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DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF GOOD CITTZENSHIP AND THE UTB UILDLYG OF THE COMMUNITY.
VOLUME VIII.
CLAYTON, NEW MEXICO, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915.
NO. 3 4.
I RUNNING'S OPINION OF CLAYTON
F.ditor of Albuquerque Herald Be
lieves With Reason, Clayton Is
Rest Town in the State.
,
18. Union
Clayton, N. M., Anpr.
county, one of the richest, and just m veral successes to his rn.dit. He
ft present one of the most pros-jwdl have personal charge oi prc
perous counties in New Mexico, is piring and installing the -tit": fair
i oming to the state fair this year exhibit which will include not only
with an exhibit fo resources that farm, garden and orchard products,
will require not less than two full but dairy and range stock and
r i.ed freight cars to transport. It ' horses. The fair workers saw a
will be one of the finest of the' four-year-old stallion, weighing I,
county displays and if it does not j 800 pounds and worth $2,700, which
win one of the big money prizes it is a sample of the livestock that this
will not be for the lack of effort county will send to Albuquerque,
here, nor for that matter, will it. There are 15 stallions of the same
'ic for the lack of confidence, since
(he people of Clayton and vicinity
'iclieve that they have the best crops
in the whole state this year. As
;i matter of fact they have had a
wonderful season on both farm and
-ange. The small grain yields are
phenomenal and the county is pros
perous as it never was in the early
lays when Clayton was a "cow
(own" and all the vast area now
being farmed was open range
Col. D. K. B. Sellers and H. B.
llenning, representing the state fair
commission, reached Clayton alt
noon Tuesday. There was a crowd.
:it the railroad station anu along ,
i he main business street that choked j ti, , 0f Kansas today can beat the
'he sidewalksr It looked like a fair farm products of Union county as
ir circus day. But inquiry proved they propose to show the rest of
t only an ordinary business day in 'the state at the fair. The streets of
Clayton. It is the busiest town of i Clayton are choked with farm ma
'he size in New Mexico and without ,.M,.ry and equipment and the au
rny exaggeration the most prosper
ous. More than $50,000 worth of new
.-tore buildings are going up; new
homes are many and new fanners
are as common as Ford automo
biles, which is going some. ,
J The fair workers found the prog
ressive management of the Union
county fair association in hearty ac
iw.l with the state fair exhibit plan
li.TTTs secretary, Ir. ft. M. Olheter,
a experienced fair man, gave it
bis most cordial approval; as did
( O. Granville, John Spring, Carl
Fklund and others of the local fair
management, who joined in the re
quest that the county commission
make the necessary appropriation
io finance the collection of exhibits
The fair workers found the same
hearty cooperation in the county
ommission, who acted promptly
and generously, as soon as they
found the exact purpose of the ap
propriation asked. The fair work
ers reached Clayton at 11:50 Tues-
Iny morning. At 4:30 in the after
noon the appropriation had been
made and the contract signed for
ilion county's space in the state
lair exhibit halls, ('.apt. Thos. S.
Snyder of the county commission,
made a careful inquiry into the
purposes of the appropriation, and
r.ommissioner Matías L. Casados
came in 40 miles from his home
al Gallegos, to attend the meetingJ
Commissioner Salome Garcia of Pas-
amonte giving his approval by tel
ephone. With the local fair man
agers present the commission voted
the appropriation, while the fair
iiv-n promised to furnish the men
and any other money necessary to
I repare the best exhibit ever taken
out of the county. It will pay to
watch Union county's exhibit. It
will be a dandy.
The county government is in ex
cellent shape tlnancially. Tlfe tax
levies for county and general pur
poses have been reduced each year
while the court fund levy has been
cut from three mills to one mill and
there is a balance now of $8,000 in
the court fund. They say here that
Judge Lieb is a great judge. He
certainly is an economical one. He
ran the last term of court here
lor less Iban Í1 500, a record for
economy, and left a clean docket.
The pride of Capt. Snyder's heart
i the court house lawn of Union
county's new county building. It is
worth the trip to Clayton just to see
ibe broad expanse of green that has
taken the place of an ugly sand
v nste. The lawn was laid nut and
ntanted this soring, and there is
not a more beautiful expanse of
bluegrass in the state, not even
around the stale enpili I at Santa
Fe Capt. Snyder and hii associates
ere giving time and though! and en-
thusiasm to the county business and
they are getting fine resi.'ts v'
The Union county fair to be hold
here September IS 10,17, is a tho--
li. uglily successful enterprise. The
I association owns its o.Vii fair irdund
and Dr. Olheter, tho secretary, ha9
class in Union County.
Cut off from the rest of the slate
few New Mexico people know of the
transformation that has taken place
in Union county in the last half
dozen years. Five years ago there
were 900,000 sheep in Union county
Now there are less than 300,000. The
range the sheep used to graze has
now been turend into farms; farms
that this year are producing 50
bushels of wheat to tho acre nnd
(10 to 80 bushels of oats without
irrigation:
splendid corn and good
alfalfa, while around every farm is
a bunch of pure bred cattle, some
i,,gs al,d llrst class horses. , No sec-
tomohiles of farmers. It is a trans
formation that has doubled values
and made a frontier village a hust
ling, prosperous, permanent farming
town with a future settled and as
sured. Albuquerque Herald, y
Henderson At water
Tuesday afternoon at the Brown
Palance hotel in Denver, Colorado,
Mr. V. A. Henderson, prominent real
estate dealer of Clayton and mana
ger of the Clayton Insurance Agen
cy, and Mrs. I.ucile E. Atwater, U.
S. Commissioner at Des Moines, were
united in marriage. The following
telegram from Mr. Henderson is
self explanatory:
Denver, Col., Aug. 17 O. P. Eas
terwood, Clayton, X. M.
U. S. Commissioner's olllce at Des
Moines closed today 4 p. m. Brown
Palace hotel.
V. A. Henderson.
Mr. Henderson is one of the best
known business men of the city and
is popular with every one and counts
his friends by the hundreds. His
bride is one of the best known and
most popular business ladies of the
county, and has been U. S. Commis
sioner at Des Moines for number of
years.. They will make their home
in Clayton in the new and modern
residence recently built and furnish
er by Mr. Henderson.
'The News is pleased to join their
many friends in wishing them every
happiness and success through life.
o
All drugs and drug sundries at
City Drug Store The llexall Store.
Max Itountree of Hartlett, Texas,
was a business visitor m wayion
several days this week.
The State Bank of Con line
temporarily located in the
Johnson hardware store.
ce is
Otto-
C. Sampson of near
tended to business in
Bertrand, at
tbe city Fri
had his sub-
day. While here he
scription advanced.
The first of the week John Spring
moved bis meat market and grocery
to the Dr. Slack building. The move
was made necessary by he work on
the new Schleter building.
Col. D. K. B. Sellers and II. B.
Helming, edibir of the Albuquer
que Herald, spent Tuesday and Wed
nesday in Clayton in the interest gf
the slate fair to be held at Albu
querque the week of October 11-1(5.
Col. Sellers is one of the big men of
the state. They received promise of
liberal support for the state fair'
from Union county, and expressed
themselves as greatly pleased with
Clayton the best town in New
Mexico. I
CALL FOR TAXPAYERS MEETING
Is Issued by State
Parties. Meet at
tember 1.
Citirn.s of all
Santa Fe Sep-
Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. 1(5, 1915.
In a formal call made here today
and signed by prominent business
men and professional men from all
sections of the sate, the taxpayers
of New Mexico are invited to meet
in this city on Wednesday, Septem
ber 1st, for the purpose of organ
izing the New Mexico Taxpayers'
Association. The date of the organ
ization meeting was determined by
the fact that the State Tax Com
mission will be jin session at the
time and many taxpayers with busi
ness before the f commission will
thus be aide to attend, who oilier-
wise might not be present.
The character and object of the
proposed association are fully set
forth in the call, which, with its
accompanying signers, follows:
TO THE TAX PAY Fits OF THE
STATE OF NEW MEXICO.
The undersigned have constituted
themselves a committee to call a
meeting of the taxpayers of the
slab- of New Mexico to he held
at. Santa Fe, New Mexico, on the
1st day of September, 1915, for the
purpose of organizing a Stale Tax
payers Association of New Mexico.
While the details of the organiza
tion to be perfected necessarily will
be determined at this meeting, the
idea in the minds of the signers
oí this call is the iormation of an
orgiuuzatin strictly non-partisan
and non-political in character, and
which shall have for its object:
1. To encourage and promote
economy in administration of public1
business in New Mexico and in the
counties, cities and other political
subdvisions thereof.
2. The education of the mem
bership of the-association by pro
per means of instruction and pub
licity in tax matters.
3. To cooperate with and assist
local, county and municipal tax
payers' associations, encouragement
of the formation of which may pro
perly become a part of the work
of this organization; and to assist
and co-operate with public otlicials
of New Mexico, its counties and
cities, in tax matters.
4.' To ascertain by investigation
approved methods of assessment
and taxation, to the end that intelli
gent and forceful leronimendations
may be made through this associa
tion and its membership to public
otlicials and the state legislature.
It is clear that there is room for
such an organization in New Mexico
because of the apparent need fori
economy and efficiency in the ex
penditure of public money. Similar
organizations in other states have
encountered and have corrected
conditions similar to those now ex
isting in New Mexico, anil have
proved of use to the taxpayers and
state. It is not the purpose of the
proposed organization to undertake
any of the work now delegated to
the State Tax Commission or to in-
terfere in any way with individual
assessments of property.
The main object of the associa
tion as outlined, is the promotion
of efficiency and economy in all de
partments of slate and local gov
ernment. To this end, every tax
payer in New Mexico, corporate or
individual, is invited to attend and
participate in the organization meet-
ill'f.
(Signed:)
io. C. McDonald. San i Fe.
J M. t i ingham, E. Las Vegas,
loshua S. ' i ynolds, A'iuquerque.
Frank W. ( lancy, Sank. Fc.
.lames G. I tch, Socor .
Geo. I 1 looks, Albuquerque,
.i II. ilai na. Santa Fe.
Frank A Inibbell, Alb .'cmerq.ie.
David S I osenwald, A'.buqm-riiL
D. A. Mi l herson, Albuquerque.
Geo. S. a 'ant, Albuquer-pie.
I 'avid ' 1 r yd, Albuq'ierquo.
Broneoi. .'I. Cutting, Si in It
L. Bradf 'm: Prince, Snri I c.
. E. I ifyey, Portab 6 .
.1. A. fVnh. i ey, Demini.
John S. Clark, E. Las Vegas.
John Y. Hewett, White Oaks.
E. C. do Baca, Las Vegas.
Herbert W. Clark, E. Las Vegas.
Vegas.
alta.
('.. C. Manning, Gallup.
A. W. Pollard, Deniing.
John A. Haley, Carrizo.o.
Chas. A. Scheurieh, Cloivis.
E. D. Tillman, Hillsboro.
A. M. Hove, Carlsbad.
Frank Bond, Española.
Blas Sanchez, Wagon Mound.
M. C. de Baca, Bernalillo,
Hugo Seaberg, liatón.
Pa Valverde, Clayton.
Howard Betls, Silver City.
('.. 11. Alldredge, Tucumcari.
C. H. Mcl.enntheii, Carlsbad.
II. J. Hagerman, Hoswell.
E. A.
Will
Cahooii, Itoswell,
Hobinson, Hoswell.
w. c
Hied, Albuquerque.
Win.
If. Mullane, Carlsbad.
X. B.
I.aughlin, Santa Fe.
('.bail
les Closson, Santa r e.
James F. Hinkle, Hoswell.
W. M. Atkinson, Hoswell.
M. B. Goldcnberg, Tucumcari.
C. M. Richards, Carlsbad.
Antonio Lucero, Santa Fe.
J. he Graftenried. Buchanan.
W. B. Walton, Silver City.
Sylvester M rabal, San Itafael.
J. H. Latham, Lake Valley.
Arthur Seligman, Santa Fe.
Harry W. Kelly, F. Las Vega-.
W. (). Oldham, Portales.
F. M. Borjorquez, Hillsboro.
John M Sully, Santa Hita.
Win. Butler, Fai'iiiingbni.
Opcmnu i I'niwrsity
Mhuquerque X. M.. Aug. 19- Ibe
gest attendance both of students
a d the public at an opening ev "i
in the history of the Xew Mexici
slate university was present -.bis
li'iiiiing in Hod"v hall when
i.i Iversily was fi, finally open 1 f :
Hie 1915-191(1 college year.
t vent was made e pecially notihle
I y an address by President Div-I
I. 'tnyd, one of the very few T r
li'n! addresses he has made during
tin three years he has been at the
head of the sl.i university, in
iVinch Dr. Boyd outlined force'!. II
the standards and ideals along
which the university policy is being
directed. He dwelt upon the policy
that insists that leaching comes hi
fore everything else in the work of
the institution and that while per
sonal scholarship on the part of
professors is desirable, it must be
secondary to ability to teach and
enthusiasm for teaching; for the
kind of work for and with the in
dividual student which brings the
student into lively personal interest
with bis college work. "Work was
the subject of the address, and in
its course Dr. Boyd showed that
work and especially college work
must be made so alive, so vital am
so interesting that there will be no
inclination on the part of the stu
dent to shirk or skim over any par
of it. He quoted at length from
recent important article in the Out
look, entitled "Confessions of an
undergraduate" and tending to show
that because of lack of personal
contact between professors and
students in our great universities
i tll,'n is a ''d-'" on the purt of
the student not to do bis best work,
bu to "get through" with as little
work as possible.
However." said Dr. Boyd, "this
emphasizes this distinction, that
the accomplishment of the courses
laid down under charge of profes
sors who teach with interest and
enthusiasm will result in capacity
for work, and thus more practical
training for life. This is the policy,
I am sure, that animates my asso
ciates in the faculty of this insti
tution. We all realize that the func
tion of the university professor is
to TEACH; that scholarship is mere
ly an important element in quali
fication for that service."
"Here, my young friends who ex
pect to go into their classes this year
many of you for the first time, you
are expected seriously and earnestly
to take hold of your tasks, try to
II nd an interest in them, just as
you expect to assume your duties
as men and women in life with in
terest and energy. Since this is
the policy and function of the uni
versity, every one, student and pro
fessor alike, is expected to cooper
ate to this end. Anyone who per-
Secundino Homero, I.as
Eugene Kumpcnich, Pe
DEPENDS ON DEFINITE REPORT
Loss of American Lives on Arabic
Increases Tension Relucen I'. S.
and German Governments.
Washington, Aug. 20. Tension in
creased in official quarters tonight
when consular messages, forwarding
allidavils of American survivors of
the British liner Arabic, brought
1 1 I i 1 1 1 1 1 information that the vessel
was torpedoed without warning and
that probably some Americans had
been lost. It seemed that but one
point remained to be cleared up
whether tin' Arabic attempted to
nun the submarine or whether a
change of the liner's course to as
sist the already sinking British boat
Dunsley nearby, was misinterpreted
by the German submarine comman
der as a hostile approach. The at
titude of the American government
for the moment is receptive, aux
iously awaiting accurate details and
reserving judgment as to whether
the action was "deliberately un
friendly." The t ) nit I decision rests
wilh President Wilson.
The general trend of comment was
that the American government had
reached a point where it must now
ecide whether it would sever dip
imatic relations wilh Germany.
In addition to awaiting informa-
ton from the American survivors,
the embassy in London and Ameri
can consuls, otlicials expect some
word from Ambassador Gerard at
Herlin to indicate whether the at
tack without warning on the Arabic
had Hie sanction of the German gov
ernment.
Prairie Dale
30 miles north of Clayton
Crops in this vicinity are look
ing line.
The Prairie Dale school is to be
gin the li is I .Monilay in cplemnor
villi John Kerr as teacher.
The Misses Ethel Mat tie and Lulu
Cunningham and Messrs. A. B. Pol-
son and B. Itainwaler called at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Stubblefleld
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ituckman expect to
move io uayion ine lauer pari oi
the month.
Mrs. Alexander and daughter of
Mollis, Oklahoma, are visiting Mrs.
Alexander's daughter, Mrs. Mason.
Mr. and Mrs. Mc.Murtrey spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fred
(Hover.
Miss Mae Bryan spent Thursday
with llev. and Mrs. Scotleld.
Mr. Will Itehm and Thomas Cun
ningham arrived from the harvest
fields Monday.
Miss Mary Anderson of Cuates,
spent Sunday wilh Misses Maud
and Mae Bryan.
Mr. and Mrs. North Blanks have
moved to Clayton.
Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Schwartz and
little son and Grandma Morris took
Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Morris.
C. W. H. Bryan was on the sick
list the latter part of the week.
Mr. McMurtrey is building a new
rock house.
A crowd of young people seren
aded Mr. and Mrs. Kell Kesey Mon
day night Those present were
Misses Ethel Cunningham, Maud
Bryan, Mattie Cunningham, Reka
Weiland, Helen Alexander, and Lulu
Cunningham, and Messrs. A. B. Poi
son, Marvin Morris, Ray Wood and
B. Rainwater.
"An Old Timer."
sislently fails to do so will soon
llnd himself outside of the working
forces of the institution and will
find that it will be necessary that
idlers and incompetents must be
eliminated, just as they are elimin
ated in an industrial establishment.
The blunt notice seen In mny in
dustrial institutions, 'No loafing al
lowed,' could very appropriately be
placed about the grounds, and in the
class rooms and laboratories of this
institution."
The opening enrollment of the
university, s had been predicted, is
over 200, an increase of a hundred
percent in three years. Practically
all are taking full college courses.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. O'Brien of
near Sedan, attended to business in
the city today.