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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07
"PARABI u OF. A PRODIGAL
. FATHER,

a certain man had two sons, and
the younger of them said to hia
father; Father, give me the por-
ton of thy time. and thy atGnoin,
and thy companionship,, and thy
counsel which fa1leth to me-" Aud
he divided unto them his living. in
that he paid the boys bills, and
sent him to select preparatory
school, and to dancing school, and
to college, and tried to believe that
he was doing his full duty by the
boys.
! And not many days after the
father. gathered all his interests and
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07
CAP FITS MANY.

The Roswell News, as a result of
publication few days ago of a
tabulated statement by the State
Tax commission, showing that in
many counties. including Chaves.
assessment of property sold is on
a basis far below selling prices,
has an editorial which is well
worthy of consideration all over
the state. Similar comment from
any newspaper outside of Chaves
county7-which is not, perhaps, the
worst offender might have
brought resentment and charges
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

The district court Of Jackson
county. Missouri has ordered the
county Jail closed because prohibi-
ton has made it we'll nigh useless.
The average number of inmates
was so in the good old days." be-
fore men were denied personal
liberty" and libations through "fa-
matte legislation" Isn't it a shame?
Think of the taxpayers money of
which the sheriff and jailer are
robbed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07
Tndar,s Anniversaries.

1791-Goold Brown, the most Cele-
brated of American gram
marans, born at Providence
r, /. Died at Lynn, Mass,
March 81. 1857.
1S09-Francis Blanchard, who
made the first successful
balloon ascension in Ameri-
ca, died in Paris. Born in
1853.
1S45-Several lives We're lost in
the sinking of the Hudson
r river steamer Swallow"
1S70-Alamance county. Alabama,
was proclaimed in a state Of
insurreCtiOn on account of
the Ku-KluX.
1904-Duke of Cambridge, former
commander in chief of the
British army, died. Born in
as. Hanover, March 26, 1919.
1913.--The lower house of the
Hungarian parliament pass.
ed n suffrage reform bill by
which a large number Of
women were to be enfran-
chised.
1916-Persia's first railway was.
opened to traffic.
1917-The Irish nationalist in the,
British house Of commons.
called for the immediate APP
plication of the Home Rule
law
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

Prohibition by regular enact
ment is now a part of the supreme
law of the land. 1t is the duty of
officials, both federal and state, to
enforce II without fear or favor
and it is equally the duty of every
citizen to uphold the officials by
all means within his power.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07
MISTRESS MARCH.
Mistress March, with hair a-blow-
inn

Mistress March, with hair a-blow-
ing,
What have you for springtime
showing?
Pussywillows, Crocus, too;
Skies of ragged gray and blue;
Ice a-tinkle, water flowing,
Roots astir and buds agrowing,
Bursting seeds of last years sowing
These and more I'll show to you.
Mistress March, pray tell me truly,
Why your winds are so unruly,
They must sweep the earth and
sky
Free of winter as they fly.
And the clouds must weep unduly
'Tis that earth may burgeon newly,
'Tis that violets shall bluely
Blossom for YOU by. and by.
Edna Kingsley Wallace.
An airship has 10000 parts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

Reported defiance of federal au-
thorities. seeking to enforce the
prohibition law. by officials of an
obscure Michigan county, is now
seen to have been about as awe
inspiring as a four-year-old boy
shaking his fist at Jack Dempsey.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

People are ready to act intelli-
gently only when fairly we'll in
formed on the issues involved. That
information is not gathered Just
before election from flaming cam
paign circulars or selfish appeals.
1t is gathered by newspaper read
ers in the quiet of their homes and
their action is what finally counts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

neighbor to give another but patti
ence ceases to be a virtue one-half
of split second after it fails to
work.
This is a fairy tale, of course.
And the moral is that there are
more, than several ways to handle
the Mexican situation.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07
One Year Ago Today,

A number of Canadian soldiers
were killed in riots at Camp Kim
mel, in Wales.
Germans refused to hand their.
merchant fleet over to the allies
until guaranteed food supplies.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

A railroad engineer has humor-
ously observed that the bolshevists
imagine that by charging the size
of the back wheel of a car. they
can make it catch up with the
front wheel.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

Since the above comment was
written the Chaves county COM
missioners have taken commend
able action to remedy taxation
matters. Upon motion of j. w.
Mullens of the board resolution
has been passed asking that the
state tax commission and the Ros-
well city council join the county
board in creating a commission OF
three members; one to be appoint
ed by each of the three bodies, for
the purpose of securing informa-
ton as to valuations of improve
ments in real estate and submitting
a detailed, report to the three ap-.
pointive bodies. with the view of
adjusting and equalizing valuations
for taxation, removing discrepen-
cies in assessed values and such
other action as may be agreed.
upon. One-third of the incurred
expense is to be borne by each of
the three boards. ..-..
The county board declared that,
it is practically impossible under,
existing regulations to determine
an equitable valuation of real es-,
tate and improvements. The board
also asserted that it believed every.
fair minded taxpayer would well
come some system whereby valua-'
lions of this class of property may
be equitably assessed for taxation,
and that assessment may be based
upon information secured through
responsible and unbiased sources.
and to the end that such informa-
ton may be unbiased and free
from any imaginary valuation be-
cause of hoped for booms or specu-
lation in oil or other embryo.
Industries.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07

that criticism was made for local
or political reasons. But being
home comment the confession
ought to have some effect in mod
flying bad habit about which
many people do not think serious
ly. The assertions do not relate
to Sinking by landowners only.
Here is the statement Of condi-
lions in one of the richest counties,
with as fine lot of people as that
of any part of the country:
The regular session Of the legis
lature is going to have a good deai
to attend to In course, and it is a
good thing 10 be left as clear to do
them as possible. For example,
Their is the big problem or reform
in the assessment laws. II you
doubt the need of this take an hour
or SO in looking over the figures
in the office of the assessor of
Chaves county. 1t will be perfectly
plain TO you that tax lodging is a
popular sport and that there should
be some effective and proper way
of enforcing honest renditlons. Not
one man in ten is honest in this
particular. All of the rest of them
commit perjury when they sign the
rolls. Ii is no excuse to say that
the popularity of the offense rem
ders il a general misdemeanor rath-
er than a crime. ri
Tho &c NOT hinu wrong with the
present system, except that ii is all
wrong. The honesty of the tax
payers should not be tested-they
should not be exposed to tempta-
ton. All real property should be
valued by men who know the game
and who have the backbone to play
it, If this can not be done, then
there should be a system of tax
sleuthing, such as has practically
straightened the matter out in Illi-
nois. In the Sucker state, people
know that if they lie about their
holdings they will certainly be
caught and penalized- They don't
lie, simply because it pays to tell
the truth. We need something like
that in New Mexico, even in the
imperial domain Of ChaVes--and
we need it badly.
All the guilty counties are not IN
the south, nor does race prepond-
erance and political olassifications
seem to have anything to do with
laxness or sidestepping. Counties
with a majorities of natives and
counties where are few of them are
among the extreme examples.
Some OF the counties are the sites
of state institutions that receive
large appropriation for expendi-
ture in local circles, but are tax
dodgers just the same.
Take three counties in the south,
much alike in their interests, all
with irrigated, highly improved
lands. Chaves county realty trans
fers investigated were assessed at
but AZ per cent of the sales prices;
Eddy at So per cent; Dona Ana at
SO per cent.
Then take a group of three
northern counties; Bernalillo as
sessment on similar transfers was
70 per cent of sales figures; San
Miguel 95 per cent; Santa Fe rs
per cent. .-
Six scattered counties assessed
percentages below 40 per cent and.
the whole average for the state was
Sc per cent assessed valuation COM
pared with the actual values real
lied in over 5000 realty sales.
These counties are Guadalupe, Lin
coin, Luna, Sierra, Socorro and
Union.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-07
SOME "CUT ms"
by Cutinsky.

vice President Marshall in Ari-
IONA for Rest" is news headline.
From what?
Wild cat oil companies do a good
deal of fishing, not always for lost
tools, either. There is considera-
lbe fishing on dry land, but the
crop is becoming more cautious
than at the beginning of the sea-
son,
The Roswell News refers to a
banquet for the Wool Growers as
ISOLATION as the sheep feed"
Well, it is cheap feed at fifty
cents per plate. but a safe bet is
that there is no mutton served,
and no sheep dip" or any dip
will be on the banquet board, eX-
cept artesian water.
For the love of Mike" writes
John Joerns, the busy secretary of
the State Tax commission, spell
my name as it is on the enclosed
carGt-not Joergens.' All right;
reformed spelling saves costly
white paper.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16
RECENT CHAUTAUOUA
WAS UNSUCCESSFUL

The three days engagement of the
Radcliffe Chautauqua, which closed
here Saturday night, was rather dis
appointing to the citizens who guar
anteed the funds sufficient to bring
the concern here, and to those who
attended as well. The receipts fell
considerably below the amount neces-
sary to secure the attraction and
therefore necessiciated the putting up
of private funds to make up the de-
ficit.
Some numbers on the pro-
gram were excellent and well-render-
ed while others were pronounced very
common and in so far as high class
entertainment was concerned, were
rather Disappointing. Hal thG pro-
gran, promised and expected ;eeh Civ
en- in a highly creditable mauler in
all probability the tent could not
have contained the audience both
Saturday afternoon and night in
stead only small number attended.
When contracts for this character
of entertainments are made, the
Chautauqua people should be obli-
gated to do something other than to
send out individuals or companies to
merely fill the holes in the program.
If they wish TO succeed and make re-
turn engagements they should endea-
vor to exceed their promises or at
least measure up to expectations.
Two disappointments successfully,
In the character of entertainments
given and also from a financial stand
point as well. Will in all probability
cause the business men of this town
to play shy of the Radcliffe or any
other Chautauqua during the coming
year, and perhaps for several to
come.
We would not do anyone an in
justice, knowingly, but in thus ex-
pressing our honest opinion, we feel
that we but voice the sentiment of an
overwhelming majority of those who
attended one or more meetings held
here by the Radcliffe people and sim
cerely regret that true report could
not be a booster article instead vf
otherwise.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16
KAISER'S WEALTH
CAUSING WORRY
Attempt To Divert Funds
To Benefit OF War
Orphans.

Berlin, June S.--A great topic of
discussion in parliamentary circles is
the fate of the ex-Kaiser's millions.
The Nationalist assert that it would
indicate fear If the money were not
handed over. The Socialists, on the
other hand, repeatedly suggest that
the greater part of the ex-Emperor's
fortune should go to the widows and
orphans of the war.
Let the Hohenzollern family earn
their living by the sweat of their
brow" they say. Every Hohenzol-
lern is taught a trade"
A new feature is added co the dis
pute every day. Palace, plate. linen.
jewelry and forty castles in'the coun-
try are involved AT a recent sale
property belonging to the ex-Kaiser
realized more than $1O,0O0,00O, and
it is estimated that the remaining
property of the Hohenzollerns in Ber-
lin alone amounC5 to 100000. 300
marks (nominally s50,o0@.)OO).
This belongs to me-" says the ex-
Kaiser, in effect. at belongs to the
state" thunder the Socialists; and as
soon as the ownership of, say, the
palace linen is settled, another little
matter crops up involved about $780,
900 worth Of china.
When the ex Kaiser's Rfaat-grand-
father Frederick William III, died he
left not more than 100000 year in
trust for the Hohenzollerns. During
his lifetime he managed to rub along
on $1.5O0. 200 a year, which is con-
siderably less than half the sum his
great-grandson received as king of
russia.
The ex-Kaiser was VIGOROUSLY ex-
travagant. He began on a salary"
of s4,OO0,000, in addition to which
there was the 100000 a year from
the great-grandfather's trust fund.
His private income amounted to ST.
100000, and shortly before the war
the Reichstag favored him with fur
Their sum which brought his yearly
income well above a million sterling.
When the ex-Kaiser's lawyers first
their clients claims to the
Reichstag the demands made were
partly recognized. Since then the So
cialist party has accused the ex-
Kaiser of wishing to embarrass the
state, and has raised the ,ques-
tion of the origin of the millions of
marks which the fallen ruler claims
TO be his.
A bill is shortly to be brought up in
the Reichstag, but, in face of the So
eialist party's question: where do
the ex-Kaiser's millions come from?"
its fate is in the balance.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16
WOOD STRONG FOR
SENATOR HARDING
Progressives And Real Pro-
gress To Play
Big Part

Chicago, July 12-Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood. in statement today, de-
clared that he heartily indorsed the
nominees of the Republican party.
understanding that the progressive
elements of the party are to be
brought into the campaign and given
full representation and participation "
THE party can win thru united eff
fort and such clear and explicit de-
claration of program as will bring
the large, Independent vote to its ac-
tive support" the statement said.
General Wood, who conferred with
Senator Harding at Marion, O., last
week, defined what he considered
necessary points in a progressive
policy" and declared the party could
not win by destructive criticism.
Policy Forward Looking.
''The party's policy must be for
ward looking and constructive" the
statement said, lone which, whiIs
recognizing Americas responsibilities
as the leading nation OF the world.
will guarantee her freedom from
foreign control and class domination;
one which will safeguard our tradi.
tional policies at home and abroad;
one which will complete the enfran-
chisement of women; which will
stand against all forces and influences
tending to break down morality, the
physical well being or the solidarity
of our people.
ut must be a policy which will
strive for n speedy return to peace
basis, TO government under the con-
stitution; for economy, efficiency, re-
vision of war taxation; for strong
but conservative foreign plicy, pol
icy which will protect American lives
and rights abroad; for the building
up and protection of our agriculture
and industries; for industrial justice
based upon the square, human hand
ling of the issues between labor and
capital, remembering that labor is
neither a commodity nor a shattel.
Must Defend Nation.
at must be for the improvement of
public education; for a highly eff
cient army and navy, always ready
the product of truly American poll
cy of national defense; for the build
ing up of a merchant marine and a
sound foreign commercial policy; for
the careful supervision of our immi-
grafton and the systematic American
ization of those who are accepted:
for the strengthening of the sense OF
obligation at ali times. and
the adherence of these fundamental
principles and policies on which the
and permanency of our gov
eminent depends.
I'm short, government of the peo-
pie, under a clean-cut, progressive
policy, meeting and dealing with the
great issues of the present frank,
and courageously with a view to solv-
ing rather than avoiding thief"
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16
VILLA TO RESUME
REIGN OF TERROR

Ell Pasco, Tex, July 10-Francisco
Villa, the Mexican bandit and revo-
lutionist, sent word to the border to-
day by one of his agents that rejec-
ton of his terms by the new Govern
ment would cause him to start a new
reign of terror in Northern Mexico
villa, it was said, has discontinued
his operations until July Is as the
result of an armistice arranged in
negotiations last week.
The agent said villa had received
renewed pledges of support from 9TH
err revolutionists, who were against
the, Carranza Government and now
are either actively at war or plan
ming campaigns against the De la
Huerta regime. All of these leaders
were declared opposed to the 1917
Constitution, and will seek to have
a Government set up in Mexico tina.
viii restore the Constitution of 1857
An American returning to the Dor
der from a trip through Mexico sail
today there is a wide undercurrent of
dissatisfaction in Mexico, and that
former Mexican Federal officers
ousted by the new regime are Great
ing dissension.
Southern Mexico leaders, he said,
are particularly bitter because they
declare most of the Government agen-
cies have been filled by Sonorans
Mexico City itself, he said, is filled
with 10000 soldiers, principally
Yaqui and Mayo Indians.
They were taken there by Gen. p.
Elias Gales, Minister of War and
Marine, and these have supplanted
Il other soldiers in the capital wheJh-
er former Federal or troops of other
leaders in the recent revolution.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16
5000 JAILED IN
STACKER DRIVE
Fourth Of Evaders Joined
Army 1t Is
Learned

Washington, July t0-Five thou
sand draft-evaders have beer con-
victed in Federal Courts and given
sentences of from thirty days tn one
year in prison, according to roports
compiled told.' at the Departurr. OF
Justice. TLlty thousand cases re-
iNain to be Investigated, but officials
said today that rapid prog -ess was
being made in rounding up the de-
linqucn's
The figures, it was explained, do
not include cases of persons who
were called in the draft and deserted,
as such cases are handled by the mill
tary authorities.
So far approximately $4,000 cases
of delinquents-men who succeeded
in avoiding actual entrance int the
service-have been investigated by
the department out of total of 3lS.-
IA reporta /. The resul. of the in
YcsiigaTon ehow about 1000 cases
~ failure IL register and an equal
number of missionaries.
About 2j per cent of the men list
ed as ceiin1aents were found by the
departments agents to hss enlisted
in the American or Allied armies
without the knowledge OF their local
boards.
About 40 per cent of the draft
dodgers are accounted for by the de-
partment on the score of the floating
population with no permanent homes
and some 20 per cent are considered
as nonwillful delinquents who failed
to perform their duty through ignor-
ance.
The latter is made up of cripples
and willful delinquents who inten-
ttoEally avoided service.
Careful attention Is being given
false QUESTIONABLE returns, officials
declared, as we'll as cases where
wealthy men bought farms before
the call came and obtained deferred
on the ground of NEG
essary industry.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16
FINANCIAL HISTORY
is BEING REPEATED
(By Edward N. Dingley.)

1t is singular, but historically true,
that the nations interests always
have been bad at the close of a De-
mocratic administration.
1t was so when Buchanan went out
of office in 1851.
The treasury was empty, discomfort
was widespread and national dissolu-
tion was near.
The Republican party saved the re-
public, restored the national credit
and set the country on its feet eco
nomically, financially and Industrial
ly.
The same thing was repeated in
1889, when Cleveland retired after
his first term.
The industrial and commercial con-
fidence, long back of the nation, dis
appeared. Business was alarmed
over Democratic tariff reform"
Imports increased, domestic indus
tries Jagged, men and women were
out of employment The public debt
increased. The federal treasury was
in bad way.
Confidence was restored by the
election of Republican President in
1888.
Again the pendulum swung back t.
Democracy, and in 1892 Democratic
President was elected, with the usual
result. After four more years of
Democratic trial, the country was in
a bad way financially and Industrial
ly
In the year 1886, the federal
treasury was practically empty, and
the governments Democratic adj
ministration-was Obliged to issue
bonds in a time of peace to obtain
sufficient funds to pay the ordinary
expenses of the government.
Domestic industries Jagged, SOUP
houses prevailed, men and women
were thrown out of employment.
There was an industrial and economic
panic. Why? Because the business
interests-which includes the small
as well as the large interests, the
manufacturer, the wholesaler and the
no confidence in the
Democratic administration.
The nation was literally rescued
from bankruptcy by the election Of |
a Republican President and a Re
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-07-16

publican Congress.
After 1879, sufficient funds flow
ed into the public treasury to NEE.
expenses. The debt increased by the
Democrats was decreased by the Re-
publicans, and would have been WHIP
ed out in two or three years had il
not been for the war with Spain in
1898.
Again in 1920, the nation is in a
bad way financially, economically and
industrially. Never before was there
so much discomfort as today. A note
of warning has been sounded. The
times are perilous. The cause can be
traced back to Democratic admins
trations, Democratic methods of gov
eminent, Democratic waste and ex-
travagance.
What is the remedy? A complete
restoration of confidence by restora-
ton OF the Renahiicsrs to power in
both the executive and legislative
branches of the government.
The Democratic administration, by
its policy. has encouraged disturbing
and disintegra.iug elements. 1t has
let loose dangerous forces. 1t has
baited the political hook with poison
Gus doctrines and caught My inter-
nationa. monsters.
Again The nation will be saved
from lis present peril Ly the election
of Republican Presiden, and a Re-
publican Congress.
For a third time the credit and
welfare of the republic will he restor-
ed by the Republican party.-Louis-
willie Herald.