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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03
MF WUs PRESIDENT"

"If | wus only president"
Said Little Billy Searles.
81 wouldn't low no schools to start,
Exceptin' fer the girls
They amt none, | kin see,
A kid with any sense.
He'll learn hisself; they's somethin'
wrong
With all our presidents.
'sNow, what's the us O. breakin' in
On all a feller's fun,
An pen i'm up in school jes' when
The nuttin' times begun?
An what's the use to load i'm down
With things like 'rithmetics?
He'd great deal ruther be outdoors,
A-fishin' in the cricks.
aNow, what's the use of grammr?
Pshaw!
They amt none, / kin see.
An as fer spellin'-why it comes
Jes' natural fer me.
/ wish thet / wus runnin' things,
You bet yer bottom cent
They wouldn't be no schools for boys
If wus President
Kansas City Star.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03
SHELBY CHANGES HANDS.
The Hotel Will be Under the Man.
agement of Mrs. Jennie Bucey.

agement of Mrs. Jennie Bucey.
The Shelby Hotel changed hands
yesterday. Eliza White, who has
manager, sold out to R. w. Lewis,
the promoter of the Cumberland
Townsite Company, and his sister,
Mrs. Jennie Bucey of San Antonio,
Texas. Mrs. Bucey will have entire
control and the hotel will be under
her management. She will continue
to run the hotel and will keep up
the high standard established by
rates will not be changed and it will
still be the old reliable Shelby where
thousands of guests have been en-
tertained in the past. 1t is regretted
that Mr.. S. G. Cross. the courteous
and accommodating clerk who has
been with Mr. White for the past
year, will not be with the new man
agement. Mr.. Cross has made many
warm friends here who will be
in the city.
The Office will be in charge of
Miss Lila Bucey, Mrs. Bucey's beau
tiful young daughter and she will be
assisted by her brother Will Mrs.
Bucey will no doubt make a success
as she has been in the hotel business
all of her life and conducted hotels
at Tupelo and Baldwin, Mississippi,
and a large family boarding house
at San Antonio. Mr.. White has
made a success of the business,
but retires to devote his time exclu-
sively to the sheep business. He will
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

A fire alarm was turned in today
from Cottingham & Renders steam
out, but the blaze was extinguished
before any damage was done.
FOR sALE-A thoroughbred Jer-
sey milch COW, calf by side. B. II.
Wilson at e. H. Williams & Co.
A few acres of land close to Ros-
well, if sold Immediately. Apply Gil
Penn. Ave. t6
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

THE SANTA FE CENTRAL.
1t Will Open a Rich Country Which
Is as Yet UndeveIoped.

1t Will Open Rich Country Which
Is as Yet UndeveIoped.
VIM. P Clarke. land and industrial
agent of the Santa Fe Central, head
quarters at Santa Fe. is il the city,
a guest of the Angelus, and he is
enthusiastic over the territory which
his road has just opened up.
The road has established several
new towns along the line and he is
working to settle these up. Just now
he is working in the interest of Es-
tancia, sixty-eight miles south of
Santa Fe, in Valencia county, which
in 1905 is to be the county seat of
only six weeks DID," he says, "and
it has a population of five hundred
people, with 16O school children.
The company is at present building
a fine hotel at that point, and in
short time will erect a mammoth
salt, sulphur and soda refinery. All
three of these products can be OBJ
tanned right at the town and it was
the intention of the company to
mine them when it built the road.
AS soon as the refinery can be built
the work of mining and marketing
these products will commence and
there's a market waiting for them on
all Sides There are four immense
salt lakes almost right in the town,
and these will furnish an inaxhausti-
BILE supply of salt, while the sulphur
and soda deposits are also plentiful.
will also be opened up in a short
while and they will yield good
quality of coal and as much of it as
the Dawson fields, there is no doubt
There are millions on millions OF
tons of coal there, as the entire range
of mountains in that section con-
tains coal denosits. There are no
feds in the country that yield bet
ter supply of coal.
"The Pennsylvania Development
company built the road and is open
ing up these towns. The road was
built for the purpose of mining the
coal and other deposits and in the
meantime the company is trying to
build up the surrounding country as
a farming section. The government
has recently forfeited million and
a half acres of Spanish land grants,
and these are now open to settlement
and the people are fiocking in by
wagon loads to take them up. Thus
we will haye good section in
short while along our road and will
also have a big business from our
own mines. The company has sold
the right to establish the first stores
in all it's new towns to the Dunlacy
Mercantile company and this con-
cern has established large store at
every one of the new towns. and
supplies everything that the citizens
need.
"Our road runs from Santa Fe.
distance of a hundred and fifteen
miles to Torrance. where we connect
with the Rock Island and Northeast
ern and we are building a handsome
union station and eating house at
that place The Albuquerque & Eas-
tern road connects with our road at
Moriarty and a surveying corps is
now in the field running line from
Torrance to Roswell. When this is
completed all these lines will open
up a new section to this part of the
country
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

Earl Carroll, the young man who
won the roping contest here on Fri
day of fair week, leaves tonight for
Albuquerque to take part in the con-
test there He is a brother of Eli
son Carroll the world renowned rop-
er, and it seems promises soon to ri
val his brother in the business. Clay
McGonigal and Ellison Carroll leave
with him for Albuquerque.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

remain with his family for some
time at the hotel
Mrs E. L. Lewis and two sons
of San Antonio, Texas, will spend the
cey's sister-in-law. Mr. R. w. Lewis
is a Cumberland Presbyterian evan
gelist and will spend the winter in
California.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

The gravel has been hauled to
the front of Ingersoll's Book Store
and the First National bank prepara-
tory to raising and putting down a
new cement walk.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

Advertising car No. 1 of the Nor
ris & Rowe's big show left on last
evenings train for Carlsbad after
decorating the city with flaming pos
tiers announcing the arrival of the
show here on the 18th. There were
fourteen men employed on the car.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

Workmen began tearing up the
board walk in front of the court
house this morning preparatory to
putting down a cement walk E. O.
Swink is doing the work.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

Born-TO Mr.. and Mrs. J. w.
Mcdowell, a son, Oct. 2. 1903.
The front of Amonett's harness
store has been treated to a fresh
coat of paint.
The Salvation Army had a
new member on the str. ct last
night.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

R. E. Maddox has left for a trip
to Memphis, Tennessee. He went in
company with E. P Harris, the horse
trainer who took Birchtwig and Joe
phis track
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03
A Social Hop.

A social hop will be given by the
stringed orchestra at the opera
house Wednesday night after the
minstrel show
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03
DISTRICT COURT.
At Last Roswell is to Have a Session
of Court.

Word has been received that
Judge Benjamin S. Baker of Albu-
querque will be here Monday, Nov
ember End, to open court.
1t is high time, indeed that Chaves
county should have a court session
1t is now a year since Judge Nc
MILAN held the last session here
The Jail is crowded with prisoners
awaiting trial, to say nothing OF the
large amount OF money that is involv
is the best news that Roswell has
received for some time.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03
1.-THE SPAN OF LIFE"
Manager Lewis, The Main Ac.
tor and Promoter Disap-
pears on the Eve of
the Production.

"The Span of Life Over the
Human Bridge" was given last
night at the opera house, but G.
E. Lewis, the leading actor, man.
ager and promoter skipped out
last evening" before the show for
parts unknown and the perfor-
nance was not very successful.
1t seems that Lewis who has
been here for some time adver-
tised for actors for the Span of
Life" and his advertisement was
readily responded to. He en-
gagged fifteen to take part in the
performance and promised them
$25 a week each.
The majority OF the actors
were young men here to attend
the carnival and fair. There
were twelve young men and
three young ladies and with
Lewis, the company had sixteen
members Seven of the actors
live in Roswell and two of the
young men do not want their
names mentioned.
Following are the ones who
took part:
l.. c. Wilson Dallas Texas; II.
E. Carlton, Evansville, Indiana,
II. W. Hill. Sioux City, Iowa, j.
A. Mcknight, Ft. Worth; R. F.
Voyls, Wichita, Kansas; l.. l..
Wilson, Dallas; G. C. Chance,
Shawnee, Oklahoma; Harley
Foster, Ok; j. A. Andrews, Ros-
well; Roy Mann, Roswell; Misses
Etfie Sims, Pauline Powers and
Emma kimpel, all of Roswell.
All OF the actors are due $500
each, also Lewis owes about
5000 board bill. The officers
have telegraphed in every direc-
tiOn for Lewis. When last seen
he was leaving town on foot
headed for the northwest. The
receipts of the play last night
were about $500, and Lewis
owes about $500. The theatri-
cal firm was Lewis & Andrews,
but Andrews claims that Lewis
was the financial man and he
was only business manager and
has been duped with the balance
OF the company. Miss Pauline
Powers added real life to the
play by fainting and fell and
struck her head on some scenery
in the last act just before the
curtain fell. She was unconscious
for thirty minutes and a doctor
was summoned. She was not in
a condition to be moved last
night and spent the night with
Mrs. Patton. She has recover d
and is out of all danger now.
The majority of those who
took part part in the play are
strangers and were depending
on Lewis to pay them $25 each.
Some of them are practically
stranded and they will give a
minstrel Wednesday night to
raise money to leave town on.
There will be sixteen members
and a full orchestra. A full
program for the minstrel will ap-
pe4r in Mondays RECORD.
The young men are all genteel
and proved their generosity by
giving the lady who was injured
the whole of the proceeds of last
nights performance. This speaks
we'll for them and they should
be well patronized Wednesday
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Bucks are Here.

The A. G.. Anderson bucks are
here and are held in lot one-half
square north of the court house.
JOHN TRENT.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-03

J. B. Atwood bought G. W. Hunts
two residences in Belle Plaine addi-
tfon.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27
The Food Fish of Florida.

The muliet is the food fish of Florida.
The natives live on mullet; the big fish
all eat mullet; mullet are shipped to
Cuba and the North; they are picked
and they are dried; they are taken by
dozens in hand nets, and by tens OF
thousands in seines: If one proposes to
catch other fish. he first catches mullet
for bait; If he wishes to shoot bear OF
coons, he first bats them with mullet;
if he is going for Spanish mackerel or
blue fish he catches a few mullet for
lunch while he is fishing. The self-re.
specting tarpon turns up his nose at
the hook that is not baited with null
let. Until recent years the shallow
waters of the west coast were alive
with mullet. Countless thousands
could be seen with their back fins out
of water, as they apparently fed upon
the salt grass. Hundreds were in the
air at once as they INDUCED in their
perfunctory series of three jumps. A
skif drawn acros a small creek to bar
the passage of a school of mullet was
filled to the gunwales with fish that
failed to clear it as the school leaped
owe it. 1t used to be impossible to tell
a fish story" about mullet.-Country
Life in America.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27
A Bit of ~PantUmiine.

when Max O'Rell came to Montreal
some years ago." said a man from that
city to a Detroit Journal contributor,
1--WE fixed up a little joke ON him. We
had noticed how gracefully he could
unite a caustic criticism with a compli-
ment, a faculty that enabled him to say
the sharpest things without offending
the people he was criticising. We were
going to put the faculty to a test.
I'VE had him lunch with us, and
there were at the table beside himself
an Englfshman, a Scotchman, an Irish
man and a French Canadian. When
we got Il guest off his guard we de-
manded an honest opinion of the differ
ent races we represented. AS the opin-
ion had to be given In the presence of
all four, the situation for him was a
rather delicate one. But it never
seemed to trouble him, and he gave his
opinion without a moments hesita.
ton.
1.-The Scotchman,' he said. and he
clenched his right hand tightly and
pretended to try and force it open with
his left. The Englishman- and he
went through the same performance,
opening the hand at the end after an
apparent struggle. The Irishman-
and he held out his hand wide open,
with the palm upwards. The French
man. and he made a motion with
both hands as if he were emptying
them on the table.
There was not a word of %explana-
ton, but we all understood thoroughly,
and had a hearty laugh. Max O'Rell
had maintained his reputation"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27

ing again, saw the harm she was
doing.
She came nearer to him, touched his
! arm.
michael, you used to love me-" she
said.
Fol q moment he looked at her
waited as though he would choke the
words in his throat, yet failed to do
so.
Heaven forgive me, 1 love you stillg'
he cried.
Michael" she whispered. II need
heavens forgiveness more-and yours.
All the while L love you best-you
only"
Then. why? Mary, 1t isn't
truer'
ut is true-I swear it! Butch, you
will never forgive me. 1 thought you
would always be poor; though 1 loved
you, / did not understand you. did
not see. what you were capable of. and
I couldn't face poverty then-I-I AN
not nowv'
How you have spoilt my lifer' he
said.
And needlesslyr" she cried. "Oh.
but you have your revenge to hand"
A sudden tempest of grief seized her.
Take it! Take it, Perhaps, after all,
I shall feel better then. The fat years
have been hard enough TO live
through"
Il shall not take it." he said. "What
you wrecked Our lives for, that, at
least, you shall have. / will not soil
my hands with a mean revenge. The
world will never be the better for my
discovery. 1 will give it to you-to
keep hidden" He paused, to go on
again quickly. MARY, l thought you
perfect!" he cried. II have loved you
all this time just because 1 thought
you perfect. 1 have made another dis
covery tonight. You are not perfect,
and your weakness has the largest
claim of all on my heart. 1 give. up
my ambition to your weakness, dear"
He sank into a chair. Now co." he
said; "for Gods sake, go"
And with one swift look at him,
with dropping head, with all her pretty
airs forgotten. Mary went.-L. Parry
Truscott, in The Sketch.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27
About Birds Nests.

In the selection of a nesting site the
birds first consideration is safety fol
her eggs and young. To secure this
many birds, like the field sparrow
red winged blackbird, blue winged
warbler, bobolink and meadow lark
hide their nests; others, like some OF
the eagles and hawks, nest in tall trees
and other inaccessible places, where
their homes are safe without being hid
den. Many sea birds seek safety by
laying their eggs on desolate islands il
the ocean. There is no end to the va
riety of nest architecture. Some birds
like the w~hippoorwill, make nc nest
but lay their eggs on the bare ground
The woodcock uses a few leaves or {
little grass on the ground in a wood OF
swamp, but the true perching birds
whose young are Matched in n helpless
condition, use firmly made nests, where
their little ones will be safe until they
are old enough to fly. The COW bir(
makes no nest herself. but lays hel
eggs in the we'll made nests of Other
birds. The cliff swallows nest near to
gether, and form little villages, while
most birds Of prey are sqlitary.-Wom
gn's LAMA Companion.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27

cap horse, Is drawing a hack in Bos-
ton, while the mighty Banquet now
earns his cats hauling q London cab
Salvador, Hanover, Hamburg and
others are more fortunate. as they
are in the stud. q.
But the number Of stations f.
being steadily restricted, with the re-
suit Of a very large increase In the
percentage Of geldings on the track
The object Is to do away with the
large number of cheap and useless
stations. The result will be the mar
rowing of sires to the most select
strains and consequent improvement
in the breed" .
Why does SO large a proportion of
thoroughbreds break DOWN."
That is due to the early age at
which they are raced. Financial re-
wards seem to be for the owners OF
~two-year-olds, and, Of course, they do
not miss their opportunities. A spe-
cial effort is made in the development
and racing Of horses of that age, and
as a majority often are not strong
enough to stand the work they break
down. Fully 60 per cent of two-year-
olds fail to pass successfully through
the ordeal Of racing, and of the
horses that begin as ~two-year-olds not
n In a hundred is fit for racing at
five years old. A large proportion 10
incapacitated for work on the track
at four years.
"As to the mares, very few OF them
are of any value as racers after their
fifth year. They have a better future
than the geldings and stations, for
there is always a lively demand for
good breed mares.
However, as Improvement in
breeding goes on, we may develop .
t~wo-year-old that will better stand
the vicissitudes Of campaigning."-
New York Press
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27
HOW STUART ROBSON GOT
HIS PARTNER in TROUBLE

Crane. with whom I had an appoint
mont to dine, arrived. I pointed out
the 'pompous old chap to him.
"'Wouldn't it be funny I said, to
shatter that old fellows dignity BY
shaping him on the back and saying.
Hello, George. Why, 1t must be
years since I've seen your +,
Crane looked at him, and gave q
loud laugh. BY jove, I'll do it, he
said. @rH
"'Oh, 40. DON'T said 1. He might
mako a scene
But when Crane gets an idea in
his head nothing can drive it out. He
now walked up behind the old man.
slapped him heartily between the
shoulders and cried:
Hello. George, my dear fellow.
What a long time 1t has been since
I've seen you
y saw the old man, purple with
rage, jump up from his seat hastily.
and withdrew. For / perceived that
a scene or something worse was i'm.
minent, and I have always beSS an
enemy to scenes"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27

"a very pompous old fellow at
tracted my attention one evening in
a restaurant" the late Stuart Robson,
On his last visit to Washington, said
to q newspaper man. This old chap
had the stiff dignity of an emperor,
and it suddenly occurred to me that
1t would be amusing to give him some
sort of q shock. On the spur Of the
moment / walked up behind him,
slapped him on the back and ex-
claimed:
Hello, George, my dear fellow,
how are your
HE turned SO suddenly that he up
set his plate. He was wild with
rage.
"'Why, I don't know you, sir. How
dare you take such liberties with
mef' he suffered.
81 apologized, saying that had mis-
taken him for some one else. but he
could not be Modified. AS l withdrew
he glared scornfully after me, all red
and tremulous with anger.
"Crane and l were playing together
at the time, and in q little while
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27
RACEHORSES I'm OLD AGE:
MANY ARE DRAWING CABS

The question OF the ultimate dis
position of the pins and needles has
been debated most exhaustively, and
possibly the subject has been salts
tactorily settled. The problem as to
what becomes Of all the racehorses is
rather more intricate and requires
diligent inquiry.
What becomes OF all the race
horses?" was asked of Frank Farrell,
owner OF Blues and the Greater New
York baseball club, which are said
to be coupled in the betting.
i don't know" replied Mr.. Farrell
with elaboration, "but l have strong
convictions as to what should become
" some of them"
1t was evident Mr.. Farrell's usually
sunny disposition had been temporar-
lily clouded by a loss OF confidence in
some members CT the equine family,
and the writer did not press the
query.
When John E. Madden was asked
the question he said cheerily:
why, that's easy. They keep trav-
cling about like the birds. Go South
and West In the winter and North
In the summer. Yes, sir, this prom
ises to be the greatest racing season
in the history Of the sport" AS the
replies Of Messrs. Farrell and Mad
den seemed to be lacking in detail
the writer asked the same question
OF w. c. Fessenden, trainer, owner
and former baseball expert.
What becomes of the ~racehorses,
chr" he echoed. well. my boy, nine
out of ten break down. AS soon as
that happens they are sold for what
they will bring. There is many a
horse that once raced home winner
In a classic event to the shouts of
thousands who now pulls a hack or a
peddler's cart.
Joe Cotton, once a grand handi-
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-08-27

I'm coming to that If you won't
hurry me-" continued the oracle. do
any Of you people know Rev. Deni-
son? Well, I'll describe him for you.
He's one Of those big, open-hearted.
w~hole-souled, jolly. liberal fellows
that can be found adjoining the minis
try ia every community, and he has q
dry fund of humor that among his
friends Is simply irresistible. Well,
n day the grange had been discus.
sing the protection Of almost every
kind Of bird and beast that Is found
on the farms, and Mr.. Denison, more
as a joke than anything else, suggest
ed that this protection should be ex
tended to skunks. The skunk" said
he. with apparent earnestress, els .
very useful animal. Moreover, he n
valuable, and at the present rate Of
skunk hunting he will soon be exter.
minated. Why not protect him an
well as the fowls Of the air and the
fish of the deep?"
"The grangers took this talk very
seriously, and before the Rev. Dsni-
son realized what had happened they
were agitating skunk protection laws.
It's protecting them all right. On
the farm they are thicker than due
bills in January, and even in the city
Of jamestown the policemen are
talking about q special skunk drill to
enable them to chase the animals
down. There's no mistake about It.
You can just wager. though. that the
Rev. Denison isn't saying much
New York Evening Post.