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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-06-16

; LOCAL NEWS.

Sam Jones went to Artesia last
night.
]. R. Culwell went to Artesia last
night on business.
Fresh cow for sale at $500. In
quire at 21O S. Ky. 95tf
Eugene L%attion, of Dayton. spent
yesterday with friends in this city.
J.. E. Wilkinson left last night for
Artesia, to look after business inter
ests.
For bargains in farms, see Dicus,
Frost & Co, the real estate men at
Dexter, N. NJ. 72tf
VIM. BAIL. salesman for the Price
store at Dexter. spent yesterday with
friends in this city.
Libby, Mcneil & Libby's compress
ed corn beef in bulk at U. S. Market
zine for cold lunch. Taft
L. C. Card, the Dexter hotel man,
returned home last night from a bus
mess visit in Roswell.
Buy your wall paper. glass, bug
gy paint and floor finish at the P e
cos Valley Lumber Co 73tf
Zoe Arlington returned to Dexter
last night after remaining here a
few days looking after business inl-
erests.
H. Mem and son., Edward, return
ed to their home in Dexter last night.
Mr.. Mem is one of the hotel men at
Dexter.
We have vacant lots in any part
of the city at reasonable prices. We
have some bargains in business lots.
Carlton Brothers. 83tf
Underwood's original Deviled Ham.
Gold Label Lobster, Little Neck
CLAIMS. Clam Juice and Clam Chow
der at U. S. Market. 74tf
w l.. Bobo, of Carlsbad, who
spends much of his time in Roswell
came in last night from an extended
mp " pOlLlS 1NoItH III last
Malthoid Roofing. White Pine Lath.
Special attention given to orders for
tank and windmill material KEMP
LUMBER COMPANY, East Fourth
Street IS If.
Miss Lulu Keith. a representative
Of the Alva Rose creamery. of Alva
o. T., left last night for Carlsbad.
She is establishing agencies for the
goods her house puts out.
Miss Esther Hodgson and Miss
Mile Davidson, who have been DIT
tending Mount Carmel Academy n
Wichita. Kan. arrived home lasI
night for the summer vacation.
The laxative effect of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets is
so agreeable and SO natural that you
10 not realize it is the effect of a me
dicine. For sale by all druggists.
Jas. Hinson has returned from p
ten days trip to Ell Paso. Fort Worth,
Austin and other points. He accom-
panied his sister, Miss Margaret
home from a visit at their old home
in Texas.
We have for sale at a bargain, a
nice 5-room house located in one of
he best residence sections of town.
Modern in appearance and has all the
eonveniences of an up-to-date home
Carlton Bros 83tf.
l. J. Alternately returned to Hager-
man last night, having completed the
deal for the purchase of the E. F.
Cooper drug store at that place. Mr..
Cooper also was here and returned
TO Hagerman last night.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-06-16
Parker Earle on Aondo Floods.
A Communication.
Roswell. June IA. 1905.

-
Roswell, June IA, 1905.
Editor Roswell Record:-The re-
port of the committee appointed 10
devise the best means Of protecting
Roswell against future floods, In an
important document. I believe il is
entirely practicable, and is in fact
the only way by which for a few
thousand dollars reliable protection
can be secured for all future time
But in talking with several of our cit
ize1 find that but few understand
wha ne plan recommended really
means As IL is of supreme impor-
lance to the future of his city to Sc
cure efficient protection against any
future foundations, and az this plan
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-06-16
Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck, Lame
Shoulder.

These are three common ailments
for which Chamberlain's Pain Balm
is especially valuable. If promptly ap
piled it will save you time, money
and suffering when troubled with any
one of these ailments. For sale by
all druggists.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-06-16
MEXICAN CENTRAL ROAD.
Files Certificate of Increase Of Capital
to One Hundred Millions.

Boston, Mass, June 15.-The Mexi-
can Central Railroad Company To-
day filed certificate of increase Of
capital from $50. OO0. 900 TO 500. 000.-
hat s21.125. 900 will be used in acluir-
ing additional property from time 70
time as the directors see fit. The sum
of $4,000. 900 will be expended in the
purchase of the Mexican Pacific rail
road. and 2 {. ZOO. 900 will be used to
liquidate income bonds
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1905-06-16

Tom White went to Portales today
on business.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
INTRODUCING THE SPEAKER
Chairman Who Knew Just How to
Do It Without Saying
Too Much.

How seldom does speaker get a
chairman who has the wisdom to make
the right Introductory speech, but here
is a model. The chairman, in intro
ducing the speaker, said:
Ladies and gentlemen, l have the
honor to introduce to you this evening
the gentleman who is going to deliver
an address to us. He goes to the same
church as I do. AS pure citizen I
respect him! as personal friend OF
years l have the warmest regard for
him; as neighbor whose vegetable
garden adjoins mine-why-why, /
watch him. He is a square, true man
in honest politics, and must say he
occupies rather lonesome position.
So broad, so bountiful in his character
that he has never turned a tramp emp
ty-handed from his door, but always
gave him letter of Introduction to me.
Pure, honest, incorruptible, that is the
speaker of the evening. Such man in
politics is like bottle Of perfumery in
a glue factory-it may moderate the
stencil, but it doesn't destroy it. I
haven't said any more of him than I
should say of myself. Ladies and gen.
tlemen, our friend will now proceed to
talk to us"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

A very popular form of entertain
ment is the Dutch supper. II it is
possible, do not use q table cloth, but
have doilies or orange crepe paper,
that is the Dutch color. Use all the
Delft china that is procurable; and
imitation ware is very effective and
very cheap. Tulips are the Dutch
flower, and tulip shaped bon-bon boxes
and candle shades may be made from
orange tissue paper. Little wooden
shoes may be purchased and used to
hold the sailed nuts. Serve the fol-
lowing menu, which is written in
Dutch, much to the mysti6cation of
the guests. (The translation is given
for the benefit of the hostess):
KALI Soep Met Gehak Ballen.
(Veal Soup with Garnish of Meat Balls. }
Gebraden Tong.
(Roasted Tongue.)
Brussels Sprinten.
((Brussels Sprouts.
Bloemkool met Room Sause. =
(Creamed Caulifower.)
Haring Sla met Croodjes.
(Herring Salad with Rolls.)
Gesneden Sinaas Appelen met Wyne
Sause.
(Sliced Oranges with Wine Sauce.)
Gesorteerde Noten.
(Assorted Nuts.)
Kaffee.
(Coffee.)
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

Robert T.. Lindsay. the president Of
the Real Estate Loan and Trust COM
pany, of st. Louis, and the leader of the
conversation in his private ONCE on the
night In question, was man Of in
creasing prominence in his state. He
was the son of James Lindsay, who had
located in st. Louis in 1884
Lindsay Sr. became the editor Of the
first free soil'' paper published in Mis-
souri,, and was later sent to the legisla-
ture as Benton democrat" During
the early days of the war, while Ulysses
S. Grant was recruiting the regiment
at the head of which he made his first
leaps toward military greatness, he
went to Iron county. Mo-, in the south
east part of the state, and became &C.
quainted with James Lindsay, making
the latter's log house his headquarters
in tho county.
Because am held to the dead level Of
history in these narratives and not per.
United to indulge in the temptations to
flights of romance that constantly pre-
sent themselves, am here forced to call
Grant that was in great measure re-
sponsible for the Missouri land thefts.
In his sojournings at the Lindsay
home Grant conceived a strong personal
liking for his host, and after he was
elected president he appointed his
friend Lindsay pension agent at St.
Louis. To this trust Lindsay proved
recreant and was soon found $4,000
short in his accounts. This brought
about his removal from that Office, but IL
did not deter Grant from appointing him
registrar of the Ironton land Office in
1877, just before his second term expired,
thereby indicating the bulldog con-
stancy with which the great military
genius chung to his old friendships
whether the objects of them were wor-
thy or not.
Robert L. Lindsay, the son, inherited
many of the traits of his father, the
keenness of mind, geniality of manner
and, unfortunately, the shifty standard
Of morals. The younger Lindsay was
educated in the law and had he conferred
his energies on the practice of that pro-
fession along honorable lines he would
have attained place of prominence
among lawyers. Instead he turned from
the law to real estate, and early in his
career began the development of the
most gigantic steal of the century. 1t
is around this swindle, with Robert L.
Lindsay as the pivotal character, that
this bit of history turns.
This steal has passed into criminal
history under the title of the Missouri
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

through their own misguided efforts.
In the land of "moonshine" stills
knowing too much has been q capital
ohiense punishable by DEATH 1t the
hands of self-constftrted Judges and
executioners. So 1t vas N Arcadia
valley and Throughout southwest
ern Missouri following the civil war,
the tabooed subject being land frauds
| instead of the making of white corn
whisky.
From this readers must not infer
that Robert l.. Lindsay and the other
principal thieves were in conspiracy
! to commit murier; but they were in
a conspiracy that led to murder as an
incident. Young Lindsay was SUI
preme in the district and his word was
law, even when it meant the commits.
sion of crimes of violence to protect
the land conspirators in their nefarious
plans.
A large number of supernumeraries
were necessary, men who little by
little were dragged into the crime
vortex for meager pay, and, once in
volved, were driven to desperate
crimes to protect themselves. In
Vulnerable county officials and other
men-prominent within the county
lines, but the merest cogs in the big
machine of fraud-were drawn into
the common cause of land stealing.
Such men composed strong secret,
oath-bound rings in the counties of
Shannon, Dent, Butler, Wayne, Rey-
nolds, Iron, Carter, Oregon, Madison,
Stoddard and Ripley. n
Do not understand me to say that
all officials in these counties were COR
rupt, for some were honest men who
dared not move against the thieves.
There were enough of the dishonest
ones, however, to control largely in
public affairs of the district, and to
succeed in fostering general belief
that no mans life was safe Who be-
came informer.
Thus matters stood in the fall of
1875; Carl Schurz was secretary of
the interior and James j. Brooks was
chief Of the secret service, Elmer
Washburn having been deposed by
President Grant because he had been
so vigorous toward some of Grants
friends in the whisky ring scandals.
I had been chasing the ever-active but
elusive counterfeiter through the CEN
trail west when my chief called my at
tention to a communication from a
resident of Missouri to the depart
ment of the interior. This letter
pointed out the fact that wholesale
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
Exercise Essential.

Exercise is Of immense benefit In
treating the skin. A woman should
exercise until the skin is in a glow.
She must exercise until she can feel
that her lungs and heart are stimulat.
ed. Then she is ready for the skin 10.
tions and for the scented bath. The
exercise upon which the bellies of other
days depended for their beauty was
dancing. Dancing and horseback rid.
ing were the two diversions.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
HINTS FOR HOSTESS
WAYS OF ENrERrAINrMa Oh
VARIOUS OCCASIONS.
An Up-to-Dats Book Party-Insc.ip.
lions for the Home-The Dutch
supper-A Left Handed Party
GIRLS Birthday Party.
Copyright. 1869


An Up-to-Date Book Party.
The hostess informed US that she
had spent weeks in preparing for this
entertainment, and we believed her
when we gazed upon the 30 objects,
each bearing the name of an author.
The title of the book represented was
to be guessed and written ON the card
opposite the number the object bore.
For instance, 1.-The Eternal City," by
Hall Game, was represented by a map
Of Rome; 1.-THE Virginian," by q pic
ture of George Washington, with
Owen Wister written on one corner;
''The speckled Bird" by Augusta
Evans Wilson, by a white bird COW
cred with specks; "BlacK Rock" was
easy-a black stone on the table, with
Conner on it. A spray of blue flowers
recalled that Van Dyke had written
'"The Little Blue Flower" 1.-THE
Three Musketeers" was represented by
three toy soldiers. Kipling's "Seven
Seas" was recognized by seven C's
written on white paper and pinned on
the wall. 1.-THE Octopus" by William
Norris, was large picture of that fish.
Other books represented were: "a
Paste Board Crown" by Clara Morris;
'Boy," Corelli; Eve Two" Edna Ly-
all: "The Duet" Kipling; ''The' Cen
tleman from Indiana" Booth Tarking-
ton, and 'Three Men in q Boat" by
Jerome.
First, second and consolation prizes
were given, consisting of books. This
was an afternoon affair for ladies, but
it would be quite suitable for a club
or church society entertainment.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
Accepting an Invitation,

In accepting an invitation you
should say: ut gives me much pleas.
ure to accept your very kind invita-.
ton for luncheon on Wednesday, DC.
tober the seventh" Do not say 1T
will give me much pleasure" An in.
vitation should never be accepted pro.
visionally, that is, you should never
say: 81 should be delighted to &C.
cept your very kind invitation If am
not obliged to leave town before that
date" Your hostess will not know
whether she can depend Upon your
being present at the entertainment or
whether she must ask some one else
to fill your place.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
Quotations Appropriate for the New
Home.

Quotations Appropriate for the New
Home.
In the old-time manor house it was
the fashion to inscribe a motto over
the fireplace, especially in the great
dining-room and library. The inscrip-
ton was usually in Latin, the Ian
guage of the scholar. This custom is
now being revived, and there is scarce
~ a room in which a sentiment pref
tily expressed would not be a welcome
addition, aad which would at once at
tract the attention of guest as being
something unique. Here are q few
good sentiments; the lettering may be
done in script or Old English:
For the hall:
"East or west, home is best
"a mans home is his CASTLE"
"Home is the resort of love, of Joy,
Of peace"
"Our house is ever at your service. -
Over the fireplace in Mark Twain's
house in Connecticut is this beautiful
inscriptions:
"The ornament of a house is the
guests who frequent it,"
The three following inscriptions are
especially appropriate for the family
living-room:
"Oh, We fire and heat, bless We the
Lord"
God has given us this ease," or
''Seek thine own ease"
mo place is more delightful than
ones own fireside."
For the library:
"Old wood to burn,
Old friends to trust,
Old authors to read"
"There is an art of reading"
"The monuments of vanished
minds
'Inflnite riches in a little ROOM"
For the nursery:
God rest We, little children"
"A child in the house is a we'll
spring of pleasure"
For the music room:
"The hidden soul of harmony"
"Music, the speech of the angels"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
Keep Sheep on Small Farms

Keep Sheep on Small Farms.
Imports of wool from British mar.
Kets have so far this year exceeded
last years imports by $4,000 bales.
This, together with the high prices
growers are receiving for the clip ir
the west, is strong argument in favor
of more sheep on western farms, says
the Farm and Home.
Sheepmen certainly cannot complain
this year, for besides having gooa
prices for wool and lambs there has
been an unprecedented demand for
wethers and old breeding stock. It is
also being rapidly shown that large
focks are not necessary for profitable
sheep raising, but that a few added
to the other live stock Of the farm
will bring in a steady and handsome
income.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
A VERY STYLISH WAIST.

lines the yoke and each side front.
Straps of ribbon velvet of the color of
the spots form a trimming on the col.
lar band and bust; the end of each
strap is finished by a paste button. Inc
sleeves have tight-fitting under parts
Of lace with pleatings ct top and
wrist.
Materials required for the blouse:
Two and one-quarter yards four and
one-half inches wide, one and one-half
yards lace 10 inches wide, two yards
velvet, one dozen buttons, about five
yards pleating.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

frauds were being perpetrated in Mis-
souri, in land matters, and roughly in
dicated the method by which the
stealing was being done. Secretary
Schurz had turned the communication
over to Chief Brooks, and it soon
reached me.
The preliminary Investigations were
made by me in my capacity of secret
service operative. and in making
them it became necessary to incur
what at that time was an unusually
heavy item of expense in having alb.
stracts of title made. At that time
the total government appropriation
for the secret division was only
5000 year, an amount but $4,000
greater than was recently allowed for
the search for the plate from which
a 800 counterfeit bill was being made.
For this reason arrangements were
made ostensibly severing my connec-
ton with the secret and making me
a special agent of the interior depart
ment for the purpose of the land fraud
investigation.
It will be necessary for me, at the
hazard of lapsing into technicalities,
to set forth briefly the law governing
the acquisition of the class of lands
dealt in by the thieves. This par
ticular law went into effect in August,
1854, and was generally known as the
graduation act" In Missouri it came
to be known as the "bit acre. act,
this title springing from the fact that
the price to be paid per acre under the
act was 1919 cents, or a "bit," in Mis-.
souri, parlance. The act provided that
any citizen of the United States over
81 could make application for 800
acres of land in the prescribed dis.
trict, and must actually settle on the
land applied for within six months
Of application. In one year from
the end of this six months period the
settler was required to appear at the
land Office of the district and make
AFFIDAVIT that he had settled on the
4 land and had improved and cultivated
it according to description filed with
the registrar at the same time. To
the fact of settlement and improve
ment there had to be two witnesses
neighbors, who were required to swear
to the facts as set forth by the appli
cant.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

"Sae the dochtor said that, dide he?"
inquired the caddie.
"He did,. And he was very wise man,
let me tell you," snapped the English
man.
II believe ye," retorted the caddie.
s.Nae doot the dochtor was vera vice
mon. for there is muckle o. stane an
waiter in Scotland-oor mountains an
lochs that ye come sac for to see; an
it's q sair truth that the soil is no vera
deep. You see, there's sic q number O.
English bodies come to Scotland to play
eowfs
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
The Chaperone.

You should try always to SHOW your
chaperon that you are not unmindful
of her presence. I. is always an evil
dence Of refinement and good breeding
to remember all these little acts Of
courtesy and you should remember
that after all she is making, no doubt.
an act Of great sacrifice by giving up
her own pleasures in order to be with
you. You should present your friends
to her If it is possible. A man always
feels it is q compliment when he Is
presented to girls mother or chap.
erOn.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

Land League. The % men who were
convicted for this crime were the
pioneers in the science Of government
land stealing on wholesale basis.
In my dealings with criminals have
always been disposed to throw aheavier
mantle of charity around the evil-doer
who, by birth, environment and lack Of
opportunity for better things, has fol-
lowed criminal paths, than around the
well-bred, luxuriously nurtured thief
whose wrong-doing is contrary to, and
not because of, early training'or neces.
sity. Such crimes as these gigantic land
grabs, therefore, appeal to me as being
of peculiarly vicious kind, and the
prosecution of the culprits believe to
call for efforts of extraordinary earnest
ness on the part of the government
Land grabbing, as exemplified in the
Missouri case, was composite crime, Of
which forgery, perjury, larceny, arson
and murder were the components. In.
calculable wrong was done to the own
ers of millions of acres of land, to say
nothing of the moral wrong Of the crime
itself, by the unsettling Of titles to the
farms of southeast Missouri.
Naturally one of the richest spots
in the country-the valleys fertile and
the mountains of solid mineral of in
estimable value-the work of the land
grafters of the '7Os was a blight or
the land for generation.
If there ever was spot in nature
unified for a theater of crime, it il
the Arcadia valley in southeast Mis-
souri,. Its soil is rich, its streams
clear as crystal, its air hazy blue, and
it's people peaceful. Yet here was the
scene of a score of crimes Of violence
growing out of the one big plot tt
steal land from the government ant
sell it by irregular titles to people
who could i'll afford to lose their saw
ings.
To this day in Arcadia valley there
is pointed out to the traveller a tret
from whose gaunt limbs II men have
been hanged between the civil wa
and the time entered the vale!
in the hunt for land grafters. Thes'
tragedies were all the grewsome frui
of the one big crime. The victim
were men whose crime was knowing
too much about the operations of tn
land thieves-knowing too much some
times by accident and sometime
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23

A DESIRABLE ROOST PLATFORM.
to many. It consists of platform set
ur on four legs raised sothatitis about
Is inches from the ground. This is high
enough for the heavy breeds, though the
lighter fowls may be made to use a
higher platform without trouble. On
two 2x4's are placed the roosts. The rear
of the 2x4's, explains the Prairie Farmer,
are attached to the platform by hinges,
so that the roost may easily be raised to
clean the platform.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
He Waited,

"Supposing you wait here in this COM
Portable seat by the elevator while l
match these two samples of ribbon -
said Mrs. Mayfair sweetly to her hus-
band, who had been entrapped into 60
ing shopping with her. When she came
back she said contritely:
"Have kept you waiting an unpar-
donably long time, you poor dear?"
''Oh, I haven't minded It," he said,
cheerfully. II just jumped on car and
ran out to the league grounds and saw
most Of the ball game, and then took
. little spin in the park with Dorton In
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-23
English Cruelty to Scotland.

English Cruelty to Scotland.
An English golfer on Scottish links
hit the turf ten times for every once that
he struck the ball. His caddie ventured
on . sarcastic remonstrance.
TIA peety on auld Scotland, sir" said
he. "She's suffered eneuch at the
haunds O. yer countrymen in the past
that We sud treat her sac sair the day.
Hit the ba'. mon, an let the grun' alane. %
'C0nf0und Scotland!" shouted the ex.
asperated golfer, finging down his club
ina rage. tits just what Dr.. johnson
described it-'stone, water and little