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The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
MEETING CALLED To
DISCUSS BUILDING
Chamber Of Commerce Invites At
tendance at Mass Meeting to
be Held Monday Night.

The housing problem in Clovis, de-
spite the great number Of new resi-
dences that were built during the past
year, still remains acute. Many peo-
pie are moving to Clovis from the
eastern states and have been unable
to find house or even rooms in
which to stop. In several instances,
after boarding at hotels for several
weeks, parties have been unable to
get homes and were compelled to
move to other towns.
1t is conservatively estimated that
five hundred new dwellings in Clovis
could be filled if they were available.
Rents are continuing to soar higher
almost daily. 1t is nothing uncommon
for householder to find his family
suddenly without home because
some one has purchased the house in
which he is domiciled or bid the rent
TO higher level.
This week Tulsa, Oklahoma, man
came to Clovis and, after several days
scouting found small cottage va
cant, sent check to the owner for
months rent and proceeded to
hustle his family into the building,
only to find that another party had
beat him to il and was already in po-
session.
The Clovis Chamber Of Commerce
has been considering plans to over
come this housing shortage and to
this end conference Of material
men, trades councils, property own
ers, real estate men and financial in
terests have been called to meet at
the Clovis Chamber Of Commerce
rooms on Monday, February 2lst, at
7:30 o'clock, to discuss ways and
means Of relieving this situation.
This is one of the most important
meetings that has been held in Clovis
for quite awhile and all persons inter
csted in this problem are urgently re-
quested to be present and lend their
counsel.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
KIWANlS CLUB PLANNING
EVENING BANQUET

In all probability the Kiwanis club
will have its next weeks luncheon on
Thursday evening at the High School
auditorium. The wives Of the mem
bers will be invited to the evening
banquet and a special program is
being prepared The guest of the
evening will be DR.. Bowers of Albu-
querque, who is district governor of
the Kwanis Club. 1t is not yet as
surcd that DR.. Bowers will be able to
he here on Thursday night and in case
he is unable to attend the banquet
will be postponed to some other date.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
LESLIE DODSoN RETURNED
ON REQUISITION ORDER

Sheriff Dean returned from Aus
tin, Texas, Monday with Leslie Dod-
son, who was convicted here some
time ago for burglarizing the store
of W. l. Luikart & Co. At the time
of his conviction, Dodson was given
two year suspended sentence, with
orders to report to the court at in
tervals of three months.
1t is alleged that later develop
ments show Dodson's conduct to be
such that Judge Bratton ordered him
to be brought back for a hearing
with regard to withdrawal of the sus-
pended sentence. The hearing is
scheduled to be held within the next
few days.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
REPRESENTATIVE NICHOLS
SPENDS FEW DAYS HERE

Hon. W. W. Nichols, representative
from Curry County, spent several
days at home this week visiting his
family. Mr.. Nichols is Democratic
floor leader in the lower house and
although his party is hoplessly in the
minority he is doing good work. Mr..
Nichols says the legislature will be in
session tho full sixty days and little
constructive legislation so far has
gone through. He returned to Santa
Fe Thursday morning.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
CLOVIS BUYS NEW
POWER EQUIPMENT
New Machinery Will Give City Twice
as Much Power as at
Present Time.

At meeting of the City Council
last Thursday night the city closed
a contract for new equipment for the
power and light plant the contract
going to Hendrie and Bolthoff Of
Denver, Colo. The equipment to be
installed consists Of 500 XIV Gem
eral Electric Curtis turbine complete,
with all auxiliaries and two Casey
Hedges high pressure boilers with
steel in case settings.
When the new equipment is in
stalled the plant will be able to pull
twice as heavy a load as it does at
present.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
ROY SMITH RETURNS
FROM EASTERN MARKETS

Roy Smith returned Tuesday from
eastern market points where he went
to buy goods for the firm of Smith &
Hyatt. While business is fair all
through the east, and everyone is
looking forward to improved condi-
tions, according to Mr.. Smith, no
place looks quite so good as Clovis,
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
BROOM FACTORY WILL
BE LOCATED HERE

d. NJ. Mohler of Martinsville, Ind,
has recently located in Clovis and will
start a broom factory here. Mr..
'ohler is on experienced broom man
and viii manufacture his product
from Curry County broom corn. He
will locate his factory on south Mitch
ell Street and plans to be ready for
business in short time.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
COMPETITION
WITH NE|GHBOR STATES
Milling-In-Transit, and Lower Rates
Into Texas and Arizona
Promised by Officials.

Relief is in sight for the Curry
County farmerl
A lower rate into Texas, lower
rates on shipments into Arizona. and
u milling-in-transit rate on all grain
shipments out of Eastern New Mexico
were promised by +. II. Houghton,
'raffic manager Of the Santa Fc Rail-
way Co., at a meeting in Santa Fe last
week. d. W. Jones, secretary of the
Clovis Chamber Of Commerce, Sena-
tors Morrison Of Roosevelt, Smith Of
Chayes and Lee, Grantham of Eddy,
Hull Of Curry, and Representatives
Howard Of Roosevelt, and Nichols of
Curry County met with the railway
officials and insisted upon lower
freight rates for the relief OF East
ern New Mexico grain men. Members
of the state corporation commission
were also present at the meeting.
Heretofore, the freight rate from
Clovis TO Farwell, distance Of nine
miles, has been more than ten cents
per hundred, thus allowing grain deal
crs to ship New Mexico grain from
the state line at much less rate
than the grain could be shipped from
here.
As result of this rate, Clovis with
excellent elevator facilities, has ship
ped only five cars of ear corn this
season, while Farwell, with practi-
cally no facilities, mas shipped 400
cars.
Rates to points in Arizona are like
wise unfair in that grain can be ship
ped from points in Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas for the same rate that
is charged on New Mexico shipments.
When the new freight rates went
into effect in August, 1920, New
Mexico was denied the milling-in-
transit privilege which allowed all the
surrounding states to ship to any
market at much better advantage.
Thus the New Mexico grain men
have been forced to either quit bust
ness or work under a considerable
handicap in rates and both the grain
men and the Curry County farmers
have felt the effects Of it.
Speaking for Clovis elevator men,
Mr.. Jones put the proposition before
the Santa Fe officials and insisted
that immediate relief must be given
the farmers Of Curry County.
Immediate relief was promised in
the milling-in-transit rate and Mr..
Houghton also promised that as soon
MS the present freight tariffs should
be revised lower rates to Texas and
Arizona points would also be granted.
As n result of the meeting at Santa
Fe, Mr.. Houghton wired f. B. Gala
her, district freight agent, of ANA
rillo to meet him in Chicago this
week for a conference on the rate
situation, and it is expected that the
outcome Of this conference will be
published within a short time,
According to statistics compiled by
Mr.. Jones and local elevator men.
nearly 100000 bushels Of grain
we're produced in Curry County in
1920 and there yet remain 1,400 cars
of this grain to be shipped.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
FIRST ISSUE OF NEW
PAPER APPEARS TODAY

The first issue of the Clovis Herald,
the new paper published by A. E.
Curren, made its appearance today.
The Herald equipment was recently
moved to Clovis from Tucumcari
where the plant was used in the pub
lication Of the Tucumcar Sun. Mr..
Curren has been in the newspaper
business before and is well known
in Clovis. The first issue of the new
paper is a creditable one, and the
News congratulates Mr.. Curren.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
A. MANDELL HAS RETURNED
FROM NEW YORK CITY

A. Mandell, Of the Mandell Cloth
ing and Dry Goods Co., has returned
from a trip to st. Louis, Chicago and
New York City and other eastern
market points, where he has been for
more than a month, Conditions are
improving everywhere, Mr.. Mandell
says, and men in every line of busi-
ness are looking forward to a more
prosperous year.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
BURNING TRASH CAUSES
SLIGHT BLAZE TUESDAY

The fire department answered
call Tuesday morning on account of
blaze starting at the rear of the
building formerly occupied by Luik-
art & Co. A fence caught fire from
burning trash nearby. The blaze was
put out before any damage was done.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
MRS. FLEMING SUFFERS
STROKE OF PARALYSIS

Mrs. John Fleming, wife of Uncle"
John Fleming, county commissioner,
suffered a stroke of paralysis last
Friday afternoon, while in her home
east Of Clovis. The stroke was light
however, and Mrs. Fleming is able
to be up again.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
MARRIAGE RECORDS.

Miss Marie Moore of TeXico and
Alvin Egerton of Farwell were mar
ried Monday by Rev. R. B. Freeman.
Miss Grace Winkeman and ]. +.
Oehlert, both of Clovis, were married
Monday by Rev. G. +. Mickey.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
DISTRICT COURT.

District Court convened Monday
morning, several cases coming up be-
fore Judge Bratton for hearing. The
grand and petit iuries are summon
ed for the week beginning Feb. 2Sth.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
4. 4. 4. 4. = 4. 4. ! : : : = +
BOND APPROVED.

: Attorney W. A. Gillenwater
I. received word today that Judge
: Neblett had approved the bond
; Of c. A. Robertson of Texico,
: tried recently in the Federal
: Court, and that Mr.. Robertson
: has been released pending the
: hearing of his appeal. The case
I. will not be heard by the higher
: court for several months.
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The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
Interesting Talks.

c. W. Harrison, who returned last
week from a business trip to Kansas
City, gave short, snappy talk on
financial conditions. He said big
bankers at Kansas City figured finan-
cial conditions were getting more
favorable all the time and there was
a general feeling that they would be
still better after the Inauguration.
E. W. Reagan drew the prize Of the
day contributed by Mandell Dry
Goods Co., this firm also contributing
the favors for the luncheon.
DR.. A. l.. Dillon acted as toast
master and also made a good talk.
The Clovis news., 1921-02-17
K|WAA|ANS DONATE
To BAPTIST HOSPITAL
Club Raises Money at Wednesday
Luncheon to Purchase Complete
Furnishings for One Room.

The Kiwanis Club will furnish a
room at the Baptist Hospital. At the
Wednesday luncheon this week Judge
Sam Bratton advanced the idea Of
the clubs contributing the furnishings
Of one room at the hospital and the
club members Immediately Clipped
in the cash that will pay for the neces-
sary equipment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-04

!, Even in his pictures there isn't
much bunk. There are only two
bones in Harris two hands that have
not been broken or disjointed in
screen fights.
He has never had a double do
any of his tricks for him. And he
told me that he has doubled for
others many times.
But don't think Bill Hart is all
physical. He wrote five of his last
nine pictures. And his two Sweak-
nesses." as he puts it, are children
and animals.
F1ickergrams
Corrine Grifith's latest is Re
ceived Payment"
Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker
are co-starring in Extra. Extra!'
Boxing is taught in THE Manly
Art of Self-Defense." a slow-motion
Tom Gallery will be leading man
for Marie Provost in princess Vir-
tue"
Dangerous Curve Ahead" the
Rupert Hughes film, has been book
ed by $50 theatres.
"Elope II You Must" That's the
title of Eileen Percy's next. Now
that the dog days are over one would
expect a few sane titles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-10-04
BY JAMES w. DEAN

III w. DEAN
NEW YORK-William s. Harris
first role upon his return to the
screen In the near future will be
Patrick Henry"
The play will be a special produc-
ton of ten reels and will be based
on a story which Hart wrote and
copyrighted three years age.
Hart told me these things In an
Exclusive interview about his plans
FOR the immediate future.
This play of Harris is his pet child.
And so he is going to dress it up
for the public in his best bib and
tucker. No sweaty kerchiefs knotted
about the neck. No rough chaps and
sombreroes.
This play is to deal with the days
Of the American Revolution. The
great heroes who made American
history are to stalk ACROSS the screen
IN Knockers, buckled pumps. powder
I'd wigs and three7cornered hats.
"I played Patrick Henry eighteen
years ago." Hart said. 81 set out TO
learn all I could about the man and
found that there was little to learn.
'"This circumstance gives a GER
:ain latitude for the handling of the
subject"
11tGe was u lNlHhlt III fldIl 2 eye
at that last. 1t was as much as 20
ray, l''Well. the critics can't accuse
me bf deviating from my own story
and they won't know n more
ab5ut Patrick Henry than 1 do"
Friends, men high in the govern
ment, advised me against producing
the play at the time 1 wrote 1t be-
Pause of war conditions" Hart con-
4nued. Propaganda might have
been read into it when no propa-
yganda vas intended.
''Other friends advised me to write
It in book form. I've been doing
that for the last three months. /
have written 10000 words and have
about 10000 more to write. 1t is
upon this later version of the story
hat the photoplay will be based"
I asked Hart why he had not
stayed in retirement.
This will sound like bunk to you"
he answered, but it's the truth.
From what 1 had observed 1
thought that three years was the
most any player could hold popular
!ty on the screen. / announced that
I would retire at the end of my
contract. 1 had been in pictures
seven and a half years.
But when the time came to retire
I knew thai 1 couldn't. The public
made me what / am. The public
wanted more of my pictures and If
I hadn't come back it would have
been turnin' tail on EN-"
If anyone else had told me that I
probably would have thought it
bunk. But when you talk to Bill
Hart, you're not talking TO a man
given to subterfuge.
The most insincere thing about
Bill Hart is a white collar. 1t makes
him look like a cowboy "all dressed
up and no place to 60"
He was i'll at ease in his chair al
the Waldorf because it didn't have
stirrups for his feet.
When he feels like saying hell
he says II. The word carries con-
viction the way Hart say 1t.
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rs spending a few days IN the city.
Mrs. lana Adams Of Diamond
stree. has been 81 Tor the pas,
several days,
Mrs r =. Hafr who has been
confined Is her homa fof 4 mum.
bsf u months on account Of 4
broken hip was taken 10 Farming.
ton Thursday to the outing held
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs. Eher
Morgan. e
Miss Irene Hess OF Morgantown
has returned 10 her homo after q
stay Of several days with friends
here.
Mrs. Georgia Adams Mann who
spent ten days here with her faith.
or, George Adams returned Wed.
nesday to her home at Cleveland,
ohioi
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IM0VIELAND
u movie a dap kesps dali :
moment; ayoy
BY JAMES " DEAN

NEW YORK. Aug 1o.-An
aerican star heading an Italian
Iepeh cast in q Welsh pay filmed
tlae IonIan Sea aud at Tarmone,
ly-that's Beatrice Quite
aopolItanl
Marie Doro Is the American star.
~ will be her first screen ap-
Rance IN America in many. many
pons. In her heyday she was ac-
united one Of the most beautiful
'tresses on screen or stage.
Her features are finely chIslled.
- thin. sensitive nose bespaks
e analytical mind. Her brown
r1inous eyes ATE framed in an
AZ salabaster 81
Etriee" Is an adaptation Of
mantle story Of the Welsh
by Rider Haggard.
satriee saves Godfrey, a MARI.
nan from drowning. She falls
I'VE with sim. HIS wife Is un.
~ because he has lost the pros
OF a fortune through the mar
Of a wealthy bachelor uncle.
eatriee's sister iA jealous Of her
use Beatrice IL loved by a
Re whom she loves. The sister
iiyes 10 make Beatrice and
Frey appear guilty Of wrong
eatrice browns herself rather
have scandal ruin the public
er Of Godfrey. Then Geoffrey's
burns 10 deaf.
london critics have acclaimed
atsices' as a, great photoplay-
insbe refreshing to seein Amer.
d photoplaS that dares to end
ragedy
will also be refreshing to
in see petite Marie.
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EAST SIDE
aNEIgs--
"a Mornnn ] camn

The girls Of tina Queen Esther
Mission circle Of the Diamond
street N. 3. church enjoyed q hike
and weiner roast at the Morgan
camp Thursday evening. Each
girl asked 4 boy friend and the
party numbered about thirty. Mr..
and Mrs. Beatty Of Morgnntown
avenue chaperoned the crowd. The
party went out about 8 o'clock. La.
ter IN the evening about 90 Of the
crowd went on a hay ride TO Man.
ntngton. The young folks spent a
most delightful evening. Members
Of the choir OF the Diamond street
church also spent the evening at
the Morgan camp.
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If a few more ss<ducers realize
the same thing. next summer may
see few good pictures exhibited in
cities other than New York
1.-THE Golem" and the THE Old
Nest, in the opinion of this
writer, are the only two high class
pictures released in the last two
months. And they have been shown
only on Broadway.
Katherine Macdonald Is reading
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until the winter season. That's be-
cause fore people go to the movies
In wintr and the producer ls Iusd-
fld In charging higher rentals
then.
To get back to Lichtman. He
says "You can't sell 1914 pic
lures TO a 1921 audience And
the small towns have kept up to
the minute on pictures just as
much as the big cities"
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sAVETHEM

Tin coffee cans can be used as
permanent containers for your salt
spices and so on. Enamel them in
white or cream and put alittle Dor.
der design In black, blue, yellow
or any preferred tone around the
top and bottom. ~
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ANACHRoNIsMs

p "A virgin Paradise" Pearl
ne starts across a room. She Ia
2lssed IN a creation of black with
white flowers in It. When she
+ % the other side OF the room
IS garbed In 4 velvet dress Of
ID color edged with fur.
pa the ame picture a young man
out IN a dilapidated old sail
vessel for a deserted island He
white flaRnals on such an
fedition When he returns they're
\ as spiek and span as when
left
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Went 70 EarmInaten

Upward Of thirty members Of
the ladies OF the G. A. R, Of the
Betsy Ross club, and veterans went
to the beautiful country home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Eber Morgan near
Pennington Thursday afternoon
and enjoyed a most delightful out.
Ing. Automobiles met the crowd
at the street car and took them to
the Morgan home, where they were
given hearty welcome by Mr.. and
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3ooR plcTuRR.IN sIIAnIEn

3
POOR PICTURE IN SUMMER
The wSolestrouble with the mo-
n picture business right now is
many poor pictures and not
Pugh good ones /" That's wat Al
fhtman, general manager OF a
/ producing company; told this
ter recently.
III said a mouthtul. In the last
Eht weeks there has not been one
yh Glass picture released for ma.
pnaf distribution.
However. this condition general.
exists through the summer Pro-
GERS withhold their big pictures
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Joseph Henabory viii direci
Jack Holt in his first starring pic,
ture, 1.-THE Call OF tie North.
That's from "Conjurer's House,
Stewart Edward Whites novel o.
Alaska.
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Mrs Morgan. A picnic supper was
served on tho spacious porch Of
the Morgan homo and this was n.
deed m enjoyable feature Of thu
afternopn;s outing The party So
turned home on The Z O'Clock en-,
Pstsenais
Mises wilma Buckley, and Nh
dred NuSum VIM return this eve,
ming from Portsmouth. Ky. Mise
Buckley has spent the summer
with relatives. there and Misc M.
Eum has been her guest for the
past week.
Rev. and Mrs. ], @. Buckley are
expected home today from a six
weeks yisit-at Stanton, Virginia,
and other points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Cunning
ham have returned from q two
weeks automobile trip. They Wis.
tied relatives at Columbus, Ohio,
and other points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Harris and
children are the guests OF relatives
at Parkers Run. Mr.. Harris who Is
recovering from q severe operation
will spend several weeks there.
DR.. E. N. Cox is recovering from
short illness.
Mrs. Walter B. Wilson OF
Clarksburg spent Thursday hero
with her sister Mrs. David Ken.
needy, who Is very III.
Roy Bobet OF the Hartley de
partment store will leave Sunday
for Camp Meade where he viii
spend a weeks vacation.
Charles letters Of Martinsburg
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4 you find tho opening through
which mice enter your room cover
& with pisca 81 tar paper Mice
do not IKE ne sineli of tar and
van avoid 4
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nRAss srAlMs

Grass stains can be removed Il
they are soaked for awhile In aleo-
hol and then washed In clearwater
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tie continuity Of THE Infidel.r bel
'next picturs.
Lloyd Hamilton ii making his
5e7th comedy.
Jack Roach stage player. makes
his screen debut IN The Rainbow
starring Alice Calhoun.
Pearl White carries a thermos
bottle to the studio every day.
Guess what II contains Tea!
Gloria Swanson has completed
Don't Tell Everything" and viii
soon Leave the Hollywood studio
for q vacation in the east.
"The Way Of q Maid" has been
completed. 1t stars Elaine Ham
merstein. In the cast are Niles
Welch. George Fawcett and Diana
Allen.
The Philadelphia Board Of Edu.
cation Is Conducting IL open air
theaters. Educational pictures and
illustrated Nlecture son health will
be shown.
Universal has rented a Broadway
tAeater for. the showing Of Foolish
Wives, !" on which Won Srotheim
spent one year. and a million dol
larsi It'is'12 reels long.
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IRON RUST
3 II IRON rust spots your dainty
trock squeeze lemon Juice on the
spot and. then cover with salt. The
salt will absorb the rust,
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REMioVE oLUg

The white Of an egg WIN r..
move glue or the paste Of ty "a.
per from material. Rnh tho whils
over the sotled spot Andlit wlli roll
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Pearl White carries a thermos
bottle to the studio every day.
Guess what It contains Teal
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-08-12

lack Roach, stage PLAYER. makes
his screen debut In .'The Rainbow
starring Alice Calhoun.
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tie continuity Of THE Infldel.~ bel
NEXT pictursl
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Lloyd Hamilton ii making his
st7th COMEDY.