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ire IountmSí -Jp Nraafi FID - MOUNTAIN AIR, NEW ' MEXICO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, "1917 VOL. I NO. 19 " 'hi J ' STATE LEGISLATURE APPROVES DRY AMENDMENT Only 9 Votes Against The Measure out of 67 Cast FULL TEXT Of DRY RESOLUTION Santa Fe, Feb. 6. -A victory unex pected in its thoroughness and com pleteness was achieved by the prohibi tion forces yesterday afternoon wher. by overwhelming majorities the com promise resolution providing for a sub mission to the people of a constitution al amendment for state-wide prohibi tion passed both house and senate. Th vote on the resolution in the senate was 16 to 4; in the house 42 to 5. The result in the senate was expec ted, and it had been anticipated that the house would take up the resolution under suspension of the rules and pas it when the measure reached that bod) but it was not expected that such quick work would be made of transmitting the resolution from the senate to tht house, nor was it expected that the op position to it in the house would be sc tame and feeble as it turned out to be. The truth is that the friends of the resolution "put one over" by taking the house completely by surprise. 1 While advocates and opponents of tht measure were indulging in oratory ol varying degrees and quality in ex plaining their views to the crowded galleries in the senate, clerks were preparing the resolution for immedi ate transmission to the house. Hardlj had Senator Tully, whose name is lasi e.i the senate roll call, voted "Aye" when all was in readiness for the work of speeding the resolution for its way across the capítol, and when the visi tors who had been watching proceed ings in the senate strolled over to thi house to see what was being done ii that body thev found the members in the midst of consideration of the pro hibition measure. The expected opposition to the reso lution in the house failed to material ize or to be more exact, in the fact of the surprise attack, it crumpled and m .'lted away. Led by Mr. Gonzales, republican, and Mr. Pardue, democrat, the resolution had the easiest sort oi sailing, and it was all over before those who would have blocked its passage realized what had happened. The resolution does not require the signature of the governor to put it into efFect, but it is expected that Governor d i Baca, for many years an ardent pro hibitionist, will nevertheless sign it to morrow as an expression of his endorse ment of the provisions. A bill to pro vide the machinery for holding an elec tion is now pending in both houses and will probably be passed at an early d ite. The Tuesday after the first Mon d íy in November, 1917, is fixed as the d ite for holding the election on both bills. FULL TEXT Of RESOLUTION The text of the substitute resolution is as follows: "Be It Resolved By the Legislature of the State of New Mexico; "That the constitution of the state of New Mexico be, and it is hereby, amended by adding thereto a new art icTe to be numbered and designated as Article XXIII, Intoxicating Liquors, as follows: ARTICLE XXIII. Intoxicating Liquors. "Section 1, On and after the first day of Octobe, A. D. Nineteen Huí dred and Eighteen, no person, associa- t- tion or corporation shall within the state manufacture for sale, barter or gift any ardent spirits, ale, beer, alco hol, wine or liquor of any kind what soever containing alcohol, and no per son, association, or corporation shall import into this state any of such liquors or beverages for sale, barter, or gift; and no person, association or corporation shall, within this state, sell or barter, or keep for sale or bar ter any of such liquors or beverages, or offer any such liquors or beverages for sale, barter or trade; provided nothing in this section shall be held to apply to denatured or wood alcohol or grain alcohol when intended and used for medicinal, mechanical or cientific purposes only, or to wine when intended and used for sacramen tal purposes only. "Section 2. Until otherwise pro vided by law, any person violating any of the provisions of Section one (1) of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than fiity dollars, nor more than one thou sand dollars, or shall be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than thir ty days nor more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, and upon conviction for a second and sub sequent violation of said section such person shall be punished by fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and shall be imprisoned in the county jail or state penitentiary for a term of not less than three months or more than one year." Six Inch Snow The first of the week spring-like weather prevailed, with bright sunny days. On Tuesday afternoon it became cioudy and about five o'clock wet heavy snow commenced falling. On WedneF- day morning our people awoke to find about six inches of snow covering the ground, with a heavier fall in the moun tains. The six inches of snow equalled in precipitation eighty-four-one-hun-dreths of an inch of rainfall. Just what the fall was in the mountains to the west, we have not heard, but at Ciene ga it measured fully ten inches. Yesterday was a beautiful clear day, and the snow melted rapidly. The ground is in good condition to benefit by the moisture, and very little will not be absorbed by the soil, especially in fields where plowing has been done where crops were grown the past season. One or two more such snows in late March or April, and a bumper bean crop is assured. Car Load of Chevrolets Voss and Griffin received a carload of Chevrolet cars yesterday, and are busy unloading and setting them up. Most of this carload is sold and will be de livered at once. This is the first full carload of Chevrolets to be received by t'.ie local agents, although they have t ild and delivered a number of cars, driving them over from Albuquerque. Mr. Voss is planning to open a garage later on and will be prepared to do a gmeral garage business, making a specialty of Chevrolets parts and re pairs, so that purchasers of these cars need not wait when a mishap does over take them. Sells Transfer Business Fred L. Hinton has sold his Transfer and Livery business to J. H. Latham, who will run the tame in connection with his mill and water business. As sociated with Mr. Latham in tho con duct of the business will be Mr. White head. They will do general transfer amd delivering about town, and in con nection will deliver water direct from the well to town customers at fifteen cents per barrel. Mr. Hinton will move t ) his farm and put in a crop of beans, preparatory to joining the coterie of "Bean Kings" next fall. rrn.. n n - t. .1 ! I ine uox supper given oy me Lames , Aid at the High School Auditorium last. Friday night was well attended, and a ei i 11 i mi. . unauuia, 9 wni a3 .ucii Suu-S.. xne program was appreciated by thote present, and the boxes sold well, net ting a handsome sum for the Ladies. THINGS Of INTEREST ERÜ OUR NEIGHBORS Pleasant View Clarence Williams is ia Texas this week. Mr. and Mrs. Lake Owen have a Tory sick child. Mrs. Minnie Williams and ion, Davo had business in Mountainair Monday. G. M. Waggoner made a bus:ne?i trip to Estancia and Willard Wednes day. W. W. Manning and son, Brock moved the well machino to A. G. Park er's home north of town Saturday. Mrs. Eva Corbett, Mrs. McGuire and Miss Nadene Waggoner were out from Mountainair Sunday to attond church. W. N. Walpole and son have resumed their trade in town, at present work ing on Mrs. Sallie Fulton's store build ing. Bro. Williams from Estancia preached at the schoolhouse Sunday afternoon. He announced that ho will preach Sun day afternoon the 18th. Everybody is invited. South Mesa Miss Hazel Gott was out looking for a suitable homestead several days since. Mrs. Berl Brown arrived last week and went imtntdiately to her home which was in readiness for her. The South Mesa District has so far escaped the idiopathies, which seem so popular around Mountainair. W. J. Shaw is expedting hit mother and father from St. Joe, Mo., soon. They will make New Mexico their fu ture home. We have not had at much mow thit year as we had last, but the general supposition' is that the deep frezing is as good as the snow. Little Carol Harrison created quite an excitement among tho neighbors several days since. He attempted to go to his father who was working on fence nearby, and became lost. He was found by Mr. Fulfer. Preaching Services Cedar Grove, 1st Sunday at 11 a. m. Liberty, 2d Sunday at 11 a. m. Round top, 3d Sunday, 11 a. m. Mesa School house, 4th Sunday, 11 a. m. W. D. Garrison, Pastor. Epworth League Program Song-Come Thou Almighty King. Reading of the Lesson-Mrs. J.E.Veal. Song- In what way did Lincoln follow the Christ spirit?' S;ng- A 'ecdotes of Lincoln Miss Rae Doyle. Sing Battle Hymn of the Republic. Quotations of Lincoln Miss Hoyland. Son? Dixie Land, Mrs. McNeeae. Can the Negro rise? Mr. Swinney. A Plea Joh" Doyle. Yf h is my Neighbor? Marshall Orme, S.mg Kind Words Can Never Die. S ng-America. Special Music. Sunday Services Uev. S. Alonzo Bright, D. D., dis trict superintendent of the Methodist Church will be in Mountainair Sundav morningi February 18th, and conduct iervices at the Chapel at 11 o'clock. He will go to Estancia for the evening gervice. AU are urfed to bear the date , mind Bnd attend tht ierv,ce Subscribe for tho Independent now. Cedar Grove E. D. Amett hat purchased six hood of fino mules. A brother of Bert Bridges hat been horo visiting him. Retha Conner it jutt retovering from an attack of measles. Mrs. Luther Morris visited Saturday with Mrs. J. 0. Coffey. Belle and Roy Adamo called on Mitt Flora Leo Sunday evening. Vernon Furman, wife and baby visi ted in the Sellen homo Sunday. Mrs. Ruff Waldon f ron north of town spent Sunday with her sitter, Mrs. L. Brown. Will Conner it working on hit well. He it at a depth of a hundred sixty foot at this writing. A letter from E. Adcock of Tulsa, Oklahoma, it to tho effect that hit ten Chariot it improving. Nellio and Harrol Perkint entertained the young people in their home, Satur day night. All report a very pleasant time. S. G. Meyer, wife and babies,' tad the Meisn Bridges onjoyod a day latt week, visiting tho ruint of Gran Qui vira. Tho Mines Bell Adams, Flora Leo and Rachael Cook, also Mri. Grern and babies wore guests in the Perkint homo Sunday. We were deeply g rievod to hoar of the death of Mr. Nordmeyer. The sor rowing family hat the lympathy of tho entire community in their bereave ment. Á letter from Rufus Sellen of But ler, Missouri, states that hit Mother passed away a few hours before hit ar rival there, her death wat due to pneu- rrjnia. Mr. bollen will return hosao in a few dayt. Reverend Garriaoa filled nit appoint ment at Cedar Grove Sunday. But owing to a misunderstanding as to time, the attendance wat imall. Rev. Per kint will conduct services next Sunday at 3 p. m. Mn. S. G. Meyer and babiet left ! Sunday for an extended viaitwith rela tive! and friends in Oklahoma. From here they went to Amarillo, Texas, where they will vitit friendt, awaiting tho arrival of Mr. Meyer who it going overland in hit car. He was accom panied by Mr. Bridget. Planing Mill R. Romero was in town last Friday on route to Albuquerque. Mr. Ronero is planning tho erection of a planiag mill here as soon at necessary prelimi naries can bo arranged. Mountainair, being on a transcontinental railroad it the bett thipping point for both tko raw lumber and the finished product, and Mr. Romero plant to take advan tage of the fact in every way possible. For tome time paat ho hat shipped raw lumber from thit point in large quanti ties, and the installation of a plaaing mill here will not only largely increato thipments, but will give employment to a number of resident laboren aad mechanic!. J. II. Cobbt of McLean, Toxat, wat hero latt week and filed on a hemeatead on tho meta tooth of town. He tpont everal dayt in proipecting and it satis flod that he hat a hora titead that will be worth a nice turn to him tomo day. Ha left on Tuotday morning't train for Texas home to make arrangements ta move hit family hero. Tho Indi dendent will keep him in touch witb Mountainair and vicinity while ho it way. Commercial Club The Commercial Club met last Satur day night with a good attendance. Tho committee on probable cott of a Water System reported at fully as possible under the circumttancot. It wat de cided to take tho matter up with the State Agricultural College and try to tocare the advice of an engineer of the College in tho matter.' In tho matter of the proposed incor poration of Mountainair at a village, it wat deeided to establish the boun- dariea one-half mile in each direction from the toction corner jutt north of tho postoffice, thus taking in an area of one mile square. A committee was named to circulate the petitions for signatures at once for presentation to tho county commissioners at their reg alar netting in April. The committee was instructed to tecure a eentut as completo at possible of the residents within tho proposed incorporation. Several other matters were diacutsed and preliminary atept taken regarding thingt relating to town and county af fairs which will take further time to carry to completion. Tho next meeting of the Club will be hold on Wednesday night, February 14th at Corbett't office. Elect Directors The stockholder! of the Mountainair State Bank held a meeting on Tuesday afternoon of this week at which aboard of directors for the coming year was chosen. The old board, consisting of H. F. Mathews, Jas. H. Rhoades and J. N. Burton was re-elected with the addition of two more members Lester Williams and T. N. Hollon. The bank has been notified that it has been added to the list of State Deposi tories, in the sum of $10,000. This is an honor not usually conferred upon the newer banks. The bank hat arranged a writing room for the ladies of the vicinity where they may rest, while in town, and answer any correspondence they care to. Stationery is supplied, and the ladiet are requested to take advantage of this thoughtfulness on the part of the bank officials. Lewis f. Nordmeyer Tho funeral of Lewis F. Nordmeyer, who died at his ranch home near town, was held last Friday afternoon, con ducted by Rev. Mr. Perkins. Mr. Nord meyer came to this vicinity several yean ago, taking charge of the Com mercial Hotel soon after his arrival here. Later he took up permanent re sidence on his land. An attack of pneu raonia proved too great a strain and death relieved him on February 1st, at the advanced age of 68 years, 8 months and 26 days. He was born at Glasgow, Mistouri, and became a Christian early in life, uniting with the Methodist Epitcopal Church, of which he remained consistent worker. Tho family has the tympathy of numerous friendt in their bereavement. Look not back dear sitter O'er the path that he hat trod, For now hit path is strewn with flowers, Ho ia at heme with God. Lot ut comfort one another For not long may we stay In thit bleak world of mourning So brief ia life't way. Some follow till noon But few linger till eve, The fondest and truest Loavo tome one to grieve. Let ut keep our lights burning Thoy will brighten up the way. Let's be ready, then, dear titter That all may meet again some day. Mrs. A. J. Furman. Card of Thanks Wo desire to express our appreciatioi of tho many kind acta of friendt toward ut during the illness and death of our huiband and father. May each of you find friondt as true in time of sorrow. Mn. Nordmeyer and Family. APPLICATIONS ' UNDER 640-ACRE - ACT IMPERFECT Approved Forms Were Available at Time Not MAY BE AMENDED BY FILING AFFIDAVIT Department of the Interior, General Land Office. Washington, D. C, January 27, 1917. Registers and Receivers, United States Land Offices. Sirs: Because of the fact that the approved forms (4 01G and 4 016a) have not heretofore been available ap plications filed under tho act of Decem ber 21, 1916 (Public, No. 290), are doubtless imperfect. Unless applications heretofore or hereafter filed contain substantially the allegation prescribed in the approved forms, you will reject them, subject to the right, for 30 days from notice, to make proper amendment or to appeal. In eases where such applications are executed on the forms prescribed for making entry under the enlarged-homestead law, they can be amended by fil ing tho following: I hereby consent to the amendment of my application to make homestead entry for (here describe land) by the insertion therein of the following: "Application made subject to the re servation to the United StateB of all coal and other minerals in the land, to gether with the right to protpect for, mine, and remove the same, as provided by the act of December 2, 1916 (Pub lic, No. 290)." I do solemnly swear that the land applied for does not contain any water hole or other body of water needed or Hied by the public for watering pur pose!, and that the land it chiefly valu able for grazing and raising forage ercpi. The affidavit mutt be executed be fore an officer authorized to administer oaths in publie-land caset, and must be corroborated by the affidaviti of two witnettes, similarly executed. The preferable method of amending an imperfect application it by the ex ecution of a new application on an ap proved form. If this is done, care should be exerciied to plainly mark the reexecuted application "Supplemen tal." However, Circular No. 523 requires applicants in certain cases to supple ment their applications by additional affidavits. Nothing herein contained is intended to in any way modify those requirements. Should an imperfect application show that applicant is not qualified to make the entry applied for, you will disre gard the defects and reject the appli cation, subject to the usual right of appeal. Doubtless many petitions for desig-. nation have been filed which fail to make tho showing required by the reg ulations set forth in Circular No. 523. You will, therefore, forward to such petitioners, by ordinary mail (unleis you are making other requirements by registered mail), a eopy hereof, to gether with a eopy of said Circular No. 523, which will thus constitute a notice that the petition theretofore filed will not be forwarded to this office until the expiration of 30 days from the mailing of the circulan, during whieb time ho will bo allowed to file an amended pe tition, making tho showing required by tho regulations. You will, after the lapse of 30 days from the mailing of tho circulars, if no response is received (provided tho application to make en try is fh all respects regular), forward tho original petition, noting thereon the following: (Dato) Circulars mailed. (Date) No action taken. (Continued on next psge)