HARRIS SPUR, Tex., May 11.—
Parleys which are held between Mex
ican and American troop comman
ders patrolling opposite hanks of the
Rio Grande in this sector of the Big
Bend district are picturesque affairs
and attended by much of the color of
the southwest and Mexico.
A recent one was held at the Santo
Nino Ford, four miles below here on
the river where Colonel George T
Langhorne, commanding the Big
Bend military district, and Colo
nel Martinez Ruiz, commander
of the Ojinaga district opposite the
Big Bend, met and discussed ways ol
stopping sniping across the bordei
which came near causing trouble it
this district recently.
Drawn up on the American bank ol
the Rio Grande was a squadron ol
United States cavalry with a full field
pack on each of the saddles and the
men carrying their rifles and wearing
side arms. Young cavalry officers in
command of these troops were clear
shaven, ^heir boots were polished and
they wore the broad brimmed, low
crowned sombrero of the southwes
instead of the more narrow brimmed
regulation army hat. Civilion scouts
regulation army hat. Civilian scouts
with the characteristic garb of the
plainsmen: high hat, high heeled
cowboy boots, leather chaps or high
leggings and leather coats elaborate
ly trimmed. They point the trails
read the marks in the roads and trails
for the officers and guide the troops
through the passes and along the
trails of the uncharted Big Bend.
Coming out of a cloud of desert
dust the Mexican command appear
ed and dismounted opposite the
American troops. The commander
and his staff crossed the river on a
flat bottomed ferry boat to be receiv
ed with the deference due his rank
by the American commander and his
staff. On the next trip the Mexican
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colonel's wife crossed to the Amiri-j
can side, accompanied by two of her
friends from the Mexican camp. This
rosy cheeked Indian girl in her “mid
dy” blouse, riding skirt, and cham
pagne colored high shoes, was an in
terested witness to the parley which
was held under a cottonwood tree.
While this was in progress Ameri
can and Mexican officers fraternized,
discussed the good points of their
rifles and pistols, rode the troop
horses and exchanged reminiscences
of the camp and trail in broken Span
ish and English. When the parley
broke up everyone shook hands with
everyone else, the men from Mexico
piled into the flat boat and recrossed
the river shouting “adios” to the
Americans as they disappeared among
the foothills to their camp in a can
yon.
YOUNG Id®Ileo
WHILE HELPING BEGGAR
PARIS, May 11.—Radiating strength,
vigor and health, filled with exuber
ance through the sheer joy of living,
a young soldier was walking in the
beautiful bright spring sunshine yes
terday afternoon.
On a street corner was an old man
with shaggy hair, a few rags covering
his emaciated body, holding out a
greasy hat in an unwashed hand, the
picture of uselessness. The youth
dropped a copper into the old beg
gar's hat.
Then, suddenly, without warning,
one of those abominable German
shells burst with an ear-piercing
shriek and the young soldier was in
stantly killed
The beggar escaped untouched. He
i3 holding out his hat to passers by
on the same spot today.
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Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 12.
It will be properly observed with spe
cial services at the Presbyterian
! church, Sunday evening at eight
I o’clock. If your mother is alive,
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if she is gone honor her memory in
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Finder return to Alaskan hotel.
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• NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that ou the
21st day of May, 1918, between the
iiours of 8 o’clock a. m. and 7 o’clock
p. m., an election will be held in the
town of Cordova, Alaska, and in the
territory hereinafter described, to de
termine whether or not there shall
be annexed to said town of Cordova
that certain territory adjoining said
town on the north described as fol
lows, to wit:
Commencing at Cor. No. 1 of U. S.
Survey No. 419, thence south 89 deg.
20 min. west 521.5 feet to the point of
beginning; thence north 30 deg. 30
min. east 663.4 feet; thence north 10
deg. east 1,715 feet; thence north 37
deg. east 1,630 feet; thence south 53
deg. east 1,025 feet to Cor. No. 2 of
U. S. Survey No. 829; thence south
39 deg. 40 min. west 1,510 feet; thence
south 19 deg. 30 min. west 490 feet;
thence south 0 deg. 40 min. east 1,320
feet to the northeast corner of that
portion of said town of Cordova com
monly called the Thirteen-Acre Tract,
but which contains 13.65 acres, which
corner is on the north boundary line
of said town; thence south 89 deg. 20
min. 1,313.5 feet to the point of be
ginning.
All qualified voters are entitled to
vote at said election by placing upon
their ballots the words, “For annexa
tion to the town of Cordova,” or
“Against annexation to the town of
Cordova," or words equivalent thereto.
The polling place in the town of
Cordova shall be on the second floor
of the city hall, on Second street,
therein. The polling place in the ter
ritory proposed to be annexed shall
be in the office of the Pioneer Pack
ing Company, on second floor of their
warehouse, situated on the approach
to the Ocean dock.
The officers of election in the town
of Cordova shall be the following:
Fred Rayer, D. A. Mosser and R. E
Hegg, judges; and George Kennedy
and H. I. Lewis, clerks. The officers
of election in the territory proposed
to be annexed shall be John Gillis
and A. E. Black, judges, and Emma
Shepard, clerk.
Dated this 17th day of April, 1918.
NATHANAEL GREENE,
(Town Seal) Tewn Clerk.
Mean little to the man or woman
who does not deposit a portion in
the bank. To become successful
or independent one must deposit
a fixed amount each and every
pay day. $10.00 for instance, de
posited every month in the FIRST
BANK OF CukDOVA will amount
to $647.53 in five years.
FIRST BANK OF CORDOVA
Established 1909
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