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Taiban Valley news., 1920-04-09
10 MY FRIENDS AND VOT-
ERS OF DEBACA COUNTY.

|
Ihavs recel tly decided to be-
como a candidate fer the office
Of County superintendent q
Schools, subject to the Aotior
of the Democratic Prim aries,
April II. am now Rotivly on.
gagged with my school duties and
| time is short will probably not
be able to ses all tbs voters. i
| was born and reared in the
state OF Texas and oamo
to what is now the cas-.
tern part Of the country ten
yearsago. later took up a home
-stead there was principal Of
the School at Taiban one year
and have had the satisfaction
to have taught the first High
School class in this town which
before and since has been
known for n keen interest in
good schools. Later l came to
F rt Sumner and have been
Superintendent Of the Schools
at this place for the last three
yssrS. / was here when the
schools were first orgsnizsd in.
the new county and l have
taken an interest in the schools
of the county since that time.
l married after coming to New
Mexico and now owu q home
here. l have seen a wonderful
devslopement in this section OF
the conntry andI have learned
that the people are united on
one thing and that is "good
schools" The schools here have
made . great progress and there
is still q greater future ahead il
We all work and cooperate to.
ward that end. If / am elected
to the office of Country Super.
intsndsnt promise to work to
the end that every boy andg irl
in the sonnty will get the best
advantages possible for good
moral training and also q train.
ing that will he valuea BILE
and ussful as citizens Of this
country. ] will be responsible to
no ono but myself and the people
as q whole, and will be in a pos
ition to work impartially for The
interests OF all parts of the
County. WILL APPRECIATE
YOUR SUPPORT.
B. H. Kirk.
Taiban Valley news., 1920-04-09
ITO THE VOTERS OF
DE BACA COUNTY

E. P. (Unols Polk) William,
who Is making the race for Rep
resentAtive from Roosevelt and
Do Baca Counties pas s'd thru
TAlban Wednesday making his
canvass.
Uncle Polk made a record
ra'e IN Roosevelt County Dem
ocratio Primary April 8, having
carried every Precinct in which
ne had time to canvass, from 4
and ten to one, having been in
the race q very short time prior
TO the election, which goes to
show how much the people think
sf this Representative farmer.
Mr. Williams has bssn a resi-.
dent OF Insz, Roosevelt County,
N. M. since the spring Of 1905
and thoroughly understands the
condition OF the taxpayers in
sastsrn New Mexico and will de
vote his time and energy to the
service. He is thoroughly
competent, through practice, to
help his fellow man. He has
the farmers organized in his
community up to the;top notch
in evory phase that is best for
them. They'Eo to him for ad.
vioe and help, knowing that he
is nonest and eonsciencious and
will do what is best fer them an ID
not put himself first.
Mr.. Williams asks the ladies
70 give bis candidacy some con, /,
sideration - hs is heartily in
favsr Of giving the women .
chance TO exercise their splendid
ability.
Taiban Valley news., 1920-04-09
DON'T SPEND BUT SAVE
). E. wsnS

The man who puts every dol
lar ho can save whore he can lay
his hands oa it by and by 10 the
wise chap.
This 10 the time TO soil, not
buy; to cash IN, net speculate,
l asked one OF the biggest fl
nansiors in New York this
week what investment he con-
sidSred perfectly safe. His an
swsr was: There amt no such
animal"
Every once in q while some
ons In high financial circles
issues a stat tSmSnt that n great
era of prosperity is At hand.
Don't you believe 1t. Thst kind
Of talk 10 hoax-And . cruel
hoax when it lOads people to
speculate who can't afford to
lose.
There isn't . we'll Informed man
CoA'td 10 eOl,'c page 2
Taiban Valley news., 1920-04-09
TO THE VOTERS OF DE
BACA COUNTY.

y6A0A W. ~ 4 4
thereby further announce my
candidacy for the nomination
for reelection. as County Clerk
OF De Baca County, subject to
the aotlon OF the Democratic
Primaries TO be held on the 18th
of this month.
As an official OF this county,
it h as, at all times, beon my
purpose to render the county
the very beat service possible,
and>to conduct the affairs OF my
sffioe in q business like and
commercial manner and upon
my record 90 an officer, l am
respectfully asking the support
OF the voters, both men and won
en-. at the coming election and
shall appreciate their support
and will in return continue to
conduct the affairs of this offics
as ha We in the past, to the best
introst OF the people OF the CO.
unity,
Respectfully;
J. E. Ovens.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
earses Ready TO Transport

New York. Jan. 2-Scores of barges
were moored along the New Jersey
shores opposite this city tonight to
transport to Ellis island the Radicals
rounded up by Federal agents in
the New Jersey district The prison.
ers will be placed aboard the barges
in the morning and transported to
the island
Aided by 200 policemen. federal
agents rounded up several hundred
alleged reds" in Jersey City.
In all 410 warrants were issued for
Radicals in Hudson and Bergen
county districts, but most Of the men
were taken III the lower section OF
Jersey City where they lived. There
were about $50 men sought in Bay
oni1e. According to the federal agents
more than 1000 active Communists
have been enrolled In New Jersey
since last September.
Raids also were carried out in
New Brunswick. Elizabeth, Pater-
son and South River. Passaic, Plain
field, Dover and Bayonne. All the
prisoners were sent to Newark for
the night.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03

eral Of them shone individually it
was plainly evident that the boys
had not played together. But the
game last evening showed one thing.
that there is material for winning
basketball team in the school anu
from past experiences il Coach
Thompson has any material at all to
work with he viii develop a win.
ming outfit.
The Alumni was composed Of star
players such az Toas and Hill. part OF
last years State championship outfit;
Phi McGoeldrck. who played an all
star game at back a couple Of years
ago: ''Cy" Thyng. who represented the
red and white. three -,easons ago, and
Froberger. who played forward on the
outfit the same season. McGouldrick
had a sure eye for baskets. netting an
even dozen. while Hill when he got GO
ing came through with six pretty ones,
For Cony. Eewins and Benn seemed
the best basket meters. Hewins after
a bit more experience should make one
Of the best basket METERS in this SEC
ton. while Benn is d good mixer and
has an eye for the basket. Plummer
also Is fast and chen the season ad-
vances should round into form
Cony's first scheduled game will take
place Friday evening. January 9, when
they meet the strong Edward Little
High team in Assembly hall
CONY. ALUMNI.
Benn, # ............... ID, McGouldrick
Gray. Hewjns, II ............ RIB, Toas
Poor, Pierce, ............... c, Thyng
Holloway. P!uYfmer, rb....lf, F. Hill
Beal. Thomas, lb......rf. Froberger
Score-Alumni 80. Cony d. Goals from,
foor-Hewins 3. Benn ), PIummer 3, F.
Hill s. P. McGoulds:ck IL, Gray, Toas.
Froberger, Poor. Goal from foui-Hil!.
Referee. Abbott. Timer, Hunnewe.l
Scorer. Young. Time, two 3m. periods.
Attendance. 80
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
AUGUSTA GARAGE
MEN WANTED
IN ASSOCIATION

A committee has been appointst
consisting of Ansel Smith of Fair
field. =. r. Blaisdell Of Oakland
F. Hill and Ira Belyea of this city
to prepare bylaws and other reg
lations for the Central Maine Aut-
motive association. which va
FORMED in this city Thursday n;ss
It is also proposed to invite the n.
gusta garages to come into the ass
citation as there arc few garages Il
that city and they would benefit T.
belonging to the larger orEaa.is
ton. There were no representa,!NS
present Thursday evening from Al.
gusta but they will probably Join .
the near future.
At the next meeting there Wi. Ii
a speaker. probably one of the bl-
tir manufacturers from a large ci':
and there will also be music and AZ
Inc name of the association. "Au-
tomotive' covers all kinds Of We
nicies on earth. water or in the ar
ina. are propelled by motive pcwA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
Berger Speaks
at Hub in Face
.LegiOn's Warnings

session, Jan. Victor L. Bergc-.
eoc'ahst Congressman ELECT of Wis
cons'n. gave an address here tonight
aiter those In charge of the meeting
nAo oeen warned by the state con-
vention Of the American Legion that
any un-American" statements might
nave serious consequences" Many
former service men attended the
.nee'ing and there were numerous in
.erroptions. but there was no actua!
disorder.
His reference to the $4,000 voters
VINO sent men to Congress" brought a
cry OF you mean $4,000 Germans"
! never expect to be a Bolsh,-
''st' ne said. ITS none OF our bust
ness what kind Of government Rus
STA has"
= number OF policemen and agents
oI the Federal Department Of JUS
tee were in the audience
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03

includes questions Of normally, hear
ing and vision
In brief the mental examination
nav indicate the mental status Of a
child as regards his intelligence, ais
ate Of development at the time his
trre Of mentality and may provide
n.rt Of. the data needed to determine
how he should be treated and wha;
nav reasonably be expected Of him
nnder given conditions.
The gentlemen present indicated
their pleasure at hearing the talk CIV
en- by DR.. Knight and the fund D.
knowledge that he had impaired
T7,ose who attended were:
Supt. W. H F4tten. watervi.le;
supt. L. A. Ross, Gardiner: J. ".
Taylor. State inspector Of high
schools; Harold L. Pride and Leon L.
Williams Of Augusta: Drew T. Harth
crn. principal Of Coburn, Watervile
Robert E. Owen. principal Of Oak
Grove Seminary; Harvey S. Doe.
oak Grove; Thomas c. Chaffee. prin-
cipal Gardiner high school; H. /.
Horn. principal Richmond high
school; J. o. Newton, principal Kent =
Hill seminary: F. G. Davis. Augusta :,
Supt. r. j. Cakes Of Readdeld.
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CITY'S APPRAISAL COMMITTEE
NAMES AMOUNT FOR CONDEMNED
LAND IN FORT WESTERN PROJECT

buildings on the old Fort lot was
added $3.50, making a total CT 1880.
No addition was made to the old Fort
lot No addition was made on the
lot on the west side OF Bowman
street, But $500 was added 70 the
buildings thereon. making total OF
$500 The sum Of 500 was assessed
as a fair value for the table OF
George A. Bryant
The mai total reaches sssi5-2. being
s175o for the old Fort lot. sl5e for the
buildings thereon, Ei1s-0 for the land
on the west side Of Bowman street and
500 for the buildings thereon. which
together with the 500 assessed for the
stable Of George Bryant reaches n
grand total OF S.s.5.3.
Attorney Walter A SanborD aopeare
for George. A Bryant, who owns the
stable ard adjoining buildings on the
west side Of Bowman street Attorney
sanborn stated that his client under
stood that the city officials condemned
the land on which he is located but
did not condemn the buildings thereon.
That being the case. Mr.. Bryant having
been in business for "a years. asked fcr
damages In proportion to the losing o.
his business as he vii! incur the loss
Of moving his buildings Or the dispos-
ing Of them in some way
The land in question assessed by the
municipal officers does not include the
Riverside hotel property and is bound
ed and described as follows. to wit: A
certain lot o. land situate IN Augusta,
On the east side OF Bowman street
known as the "Old Fort Lot" with
the buildings thereon, bounded weste--
~ by said Bowman street: northerly.
eas.erly and southeriy by land of the
Augusta Development Co.: also ere 9TH
er certain lot OF land situate in said
Augusta bounded southery by the south
line Of Williams street extended to the
Kennebec river: westerly by the Ken
nebec river; northerlv oy a lire parallel
with the south lire =. Williams street
extended to the keunebec river and
distant Is feet souther.y from the south
end Of the Riverside hue! building and
easterly by Bowman street.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
AUGUSTA LOCALS
BOY SCOUT BANQUET
VERY ENJOYABLE AFFAIR

1t was a pleasant sight at the ~
building Friday evening to see 50 or
more Boy Scouts Of Troop No. 8
seated at the banquet table with
their fathers, whom they were enter
tanning for the evening as their
guests at an old fashioned baked
bean supper. Hon. George Z. Ma
comber, who was the guest OF his
grandson, Scout Howard BodweiL
and Hon. Frank G. harrington who
was the guest of his son Frank. en-
tered into the spirit Of the occasion
along with the ether men who were
present and were boys once again
for the evening.
All Of the food for the supper was
donated by the boys themselves and
was arranged lastly on the long
banquet table by Maurice Tapley,
superintendent of the building. Mr..
Tapley is a new employe at the big
building, but the boys have found out
that he il a first class chef and as he
is a lover Of boys himself he Is an
unusually popular man when the
word eats" is mentioned. Baked
beans made p the larger part OF the
menu. but the bountiful supply OF
cakes, pies, and other sweets soon
disappeared as they had been baked
especially for boys by the mothers
Il. home who know what boy likes.
There were just 43 seated at the
long table and Rev. E. S. Philbrook.
scoutmaster. who was seated at the
head OF the table. acted as presiding
officer. After explaining to the
gathering what the scourt organiza-
ton aimed to do. he called upon
various guests Tor remarks and the
following responded with appropri-
ate remarks: Hon. Frank G. Farr1ng-
ton, E. p. Hewett, George a. Merrill.
William Black. Frank Condor, A. ].
Handy, and F. P. Gray.
Mr.. Philbrook announced that in
the future the troop would meet ev-
cry other week in place Of each
week. At the conclusion Of the gath
ering a vote Of thanks was extended
to Maurice Tapley. Beulah Stiles.
and Annie Stiles for their services
in helping serve the banquet.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03

Notwithstanding the fact that no
one appeared for the owners Of the
land in the Fort Western park pro-
ject, during . meeting Of the mu-
nicipaI officers. held Friday evening
in City hail for the purpose of esti-
mating damages to be paid to each
owner Of the lots. the appraisal COM
mittee, in a spirit Of fairness to the
owners. named An amount which was
considered much in excess Of the
true value of the land in question,
and the municipal officers assessed a
stiil larger amount. being DESTROYS
that no question Of unfairness might
be raised BY the property owners
George A. Nacomber. one Of the
appraisal committee. based the esti-
mates of that committee on the rel
atives values of the land adjacent
to the property under discussion and
in each case the adjacent land show
ed lower estimated price than the
amount assessed for the property in
question. clearly showing that the
liberal amount named by the COM
mittee was in excess Of the true val
ne of the property.
Much comment was caused by the
non appearance Of the owners OF the
land, which led to the speculation as
70 whether the latter would appeal to
a higher court.
A semi-of,icial board Of appraisers,
consisting Of George E. Macomber,
Charles s. Hichborn and E. E. New
bert, Assisting the municipal officers.
each separately assessed the proper
~ under discussion and arrived at
the following estimated damages to
be paid: For the old Fort lot. CSC
Per square foot. which totals to 1880.
For the building on the Old Fort lot.
$1,000. For the lot. on the west side
Of Bowman street. 15c per square
foot, which totals to s3l15.2o. For
the buildings thereon. $500. Grand
total ss525.20. not including the sta
bic Of George A. Bryant.
After the report of the appraisers
was read the Board Of Aldermen met
and added the following amounts.
which were read and passed: To the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-03
ISL at Nashua, N, ~.

Nashua, n. H.. Jan. 2-One hun
dred and fifty alleged radicals were
arrested in raid on a hall here to-
night. Among them were % women.
The meeting was conducted by the
Communist party and all in the hall
were taken into custody. The prin-
cipal scheduled speaker, however,
did not appear. as the authorities
said he had been arrested before
reaching the city. The chairman of
the local party organization left the
hall just before the raid occurred. He
was arrested in a running chase. The
women upon arriving at police head
quarters. sang Russian songs and
My Country 'Tis Of Thee"
The arrests here totalled ISL, it
was announced late tonight. All of
the women arrested were permitted
TO 60 to their homes after being
questioned. except two who we're
placed in cells.
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ALIEN PLOTTERS
Continued from PAGE Ons)

and encouraged to ridicule all religious
beliefs. Evidence was introduced be-
fore the Lusk committee. which for
months has been investigating sedi-
tious activities in New York state to
show that a close connected existed
between the Americas Communist or
ganization and the bureau maintained
in New York City by a.udwig c. A. X.
Martens, the self-styled ambassador OF
Soviet Russia The growth Of the prop
aganda spread by the Communists in
the United States was intimated by
documents showing that they were set
ting forth their principles, being dis
tr1buted throughout the country at the
rate of 30.1O to oO,oOO daily.
The intimation that radical &C.
tivity in this country had reached
the stage Of open violence came on
May Day CT last year when the ma
ton was shocked by the discovery
Of plot to assissinate more than 4
score Of high government officials
and prominent officials
The first int!mation of this con-
spirac was first brought to light
when dynamite bombs were found in
the mails Of the New York postofice.
In the meantime a warning twas
sent broadcast and other bombs
were seized in various postoffices
throughout the country. Several of
the internal machines reached their
destination. but with. one exception
failed to explode or do damage.
The bombs were addressed to
many cabinet and government Off
Gals and prominent citizens includ-
Ing: Attorney General Palmer,
Postmaster General Burleson, Fed
eral Judge Lands Of Chicago: Sec
rotary of Labor Wilson, John D.
Rockefeller. J. P. Morgan, L. S.
Commissioner Of immigration Cam
minetti, NJ. w. Woods. Boston, Gov.
Sproul Of Pennsylvania. John L.
Burnett, chairman OF the House I'm
migration committee and w. J.
Schaeffer, Attorney General Of Penn.
sylvania.
One Of the Internal machines
which was sent to Senator Thomas
Hardwick Of Georgia. when opened
at the senator's home. exploded AM
blew the hands pr a negro maid
and injured Mrs. Hardwick.
All the bombs found at this time
were cieverly concealed in small
collapsible boxes and were wrapped
with paper. which bore the forged
name Of Gimbel Brothers. They
were commonly known at this time
as the "Gimbel Bombs"
Following the discovery of these
bombs the police of the various cit
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50 corraIIed at vSoreester

Worcester, Mass, Jan. 2-More than
50 radicals were reported to have been
arrested at the county Jail at 1870 to-
night. following raids by agents Of the
department Of justice and state police
officers.
At the Jail it was said at mid
night the examination Of the men
would not be finished before morn
ing and that no information would
be given. About IS were taken to
the jail. Some of these were releas-
ed after examination and the rest
held as suspicious persons, pending
the arrival Of federal warrants.
Fifty men and women were held
after a raid on the headquarters Of
the Finnish Workingmen's associa-
ton. When the officers entered the
hall melting of SO persons was Just
being dismissed. All who could
prove their American citizenship
were permitted to leave and the
others were marched to the worces-
ter county jail. The meeting had
been advertised widely and it was
said that Jim Larkin would be the
principal speaker. He did not ap-
pear and Mrs. Ella Reeve Bloor of
Boston, introduced as an organizer
for the machinists' union spoke in
his stead. She was not arrested.
After being searched at the Jail.
those arrested were Individually
questioned by officers Of the depart.
ment OF justice. The federal officers
gave the local police warrants for
the arrested Of several persons not
taken into custody and additional
arrests were expected during the
night.
A raid on the Socialists headouar-
tiers, earlier In the evening, netted 2
large quantity Of literature but no
arrests were made.
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rscts the workers struggle against
capitalism. developing fuller forms
forms and purpoSes in this struggle
eliminating in the mass action on
the revolution"
In connection with the announce
ment of teh raids tonight Attorney
General Palmer made public a let
ter which he had written to Aaclay
Hoyne, states attorney for Cook
county at Chicago in which NJ.
Hoyne was requested to defer the
local raid conducted there last night
Mr.. Palmer explained in his letter
that the department. OF justice had
planned q nationwide campaign
against the same people which were
to be raided by Mr. Hoyne's agents
in Chicago. Department onicials said
they were without information as to
why the Chicago raid went through
last night when Mr.. Hoyne had full
information as to the plans Of fed
eral agents to do the same work to-
night
Advance information on the activ-
tiles Of the Communist party re-
vealed that its emissaries were in
many cities. boring into labor organ
i1ations which hitherto have been
noted for their conservatism. Liter
allure obtained by Federal agents
made it apparent that the Commun-
ist leaders were concentrating on
plans to obtain control Of WELL
founded labor groups. Through this
method they were to exert their pow
er politically and to put forward can
didates which could be regarded by
government officials as nothing more
than destructive elements within the
present government.
The communist labor group is said
to have directed its propaganda
among the roreign element of cit-
zenry. From several sources, fed
eral agents secured information that
the communist labor party was ap-
pealing to the foreign workers with
the argument that the present gov
eminent was unfriendly to them and
that their rights never would be re-
spected by the appointed authorities.
The insertion of the word labor"
in the name Of this party was re-
garded by officials as only a subter-
fugG the leaders realizing that it.
would lend strength to their argu-
ment among foreigners.
Assistant Attorney General Gar.
van expressed the opinion that the
leaders OF the two parties had a
working agreement" and planned
eventually to bring all the radicals
under one communist party and
thereby amsss enough strength to
upset the constituted government
Officials are working on the theory
that a higher power is directing the
work of both organizations and that
the leaders who are behind this d.
recting hand only recently have
come to this country from Russia
This belief. they said. was supporte
by evidence gathered by representa- .
tiyes of this and the allied govern
ments in the heart Of Soviet Russia.
1t Isl known that agents OF the al
lied nations have been working
nearly two years among the follow
ers of Lenine and Trotzky and their
efforts have resulted in connecting
links in the chain of Soviet propa-
ganda in this country and the Soyie.
leaders in Russia
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Raids in II Conn. Cities

Hartford. CT. Jan. 2-Raids on the
headquarters OF alleged Radicals
were made tonight simultaneously in
II cities and towns in the federal dis
trict comprising the state of Connec-
ticut and reports at an early hour
showed that many arrests had been
made. Twelve men were taken in
Ansonia while South Manchester and
Meriden reported half a dozen arrests
between them. In this city, Bridge
port and New Haven. extensive
search was made and many Reds"
are expected to be arrested.