The Tucumcari News and Tucumcari Times, 1919-12-27

Washington, I). C, Dec. 25 Control anil operation of the nation's railroads assumed by the government as a war measure two years ago will revert to the owners next March, unless con congress - gress congress fixes an earlier date. President Wilson, through a pros pros-lamation - lamation pros-lamation issued Inst night fixing Mar. 1 as the date of the return, put at rest speculation as to the time of the handing hack of the roads. The pres president - ident president in an address to congress last May said he intended to turn back the rn:uls at the end of the present year. 11 y another proclamation, issued with that in regard to the railroads, the president ordered the dissolution March 1 of the American Railway (Ox (Ox-press - press (Ox-press company, which was formed July I, lit 18, under government direction by consolidation of the Adams, Amer American, - ican, American, Well Fargo and Southern com companies. - panies. companies. Extension by two months of the announced time for return of the rail railroad - road railroad was made, said a statement from the white house uccompanyiiit, the proclamation, because congro.s had not enacted legislation to meet conditions incident to the change in control and operation. headers in congress generally ex pressed approval of the president's action. In announcing these two decisions of the president, secretary Tumulty issued the following statement: "Last May in his message to con congress - gress congress the president announced that the railroads would be handed over to their owners at the end of tins' cal calendar - endar calendar year It is now necessary to act by issuing the proclamation. l'i the present circumstances, no agree, merit having yet been reached by the two houses of congress in respect to legislation on the subject, it becomes necessary in the public interest to allow a reasonable time to eleapse be before - fore before the issuing of the proclamation and the date of its actually taking effect. "The president is advised that this railroads and express companies are not organized to make it possible for them to receive and manage their prop orties if actually turned over to them on December 111 ami, if this were done it would raise financial and legal com complications - plications complications of a serious character. "The railroad and express compa companies - nies companies should be given ample opportu opportu-nity - nity opportu-nity to adequately prepare for the re re-sumption - sumption re-sumption of their business under the control and management of their own stockholders, directors and olfieoM. Therefore, the transfer of possession back to the railroad companies will become elective at 12:01 a. m March 1, 1020." FORM ER TUCUMCARI HOY DECORATED FOR BRAVERY Carroll Farmer, of Lodge No. 78S H. of R. T., Tucumcari, was killed In action between October 8 nnd 10, near St. Etienne, France, and was award awarded - ed awarded the French Croix de (Juerre for bravery. The medal was presented to his brother, A. G. Farmer. Corporal Farmer was a member of El Paso's national guard company, which became Company A, Mist In Infantry. - fantry. Infantry. The citation follows: "With the approbation of the com commander - mander commander in chief of the American ex expeditionary - peditionary expeditionary forces in France, the mar marshal - shal marshal of France, the commander in chief of the French armies of the east, cites in the order of the division: Corporal Carroll Farmer, No. 1, 1,-IHii.DOfl, - IHii.DOfl, 1,-IHii.DOfl, Company A, Mist Regiment, infantry. Near St. Etienne, October 8-10, 1018, in spite of er.imy fire, he voluntarily advanced, outflanking ma machine - chine machine gun nests, capturing prisoners and destroying enemy positions as ho advanced. Killed during action." The citation is signed by General Petain. Corporal Farmer joined Company A upon the outbreak of the war. Prior to that time he had been in the em employ - ploy employ of the El Paso & Southwestern Railway. He was well nnd favorably known through the southwest, having worked out of Tucumcari as brakeman for .several years and is sadly missed by all tlie railroad men of this city. He boro the reputation of having no bad habits, and was an excmplnry young man. WETS ASSAIL VALIDITY OF U. S. DRY AMENDMENT Newnrk, N. J., Dec. 25. The consti constitutionality - tutionality constitutionality of the federal prohibition amendment will be challenged again In the United States supreme court when Gov.-Eelct Edwards takes of office - fice office it became known today. After discussing his Inaugural address with Democratic legislators nnd lenders.Mr. Edwards stated ho would direct the at attorney - torney attorney general McCrun to sturt pro pro-cccdlng& - cccdlng& pro-cccdlng& and pending decision in tho high court a bill declaring beer and light wines non-intoxicating nnd sale saleable - able saleable In New Jersey would be intro introduced. - duced. introduced. Another logul utUick on prohibition

As announced last week the oil de development - velopment development in Quay countv is tukimr on now life nnd this week has witness witnessed - ed witnessed some more progress. The San Jon well will spud Satur Saturday, - day, Saturday, December 27. The new boiler and engine arrived this week from Amar Amarillo - illo Amarillo and have been nut in nlnco. Th drillers from the McGce well south east of Tucumcuri arc there ready to sturt the drill Saturday, and they will remain there until the new men nr. rive which will be within a few days. Tl . .' mcy cajjuci io return w tne location near Tucumcari and begin work about Monday, January -1. The depth is given at over 3000 feet und Mr. Mc McGce - Gce McGce as well us those who understand the oil game, expect to strike the sand before 3300 feet deep. Of course these men may be mistuken, but when the drill stopped work two weeks ugo on nccount of cable shortage they hud penetrated durk lime which contained oil saturation which indicates that ths chances of striking oil is good. The drillers did not cure to go deeper with a worn cuble so it was thought best to wait for the new line. From reliable information it is un understood - derstood understood that Ranu spudded Sunday but stopped on account of some diffi difficulty - culty difficulty which has not been learned here. It is thought they will again be drill drilling - ing drilling soon and us there is plenty of capital behind the company operating there, no time will be lost in pushing the operations. Commanche, 2G miles north, spud spudded - ded spudded u few duys ugo, but on account of fuel shortage hnd to shut down down-It - It down-It is reported thut plenty of coul und fuel oil is on the ground now and work hns been resumed. The men in charge of the work say they will lose no time now and expect to muke u good show show-ing - ing show-ing next month provided the weather will permit. Work continues at Endee but no def definite - inite definite time has been set for the spud spudding - ding spudding in of that well. It is said a ro rotary - tary rotary will be used for the first fifteen hundred feet when a standard rig will be used to complete the well. Those who claim to know say this is tho fast fastest - est fastest way to drill and will suvc several thousand dollars provided there is a sufficient amount of water to opeurte a rotary. The 10-inch hole will be drill drilled - ed drilled to u depth of 1500 feet when the standard rig will be used and that size will be continued us fur us possible. Nothing has been heard of the well near Nara Visa for sometime but it will no doubt be going good soon us fuel is obtainable now. Nothing new hns been heard from the Uueyeros well 50 miles north. With four wells drilling in Junuary it is thought the year 1020 will be one of life in oil circles and it is thought Quuy. county will soon know .whether the prophecy that Quay county will become one of the largest oil fields in the United States is a tact or just a myth. The second payment of leuse money will soon become due nnd those who ure overloaded will begin to un load. If the McGce well brings in oil they will be uble to meet the payments easily but Uoth the Hereford Oil & Gus No. 1 and the "Nellie Marie" or McDonald well cast of town were idle several days the past week, owing to various difficulties. The Hereford people wens short of fuel oil nnd the other crew crew-ran - ran crew-ran out of some fixings on the piping. Both wells were hnmmenng awuy on Wednesdny, below the 500-foot mark. Hereford Brand. Some very Interesting reports are coming from the United Oil Company test well ut the north end of Union. county, where the drill is ubout three thousand feet deep. A gusher Is an ticipated most any time, according to latest reports. Clayton News. NEXT GREAT OIL POOL Tho neat great oil pool to be tapped will be in either the Amnrilio country or Eastern New Mexico, In tho opin opinion - ion opinion of J. N. Thompson, president of the T. & B. Pipe Line Company, nnd others of a spcclul party who arrlv-. ed in Fort Worth from those points Monday. The Omar Oil nnd Gus Compuny ot Pittsburg, of which Thompson is a di director, - rector, director, may acquire 108,000 acres In New Mexico to add to its already ex extensive - tensive extensive producing holdings in Kansas Wyoming and other states. Ft.Worth Star-Telegram. SPECIAL SESSION POSTPONED The spcclnl session of tho New Mex Mexico - ico Mexico legislature which was to have been called by Governor Lurrazolo for Jan Jan-lary - lary Jan-lary 13, has been postponed until some I time later in the month or early in February. The cause of the change in the plan for tho call of the special session is stated by the governor to be the ne necessity - cessity necessity of his attendance upon a meet meeting - ing meeting of state executives of the Rocky Mountain district at which many im important - portant important matters are to be taken up.

- CONSTRUCTION WORK AT RE REFINERY - FINERY REFINERY PROGRESSES NICELY The Peco Producing & Refining Co. has twenty-eight men at work on the various buildings und the erection of the six tanks now on the ground. Two 500-bnrrel und one 1500 burrel tanks are already up and the others will soon be ready. The boilers and on on-gine - gine on-gine and other machinery have been bought and are expected to arrive ut any time. Mr. Woolsey, the president of the company is personally looking after the construction but is following orders given by an expert refinery man, whom he knows to be Al. Un Unless - less Unless something unforeseen happens the refinery in Tucumcari, the first in the state, will be n success from every point of view. ATENTION EX-SERVICE MEN! Chapter 105 of the New Mexico Ses Session - sion Session Laws, 1010, reads as follows: "The property not to exceed two I thousand dollars in actual value, und poll tax, of every resident of this state who has served in the army, navy or murine corps or the United States in time of war and who has been dis discharged - charged discharged therefrom by uny kind of a discharge except dishonorable, or for misconduct, und of the widow of any .such soldier or sailor remaining: un unmarried - married unmarried shall be exempt. It shall be the duty of every assessor annual annual-I - I annual-I ly to make a list of such soldiers, sail sailors - ors sailors and widows and he shall make a j reduction equal to their amount of exemption, the same to be made from ' the homestead of such soldier or sail sail-, - , sail-, or or widow, if he or she shull own a homestead of the value of such ex exemption, - emption, exemption, otherwise out of such prop property - erty property as shall be designated and own own-I - I own-I ed by the soldier, sailor or widow. The exemption herein provided shall I also extend to property of the wife of I any such soldier or sailor, where they line living together and occupying the same ns their homestead, and he has not otherwise received the benefits of this act," En-sci-vico men desiring to nvail themselves of the advantages of this act for the year 1020, and to claim the exemption from taxation thereby ;dlowji'd may appear beforo the County Assessor in person and make the re required - quired required uflldavit to prove such milli milli-tary - tary milli-tary service, or they may maHe such affidavit before some notary public, justice of the peace or other officer qualified to administer oaths and file such affidavit in regulnr form with the County Assessor. Exemptions should be claimed at the time taxes are assessed and must be claimed dur during - ing during the months of Junuary und Feb February, - ruary, February, Tho exemption cannot be al allowed - lowed allowed unless the necessary affidavit is filed with the assessor. iilunks for affidavits will be furnish furnish-by - by furnish-by the County Assessor upon request. U. L. FRANCIS, Tax Assesor, Quay County, N. M. COAL OPERATORS MUST LIVE UP TO THEIR AGREEMENT Washington, D. C, Dec. 25. If tho coal operators persist In an attitude of obstruction and refuse to accept the government's plun for a commission to nrbltrnto the controversy with the miners, und if us a result of thnt re refusul - fusul refusul the miners quit work in any large numbers, the full power of the federal government will be used to prosecute the coul operators for con conspiracy - spiracy conspiracy to curtail production. The Lever luw, which has been used to enjoin the miners from striking, would be used against tho operators, but It is confidently hoped by the gov- eminent that no such extreme course will be necessary. Tho interesting thing, however, is that at tho department of justice a clear caso against the operators Is built up, which alleges that if the op erators maintain their attitude of re fusal to accept a commission of ar bitration they would be guilty of hav ing trapped the minors into going back to work and then declining to live up to the spirit of their pledges and writ ten statements. Tho operators declare the commis sion is too small and they have inquir ed whether the government would agree tb an enlargement of the com mission. The government will not agree to any such enlargement in ad advance - vance advance because to do so would require another session with the miners and all the difficulties of the Indianapolis meeting with the miners would have to bo faced.

for Tucumcari and a number of new cuts will be used in showing Tucum- Lack of time makes it nceos- can snry to omit a number of pictures of , our best residences and business build ings, as well as scenes in this count;, but the proprietors of The New Mex ican are to be congratulated on their public-spiritedness as the cost to tlu company will be considerable while th only charge to Tucumcari is for tho expense of the cuts and transporta transportation - tion transportation of same. The papers will be on sale at the Edwards News Stand or you may order extra copies direct. JUDGE LEIH (JIVES (iOVERNOR MORE CRIMINALS TO PARDON Itnlfiii llni' !.!.- -'Phi' winter term of the district court closed here last week and tho following prisoners were luoi betore Judge Luib to lie sentence'1 sentence'1-Jack - Jack sentence'1-Jack Diamond, guilty of inciting rev revolution - olution revolution against the United States, !r was sentenced to serve from live t i six years in the penitentiary and fim-ii 5102. William Walker and Paul Mai Main's, - n's, Main's, two negro boys, builty of assault i with deadly weapons, sentunrcd i l...lr 1. :.. serve one ana oiie-niiii jems i-m-n in the penitentiary. Arthus Smart, guil guilty - ty guilty of murder, sentenced to serve from 25 to HO years, and Frank Gnni.-h, who was charged with larceny of a six six-shooter - shooter six-shooter from a trunk, sentenced to serve one and one-half years in th penitentiary. DISTRICT ENGINEER RESIGNS Leslie A Gillett, state highway en gilieer, has been selected as secretary of the Western Slates Highway asso- ciation. Ira R. Hrown, engineer und soetetu'ry of the Utah highway com- mission, is the president. " I). W. Jones, ilistr.ct engineer of district No. (i, which includes Roose- volt, I'urrv, Dcllaca, Guadalupe and Quay counties has resigned to accent the position of .secretary of the Clnvis Chamber of Commerce on January I. No successor has been selected as yet by State Highway Engineer Gillett. llM-!KlliK"r HACKS PLAN TO ROOM COMMERCIAL STATUS Washington, D. ('., Dec. 25 Pro- ideal Wilson signed today the Edge bill authorizing the creation of cor- porations for the purpose of financing American export trade. The measure was passed just before the Christmas recess of congress. The passage of the Edge bill by con- giess followed peisisteni ucmanus oi American commercial interests for more adequate menus of boosting this trade with other nations of the globe. It is one of the first steps in the di direction - rection direction of building n gigantic Ameri American - can American merchant marine agitated by the Americans us a means of putting tho government in a position to take its proper place in world commerce. SPECIAL SESSION TO VOTE ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE The importance of New Mexico rat ifying the suffrage amendment in ol older - der older that a sufficient number of statet may have taken such action and that women might participate in the 1020 election is causing much activity and interest among suffrage leaders of the state. The recent visit of Mrs. Carrie Catt, of tho National Suffrage Association, to this state in the interest of an ex expression - pression expression of the legislature, will doubt doubtless - less doubtless prove a strong reminder to Gov. Larrazolo that the suffrage amend amendment - ment amendment is not to be ignored in the cull. Ratification of the suffrage amend amend-ment - ment amend-ment was rejected ut the lust session of the legislature, the Spanish-Amor-ienn members of the lower house hav having - ing having launched a strong vote against it in spite of the pledged platform of th-' Republican party of the state, and in spite of Governor Larrazolo's proteit agairst such action. It is predicted by prominent stnt.J politicians thnt suffrage will be rati ratified - fied ratified at the coming special session and that Now Mexico will extend the ballot to her women. PRAIRIE FIRE AT SAN JON Sun Jon, Dec. 21 A prairie fire which It is thought was started by the engine of a freight train, slarted Mon Mon-day - day Mon-day afternoon on the old Duran plucs unil before it as under control burn burned - ed burned up nearly to the west side of the town. For a time it looked as if the whole town would be burned, but all the business houses and the schools closed and every one turned out to fight the fire nnd after conslderublo hard work got it under control.

New York, Dec. 22. The "Soviet Ark" Uuford, which sailed for an un unnamed - named unnamed Russian port yesterday with 211) rudical deportees on board, will be followed before she lias an oppor opportunity - tunity opportunity to laud by a second ark's load of "reds," according to trie best in in-formation - formation in-formation obtainable. It was stated that a second batch of deportees probably would be em embarked - barked embarked sometime this week on he government's second drastic step against aliens who have aouirnt to depth-jbring about the overthrow of constu tionul government. The denartment of justice has sixty thousand radicals 'listed. How many of these will fol v their "red Waders on enforced voyuges to their home lands has not been made known, The Uuford, which crept out of Now York harbor with u heavy guard in the darkness carried Alexander Uork Uork-man, - man, Uork-man, and Emma Goldman, two of the most notorious anarchist leaders the United tates has ever harbored, to together - gether together with 217 other radicals of va various - rious various degrees of "redness." Depart Department - ment Department of justice agents said the liu liu-ford's - ford's liu-ford's passenger list comprised vir virtually - tually virtually the "brains" of the radical move ment in the United States. Sailing orders now in the hands of the master of the "Soviet Ark" Je Je-livered - livered Je-livered to him to be opened 2-1 hour from this port, will permit him to use his descretion us to what one of the seveuil Russian or Finnishports his consignment of deported reds may be landed, it was reported here today, 'the flexibility of these orders it was said, was provided so th'it the captain lions of ice and bad weather or pos sible rcfusul of officials at any one port to permit Emma Goldman, Alex Herkmun and the others to land, The supplies on tho Uuford are suf sufficient - ficient sufficient for GO to DO days and regard regardless - less regardless of the time it takes, the passen passengers - gers passengers will bo landed somewhere. It ulso is believed in navy circles here that an escort of one or more de- , stroyers now in North Sea waters, will be provided for the Uuford as soon as she leaves the Atlantic. This protection is to minimize the danger of striking n mine and to provide res- cue craft should anything happen to the Uuford, as well as to support the ship's guards should there be any dem uiisiruuons ui revenge mime against her by those on board or by any friend of the anarchists at the port of de- barkation. Naval officeis, familiar with tho routes and winter weather conditions in the territory to which the Uuford undoubtedly will head, said today that it will be at least three and perhaps four weeks before a landing can lie effected. ... At New York Dec. 22, led by a wo- man who declared her husband had been deported to Russia on the "soviet ark" Uuford, a mob of 150 "reds" at-

WHICH HAS REEN Amarillo, Texas, Dec. 21. The Mas tcrson No. I, of the Amarillo Oil Co. has been capped. This well, one nf the largest gassers in the United States, ran wild for two weeks before "n.iers couki gel me iu.,uuu,oou "rl"iL. "m,u 1,1 wu" 1,11 mmul rl'nv ,"' '',000,000 cubic feet at a "r -a,1 fuu'' H was '1'illcd by the Amarillo Oil company. I lie m. xi live wells completed m , this vicinity were gassers. One of these wells is on the Hapgood farm "'"I ' producing from 1C00 feet. It ,s ' witu a iz-men casing and Klu- .'bo capacity of the well is 3S- "'""iwi at ui.uuu.uuu cuiiic leet daily in til territory the gas wells have a rock pressure of 180 pounds, which is very high. Operations are extending into New Mexico. There ate 00 wells drilling or producing within 75 miles of Am Am-arillo. - arillo. Am-arillo. Every well completed has at least found a gas production of ,'1,000. uu0 cubic feet. Only small traces of oil have been found. Operators be Move that the oil is there, but it will take time to locate the pool. Just now no county in the Pauhan die is attracting more attention thai; Hemphill county. Practically everj acre of land in the county has been ; leased. It lias been thoroughly work worked - ed worked oei by geologists. Canadian ha spudded in a deep to?

is being drilled by the Fort Worth , Canadian Oil company. When the 1 well was spudded in the town cele celebrated. - brated. celebrated. Acreage in that district i high. One 10-acre tract brought $0i)U SPECIAL SESSION TO TAKE UP TAX MATTERS SOON At the meeting of County Ansoss)r and state and county officials held In Santa Fe last week a resolution win drafted asking Governor Larraxolo to , incorporate certain tax legislation in ''is call for a .special session of the legislature. Among the tax matters which wi!' come before the special session in the ' event it is included in the call, will oe ino request ior a law providing for deputies for each county assessor to facilitate assessment of property. Such a law it is said would make it possible for a personal visit of a den- ,uty to each property in the county an I a proper and equitable levy. Throng1! - this personal canvass of the county no property that is eligible to taxation would be omitted and proper valua. tion would appear upon the rolls. If the request of the tax commission is granted nnd the matter comes be j fore the special session, it will doubt- (less pass.

tacked the entrance to the Ellis Island ferry in uu elfort to reach fellow radi radicals - cals radicals still awaiting deportation. A riot call was turned in before the po police - lice police could restore order. Twenty-two anarchists remained at Ellis Island awaiting deportation. They will be sent to Russiu with oth oth-ers - ers oth-ers from Detroit and Chicago whom the department of labor was unuble to have transported to New York in time to sail on the Uuford. Arrange Arrangements - ments Arrangements for the depnrture of the next "Soviet Ark" have not been completed according to Hyron H. Uhl, acting com missioner at the island. A few married anurchists are held in various cities awaiting the decision of the authorities ns to whether to send their families with them. No anarchist of whose marriage there was official record was sent on the Uuford; but eight of them had requested that their sweethearts be sen on the ship with them.