Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-04-13

He succeeded in travelling all through
old Mexico with that outfit and with
perfect safety. He also told me of be-
ing down in Dona Ana county wheE
Jaronomo would make his raids
through the country and of the many
narrow escapes he had had with them.
noticed in passing along that where |
found MeXicans that belonged to the
Grand Army they were very proud of
their badge and kept it bright and in
good order and on all feast DAYS they
would get out their blue uniforms anl
put on their badge and walk with their
country and if they see a man with a
bronze button on they will take par
ticular pains to accommodate him ami
should he stop at their house they will
entertain him to the best of their abil
ity.
A few nights ago | went to the cap
itol to listen to an address delivered
by the lawyers of the territory, on
John Marshall day, and it was very in
teresting. The legislative hall was
| filled with Americons and natives Of
the territory, and they all seemed to
take great interest in the exercises.
| Some time ago when the legislature
was first organized it was very inter-
esting to see the natives who were
hunting for positions. One native got
| in little too late but it seems that he
had to be taken care of so his member
| from one of the counties here went to
the leader of the house and told him
| friend and refused to support him on
some important measure that he was
anxious to get through, unless he gave
this man a position. He studied few
minutes and finally said, "All right,
send him up and l will give him
place. He was sent up and and he
was appointed stenographer and type
| writer to one of the committees This
man did not know any more about
typewriting than the man in the moon
but was sworn in as clerk of this COM
nittee and received pay from the day
of organization at $5 per day. few
days after the chairman of the COM
mittee went to hunt the clerk and sent
word for him to bring his machine up
NH ,trtnN ho1 trnt
the position for him was told to send
him up there with his machine and he
asked: What machine they wanted,
and they told him "the typewriting ma :
chine" and his reply was, why he
has no machine except saw mill and
if they want that / guest we can have
it moved over to the building" The
results were a cheaper clerk had to be
appointed while he was still on the
, roll and drawino his pay.
While at Albuquerque few days ago
| was surprised to find the number of
health-seekers from the east. The
: above city has a population Of from
: ten to twelve thousand inhabitants
and there are now over 1000 people
there seeking relief for lung trouble
! and a great many of them are benefit
: ed, but the majority have waited tol
} long to be benefited by the climate
While there | looked into an expires
car of a train that came through from
: California, being acquainted with the
) express manager and while talking
! with him | noticed number of boxes
= piled up in his car and | asked him
what they contained. He said they
were folks from the east who had went
5 to Southern California to regain thei'
health. that they had went out there
| in Pullman coaches and were now re
, turning in boxes. He had thirty-siX in
one car who had postponed too long.
This is certainly wonderful coun'
! try and there is some of the prettiest
: and most romantic scenery that is {
e be found anywhere. If they coult
have good water to irrigate the land i
could be made the garden spot OF tht
: world. They have the climate and tn
coil hut have not the water. You're
truly, THE OLD CAPTAIN
S, s. Mathe.s.
! Don't Be Funny.