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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
0SAD
MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 10.
PROMPT ACTION NECESSARY.

Las Vegas has been favored by be-
Ing selected by the governor and adj
jutAnt general as the most suitable
spot In the territory for the first mo-
biIization Of the troops OF the New
Mexico National Guard. The people
Of our city should leave nothing I'm
done 10 show that we appreciate this
preference. that We welcome the
eoniae saoampment and that we are
willing to do all within U power TO
make ftaAs1uNcess and m annual event
for Las Vegas.
The time for making preparations
Is very short ~ the opening date 10
the 18th, or one week from today.
All ORGANIZATIONS which can lend a
helping hand in carrying out plans for
the reception Of the guests and their
entertainment during such Of their
time here a. they are released from
duty should take action at once.
Manager Pierce Of the Aqua Pura
company has set the bali rolling by
the offer of Ice and water service.
The board Of trade has taken the
matter ur and a be depended upon
to do It's part.
Doubtiess Il will be necessary to
raise q fund to defray certain ex.
pcnses on the part Or the city and any
such cali should be literally met.
The lgontezums club should take
steps to break the monotony Of daily
drills with some brilliant social func.
tions in honor Of the ofhcers Of the
regulass Ind guards.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10


Judge Louis %Snlzbacher Is not n
New Mexican and the people Of the
territory would not accept him as a
fulfllment Of the sacred pledge Of
home rule made to our people. He 10
more Objectionable than Judge Smith
would have been, because having once
been a citizen, he moved away from
the territory retaining no residence
or citizenship here. New Mexico
wants a man chosen from among the
able, honest and experienced mem
bers OF her own bar. From every
part OF the territory hould go petit
lions asking for the carrying out Of
the home rule plank Of the republi-
can platform.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
BEAuTIFY III CITY.

During the next two weeks Las We
gas will be visited by more strangers
than she has greeted during the last
two years.
The Ration picnickers Joined by par
ties from Trinidad and other northern
towns will be here probably 1900
strong. The National Guard Of the
territory will be modified near the
city and VIII be Joined by detach-
ments OF officers and troops from the
standing army.
Excursions will probably be run on
certain gala days Of the encamp-
ment from all over the territory.
II Is probably no exaggeration to
say that In all 1000 visitors will come
and go during the next fortnight.
X a good house wife we're anticipat-
Ing some visitors In her home she
would spend days In sweeping, dust
Ing and cleaning her house and max
ing her home az attractive as possible.
Las Vegas Is to receive more visitors
than she has entertained at any per-
iod In her history, with the exception
Of the Rough Rider reunion.
VIII we sit idly around with weeds
grown up In our streets; with our
beautiful cement sidewalks half cover
ed In places by soil washed by recent
rains; with piles OF boards, stone and
rubbish lIttering up our streets. with
premises which have been beautificd
by new walks. d~isigured by failure to
remove the dirt left by excavations;
with paper, tin cans, branches Of
trees and debris Of all sorts in our
alleys, along the fences. In the cutters
and over the streets?
fut tnv cssy a~sasrsu vunc = Si~ssn ,
let business men do their part, but
above all let every resident OF every
street see to II that their premises
are cleaned up and put In neat and
orderly condition.
The time is short, BE the first to
act, and set your neighbor a good OK
ample.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
NEW x DAY..

We give place elsewhere to a com.
m~unication from Judge Long. suggest
ing that some day Of the army en-
campment be made a New Mexico
day and given additional Importance
by making It a territorial day.
The Optic earnestly endorses the
suggestion. The time will be oppor-
tune for a New Mexico holiday. Rail
road fares will no doubt be low, the
season OF the year n Of compar-
alive leisure and II the press and peo-
pie take hold Of the matter IN ear
nest. great good will come from a so
ciai gathering from all parts Of New
Mexico.
Annually northern New Mexico
pays It's respects to Albuquerque dur
Ing the territorial fair and no doubt
that city would take an interest In
Now Mexico day and give US q big
crowd. The people should know each
other better, Social contact ALE
viates the asperities Of diverse inter
ests, and political contests.
We have before us = great contest
for statehood in the neal future which
will tax all our diplomacy and re-
sources. The better we know each
other. the stronger the ties OF friend.
ship between remote parts. the great
CIR the probability Of success.
What do our brethren Of the press
say, shall we get together, shake
hands across the bloody chasm," and
"whoop It Up FOR New Mexico"
The city council and board of trade
as representative bodies might well
take up the matter and give II add
tional impetus.
What do you all say Shall we give
the young soldiers a grand ovation
ana have a f~ratcrnal good time on
encampment day.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

The Optic regrets that several New
Mexico papers are already advancing
the claims Of individual candidates
for the vacant judgships OF the Fifth
district. II the people and the news
papers OF New Mexico will pull alto.
gether for q New Mexico Judge, ad-
v0cating no particular man but the
simple fulhllment of a sacred pledge,
until a definite and satisfactory prom
ise be given. The wishes OF the cit
izens will doubtless be consulted rs
to the individual. Thus far the only
mar advocated is Capt. w. G. Reid
Of Roswell, the able and honest as.
slstant U. s. attorney. No better man
could be ser from any state. But
lest the powers that be gain the
impression that we are fighting for
a certain man rather than a sacred
principle, let us unite to secure salts.
factory assurance that. the pledge
which binds the president and the At
ttorney generals department as we'll
as the U. 8. congress will be recog-
nized.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
SENSIBLE VIEW.

New Mexicans generally will CON-
mend the following sensible view Of
the Ell Paso reservoir situation, taken
from the Ell Paso News:
The international boundary commits
sion's consulting engineer does not
concede that the flow of the Rio
Grande would supply two big reser-
voirs, one in New Mexico and one
near the FL Paso smelter.
Doubles one reservoir might pos.
sibly be made big enough TO monopo-
lie the flow, but Ell Paso may as we'll
know that never will she be given a
monopoly Of the river water. Any rea-
sonable people do not believe that she
will secure any exclusive privilege.
II the government builds a dam
anywhere, at Ell Paso or in New Mex
leo, the particular reservoir created
will be allotted only a proportion Of
the water. and there will be no in
Junction 10 prevent others with rights
from exercising them
lower reservoir may be filed.
Senator Cnlberson has been in
Washington enough to discover that
no special privilege will be given to
the I'll Paso district which would
work injustice to New Mexico.
In fact the government has prac-
tically decided that no more company
reservoirs shall be built on interstate
streams because they result In inequl-
table distribution.
The government will finally handle
the waters Of such streams and GER
tainly will not begin by placing a res
ervoir in Texas which would demand
all Of the Rio Grande flow with any
intention Of preventing the creation
Of federal reservoirs to redeem the
public domain In New Mexico.-El
Paso News.
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
What Joseph w. Folk Of st. Louis
Has Really Done. ,m


But as for the remedy for the evils
Of the lobby. a beginning has been
made. and the credit is Joseph Folks.
II Is not so much that he has con-
victed boodier after boodler in his city.
and has been the main instrument IN
upsetting the state lobby, though that
Is much, His great accomplishment
has been the sentiment which he has
created throughout Missouri. Three
years ago bribc giving was a crime
on the statute books. but the blood
Of good people was not stirred by Il,
Today a legislator comforting in pri
yate with a recognized lobbyist, risks
his whole political future. Right here
Is real hope for reform. II a citizen
wants 10 influence legislation he must
do his work In public. Secret hear
ings, evening chats In the lobby. pri
vate personal sollcltation-all these
must so. The public once for all
must distrust any measure supported
by a secret lobby.--Leslie's Weekly
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
LET'S GO.

Las Vegas should have q baseball
team II the territorial fair. The city
has as good amateur players as can
be found In the territory. There are
three cash prizes. the nrst $500. the
second $500. the third 500. Las We
gas should land the first. With the adj
dition Of three professional players
allowed each club. there Is no reason
why We should not be able TO put In
a winning team.
The matter has been taken up by
Z number Of the baseball enthusiasts
Of the city. and It seems quite likely
that the effort to get up a team will
b. successful Las Vegas should be
represented at the fair. In NJ way
VIII ~ much interest In the event be
~ - by sending a team 10 take
- II ~ baseball contest.
~ 0ptic ean sur the people
~ 6lty that. Notwithstanding the
pensleteuGy u~nfriendiy attitude Of an
Albuquerque afternoon paper. the sen.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

Governor Odell of New York, who
has Just made a trip across the con
tinent. says: II have not cen a sign
anywhere of anything but prosperity;
crops are good, business is good, and
bushes men have confidence In the
country. ! have paid little attention
to the reports from the stock mar
kct, and ! find that the business men
Of the country pay rive less atten-
ton TO II than ! do. The country has
become 80 big that 1t does not take
much account OF Wall street any
more"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

Judge Smith didn't send his ire
srets' be- anse he thought the people
didn't want carpet baggers. Yonr
average Office seeker is not so thin
skinned a that. But after sizing up
the situation carefully the Judge con-
cluded that he had a better thing
where he was.-Journal- Democrat.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
ouR FoREloN TRADE.

The New York board Of trade and
transportation Is about to take up the
matter Of the surprising recent dimi-
putIon Of our foreign shipping trade.
10 particular policy Is favored at
this time by the board. Free ships.
subsidies. bOunties and discriminating
dues and duties all will he fairly con-
/. sidered. Politics and partisanship
viii be di~sregaried and the press Of
the United States will be asked 10
give hearty cooperation.
It 10 q feet that the United States
Of 1919; With seven million inhabi.
tants, owned more registered tonnage
for oversee trade than the United
States Of 1903. With = population Of
eighty million.
This t6hliAge IN. 1910 was 981, 900;
II IL nov s7s. 900. and, worse still, Il
-essweA-Na actual decrease Of six
thousand tons from the year before.
The British empire has 1&.S0o.O coo
tons Of merchant shippIns; Germany.
1.s6O.O0O tons; France. 1.%so,O00 tons;
Norway, i.sso.Ooo tons; Italy. $780,.
900 tops: ~ far the larger part Of all
these fleets is engaged in ocean carry.
ing.
But the United States Of America,
stfhicA b~hstuces far more merchandise
and now sends more abroad than any
other nation. has = feet registered
for deepsea m Of only $4,000
tons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
How a Badly Helps.

The solid comfort Mr.. Cleveland is
having with his latest boy baby will
save him from feeling any discomfort
over Senator Tillman's description Of
him last Monday as "a bag of beef,
only fit for Observation-Disclosures
phia Press.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

AGENTS-slo0o Old Line Accident
Policy Certificate Of Identification
and genuine seal leather pocket
book. $500 per year, pocket book
post paid SOC. Money back II not
satisfied. Fidelity Union Tdentinca.
ton Bureau, 10 Roanoke Bldg.
Chicago. $40
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
lreland's Sun Rising.

Treland's sun appears to be rising
steadily at last, and that II will soon
shine Respondent with hope for the
children of the Emerald Isle there is
little doubt.-Boston Globe.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

CHICAGO. Aug. 1o.--cattle market,
slow; good to prime steers s5.0ods5 F.
30; poor to medium, s4.1odAso;
stockers and feeders. 81 0Gs42o;
cows, t1.501s475; heifers. s2.00atl.
rs; Texas fed steers. s3.25@sa2o:
western steers. ss.2 5@t45o.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
When Missouri Floats.

The battleship Missouri will be
launched in August They have not
decided whether to break a bottle or
a boodler over its prow.-Washing-
ton Post.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
From Sanborn's "reminiscences If
Emerson.)

After dinner one night a visitor
stepped into the hall to help Adams
put on his icoat. Adams thanked him.
Don't mention It," was the solemn
toady's reply; mo attention IL too
great. no trouble Is too much that we
OF this century have the pleasure Of
taking for the patriots Of the Revolu.
tion-for George Washington and
yourself, SIR" Adams sharp retort
Was: Don't mention Washington to
me. sir; Washington was a dolt!'
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
Turkeys New Trademark.

Turkey has decided that its navy
shall be taken seriously. It is build
Ing a warship On which the mark will
be made: Made in the United
S~tates."- st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
PRESS COMMENTS.
Tactical BIunder.

Mother Jones made a mistake when
she started for Washington without
having held a council Of war with Ma
jor General Coxey.-Chicago Tribune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
Effect of the Slump.

Some real distress, nevertheless,
has been caused by the slump in
stocks. 1t has cut a lot of promising
summer vacations in half.-Chicago
Tribune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

Nell-"How did you come to lose
him. ! thought you had him cInched."
Belle-"He hesitated. and you know
he who he7itetcs Is lost"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

Hotel men in Chicago have con-
scented to increase the wages Of wait
ers 10 per cent. Now the bonifaces
and those who stand and wait ought
to make ar agreement that no tips
shall be received In any circumstan-
ces. It is not possible for this Yam
kee land OF ours to abolish the Old
Worlds abuse Of tipping? It is mere
ly half yelled extortion. Pay every
body a fair recompense for service
and do away with the degrading prac-
tice Of scattering gratitudes.-New
York Tribune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
True Test Of worth.

The Kearsarge did exceedingly we'll
In It's trip across the Atlantic, but
when the Kearsarge has sailed from
the Mare Island navy yard around
the Horn to Santiago de Cuba, gone
into action without losing a minute
in repairs and performed In a brilliant
naval engagement the work Of both
a battleship and a cruiser-when the
Kearsarge has eQuslled the Oregon's
record, 1T will have something to
I-~c ~s.~t. Dotsoi, Free rrrss.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

The World thinks It 10 no longer
good form for po4tofice clerks to talk
about working like Beavers"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10
One Use For Radtum,

As radium is worth about 10000
an ounce II might be we'll to coin .
few ounces as convenient small
change for millionaire trust promoters.
Chicago News.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-08-10

Pittinger has Just received Q nne
assortment Of picture frame mould.
lnss az. n?,s; also the latest pattern
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17

Chauncey NJ. Depew, in a recent in
terview in Chicago. speaking of Presi.
dent Roosevelt, said: HE is making
the most audacious campaign in all
American political history, 1t is not
a campaign of Republicanism but OF
R~ooseveltism. 1t has charmed the
people. The people prefer an impul-
siye mar who occasionally goes wrong
to a crafty man who never makes
mistakes. Roosevelt is the exponent
of the popular side of the trust ques-
ton. The fact that he has a~ntagoniz'
ed Wall street has endeared him to
the people"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17

when rogues fall out honest men
get their just dues" is an old saw.
This may be true in the case Of Bob Am.
mon, now on trial in New York City.
The testimony of Miller, who was the
chief push in the Franklin syndicate
swindle and who is now serving a
term in the penitentiary, goes to show
that he entrusted Ammon with $40.
900 in bonds after he was sent to Sing
Sing, presuming that he would even
tually come into possession of his III
gotten gains. But Ammon seems 10
have appropriated the money himself
and Miller has peached on him. Am
mon was advisory attorney for the
company and probably the biggest
rascal in the get rich quick" enter
prise. However. he has had so many
narrow escapes from the clutches oI
the law that his luck and gall may
pull him through this time. But here
is hoping that he is up against the
real thing.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17
A SHAMEFUL EXHIBIT.

A summary of the agricultural pro-
ducts shipped into Montana during
1901, as compiled by Mr.. +. H. Ray,
assistant state examiner. gives the
following figures:
Meats, s~2.217,0ii; poultry and eggs,
sl.1l3.07S; dairy products, sl,OSl, 1895;
vegetables, s21O,019; grain, s204,45l;
miscellaneous, $4,000.
This is a bad showing, indeed.
Over five million dollars sent u of
the state for products that could be
raised at home and the money left in
the pockets of our farmers or placed
in banks to their credit. The time is
coming when diversified farming will
pay better than present methods and
il would seem that it Is close at hand
A good many farmers are giving the
matter more attention and there is
hardly any doubt but in a few years
much OF the demand for the smaller
products of the farm by our leading
cities will be supplied right here al
home. Farmers will e greater pros
perity by so doing.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17

The Minneapolis journal INDUCES in
the following exquisite sarcasm by
the time the ~eulogists of the merger
get through We will all discover that
after all we ourselves and not Mr.,
Hill did il. It seems that he was a
mere piece of machinery in carrying
out what everybody wanted. Anoth.
er important fact we learn is that 1t
was necessary for Mr.. Hill to get con
troll of the Northern Pacific, but q!
the same time we are assured that
there was not the slightest suspicion
of an intention to merge the Grea'
Northern and Northern Pacific
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17

Last Monday la Flag day. GOV.
Toole. in his proclamation urging its
observance. said: Il would suggest
that all schools of the state observe
this day in exercises Of a patriotic ma.
ture. The difficulty about this was
that the schools generally had closed
for the vacation period. If Flag day
could come two weeks earlier its OBJ
seryance would be more impressive
and general in this state. The schools
are Just the place to pay proper trib-
ute to "old glory"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17
uNoPPosEp NOMINATIONS TO
THE PRESIDENCY.

1t is pretty generally assumed that
President Roosevelt will be nominated
by reclamation or without an oppos-
ing vote on first ballot at the meeting
of the hex national Republican con-
vention, and It is interesting to recall
how rarely that distinction has been
conferred upon the candidates Of any
OF our political parties.
The convention system. which be.
gan to take shape in the early thIrties,
left the field open for spirited prelim'
mary struggles, but one of the excep'
lions to the rule that has since become
common, occurred in 1881, when
Henry Clay was chosen as the stand.
ard bearer Of the national Republi'
cans by a unanimous vote. A little
later. IN 1892. Jackson was nominated
oy u resolution at a national Demo,
cratic convention after he had secured
a number of state nominations under
an old system. Van Buren, received
every vote at the Democratic conVen'
tlon OF 1895 and a nomination by reso'
lutlon IN 1910. and Clay was nominal
ed Dy reclamation by the wing con
vention Of 1874. The power n pop
uiarity OF Jackson, which sustained
u Buren, as himself, and the popu'
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-17

The Washington Star, without even
a suggestion, so far as can be learned
from any of the political captains, puts
forward the Hon. John r. Mclean, OF
| Washington, D. c. and Ohio, and edi'
tor and owner of the esteemed Gin
cinnati Enquirer, as the most suitable
| Democrat for president. As the Star
states. the Enquirer has been for and
against protection, for and against
Grover Cleveland and for and against
Mr.. Bryan and free silver, and 1t is
thought that Mr.. Mclean would thus
be able to satisfy all classes, parties
factions and sects.