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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26

by country buyers somewhere alo..g
the way to the consumer there Is sure
to be dissatisfaction. Some buyers
start a lot of trouble for themselves
and others from whom they buy their
grain.
Some line elevators complain that
they lose on wheat bought In the coun
try by the elevator managers. The
wheat is often graded lower Mt the
terminal market han the grade given
to the farmer by the buyer.
Checking Up the Grader.
1t is a mistake for the farmer TO in
sist that his wheat shall be graded
No. ! in cases where the grain is not
entitled to that grade. The country
buyer who Everglades in order to
please his customers, and then under
weighs or assesses more dockage than
justified, Is unfair both to the farmer
and to the company for whom he IL
buying. Then, too, II Is a mistake for
the country buyer not to grade wheat
No. l when 1t is of a No. l grade.
-NoN dhuyS tuc lullnti edH titSh thi'
grading, for he can send a representa-
tive sample to any licensed inspector.
and receive an official sample certih-
cate.
Buyers who know how to apply fed
eral grades may easily test the first
load n farmer brings In. and keep the
sample as n type sample of that farm
er's wheat or corn or oats, while the
remaining loads are marketed. 1t Is
not unusual In some localities for a
farmer to bring a sample of his wheat
TO the buyer soon after thrashing. and
offer to sell his crop on the basis OF
a price made or the sample. with the
understanding that the wheat when
hauled shall be equal to the sample.
That gives the buyer plenty OF time
to apply all the tests necessary to es
tablish accurately the correct grade
Of the grain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
BIRD HUNTERS CLEVER TRICK
Ne lives Of Northern Nigeria Assume
Resemblance Of the Quarry They
Are Seeking.

Someone may have called you a
bird with explanatory accents OF adj
miratiOn. bur have you ever tried to
act like a bird or TO appear like a
bird to attract a real bird? or course
you haven't, for this isn't the way we
In This country go hunting, even though
We may be the most ardent of sports
men. 1t is, however. n bird-huntihs
method in Africa, writes Temple Man
ming in the St. Louis Republic.
A recent illustration shows how "A
dusky beau sets out to fascinate one
of the feathered natives of the woods
and plains of northern Nigeria. 1t was
in Bassa, to be exact, where the pho-
tograph from which the picture Is
drawn WAS snapped. And the person
who was caught in the very act of en-
ticing a bird belongs to the tribe which
goes by the name of Munshi.
Industrious and very good tillers OF
the soil AS they are, the Munshis are
said To be quarrelsome and. great
lJvers of alcohol, which they sometimes
contriye 10 smugsle in and to drink
with vast speed. 1t may be- indeed.
that this Munshi hoped TO catch ms
bird for the drink it would bring. AT
any rate, he was most serious as he
went about his bird-acting.
Clad In a straw shirt TO give the
effect of the scene in which he moved,
the hunter held the artificial birds
head close to his own and began TO
stalk his quarry. To human eyes view
ing him from IA distance he looked
more like "A strange caricaturc oil an
ostrich than anything else. To bird
eyes perhaps he appeared like n scene
from the surrounding country-that Is
a bird lettering on a Coal-black brahch,
swaying above a field of grain mat
moved in the wind.
1t seems odd that so simple an ex-
pedient should be so successful. Ii Is
true that the hunters sometimes return
empty-handed, but more often they
come back laden with the birds they
set forth to get. In this country n
in these days. when hunters sometimes
seem almost as numerous as the hunt
ed, ii would be exceedingly dangerous
to appear like the quarry, for a bullet
most certainly would be the reward.
But in Nigeria the method is a success,
although it requires much practice TO
initiate a bird well enough to deceive
the birds themselves.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
Goods Rout Air Mice.

Greencastle. Unclaimed with ten
mis- racquets, brooms and other weap-
ons. the 60 coed residents Of Mansfield
hall. DePauw university. waged war on
mice of the winged variety. After an
hours battle, during which the girls
wore towels about their heads to pre-
vent the bats from lodging In their
hair, the entire neighborhood had been
aroused from its slumbers and 30 bats
had been put to sleep for all time. The
night fiiers gained entrance to the dor
mitory through an open window in an
unoccupied room.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
svmpathetic NeiQhborhood,

"How do you go about locating a
still in these partsY" asked the
stranger.
BE you a revenuerT" asked the an
Gent m~ountaineer.
ooh. no. I'm a newspaper man,
spending my vacation up here in the
hills"
as that so? Well. I never yet hearn
tell O. one O. yer paper fellers that
didn't have a powerful thirst. You
fest set aroun' a spell, sonny, an some
o. tn boys'll git so burned sorry for
you they'll rome right up an offer to
lead you to a still. '"-Birmingham
Ape-Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
SEEMED ONLY THING TO DO
Fond Mother Satisfied She Must Sur.
render Her Child to q Career
Of Military Glory.

DIR. F. Fishent looked at the baby's
tongue with a slight pucker between
his eyes.
Its very queer. Mrs. F~lapjackson."
he said. 81 simply cannot diagnose
the case at all. The child's tempera-
lure is only 30s and his heart. except
for missing a few beats every other
time, Is going like a trip-hammer. IL
must be something else. l will take
another X-ray."
The X-ray revealed nothing but a
spool of cotton. several ten-penny
nails, a buttonhook. one of the bells
from a rattle. the head of a rubber
baby and a piece of glass from a
broken milk bottle. 1t was the usual
contents of a normal baby's stomach.
AFTER all I have done, Mrs. Flap
jackson, I've discovered nothing wrong
with the baby. He seems to be strong
and healthy"
sOh, no, doctori You're wrong"
sobbed the frantic mother. He has
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26

BUILDING
ORDER ALL MATERIAL EARLY
United Action Urged to Overcome %
fieieney In open-Top Carr
Much Work Ahead.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture)
While the expenditures during 1919
for ~hard-surface highways, according
to estimates of the bureau of public
roads of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, will set a new rec
ord with a total of S13S.OO0.OOO. this
figure is small in comparison with
the computed available total for 1920
or $633, 600. 900, the spending of which
promises to be dependent chiefly on
the quality of materials the present
limited railway facilities can trans
port.
The items entering into next years
estimate are: Brought forward from
unfinished work. 1919 contracts. $780,
100000; funds available from state
and county taxes and federal aid, s273.-
100000; Onefifth state and county,
bond issues not before available. $780,
100000; one-third unexpended balance
of state and county bond issues pre-
viously available, $45, 100000; available
from new bond Issues to be voted on
in the fall of 1919 and spring of 1920,
500, 900, 900.
Unless the available open-top cars,
many Of which normally lie idle in
the late winter, are utilized in that
slack season the work which can be
done will necessarily be curtailed for
lack of materials. The total for 1920
Is more than four times the amount
that has been expended during any
previous year for like purposes. There
fore there must be a tremendous in
crease not only In the material sup
plies and shipping facilities. but also
in the labor supply. and an enlarge
ment OF contractors organizations.
First Of all, according to Thomas ii.
Macdonald, chief of the bureau of pub
lie roads, the attention of all state,
county and city road-buildlng inter
ests should be directed toward over
coming this car shortage.
1t has been customary to wait until
contractors organizations were ready
to begin work before starting the ship
ment Of material. Under these condi-
tions many thousands OF open-top
Ears lie idle during the latter part of
February, all of March. and the ear
lier part of April. During the past
spring the number of open-top cars that
were idle totaled more than 10000.
This, Of course. was partly unavoid-
able, owing to the late date at which
work got under way. following the
signing Of the armistice. BY award
ing contracts as early as possible, con-
tractors will be able to ascertain their
material requirements at different
points, and so will be in position to
place orders dependent on rail trans
portatiOn q considerable time In ad-
vance.
While the placing Of material In
storage. which may result from such a
course, involves some expense, 1t will
be small compared to the loss that will
result II contractors are not in a posi-
ton to go ahead with the work because
of lack OF materials. In view OF the
experience OF 1919 and the greatly In
creased program for next year, 1t
seems probable, according to the bu-
reau Of public roads, that contracts
which are not awarded during the win
ter months will have little opportunity
for being supplied with materi u
which require transportation.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26

structure that defes the cold Of win
ter and keeps the COWS and horses
warm. At the same time 1t Is pro
vided with a system of ventilation
that gives the animals fresh air, with
out cold drafts.
The barn shown here was designed
for a farmer who not only keeps a
fair-sized dairy herd, but breeds horses
for sale as well. 1t really is a horse
barn and a dairy barn combined.
The half of the building shown In
the foreground of the picture is de-
signed to accommodate Is horses in
the regular stalls. and besides has two
box stalls, a feed room and a harness
room. This part Of the structure is
as by 40 feet. The dairy stable will
accommodate 20 COWS in the stalls and
has two pens for calves. This build
ing is 80 by SO feet, placed at right
angles to the horse barn.
The stable floor of the barn Is Of
hollow clay building tile, set on a con-
crete foundation. The floors Of the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
GENERAL
.fARMKOrES,
The silo is forage Insurance.

The silo is forage Insurance.
Manure is a very valuable by-prod-
uct from livestock.
Cowpeas. soy beans and velvet beans
are very closely related
Barnyard manure is one Of the most
important ~by-products on the farm.
Money In bank Is one safe invest
ment; another is green crops turned
under.
Flowing or spading the garden in
the fall Is the best possible way to
destroy the bugs that plagued you SO
this season.
It's only common sense to assume
that the farm that's growing richer
and paying a profit has got an owner
with brains behind IT.
The man who doesn't like farming
ought to quit farming-or else get a
broader vision of what farming a
and so come to like IT.
The garden land should be turned
early and the manure spread. Begin
early to prepare garden sofl II you ex-
pect to produce an abundance q ysgs
tables
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
A Hybrid Mariner.
AN old salt, eh?"
arYon might call him that"

IAN old SHIt, II
You might call him that"
Hes the sort of sailor. l presume,
who feels sorry for us poor landlub-
bers when there's a storm at sea,
knowing that chimneys are tumblIng
about u ears and roofs being blown
off while he's snug and safe in his
berth aboard the Many Ann or the
Liza Jane?"
He isn't that kind of an old salt.
He's employed on a liner. n Of those
big floating hotels, and he doesn't see
much more of the ocean than the aver
age baggage mar in a land hotel
Birmingham Age-Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
Out Of His Reach.

Gerald had a friend who lived a cou-
ple of blocks from him and one morn.
ing when he strolled over TO see him
he found the house being raised for al.
terations. Running home, he said,
Mother, Bibles house has growed
legs and it's SO high uped I can't 70
there any more"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
PROMOTE GOOD EARTH ROADS
For Most Soils Light Grader and One.
Horse Drag Will Prove Most
Beneficial.

For most Of our road soils, the use
Of a light grader nee or twice a year
and the systematic use Of a light. one
horse drag to smooth and compact the
road after every rain, will do more
toward promoting good earth roads
than any other method.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
Cement RAIL FOR HIGHWAYS
Invention Of Texas Man Relates More
Particularly to Safety Road
Making Means.

The Scientific American, In illustrat-
ing and describing a cement rail for
highways and roads. the invention Of
]. f. O'Rourke of Ell Paso, Tex. says:
This invention relates generally to
roads and highways for vehicular traf-
fic, and more particularly to safety
road making means in the form Of
spaced parallel rails, which may be
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
Slow Work

whats the hurry? Can't my wife
select a nursemaidT"
There are 80 applicants, Mr.. Spon-
dulix," explained HE secretary in well
modulated tones, "and your wife is
trying to get the baby to indicate a
preference."-Loulsville Courier-Jour-
nal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
Every Little Helps

Every little improvement to the
roads bring n a little closer to mar
ket and makes the farm a trifle pleas
anter place on which to live.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
LIME SOIL.

Lime may be used 10 good advan-
tage on sorne farms. Ii is not a fer
tilizer but an amendment TO improve
the mechanical and chemical condi-
don of the soil.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
IMMENSE LOSS BY RODENTS
Estimated $500, 900, 900 Lost to Farm
ers by Work Of Different
Little Creatures.

prepared by the United States DEPART
ment OF AgricultureD
There are scores Of different kinds
Of rodents 10 be found In the United
States, causing loss In food and feed
crops estimated at 0o.Oo0.OOo. For
the community interested In making
the most out Of Its agriculture this
fact emphasizes the Importance Of per-
sistent concerted campaigning against
these creatures.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
Ief, Fortune to Aid Aged pressmakers

New York.-A trust fund Of 100000
to establish a home to "harbor women
more than 60 years old. whose occupa-
ton has been dressmaking," is provid-
ed in a codicil to the will Of Mrs. Mar
garet A. Howard.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
A Perspective View Of the Roadway.

quickly constructed Of plastic mate
rial, which may be nodded or laid
In sections. The roadway consists
of spaced parallel side tracks and
a central track of which the central
track has a plane surface and the side
tracks longitudinal wheel-receiving de-
p~ressions.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
SAVE Vegetable Seed.

Save seed of tested varieties Of veg
etsbles. Seed is going to be scarce
and dear. Besides. you know the
performance Of the crops you've
raised
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
First Stem in FARMING.

A nice clean roadside should be one
of the first steps in consistent farm
operations.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26

Most Common Type Of Road.
The earth road il the most common
type Of farm road and WIN probably 50
remain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
GOOD BARN EARNS
STEADY PROFITS
Successful Farmer Must Have
Up-to-0a Plant.
PLAN FOR MODERN BUILDING
Weather-T Tight, WelL-ventilated strue.
lures Keep Live Stock Healthy and
in Highly Productive Condition
Design Provides Modern
Convenience3.
BY VIM. A.

Mr.: William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
the readers of this paper. On account of
his wide. experience as Editor, Author and
Manufactu0r, he is. without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
ADDRESS all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford. No. 1897 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
reply.
The business farmer of today wants
Il good barn. lie knows from the ex-
~perieIce of the successful men in his
business that the modern barn is n
profit maker. A weather-tight, we'll
ventilated barn keeps the live stock
aealthy and productive; the work of
caring for the animals can be done
economically, through the saving of
labor.
There are numerous features of the
modern barn hat make this building
profit producing. 1t is a well-built
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-12-26
WIDOW IS SLAIN
AND HOME R|FLED
Reputed to Be Miser With Vast
Hoard Hidden in Her
House.
WAS LOCAL TRADITION
Several Persons Arrested on Sus-
pic on, Including Victims Son-in-
Law, Said to Have Been Last
to See Her Alive.

Hoopeston, Hl.-Although they lived
within "A few blocks of each other on
the outskirts of this town, Mrs. Mary
Brhler visited her mother, Mrs. Sa-
bina Cummings, only once Il week-on
Sunday, after church.
Mrs. Cummings was noted in the
section for her desire for solitude,
which eve her daughter could not
invade.
When the daughter called at noon
n day recently she found the front
door open. This had not occurred in
the eight years since her fathers
death. She saw also a light in the
sitting room.
She entered and found the body Of
her mother lying on a lounge. The
old IN vas dead. The body was
covered with blood. The head had
been caved in by n heavy blow. The
room was in great disorder.
Thought to Have Hoard.
Mrs. Cummings, who was eighty
WV "h' itl'ul'u w Nv lit IllNfI VI
HoOpeston, and her little two-story
frame house, which she owned. was
known as the golden house" Natives
frequently pointed 1t out to visitors
with the remark
The old lady has got thousands and
thousands of dollars hidden there"
1t became IA town tradition.
When the husband of the aged wom-
an died eight years ago IA search of
the house vas made. In out-of-the-
way places more than $4,000 in cash
was found.
Subsequently the rumor spread that
this was but II 1.-THE of the wealth of
Mrs. Cummings. Not even her daugh-
ter could tell how much money VAS
In the house.
The authorities had warned Mrs.
Cummings to put her money in bank.
They told her the rather isolated sittI-
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-02
COUNTY CITIZENS
BEHAVING WELL
County Jail Getting to Be
Resting Place,

Record good behavior for citizens
in Oklahoma county during the last
four days is pointed out by officials
at the county Jail who made trans
iers from Nav 'ecord TO the June
books this morning No one had
been Jailed or released since Thurs
day noon,
This is a record" one Of the
,urnkeys said this morning III it
were not for the chaps we have in
the cooler now, vc could close the
shop and take a vacation"
There are now n prisoners in the
county Jail OF this number 30 are
held BY the county eight hy federal
officers and two on orders from the
bureau OF immigration. The latter
are Moxicans.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-02
,ClSkE1 FACTORY
STARTS At WORK
N CITY TODAY
Fifteen to Twenty CoffinS
{ Daily Is Initial Output

Oklahoma's only casket company
began business a, $40 West Second
street this morning. On account Of
q delay in finishing the sales room
on the ground floor OF the building,
the office win no, be open for week,
bpt the salcSmen start on the road to-
DIV and orders will be received this
week at the factory.
The capacity Of the plant at pres
ent is from fifteen TO twenty casketS
a day. II is hoped that later the
plan, will be putting out It's maximum
canacity OF forty caskets per day.
Salesmen for the company will cover
tke entire state and counties in ad-
i6ining states.
The company will use the entire
third floor OF the building as shop.
This floor has been claborately fitted
with wood turning machine, finish
ing room and storage room Halt
oi the ground floor OF the building
will be used as a SaleSroom
&Acce0orieS OF the casket making
trade are extremely expensive, ac-
oording to J. c McQaary president
OF the company The case in which
the plush coverings and fancy silk
iiniMs for the caSkets are kept a,
present contains 5000 worth OF goods
and will. when completely equipped
contain much more than that.
Other materials which are being
stored in the building TO be made into
caske,s are hundreds OF feet OF iinC
red oak. 100 pounds Of dry glue and
several bales OF excelsior.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-02

LONDON, June lin the column
OF paid marriage notices in the
Times this morning Is one saying
that Mrs John Asto- was married to
Lord Ribblcsdale Saturday at St
Mary's church, Bryanston Square,
London. q
The Daily Express, the only news
paper announcing the marri,,c in its
news columns. Identifies Mrs. As,or
as the wife OF ,hr Late John Jacob
Astor OF New York
The only Mrs John Astor known
in New York is Mrs Ava Willing
Astor, who divorced the late John
Jacob AStor some years ago. She is
the mother OF Vincent Astor who re-
Gently returned from France where
he served during the war in the
United States navy as an ensign. and
Murlel AStor Mrs. Astor has long
been known as simply Mrs John As
tor, having dropped the Jacob" from
her name after Colonel Aitor's sec
ond marriage:
Thomas RihbleSdalc. fourth baron
OF tha, name wa, born IN 1854 and
succeeded 10 his 'itlc in 1870 He
owns large estate and IS kcen
sportsman. He has no heir.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-02

of director, Of the Oklahoma GOOD
Road, association, the county escise
board and the county commissioners
Wednesday noon at the Skirvln hotel
Federal aid to the amour, OF HSWo
is available Tor the bridge II this
amount is duplicated by the counties
through which the road passes.
Oklahoma couny's proportion is
$1,000 Other counties which will
he required to assist in financing the
bridge il i, is built. are Blaine, Beck
ham Wash,a. Caddo. Can-'i-n a"i
Roger Mills. The bridge is on the
Postal highway The bes, means OF
financing county system n hard.
surface roads will also be discussed
at the meeting
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-02
Labor Bureau
OficerMakes
SomeRemarks
UnwiIIingnesS Of Applicants
10 Accept Accent Jobs
Causes Wrath,

There were iorty-iive men hang
ing around" the mems division OF the
federal employment bureau here this
morning.
How many of you men will take
common labor Jobs a, 40 cents an
hour" asked J. T. Blair, superin-
,endent
Two men in the crowd slgnicd
their willingness TO take work OF that
character a, that price. They were i'm
medlately signed up by one OF the
three prospective employers waiting III
Blair's private Office.
There you are" Blair said, two
out OF forty-iive really want work. We
ought to have some kind OF a system
for making those other men work,
whether they want 10 or not That's
the thing that makes life hard ior
employment bureau workers
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-06-02
ELECTRIC FIRM
PLANS BUILDING
Tyo-Story Home Planned for
1 West Main Street,

A new two.story building will be
put up Immediately by the Oklahoma
Electrsc Supply company on Main
street between the Patterson and
Mercantile buildings, Ztnnie Hirsch,
prt tsident OF the company, announced
this morning Construction was sup
posed to start today, but was sost-
poned until tomorrow on account OF
the weather The building will he
ready for use by October |, IT is cx-
p.oted
Tire company is at present located
at 40 West Main street Announce
ment was made yesterday that this
building will be torn down and a
,heater erected on It's site. other
firms in the block have not made ar
rangements for new loo tions.