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The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29
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In the late spring the fields donned the
Soberer tintS of middle age and beck
oned to the haymakers The gray of
old age in turn was replaced in the
early summer by the russet brown
which told that the perennial miracle
of nature was complete.
1t was about this time that Har-
kens one day received a note written
in neat feminine hand, to the fol-
lowing effect:
Dear Sir: Yourself and ladies are
invited to attend a grand harvest
feast, barbecue, picnic and ball at the
grove near the residence of Mr.. Man.
uel Moreno, on September 16, 1895.
Mr.. Manuel Moreno and Lady"
Upon discussing this invitation with
his neighbors Harkens learned that
the notes had been scattered broad
cast, and that the function was
planned on an extensive scale. For
miles around, the coming fiesta, sched-
uled to occur on the anniversary of
Mexican independence, came to share
honors with the harvest as a topic of
conversation. Senior Moreno was
grandly reticent concerning his plan
of entertainment; but it leaked out
that the barbecued and other tooth
some eatables were to be of quality
and in quantity to bring despair to
a gourmand. There was to be floor
among the trees for dancing, a string
band was to be on hand, prizes were
to be competed for in games, horse
racing and fancy riding, RATA throw
ing, etc.
their bed an they must lie upon it, ,"
commented Mrs. Harkens to her lord.
'"Tbe idee O. spendin' all that money to
be big 1njun for a day. AS the old
sayin' is, "A fool an his money is soon
parted" g..
Then 1 reckon we-now-bettern't
T~L-~.
glance at his spouse.
"Oh, 1 s'pose We'll have to 60" was
the 'hasty response. LAS the old sayin'
is, When in Rome do as the Romans
do But l don't know what I'm goin'
to do: amt got thing to wear
The headers came, eating their way
. through the fields, and leaving in their
wakes vast wastes of stubble, thickly
interspersed with stacks of settings"
.replete with the golden wealth of the
farms.
One day Harkens waded home
through the stubble over a somewhat
steep hill which separated his place
from the one adjoining his, own and
Moreno's on the upper side. He seated
himself on a tree stump near the we'll
curb.
well, they've got Ruiz all threshed.
an have started down around the hill
an'-now-back up to Moreno's. It's
our IuTu dIIeT Ills IL. lie separator Is
doin' good work, but l don't seem to
go much on them straw burnin' in
gines. The way INSTRUMENTATION
sparks pears to me is dangersome."
rs that from the ingine?" queried
his wife, pointing to thin, black col
umn of smoke which rolled upward
from beyond the hill.
IVY. no; the ingine left afore did.
I'm goin to see--now--what it means"
and vaguely apprehensive, Harkens
walked up the hill. In a moment he
rushed back, yelling:
1.-The stubbles afire, an comm
straight this away. Git sacks, Abbie,
an help-now-fght it,
The two hurried over the hill. Within
those few minutes the conf1agration
had spread to an incredible width in
the thick dry straw, while, urged from
behind by a stiff breeze, the flames
leaped forward with furious speed.
throwing up dense clouds of jet black
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abandoned the idea Of conquering the
fire and fell back upon the hope that
their retarding efforts might gain a
sufficient margin of time for assist
ance to arrive.
Looking forth anxiously, Harkens
saw the Senior Moreno and three of
his sons riding swiftly toward him,
lashing their bare-backed horses at
every stride. The fire had invaded
the Mexican's land and was speeding
toward the settings" which dotted his
place. Harkens saw the boys draw
rein before this section of the confla-
grafton, but Moreno shouted some
thing to them and pointed to the
American. They hesitated, and his
voice could be heard again, stern, i'm
perious. Then the lads whipped up
again. They abandoned their beasts
at Harkens' line fence and hurried
forward. The old man probably had
passed through similar experiences be-
fore, as he knew exactly what to do.
Under his direction and with his as
sistance a considerable space in front
Of Harkens house, barn, ETC., was
speedily back-fired. The on-sweeping
flames roared, clustered and threatened
up to this space and vanished with
ludicrous suddenness The boys then
ran away toward their own fire. AS
Harkens approached to thank Moreno
his fiat, and turning his own eyes in
that direction the American saw wide
sheets of flame flinging rifty feet into
the air from three of the Mexican's
settings" while two others were ir-
retrievably doomed.
"You've-now-lost your crop savin'
my property.
The old man, overcome as much by
the unwonted exertion as by the heat,
sat upon the ground calculating,
aqua; aguai" Harkens had learned
so much of Spanish and hastened to
bring water from his well to his savior.
The latter then rolled and lit a cigar
cite, meantime waving away the
others fervent protestations.
Harkens saw the threshing crew run
ming toward the fire and he himself
hurried to the scene. When he re-
turned two hours later the Mexican
was gone and his wife still was doing
vigilant police duty about the long
cold spot. Answering her natural
query, he said:
"Yes, we got the fire out, but not It'll
after it had burned out ole man Ben
nister-every settin gone-now-plumb
to ashes"
my! Oh, myi Too bad! AS the old
sayin is, Fire is a good servant but
poor master Whatll the poor man
do?"
They walked toward the mouse IN
silence, until Mrs. Harkens spoke:
How much has Moreno got left?'
Three settin's-'bout enough to pay
for head1n' an sacks, after takin' out
his-now-seed.
II wish he hadn't helped to put out
that fire."
II wish he had been anybody else"
amended Harkens.
Another silence, then Harkens broke
forth:
well, dog gone it, if back out. some
other feller'll slip in an that won't
ielp the Greaser, nor us neither. An
We can't-now-afford to let the thing
run"
"well," unused the lady, II spose this
settles that fee-esta. That'll go hard
for some, but 1 don't care. AS the old
sayin' is, What is to be, will be-"
AS the days passed it became evil
dent that the supposition of Mrs.
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HarkenS was to
prove erroneous,
for the Moreno
family e mt er e d
Zealously into the
work of prepara-
ton for the event.
The old gentleman
t u r n e d blithely
from the irrevoca-
BILE past to the
pleasures of the fu-
ture, and silenced
CO n d o | e noes by
waving. aside the
subject of financial
loss with an air
of naughty superb
ority to such sor-
did considerations.
The fiesta trans
pired on the sched-
uled date. and not
one jot nor one
title of it's mag
nj fl C e n C e was
abated.
only Harkens,
M ore no a n d
Stormson KIN e w
that the ranch had
been additionally
encumbered, and
only Harkens knew
that the fire had
shortened his pc
riod of waiting.
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III
In o will The unknown
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AS
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the writer's
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WILDE published week
will be continue indefinitely
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Cuarter-sections kn'
giving minute direct
accessible route to
each.
Marcela showed
the couple to their
room. When she
h a d withdrawn,
after seeing that
all. arrangements
for their comfort
were C 0 m p ! e t e,
Mrs. H a r X e n s
heaved a content
ed sigh.
IT s'pose we've
routed that ole
man outen his bed,
but my! won't a
feather tick seem
. nice after them
nasty spring mat
4resses? But how
much is he goin' to
charge ?"
II don't know.
No more'n-now-a
hotel, / reckon"
You - don't -
knowl Don't you
knew that they
killed and cooked
five C h / c k e n S
b u [ c h e r e d and
roasted a kid,
made pies an
cakes an all them
things, o. purpose
for us?" Then the
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

e.. The following story. by Walter A.
Bccbc of Oakland. is strong and
sympathetic presentation OF phase
of early California history-the pass
ing of the old Mexican land holders.
The San Francisco call., 1905-01-29

~ ENOR MANUEL ESPITACIO
N HIGUERA DE MORENO'S si-
Z J esta was rudely disturbed by a
mighty din in the front yard.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
Funeral Of Mrs.
Edgar /. hewett

The funeral Of Mrs. Edgar L. Hewett
was held In Denver on Saturday after
noon at two o'clock. interment being
in Fairmount cemetery.
The death Of Mrs. Hewett which oc-
Cured in washington. D. c, on Fri
day last was announced by The
Optic OF that date. Funeral services
were held in Washington and on
Wednesday Mr.. Hewett arrived In
Denver to place the remains OF his
wife beside those Of her mother.
and father.
The burial was private, only rel.
atives nd particular friends Of the de-
ceased being present. The following
who have been closely associated
with Mr.. Hewitt in school work in
past years acted as pallbearers: Mes
srs. II. II. Powell, .. L. Arnold and A.
e. Beardsley Of Greedy. Colo.. Prof. I,
q. A. Cockrell Of Boulder, l.. G. Butch.
er OF Denver and Jas. G. McNary Of
Las Vegas.
Mrs. Hewett was well known In
Las Vegas, having been prominent IN
| the social life Of the Normal Universi
| ty and Of the community at large dur
ing the Ave years that she resided II
this city. As the helpmate OF Presi
dent Hewett, she was known a.
loving and faithful wife, sympa
thetic friend and charming hostess
In addition to her numerous acquain
tances and friends among the pupil
and patrons of that institution, sn
leaves here a circle Of close persona
friends who will remember her wit
affection and with the greatest of &C
miration because Of the brave an
cheerful personality which rose VII
torious over her bodily affliction.
As in her life. 50 also in her deaf
she was victorious.
| During their fourteen years of ma
RID life. her husband rendered he
a constant care and devotion whio
iexcelled ordinary human unselfisl
ness The sympathy of his man
friends in Las Vegas will be exten'
ed to Mr.. Hewett in his bereav
ment.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18

ti0n expenses. amounted to S6,s6e 1853
Cn that date the reclamation fund
had reached a total Of t2s.0aS.57l, II
was estimated ut that time that the
receipts for the Ascal years lso6-ls0s
would amount to $4,000, 900. 80 that
the sum OF money available for reclo'
nation purposes up TO the end Of 1905
will be tS7,0es,b7i.
Since the work Of reclamation be.
gan, n miles Of main canals have
been constructed. and 81 niles Of dis.
tributing canals, as well a. lS6 miles
OF bitches and lat bridges. Over g.,
$50. 900 cubic yards Of earth have been
excavated and l.2 miles Of tunnel
driven. The telephone lines Install
ed have measured $50 miles and tae
roads built have covered 126 miles. II
has been necessary to erect 30 offices
and other buildings. One cement min
has been constructed. the product Of
which already amounts to $4,000 bar.
rels. Besides the cement manufac.
tured for the reclamation service
use has been found for $4,000 addi
tional barrels Of cement, which were
purchased In open market. Over
2.SS0.00 feet B, M. OF lumber have
been sawed for the work Of construc'
tion and 1.75O.0OO feet B. NJ. In add
tion have been purchased. The con
crete completed amounts to 10000
cubic yards. the pudding done IA
$500 cubic yards. the riprap com
pleted to 10000 cubic yards. and the
paving to 100000 square feet. The
railroad iron used amounts to 10000
pounds. the structural steel to $50
900 pounds. the cast iron to 100000
pounds. The sheet pillng driven has
amounted 70 10000 lineal feet. thu
bearing piles to 10000 lineal feet.
These figures will give come ides
Of the gigantic sise Of the enterprise
which the engineers Of the reclama
tion service have In hand in the re
clamation Of l.303.600 acres Of ark
land.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
High Price Of
Silver Results in
Big Shipments

San Francisco. Dec. 1s-The con.
tinued high price Of silver. between
65 and 66 cents per ounce, ID ca,is-
Ing heavy shipments o. A4exican dol,
lars melted into bullion through this
port. Seattle And Vancouver, - tha
Orient. Shipments are being sent BY
WeIIs.Fafgo express from Aexlean
points under heavy guard IN express
company cars. It ID said that during
the past sixteen Gays thirteen mil
lions in silver bullion has been
brought out Of Mexico for shipment
to the far east from the coast. ~
financial circles predictions are heard
that silver is going to seventy cents
because the surplus production is linn
tied, while the demand IL constantly
growing. #
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
The Art Souvenir

The following ID one OF the many
letters received concerning the Las
Vegas Art Souvenir: :.
"Trowbridge 4 Niver Co.
Municipal Bonds.
Chicago and Boston"
Chicago. Ill, Dec. u, 1905.
Fred Harvey's Hotel,
Las Vegas, New Mexico"
"C,entlemen: :--Sometim ago when !
was in your house purchased In the
curio department q little souvenir en-.
titled Las Vegas. Gallinas Park and
Scenic Highway. compiled. arranged
and edited by C., w. G. Ward. Robert
]. Taupert and II, r. Twitchel, con-
tanning about hundred pages and
about nine inches long by six inches
wide. Enclosed fnd draft for five
dollars; please send the value OF this
deducting the postage. by first mai
and oblige.
Trowbridge & Niver Co,
by d. NJ Niver, Vice vres.'
Where total strangers who merei,
pass through Las Vegas buy tel
! copies Of the Art Souvenir, doubtless
for the purpose Of illustrating to thei
friends what manner of country thi
is, 1t certainly seems that every La
Vegan should send a copy or two .
| frtandc In tho cast
The Art Souvenir was published 70
no other reason than to advertise thi
city effectively. Where ever the boo
has been sent II has done good. a
most very merchant Of Las Vega
handles the book without commtsslo
because Of it's advertising value to tn
city This time OF the year Is IN
best time to send the booklets
eastern friends. They cost fifty CEN
with handsome envelope furnishe
The cost Of mailing Is five cents.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
Santa fe Indians
Defeated by Normal

7 The Las Vegas Normal University
eleven defeated the Santa re Indian
football team Saturday afternoon at
the high school grounds in this city
by score Of IL to 5. 1t was close
and exciting contest, and hard fought
from the beginning to the end.
The Indians were scored upon in
the early part OF the game on q fluke,
and were somewhat disheartened dur.
Ing the tirst l.alf.
The ball was In the Indians terri
tory, close to their goal line, when
tire flrst score was made. A punt was
attempted, but the ball struck a Las
Vegas player and bounded back to-
wards the goal Of the Santa Fe team.
Comstock Of the Normal succeeded
in grabbing the ball on the ten yard
line and made a touchdown. A goal
was kicked, making six points for the
Normals.
At about five minutes till the end
Of the Arst half, the university sue
ceeded in scoring again by straight
playing, and hard work. Van Ooot
made the touchdown by a fifteen yard
run around the left end. Another
goal was kicked and the half ended
with score Of IL to In favor OF the
local team.
In the last half the Indians were
determined to score and put M .
very game fight. They made some
fine runs with excellent interference
and In about the middle OF the ha !
one OF the braves succeeded in tearing
through the centre OF the Norma
line, and after splendid run o
twenty-five yards, planted the pig
skin back Of the goal posts. The In
dians failed on the kick, giving then
Ave points. The Indians did not scor
again.. although they tried hard TO
another touchdown. The game wa
called with the ball in the middle Q
the field and the score 5 to IL.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
oratorieaI Contest.

The contest to be held at the nor
NAL next Wednesday evening g de'
eide who Shall represent the narmal
preparatory DEPARTMENT and the high
school In the territorial oratorlcal con
test at Albuquerque Is attracting a
great deal of interest in the city
Handsome prizes have been offered
the winners from both the normal
and the high school. The young pei
pie who will contest have been max
ing very careful preparations ant
have been practising diligently. Gre
ditable work may be expected. In ad
dition an exceptionally fine musica
program has been prepared.
The territorial contest will be he'll
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
1890 q ~~~N~NANNN~N~~NN1

partly in Texas and partly In New
Mexico. Is called the Rio Grande pro
ject: the other, which will be wholly
IN New Mexico, will be called the
Carlsbad project. The two addition.
al projects will bring the number of
reclamation schemes upon "a or
these, II are we'll under way. They
provide for the reclamation Of 1903
COO acres of arid lands at a cost OF
s37 7,o2s,57i These are big figures and
the represent big projects.
On June 30, 1906, the total cost oI
t,nstruction and engineering work
performed by the reclamation ser
vice, together with the administra
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18

In Albuquerque on the evening OF De-
cember 27, Entries have been nwde
by schools In Las Vegas, Ration, San.
ta Fe. Albuquerque. Silver City, Me.
silla Park. Deming and Gallup. Each
school maintaining a high school De.
partment is eligible to one contestant.
The Las Vegas high and normal
schools will each have one.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18
Declares that Remedial Rather Than Re-
pressive or Penal Measures Must Be
Adopted to Ensure Better Com
iditions.
Railroads Not whey 70 Hame for Granting Rebates. Advo>
Gates the Placing otNStporahons that Lap Over the
Bounds Of S,stes Under Strict Federal
Supervision.

Washington. D. c., Dec, ls.tCon-
missioner Of corporations. James A.
to-day submitted his report
20 congress. Among the most sinter.
esting and important matters referred
to are the fplloving.
/ The position OF the bureau at the
time of Its creation was unique. II
owed It's existence largely to . public
feeling arising from unusual Industrial
developments. Public opinion there
on was vigorous. but confused and
vague. In general. the tremendous
concentration Of industrial power. the
obvious use, in many cases, Of improp-
er industrial methods Of competition.
and the instances Of clearly unsQund
or fraudulent finance connected with
corporations. led to the general be.
lief that there had arisen a new In
dustrial problemm, a set Of conditions
not adequately met with BY existing
laws. No solution Of this problem
had then received general accept
ance, nor had the proDiem itself been
clearly stated. Numerous experiments
at solution had been made BY way Of
antitrust laws, but the admitted II.
tility Of most Of these laws led only
to the negative conclusion that such
was not the way to treat the great
|indusarsal1 changer ~ swhtch ssAry on
WAS ccgnisant Il & !. 4 M '~''ss's
Upon only one point can II be ssid
that public opinion was fairly clear
and unanimous, and that point wal
the desire for publicity y"-in othel
words, the desire for information. i
was not clearly understood to wha
use this information could be put
nor, indeed, what subjects 1t shoul;
cover; but the demand for accurate
information was fundamentally sound
Not only Is legislation dependen
upon public opinion, but likewise mo
raj standards in business and tn
rules Of daily commercial intercourse
which can not be enforced by stat
ute, are created and sustained by put
lie opinion. Current event hav
strikingly demonstrated the tremeI
dous reformative force Of public opir
ion without the Intervention Of Law
Existing business methods will b
changed in accordance with publ
opinion.
1t Is strongly felt that preventiv
rather than remedial means must b
used in dealing with the entire prol
lem before the commission. The go
ernment must deal beforehand WI
causes, not merely afterwards wit
their effects. In order to ascertai
proper methods Of prevention It
necessary to know the causes OF II
dustrial evils The work Of the b.
reau has brought out, to an extel
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18

They provide for the reclamation
Of 1903, GOO acres of arid lands at
cost of S27.02S,57I. Since the work
az reclamation began seventy-seven
miles of main canals have been con.
structed, and fifty-four miles of dis
tribnting canals. as we'll as lSG miles
Of bitches and 147 bridges. Over D.
350,00o cubic yards of earth have
been excavated, and three and one
half miles Of tunnel driven.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-12-18

not reached before. the actual method
used In certain industries; their meth.
DDS Of competition, Of economies in
production ard distribution. Of discri-
minations in distribution and trans.
,portation: and also the results Of such
methods In obtaining or tending to
obtain monoplistic control. Its work
has shown, In the case Of the several
great industries already investigated,
or now under investigation, the fact
that the predominant control enjoy.
ed by certain great concerns is based
usually upon one or two, or q very
few, single factors, such as the con.
strol Of transportation, Of trademarks.
,of patent rights. Of raw material, spe-
cial legislation, or combination OF
ole or more Of these factors.
h Such information will afford the
basis for an intelligent public opin.
Ion, and It will constitute publicity
|of a sort that will be efficient In cor
|recting some prevalent abuses.
No fact Of industry is more obvi'
Gus that that modern business has out
grown and wholly disregards state
lines. and that the jurisdiction Of sin
I1le states, as applied to the opera
tions of q great interstate business
| IRE futile and even harmful. A clOss
study Of the methods Of organization
EAad opsratioa sof the Eraater Indus
| trial corporations, their relation Z
| transportation companies.a botn rai
and water, their methods Of compe
tition, the extension Of their business
throughout many states. and the sal
Of their cOmmod- ties throughout tn
world provides that they have actu
ally gone beyond the possibility Q
proper supervision or control BY tn
single state which gave them corpe
rate existence. Their relation to th
transportation companies alone is
sufficient reason for bringing ther
under federal regulation. n
| 1t il idle to claim that the railroad
are wholly at fault for rebates, dt
ordinations, and other devices for =
lfording to one shipper improper as
4 lvantages over q competitor. It
impossible to prevent such abuses b
purely penal legislation. This doe
, not mean that the enforcement OF II
. ANTITRUST law has not been benfcia
for 1t has.
!, BY the exercise of the affirmati,
. power granted under the commert
clause congress can with safety pr
J. vide method by which reasonab
] combination may be permitted. tn
/ method must be founded upon an .
Of the federal government which "
: give to corporations engaged In
]. terstate and foreign commerce stan
j. ing and recognition under a feder
t.l act.