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i at A 1 AiaTmTra&ttUjK aTOfnro herald, mpnday, February a 1013. m ' is 1-4 wt OH Alt Mens' Suits Overcoats Hats Shirts AND Furnishing This is the clearance event of the year a straight offer of 25 per cent on a line of Men's wear that is always reasonably marked. Benjamin Bros. & Co. 218 W. Central ALBUaiTERCWE, N, M. WHAT 1KB - WHAT KINO 1IO YOn BSC? Wo timko nil tli popular kinds of Broad; the modern shapes, but only tho best qualities. It you uxo Vienna Bread, Graham Broad, or the ordinary Wnil, yon will rihd thorn In porfeatlon hero nnd at fair prloe. Wo Jiollolt einglo trial of our Broad, knowing that It will kIvq no rnueh sattafaetlon that you will continue to use It after wards. PIONEER BAKERY m 207 KoiiUj 11m Blreot. SANAA FF TIME TABLE, lffetlivo Uoeember 8, 1912. VtlliH)lUI(l Arrive. Departs. . T:Mp SJt I Cal. Hxpreas. . Cat JfcrHrsss. . CaL I "set Mull. ..It: Up H:Mp ..U:Mp HMIi ,..18:88 ll: J 10 Out. Unfit . e Lmx Thtrjs... 7. Ma. $-.0h ltt hound 10 Overhaul Jjhrpriej. B;8a It '.Mm. 2 ItwtUrn itmirm,. 8:Sip 4: ten 4 Cal. UiHttafl I: lip C:N 8 1C C & CM. Jfx.. O Mp 8:ltp 30 D tauta Wed.... ;Mp 5:t0p Boiltlllmillld 809 111 Mm & Max l:Sfla Rlli Ml tat tteujiMifer 8: MR 811 i'leees Valley tft.. TtSIp JVortJihonml 810 VmrtU Max A ISi J. 6. Wa lJ I'rftm HI ihtan 8s 113 1'rom I'vwm Vat Ivy and Cut-off. .ii8p P. J, JOHNSON, Agent. IlOSWJirili-VAUOH.V AWTO IilMC (fJarrics U. 8. Mall.) J,avtMi Hoswell 10:10 a. in. Arrives Vaughn 8:U p. n, Leave Vauhn dally.... 8-.4B a. m Arrlvod Hoawell 8:00 p. in, (Aula waits until 10:00 a. .it, far arrival of 15. 1. S. W. train Tia. t. jfartf on way. 110. Ilound trip. 118. X00 J'jfl. fcajtgii.' parried free, exeeer U8SkK. n 60 per 100 lbs. BsiMfft up to 1.600 taa. carried. CoanMtlons mado at Vauhn with all K. V A . "W. ana fanta tralnr Kiwe4l AW lbswHI. , Owiwr iimitim me- Vtea. A(tH. $M.eee A.H.S. AND U. K. M. NOW LOGICAL OPPONENTS local Basketball Teams Should Get Together and Decide! Supremacy, Relief of Fol lowers of Spprt. Imsttetoalt onthueiaets are now talklm; of u game between the bnys' team or the University of Now Mex ico and the Albuquerque hitch eeleset. Uoth lnstttutteiM lutve fas and ag gressive t warns and while no athletic relations exist between the two Insti tutions, It Is believed that If negotia tions ar begun erranKomenia can easily be completed for a contest on the court whlnh will delde basketball supremacy la Albuquerque. It Is a certainty that the proponed high sehoel-varsUy same would draw a packed hnuiio. The 'vnrally demanntrutetl lb mI1 clency n the basketball MHirt aualn HaturuViy evanlns by trlmmltitt tho t4ia vesan Normal bas by the natro of to 21. The AltHtqaarHHti Mtrh Mboat sirta lost to the laa Vaffaa Normal Stria. 17 lw 11. The Lae Veffaa teama mwrftMl home yeaterdny. bavtag takon a double-header from the Albuquerque In dian and on name from tb- litau uchool, a total of three won and one I oat. CHAVES COMING CHAMP BELIEF IN EL PASO Tho ISI I'aeo Herald Hays: "itenny Chuvett, tho bantamweight champion of tho Itoky mountain die- trlrt. who is anxlourt la mamm a mat'-h with I'rankle Conloy. ie uiii- f tho most Hfvor anil n)9graMdve Imx era In tho Ram p. It la the opinion of no vein I loco I etportlliK man who liave aoen the llttlo Mnckii box, that bf In on1 of tho aulekoat men ever even in the rlnK, nnd that with ar.cr tnniiHKemont ho weabl bo eltawpion of the world at 111 eoMiula, SPORTING BREVITIES OFF THE WIRE. Christiana. in Uie liiieriiuUonal HkmVam raw hare the Itnwlan, mow. wan the metero ereitt in eight inlnutea. U.I iwonda. Matitle- aon. the Norwegian tampion, won Uie iteo meteia la two minute. M.l evwada. lmttadaiphla. Chat-lea llautloinfc Anowden. wall known as a nolo Hgr- er died liar laat lUgkt roiH dUHee roeatved WeJiieaikur la an aUnalMle aorldent. SIiowdn played on the liryn Mawr team, which won the Jun ior ohumptonahtp two year ago. ai'oirr mtttvrnrt si-ort iago Caribde, l'a. Jamea Thorpe, the Indian athlete, ilea tod the report that he ia under ountmet with the Okla homa City bnaelMtll team. He artdvad liwrt- hurt night from New York, where ho elgucd a contract with the Nation - al leagur lub of New York. He will loin that tam on Ita trip touth. Kaw York. Jose I. Caaahkujira. tin- Cuban vaiea i hamplon, after win ning tan straight ainee in the nation al chaantiMUHore' toarnaiaent. loin to Ckjtrtea JafEa of UUa rK. He atill 4wc a aatnt and one-half load, We- . . y.'1, y110 Vwt!rt""' ! and J.ilasjiMlgleH da sen tad Teaenuwra at, ItltaM. Morrlaoit nnd lapokHNk re- aneUvety. Kuprulk and uaafer drew. The ftaoeaatcla-Chaei (OMaat was aaonrued. KaneM i'lty -Droh.,. h and Montr were tha wlnaere In th six -day bl- cyole rce that nnished here rum night Uyan and i'n vans ugh finssaiii saeond. rive teams rod l.it mi las and ten laps end ih. winners wert de cided by h n' -mile aprlnt around the IS-lap track. Besides the two winning toStHS Mtraa others, De ltara and Mofonhmfliar, Welker and Mitten, and Lawrence ind I'ameron, a leu oov erod like fasti dialanoe and in the one- mne snrint to itreak thu tie awarded third, fourth and fUUi respective I Loftue unit obura, and llluti and Wilcox tied for sixth pigec. nalahtag op. lap balttwd toe wlajiare. UMtm and Cooura won la tho nsetd tgB gprtnt. MsjChay and Krebs beok aajhUi plae, anlswtna tarn lapa behind tka five winning teams. Beck and Unrion withdrew and did not rhia last nlaiit, rf the winning team, Pete Droaaah la from Ifcwton ami l'i.M Uahtr from Australia. Ilehlr rode Mia winning Sprint A puree ol ilooh was divided by the teams. WtfeOii .Mlna SafUty (HihIj-iiihii. Waentttgl-m. fob. 8. H Jl. Wllsoa. the engineer In charge of the esperl mantel elation of Hi, federal bureau af mlaoa t I'll tabu rjt has beionie chairman of the eeull e committee of the AJiieii' i Mlno Mafei) asaoi-i atloa, beins f uin-l to reduce th nomber o iri!i in tntiu- mirt n"'1 rles throughout tha oounlry and for ii. r IUi of mon- then 8u.imm) mm r Injured each year Amamr Its mem- In i. nr.. l.-Htlllur j,;il ,ml II mill. . naijo i c a Aft ' a i t t t : V :: : INTER SCHOLASTIC MEET PROMISES TO BE SUCCESS Athletic Director R. F. Hutch inson Busy Planning Pro gram to Be Held Here in May. Ilvury hlKh aehool In New Mexico in bln k lnvltel and urftod by It. f. IlMtolUiwon, dlrectur of athleUoa at the UHtveratty of New .Mexico, to caute to Albtttt.uera.ue and iwrtlptpatt) In the intersohitlaatic flltl meat ta be heM in llwWtll Athtetb' park Ml May. Mr. Ilutahlneon liaa mailed dofialtr Information reirardiiiK the meet to all high xfhoole and every In Uucfirifiif la offered for rapranenta tion. it In planned to have every hlKh wjIhmiI ropreeented. evon If only one iiihh la entered front eame of the umaller Inetltutlonn. The plan M to have tho high aohaot lade come to AtbtNiaeniHe as fitieeta of the imlver Mt'. MiakiHK their home on the hlil while here. Coarh UHtehlnaen haa bOH worltliiK oat the deiaiW of the plan rr the maw for more than a year and haa rerythlNK Ih rom-rete form, ready to HMaoimr. at the prop er tlm- Suprcmc Court Refuses to Grant Appeal of Negro Pu gilist Charged With White Slave Violation. Ily liimscil Wlro to Ktoulug llurnld Wnehlnaton. Kel. I The euprm ourt today rilamlaaed the apprul ol Jaca Johnaon. the negro pnglilat. m-du-id in Clip-ago n a charge of to la ting the federal white alave art. from thtt dvHslon of the rederal court of northern IlitMola. T" lio Trlml at omu 'hlcago. Feb Aa a renult of the dtsmteaal of Jack Johnaon'e appeal. Dlatrh t Attorney Wltkerawi aal to day that the maea agalnat tha nagr pugilist aould b tnd Immadlateiy. When Johneon was arreatad after his Indictment charged with vtotatiug the Mana act, rcleaae on u writ of habona t-arpua waa dented la appealing to the CnUrd Mtatea aupreme court, Johnson tttacked tho i nnatltntlonality of the Mann art. Justice l4tmar announced the rtu ckdon of the court which liehl tlutt a iiersou waa not entitled to attack the constitutionality of a umv on lia lcaa corpus unless all other meant of testing lis validity bad boon ex hausted, fn the mean wlilte, the court point d out Johnson had been released on hail ' The court did not pass utmn th const It ullonality of ihr law In any particular. 'uU Ihnc Manilll'S Itiiuo. (ialena, Ilia., rati I - lie cause at the squeakHMI of a cork lee;, two il- saiaaea Was laailsai aHasMSaaal niuimsil strnM UPaa here early yesterday. fine of the men arreated who gave the name 'f Olen A. (lllliert. ta supposed to be a son to the late Jerumwh lloynahan, of M. loula, wl.o use known as thu "millionaire rag plcnar," and who left his son Me.ste two yearn ano. Tha bandits, wearing masks and armed with revolvers, had brok.in Into a gambling room here, four man who ware playing were ordered to throw nn their handa. After aaveral dla monde and tl.see ash had been gathered up tha rohhara with the plunder, baoked Into a lollW room and escaped but not without leaving the vb'tlme aware that one of the bendlte had a cork tag which enuaakad. Poaaeaaton ol a noisy lower limb could not be denied by (IMheH wh. with Adam HseMaa Millar, bumped into policemen In the Ullnola Centr.il raitroad rarda a law mtemtce Hftr i ha robbery lift UiKUUIHl Tfil. WashHttton, rob. a. New r waa trade twtween the United Hlat-a nod the Orient as great as during It8. 1 Mpor Is from Asia and ix eanUt caw hlnad amouat.d to txun.aoe.eso In 1118. aa against I1ii,q(io.oh In l8; nod tac exports to .vaia and Oeasala for the last year aggregated, llfl, ooo.ofo agalnat lHl.00u.Mse tan years s Tio i riMii MtwteH sent to India In 1 : lot, Tli " iioiinda of raw cot- 1 1 1 1 1 in i'iiiii.i. ii.unuiHio pound , xi l Moii to ihwai- i mm- - ,'ii. i to I'M I iimoUllleil lo iH' - ii'-ihuiK .l.ti-iii i iM i-i i i) from 1 ihuu uu in tile iast year J.- lit , 00" ""0 iund of raw cotton. Tin. im rwet Hi exporta to the . ! HI . in i oiioih l i'i-n 10 mi I JACK JOHNSON WILL 00 TO TRIAL AT ONCE II lill. I 'I'll . Ill" I llll. lt Mint" . i li M llll. I lli'llll 1- Eradication of Cattle Tkk to Make South Great Beef Supply Country U'ftrdilfiRloii, Jan. 88. '"A connldor- alilc portion of the futon, meat mi P ply of tho sounlry nuiet come from the ROtith. nnd tlilx altuHtlon Ih liocouilitfi boiler iinderMtood and mute appro ciuted every day. There aro mllltotis of in-r oh of Idle land In the mitilliurii Mates Hint are ospeclatli Hilaptud to the production of cuttle, anil there Ih no rcAtuin why not otil the beef aup ply but the nuppl) of pork for Amor Iciin iniirketa ahuuld not bo produced on tile oI1h of the miiith." The nbovo stale was made by See rctery of Axrlculture .tainoa WIIhoii. in coinniNntliiR uimn the growiitR ahortflKo of the beef tajpply and tho areat ouportunltlea for cattle nnd lion rntaliiR In aonthwra atatea. The secre tary linn always been muuh tuteraoiad tn eoiitlieni aarlcultiire. partirubirU' In tho production f liveatock. He haa, from time to time, urged on the com mittee In cnnKreee the tiacaaelty of the erndlctttlon ol the rattle tick In order llmi the onl eermtw handicap to cattle production In the aonth mufht be ellnilnaied "The one thing that prevents the south from rapidly progrtiic In tha prmlMetloH of iik.-atoi'k for inarket hi the cattle tick i-i. and that la Rradually RtMtiitg under control." con tinues tiro secretnrv. "At present InK.Md Mtaaro miles of territory In the eouth line been released from the tick quarantine, and more territory la being added lo this every month. 'The tfok annually contmme about poiMMtii of blood from each head of cattle r.nd of course It la Impossi ble to fatten him for market with this area! drain on his physical re serve. "Not only are there millions of acre of idle land that could profitably be ud for tha raising and -net u ring of cattle, but there are mllltona of acres af the beet rattle prsdurinx btnda In the with that are ut present being used for other purpoeea that should he turned into fcedliiR around for llveatock. United States Has Unlimited Supply of Raw Material for Fertilizer tVaeulngtoH, IJ. C. Jan. --Fer tiliser lHvosUmthns by ths btiiiau or soils," ftll Prof. Milton Whitney. chief of the but 4uu. "have Khown that the ITnltisl atlttas roalainj ample raw materktl for thu production of all the standard fetllttv.r llutt It now de- mauds. "The giant help groves oh the la- clltc coast fixtiH the Mo.vicsn bord in to ('ape I'leliery have been mapped, and work Is Ih progress from which It will aoon be pitaslbh- lo estimate I If value of this areut resource It Ih known how thet It inn produce fccveral I Hue fife present needs of the country In potnsti Halts. The In tcatlaallone of the OVaert basins of the I'nlted MIhIcs li;i demonstnited that potneh ialtx or iiiiiin'r-tiil .iliie are known .it leant in or- r tlv llllKinX. ItUIIII l Sl-Hlll'M I.Ik.' "It een- . t t ,t 1 1- flum I he '"i- 1 I'll 1 1 lllM'MtlKiitlolie, II 1 1 1 1 1 1 m tli Agricultural Fairs and in the H'oshmgtoa. rb. l. The iorr ntry of agrbuiture haa re-eniu is- d a bulletin rosMaJnlng Mat ol Ll.Tle fairs and esthlattlena devoted to agriculture, Htestook and related sub jects. f these, 7SI arc In the east not lb central Htnloa. 51 in the west north central states, 8Ti In the mid dle Atlst!' Htutes, 88 In N-w Kng- ktad. 811 In the south Atlantic siatas, INI in the east south central states, 1A7 In th west gttwth eeutrsl states. 1 is In the f'Miifle Mates, and KM in the meunt.itn autteo. In the i.i Ftfleat ion by nreaa con tributing t the eshtblts. it appeara that M Hi,- ouMy fatrs. ts nre in teii iunt fiiiro. zsd cover less than county area, jus are Interstate fairs, 165 are stale fuir If are notional, 103 International, and far & n in formation wun root? van with regard to arm entered. Classification with regard to the kind of exhibit an.us the following results. Ocitet ui ngptieulture. I. HI 7: poultry, pottfjsy and p t stock. . horses, ki hatfthluNure, mi dogf. 71: llvestotk. po4t ry. pigeons und pet stm'k, pMrftfl' ed pigeon-. Is: rtorlciiliui, . It; dairy prodif te. 7; oorn, t a pi. uttMrs, 1. A brief himory Mf aaii-ultiiral ralrn tn this coiuitiv is faund In the bulle tin What w.ir prtmniily a market fair wax b t.l in (Jetober. I4, "on the Mall on the SUtk aide of the Tiber, ei, uiltag Iron the bridge at the iVntei Marital ta the 1'otomac,' In WaahtnKtun. 13. C The city gov ernment nppioprlg.lad l&O toward o fund for premium wax reaidema Hub scribed tin iual aMHi. This am unt waa awarded "to (Ha heat lamb, sheep, nicer, iniloh a', Jack, oxen and horse miuaMjr aad." The third fair was held in Kwsnmbei. . after which these HUU'lUH fairs were dlacoiitinueil More cion. iv rausltni to the tin ep ilog of the fair itMWaUtant " 1bia country weie the aditual aheep shaarlnga .HiubMasl tad continued for a dnsen .wars kf QtiMi't Woslung ton "arke I'ustlg at "AHIngtou, his estate opposite Washing", I). ' . on too Virginia side of the l'oi,.iunc river. A piogrnm of one of these rntal feet it ia, aa pubhalieil m a Usorgetow n. . t' aawajntper of the day. spc tite.i iiromtums for certain ohssses of aheap gild f wool, for home-iim,i.. tubrlos and gatuneliu. rtnd for soil tiniTovemeat. Th nrat fulLhanjed ajgrb iltural rait piiiimiiiv for seenpstltiv.- eahib its iui....i .if tor HwrlHMlBC. was held l.v (In l I In ,i i.i' iinnUMI yuWMitmiii whs ojagHlaed m I too i j. iiiTetgeg Interweted In agi-i. mini, isaidlng n il.. i .-i.-i Vllgllil.i .Ml the PlStrlct of I'.luin blH I r , i , xlllhltion W l belli 11 i ii ,.i if,'. , Mi, , I it. Is"" 'If! II" V i k i,i , I "I I Ii ! 'I ' i ll. I ii , vv i .ill. Ii . I . -1 l. "Tnkn for oxitmplo the over 8.B0O, ono m-rea of the Cecil cluy which l found in AliilHiintt, Omirplti. North 'Hrollna. Sitih CiiiiIHiu nnd Vir glnln, hikI the 1,300,0(10 hitom of the HnRoratown onm, found In Alnbnmi). Kentucky, Teniueo and Vlrluln. InveatlRiitlnna iniide by tho bureau of solla shows t lilt t ItteKO two types ir nolla are pitrtlctilarly flilnptnil to cuttle production unit mow tho llnoHl Kroeeer nnd foraae erupt or any noils In t1" country. "Wo can aleo Inlte under connlder alien the mtbllloiiH of ncraa of Or unKohurK nnd Dekalb Mills loonteil throiiKhnttt the eoutlt which are hIho udmlrHbly iidiipted tn tho feeding or cattle and hoKa. dsetdes, there ore mllllonN of acres or hind that are nu' prodHolntt eprliiK anil sniitmer nw that could lie protllahly turned into winter peeture-.. ror Inatance. take tho cotton plaittatlono. In a great many caeea those He kin, after it la rue j cotton crop is wathered. could be planted to winter pasture, whleli would, Imdead of lessening the pro ductiveness of the soil, Increase It. "The long growing oeaeon wltleh prevails over much of the son t hern IssrAory enable the farmer if raise two crops ii year upon many of the so lis. It also renders posetble the pee turaKe or cattle for a ton time. It Is not Infrequently the case that on a southern plantation the present acre age of crops grown for market could be maintained, white at the same time land not now In use could he made available for keeping beef cattle and for fattening hogs. "Another distinct advauUKe of slock raMiig In the southern states arises from the fact tlutt the expen sive shelters for the wintering of the stock which are required in all of the more northern regions are not net-eeearv nnd in many localities the rattle m he sue reeiefully carried throualt the winter without any other shelter than the pen or feeding lot." report, "Hint pru-tlcally uulttnited siippllea or potmth from feldspar slid similar minerals may be obtainable. Contrary tn pnpulat Itnpreeeton, none or the flclda or phosphate Is exhaust ed. The present tie bis, together with the tinwnrked area, are known to i-oulaln enough high grade maters I to supply three lime the present needs of the country for more than a thousand years "It hae been hIiowm tlint while i t tain fertlllaera. whirb have re.nil come Into the American market, au.-h aa ground icldanar, ground pbonolitn and ground lava, may wvcasitmsMlJe produce a favors We teault, there la no erienthV bests for believing that thin would generally produce any spe inl or In ut I oa Improvement in the eoll. mill Uii- rnniiot be expected 10 fi plii' i ih. Htiimtard mlaturea of aslts .intiiini t'oiimi in high grade far- I till y..-r i- Exhibitions United States In 1912 nunieioiix .ia miiiaicc ,,f membere of the aiKletv, Hinong wbom we nollceo the Prealdent .in. I hla lady, the tec reiary or Htate, the tfecretary of the Treasury, the Hecretary of Wur, the Comptroller, Iteglater. etc., add irun other ladles and gentlemen of n spectabllity. ' This fair was mainly devoted to domestic animals and ttwnufaclu-ea. Heml-antiual filts were held until the spring of 11 2. when the war with Haghutd nnd the aspiration of the time for which the society waa organised caused Its dis continuance. Tha oldest existing agricultural so ciety that holds fairs la the Herkahirr Agricultural society, I'ltUMIttid. Mass.. which haj Its ttrst fair in the autumn of ixio, or only one and une-hnlf year after tho It rat fair of the Colum bia a Agricultural society. Kor a sprain v ni will nnd i'him berlMln a IJnlment excellent If .illavM the I'lllll, IiIIIOV. n the HOI, leM ml noon reHloli-H the Imllrt I" a llli't'n cotiilltion .". anil ' Ill '".till - l"l' Sale h all ilrilSH'Hti- REVIEW 0F6pERATI0NS IN M0G0LL0N DISTRICT DURING PAST WEEK Mogoltoh. , m . .Ian ;m ! ii. .v Ing la u resume ol tin week c i'Iivim in the Mogollon illstrtct MiiiiiI Mining Coiiipiiiiv. "reparation are under wa fi i ... live resumption of work ou tliix pi.t' erty. Among t' new inociiin. n f. be Installed hi . compressor, .urn ' er impn-vcf.uwia are contempiiii. . UrniMlno .Mining Co. A Ut U Vurgpc twin oil nmii. i ii ao horse power caan'tl li.n. i. u ordered, and grading for the ( .ml turn by now going on. When int.iii. .1 the ooiapany will hate a i .tuix i t 580 hot -sc iMiwcr. ample for alt i i out pUI'IKHM'S. Tho fluke Cuuipiiiiy. Active devuhmiiient cooilu.i. n both the I'aciMc and Tunnel ki . eapci tally hue ore Ueillg en. ouiilei. .t In tunnel A on the latter. Heroin shipments are being made to tin u turn mills. Di'iiiIvvimmI Allium. Work on the r00-foot lev.l iln loweat la the mine- is prmins luabh satisfactory. Pour Iwrs ot imiiioii were shipped during the week him "" tables yielded eighteen sack ot ii uii trade concentrate Two biimlieil .isl fifty t ins of, ore were hatnlleil ,iu l development advanced '.'& teet .MlHititlUII (told V Cnpiier I n. A comprehensive line ..t . i .-v . t . . ( - bus been la PI out lot tin 1 'HHP' . Mill ,IH It I , ll, . I, i lli. lo. lol v tin , ,( , in W lii i Mil mail. l.iliti t. '1111.1.;- ..I i . r In III.' Ii 1 1" .1 1 1 . Ill 'I i Ii . I i in in. II-. I . .ii. Ill, I ill I, i'Iiiii . ExtsFci Special FDRTHIS WEEK Manhattan Stiff Bosom Shirts, cuffs Come in and look over all the Specials of our Clean-Up Sale. They will please you. M. MANDE.LL Bones of Comanche Itdians Slain in Bloody Plains Battle DiscoOared Hut. hlnon. Kim, lau .11 lie ceittlv while ex.availnu lot a lioiiau. a t w inile northwest of Wilburn. southwestern Kord county, some skel ali. tin were unearthed. It le believed they are the bonvs of Indiana kllhal In one of the severest battles fought mm Kaseaa soli, and yet one which haa been almost for gotten In the southwestern corner of r'ord county, about eight miles dua north of fowler, sad three miles northwest or the town of Wllburn, Is the battlefield of crooked creek. Here on May , IKS!!, was fought an en gagement between the nvcond cavalry, com mended by Major Karl Van I mm. and ti hostile band of Comanche In diHiiw The Indians were literally wiped out. Overshadowed by the greatei events of the i "it ll war. thai Indian battle has been almost forgotten. Jt whs unique, however, tn the rai t that nve officers m the Imitation later became generals In the confederate army Van Horn, Klrby Hmlth, a. It coeby, mtshugh le and M M. Klmtnei Chief Huffiil" Hump and Mis bund of cma hc nee were on the warpath and Major Van Dorn's battalion uf the fecund cavalry, then stationed a Camp Kadsimlnekl, near what Is nuw rfnyder. uk.. was detailed ror the duty of rounding up HiiRmIo Hump nnd hU ba ml. The comiiMUtd, Including six troops r eavalry. started out on April ii), la&H, pushed due north and crossed the Cimarron river into Kstuata Into what Is now Comanche inuaty. about fifteen mHea south or the present town of Protection. They found that a camp r fully I'.ono Indinnn had been located along l avall'i er. ek, in .r where I'roi. i tloll lliivv mIiiikIn 'I'll. linll.iliH tin tteil on ih i pti i.. i b ..I ib. 1 1 top, i -Tin , v i -, 1 1 ,i 1 1, ,1 ., ..- - Ii 1 1 i - in. .v CI ilk . ' I III . .ml ' I 'ill . 1 1 .. .I 1 .1 kl ll II I. ' . ' i .... I . . ,1 . I I . Ii ti.. . ti( v , n , 1 1, r j i i 1 . i .1 smaMganajn9aBnBBfSgM To New Mexico Farmers Upon roquoxt we will sond froc to any Now Mexico farmer the 80-page illustrated booklet, "Bolftor Farming," by W. E. Taylor, the famous oil ox pert. Full of authoritative information of the greatest value to the southwestern farmer. No strings to this offer. A postal will bring the book lol by return mail. AlbiKjuorquo Curringc Go,, Albuquerque, N. M. detached ioiiiil. pin lis ctiHcenleil undei Mi llion Here the attack was made The In diaoH were atirroundcd and the t..iiti did not nd if buttle ti i.nii.i .. called until the band waa anuihilui sd. In an onk-lal report of the enaaa ment Major Van Uorii eald Tin Comanehes fought wKhout aakina' diving quarter until there was not on. left to bend s Ikiw. nnd won 1. 1 I... won adiutralloH of etery brave mii.t ter but for the Intrusive ieiie tiou that they were tnurdersi of Hi" wives and children of our fi- -n ll- i - -men ' Lieutenant rttahugh l.ee. win iii-i became a general in tha Civ,it .u wns shot through the body win. ui arrow. He was acting as a.ljut.ni and had juat aselstod IH captunn some Indian prisoners when a inaiiche shot htm. Mlmultan. "o t th youug officer afed ut hsu roe, urn Ing him inatantly Iee was slmt b.n through the body and the Htirsci ii thought he was dying, but be r ered i.pelll. A boy trUMIpelet win. polled ihe shaft flom hla boilv li. i bocame fanvoua aa Hrujadtor Cm i .i K. M. Hayea. I, d. A. The only aurvivlng oAlcer -' 1 1 1 . espedtilon. Lieutenant M. M Kutiiin Is now living in HeudersoM. Kv II' later beciime u brigadier geliHt.il n the Confederate army Major Vau Imin dated hla ..Hi. i.. dispatch, "Headquarters Washita x peditloa, camp on small creek a"..in flftean miles south of Hd Kort t kham.'' This old fort was on tin Hants Ie trail about six mHea -( .t the present city ut Dodge City. ,t:IH.IHll. "I'lieicM KoOl. tlllllM in e- .lie. ill i I il i on i ' -tn .-..I 4 i i J i i in ' i' ..i i ' Mi .1 .. ,i, . i , 1-11 i tii . . , i . i In,. ' II