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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
244,OOO SQUARE MILES
LARGEST IRRIGATION PROJECT
EVER ATTEMPTED.
LEAGUE OF SOUTHWEST MEET TO
PLAN DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVEN STATES.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver, Aug. 26.-Harmonious spirit
for the development of the vast area,
%aggregating 244,OO0 square miles along
the ~meandering l,700 miles of the Colo
RADIO river, including the territory OF
the headwaters In Colorado, wyoming
and Utah, dominated the meeting at
Denver of the League of the Southwest
including the governors and chief en-
gineers of the seven states Interested
Gov. Simon Bamberger of Utah Is
chairman of the committee, and the
other members are Gov. o. III. Shoup
of Colorado, Lieut.. Gov. w. l.. Chaplin
Of Wyoming, Charles ii. Lee, chairman
of the State Water Commission of Cal
ifornia G. b. Squires of Nevada, rep
~resenting Gov. Emmett ID. Boyle; Les
ter NJ. Gillette, state engineer of New
Mexico, and Sims Ely, chairman Of the
resources board of Arizona.
Mr.. Gillette injected an internation-
al issue when he raised the question OF
the use of the waters Of the Colorado
river by Mexico. Director Arthur Pow
ell Davis of the United States reclama-
ton service stated that Mexico was
using from 100000 to 100000 acre feet
of water without authorization or with
out paying anything for 1t. lie urged
that the situation demanded that exact
Justice should be given Mexico In Its
undoubted right 10 its proportion of the
,,a,.. l,s .tntal that tho Unified
States should be compensated.
ID. Il. Carpenter of Greeley headed
off probable action by the committee
On resolutions by urging that this was
an international problem and that the
members OF the conference would like
ly throw a monkey wrench In the ma
chinery IL they undertook action on
what was strictly u governmental fune'
ton"
Governor Bamberger of Utah made
a brief address and was followed by
George M. Bull, engineer for the Den
YER Water Commission, who delivered
an illustrated address, making the first
actual presentation Of the problems In
volved.
Mr.. Bull declared that the full devel-
opinent of the Colorado river would de-
velop 2i4,000 square miles of area
drained by the Colorado river and It's
tributaries. Arizona leads with 100,
$50 square miles, Utah second with 40
20: Colorado, 37,7S0; New Mexico
22,2OO; Wyoming, 1920; Nevada, H.
40; California, 400, and the republic
Of Mexico, $500 square miles.
1.-THE reports that we have been max
ing show numerous reservoir sites on
the Grand, Green, San Juan and all
other important tributaries to the Colo
RADIO. II is my opinion that each local
ity can be and should be permitted to
utilize its entire local supply of water
to the extent that can be made availa-
BILE by storage
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
WOMEN WILL VOTE
SECRETARY OF STATE DOOGEO
MOTION PICTURES.
NINETEENTH AMENDMENT TO
U. S. CONSTITUTION is
APPROVED.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Aug. 27.-The crown
ing glory for the women OF America
frage came when Secretary of State
Colby signed the proclamation official
ly announcing the ratification of the
nineteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition.
The secretary performed this Off
| cial act at his home without cere-
, mony and thus brought ~disappoint-
ment To members of the National
Woman's party, who had planned to be
present at the important function and
to have the scene preserved for all
time in Gamers and moving picture
film.
While the secretary of state was
moved to act chiefly by a desire to
proclaim the amendment before threat
ened court proceedings to restrain him
could ensue, he was influenced to ex-
clude representatives Of the suffrage
! organizations for the actual scene of
action by a recurrence of the old fight
between the National Woman's party,
the Militants of America, headed by
Alice Paul, and the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, Of which
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait is president.
The National Woman's party
thought that they had it all fixed for
the proclamation TO be signed In the
presence of their representatives, when
the women of the National Association
induced Secretary Colby to change his
plans.
In a formal statement announcing
his action the secretary said:
at was decided not TO accompany
this simple ministerial action on my
part with any ceremony or setting.
The secondary aspect of the subject
has, regretfully, been the source OF
considerable contention as to who shall
participate in IL and who shall not.
"Inasmuch as / am not interested In
the aftermath of any of the frictions
or collisions which may have developed
In the long struggle, ! have contented
myself with the performance In the
simplest manner.
The contention" referred to by Sec
rotary Colby was the vehement objec-
ton voiced on behalf of the National
American Woman Suffrage 4Assocla-
tion by Mrs. Helen II. Gardner. one Of
its vice presidents, to the presence at
the ceremony Of Miss Alice Paul and
other officers of the National Woman's
party.
The bitterness of the older organiza-
tion against Miss Paul and her asso-
ciates dates from 1913 when they were
outlawed by the National for adopting
and insisting upon the policy Of hold
ing the President and the majority
party in Congress responsible for the
fate of the amendment.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
SOVIET ARMY
DEMORALIzED
REDS UNABLE TO WITHSTAND
RUSH OF POLISH TROOPS ON
PRUeslAN FRONT.
POLES TAKE ossovETz
HAVE OPEN PASSAGE THROUGH
DoBR MARSHES TO AUGUST
oWo is REPORT.
Western Ne Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, Aug. 2S.-The Poles continue
to advance along the east Prussiaii
frontier. Notwithstanding all their
efforts, the Red commanders have
failed to lnstiil i'll The Bolshevist troops
enough courage or energy to resist the
Poles, who, after a few hours of almost
desultory fighting, o possession OF
the Ossoyetz forts, opened Il passage
across the Bobr marshes and reached
the Augustowo lakes east of the east
Prusslan frontier, thus gaining COM
mand of the whole of the southern side
Of that frontier as far as Augustowo.
The Reds, driven back on the line of
Augustowo-GrodnO, are In a good de-
fensive position on account of the for
ests and marshes which cover It Con
seQuently It is difficult for the Poles
to attack frontally owing to the nature
Of the ground and the fact that the
flanks of the enemy rest on the west
on the German frontier and on the east
on the Nieman river. The soviet forces
are concentrating in this region with
the object Of stopping the Poles from
extending their lines eastward.
B0lshevist batteries stationed on Ger
man soil have fired on Polish troops,
says a Polish official communicate.
The statement follows:
ron the northern front n the sectors
occupied by the first and fifth armies,
the situation is unchanged. During
the process Of cleaning up territory be-
tween Mlawa and Ciechanow, we made
5000 prisoners, s~tragglers from rem
nants of the Bolshevlst troops.
I'm the center of the front there re-
main a few thousand Russian troops.
who are ~retreating toward the German
frontier. fighting desperately. In this
sector we noted that our troops
fired upon from batteries and from ms.
chine guns which BOlshevist troops had
installed in German territory.
ION the Kolno-M yszyniec road we
captured six annon and ten machine
guns. In Kobryn Pass We took LOO
prisoners, including full staff OF the
Bolshevist th~lrty-seventh division, with
four cannon and twelve machine guns,
"On the southern front, east OF
Leonpol, bitter fighting is In progress"
The Bolshevists are making a des-
perate stand at GrOdno, according to a
statement of the foreign ministry
which added that all available Bolshe-
visit troops are being concentrated
there and a great battle is expected
shortly.
Eighty thousand Russian soviet sol
diers have been captured in Poland,
10000 killed and $4,000 interned In
East Prussia.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
ELEVEN SLAIN;
MANY WOUNDED
SlNN FEM RIOT IN BELFAST COST
THE LIVES OF MANY
PEOPLE.
LOOT UN|0N!ST HOMES
EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION OF
PROPERTY CAUSED BY BURN
ING HOMES IN BELFAST.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Belfast, Aug. W.-Eleven men dead
is the toll of "A nights fighting in Bel
fast. In addition to the six men killed
during the height of the battle five OF
the wounded have died since.
A feature of the riOting was the eS-
tent of the destruction of property by
incendiarism. The fire brigade had an
especially hard time during h night
in fighting the flames. Their work
was rendered hideous by the constant
rattle of machine guns. The Sim Fem
ers we're in strong force and appeared
to be well supplied with arms and am
munitiOn.
The greatest of bitterness was dis
| played during the fighting. There was
a great amount Of wrecking of houses
and the burning Of furniture both in
, doors and on the street.
The yells of the mob, shrieks OF
women and children and groans OF the
Injured were audible throughout the
| fighting. When the rioting was at It's
worst, women could be seen, clad IN
their night attire, rushing from their
homes, attempting to lead their fami-
lies from the danger
This was the worst fight since what
Is popularity known as the battle of
| Kashmir road. All the killed were
young men, the victims of gunshot
wounds.
Baliymacarrett, a suburb Of Belfast,
| responded To the lord mayors appeal
and remained fairly quiet, but Cullins-
tree road, abutting G%rosvenor rond, the
Unlonist district, became the storm
center.
The latter sifted to the northern
part of the city by way of Townsend
street, a long t~horoughfare extending
| from the Falls to Old Lodge road.
The latter and the upper parts OF
| Crumlin and Old Park roads were the
| centers Of the f~iercest fighting of the
| whole, especially the "Marrowbone,"
| the nickname of the Nationalist en-
| clave at the top of Old Park road.
Sim Felners In this neighborhood
made an organized descent on Union
| lists on Crumlin road. smashing win
dows and firing into houses. Failure
by the police to hold them back led 10
the summoning of military aid. For
several hours armored ears were In nc
ton together with squads of soldiers
and police and volleys were poured into
the crowd. After two hours Of stiff
| fighting the Sim Feiners we're driven
back into Brown quarters, bur sniplng
into the Unionist quarters continued
for several hours.
Three attempts were made 10 burn
the Independent Labor party hall. The
building was seriously damaged.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Mob Hams White Man.

Tulsa, Okla.-A mob. estimated at
1000 persons, participated here in the
Iynching of Tom NJ. Owens, white, &C
FUSED of the shooting several days ago
If Homer Nida, a taxicab driver. who
d.ed at a hospital Friday. Owens was
taken to the outskirts of the city.
There he was hanged to the limb of a
tree and his body riddled with bullets.
Thereupon the mob dispersed, the au-
tomobiles taking different routes back
to the city. Owens was 10 years old.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
PET CAT ATTACKS TEACHER
Feline Bites Woman Because One OF
Her Kittens Had Been
Taken Away.

New York.-Miss Maude f. Ross, a
school teacher, living at 80 Decatur
street, Brooklyn, is at home suffering
from wounds inflicted by a pet cat
which sprang at her without warning.
The a escaped twice, and efforts
are being made to recapture 1t for ex-
animation by the board of health.
Miss Ross was In her home when the
cat, a large one Of the tiger variety.
entered. Ii had been a household pet
for a number of years. Ten weeks
ago II gave birth to two kittens, one
of which was taken away from 1t a
week z Miss Ross was about to
greet tabby when 1t suddenly sprang
at her.
Miss Ross screamed, but the cat
continued its attacks and sank Its
teeth into her right leg.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Women victimizsd by Collector.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Numerous newly en-
franchised Allegheny county women
have been defrauded by a bogus tax
collector, who went into action shortly
after Secretary Colby signed the proc
lamation declaring woman suffrage
law. The swindler appeared at their
homes, informed them that they must
pay a poll tax II they wanted to vote
in November, collected the money.
handed out a receipt, then disap-
peared and is still at liberty.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Police Chief Shot by Deputy.

Athens, Ga.-Chief Of Police r. q.
jenkins Of Athens was shot to death
by william A. Reynolds. deputy sheriff
of McMinn county, as the two officers
were guarding a bridge in expectation
of intercepting a moonshiner. Six shots
ver fired into jenkins body. Reynolds
surrendered, but refused to make a
statement. Charles Mccain. the only
witness, was said by the authorities to
have stated that jenkins was shot afr
er be had threatened Reynolds.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Trade Classification Denied.

Neutrality-suspicious. that the fed
eral reserve board had attempted to
classify industry as essential or non
essential were emphstically denied by
Governor Harding who, in a statement
declared it was "adhering consistently
to the policy" decided upon at the
conference of bankers here last May
The statement was made, Mr.. Harding
said, because Of conflicting interpreta-
tons of the federal reserve system
with respect to credit.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
GIRLS BURNED IN RIOT
Moss START REPRlsAL FOR DE-
sTRUcTioN IN BELFAST.

Dundalk. 1reland-Two salesgirls
and one salesman were burned to death
in stores of two Protestant Unionist
tradesmen in Dundalk. The buildings
were set on fire. The homes Of the
owners Of the stores also were burned.
The fire spread to adjacent property,
including the Ulster bank, which was
damaged. The assertion is made that
the fires were started in reprisal for
the destruction Of property Of Cath
olics In Lisburn and Belfast.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
SC0RNS FINE; GOES TO JAIL
Brooklyn Woman Declares Sentences
for Speeding Unjust and
Takes a Cell.

New York.-Given the alternative Of
paying a $25 fine or passing two days
In jail. Mrs. Eloise B. Farhurst Of
Brooklyn fatty refused to pay and IN
nounced her intention of serving the
time. She actually did pass an hour
I'm Jail, but at the end Of that time
her mother paid the fine and she went
home.
Mrs. Farhurst was sentenced by
Magistrate Fish in the Brooklyn Traf-
&c court, who explained she could pay
the fine under protest and then appeal.
She refused such a compromise.
Il will not pay the fine" Mrs. Far
hurst said. Il will serve the jail SEN
tence because l know 1 am innocent
of speeding. l was hardly moving
when the officer stopped me"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
lEmjuratinu to U. 8.

Msdrid.-Every man in the village OF
Huerta Pelayo. in the province OF
G%uadalajarn has decided to emigrate to
the United States, according to Pedro
Martinez Embil, the town clerk, who
appeared at the American consulate
with twenty-five companions to secure
vises for passports. The number Of
emigrants from every village and town
ship of the province Of Salamanca Is In
creaslng daily. because Of strikes In
the mining districts.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Prosecute for Barring Children.

Chieago.-Ilinois will endeavor TO
pass n law visiting heavy punishment
upon landlords who bar the doors Of
their apartments to children. Mem
bers of the city council, parents gen
orally and Governor Lowden are all
arrayed on behalf Of the little ones
and it is certain some legislation will
be evolved that will deal with the
greedy landlords, who are enforcing
race suicide.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
To Spend 1000 900 on Roads.

MISUNDERSTANDING federal and
state expenditures for road building
may reach a total of S250,0O0,000 dur
ing the current fiscal year, according
to Thomas II. Macdonald, chief OF the
Bureau of Public Roads, Department
Of Agriculture. The last installment
Of federal aid funds, totaling 100000
900 became available last July /.
Three-quarters of this apportionment
was derived from the 1919 %appropria-
ton and s25.OO0,OO0 was provided
from the original appropriations.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Lightning Bolt Kills Goldfish.

Jenox. Mass-During an electric
storm one night a bolt of lightning
struck Samuel Frothingham's house,
The Poplars," on the Stockbridge
road, occupied by Spencer p. Shotter
and Miss Isabel ID. Shotter Of New
York. The bolt passed through the
dining room and into the den. where
Shotter was sitting. made a hole
through his coat and then entered a
tank of goldfish, killing eight of them
II vanished BY way of the telephone
wire.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
LATE :
QUOTATION
Western Newspaper Union News ervtcs-
DENVER MARKETS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.
Several punches of choice steers from
the northwestern part OF the state were
on sale. The demand for such stock y
good with quotations ranging from III
TO tl2 for the good to choice killers.
; Nsiie fa Pi. s.ssf h.i ~ f1 steer. '. sss asoso
ed from 50 down.
Cows are in good demand il choice,
but the half-fat cows are slow 70
them on because they do not kill well.
Good to choice cows are bringing " to
IS. and right fancy killers would
bring e little more; Pretty fair ra cons tEs
palmer grades from $5..5 down.
Veals are higher with good ones sell.
ing up to s12. Stockers in fair demand
but the market q little quiet. Prices
remain unchanged.
Choice 1.ss5-lb. steers from the
ranges of northwestern Colorado SOLO
paid here for native, grass steers for
several weeks. Other good steers
brought siI and most of the fair kinds
sold from IS to 50.
One bunch of attractive Vea!s
brought s12, which is the highest. paid
for some time. Carload lots sold az
salyss are Ms selling to fa ESD Sr to si,. OF
Little change was made in bulls. The
supply comprised individual lots. the
hest OF which sold at $3.50. Commoner
kinds are selling from $4.25 to IS.
Feeders and StOckers.
Prices are holding steady ana 'un-
changed on most grades. Common thin
Kinds are slightly lower than a week
ago. Good fleshy feeders are finding
many buyers at comparatively DECENT
prices. Quotations range from Sf.oo 70
$3.50 for good grades. Stockers OF
quality are selling from S6.75 to s7.25.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03

Boston, Mass-The receivers of
Charles Ponzf's Securities Exchange
Company received a setback in their
hunt for assets upon the completion of
their examination Of documents and
papers found i'm half a dozen strong
boxes in as many banks about the
city. Less than $4,000 was found
Against this slow progress. the liabili-
ties are rising steadily and it is now
conceded that the previous estimate Of
100000 was too small and that they
uay even reach 100000.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
To Give Away Fifty Cars OF Melons.

Sacramento, Cal.-The Suffer Basin
Land Company in Suffer county will
give away about fifty carloads of
melons that had been intended for
eastern shipment. George Maddox,
manager, announced. Maddox sold
recent increases in freight rates had
wiped out the margin of profit on
eastern shipments, and invited the
public to bring their automobiles and
load up"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03

different parts of the room as Doctor
Scott, without so much as a vince or
pain, drove the surgeons knife into
his flesh and then speedily grated the
strips upon his wife's foot.
A fellow physician stood by him TO
dress his wounds. Several times, as
Doctor Scott drove the knife into his
flesh, he turned to the assembled stu
dent doctors, explaining technical
points of the operation to them.
Doctor Scott performed the opera
ton TO save his wife from disfgure-
ment and possible loss Of her right
leg. Mrs. Scott was injured In an
automobile accident and gangrene
had set In.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
CRAFTS OWN FLESH
ON BODY OF WIFE
Chicago Surgeon Explains 0per-
alton to Students as He Dex-
terousIy Yields Knife.

Chicago.-With steady hand and
nerve, and calmly going about his
business as IL he performing the
simplest operation. DR.. Orlando r.
Scott, a surgeon Of Chicago. u strip
after strip of flesh from his own thigh
and grated them on his wife's foot
and ankle as he rested On a portable
table at her bedside. The entire OPP
GRAFTON was performed without a
single administration of anaesthetics
and In the presence Of a number OF
doctors and nurses. Sobs came from
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
CASTERS LIVE STOCK.
ChleaUn-

Chicago.-Cattle-Choice steers u
good yearlings generally strong. to 25o
higher; grassers and ranges draggy.
steady, soc lower; top steers. SIZE;
bulk, good and choice, s15.25@17.40:
grassy kind mostly, $500 g i4.oo; good
s4.OO04.75; steady, medium grades,
S6.5OQ 800, very dull; bulls slow, most
iy 25c lower; bulk bologna. $6:50Q6.76;
top, $500; calves steady; choice veal
ers, $14.5O9 1900; stockers. steady to
lower.
Saturdays average; closed weak: early
top, 1875, out of line; bulk light n
butcher hogs, $14.90 ~ 1880: bulk pack
ing sows. $1,000 14.25; pigs slow. fully
Csc lower.
Sheep-Native lambs, CSC higher: top.
STEPS; bulk, $1,000 1900; best range
lambs, 50975c lower; choice Nevada,
sl3.75; sheep. steady; good to best
wethers, $7.2507.75; ewes. $7.25 down:
feeders, steady to higher; best feeder
lambs held at $3.50.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
n. c. L. Dropping.

Washington. - Marked indications
that living costs apparently have start
ed on their long-awaited fall was said
by the federal reserve board to be con-
tanned in its latest reports. An sim
portsnt downward tendency" In prices
Of all commodities excepting food is
evidenced in all parts Of the country,
the board stated, adding that a sharp
reduction In the price Of raw products
even forecast lower food prices.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Hoodoo on This Farm
Holds Bad Luck Record

West Chester, Pa. Last
week was one of misfortune for
william Fryer of near kimber-
ton, Chester county. On Mon
day, while harvesting hay, one
of his horses was stung by an
insect and is still in a serious
condition. Mr.. Fryer then fell
from the floor of IA straw NOW,
and was badly cut and bruised.
During the afternoon, Mrs.
Fryer fell from a cherry tree
and was injured severely.
All moved along quietly on
the farm until Saturday. In the
morning a cow gave birth to
twin calves, but all three ami
mails died later. During the
night, another of his horses be-
came entangled in the strap of
a halter. fell and broke its
neck.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Livestock Conferences Called.

Kansas City, Mo.-Upon Invitation
from Edwin 7. Meredith, secretary OF
agriculture, l. y. Watson, attorney for
the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange,
went to Washington and held a confer
ence with representatives. Of live stock
exchanges in an attempt to adjust
brokerage rates Of live stock commis-
sion men. The Injunction petition ask
ing that the secretary be restrained
from regulating the brokerage rates
win not be filed ~ . result Of the con
ference.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-09-03
Catch Ammunition smuesIea.

Fl Paso, Tens-J. B. Ravel IN
American, and q Mexican maj and
woman we're arrested by United
States officials here charged with
completely IN smuggling ammunition
into Mexico. The woman was arrested
while trying to cross into Mexico with
500 rounds Of ammunition concealed
m her clothing American officials
said 1z5.OOo rounds Of ammunition
win many firearms had been Snug
eied into MEXICO during the past two
months.