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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-01-16
DANIEL & HAGUE
New and Secondhand Goods
Bought and Sold
NEW STORE One block west Clark Hotel

eating mt. FlivNcr OF Alabama.
Failure TO locate the sought-for
party brought the comment, "A
iivVer a a Ford" from n giri
work. u am going 10 look up the
.fOris' In the file" She looked.
and there he was, Charles T. Ford,
Pushmataha, Ala" right where he
should be in the card index Of the
FOrds.
sYou soc that girl wearing the
Glue sweater over there" said one
young woman.
The girl Of the blue sweater APP
pearcd 80 young she might have
lust left school. She was search
ing some index cards. her fingers
rapidly running from one To an-
other. With each flap OF the card
she had taken a mental note 81.
the inscription thereon. but TO the
observer she was making q speed
record In touching every card In
the file drawer.
suddenly-hangl The drawer.
was closed. She moved a foot 10.
the right, began another mara
thon IN card movements. selected
one, made a notation on a slip Of
paper she carried, placed the card
among the others, closed the draw
or and walked toward the man who.
IS In charge Of the file section.
This pantomimo was quickly en-
acted. and as Il turned out u
brought to a close a remarkable
case which had been under invesli-
gallon for some days.
THAT girl Is working upon a.
mystery" continued the speaker.
n she puzzles IL out she is a won
der"
The blue sweater passed nearby.
The flush OF success was Nisahly
apparent upon the girls face.
"Did you find HING asked o
young woman.
yea" she replied simply. and
continued along the line Of file cab
NETS.
The title Of this strange case
might be The Davis Mystery.
with Miss Blue sweater as the de-
tective heroine.
A typewriter Letter was received
by the bureau from an army
camp, and ended a. follows;
Respectfully.
Private Davis Spruce.
Hastings. Pa.
Miss Blue Sweater was assigned
In the letter with instructions To
secure the mans policy number
that certain information requested
a. Ia the standing Of his insurance
might be- furnished him.
The name Of Davis Spruce could
not be found IN the files. Then
came the time for imagination and
deduction. No matter how the
name was split 10 make some other
plausible name. the files could not
produce results
Finally the young woman decid-
: I'd 10 address "A letter Ia the man
at Hastings. Pa requesting him Ia
furnish further information about
himself. IN due time the letter
was returned Ia the bureau as
unclaimed.
This did not put an end 20 the
search by any means. lmagina-
brought into the case and q fur
Their study Of the original letter
was made.
huNlN SPRUCE
Spruce Division.
OF counsel The Spruce Diyis-
ion.
The Spruce Division was a part
OF the American army.
Miss Blue Sweater secured a ros-
ter-Of the Spruce Division from the
War Department and searched II
through nearly the 10000 names
for a mar who lived at Hastings,
Pa.
In this she was rewarded. The
list showed only one mar from
that town. He was Herman Miller.
With this information the young
woman had no difficulty In finding
the card OF Herman Miller pol
icy number 666.255) OF Hastings,
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-01-16
How Uncle Sam
Takes Care Of Lost.
Soldiers Names

Ecct uonol
Behold the mani
-tiet me this mans name so that
I can report definitely on the sta
tus Of his insurance"
That together with a slip bear
ing the memo. james Hall l372i.-
800 Mccall. South Carolina: bene-
nciaries, Mrs. Ella stalks lwifel
Mrs. Fannie stalks lmOtherl," was
handed Ia a file searchcr IN the
Bureau OF War Risk Insurance.
The mans name was given A.
Hall, while those Of his wife and
his mother were given a. stalks.
Patiently, something was wrong
somewhere. Just what was wrong,
however. was not so evident. To
find out what and where the error
was. was the Job.
Finding the error somebody
else made Is always the job of
the war risk index file scarchers.
aud its a tough job II they fail 10
get at the bottom OF II.
Going into the index files sec
ton where are listed the names ol
nearly five million men who were
indicted into military service. the
young woman made n complete
inventory OF all The thousands Of
men surnamed Hall. Among them
all there was not one who came
from McCall. south Carolina. nor
yet one who had wife or mother
whose name even remotely resem-
bled the stalks" given a. the
names OF the two beneficiaries.
This, clearly. was a cas for the
Use of that specially nimble wit
and fine deductiVe faculty which
has characterized much Of the la
hor Of the searchers In the index
file department and given them o
process 90 procedure which might
be used 10 add a leaf 10 the BOol
OF the Burns, the Pinkertons and
the Flynns.
Web" remarked the girl charg.
cd with producing the needed In.
formation. this man may bl
stalk since that is the name RiVel
for his wife and mother"
But search through the stalks
brought nothing Ia identify tn
case.
STILL she persisied-and the
always do persist, these girls-"hi
name must be some kind ~ a stalh
hut WHAT kind Corn stalks
bean stalks and cabbage stalks ar
the only kind " stalks I know any
thing about ~ III Just hook then
up"
And sure enough. II turned on
that his name was some kind OF
stalk cabbage stalk, In fact. an
his index card was duly change.
to read:
James Cabbagestalks. 372i .5O5
Mccall. South Carolina: benenciar
les. Mrs. Ella Cabhagestalks lwifel
Mrs. Fannie Cabhagstalks mother.
Another opportunity for the use -
keen deduction rev out Of the ~
forts 81 an army company clerk {
display what he believed ia be
rare sense NJ humor In the mat.
ter Of applying a nickname on
record OF discharge sent 10 the in.
surance division of the bureau, bu
which Unexpectedly proved OF ser.
vice 30 a research worker.
Notice Of the discharge OF Pri'
yate Charles T.. FliVver. Of Push
mntaha, Ala, was received by tn
bureau and a complete search wa
made through the files. The card
Of all the Flivvers. Fleavers, Flu,
yers and Fleuvuers. as we'll as tn
men 81 somewhat similar namel
were looked over In the hope Of 10.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-01-16
smaIlpo. b on lhe Manc.

SanIa re, N. NJ, Jan. ib.-OnIy
two new cRses Of smallpox were
reported last week by the state de-
nartment Of health. both being In
Sierra county. ChickenpOx Is re-
ported In Bernalillo county, two
eases; Dona Ana, one; Grant one:
'Oiero. two; Rio Arriha, 4. Measles:
.Otero, 3; Dona Ana. one; bio ART
.ba. one. Diphtheria. Lincoln one;
Otero. two; Quay, one; Taos. two;
influenza, two.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-01-16
Clovis Pharmacy Is Robbed Of s2sO

Clovis, n. NJ. Jan. i5=The Mears
Pharmacy Of this city was entered
by burglars late Thursday night
and about $3.50 removed from the
safe. The first employees 10 reach
the store In the morning found
the front door unlocked and n n
thought the men entered this way
by opening the door with a skeleton
key. The fact that the door was
locked with a Yale lock. which had
only two keys, Is a matter which
puzzles the police.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-01-16


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Nm, y, ", e- ~ ces y -.
When u was ee1uIn.u my nanle
was Gallagher unen caInc tne luss-
ton OF spelling inc nahle cvIroot'''
eleven WAYS oiierlnh themselves
0allagher.
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vaiingel'
Daiihter'
ua,,ieer.
u~a,,lene''
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nsmshnn
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Sn'"s 49,, Int r-co.,dcration
Mss in.nst GOOD az
ins mhara H. Silent letter I.
inttor e. .earch;ng hni Al
,bc Same time NJ Il practically dead
in nronuneiaiinn' This name Il
nronounced T.ynnk. and In the hur.
~ ~ writing often namce are mis-
.nclled when on Inc surface the,
annear very eImple and correct
lOne ease which comes under this
cl~seaincafion Il that on Albert Wei.
lieslev land Brown. The mans lasI
name wns found 10 be Land-Brown
thus his name " Albert Wellesle,
Tand-BrOwn. Another "a that OF
10. w. Hudzeitz. His name wa
found a. c. William Hurdzeitz. Still
another ia that Of Walter Walden
His name was found a. Walter
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25

among free peoples those who serve
best the general interest serve best
their own.
Through it's failure to deal cour-
ageously and constructively with great
issues Of American foreign policy, the
Republican party has made it more
incumbent than ever for the San
Francisco convention to view the peril
of the hour with envisioned eyes and
to speak with frank voice and unfal-
tering accent. The people of America
are at heart unafraid. In times of ma
tional and world crisis they have ev-
err been enrolled for right and prog
ress. They have never compromised
principle. They will not do SO now.
The overshadowing issue in 1920 is
whether the United States shall CO.
operate with the peoples OF the world
for the maintenance of peace. We are
confronted with choice between reac--
ton with constant threat of war and
progress with eternal promise Of
peace. The Republican party has re-
pudiated the victory won on the fields
Of battle by two millions of Americans.
| 1t has declared it will have nothing to
do with the peace for which our men
fought and bled and died on the fields
of the Marine and the Argonne.
Harding is a standpatter of the
standpatters and he is one of those
who voted for the separate and ne
gotiated peace resolution. Regretable
as it is that any Americans should be
found trying to lead their countrymen
backward, it is well, since there must
be contest over such things, that the
issues have been so clearly defined
Harding would have the United States
abandon its allies in maintaining
peace. He would turn back Americas
political clock to the invisible govern
ment days that forced the upheaval II
1912. The country now knows def
initely what it will get if it turns
from Democratic leadership to Re
publican.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
SHUTTING OUT THE NEGRO

As the Republican National Con-
vontion was about to adjourn it hast
lily adopted resolution instructing
the National Committee to adopt "a
| just and equitable basis of representa-
ton in future conventions" When
I Republicans speak Of just and equit-
able conventions they always have an
evil eye on the colored brothers of the
south, but in practice the plan has not
worked exclusively to his disadvan-
tage.
Eight years ago similar instruc-
tons were given to the committee,
which in due time proposed that in
Congressional districts where the Re-
publican vote was less than 1900 one
instead of two delegates should be
chosen. This shut out eighty-nine pa
triots, and there was great rejoicing
on the part of Northerners who had
grown weary of checking book cam
paigns in the South until they made
the discovery that the ruling would
reduce New York's representations,
In two Tammany districts the Repub-
lican vote had fallen below the dead
line, and so the Empire State took its
place along with the South Atlantic
and Gulf States as no longer entitled
to full rank in the party council.
There are many Congressional dis
tricts in the South where the Repub-
lican vote does not reach one-tenth
of $500 and whole states where it
does not exceed that number. On the
other hand, there are several States
at the north that could NOT he car
ried by the Republicans very often
without the colored vote. An ideal
arrangement would be to confess at
once the sectional character of the or
ganization, to proceed in the South on
the theory of no votes, no delegates,
and to confer upon the stalwart col
ored cohorts Of the party in the north
the recognition denied to their nom
voting brethren of the south.-Cape
Girardeau Sun.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
LABOR TO OPPOSE
G. o. p. CANDIDATE

Montreal, June 17.-Organized la
Dor as represented by the American
Federation of Labor will throw the
bulk of it's voting strength against
Harding and Coolidge and the plat
form adopted at Chicago, even though
the platform to be adopted in San
Francisco should fail to satisfy on
some points.
This will be especially true if either
James M. Cox of Ohio or William G..
McAdoo of Ne wYork is named for
President.
In no event will the federation
abandon its nom BIPARTISAN policy or
function as an independent labor
party.
This sums up canvas of the lead
ers and the delegates who would not
call themselves leaders in the annual
convention now entering upon its third
week here. This will hold true even
though the Democrats nominate an
undesirable platform.
In that case it is possible both can
didates will be ignored, and all atten-
ton conferred on candidates for House
and Senate.
In any event Congress will come in
for the bulk of attention with candi-
dates possessing good labor records
or making satisfactory pledges being
favored irrespective of party or party
platform at the expense of those not
measuring up to these standards.
There are, as might be expected
some in the convention who will not
favor this policy and may seek the in
dorsement of a labor party. If they
do, they will be beaten ten, perhaps
twenty, to one.
Sentiment in the matter of favoring
the Democrats over the Republicans
or vice versa in the presidential race
is not so we'll defined, largely because
of uncertainty as to the nominee at
San Francisco. To date, however, but
four men of prominence in the con-
vention have declared for Harding and
Coolidge, and one of these has string
on his Endorsement.
Frank l.. Hutcheson, international
president of the carpenters, and Frank
P. Feeney, head of the elevator con-
structors and Penrose lieutenant
are for Harding. So is Frank A. Far.
Erington, leader of the radical element
among the miners. Patrick N. Nc
earthly of San Francisco, leader Of
the coast bridges trades and dele
gate to the Chicago convention, is fol
Harding unless Hiram johnson bolts
If Johnson bolts he will follow.
To this list the name of John L
Lewis, leader of the United Mint
Workers, may be added later. He il
Republican and though he has yet t.
express himself, will probably remain
regular unless Cox is named in Sal
Francisco. If that is done he ma!
leave his party, for Cox to the miners
of the middle west is almost a politi
cal idol.
With these exceptions, most of tn
others of prominence who have ex
. pressed themselves lean toward tn
,, Democrats.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25

The Pennington Times was fined
5000 last week, by jury, because of
certain statements published in that
paper some time ago. The statement
was not, it seems, in all respects cor
.ect, due to the source of information.
The Times apologized, and regretted
the mistake more than did any one
else, but the jury gave verdict in
favor of the plaintiff. The Times was
sued for $4,000. 1t seems that it is
becoming more dangerous every day
for the newspapers. If nothing was
ever published excepting what the Ed
itor knew to be true, about half col
umn would hold it all. The public is
living in glorious ignorance of many
things that they would know, if it were
not for the danger of being wrong.
The law should be that an honest and
unintentionaI mistake could be cor
rected, and only those of malicious
nature punished. Might as well try
man for murder when he kills fell
bowman by an accident. We are sat
issfied that the Times editor had no
malice in his heart when he wrote the
unfortunate news item, which latter
proved to be a mistake.-Ironton En-
terprise.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
GARDNER COST HIM $4,000 BET

Sam Hellman, formerly managing
editor of the st. Louis Republic and
now staff correspondent for the Globe
Democrat, will make a trip to Japan
next winter at the expense of AL
Kennedy, wealthy cigar manufacture
er Of St. Louis, as the result of a bet
that Governor Gardner wouldn't file
for the Democratic nomination for
United States Senator in Missouri.
Kennedy bet trip to Japan return
ing by way of London against what
ever Hellman had in his pockets that
Governor Gardner would be a candi-
date and the bet was accepted. On the
showdown and true to the traditions
of the newspaper profession, HeHman
searched his pockets and was able to
produce only $9.75.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
THREE EXCELLENT
PARAGRAPHS

One who reads the advertisements
in the newspapers today will be i'm
pressed with the thought expressed
by large banking institutions. Indus
try and development Of the farms Is
emphasized and the banks are show
ing the close connection between the
average individuals prosperity and
sound Industrial conditions. Bankers
realize that their prosperity depends
on the prosperity of the individual
and industry generally and they are
bending their efforts to help the coun-
try develop along sound lines.
The advertised store gives the peo-
pie news in which the people are IN.
terested. The closer an item OF fact
comes to the personal affairs OF, the
people the more persons are interest
ed in it. There are few items in 6
newspaper that come closer home tt
our daily life than an announcement
that a merchant has lot of goods
which he can offer at an unusually
low price. A well written advertise
ment is always news item. 1t tells
where and for how much. 1t is thu
advertiser who speaks and the reader
who gets the message and it is glat
news for both.
In nearly every town and rura
community there is need for NOR
general recognition Of the principle O
cooperation which, stated in more ia
miliar terms, is but the spirit o
"helping one another" There is neet
for recognizing more fully than w
usually do the fsct that, enc mai
liveth unto himself alone" and tina
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25

JANE, Mo.-oTwenty-eight years ago
l was in very poor health, having
taken the measles when my oldest child
was one month old. My blood was out
OF order and | also had inflammation
of the womanly organs and bladder.
doctored with the best doctor |
knew Of, but gradually grew worse until
l wasn't able to do anything. / heard
of Doctor Pierce's medicines so got
bottle of Golden Medical Discovery
and one of 'Favorite Prescription
and l Immediately commenced to
improve. After taking three bottles
of each was able to do light house,
work and felt like different person
very small expense compared with
what had been paying the doctor.
Since then / have always used these
medicines in my family."- NJ RS.
CHARLES SHANKS.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo.--rI have taken two
walls OF Pleasant Pellets and will say
that thoy are wonderful. | have ia ken
other kinds of pills but must say that
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
finest medicine | have ever taken for
constipation. Also my husband says
that he never saw medicine like
them; they have done him lots Of
good. Mrs. GRACE kENNARD, No. 1911
North Twelfth Street.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATORS
SALE
Estate of Loretta Shaner, Deceased

Notice is hereby given that by viz
ture of an order of the Probate Court
of the County of st. Francois and
State of Missouri, made at the Janu-
airy term, 1920, thereof, and on the
18th day of February, 1920, l, c. |.
Garrett, Administrator of the estate
of Loretta Shaner, deceased, will on
Monday. the 18th Day of July, 1920,
at the south front door of the Court
House in the city of Pennington,
County of st. Francois and State of
Missouri, and during the session of
the Probate Court Of said County of
St. Francois, sell at public auction, all
the interest of Loretta Shaner, de-
ceased, in and to the following de-
scribed real estate situate in the Coun-
ty of St. Francois and State of Mis-
souri,, to-wit:
The south half Of the southwest
quarter and the northeast quarter of
the, southwest quarter of Section Fiji
teen (l5), and the north half of the
northwest quarter of Section Twenty
two (22), all in Township Thirty-siS
1867 north, Range Four (4) east, con-
tanning two hundred (200) acres.
Terms of sale, cash.
c. /. GARRETT, Administrator
of the Estate of Loretta Shaner
deceased.
June II, IS. 25, July 2.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
GUARDIANS NOTICE
OF APPOINTMENT

Notice is hereby given that certi-
iicate Of appointment as guardian of
Siraphin Poirot, an insane person, has
been granted to the undersigned, by
the Probate Court Of st. Francois
County, Missouri, bearing date the
22nd day of May, 1920.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to c. H. Adams for allowance
within one year from the date Of
granting said certificate or they may
be precluded from any benefit of such
estate; and if said claim be not ex-
hibitod within one year from the date
of granting said certificate, they shall
be forever barred.
(SeaD c. II. ADAMS,
Attest: Guardian.
X. c. Weber, Judge of Circuit Court.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25

The people should watch with inter
est what the result will be at Hospital
No. 4. 1t will be noted that arrange
ments were made some time ago to
supply moisture for forty acres of gar
den by that institution. For num-
Der of years, most crops have been a
failure because of the dry weather,
and if nothing can be done, it looks
like farming is a failure. If moisture
could be furnished to the growing
crops in Iron county, we could pro-
duce more than the people need.-Ar-
cadia Valley Enterprise.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
FARMERS ORGANIZE
FOR MARK ETING

The farmers of Phelps, Atchison
county, are interested in shipping
association for handling their grain.
In the last sixteen months these farm
ers have shipped more than 100000
worth of products, which includes six
ty-four cars of wheat and grain, eigh-
ty-for cars of live stock, and eighty
cars of hay. The farmers have hardly
sufficient financial strength to con-
struct an elevator but are going ahead
with this shipping association, which
can be managed at less outlay.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25

When you have stiffness and sore
ness of the muscles, aching joints and
find it difficult to move without pain,
try massaging the affected parts with
Chamberlain's Liniment. 1t will re-
lieve the pain and make rest and sleep
possible. Obtainable everywhere.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25

we all owe duty to society and to
those about US, in the way of helping
to make the town or the community
what it ought to be. Why not ask
ourselves this question: "Are we do
ing all we can for the welfare, adj
vancement and interests of our COM
munity?" And if not, why not ?-Ex.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-06-25
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY

A great opportunity unfolds before
the Democratic party. 1t is at the
same time an opportunity to serve the
nation and an opportunity to increase
its own influence and self-esteem. For