The Deming Headlight from Deming, New Mexico • 6

mm HEALTH WEALTH HAPPINESS Thats about what an investment in one of our farms means. This is the healthiest place in the United States. Every kind of crops bring big returns and with health and easy money, you are sure to be hapyy. Write us, to-day for particulars. 1 I We Realize that It it difficult convince without a trial.

Sand at yaur watches and jiwalry tar repairs, and he can vineed at ta aar EXCEL 1 LERCE CF BCXXIIANSHIP AKD RELIABILITY. Snyder Jewelry Company Phene 310 Baker Btd. i ciiiiE Fon cnoooiriEss Two Usthsdt Given tor Breaking Up Setting Hent, Farms CIVIL SERVICE EXAISI RATICM FOR CLERK Mimbres Valley Alfalfa Company New Mexico trauuowa Measure Mutt Adopt to Dlttuada Pawl Pram Her Pee peee Leeheme Ara Moat Papular far Igga. (Br PBOP. JOHN WILLARD VOLTE i Contrary to general tmprewk, broodlaaaa la haaa la not a (ever tad wa have ao avldeaca to show that it la coaUgtoua.

Tha ailment, It. a aiu tarn It thus, appaara without vara-tag. Tha fowl may hava been laying stsadlly aad actlag la a perfectly aw. mal fathlon, whoa tuddeuly aha be-comas Imbued with a great dlataata for active puraulta. she betraya a vary crabbed dlapoaltlon, rushing at bar aratwhlla frlenda and pecking them viciously whenever they approach her.

Her plumage sticks out at right angles, making her appear about twice as large as usual, with head drawn deep Into her hackla feathers wings aud body taking up as much space as possible, aha mounts guard over her chosen neat aud defies all comera, The, hen becomes broody becauit nature prompts her with a sudden desire for a brood of chicks. She probably does not know why ehe does It, aa aha will taka to potatoes or door knoba aa kindly pa to eggs, but aba Deming, RmI CMRtaln and Tunis We understand that Dwight L. Pond is improving under the medical treatment he is receiving at El Taso. Ira Kies planting ten acres on his ranch to milo. The school committee is working on plans to have the county erect a school building for our locality to be ready by September 1.

The corn mittee reports progress. Details on this matter will be reported in this column at an early date. The Red Mountaiu Literary So cicty met at the Martin house ou Fri day evening, June 20. After busi ness matters had been settled, the program of the evening was taken up. Several members recited various ineees and declamations.

Miss Inei flolden, among others, covered her self with glory in the elocutionary art. About thirty people were pres ent and all voted that the meeting was a success. Owing to the fact that our nest meeting comes on July 4 we decided to have the meeting at the Martin house Wednesday, July 2, at 8 p. in. Everybody is cordially urged to attend.

We trust that our Deming friends can find it convenient to come out to our meetings in the near future. On Saturday evening, June 21, Miss Victoria Evans, our school teacher, gave a delightful party to the young people. About twenty were in evidence. Many jolly games were played. After the games, light refreshments were served, Mr.

and Mrs. Kies presiding over the eatables. Mr. Parsons is helping E. F.

Hurt with liis farm work for a few weeks. Mr. Hughes has nine acres in' alfalfa, which he planted a few months ago. It is doing well. The Hughes brothers are working on the Borderland road, east of Deming.

Everybody out our way is enjoying good health, so far as we know. Your correspondent wishes to impress upon you the urgent need of signing the petitions that are being circulated by several people to the calling of a special election in Deming to vote upon the matter of making the Deming High School a county institution. There are many good reasons for making this change and the names of six hundred persons, men and women, are required to call this election. Let everybody get busy on this petition at once. If you want to know about the matter see Miss Goebel, the county school superintendent.

An examination for male clerk will he held at the Deming post office on July 12, 1913; age limit, 18 to 43 years on the date of the examination. Applicants must be physically sound, and male applicants must be not less than feet 4 inches in height in bare feet, and weigh not less than 125 pounds without overcoat or hat. For application blanks and for full information relative to the examination, qualifications, duties, salaries, vacations, promotions, address immediately Herbert D. Green, secretary Board of Civil Service Examiners, Deming, New Mexico. LETS GET ALONG WE WILL IF WE INSTALL THE TWINS THAT DO THE WORK RUMELY ji ENGINES )( AMERICAN TURBINE PUMPS) make the combination for reliable service and more of these plants have been installed this year than all other makes combined.

4 ABOUT TOWN 4 butch Smith, foreman of the Diamond A Cattle Company, arrived Sunday with 1,500 head of cattle for shipment to eastern markets. Ninety-six cars of Imperial Valley cantaloupes passed through Deming Sunday. An average of about 123 ears are passing through here daily. Van Meter Brothers have sold 285 head of stock cattle to Ludolf, a Montana cattle buyer. The cattle were shipped to.

Montana. The county commissioners have completed the labor of making the assessments in Luna County and it ia found that the assessed valuation has been raised from about seven million dollars last year to eleven million dollars this year. Saturday night about 12 or 1 o'clock three men broke open the tool house at Whitewater and stole the hand car and came to Deming. The car was left just north of the round house. Two of the men have been i arrested, one being a deserting sold- ier from Fort Bayard, it is The other is still at large.

Special Agent Todhunter of the Santa Fe took the prisoners to Silver City Monday for trial. Dymond American Pump Agency YES YOU J. P. Jones of Silver City was a guest at the Harvey Hotel Monday. J.

W. Jackson of Silver City registered at the Harvey Hotel Monday. G. W. Curtis of Myndus was in the city the early part of the week on legal business.

Leave off baking during the summer months, and let us furnish your cakes and cookies from the biggest and cleanest bakery in the world. National Biscuit Products Please. WFREE Mrs. R. C.

Ely and children returned from Southern California Tuesday morning. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Mimbres Valley Farmers Association in the First State Bank Saturday afternoon, a resolu- tion was passed forbidding the seore- reen formerly with Irwne tary from selling oil to any one but ja stockholder in the association the exception of the Luna County Road Board, which operates its trac- Raitliel, has accepted a with the jewelry firm of W. P. Tossell Son. Raitliel, has accepted a position i aats when the time comet Just the same, and aha will keep on aettln until you break her up or let btr hatch out a brood of chicks.

This pertinacity would not be Important if it were not for the (act that aha qulta laying and start Quit She has dqplded upon a vacatloa sad ahe refuses to work during this period. Tho loss of a couple of months of ben'a time la not to be thought of at any period, and especially tha aprlng, which is the natural tine for aetting and heaviest egg production aa well If wo do not wish to set the hen os egga wo will have to adopt strenuoue means to dluuade her from her purpose and start her to laying again. There are number of successful ways of doing this, and conditions will indicate the most favorable. The nsls thing is to net promptly and be thorough. Remove the broody hens from it neats each night, as they are most easily detected then.

They stick to tho nest instead of going to roost. Dust them thoroughly with Insect powder and confine them la an open slit crate or cage In a cool, light location. Keep water befere them and gb nothing to eat except a little whole wheat and green stuff once a day. This will not hurt the hen and about tares days of this water cure" will convince her of tho error of her ways Another good way Is to have i rate pen with absolutely bare floor and walla, and no possible place to nest, and place all of the broody hen In It, In the company of two or three vigorous male birds. This scheme frequently used on large poultry farms.

The heavier breeds are addicted to broodiness, the Asleuce I being the worst offenders and tw Plymouth Rocks and R. I. Red I tng In the American class. and Minorca and Hamburg rarely that they cannot be dep on to raise their young. For thlsrew 1 eon the Leghorns are the most Ur breed for large egg farms, as waste no time setting and the y1 are easily raised artificially.

is the only Sewing Machine tor engine on distillate handled by the farmers association. A elanse forbidding the serving of oil on credit was embodied in the resolution. Miss Esther Bolich and Mias Mary Tracy arrived from Boston Monday evening, where they have been attending the Boston Conservatory of Music. i t-j TRAIN SCHEDULES Southern Pacific Just ThinK of ft? The Free Sewing Machine i in lured for five years against accident breakage wear, hre. tornado, Sigmund Lindauer left the city Wednesday for New Orleans, from whence he will sail for Colon, Canal1 Zone, to see the Big Ditch before the water is turned into it.

Mr. Lindauer will enjoy the stay with his son, Her-1 man, who is a Government employe light-i'kis shows our and water. faith in THE FAMOUS Water Elevator Requires One-Half The Power to Operate SAVE HALF YOUR FI 1FI E. M. CARNEY, Agent.

June 8, 13 Westbound Daily 7 1 15 am 1 The Californian 9 19 am 9 10 05 am 3 Golden State Limited 6 32 pm Eastbonnd 3 41 am Golden Stated Limited 9 55 wm The Californian 12 15 pm 5 06 pm i Tab FREE Sewing Machine ThinK what thl mems) Ukac if you bie-t al? pait ol Tub Plies (needle, belt, oi aiuckment, etc ot all Mt ute BkjeAm is destroyed it will be replaced to you without c. Aige. N0RDHAUS VARIETY STORE Santa Fe ,13 Westbound Daily am 817 Lv 10 10 am Eastbound pm 818 Lv 6 40 pm Mr. F. E.

GREEPT i (Formerly with IRVINE RA1THEL) -is now located with; W. P. Tossell Son 9 a Jeweler and Optician Eyes Tested Glasses Fitted All Work Guaranteed 8 4 2 10 50 Ar 6 15 John Stein, division siicrintcnilent (of the Ilarvey IIoiim? System, with headquarters at Las Vegas, was the city Sunday with a Mr. Manger jof Newton, Kansas, who, it is reported, will relieve Mr. Stein in tlie near future.

Most Fsrtlle Eggs. Tho eggs from mature hens hatch better and produce stroM" chicks than the eggs of pullets, are usually larger, too. wik TW El Pas A Southwestern Deming to Hermanns East NOTICE The firm heretofore existing as E. Williams Co. has been dissolved.

Earnest Williams retiring. J. Woodward Hill continue the business, as-, 1 1 1 I. inning the indebtedness of the firm "1 collecting all amounts dne said hrin. Tomato juice Hill remove ink stums from linen I J- WOODWARD.

E. WILLIAMS. Christian Church Preaching next Lord's day by the pastor, lhe Rev. Z. Moore, al 11 a.

m. and 8 p. in. Preaching at Hon-, dale at 3:30 p. m.

Bible School at! we want you to be there. A cordial invitation is extended to thej public to all these services. i Discarding Setting Hs Tho old setting hen Is gradual: ing out of business, with several dred manufacturers of Incubators brooders as competitors. Dont Changt Its Mind. When ones set, the lncubsW not have the privilege of changt mind as does old Biddy Romanias royal crown is perhaps the grimmest in the world.

It was made, by command of King Charles, from the steel of a Turkish gun cap-fared at Plevna. Schedule in effect June 8, 1913..