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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
Stops Trains Automatically.

novel device is being tried for au
tomatically stopping a train. A double
dial is attached to one of the driving
wheels: this registers the number OF
miles. Another part OF the dial is At
ted with a series Of stops. arranged to
coincide exactly with the distance o!
each station from the preceding one
AS the train runs into the station zone
the stop" acts on throttle valve
and pulls up the train within the spec
flied limits. The inventor adds that II
VIII he useful in case OF careiessness
on the part of the driver or a. hs
should be asleep.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
SANTA FE.
!. New Mexican.

From the New Mexican.
The school census of the Santa Cruz
school district has been completed and
shows a population OF school age OF
l02 males and 1893 females. a total OF
2l1.
Major Thomas s. Morgan" died of
cold poison last night. The Major"
was fine st. Bernard and mastiff and
much beloved by his little master,
Price Cross.
A New Mexican correspondent at
Las Cruces writes that Mrs. Alexan.
der Morrison OF the mining camp of
Organ. eighteen miles east of Las
disease.
Benjamin NJ. Read ESQ. has filed In
the district court for Rio Arriba coun.
ty. suit in ejectment for Andres Lopez
against Antonio Lopez. The land in
volved is in precinct No. 5. in Rio Ar.
riba county. The plaintiff asks for
500 damages In addition to the land.
Nelson N. Newell went to Las Vegas
to be examined for an increase OF pen.
sion by the board there. He enlisted
IN Troop ID. Eleventh Illinois cavalry,
as sergeant. September 20. 1861, and
was discharged December 81. 1864.
The regiment was commanded by Col.
onel Robert @. Ingersoll. Newell now
draws s. per month.
II has been over two weeks since
any brick has been burned at the pen.
itentiary on account OF the inability
Of the authorities to get coal. Why it
Is impossible to get coal now Is not
known. The supply at the institution
has been entirely exhausted and wood
Is being burned to operate the heating
and lighting plant.
John Martin of Baker City, Ore. ar
rived In the city and is visiting Judge
N. p. Laughlin and other old friends.
Mr.. Martin has been away from here
for nearly twenty years. He Is a min.
ing man and has not been In Santa Fe
since 1886. Since leaving this city he
has been to many states and terri.
T, tories, but may now decide to locate
here permanently He Is accompanied
| by Mrs. Martin.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
SKEATS' PURIFYING SCHEME.
Trouble Up the Railway Has Been
Overcome BY Skill Of a Scientist.
HAS DEAD ENGINES NO LONGER.

| Prof. Skeats, who super Uses the
treatment OF water for the lei Paso A.
North Eastern tanks In recent inter.
view In the Alamogordo News. says:
The El Paso q North Eastern rail.
way from Alamogordo to Santa Rosa
passes through the gypsum strata OF
the geological era called the Permain.
In places this strata Is covered by the
lower cretaceous sandstone. or mag.
nesian limestone, but practically all
of the country covered by this division
OF railway is Of gypsum composition
and 50 carries in solution a very large
percentage If sulphnte OF lime, and
quite frequently n large share OF sdl-
phate OF maynesia and common salt.
beside tolerable amount OF carbonate
OF lime and magnesia-in other words,
II contains minerals that render II the
hardest of hard waters.
When this mixture OF mineral sub.
stances Is boiled under the high pres
ure such as obtains In boilers OF loco.
motives. II produces various and little
understood chemicals reactions. pre-
cipitating to the bottom of the boiler
most Of the mineral substances In the
water. 70 ming a hard scald therein.
| which gets into the boiler tubes and
| clogs them up; also hydro-chloric acid
is formed and carbonic acid gas is set
free. which prevents the proper cir
culatlon OF the water. and this con.
dition of affairs quickly results in the
buFntnu M 9f tuh - H..
iron and general ruin of the engine as
a machine.
AS these gypsum strata are very
thick--several hundred feet-the wa.
| ters found tnerein are OF necessity
the only ones that can be utilized on
| the division. and II has been found by
experience that they can only be rem.
dered serviceable by chemical treat
mer OF the water. To institute some
practical and economical means of es.
tablishing the proper methods of chem
| ical treatment. was called In to in
vestigate several months ago
II decided the simplest and cheap
est way out of the difficulty was to
cause the chemical reaction which
uotS tue udnhSt W tdht place utibIt
the water enters the engine boilers
This Is what Is now being done on the
entire Northeastern system. Water
softening plants have been erected at
Three Rivers. Carrizoza. Corona. Pin
tado and Santa Rosa About 309e
gallons per hour are treated ut the
first three places. 5000 gallons at Pin.
tado and 1000 at Santa Rosa.
"A new well at Pintado will increase
the output there to about 10000 gal
Ions per hour. and this plant is now
running day aad night Water Is being
hauled from this point to stations
where plants have not yet been erect
ed. Pintado water. after treatment,
has been in constant use on the road
for four months. and has given entire
satisfaction both In boilers and for
drinking purposes.
These plants are to have automatic
attachments that will enable the
bumpers TO attend to them"
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
TRIBUTE TO INDIANS.
Are Doing Fine Work on the Santa Fe
Central Railway In Track laying.

great deal has been written at one
time and another about the so called"
failure of this great and good govern
ment Of ours in its efforts to civilize
the Indian and make of him a factor
In the development of the country. es-
pecjally OF New Mexico. says a writer
in the New Mexican from Progreso,
Valencia county.
The outs" in politics, are always
bowling at the "ins" about the "reck-
less and conscienceless extravaganza"
of every man connected with the In
dian bureau from the committee on In.
dian Affairs down to the skinner"
that hauls freight to the agencies.
"They say that the Indian ZAP
pears" all right In school. hut that as
soon as he is turned out into the hus-
thing world he relapses Immediately
into the original barbarism. throws
away hat and shoes, dons breech
clout. leggins. moccasins and a Navajo
blanket and at once becomes Wild
man again. Is this true as rule?
Or is 1t the exception?
This writer has but one case In
point to refer to and Judge from and
that Is the case OF bunch of forty-two
young men from the United States In
dian Industrial schooi at Santa Fe who
are now working on the Santa Fe Cen
trail railway, laying tracks with ma
chine. surfacing. lining, spiking, bolt
ing and anything necessary to he
done. After ten days close observa-
tion and a study of the habits, manner
of getting hold OF their work. and the
way they stick to II, the intelligence
and skill they exhibit is not excelled
by any forty-two picked out OF the
200 working on the Santa Fe Central
railway on this portion Of the line, of
any race. color or previous condition
OF barbarism" They are fully equal
to the best, In their cheerful and ready
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

obedience to the orders from the sup.
erintendent and his lleutenants, they
excel all others. In their social rela-
lions with each other and with the
other races with which they come In
contact. they are kind. cheerful and
even playful after a hard days work.
Their manners are superior, especial.
ly In the dining cars, where their TIA
BILE habits, as compared with those of
the genus American hobo" would
make an American blush for his race.
The personal habits OF these young
men show that they have the seeds OF
civilization sown pretty deep In their
minds, for they are exceptionally
clean.
They have learned other things too.
Some letters that have been handed to
the writer for mailing land they all
write letters) are beautifully written.
some In fine Spencerian and others in
fine vertical writing. but the most as.
tonishing thing about them to the wri.
ter Ia their love for music Some OF
them play the mouth organ with as
much feeling and expression as he has
ever listened to- They read, too. They
have good many books with them
and II IL very common thing to see a
dozen porting over their books out of
working hours. SO Il seems there are
two sides even to this question Of edu.
eating the Indians and making n man
OF him. The side represented here is
not much in evidence yet. but Il will
he later on and "some sweet dav" we
Will all feel II we do not acknowledge
the fact that Ubcle Sam does not
make failures.
He always gets there. ELL" sooner
or later; and the day will also come
when the superintendent of the Indian
school will he honored for his work.
And yet the man from Indiana" says
that country and a community who
can and has transformed these dusky
denizens OF the forest primeval' and
savage warriors into such young men
as these is not fit for statehood; and
not only Mr.. Beveridge. There are
others" Will IL always he so?
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
OF LOCAL INTEREST.
From the New Mexican.

From the New Mexican.
Hon. W. y. Childers OF Albuquerque
United States district attorney. was in
the city on rsiness today.
w. II. Hahn has returned to Albu.
querque after few days In this city
on business. He Is proprietor OF a
coal yard In Albuquerque and contem.
plates establishing branch Of his
business In this city.
Major Harry r. Whiting of Albu
querque was In the city yesterday to
be examined for increase OF pension
by the local board He entered the
service as second lieutenant In Com
pany 4. Twenty.Fourth Michigan In.
fantry. on July 10. 1892. and was dis.
charged as captain and brevet major
June 80. 1865. He now draws So per
month
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
How to Grow seedless Watermelons.

Plant melons the usual way and
when the vine Is three or four feet
long. cover the vine over with dirt
about two feet from the hill or root.
and in few days II the soil is kept
moist, 1t will be found the vine has
taken root where Is was buried. then
after II has started a strong new root
sever the vine near the place where
is was covered and all melons growing
on that vine will be seedless.
Care must be taken not to cover the
bud or tip end of the vine only cover
a section of vine from six to ten inches
In gth.--Yuma Sentinel.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
New Insect Rsvages Barley and Wheat
fields.

There Is great alarm in the Upper
ella valley in the vicinity of Solomon
VILE, Arizona, over the ravages OF a
new insect pest that attacks barley
and wheat while ~ the milk and which
has in the last few days damaged
crops very seriously.
The bug is said by entomologlsts to
belong TO a family OF pentatomidae,
and IL known az the green stink bug.
Officials of the agricultural experiment
station know no remedy and advise
cutting the crop for hay without TAX
ing the chance OF maturing the grain.
The hug 10 not a new visitor, but never
before appeared in numbers sufficient
90 do any damage. Thus far the insect
has not appeared In Salt River val
ley.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

irrigated and an abundance Of water
will be secured for every acre OF lower
valleys tributary 10 these streams.
This In the Information contained In
dispatch from the secretary OF the
interior. which has just been made
public by Charles ID. Wolcott, director
OF the United States geological sur.
vey. who arrived In 81. Louis recently
from Washington on his second trip
to this region
The secretary OF the interior stated
IN his communication. transmitted by
Director Wolcott. that. as a result of
ten years of explorations. the depart
ment was satisfied that the Tonic ba-
sin dam site afforded one OF the Ave
most logical points for reservoir con.
struction.
The SECRETARY approved the articles
of incorporation of the Water Users
association and indorsed their mode OF
procedure
He assured the people that. II their
interests could be unified, the govern
ment would proceed. probably next
fall, to actual construction The peo-
pie here declare that nothing will
stand in the way of the plans OF the
government
The reservoir will impound storm
water in sufficient volume to reclaim
and literally irrigate approximately
200, 600 acres of land. The cost OF con.
structing will amount to 81 100000.
The length OF the artificial lake Is
to be. II is estimated from twenty to
thirty miles and the average width
will be perahps ten miles.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
DAMAGE Done by Frost.

4 whitening frost did a great deal
OF damage TO fruit and garden truck
in the valley Monday night Alfalfa was
turned black hut the damage It suf
fered is slight compared to the dam
age done to more delicate plant life
Tomato plants, melons, onions and
other garden Vegetation was frosted
hard and some Killed.
The fruit suffered some though
not severely The frost seemed &c
have more effect on vegetation clos'
20 the ground
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
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PAINFULLY INJURED.
Bottle Containing Metallic Sodium
burst.

Last week at the College of Agricul-
ture and Mechanic Arts at Meslla
Park. George Gsmboa was painfully
injured by the explosion of bottle
containing metallic sodium The hottie
was sent 10 the room 10 he cleaned and
plosion occurred. The pieces OF flying
glass cut Gamboa's face and his eyes
were injured. but he will be able to re-
sumo his studies in a couple of weeks,
the injury to his eyes being only tenn
porary.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
Storms Pleads Guilty.

Guy T Storms, the man who stole a
bunch OF pay checks at Las Vegas,
cashed one OF them. fed to Albuquer-
que and was arrested here, was indict-
ed by the San Miguel district court
and plead guilty.
Storms was arraigned before the
tribunal While In the paymaster's Of
fee OF the Santa Fe. at Las Vegas, he
picked up whole handful OF pay
checks. He forged the name OF T.
Collier to a sizeable check made out
to that gentleman. and cashing the
same at the store OF Mayor Goodall
took the train for this city. Here he
was arrested. The remainder OF the
checks he threw away on the local de-
pot platform. The defendant pleaded
guilty, hut urged In mitigation OF his
offense that he had never before wan
dered from the path OF rectitude. This
time he was drunk and didn't realize
what he was doing. He had paid back
$40 OF the $50 for which the check
called Sentence was deferred.
The Cifiyan ie the DeOpIe'g paper.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

Miss Katie Adams and Robert Lii.
lie were united in the holy bonds Of
matrimony last evening, at their fut.
ure home on Hazledlne avenue, the
Rev. Frederick " Fisher. of the Lead
Avenue Methodist Episcopal church
performing the ceremony Miss Ad-
ans has been resident OF Albuquer.
que for many years and Mr.. Lille is
one of the efficient boilermakers of the
local Santa Fe shops. They have the
best wishes of host OF friends.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
CLARK Orders a smelter.

Senator Clark left Jerome, Arizona,
on a special train Wednesday morning
for Salt Lake City by. way Of Los An
geles. While at Jerome he inspected
his extensive plant at the United
Verde mine and gave final instruc-
lions for the completion OF smelter
at the Iron King mine, three miles
south OF Jerome.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
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BY AN ACCIDENT.
Prominent stockman Meets Death by
Discharge Of His Revolver.

A telegram from Tucumcari, dated
May ~. says:
A Nance, a prominent stock raiser
of Pueblo. a small town about fifteen
miles from this place, met his death
by peculiar accident
Mr.. Nance had gone to the well TO
draw water for has horses. and In step
ping over his 46-caliber revolver fell
from his pocket and struck on a rock
at his feet The force caused the gun
10 be discharged, the hall striking Mr..
Nance below the right eye and com
ing out near the crown Of the head.
THY deceased leaves a wife and four
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
Biggest Dam In the World.

In a gorge Of rock little more than
200 feet wide. the government has de.
cided 10 construct dam OF solid
masonry at the Tonic basin site that
viii create In the valleys OF the upper
Salt river and Tonic creek the largest
artificial lake In the world.
From II the now arid plain will be
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
HORSE AND eURRo.
Shipped to Toronto. Can, for =. W.
Nichols.

Nichols.
T. w. Nichols Of Toronto, Can. who
spent the winter In this city at the
Aivarado, with his physician. w. T.
Williams OF the same city. has had
shipped to his home the saddle horse
he used while here, and good looking
New Mexican burro.
w. A. Dewolf shipped the animals
yesterday and George Hagcr went
along with them to see that they we're
well taken care OF on their long jour.
ney. This horse and burro will come
high before they reach their destina.
ton. The horse cost si45. its fare will
be- sll9. The burro will be carried for
s4s and Mr. Hager will have his ex-
penses and salary too But then this
is not anything as MIR. Nichols father
has car loads of money.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23
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MINERAL EXHIBIT.
Prof. F.. A. Jones viii Get Up a Good
Collection for Fair.

Collection for Fair.
Prof r A. Jones. formerly president
Of the school OF mines at Socorro and
one of the New Mexico worlds fair
commissioners, who now resides In
this city proposes to have the New
Mexico mining exhibit. that will be
seen In st Louis. exhibited at the com
ing territorial fair held in this city.
He is now in the employ Of the United
states government, collecting mining
statistics for the mining census Of
New Mexico.
Professor Jones says that II this
idea is carried out people in this terri.
tory will have chance to Gee whet
wonderful resources there are In the
territory. AS everyone will not be
able to go to st. Louis the idea Is a
good one. Every mining company
should make an exhibit
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

children to mourn his loss He was
well known In Tucumcari and has
many friends throughout the country.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

The Baltimore & Ohio has laid 1000
tons OF nickel steel rails which weigh
eighty-five pounds to the yard. These
rails are said 10 be considerably harder
than those usually used and. although
expensive. have demonstrated that
they are more economical in the end
The new rails are mostly laid on the
curves where tiaffic Is the heaviest.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

The Las Vegas Advertiser says;
The territorial grand jury brought In
three indictments yesterday. Two
against Guy T. Storms, who stole the
pay checks from the Santa Fe office
and one against II. A. Lewis for petty
larceny. Lewis plead guilty before
the court and was hned the costs and
sent to Jail for thirty days.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

Married-At the residence OF Il. |.
Johnston. on Hazeidine avenue, on
Wednesday evening, May 90, Walter
Schmid, of this city. to Miss May Bind.
page, OF Cedar Falls. Iowa, the Rev.
+. V. Fisher officiating. Mr. and Mrs
Schmid will make their home at 81
Lewis avenue.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Dean. who has been here
for her health some months, left for
her homo In Illinois.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-05-23

The Citizen IL the peoples paper,
Read 1t and get the news correct.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-25

Mrs. Hunt. don't worry about this mat
ter. We bought these bonds at IS.
If the price should advance to ITO, as
think it Will, then you can sell three
hfths for $4,000. pay US back SOL 900,
and keep $1,000 for emergencies in saw
ings banks, drawing per cent interest,
and have in addition forty bonds which
viii pay you $4,000 year"
That would be lovely. And the
bonds are now 96?'
Yes; you will always find the price
in the financial page of the newspapers,
where it says Bonds Look for Man
Elec. S." and he showed her.
"Oh, thanks ever so much. OF
course, l am a great bother, know
You are nothing of the kind, Mrs
Hunt I'm only too glad TO be OF the
slightest use to you
Mr.. Colwell. busy with several i'm
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houses, and they go on, and the first
thing you know some real estate agent
owns the house"
This is not similar case, exactly.
The reason why you use a margin is
that you can do much more with the
money that way than if you bought
outright. In this case you theoretically
owe US S61, 600, but the bonds are in
your name, and they are Aortb sos, Geo
so that if you want to pay US hack, all
you have to do is TO order us to sell
the bonds, return the money. we have
advanced, and keep the balance of your
margin; that is, of your original sum-
Il don't understand why should owe
the firm. I shouldn't mind so much
owing you, because 1 know you'd never
take advantage of my ignorance Of
business matters. But I've never met
Mr.. Wilson nor Mr.. Graves.
But you know me-" said Mr. Col
well, with patient courtesy. My dear
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touch a good figure 1 shall sell a part.
and keep the balance for you as an in
vestment- The operation is partly
speculative, but l assure you the money
is safe. / hope within six months to
secure for you an income of twice as
much as you have been receiving from
the trust company"
The next morning she called at his
office.
Coed morning, Mrs. Hunt. ] trust
you are WELL
Good morning, Mr.. Colwell, 1 know
L am an awful bother to you, but you
see, [ don't exactly understand about
those bonds. I thought you could tell
me. I'm so stupid" archly.
Il won't have you prevaricate about
yourself, Mrs. Hunt. Now, you gave
me $35, 600, didn't you?"
Yes" Her tone indicated that she
granted that much and nothing more.
We'll, I opened an account for you
with our firm. You we're credited with
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portant deals, did not follow closely
the fluctuations in the price of Man
NATHAN Electric Light, Heat & Power
company SIS. TIE fact that there had
been any change at all was made clear
to him by Mrs. Hunt She called a
few days after her first visit. She wore
the semi-resolute look of a person who
expects to hear unacceptable excuses
! Good morning, Mr. GofweIl.
How do you do, Mrs. Hunt? Well,
I hope
'Oh, I am well enough. 7 wish I
could say as much for my financial
matters" She had acquired the phrase
from the financial reports which she
had taken to reading religiously every
day
Why, how is that?"
They are IS now she said, trihe
accusingly.
WHO are they, pray, Mrs. Hunt7"
in surprise
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BY EDWIN LEFEvRE.

Yes. Mrs. Hunt"
There is no danger Of losing, is
there. Mr.. ColwelI?"
None whatever. You have no need
to fear about them"
It's exceedingly kind OF you, Mr..
ColwelL I am more grateful than I can
say. IL
The way to please me is not to
mention it, Mrs. Hunt"
Thanks ever so much. Good morn
ing, Mr.. Colwen"
Good morning, Mrs Hunt. Re
member whenever may be of service
you are to let me know Immediately. F."
Mrs. Hunt sent him a check for
$4,000, and ColweIl bought 100 5-per
cent gold bonds of Manhattan Electric
light, Heat & Power company, pay
ing 96 Cor them.
These bonds" he wrote TO her. will
surely advance in price, and when they