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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-10-10
SATURDAY, OCT 10, 1908.
FUNERAL sERnONs.

The remarks of Elder J. G.. Web
ster at the meeting last Sunday
night on the subject of funeral SER
mons were exceedingly appropriate
and timely. 1t has become the
practice to laud the dear de-
parted with praises so fulsome that
instead of it being a credit to
him or even a consolation to his re-
latons, it is rather sarcastic COM
ment on his sins and short comings,
and it is healthy sign see to thiscus.
tom, time honored though it may be,
condemned by men of Influence. 1t
is all right to heed the advice to
"Speak of all the best we can" but
when it comes to such untruthful en-
coniums as are often uttered by spea-
kers on these occasions, 1t is time
to draw the line. In some OF
the remarks that we hear on these
occasions, no regard seems to be
had for the we'll known character of
the defunct, but it seems to be the
expectation of the speakers that his
future all depends on the testimony
that they are giving. Such speakers
Of course know that the Almighty
cannot be misled by their disregard
of the facts, and they should also
remember that many of their hear
ers are as we'll informed in relation
TO the subject as they are them
selves, and that when they ascribe
virtues to the deceased that every
body knows he did not possess, it
only brings into palmer view his
lack of them. The desire to COM
fort the relatives is often at the
bottom of such talk, but even rela-
tives, blinded as they frequently are
by their affection, are liable TO dou.
BIT the discernment, if not the sim
cerity, of these speakers OF course
it is pleasing torelations to bear those
they have lost spoken well Of, but
when the matter is over done, if the
friends and relatives believe all that
is said it only serves to make them
feel that they have lost more than
they at first supposed. Comments
on the character, of the deceased at
the time of the funeral services,
ought to be of general character,
and strictly confined to the truth,
if made at all. In some ancient ma
tons so strictly did the speak
ers confine themselves to this
rule that kings were influenced
in their treatment of their subjects
by the fear they had of post mortem
criticism, knowing as they did that
then the truth would be told. If
this plan were followed, dishonest
drunken and dissolute people would
no longer be alleged to possess all
the virtues, while respectable honest
people listen to their praises with
disgust. 1t is no credit to a man to
be spoken well of at his funeral; who
is not spoken well of at that time?
1t is of course done with the best of
intentions, but it is not attended
with the best of results. If you
have anything good to say of your
fellow citizen, say it while he is
alive, when he can hear yon and
profit by it. A word or two of en-
enlargement will often be of great
service to him, but aattery over his
remains does him no good and dec
elves no one.
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Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-10-10

Public sentiment ispretty thorough.
ly aroused over the liquor ques.
ton and prohibition ticket is one
Of the probabilities Several per-
sons have approached us on the sub
ject, and it seems that move of
this kind is in contemplation, by a
considerable number OF people. A
call for a meeting will be found in
another column, which all persons
favoring improvement along these
lines should attend.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-10-10
PAY YOUR DEBTS.

If there is one fellow more than an
other that it would do Us good to see
have a front seat at the great brim.
stone conAagration about which old
time religionists used to DISCOURSE
so eloquently, it is the chap that
can pay his debts but wont. We
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
LEONARD WOOD OFFICERS.

Governor Otero Saturday appointed
the following officers of Leonard
Wood county: County commissioners
lst district, Benigno Padilla; End dis
trict, J. G. Thomas; 3rd district Ray
mundo Harrison: sheriff Leaadro Ca
aus clerk, Manuel b. Baca; asses
sor Juan b. Giddings; treasurer Leo
poldo Sanchez; probate judge. Floren-
clio Garcia; superintendent of schools,
Fred l.. Braun.
The above named for Leonard Wood
county were elected on the democrat
il ticket on November A. 1909. as Off
ials of Guadalupe county, with the ex
ception of Fred L.. Braun, appointed
county superintendent of schools,
whose appointment was made to fill
the vacancy caused by the fact that
Minor Rudolph. elected superintend-
ent of shoots of Guadalupe county at
the November, 1902, election, was
found to reside in the new county of
Quay. Mr.. Rudolph was appointed
county school superintendent of that
county at the time the officers there
were filled by appointment by Gov
| ern0r Otero. The governor took the
| action above detailed as he wished to
name oficiels who had the support of
the people, and as the above named,
with the exception of Braun were
elected TO the same offices a. the old
county of Guadalupe out of which the
new county of Leonard Wool Wa
| reated he acted in accordance Within
| desires of the people and upon the
principle that il was just aud proper
hat the officers of Leonard Wood
| by the men who were entitled to them
| should be held until January |, 1908,
by election IL the old county. The
| fact that all of these officials are dem
| ocrats i'll politics, the governor
thought should not initiate against
| their Just rights in the premises,
Leonard Wood ounty for the appoint
| ment of these men have been recelv
cd al the executive Office and the
Manay petitions from the people o.
governor wished to AID gave then
| full and due consideration, as hsi ac
ton proves.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
AND 1T WILL BE sPoTLess.

Under the above caption the Las
Cruces Progress publishes the follow
ing:
The chances of Capt. w. G. Reid.
wearing the ermine before a year is
past, seems TO be growing brighter
daily.-Las Vegas Optis.
THE chances are, indeed, bright.
With the endorsements Mr.. Reid has
received ii seems impossible that the
department at Washington should ig-
more the universal desire of New Mex
leo in this matter. if Judge Mcmillan
is To go. AS an eminent member of
the Las Cruces bar said to the Prog
ress- a gentleman, by the way, who
is in a position to speak-"Mr. Reid is
not only a lawyer Of more than ordi-
nary ability. but he possesses in a
large degree that conservatism and
sense of justice so necessary to a
man on the bench. He is not a fire
and fury. He applies the law from q
knowledge of what the law is"
Appointed TO this position, ana af
ter wearing the judicial ermine fol
any number of years. Mr.. Reid will
hand it to his successor intact and
| SporleSS."
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

TRACK AND TRAIN

John alexander Of Silver City, a
well-known mining ma-s passed
through the city bound for Boston,
Mass. on No. 2.
Mrs. William Neville. wife of the
ex-congressman from Nebraska, pass
ed through Las Vegas on her way
home to Plat, Neb., from Ell Paso.
George Roe, the efficient n Fe
general agent at Ell Paso, passed
through the city yesterday on No.
2, bound for Chicago On, a business
trip.
Mrs. Ben Williams. wife of the spec
ial officer for the Santa Fe, h~ea0quart-
cred at La Junta, passed through the
city yesterday afternoon on her way
to visit her old home in Las Cruces.
Mrs. Williams is a daughter Of Lor-
EMO LaPoint. the veteran newspaper
man.
The Choctaw road is pushing CON
struction on its grade into Tucumcari
at a rapid rate. All along from Iu-
cumcari to Amarillo grading camps
are strung over the prairie and the
grade will be finished by September
/, the laying of steek to follow as the
different sections are graded.
j. p. Proctor, the contractor who Is
| to take charge of the sinking of a new
we'll for the Water Supply company
in Albuquerque, arrived from Los An
| geles. The well is to be drilled a.
least seven hundred and fifty 1eet
and il there is a great stream OF wa
ter accessible al this depth the proD
lem OF an inexhaustible water supply
| for Greater Albuquerque is solved.
Mr.. Sullivan is assistant to Mr.
Byron Harvey, the man who has fui
charge of all the dining cars on th'
the Santa Fe route.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

man. The paper was the Boston Jour
nal. The young man went to the Office
to inquire what it would cost to print
the advertisement on his circular in
one issue. He found that it would
eat up SCI of his check, but he gave
the order. At home he encountered
tears and hard words. The money that
was to pay the butcher and the grocer
had been wasted and nc more credit
could be obtained. For three days the
household was shrouded in gloom.
Then came a telegram from a Boston
drug store, "Send me five gross RENE
dy." Orders continued to pour in
Last month the mother died a million
aire AND the firm now spends a quarter
of a million a year in advertising.
Moral: There is none. This IS no
fable bu a well attested story.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
ADVERTISING THAT PAID.

In Lynn. Mass. a few years ago a
wealthy family found itself reduced to
poverty. The mother had in afiuent
days. frequently prepared for neigh
bors a remedy learned from an old
German nurse. When the dark time
came she decided to attempt to. sell
the medicine. The sons peddled from
house to house. They got together
enough non to print circulars, set
ting forth the value of the remedy.
Finally a drug store ordered a gross.
The eldest son got a check in pay
ment amounting to $4,000. On his way
home he picked up a Boston daily and
noted across the top the line "Circula-
ton 81 10000" THAT would reach more
people than we could reach with cir
cuiars in a year" thought the young
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
TREASURER -MANDAMusEp.

Upon the application of the board
lege of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts an alternative writ of mandamus
against the territorial treasurer has
been granted by Judge Frank w. Par
ker of the Third judicial district at
Las Cruces. This writ is returnable
and answer thereto is made before
the judge in the chambers of the third
judicial district at Las Cruces on May
2 next. In the alternative writ, j. H.
Vaughn, territorial treasurer, is COM
manded to transfer the sum OF 49,
900 from certain territorial sinking
funds TO the fund for the mainten-
ance and support of the College OF Ag
riculture and Mechanic Arts at Mes
| lila Park, under the provisions of the
| appropriation law passed by the 35th
legislative assembly. Solicitor Cen
| eral E. l.. Bartlett has prepared and
| filed a motion to quash the writ for
| the reascns that application therefore
was improperly made, existing stat
utes requiring thai any and all ac'
lions against Territorial officials be
brought in the district cour for the
county wherein the Territorial capita
is located and for other reasons SCI
forth in the motion to quash. INT
solicitor general also holds that the
legislative assembly had no power u
divert sinking funds from the purpose
for which they were originally Intend
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
Il u OF IT.

The police of Albuquerque during
the past twelve months turned over
to the city treasurer $ $4,000 in fines.
Either Albuquerque is an awful wick
ed city or its police force is a model
for every other town in New Mexico.
Santa Fe New Mexican.
Albuquerque is not 'an' awfully
wicked city" On the contrary there
is less crime and less disorder here
than in the average American city oil
twelve thousand people. And further
more. our police officials do not claim
to be saints. Neither the marshal
nor any of his assistants wears a
halo. They are just plain. common
people, who try I o do their duty faith
fully and render their hon
estly. and there is no reason why the
police department of every city in
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
CALL o BIDS.
Sealed Proposals for Supplies viii pc
Received by the Asylum Board.

Las Vegas, N. M. April y, 1908
Sealed proposals will be received at
the office of the secretary OF the
board of directors Of the New Mexico
Insane Asylum at Las Vegas, until
ten O'Clock on Tuesday, May 5, 1903,
and opened Immediately thereafter in
the presence of the bidders. Tor turn
ishing and delivery at the New
leo Insane Asylum at Las Vegas OF
all or any part of the hereinafter
named supplies required for the
maintenance of the asylum, commenc-
ing May /, 1903.
5000 pounds of potatoes.
5000 pounds beef m mutton, as
required.
= LOO pounds Of coffee, green, good
quality.
$500 pounds of sugar.
1900 pounds Il prunes, crop 1902, 40
to 5~O-6O-7O-90-1O0.
1900 pounds Of evaporated peaches,
crop of 1902.
5000 pounds of Sultan raisins.
1900 pounds of apricOts crop l902.
1000 pounds lard, SO pound cans,
bidder name brand.
500 pounds table butter, as required.
Name brand.
400 pounds of baking powder. Bio
der name brand.
$500 pounds of rice, good quality.
5000 pounds OF aoui. Bidder
name brand.
10000 pounds bran.
$50 cases laundry soap.
4 cases sal soda.
SO cases soda crackers.
s cases, gallon cans, s corn syr-
up, sorghum and N. 0. molasses, by
the barrel.
2 cases laundry starch.
8 barrels Oat fake.
4 barrels coarse salt.
300 tons coal, F. o. B. Las Vegas.
sc dozen brooms, Dandy preferred
1900 yards sheeting, unbleached,
1O-4 Pepper.
1900 yards ticking, good quality.
All the foregoing to be delivered at
che asylum, except coal. Bid
ders submit sample of articles mark
ed with a star.
The board of directors of the New
Mexico Insane Asylum reserve the
right to reject any and all bids.
Bidders should write plainly on en-
velope the following: Bids for sup
plies for the New Mexico Insane Asy-
lum,- with the name or names of bid
ders.
JEFFERSON RAYNOLDS.
President.
Attest:
M. BRUNSWICK,
Secretary.
1tw 4w
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27


from starvation than the world
dreams of. When the stomach is dis
eased and the food eaten is not digested
and assimilated, then the strength of the
BODY begins I o fail because Of lack of
nutrition, and the weak body falls an
easy victim to the microbes of disease.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of b stomach and other
organ of digestion n nutrition 1t
restores physical strength IN the only
possible way, by enabling the
lion of the nutrition contained In food.
VI was sick for over three years with a COM
niicatiou OF stomach troubles" writes MI, john
n. castona. residing at 7942 Arch ot. enicago;
Illinois. rHad tried every good physician l
knew Of. as well as many patent medicines. Dur
received only temporary relief. One day. a
friend recommended your Golden Medical Lns-
-overy I Immediately procured some ana oe-
CIV ia use. Commenced to gain the first week,
and after 7 had taken only one bottle ] could
eat as well as any one without experiencing III
csJecfs I took Eve bottles, and to-day am happy
10 snuo,nce mat / am as well and healthy as
auv one could be. I owe 1t all to Dr. PIERCE
Golden Medical Discovery
The sole motive for substitution is to
hermit the dealer to make the little more
profit paid by the sale of less meritorious
medicines. He gains. You lose. There
fore accept no substitute for Golden
Medical Discovery"
FREE. DIR. Pierce's Common Sense
Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt
of stamps to pay expense of mailing
only. Send twenty-one one-cent stamps
for the book in paper covers, or thirty
one stamps for the cloth-bound volume.
Address DIR. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING.

y
once Of the Las Vegas and Hos
Springs Electric Railway, Light ana
Power company, Las Vegas. -
Mexico, April 1st, 1908.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Las Vegas and ilot
Springs Electric Railway, Light and
Power will be held at the OIL
flee of the company in the City OF Las
Vegas, Territory of New Mexico, On
Monday, the fourth day or May, a. y.
1903, at the hour of 8 O'Clock a. M,
for the purpose of electlng fouf u.
rectOrs each to serve Tor a period u
two wears. and % vote on the follow
ing proposition, then and there to De
submitted, viz:
First. To authorize a board OF di-
rectors, and the Missouri Trust com
pany, the trustee under and by VII
tue of a certain deed OF trust eXectu-
ed by said corporation on September
18th, 1902, to issue II sell twenty
(2O) Of the first deed OF trust 8 per
cent gold bonds Oft the denominations OF
$5OO.0 90 each, for the purpose OF com
pleting the electric light plant now
under construction and to provide
funds for wiring the old and new
town of Las Vegas.
Second. To authorize said board
and said trustee to issue II sell thir-
ty of the first deed of trust 5 per cent
gold bonds of the denOmine ton q!
$500 each, to construct certain eX-
tensions in East Las Vegas, from
| Sixth and Douglas streets, Out either
| Sixth. Seventh or Eighth streets to
the city limits and to the power house
of this company.
Said bonds in both propositions
| submitted to be sold at not less thar
ninety cents on the dollar. and To be
issued in accordance with Division III
of Article III of the Deed Of Trust
aforesaid. relating to the bonds re
| served by the trustees.
A. II. DUNCAN,
F. M. CALL,
V. o. SAUNDERS,
JOS. e. MERRYMAN,
A majority of the directors.
A. II. DUNCAN.
President. I.
F. M. CALL,
Secretary.
MARGARITO ROMERO.
JOSEPH e. MERRYMAN,
F. A. MANZANARES.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

a WANT COLUMN

Las Cruces wants Incorporation
Deming wants a national santa
rum.
Silver City wants an electric line to
her mining camps.
Socorro wants a glove factory.
Albuquerque want another railroad
Santa Fee wants the .'scenic route.
So does Las Vegas. Also Las Vegas
wants a copper reduction mill, a big
storage reservoir, and a wooden fac
tory.
Covetousness is a mighty good quail
ity in towns, however sinful it may
in individuals. and having added to II
be iA individuals, and havingadded
to it the proper proportion Of enter
prise it brings results.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

the territory should 10 show similar
results if the people would put the
work in the hands of competent and
honest observation-disclosures
Now that the Journal-Democrat has
become hcElest and independent. why
doesn't il own up that at least IS per
rem of the so-called fines is money
paid by the in that ~disgraceful
spot-the half acre-for license to
pursue their calling unmolested. The
Lord preserve other cities of the Ter
ritory fom showing similar results"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

We meet as the drifts OF the turbulent
tide.
We meet. It's the end and the
starting,
We meet for a moment. stand side by
side.
We meet for the sorrow OF parting.
There are no drifts in the turbulent
tide,
Each far-driyen wave fulfileth,
In its t~rackless way oier the ocean
wide
What an infinite Father willeth.
We meet for a moment II pass along,
But. o. not in vain the meeting.
The goodness. the gladness. the heart
vi song
Speak on from the momentof greet
ing.
CARLOS"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

Mrs. James King came up to Spring
er from Mills orchard ranch, spend
ing a couple of days. She says trees
are most all in bloom and the pros
poets for an enormous crop OF fruit
are splendid, as well as all kinds OF
garden truck.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
Many School Children are sickly.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children. used by Mother Gray, a
nurse in Children's Home, New York,
break up Colds in "a hours, cure fever
ishness, Headache, Stomach Troubles,
Teething Disorders, move and regu-
late the bowels. M Destroy Wormc,
Mrs. Emily Maronn, Meriden, CT,
says: 1T is The best medicine IN
the world for children when feverish
and constipateI.' Sold by all drug
gists or by mail. 25c. Sample sent
Free. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Roy, N. Y.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

Mrs. Philip IL. Sheridan has sold the
house the admirers of Little Phil
gave her. but will continue to live in
Washington. The buyer is her neigh
bor. Clifford Pinchot. head OF h bu-
reau or forestry. who will enlarge his
present home on the ground text 10 il,
but will retain the Sheridan house as
an investment
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

United. Las Vegas is the biggest.
most substantial. most prosperous in
New Mexico. Divided it is several
sizes smaller than either section.
D-iscouraging reports Of lack of
water come in from Cherry Valley
II is feared the crops up there Will be
very light unless better conditions
prevail soon.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

Has everybody heard Of the sew
railroad that is to be. Starting point
Wagon Mound. terminus liZabeth
towa, via Ocate, thence up Wheaton
creek to the mouth OF Bonita.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

II is claimed that Hillsboro, n. NJ.
viii have a million and a half of mon
ey invested in its mining resources
this year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

op dry catarrh; they dry up the se%cretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
pose, causing a far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs
and use that which ~cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such q remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents All druggists sell the
soc. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren ST., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful Inflammation
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Cataz1h and Hay Fevey. -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

People differ as to what constitutes
hnmor. but OF one thing you may be
certain. Anytime you condescend 1.
say IA smart thing yourself it is al
ways funny.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

Las Vegas should spare no effort tt
secure the establishment of a govern
ment reservoir on the Gallinas.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

Mrs. w. H. Tyler mas removed her
household possessions to Topeka from
San Marcial.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

The action of Governor Otero in
appointing as officers Of Leonard Wood
county. which was formed nut of Quad
alupe county. the men who We're elect
ell at last falls election. is quite COM
m%enLable. Ii was n Just act and
meets with the approval not only of
the people of Guadalupe county. hEa
OF all right thinking people every
where
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
70 CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY

| Take Laxative Bromo Quinlne TAD
| lets. All druggists refund the money
If II fails to cure. e. w. Groves sig
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27
Rates of Subscription.

News-dealers should report To the counting
rOsam any ~irreguiarity or in1ftcntiDn On the
part OF carriers in the delivery Of 4 ne Optic.
News-dealers can have The Upt!c delivered
to their depots In any part of the city 10y the
carriers. Orders or complaints can DC made
by telephOne. postal. or M pcrsOn.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-27

The Devry gang are holding over
Tammany hall the threat that il the
best chief oil police OF New York ever
had" taccoriing 10 Van Wyck) is not
recognized in the new executive com
mittee. they will u him for mayor.
Think of that, Mr.. Devrey either way
worries Tammany: if he i not worn as
a clog around his neck. he will serve
as the tin can hung TO its tail.