The Columbus Weekly Courier, 1920-09-17
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HOME ENTERED BY BURGLAR. Hiltulay evening J. 1. Norwood, llm hajilwaro man. uud family and (heir gtl'. "Dor Hampton, fell Into line Willi oilier cltlxen nnd are now en abled lo speak nf burglar wilh llm Mbm assurance m member nf local bridge wlilsl parlies whh preface (heir conversation with "lllghl alt alter' - er' alter' my oieration, Hear, you know," pji.. ele. ii was anoniy aiier miiimgui. air. NcnvoiMl heard a nols', awoke. grfchheil hi revohrr. turned on tlm SWlMl, HimhIiiI hi new home Willi llglil and found near a window n burglar partially dressed In a sol- Uicr uniform. , A Mr. Norwood ralseii Ins revolver lu shoot, llm crook gave n veil am: fell mil or Hie Wndnw backward. Mr. Norwood shot at hint Whe burglar' o.xape wa mirac miraculous - ulous miraculous lu several ways, a lm fell on hl back when he lrurk llm ground. 11? regained hi feel and instead of taking In hi heel Hid in llm sha dow of an "I." Ill I lie biiilillliir Mr Oorwooil juiopnl oul of Dm window ami ran nmunil llm iiouse and Willi llm assislanrv of Mr. Hamilton pcnui'il fur llm burglar. A few momeiiU later Mghlwalrh Mghlwalrh-niku - niku Mghlwalrh-niku Dennl arrived on Dm scene and discovered the llgure of u mnil stealing away In the dry armya. He gave chase and llrcd fypealeilly and the thief llrcd In return and escaped by dodging belween bouse. , Mr. Norwood lost I2J10 and Dor Hampton lost ti.H, Mr Norwood ever since llm mem orable night ha felt aggrieved al his poor marksmanship, especially a Mr. Hampton repeatedly explained In luni how he would have shot him. Due even going Into detail and mealing llm various sitol in Hi crjnV nnalonmy where Jm ttouhl, place llisiiuilel. A couple or evening afterward. Mr. and Mr. Norwood made slrawman" and placed "II" under Mr. Hamilton's ,. TH. Hiawnian liail a airing ti'il lo it which ran mlo another room and when milleil wa Mipposcil lo give I lie neresnr)' "wriggle In Die iHMly lo cause (Hu (Hutu - tu (Hutu el up and lake uollre. Mr. Ilamptnn as in.mil reHml arly. The writer uses Ihe word iisunr, advisedly, u this win one nf Mr.llanidon' uiglil oir nnd of reouine lie t-t'llml rnrly. Afler sny- ini; hi nrnver and donnliiir lila Id lifghldres and seeing eery Ihlng wns afe, he tinik one lasl look under Ihe bed and Doe received llm greatest shock "lure he left North '.amllna, ah. There was a burglar under lu bed, On Iwu toes he readied for hi trusty gnu under his pillow, got a perfect focus on the imrlicular split where he had previously In Informed - formed Informed Mr. Norwood that all bad burglar should be shot, and railed jloud for Mr. Norwood. Mr. Norwood responded wilh a die and found Dor standing al Ihe fool of the bed "covering" Ihe crook Polnllng hi rllle at Ihe slrawman Mr, Norwood asked Doc If he should shoot him and Doe replied: "Oh. let' gel a provost." Mr. Norwood told Doc to "pull him out." Doe grablx'd n fiml with one baud while he kepi the gun on him with Hie other and he yanked with all hi mighl and ' Die shim came olT and wilh it a bunch of hay. Doc is still counting money at the Loiumlnis Male Hank, hut there Is tIM which he will never count again, El Paso Overlooks II. S. ConstttHtiM fcV-clioi) of the Constitution. Clause-No. 0, IHmcrd drilled tnthe Union nnd llm Staler" rvads a fol low: "No prererenrn snail be given by any regulation of commerce nr revenue lo nnr uf tlm -mru or one Htale over those or an an-nUmr." - nUmr." an-nUmr." U looka as if'prefenmce is lieinn given to hn stale of Texas over llm slate nf NiW Mexico in that New Mexico is not allowed privilege lu lnssHirl lliat are accorded tu llm Texa Port uf l',l Paso, and peo people - ple people wlm with lo enler Mexico HirouglrColitmhu. N. M, must pay I Imlr way lo El Paso from lidum lidum-bus - bus lidum-bus and pass into Mexico through Hint Porl. Vou Nexv Mexico lawyers, how 1 about M
junk Ono fret deep and will eohnefl Willi iwn olliem also ;.) feel: deep. II lhu nr nrnel expectations" IbClu wllldben Ih' ebove Ihe tunnelsnill tunnelsnill-llons - llons tunnelsnill-llons of " (on or low grade highly mineralized ore that may lie mined from beneath at a nominal mm f lex (Iiiiii ttflO per Ion. This im im-iiieiisit - iiieiisit im-iiieiisit Ixsly of low-grade but highly mineralized ore nssay nut Ii-sh Hum -tl'l a Ion and has showing far above thai sum. The slock is sllll Jl.00 par valun, but the Courier pre predict - dict predict when llm :int) fool level is readied a jump which will make noiihuldrra ilrm a limy realize what mighl have been. The auto road lo the mine I an easy trip for ny uvichhm a'nd may be made in half an hour. Kvery mm In Colombo should visit the mine ,a,nd see Ihe working. I'he manngemenl cxIcikU ail invilailvtl to all tn visit llm site at oir'thn-v 11m rtvw is working Iwrlve hour it day. fv Kllver-lrf-ad Dlseinrry In llarhlU DlxtrirL Dlsroxery ha Just Inun made In llm old Kureka mining illtlricl, M mile west nt llachila, ami alsiut 2 mlleis from Ihe famous American mine. The discovery i on Ihe group nr mine liclonging lu Charles I, Auer. O. O. Mt'lox and 11 K Mattav, called l.a I'alonia, Illg Vein and New Moon. Uno grado r galena carry carrying - ing carrying silver wa found right on the surface and also at a depth of about W feel. The iironerly baa liecn wnrkeil off and on for a year by Ihe owner, hut owing In their lieing en. gaged in working their mine in old .Mexico their work has not been steady at llachila. Ibmever. they are arranging In open up Ihe l'alouia group anil snip ore. Mr. Auer anil llm Mallox lirotliers. have lieeti op erating mine for years in district near Ivirrron'an'if Iniraiigo. ' rluorsMr Hlninii at Torfugn Mounlalii. In llm Torluga mountain!, Iwn mile cast nf Mesilla Park, Dona Ana county, large deposits or high grade Huorile ore have been oiiened up by Alford IIihis or Tucson, Arizona, who ha leased and I Minded Ihe claim from Mr. Ilsyimr of Crure. Mr. Kiwis ha shipHil sev several - eral several carload of tlm mineral to Ihe sleel work near Chicago, where It i iisinI in steel making. Tlm ore is parked on hurro from llm lop of the hill lo llm wagon road and haul hauled - ed hauled In Mrsllla Park for shipment. The averago prlre nr the ore delivered on Ihe cars run from $15 lo tCO per ton. Fine icc!men of llm crystal bring as much a 110 per ounce and are used In making optical Instrti Instrti-inenl. - inenl. Instrti-inenl. Another Important fluorspar de deposit - posit deposit near I'anuco, 20 mile north ot Ijis (Truces, ha been worked ex extensively - tensively extensively ror Ihe iat Iwn year. Well Company In down today. This wa llm announce. UK-lit nr Field Manager John Clark., who stain! that funds were not avallabln u ronlinue Hie work lie said that Im did not know bOmloiig ' the well would lx idle, hut ludwalfd I hat Ihe real reason wa dlfficiilliea of long standing belween llm Held manager and Ihe Florida company
Democrats by far outnumbered Hie republican and iti(Ic(MnclcnlH mi Tuesday night at llio cowing out party of Hie faiUiful aiHwreAU of dctnwyufcy in Cetufrvbus, This feprescalaWvo affair, Im Impromptu - promptu Impromptu would "bo a belle r name for ft, was decided upon last Satur Saturday - day Saturday night at Demlrnf, 1-he-fRatiogfrs believing that U would-be thopropae Idea tor the county eandUlale to k 1 1 end dances In a body and nmcl tlie public to ace and tin neon, and Coltuiibus, in tlm opinion of all, should open "llio ball." AntbColumbtis did open (liti ball anil llio ball was kept open laUr than any Uanco that ha taken place In thlt'clly in n long Hum, the pub pub-lie - lie pub-lie toininjr and going Until early In the morning, Tim gathering wa all and mora than wa'execlcd of it. Tim coun county - ty county candidate were there, and mi were thrlr wives and their cousins and their aunt. (Ircenwood Addrriwrs Crowd. Tim Columbus Theater Orchestra was there big. and many a citizen, main anil female, who usedl to shako a naMy fool" In pioneer day Tell for'the allurement of Jan and filled their- niche In tlm swirling crowd. Candidate for llm legislature, Janic I (Ircenwood, In lilt intro introductory - ductory introductory remark In tlm 200 and more iircscnl. briefly outlined the "call" for the dance mid tlm Intention of Ihe.managcrs of the Democratic campaign for tho fall election In this county. Mr. Greenwood's re remark - mark remark were well received ,and llm folliiwlng amdauso wa merited. Attorney Waller R. Bproat, In, a 'Mef'annnutterntimK Utcd UiVpur- poo or llm gri-tngellier crowd and wa wa doing tplendld and had the crowd with bhn until (omrnno In a rhtirou voice shouted "On With I he Dancer and they were on all right. Jinlne Honersj Creeled. talcr In the evening Mr. Siiroal Introduced Judge (.. C. linger, Hirer limes Jusllrn of I lie peace In Hem Hem-lug - lug Hem-lug and probate Judge and now ran d dale for election In llm latter nf flee. Tho judge dated hi pleasure at llm largo allendance, tho evident enjoyment of tlm crowd, and laid cinplia.il on tho nnnnimrement that the peechmaklng -of llio forthcom forthcoming - ing forthcoming campaign would begin thU Fri Friday - day Friday night. September 17, at Slon Slon-ilaio, - ilaio, Slon-ilaio, whrro a dancn would bo given with llm Columbus Tlmrtlcr Orches. Ira furnlahing tho jnuitc. Ito held no brief for anyone of llio candidate but ho held one for the ticket a a whole. He advlied everyone who could K.slhly do no Id attend Ihi , ilunro at' lloidalo and Inspect the candidates Individually and a a body and (hen, by comparison wllu
O. Welser. president of Ihe Melal Kxploratlon Onupauy or Hanover, N". M, Ihi week elos.il a deal In (iilunilius which mean much lu tlm development ol the Trc llermaua Mi unlalii and will have a bearing on the development aim of Coluin-l-ii- a a mining ceuidr. (Umserva- live mining men have repeatedly slaleil that tlm Tn llermaua would prove one of llm greatest mining field In America, llm field consisting of Ihousandt of acres of low grade highly mineralized ore containing silver, lead, zinc, enpper and kindred hy-pntducls. Mr. Wrler reputation nailly rcsl on Ihe fact that he is the hum who developed Ihe Two Republic mine ami sold tlmm In thn Ameri American - can American Zinc Company inr tfnannn. IjiH week lie purchased nmnlier of claim from llm Manning llrolli- er for approximately I5.POU and I lie agreement rail ror the speiul speiul-Ing - Ing speiul-Ing or Iwo Ihoiisand dollar a month in Chloride (lulrh. This Hum alone will proe up thousand of acre. -ty - Mr. Welser levldenlly know what he I doing and what lm I after as he also closed another deal In the same locality. This one Involve rlalm owned by T. O. lackland, J. M. Crump and l-.ugeue Casey, The consideration wa 7.nn0. nuking the initial invesimrni or urn .Mciai ex exploration - ploration exploration Company ttifiM. o The Courier lasl week completed publication of the IncorporaUon Mipers nf The Wolf Mining and Milling Company. Fielder ft Fielder, attorney al Deming are attending lo llm legal detail or Ihi corpor ation whose mine and inlnlns rlalm lu (he Tre llrrmina am second In none intlm ilijlricL Mure, wlH. lis ptiiiiisneo or im company ui im near rulure. n Mining and developing lu Ihe Tre llermanas and Florida mountain are on llm increases II is esiimatei then' are forty prospectors tn llm Ires llennana dislrirl aloim. lie- i logists. engineer and prosHM-or nn honeycombing tlm district. Tile llomaho proHtsl(ioti use, In took giNHl on paper and today If mm vIslU the mine he wil Mid II liMk heller than ever. It Is exocted llm hoist will lie working Oil week Manager John Maek ha built mas- tl-.. ntit.liniv.1 riuirrl. ulllnrd nml ha llmbereil ami cemenled Tor 40 odd reel. From now on rapid work will result a tin' bold extends Irs) feet deep and only necessitate wld cuing nnd timbering. Afler the Nil lorn is reached Ihe crew will gel into vlrsln ore and every twelve inches will be a foot of expectancy Thl shaft. Ihe Waterloo, will be The Florida Oil
Cotton in Luna Tlm fair will Ulvn every collonl glower In Hie valley an opportu opportunity - nity opportunity lu show what he ha a well a what hi farm can do in Hie way nf the production of cotton, ay llm Deming (Iruplilr. Kvery' farmer should bring nl less! one stalk with all Hid lxdl allaehod. Tlm'prem Tlm'prem-luin - luin Tlm'prem-luin olfcred will Ih-. first prlie, Ki seenhd prize, tIM and third prize, W. Tho pi lie will be given cm Hie "most proline and best exhibit, any variety, to consist nf one stalk with open IkiII nllacbeil." Cotton ought in he used also to large extent lu the decoration of community display a well a gen- eral'decornllon. Hurely lyo have llm chanco nf our live (n make Hie old Armory' show (in the agrlcul agrlcul-lural - lural agrlcul-lural wraith nt (hU old county, and wo can dn II If we all get InloMlm game. For fully educational value every farmer might lu have bunging on hi stalk Hie fiillowlnglurnrmallou; The name of dm variety, iialo or plant ing, .daln of urrnimal on. ilenlli or pjanOng, prepal-ntinn of 'the will, melhTHi of planting. ridt, level or litrmw, conuiiiou oi aiauu, piunieu in dry pr wet anil, distance belween row, amount nr seen per acre, nv crage dlstanro between plnnls, mun ber of- culllvatlm nuinlmr of Irrl gallon, ilatn of first bloom, dale of first boil opening, Oatcj of lint pick
For some Hum It ha been appar ent lo outsider that all wa nol well with lie promoter of llm Deming Fhtrida oil well. Humor Hew thick and fasl that Manager John Clark and the director were al out and early this week It wa common gos sip on the streets of Deming that the hoard of director bad refused to (anrliou (ho signing uf any more check and that any futuro debt runlrarled by Manager Clark would be repndlalril. The Courier tried lo gel Ihnbislde facts, but official approached, were uurommuntrattve. -1 he following rmimtho DcminK (irauhic. however. shells' light to llm extent that ft 1 Ihe old bugaboo--money how not In spend II. Tlm company ha had many up and down and the nil showing xvro so good thai Ihe company waa enabled lu avealher previous siorma ny urn selling oi urn treasury leases, llul from the go sip going the rounds there I n screw loose somewhere for siinm one ha thrown a mnnkeywreiirh tub) Ihe money box and drilling has. censed. Anyhow, according tu tho (Iraphle the wrll shut down Tuesday. In- vesture In Cnhlmbu ami Deming, hnwever, feel that the slmlflowli 1 only lemiornry and that drilling win ne resumed a hooii u n rcur rcur-gunlzallon - gunlzallon rcur-gunlzallon Is effected. "Tlm Florida well Will be, abut
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