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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-01-29

trees, the government sends to you
free Of all charge a trained forester
to help you in planting them. With
his assistance you should be able
to plant these trees at soc per thous-
and And with correct scientific plan
ting you have the assurance that the
trees will live and flourish"
What varieties, Mr. Riggs, do you
advise the people here to plant? Mr.
Riggs named the forest trees in this
order: The Black Locust. Honey Lo-
Gust, Russian Mulberry, Usage Or
ange. Green Ash. and Elm. For lawn
trees he advised the planting of the
Wild Cherry, Sycamore, Empress ia
pan Varnish, White Ash, and Oak
AS to evergreens Mr. Riggs named
these varieties: Brota Potted Pines
Mahonias, Caryopteria AS to the
Cottonwood, Mr.. Riggs said this is
simply a lumber tree. and I would
not advise its planting
This is something that promises
greater return to the people in and
around Roswell than many people
subject should write to Mr.. Riggs.
While Mr. Riggs is on the road most
of the time. a letter addressed to J.
w. Riggs, Government Agent, Water
loo, Kansas, will reach him.
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Chicago, H. Jan. 29.--For the
first time in many years Lake Mid IN
igan is frozen from shore to shote
At many points along the west shdFe
the ice is piled up solid from tie
bottom, forty feet deep, to an eqlbI
distance above the water line. N
At the Chicago water work, cribs
the ice is piled MP higher than the
structure Icebergs of the greatebt
size in the recollection of navigatots
have been seen here. The lake naE-
igation here combines all the feb
lures and experiences of Arctic na1i-
cation.
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FAILED TO SCARE.
Fire in a Big Chicago Building Dod
Not Start a Panic.

Chicago, Jan. 29.-The tenants \
the Masonic Temple. twenty sto1
structure. failed to scare today wld|
fire broke out in the CosmopolitaI
building adjoining Some chemical
that a girl was mixing on the siXtI
floor exploded and caused the fira
On the upper stories of the Cosmo
politan building a number of won
en- became hysterical and threatend
to jump from the windows. Coolel
heads prevented this and the womel
were carried down the fire escapes
The girl mixing the chemicals wa
severely burned and is dying. The
name of the girl fatally burned is
Miss Verba. Edward Stokes who as
sisted her down the fire escape was
probably fatally burned. The proper
ty loss is estimated at s75 5000.
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MILITIA TO BE ARRESTED
A Company that Seized Government
Property for Their Pay

Denver, Colo. Jan. 29.-Adjutant
General Sherman Bell has given in
structions to Lieutenant G.. B. Carlile
at Pueblo to swear out warrants for
the arrest of the members of Com
pGny G who forcibly took possession
of the armory of that city andde
clared they would hold it until their
claims were settued. ''The men in
Pueblo and elsewhere will be paid
to pay them,' said General Bell, 1--WE
have found it impossible to raise the
money to settle this matter
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PLEADED GUILTY.
Lawyer Admits Taking Bonds Held
in Trust

New York. Jan. 29.-Albert NJ
Fragner. a well known Brooklyn law.
yer pleaded guilty today to- the in
dictment charging him with grand
larceny in the first degree in having
taken bonds valued at $4,000 which
were held in trust for Emilia Kainer
and sister. minor children of the
late Otto Kainer. the importer.
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FIFTH MISSOURI DISTRICT
Republicans Endorse Roosevelt and
Cyrus 8. WaIbridqe of St. Louis

Republicans Endorse Roosevelt and
Cyrus 8. WaIbridge of ST. Louis
Kansas Cit. Mo-. Jan. 29-The
Republican convention Of the fifth
Missouri district yesterday elected
two delegates and two alternates to
the national convention and instruc
ted them to vote and use all honora.
bic means to secure the nomination
Of Theodore Roosevelt for President
and also to support Cyrus p. Wal
bridge Of st. Lonis for vice presi.
dent. Homer B. Mann, a former ad.
herept OF Richard c. Kerns the ma.
tional committeeman of Missouri
who it was thought might oppose
Roosevelt, was chairman of the res
olutions committed A resolution in
dorsing the national administration
was passed unanimously.
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DETECTIVES ON TRAIL.
Have Spotted Five Men Believed to
Be Guilty of Sending Letters.

San Francisco, Jan. 29.-It is stat,
ed that the Pinkerton detectives who
are investigating the anonymous let
ters sert to the Southern Pacific
railroad company demanding $4,000
under threat of dynamiting trains
have centered their suspicious on
five men now in the vicinity of Fres
no, one of whom has been picked as
the writer of the letters.
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POSTAL TRIAL.
Examination of Chief Clerk of Free
Delivery Resumed.

Delivery Resumed.
Washington, Jan. 29.-When the
trial of the postofIice cases was re
Sumed today the examination of
Miss Ina Leibhart. chief clerk of the
Tree delivery postal service. was
continued. She testified that Superin-
intendent Machen during most of his
term was in consultation with the
assistant postmaster general and
that Postmaster General Smith once
gave directions that Machen report
directly to him. She testified that
it was usual to grant tests to per-
sons who had patent devices which
they wanted tested by the govern
ment .Sha said orders had been civ,
en- by pencil and telephone in other
matters than Croft fasteners.
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AUTOMOBILE RACES.
Barney OIdfield Wins the One Mile
Championship of America.

Ormonde, Fla. Jan. 29.-Barney
Oldfield has won the one mile auto
mobile championship of America.
beating VIM. X. Vanderbilt by three
seconds. Oldfeld's best time was AZ
seconds which sets the worlds com
petitive mark lower than the record
of Anglers made in Paris.
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ROBBED THE GOVERNMENT.
Convicted and Sentenced to Thirteen
Years Imprisonment.

Manila. P l.. Jan. 29.-Geo Her
mann. ex-insnector of constabulary
who robbed the government and fled
subsequently captured at Bayanah
been convicted and sentenced to 13
years imprisonment.
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Forestry is one branch of land cul-
tire that the people at large know
only tree growing and tree cultiva-
ton bat tree harvesting and tree
cutting Financially it offers to the
land owner as much financial return
as any use to which he can put his
land. The United States through it's
agents is assisting wherever posi-
BILE in a better understanding of this
industry, and in assisting those who
wish to put their land to this use.
j. w Riggs, the United States Ag-
ent of Forestry, was here yesterday,
in the interest of forest tree planting
in the Pecos Vallev.
To a RECORD reporter Mr.. Riggs
said that he hoped the people of
Roswell would soon take up this
question of tree planting as earnest
ly as are the people of the southern
part of the valley.
Since last fall in and around Carls-
bad there have been more than two
hundred thousand forest trees set
out under government supervision
95,OOOtrees have been set out at
Portales to the north of us and 15,-
600 at Hereford. AS yet the people
of Roswell and vicinity have not ta-
ken hold of this matter. In addition
to the forest trees there have been
set out in Carlsbad hundreds of
lawn trees, and Mr. Riggs says that
if will be only few years until Carls
bad will have as beautiful lawns as
can be found anywhere in the Unit
ed States. even in the larger cities.
To the question of the reporter as
to what is the commercial value of
an acre of forest trees planted under
government supervision Mr.. Riggs
said while this is an entirely proper
question it is one very hard to an
swer. Just as hard as it would be to
say what the commercial value of
an acre of wheat world be- 1t de
pends so much on conditions. i can
only tell you what has been done
in Oklahoma and Kansas. There
land in forest trees twelve years old
is bringing in to it's owners from
$4,000 to $4,000 per acre.
"What results, Mr.. Riggs. could be
had in this section?" Most excel.
lent results Just as good as in Kan
sas and Oklahoma
What assistance does the govern
ment give the tree planter?' In the
first place it gives all who wish to
plant trees. trees at just about one
half the usual price The government
laws down at your door these trees
from 800 to 1915 per thousand
But the greatest assistance is tnat
when you are ready to plant your
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Earl of Devon Dead.

London. Jan. 29.-The Earl of n
Won. Rev. Sir Henry Hugh Coz RI
nav. Rector of Powderdam. De rd
is dead. aged 93 He held an exteI
sive estate.
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shot and killed Mrs. Amanda Young
blood last New Years eve. was to-
day found guilty of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to be
hanged. His two companions Ave
been previously convicted o. the
same crime and sentenced to death.
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Lost Steamer Has Arrived.

Vancouver. B. c.. Jan. 29.-The
anxiety over the safety of the steam.
er Zaolin has been relieved by her
arrival at Juneau. The high water
encountered caused the vessel to
break her propeller. delaying her
twelve days
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TOLD STRAIGHT STORY.
Man Accused of Numbering Three
Wives

wives.
Eldcra. Iowa. Jan. 29.-Eben 6.
BlvGcnb burgh. accused of murderiI z
three wives took the stand on his
own behalf today. answering to tie
charge Of numbering his third wife
by administering arsenic in mebl
cooked by himself Blydenburgh TO d
. Straightforward story. corroborA t.
ire his daughters testimony thbt
she cooked the meal which the sta Ie
SAYS contained arsenic
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as to the state. The court SAYS the
Indictment was valid and charged
but one offense. but declares that
he state did not prove the offense
charged
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ARNOLD CONVICTED.

Leader Band of Burglars Who Kill I'D
Mrs. Amanda YoungbIood.
mold. aged 20 years, said to be the
leader of a band of burglars who
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PLANT TREES


Forest Trees are More Profitab e
Than Orchard of
Forest Trees Should be Planted in
the Pecos VaIIey.-The Govern
ment Will Aid in This Work.
People Who Have Land Should
Accept This Proposition.
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LAKE
MICHIGAN

FROZEN FROM SHORE TO SHIRE
AND FILLED WITH ICE
FROM BOTTOM UP
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FOREST
TREES

j. w. RIGGS, THE GOVERNMENT
FORESTRY AGENT WAS
HERE YESTERDAY.
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ICfBFRGS

to the Earliest Lake Navigatdr
and Combines all the Features and
Experiences OF Arctic Navigation.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

For the night the section boss slowed
me in a vacant bunk In sort of bar
racks where he housed the hired men.
The lawful proprietor of the bunk had
gone off to get drunk and make a night
of it, but about II o'clock, while my
racked and weary frame was wrapped
in Slumber, the drunkard came back
and claimed his bunk.
This incident disappointed me in more
ways than one. / was a little blue rib
mon worker. had attended Francis
Murphy's temperance lectures at Mud
Vile, ILL.,. and signed the total abstin-
ence pledge every night for two weeks
under different name, just to help the
cause along. According to tradition the
drunken Dago should have slept in the
gutter, and there was plenty of gutter
for him, too, in bitches on either side of
Mr.. Morgan's railroad. But that degen-
crate booZer raised such fuss about
his bunk, making no allusion whatever
to cutters, that the boss came forth
with lantern to look us over.
He didn't seem to think so much of
me then, but he was too good hearted
to kick me out into the night, which
had turned cold and wet. So, grumbling
some, he gave me another room in the
henhouse. The hens clucked and
blinked in the lantern light and coiied
their feet little tighter around the
roost, while 1 huddled down in a cor
ner. Still feeling glad for any kind of
favor, / folded my hands and started to
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

provided me with shelter, but had no
meal ticket. And yet 1 can truthfully
assert that mamma still falls in the
wilderness for children of hunger,
doubt and despair. Overripe bananas
from the West Indies drop off the
punches in transit from steamer to
wharf. Thus did / feed on mamma that
fell at my feet, for / always was right
ON the spot. 1t was necessary to be
ever pecking, like a sparrow in the
park, in order to keep the wrinkles out
Of my midriff, and / had little time to
hustle for other business.
AS at Memphis, nobody wanted cub
molder. Neither did the ship captains
desire a commodore or dishwasher
when / offered to sail the raging main
with them. On many occasions ] asked
for job as porter at wholesale houses.
The usual reply held that my color
scheme didn't fit the theme, and it was
case Of back to the banana belt in
the wilderness for me. All I owned
enveloped my small and enfamined
person. Fifteen hundred miles lay be-
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

hin-he sees me giving Mr.. Paul his
exercise wit de boxing gloves, and he
says TO me, "Chimmie, he saws, I'D
like TO learn dose tricks" he says.
Well, Tommy is a good sport, and sells
me Mr.. Paul's close cheap, so l says:
"Soitainly, Tommy" 1 says, put on
de mits, and weIl have round or two
for a starter"
My, my, but he was fierce. He came
IN at me like he was our bull pup
having a mix-up wit a mastiff, and l
had TO give him a few hot ones to
make him keep his distance. But he
was hungry for to loin, and in a week
or two he knew as much about de
game as 1 could teach him, and want
ed to pull off a few rounds every day.
Seeing dat he had as good fight
ing heart as any man L ever stood up
to I says to him, Tommy" 1 says,
how is il dat you amt back in your
own country taking a hack at de Rus
slams, wit de rest of your gangT
When asked him dat l seen dat
II was a sore subject wit him. Mr..
Chames," he says, II wanted to go
and fight for my country, but dose of
US who are getting good wages are
told by our consuls to keep our
places. and send money home for de
hospitals; for dat way we can do more
good dan by going home and fighting.
Dere is plenty of men TO fight. but
dere is not many who can send money.
We-boys like me who get big wages
in dis country-send enough money to
cure hundreds Of fighters who are
wounded, so dat dey may go back to
de fighting. OATS de way we are
helping our country, but I'd rather be
fighting"
1 guess de boss mugs who dope out
de game for keeping de well paid boys
here at work know what dey are
about. But I felt sorry for de boy dat
he never had a chance to put Up his
fists against Russian. so l says. to hin
dat if he felt his mind and digestion
would be better if he had a little rur
wit an enemy of his country-and o.
all countries could accommodate
him witout our leaving de island o.
The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

De star goes on: "And what is de
hated emblem of dis hated govern
ment?"
Nobody didn't seem to know. for
dere was no answer. De star glares
at de crowd, and says, And what,
ask, Is de emblem which de poor serfs
Of dis country worships, dough 1T IS
de symbol of deir slavery to a social
and industrial system we mean to
abolish by de bomb. Does nobody
here know what is de symbol of
American slavery de dirty rag dat de
native born slaves are taught to wor-
ship; de rag dat dey is made to be-
lieve is de emblem of deir liberty.
where dere is no liberty; de rag dey
is forced to SHOW a reverence for
while it disgraces deir manhood!
Dis is It," screams mug standing
near me, and he haulS from his pocket
a little American flag and he uses 1t
for something he didn't have in his
pocket-for handkerchief.
Well, 1 soaked him. Jist as de
crowd TONED to see what he held up.
and began to jeer it and cheer him
for de use he made OF 1t. 1 soaked
him. Maybe In all me life l give a
harder punch, but I guess not. He
didn't need any more attention. so I
TONED TO de next man. Tommy jump
ed for de star of de evening. I never
saw de little Jap again for ten min
utes for l was quite busy, having a
real nice time Of it. At de foist punch
de interpreter had jumped from de
room and Tommy and me had de
rough house all to our lonelies.
didn't see Tommy, but 1 heard him.
1 don't rightfully know what he was
saying, for he was so enjoying him
self dat he trun back to his native Jap
langwudge, but 1 heard him. He
seemed to be going all over de room
and taking dat star of de evening wit
him for company. After I'd had quite
a little sport wit me fists and got a
good knock or two on me conk.
jumps behind de bar and grabs de
bung starter. OATS a lovely toy for
a rough house. I must have put out
near q dozen gents who had cheered
de man wit de flag, before de in
terpreter retoined wit de police.
When de cops had got tings cleared
up some 1 asks EN- to look for me
fren Tommy. We found him under
de bar wit de stars head between
his hands and he was humping dat
head on de floor so regular and strong
dat de sergeant Of police near fell
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say. Now 1 lay me-" Then. thinking
this might encroach too heavily on the
good nature and hospitality of the
hens, burst into a chuckle of laughter
all by my lonely in the dark.
That I could laugh at all in those
damp and dismal surroundings did
much to comfort, strengthen and sus-
tain me. A saving sense Of the ridicu-
lous is an important adjunct to the sue
cesSful hobo. Without it many Of them
would never take the road Instead
they would stop at home and become
deaconS and trustees and prominent
citizens, who sit on the platform at
public functions.
Early in the morning l took leave OF
the hens and limped away on the last
lap of the journey to the Gulf. The
bone SPAWN in several new places, and
L quite forgot my original aching joints
and parboiled heels. / made a fare
well demonstration at the cistern, TAX
ing in a supply OF water while the
boss was looking, but this time he
chopped on the bread and cheese. Still
I had enough stage plank to carry me
through, and the prospect of getting
somewhere that day stirred me with
unusual ardor.
Which was but natural in one well
raised, desired to spruce up a bit be-
fore flashing into Morgan City. Even
the rummiest hobo makes an occa-
sional effort to be genteel and the per-
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fOImance 1 went through is seldom II
ever attempted by civilized persons. II
requires originality. delicacy OF touch.
keen judgment and a cold, unfeeling
heart, all OF which I had.
Cutting a long pole from a thickee. I
removed my shirt, turned the garment
inside out and hung 1t by the sleeves
to the rear end Of the pole, which
carried over my shoulder like a mus
ket. Every little while I gave the pole
a shake sufficient to agitate the shirt.
The only friends had picked up under
the tarpaulins at New Orleans. and
which stuck all through my hardships,
fell off in helpless platoons on the bar
rem railroad track. a dozen feet behind,
as / strode resolutely onward, nor cast
one lingering look.
In the course of few miles. or when
I could read my title clear to the shirt
I put it on again and swept into Nor
gan City, La, with my gillS clogged
with gingerbread. 1t was a coarse
boast of the railroad that no hobo ever
beat his way on that line. Trains were
guarded and searched at stations, ana
any passenger without a ticket was
sent to Jail. For that reason I did not
attempt to ride, not caring to annoy
the management, and 1 got there Just
the same.
In the next stanza debut as a deep
sea Food Passer in one OF Mr. Nor
gan's steamboats,.
Copyright, 1904, by Charles Dryden.
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nightly from thirst. Nor was the gin
gerbread diet any too juicy. At the
rate / travelled it was comparatively
easy to drop off at stations for the pur-
chase of supplies without fear of get
ting left
The gingerbread came and likewise
went in slabs at cents each. In the
seafaring vernacular of that region, the
bread was known as the stage plank,
owing to it's outward similarity to the
landing stage lowered from the bows
OF steamboats,. In size, weight, color
and shape the stage plank more ac-
curately initiates the bland building
brick. While making no special effort
to economize, one brick carried me
through an entire day. MY parched
salivary glands, allied to the want of
water, rendered eating positive pain
condition quite abnormal in boy.
one bite of brick to the mile was the
average rate of consumption; and If
the divine scribe who wrote about
straining at gnats and swallowing cam
els had ever been up against the Lou
lslana stage plank, he would doubtless
beg leave to amend, adding, land stage
planks" to camels.
Ever and anon l tagged a sky-blue
clstern, built of slaves on top Of the
ground, and Tapped up gallon or so
or rain water with pollywogs in 1T.
Then, like Mr.. Christian, of whom John
Bunyan wrote, L proceeded on my jour
ney, vastly swelled and feeling and
looking much the same as a Philadel-
phia alderman on junketing trip with
the Liberty bell.
The pious thoughts pervading these
paragraphs are not inspired by levlty,
Tor L hold all religions sacred. 1t is
the gingerbread. In the country church
OIL iong ago an air or extreme plety
could not down the pungent aroma or
homemade ginger cookies with which
mothers quieted peevish children dur
ing record-breaking discourse. SO II
is but natural the Louisiana stage
plank directs my mental footsteps into
the path they trod in youth. Ginger
bread never fails to make me pensive
and good.
Walking was fairly brisk the second
day out, though my Stats ached from
sleeping on the board in the handcar
house. After reeling off about twenty
nine miles l slowed down for the night
at section station bossed by an ell
derly Italian. His astringent face and
battered dialect gave no token or nos
pltality, and l almost feared to ask Tor
lodging. The boss not only said could
stay, but he handed out, via the back
door, slab of cheese and the heel or
rye loaf upholstered with caraway
seeds. Moreover, the kind Italian ten
dered me the freedom of his skyblue
cistern while / ate his bread and
cheese. Anything for change was
Welcome-anything that would agitate,
antagonize or even enthuse the water
logged gingerbread boarded up in my
system. No wonder tramps get bilious!