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A. I.. Await HARVEST NUMBER - SIXTEEN PAGES. FARM, GRAIN and HAIL INSURANCE Baker Brothers AGENCY j FARM LOANS LOW RATES, EASY TERMS. Baker Brothers Agency Official Newspaper of h (Tni(d Slates Lund Office and of (he l'ooplo of Curry Ctuuity VOL. 10 NO. 17 CLOVIS. NEW MEXICO. OCTOBER 12, 1916. $1.50 PEP. YEAR MINISTERS ARE YEAR Clovis Conference Decides Appointments of Clergy men.El Paso Gets Next Year's Meeting. The State Conference of the Methodist Church South was held in Clovis from Oct. 4th to 8th with many ministers present and others interested in Methodist churcti work from all parts of New Mexico and a part of Texas. Bishcp Lam luth, of Uakvliii'.', California, presided. Reports wtr mde from the churches at Alamogordo, Marfa. Lordsburg. Las Cru'ces. Artesia. Clovis, Central Avenue. Albu querque and Trinity and Alta Vista in El Paso. At the latter place a new parsonage has been completed and a new church to cost .fcJO.OOO will he erected in the near future. A new church is aiflo being planned at Clovis to cost $i.'i,)00 Dr. A. J Lamar, agnt of the publishing house nf. Nash ville, Tenn , entertained the conferir.ee with an able address on "Books an i What to Read." Man useful suggestions wero- made by th- d-lv.-loprr.er.t of! ministerial e li i e i n c y . ; Dr. C. P. Moo--.., of ()..! land. ! Calif., re'- iri.'d the prog nit of the Sun day Si'-iwiiii w-rk -' Mi' church a-rl ph-.r s f - fu'u-" d-n-clopmenr. He rep. .-: i a:i increase of 2l7,ii"u nv. fibers in tu-' su! -lav ? e i i ji '. ii'i"!t .; th past two ye. us f as t year the1 Souths rn Methodist church re ceived from Su'.day sehool. 7'.)..)'.o members. fhe atiruc-rsar . of tee con fen-nee board of t-d'.icati tt as held Friday -vening, ' which Dr Casper Wright vice pr ,iuntftii Sooth. .-r Mpth nir University at Dallas principal speaker. The next session of the New Mexico annual conference will be held at Trinity church in El Paso. This was decided by a unanimous vote. It was also decided to hoi 1 a preacher's in- ofimfo -fnr a week ff irir r rliulLOUntV. Who Will be Pert: month of June next yen- at Lvdia Patterson institute in E! i Paso. Prominent educators ! and lecturers will he s-rji-enj lor this occasion ar.d all i.ht preachers or tn.s cenicrenc-' wi I tie in attendur.ee. Revs. Horsey Men horn. W. L Jenkins, and E'. L Arni-mr. young preachers who have proved thnr erncency in two years trinl as pastors, were ad mitted into full membership as itinerant preachers. Hon. W. L. Sanford, of Alpine, Texas, was- elected as conference 'ay reader in pluce of I. J Ayers, who resigned. Mrs. H. M. Smith made the report of the WomanB's Missionary society, which showed $10,000 raised by the ladies during the past year. The El Paso district is one of the two districts in Methodism which has morel women's societies than pastors. The assignment of ministers to churches for the coming year was the most important business before the conference on the final day of its session. The announcement of the Bisk op as to the more important churches was as follows: Presiding elder, Albuquerque district. George H. Givans. NAMED FOR BY METHODISTS Albuquerque. J. C. Jones. Tucumcari, E. D. Lewis. Las Cru-'es, L. L. Lallance. Gallup, G. C. Emmons, Magdaleria. Charles B. Brooks San Marcial. H. M. Barton Presiding elder. El Paso dis trict. H. M. Smith. Trinity, Percy Knickerbocker. Asbury, C. K. Campbell. Alpine. J. H. Messer. Clint, A. B. Weaver. Marfa, E. C. Morgan. Ft. Stockton, M. 0. Williams. Demirur. J. H. Cochran. L rd-burg. J. E. Fuller. Presiding elder, Roswell d is trut, S. E. Allison. Artesia. W. W. Nelson. Clovis, J, T. Redmond. Carlsbad. A. C. Bell. Pecos. J. H. Wa ter. K .swell, J. C. McClure. Portales. W. W. Turner. Texico. H. B. Ellis. lie v. J. T. Redmond, the new Clocis minister coup s from Carlsbad while J. 11. Messer, who has been in Clovis two eais, nes to Alpine, Texis. Curry County Teachers to Attend btata Convention. Tn- S i'iU Ke Ne-.v Mexican it. s: A; li.-a.-ir -jo,, toir.-, from i'iie city of Ainu I'U'i' r.ie and 'in- rurai schools of Ijernnlillo count.- aiv coming to S.inta Fe . : i attend the state convention if the teachers next month, ,:ic - niir,g to word received from , ( ir' K' Superintendent, ,lno, 'Milne, of Albuquerque. All of ' the C city U-acliers, all of the was tiiel,,) county teachers and oil u) 7" teaclu.rs from denomination- ' a! or private s.-hU will come t- Santa Fe. State Industrial Supervisor L. C. Mersfeld-r lodav mad.- res ervations lor l; tPiichers irom his oomc city of Clovis, Curry wid be here to attend the st.Ue convention A Great Loss Mr. John I -nra-l ;i t.'iv manu facturer oi blooms is in Clovis. atid when intt:vviwed by :i News man sio: ''Brcom corn is ngood .a:'- p-. -htable crop hen'. But '.he tanners are lo-ing moiity every eur by not taking care of it, Why, one rain may damage broom corn from qU'i to $15 per ton. Sheds should be built to put. the corn in. These sheds are inexpensive and the increase in the price of the corn will soon pay for them. The people in Oklahoma. Illinois, and some other states get better prices for their corn than the growers in Eastern New Mexico, because they take better care of it. If you could get the broom corn growers of this section to take hprtr care of their product it would put hundreds of dollars in their pockets annually." Mrs. Ua.'ina Roach has moved to Clovis from her ranch home near Havener, Bert Curless, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce is visit ing relatives anJ old friends in Illinoij. VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL FROM LATEST PHOTOGRAPH Next Vice The Harvest Number Fair Is Called Off . Our intention was to make, this issue a "Fair Number." as well as a harvest issue. We had been working on it for about ten days before the Fail" Committee announced there would U-no Fair this year, and a par: of thin issue ha: goo- topre-ss before tin- announcement was made. There wer- s-v.-ral reasons why the Fa r was called ',tf: Tu- f-e.; i-r.,js -re late and the farmers are very busy at this tinp-of ttie year. The presidential campaign is waxing warn which is attracting the attention of most of the men interested in the Fnir. Wants More Land. He Was all Smiles Prof. J. F. Smith, of the Ho! E. H. ila'.vs m, who owns 320 lene neighborhood, was in Clo-: acres of choice land northwest vis Fridav. When ae-osted bviof Clovis, was in the city with a a Nkws reporter, h- said among other things: "I have lived here two years This is a great countiy 1 want to buy more land." Guess that's sullicient evi dence of Prof. Smith's belief in the future possibilities of Curry county land. The services of Johnston's Band have been engaged for thi winter at the Lyceum, ; (! music attracts -anti tmt web known and dependable bar d al ways draws the crowd. R. B. Boyle, editor of the Dairyman-Farmer, of Melrose, was iti the city this week, visit ing his parents who reside here. v. :r . - ,-,V ... ,. ... y" !' . . - . :-r.. President. I big load of broom corn the other day. Me was wearing a real prosperity emile. Sai I Mr. Clawson: "This past spring v as the dryest I have ever Been in Curry county.- Yet I will realize $260 from my little paten of broom corn. My other crop j are alio good. This cer tainly is a great country." Roasting Ears W. J. Martm who resides southwest cf the city was in the other day with another load of thote juicy water melons and roasting ears. Said Mr. Martin: "I have jold above $100 worth of roasting ears in Clovis and could sell mure if I had the time to bring them t town," . i CLOVIS TODAY IS AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS PROSPERITY General Conditions Are Betler Than Ever Before Everybody Is Happy and Prosperous. The flourishing and prosper-jprou-i of its financial instituti on condition of Clovis is wor lons. They are conducted hv thy of mention at this time. It safe and conservative busmen is the talk of everyone who is men. Interested in the prosperity and! The growth of Clovis is not future of the city. There are la boom, but a healthy, steady no hard time tales going the (growth, the kind that counts rounds. Everybody seems to in the long run. During the be happy and prosperous, j past year it is estimated that There are no idle people, every i there were one hundred houses body who wants work can getlbuiltin the city, and most of it, and there seems to be pienty of work for all. The country surrounding Clovis is not appreciated by home people as it should be. Business is so good that we are apt to forget there ever were any hard times in this country. Never in the history of this city have general conditions been as good as they are today. Every one who knows anything about it, all the old timers say the future of Clovis and East - em iNew Mexico n assureu. The pioneering has been done, experimenting is a thin? of the! I solid foundation. At no period during tl'e years of thp higtory of flourishing little ciiy have, era! business conditions nine this hrrr. any better than they are toda. The big rains of August ind epieniner seemea to put trie finishing touches on one of the best year? this country has ev er seen. The season started out with a half million bushels of wheat in the county, and ends with one of the best crops of maize, koffir, feterita, and other row crops ever raised in these parts. There will be all kinds of feed for the winter, the range is in excellent con dition and cattle are in fine shape. The wheat acreage is more than double that of last year, and there are bright prospects for a million buahei crop next year. At present prices this J means a million and a half dol . Inrs f rom one crop. Thn railroad shops of Clovis are running 'u!i Must, the $7-,0OU monthly payroll of the Santa Fe is the largest in dustrial interprise we have. Clovis is glad to he the home of its r00 railroad men. They are the very back-bone of the city and ive could not get along very well without them. Clovis is not only a commercial center for a large, rich agricultural and stock raising section, but it has the full-dinner paid brigade which makes it a much better town than those depending solely upon its agricultural re sources. Clovis ha a large number of big mercantile establishments which are doing a big business. The stocks carried are large, the assortment is great, and the merchandise is as up-to-date as any city of 100,000 people. Its merchants make regular pil grimages to the big markets of the East and North and get everything the market affords for the people of this section. The banks of Clovis are in a flourishing condition. Half a million dollars are on deposit in the three banks. Clovis is these were nice homes of the bungalow type. At the present time there are ten or a dozen houses going up in different parts of the city. One of the nicest homes being erected is that of John Barry, the well known hardware merchant. It is being built of brick and has a Southeast exposure. It is locat ed at the Comer of Axtf.ll and Vigil streets. jThe political Campaign ? , r Is Warming Up. ,, , .. . , lhr" T po',tlc.al meetings scneuuled tor Uovib. and as the flection draws n-iar, the campaign seems to bu warming up. h Logins to look like a real presidential your. The Detnjcrats have tw big meeting;? piur. ti-u for thi.s month. On Monday night, ( Wohur lllrh loo T on i p. ruce, ex-governor A Okiano- ma, will addro-is the voters of Clovis. The meeting .wii be held in tin: Elk aj.iiteri'.;m On the night cvtober 31st three democratic speaker will be in (Jlnv-i. The meeting will beheld in the Elks auditorium. On the night of October lUst. three Democratic speakers will be in Clovis. They are Hon. A. A. .Jones, Democratic Nomi nee for the United States sen ate, Hon. Antonio Lticero. Can didate for Secretary of State, and Hon. Wm. B, Walton, nomi nee for Cungress. Thes- are threeof the biggest guns in the state and a record breaking crowd is expected to be here on the above date. This trio of speakers will be n Portales Tuesday morning, October 31st and in Clovis that night. From here they go to Ft. Sumner where they speak iv. the night of Wednesda.v , November first. Same Over Here. Joe Roherts, wh - ,s domi ciled on a good piece jf land some five miles southeast of the city, said to the News m.in one day recently: "I have only been here about seven months, but I like this country better than any place I ever saw. I was in Oklahoma tiv years, going from Texas to that state. In my opinion this country has those states bested. " Mr. Roberta is backing up his faith by his works, by get ting hold of a goodly sized chunk of Curry county land. It is just the same story on the part of all. or practically all who come to tnis great, growing country. They all fail head over heels in love with it in stanter. How could it possibly by otherwise? Geo. Roach is in Santa Fe on legal business.