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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
VERMIN OLD PEST OF ARMIES
Reference to Them Found in Writings
of the Romans, and in English
Literature.

The newspapers have had much to
say about the "delousing" of the re-
turning troops. Philip Hale writes in
the Boston Herald. The word is not
a pretty m and il Is not To he found
In the dictionaries. but the war has
brought with II many new words, some
of which will disappear. some of which
will soon be regarded as. orthodox and
of good and regular standing.
No soldier need he ashamed of nee
essary submission to the process. 1t
may console him to recall the case Of
Thomas Otway. an Oxford man, the
author of "Venice Preserved" and
THE Orphan" AS n cornet In a regi-
ment of horse, he Joined In 1878 the
army under Monmouth in Flanders.
II was reported that he came back
from Flanders "mangy and covered
with vermln." Rochester tainted him
with this In his Session of the Poets"
II should also be remembered that
when the troops were disbanded and
recalled. the money voted by the COM
for their payment was mlsap-
prOpriated. The soldiers were paid
only by debentures, and the credit Of
these was so low that they were hard
ly salable.
1t was observed in the sixteenth cen
fury that "lice cometh also Of that
cloth that Is trained in the wool with
the fat or grease of a horse or Of a
swine, and therefore the northern
cloths worn of n sweating body do
breed lice In - hours" The "humor"
Of an individual had much to do with
the character of the pest. Lice gen.
dered Of sanguine humor were red and
great +: of phlegmatic. white: of choler-
iC, yellow, long, swift and sharp; OF
melanchOlic, ashen colored. lean and
slow In moving, Anyone Of these pests
"grieveth more I'm the skin with the
feet and with creeping, than he doth
with bitin. And the leaner
that a louise Is. the sharper h biteth
and %grieveth." There were many ap-
proved remedies even In the elder
Pliny's time, thus: 'The old skin or
slough that snakes do cast of in the
spring, whatsoever drinketh In his Or
binary drink. 1t will XIII all the YER
min Of the body within three days"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
ROAD
BUILDING
MEET DEMANDS OF TRAFFIC
Construction Of Freak Highways
Should Be Stopped-Permanency
Should Be Sought.

j. ]. Hill, in a speech in Mime
apOlis, January %. 1910. said: IF the
problem of the railroad terminals be
neglected for the next five years as
it has for the last ten. it will blight
every form Of activity by paralyzing
the whole trade"
w. c. Brown, president of the New
York Central lines, said November 5.
1912: IF cars are kept In motion at
the average speed of freight trains at
at present time, they would make on
the average four times the mileage
they do now. The trouble is the cars,
as a rule, are held longer to load and
unload than the time involved in the
actual movement Of the cars"-that is,
the terminal had the railroad by the
throat and was choking three-quarters
Of its efficiency out OF II. The predlc-
ton of Hill was absolutely correct.
A period of acute congestion In rail-
road transportation had already set in
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
CoIoQne Has Improved.

The poet, Samuel Taylor ColerIdge,
was a dreamer, an opium eater and a
man Of curious moods and lenses.
One time he visited Germany and after
ward wrote his impression Of the city
of Cologne. He c~orroborated the an
clent tradition that Cologne was once
so filthy and evil-smelling a place that
certain Inhabitants thereof exploited
Its im~perfections by inventing a per-
fume of the cheap and lingering sort,
by means Of which the lives of the in
habitants we're made more tolerable
since 1t furnished them with a pal
late. not a cure. for their ~unsanitary
condition. The Cologne Of today Is
fair and sweet enough to satisfy the
most sensitive Of noses.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Building q House for Sunshine.

One of the problems of modern city
planning is to get sunshine. For ex-
ample, to quote a Canadian city
planner propounding what almost
sounds like a cOnundrum: "How shall
a detached building be constructed and
oriented so that not only the exterior
wall surfaces, but also the surface OF
the ground around them shall have the
direct rays Of the sun for as long a
time as possible on December 21?" The
problem, II appears. can be worked
out. and has been. In the case of at
least M town, In which each house,
and wen each building In the bust
ness section, is a solution Of this tech.
nical problem. II appears also that
the way not to do II Is TO follow the
long established custom Of many build
ers in the north temperate zone and
square the walls of the building with
the points Of the compass. The town
that gets all possible sunlight has no
north and south or east and west
streets. and the walls Of its structures
stand at various angles with the
weather vane. IL there is one, on the
church steeple.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Citlea Go West


Henry Watterson a y cities have a
strange tendency to move west. They
do, writes Guard In the Philadelphia
Press.
Europe's three largest cities, Lon
don, Paris and Berlin. have distinct
ly moved west from their original
centers.
Tokyo, which Is Japan's biggest
city, and Canton, the metropolis Of
China, Calcutta for years the capital
Of India, and Cairo, the largest city
Of Africa, shifted westward.
South Americas two principal
cities, Rio Janeiro and Buenos Aires.
couldn't well move East and they
grew inland. as did Boston. Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and Chicago.
New York expanded north and east.
as 1t couldn't leap the Hudson on the
west.
If you examine the records Of Penn
%sslvania's chief cities, you will find
that the center Of population In most
Of them has travelled toward the set
ting and not the rising sun.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Salutes.

Some clever Englishman, comment
ing on French politeness, once remark
ed that when Il FpNchman bows, two.
thirds of the bow Is to himself. That
may be true, and we have to admit
that even the other third Is quite a
fraction more than most Anglo-Saxons
offer.
Saluting Is the same proposition. A
snappy salute pulled by n buck to the
most second of second lieutenants
draws heavy interest and the colonel
who Jerks his hand a few centimeters
from his still affixed cigar Is only In
sulting himself and the army.
II some prlvates were a little more
polite to themselves, the saluting trap
never would be sprung and the Joke
would all be on the other side Of the
military fence.-Stars and Stripes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
SEES NEED FOR ZONING LAW
Writer Points Out Why Exclusively
Residence Districts Should Be A.
forded Proper Protection.

Chicago Is asking the Illinois legisla.
ture for a coming lava law that will
permit cities In Illinois to say what
part shall be reserved for residence
purposes. This is a thing that every
city In the country has some inter
est In because 1t is a step In the right
direction. asserts the Davenport Times.
There must be factory and commercial
districts, OF course. and there must
also be residence districts. But 1t isn't
fair to a nan who has developed n
residence property, beautifed the
grounds. and arranged the house to
suit him, to have all of sudden. some
sort Of business oncer established
next door, to the deteriment of his
home. Every city In the country has
numerous examples Of just that sort Of
thing. Restricting residence property
Is going to become more and more the
thing as the years go by. We have a
few districts in Davenport that are
thus protected, but there are many
other districts where the people who
own homes have no profession at all
from the possibility Of undesirable
construction and business enterprises
on the lots next door.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

With wool at the present price and
he likelihood that 1t will stay there
because of the worldwide shortage,
thousands of American farmers are
adding fiOcks Of sheep to the live stock
IN their places. And In so doing there
las come a need for buildings to house
hem.
Raising lambs and keeping a flock
If sheep in a healthy condition re-
lures care than in accomplish
ng the same result with other farm
,nimals. Sheep, and especially lambs,
ire very susceptible to weather con-
%iitions, and frequently a rainy spell
will cause a considerable loss. While
theep must have plenty of pasture In
which to run and feed. they also must
lave a place to shelter them. for they
certainly "kn0w enough to come In
when it rains" Besides the feed the
lock gets from the pasture. 1t is nee
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
HOME e.
TOWN -
FREE PLANS FOR DWELLINGS
United States Housing Corporations
Scheme to Assist Own-Your-
Own-Home Committees.

The fact that plans for dwellings,,
prepared by the United States Hoasing
corporation during war time for vari-
Gus government projects, are to be
made available for general public use
by the Own-yOur-Own-home section,
information and education service,
United States department of labor, will
serve to stimulate the interest Of wOm-
en- In all parts of the country in this
movement.
Several types of houses have been
selected. and the plans for these will
be given to Own-yOur-own-h0me com
mittees which are now carrying on
campaigns In more than 40 cities.
These plans are for dwellings that will
best serve the needs of average fami-
lies. Beauty and utility have been
combined in the most practical manner
and the plans are capable of many va.
riatiOns. 1t is explained that the pur-
pose is not to interfere In any way
with the work Of local architects by
thus providing government plans, free
of cost, but II is expected that when
the estimates in widely separated
states are compiled the information
will be Of value to prospective home
owners. while it will afford compare.
sons Of the varying cost of construc-
ton In many parts of the United
States. The employment of local arch
itects is advocated.
Requests that local Ow%n-your-own-
home campaigns be started without
delay were sent out by the United
States department of labor to 400
cities. Letters were addressed to
mayors. labor organizations and the
clergy. al well as to clubs and other
associations that have expressed will
lngness to aid the campaigns. While
there are now 40 cities conducting well.
advanced own-your-Own-home cam.
paigns. nearly 200 others have started
the work of stimulating building.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Eastern EnuIish.

A volume might be collected OF In.
nocent but barbarous perverslons OF
the English language. The latest
comes from the projectors Of a new
Siamese newspaper, who have dlstrib.
uted the following notice: THE news
Of English we tell the latest. Writ In
perfectly style and most earliest. Do
a murder git commit. we hear of 1t and
tell 1t. DO a mighty chief die. we pub
fish II, and In borders OF somber. Staff
has each one been college and write
like Kipling and the Dickens. We
circle every town and extortlonate
not for advertisements. Buy 1t. Tell
each of you Its greatness for good.
Ready on Friday, Number one"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Story Of q Dog.

Marathon races In the woods Will
never become universal for the reason
that speed and stamina like that OF
Buell. Crannell's dog are not universal
In the four-fOoted hunters" says War
wick s. Carpenter, secretary of the
conservation commission. mi. Gran
nell lives Mt West Glens Falls, and
while hunting near there recently his
dog picked up a fox track. The dog
was picked up next day near Gram
berry lake. more than seventy miles
away.
Accounts do not state whether the
dog was still going strong or whether
he might have taken the fox back to
Mr.. Crannell, but simply that identlf-
cation of the dog was made by the
conservation commission license tag
and that Mr.. Crannell went after the
dog.
"The moral of all this Is that If one
owns a dog good enough to run n fox
through two counties she should sure
ly be protected by nm Identification
disk."-New York Times.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

and would have gone to the bitter end
Of paralyzing every form OF activity
had not the motor truck. which had
no terminals, gone to the rescue. Now
at this time, May /, 1919, another thing
has got the motor truck by the throat
and is choking three-quarters of its
efficiency out Of It.
This time 1t Is the dime museum
freak construction of our so-called
good roads, not by tying up the motor
truck as the locomotive was tied up
In the terminal, but by knock.
ing II and Its trailers to pieces, thus
cutting short the life of the rolling
stock. as well as making it move
slower and with not over %one-quar-
ter Of a load owe the imperfect sur
faces, increasing the cost of motor
truck transportation way beyond what
1t ought to be for what the motor
truck does, as well as limiting the
amount 1t can do way down below the
normal. writes Frederic ]. Nash. In
New York World. Had these roads
been properly constructed they would
have gone to the stock exchanges and
been bought and sold there, like every
other kind of transportation securi-
ties. As II is, they have gone to pieces
and left the bondholders, the states,
counties and townships, their bonds on
their hands and only "A scrap heap Of
bad roads to show for them. These
freak roads, had they been offered on
the stock exchanges with only them
selves as security would not have sold
for one cent on the dollar. They are
built on the credit of the states, coun-
ties and townships through which
hundred millions of dollars per year.
A speed of $50 miles an hour on the
beach at Daytona, Fla, was made last
Lincoln's birthday. a rate of speed
which the locomotive has never been
able to reach. Anything beyond a
three-ton truck load is more than a
freak highway can safely carry. while
the ordinary normal load Of the freight
car on its railroad Is 80 tons. If these
few things could be combined in the
highway-absence of terminals. a rate
OF speed beyond that of the railroad,
a freight-carrying tonnage equal to
that of the railroad. a cost Of the up
keep less than that Of the railroad.
this would multiply our present means
OF transportation even or eight times
and give this country a prosperity dur
ing the next dozen years such as We
have never even dreamed of. We
want to change u form of highway
construction over night and put our
highway securities on the stock ex-
changes and not our highways OF the
dump heap. Highway stocks and
bonds based on the value Of this prop
erly-constructed highway will pay a
higher rate of interest than the rail-
ways ever have, for it will do much
more work.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
GETTING RID OF ROAD TAR
U~nsIshtiy streaks and Spots Will
Be the Result.

Unless washed of promptly with
soap and water. road tar will quickly
harden on a car. leaving unsightly
streaks and spots. There are several
good ways OF removing IT.. however.
One consists in the application of but
ter or oleomargarine which will soften
the tar without injuring the varnish.
Another good solvent is cocoa butter,
which Is used in the theatrical profess
sion for removing grease paint. This
II be purchased at drug stores. and
is a harmless solvent of all kinds OF
oil and grease, as well as tar.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
two essentials II the animals are to be
lnnf Lnaltlr arraooIoIlr tho o.u

two essentials II the animals are to be
kept healthy. especially the cows.
The construction of farm buildings,
homes, barns. hog houses, granaries.
chicken houses and the smaller build
ings the modern farmer wants and
needs, has undergone many radical
changes during the last few years. Ar
chitects have made an intensive study
OF the requirements in a building to
make 1t a healthful place for the live
stock. and have embodied the results
Of this study in the designs for these
structures. The prospective builder
will make no mistake in consulting al
experienced architect when he plans to
erect any sort of a new farm building.
From the architect and from the con-
tractor and material dealer can be
gained some valuable pointers.
Poor farm buildings are a bad In
vestment. If they are to house the
livestock they must be so equipped
and so planned as to keep the animals
producing at top speed, or the profit,
at the present prices of feed and labor.
will be lost. Labor, too. is a big eX-
pense Item on the farm nowadays.
and by installing In the barn a litter
carrier and other cOnveniences less
time Is required to care for the live
stock and more time can be devoted
to the work in the fields. Besides. la
Dor saving equipment tends to make
the help more cOntented to remain on
the farm, which Is a point the pro-
farmer Is not overlooking.
This is the year of farm building.
The farmers business has become one
Of the most important In the scheme
Of existence. and, likewise. n Of the
most profitable, If 1t Is conducted eff
.iciently and economically. And there
IS nothing that brings about this happy
result than well-bullt, well
and modern buildings.
While the cost In money this year
Is more than it was during the years
preceding the war. some bright mind
has figured out that when the price of
buildings Is figured In terms Of farm
products 1t is much less. In other
words 1t requires fewer bushels Of
wheat. corn or oats, or less OF any
other Of the things produced on the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Vegetation Carried Far.

Evidence of possible long distance
plant dispersion could doubtless he
picked up on many coasts. n. Colgan
reports to the Royal Irish academy
that for two centuries observers have
been finding tropical seeds along the
Atlantic coast Of ireland from Done
gal to Kerry Head. and it is conclud-
ed that these have ZONE from the
West Indies without human aid.
Eight species of fruits and seeds have
been recognized-all native or natur-
allied in the West Indies and known
to be capable of floating on the water
at least a year.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
Goina 70 Look Him up.

That fellow Clipping called me
old Silenus,'" remarked Mr.. Jagsby.
"He seemed to think it a great joke"
what are you going TO do about
itf"
Il haven't decided yet. I have for
gotten about all | ever knew about ST.
lenus, but I have an idea that he was
neither a pillar in the church nor an
ornament Il Observation-Disclosures
Age-Herald.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

essary also to provide them with
%roughage, which usually is placed in
specially designed feed racks. Most of
this feeding is done indoors by those
who have been successful In sheep
raising.
Farm building architects. whose
business 1t is to design buildings to
suit the needs Of various kinds of ami
mails, have taken the needs of sheep
into consideration in planning the
sheep barn. But there are many farm
ers who would keep n small flock Of
sheep. II they could do so without
making a large Investment In build
ings. For the latter class there has
been planned the barn shown in the
accompanying Illustration.
This fourteen-sided barn Is 60 feet In
diameter and has a 12-foot silo In the
center. On the NOW floor around the
sllo there is ample space for the win
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

ter's supply of hay for the animals the
building will accommodate, while the
silo furnishes them with fresh feed
throughout the winter months.
The exterior of the barn is attractive
and will add to the appearance of the
farm building group. 1t is of frame
construction set on a concrete founda-
ton. The half of the interior which
is devoted to stalls for the horses and
cattle has a concrete floor; the half for
sheep has a clnder floor, graded so as
TO provide ample drainage to keep the
floor dry, a thing the sheep must have.
The stalls for horses and cows or for
either Of them are placed in a semi
circle. the animals to face in. At the
rear Of the stalls Is a gutter sunk into
the concrete floor, and overhead is a
carrier track for the removal of litter.
The track also runs over the head of
the stalls, which makes the feeding of
the stock easy, and extends around the
building over the sheep feeding racks.
The plan of the floor shows the plac-
ing Of the stalls, the sheep feed
racks and the overhead carrier system.
The feed racks are movable and can
be constructed by the carpenters who
build the barn. While they are placed
under the carrier track for conven-
fence, they al be transferred out
doors, in good weather and taken into
the barn In bad.
The stalls will accommodate four
teen horses or cattle and provide
them with the comforts that these
animals need to do their best work,
d to be at the highest state of pro-
ductivity. The windows admit plenty
Of sunshine and keep fresh air cir
culating through the barn. These are
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
AMERICAS LOW PERCENTAGE
Only IL Per Cent Of Present Mileage
Is Improved-LittIe Built for
Heavy Traffic.

The American public. though fast
becoming awakened to advantages to
be enjoyed by improved roads. may
not realize the immense effort which
must be exerted to catch up with Eu-
ropean nations highway systems.
When Germany entered the war in
1914, Prussia alone had 1900 miles
of ~hard-surfaced highways. In pro-
portion to the size of the two coun-
to have 1,611 .914 miles. The present
road mileage In the states Is $500, 900.
of which II per cen is improved and
only o%ne-quarter of l per cent con-
structed for heavy traffic.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
HOSTING DRUM
ON AUTO WHEEL
Addition Of Small Device Makes
It Possible to Use Car for
Hosting Purposes.
PUT ON DIRECTLY OVER HUB
Solid Piece Of Oak May Be Quickly
Attached or Taken On-Heavy
Loads Can Be Handled-Illus
tratlon elf-ExpIanatory.

In eases of emergency. the rear. or
driving wheel of an automobile may be
used MS a drum around which the line
from Il hosting tackle Is wound. The
power from the wheel. when turning
free from the ground, Is sufficient to
exert great force In winding up the
TICKLE rope. For that purpose, the
drum described was designed to be at
tached directly over the hub. and to
the spokes of the wheel. 1t may be
quickly put on Or taken of. and is
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22

The ownership Of homes makes for
the spirit Of cooperation for the good
of the community. based upon full ap-
probation OF the fact that no mans
real success can be built upon the fail.
ure of those around him. OF the last
ing impressions that one gains upon
going to a new town are the character
of Its Inhabitants and the character Of
the houses that they live In.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
USE SPONGE ON WET TIRES
Wipino Them OF and Then Carefully
Drying Them viii Prevent Annoy
ina Rim Rust.

After driving In wet weather If the
car owner Is careful to sponge off the
tires when he returns to the garage
and then wipes them dry. especially
along the beads. he will do much to
prevent the formation of rust. This
advice is particularly applicable dur
ing the spring months of frequent and
copious rains.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-08-22
CURE FOR SLIPPING CLUTCH
Boras May Be Used With Sat
isfactory Results.

When slipping develops In the
clutch of the cone type it IL usually
caused by oil on the leather facing.
The usual method Of curing this trou-
BILE is to sprinkle fuller's earth on the
leather, but If this powder happens
o to be available borax may be used
with satisfactory results. and In the
absence of either the carbide dust or
lime residue from IN acetylene gen
orator will prove a good enough SUBJ
s'itute.