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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
CLUB BOYS
CLAIM RECORDS |
WILL De BROKEN

Bernalillo County Corn club boys
are all expecting to grow banner
crops and each of them claims he
has heavy hand on several of the
prizes offered by the Morning Jour
nal for the best showing of indi-
vidual ears, acre Yields and for the
best bushel, County Agent Lee
Reynolds inspected eight Of the
boys work during. the last few
days and reports all of them have
ia right to feel like winners.
Some of the boys have their corn
already up above the ground, while
Others are just planting, but their
chances, in the county agents
opinion, are all the same at this
time in the game.
Hard luck has only knocked at
the door of one of the boys so far.
The irrigation ditch south of, At
risco broke the other night and
washed away a great part Of Porfi-
dio Lopez acre of corn, which was
up above the ground and gave in
dications of fine yield of fodder
at least. Mr.. Reynolds will i'm
spect the field and decide whether
Lopez should replant the washed
out parts Of his field, or if he will
do better to pillow the entire field
up and plant 1t again.
Most of the boys are banking
their hopes on the White Elephant
type of corn, although two are
trying Reeds Yellow Dent,
Russell Golf is trying. his corn
planted in burrows below the reg
ular level of the ground. His
brother, Cecil, has not taken a
fancy to this method of planting
and is boasting about two inches of
sprouts above the soil. The boys
each have an acre of land west of
the river.
4 County Agent Lee Reynolds re-
ports Harold HubbelFs corn well
planted and growing fine. George
Carey, who is trying. an acre on II.
b. Watkins ranch near Atrisco, is
having good luck, practically every
hill sprouting.
Frank Millinger, of near Los
Griegos, has his field we'll cultl-
waited and expected to plant yester-
day. r. Garcia, of the Rio Grahde
Industrial school, planted his
special seed Friday under. the SUI
pervision of Otto Scheibe, superin-
tendent of the school. Fred stevens
insisted unon doing every bit of his
own blowing and as a result has
not yet completed cultivating his
field, as he has been busy at school,
He practically finished the field
Saturday and will plant his seed
some time tomorrow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
BANKS ARE RAISED
RAILROADS LOWERED
IN CURRY COUNTY

Clovis, N. NJ. May 2S.-Valua-
ton of corporate property within
Curry county was raised $102,950
by the state tax commission in the
recapitulation of Curry county
levies which reached Assessor
Roach this week, Banking corpo-
rations were raised about S104,S24
over the assessed valuation for
1929, While railroad property was
given a reduction of about $4,000,
s The total value of corporate
property in Curry county in the
valuation stipulated for 1921. is
$2.992,91S.04. In 1920 it was given
as sass, 96S, t4
a comparison of the 1920 and
1921 Valuations follows:
e 1920 1921
Railroad $2,546,95S $2,542,640
Telephone IL. 34,f1B 36,8S7
Telegraph -. 1894 7,IG6
Banking stock 3O1,901 406,725
Total .....$2, SS9,96S $2,992,91S
( The total valuation of railroad
property in the city Of Clovis was
announced at $4SAS2s.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
HARVEY is PLANNING
ADDITION AT GALLUP

Gallup, N. NJ, May 2S.-The
Fred Harvey hotel in Gallup will
be enlarged. in the very near flu
ture. About sixty additional rooms
will be. built to the present build
ing The Harvey company is ex-
peoting a tourist traffic by auto
mobile this summer and in future
at ali times and it is necessary to
enlarge the hotel for the accom-
modatlon of those who demand
high class service.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
GOOD GOLD STRIKE AT
LORDSBURG REPORTED

= Lordsburg.. n. NJ. May May %.
The gold strike on one of Frank
G. Cline's5 Gold Hill properties
shows an assay of 1862 ounces
per ton, which would have pro-
duced a stampede in earlier days.
Without the McFadden increase,
proposed in congress-, this is worth
$6,7S6,40 per ton. With, the Nc
Fadden increase it is worth. $10,-
104 GO. Some rock. ~
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
GRAND, JURY DEMANDS
NEW JAIL FOR GRANT

Silver City. N. M, May Is
Criticising the condition of the
county jail here, the recent grand
jury in its report recommended
the construction of a new Jail. The
walls are deteriorated. the flooring
bad, the cells unsafe and unsani-
tary, according to the report.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
9 A. Meetine at Deming.

Demfng, n. NJ, May 28.-J. x.
Meyer, civilian representative OF
the Salvation Army in New Mex
leo, and Baron J.. V. Auriemma,
grand opera singer, will arrive in
Deming tomorrow night to hold a
meeting in the Baptist tabernacle
for the benefit of the Salvation
Army at 8 o'clock Sunday night.
Mr. Meyer will give the principal
address OF the evening.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
Institute at GaIluD.

Gallup. n. NJ. May 2S.-The
Mckinley County Teachers insti-
tute convenes in Gallup Monday,
May 80, and will continue to June
IL. Prof. Roy L. White will con-
duct the institute. On June 7,
Prof John Milne of Albuquerque
will deliver a lecture. Miss Ester
Divilbliss will have charge of the
primary work.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
Drive on Prairie Dogs.

Portales, n. NJ, May 28.-Coun-
ty Agent Turner is out after prairie
dogs. He has visited several sec
tons in the past week and organ
lied dog clubs for the eradication
Of these pests. At Inez a dog day
has been set for June 1, when all
the citizens in that section will join
forces to clean them up. Redland
has set June for dog day. Ri
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
500 In Bnrsum Club.

Magdalcna, N NJ, May rs
Over five hundred have signed the
club membership which will devote
its energies in forward to the cleo
.tion of Holm o. -Bursum to the
United State senate, at the special
election to be held in September,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
Bishop DuBose to Lorlsburg.

Lordsburg, N. NJ, May 2S,-
Bishop II. w. DuBose OF Los An
geles will be in Lordsburg June
l from $50 to p. m. and plans
are being made by Rev. NJ. o. Will
liams to have him deliver an adj
dress at the Methodist church at
10 O'clock.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
BABY Is ABANDONED
ON VEGAS DOORSTEP

Roswell, N. NJ, May 2S,-Aban-
doned some time Thursday night,
a baby probably less than a week
old, was found on the doorstep of
the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Mollett. Efforts to trace
the parentage of the child or the
person or persons who abandoned
it, have been fruitless.
y This, morning .on advice of the
Child's Welfare club, the chief had
the infant taken to the hospital. 4
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
Mexico offers Him Hob.

Gallup, n. NJ, May 2S.-McKin-i
ley County Farm Agent Homer P.l
Powers this week received an offer
from the Mexican government to.
become the, farm agent of that re-
public. So far Mr.. Powers has not
resigned his Mckinley county po-
sition.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29

Silver City, N. NJ. May 2S.--Mrs.
Lora Newell of the Broadway hotel
fell down a stairway in the hotel
and dislocated her shoulder and
sustained 4 fracture of the left arm
near the elbow. 2
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29
Odd Fellows Plan Picnic.

Deming, N. NJ, May 2S.-The
odd Fellows are going to hold a
picnic on the Fourth of July at
Warm Springs ranch, which every
one is invited to attend. @
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-05-29

Journal Want Ads bring rcsulta
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
AlBuausraue Morning Journal, Monday, January H. 1921

missioner could possibly pass on all the discre
| tionary matters in the department. So these sub
ordinates pass upon matters involving tens Of
| thousands of dollars We have way of know.
| ing whether these men are wise foolish; honest
| or dishonest. They defraud the funds If they
wish to- We trust their honesty and ability with
out any of the precautions which SURROUND the
| management of a bank or railroad. Nor do we
pay salary enough to attract of any real bust.
ness capacity,
There is little directory law governing the land
office There are ma.ny directions in which pru-
dence would demand "a limitation upon the author
y of the Land Commissioner 1t is as matter
of fact almost wide open
One would think 1.-THE lands would have been
classified so that the office could know its value
for leasing or selling. but, although such course
has been authorized, it has never been done. Land
is sold or leased almost on guess.
1t would be presumed that the office would
have set of rules governing the approval or dis
approval of applications; rules compelling all APP
plications to be made matter of record and a
reason for dsapprovals noted on the record, so
that the record would. disclose favoritism, if it
existed As it is disapproved applications
thrown in the waste ba sket and all check against
discrimination is removed.
There are no rules governing leasing selling,
as to the size of tracts in each transaction. No
set form of oil lease exists. At least four forms,
from lax to rigid, used at the whim of clerk.
In a dozen directions There no rules. where
rules should exist, and each clerk does he
thinks best
No system exists by which the commissioner
himself can know the amount of lands leased,
sold or contracted for sale. 1t would require
months to find out. 1t follows that what is I'M
leased is not known and, as a result, hundreds of
thousands of acres grazed without lease and
without compensation to the state.
There are no rules as to the number of sheep
or cattle which may be grazed upon a given tract
Much of the land is over-crowded and vegetation
DESTROYED The land is made desert where, by
proper supervision, it would grow better from
year to year.
The amount of timber these lands is guessed
timber. Lands which would be timbered tracts
forever under federal government methods are
made deserts by the lack of system INDUCED by
the Land Office.
This is the way we are acquitting ourselves of
our sacred trust in New Mexico Where is the
moral sense of a people which will permit it?
Where is the business judgment of taxpayers who
will indulge such opportunities for bad manage
ment and dishonesty? We have no right to trust
employees beyond reasonable and necessary bounds
Prudence dictates greater restriction upon one
mans discretionary powers.
Yet the journal is assaied with bitterness for
demanding a change and land board.
We open our columns to any who will gain
saw any statement have made. We want to
he fair Please answer our criticisms instead of
abusing us. Let get at the facts.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
AL dbod1d!' called Uncle Butter

thing, the bad Bob Cat slipped up
and sat down where Willie had
been smuggling beside Uncle Wig
gily.
But the Bob Cat did not sit there
long.
No sooner had he slipped up
and squatted himself down where
the lamb boy had been sitting,
than the Bob Cat bobbed up again,
bowling:
ooh, what's this. oh, what have
| sat on! oh, pins and needles! I'm
all stuck up" and out of the win
dow he jumped, not stopping even
to nibble Uncle Wiggilys crutch.
Then the bunny gentleman look
ed on the seat beside him, and saw
where Mrs. Twistytail, the pig lady,
had dropped some sharp carpet
taeks from paper in her pocket.
sYou didn't feel the lacks, Willie,
because your tail is SO fluffy" said
Uncle Wiggily, as he took UP the
sharp things so the duck lady could
sit down. "But the Bob Cat, having
q little stubby tail sat down hard
on them!"
ut served him right for being
'impolite,'' quacked Mrs. Wibble-
|wobble. and I think the same. So
AFTER Uncle Wiggily bought the
rubber tip for his crutch he gave
willie a penny, r
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
An Ex.Tulsa MANS View.
Albuquerque, N. NJ,
January Is, 1921.

| Albuquerque, N. NJ,
January Is, 1921.
To the Citizens of Albuquerque:
There is quite a talk of building of
a hotel. 1t is all the talk of the
city. Now Is the time to strike
while the iron is hot. l came here
about four months ago and found
quite a time to get a place to live.
l heard of Albuquerque a long
time before l came here, as to
what a fine climate you had and
what good water and the great
sunshine. My friends advised me
to come to Albuquerque instead of
going to Colorado Springs. I had
some friends come here last Sep
TENDER and could not get Local
ton and went on to Phoenix, Ari-
IONA, for the winter. Now, Tulsa,
Okla, built a ten-story hotel In
1910 and 1911 and Tulsa sure did
grow some from that day to this
and still growing. The hotel is
necessity of the city. Tulsa has
four ten-story hotels and several
four and five-story hotels. Santa
Fe is building a big hotel, why
HoL albuquerque get Dusy anu Hol
let her sister towns forge ahead of
her? You have plenty of moneyed
mon here. Plenty able to build it.
Albuquerque will never regret that
it built the hotel. Do not build 1t
on a street car line or too far from
the depot. Make it as convenient
to the public as possible. Get busy
and start the ball to rolling and
give home man the job to build 1t
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
OUR PLATFORM.

1. A primary election law which will res
store the power to the hands OF the people.
where 1t belongs.
2. non-partisan commission Of three or
five to have charge OF our school and institu-
tonal lands, and the permanent trust funds
derived therefrom.
8. fair adequate and Just tar law which
will equitably distribute the burdens OF gov
eminent. We have especial reference to the
mining tar laws, although we will seek to
reach any other evaders, big or little, whom
we find. We favor mine tax Law based
upon an ad valorem property basis as other
property is taxed
4. A fuller budget system for the state in
an effort to put state expenditures on an eff
Gent, economical and progressive basis,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17

striped barber pole crutch, when
all of sudden, the trolley stopped
and two passengers got on. One
was Mrs Wibblewobble, the duck
lady mother of Lulu. Alice and
Jimmie Wibblewobhle.
The other passenger was the bad
old Bob Cat with his stubby little
tail. Uncle Wiggily and Willie did
not see the Bob Cat at first, for
as soon as Willie saw Mrs. Wibble-
wobble the lamb boy again rose and
politely said:
"Take my seat, Mrs. Wibblewob-
BILE. All the other seats are taken
and I don't mind standing"
"Oh, you are very kind" quack-
ed Mrs. Wibblewobble, and she
was just going to flutter down
into the place where Willie had
been sitting, when the Bob Cat
gave a snarl and growl, and
cried:
"Here! I'll take that seat! I
don't like to stand" he went on,
most impolitely. Besides, | want
to sit next to Uncle Wiggily for l
think I'm going to nibble his ears!"
And before the goat gentleman
conductor, or anyone, could do any
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17

We had company for supper yes
tidday, being Mr.. and Mrs. Hews
and in the AFTERNOON ma made d
apple pie and a raisin pie, saying
Now Benny l wunt to warn you
not to ask for a End peece of pie,
I'm ony going to cut one pie and
there will be jest one slice apeece.
Well gosh G., ma, sed, wat i
one of the HeWseS Wunts another
peece and you haff to cut the other
pie, wat then, ma?
Well in that case you may have
another slice, but ony in that case,
sed ma, and l sed, All rite ma, cut
the apple no, cut the raisin, no,
the apple, o well, I don't know,
think Id rather have the raisin, or
maybe the apple, | don't know.
WITCH she cut the apple, giving
everybody slice and the Hewses
ate theirs and Mrs. Hewes sed,
Perfectly elegant pie, Mrs. Potts.
Being a big round lady with chins,
and Mr.. Hewes sed, Perfectly ele-
giant. Being little size man with a
big size mustash, and ma sed, I'm
so glad you like it. wont you try a
slice of raisin pie? Me thinking, q
herray.
o deer no. l couldent think of it,
sed Mrs. Hews.
We couldent think of it, sed Mr..
Hews. Me thinking, Aw gosh heck
And l waited a minnit to see If they
would change their mind, which
they dident, and 1 sed, The raisin
pie is even better than the apple
pie, Mrs. Hews, you can tell that by
jest only smelling it, do you wunt
me to bring it in and leeve you
smell it?
O my goodniss no, sutch an ideer,
sed Mrs. Hews, and | sed, Would
you like to smell it Mr.. Hews?
Witch he sed he wouldent, and l
sed, l don't mind getting it if you
wunt to smell it, and ma sed,
Never mind, Benny, you mussent
annoy Mr.. and Mrs. Hewes wen
they say they don't wish eny more
pie.
Well I bet they would if they
smelt 1t once, L sed, ma saying.
Never mind.
Are you throo? sed pop, and l
sed never mind, and pop saying,
Drop the subjeck.
Yes sir, l jest thawt maybe they
would enjoy the smell of it even il
they're all full, the smell amt fill
ing, l sed.
Yes sir, and pop sed, Then leeve
the table.
WITCH l did.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
JUST FOLKS
Copyright, 1921. by Edgar A. Guest.l
THE SILENCE OF sNowsToRMs.

I don't know how to say it, but somehow there
seems to be
A silence to a snowstorm that Just grips the
soul of me.
The rain drops have patter as they splash
against the panes,
And the thunder rolls and rattles like thousand
railroad trains.
But good old-fashioned snowstorm has no
tumult in its sweep
AS it spreads its spotless blanket where the roses
lie asleep.
There's no herald of its coming no black angry
patch of sky, I
No great gust of wind to whistle of the storm
that's drawing nigh.
But the birds give up their singing, and the trees
stand straight and still,
And the snow begins to flutter round the
humblest window sill,
Then the noise of busy traffic seems somehow to
die away
While the world takes on the silence of q
country Sabbath day.
of men begins,
Sees world of wondrous beauty. washed COM
pletely of its sins.
And the splendor of the tropics and the glory
of the palm
Never know such robes of silves or such sweet
unbroken calm
AS the humblest northern lilac the toughest
fence rails know
As they stand on winter mornings in their uni
forms of snow.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
my Hy J! s.! Nd! AND D! [
Jane Phelps

|, formal dinner? I had nothing Int
the white dress, my wedding dress.
which L had worn at the restaur-
ant supper when we met the Hem
derson's, and which I had since
worn several times. 1t had lost
much of its freshness; and unless
L had it cleaned would not be
wearable.
Tom would have to give me
enough money to pay for the
cleaning, or he would have to buy
me a new dress.
That's all there is to it," I said
aloud as l made my dinner prep
arations.
Tom Is Early.
who were you talking tor"
Tom asked. He had come in so
quietly I had not heard him.
Myself" I answered as 1 re-
turned his kiss.
TITS a bad sign to talk to your
self dear! is dinner almost ready?"
Almost! but you are early"
eyes, I hurried home to see if
I could help. What are you going
to fix up for Crandell and the
rest?"
Just rarebit! don't you think
that will be enough?"
eyes, and while you are get
ting dinner, I'll run around to that
little store on the corner and get
some beer"
"That little store" as Tom call
ed it was the very shop where I
had opened an account without
his knowledge. / knew that if he
went there the proprietor would
probably inform him of the fact.
Telephone for it, Toni" l re-
turned hastily, want you to help
me here"
"It seems foolish to phone when
the place is so near. What is it
you want me to do?"
go telephone for the beer first,
then I'll tell you" I replied, and
noted with relief that my little
ruse had worked.
While Tom was telephoning l
wondered how I was to keep the
knowledge that I had run in debt
from him indefinitely. | realized
he would be very angry if he
found it out.
l wonder If it is not in these
little ways that husbands and
wives grow apart; the little deceits,
the lack of confidence which in
the end separates them?
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
DISADVANTAGE OF ONE
ROOM SCHOOL Is SHOWN

Abilene, Kans.. Jan. 16.--The
one-room school suffers by COM
parison in test recently made in
a Kansas county. a record of which
has been received by Miss Mary e.
Woolverton, county superintendent
OF Dickinson county. il shows re-
suits of tests in spelling and arith-
metic in thirty one-room schools,
ten consolidated schools and ten
city schools. For all grades in the
two subjects the city schools rated
hiRhest-90 per cent; the CONSOLE
dated schools 80 per cent and the
one-room schools SIS per cent.
1.-THE test illustrates the disad-
vantages of the one-room school,"
said Superintendent Woolverton,
"in that the teachers have so many
classes that the recitation period
averages but eleven minutes. And
.it often difficult to get teachers FOR
rural schools who are competent
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17

protests and appeals, though while
we're waiting we could earn the
price of fourteen useful meals. 1t
is a modern way to feed, and mod
ern things, we know, are best;
old ways. old times are gone to
seed, old restaurants are but n
jest. We used to journey home at
noon, before old ways were proven
frauds, and there devour the whole
some prune, surrounded by our
household gods. And then we'd
have a little snooze, TO rest our
bones so tried and sore, and, hav-
ing slept, put on our shoes, and go
downtown to work some more. But
We've forsaken old time ways,
from ancient things afar we
road; and now we stand and hug
our trays, and wait until the COWS
come home.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-01-17
A VISIT FROM MRS.
HENDERSON,
CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XIV.
was just getting ready to go
to market the next afternoon when
the door bell rang. When l an
swered l was so astonished to see
Mrs. Henderson, I was almost
rude. L kept her standing so long
before asking her in, that she
laughingly said:
Aren't you going to invite me
to come in, Mrs. Randall?"
oh. please do" l replied, en-
barrassed.
She explained that she had been
away, so unable to call until now.
l. told her that Tom had met Mr..
Henderson in the street and that
he had informed him of their alb
sence.
She chatted away unconcernedly
of her trip, places she had visited;
prominent people she had seen.
She was very vivacious and attrac-
tive the night 1 met her in the
restaurant, but l thought her
even more so now. How l envied
her her poise, her ease of man.
ner. Everything / said sounded so
stilted, my remarks SO trite. Should
l ever acquire what l had COM
menced to think a New York
manner?
A Plethora of Invitations.
II want you and Tom to dine
with me some night next week,
Wednesday if It is convenient"
she said as she rose to go.
THANK you! it will be all right
for me-and l think Mr.. Randall"
l replied, glad of the invitation;
but at the same time wishing she
would not call my husband
Tom, Really it was beginning to
get on my nerves. Every woman
l had met who knew Tom called
him by his given name. That is,
those who knew him before we
We're married.
We were becoming very popular
| thought as | once more dressed
for the street. / was going out
with Vivian Morton, Everett Gran
dell had invited himself for the
evening with us; and now dinner
at the Henderson's. 1t was flat
tering surely, but -
Again arose the question of
clothes. What should I wear at