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El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Build School Houses

Build schoolhouses,' says DR.. z
lP. Claxton, United States Commits
sioner of Education.
Previous to our entrance into the
war we were spending in the United
States a hundred million dollars 4
year on new schoolhouses, but at tn. &
rate we were in no wise supplying
the need, Hundreds Of thousands Of
children in the lower grades were
on haIf-time attendance, and millions
attended schools in houses wholly un,
suited to school use, according to
modern Enthusiastically ventilated,
poorly lighted, and otherwise unsal-
'For the two years Of our parti-
cipation in the war sc%hoolhouse
building almost ceased, and theIe
fare now both the need of 1916 AMI
1.-THE accumulated need OF the tKo
years of the war, larger than in
normal times because Of the unpre-
Ecedented shifting Of population.
ITO supply these needs will re.
quire not less than five hundred mil
lion dollars of building. to be COM
pleted by the time of the opening
OF the schools in the fall of 1929.
1t is very important, therefore, that
legislatures, county and city coun-
ellis, ana boards Of education all oven
the United States Immediately take
the necessary steps for this building
and for the raising Of money neces-
sary for it,
IF there be danger Of an over-sup.
ply of labor during the period II
Rehabilitation and REIMBURSEMENT, and
a consequent lack of employment for
the nien returning from the army
and from the munition plants, such
a schoolhouse building program Wit
be no inconsiderable factor in the so.
luton of this problem of employment.
IF such Of the large amount of
accumulated building materials OF
the war department as are suitable
for school buildings can be had for
this purpose it may reduce the cost
for raw material considerably.
In view OF the part which popular
education must play in the new era
there can be little or no objection
to any expenditures for building that
may be necessary for the full eft
cheney of our school systems"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Not Apropos

For the first time in history sal
President Wilson, addressing q CONVEX
ton of state governors deliberating o.
how to readjust conditions in Americ
after the war, there is an interna
tional sympathy which is quick an
vital = ' which : = displays itself II
the silent intercourse of sympathy be
tween great bodies that constitute
great nations"
Previously Mr., wilson said:
y hope hat the discussions Of thi'
conference viii take as wide a scope
as you think necessary. We are no
met to discuss any single or marrow
subject We are met to discuss the
proper method of restoring all the la
Dor conditions of the countries to
normal basis as soon as possible and
to effect such fresh ALLEGATIONS of la
Dor and industry as the circumstance
make necessary" We ssh he
was correctly quoting as using the
phrase countries"
Our understanding Of the purposes
of the conference of governors is that
1t seeks, not to readjust labor condi-
ttOio III 0upDAd AOI I4nhulAQ, DuI III lnC
various American states represented
by these executives.
With all due respect for the inter
national services of the president and
due regard for the importance of ar
rlying at some practical project to end
world war, he should not allow the
international viewpoint to become
such an obsession with him that he
can't get his mind back home. RE
storing the labor conditions of the
countries" is not the province of gov
ernors of American states. In an ad-
dress which should have been packed
with concrete suggestions of ways and
means to get America back into her
peace gait, the president got oyer into
Europe in nearly every paragraph and
sympathy between peoples" was the
keynote Of his speech.
The president declares he is de-
pressed because he cannot take part
in these councils because 'fhis pres
ent business is to understand what
plain men everywhere want" Just
now the most important business Of
America, ais evidenced by the calling
of this great conference, is to find out
what plain men in America want and.
can be given to their best advant-
age in getting back from a war to a
peace basis, Doesn't plain men every
where" include the plain men Of the
United States?
Mankind in the large must include
concrete mankind in America if we
are to get anywhere. 1t is just a
trifle puzzling to hear the president
say he has no time to help in this
conference because he is finding out
what @plain men everywhere want.
Everywhere comprises here. And here
is a good place to start from in get
ting there.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Still Wanted; Men
to Discover America

Col. d. G. Collier, who is interested
in developing mineral and other re
sources OF New Mexico, coming here
from San Diego where he was presi
dent OF the San Diego Exposition, Is
quoted In Leslie's Weekly this week
Col. Collier has been in Washington
urging the passage of a bill 70 fur.
nish relief to the men who Invested
their money in new mines With a
view Of rendering service to the ma
ton at war. al bill appropriating over
two billion dollars Tor this purpose
has been passed. Under the caption
Men VINO Discovered America" Les
Weekly says;
when the war began we imported
chrome from South Africa and New
Caledonia, magnanese from Brazil,
Pyrftes from Spain, potash from
Germany, tungsten from South Ameri-
ca and the Orient, aud magnesite from
Austria. With the embargo placed
on imports these essential war min
erals came into great demand, and
Secretary Of the interior Lane issued
a stirring appeal entitled: WANTED
Men to Discover America" The call
was answered and it is now known
that every one of those minerals can
be produced here
Then the writer Of the article points
out how close to bankruptcy were
many Of the discoverers of America
the signing OF the armistice and
The importance Of economic indie
pendence in these rare minerals was
strongly stressed at the heighth Of
lostilities. What might have happened
1nder different circumstances is thus
described by d. c.. Collier, of the
War Minerals Committee, of the Ann
Mining Company: II Great
Britain, who controlled the seas, had
seen our adversary instead of Ger
many the steel mills could not have
manufactured the steel because of the
aclc Of the necessary alloys for max
ng steel"
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
The Santa Fe Club

The Santa he Club holds its annual
meeting tonight. Rumor has 1t that
the Santa Re Club is in danger OF
going to seed, We hope the annual
meeting will result in a new lease
OF life and pep for a historic insti'
tuition, fifty per cent Of whose meM-
bers reside throughout the state Or
outside its boundaries, a club which
is a most important social asset OF
Santa Fe and which should be grow
ing and expanding in usefulness AMI
popularity instead Of becoming NOR
ibund, The mission Of the Santa Fe
Club is a highly necessary one: it
has great possibilities, it should ?
recognized as the Official and indis-
pensable social glad hand Of Santa
'Fe to the visitors within our gates.
The prosperity OF the Elks in their
particular field should be matched
by an equal degree of r~ejuyenation
Of the famous old Santa Re club in
its own unique field.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
OF HIGHWAY
ENGINEER ISSUED

The third report Of the state high
way engineer and state engineer, for
the fifth and sixth fiscal years, De-
|cember, 1916, to November so, 1918,
has come from the press. This report
by James A, French covers 175 pages
and Is attractively illustrated with pic.
lures Of roads, bridges, gravel plants,
road planners and dams in various
counties of the state. The report OF
the highway engineer is submitted to
the highway commission and Of the
State engineer to the governor.
Although the report already has
been reviewed in the papers the pub
location Of It in the form of a book
win enable many people interested in
the development Of New Mexico to-
gain a vast amount Of information ar
ranged in a convenient form ready
Tor ready reference.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Uncle Sam Selling
1000 Horses, 500
Mules at Derninp

The government announces a sale
of 1000 horses and 500 mules at Camp
Cody, Deming, N M. ON March. n. The
animals We're purchased some time
ago for use in the war, but as they
Will not be needed Uncle Sam has
decided to sell them. The animals
are reported to be Of fine stock and
in good condition. A circular de.
%scribing the animals may be seen at
the local post office.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
BAKER AND MARCH
TO TOUR ARMY
CAMPS I'M WEST

Washington, March 4-Secretary
Baker plans to leave Washington Sun
day, accompanied by General March,
CHIEF OF staff, for an inspection trip
that viii take him to the Pacific coast
and the Mexican border. The object
o. the trip, which will occupy about
three weeks, is to permit the secretary
and General March to visit camps
which during the war they we're I'M
able to inspect.
The tentative itinerary will take
them to Camps Custer, Mich; Dodge,
Iowa; Funston, Kansas; Lewis,
Wash. Kearny, Calf; Fort Bliss
Forth Worth and Camp Bowie, Texas:
Camp Pike, Ark, and Camp Zachary
Taylor, Kentucky.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
speaking element Is 4 little over half

speaking element is a little oyer half
Of this total. OF this half a large per-
centage speak the English Language.
Numerically our problem is small
alongside that Of New York city; rel
ativeIy it is OF supreme importance to
New Mexico and her prestige in the
nation, regardless OF the fact that we
are ahead educationally Of a number
OF southern states which are never
charged with an ALLEN" spirit and
whose patriotism is lever questioned.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
n
IN
PLOT TO HECKLE
TAFT AND WILSON

New York, March 4.-Infornatjoa
that militant su~ffragettes are paying
from $50 to $l25 each for tickets Of
admission to the Metropolitan Opera
House, where President Wilson and
William Howard Taft win speak on
the league Of nations tonight, was er-
Iceived today by Edward Swami couil-
w district attorney. The prosecutor
said his assistants and the police
would take extra precautions to bnr
from the meeting women suspected
OF seeking to enter in order TO create
disturbance.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Hamilton Looked
Long Way Ahead

THE history of human conduct
does not warrant that exalted
opinion of human virtue which
would make 1t wise In a nation
to commit interests Of SO delicate
and monientoiis a kind, as those
which concern its intercourse
. with the rest OF the world, to
the sole disposal Of a magistrate
created and circumstanced as
would be the President Of the
United States 2 Alexander HAM
ilton III "The Federalist,1 About
17S7-SS.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Language Issue
lin New MIexiico
New York Times,)

NEW u pCiuAE6u w
the United States ever since
1S4S. It became an organized
territory in 1850, and IN tnat
condition 1t fingered until 1912,
when it was proclaimed a state
in full and regular standing. That
a large fraction Of its inhabitants
still speak only the language OF
the country whose citizens they
ceased to be seventy years ago,
that this fraction, instead of IN
Guiding only the poor and igno-
rant, also takes In many men
OF prominence enough to be
elected to the state legislature,
and that they can address it only
through an interpreter when they
want to make themselves under
stood by their Ehglish-spealnng
cofleagues-these are strange
facts, and the correspondent
whose letter was printed on this
page yesterday did we'll to call
attention to them.
Another and even stranger fact
was presented tn the same let
ter. There is nov before the
New Mexican legislature a bill,
not to change this deplorable
condition, but to perpetuate 1t by
requiring that teachers in the
public schools shah be compe-
tent to give their instruction in
the Spanish language, If their
pupils do not understand English.
The object Of this bill must be
to attain the only result it could
produce-that 6f relieving the
Spanish-speaking children in New
Mexico Of about the influence or
compulsion to learn the language
of their country to which in eH-
listing circumstances they can be
subjected. 1t IS no wonder that,
rs the letter revealed, there are
In New Mexico men old enough
to be soldiers to whom the knowl-
edge of American citizenship first
came when they were drafted
into The United States army.
That they thought themselves
still Mexicans is not stated; prob
ably they had not given the mat
ter any thought at all.
There. is no need to scold the
iSpanish-speaking New Mexicans
for their failure to become as
simulated with their fellow-citi-
zens. They could not have done
so, any more than anybody else
could while allowed to remain
alien in thought and spirit as do
all who remain alien in language.
Blame there is, however, for this
sad state of affairs. and it rests
on the nation as a whole for not
taking steps long ago, gently but
firmly, to substitute English for
Spanish as the common as we'll
as the official language in Amer
lean territory.
OF course, there was no need
to ban in New Mexico the use of
Spanish, which is a magnificent
language and highly useful to
people living near Mexican ter
and doing much business
with Mexicans, but it should be
for every American distinctly o
secondary language, and to let il
remain the only language Of any
American child is a cruel wrong
to that child. ais it deprives him
Of the greater part Of his brit
1t is the happy lot Of chil'
dren to learn two languages, OF
three or four, for that matter, as
easily as one, and there is no
more need that public scnooI in
in New Mexico should
be in Spanish than that in New
York It should be in the language
Of any one Of our too numerous
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
DESERT SAILORS ARE
LAND-LEGS.

NOfOFIp ~JUHI IuIsJ
Many Of our old salts (say Is to 90
years old are reaching home these
days, hanging up their uniforms and
their sea legs and their choice marine
vocabularies, and getting ready to
Dlow the fields instead Of the raging
main.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
AND Il A LITTLE
BETTER THAN HOME.

IPenasco Valley Press)
A stranger landed in Carlsbad the
other day in the midst Of a nice little
sand storm, When asked how he
liked New Mexico he said "Well, il
what have in my mouth is a sample
1t tastes just like home.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
SERVED FREE WITH
OYSTER DRESSING.

Galveston News: As a general th'ag
Socialists are the kind Of men who
can be made to believe a TURKEY
il all white meat.
.coLoRs THAT FIT THE HUN.
Wall Street Journal: German flag Is
to be black, red and yellow. Pre-
sumably treachery, blood-lust ari
cowardice.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06

SUNSHINE STATE
YES SIR, 1T SURE MUST
OF BEEN HIM.
~(Tucumcari News

IuCuIlCaFI NeWS.J
Fatty Arbuckle passed through
Tucumcari last Thursday night on his
way to Ell Paso and afforded a few
movie fans the opportunity of holding
a short conversation with this distin-
guished screen comedian. He was
very quiet and dociIe, didn't even fall
down once while out on the platform.
Il looked like fatty" but it did not act
like him, although 1t was him.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06

An old cat, says a paragrapher, is
a woman who can afford to dress
better than anyone else in the neigh
borhood. We were under the iri-
preston she was the woman VINO
had the new automobile.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
y BILL, WHAT DID
HE TELL US?

Harrington Times-Hustler.)
President Wilson is coming back to
America to talk to lis Of his hopes
and desires as frankly as he has talk
ed to the people Of England, France
and Italy.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
RET1ER RE PoLlrE no THEM

Herald: It VIII not Dc
nearly so interesting to know how
teetotalers will hide out liquor
against the day Of drouth as It
will be to know their M and
addresses with a diagram setting
forth exactly where they hide Il,
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
sPEEDY TRoLLEY cARs

C~hurch--I see the Philadelphia 20
lice have been instructed to rightly en-.
force the lawlgoverning the speed Of
trolley cars
Gotham-That's all right. They've
no right to block traffic like that
Yonkers Statesman.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
BUGS ON THE BUGS.

IOhio State Journal: Well, we see
that accredited representatives snf
the National Woman's party were
on hand in Boston when the Presi-
dent arrived, acting as if they had
coolies, as usual.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
ANVIL CHORUS
HENCE THEY WON'T DO 1T.

HENCE THEY WON'T DO 1T.
Houston Post: v Tennessee doctor
says girls ought to go barefooted
until they are Is years old. Gee
but how that would put the high
heel, pointed-toe shoe out Of com
mission. Bare feet imparts the
spread hoof, and you can't play
any hig heel or toothpick FRANKS
on ~tootsies Of that kind.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
BYWAYS MAY BE
MORE

Baltimore Sun: The drys contend it
win be much easier to keep in
the middle OF the road after while,
but will the road be attractive
enough to make it worth while?
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
MAKING THE REAL NOISE.

Atlanta Constitution: Footing a horn
on Armistice Day did not end yoT
part in winning q peace with vic
tory. Paying your income tax
makes more real noise than tool
ing q horn.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
NO. NO, 1T AMT;
JUST GUESS AGAIN.

(Clovis Journal.)
The League Of Nations has been
formed.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
LAsk THE G. a. 3.

Indianapolis Star: Those base hoa-
pitfalls that are being scored sy
some critics certainly would have
seemed most wonderfully fine to
the wounded back in 81.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
MORE ~NgeoTIAsLe.

aFrom the Boston Transcript
Experience is a good asset
I'D much prefer the hankroll
exchanged for mine.g
El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-03-06
Three Bills Killed.

Then they turned around and killed
three bills as follows: House bill, one
OF the Bankers Association measures.
preventing a stakeholder in q bank
who is a notary public from taking ac-
acknowledgements in matters in which
his bank is a party; house bill requir-
ing the butchers Of the state to give
bonds and keep records; and the sen
ate bill which would raise the age Of
admission for boyV to pool rooms from
is to 20 years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
FARMERS FAVOR GOOD ROADS
Recognized as Greatest Economic Need
of Agricultural Communities in
Eastern States.

Good roads are the greatest eco
nomic need for agricultural communi-
ties. This is the answer of 200 prom
inent farmers of the state of Maine to
missionaries which asked them to
summarize urgent necessities to bring
their districts up to the desired eco
nomic standard.
The farmers who answered the uues-
tionnaires were selected as those best
fitted to answer the questions, and
they were asked to furnish a digest
of the situation in their respective COM
munities with reference to acreage,
crops, farm improvements, civic and
social conditions, etc.
The definitions of the greatest needs
covered wide and interesting range
The largest record of needs was good
roads, IS emphasizing the urgent ne
cessity Of adequate highways. There
were 45 who asked for more farm
laborers, A for cooperative buying
and selling, 35 for better school priv
ileges, % for more blueblooded stock,
% for manufacturing plants, % for
better marketing facilities, and Fl for
greater credit extensions by banks.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
MOTOR TRUCKS TO AID ROADS
Government to Give Army Equipment
Valued at Sac, 900, 900 to State
Highway Departments.

More than $45,OOO,O0O worth of mo-
tor trucks are about to be distributed
by the secretary of agriculture
through the bureau of public roads to
the state highway departments. These
trucks have been declared surplus by
the war department and are being dis
tributed to the states under the pro-
visions of section of the post office
appropriation bill. They must be used
by the states on roads constructed in
whole Or in part by federal aid, for
which $2OO,OOO,O00 in addition to the
former appropriation was given to the
states under the same bill. All that
the states must do to acquire the use
of these 10000 trucks, which range in
capacity from two to five tons, is to
pay the loading and freight charges.
Of the 10000 motor vehicles to be
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
ROADS AS DIVIDEND PAYERS
Save One Hour Per Week He
Makes Big Gain in Year.

If a farmer saves an hour a week
By being enabled to use good roads
as opposed to bad roads, it would
mean 81 hours a year; estimating the
use of man and team as being worth
Sc day, this means a saving of $31.2O
a year.
Suppose his farm is assessed at
$4,000, and the additional tax levy
due to the issue of road bonds by the
county runs to 81 per thousand, which
would mean $40 a year additional
taxes as against saving of S31.2O on
time alone. This means that he is
investing $40 and drawing dividends OF
$31.2O, an interest rate of 312 per
cent.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
Notes by The Democrats News
Gatherer.

Notes by The Democrats News
Gatherer.
William Bohan, travelling salesm ar
for the Adams Road Machine Co. Of
indianapolis, is spending vacation
here among friends.
Nicholas Kieffer returned Saturday
from business trip and visit in Chica
go.
Miss Alice Sullivan and niece Miss
Ilene Smith of Monroe are the guests OF
Mr. and Mrs Alex Metz.
Mrs Thomas Doyle of Racine and
Miss Mary Clark of Beloit are the
guests of Mrs Mary Lynch and Mrs
Matt Doyle.
Harvey Paynter returned to Plankin-
ton, S. OAK, Thursday.
Mrs Peter Theno and daughter An
nice spent Friday and Saturday at St
Joseph's Hospital in Dodgeville
Mr. and Mrs Willard Noble and Nh
and Mrs Walter Groth motored to
Darlington Wednesday evening and
visited friends.
Mrs Will James received telegram
July 13, saying her sister Mrs Ward
Beecher had died in hospital at Minot
South Dakota.
Mr. and Mrs Leland Van Matre oil
Fayette were the guests of Mr. and Mrs
Morris Proctor Sunday,
Mrs Libby and sister Mrs Wright
have returned from visit at Dodge
Vile.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Richmond OF
Springfield, S. Dakota, are the guests OF
his sister Mrs Delos Babcock and other
relatives.
Mrs James Wedlock entertained
twenty seven relatives and friends Sat
urday evening in honor of her son.
Sergeant E. l.. Wedlock. Luncheon
was served and with music and social
converse the evening was pleasantly
spent.
Elmer Wiesen, son of Mr. an0 Mrs
Ernest Wiesen of this city, eighteen
months in service over seas, returned
Sunday from Camp Mills, where he
was honorably discharged.
Mr. and Mrs E, Y. Hutchinson returned
last week from motor trip through
the northern part of this state.
Word has been rec eived of the safe
arrival from over seas of Roy (Peck
McMurrough.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Sleep spent the
week end at the farm home of their
daughter Mrs Allan Godfrey.
Mr. and Mrs James Jackson and son
Franklin and Richard Jackson and
daughter spent Thursday at Bridgeport
J, w. Hutchinson, daughter Genevieve
and son Hugh, and Misses Matilda anC
Ena Hutchinson, left Thursday for thell
summer cottage at Epworth Heights
Luddington, Mich.
Mr. and Mrs Blight Wallis of Perry
Iowa, are the guests of Mr. and Mr.:
Henry Bray.
j. w. Anderson left Tuesday fol
Lancaster on business
The Dorcas Society of the M. E
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24

acquired practically free by the states
11O0O are new and 5000 are used, but
all are declared to be in serviceable
condition. The motors will be appor-
toned to states only upon request of
the state highway departments on the
basis of the requests received from
the respective states, and in accord
ance with the apportionment provided
in the federal aid law approved in
1916. The requirements of the laws
are such that the bureau of public
roads cannot distribute any trucks to
counties or individuals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1919-07-24
TEXAS TO BUILD HIGHWAYS
According to Member of State High
way Commission Approximately
$12,OOo,o00 Available.

Approximately $12,OOO,OOO is avail
able for road construction work in
Texas in 1919, according to r. NJ. Hub
bard, member of the state highway
ccmmiSsioe. This amount Includes
ebout $1OOO0,OOO from the feleru
post office appropriation bills