davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED
LEAVING TEXLINE YARDS

Last Monday night about Q o'clock,
a freight train of about 60 cars,
which was leaving Texline, ran into
a derail switch, and the engine and
8 freight cars went off the track.
According to the information we
received, the train had been standing
for two hours waiting TO get air
pressure enough to operate the
brakes, but the air pump on the en-
CINE refused to work and il is said
that when the order came to pull out
one engineer refused to take the
train out in such condition. Anoth-
er engineer volunteered for the job,
however, and started out on the main
line. When he reached the derail
switch, where it was necessary to
stop, there being no air he was un-
able to do so, and as stated before,
the engine and the first eight cars
went into the ditch. The first two
cars were loaded with horses and
mules, and we understand several
animals were killed,
The engine took out to the open
country and stopped after travelling
some distance from the track, the
engineer and fireman jumping of
os soon as they saw what had hap
pened. The track was very badly
torn up, and the freight cars were
almost completely demolished. The
engine was also very badly damaged
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
GARD OF THANKS

wish to extend to the good peo-
pie of Clayton my sincere and heart
felt thanks for the many kindness
shown during the illness and death
of my beloved wife.
b. E. CARNEY.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

F. NJ. Wiseley and wife will leave
within a few days for a trip thru
the East, and will return TO CLAYTON
about the last Of August Mr. Wise
ley expects, so we are informed Ia
go ahead with the drilling at Pasa;
monte, and will bring in either oil
or a dry hole. The we'll is far from
abandoned. we are told.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

G. G. Granville and family re-
turned Wednesday evening from a
vacation of three weeks, spent at
Denver and Estes Park He says
ihnl the present water shortage is
not peculiar TO Clayton by any means
as they having the same trouble up
IN Colorado.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
HARDING ADVISES WORKERS
LEAVE QUARREL TO BOARD

Chicago, July B.-B. Nj. Jewell.
head Of the striking railway shop
men, the six international presidents
of the shopcrafts' organization, TIM
Othy Healy Of the firemen aud oilers.
and A. o. Wharton. labor group
member Of the United States rail-
road labor board, departed today for
Washington, presumably for a con-
ference with President Harding to-
morrow regarding the rail strike
situation. After a hurried confer
ence with the president, the strike
leaders planned to leave Washing
ton tomorrow night, arriving back
in Chicago Friday morning. A veil
Of secrecy was thrown over the trip,
and their departure over the B. s. o.
at 1890 o'clock did not become pub
lie until hours later, union leaders
declaring that Mr.. Jewell was still
in town all during the afternoon.
Washington, July 26.-PresidenL
Harding in telegram sent today TO
J. Cleve Dean, chairman of the Rail
way Employees Publicity associa-
ton, Chattanooga, Tenn, invited"
Dean to urge striking railway work
ers TO accept the decision Of the rail-
road labor board and return 10 work
until you and l and everyone else
interested in American welfare may
join in askins the railroad labor
board to give a rehearing on any
question concerning which there Is
reasonable doubt about the correct
ness or the justice of the decision
made"
The presidents message was in re-
ply to a telegram he received last
Sunday from Dean. in which il was
said that ito attempt TO operate the
mines and railroads by military
force or to attempt TO draft men into
mining and railroad service would be
an attempt to establish involuntary
servitude."
President Harding, in his telegram
said he was convinced Deans at
tempted appeal to American preju-
dice will fall upon deaf ears"
Asks Explanation
The president told Dean that If
he were "the believer in peace and
harmony and the reign Of justice
which you would have believed, l
invite you now TO pass on the failure
of the mine workers TO accept the
awards of an able and impartial
commission in determining the mer-
its of the dispute between coal min
ers and coal operators"
The assertion of Dean that the
American farmer and laborer have
come to realize the hostile attitude
of G. o. p" Mr.. Harding said he
would treat with contempt"
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

We will have our regular Sunday
School and morning preaching ser
vices at the usual time Sunday.
There will be no evening service on
account of meeting at the Baptist
Church.
We are always glad to have you
as our guest, aud will try to let you
know il.
CIV nAXTC posfor
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

The U. S. Railway Labor Board is
proving a stumbling block. If they
were made Of good grit the railroads
and unions would be told where TO
head in. It looks very much like
this labor board is weak-kneed.
President Harding hesitates TO take
the gentleman COW by the horns
and usurp the duties Of the board.
The lessons we are getting at the
present writing may bring about
some action by congress. There is
certainly power in congress to con-
troll situation like this. II There
is not, a twentieth amendment can
be attached to the constitution with
great big teeth.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Emmett Coble returned the first Of
the week with apples and peaches
also plums secured at an orchard
one hundred miles southeast Of
Clayton
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
M. II. CHURCH

Morning topic: losing and Re
gaining the Sense Of Immortality
Evening: Union services at Bap-
iisl Church.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
NOTIcEl

All persons having stock running
on or near my place, also Frank
smells place. are hereby notified
that above named places contain
poison for rabbits rats, etc
~ a. A. j. NEWTON
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

LOST Between Sedan and Clayton,
Auto License Plate No. 276iA.
Finder please notify D. l. Hammond,
Sedan, n. NJ. 81
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
GUY DAVIS, Pastor.

Rosalie and Jess Zurich left Sat
urday for points in Texas, where
they will soend several weeks
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
PROGRESS CLUB GIVES CONCERT

Last night the Progress Club or
chestra gave a concert in the base
meni Of the First Christian Church
which We understand was well at
tended and highly appreciated by
those hearing Il. Mrs. WOoten' the
effioieni president Of the club, states
that another concert will be given
within the next two or three weeks
the date 10 be announced later Clay
ton has a lot Of good talent. and suet
concerts are usuelly up TO the stand
ard OF mary travelling companies
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
CITY RECEIVES NEW PUMP

This week the city water depart
menl received a new Fairbanks
Morse pump from Denver, 10 be used
on the well at the city hall. The
new pump has a capacity Of 20 gal
Ions per minute and is directly con-
neoted with the water mains. Those
who wish TO get good drinking water
can now obtain It 81 the well At tho
city hall
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Mrs. Warren spann and children
returned from Texas this week,
where she has been visiting her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Sparks.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
As We Saw Il

aAo W. DuM ~
Kelly, new catcher for Dalhart,
fell far short of expectations and
didn't give the bang-up exhibition
that Eddie Banks specializes in.
Every man on the Clayton team
hit safely, and the Grays looked bet
ter than they have this year.
Bah and Hardy pulled an Alphonso
Castor stunt and lei Dalhart man
live a little longer, but it didn't cost
anything and everybody was happy.
Even notice how much Mac looks
Ike Eddie Roush out there in cen
ter field2
John Spring furnished consider
able excitement when he captured
an old litney bus with some white
mule clre-all in it about the eighth
inning. The owner didn't claim his
property.
C. shytles shied his glove at
Dutch's 2-bagger as ii passed him,
and there was some debate about
the penalty for the performance.
Umper said he never heard Of such
a thing and held Dutch at 2nd, which
turned oul 10 be the right decision
That was a long homer. and no
kiddin
Jimmy Shaver asked for a new
BAL vixen fbe locals began 10 lont
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Mrs. Il. Johnson oi GrandvieW'
will leave tonight for Tearing, Iowa,
to be present At the bedside Of her
sister, Mrs G. n. Thalctsr who is
il st that place Mrs johnson m
tends 20 remain there indefinitely.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

C. T. Anderson. member Of the
board Of education, aha res
ular correspondent Of the News on
iopics of the day was IN the city
wednesday, attending a meeting Of
the school board.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28
N. B. X. CLUB

The N. B. K. Club met at the home
of its president Miss Bonnie Rinker,
Monday evening, July oath. On ac-
count Of the small attendance, the
business meeting was short and the
greater part of the evening was
spent in planning for the future ac-
tivily of the club.
Delightful refreshments were
served at the drug store.
CLUB REPORTER.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs. !. L. Robinson, for
merly Of Beenham, but now residing
near Maxwell. n. NJ, were in Clayton
the forepari Of The week.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Earl Scott Of Fl. Worth 4cxas,
was out for q few days. visiting rel-
ailves ard friends near Tate.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Every man on the Clayton team
hit safely and the Grays looked bet
ter than they have this year.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Trinidad, Ration, Tucumcari and
other towns want games with the
Clayton team, and it is pretty cer-
tain that Managers Rankin and Reck
will accommodate some Of them al
least Gus is ia Trinidad as this Is
written. and may arrange for
game while there.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

That was a long homer. and no
kiddin.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Even notice how much Mac looks
Ike Eddie Roush out there in cen
tor field2
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

Dalharts team is a good clean
bunch, and the fans always get S5
cents worth and more when they
appear here.
The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1922-07-28

on him. but that didn't remove the
iinx
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
Outside Of London Where the Victims OF the
"Black Death" Were Thrown Each Night

But there are some places. such as city
dumps, where poison, mixed with -four and
water, can be used. And in other places
a certain poison. such as arsenic, VIII be
set out that makes the rat thirsty--as well
as sick-and theoretically, at least, the
rats will run to the nearest water to die,
II has been proposed, also, to set aside
rat poisoning days, for various parts Of
the city. Docks, warehouses and other
infested structures will be prepared for
the slaughter all at one time. Traps will
be set and poison scattered, for instance.
all over lower Manhattan during one day,
and further uptown the next day. II this
drive 10 successful whole sections will be
cleared at one time, and by this means 1t
Is hoped will overcome the birth rate.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

two men to help with the work about the
shipping, and two men from the Street
Cleaning Department are to assist with
the work at the refuse dumps. o.
The offensive is to be conducted along
two main lines. Rats are to be trapped
and poisoned, for one thing, and rat.har.
borages. such as docks end warehouses,
are to be rat-proofed. When there are no
filthy holes for rat TO creep into, he be-
gins his travels. ......
The trapping squads are to be enlarged,
with sub-foremen In charge Of ten men
each. Each squad has Its district head
quarters, and Chief Richards has sstab-
lished @. H. O. Each trapper Ia 20 be
equipped with 100 snap or guiIlotine traps
instead OF forty. as at present. In sddt
tion there will be plenty Of cage traps
The rest of the trappers' equipment In
cludes q six-quart bucket for the morn
ing's yield from traps bsited overnight. .
wire brush, a fle Tor delicateiy adjusting
the trigger Of the snap traps. an oil can.
fash light and tags.
The same methods Of trapping are to be
employed az 1t present--and q rat trap.
per has to be Just a. why aud experienced
as Hudson Bay fur trapper. II b not
such a simple matter as batting any old
trap with any old bait--and waiting. Pre-
ferred baits are bacon. cheese and elderly
fish, depending ON where the trap 10 70 be
set. II would never % 70 put out the
more odorous bait In q place where food
Is kspt
The spot must be carefully selected. the
bait carefully prepared and the trap con-
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

but most OF them bit through the copper
wire! II was found. incidentally, that 1t
took 23o volts applied for twenty minutes
to kin q rat.
Trapping VIII account for vast guam
tity Of rats, but will not be efficacious
enough 10 keep mp with their well.known
habits of propagation. So Commissioner
Copeland has decided to poison them
wherever "a 10 possible. The chief objec-
tion to this proceeding is that poisoned
ret creeps into the farthest recesses OF
his burrow 10 die.
And when he has been dead q respect
able length Of time the whole neighbor.
hood knows II, and mourns. Who has not
experienced the great amount OF trouble
a dead rat in wall will cause?
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

cealed. The trap
must be tied down or
the rat will walk
on with Il! Further
more. II must be
tied Just so--or the
rat win ,snaw itself
tree.
In Boston-vhere
II was tound that
rats were undermin-
ins the city, rat
catcher devised q
means Of eiectrocut-
ins the rats, Wire
loops we're placed
ct the entrance to
rat-holes, and con-
nected with . high
voltage curreHt.
! A few rats were
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

paralysis appears In any neighborhood
health authorities have become accus-
toned to look for new excavations which
drive the rats from their natural harbor.
ages. Study along this line Ia expected to
definitely disclose Just what part rats play
as the spreaders Of this disease.
OF all diseases bearing parasites the
rat stands supreme In the cost it's pres
ence has entailed ON mankind in the toll
Of lives and money.
So Commissioner Copeland's handwrit-
ing Is on the wall for any New York rat
who can read. n he escapes the trap and
the poison he will have few places to hide.
The old home under the dock will never
look the same again. He will have to ship
for foreign ports, bubonic fieas and all.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18


that II costs 81 per day to support rat.
While the trappers have destroyed thou
sands of rats there has been no appreci-
able decrease in the local population, be-
cause Of the remarkable fecundity of the
rodents. They breed four or Ave times
year, and come ten to twenty In litter.
According to the United States Public
Health Service, the progeny of one pair Of
rats in Ave years, II there were no deaths.
would amount to s403ss. 1921
without doubt rats would overcome the
world II It were not for diseases to which
they are prone.
Now, Commissioner Copeland is pre-
pared to recognize the warning Of the
plague the instant II arrives. His trap
pers catch rats In all parts Of the city. tag
them with record OF the date and place,
dissect them for symptoms such as swollen
glands, and make q Meteorological ansly.
sis TO see the rat suffered from the
plague. Commissioner Copeland would
have been glad to set rid Of the rats long
ago, but he has Just been able to set the
funds necessary for . campaign OF ex-
termination.
He has planned the campaign, In CO.
operation with Murray Hubert. president
of the Board Of Aldermen; Dock Commis
sioner John II. Delaney, and Street Clean
ing Commissioners Alfred Taylor. DR..
Frank J. Monaghan, Deputy Health Com
missioner, IL In charge Of the campaign,
and under him Walter Richards IS chief
Of the rat trappers.
The Dock Commissioner has assigned
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

city would be scourged with the BLACK
Death" as London was centuries ago II It
we're not for one fact-the plague gives
q months warning.
That warning is given by the death Of
the rats themselves. For the rats die
first. and their parasites, leaving them,
make for the nearest -blooded ami
NAL. If that animal happens to be man.
he catches the plague.
The plague Is always epidemic among
rats somewhere in the world. Ship-rats
carry infection from one part OF the world
70 another. II Commissioner Copeland
found an unusual mortality among the
rodent passengers Of ships in New York
barbor, he would expect to hear OF human
cases of this disease In few weeks.
II is for this very reason that score
Of Health Department men spend all
their time trapping rats-to see IL there
is any plague prevalent among New
York rodents. So far, the rats have been
caught mainly for purposes Of examtna-
ton by dissection and meteorological an
alysis.
But from now on the Health Depart.
ment is going after the rats to get rid
of them. Stockmen In the West employ
trappers and poisoners to get rid Of
wolves: in like manner the Health Depart
ment trappers are trying to exterminate
the rats. ., ...
And the city trappers' problem is no
less difficult than that Of the Westerners.
Tor Il is q fact scientifically vouched for
that there are as many rats as there are
humans-and that means 100000, at
least, in New York City.
Furthermore. the city trapper has about
as much ground to cover as the woods
trapper. In docks alone there are SIS
miles of rat.harborage to be cleaned out.
with only twenty or thirty men to do It.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18
the disease
Breeding
Rats of
NeW York

THE plague which has swept Europe
from time to time In past centuries
= is getting dangerously close to the
United States. This curse Of olden times
was called the BLACK Death" and carried
to their graves kings and paupers without
discrimination.
Science now understands the bubonie
rlague and knows that II Is spread by
reas from infected rats Within the last
twelve months cases of bubonic plague
have made their appearance In Florida.
Louisiana and Texas. The Azores report
outbreaks, and thousands OF miles OF
the Australian sea coast Is affected along
q belt 100 miles wide. Certain spots In
South and Central America and great
areas of Eastern Europe and Asia are
r,lague.rfdden at this moment.
Will the BLACK Death" creep into New
York?
This 10 exactly what Health Commits
sioner Royal 8. Copeland Is now busy or
ganizing to prevent. The Federal health
officials In the hsrbor give the incoming
ships q onceover giance-out the life
and safety of New York really dspsnds
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

Meantime the defensive campaign will
70 on as usual. Rats will be examined
for bacillus pestis. the germ Of the bubonic
plague. and other evidences of disease.
Ships will be fumigated and their haws-
ers guarded with metal discs 10 keep the
rats from climbing down the ropes to
shore. And each sea captain, on reaching
port, win be asked whether he has noticed
an unusual mortality among the rats Of
HIS ship.
Even more important than the rat kill
ing will be the rat.proofng Of docks. 1t
Is along the water front that rats are most
numerous, and also where an infectious
plague begins. The first human cases are
usually among dockworkers.
While rat-proofng of docks is highly
expensive. It Is also a good economic
measure, because rats destroy not only
the goods stored on the docks, but the
structure Of the docks themselves. As
was said before. It costs - a day to sup
port q rat--he destroys that much-and
II does not cost anywhere near that
amount to destroy the rat, or guard
against him.
The secret Of rat-proofng. in word, is
to give the rat nowhere to 60. Solid bulk
heads. of cement instead Of wood, will do
the trick. Cleaning up rubbish heaps, re-
pairing broken walls and floors and main
tanning a generally sanitary condition are
highly important where there's dirt
there's a rat" say the trappera
Bubonic plague is not the only dis
ease carried by these pests. Rats are
frequently infected with intestinal para
sites, the tapeworm in particular. Blood
tests OF rodents have also disclosed the
presence of trichina and careful investi
gators believe that rats have been a con-
siderable factor in transmitting this in
fection to hogs from whence 1t comes to
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

"Bring Out
Your Deadp
Was the Cry
Of the DriDers
Of the Dead
Wagons During
the Epidemic Of
"Biack Death
in London
IN 1855.
Sesssfissss q
Crazsd Victim
Would Rush
Forth and Leap
on the Wagon
uith an Ouf6arst
Of Insane
MsSrirssnf, as
Skospn IN This
Old English
Wood Cut.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

upon the tireless
watchfuiness of the
city health authori-
ties.
At any moment
the plague might
break out In New
York-if Il were not
for the vigilance Of
Commissioner Cope
land and his men.
And the loss Of life,
II the plague ever
gained headway,
would be far greater
than that of the in
fuenza epidemic.
For bubonic plague
is the most deadly
disease KIN o " n -
ninety-eight cases
out Of every hun
dred are fatal.
Even with b Q
Health Department
on the alert, 1t IL
safe to say that the
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

Investigations con-
Quoted by eminent
Boston physicians In.
cluding Mark w Rich
ardson broached the
theory that the
rat is responsible for
that dreaded disease
called infantile par
alysis. These physi-
clans we're led to this
conclusion after they
had made a compara-
tive study of infantile
paralysis and bubonic
plague and discover.
ed remarkable points
of resemblance in the
spread of these dis
eases. Several we'll
authenticated cases
were established in
which children, who
had played with dead
rats were taken sick
with infantile paraly.
sis and after an epi.
demic had broken out
in one New England
town an investigator
saw on its river bank
rats hardly able to
get over the rocks be-
cause Of paralysis Of
, the hind legs.
Now whenever an
--lll "a A-AAN
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

Rats are slmost as wary as
wolves-and far more de-
structive. n In estimated
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

Grea. Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1922-06-18

epidemic OF infantile
The herald., 1922-09-07
CHARTER OF
THE H. o. STAGE REAL ESTATE
AND INVESTMENT CO., INC.

United States of America, State Of
EEoulslana, Parish of Orleans, City OF
New Orleans. Be it known that ON
this dav Of tba ,,nn,h oi s
in the year of our Lord
one thousand nine hundred and TWENTY
Two. ana OF the Independence of the
United states of America. the one hum
ured and forty-sixth, before me. Cor
MENUS w. Puneky, a Notary Public
duly commissioned and qualified in and
Tor the parish of Orleans, in the pres
ence of the witnesses hereina fter
named and undersigned personally
came and appeared the parties whose
names are hereunto subscribed, all of
IuIl age, who declared that awaiting
themselves OF the provisions of the
Jaws or this state relative to corpora
uons. they have covenanted and agreed.
ana by these presents covenant and
agree and bind themselves as we'll as
Such other persons as may hereafter
become associated with them, to form
ana constitute corporation and body
poluc In law, for the purposes and
OBJECTS and under the stipulations and
articles following. to-wit: anu
ARTICLE I. The name of this cor.
poration shall be The H. o. STAGE Real
Estate and Investment Co, Inc,
ARTICLE II. The objects and pur
poses for which this CORPORATION is
organized and the nature of the bust
ness 10 be carried on by II are de-
cared TO be the following. to-wit: To
own buy, mortgage. improve, deal in
ana sell real estate in every branch.
and to do all such things as may be
incident thereto.
ARTICLE III. The capital stock Of
said corporation shall be Ten Thousand