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illl EVENING .CURRENT, FRIDAY, NOV. 9. 1917. LOCAL NEWS OORTHRR1 ( I I It. Judge i . k. Brica mm down from RohwHi yesterday on legal i lusinesi ad returned hurt night. At the matting last tvening of i Boot tOfi' club, at the ( ommeri cluii mom.-, Kood numbti m pi m-nt anil mi lection nf officers f, lowed i w. A. Poo re, was eleete president, A. .1. I. inn. secretary, n Francis li. Ryan, treasurer. Com nltteei will be appointed by tin- pn Went mi publicity, good roads, gov treeti and many other things for the betten of Carlsbad, Joe Sutton, from the Black rive country, spent yesterday m Carlsbad called hen on business. Mr. Doepp ami irife returned las: evening to Roewcll after a few .lays in Cnrlslmd at tin- Hates hold. Will Smith anil family of Rock J pent iiii' iiny witd Mr. Smith'. par ents, Mr, ami Mrs. Sam It. Smith. Mrs, sm It. Smith motored I" the ranch today, Mrs Richard Smith ami the boys returning with her af ter Spending the week with Mr. Sam It. Smith. Hardin Mark ami Richard Smith Were hele this Week nil liusimss with the court They left for the ranch yesterday, Bud Campbell, who is now foreman of the UK ranch, was in town Miter day. Hud Is a general favorite with town folks ami will no doubl make ninny friends as a ranchman. Richard Weetaway came in yester day from the ranch and will probably spend a few- days here. LOST. -Between town and the Washington ranch a mountain sheep ahull, which bounced out of the bach of the car. Cinder please leave at Hotel Bates oi Current office for Ed, C'arr. .1. E, Wallace, the contractor and carpenter, is busy this week getting the furnaces in order at the High school building, The food Conservation minimi irn closed yesterday with Ball families in Carishad signing the pledge, This means a saving of many loaves of bftad for the soldiers. Eor the (food work along this line the various churches ami the superintendent of the Carlslmd schools, ;. M. I'.rinton. deserve special mention. Yee tarda be ins a perfect day, Dr, ami Mrs. F.rvin, I). Jackson and wife, and Mr. and Mis. Hert Rawlins mo tored to Rocky and spent the day iUail and duck bunting, They enjoy ed fried quail for dinner with the many other (food things they look from home ami brought hack a num ber of duckg. They expressed them Helves as having had a delightful day. c. W. Merihant, better known to his friends as Uncle t'lnhe, left yes terday morning for Abilene, Texas, hy way of Roswell where he SXpecl ed to spend a day or two and then home hy way of Clovis, He has en joyed his stay here with his sons and his numerous friends. Delightfully informal was the tea given yesterday afternoon by Mrs. C, c. Siki honoring her guests, Mr. and Mrs ,i. ii. Downing, who will 'leave III :i few days to spend S num I her of month.- in Denver, Colorado, In the lovely rooms were huge boll- I quote of white shaggy "Mums" ami ferns. Music was furnished by the Kilison and twenty li,, or mora la dies ami gentlemen friends lent their presence during the afternoon and evening, etesdamei Bujac and Duly I presided at the urn and poured cof fee of tea which was served with waf ers as the friends chatted and a lovely time ensued. Reverend Lenard, of the Malaga country, has shipped in a car of tirst I (Trade white faced cattle which he is . very proud of , FOR THCNT. FurniitheH house. Ad I dress. Miss Kffle V. Hart, H02, N. Ma Ave., RoSWeU, New Mexico. Oo your swearing st the Current ifflce Notary always in. NRR i.i MM R AMD I ok Ri.s- II VII. We arc going to have a nets lum ber yard in Carishad. Within the past si month- several new Indus tries have started in Carlslmd and it shiWs the Confidence that the peo ple have in the growth of the "Citv Beautiful", c. M Richards announces that bn uill open a lumber yard on the lots across from the old Dich Hates' re tuuriint. Associated with him will be Francis C, 0 roves, Mr 0 roves has educated himself along the lumber line, having taken a coarse of study at the University of Chicago, then working In the saw mills in No them Nau Mexico, later In the rata i lum- bar yards in HI Paso, Mr. Richard- needs no Introduction to the people of EMdy county. Tan years ago im started the Richards Lumber Company resigning the man agemeni t" i me cashier of the Na tional Bank of Carlsbad, Later he purchasRed the interest of M, s. Groves In the several companies that they were stockholders in One of these yard- he sold to Earl I'. Han son. who recently -old the yard to thi Kemp Lumber Co, ( CIDKNT l.n shot. A man was hmuKht in today from the c . Hn, c LJve Stock Co. ranch shot through 'he log, He was placed at the Sister's Hospital The wound was caused by dropping his pistol, which caused ! to discharge as it fell the i,ai! entering the i, g, Mrs, C R. .Inn, I, of Kansas City, is expected here tomorrow. She made Carlsbad her home for a number f years and if she makes her slay in definite she will not find time to visit all her old friends. Hon, R. V Thomas, '' Washington! 0. C. I- expected to vlsil his llttlp daughters, Barber Nell and Annie Lee Thomas Mr, Thomas has bean u member of congress ever since the little (fills were DO 111 and they know him in no other capacity than that I of national lawmaker. Mr Thomas has served many years a- railroad at tnrncy, i- now attorney for the Mu I'ont and other corporations and is one of the S blest lawyer- in Ken tucky. He Ii a member of the Mouse judiciary committee, one ,,f the four iii ir committees of congress, which ha- rendered many decisions affecting the nation's welfare, .1 W, Qamel left for Texas this' morning for a week or ten day'- visit i with relatives. Highest prices paid for hides and junk at the Pecos Valley Hide and Fur Company, south of Fire Hall. Mr I), li Bwearingin, f Rosurollt v. Max., eye, ear, nose and throat, classes fitted, will In- in Carlsbad at Dr. Lauer's off ei I, 9 ami lO'.h of encii month. SUGAR HA8 ALMOST DOUBLED IN PRICE in Tin: LAST MCW YEARS THE PRICE OF, YOUR HOME-MADE CANDY REMAINS THE SAME, WAR OR NO WAR THE SWEET SHOP ( HRIHTIAN A (Mi INSIH.WCK H F. Madera came in from the ranch yesterday afternoon and is re- I turning today accompanied by Mrs. A.I .1. Richmond and Miss .laync Kindcl, I who will spend the winter there as I govern ees. This will ) Mi-s Jayne's ' num eur a- Kovemvss ana naving a natural talent for managing chil dren, she will probably enjoy the work. KIKK. Al TOMOHILK SI IfKTV AMI Marry Woodman and J i in Simpson' motored to the ranch yesterday Mr ' Simpson states that Mrs. Simpson is doing nicely since she has return ed home I Mrs. Vogle, who has been quite ill! all week, t.- some better tonav FOR RENT, For cash, my tent house, two rooms partly furnished. Located one lilock west of the Sister's Hospital. For particulars sec Mrs. Carrie Itrawn. iloh Cleveland, from Malaga, is in town today. Bob Is making himself ' look very important by the addition of a pair of glasses. He says the cotton picking is getting along tine but he (rot his thumb hurt and hopes to lie excused for a few days any way. Ralph, the i leaner, Is installing U- ' day a coal boiler to run Ins press which will do away with all gasoline in the shop. 'Tin pre-.- will lie operul- ' mg by Monday and he is alwny 1 ready t,. serve you. Mr, and Mrs, .1 M Downing arc i planning to spend few months In ; Damning with friends, leaving tomor- i row night. Mr. and Mrs. Downin have resided in the valley lor a nam ber of months ami have made man) staunch friends who wish for them a rery pleasant -lay in Colorado and hope they will decide to return to Carlsbad and make their home here. This they have promised to do, hut ' Wise men reserve the right to changi their minds. .. saa aSpeMM Siijni pjosa i 'aHNrtiM mmm i"-pi".i Hiiiiu.Hi.rt , i iu ll o w iK.il ..J ii hi, noii.l.x -J ,,IJ.K,. I I'UI UOJ -u,uipv ., 1jil j. j.,j. oqi ill SUHNgu.i . I w ,,., L 1 t i i I O ujoiom ov, ye -iuv aao uMi 1.IJIII MO ,, m WeSm . - Mr-. W. F Faggard and Idle son Hilly, returned to Portales last night where she will arrange her household gouds for transportation to Carlsbad when- they antic. pate iiiakini: then future home They are looking at a number of place, expecting to buy a home. With their coming, CaiU- had will add a very desirable and , x cellent family to her list Mr. Fag gard Is an influential ranchman and has tWO lovely and accomplished daughters who will enter High school and two boys, one of whillt will lie iii the Grammar grade. PHOTOGRAPHS for CHRISTMAS MARK llll ,1'i'OINTMr.NT rODA) VNH tVOIII THE I SI l. HOLIDAY HI SH Ray V Davis. Master Photographer 'PHONi: S3 Jui iiii-lvcd a f n sit so i pia eat f Pish i tri H and Tithes. oi.l l it tND NINES. :DO Trunk Wesley, one of the farmers I near Loving, paid the Current ofitci a call today. Mr. Wesley is very Well j pleased with his returns from the -', : Mill pounds of alfalfa seed an I i i peels to get ten or twelve bales of Cotton at the least figure. He i hat ling llttla trouble In disposing of his I SUrplUS hay or gram. He is lookinu line. PIANO AT A SACRIFICE. We have on hand in the vicinity of fJarlsbad, one of our very best pianos Rather than pay storage or reship this Instrument to Denver, we will sell it to a responsible party nt n special price, on easy terms. Or. we will rtnt the piano with the privilege of give full references in f.rst letter. Address Hept. A, KN10HT-C AMI' BELL MUSIC CO, Denver, Colo. - buy i with thought 'I' cook it with care ItfW ju8t enough 4M ' what will keep -eat what would spoil i tue-rown is best Do your swearing at the Current nflice. N'otaiv always in. e A nation wide oaai paJbu tocom plate the sa rollment of oar forcee hi oosurr ation af our food supply, hi a datar of aao eantty, nrunanlty and honor. As a free people wa have elect ed to dUonarr this duty, not under autocaratla decree but without other restraint than the guidance of Individual conscience a " HERBERT HOOTE, . .. imm ft waste ft LET I S BEND SOMETHING TANGIDLI in CHEEH THE B0Y8 VI' THE FROM FOR CHRISTMAS, Tin Red Cross Worken an busy and ire can help t,, make the boys happy hy sanding little '.'it- tl .,t mnot lie had over there. Let us remember they are fighting for nS (lag, and be loyal to them Your- foi Service, The Public Utilities Company