Everybody Rich
In Do be Village
Tierra Amarillo, in New Mexico.
Is Qimint and Curious.
Town.
WITHOUT LIGHTS CR WALKS
V-*-y Large Portion of the Population
Can Qualify on $50,000 Bond
Make Wealth in Sheep
and Wool.
Pagosn Springs, Colo, While there
is no frontier left in the West, now
and then one may conn; across some
thin,j: interesting in the way of the
primitive. In the northernmost and
central part of New Mexico, just
across tile Colorado line, is the small
town of Tierra Ainarilla. There are
about r.0ti people living there, mostly
of Spanish birth, and among them a
very, very large portion who ean
legitimately qualify on a $50,000
bond.
They have made, and are still mak
ing, a great deal of money in sheep
and wool, and are quite happy without
electric lights, autos or sidewalks.
If yoti are ever fortunate enough to
he invited to visit one of these fam
ilies, no doubt you will go in a kindly,
tolerant spirit and come away pleas
antly amazed.
They are the very heart and soul
of hospitality and welcome a stranger
with a sincere enthusiasm that makes
mv* * n sun inert of tin* cold-blooded,
haughty politeness of an American.
They Are Americans.
Air! that rails to mind the dignified
rejoinder of one of these citizens upon
being questioned as to where his sym
pathies were in our trouble with Mex
ico—with the Americans or the Mex
icans.
Hi- terse reply, "1 am an Ameri
can.'’ Wits sufficient. Considering that
scarcely any of the inhabitants are
educated, according to the average
standard, that was a remarkable re
ply.
The honsi's are nearly nil built of
sun-dried bricks of mud called adobe,
set down, more than likely, in a sea
of mud or dust, according to the sea
son. with few windows, and facing
haphazard in any direction, without
regard to the streets, if there are
streets, and hack door to the front or
side of a neighbor.
No lights on the street make navi
gation at night tt risk, and no side
walks of any kind add to the excite
ment.
In tlie houses are plied-hit or miss
tilt1 most expensive of furnishings, as
the big catalogue houses of the ITtsr
know quite well that it pa> s to ad
vert 1* ■ wit re there is money, and
no nearby merchants to beguile with
window displays. A line kitchen cab
j diet may l)(< right 1 . s=.Ie tin* phono
1 graph with i!s dozens and dozens of
records, mostly stringed and operatic
I music, and almost Invariably the
i houses arc clean as scouring with
s"up and water can make them,
i li you eat with them, von will eat
chili, as it is a standby like our bread
and potatoes. There is nothing
elusive about iho chili. Nor lias it
! lost any of the energy of its forefa
| I hers. It is a good plan to eat some
"f it before you patronize n local bar
ber, as it tends to loosen one’s hair,
at least it seems 10, which answers
i rite same purpose,
Tlte barber, who probably owns
l.iHio head of sheep, wears a wool
i sack full of Ins own product on his
face, and his uniform is overalls that
have been so long a part of his ward
robe flint they could belong To no one
hut the barber. They also serve as
! a strop, after the razor has been
dipped in the basin of jollified con
glomerate suds.
In the stores, which one and all
carry enormous stocks for so small a
place, you will lie confronted with an
odor, from the improperly cured bun
\ Girls Fat Enough,
Is Jury’s Verdict
%
%
t Cardiff.—A situation worthy
v of Gilbert A Sullivan's “Trial
* by Jury" developed here when
v a girl’s class from the Howells
J Girls’ school, I.landulT, filed past
J the jury |io\ in order that judge
$ and jury might judge as to tie ir
' physical C( unlit foil. The < -use
J was one in which the father of
J a pupil sued the governors of
s the • < boo] for dinting s, nlleg
J mg (hat his daughter was not
v properly fed. The inspection of
v a class satisfied the court that
? the majority of the girls
v seemed to be doing fairly well
s on the food supplied, and the
$ jury decided against the iudig
? nunt father.
dreds of sheepskins piled titong with
the bright colored silks and shawls
and artificial dowers, appealingly dis
played for the edification of the fem
inine residents. Perfume is sold here
by the quart, as no proud young lady,
or hoy, would flunk of attending a
dance without saturating both cloth
ing and hair with it.
Altogether Tierra Atnariila is an
intensely Interesting place to visit. If
one likes the out-of-tlie-ordinary.
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Alien Enemies
Worry Canada
Returned Soldiers Protest Against
Foreigners Filling Positions
They Need.
EXPECT EIGHT ON REPEAL
War Times Election Act Repeal Is Op
posed—Educational Test May Be
Made to Disfranchise Many of
Teuton Origin.
Toronto.—IVspite the approach of
normal pence when there will he no
more “enemies,” the alien enemy ques
tion is still far from settled in Canada.
Controversy surges around two
points: first: Is the alien enemy to be
allowed to work? and, second: Is he to
he allowed to vote?
Conditions During War.
When the war was on the alien en
emy worked. There were many objec
tions to it, hut labor was so scarce
| that the alien enetnV who could work
was rarely interfered with. And tie
made big wages. Now labor is not so
■ scarce, and the alien enemy’s job is
' more precarious. It is not employers
j who are interfering with him, nor is
1 it government authority.
Pressure comes from the returned
NEW USE FOUND FOR POISON GAS
jar
Poison pas Is now being put to a g -od use in Kngland. The gas Is In
jected into rat holes by means of n rubber tube. Most of the rats are killed
underground, but any which come out are dazed and easily struck down.
WILL FIX RUSS RAILWAY
- a--_
Allies Are Planning to Raise Nec
essary Money.
it r/;!l Take $20,000,000 to Put Trans
S'hcrinn Railroad Line in
Shape.
Washington.—It will take $20,000,
0(H) to pin the Trans-Siberian railroad
in proper working condition. Kight
nations are now trying to finance the
tu:nl temporarily, without waiting for
formal recognition of the Kolchak gov
ernment at On.sk. Present indications
are that recognition must come before
financial aid on this scale can be ex
tended.
'l'lio interallied railway commission
at Vladivostok has made strong repre
sentations to each of the eight coun
t.tes. urging tlie making available im
mediately of this amount of money in
the fornt of credits, so that the sys
I
tern from Vladivostok to the Ural
mountains may he put In working or
der.
The United States, Great Britain,
France, Italy, Czechoslovakia, .la
pan, China ami Russia are the coun
tries represented on the railway
commission. Italy, the Czecho-Slo
vak republic, China and Russia are
willing to accept their share of the
responsibility for the loan, hut cannot
supply funds or credits, as everything
■they have they need for their own
people. France, too, needs all her re
sources.
.Japan could furnish both cash and
credit if the other allies would per
; tnlt her to assume tile entire burden.
Great Britain and the United States
are each in a position to arrange the
necessary credits, but (lie bankers of
these two countries insist upon hav
ing a tangible government back of the
loan as a guarantee. The Omsk gov
i eminent is considered stable enough
soldiers Wht'ii their verbal protests
Set no results or produce only formal
assurances, which they know to he
insincere, they have on occasion raid
ed the factory, sometimes with surpris
ing results. Then the alien enemy is
really out of a job.
As to the vote, the alien enemy lost
Ills privilege during the war. Now the
tight is as to whether it will be given
hnek to him. The war times election
not was based on the ground that the
man who was not eligible to fight if
needed wasn't eligible to vote, a rough
and ready ride which served a purpose
and it deliberately disfranchised all
persons of alien enemy origin whether
they had Canadian citizenship or not.
Fight Expected on Repeal.
Repeal of this act was expected to
immediately follow the close of the
war, hut now the government is not
anxious to refranchise a large voting
population which is not likely to sup
port the government that originally dis
franchised it. The parties are lining
up for a real old-time party scrap on
the issue. The fight will come in par
liament on the introduction of the
franchise act promised for an early
date.
Hm> proposal is that an educational
test will bo framed which "ill have
tic effect of disfranchising large num
bers of former Canadian citizens of en
emy origin.
INcii if they act the vote lawk many
of the alien enemies are going to he out
of a job. And they would infinitely
prefer wartime conditions when th-y
had no vnt,. Pur had a good job.
No' ■;v .n-Vom an* affected,
lut tic re -• several hundred tlmu
“ \ . - •’ ’he f.-rmer Austrian
empire in <' •. These cause the
Iil-obo m.
TAP WILL BREAK HIS BONES
Four-Yea' O'o ’• ' t'.sch jsetts Lad Suf
fers From Ms ady—
O*.Herv. se '<S"nal.
i' ttsfi*'(I St* —t • - Furr* - Jr,
!. st-n of Mr. find Mrs. t’buries Furr»*r
hrok > his left thigh. lie already h -
had 17 fractures of bones in the l^■f
leg and right arm. If ho raises his arr
suddenly in heel he will hear the bones
snap. If he sits down hard he always
has a break.
The child is otherwise normal,
healthy and good nntured. A chalk;,
condition exists in the hones.
The hoy's father is foreman of line
construction for the Western Union
1 elegraph company and is away from
home most of the time. Mrs. Furrer
and two children. Charles and Howland
Furrer, VJ, make their home with iter
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Howard L. Frown.
hv the hankers to warrant the loan,
lint until actual recognition is accord
ed the status and responsibility of the
government are in doubt.
TAXES CAUSE PENNY FAMINE
Mints Begin Making 2,000,000 One
Cent Pieces Daily to Sup
ply Demand.
Washington.—Pennies are more |n
demand than dollars in these days of
soda water taxes. .Since May 1. when
J these taxes went into effect, the Fnit
| ed States mints and subtreasuriea
have been flooded with orders for mil
lions of one-cent pieces and these
coins have been shipped to hanks by
the bushels. To meet the continued
demand the Philadelphia ar.d Denver
mints are working almost exclusively
on one-cent pieces, and an extra shift
of workers inis been ordered for the
Philadelphia mint. Two million one
i cent pieces will be turned out daily.
.
The I’nited States owns fully one
! half of the world’s stock of Uiamonus
/
WHY CITY MEN SHOULD CO-OPERATE WITH
GOVERNMENT PLAN OF BETTER HIGHWAYS
This Country Has 87 Per Cent of All the Motor Vehicles in the World: and
It Has Eiglrt Times As Many Dirt Roads (Top Picture) as Hard-Surfaced
Roads (Bottom Picture).
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment ol’ Agriculture.)
If till the automobiles in this coun
try stood evenly distributed over nil
the roads of this country there would
lie five motorcars to every two utiles
of road. And there are 2,547,334 miles
of public road.
If every motorcar in the United
States were loaded to its limit with
people, half the population of the Uni
ted States could be hauled at one
load. And there are about 110.000,000
people In this country.
Betting down to boot heels and bitu
lithie—just to avoid the vulgar plirnse
of bedrock and brass tacks—about 87
i>cr cent of all the motor vehicles in
the world are on the roads of the Uni
ted States. By estimate, there were
7,000,000 automobiles in the world on
January 1, 1011). By actual count, 0.
14(5,677 of these were in the United
States. Those motor vehicles paid, in
license and other fees, $51,477,41(5.
And this is exclusive of the 107,000
i motor vehicles manufactured fur the
government.
Each one of those six million one
hundred and odd thousand motorcars,
when it run* on unimproved roads,
pays about twice us much for tiros and
about twice as much for gasoline as
when it runs on surfaced roads. And
there are about eight times as many
miles of unimproved as of Improved
public roads in the United States. To
la* specific, the public roads in the
United States measure 2.457,334 miles,
' <rt which only 296,290 miles, or about
12 per cent, tire surfaced. The rest are
earth roads.
Half Billion for Roads.
Are tiie owners of those six million
and odd automobiles interested in the
federal aid road-building program for
1919? It is the most stupendous road
i building program in the history of the
world.
Expenditures for road construction
tills year are likely to reach $500,000.
ooo, according to the estimates of the
United States department of agricul
ture, the government agency charged
with the administration of the federal
aid road act. Practically all states
are planning a continuous system of
connecting highways throughout each
state, and there is a more general
li*|Mi>ition than was i ver manifested
before toward co-operation among
neighboring states so that improved
roads will not terminate at state lines.
Congress, shortly before adjourn
| rni'iit, mado an extra appropriation of
; St!20i>,000,(XX) in the post oflice appro
i priation hill to meet the federal part
of the program. Officials of the bureau
of public roads. United States depart
ment of agriculture, point out that this
is the largest appropriation ever mude
by any government for a similar pur
pose, and that it will enable the fed
eral and state gmernments to carry
on a road-building program of a mag
nitude never approached in the history
of the world. This work, It is esti
mated, will employ more than 100.000
men in active road work. In addition
to the men engaged In the production
! and furnishing of roud-bu!!ding mate
| rials. It affords one of the large oppor
; (unities for profitable employment for
I returned soldiers and sailors.
Automcb.le Owners and Road Bonds.
The program is a continuing one.
The recent federal appropriation Is for
three years. State, county and local
funds will come largely from bond
issues. And there is where the 6,000,
U00 automobile owners ought to shine
with n tremendous radiance.
Itoth sensible selfishness and plain
duty call upon the automobile owner
to vote for road bonds. His tire and
fuel costs, as before mentioned, are
cut in half by good roads. More im
portant still, if he be a city man, at
a very large proportion of automobile
owners are, it brings wliat he eats to
ills door at less cost. Good roads hav<
always meant something in the way oi
reducing living costs, but they mem
i tore now that the motortruck ha.
reiuc to stay—and to expand. Om
function of the motortruck is to re
lave conges'ion In the neighborhood
of large cities—a congestion that has
increased during the past several
years, and that, if it continues, will
tend to run up the cost of living.
Those are a few of the main reasons
why, front the standpoint of self-inter
«st, the city automobile owner should
vote for road-bond issues.
Good Roads as Military Measure.
From the standpoint of duty, the
military element probably takes first
place. When it became necessary t\to
years ago to Concentrate great num
bers of men in cantonments, it was
found that the roadways connecting
the cantonments with the surrounding
cities were in no sc use adequate. For
the most part new roads had to ho
constructed. There is always the pos
sibility of another such emergency,
and the only means of insuring facile
communication is by the construction
of surfaced roads over which motor
truck's can operate.
While the security of tin* nation in
such tin emergency might depend upon
good roads for military uses, their serv
ice to the nation would not tie con
fined to military matters. For u great
portion of the time during the past two
years 'JO per cent of tin* railroad ca
pacity of the country was required for
military purposes. The transportation
of food, fuel and the like laid to tie
accomplished largely by means other
than rail. Some hardships were en
tailed. The motortruck, however, over
sueli roads as were passable, rendered
excellent service. When the present
road-building program is carried out
and the total of improve d roads Is
several times iargt r than id present,
the service possibilities of the motor
truck will he correspondingly in
creased and the safety of the nation
; and the comfort of the people more
WAYS TO CONTROL HOG LICE
Complete Eradication Is Best Secured
by Use of Dipping Vats—Some
Other Methods.
! (Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Av-rl ulture.) ”
Lire nn hogs can be controlled In va
rious ways, but complete eradication is
i best secured by the use of dipping
vats, experiments conducted by the
United States department of agricul
i turn show.
Medicated hog wallows and rubbing
; posts, the experiments showed, kept
| the number of parasites reduced so
that they caused little or no damage,
but neither of these methods destroyed
all the lice. Crude petroleum was
used on tin* rubbing posts and the wal
lows were medicated with coal-tar creo
sote dips, pine tar, crude petroleum,
| and bland oils. Crude petroleum and
coal-tar creosote dips proved to be
more effective when applied from nri
ordinary sprinkling can than when
used In wallows or on rubbing posts.
Start n fight against the weeds enrlj
In the season.
• * •
A young weed Is easier to over
Home than an old, tough one.
• * *
Sweet clover must be regardec
largely as a substitute for red clover
* a »
Sweet clover is best cut for hai
early in June, before uny buds ap
pea r.
* * *
Sweet corn and peas are products
that should be grown for canning ant
drying.
• * *
Tomatoes are of high food value be
cause they can be canned and pro
served so readily.
* * *
i Pumpkins and squashes can b(
grovsn with so little effort that thei
may be considered In the calculations
Serious Injuries by Mice or Rabbits
Can Be Remedied by Bridge
Grafting—How to Work.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
If fruit trots have been seriously in
jured by mice or rabbits eating the
bark and snpwood at the surface of the
ground, they can be saved by bridge
grafting. First trim off the gnawed
parts of the hark with a sharp knife
leaving the edges smooth. Then take
from the tree a twig of last summer's
growth about as thiol; ns a load pencil
and bu g enough to extend an inch and
one-half above and below the gnawed
part. Hot it above and below the
gnawed part cut out a strip of bark :«n
inch and one-half long and as wide as
the twig or graft is thick. Trim both
ends of tlie graft on the same side by
paring it down to about half its thiek
iic-- for a length of about two inches
an I tlu'ii tit the prepared ends into the
1. rl; o’11> above and below the injury.
Apple I ree Killed hy Meadow Mice.
Fasten each end of the craft to the tree
by driving in n very tine tack or brad
nut much thicker than a pin. Cover
the ends of the craft and nil cut sur
faces with grafting wax. A union be
tween the craft and tree will thru take
place and thus the gnawed part will he
bridged over. In very had cases of In
jury it may he necessary to fasten the
low r end of the craft into one of the
tree roots. Place a craft every 2 Inches*
across the injured part.
PLANTING FRUITS IN NORTH
Of Much Importance That They Be
Set Out While Plants Are in
Dormant State.
(Prepared hv the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In the North and wherever the win
ter conditions .re severe <m plant life,
either from low temperatures, driving
winds or other causes, fruits are usu
ally planted In the spring as early its
the soil cun he put in suitable condi
tion. It is important that they lie set
out while the plants are dormant and
before the buds have* started.
CALL APPLE KING OF FRUIT
Estimated Value of $230,000,000 Placed
on Crop by Department of
Agriculture.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Artl<-tilt are. )
The apple Is the king of fruits In
value of crop as well as in the estima
tion of tipple lovers, according to llifor
. .1 tk.. IS.Itrol
deportment of ngHcwItnre. For the
np|i](i crop of IfHH n vr»In*. of S_.10,000,
< 000 Ikih been ewf (mated, or nearly
three cl/Mha of thr vnluo of all fruits.
VEGETARLI S IN AN ORCHARD
| Crop* May Itr. Planted Between Trees
While they Are Small and Do
Not Shade Ground.
Cl’ri-piired hy the Ttnlted States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Vegetables fan be urmvn between the
1 trees In the home orchard, while the
| latter are small and do not shade the
ground very much. Some of the early
maturing vegetables may even he
| grown between the row s of straw her*
j ries during their lirst season.
PROTECT FRUIT FROM PESTS
Paper Bags May Be Placed Around
Grapes and Securely Fastened
by Use of Twine.
(Prepared l>y the C ted States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Choice fruits, especially grapes, may
often be protected from Insect pests
h> the use of pap> r bags placed around
the bunches and -eeuroly fastened by
twine to the supporting shoot or cane,
le gs may be put In place us soon as
’be blossom* have fallen.