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The Kenna Record
D. C. SAVAGE Editor and Pub'r
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Entered Ftbnary 8th 1917 Jt the Kcr.nn,
New Mexico, Post Office, as second Class
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Subscription $1.00 Per Year In
Advance
Advert iselng rnt.93 nindo known on Application
The past ele ven days of cloudy,
misty weather is so unusual fur
Eastern Now- Mexico that many
aro speaking already of leaving
i n sea rcl i of .a , 1 1 y el-, ci i ma to.
Just tlio way with t-onie peoble,
if it was not ruining thep would
kick a.ul wantto go to where il
did rain. And the same people
Would not ho satisfied aftr they
got there. v JloweVer, it it just
as. well for us, for they.r are no
good hero. They are the knock
oif What we'w'ant is workers:
There aro t hose in this West
ern country who feem to get
the idea that 'to boost,-noos-r,
nooy- tVu- town or community
is the ciny TurniK n, that
if you are h. 03'.ing you
are building your country. We
agree that it is alright to hoost,
and wo feel that most every one
in tho country can honestly and
truly r.oosT. But thoHioosiing
alone, is as empty and as dead
as "faith .'without works."
The boosting that really counts
is the one who wokics. "Shew
me thy faith -without thy works,
and I will shew yon my faith
by my works.'' The impat
ient man who spends all cf his
t iine boosting, meeting all trains
and steering the new comer to
tonni sharp-land man in the
hope of selling his own pioperty
at a fancy orexhorbitant price,
as a rule, in thecou.se of time,
finds that he. is badly left. His
property at once begins to take
.on the appearanco of a neglect
ed, unkept place. The fencing
is found down, boards are off
I lie barn, gates aie down, weeds
have grown and blown in the
lencorow, ana tiie general ap-
Iearance shows that the owner
is sadly neglecting things at
'home. The place is not attrac!
ive when the prospector is car
ried to see it and consequently
"the trade is not made.
. . Such a booster, as a rule, runs
amuck m the course of a year
1 or two and his property is sold
at a considerable discount just
' meiely to jet the poor fellow get
out and go back to where he
.'caine from, there to become a
knocker against this .country,
and in all brobahility will do
'much more effective work a
v gainst us than he was ever able
lo'do for us as a booster while
''here.
Tho. boosters we need, are
"men who boost-at. homo by
showing' tht ir' faith by their
works. They aie men who are
rogulrly at their posts and at
work. He may be a' farmer, a
ranchman, 'a merchant or a pro
fessional man that matters
not he works ai:d makes hi
business a go and a success re
gardless of whither or not he
skins ti e new coiner of a nice
" little sum.
If you have occasion to ree
one of these men you know just
' where to find him. You do not
t; go out on tho streets among a
crowd of loaftrs, neither do you
go t y a joint, but instead, yuu go
direct to bis pla-ee- of busiues
- and thi re you hull linn at his
work.
If you were to go into a new
place hunting a certain location
or pioposition, he is tho man
that would give you reliable in
formation. He is the man that
has developed the country t
what is is today. A11(l. be is the
man that will contribute to its-future,
But the man who yells his
head off and attempts to show
such great faitli without workt
will die hunting a man to help
him sell some propel ty if hit.
property lasts that long.
Mrs Maigaret Kiddncy, cf
Newark, M. J., assisted he)
sister, 87 years old, in cooking
dinner, on her one hundredth
birthday, for lelatives and
friends. Professor Irving
Fisher, of the chair of political
economy tn 1 ale university,
wrote the century -old lady
asking how she had conducted
heiself during her long life.
She replied that she had noth
ing to do with her great age.
that it was the work of God
alone.
All of which reminds one of
the story, in the "Lives of the
English Chief Justice," of Lord
llardwicke, who had gone into,
onecf tli 3 shires to hold a term
of court, lie found among thoe
sunmiond for jury service James
Lamb, who gave, his sge as
ninty-two. The justio offend
to excuse him, but Mr. Lamb
insisted that he was mentally
and physically fit for the service
and said that he never had
shirked a duly.
Lord llardwicke, asked the
aged juryman , to tell how he
had conducted his life. James
Lamb said he had never drunk
a drop of an intoxicant in. his
life; that he had abstained from
the use of tobacco in all forms;
that he had been careful of his
diet and had uniformly gone to
bed at 9 o'clock at night and
risen at (5 in the morning.
The judge delivered quite a
lecture to those present on the
vi.-ues of sobriety, regularity of
habits, and industry, and then
the call of the jury list proceeded
By and by the name of George
Lamb wus called, He 'was a
brother of James and ninety-six
years old. Lord llardwicke
offered to excuse him, but the
juror insisted that he was per
fectly fit to discharge the duties
of the position. He was then
asked to tell how he had lived
The reply of the older brother
was in marked contrast to that
of James Lamb. He eaid he
had both smoked mid chewed
tobacco for eighty years; had no
regular habits, and that for sixty
five years he had been too drunk
each night to know, what time
he went tq bed and that he rose
in the morning when he ftlt
like it.
There are individuals and
whole families who attain great
age, barring accidents, without
any apparent reason for having
done so. But tho man or the
woman w ho leads a life of so
briety, reasonable industry and
regularity of habit is by far the
best risk for the lifw insurance
company. Ex.
A Chicago policeman gets his-
picture in the paper because he
outran a burglar with a sprint
ing record. Not having any -de
finite particulars on the subbed
I wa tnlrft it fur iWrinffjd tli'it flu
j coi must havs been in front.
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if Jeff D. White President,
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g THE KENNA BANK & TRUST CO. f
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Strictlij a home institution
Your patronage soli cited.
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GAVE HER AWAY
Mr. Borem Wright I'm orry Mill
Kuttlng Isn't In. Tell her , I called,
will you?
ft Mulrf (ahapntlvl 1 AiA' r
PROFIT IN THE PAUCEL
POST. -An
estimated profit of 'i bout
$3o.GY0,000 from the operation
of the new parcel post system
for the year 1913 is proof to the
Philadelphia Record that "the
system is no longer to be deem
ed experimental," but "Is here
tostay." These figures are, of
course, as the, New York Times
reminds us, "only a claim."
For "the post office put it out of
its power to prove or even to
know the profits when it abolish
ed the parcel stamp and author
ized it use for letters." Yet we
read in Th Times' Washington
correspondence that the .present
estimates show just twice the
profit that post officials had ex
pected. This will be interesting
news to the raihoads, ' which
contend that- they are entitled
to extra remuneration for carry
ing t he mails on account of the
operation of the new' service,
and expect congiess to give heed
to their demands at the coming
egular session-. The Times
learns "from a reliable quart es,"
"that even assuming that the
contention of the railroads was
correct, there still would have
been a good margin of profit at
the end of the calendar year 1913
iftcrthe paynuntof extra re
numeration to tne roaus. it a
parcel post ' adjustment" were
made along the lines suggested
by Borne of the . railroads, prob-
ibly not more than $10,000,000
.f this $30,000,000 would be due
to the railroads as extm'pay.
The total incomes from the par
;el post for 1913 will le around
180,000,000."
- If this is the case, perhaps the
public will benefit as well as the
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j jn
Ceo.
Very respectfully,
, W.3B. Scott,
Qasftier.
s
railways. The New York Press
sees no reason why the parcel
H)st should he operated at a
profit. And it 'remarks:'
"IS is not going to be necessary
to impose unreasonably low
rates on the raurt ads or exces
sively high ones on the public.
The time is ripe for such read
justment, at both points, as will
give a sqtiare deal all around."
Literary Digest. . ' .
THE NEW P. M.
Uncle Sam has been upon a tare
To change the P. M.
And all the town was.- in a flare,
Wondering who'd be him.
Three canidates there were for
The bid P.O. ; .
And to take an examination, to
Roswell they must go, .
Young Mr. Ruby. Ray Hedspcth,
Was the lucky man.
To try to please the patronsi
IIe,ll do the best he can.
If there is a dozen in each home
I hope it will be no task
When each one comes to the P, O.
And for the mail they ask.
How do you like the new P.M.I
Hear them ask each day. '. ;
And all seem to like Jiitn fine,
Are satisfied with Ruby Ray.
They all say he is the one to
Run a P. O.
He is easy, to learn such things
Of how it ought to go- ,-. ;
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I think he is a very fine lad.
This Mr. Ruby Ray.
And I hone he wiil like the P. O
v biz.
Much better every day.
Here is luck to the new P. M.
Mr. Ruby Ray.
The old one like the year must
Now say goed day,
Opal:
The country "hayseed" is a
favorite joke for the city papers
and the impecunious space writ
eis of the dailies loves to portray
tho tiller of the soil as a man
who never saw such and knows
less. Were it not for the farm
ers, the receipts of the fair
would be mighty slim, and he
does not make a lwlv show of
himself either, as the writer
tries to make out. The pale
cadavers who write harmless,
soulless lies such as the above
to please simple folk? like them
selves could not maka a living on
a quarter section of the best land
in the country if it . were donat
ed to 'them with improvements,
stock and tools. So . limited is
theii reading and their power
of observation that they hafe
not learned that the American
rami produces the best all a
round men in the world. .
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Don't wait until Christmas to
buy your groceries. You will
find most everything that is
kept in a First class grocery
store at our place, with prices
to meet all- competition. Will
buy r&bbits when the weather
is cold. . ,
Jones and Pirtle.
One of the best rains of this
whole year fell here Wednesday
night and early Thursday morning.
No correct measure could be made
but it was a good one, and adds
greatly to the already good supply .
of moisture stored in tho subsoil
to come forth next year and make
good grass fat cat'Ie, big corn,
maize and kafir. At the t ime of
going to press this morning it isn
snowing but. we can.. nojt. wait to
get a measure.
Beginning .' Sunday. r morning
Dec. 1th train No. ;114 morning
passenger-east bound, will arrive
at Kenna at 9:05 instead of 9:12.
This train now stops at Roswell
from 6:45 to 7:20 A. M but on
and after Dec. 7th it will stop in,
Roswell just 10 minutes, leaving
there at 7:05.
We have just received a fresh
lot of Wichita's Best Flou r, price '
low. Fresh groceries staple and
fancy, coming in daily.! Also
dry - goods, shoes, notions etc.
We t-till have some numbers in
shoes and old ctock' hats that
in ord.r to make room' for a new
shipment soon to arrive, we are
closing out at much less than
wholesale pricB. !
Don't forget Christma is
coming too. We are prepared
to take care of your wants in
every detail.. A big line of
Xmas goods including ddlls
toys, fire works, target rifles etc.;
coming. Also a line of fresh
raisins, currants, dates, figs and
everything to go in your big
cake. . -
Call on us for what you want,
we will do our best to pleasp
you.
Bring your produce. -.
Cream 29c, butter 22c, hides
21cj Mexican beans 3c, eggs 30cs
dozen,
L. C. Denton.
A California judgo ha3 ren
dered a decision thattli people
need not dodge autos. Of
course, it's not compulsory to do.,
so, but it shows wisdom and dis
cretion.
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