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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23
The TENT QUESTION.

While Il doubtless Ii right that
measures should be taken by the city
council to prevent the building Of
tents IN all parts Of the city, yet IA
cilities to those who wish TO make
their homes in tents should be offered.
Las Vegas is being widely advertised
and a great many people are coming.
Many Of them wish, for health rca.
sons, to make their homes In tents.
They must not be driven away from
the city because q place TO live Is re-
fused them. Probably, north Of the
city, and rear the street car line ex-
tension. plenty Of land for tents can
be secured. and this location should
not be ~inconvenient.
There ia no reason. OF course. why
Z tent cannot be made just as sanitary
a. any house. OF course no one likes
to see patchwork affairs such rs some
Of the tents built In the city, but
Opinaons differ N I O whether a white.
clean iookiaeM vent h any disfIgure-
ment. Colorado and Denver do not
think 10 and tenta may be seen side
by aide. with the handsomest residen-
ces IA the city. Owen the much need.
cd sewer system and provide that tent
dwellings make connection with them
and much Of the present objection to
tents win disappear.
In this part Of the world as In arr
other civilized region. II Is wise and
generous and unselfish to live anl
let live. Our wealth Of sunshine IL
boundless. our salubrious air exists In
sufficient quantities to minister to the
healing Of thousands. Even at some
little sacrifice to our own aesthetic
tastes and perhaps personal inconven.
ience II II nothing less than a duty Of
. people as fortunately situated as we
TO interpose no artificial hardships
upon those who come here asking for
the privilege Of breathing our air and
assimiIating our sunshine.
II IL necessary, however, for them
to assimilate something a little more
substantial than sunshine. and 1t will
mean considerable hardship II We ban.
Ssh the tent owellers TO regions re.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

sum not exceeding the sum of three
times the license in said section 5 i'm
posed. n
Section Z.
All ordinances or part Of ordinances
in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed.
Section s.
This ordinance shall be in full force
and effect after its passage and publ
cation as required by law.
Enacted this cpd day Of November.
A. ID. 1906.
Attest:
CHARLES TAMME,
Clerk. Approved.
F. T.. OLNEY,
Ii1-125 Mayor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23
PENiTENTiARY D

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Nov. 1G, 1906.
Sealed proposals viii DE received by
the Board Of New Mexico Peniten-
tiary Commissioners at. the Office Of
the Superintendent, until 10 o'clock
A. NJ on Monday. November p, 1905.
for furnishing and delivering at the
New Mexico Penitentiary the supplies
hereinafter mentioned, or so much
thereof as the Board may deem sufi-
Payment for said supplies will
I'm 1NAde III CASH, Delivery Of all
supplieA. except p~erishable articles,
must be AZ directed BY the Superiu.
tendenS!h
Samples will be required Of arti.
cleA Unmarked With an astesisk. and.
should be labeled, showing
name Of bidder, price. ETC.. and must
be delivered to the superintendent
not later than . o'clock on said day.
All bids must be made strictly in
accordance with the conditions on
blank proposals. which Will be Ofdr.
nished BY the superintendent on APP
plication; no bid otherwise made win
be entertained. A bond will be re-
auired from all successful bidders for
the faithful fulAllment Of contracts
within ten days after date Of award.
100000 lbs. flour.
5000 lbs. beans.
1000 lbs. oatflakes.
1000 lbs. rice.
$50 cases laundry soap.
50 lbs. black pepper. whole.
500 lbs. X. c. baking powder, 5lb.
cans.
s6 cases California fruits. assorted.
IS cases canned orn
200 lbs. laundry starch, bulk
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23
Santa Fe Changes.

c. NJ. Taylor, mechanical superinten.
dent. nounc that. effective Nov,
18th, the following changes are made
In territorial assignment of road fore,
men Of engines, on the western grand
division Of the Santa Fe:
Mr.. John A. Ross Is assigned ex-
clusively TO the Rio Grand division,
with headquarters at San MarciaL.
The territory of Mr.. John A. Carroll
is extended TO w the third district,
New Mexico division, and restricted
on the Albuquerque division to cover
the first division only.
1t Is understood that Mr.. Carroll
will divide his time as nearly as
practicable evenly between thetwo di-
visions, and that he will report to the
respective officials of each division &C.
cording to the territory on which he
Is working.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

mote from stores and business cen
tiers.
The problem Is a serious n and
we trust that II will be approached
with the greatest possible caution by
THE members Of the city council aud
solved In such a tanner as To do
Injustice 10 none.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

Political hacks receive a serious
blow In the president 8 announcement
that hereafter applicants for consli
lar appointments must pass a civil ser
vice nination and be able to speak
the Language Of the country to which
they desire TO be appointed. Ameri
a politicians have always thought
that money and Influence" talked all
languages. but the president has 9th.
er views on the subject.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

MRS. Warren's Profession" by Der.
nard Shaw, which vas suppressed and
taken on the stage In both New Ha-
rel and New York by the police. turn
ed out to be just as advertised, a
problem play. The problem Is how
the expenses Of It's two productions
are to be paid.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

All small boys and all persons not
endowed with steel plate stomachs
should read the presidents T~hanksgiv.
ing proclamation before dinner, es.
pecially that part which says: 1.-THE
foes from whom we should pray I'd be
delivered are III own passions, appe.
titles and follies.' As a rule thse are
the thoughts that one has the night
after the dinner. instead OF before II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

The constitution may not have fol-
lowed the flag to the Philippines, but
American customs are reaching there
by leaps and bounds. The latest Is a
newsboys strike that forced a paper
publisher In Manila to abandon its
street sales.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

The London committee has receiv.
ed for the benefit Of the Russian Jews
donations OF $355. 900. and a speech
from Lord Rothschild expressing con.
fidence In the outlook for peace.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

In spite OF the appointment OF Mr..
Stillings as public printer, the
Government Bureau OF Printing and
Engraving, Is noisler than ever.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

The Norwegian plebiscite polled on
" twenty-one per cent. OF the votes
for a republican form OF government
for the country. Probably the voters
had read Of the recent election In New
York and decided that a monarchial
government could scarcely furnish Z
condition az bad as that.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

Box Cox Of Ohio seems TO have
adopted the explanation OF Admiral
Nebogatotf, that he sacrificed himself
to save those beneath him.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

G. NJ. Piepone. Fayetteville. Ark,
has been at Tucumcari several days
looking over the country, and intends
% locate a small colony Of. Arkansas
farmers there this winter and spring.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

Tertiary Commissioners reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
In submitting bids for above sup
plies, bidders should write plainly on
envelope the following: Bids for sup
plies for New Mexico Penitentiary,'
with name or names of bidder or
bidders, to avoid the opening Of same
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

by mistake.
BY order Of the Board Of New
Mexico Penitentiary Commissioners.
H. O. BURSUM,
Superintendent.
Samples may be sent separately
duly marked and numbered, to the
superintendent. 11-102
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23
Bedding Section

Fine Comforts, sizes 72xS4, filled
with 4 ID. bait: the material would
cost you $3.50; for ten days sale, 1925.
Fine California Wool Blankets, made
OF fine select wool, prices range from
$500 TO $500
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23
Cots for C6iIdf.a and Girls.

? - FiF1ft- N, = , "17F wN.e'
Are warm and protective. Youth.
ful. dashlns. latest styles. Rich. en-.
during materials. Tailored with ex.
pert skill; distinctly unassuming
prices. Come and take a look at them
before you buy some place else.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

George Spence, of Corona. of the
firm Of Saxon & Spence, sold 5000
head of wether lambs for the hand
some price OF s2.75 recently.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23

Are you coming to US, where you
are absolutely certain to get the latest
styles made OF sprine skins, On .
fair pride. bash! 1fts}if
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-11-23
The ereadsst Showing ~
Ladies' Lace Waists

That We have ever made. From every
side We have enthusiastic admira.
tion Of our Lace Waists. Those VINO
know tell us that nowhere else Is
there anything like the variety We
show. And We know values could not
be better. These waists sell only for
ten days it,. ...... -. 1855
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

bring their due supply of rain, and the
season of 1877 was little better. The con-
sequences of this prolonged drought
which extended from the Deecan 10
Cape Comurin and subsequently INVADED
northern India. were more disastrous
than any siSilar calamity up to that
time since the introduction of British
rule Notwithstanding unparalleled I'M
portaticns of grain by sea and rail- and
despite the most strenuous exertions or
the government, which expended about
So, ,O00,0 900 for the purpose, the loss of
life from actual starvation and its at
tendant train OF diseases and want In
the distressed tracts. in excess OF the
normal mortality. for two years, 1S76-7S.
is estimated TO have raised the death
rate by 40 per cent, or 5,250OO0.
Great famines have occurred in Per-
eia in recent years. and Russia has had
many during the past century, but the
most terrible famine in recent times
was the Irish famine Of 1851. 1t was
caused by the loss of the potato crop.
ireland had at that time a population of
about eight and half millions, and it
was largely dependent upon the potato
crop.
The crop of 1s45 was a. partial failure,
and the peasantry, who had no surplus
food of former harvests TO fail back
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

upon. were compelled to take clothing
and household furniture TO the pawn
shops to purchase food and seed for the
next harvest. Unfortunately the crop
of 1876 was total failure, and absolute
ruin and starvation threatened the whole
population. The government was slow
in taking adequate relief measures, and
great numbers died for want of food
and from disease caused by lack OF
proper sustenance. Several million dol
lars were raised by private subscription,
and the government contracted a loan
OF eS, 600 TO supply the wants OF the
suffering people. When the full extent
of the calamity was realized the British
government and people did everything
possible. and large sums of money ana
shiploads of provisions were sent from
this country. At one time three million
Irish people were receiving rations. A
million and a half of people died OF
starvation or disease.
The Indian famine of 1861 was the
most severe ever known in that famine
afflicted country. The great famine OF
1877. affected 257, 600 square miles and So,
600 600 persons That Of 1897 affected
900 COO square miles and 6S. 900. 600 persons.
The highest number receiving relief in
1877 was s17S 900. while in 1897 more tRan
100000 were being aided during zhe
month of June.
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RAVAGES Of SOME GREAT FAMlNES Life Insurance Cactus Cen

Hades popped in Cactus Center, WI
Just like a eatapult,
The life insurance question hit US
the 18th ult.
1t began when ella Hawkins said
surance men was thieves
Said the hull cadoodle of 'em wC
stuff aces I'D their sleeves.
He was took up by Slim Johnson. "
been writin' risks in town.
An before we cleared the barroom 4
was three men lyin' down;
Slim went shootin' TO his Office, an
got four on the way.
While Old ella. trailin after. wing
few with shots astray.
So we laid siege to the Office. an
punctured Sims s tough hide.
An laid him and ella Hawkins,
their wounds dressed. side by
An old Hawkins got to laughln
stretched out OF the bed.
But at last he checked his snickefS
before his last breath, said;
'I apologize, most humble, sim
fur as you're concerned.
But I lest can't help a-laugnin q
trick that you have turned
Fer you've dealt your gra itln =
quite a hard financial blow
The joke is on yoa, Johnson
sured with YOU, you know.
Denver Republi
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''NC, one Bit" he replied. prompt
ly. I'D stay right here in this little
cottage-but you bet l would make
things hum IN the labor world"
'How?"
Il wouldn't pauperize the labor
ing classes" he said, thoughtfully,
but l would introduce my scheme
for employing everybody who could
work and deserved to be employed.
AS it is, even now, l hope to get
my scheme going without the mill
lion. But, naturally, results will
take time
IF 1 were DICTATOR" said Crooks.
you wouldn't hear a word of stary-
ing women and children. My blood
boils when / see the distress in this
district alone. AS chairman of the
board of guardians last year | gave
out food supplies to the extent Of
So 800 per week; and the chances
ere we shall have to do more this
= year.
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T has been calculated that more
than 2,0o0 persons starved to death
in Spain last summer, says the New
York Herald. The famine was due
to the drought. Horrifying as are these
figures the Spanish mortality occupies
an unimportant place in the record Of
the worlds great famines.
In the great famine in India in i769-IO
100000 people are supposed TO have per-
ished and 1.5O0, 000 died in the famine of
1896. In 1873 the rice crop in the district
Of Behar. in northwestern Bengal yield
I'd only quarter of the average har-
vest, and as 100000 people were de-
pendent on this crop for sustenance.
the government was obliged 10 make
purchases of rice, chiefly in farther In
dia, and provide means of conveying it
to the districts including the building
OF railway forty-five miles long. For
a long time 3,003.000 persons received
daily support either in aims. in work
OF In loans. This relief was continued
from October. 1878. till December, 1879.
In this way, the government expended
So, 100000. Donations also. amounting
10 over a million dollars. were contrib
uted by private subscription. In this
way the death rate was kept down TO
only twenty-five persons.
Ia 1876 both OF the monsoons failed TO
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American Men No Better oft.

when our scheme is perfected,
we shall know to man just how
many hands are required in each
district Of England; and our indus
trial army will not be allowed to
deteriorate. When a man gets so
low that he has to live for months
on nublic charity, he loses his grip,
and finally becomes, instead of an
unemployed, an unempIoyabie. He
should be helped by the government
tn tide him over his time of want.
If all the fine agricultural lands,
now In the hands of few lords and
dukes, were placed under public con-
troll instead of being kept closed for
game preserves, our labor problem
would be near solution.
American laboring men are no
The Washington times., 1905-11-19
The Workinqmen s Leoder.


The proposed women's march to
the palace could not be under better
leadership than that of Mrs. Crooks.
The Crookses are of the people. and
for the people. first. last. and all the
time. Mrs. Crooks knows the condi-
ton Of the poor from having been
through the fire of want and poverty
herself. Her husband. the famous
labor leader, has risen to his present
position from the very lowermost
rung of the ladder Though VIII
Crooks holds a distinguished and en-
viable position among the laboring
classes today-though he has come
up" from the workhouse and from
the place of a common iaborer 20 be
g distinguished member of parlia-
rnent and Of the London county
council, to say nothing OF his
having been mayor Of one of the
largest sections of London. he lives
today a simple, workingman's life,
within a short distance OF the place
where he was born. He pays about
$3.50 per week for his cottage; his
wife does her own housework and
washing, his daughter assists. and
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Komen Mean Business.

Mrs. "Will' Crooks, wife of the
famous NJ. p, and labor leader, is at
the head Of the women's movement.
She has planned a monster process
sion Of women to Buckingham
Palace TO present a petition to the
King asking him to summon a
special session of parliament The
King has stated, through his private
secretary, Lord Knollys. that he
could not receive such a deputation,
as it would be contrary to precedent.
and that the petition should be sent
TO his responsible advisers" the
ministers. But Mrs. Crooks will not
abandon the procession.
we mean business" she said
when seen by the writer at her little
cottage, 81 Cough street. Il shall
march at the head of the women's
procession and 1 shall lead the poor
women as near to buckingham
Palace IS the authorities will let me.
II the King won't look at Us We shall
try 70 march to the ministers in
Downing street We must do some
thing.
Parliament should be forced to
give the husbands of the poor wo-
men work. There is plenty of work
TO be done. such as the reclamation
of waste lands. the building of pub
lie roads, docks, and buildings; and
the forming Of farm colonies. These
poor people cannot afford to wait
until parliament reassembles. Many
of them viii have starved to death
by that time"
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tempt has been made to organize
our industrial army; but we are be-
ginning. An act of parliament has
been passed for the purpose Of gath
ering full information as to the en-
tire labor problem, and statistics of
great value are being compiled. We
are systematizing the field of en-
ployment, and this act will enable
US TO send men all over the country
in places where they are most need
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Still Brains Enough

There is land enough. capital
enough and brains enough in this
country to solve our labor problem.
We carefully provide for our fight
ing army and our navy; but we neg
lect the greatest army we have
our industrial army. We keep our
fighters in good condition.; and yet
we let our laborers drift down from
poverty to inefficiency. This is all
wrong. with a government as rich
and powerful as ours. With millions
of acres of England's best agricul-
tural lands kept idle and in the
hands of q few men-one duke has a
million acres-and given up as game
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

better off than we are. In fact, with
their big trusts in that country, and
their backwardness in true social
ism, we think we are further ad-
vanced. The industrial armies OF
both countries should be properly
organized, and could even work to-
gether, and then labor could emanci-
pate itself from its present degrad-
ing position. I feel like a man in a
dark room who sees a pin-hole OF
daylight-we are moving toward
the light; but our present sur
roundings are very dark"
Crooks attended the coronation of
King Edward, but got himself ex-
empted from wearing court dress
When asked afterwards what hl
thought Of the ceremony. he said
What struck me most was the get
up of the peers. It was interestin
TO think that one Of those men spen
as much on his robes and cOronet {
make himself look ugly, as woul
have given popular free breakfast
for a week"
Last year. VIII Crooks own h
way into parliament by an owe
whelming majority He is, no dout
today the most striking figure
British politics.
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Friend of Worbhou8e Children.

BY a strange twirl of fortunes
wheel he is today a member of the
board of guardians of the very
workhouse which helped to raise
him: and he makes II a point to
spend a certain portion of his time
each day among the poor In the
workhouse. One of his special forms
of amusement Is to go and play with
workhouse children. Every after
noon when his time is not taken up
by some committee, you may find
him in the children's ward. where
the distinguished NJ. P. does not
hesitate to go down on "all fours"
and give pick-a-backs to eager
youngsters.
Il have had ten children of my
own he said, when questioned on
his fondness for children, "and
know what it means to take care of
them. There was a time when
had to wash, dress, and feed six lit
tie children before going to work
every morning; and leave them all
day to take care of themselves.
When ! would come home at night.
they would have worried through
the day somehow, and l had to put
them TO bed and give them the sup
per 1 brought home for them before
/ could get anything to eat myself +"
This period was shortly after
Crooks had lost his first wife For
some time, he was a poverty-stricken
widower with six little ones to look
after: and then he met the present
Mrs. Crooks, who has made an ex-
ceptional stepmother for his chill
dren. Though he is in his fifty-third
year, he does not appear to be over
forty-fve. He is stockily built; broad
shouIdered; somewhat under medium
height: and has a large head. His
elose-cropped beard and determined
cast of countenance suggests a re-
semblance to Gen. u. S. Grant
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VIII Crooks. M. P, Is
Full of Schemes for
London S Starving
WorkmeR and Has
Littl5 Respectfo the
Great Lords Who
Lock Up T heir
Land.
London Nov II

London, Nov. II.
T IS estimated there are at
the present time no less than
$4,000 honest, temperate.
would-be workers in London
seeking employment where it
does not exist. The workhouses-the
dread of the poor today, even as in
Dickens time-are overcrowded; and
hundreds are turned away; thrown
back On the charity of persons al
most as poverty-stricken as them
selves.
This year, a unique innovation has
been made for bringing the cause of
these workless sufferers before the
public. A gigantic demonstration of
wives of workmen" is being organ
ized for the purpose of bringing the
condition OF these people directly
under the notice of King Edward.
The Kings sympathies, it is said,
are entirely with the poor In this
matter. and, privately, his majesty
IS doing his utmost to alleviate their
condition. But he can accomplish
little in that way. The working peo-
pie want him 10 convene parliament
that legislation may be passed which
viii provide public employment for
those who can get no other.
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He Prefera Simphoitg

To say that Crooks is democratic
scarcely expresses the idea. He Is
practical exponent of the simple life
down TO It's last analysis.
Would you live any differently,
ne was asked. if you had million
dollarsgp
The Washington times., 1905-11-19

ed. For instance, If 800 men are
needed in Liverpool, as things are
today probably 1000 men would go
there, leaving their families in the
workhouse; the consequence being
that 500 more men than are needed
are dumped into Liverpool, and dis
tress follows.
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VIII Crooks himself lends a hand"
about the house whenever required
IN the neighborhood where the
Crooks family live. they are looked
upon as public benefactors. VIII
Crooks is often called up in the
dead of night 70 come and stop a
street fight. or to settle family
row; if anyone is taken suddenly i'll,
Mrs. Crooks is often called even be-
fore the doctor: and Crooks him
self, even since becoming NJ P,
and county councillor, has taken it
upon himself to mend the drain
pipes in workingman's cottage.