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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
AN INALENABLE RIGHT

Rightly wrongly Mexico regards Senator
Fall as her arch-enemy in the United States. For
this reason, her representative in Washington is
reported to have instructed Mexican consular
agents on the border not to wise the senator's
passport if he attempts to enter Mexico to attend
the Inauguration ceremonies of Presdent-elect
Obregon.
No international complications will result from
this action, in spite Of the fact that Senator Fall
is a member Of the senate foreign relations COM
mttee. Mexico, a sovereign nation, has the
right to exclude any foreigner she may consider
undesirable. 1t is this theory that the United
States keeps out Chinese and radicals.
At the same time, it is doubtful whether it is
polite for Mexico to offend Senator Fall in view Of
the fact that he has influence with the party
that comes into power March next. 1t might
be wiser craftsmanship for the southern republic
not to go out Of its way to antagonize him.
That, however, is matter for Mexico herself
to decide, The point to be remembered however
is that jingosts cannot make capital out of the
incident.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

Probably the worst feature in the present eco
monte situation is the high cost of building and
repairing houses. 1t affects everybody, and not
merely house owners. People who rent houses have
to pay these just the same Rent next to
food, is the big expense of living.
Food prices and clothing prices generally
declining somewhat, and will decline more. But
building and repairing costs remain about the same
in most parts of the country The principal reason
alleged for this condition is the growing scarcity
of the supplies of lumber and depletion of the for
ests Yet cement and other substitutes for wood
have been used largely that they should have
relieved the pressure good deal.
The investigation now in progress in New York
would indicate that the public has suffered
seriously from abuses in the building trades, in
sections of the country at least. Combina-
tions of employers and employees to hold up prices
grating practices with labor unions profiteer
ing, these are charges that the public will want
thoroughly sfted.
1t seems to be time for congress to take up the
building trade situation, and if anything be
done by public authority to stop abuses and re-
duce the costs of construction. Sharp threats have
been handed out to the coal trade that if profteer-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
OUR PLATFORM.

1. primary election law which will re-
store the power TO the hands of the people,
where It belongs.
2. non partisan commission of three or
ave TO have charge OF our school and institu-
tionaI lands, and the permanent trust funds
derived therefrom.
g. A fair, adequate and just tax law which
Will eQuitabiy distribute the burden of gov
ernment We have especial reference TO the
mining tax laws although we will seek to
reach any other evaders, big or little, whom
we find. We, favor mine tax law based
upon an nd valorem property basis, as other
property Is taxed.
4. A fuller budget system for the state In
an effort TO put state expenditures on an eff
Gent, economical and progressive basis.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
I!M tlUS; 3! Nd! AND! !
- Jane pl1esps
Jane Paes

was only one thing which could
make Elsie look like that.
ut is something about Morton
lowering, Mildred. You know how
/ feel about him; l told you down
home"
Yes dear, remember" ]
wouldn't anticipate, / would let
Elsie tell me in her own way.
"Well he wants me to marry
him; to 90 away with him."
Away with himw I repeated
stupidity. Where is he going?"
Somewhere abroad. What does
it matter where so long as we go
together. on account of the war
his firm are sending him over
there on private business, and he
wants to take me with him. Aren't
you happy for me?"
"Of course, Elsie, but 1 can't
seem to grasp it. To have you go
50 far away"
What does that matter? It's
being together that counts. 1
don't believe you know how much
l care for Morton, Mildred"
Pm very glad that you care
SO much-if he cares equally as
much for you"
"You like Morton don't you Mil
dred?' she asked wistfully. a little
disappointment at my reception of
her news creeping into her voice.
Elsie Is Happy.
"Indeed / do" / said heartily.
Then | realized with shame that
the old feeling of pique which al
ways was mine over anyone who
had shown me attention transfer
ring their affections to another,
had prevented my being as en-
thusiastic as Elsie desired
"rhen it is all right! I'll write
to iona and Curtain. He wants it
to be right away, Mildred, in two
weeks"
"Oh-how I shall miss you"
then we two girls-we were moth
ing more, laughed and cried to-
gether talking, planning, all in a
breath.
"But your clothes?" I asked,
"why dear we can't do much of
in two weeks"
Morton spoke of that. l will
wear black for little while yet,
that is in the street. And he said
not to get a thing we'd buy what
i needed in Paris"
Tomorrow-Clifford is told.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
HARDlNG'S PLURALITY
IN KANSAS, 1862

Topeka, Rams, Nov. 21.-Hard-
ing established a new Kansas rec
ord both in the size of his total
vote and in plurality. Complete Of
fetal county returns tabulated by
L. j. Pettijohn, secretary of state,
give Harding 369,070 and Cox 1884,
4SS. making Harding's plurality
1S4,632. Senator Arthur Capper
held the highest previous record.
In 1916 when he ran for re-elec-
ton as governor he received total
of 354,529 votes and a plurality OF
162,492.
Debs, socialist candidate for
president, polled 15.507 votes as
compared to 24.6S5 cast for Ben
son, the socialist candidate in 1916.
Secretary of State Pettijohn,
candidate for reelection, received
the highest vote of any person on
the state ticket. He received 322,-
759. Miss Lorraine e. Wooster,
republican candidate for re-eiec-
ton as state superintendent OF
public instruction, had the smallest
total vote-297, 536-but her plur-
atty was l1i,606, Governor Allen,
against whom Jonathan Davis. the
democratic nominee, made a strong
campaign, received the smallest
,9sS.
The official state canvass which
will be completed in two or three
weeks may change the totalssome-
what.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
SKELETONS ARE DUG
up BY TENNIS STARS
nv The Associated Press)

New York. Nov. 21.-Tennis
players excavating for a court on
which to play their games have
lust dug from their caves in the
Bronx, skeletons believed by some
to be those of the Indians VINO
orce inhabited that section.
Anthropologists skilled in the art
of demonstrating the material
forms of habits and life of aborig-
jnal creatures differ in their opin-
ion regarding the age of the relies
which were found in the RlVeraale
section of the borough.
Some ventured the opinion that
the living creatures. of which the
slxuIls and n few disconnected
Ernes remain. had flourished in the
DAYS when the red man roamed
supreme over the wilds OF North
America, before the coming OF the
first whites.
Others declared the bones had
lain hidden a much shorter time,
from 100 to 200 years.
The place where the remains
were found is close to the banks
OF the Hudson, near spot where,
according to early New York his
tory there once dwelt a tribe of
Indian fishermen and hunters
Those who have undertaken 10
trace the origin of the bones say
il may take many months to de-
termine surely whether these were
braves of the early New York
tribeSmen.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
THE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND POLITICS

New Mexico has progressed far enough so that
there are some things which public sentiment will
not endure. one of these things is partisan poll
ties in our public schools higher educational
institutions.
The teachers of the state have been the greatest
beneflcares of this sentiment 1t puts teaching up
on professional, instead of political, basis and
gives dignity and stability to that profession.
The State Teachers Association is the profession
ali organization of the teachers, 1t should be kept
on strictly professional basis. The honors of Of
flee should be distributed the reward for eX-
traordinary service and achievement in the pro-
fession.
To allow manipulation whereby the great Or
ganization will permit itself to be used to aid
some ones political ambitions will be to weaken
its influence usefulness and solidarity
The state department of education suffered
shock in the public esteem during the recent polit-
ical campaign through the obnoxious partisan ac-
tivities of a subordinate This is extremely unfor-
tunate for the department
- Members of the association will do we'll to
scrutinize the political record of those who as
pire to office and reject any whose elevation to
office might be construed in the light of a political
faction having taken charge of the associations
affairs
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
Bedtime Stories
For Little Ones
copyright, 1920, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
UNCLE WIGGILY AND REDDY
TUFT.
(By Howard II. Garis.)

TUFT.
one day. as Uncle Wiggily was
hopping along through the woods,
wondering what Nurse Jane would
have for his Thanksgiving dinner,
the dear, old bunny gentleman
rabbit happened to see Johnnie
and Billie Bushytail, the squirrel
boys, just ahead of him.
They are going to school" said
Uncle Wiggily to himself, twink
| ling his pink nose. I'D ike TO
have them come with me to look
for an adventure, but l must not
keep them out of school. Anyhow,
Thanksgiving comes this week, so
they'll have a holiday"
Mr.. Lungcars was going to hop
down another path, to look for his
daily adventure, when he happen
ed to see Johnnie Bushytail drop
| something from his pocket as the
squirrel boy scampered along.
"PerhapS that is one of his
school books" thought Uncle Wig
gily. Hell need it for his les
sons. or the lady mouse teacher
may bcep him in after school. I'll
hop along and give Johnnie back
| his book" =.
But when the bunny reached the
| place where he had seen some
| thing fall he found it was only a
paper bag, filled with hickory nuts
! that Johnnie had dropped.
johnnie must have gathered
these nuts for his lunch" thought
Uncle Wiggily. Hell miss them
at recess. III take them to him"
Mr.. Longears started to hop
along to catch up to the Bushtail
squirrel boys, but they skipped too
fast for him, and We're soon out
of sight in the woods.
Never mind" spoke Uncle
Wiggily to himself. 81 guess Billie
will give Johnnie some nuts for
lunch I'll keep these until the
squirrels come home from school"
So Uncle Wiggily put the bag
of hickory nuts in his pocket and
hoped along, wondering il this
would be his only adventure for
that day. But, all of a sudden, he
heard a voice saying;
30, how hungry l am! How
! hungry | ami"
Uncle Wiggily looked up and
around and just behind a stone
wall he saw two ears with tufts or
punches of fuzzy hair on them
sticking up behind the wall or
| fence.
oh. my goodness me sakes
alive and some apple sauce jolly
pops!" thought the bunny. Those
tufted ears must belong to Bob
Cat the Lynx! He's hungry for me.
l suppose! oh, why did l ever
come this way?"
At the same time the voice be-
hind the fence said again:
"Oh, how hungry l am! How
hungry l amt
The ears, which were all Uncle
Wiggily could see. waggled to and
| fro. and tufts of red fur on them
shaking to and Iro.
| ooh, Mr.. Bob Cat, please don't
get so hungry that you will want
! to eat met" begged Uncle Wiggily,
and he felt so unhappy that he
| couldn't twinkle his pink nose an
Gently teenty bit. And his red,
white and blue striped rheuma-
tism crutch shivered and shook.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
SUCCESSFUL DINNER.
CHAPTER CLXII.

CHAPTER CL&ll.
81 wish YOU and Elsie would
wear white if Lockwood comes to
dinner. 1t is depressing to see two
women in black at a dinner table. "
clifford remarked as he left for
the office. -,
VERY we'll" I replied, "we'll
wear white crepe"
As soon as Clifford ph6ned me
that Mr.. Lockwood would come l
called up Lola Gardner and in
vited her.
"Thank you so much" she re-
piled. 1t is dear of you. I'll GER
tafnly be on time" and l could
hear her hugh happily as she
hung up.
| had invited no one else, and
so we sat down to dinner an un-
even number | had thought OF
asking Leonard Brooke, but had
hpsitatcd for fear he might show
his feeling for me too plainly. Both
Hal Lockwood and Lola Gardner
we're keen, clever people of the
world, and would notice things
which many would pass by.
our dinner was quite a success.
Mrs. Gardner fairly scintillated,
ana MIR. Lockwood seemed very
willing to be entertained by the
handsome Lola.
After dinner we had some music.
Again / ALMOST wished / had in
yited Leonard. His exquisite
playing, and his wonderful voice
aIuays filled me with pride. But
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
MEXICO LOOKS BETTER
TO ONE AMERICAN THAN
A DRY UNITED STATES
By The Associated Press)

Juarez, Mexico. Nov, Eleven
minus his hat, coat and shirt, Mex
leo looks better to a certain Ameri-
can than a dry United States. The
man recently appealed to American
Consul f. A. Dow for 35 cents to
get his clothing out of pawn.
The man had pawned all his
clothes, even his pants. when he
vas discharged from a local hos
pital, to get a meal. Some one
gave him % cents to get his pants
out of pawn. The 35 cents would
get the remainder of his clothes.
However l will see that you
get your clothing returned il you
consent now to go to Ell Paso,
where the American authorities are
better equipped to treat your case"
II am going to stay in Mexico
the man replied. "even though l
have to wear someone else
clothes. I can put my foot on the
rail and say Here's how without
a aualm of conscience over here
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
JUST FOLKS
Copyright, 1920, by Edgar A. Guest.
DISAPPOINTMENT.

When I was young | used to set
My heart on joys l hoped to get;
The far tomorrow was day
On which I'd have my fill of play,
The picnic that was going to be
Then meant lot to youthful me;
l never thought that it might rain
And all my dreams would be in vain.
Time was I lived whole glad days through
Planning what l going to do;
/ heard, as do all girls and boys
The whispered promises of joys,
! did not know or understand
That life can't run as men have planned,
That hopes we build may go astray
And rain may fall on picnic day.
Sorrow and heartache and despair
Gave me but little thought back there,
Without one fear l looked ahead
To happier pathways l should tread;
/ never understood or knew
That all my dreams could not come true,
had not learned how often then
Must dsappointments come to men.
But have trod the path of Man
And lost full many cherished plan; H
I've seen my dear ones taken, too
And suffered as all men must do;
I've learned that l must face my share
OF disappointment and despair,
And when l plan for joys to be,
I know they may not come to me.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

and bear up well beneath our
cross, although we know that au-
tumns sneaking, and winter comes
u total loss. BY day we have our
tolls and troubles to occupy our
divers minds; we saw our wood
and blow our bubbles, and give
small heed to wailing winds. But
in the night, with darkness round
us, and ghost steps creaking on
the stair, the wild winds seem to
hunt and hound us, and fill our
bosms with despair. There's MOTH
ing speaks more poignant sorrow
than bleak November's voice at
night; and so we lie and wish the
morrow would come and bring its
helpful light.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
LIVING COSTS SHOW A
z PER CENT DECREASE

New York. Nov. 21.-The cost OF
living decreased nearly 2 per cent
in the period from October 10 to
November is, according to sta
tjstics compiled and made public
today by the national industrial
conference board.
Rents and the average cost OF
fuel, light and sundries slightly in
c: eased and offset the big decrease
ir the prices Of clothing and arti-
Giles of food, the boards statement
said. Every item in the clotnng
list except women's hats, Went
down. An average decrease in the
cost OF living since July Of bs2 per
cent was shown.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22
NOVEMBER WINDS.

November winds are harshly
Drawing about my shack, the long
night through; and in my bed l
hear them sQualling around the
window and the flue, l hear them
hammer at the sashes, l hear
them spring the ancient wheeze
stoke up your fire, shade down
the ashes or all the hanging plants
will freeze!" Novembers voice is
Wild and raucous, the, genial zest
of life it kills, and all night long
it seems to mock us, with hints
of coming plumbers bills. By
day we hear November shrieking,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

the want-ads. Here are a few from
the Journal:
WANTED-To buy a baby bug
gy and used piano.
Recalling the old song, appar-
emily she got the grand baby in
stead of the baby grand
o -
WANTED - A lady assistant
for general merchandise
store. state AGE and eXpe-
rience.
The capitals are mine; but I'll
bet he didn't get bite.
o
Here's another
$250.00 BUYS the leading
tailor shop in Magdalena; no
competition.
Which reminds me of the boy
who always stood at the head Of
his class-when the other member
was absent from school.
%
Even the staid, stern, old Santa
Fe New Mexican runs 'em. Here's
one from the issue of November
10:
FOUND-Wrist watch, about
last May. owner may have
same by identifying and pay
ing for this ad at New MeXi-
can office. 1l-Gtf
Apparently the watch went bad
after giving perfect service for six
months.
But here is one with a heart
thrOb-for me-from Saturdays
Journal:
WANTED-To consult one
with patent experience, ID.
c., phone 1409-M.
When it comes to patent eXpe-
riente, D. C. should call for Don
Fulano at the Morning journal. |
remember once when | bought
stock in a concern to manufacture
patent cement mixer. Then there
was patent churn and patent
ice cream freezer where l bought
stock in the manufacturing COM
panies. Then | bought a series Of
patent brushes. Once | owned
some patent leather dancing
pumps. Oh, my experience is prac-
tically unlimited. Why, it was !,
dear friend d. c., who bought a
patent formula for making home
brew from sawdust, arsenic and
soap suds. Those weren't the origi-
nal ingredients, but they represent
the taste of the finished product.
Patent experience? It's what /
haven't got anything else but!
- -
Has anyone been able to discoV-,
er why it was that Governor Cox
of Ohio didn't issue a Thanksgiving
proclamation this year2
DON FULANO.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

sThen take these" invited I'm
Gle Wiggily. "Johnnie will not miss
them. He can get more"
So Reddy Tuft ate the hickory
nuts and very thankful he was
to get them. Uncle Wiggily was
watching the Red Squirrel eat,
when, all of a sudden out from
under a bush popped the bad old
Fuzzy Fox.
"Ah, ha! Now l can get Uncle
Wiggily!" growled the fox.
.sHere! You let Uncle Wiggily
alone! He was good to me, and
now I'll be good to him. fiercely
chartered Reddy Tuft. Come, my
,riends!" he shouted loudly. Come
Red Squirrels, to the rescue! save
Uncle Wiggily"'
And with that about forty 'leven
hundred sehattering Red Squirrels
scampered out Of their holes in
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

for suppir last mite, and after
suppir me and him started to play
lotto on the setting room floor and
pop started to reed the spoarting
page in his slippers, and after a
vile me and Artie both got tired
of playing lotto at the same time,
Artie saying, Lets play Jest sip
pose.
All rite, how? I sed, and Artie
sed, We take terms sipposing and
see who can Suppose the fearSest
things.
WITCH we started to do. Artie 60
ing ferst, saying, Jest Suppose the
door and all the windows in this
room was locked 50 nobody could
ent get out, and then jest Suppose
all of a suddin the walls was TO
come together.
Wich pop ratified his paper and
it was my tern, me saying, Just
Suppose everybody in this room
thawt they was covered with
suddin they found out it was the
meezles.
Witch pop crossed his legs and
unCroSSed them aSen ana rattleu
his paper, and Artie sed, Just sip
pose everybody in this room was
to fall down and brake their ankle
and jest Suppose jest then the cecil
ing was to fall in and just then
jest Suppose the world was to come
to q end.
Being my tern, and 1 started to
say Jest Suppose, and pop sed,
Stop, for the love of Peet, stop,
do you demons realize that I'm
in this room too and you're wish
ing all this bad luck on me as
well as yourselves wen I'm not
even playing and never asked to
play?
@, pop. We amt wishing them,
we're jest sipposing them, l sed,
and pop sed, Leeve them alone in
tirely. play something elts.
WITCH we did, being checkers.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

the trees of the woods, and they
scolded the Fuzzy Fox, and threw
acorns and bits of bark at him,
hitting him on his nose, so that
the fox was glad enough to run
away and not hurt Uncle Wig
gily at all. The Fuzzy Fox was
afraid of so many squirrel friends
as Reddy Tuft called to help the
bunny gentleman.
"Thank you, Reddy," said I'm
Gle Wiggily, as he hoped away.
"You did me a great favor"
"And you did me one!" chatter
ed Reddy, as he ran off with his
squirrel friends. So you see it is
a good thing, sometimes, to lose
your hickory nuts. And if the
dinner bell doesn't ring so loudly
that it makes the butter wake up
and jump off the slice of bread,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wig
gily and Gobble Gobble.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

"Oh, if Nurse Jane were only
here now, with her scissors, to
clip off the tufts from the ears of
Bob Cat, the wouldn't hurt mel"
thought Uncle Wiggily.
Then the voice said again:
ooh, how hungry I ami"
Once more the ears, with their
tufts twitChed to and fro, and
then over the top of the stone
fence there looked at Uncle Wig
gily dear little red squirrel. The
red squirrel was not as large as
Johnnie or Billie Bushytail, the
gray squirrels, but he was just as
lively, was this red chatter chap.
ooh, | didn't know it was you,
Red Squirrel" said Uncle Wiggily,
and now he felt so happy that his
pink nose twinkled like a new tin
dishpan. II thought, when | saw
the tufts of fu2z on your ears,
that you We're bad Bob Cat the
Lynx. The Lynx always has tufts
on his ears
ooh, no! I'm not Bob Catw
chartered the Red Squirrel. And
L only have tufts of hair on my
ears in winter. In summer my
ears are just like those of John
ME and Billie Bushytail. But, oh,
Pm so hungry" chartered the Red
Squirrel.
ooh, then I'm glad I met YOU"
spoke Uncle Wiggily. do you eat
hickory nuts. as Johnnie and Bill
lie, my gray squirrel nephews,
do?"
"Of course chartered the 9TH
er, whose name in winter was
Reddy Tuft, because his fur was a
sort of red color, and because he
had tufts, or tasSles, of hair on
his ears. In summer he was call
ed Chickaree. "Of course. | love
hickory nuts" spoke Reddy Tuft.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-11-22

ing is NOT not stopped, the government will under
take drastic regulation OF that business. 1t would
seem that high prices in the building trades hit the
common people harder and call even louder
for relief.
The great majority of builders honest people
who admit that prices are up beyond reason, but
they subject to conditions that they not
help. 1t is time for the government to take a
hand in this game