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Land in Mexico
BY Frederic J. TIaskin

sante Re. ". NJ. Aug. 27.-The Re-
public Of Mexico Is being quietly.
peacefully, rapidly colonized by Ger
mans.
This is the word brought back by
traveller who has just Returned, and
who has exceptional facilities for
learning the facts. Though native
citizen OF the United States he Is of
Spanish blood, speaks and writes
Spanish as well as English, and has
many friends and relations IN Mexico.
He Travelled all over the republic
seeking options on land for American
capitalists. lie talked To fMexicans
of all classes in their own language
and as one of their own race. He got
facts which are not accessible to re-
porters and politicians in Mexico City.
What this man saw in Mexico was
a young country going through a
phase of swift development through
colonization and investment. While
American politicians and capitalists
are trying to formulate a policy to-
ward Mexico. and trying to educate
the American people TO accept that
policy, Mexico herself is becoming a
different country. They have thought
Of her as bankrupt and starving. AS
a matter of fact she is producing
bumper crops and is solvent. They
have thought OF her as a nation Of
half-wild Indians. As a matter Of
fact her rich lands are drawing TO
her some of the best blood in Europe
A very large part of this blood is
German. Young Germans of good
education and with money in their
pockets are pouring into Mexico by
the tens of thousands. Rec entity the
Mexican government, this man re-
ports. sold great tract of land to
15 900 young Germans. Each OF
these men has 80 years in which to
pay for his farm. Each of them viii
found a family Many OF them-and
this is very important point-will
marry native girls of Spanish blood.
This German colony viii form a
great book of thrifty turner's. not
isolated. but bound TO tha resi- of the
population by ties OF marriage. In
the opinion of the observer we are
quoting, these men wili become as
much part of Mexico as any men in
it. They will support the Mexican
government. to which they are indebt-
cd for their land. and the Mexican
people, with whom many OF them win
have intermarried.
In addition to these Germans who
have bought a block Of land. there are
numerous small groups and individu
ais from Germany coming into the
country in search of farms. These
young Germans usually first obtain
employment ON some of the large es-
tates for year. They learn the Ian
guage and the country Then they
buy farms.
Americans Poor Colonlzers.
Some Americans are going into the
country and buying farms too. il is
reported. but they are few compared
e. the Germans and other Europeans
Furthermore. the Americans form
small groups and keep to themselves.
They seldom intermarry with the
Mexieans. and oftep they &C not even
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31
"A LETTER.
Irene S. Woodcoek.

m only a poor little. brown little dog
With cold little. black little nose:
But m writing to you the best that ! can
With my Ave little. brown little toes
/ want 10 remind you that hot days are
here.
And won't you remember to think.
All yod who have brown little dogs Of
your own,
And won't you remember to speak a
kind word
Just onct in while or so.
To the small trusty dog who runs at your
heels
Wherever you chance TO go2
For all OF the brown little dogs that /
know
And all of the bigdogs. too.
Whatever their color or name or Kind
Are loyal and true to YOU
They grieve for you sadly, il ever you're i'll
And long all your troubles 20 mend;
I'm only poor little. brown little dog,
But / m some little boy pest friend.
Our Dumb Animals.
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WEST YIRGINIA.
Hamlet.

We suppose that after women and
children have been killed by the
they live have been burned to the
ground. and after countless numbers
of miners have been shot, and an
almost equal number of private de-
tectives have been killed, that the
limited States will step into West
Virginia and for the time being end
the state Of guerilla warfare which
exists there.
The situation is almost similar to
mat which existed in the. Colorado
mine fields several years ago. on the
surface it is a question OF whether
the men shall be permitted TO form
a union or not. Right away conserva-
tive men. who do not know all the
facts. rightly say that the absentee
mine owners have a right TO oppose
the unionisrn of their men. They GER
tainIy have But there is another
matter which the public knows little
about. and that is the condition of
almost absolute serfdom in which the
miners of West Virginia live. Their
desire for a union is prompted by
the wish to become free-born Ameri-
can citizens in fact. and not merely
IN name.
ginia fields the miners are not per-
mitted 10 own land. They must rent
their houses from their employers
and pay any price they charge. In
the majority of the fields the employ
ers conduct company stores at
which the miners must buy, and must
pay whatever prices the operators
wish to charge, as no other stores
are permitted in the fields. Likewise
the men must send their children TO
the schools which the operators
partially conduct, and to the churches
where a certain brand of theology,
dear TO the operators souls, is cram
med down the throats of the workers
In some of the West Virginia fields
m-n rarely ever see a piece of money
They use store checks for all neces-
sitics Of life. The onlysdifference be-
tween them and the serfs of the
seventeenth century is that the serfs
wore around their necks collars of
metal. on which were inscribed the
masters names
This trouble. like the Ludlow dis
grace. arises primarily from absentee
landlordisn, one of the worst can
GERS on our body polite. A few per-
sons control the mines. These spend
their time in New York, London or
Paris as the whim suits them. They
place the mines in charge of mana
gers. who must make certain divi-
dends or else lose their positions.
Consequently the managers, being
intent only on making their stint.
put into force all sorts of harsh
measures which will deliver the
goods" as
There is never an effect without
cause. Herein is the cause of the de-
mand for the unionization of the West
Virginia miners. No doubt the
miners have beer rebellious--no doubt
they have broken the law. But ac-
cording to all evidence which has come
10 light. il seems that the law has
also been broken by the other side.
president Harding is right in de-
rnanains that law and order prevail.
and in threatening to proclaim mar
tiai law IN that region unless quiet is
restored by Midnight But after the
trouble is over We hope that the mep
who are directly responsible for this
social sore viii take stock Of them
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WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 81. 1921.
COMPANIONS.

Re thou familiar, but by no means
vulgar,
Tho friends thou hast, and their adep-
tion tried,
Grarplc them TO thy soul with hooks
OF steel;
But do not dull thy palm with enter
tsinments
OF each new-hstch'd. unfiedg'd COM
rade.
Hamlet.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31
Reds Are strong.

This growing strength of tho Ped
element in Mexico is tho unknown
factor in the situation, according to
our informant. He says that the
strength Of this element has never
been realized In this country. EeI
points out that when a Red demon
stration can get 5.O0e men in line.
and when the demonstration is car
ried out, red flags and all, without
molestation, the Reds are a political
force to be reckoned with. On the
other hand. the great estates are rap
idly being broken up, ard the land
distributed in small trscts among the
poems No do not each peOn who gets
a good farm ceases to be d Bolshcvsst
forthwith and becomes a Conatitu-
tioaalist. When all who want land
have been given land, the extreme
radicalism will be confined 70 the in
dbstrial workers in the large cities,
and in Mexico they are a small frac-
tion Of the population.
The trouble is. according to our in
formant. that the breaking up n the
big estates is being carried out
Clumsily and ia a way that disrupts
AAtf tbDtANtiAAI Att+ "a lAAt +pAHAlSs 4iAt
great land owners are being di-J JOs-
sessed of their lands without any
compensation They move away.
taking their livestock and tools. Tne
poems who are given the land have
neither. animals nor machinery with
which TO work it. The result is con-
fusion and idle land.
An instance is related Of a man who
owned 50,OOe acres 0f land. lie EN-
pIoyed all Of the several hundred in
habitants Of a village, mostly Indians
His land was taken away from him
ard given to the indians. He gathered
up his possessions, including mis-
horses and cattle, and prepared to
move. A delegation from the Fndi-
ans waited upon him. hat in hand.
They begged him not 10 go away,
pointing out that they had no means
Of cultivating the land. An agree
nlent was finally reached by which
ne furnishes seed. tools and livestocl1
while the Indians furnish the land.
II iG farned on shares. Everything
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31
nu Ross onits Police Torc,.

Patrolman Earl Du Ross. who re-
signed on Monday to re-sngage in
his former occupation, that of butcher.
was dropped from the police roll AZ
the Commission meeting yesterday
afternoon.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31

learn the language. This man svas
surprised 10 md many Americans who
had been in Mexico for ycafs and
could not speak Spanish.
In d word. while tho United States
holds a political club over Mexieos
head. BY reason Of the Monroe Doc
trinc and the great American Invest
ments 10 Mexico, Europe IL really
~tking possession of the country. and
Il is f.uropeanized Mexico that we
VIII have TO deal with within Il few
years more.
land IN Mexico. provided you are Will
ing 10 take your chances with un-
stable political conditions. arc prob
ebiy not riypliod anywhere tn the
world. In the first place. the Mexi-
can government Welcomes the bonn
file settler and provides him with
land on extremely attractive terms.
n tbe SECOND yioce. the owners ~ the
great land grants. wbo arc being dis
Possessed gf their lands ~ the Mezi-
can government under The new Mexi-
can cOrntitHtion. are ready 10 sell for
q song. The man whom We are quot
ing obtained options on two million
acres OF lard at d dollar an mere. lie
asked the officials of the present Mexi-
car administration whether. II these
lands were bought by Americans. the
titles would be conBidefe I a5od The
reply WAS that the government would
hold the titles good. Tho land Ia
question vas wild land covered with
forest. but rich In soil and well
watered. The timber on IL alone was
worth saany times the purchase price
There was a scattering Of mahog-
any Of which single trees would be
worth six to eight hundred dollars
eaen iaid down in Kew York
This mans clients did not buy on
the options which ne obtained. And
the reason they did not buy was that
a few days after ne returned from
Mexico there was a2great radical dem
onstration IN Mexico City More
/ Than 5000 men marched in a parade
bearing the red fisg OF Bolshevism
Should the boishevist revolution over.
/ throw the present government. Il i
doubtful whether any titles to large
areas of lanG held BY nonresident
/ investors would ~ good. These areas
wcalc probably BE div!dcd among the
/ laneless poor, Tho sr1aH landowner
+ living on his land would probably not
I be r1riested
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31

Young Wife-"oh. Edward, you do
believe that / am always thinking
of economy, don't you?" Young Hus-
Mabel, your shilling telegram
this afternoon telling me where 10 so
and save seven pence on a carpet
broom warns me that you are think
ing of it too much.--Edinburgh
Scotsman.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31

Persistent advertising makes money
for the advertiser so that he may do
more advertising .-Ady.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-31
Americans Poor colon'zers.

Some Americans are going into the
country and buying farms too, il is
reported. but they are few compared
t. the Germans and other Europeans
Furthermore. the Americans form
small groups and keep to themselves.
They seldom internarry with the
Mexieans. and oftep they &C not even
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-11
Income Tax in a Nutshell

WHO? Single persons who b,5
net income Of $1,000 or mo,a
for the year 1920; marrisd
couples who had net incomo
of $4,000.
WHEN? March Is, 1921, is tbo
final date for filing return,
and making first payments
WHERE? Collector of Inten,I
Revenue for district in which
the person resides.
HOW? Full directions on Form
1040A and Form 1O4O; also
the law and regulations.
WHAT? Four per cent norma
tax on taxable income up to
$4, 600 in excess of exemption.
Eight per cent normal tax on
balance of taxable income.
SurtaX from l per cent to G.
per cent on net incomes over
$500
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Snowflake Local and
Personal News Items

Mrs. j. @. Freeman has been
appointed register Of vital sta
tistics for Snowflake precinct.
Grandma" Reidhead has been
quite..sick the past / few days at
theshome of her daughter, Mrs.
Katie r. Fish.
Sammie Sponseller returned
the first of the week from Phoe-
nix and Mesa where he has been
sojourning for a few months.
V. D. Smith was down from
Cooley a few days this week.
the snow storm up that way
somewhat slowing down work
in his lines
George Bailey, the cattleman
of the Navajo section, arrived
in town Tuesday and is feeling
good over the ten-inch snow
that recently fell over that way.
Wallace H. Larson blew in
with the wind Saturday from
Lakeside. Mr.. Larson still holds
the position of state deputy
game warden of Navajo county.
Chase Rogers has moved his
family into the Frank Campbell
residence recently purchased by
Rogers brothers. Mr.. Campbell
moved his family into his wife's
cottage in the north part of
town.
The following of the highway
force at Hunt are visiting the
home folks on account of toe
much snow: John Dewitt, AL.
len, Erastus and Jesse Frost,
Annie, Reeves and Farley Will
lis, Tom Tanner and son, Viii.
liam, Noble Rogers and Arch
Campbell.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-11
1I,EF 6 OWN FLESH
ON BODY OF WIFE
Chicago Surgeon Explains 0per-
alton to students as He Dex-
ter0USIy WieIdS Knife.

Chicago.-With steady hand and
nerve, and calmly going about his
business as # he were performing the
simplest operation, Dr. Orlando r.
Scott, a surgeon of Chicago, cut 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 op-
eration was performed without a
single administration of anaesthetics
and in the ;resence of a number of
doctors and nurses. Sobs came from
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The Herald at $500 the Year

ForSale in Snowf1ake-Modern
frame house, 5 rooms and bath,
plumbing and wiring complete;
including one city lot, with gar
age and COW stable and drilled
well; near Apache Ry., on Acad-
envy addition. Leased to July
81. 1921. For particulars call or
write K. C. Kartchner, Flag
staff. Arizona. lAdv.
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Summons

In the Superior Court of the
State of Arizona, in and for
Navajo county.
The State of Arizona,
Plaintiff,
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Notice for Publication
Department Of the Interior


U. S. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona,
January 8, 1921
Notice is hereby given that Hans
Hansen, of Lakeside, Arizona, who,
on May 26, 1913, made Homestead En-
try, No. O22439, for na ne4, na nw4
sw4 ne4, ne4 sw4 ne4, nj set sw4 ne4,
nw4 set net, WI ne4 SET net, n3 sw4
SET ne4, nw2 set set net, Section l,
Township 8-N., Range 22-E., and nw4
of lot Sec. 6. T. 8-N., R. 23-E., G. &
R. B. & M, has filed notice of inten-
tion to make Three Year Proof, to es-
tablish claim claim to the land above
described, before Thorwald Larson, u.
S. Commissioner, at Holbrook, Ari-
zona, on the 10th day of February, 1921.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Jesse Tenney, of Taylor, Arizona;
Niels S. Hansen, Joseph Peterson,
John H. Hansen, all three of Lake
side, Arizona.
CHAS. E. MARSHALL, Register.
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Summons

In the Superior Court Of the
State of Arizona, in and Tor
Navajo county.
L. B. Shaw, Plaintiff,
VS..
Prime T. Coleman, Verna
Coleman. Ounce r. Gard
ner. Mary A. Gardner.
and Samuel F. Smith, Trus-
tee. Defendants. }
Alias Summons.
Action brought in the Supe-
rior Court Of the State of Ari-
zona. in and for the County OF
Navajo, and the complaint filed
in said County of Navajo, in the
office of the Clerk of said Su-
perior Court.
In the Name of the State of
Arizona, to Prime 7. Coleman
and Verna Coleman, Defend
ants, Greeting:
You Are Hereby Summoned
and required to appear in action
brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the Su-
perior Court Of the State of
Arizona, in and for the County
OF Navajo, and answer the Com
plant therein filed with the
Clerk of this said Court, at Hol-
brook, in said County, within
twenty days after the service
upon you of this Summons, il
served in this said County, or in
all other cases within thirty
days thereafter, the times above
mentioned being exclusive of the
day of service, or judgment by
default will be taken against you.
Given under my hand and the
Seal of the Superior Court OF
the State of Arizona, in and fol
the County of Navajo. this 11tt
day of Dec, 1920.
Lloyd C. Henning,
rc,7 Clerk of said
loeai1 Superior Court
BY Olive Clarke,
Deputy Clerk.
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State of Arizona
County of Maricopa 81
Before me a Notary Public, in
and for the County and State
aforesaid, on this day personally
appeared before me, A. z. Pal
mer, known to me as the person
whose name is signed and sub
scribed to this instrument and
acknowledged to me that he had
executed the same for the pur-
pose and consideration therein
expressed. Given under my
hand and seal of office this 18th
day of January. 1921.
r. A. Kingsbury,
Notary Public.
My commission expires jan
uary 10, 1926.
Filed in the office of the Ari-
zona Corporation Commission
this 18 day of January, A. D.
1921, at 200 p. m. at request of
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different parts of the room as Doctor
Scott, without so much as a vince of
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 disfigure
ment and possible loss of her right
leg. Mrs. Scott was injured in an
automobile accident and gangrene
had set in.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the interior
U. S. Land Office,
at Phoenix, Arizona,


December II, 1920
Notice is hereby given that James
B, Kelly, of Lakeside, Arizona, vhoI
on October l, 1917, made Homestead
Entry No. O96353, for nw3 8wi, sVS
nw4, WI SET nw4, Section 9, TOwnsh'
9 N. Range 29-E., G. & S. R, B. :
Meridian, has filed notice Of inteDuo'
to make Three Year Proof, to esta0I
ish claim TO the land above described
before Thorwald Larson, U, 5, Com
missioner, at Holbrook, Arizona +"
the goth day Of January, 1921,
Claimant names as witnesses: ray 4
Gardner, Roy C, Skolton, Dan F. Nor
gan, Frank Westbrook, all OF Lake
side, Arizona.
CHAS. E. MARSHALL, Register
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White Leghorn setting oc,,
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So and $5 a setting of Is ecc, 20,
Sent postpaid. -Gleim Points,, n.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
U. S. Land Office,
Phoenix, Arizona,
January 81, 1921


January 81, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that Samuel
Ezra West, of Lakeside, Arizona, has
made Homestead Application O26zO6
under the provisions of the act of
April %, 1904, for the sw4ssnw4 sci and
Ed sw4 set Section 26, T. 9-N., R. %
E., G. & s. r. B. & M.
Any person claiming the land applied
for adversely to applicant, or desiring
to show its mineral character, will file
his objections to this application with
the Register & Receiver of the u. S.
Land Office, at Phoenix, Arizona, not
later than March |, 1921, establishing
his interest in the said land, or show
ing the mineral character thereof.
CHAs. E. MARSHALL, Register.
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A. z. Palmer whose postoffice
address is Mesa, Arizona.
Arizona Corporation
Commission
By D. F. johnson,
Chairman.
Filed and recorded at the re-
quest of Riley Greer, Jan. ~,
1921, at 8 a. m. and duly re-
corded in Vol. No. 2 Of Art. Inc.
on pages Nos. 1925, Records of
Navajo County, Arizon.
Marguerite Drumm,
Recorder.
Edith Gray. Deputy.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-02-11

The State OF Arizona,
Plaintiff,
VS..
F. Williams, Defendant.
Action brought in the Supe-
rior Court of the State Of Ari-
zona. in and for the County Of
Navajo, and the Complaint filed
in said County of Navajo, in the
office of the Clerk of said Su-
perior Court.
In the Name Of the State of
Arizona, to F. Williams, De-
fendant, Greeting:
You Are Hereby Summoned
and required to appear in an ac-
ton brought against you by the
above named plaintiff in the Su-
perior Court of the State of
Arizona, in and for the County
of Navajo, and answer the Com
plant therein filed with the
Clerk of this said Court, at Hol-
brook, in said County, within
twenty days after the service
upon you of this Summons. if
served in this said County, or
in all other cases within thirty
DAYS thereafter, the times above
mentioned being exclusive OF
the day of service, or Judgment
by default will be taken against
you.
Given under my hand and the
Seal of the Superior Court OF
the State Of Arizona, in and tor
the County of Navajo, this llth
day of January, 1921.
Lloyd C. Henning,
Clerk Of said Superior Court.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1921-01-06
Public Sales.

On Saturday, March s, 1921, H. Ernest
Warner will sell horses, cattle and far m
implements at his farm about two miles
east of Thurmont. Smith & Ogle, Auc-
tioneers. oct 28tf
On Thursday, March 10, 1921, at 10
o'clock, Samuel A. Long will sell horses,
cattle, farm implements, etc., at Logs.
E. L. Stitely, Auct.
On Tuesday, March Is, 1921, Paul Val
entine will sell live stock, farm imple-
ments, etc., near Motters. Smith &
Ogle auctioneers. oct 28tf
On Wednesday, March 16, 1921, Benz.
P. Ogle will sell live stock, farm imple-
ments, etc., in Emmitsburg. Smith
& Ogle auctioneers. oct 28tf
On Saturday, March 10, 1921, Carl Gall
will sell horses, cattle and farm imple-
ment at his residence one mile north Of
Thurmont. John Dutrow auctioneer.
On Tuesday, March 20, 1921, Mrs. Hen
ry Eckenrode will sell livestock and farm
implements two miles north of Thurmont.
Ed. T. Mercer auctioneer.