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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-05
PUBLIC SCHOOL
STARTS OFF WITH
Big ENTHUSIASM
Many Patrons Listen 10 stirring
Addresses and Al Is Animation
and Good Cheer.
Twelfth Cavalry Chaplain, seerefaFs
of Chamber of Commerce and
Superintendent Speak.

The high echool room presented
an animated appearance Tuesday
morning as all the teachers and
pupils from all tho grades, with
many patrons OF the school, gath
cred for the formal opening exer-
ciscs.
Superintendent Grady W spencer
and his splendid corps Of teachers
certainly mnde iinc impression
on the opening day.
The opening exercises we're pre-
sided over by the superintendent
who proved a master hand.
when Miss Rissa witlcn struck
the chords for America on the
piano. every voice joined in the
grand old song that means 80 much
a. us now. and II was pleasing 10
note there was not book IN sighL
The first speaker introduced by
Superintendent Spencer was Chap
lain Zeieler Of the Twelfth Cavalry,
who stepped from the platform
onto the floor, 80 as 10 be on a
level with his hearers, and launched
at once into one OF the best aud
most inspiring addresses amy school
In New Mexico will hear this year.
Ne told the young people to stay
In school as long as you can
"You can learn something from
everybody you meet said the bril-
liant Chaplain, who Is one of the
best educated men IN such service.
The whole world has been going
10 school. with War as teacher.
said the Chaplain.
Comparing the older settled com
muniiies with Columbus, he re
ferred 10 the fact that, whiie they
see only people Of their own neigh
horhood. we meet those from every
state and In consequence we get
broader ideas.
1T doesn't matter so much
where we came from; II is more
important to know whore We are
going To" said the speaker as hc
urged in eloquent language the
necessity Of clean aud wholesome
living,
The Chaplain's address was OF
the sort that pupils will take with
them all through the school year
and II will do them as we'll as thu
, patrons who enjoyed H. much good
The secretary Of the Chamber oI
commerce and Courier editor urge'
the pupils TO keep mp a roya
school spirit aud 10 learn som'
rousing class yells and m man,
ways let people know that Colum.
, bus is proud Of her schools.
, Superintendent Grady ". Spencer
! gave further evidence Of his "live
, wire" tendencies by giving an ad
dress Of much earneslness an'
d power. To the patrons he said:
p I'VE much appreciate your pres
. ence and shall be- very glad to hay
} your cooperation and help durinl
= the school year.
u "rhe citizenship Of the tow
= must work In harmony with tn
d schools II we are 10 succeed. II
, very essential that We have III
: support Of the home. Don't crit
. cine the school In the presence q
D your children, hut visit us ofte
> and thus aid in maintaining hig
G standard"
= The teaching force that will max
. q huge success this year is mad
y up as follows'
u Grady W. Spencer, superintend
- enl: Miss Bebecca Coffin. principal
= Misses McCaw, Owens and WiiteI
> intermediate, and Miss CLARK, pr
y mary.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-05

Asked In what respects ihe
United States was hehind Frame
aud Germany, the Major said; Tho
States are 50 far ahead Of the two
countries you mention in every
thing except roads, that they should
not even be mentioned in the same
month. country could very
well absorb and put into paciicf
the French system Of road building
and maintenance
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-05
A STRANGERS
1Sr IMPRESSIONS
OF COLUMBUS
Vast Latent Undeyeloped Resourcr'
win Give Boundless Future to
city and Vicinity.
MINERALS AND OIL ABUNDANT
Views OF a Man Who Has Been
Closely Identified With Empire
building for Many Years.

A stranger, visiting Columbus fnf
the nrst time. becomes greatly inn
pressed with the vast body ol
fertile lands which surrounds this
active buslling town, now number
ing about 1870 souls. As far as the
eye can see the level country
around spells nothing al prcscnt
hut vast desert waste, dotted here
and there with giant cactus and
clumps Of saFchrush. That the soil
Is productive is evidenced boy the
fact that a few small tracts have
been made to blossom like The rusc
when layed with the lifc-giNing
waters. the source of which Is
usually n large well, or a series oi
them.
The character Of the soil is such
that with the climatic condition.
which prevail anything that will
grow In a semi-tropical zone can
be- raised here IN abundance Tni
fact alone, coupled with the eyi
dcnce which proves that water o.
casily available at a depth Of from
Eight 10 thirty feet, makes thi.
locality a wonderful field for agri
cultural development
These fertile lands nave laid dor
mani since time began. and u :.
lunly at the present time that mel
with iar-sccing eyes and cXccp.
tonal business acumen have iakcr
steps To place them In state oI
productiveness
To men who have been idenlinc,
with empire building lncsc grca
latent possibilities are forcibly pro
nounced. Time will prove tha
these broad acres will hc irrigale,
10y wells and pumping plants. ih.
Wuter for which heing raised from
the vast aud inexhausiihle suppl,
which lies hut few feet heneatl
at cost Of but few dollars pei
acre per season Millions Of dol
lars need not be- expended for OK
, lpensiye dams, reservoirs, aud cam
systems, the upkeep of which q
costly aud hazardous. Bul msiea'
each tract Of land will have ils owi
independent irrigation system main
tanned In a manner lo suii ih
. demands and conditions Of th
, crops being raised thereon. A won
derful thing, when the fact IS r'
called that water shortage, 80 pre-,
lalenl in The usual methods Of irri
cation by reservoirs. dams and cana
systems, will be- entirely eliminale'
A boon TO the farmer and Ia ih
locality in general
America must feed the world
e has been the cry since the greg
. European conflict has ceased
q was patent before the armistic
o was signed. and it IS now hcln
Z emphaticaliy emphasized son ever
q hand. War gardens nave been SUI
e planted by peace gardens, and N
> trend OF back to the soil Is eail
e ering great impetus.
n Columbus Is 10 be the center
great agricultural activity Ia u
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-05
SIX THOUSAND
ACRES or LAND
CAN Be FARMED
4 battery OF Sin Wells That Arr
Already Developed Would Fur
nish Ample Water.
sTn.Es WILL Is An EXAMPIE
Whist Farming WIN Pay u Illus
irated Ny What Arthur Poul a
Doing On stiles Farm.

Unless water can be- developed
from a community plant or FROM
a sufficiently large irrigation we'll.
the Courier does not advocate farm
ing In the Lower Mimbrcs VALLEY.
hut when such conditions prevail.
We most cmphatically DO.
Through the courtesy Of Engineer
l.. N. Carl. who has supervised the
development already ~ strikinrly
in evidence, TIE Courier was shown
this week the undcvelopcd posi-
biliiics that lie at our very door.
and that could be- made SQUIRE
Of permanent prosperity Ia Colum-
hus.
II requires no argument 10 prove
that our rich alluvial soil will pro-
duce in abundance anything that
can be- Rruwn IN the scmi-iropical
zone, wherever the lifc-eivinp water
IS applied. We know that soil. plus
water. plus labor, brings rich re-
ward
The Courier mentioned. last week.
a prominent Missouri farmer. Mr..
!. u. lluehner, who has bought
sixty acres south Of Columbus. that
already has ample water developed
and whose purpose II Is 10 prove
the very things We have stated.
What we desire 10 call attention
10, however is the perfectly I'M
limited water supply ON The Stiles
tract and the land adjoining.
Within radius Of half a mile
nr such a matter. are siX wells. all
developed. that would easily furnish
an abundance Of water for 6.0O0
acres Of land: We refer 10 the Stiles
we'll, which Is the best IN the state.
N not IN the southwest that de-
liyers 5000 gallons per minute. the
two Anderson wells. $500: the Hal
lock we'll. 1900; the Pierce and
Bailey wells. 1890 each. and II onl,
requires larger equipment io de
liver more water
A. an example. the STILES we'll
has a lift Of eight feet and pro-
duces nearly two millions Of gal
Ions IN a day Of ten hours.
Mr. Pool maintains q ground tank
tWo and one-half acres In area and
has at present twenty-five acres of
MS line crops as can De shown in
any state IN the Union.
Pumping with high grade oil nnd
a lhiriy-two horsepower engine, II
costs him slightly less Than $3.50
per acre Ia irrigalc for the season
Engineer Carl already has ditch
for irrigation purposes running five
milcs east and the land Is 20 located
that very larrr area could h'
easily waiered from commo1
lreserVOir.
A glance at Mr.. Pools prolific
farm crops, which includes a splan
did field OF alfalfa, and the prrlig
park already we'll established, AN
most delightful of all, the immaru
late home kept 81 by Mrs. Pool, wilI
convince any skepiic.
Go and see for yourself.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-05

Parties are at present looking
over the field above described will.
the idea Of establishing sugar beet
factory. The secretary Of The
Chamher Of Commerce has had q
number Of interviews with Dr
Dahney, who has been making some
very exhaustive investigations along
this line. aEd Is sure that the pro-
ieci is a most feasible one,
The doctor Is now living Ia lhs
sugar beet region Of California an :
says that we can grow here much
better quality Of sugar heels II a
decidedly less cost
II Is a project worth hoosilne -
the fullest extent
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-09-05

AZ Gainesville. Ga on Alrust 90,
1912. Captain and Mrs W q. Sim
mons became The proud and happy
parents of a baby daughter.
Congratulations.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
HUGE ORDERS
SURPLUS FOOD
MEAN DELAYS
Don't Get Impatient, Head of Chi.
cago District Asks in Com
munication to POstOffice.

Shipments of government surplus
food stocks by parcel post will
necessarily encounter considerable
delay in many instances and the
buyers should not become impa-
tient if orders fail to arrive early
Subscriptions to the govern
ment offer to the public to pur-
chase surplus food exceeds in ex-
tent all expectations and the de-
livery will no doubt be delayed be-
cause of the task of assembling,
routing and transporting so large
a volume of parcel post" writes Il.
T. Brauer, superintendent of the
Chicago sixth division in a COM
munication directed to the local
postoffice.
1t is stated that orders now on
hand for the territory supplied by
the Chicago warehouse aggregate
160,000,000 pounds. Complaints of
delays made to local postmasters
only enhance the confusion and do
not help at all.
Local postoffice authorities have
no intimation of the shipment of
the second days orders. The first
was received about a week ago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
ROCKEFELERS OF
POLAND TOO POOR
TO DINE FRIENDS

Rockefeller without the funds to
furnish a modest meal to two or
three old friends, or Henry Ford
unable to bring home a dinner
guest because there wasn't enough
food for even his own family
anyone in America would say that
the idea preposterous. But Sholom
Asch, the famous Jewish writer
found that condition among the
members of his race in Poland. The
Rockefellers, the Fords, the Nor
gans and the Vanderbilts of Polish
Jewry are so impoverished that
they were unable to extend even
the barest courtesies to their
friends. In fact, even these former
ly rich men are utterly destitute.
When Mr.. Asch suggested that
friends of his in Wilma who had
been extremely wealthy before the
war should entertain at dinner the
American officers accompanying
him on his tour of investigation in
Poland for the American Jewish
relief committee and allied organi-
cations, all showed great embar-
rassment and all had to confess
that they had neither the food nor
the money necessary for even this
modest occasion.
Desiring to have the American
officers who were accompanying
me in the Investigations become in
timately acquainted with the Jew
ish representative in wilma" states
Mr.. Asch, Il endeavored to arrange
to dine with them at a private Jew
ish home l counted on many of
my friends who before the war had
been very rich. But in all Wilma,
even among the richest Jews
could not find a single family in a
position to invite the American Of
ficers for dinner. When | made the
proposal to a man whom l knew to
be extremely wealthy before the
war, he redeemed with embarrass-
ment and said something shame
facedly about his house being in
the hands of the military. The same
reply came from others, and | no
ticed that they wondered at my
naiyete. Finally 1 was compelled to
take the officers to a public restau-
rant for dinner"
Every state in the union in which
a campaign has not been conducted
will put on drive this fall in be-
half of the American Jewish relief
committee which has already been
done so much to aid the sufferers.
The drive in this state will take
place October 6 to II, at which
time $1,500,000 will be raised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
BUSINESS SITE
PURCHASED FOR
HAND COMPAN
Davenport Concern Buys Property
Of Goldberg Estate South OF
Palace Theatre in Moline.
Especial Moline service).

(Speclal moline SerVlce).
The sum of $4,000 was paid for
the Colberg estate property, south
Of the Palace theatre on Four
tenth street in Moline, according
to information on the transaction
made public today.
Announcement was made by C.
R. Lundgren and S. V. Bergstrom
that the property which has a
frontage on Fourteenth street OF
120 feet and is so feet deep, was
sold to the John P. Hand company
Of Davenport, Irving Hoogner and
Harry Stahl, Moline agents for the
Overland automobile and Willow
White, printer.
A One-story building for a ser
vice station for the Willard Stor-
age Battery company will be built
by the Hand company.
Hoogner & Stahl and Willow
White probably will build next
year, the former an automobile
sales room and the latter a print
ing establishment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20

Rock Isalnd's latest claim to
fame is based on the fact that this
city has the only woman police
desk sergeant in the state-possibly
in the country. Mrs Anna Kirk
man, police matron, has been as
5 gned to the night desk by Chief
Tom Cox
Mrs. Kirkman went on duty last
Sunday night, when the police force
was curtailed for traffic work in
connection with the Sunday cam
paign. Charles Bleuer, the regular
night sergeant, is among the force
on this special duty. The work of
the night sergeant is chiefly an
swering calls and directing the
movement of the city's rolling
stock in time of emergency.
From best authority it is learned
that Mrs. Kirkman is making good
at the job, too. Her experience as
police matrOn has given her quail
ties essential to the post She will
continue at the position during the
coming five weeks while Billy Sun
day continues to draw the tri-city
crowds to his tabernacle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
NO DANCER OF
REPUBLIC men
OUT ON STRIKE
Officials of Local Mill State En-.
pIOyes' Union H. Been Rec
Ognized ears.

Officials of the Republic Iron and
Steel mills, located on Sylvan is
land, are not alarmed over the re-
port Of a nationwide steel workers
strike scheduled to take effect
Monday.
1t is their assertion that the men
have no grievance here, and that
the union issue between steel
workers and the United States
Steel corporation is not a local is
sue.
THE union of steel workers in
our plant is nothing new" say
officials. Our men have been or
gained for years and we recognize
their union. That is all there is to
it"
According to reports the mills Of
the Republic Iron and Steel com
,pany at Youngstown will be closed.
More than 10000 men will be al
fected there.
The Sylvan island plant employs
about two hundred men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
T r VELE T T E
Mt. Robson.
By Niksah.

MI. Robson.
Perhaps the widest park in the
world is Canada's recently created
Nit. Robson Park, located in the
northern Canadian Rockies. L was
made a part of the Canadian park
system just before the war, AMI
verv few people have ever visited
it because it is practically devoid
of roads and trails. In 1913 tie
park bOasted a single inhabitant.
Mt. Robson itself is an excellent
sample OF the tremendous and al
most whelming beauty OF the
northern Rockies. 1t rises from
the surrounding ridges, which are
heavily forested in ir and spruce,
as a steep cone of bare rock S,00u
feet high Great gla ciers armour
it's sides and front, and it is hal-
melted with snow.
From the snow cap and the
glaciers descent swift clear streams
that leap over Lodges in lacy
cataracts. blowing like wells in the
wind, and roaring through deep
stone gorgcs, until they plunge into
the f0rested regions below.
: Just above timberline, between
the region OF barren rock and that
a. deep forest, there is a belt of
soil which IL summer is like a gar
land about the mountains waist,
fer it is one great field Of wild
flowers. Purple aster, campions
and the fame red Of Indian paint
brush are here in solid acres of
brilliant color.
Mt. Robson is a big game region
which has scarcely been touched by
hunters. There are many moose in
the heavy forests at its feet, and
the caribou range higher up. The
grizzly bear is present in almost
primitive abundance, and there he
sometimes shows the fearless
turbulence for which he was every
where famous before the day Of
the repeating rife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
Personal Points

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hodges, 607
Fourth avenue, left this morning by
automobile for Urbana, accompan-
led by Miss Harriet Hodges of this
city and Miss Lucille Abrahams OF
Moline. Miss Hodges and Miss
Abrahams will resume their studies
at the University of Illinois.
Henry Roberts, SIC Fortieth
street, left yesterday noon for
Urbana where he will attend the
University of Illinois.
J. W. Johnson of this city, who
has been critically i'll at the home
of his sister, Mrs. M. Smith OF
Montezuma, Iowa. was removed 10
his home in Rock Island yester-
day. His condition is still crit
ical.
Mrs. Alfred Spring and children
of Dewitt, Iowa, who have been
spending the last few days in the
city, returned home yesterday.
Miss Florence McConochie OF
1911 Twelfth avenue, leaves to-
morrow for Evanston to resume
her studies at Northwestern uni
versity. Miss McConochie i s a
sophomore in the liberal arts de-
partment and a senior in the ora
torical department
Mr.. and Mrs George W. Raeugh
Of Cedar Rapids arrived last even
ing for a visit at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. w. F. Kaupke, 1919 Tenth
avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe M. Math. 1919
Twenty-first street, are parents OF
a hoy, their second son.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
PORT BYRON EASY
ON CITY FELLERS
RIDING ON WALKS

zone day last week" says the
Port Byron Globe, Marshal An
drew Montgomery arrested two fell
lows from Rock Island who were
riding their motorcycles on the
sidewalk in the north part of town.
Marshal Montgomery took the rid
ers before the justice of the peace
to pay their fines This officer said.
Let them go free The marshal
protested that he was not spending
his time arresting law breakers to,
let them go free, so the justice
imposed a fine of so cents each. 1t
is doubtful if this example of leni-
ency will be reciprocated by Rock
Island. Port Byron speeders who
are arrested in the cities pay full
fines"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
HAVE
ANNUAL MISSION
FESTIVAL SUNDAY

The annual mission festival of
the Immanueps Lutheran church
will be held tomorrow morning and
afternoon at the church on Tweu-
tieth street tand Fifth avenue. Rev.
W. J. Kowert OF Elgin will preach
the morning sermon and in the aft
ernoOn Rev. H. Harms OF DaVen-
port will deliver the address
The morning services beginning
at 1920 will be conducted in Ger
man andj afternoon service at 3 in
English
The women Of the church are
preparing to serve dinner to those
who desire it in the auditorium Of
the new building. Many visitors are
expected from the neighboring
cities sand surrounding community.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
CAMPAIGN FOR
MEMBERS FOR
LEGION OPENS
Black Hawk Post to Erect Tent
Headquarters on Market Square
and Begin Monday.

The campaign OF the Black Hawk
post of the American Legion will
begin Monday. Post headquarters
for the campaign will be,on Mar
ket square. where a tent is to be
erected.
The American Legion lis a civil
ian organization. Nearly all of its
members are men who were civil
ians before the war, and are back
again in similar pursuits.
Any soldier, sailor or marine
who served honorably between
April 6, 1917, and Nov. II, 1918. is
eligible for membership.
The constitution of the order
stands for the following purposes
To uphold and defend the consti-
tuition of the United States; to
maintain law and order; to foster
and perpetuate 100 per cent Amer
icanism; to preserve the memories
of. and incidents of, association in
the war.
The present national headquar-
tiers are at No. 10 West Forty
fourth street, New York city.
The first national convention is
to be held Now 10 to IL CArmi-
stice day. at Minneapolis, MINI.
These dates were selected as a
means of celebrating the compile
ton of the first year of peace.
Demand Rights.
At the st. Louis meeting the le-
gion demanded of congress the
same disability for men of the ma
tional guard as now pertains to
the regular organizations, it init
lated a campaign to secure for ser
vice men their nights and priv
ileges under the war risk insur-
ance act; it demands that congress
should deport to their own coun-
tries those aliens who refused to
join the colors at the outbreak of
the war.
1t is composed Of state branches
and these in turn are made up of
local posts. One can join the
American Legion by filling out en-
rollment card, which may be OBJ
tanned from the local post COM
mander at the legion recruiting
station on Seventeenth street and
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
BROADWAY WILL
HAVE SOCIABLE
EVERY MONDAY

Broadway Presbyterian church
has arranged to hold a social SEES
sion at the church every Monday
night during the time of the Billy
Sunday campaign. Suitable pro-
grams will be carried out and an
effort will be made to interest new
members and those who profess a
desire to become members of the
congregation.
All services except Sunday school
are omitted Sunday. Various
branches of the bible school are
lining up to send representative
delegations to the tabernacle meet
ings. The Mems bible class will at
tend in a body next Thursday and
the Ladies' bible class will select
a later time
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
TO START WORK
ON FOUNDATION
OF NEW CHURCH
Especial Moline Service. }

Excavation work preparatory to
laying the foundation of the new
Sacred Heart Catholic church in
Moline will be started Immediately
by Bergstedt & Co., to whom was
let the contract for the foundation
to cost $4,000. The church will
rise at Seventh street and Thir-
teenth avenue.
The work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible in order to be
ready for the cornerstone exer-
cises upon the occasion of Cardi-
nal Mercier's visit to Moline on
Oct. %. Present plans are to have
the cardinal preside at the cere-
monies attendant upon the dedica-
ton ceremony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20
REINICHE GIVEN
CONTINUANCE ON
$500 THEFT CASE

The case of Herman Reiniche,
who is charged with snatching $500
from Mrs. Fred Harrington of 1888
Fifth avenue, was continued in pO-
lice court this afternoon for 10
days.
Reiniche, a taxi cab driver, was
arrested Monday night. The COM
plainant charges that Reiniche
snatcLod the money from her when
sLe answered the door in response
10 his knock. The money was not
discovered on him when arrested
one hour later.