THE CLAYTON NEW
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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND THE UPBUILDING OF THE COMMUNITY.
VOLUME VIII. CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1115. NO. 13.
lita ell F.iirncst Again Honored
Santa IV, N. M., March 24. He
fnro leaving for their homes yes
terday afternoon Chairman John
W. Poe, of tli! state lax commission
and Commissioner Ulrirh, of Car
rizoo, let it be known that the
commission had determined to re
tain Traveling Auditor Howell Ear
nest permanently as secretary of
(.lie commission, and its active man
in charge. Pending the settlement
tf Cue status of the traveling aud
itors office, Mr. Earnest will draw
no pay as secretary of the lax com
mission, hut after the traveling aud
ilorship muddle has been straight
ened out, which it is expected will
he done April first or shortly af
ter, Mr. Earnest's compensation as
secretary of the tax commission
will be decided. The commission
meets again April 201 h, when it
will make the final placing of val
ues on corporate property for the
.war's assessment purposes.
The position of the traveling aud
itor's job today is problematical.
Nominally, Mr. Earnest is travel
ing auditor, although the ollice has
be. ii abolished under House l'.ill
No. In discussing that bill yes
( rday the governor made it plain
that he understood the whole sala
ry appropriation for the ollice to
have terminated when lie struck it
out. of the general appropriation
bill. The atlorni y general, howev
er, has stated in a brief opinion
tint he thinks the provision for
rnr.'int of salary to be p:;id, in
1!. se Hill No. 2'Ji, is sullicient to
provide for the payment, it h.iing
iie 'il the intent of the legislature
(bat such payment be made. The
whole matter, it. now seems likely,
will wind up in the state supreme
court.
IM:ik Punks vs. Marshall Field
Marshall Field & Co., Chicago's
greatest retail store, paid seven ( hi
cago new spapers a (olal iff 6 '!" 4,4 42.
!( for advertising in 1914 a dull
year. Marshall Field & Co. begun
Idleness in a small way many years
ago, and from the first utilized ad-
ci Using in a dignified and convinc
ing manner. From obscurity to
mliieiice Marshall Field eint rged,
ii'ul although he died a decade rth,
multimillionaire, the store he tounded
jrnns yearly, Maihall rield and his
successor believed in advertising
and, believing in it, unhesitaiinglr
paid lor it by tnipley ng the best
newspapers in their city. But their
vu as to tue profitableness of news
paper advertising is controverted In
Din k I'unks of Mouldy burg. Dink
1'iiiiks went into the mercantile,
business at Mouldybii' g the sain
year Marshall Field begun at Chica
go Mr, Hunks has been consistent
ly opposed tu advertising all his lite
and has, as a l-ading eitizt n, uniform
ly fought all the proposals to make
Mouldy tmrg a progressive commu
nity. He is an old man now, and
iuictive. His store went into the
I, .mils of the Sheriff eighteen years
agu, and Mr. I'unks lives with his
in irried daughter. But he is still
consistent and not only does he con
It nd that advertising doesn't pay,
but at every opportunity votes
against good ruads. In his yean
residence at Mouldyburg he has seen
the town grow from 800 to POO
people, and any one who will listen
lo Mr. Punks is told that the reason
Mouldyburg has stood still and dry
rotted while Hustleville, eighteen
miles away, has become a thriving
little city is because the railroad and
Wall street discriminated against
Mouldyburg, And although Mr.
Punks has paid only a few dolíais in
taxes during his long life, and spent
nothing for advertising, he is con
vinced that good roads and newspa
pers will he the ruin of the country
unless oxcart statesmanship shall
finally triumph.
'untes
There is quite a change in the
weather. It seems as though spring
will never come.
Mr, Geo. Ingraham's son, Earl
Ingraham, is very ill at this writing,
Mr. McCiacken and Mr. Jim
( heap arrived Saturday from near
Charleston, Oklahoma, They are
visitingold friends, and ,1. W. Stone,
and are lonkfnj for a location.
J. .1. Merilatt made a trip to Clay
ton Friday to meet the Socialist
speaker who is to seak at the Lane
school house Sunday night, and at
Cuates school M.'rdav night.
Owing to the snow stormthe dance
at (he Lane school house was post
poned. Chester Wood made a hurry trip
to Clayton Friday to visit the dentist.
Strely he has the toothache.
W aller Lane ai rived last week to
visit re bit ve and friends but on ac
enint ( illness was hurried to his
home in Kansas.
v' I) in't forget the darme at the new
Guy school house Apiil 2nd. Music
will be furnished by Mr. and Mis.
Fisher, which we all know is good,
so everybody is invited. Sjppcrwill
he served nt midnight.
(uite a crowd gathered at the
home of Mrs. Jai pi utt-r March 2Hh
in doner of Miss Fannie Giies' birth
day and surprised her. Cake and
entire were enjoyed by everybody.
The socialist speaking was well at
tended at Cuates
A Surprise Party "
Th F'.atern Star gave a surprise
for their sister iiicinht Tj Mrs Amelia
Small, Tuesday evening in honor of
her seventy ninth birthday. The
sin prist was gi.cr at the home ol
Mis A ice Slack and was a very en
jovtble alf'air. Mis Small is Chap
lain of the Chapter and is loved
and rispiiicd the mi minis.
A most delicious luncheon was
scivcd and the evening was pleasant
ly parsed with conversation and
music.
'I hose uivsent were Mesdames
Small, Murphy, llaydon, Paddock,
Brown, KiUiurn, Easterwood, Sulh
ers. Gray, Nichols, Moore, Lundy
nd S ack.
tX
Ibiptivl Services
for Sunday, March 28, I 1 .5 .
9:45 a, m Sunday School. I I :00
a, m. Special missionary program
rendered by children of the S.
School. :4S p. in. Young People'
Meeting, subject, "The New Pint lot
ism." 7:45 p. in. Worship and
sermon by the pastor, subject, " The
Royal Law." Prayer meeting on
Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
All are cordially welcome.
J. Q. Herrín, Pastor.
Y. S. Herald of Graudview, traps
acted business in Clayton Thursday.
T. S. McDonald of Shattuck,
Oklahoma, arrived in Clavton
Thursday. He will spend some
time here, looking after land busi
ness. Chas. San ford, who has been visit
ing in Plainfield,' New Jersey, for
the past three months returned
home 1'uesday. '
II. C. Abbott of Mt. Dora, spent
Thursday in Clayton.
Mrs. Chas, Schleter of Denver,
attended to business In Clayton tbe
latter part of the week.
The Hex i val of Sheep nod Wool
It sounds very funny when con
sidered in coneclion with the dire
predictions of disaster made by
our republican friends" at the time
of the adoption of the new demo
cratic tariff, hut it is a fact, never
theless, that the sheep and wool in
industry is undergoing a great re
vival throughout the country.
The man who was so nearly led
to believe that he was ruined by
the new wool tariff, ami who se
riously thought of getting out of
the sheep and wool business in re
sponse to the gratuitous advice
given him by the republican calam
ity howlers, has ifWn both sheep
and wool rise to the highest fig
ures they have commanded in
years, and with it has come so
much prosperity for the sheepman
that almost a furore has been cre
ated over both sheep and wool.
All over the country where
there has heretofore been a dispo
sition to get out of the sheep and
wool business there is a general
disposition tu reinstale the bust
lies. Hreeding ewes of all aires are
commanding substantial prices and
flock owners nre scouring the
country in an effort to find more
breeding stock.
Tin' natural sequence of this
movement is going to be that the
sheep is going lo come info his own
again rapidly in much of tin; coun
try win re it has ben believed he
was a banished entity. It means
tV'.t all the pnslor d regions of th"
southwest that have heretofore
carried large bands of sheep are
again to I"' stocKeu with tin se im-
nials. and the annual sale of wool j
and mutton is again going to be
come an aclive factor in our do
mestic economy.
. Where this prai 'i3wJius. been ad
hered to if has been uniformly
successful, and that success has
been Slllllcient to wipe out all the
prejudice that once existed among
cattlemen toward the despised
"woolies." El Paso Times.
Odd Hits oí News
Webb City, Mo. Grace Tucktr,
age 15, established a record when
she secured a divorce and married
again all within 24 hours The
girl married at the age of 12" vears
and secured her divorce on the
ground that relatives had forced her
into the ceremony. She is now Mis.
William Shadwick.
Lorain, Ohio. Thomas J,
Met ullio, a blind man, has just
defeated John Follett, another hlind
loan, living at Farview, I'tah, in a
checker game w Inch required more
than one year to play. Each move
war made by letter and required two
weeks.
New York. James Hartman, em
ploye of the baby checking room,
at a department store was almost
niol.b 'd by a throng of infuriated
mothers when a mischievous youngs
ter mixed the checks.
Fort Yates. N. D. A cat and a
dog can be friendly aye, even more.
The old argument was settled here
today with a statement from Rev.
Father Bernard, of the Fort Yates
Catholic church, that he had just
married Miss Rose High Cat to Harry
Poor Dog. They are Sioux Indians.
Aurora, III In law suit invol
ving a man and his wife the court
made the husband promise that his
wife could warm her feet on his
back every night until spring.
Madison, Wis A bill pending
before the Wisconsin legislature
provides that girls engaged in do
mestic work shall have a room suita
ble fur entertaining callers, two
nights of everv week, and maxi
mum employment of not to exceed
60 hours a week.
Dowagiac, Mich Baby Ruth
Burkett, three months-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burkett, has
I I grand parents. The oldest of her
ancestors are her great gi eat grand
father, Franklin Beals of Hartford,
aged 84, and her great-great-grand
mother, Mrs. Caroline Kelly of the
same place, aged ?9.
Winsted, Conn, Arthur F. Ack
ley returning home upon his first
furlnugh from the navy was so glad
to see his grandmother, Mrs. Ferdi
nand Fortier, that he gave her a
hearty hug breaking one of the old
lady's libs.
lli:i Years Old
Berlin. "Father Dondmhofi,"
one of the oldest, if not the oldest
living man in Germany, whose Father
took part in the Napoleonic invasion
of Russia, who was horn before the
war of 1818-14 and who has livrd to
see that of 1PI4-15, has just cele
brated his lOtfrd birthday in the
ullage of Freiburg, on the lower
Elbe River.
.Methodist Notes
For Suiidav Mar. 28th Palm Sunday
9:45 a in. Sundiv School, I0;4."
a. m. Morning Worship and Sermon
subject "The Triumphal Entry,"
Special music nt this services. 3:00
p 111 Servees at Apache Valley.
7:01) p. in. Yoiiiiü People's Meeting,
7:4:5 p in. Evening Sermon by the
Pastor.
Mid-w-rtk service for hihie-siudv
Wednesday evening at ? :.10.
liny Spoils I'uin, Minister.
Notice
I I
sh to
announce that I have
i opened upa tailor shop and mail
order agency in the dining apartment
f il,. lrlllis Ijolel
I wUhnlso to announce that I
have obtained the exclusive agency
of Sweiztr Co , ol'biilics embroidei ed
robes in all the latet ft) les M i cl)
ell JS Church Co , dress goods ahri
cs, l.'iOO samples to select limn
Matlock Knitting Mills, makers of
the Planto-Palm silk hosiery and
ui:dcrH'j:r. !.:;.!:.; !a:l-n J ui!,,
tailored bv the Jeiiliing Bragdon
Co , New York. I also have the
.i;Cih'V of the B.iri h ;, Cirset, rac
ing in puce from 5 00 to 5 Mi 00
I oi the convenience of the hidirs I
will have a lady assistant after April
1st.
Owen Herring
Patterson '
Giandpa Alil.Ly was completely
surprised Friday evening when about
tiOefliis friends walked in with an
abundance of everything that goes
to make up a good supper. Grand
pa has had a life long idea that he
could eot be surprised, but we
guess he thinks people in New Mex
ico have a right tu change their
minds. S
Hiram Livingston, Marie Ward
and Mrs Jess Croby and daughter
Helen visited Sunday at the home
of T. CJ. Bryan.
J. R. Patterson the merchant,
made a busin;ss trip to Clayton the
latter part of the week.
A. 1'. Alchley and family and
Glenn Kost and family visited after
Sunday School with Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Patterson.
Jess Crosby was a business visitor
at the county seat Monday,
J. L. Shane of Mt. Dora, was In
the city this week attending to busi
ness. The Ladies Aid I the Methodist
church will meet Wednesday March,
Slst, with Mr. C. P. Talbot.
A Sail Death
Friday forenoon at tbo homo
ranch in Cimarrón county, Okla
homa, Frank (i. Hrophy, the ID
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Hrnphy, accidentally shot him
self through the head with a 12
gauge shotgun, the charge enter
ing between the eyes and prarti
cully blowing the fop of the head
olT. I'arnk and his young broth
er, John Jr., were hunting ducks
at a lake near the home when the
accident occurred, and tbe broth
ers were seperated about a hun
dred yards apart when tbe f:i!al
shot, was discharged It is sup
posed that the young man aimed
to sloop over or fall to the ground
out of sight of the ducks, and
that in doing so he fell to the
Lrroimil on fh gun. The stock of
the gun was broken, showing that
be fell upon it.
Frank was reared in Clayton,
and numbered his friends by the
number of bis acquaintances. He
was a good, bard working boy and
was never known to be in trouble
of any kind. Small children were
I is eyp r': l ib-light, and there is
many a little buy and girl in the
city who are sincerely mourning
his untimely death. We beard one
litll' tol, with tears in her eyes
and a tremble in her voice, say:
"Frank can't take me riding any
more." His love for his parents
was well known. Mr. ami Mrs.
Hrophy are prostrated over their
L-n :it. Í i-s.
!uty Sheriff "Huck" Miller
hnpueiied to be passing the ranch
shortly after the accident occur
,. .. n,l broirvbt the remains to
Clayton in his car. The funeral
will he held Sunday afternoon from
(be home of tbe boy's grand
tnoifmsr, Ait a. liciiignu Duran, In
terment in the local cemetery.
The entire community joins with
The News in extending sincere
sympathy to the bereaved family.
District Court Adjourned
District court adjourned late this
.Saturday afternoon, after a very
strenuous term of four weeks. Tbo
present, week was taken up with
Hie Marline. s. Vigil civil case in
volving the estate of a brother of
Don Juan Vigil. The jury rendered
;.; fav.T of Mr. Martinez,
the defendant., lato this afternoon.
.evcrai ounce un-a of minor im
portance were disposed of during
the term.
licfnre adjournment the court
passed sentence upon those con
victed during the term. W. F.
Pruitt, coniicted of manslaughter,
was sentenced to from eight , to
ten years in the penitentiary. Ed
Join s, fictitious) the man who shot
.(iron at Mt. Dora several weeks
aK', was sentenced to from nine to
ten years. Mrs. Goodwin, the pro
verbial trouble maker, who has
been under a suspended sentence
of two years since the September
term of court in 1!M3 was ordered
delivered to the warden of the pen
itentiary to serve the sentence.
The court passed sentence upon
several other persons for minor of
fenses. Monday afternoon the court held
ten men urn-sled in a raid on an al
leged gambling resort, to the next
grand jury, llxiug their bonds from
one to two thousand dollars.
Hubert Hyrcl, one of the progres
sive farmers of the Thomas coun
try,, was a trader in the city the
lirst of the week. While here he
squared his subscription to The
News for another year. They all
like it.
P. G. Zimmerman of Oklahoma
City, editor of the ''Socialist Incuba
tor," was in t lay Ion seve.al days
this week. He delivered two lec
tures and went from here to De
Moines.
We are loaning a good deal of
money on lands, and on live stok, or
both. Come in and talk with us as
to these. If you are puttina in a
crop, wo will loan you money oil
that. A. W. Il-.jmpson & Co.