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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

hauling their produce to market, along
with his own, and today has three
trucks In operation, all owned by him
and paid for. and has 5000 in the
bank. Neighbors whose work he orig
inally did finally became purchasers
Of trucks and he took on the work Of
others. The n%eighbors likewise pros.
pered and spread out. Today the orig.
inal farmer. able to reach the mar.
ket with his produce and dependent
only upon himself for the haulage,
has increased his acreage and Is busy
with his own affairs largely, and max.
ing more money than he ever thought
possible from farming.
Used Everywhere.
Motor trucks are today being used
by farmers everywhere. Every day
we learn of dealers who have seen
the light and who are giving up the
hard work Of selling in the Overcrowd.
ed cities to travel to the farming pop.
ulatiOn and to educate them into the
mysteries, as they call them. OF the
hoiocicoo "hSoii. Ouo ~SuCCeSSIul IdTIu'
er using n motor truck is a recommen.
dalton equaled by no other that ]
know, and the market created Is well
worth while. On the other hand, the
salesman and the maker who inspires
that salesman Is doing for humanity
a good turn. for he Is accomplishing
wonderful results In lowering the high
cost of living"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
CLIPS OFF W0MAN'S HAIR
Also Steals $40 Without
Waking Couple.

Passaic, N. Mrs. william Haw-
thorne, forty years old, of 400 Harrison
street. reported to the police that dur
ing the night a thief had entered her
bedroom and clipped off her long, gold
en- hair. So quietly did the thief go
about his work that he not only did not
arouse Mrs. Hawthorne, but was not
heard by her husband, in an adjoining
room. o by two children in another
room nea by.
The police found marks which indi.
Gated that the thief had used a Jimmy
on the kitchen window. They also
found a pair. of scissors. Mrs. Haw.
thorne said she believed she had been
chloroformed. as when she awoke she
felt sick. The thief also took $50 which
was in a tin box, but evidently he had
no use for the hair after clipping it.
as 1t was found alongside the empty
money box by Mrs. Hawthorne.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Effect OF WEATHER
CONDITIONS IS FELT
One Market May GO Up While An.
other Goes Opposite Way.
Crop and Market Service Of Depart
ment Of Agriculture Keeps Both
Shipper and Consumer Post.
ed on Situation,

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricuiture.)
Any given weather condition-cold,
rain or heat-may affect n market
one way and another market In the
directly opposite way. A period Of
rainy weather, for instance, might
put peach prices away up In New York
or Chicago and away down in Atlanta
o. Augusta. The effect Of any par
icular weather condition is likely to
be different in the big consuming mar
ket from what 1t Is In producing Sec
lions. In the case cited, the rain
might delay gathering. Then at the
beginning Of fair weather, great guam.
titles of more or less damaged peaches
would come In at once, instead of be-
Ing distributed owe a period Of weeks.
and prices would 60 down sharply.
At the same time. a shortage would
have been caused In some Of the large
cities and prices would go up. Anoth-
er set Of conditions might reverse the
process, making prices high in pro-
ducing sections and relatively low at
consuming markets. The crop and
market reporting service Of the United
States department Of agriculture. car
rying full information on weather and
crop conditions, keeps both the ship
per and the consumer posted as to
such conditions and, In a general way,
works to smooth out such disctep-
l~ncieS~-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

Worlds problems are being solved
by the motor truck, according to Will
liam Fulton Melhuish, president Of
a large motor truck concern. Care
full gathering Of statistics by Mr..
Melhuish. consultations with authori-
ties, have shown conclusively that so
per cent of the perishable products
Of the American farmers do not reach
the market.
"MOtOr trucks will ultimately fill the
bill and enable every farmer to get to
the market 100 per cent of his produc-
ton Of perishable foods" said Mr..
Melhuish. "As America promotes its
road building efforts and improves the
highways the farmers will see the
light by millions and motor truck max
ers will new be able to meet the
demand for their product.
Work Of One Man.
"Some days ago I learned Of real
facts regarding the use of the motor
truck by one farmer. This man, liv-
Ing only II miles from a big city, was
at the same time ten miles from his
nearest railroad. Inability to secure
shipping and inability to get his goods
to the railroad caused losses not only
to him but to other farmers.
HE was induced to use a motor
truck. At that time he had only $500
In the bank. He bought the truck,
took on work for his neighbOrs of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
o w. REEVES,

Corporal, 96th Company, Sixth Marines.
Corp. Reeves, whose home is with
his mother. Mrs. J. w. Reeves, 3789
Glamour avenue, East San Diego. CAL,
was decorated for IN act Of conspicu.
Gus intrepidity In action with the enc
my ear Blanc Mont, France, October
3, 1918. During a stiffly contested
hand grenade fight Corp. Reeves saw a
grenade fall in the midst Of five Of his
comrades. Without hesitation he
rushed forward and picked 1t up, hurl-
ing 1t from the trench. The grenade
exploded a few yards from his hand.
wounding him severely, but his act
averted injury to all Of his comrades.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
GEORGE n. MAllON,
Captajn. 132nd Infantry.

Capt. Mallon was decorated for in
trepidity beyond the call Of duty in
the Boise de FORCES, France, Septem-
Der 20. 1918. Becoming separated
from the balance Of his company be-
cause Of a fog. Capt. MallOn. with nine
soldiers, pushed forward and attacked
nine hostile machine guns, capturing
all Of them without the loss of q man.
Continuing on through the woods. he
led his men in attacking a battery Of
$50 mn. howitzers which were In &C
ton, rushing the position and captur-
ing the battery and its In this
encounter Capt. Mallon personally at
tackled one Of the enemy with his fists.
Later when the party came upon two
more machine guns. this officer sent
men to the tanks. while he rushed
forward directly in the face Of the
fire and silenced the guns, being the
first one of the party to reach the
nest. The exceptional ga!lantry and
determination displayed by Capt. Nal.
Ion resulted In the capture Of 100 pris-
oners. eleven machine guns. four $50
nm. howitzers and. n a%nti-aircraft
gun. Capt. Mallon's home address is
1881 Hallock street. Kansas City, Mo.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
GIRL ESCAPES
FROM BANDITS
Was Held for Ransom by Snug.
gIers on a Lonely
Island.
CAPTIVE FOR IL YEARS
Distress Signal Answered by Small
Fishing Vessel or Texas Coast
Succeeds in Reaching Main.
land.

Rockport. Tex.-Being kept on q
lonely island for more than twelve
years by a gang Of bandits or snug.
siers, who hoped to secure a large ran.
som from relatives for her release, and
only making her escape through an act
of fate, Is the remarkable experience
of a young woman just budding into
wOmanhOOd who has arrived ut Rock.
port, Tex. The young girl knows moth.
Ing Of herself or relatives other than
she answered to the name Of "Nellie"
for several years.
"Nellie" came to the mainland from
one Of the five small islands lying five
miles off the coast, In a small fishing
vessel which saw her signal Of dis
tress. She had been on the island
alone for two days following the death
Of an old negro woman who constant.
ly guarded her.
Lived in House Made Of Rocks.
The girl said the greater part Of the
time she was on the island she lived
with the negro woman in Il house
made of rocks. "Nellie" declared
her old jailer never beat her but once,
and that was when she asked If there
were other bearded men and black
women on ships which sometimes
passed in sight. and why they could
not go away to some other house on
n Of the ships.
According to the strange story relat-
ed by the girl, the bandits contemplate.
ed taking her to South America, where
she said they could get lots Of money
for her. "Nellle" said the men had
a large sailing boat. The bandits lev
er sailed toward the Texan coast, she
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
TERMS
prepared by the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.)
The market 10 FIRM

when, for the commodity
under consideration. prices are
holding fairly from day to day
and from week to week, with tbs
values more prompt than the de-
clines and values gaining only
a few cents when compared with
the week or fortnight before.
The market 10 STRONG
when the advances are fairly
sharp and the declines slight and
quickly overcome.
The market 10 WEAK
when the declines are sharp
and persistent, continually reach
ing low points and making only
slight and short recOveries. The
degree Of weakness Is measured
by the frequency and extent Of
such movements.
The market 10 DRAGGING
when prices sag almost imper-
ceptlbly, simply falling a little
short Of the previous top QUOTA
tons from time to time so that
the decline is scarcely noticeable
except by comparison with the
level Of the previous week or
month.
Reports Of the condition Of the
crop. the shipments, the weather,
are factors in determining what
may be expected to follow a
firm, strong, weak, or dragging
market. The progressive pro-
duce grower studies all Of these
conditions and markets his pro-
duce accordingly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
SAMUEL

First Lieutenant. Company N, Goth
Infantry.
Three acts of conspicuous daring In
one day near Cunel, France, October
IL. 1918. won the Distinguished Setv-
Ice Cross for Lieut.. WOodfll. While
he was leading his company against
the enemy his line came under heavy
machine gun fire, which threatened to
hold up the advance. Followed by
two soldiers at twenty-five yards, this
officer went out ahead Of his first line
toward a machine gun nest and
worked his way around its flank, leav-
ing the two soldiers In front. When
he got within ten yards of the gun
1t ceased firing and four Of the enemy
appeared, three of whom were shot
by Lieut.. Woodfll. The fourth, an
officer, rushed at Lieut.. Woodfll. who
attempted to club the officer with his
rifle. After a h%and-tO-hand struggle,
Lieut.. Woodfll killed the officer with
his pistol. His company thereupon
continued to advance until shortly
afterward another machine gun nest
was encountered. Calling his men to
follow. Lieut.. WOodfll rushed ahead
Of his line In the face of heavy fire
from the nest, and when several Of
the enemy appeared above the nest
he shot them, capturing three other
members 1.-the crew and silenclng the
gun. A few minutes later this officer,
for the third time. demonstrated con-
spicuous daring by charging another
machine gun position. killing five men
in n machine gun pit with his rifle.
He then drew his revolver and started
to jump into the pit when two other |
gunners only a few yards away turned
their gun on him. Failing to kill them
with his revolver. he grabbed a pick
lying nea by and killed both Of them.
Inspired by the exceptional courage
displayed by this officer. his men
pressed on to their objective under
severe shell and machine gun fire.
Lieut.. WOodfill is married and lives
at 1877 Alexandria Pike, Fort Thomas,
KY.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Antrrtraa I
JntnmrtalH !
se.s.s.e~e~s~s..s-s-e~s~s..s.s~s Z
Most seriking instances !
Of CALAMITY for which I
the Distinguished Service !
Cross has been awarded I

Stories of personal bravery that
W0uld be almost unbelievable Were
they not told in official reports are
disclosed by the war departments
records of the awards of the Dis
tinguished Service Cross to MEM
bers of the american Erpeditionary
forces. Following are q few of the
official reports that have been Sc
lecte5 by General Pershing's DUN
staff as presenting most striking in
stances of ~gallantry on the part of
american soldiers under fire:
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

he promptly regulates his seed beds
and moisture in such way as materi-
ally to advance the maturity of his
crop to take advantage Of the shortage
soon to occur. One such grower of
dollhouse lettuce says that the govern
ment crop and market reporting ser
vice is worth $500 a year to him In
that way.
Here is another concrete illustra-
ton: During the past season there
was a short crop Of potatoes In Vlr-
ginia and Maryland. The crop and
market reporting service informed po-
tato growers owe the country Of that
fact in time for them to take advan.
tage Of 1t. As a result. some southern
growers held their potatoes for a few
weeks, while some northern growers
dug and marketed theirs q little ear.
lier than usual, thus not only obtain
ing better prices, but filling In a period
when there would have been otherwise
a shortage Of new potatoes.
Shows Market Advantages
The service indicates. to the grower
who S 1t intelligently. temporary
and local market advantages. A city
that this week Is an extremely poor
market for a particular commodity
may be the best market for that COM
modify next week. The grower who
has followed the reports and correctly
interpreted conditions Is thus In posi-
ton to ship in such way as to get his
produce on that market at the begip-
ming Of better prices.
The results are beneficial alike to
producer and consumer. TheProduce.
takes advantage Of the market whern
prices are best. The consumer has n
more regular supply and usually with.
out extreme fluctuations in prices. OF
course. such application Of benefits IL
not yet universal. The. service Is COM
.paratively new and many people have
not yet learned to avail themselves Of
it. However. the 80 permanent branch
Offices Of the bureau of markets and
the numerous temporary stations In
shipping areas bring within reach of
all shippers the informa-
ton furnished in the form Of daily
market bulletins, weekly market re-
views and monthly news articles.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
77kfRaRfbSHFHks
Spring oats occupy the land but q

Spring oats occupy the land but q
few months.
Lime promotes the growth or the
pumpkin on acid lands.
Neither sorghum nor Sudan grass
hay are equal to clover or alfalfa.
The feeding value Of emmer. pound
for pound, Is about the same as oats.
Soy beans and the southern cOwpea
need very little lining On al acid soil.
The concrete floor is all the better
IL roughened a little. SO that the stock
will not slip.
With hay 1t IL altogether too COM
mon a practice to mix good and poor
bales in the same car.
The only cases where early blowing
Is not desirable are in those seasons
and on those soils In which the land
runs together after blowing.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
FITTING new KEY TO SHAFT
Not Good Practice to Fit Larger Key
to Shaft In Which keyway 10
Badly Worn.

It Is not always good practice to At
a larger key to a shaft in which the
keyway is badly worn and has been
cut to take the new key. The trouble
is that 1t Is sometimes necessary to
emOve so much metal that the shaft
Is seriously weakened. ANY welding
concern can fill in the old slot and
then cut a new keyway.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
CAUSE OF RADIATOR LEAKS
Vent In Filling Cap overfows and Be-
comes choked With Sediment
Steam Forces Opening.

A frequent cause of leaks in radia-
tors is that the vent in the filling cap
OverfiOws and becomes chOked with
sediment, with the result that steam
accumulates in the radiator, and the
pressure seeking an outlet forces an
opening at the weakest point. A little
care of the vent will remedy this trou-
h1n
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
WELL-PREsERvEp STAKES

Some Of the piles in use in Amster-
dam are three to four hundred years
old. That part which is not In the
ground in salt water is often bored
by a pile worm near the surface, but
is preserved by driving in nails with
very large heads. so as to give the
pile an iron coating. This coating IL
then transformed by the water into Q
layer Of rust, which protects the wood
from the pile worm. This process
mnst be repeated every fifteen xeasA
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
KEEP TOOLS FROM RUSTlNG
Mixture Of vaseline and Gum camphsr
Used as Coating Will Prove
Satisfactory.

An excellent method of preventing
tools getting rusty is to give them a
coating of vaseline in which a little
gum camphor has been mixed. after
which the mixture is melted owe a
slow fire. The coating should be ap-
piled to the tool with a soft rag.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

a shell hole, ten feet deep. filed with
water. and was Immediately sub
merged. Knowing that only one Of
the two men In the tank could 90.
cape, Corp. Roberts said to the CUR
ner, swell, only one of US can get
out, and out you co." whereupon he
pushed his companion through the
back door of the tank and was him.
self drowned. Corp. Roberts home
address was s Market street. San
Francisco, Cal.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
THE MUSK RAT.

The musk rat, as its name would In
dictate. Is a species Of rat 1t is found
nowhere but in America. Its body IL
shaped like that of the ordinary rat,
but instead Of the short, close hair
Of the land species, 1t is covered by .
thick reddish-brown fur. and because
II lives much In the water 1t has
webbed toes. Although very awkward
on land, 1t 10 lively and playful In
water, and IL Q great swimmer and
diver.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
A c. 0IcKoP.
First Lieutenant, 127th Infantry.

First Lieutenant, f27th Infantry.
Lieut.. Dickop ~(deceased) was deco
rated for extraordinary heroism In
action In the attack or Fismes, France,
In August Of 1918. On reaching Che
zelles farm, he was shot in the head.
body and legs. Although fatally
wounded, when orders came for an
other assault he gave the command
"charge" to his company and led the
assault until he fell dead. Miss Lena
Schiller, his aunt, lives at West Bend,
Wis.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
FAULTS ELIMINATED
IN STARTING CRANK

Starting cranks fastened to an auto
mobile cause much trouble and an
noyance by swinging. rattling. and
wearing the bearing unnecessarily. BY
the use Of IN ordinary hoOk-end spiral
spring OF proper length to give a me-
dlum tension on the crank, these faults
may be eliminated. To make this,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Using the Government. Eye. to Improve Opportunities.
prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Shaping ones purse by faith rather
than by sight Is doubtless good prac-
tice, spiritually speaking, but produce
growers used to find 1t mighty dis
astrOus in business. OF course, some
Of them are still following the faith
system of growing and marketing, be-
cause they have not seen fit to use the
eyes furnished them by the govern
ment In the crop and market reporting
service of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture. These are still
planting, gathering, and marketing
more or less at random, but a con-
stantly increasing number are looking
around and ahead. seeing what other
sections are doing. finding where any
shortage or surplus Is likely to be pro-
duced, %ascertaining special advantages
or disadvantages In consuming centers,
and generally getting a forecast of the
market from crop and other conditions
the country over
The farsighted southern potato
grower no longer plants blindly or by
rote. He takes into account the vol
ume and probable movement Of the
northern crop and the quantity Of the
old crop likely to come over till spring.
The northern grower watches the de-
velopment Of the southern crop. II
the southern acreage is reduced. If
there are late freezes, If anything hap
pens to bring about a material reduc-
ton Of the crop in the South or in
any large potato-growing section Of
the North, the wide-awake northern
grower is in position to make money
by putting in a late acreage and top
dressing it. The Texas onion grower,
before time for planting. takes into
consideration the quantity Of old
northern stock in storage and the rate
at which 1t is going to market.
Worth $500 to This Grower.
In a score of lines the anne system
is being followed. Take, for illustra-
ton, the case Of a grower of dollhouse
lettuce in the neighborhood of one Of
the large eastern cities. Ordinarily he
grows to meet a fairly late market.
after the Florida and South Carolina
crops are off. But If he receives news |
Of a destructive freeze In the South. !
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
WILLIAM r. PECK,
Sergeant, Company c, 354th Infantr

Sergeant, Company c, 354th Infantry.
Sergt. Peck (~deceased) received the
Distinguished Service Cross for con.
spicuous gallantry In action near Re
knoxville November 1. 1918. He was
advancing with his company across
an open feldNwhen enemy guns opened
Ore on them from two sides. The at.
tention Of the platoon commander was
directed to the gun on his direct front,
while the enemy on the right was lev.
cling his gun upon him. Seeing the
~predicament of his commander, Sergt.
Peck threw himself against the Off.
Ger. pushing him into a shell hole, but
exposing himself to the are. which in.
stantly killed him. His home was In
Washburn. Wis.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Court Solves Problem,

New York.-How to be happy in jail
has been solved by the court. Magis-
trate Koenig. sentencing Joseph
O'Brien for disorderly conduct. said:
Thirty days. In your cell think that
you might have had to serve six
months. and that will make you
happy"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Dishonest GARAGE Men,

One of the tricks practiced by dis
honest garage men is to install a run
down battery in place of a perfectly
good one on some transient's car.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Difficult to Find Leak.

1t is usually difficult to find Just
where a leak I'm the gasoline tank lies,
because the fluid after escaping
spreads all around on the surface Of
the tank.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
HAROLD W. ROBERTS,

Corporal, Company A, 344th Battalion,
Tank corpa
For deliberately going to his death
to save a companion in the Montre-
beau woods, France, October 4, 1918,
Corp. Roberts was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross. Corp. Rob
erts. a tank driver, was moving his
tank into a clump Of bushes to af.
ford protection to another tank which
had been disabled. The tank slid into
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
EARL J. cHEEvERs.s
Sergeant, Headquarters Co., 1s2nd
Infantry.


Sergeant Cheevers received the Dis.
tinguished Service Cross for extraor-
binary heroism In action al Bois de
FORCES. France. September %, 1918.
While engaged In maintaining q line Of
communication, Sergeant Cheevers saw
four Of the enemy enter a dugout dur
ing an attack. Armed with only a pis-
toll. he followed. Upon reaching the
dugout he ordered the men to come
out. When they refused, he entered
and routed out and captured twelve
prisoners.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

Oklamoha City, Okla. "Mornin'.
Judge" Drunk again. Twice in two
weeks" "Not guilty. Same drunk"
Fred Stnckey maid $40.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04

said. but went down the bay in the di.
rectiOn Of Mexico. At one time, long
ago. when she was but a little girl, the
bandits brought another man to the
island. she said. "Nellie" can remem-
Der them drinking and singing and
cards. The next day. she said,
the strange man was carried away
dpad.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-04
Mounting Often Defective.

Mounting Often Defective.
1t sometimes happens that while the
wheel itself may run perfectly true,
improper mounting Of the rim and
tire give the impression of wobbling
to the whole assembly.