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the golden egg" This is what made
California the great state she is now.
The invalids that come into the coun-
try were given accommodation and
when they recovered they spent their
money in the state and located there
Of course, you cannot blame one for
not wanting to take invalids into
their home, and accommodations
should be supplied by having sanitar-
iums with pleasant surroundings. 1t
is shameful and reflects on the peo-
pie to say the least to advertise the
country as health resort, and when
the invalids come to the valley they
are given cold reception. In most
places it is hard for them to get ac-
commodation at any price. In speak
ing of the Valley Mr. Morriss continu-
ed, Eyes l can see a great future in
store for the entire Valley. Roswell
is already firmly established and is
sure to become large city. Hager-
man is a good town, but the country
is far ahead of the town.
This is not the case with Artesia,
the town is far ahead of the country
surrounding. thoroughly enjoyed
my trip to the mountains and what
you need now is a railroad to the
mines, as this would insure cheap
fuel. On our way to the mountains
we passed many queer looking huts
They were made of adobe and were
inhabited mainly by Mexicans. 1t
is a puzzle to know what these people
live on, separated from civilization.
There were little patches of vegeta-
bles around the huts and it seemed
that they did not live to work, but
worked enough to barely live
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The City Council held a special
meeting Saturday night with all
members and the mayor present The
UBbiect of the meeting was to consid-
er the granting of a franchise to May
nard Gunsul of Albuquerque. Mr.. Cum
srl has an option on the Roswell
Electric Light and Power plant and
under the terms of the present fran
chise, with the sale of the property
new franchise is necessary.
The franchise asked for by Mr..
Gunsul and his associates is practi-
cally the old franchise. with few
exceptions, as follows.
Embodied in the new franchise is
contract whereby the city agrees
to pay for twenty street arc lights
for the term of ten years at ten dol
Jars per light per month The present
five lights cost the city twelve dollars
each ner month.
The electric light plant is to be re-
modelled and placed in first class con-
dition, and the scale of maximum
and minimum prices to be charged for
lights remains as at present The
franchise runs for a term of thirty
years. Mr.. Gunsul also agrees to fur
nish the city free of charge not to
exceed twenty-five incandescent
lamps of sixteen candle power.
The meeting of Saturday was a
long one. and it was only after much
discussion that the ordinance grant
ing the franchise was passed. AS
passed the ordinance scales down
the terms first asked by Mr.. Gunsul.
Aldermen Parsons. Denning and
1 Whiteman voted in favor of the pas
sage of the ordinance. while Alder
man Ogle fought it from start to fin
ish. At this writing it is not known
whether Mayor Tannehill will sign
or veto the bill
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ANDREE LEGALLY DEAD.

No Authentic Trace of the Railoonist
Has Ever Been Discovered.
Stockholm, Sweden, Mar. 28.-The
Stockholm court has just pronounced
the Arctic explorer Andree to he
dead in law, the legal term of dis
appearance having expired. Andree
left Spitzbergen July IL. 1897, with
tw companions, in a balloon with the
object of reaching the north pole.
No authentic trace has ever been dis
covered of the ill-fated expedition.
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WALTER MoRRlss.
A Prominent Real Estate Man Talk
on the Pecos Valley.

Walter Morriss, a prominent real
estate man Of Wichita, Kansas. who
has been in the Valley for several
weeks on q prospecting trip, left yes
terday for his home. He was accom-
panied by j. W. Rice. well known
farmer near Wichita. Mr.. Morriss
went to the White mountains during
his stay IN the Valley and investiga-
ted the property Of the Mescalero Mi
ming and Milling Company, and he is
Of the opinion that there Is won
derful future II store IN The mines.
He ~ highly pleased with the pros.
pscts ana purchased property nea1
Itesla where he Will likely locate
lpfriss ~. ~ ~ giving IA
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Ex-Confederates Meet.

Valverde Camp No. 1419 of the U.
c. v. met at the court house at p. m
veterans were present. The principal
object of the meeting was to elect
a commander to fill the place of Capt.
J. c. Lea, who departed this life a
short time past, and to fill other va.
cancies that have been caused by
deaths and otherwise in the past year
The following name persons were
elected as officers of the camp:
j. A. Foreman, Captain,
Thomas B. Loveless, 1st Lieut.
w. M. Ferguson. End Lieut.
F. p Gayle, 3rd Lieut..
]. B. Annston. 4th Lieut..
J. T. Evans, Adjutant.,
A. j. Ballard, Quartermaster,
w. M. Despane. Commissary.
DR.. E. H. Skipwith. Surgeon.
Louis W. Neatherlin, Chaplain.
DIR. d. T. Finley. Treasurer
Lib Rainbolt, Sergeant Major.
j. A. Poage. officer of the day.
Willie Thompson, Color Sergeant.
| w. s. O'Neal, vidette.
J. L. Bryan, First Color Guard.
w. W. Lock, Second Color Guard.
Several short speeches were made
DIR. E. H. Skipwith was the first tf
make a speech. He said: Comrades
our commander has fallen. and fee
that it will be difficult for us to ill
his place. as he was SO eminentl.
j fitted to command our camp. l hop,
the same tender feeling. love and es
TEEN which we bestowed upon hin
in such heaped up measure will b,
bestowed upon his successor"
| Adjutant Evans read q communica
ton from william E. Mickle. Adju
tant General and Chief Of Stan. o
lNew Orleans. stating that the mex
i annual reunion Of the Ex-U c. c
would take place at Nashville. Tenn
essee. the 14th. 18th and 10th of June
next. The meeting adjourned to NEE
the first Saturday in May.
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BADLY BURNED.

J. Phelps White Caught in a Prairie
Fire on the Yellow House Ranch
Thos. D. White received a message
Saturday from Portales saying that
his brother J Phelps White was bad
ly burned in prairie fire on the Vel
the Sunday morning train for POr-
tales and went from there to the
ranch. AS soon as he reached Por-
tales he sent the following telegram
to Eliza White at the Grand Central:
Messenger says Phelps is not dan
gerous, but burned badly"
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Grand Rapids. Mich, Mar. 2S.-Al-
though the water in Grand River
above the city has receded some
what it remains stationary here and
the residents still suffer great priva-
tiOns. Some persons are missing, and
have probably lost their lives trying
to reach places of safety. Their bo-
dies may be washed away by the
swift current which flows through
the streets 1t is estimated today that
$500 houses are now surrounded by
water, in some places IL feet deep.
The property loss to the business sec
tion will reach several millions.
Poplar Bluff, Mo-. Mar. 2S.-Owing
a rapid rise in Black river. part of
this town of 5000 inhabitants Is un-
der water from two to ten feet deep,
and many persons have been forced
to abandon their homes. The river is
six miles wide and the loss to stock
and other interests will be heavy.
Saginaw. Mich, Mar. 28.-The food
conditions in Saginaw and vicinity
are worse today than ever. The wa
ter has gone far beyond any previous
flood record. Nearly all the business
houses are closed and trying to save
their stocks.
Plattesburg. N. Y. Mar. 2S.-Ice
gorges and floods are causing consid-
erable damage in this county. At
Champlain the river rose ten feet in
as many minutes, flooding all the
stores. hotels and many residences.
The water reached the highest point
in eighteen years. Dynamite is being
used to blow up the ice jams above
the city.
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from the sales of these war ships
will be devoted to adding two pow
erful ships to the navies of Chill and
Argentina.
New York, Mar. 2S.-A dispatch
from Santiago. March 90, said that
a representative of Charles r. Flint
had announced that the Chilean war
ships Captain Pratt and Chacabuco
had been bought. but that guaran-
tee had been given that they should
not be sold to any belligerent power.
The sale it was added must be ap-
proved by congress.
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adjacent to his place and will locate
with their families. Both bought forty
acres, and the consideration was $40
per acre. They will build residences
and move here in the near future
Mr.. Foster has just about completed
his residence and it shows up nicely
from the train
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Located Fifty Peonle

Faulkner & Allison have located
fifty people near the proposed site OF
the Urton Lake reservoir. II is
thought that there will be a grand
rush for this land in the near fu-
ture that will be on the order of the
Oklahoma land rushes.
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The smoot lnxestiuation.

Washington, Mar. 2S.-The inves-
tigation OF the protests against Sena-
tor Reed Smoot will be resumed on
April IL by the senate committee on
Privileges and Elections. The wit
nesses will include a number OF Of.
ficials of the Mormon church.
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st. Petersburg, Mar. 28.-The gov
ernment is ordering the construction
of an immense dock for Port Arthur,
to be completed in four months.
In order that the Russian troops
shall not present a brikht target for
the enemy an order has been issued
by the ministry of war directing that
gray instead of white shall be the
color of uniforms during the summer
Nagasaki, Mar. 28-The steamship
Brisgavia was arrested at Moji on
Friday last by the authorities, her
manifest showing that among her
cargo were seven field guns and two
hundred tons of ship building mate
rial. When it was explained satisfac-
torily that this was consigned to
Kien hou, China, the vessel was re-
leased. She left yesterday for her
destination.
Toxic. Mar. 28.-A telegram receiv-
ed from New Chwang says that at
three o'clock yesterday morning the
Japanese succeeded in sinking four
steamers at the mouth of Port Arth-
ur harbor. A flotilla of torpedo boat
which were subsequently SUNK and
the sailors rescued by volunteer
crews. Later the Japanese battle ships
bombarded the town and it's defenses
st. Petersburg, (4:55 p. No. Mar.
2S.-Great crowds gathered before
the bulletin boards today to read the
official account of the second at
tempt of the Japanese to bottle up
the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
Lieutenant Krinisekis heroic attack
on the enemy's war ships and torpe-
do boats and the action of three Rus
sian officers in boarding the burning
steamers. extinguishing the flames
and cutting the wires connecting
twith Internal machines evoked en-.
thusiasm. No further details receiv-
ed except that the injury to the tor
pedo boat destroyer SLIM from ground
paired.
| New Chwang. Mar. 28.-The for
| eign cOnsuls had conference with
the civil administrator today. The
latter informed them that the full
i intention of Russia's order of yester.
day was to proclaim martial law and
also annul the consular jurisdiction
and that same was already annulled
! indianapolis. Ind. Mar 28.-The
river which last night overfiowed all
West indianapolis and covered the
| first floors of one thousand houses
receded rapidly today. The crest OF
the Wabash river flood has passed
Terre Haute and is above Sullivan
where the waters are still rising
! There are TWENTY-FIVE thousand acres
of farm land under water and West
port has been entirely abandoned.
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EXPLOSION IN TUNNEL.

Four Workmen Killed and Six Ser.
iousIy Injured.
Brownsville, Pa, Mar. 28.-Cedar
Hill tunnel on the Connelsville. rail
way southeast of here was the scene
men were killed outright and six Sc
riously injured. They were all for
eigners The explosion was caused
by one of the men striking a charge
of dynamite with a pick.
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WHOLLY INCORRECT.
Germany Will Make No Naval Dis.
play Against Venezuela.

Berlin, Mar. 28.-The foreign Of
fee says the report that Germany in
tends to make a naval demonstration
against Venezuela in order to compel
claims is wholly incorrect
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THE JURY RETURNS THE YER
DICT AFTER ~ HOURS
DELIRERATiON.
THE OFFICE VACATED

The News is Received at Topeka,
and Already Contest Begins for
His Piace.-A Motion for New Tri.
al Made.-6urton Ordered to Ap.
pear in Court From Day to Day.
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Nellie" one of the special cars of
the Tallmadge Land Company left on
the morning train for points north.
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TO sTRENcTHEN NAVY.
Chill Selling Old Ships to Get None.
for Building New Ones.

Santiago. Chill. Mar. 2S.-Arrange-
ments are being made for Chill TO
sell the battle ship Captain Pratt, the
armored cruiser Esmaralda and the
cruiser Chacabuco. and for Argentine
to sell the armored cruiser Garibaldi
and Pueyredon- Senior Terry. the min
lister for Argentina to Chill. leaves
here for Buenos Ayres shortly to Ar
|rangs ths matter. The sums received
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Jerry Simpson left this morning for
Nevada. Missouri, and will be absent
for one week
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Agents Wanted-s3 to s5 per day
Call at FL Captain hotel. 22t3
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G. +. Smith. young man Of st.
Louis who has been in the city for
about SIX months. left this morning
Tor his home He accompanied Byron
Hobart ~. here and stayed with
M. H0bart ~ neveral unonths.
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Frank Wilson. . brother Of Chas.
Wilspn left this morning for Calgary.
Cana1 where he win make his In
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The best drama yet given tonight
at your opera house.
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CITY COUNCIL PASSES A NEW
ELECTRIC LIGHT
FRANCHISE.
VOTE WAS ; TO |

The Present Plant to be Remodeled
and Placed on Modern Footing.
City will Have Twenty Street Arc
Lights if Bill is Signed by Mayor
Tannehill.
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shamus o'Brien tonight.

A nice lot of pie plants for sale
Roswell Produce and Seed Co.
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Closing out sale in hats. ribbons.
chiffons. etc.-Mrs. S. Z. Best.
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TWO MORE BOUGHT.
3. G. Plat and 4. D. waaoner.

B. G. Plat and e. p. Wagner, Of
Iowa Locate Near Haaerman-
w. E. Foster. who recently pur-
chased . place two miles from Hag-
erman. was here Saturday and left
on the evening train for his home
He reports that ,. G. Plat and H.
WaGoner. two q his neighbors from
Iaawardan. loua. have honGht land
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NOW IT
IS WAR
COMBATANTS ARE BEGINNING
TO GET TOGETHER.
CONFLICTING REPORTS

The Japanese and Russians Each
Seem to be Taking a Hand.-Re.
pors Measre, but Something Will
Soon be Doing.
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N MANY STATES WATER IS
PLAYING HAVOC.
DYNAMITE USED

In Many Places All Flood Records
are Broken.-Peopie Forced to
Abandon Their Homes and Busi-
ness is Paralyzed.-The Situation
Growing Worse.
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Go to the opera house tonight.
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Drink PURE DISTILLED WA
TER at CANDLES.
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THE MARKETS.

To-Day's Quotations In the Trade
'kL3unoo su, 20 sJs3uso
CHICAGO. Mar. 28.-Csttle receipts
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06
INCREASED ASSESSMENTS.

Done in compliance with the requirements of Par: 1869, Sec. 39, Revised Statutes of Arizona 1901.
 At the July meeting of the Board of Equalization, it with the information then possessed by it, believed that the following assessments on the following de- scribed property are each to small, namely:
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-06

Christal J. w. Winslow
 raised on household
 goods 25.oo additional assessment
 piano.. ........... 1oo.oo Crowley Wm. and An
 nie Winslow raised on
 lots 17 and 20 blk. 4 11.75 raised on improve
 ments thereon........... 5000 raised on lots 9 and
 10 block 12...... ........ loco raised on improve
 ments thereon......-...- 5o.oo
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NEW ATHLETIC INSTRUCTOR
Agricultural College Has Engaged
Prof. Werner.

DR.. Jas. Chalmers went to Chicago
recently and, subject to the approval
of the State Board Of Regents, en-
gagged the services OF Prof. j II. Wer-
ner to take charge Of the department.
OF athletics in the State Agricultural
college in this city. DR.. Chalmers
met with the regents at Sioux Falls
Tuesday and the board took favorable
action on the recommendation pre-
sented by Or. Chalmers and have en-
gagged Prof. Werner at yearly salary
Of 81 900, who will arrive in Septem-
Der TO begin his work.
Prof. Werner has been instructor in
athletics at the Northwestern Uni
versity Of Naperville, H., during the
past three years and for two years
held a like position in the Indiana
State Normal school. He is college
graduate and took advanced studies
in athletics at Harvard under Dr.
Sargent. He is an all round athlete
and has had very good success in base
ball, foot ball and track team train
ing, bringing his teams up to a high
standard. DR.. Chalmers thinks the
college is fortunate ia securing his
services and surely the city will be
pleased TO know the board has engag-
ed an instructor to be paid from the
state funds.
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The Methodist Episcopal was the
first to establish church organl-
zation in Brookings. In the fall OF
1879 Rev. j. w. Dibble who then lived
south of Brookings in Moody county
interested the few members or the
denomination, who resided here, in
the plan of establishing society with
view of erecting church editice
Among the charter members were Mr..
and Mrs. G. w. Pierce and their chill
dren, Herbert, Ettie and Birdie; MI
and Mrs. A. II. Wellman, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. w. White, Mr.. and Mrs. Phil
lip Lawrence, Mrs. Caroline Thomas,
Miss Eva j. Thomas, now Mrs. Geo.
n. Breed, Mrs. T.. II. Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. Ed Williams, +. j. Cory and
Daniel Doughty.
& Services were at first held in Hopp's
hall, IN the second story Of the build
ing now occupied by f. G. NeilPs har-
ness shop. The church edifice was
erected during the summer Of 1850
and for nearly two years was the only
&hurch building ia Brookings county.
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The First M. E. Church,
History and New Edifice
The Pioneer Church Society of the City Have Plans Well Maured
TO Build a Handsome Structure This Season

In 1881 and 1892 the Presbyterians
and Baptists occupied the M. +.
church with whatever meetings they
held
For the first two years the Union
Sunday school held its sessions in the
NJ. E. church. G. w. Pierce was
superintendent the Sunday school
the first year and Geo. \. Breed the
served the second year. In 1882 the
Baptist society was formed and they
then founded Sunday school under
the auspices Of their own society.
During the memorable winter of
1880 the first Christmas exercises were
held in the church and to look back
to the time and see the cans Of fresh
oysters, hams, overshoes, bologna sau-
sages, and other peculiar presents
which were suspended from the
branches OF the Christmas tree
reminds one of the truly pioneer days
and the whole heartedness of the in
habitants of the little hamlet from
which was to grow this beautiful city
of homes and churches.
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Temperance work was introduced in
Brookings at an early date. A red
cred ribbon club" held regular meet.
ings in the new church during the win
ter of 1SS0.Sl and when fuel became
scarce slabs were bought at the lum-
ber yards with which to warm the
building. If we remember rightly 2.
G. Johnson was president OF the club
during that winter.
The irst officers OF the NJ. +. church
society we're Daniel Doughty G. w.
Pierce, A. n. Wellmau, r. M. Craw-
ford, }. A. White and r. Fl. Williams,
the latter being treasurer. The incOr-
poration papers were made out by J.
OBJ. Scobey and signed by him as
notary public. The authority for their
doing business was granted by Hon.
Geo. II. Hand, then governor OF the
| Territory Of Dakota.
PASTORS SINCE ORGANIZATION.
The following is list of pastors
since the society was first organized
and the time they served:
J. w. Dibble, Jan. 1880 TO Oct. 1880.
j. Jefferies, Oct 1880 to Oct. 1881.
G. z. Huntly, Oct. 1881 TO May 1892.
p. L. Hooker, May 1882 to Oct. 1882,
VIM. McCready, Oct. 1882 to March
1888.
Jas. Hughes. March 1889 to Oct. 1888.
H. NJ. Springer, Oct. 1888 to Oct.
1854.
Edwin Craven, Oct. 1851 to Oct 1885.
II. NJ. Springer, Oct. 1885 to Oct.
1856.
J. G.. Hall, Oct. 1856 to Oct. 1888.
O. II Sproul, Oct. 1883 to Oct. 1889.
+. II. Wheeler, Oct. 1889 to Oct.
1891.
L. w. Miller, Oct. 1891 to Oct. 1892.
VIM. Fielder, Oct. 1892 to Oct. 1904.
Il. Fl. Youngman, Oct. 1894 to Oct.
1899.
A. S. Mason, Oct. 1899 TO Feb. 1901
w. A. Cave, Feb. 1901 to Oct 1908.
Geo. +. Hopkins, Oct. 1903, present
pastor.
A small one story parsonage was
erected on the church lots during the
paStorate Of Rev. y. l.. Hooker and
while Rev. Edwin Craven was pastor
another story was added to the struc-
ture.
Through the efforts Of Rev. J. G..
Hall the church was remodled and
newly furnished, since which time
very little has been done to either the
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THE NEW EDIFICE

Plans, and specifications are now on
exhibition at the Farmers National
Bank, and several contracting firms
have viewed the same with the inten-
tion of bidding to build the church.
The new structure will cover ground
6ix90 feet, fronting on fifth street.
The basement will be full size of
foundation. In front will be a large
kitchen, provided with china closet,
sink, stoge and other necessary
articles. The dining room will be
27x3S feet with entrance from kitchen
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on west side and main entrance on
east side. A broad stairway leads
from main auditorium TO dining room
and entrances are provided for both
kitchen and dining room from the
street.
The north portion of the basement
will be occupied by two large furnaces
fuel room and storage. The maiu
floor will be five feet above the street
level. The Sunday school room 2Sx3s
feet, will be at rear OF main auditor.
ium with rolling partitions between.
Auditorium 4iXGl, provided with
slanting floor and pews. A pastors
study at northwest corner and choir
room at northeast corner.
Main auditorium will seat 400, Sun
day school 2j0, galleries lS2. This
estimate is for regular seating, by
putting in extra seats the church will
hold | 200 people.
The walls will be built Of pressed
brick on foundation OF Kasota
stone, with Washburn sand stone
trimmings.
No attempt has been made to give a
complete description at this time.
The accompanying engraving gives a
very good idea Of the exterior OF the
building