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OLDEST ESTABLISHED PAPEli IN I'UUUY COLWTV
4l' VOL. 15. NUMBER If
CLOVI3, NEW MEXICO.THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1921
3.09 PER VHA
WILL EXHIBIT
AT DALLAS FAIR
Carry and Roosevelt County Will
Combine (nil Send Fine DitpUv
To Dallas Next Week.
At a meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce Monday night it wan de
rided to send an exhibit from Curry
County to the Tcias State Fuir at
DhIIuk.
Coo Howard of l'urtulcs was pres
ent and told of the plan Room
vult County had made to send an ex
hibit' there and it wus unanimously
voted to co-operate with that county
and have a combined exhibit from
koosevctl and Curry.
Gathering Exhibit Now.
K. C. Hoi. inner, John Byvne, Chan.
K rtennis. Mrs. Edna Hume Durand,
and D. W. Jones were named an a
committeo to look after the collection
f the exhibit. On account of the
fact that this exhibit must be ready
to leave Clovis by Suturday morning,
it in going to take some hard work
bytho committee, and they were giv
en authority to appoint sub-commit-teca
in. each neighborhood in the
county to assist them in gathering
suitable product for the display.
There i an abundanco of farm pro
duct to make a fine showing from
this county if everyone will co-op-
.rate with the committee in getting it
gnthered.
Te Be Shipped By Epre.
The plan is to load an express car
, with Curry and Roosevelt County
' producte, leaving hire Saturday
morning. October 1. This will give
titie exhibit time to get into Dallas
and get properly arranged before the
fair opens on the 8th. Roosevelt
,vsnd Curvy Counties have securud a
pace thirty-six feet square for.tlio
two exhibit.
Dennis and Watherlord to Aceom
puny Exhibits.
At the meeting Monday night Bon
Weathcrford and Fixd K. Dennis
were selected to go with the exhibit
nd remain in Dallas during the fair,
RooHevelt County will also send two
men with her display.
- Fine Advertising.
Roosevelt nnd Curry Counties
should get much good advertising
from the display at the fair. The
.Dallas Fair is the second largest
" state fair in the country nnd this
vear Dossibly more than a million
people will attend. The exhibit will
xhow these visitors what can be rais
ed In Eastern New Mexico and those
in charge will be provided with ample
advertising matter that will tell of
the advantages of this section.
DIED SUDDENLY
Clarence A. l'ylant, age 49 years,
died Suddenly on Monduy of this
week. Mr. Pylant had started up
thu sUiira to his room at the Arling
ton Hotel when he suddenly dropped
dead from what is supposed to huve
been apoplexy. The deceased was
an old time resident of this section,
having resided in the plains country
for about twenty years.
Funeral services were held at the
wmeterv Wednesday afternoon at
four o'clock.
I
DRUG STORE SOLD
Dr. J. W. Board and Dr. Clynj
Smith have purchased the stock and
business of the City Drug Co. No. 1
from J. C. McClelland and Dr. J.
Foster Scott and the stock is being'
invoiced this week. The store was
closed for two or three duya this
week while the stock was being in
voiced, i
BAND CONCERT PROGRAM
350 Club I
Atten
Sembers Will
Encampment
Here
o
NEWS AD BRINGS '
MANY ENQUIRIES
STOCK JUDCERS COMING
JOHNSON NAMED VICE
PRESIDENT OF EMBALMERS
A. W. Johnson returned this week
from Las Vegus where he attended
the meeting of the Undertakers As
sociation of New Mexico.
Mr. Johnson was elected as vice
president of the Stale Board of Em-
balmers at a board mcet.ng in Las
Vegas. Mr. Johnson has be-n a
member of the State Board since the
first of the year.
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Following !h the program for the I ,U!C"' w" ""'i';ye
band concert Frid.iy night which 'be-i J' Wllitc'g Etorc 0,1 Sv,,h M"in S,t-
fins at 7 30 i ulertised bouse for rent in the
March-'Robhixor.'s Grand En-', "n' lttl11
weck and before noon I'rmsy no
OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED
BY FIRE SUNDAY
tree." King.
Overture "Lutspiel" Keller Bela.
Cornet Solo "My Old Kentucky
Home" with variations, by E. C.
Eustin.
Fox Trot "Margie" by request.
Waltz " Lazy Mississippi". . Earl
March "Olympia Hippodrome"
Alexander.
Fox Trot -"Moonlight". . .Con rad
Patrol "Blue and Groy"Dalbey
March "Stan and Stripes For
ever Sousa.
E. L. McCauley, who lives on North
Calhoun Street, lost his bam, coal
house and sheds by fire last Sunday
morning about 2:00 o'clock. His
house was also damaged but the fire
department succeeded in saving It
His household goods were also dam
aged In rrmvlng out of the house, The
fire is supposed to have originated
either from defective wiring or from
sparks from the wash house.
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FAREWELL SERMON
L Rev. R. B". Freeman, pastor of the
Methodist Church, win preach hi
farawoll sermon next Sunday. Mr.
Freeman will attend the annual con
ference nt Artesia "next week, after
which "he will g to Abilene,- Texas,
to make his homu. Mr. Freeman will
engage In evangelistic work next year
with headquarter at that plnco.
hail twelve people to see him ready to
rent the house. Mr. Reed was in the
News office Friday and said: "Please
j take that od out before people woYry
inc t" death."
KICKED BY CAR
May Choose Clovis
as School Location
1. V. Rice received a painful In
jury Saturday when the crank of an
auto struck him in the face. He
narrowly escaped a very serious in-
Jury.
The Hoys' Stock Judging ContcLt,
which for the first time will be held
in Eastern New Mexico, la scheduled
for Clovis on Fridny, Octuber 28th.)
It is expected that contestants from
Union, Quay, Curry, Dellaca, Roose
velt, Chaves, Eddy and Lea Countiu
will participate.
The winners of the county judging
content will be sent to Clovis at that
t'ine. The Clovis Chamber of Com
merce will act as hosla to the young
men on this occasion and royally en
tertain thum while in Clovis.
MANY PROJECTS
REPRESEfiTED
MiMt Suvceuful Year of Boys' and
Girls' CUb Work to be Cele
brated in Clov'u Next Week.
Fatty Arbuckle
is Oat of Jail
Smut Costs County
$40,000 per Year
Kiwanians Will
Play Albuquerque
The Kiwanis Club baseball tcom
will go to Albuquerque next week to
attend the district convention of the
Kiwanis Club and play ball with the
Albuquerque Kiwanians. R. M. Bis
hop is manager of the Clovis team
and announces that his aggregation is
practicing and will be in position to
give the Albuquerque team a hard
name. Following are the members
ef the Clovis team: R. M. Bishop, R.
A. Yost, Dr. H. A. Miller, Curl A
Hutch, J. K. L'ndlcy, Oscar Dobbs,
Cash Austin, Dr. A. L. Dillon, W. H.
Duckworth and Hamlin Overstreet.
FIRE ON NORTH WALLACE
The home of M. A. Jackson on
North Wallace Street was badly dam
ajred by fire last Sunday night about
eight o'clock. The fire department
saved the building but much damage
was dune by the fire as well at water,
The houso as well as the furnishings
was insured.
Mrs. Dixie L. W. Owen, president
of tho Clara Barton Memorial As
sociation is in Clovis thit week. Mrs.
Owen spoke at the Baptist church
on Tuesday night, at the Kiwanis
Club luncheon at the Harvey House
Monduy, at t)ie high school at 1:00
o'clock Wednesday and at the Meth
odist church Wednesday evening at
7:30. Mrs. Owen will speak t the
Christian church on Sunday night nt
7:30. Mrs. Barton is touring the
country in the Interest of the Clara
Barton Memorial College for Jioys
and girls' and this collet is to be
established at some point where Mrs.
Owen thinks advisable. Mrs. Owen is
very favorably Impressed with Clovis
as a suitable location for this college,
which is to be co-educational and non
sectarian. Mrs. Owen is good speak
er and all who can should hear her
Sunday night.
San Francisco, Calif., Sept 28.
The murder complaint against Koscoc
C. (Fatty) Arbuckle was reduced to
manslaughter today by Police Judge
Sylvian J. Lazarus, who held him to
answer the superior court for trial
on the lesser charge growing out of
the death of Miss Virginia Rappc,
following a drinking party in Ar
buckle's mite at the hotel St. Fran
cis, i
Arraignment of Arbuckle on tin-
grand jury manslaughter charge has
been set for October 3 ; on the charge
resulting from today's motion by
HOME FROM OZARK
TRAILS CONVENTION
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Curlew return
ed this week from Shawnee, Ohio.,
where Mr. Curless represented the
Chamber of Commerce at the Otark
Trails Convention held there recent
ly. Mr. and Mrs. Curlew ulso visit-
in Oklahoma City before their re
turn home.
Mr. Curless says delegates to the
Convention realized thut Clovis Is on
the map as a road center, as the
road work of the Chamber of Com
merce here has given the city much
favorable advertising.
BAND CONCERT
FRIDAY NIGHT
The last band concert of tho
senson will be given Friday
night. The last concert was
postponed on account of rain.
Come out and hear the special
program that has been prepared
for Friday nigbt.
E. C. Hollinger, county agent, told
tho Kiwanis Club Wednesday of the
damage thut had been done by smut
in the wheat this year. Mr. Hollinger
estimated that smut In wheat had
cost the farmers of Curry County
something in the neighborhood of
$40,000 this year. By properly treat
ing seed wheat Mr. Hollinger anid
this vast wnsto could have been pre
vented and tho cost of prevention
would have amounted to only a small
amount He advised members of the
Kiwanis Club to urge every wheat
grower in the county to treat hi seed
wheat this fall.
The Clean-Up Squad
Dr. C. L. McClellan called nttcn.
tlon to the "Clean-Up Squad" that
will be in Clovis October 4th to look
after thu claims of ex-service men,
such as vocational training, compen
sation, insurance, bonus, truvel pay,
etc. He told of some of the things
Undo Sam was doing for the soldier
boys and urged that anyone who
knew of a soldier who had a claim
agmnit Uncle Sam to see that be was
in Cloviu on October 4th,
Mrs. Owen Likei Clovii
Mrs. Dixie L. W. Owen, president
of the Clara Barton Memorial Asso
ciation, was a special gueit of the
club and made an interesting address.
The Grady Road.
F. E. Baxter, Highway Engineer,
told of the proposed work on the
Grady Road which is to be com
menced soon. Mr. Baxter said there
was an abundance of hard surfacing
material convenient to the work
which has already 'been contracted
for by the Highway Commission.
D. W. Jones preside over tl
Wednesday meeting.
New members who have recently
joined the club are: John Barry, C.
E. Smyer, A. L. Gurley and F. P.
Spencer.
HOME FROM HONEY MOON
BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
SANCTION WALKOUT
DEMOCRATS ON WEST
' SIDE ARE AT WORK
Three hundred fifty boys and girls
will be in Clovis next week on Oct. 6,
7, and 8 to attend the Curry County
Buys' aud Cirls' Club Encampment.
This yeur's club work has been tho
most successful of any since the club
movement w started here several
yeai-s ago. 41 ore boys and girls havo
enrolled in the work this year than
any previous year, and Mrs. Edp
Kume Durand, County Club Leader,
is expecting thu encampment next
week to be the most successful.
14 Communities Represented.
Fourteen communities will be rep
resented among the club member
here next week, these communities
being: Locust d'ov-s Pleasant H;il,
Ruth, HalloDC, Orady, Melrose. Hav
ener, West Chapel, Moyc-FiiH McDan
iel, Ranehvale, Fairfield, Texieo, Frio.
These boy and girls from the com
munities mentioned above will bur
exhibit at the fhr representing
twenty-two different projects.
While the encampment will bo un
der the general direction of Mrs.
Durand, prominent state workers will
be here to assist in the program,
among them being President Kemp of
the State College. W. H. Trent-nun,
J. B. McGhee was in Santa Fe this
week looking ufter business before
the Federal Court. Mr. McGheu lays
the Democrats of the west aide
Judge Lazarus, the district attorney f the state are not discouraged by State- Club Leader, will have charge
must file an Information within fair- the recent defeat but are commencing of the boys' recreation and' gamea
ty davs. now to organize for the next cam- and Miss Elma C. Sturdcvant, AsUst-
' District Attorney Matthew A P.ra- paign.
dy announced that a statement re-,
be given out
ga riling the case woul
later.
Arbuckle has been incarcerated
since Suturday, September 19, wheiij
a charge of murder wus sworn out!
neninst him by Mrs. Bambina Maud ;
Delmont. The charge was reduced Cross
today to manslaughter by Judge Syl
vian Lazarus at the end oi a
filean-Up Squad
Chamber of Commerce and other in-
ni . ' Wrested citizens of Clovis, arrange-
unicago aept .-inevy !" ,,,,,,, hwir,nr n poice ,onrt and , ments wen- maue to get m iu,
nut Club Leader, will have charge of
tho girls' calisthenics and club games.
Miss Mary R. Richardson, State Dem
onstration Leader, will j'idge ' the
1 V W ion vwww Th(J 8m, Rirli wi eHtublwh
ja camp nortji of the court house
At a meeting this week of the Red , . . ,
uoara, American uugivu,
cent of ballots cast by Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen on the question of
accepting a reduction in wages favor
a walkout, It was announced to-night
after two days spent in counting the
returns which will not be complete
until tomorrow.
Tho counting of ballots of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers, Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen, Order of Railroad Con
ductors and the Switchmen's Union
of North America will begin in Chi
cago Monday. Union leaders regard
ed the result of the trainmen's vote
as an indication of the stand the oth
er organizations would take. It is
regarded as certain that the workers
would authorize a strike bulletin but
it is believed that the brotherhood
chiefs and grievnnce committees
may not sanction a walkout.
Arbuckle was released on his own wun every evserv.ee ."
recognizance to ar.swer it. The charge Roosevelt and Curry Counties for the
furnished bail was ; purpose oi aenmK vo .
indictment returned grievances ana neipioK
on which he
manslaughter
against him by the county grand jury.
MO YE IN COLORADO
D. L. Moye is in Colorado on busi
ness this week. Mr. Moye went to
Colorado from Santa Fc where he has insurance, need of vocational tiu'm
been as a witness in cases before the tne
his efforts to give them a square deul.
A clean-up squad will arrive in Clovia
on the 4th of October and will be at
the office of Dr. McClellan on the
4th nnd 5th with adequate help to
satisfy ail legitimate claims such a
, port of the entertainment is being;
fostered by the Curry C'trt' Fair
Association.
Eahiblls at Ella Auditorium
The exhibits will be shown ut the
Elk Auditorium in Clovia and will
be free to all. The exhibit will be
open from 9:00 a. m. till 0:nQ p. m.
aud from 7:00 till 9:00 in the even
ing. Oil another page of this issue
a complete outline of the program
for the three days' encampment i
given.
Federal court which
there.
is in session
INVOICING DRUG STOCK
Ranehvale Fair
Was Big Success
Every citizen in Clovis and the ad
joining country is aakod to assist in I
this work by notifying ex-service' men ,
und m-inir them to be on hand'
Lewis E Rndrick of Fort Sumner! promptly, prepared to give such in- Another successful Uay was aa.iea
is in Clovis this week. Mr. Rodrick formation as is necessary to the prop- to Kanclivaie s onueavors wnen me,
is invoking the drug stock of the1 er settlement of cluims. If a legiti- Kt.iged their local fair last Friday.
City Drug Co. No. 1. which has ' mate cluim is presented, carfare and The faculty und students carried out
recently been sold to Dr. Clvn Smith maintenance will bo provided. some clever ideas in decoration and
aud Dr. J. W. Board. I This is an important piece of busi-' the community showed its interest
, . i ,i . nti.l Kn.nnnrntion hv hrinpinff exhihlta
i ness ana one in wnicn an puoiic - -
. . lfinni fii.lil und pnrnen.
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Dallas tair ommmee ksrs ,mu.
Assistance in Securing Exhibit rominen7educator to
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Tagader re
turned Monday morning from an cx-
tpnHed hnnevmoon at different oointl
in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Tagaderr gi ntrou bundles of red and white
The general Dallas Exhibition
Committee, composed of E. C. Ilollin
ger, John Byrne, D. W. Jones, Ciias.
E. Dennis and Mrs. Edna Hume Du
rand, with Don Wcatherford and
Fred E. Dennis, who will huve charge
of the Curry County Exhibit at Dal
las, met at the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday afternoon and organized by
electing Chaa. E. Dennis chairman.
The committee made a general sur
vey of the county and were astonish
ed at the possibil.tios of making the
greatest exhibit ever shown by Curry
or any county.
In order to expedite the work of
the committee, the farmers of the
county arc requested to bring to the
rinvij riinmher of Commerce, not
lutcr than Monday, October 3rd
will bo at home in Clovis.
kaffir, red and white milo mnir.e, fot-
crita, higeria, Sudan, cane, all varie-
Jas. M. B'ckley of this city, who
Thu afternoon was given over to
program and judging. Mr. Ale
Shipley, Mr. E. A. Douglaf and Mr.
E. C. Holiinger made short talks and
Frank Hill, Opal Tate and Seneca
Beech gave well worked out readings.
onts, barley, rye, m.llet, spelia, cm-1 Association has received word that
mer and any other farm and fiold m:, cnnr o. Williums of Memphis,
products. iTenn., who is president of the Na-
ties of Indian corn, sheaves of wheat, la prudent of the Statu Teachers Tm, iviscilia sewing club had a beau
tiful display of their work in their
club room. Miss Ethel Roll, who has
lwin their leader for the cast two
The ladies are especially invited to tional Educational Association, will , yoaitt. has worked faithfully and well
bring all of uieir garden piuuurie D 0ne of the speakers at tne suite
such as pumpkins, cushaws, squashes, TeiK.),(.rB Association which meets at
tomatoes, peppers, parsnips, carrots, ; Albuquerque on November S3. Mr.
turnips, cubbaga, radishes, onions, Rickley considers thut the Associa-
egg plant, rhubarb, Iri -h and sweet tjon wj ut, v,,ry fortunate in hearing
potatoes. All of these exhibits should Williams as she is one of the
lending educators of thu country.
ED JONES HAS GONF.
TO WICHITA FALLS
and the girls are showing the result
of her effort.
HOLIFIELD RECOVERS
- FROM SERIOUS ILLNESS
be taken to the Chamber of Com
merce whre they will be labeled
with the name of the grower, post
office, classification and variety. The
committee especially urges that these
exhibits all be delivered on or be
fore Monday, as above stated.
The success of Curry County at the
Dallas Fair depends upon the efforts Nunn Electric Company of mat place,
to supply this committee with the Mrs. Jones will join her husband at
best that Curry County afford. . that place in the nenr future.
Rev. and Mrs. Ted V. Holifield and
daughter, Mae, returned th s week
to Canyon, Texas, after spending
few weeks here at tho homo of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Welch. Mr. Holifield
Ed Jones left for Wichita Falls,' nM been seriously sick for two week
Texas Tuesday niornirg in his car. ur more with pneumonia
Mr. Joics will be employed with the
V. V. Spencer of the Spencer Elec
tric Company went to Amarillo on (
biwineis Tue-duy momine.