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V VOLUME FOURTEEN
, NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN.
Clayton, New Mexico, November 19, 1 92 1
suBsciurao! un
3.00 l'Ktt YEAR IN ADVAJK
PUDLISUED EVERY SATURDAY. THIS PAPER IS DEVOTED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF' THE BEST IN CLAYTON AND UNION COUNTY
BIG LYCEUM COURSE
TO START NEXT WEEK
Clayton Is to have Hie opportunity
of hearing musicians and a lecturer
of exceptional skill. Tho High
School Lyceum coureo lias boon
carefully ohoscn, with a thought of
Mie interest ami betterment of ev
orjnne. It is composed of four num
bers, The Rickets Gloe Club,. Fine
Ails Mixod Quartet, The llondo
liors, and Peter Clark MnoFarlane,
a loeurler on subccta of human in
terest. The Iliokctts Glee Club is compos
ed oi four young men, coming from
a family of musicians, who aro very
popular as entertainers. They sing,
they play musical- instruments
clarinets, drums, trap and bells, sax
apfiotios, and a piano . accordian.
Thoy have a real jazz band, but do
not limit themselves to jazz alone.
llItjkBUa will entertain in the High
Soliqfet.'Audilorium at.'S o'clock, Sat
urday uigiit, Novombor-26.
&Kthr- number, which will . be
pleasing to thoso who love to hear
music, is the Fine Arts Mixed Quar
tet. They appear in costume, and
"inako tlicmsolvcs delightfuj in solo
groups, ducts, and trips,
Tho Merry Roncrojiors furnish
what is called tan, .original high
speed 'pep' prograriv Thcso fivo
lively people both sing and play.
Their program will bo composed of
trumpet quartets, saxaphone trios,
violins, readings and character im
personations, and an orchestra. Op
portunities to hear such talent are
not numerous.
People forever like to hear of the
sucdess of those who had a low start
in'llfe.for such starts many of "our
most famous statesmen had. Peter
Clark Macfarlano, now a world fam
ous lecturer, was once a ditch dig
ger. Ho then became by turns, a
clerk, private secretary, reporter,
elocution teacher, actor, minister,
and then a journalist. He has trav
eled in France, Germany, Italy, Eng
land and' Mexico. Mr. Macfarlano
lectures on subjects of human in
terest. Ho is ontiroly capablo of do
ing this bonausc of his close asso
ciation with people of all of tho
walks of lifo. Tho information
which he gives will bo first hand
and from one who knows from ex
perience. ThoOigh School is bringing thoso
entertainments to Clayton for tfie
general bonefit and pleasuro .of tho
people and not for any financial
gain.
The tickets for those entertain
ments aro now on salo. The prices
for adults is -$1.75 for a season ticket
and for st.idents $1.00. Phone the
High School or buy from some High
School student you know.
OR. HORLEJJINS FIRST
PLACE IN DALHART MEET
EIGHT PAGES
UNION COUNTY WELL DEEP ONE
Sevan of Clayton's golfers, D. W.
Priestly, George Granville, 11. E.
Lang, Geo. Hyde,, G. W. JJIakely,
Hum Johnson and Dr. Hurley, went
to Dalharl last Friday to participate
in a golf tournament held on the
Dalhart links. Just what tho total
score was and how tho Clayton golf
ers oame out as a collective repre
sentative of tho Clayton Club wo
wero unablo to asoorlain, but in
individual scoring Dr. Hurley won
first honors, with C. II. Walker, of
Dalhart, second. Tho doctor's score
was 145 for 27 holes, while that of
Walker was 147. Sam Johnson, wo
understand, was the second highest
scorer in the Clayton aggregation.
The representativos of tho Dal
liart elub will be hero to compote
with the Clayton Club1 on Sunday,
Novembor 27.
IIARB1NG WIIX INTERVENE
OVER THE TAX QUARREL
Washington, NOV. i7v-PraaIdent
Harding -thru- Representativo Mon
dial; Rpúblisui leader pf the house,
Hriáeeá -today to Intervene La toe
tkíím tis urn. wl,: ,
Union county still has hopes of
seeing oil spout, according to Judge
O. T. Toombs, of Clayton, who is
horc on business in the slate su
premo court.
"Ono oil well, which is being drill
ed at Pasamento, has reached a to
tal dopth of 2,100 feet," said Judge
Toombs, "and another twelve miles
south of Clayton, between that city
and Sedan, is down pretty deep, too.
Wo have hopes, for many people are
convinced that there is oil some
where under Union county, the only
question scorns to be how far down."
Judge Toombs said that the 'low
price of farm products has hit Un
ion county hard, and yet buyers of
food prices still pretty high for
some obscure reason. The amount
which the farmer gots for his corn
today is so low, he said, that many
bushels will be burnod for fuel in
Union county this wintor. Yet own
ers of horses know that corn chop
sells around 1.75 for a 100-pound
sack. Tho grower of corn is not get
ting anything like that for his pro
duct, however. New Mexican.
EXAMINATION FOR POSTMASTER
TO RE DECEMRER 13.
The United Slates Civil Servico
Commission, at the request of tho
Postmaster General, announces a
competitive examination for post
mastor in this city.
'This examination is held under
the president's order of May 10,
1021, and not under tho civil ser
vico act and rules.
Competitors will not bo required
to report for examination at any
place, but will bo rated upon (heir
education and training, business ex
pocionco and fitness.
Apply to the secretary of tho
board of civil service examiners at
the post office in this city or to tho
United States Civil Service Commis
sion, Washington, D. C, for appli
cation Form 2241, and Form 2213
containing definite information in
regard to tho examination,
Applications must bo properly ex
ecuted on Form 2241, and filed with
tho Civil Service Commission, Wash
ington, D. C, prior to the hour of
closing business on the date speci
fied in form 2213, which date is De
ccmbor 13, 1921.
TWO CLAYTON COUPLES
ARE MARRIED THIS WEEK
FIRST 0L00D IS. SHED
IN C0L0.1ÓAL STRIKE
It seems as though the matrimon
ial habit has securely fastened itself
on the Clayton young people, yes,
and some of the older ones. too. and
this week marriages are holding
first place on tho social calendar.
Tho first wedding took place on
Tuesday evening when Howard M.
Monro and Miss Hub Thornton
wero united in marriage al Uie home
of the bride's mother. Mrs. A. I).
Thornton. Tho ceremony was per
formed by J. F. Lunstord, pastor of
the Christian church.
Mr. MooroNudds the position of
ohief clerk in the U. S. land office
here, and Miss Ruby Iihd been em
ployed ns a clerk in the land office
for the past three years.
On Wednesday evening in Uie
presence of a few friend, Mr. P. 11.
Scott and Mis Enod Grundy were
united in marriage, at the home or
J. F. Lunsfurd. Mr. Limford offi
ciating.
Mr. SCjOll is employod as -a clerk
in the Clayton National Hank, com
ing hero a month or I wo ago from
Amarillo, Toxns. Mrs. Scott is a
toachor in the Clayton public
Blood was 8i)illod"Sunday in the
southern Colorado SboI fields.
Union and non-union minors of
the Qakdale Coal company at Oak
viewy Colo., battled for two hours
Sunday niglU with only ono casual
ty Davo Prfcoj president of the
Oakview union" ot tho United Mine
Workers of Aniorica, who was shot
thru tho check.
The shooting of Price, which ic
declared by company officials to
have- been in self-dofonso, enraged
the union forces and fifty union men
ontrenched on tho mountain sides,
poured volley after volley of rifle
and revolver shots, for one hour and
fifteen minutes into a house occu
pied by ono woman and lour non
union miners. Another nun-union
micr was chased oyisv the mountain.
News of tho shooting spread like
wildfire thru the southern Colorado
coal fields, complicating I he already
dangerous situation Utal exists .on
the eve of the expected announce
ment of the Colorado Fuel Iron
company reducing wn(s 30 per cent
in seven of its eighteen operating
minos. With the union miners pre
pared to strike Op all O. F. it I.
properties as soon. as the wage cut
is offcclive, the open break between
the union and non-union miners at
Oakview intensified the feeling in
tho C. F. & I. rnmijs.
Eleven Colorado rangers, com
manded by Lieutenant Stockton.J
rushed to Oakview: as soon as they
learned of the shooting and took
command, ending open hostilities
ami averting fju-iVfivliloodsheil.
A Greek named Pcplrov who is al
leged to have been a member of the
union party involved in-the shoot
ing, was the only person arresled.
Rangers remained on guard at the
camp all Sunday night. Most of the
force was withdrawn Monday, when
the stale officer had the situa
tion well in mt The mine was
operating normally Tuesday.
The non-union .men who were at
tacked, company officials snid, all
were witnesses at the hearing held
at Oakview two weeks ago after a
strike of union miners against, (he
properly. They testified against the
union.
The trouble started Sunday eve
ning in the mine clubhouse. The
union president. Price, and his brn
Iher. james, are alleged to have
accosted and threatened Tony Val
I'tti'irii i. a non-union miner. In the
fight which followed Yalcarino .shot
price Ihru Hie clnwk. Union men
rallied In the support oí their pres
ident. Yalcarino and another Italian
were chnrfed ové'- (he'iiuounfain.
CHINA WANTS GUARANTEE OF
POLITICAL ÍÉPENDENCE
The Wash
' turned to
stern ques
sauie mo-
Washiiigton, Nov
ington conferenflV
consideration of V
lions with almost
mentuui with wliioft1; jjr tackled na
val armament. .fff
It was the Clilmo'ijnlegntos who
led'Uie way this tiiuui. -In the com
mittee of nine, at which nil nations
participating wore represented, Ihoy
produced a Imsig for ilUcussiun that
represents their views. '
The open sympathy of the United
sohools. Hoth of these young peo- i" wii" U'wiwou was a
plo, while they have been here but i0" "wmfost. British supporU-d it
a short timo, havo acquirod a large J "")' rospocta. The positions f
feature may bo construed as affect
ing tho Anglo-Japanoso alliance al
though the British take an opposite
vievV.
Today's session of the big nine
was occupied with the presentation
of Cliina's views. Immediately af
terward it became knóNvn that they
commanded the moral support of
I he United Stales. Tho British
viewpoints were made known a lit
tle later. The Jaimnose did not
stale their reaction hut previous
pronouncement by sonm of their
representatives have put I hem in
line with some parts of China's pro
Discussion of Far Eastern affairs
will he continued tomorrow. Mean
while the committee of admirals ap
pointed at yesterday's meeting of
the liig fio is continuing its exam
ination of I he American naval pro
posals.
Eiililaiid Ajirces with Open Door
Policy
Four features of the lirilish view
point un Chum's proposals on the
For Eastern question were empha
sized tonight by the highest author
ities: Great. Britain reiterates that she
is in full agreement with the open
door policy.
She regañís Hie "spheres of in
fluence"' as antiquated and inmut
able to modern conditions.
The Panama canal is not regard
ed as a specific question and will
not. he urged on the consideration of
the conference.
The Anglo-JapaneSe alliance is not
regarded by the British as directly
involved in the Chinese proposals
for settlement of the Far Eastorn
question, although it may be drawn
into the discussion later. - -
By the same authority, it was said
consideration of Far Knsle.ru ques
tions will proceed at once upon the
basis of the propositions submitted
today by the Chinese delegates. Top
ics set out in the Chinese plan will
be referred I o experts.
While Mn British viewpoint is
thai the Anglo-Japanckc alliance is
not drectly involved in any of the
Chinese propositions submitted t:
ilay. the HrUis.h would welcome an
agreement between the great pow
ers or even one limited to America,
Japan and Great Britain to replace
it. This is founded on the feeling
thai there is need for some cooper
ative action to regulate conditions
in the Far East in the interest of
peace uimI prosperity.
No pnqiosilion concerning read
justment of foreign indebtedness to
the United Ptwtes resulting from
'lie war will be advanced by the
British delégales. Evidence that the
subject is not n contemplation for
consideration is afforded by the fact
that there arc no financial experts
attached (41 the British representa
tion. In fact, there is .every evidence
that the British instructions con
template a trie! adherence lo Ihe
agendo proposed by tho United Stat
es. II is known that the French dele
gation is of the same mind.
PROHIIIlf ION K(HHMAÍH5
12 ARRESTS IN OCTOBER
SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION
IS HARD HIT THIS YEAR
The Sotlthwes'orii Division, an nr.
ceptionnlly hard hit these last throe
years ny disaster of various kiudi
nan a nne exlubtlon of Chapter pro
Iiareduess in (lie reennl. Cnnlrat
Texas flood, according to informa
tion given out at the lloadquarlors
of Ihe Southwestern Division, at St.
Louis.
When the Brazos river started
rising and floods seemed imminent,
the Divisen Disaster Relief Director
was notified and as soon as it was
found necessary to send rolicf, a
night letter was sent to Chapters in
tho vicinity of the flooded district
hut outside of tho flood area. Tho
call asked for clothing principally,
and in less than seven hours in one
case and twelve hours In others,
supplies were on their way.
Dallas replied at 4 P. M follow
ing the call received in tho morning,
thai clothing was shipped. Watío
not only responded (o tho first re
quest, but sent a second supply , of
clothing. Houston sent 883 gar
ments which had been, cleanest and
sterilized. Other towns 'in' the ad
jacent territory sent more than
their quota within tho next Iwo
days, and the result vvns that by the
lime a sufficent degree of ordor bad
been created to look after tho
stricken inhabitants of (lib flooded
area, there were supplies on hand
sufficient to meet all the needs of
Ihe situation.
A feature of this wonderfully '
ready response, it is slated, was that
all the, .gnriileiits &ejitvere usable,
and were the type needed. This
showed (bat. the Chapters sending
them considered the character of
the disaster and the conditions of
Ihe people needing relief, making
their contributions accordingly, and
1 did not use the "hit or miss" method
or collecting supplies so frequently
J seen in cases of similar catastrophes.
Ihe towns contributing to this
particular flood, the statement dis
closes, in addition to those men
tioned above, wero Port. Arthur, Jas
per, Huntsvillo, Jacksboro, Green
ville, and Denton, Texas, and Ok
mulgee. Oklahoma. Tho latter sent
its box of clothing containing seventy-five
garments, voluntarily and
did not wail lo be called on by the
Division office.
PANAMA TO ERECT
ROOSEVELT MONUMENT
Pennine, Nov. 10. A monument lo
Theodore Iloosevoll is to bo erected
Tfili ii... 1
uii jinuuu 11111 uvi:i molting uiu uaiiui
in whoso construction he took suoU
a great, part.
PHIPPS-DOWELL ROAD DILL
WILL BENEFIT THIS STATE
circle of t'riondR who Avish them
well.
There have also lMen many ru
mors of other marriages, and
expect that a short timo will develop
marriages involving some of tho
promlnonl membors of th.e younger
sooial set.
IS
LIVESTOCK INJUNCTION
DISSOLVED
Chicago, Nov. 15. An injunction
obtsined in August, 1020, restraining
the . government from interíerin
with commission jratea charged by
ft ouribéf of livestock eommifcSMia
the others were not so clearly de
Hi) ed although members of the Jap
anese delegation have given expres
sion of approval, in part at least
of China's "bill of righU."
What China Wan In
In brief, China wants guarantees
for territorial integrity and polit
ical and administrative independ
ence; she proposes tho open door
for all In all parts of the country;
she wauls all sphoro of influonce
relinquished; she wants no treaties
rondo affecting ber without boin?r
consuMed,
uat.wn BSttV in -vwots pan-1 . xA
Forly-two arrests, or the largest
l umber of arrests for any 30-day
period in the last six months, was
the record of the prohibition foroos
for October, according to a report
just prepared by Prohibition Direct
or D. W. Snyder.
As a retail T of the arrests made
the internal revenue office here will
be duller by 820,000 if it is:sucoes8-
iul in collecting the taxes which it
will assess bootleggers. Tho lax the.
11 tcrnal revenue office will make
against the bootleggers is that which
the government provides must be
pnic. a a liquor license and as pen
nine when bootleggers do not take
cut a liquor license.
The federal forces last month also
destroyed nine stills, 1,000 gallons
of liquor, seized two automobiles
caught carrying liquor. Present in
dications fire thai November will
bring even a bettor record in the
number of anegfc and amount tA
Uqooriaad stills 'sailed.
j The following extract of a letter
'received by J. F. Luusford, regard -.
log the passage of the Phipp-Dow-
ell road bill, bears some reul in
formation (hat will bo pf hilorest
to peoplu of Now Mexico, anil brings
the information that Now Mexico
will receive a largo sum of money
for the making of hotter roads:
Washington. I). 0.,
, November 14, 1021.
' In acknowledging receipt of your
j telegram of October 17th, urging
1 the passage of tho Phippa-Dowrll
Road Bill, we are very glad to be
j able lo inform you that this bill in'
1 now a law, having been signad by
I the president on November 0th.
The Conference is informed by
tho Bureau of Public Roads that the
allotment to the Blato of New Mex-
ico under the provisions of tho new
bill will be $1,189.823,34, of which
931)0,607.78 i8 to bo mado availabl
at once and $793,21556 on tho flrel
of January, 1922. It la learned from
the Bureau of Public Roads that in
addition to no above omounla there
wa oaunao or ífcUM.eia si 1 avail
able for new construction forvyeur
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