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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

when the family was eating break
fast the next morning she came down
stairs apparently none the worse for
her fall.
can sympathise with the poor ten.
! der foot that leaves the east where
everything looks fresh and green and
comes to the dry arid mountains Ia
get u cool fresh breath of mountain
air, for Il made us feel lonesome after
being away only six months from the
mountains.
am again In the independent tele.
phone business, having three exchan.
ges and twenty miles Of toll line and
several miles OF ranch lines under my
charge. In all about $50 subscribers.
This IL an agricultural country
being well irrigated and raising a large
acreage OF sugar beets, which Is a
very profitable crop and when they
get sufficient acreage they are prom.
Used a factory.
Last year, In certain sections, they
had a heavy nail storm which drove
everything into the ground, the alfalfa
being about the only thing they could
realize on.
| went up to Denver Monday and
saw the president, and there were
others there, for they were packed
from the store fronts out ten feet pact
the curb line on both sides OF the
street from the depot to the Brown
Palace hotel. The decorations for the
occasion were certainly grand and on
hung two large flags that nearly reach.
ed the side walk. They must have
been forty by seventy.five feet. Den.
yer Is a fine city and II my income
was sufficient l would like to live
there. V. II. Jameson.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
Eschew the Cove Catcher

4 don't Q any more cases of ho-
boes riding In the engine pilots, as
they used.' said a railroad man, the
other day. Talk about the rods and
the bliCd: the pilot is the real excit-
ing place to travel. They used to do
II frequently. There Is space enough
under the ~cow-catcher for a mar to
ensconce himself, with d little In
genuity, but It takes a cast iron nerve
to take passage In that cramped
space. If the train hits anything the
hobo Is helpless. All the can do
while the engine Is ~plunging along is
TO shut his eyes and hold on for dear
life. II Is an experience 10 shake any
ordinary mans nerves.
THE ony way to get In Is when the
engine is over a drop pit or some
thing. remember on more than one
occasion that some engine here, af.
ter getting all ready I pull out with
a train, would have to he taken clear
back 10 the round house to get a man
out Of the cowcatcher. But your or.
binary hobo nowadays would a little
rather walk"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
iAandcar Beats Tornado.

Says the Newton Kansan: Claim
Agent Henry Mayer has some sore
muscles as the result Of an experience
with the tornado at Nettleton Monday
night. He had work a few miles
east Of Roselle and a gang Of Dagoes
were working near him. He saw the
storm approaching and II was the
typical tornado formation, With the
help Of five of the Dagoes he worked
the handcar toward Roselle, and the
four miles were covered in California
flyer time. They missed the tornado
and arrived at Roselle just In time to
catch the Jetmore plug. This Is the
second time Mr.. Mayer has had the
pleasant experience Of lodging a tor.
nado. He was on No. 405 last spring
when II ran away from the big winds
at Valley Center.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

the mon0tony and makes the scenery
pleasing to the eye,
Finally WI came In sight OF some high
derricks and as We pass around a hill
we were In among many hundred and
finally stop ut Cleveland where there
are between two and three thousand
some building. some drilling and the
balance being used to pump oil, fol
this Is the oil city Of Oklahoma. They
strike oil about 1000 feet deep and
have quite a number OF large pro
ducers here. Here II where you may
be a pauper this morning and n mil
lionaire tonight, for there has been
lots OF money made there.
After about an hours ride we came
In sight Of large derricks again, but
not so many. may be three or -four
hundred, and this was Bartlesville
and the oil city Of the Indian Terri
tory.
People 70 crazy there over q new
gas and oil prospect the same as they
do In. mining countries over a new
mineral lead. | mention these two
towns because we passed through
them and not because they are the
only ones, for there are several others
In fact, they have struck oil twelve
miles west OF Oklahoma City, but are
drilling for gas and are prepared tc
go down five or six thousand feet and
when they strike 1t Oklahoma City
will boom for all time to come.
We passed over the line into Kan
sas and through Coffeyville. which
does not resemble the town ! remem'
Der passing through twenty-eight
years ago in a prairie schooner, AZ
railroads were not many In that coun'
try then. All along through eastern
Kansas the farmers looked prosper
Gus and counted on a big crop this
year.
About fifty miles south OF Kansas
City we passed through a small town
that was the scene Of a wreck thai
morning, It being the Frisco fast mai
train south bound. The engine hit q
broken rail about 200 yards south Of
the depot and as they were running
fifty miles an hour things piled uI
pretty fast. The engineer and fireman
crawled out Of the wreck and walked
back to the depot, but that night wher
we passed through, the engineer was
not expected to live, having been hurt
internally.
On our train was a lady with two
children. one three years old and the
other about six months old. The
t~hree-year old, about two weeks before
fell out OF a two-story window onto
the cement pavement in Oklahoma
City. Everyone that saw the child
expected she was killed, but they pick
ed her up and as soon as she got hel
breath she convinced them that she
was very much alive and that hel
lungs were not injured. The doctor
examined her for any broken bones
and finding none he bandaged hel
and they took her home and put hel
to bed where she slept all night ant
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
Reason for Atoms Rules.

Regarding the Chicago Il Atoms
rules prohibiting employees from visit.
ing saloons, race tracks, dance halls
or any questionable resorts. General
Passenger Agent Charlton, of that
road Is reported as saying: "The AL.
ION management makes such rules,
not because they are trying to con
troll the morals of the men, but for
the purpose of safer operations OF
trains. All of the things which are
prohibited either tend or might tend
permanently or temporarily to impair
a mans mental and physical being.
A man employed in the operation Of
trains needs his best capabilities OF
mind and body always at his instant
command. and anything that tends
toward any other possibility is harm.
full to the service and disastrouS-i u
life and property. Alton operating
employees have got to be men of UNI
questionable habits, and there is no
deviation from that requirement"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

cd by the burglars, who we're evil
dently hungry. They also took a
water bucket and a tin cup. Despite
the efforts Of the railroad detectives
To put a stop 10 these bnrglaries the
men pop up every few weeks and
raid some car, practically stripping II
Of It's contents.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
Thieves steal a caboose.

A Pueblo dispatch says, Burglars
are again at work In the Rio Grande
yards. Last night the caboose of Con
ductor Frank Young, Of the Denver &
Rio Grande, was entered by thieves
and various articles representing a
total value Of n hundred dollars.
were taken. Friday night Mr.. Young's
caboose was entered and all the pro-
visions stored therein were confscat
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20


Digestion furnishes nutrition for the
nerve centers. Properly digested food
furnishes these reservoirs Of life with
vitality which leads to strong, steady
nerves, and thus nourishes life.
Peruna is in great favor among
women, especially those who have voca-
tons that are trying to the nerves.
Peruna furnishes the lasting vigor
for the nerves that such people need.
Thousands of testimonials from
women in all parts of the United States
are being received every year. Such
unsolicited evidence surely proves that
Peruna is without an equal al . nerve
tonic and a vital invigorator.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

25C
MANY Items IN This Column
Are HsIf Dollar Goods.
Japanned crumb trays and brushes.
No. 5 tin steamers.
| Granite chambers.
No. 80 granite basins.
2 quart granite buckets.
| No. OF granite berlin kettles.
1 quart milk pans.
No. 20 sauce pans.
1 quart granite tea and coffee rots.
No. 8 granite fry pans.
Z inch garden hose.
Z inch white enameled bakers.
Acc. door locks.
10 by IL wood frame mirrors.
! Nickle plated crumb trays.
/ Nickle plated tea and coffee potts..
Glass lamps, complete.
+ uTIItuTe pOiISu.
Fruit presses.
Stanley's carpenter rules.
| Compass saws.
Is inch meat saws
5 inch champion screw drivers.
Decorated cake plates.
Decorated s inch nappiss.
Decorated oatmeal bowls.
Rockingham tea pots.
Wood saw cutters.
10 quart paper pals.
Telescope drinking cups.
40c. padlocks.
Baseball gloves,
Satchel baskets.
? quart galvanized laundry dippers.
Glass celery trays.
45c. buggy whips.
2 gal. stone jars.
10 quart galvanized pals.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

A. B. McGaffey, of Albuquerque, has
purchased the extensive land and 9th
er holdings of the Hyde exploring ex-
petition in San Juan county, which are
valued at considerably over one hun
dred thousand dollars.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
15c

2OC
10 too Cheap for Th0s0s Rv
We Need tho Room
Wood towel rollers.
Tin loaf pans.
Shallow sauce pans.
Bowl strainers
l pound butter moulds.
Wire soap brackets.
Cotton mops.
Hunters flour sifters.
Wood salt boxes.
Polishing mitts.
Tin tea pots.
Box % cartridges.
Augur bits.
Base balls.
Base ball bats.
| gallon oil cans.
u inch cold chisel.
2 OF. lie Pages glue.
Decorated semi-porcelain creamers.
Decorated semi-porcelain pickles.
Decorated semiporcelain platters.
White 8 inch plates.
White 10 inch platters.
White Z inch bakers.
White gravy boats.
Glass jelly dishes.
l gallon stone jars.
Glass syrup pitchers.
Glass vases.
l quart granite bucket.
White enameled swimmers.
Granite basins.
2 quart granite pudding pans.
No. OH granite clippers.
No. Is granite sauce pans.
Cast hammers.
Fancy dust pans.
30c. butcher knives.
Jewell lanterns.
25c coffee mills.
Nickel plated c~uspidors.
! Nickle plated soap dishes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
Continued from Page Six
Is secretary Of the religious depart
ment,
povver ~ E~rateynaI Soeietiea

SWSS W VE0kSVVV0t 0VStVttCos
One does O have 10 look far to
ind an excellent reason why the fra.
ternal societies OF the country, which
have a central organization, are SO
deeply interested In this humane en-.
terprise. II they had no Other rea-
son the selfish one OF saving money
would be sufficient.
These secret societies, with insur.
ancc and other beneficiary adjuncts,
have grown immensely during the
last decale. and while nearly all can
prove prosperity by the possession OF
great reserve funds they have also
paid out millions In death benefits.
The scope Of their insurance opera.
tons Is best told In these figures for
1904 and 1905. the last to be com.
piled:
January ], 1906, 200 So
cieties with member
ship OF ............. 6,00O.V00
1904, insurance written. 81 ,000, 900 600
Insurance In force Jan.
uary ..,.,..s..,... ,ouO,uuo WV
Assets -. so, 000, 900
In 1904, income Of. 5000, 900
In 1904. paid widows and
orphans .............. 65,o0V wv
The growth Of these societies since
their organization has been by ire.
mendous leaps and bounds, as the
following table shows;
Il
Society. Members. Benefits.
Death
Knights Of Honor
~(organized 1879. 10000 $50, 0O0, 900
Royal Arcanum
uS7n ......... 5000 00 90,001,o00
X. OF i. OF Honor
t1S77D .......... 10000 q 1000, 600
Modern Woodmen
OF America t1SS3)660,00 AZ, 000, 600
knights Of Macca.
bees (lSS3) 49,. .3il 900 n, 600, 900
National Union
tlSSlD ...,..t... bI,V0o 2U,uVd,0o0
Independent Or
der OF Foreslers
t1S74) ..219,00O lG, 0N0. 900
Woodmen OF the
World llS91) =. .207. 900 100000
Wide Scope Of the Movement.
With all their power Of wealth and
numbers and their n%ndoubted ability
to finance and conduct Fraternal City
themselves, they have decided to let
Others share the benefits OF their
scheme by contributing to the cause
pro rata.
AT their " expense, and II was
not light, they sent a commission to
all spots known 10 be favorable to the
cure Of pulmonary troubles, with the
result that a spot in New Mexico was
chosen.
las Vegas Is In the heart OF that
vast country once mapped us the
arid region" of the United States.
There aridity was cured with water
as II Is hoped to cure consumption
with balsamic air. Where alkali dust
lay inches deep strawberries and
other fruits. some of them semi
tropical. 10Y grow. All climates can
be encountered within a few hours
travel, for. while the strawberries are
being picked In the valleys, edelweiss
may be seen peeping Que Of the
eternal snow Of the mountain slopes
far above.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

Sc
For Articles Worth 80 and roc
Everywhere.
Horse shoe" tumblers.
Jelly glasses.
Candle sticks.
Glass fruit dishes.
Dredge boxes.
Biscuit cutters.
Cake cutters.
Carpet lacks.
Bowl strainers.
Nutmeg graters.
Lid lifters.
Asbestos mats.
No. ! Mason's backing.
4 inch wrought hooks and staples.
Ia inch porcelain knobs.
quart milk pans.
l pint cups.
| pint tunnels.
Muffin rings.
Spout strainers.
Tack hammers.
Tin scoops.
" dog. tin spoons.
8 to ) inch tea spoons.
Chalk lines.
Potato Washers.
Doughnut cutters.
Tin basting spoons.
Wire egg whips.
Cast door pulls.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

1OC
Buys ESQ Articles IN Many
Insfan00s.
5 doz. clothes pins.
Double mince knives
Roll toilet paper.
IL inch Japanned trays.
Paper lamp shades
Dover egg heaters. .
Colored candle sticks.
Wire pot cleaners.
Galvanized wash basins.
No. 2 Acme fry pans.
Toy garden sets.
| at. tin coffee pots.
Japanned stove shovels.
Scrub brushes.
Forged basting spoons.
Patent clothes lines.
Glass lemon ULCERS.
IL inch tin trays.
| Wire tea balls.
Muffin pans.
Japanned dust pans.
stove pOkerS.
Handled swimmers.
l pint tin dippers.
Cotton clothes lines.
Fancy cake moulds.
"a gallon stone Jars.
Milk s%trainers.
25c butcher knives.
Japanned cuspidors.
Thermometers.
5 inch strap hinges.
White enamelled bowls.
l OF. lie Pages glue.
Mop sticks.
Egg timers.
3 inch granite plates.
Nickle soap dishes.
l25 cent buggy whips.
Tipped tea spoons.
lGlass sugar bowls.
lGlass cream pitchers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

This list gives only a part Of
the good things TO be seen.
Take in the carnival sale and
take home double your moneys
worth. 4.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20


a recent letter to The Peruna Medi-
Il cine Co., Miss Julia Marlowe, Of New
York City, writes the following:
7 Tam glad TO write my endorse. !
menf OF the great remedy, Peruna, J
a. q nerve tonic. / do so most |
heartily. "-.JuIia .tiarlOWe. J
Nervousness is very common among
women. This condition is due to anemic
nerve centers. The nerve centers are
the reservoirs of nervous vitality. These
centers become bloodless for want Of
proper nutrition.
This is especially. true in the spring
season. Every spring a host Of invalids
are produced as the direct result Of weak
nerves.
This can be easily obviated by using
Peruna. NPerunastrikes at the root of the
difficulty by correcting the digestion.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20
Fraternal City Viewed byOptics
Of New York Sunday Herald

Comprehensive Discussion of the Great humani.
tartan Project Magnitude OF the Movement
Statistics Showing Power Of Fraternalism in
the United States.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

&c
lE0r These Goods 70 About Haf
Usual Prf00.
No. 90 Acme fry pans.
Single mincing knives.
Wire coat hangers.
Wood potato Washers.
Wood basting spoons.
Tin deep jelly cake pans.
Shallow jelly cake pans.
Tin cake turner's.
Wire tea pot stands.
Tin wash basins.
No. | and 2 lamp chimneys.
Base balls.
No. / and 9 lamp burners.
) inch decorated plates.
Glass toothpick holders.
A. B. G. plates.
Japanned match safes.
Ice picks.
Coffee strainers.
3 inch strap hinges.
l doc. fruit jar rubbers.
Screen door hinges.
Hand brushes.
Fish lines.
Machine oilers.
Graters (half sheet.
Toy brooms.
Wire pot chains.
Cotton dish mops.
u and II dish mops.
Apple corers.
/ inch varnish brushes.
Cake spoons.
French egg whips.
Japanned flour whips.
Can openers.
Wire sponge racks.
Butter paddles.
Carpenters pencils
GLASS salts and peppers.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-05-20

Buy a bottle of Peruna to-day.
If you do not receive all the bene-
fits from Peruna that you expected,
write to DR.. S. b. Hartman, Column.
| bus, Ohio.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26
GOOD SPIRITS

Good spirits dom all come from
Kentucky. Their main source is
the liver and all the fine spirits
ever made in the Blue Grass State
could not remedy bad liver or the
hundred-and-oue i'll effects it pro-
duces. You can't have good
spirits and bad liver at the same
time. Your liver must be in fine
condition if you would feel buoy
ant, happy and hopeful, bright Of
eye, light Of step, vigorous and sue
cessful in your pursuits. You can
put your liver in fine condition by
using Green's August Flower the
greatest Of all medicines for the
liver aud stomach and certain
cure for dyspepsia or indigestion.
1t has been a favorite household
remedy for over thirty five years.
August Flower viii make your
liver healthy and active and thus
insure you liberal supply Of
good spirits. Trial size, 7scts.
regular bottles, 75c. AT all drug
gists. West Side Drug Store.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26

and especially the board Of water commits must
set themselves to the task 81 devising methods OF
economy III the operation Of the plant and for in
creasing its revenues. systeuatic canvass foy
water consumers uaust Be started The superin-
tendenf must 60 after business Ike an sntsrpgssing
merchant goes after it.
We cannot blink the fact that the situation
which confrontz those in eharge Of the watsrworks
is serious one and coupled with the general string
ency in the finances Of the city. it may appear des-
perate, but it IS moi without a few rays Of hope
The council has already voted to put the system
on meter basis and there is no doubt that this viii
result in substantial increase in revenues Then is
to Be noted that the quantity Of water supplied can be
vastly increased without anything ikea correspond
ing increase in cost The largest item Of expense in
operating the plant IS the salaries and these are fixed
Extra inducements can Be offered to large consumers
since large increase in the quantity Of water pump
a viii reduce the cost per gallon Of the entire
amount. 1t viii cost comparatively little more to
pump 100000 gallons day than it costs to pump
Ioo, 600. the only additional expense being in fuel
Looking further ahead. there is no reason why
extensions should not be made in the near futures
The South Hill people have just grievance. they
want water and without question a large number of
consumers can be secured in this district. With the
Increase in the assessed valuation Of the city, our
esded indebtedness can be increased For 10000 or
most $4,000 the wate- mains can be extended to
very part Of the city. We might Just as well begin
think about this proposition. It is necessary in
rder to make the waterworks system a success as
ell as measure Of justice to the large number of
sope who pay taxes aud yet are without the benefits
water service The extensions can probably Be
ade within the next year
Tie council has decreed that i will operate the
stem and il is up that body and all connected
ith i 10 demonstrate their ability The public ex-
cts them to give good account Of the trust com
lifted to them.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26
IMPOR TiAT SEWER KOTIE
Supt, Perry Serves Notice that Ordin-
ance Will be Enforced


The sewer system is now it
good working order and I call at
tention to the ordinance requiring
connections with it in the sani-
tary district. Connections must
be made at once. Parties who fail
to do SO will be prosecuted accord
ing to the provision Of the ordin-
ance.
Section ro Ordinance No. I72
contains the following:
Amy outside vaults now erected
and being used for water closets,
n the rear Of business buildings,
hotels, restaurants etc. shall be sup
piled with sanitary fxturies. as
in this ordnance or
cease to be used for water closets
within thirty days after the pass
age Of this ordinance " Respect
fully,
VI. Pr
Supt az Water anI .aS-are
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26
NO LEASE. WHAT THEN9

TIE COUNCIL. most emphaticaly and uncere-
monously sat down on the proposition to lease the
w2terworks When the offer was first made it ap-
peared that with some important notifications. IT
might find favor hut when the mutterings Of pcTs-
5ar disapproyal began 10 burst upon the aldermanic
minds. it was evident that good or bad, il was
useless to consider the proposition. No alderman
would have the temerity take the responsibility Of
passing such measure against the wishes Of his
constituents and to submit it to the people with defeat
staring it III the face would have been an idle pro-
ceeding Mr.. Whitemans proposition was without
question made in good faith and while ii was open
grave objections and would have required radical
modification to be at all acceptable it is not npossi-
ole that advantageous contract might have been
framed along the lines suggested by it. had it been
approached il a business way
However the proposition is dead, with few
mourners at the funeral There is a deep-seated
conviction in the public mind that municipal
ownership of waterworks has not had fair test,
that it will ultinlality prove success and this is
the opinion Of the EXPRESS. When it has been
demonstrated beyond question that the system can
NOT be made success under municipal ownership.
let US then advertise for bids and dispose Of it upon
the best terms obtainabe, but if the proper course
persued, is likely that this contingency WIN never
arise.
In the meantime we must face the conditions
that exist and inquire seriously what is to be done
Present conditions cannot be continued. We cannot
continue Indefinitely to operate the system at loss
We must take inventory Of conditions al once and
institute prompt and vigorous steps to bring about
better conditions. The council the superintendent
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26

The Union new and 2nhand
Store pays cash tor all kinds Of
household good. .-Izz Chickasha
Ave. #.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26
600
mitted to them.

THE STREET and alley committee reported favor
ably On the ordinance granting franchise for the
extension Of the Stephenson Browne spur Of the
Rock Island to the electric light plant This spur
crosses Railroad street and runs along the west side
Of the Rock Island right Of way There seems to be
no reason why it should not be granted Certainly if
it be conceded that any other line of railway may be
built on this street there be no objections to the
extension of this spur 1t is difficult TO see how any
body will be injured and it will certainly be giving
encouragement to Of our leading industries. The
council will doubtless agree to the report of the com
mittee which recommends the granting of the fran
chise.
THE STREET fair is booming-there are two or
three who haven't vet contributed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-26

supt. Of Water and sssweTs