folly. at any time,
much less now, when the world IS 50
short Of material OF all kinds, but par
ficuiarly steel and machinery. II the
German warships are obsolete, break
them Up. sell the material at the best
obtainable market price and distribute
the proceeds among the allies or give
the money to Belgium, Servia and the
overrun portions OF France
The Panhandle and Southwestern
Stockmen's convention next March
will be the greatest IN its history"
said c. L Boynton. editor Of the FL
Paso Livestock Journal "Cattlemen
whose stock has been greatly depleted
by the drouth Will be anxious, by next
sDring. 10 negotiate Tor more stock.
The assured abundance OF spring grass
will have reused them to high spirits
by then and I believe many OF them
viii be ready to contemplate Mexico
for further ranch interests. Fl Paso
Is the logical place for this couTen-
ton. as Il is the center OF the largest
range cattle section in the country
For this reason. the people OF Fl Paso
should get behind IT. The cattle busi-
ness, together with the mining indus
try. IS more or less the backbone OF
II Paso, and can be looked to for the
most substantial support in any large
enterprise"
a few OF those negro soldiers who
went from FL Paso TO the battle lines
OF France will soon be coming back,
and they should be given all the con-
sideration due patriots Of 4. common
cause" said Gan Talbot, himself a
southerner and speaking as such. but
above all as an American. When
shown their duty. they did 1t without
a whimper and in no instance has the
Uniform been dishonored by their
wearing IT, The machinery Of gov
eminent win not have to be invoked
to punish them for running off TO
Mexico to escape the draft BE Is not
that kind OF a citizen. Many negro
soldiers OF the American expeditionary
forces will be decorated for conspicu-
Gus bravery IN action. and the d. s c. /
viii say nothing about color. The
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-01-06
Uncle WaYs Denatmed Poem.
1919

M Pm glad you're here full Of hopeful promised The
" years pretty punk, help
behind
dEsaahs prospects Eyian Oh bHthe
drsary battle
feared forever
not sa With signing that brings threat Of fields blood
soldiers Ne year. you're glad
always may months rnanyl
eo77EiEh. - Gsosss Matthew Aozus WALT MASON.