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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-28

apron to her face to sob in it. Il am
called artless myself, but the price OF
my Pilgrim Pain Alleviator remains at
IS cents the year round, except Whefe
six bottles are taken at once Go on
with your tale. sufferin' woman"
There's not much more to tell Two
nights ago the old man slipped out OF
bed and ran away, and 1 know L shall
never. never see him agin-'
Truly, but this is a case of ingra1 IT,
tude, and I wouldst that I could con-
sole thee"
put YOU can. when saw you driv-
in in / said to myself that you was
purity old and skinny and probably had
cold feet and hackin' cough, but 1
would try and make you do until sun
thin better come along
'.WomanI don't understand" Il replleds
as I felt a GOODNESS along my spine
'sDost love thine artful Miranda she
whispered as she laid her hand IN mine.
Not by a burned sight! If your old
man has run away
You shall take his place, and We
will sit under the vine and fig tree ana
love and coo all the rest of our days.
Kiss me. Jcseph-kiss thine artless and
lOvin girly-'
Then I saw the pitfan yawnin' at me
feet and made a break for the wagon
The artless made a break for me al
the same time, and had my coattalls
been of stouter cloth my career must
have closed then and there They Tor
tl1nately gave way at the second tug,
and [ mounted the vehicle and put on
the CAD in a way the old boss will never
forgive me for. and when I looked back
a fter gallopin' half a mile the artless
was shakin' her fist at me.
I'm beIievin' with the most believing
est that Integrity is the road to success
and that NiercheW is bound to come
out triumnhant in the end, but kinder
want to go my own way about 1T and
not have too much artlessness mixed in
-(Copyright. 1905, by T. c. McClure-)
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Elegant Through Sleeper Service St.
Louis to St. Augustine.

Reginning January 9Th, 1905, the
Southern Railway St. Louis line
with it's own rails to JacksOnville-put
INTO service fine observation sleeper
line from St. Louis to St. Augustine,
Fla. ONLY ONE NIGHT ON THE
ROAD. This sleeper Will leave st.
Louis every day except Sunday at
1000 a. m, arrive at Jacksonville the
next evening at 1885 p m and arrive
St. Augustine at 1885 p. m. The trip
is directly through the beautiful Blue
Grass Region of Kentucky, thence via
Chattanooga, Atlanta and Macon, Go.
AT Lexington, Ky, this sleeper is
taken on to the famous Chicago &
FLORIDA SpeciaI'-the finest winter
train in the world carrying every
variety of perfectly constructed equip
ment Another attractive feature,
giving new charms to a Florida trip
this season, is that the Southern Rail-
wav has arranged variable tour tick
cts. whereby passenger may pay the
small additional sum of $500 and Sc
cure a ticket going to Jacksonville
one route and return from there an
entirely different way: that is: go
South through Chattanooga and At
lanta and return via Savannah, CO.
lumbia Asheville and Knoxville, al
lowing stopover privileges at different
points, including the Land of the
Sky with its mountain, forest and
stream charms. Write to any of our
representatives for full information
G. B. Allen, Assistant General Passen-
ger Agent St. Louis, Mo; Vim. Elan
nelly. Travelling Passenger Agent,
Kansas City. Mo
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You bet your life. old boss,
There's no more girly girl in all this
territory of Oklahoma than the I'M
dersigned. and as for artlessness, YOU
can judge for yourself
And whittier bound, may ask 90
Il had set out for the town of Four
Flush TO scare up a husband but now
shall be saved the journey. Old
For Why?"
That I may strain you to me heart
and become a clingin' vine. If you
are much of a hustler we can be mar
ried before noon. Come dOWn-come
10 YOUR artless BIRDIE
1T can never be- 1 said. as solemn
" as could Back there in the syl-
van shades of Indiana I left an old
woman She was so pizen mean
couldn't live with her. but she's my
wife yet. and it would be agin the law
to take another"
Never mind your old woman. and
never mind nuthin' nor nobody else,
but femme rest my curly head on your
manly busum while you tell me that
you have been lookin' forward to this
day for the last twenty years.
Never, artless wilder Woman-neveri
Even if loved thee"
And do you mean to say you don't?
Old man, beware of a wilder woman
scornedi I have laid bare my sovin'
heart to you, and now if you trample
It under foot you will know how a wo-
man can hate as we'll as love"
She dropped her bundle and began
looSin' around for a club. and seem
that Providence had interfered in nv
behalf put the CAD on the old boss
so vigorously that he almost pulled the
front wheels off the wagon at the first
jump. For half mile it was anybody's
race Then the artless wilder woman
stubbed her toe and plowed her nose
into the airth, and victory perched on
my banners.
was so shook up over the occurrence
that when it was safe to stop 1 got out
a bottle of my Alleviator and Quaffed
half its contents. I'm not recommending
It as compound that will incite the
sentiment Of love, but I'm guaranteein'
that there's nuthin' like it to help a fell
Ter git back his nerve after bein' chased
by a wilder.
When I had driven a distance of two
miles further I turned aside to a woman
sittin on the dOorsteps of a cabin to
ask the cause of her detected attitude.
That is allus my way. 1 don't wait for
the sorrerin' and downtrodden to ad-
dress me, but am first in the field This
woman was smokin' a clay pipe and
heavin' signs of grief. and even as 1
driv up her eyes overlooked with seal
And why grievest thou?'' gently
asked. as I got down and stood beside
her.
replied. as she bit of her pipestem in
her emoshun-
And has the world wrorged thy
trustin' soul?'
TT has. and it don't seem as if I
could ever git over it. You see in me
an artless woman. I've been so ever
since my birth. I was so artless thai
two years ago I married an old critter
S. years old and came out here with
him Then / was also artless enough to
do all the hoein' and plowin' and let
that old kuss sit around and smoke his
pipe"
zone should be artless, but not too
much So" says L as she holds her
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sDeciaI Homeseekers' Rates via
Santa Pc.

March Z and q special homeseekers'
tickets will be sold to Galveston. Ft.
Worth, Dallas. Houston, San Antonio
and other Texas points at the extremely
low rate of $500 for the round trip.
Fl Paso and return $3.50 Rate of one
fare plus $500 to points in Oklahoma,
Indian Territory, Arizona, New Mexico,
Arkansas and Texas, tickets limited to
overs allowed on the going trip within
For full information literature. etc.
address r. L. King, 9. P. and 7. A.,
Topeka, Kan.
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PILGRIM JOE.
He Meets Up With some ArtIess
Folks.

It was o'clock of a beautiful
morning when 1 left the enterprisin'
town of Four-F'lush and headed for
that OF Last Stop, and when I realized
that I had a wad of the long green in
my pocket as big as g horses leg. that
my hghtin dog under the wagon was
never in better speerits, that had
new stock of six dozen bottles of nay
ready to hand out to sufferin' human
ity, that in takin' tintypes at 10 cents
take I was maxim a clear profit of
eight cents apiece say, that when I
realized all this. 1 raised my voice in
song and felt to say to myself;
Bein' good and never chawin' to-
bacco bringeth a man to the top of the
ladder. while he who is fun of vice is
laid low and walked on before he has
lived out half his days"
And also.
''fhere may be no cash dividends
on integrity for the first six months,
but stickin' to it will ultimately ena BILE
a man to dwell in the tents of the Chi
cago meat packers"
And likewise:
NO man should be pulled up and
feller-man, but when he has got good
thing he may be allowed to wear his
hat on his ear and step high"
/ was Jinin in the chorus as the
medder lark sung his vlrtuous songs,
and now and then givIn- tne old boss
a cut with the whip to teach him that
laziness is the bane of ambishun. when
] met a woman with a bundle under
her arm Her form was not of the
willowy sort. and her face could not
be classed as beautiful. but neverthe
less, I pulled in on the old boss and
saluted her in a becomin' manner
She returned my time o day and
added:
"See here. old boss, hain't your
name Pilgrim JOe2"
Il am so known and called, lady" I
answers.
You go around sellin' a Pain Allie
viator and liftin up the sorrerin and
unfortunate 20
That's my mission on this airth.''
We'll I'm one of the sorrerin' and
unfOrtuna ties. and l want to be lifted.
I'm a wilder woman. and I've got
tired of holdin' down the job. I want
somebody to be my oak while I play
clingin' vine to him. In fact. I'm
lOokin' for No .. Afebbe I orter sit
down in my shack and wait for the
critter to come along. but I'm a wo-
man of bizness and can't daily"
"And so no one has looked into
your azure eyes and told his love ?"
says 7.
Not a burned critter. If he had I
wouldn't be a wilder woman to-
day"
"And yet you seem to be artIess and
girly!"
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Adrs. Not Accepted over Phs.ne.

AOFS- NOT AccepteU OfcE THULE
The State Journal does not accept
want Advertisements over the telephone
nor does. It make charge accounts 81 81
them. The most satisfactory plan Is 70
bring, your want advertisement TO the
State journal office. If you can not DO
this, call the Western Union teIcBIAPns
office. either phone 81, and tell them thae
you have an advertisement for the state
Journal They will send an A. u. FL \:
the advertisement, the. State Journal
pays for his services in bringing It dow 9+1
is sc per lire six ordinary words make
one line.
How to Answer Advertisements
Advertisements signed in care OF STATE
Journal, such as Address A. B. G, care
State Journal" or Address Owner. care
State Journal" should be answered m
writing, only Write your answer ana
mail it care State Journal or leave 1t at
the State Journal office. Do not ask the
clerks in the State Journal onlee 10 glNs
you the name of the advertiser they Ian
not give this information
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Grave Trouble Foreseen.

It needs but little foresight to tell that
when ycur stomach and liver are badly
affected grave trouble is ahead unless you
take the proper medicine for your disease.
as Mrs. John A Young of Clay, n. Y,
did. She says. 4 had neuralgia of the
liver and stomach, my heart was weaken
ed. and I could not eat I was very bad
for long time, but in Electric Bitters I
found just what I needed, for they quick
" relieved and cured me. Best medicine
for weak women. Sold under guarantee
by Arnold Drug Co., 81 North Kansas
ave. at SOC a bottle
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caIifornia $500 via SANTA Fe.

During March and April tickets will
be sold to Los Angeles. San Francisco.
Portland, Seattle. Tacoma, and other
points in California and the Northwest.
Through tourist car service at slight
additional cost Free chair cars all
the way and only three nights out to
the above points
Santa Fe all the way.
Write for literature-free for the
asking. Address T. L. KING. c. P.
& T. A. Topeka
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SPECIAL.
CITY Of Mexico and Return s45 Via
Santa Fe.

A great opportunity to see Old Mex
leo. tickets on sale March A. 8. and
Tickets limited 80 days from date
of sale. StOpOvers in either direction
For fnll information and literature ad-
dress T l. KING,
c. P. & T. A. Topeka.
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Do you suffer with Indigestion constipa-
ton. feel mean ana cross. no strength or
appetite2 HOLSTERS Rocky Mollnfain
Tea viii make you well and keep YOU well
IS cents, Tea or Tablets. Gatling Drug Co
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WANTED Situation as dining room or
lunch counter girl, have plenty of expert
ence Address d. c., Journal
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WANTEn-sALEsMEN


statesmen WANTED-Agents, Dealers
and stnrekeepers, start in business for
yourself on our capital. We make men s
fine clothing to measure and you can sell
our perfect fitting, highest class tailoring
at a good profit for a. little money as
others retail ready made goods. You
can control entire local trade with our
line. Spring line, 400 up TO date styles
of woolens, fashion displays. etc, now
ready and furnished free. A great oppOl-
unity. Write today for full particulars
and exclusive territory Experience not
absolutely necessary. American Wooden
Mills Co., Dept. A, Washington blvd. and
Union ST., sChiea go.
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WANTED-Grocery clerk Is or 10 years
cid with some experience. Apply at once
by letter to W. l., Journal
instructions for answering this kind OF
an advertisement will be found at the
head of the Want column
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WANTED-Lady wants to assist with
housework in exchange for home A c.,
Journal.
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1t may be as well for all hands
around that we say to the sshyster law
vers of this town thus early in the year
that the first one who bFings libel
suit against the ''Kickers has got 70
shoot quicker and faster than we can.
We simply won't waste our time in
courts. If any one feels .aggrieved let
him come in and shoot at US and plug
t1ino-at orr own expense, and his friends
shall ind no fault with the epitaph on
his headstone.-(Copyrigh 1905, by T.
@. McClure1.
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WANTED-sIALE He'll.

choppers to cut cord
wood, also man ard team to haul wood
~ miles, II mi. w on 10th. Inquire at
Futcher'S barn, tin & " Buren,. TIL Town.
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paper item. Alderman F'innigan set out
to obstruct legislation which is a habit
of his, and when he had proceeded tar
enough we ordered him to sit down.
When he refused to recognize our auth
GRITTY we shot him through the shoulder.
The wound is not a bad one and he
was making apologies and inviting US
to drink within half houf- Sueh I'll
ling things are bound to occur in every
enterprising town. and it is very silly
to magnify them.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WHEN you want to hire a man or boy
call Up z n. C. A. telephone 81. W,
ererces concerning them. M. C. A
Employment bureau. lit z. sth 81.
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FREE DTsPENsAhY.

~~--~-~~~-~~~~~---~---- -~~~-~-~-~-~-~~~~~-~-~~o~
TOPEKA FREE DIsPENSARY, south
east corner 18th and Tyler sts., from
to D. m, except Sundays. Conducted BY
regular practicing physicians for the
benefit of persons without means who
fienfs are assured Of careful and congid-
crate treatment. Medicine furnished IN
most cases.
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no WHOM Tr NAV CoNCERN.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-Ndy ap-
plication for a permit to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors, according to law, at us Kan
sas ave-, in the Fourth ward OF the city
of Topeka, is now on file in the office or
the probate judge of Shawnee county,
Kansas The hearing of the same is set
for Thursday at o'clock a. M, March
49, 1905. Ali MARSHALL
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WANTED-SeveraI good farm hands. Cap
ital Employment Agey., 735 Kansas ave.
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BARBER SHOP.

D. G. JOHNSON, shave 10c, hair cut,
shampoo, massage 15c, work guaranteed.
Under Exchange Grocery. corner 6th and
Quincy.
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WANTED-To rent a traction engine and
employ owner to run same; 8 months
work. Dolley & Moody, Copeland hotel
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UPHoLsrERNG.


RECANING, repairing, upholstering. Ind.
phone 1145-4. Chairs called for. +. w
Whittier 1929 Tyler st.
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STORAGE.

-~~~~-.-~~-cSs- eS>S-17 = -
MERCHANTS TRANSFER & STORAGE
Co packs, ships and stores household
goods Tel 1s6. Clarence Skinner. 611
Quincy S.
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CLATRvoYANr.


to know. Terms SOC Ss5 polk st.
TRANCE AND TRUMPET MEDIUM
Seances Tues. and Thurs eve. Sunday az
teFnoon. Readings 8 a. m. to p. m. Mira
Inez Wagner. go W. 9Th Ind. S63-
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It grieves us to announce that Apache
Bill has been hung in New Mexico. 1t
grieves US because he might just as
well have been hung here in the Gulch
and let US had the fun of the thing
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wANTED-FENsALE HELP.


for general houseWork
Immediately, no washing. 11O1 Tyler st
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FLORISTS,


]. C. RODMAeJ, blooming plants. cut now
ers palms, designs, decorations. ~ W.
sth. Phone g. Greenhouse 18th and Non.
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MIDLAND stove foundry, castings iron
brass, aluminium, patterns, modeIs, ma
chine work Ind phone 1890. 215 w 1st st.
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YOUNG man as permanent Topeka rep
resentatiVe for correspondence school;
solicitor collector and office manager
experience as solicitor or salesman neces-
sary; part time only required; lucrative
proposition to right man. Address lmme-
diately box 1858, Denver. Col.
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BICYCLES AND REPAIRING.

1ECYCT.E.S AND REPAIRING.
TOPEKA AUTOMOBILE AND CYCLE
co Tel 70e. Bicycles and sundries, BIZ
cycles and tandems for rent; repairing Of
all kinds.
II al CYCLE CO., lis 3. sth St National
&. Iyer johnson bicycles. Supplies, repairs.
PAVING.
1.o~--~~1~-0-
CAPITAL. CITY VITRIFIED BRICK q
PAVING CO. 11s W. Sth st. Mfgrs. Of
building, paving and sidewalk brick
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UNDERWRITERS

UNDERTAKERS-
DEMOSS & PE1NWELL- Funeral D1rec-
tors and EmbaInners. First class seE71cs
reasonable prices.5 Quincy. Both tells ia
GEO B. PALMER, undertaken Estah-
lished 1871. Prices reasonable. Tel office
l46. Residence 81. gu Jackson st.
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HAIR DRESSING.

SWITCHES pompadours, all kinds OF
hair work. Mrs. Van Week. "a f. 9TH
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WANTED-Waist makers and sewing
girls. Mrs. O'Brien, with Mills Co.
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MASSAGE PARLoR-
FURNITURE PACKERS.

CAPITOL. UPHOLSTERING CO.. IS years
experience in Topeka, prices reasonable,
best of references. LIS ". 7th. Ind. 13s8-
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AUCTION.

AUCTION.
MY OFFICE is 200 E. 5th. Phones 99S
Call or phone. Plain John Ashbaugh-
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MANUFACTURERS.
E. C. KINLEY,
Manufactures and dealer in all kinds Of
vehicles. See about that delivery
wagon. 116 W. Fifth st.
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FURNACE WORKS

GEO. z. SEYBOLD, furnace work, tin
roofing, guttering. spouting. furnaces a
specially S31 Kansas ave. Ind. phone BIB.
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JEWELLERS.
JAMES b. HAYDEN. Jeweler and Opti-
clan. Complete stock of watches, dia.
uonds silverWare etc. Eyes examined
and specta cleS properly fitted
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Ss<A-N L 1'-~A1> ~ ~ ~A7'
WANTED-Cotton rags for cleaning ma
chinery; must be washed. State Journal
office
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GO to C. A Wood for that wall paper
and painting. $50 Kansas ave. Tel SSo-2
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What our esteemed contemporary is
pleased to term, Almost a Tragedy in
the Common Council was really a
trifiing affair and not worth a news
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PHYSICIANS AN0 SURGEONS

PHYSICIANS AN0 SURGEONS
DR. EASTMAN, late supt. state insane
asylum. Mental and nervous dlseases.6o5
KAN av. Phones ia. Res 1910 v. Buren,
IDA c. BARNES. M. D.
Ohice 726 Kansas ave. Residence Thir-
tenth and Clay. Office hours; a. m. 70
II a m and D. m to p. m Both
phones 16 residence. and Ind 1915 Office
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"
PATIENTS
HACKS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

ATTORN EEYS-AI-IAW.
--~~~-O~--O~-----~-~~-~-
T. D. HUMPHREYS, lawyer. 521 Kansas
ave. Ind. phone 1012. Real estate titles
a specially. Collections. Practice in oil
state and federal courts.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.

~~~-~-~-~~--~~~-@~~-~-~-|-
NJ NJ HALE IS A CANDIDATE FOX
re-elecfion for citv treasurer, subject to
Republican primary March s, 1893, a. m.
to p. m.
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WANTED-Wash woman tomorrow at
o'clock at 4lS Buchanan st.
Warren sheaf., 1905-09-21
DR.. J. E. DORIAN.
Are You Engaged.

Engaged people should remember,
that, after marriage, many quarrels
can be avoided, by keeping their
digestions in good condition with
Electric Bitters. S. A. Brown, of
Bennettsville, S. c., says: ''For
years, my wife suffered intensely
from dyspepsia, complicated with
torpid liver, until she lost her
strength and vigor, and became a
mere wreck of her former self.
Then she tried Electric Bitters,
which helped her at once, and finally
made her entirely we'll. She is now
strong and healthy" E. F. Whit
ney, druggist, sells and guarantees
them, at SOC bottle.
Warren sheaf., 1905-09-21

startling one, when the great agita.
ton for just such q move is taken into
consideration, but levertheless it is
true. Despite the fact that politicians
from the southern territory have gone
to the national capital and made their
cries heard above the clamor for other
legislation, there is a weak voice, evil
dent in New Mexico, which whispers,
mo" And the American population
Of the district is the owner of that
voice. Though politicians claim it is
for New Mexico that the move is be-
ing made, it is essentially for the
Mexicans of the territory.
There are so few Americans in the
district that the few who reside there
have declared their intention of fight
ing statehood until the territory be-
comes Americanized and Mexican rule
ceases. For strange as it may seem
everything in New Mexico is under
the direct jurisdiction of Mexicans.
AS these people are in the majority
and as they desire statehood, the cry
for unionizing New Mexico has been
strong. No territory was ever more
aptly named. New Mexico is simply
small edition of Old Mexico in every
sense of the word.
There is hardly county in the en-
tire district that is not governed by
Mexicans. Every official in a number
of the counties is Mexican and though
the American flag invariably flies
over the court house, it might just
as well be supplanted by the colors of
Mexico, for all the significance which
it bears. Spanish is the only recog-
nized tongue and all court conversa-
tion must be carried on with the aid
of an interpreter. Few of the officials
understand the English language and
it is most impossible to secure favor.
able answer to a query when convers-
ing with the natives.
Dispatches from Mesilla valley
town have brought district attorney
from Mexican oblivion into ill-scented
fame because of his unlawful acts. He
has assassinated four men and at
tempted to kill four more. He has
been tried once and in that instance he
was acquitted on the self-defense plea.