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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
THE b. { 4. o. DISASTER.

At the time Of the frightful Eden
disaster, when several cars Of q D. \
n. q. train crashed through q frail
trestle bridge. there were multitudin'
Gus seas OF talk about laws forcing
the railroads 70 build strong bridges
a the railroads In Europe build them,
but after q few weeks the horror Of
the accident wore of, and people for
got the importance OF strong railway
bridges.
Now comes another awful disaster
on the D. 4 n. @. This time the accl'
dent was not caused by a frail bridge.
The blame IL TO be put upon q train
dispatcher. and this official. without
doubt, failed to give al important or.
der. But the steadiest hand soma
times falls. the cieverest brain some
times halts. Instances can be multi
piled where the very bravest and best
engineers and dispatchers and flag
men have forgotten, sometimes with
direful results.
And because : train dispatcher Is to
be blamed In the present instance, IL
everyone else 10 escape guiltless!
What Of the railway company who
crowded fifty people into q frail and
rotten coach which crushed like an
egg shell? II II be true that bridges
should all be built Of iron and stone
and steel and kept In the best OF con
dition, Il n equally true that all cars
should be built 0f the most substantial
material and In the strongest manner
In any lad collision, the day coaches
are almost invariably smashed t.
kindltng. and II Is there the fatalities
occur. Did YOU ever here Of a Pull
man ~telesc0pingy Not one In five
hundred or the people killed In rail
road wrecks In this country r Pull
man passengers. n railroad compan
les didn't care more for dividend,
than they did for the safety OF theil
passengers, they would have all thei
cars built as strong as Pullmans, AM
II our. lawmakers were not too regard
less OF human life they would compe
the companies 10 build strong cars
In the last y. 4 n. q. wreck, a
In the Eden wreck, we believe tn,
officials Of the company that delibel
ately sends Its trains Owe r0ttel
trestle bridges and packs its passen
gers In frail cars, are ten-fold NOR
guilty than the dispatcher who, doubt
less laboring at the highest tension
f0rgets his message. or perhaps work
ing many hours overtime. drops I,
sleep Tor d moment.
II IL gratifying to note that tn
Santa Fe has decided to construc
every a on Pullman models, thus en
tirely safeguarding from any danger o
telescoping. which Ii the most terrtbl,
| menace Of railroad wrecks.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The people of the Las Vegas CON-
,muuity have fully decided that the
Campbell system OF dry farming must
be given q test la this vicinity, and
there are few who do not believe that
excellent results will follow. The best
way Of going about Il To ecure the
most satisfactory and thorough ex'
perIments has not been decided on.
Las Vegas IL fortunately situated In
having about 1t land which will be
available for purposes Of the test and
which the grant board will cheerfully
appropriate US s0on an any reasonable
and feasible plan has been proposed.
II Il can be shown for, say three
years. that dry farming Is successful
on q tho~usand.acre tract, II Will mean
that millions OF acres Of land In
northern New Mexico will be added
to the cultivated areas Of the west.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

In the matter Of the right To the
office Of OF the county Of
Santa Fe. the New Mexican II Of the
opinion that Chenille A. Collins. the
do jure assessor under and by virtue
Of an appointment by Governor Her
bert J., Hagerman. has the legal right
to exercise the duties and To receive
the emoIuments OF the office. The
statute under which the commission
ers Of Santa Re county acted. In the
opinion Of this paper. was repealed
by the general statute giving the pow
err to fill vacancies In county offices
whenever such occurred. TO the gov
ernor Of the territory,--New Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
AUTO s%coRcHiNc.

The mobbing Of w, X. Vanderbilt
Jr.. after he had run over I boy Al
P~ontedera. italy, raj merely one OIL
the unpleasant motoring Incidents ia
which New Workers have figured on
the continent recently. When Robert
G0elet was taking a honeymoon In q
motor car, he and his bride. Miss n.
sic Whelen, Of Philadelphia. were
m0bbed In the TyFol aftsr his car had
upset . peasants wagon. John w.
Gates has been arrested for speed.
ing in both London and Paris. Elli-
Oft F. Shepherd, whose mother was =
Vanderbilt. may have to serve = sen.
tencc Of three months Ia jail at Paris
= result Of the killing at q little
child on the road near Paris.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

J. G. Dunn sends The Optic a pic
ture Of his home near Alamogordo
and OF his farm cultivated by the
Campbell Dry Farming system. The
picture shows a luxuriant vineyard
three years old. in bearing, and also
q thriving orchard. w have heard
much Of Mr.. Dunns' q and the
picture bears out what Dame Rumor
has bruited abroad. The rainfall in
Mr.. Dunn's part Of the territory Is
less than It 10 here. He has followed
the Campbell Instructions quite &C.
%curstely and the results have been a.
gratifying - In any section where
the system has been In vogue. Other
farmers Of the Alamogordo region are
following Mr.. Dunn's lead with equal
promise OF success.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The Springer Stockman claims that
Colfax county h making more rapid
progroos than any other county Of
New I6exico. TIE ChieftaIn says the
1910 ~ Docosvo cOdnty. The Enter
psise claims the palm for Chaves
eouaty ead u Deaxt half . dozen other
oapsrs sdvancs similar claims for
tAeir counties. All Of whlch goes to
sAow snot all u New 1lexico h I'd.
vascine aleog inlusesiel nDes with
. NC16ltv ~ \, pIoas1ng.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Manager Blood will. present At the
Duncan tonight Rowland Z Ciinord's
mammoth production. Dora .Thorne.
The merits Of Dora Thorne are not
matter for doubt. It IL not only i
strong play In the conventional use
Of the phrase. but II has qualities
which make for permanence In dra.
matte art. In other words. II Il not
only tense In movement and situation.
vital and full Of contrast In charac.
terk(tF0n ana ttrik1ng--even tfeatffs
cslI& "clever2xM denouement, but II
- al ch ~ lfsSs brosder appli.
eatloAs bre!sua9s ~
ree3 enovekl w~rttIhSlk
the late Bertha X ola! kand pr6duG&
ed BY the well known theatrical and
firm OF Rowland a Clifford.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The action Of the republican eau
II In the house of representatives
yesterday means to those best posted
on the situation that the Hamilton
joint statehood bill Will 60 Into con.
ference and that there may be al
agreement. But this is only prohle-
NAUTICAL. The chances for the favorable
consideration Of the bin and It's enact.
ment into law are slim. Theological
action would be to admit Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one state, to
give New Mexico separate statehood
and let Arizona wait. This does not
look probable, however, as there are
too much passion and heart burning
In the present situation.--New Mex
lean.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

A Hungarian 10 credited with hav-
ing Invented IN electric method by
which one man can control the move.
meuts Of Z battleship and aim and
fire ell it, guns. The value Of this
would be somewhat enhanced n II
accompanied by some method Of
building and eQuipping Z battleshIp
for less than seven or eight million
dollars.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

An all.raii route 10 Europe. via
q tunnel under Behring strait, II
spain being discussed by engineers
and capitalists. II the money can be
found the engineers will gladly under
take to do the rest.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Walter Wellman Is his own press
agent. and the newest chapter In the
exploitation Of his proposed dash for
the North Pole and Q little more no.
toriety. In a balloon. ought to make
several profitable lectures possible.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Talk about winter lingering IN the
lap Of spring, II the present case
doesuf beat all records for New Mex
leo. then u friend Brandenberg IL
= lobster.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

English newspapers are seriously
discussing the value OF wood an an
article Of food. Whether brought
about by the increase Of hunger among
England's unemployed, or the intro.
duction OF American sawdust health
food deponent sayeth not.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Chicago. with an air Of conscious
though modest pride, announces a
new flat building with . garage in
every flat and an elevator capable
Of hosting the largest touring a
to It's berth. 30 the owner raj visit
1t between meals and talk to It In his
sleep.-Saturday Evening Post.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

II. then. New Mexico IL to continue
under = territorial form Of govern.
ment, vhe . at least congratulate
hefself that even as a territory she Is
mailing . vastly better showing In
way a prosperity and progress than
some. n not any, Of the new-made
gtotes.-UocOrru Chieftain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The varioas d~iseordant voices about
statehood win now take up the chorus
q praise tor NV Mexico o Il IL.
Il = Z mtgaty melody, and one which
needs our every voice. - Roswell
Register.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Senators would better have a heart
to.heart talk with the house leaders
before making any summer program
involving absence from Washington.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The old.fashioned game Of holding
up stages and trains. with guns. was
both respectable and humane compared
with the kill.your-best.friend throat
cutting practised In the stock market
game.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Nothing dasrnts the editor Of. q
modern magazine. One OF them has
printed "a explanation Of spiritual
Ism. Needless to SPY. It does not ex.
plain.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Charles II. Hughes. the lawyer who

Charles n. Hughes. the lawyer who
jumped into prominence by his able
conduct of the New York In.
surance investigation. has declined
to appear before the congressional
committee that Is Investigating cor
poration contributions TO political
campaigns. on the ground that the
report OF the Armstrong committee
covers everything he knows on the
subject. Evidently Mr.. Hughes Is not
In the market for free advertising,
even II he has been mentioned as the
possible republican candidate for
governor.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
TODAY. March isth. 4 81, Joseph,,

Today. March 18th. II st. Joseph's
day. and h being observed by the
members Of the Catholic churches Of
this city. The feast Of 81. Joseph
was celebrated with appropriate cere.
monies this morning at the Church Of
Our Lady Of sorrows, Father Redon
officiating. assisted by Father Win.
cent The members Of the 81. Joseph
society were present In . body, en- ~
gala. and also the societies Of the
Children u Mary and Of the Holy
Child.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The New York bigamist that plead.
Cd I defective mepory AZ his defense
was merely taking d leaf from the
hook of high finance.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Congress- contempIates providing
Uncle Sam with a powder factory. It
should bA located out Of reach Of
the sparks Of congressional Wit.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Pittsburg has a Solomon on the
beach, who should lose no time In
APPLYING Tor the Job OF coach to the
United States supreme court, One Of
his latest decisions ives that tobacco
II Z snecessity and Ice cream Isn't.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Whose fault was II that Train Dis
patcher Lively. 1t whose door the
blame for the awful wreck It Adobe
on tho D. 4 n. @ was laid. had work.
"a Dor three shifts without reliefY
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Science and popular ideas some.
times get almost Ia touch. Scientists
nOw Assert that insanity ID caused by
. mtcrobe. Il has, always been popu-
larry supposed to be q bug.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

ldaho's supreme court holds that
the men indicted for the murder OF
the hate Governor Stucnenberg must
stan9 triaf. Application Il To be made
to the United States supreme court.
for their release under 4 writ OF ha.
beas corpus. Many men now 1t large
are said TO have a strong personal
Interest In saving the indicted men.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

There q no Law against feeding
hens milk. sugar and alcohol produc.
Ing tood with the hope Of getting
natural egg.nog. but the prohibition.
lists viii have TO be reckoned with.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

II II naturally somewhat difficult
to convince those who get the rake.
Off that railroad Relating 10 q wrong.
ful and pernicicus practice. They are
like the French court lady. who said
OF some Of the reforms put forward
to try 70 save the lettering throae Of
Louis XVI: why an this trouble;
We are very comfortable"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

A thought Tor the day: "a good
way to bs honest Ii not to try to get
more than you arr worth"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Graded sheep iii New Mexico II
from ~ to Is per head. This Ii the
stdry Of the hour and a great story II
is.--NeW Mexican.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

That old.time news.maker. the edi-
tOrial iay figure. ID responsible for
much Of the alleged news from China
these days.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Whatever congress may do It should
not NJ forgotten that saying the last
word II the exclusive prerogatiye Of
the President.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

There II 20 limit to human vasar.
lee. A rich Maryland farmer passed
over by the suicide lias because be
vas afraid Of loslae his noaey. He
scrsot that be couldn't carr n VIII
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

After III u said New Mexico doesn't
want Aris0aa any more than Arizona
wants Nav Mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

a good motto for the Las Vegas
citlxSn Il the innocent but suggestive
door sign: Push; don't knock
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

some men are 10 I'll fired anxious
10 take Up ! new investigation that
they never complete an old one.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Kansas City Livestock.

Kansas City. NO., March 19.--Cattle
receipts. 10000. including 500 south
erns. steady to ten lower. Native
steers, 25@$5 80; southern steers.
$3.75@t5.0O; southern cows. @2.25@
$500; native COWS and heifers, @2.25ul
$5.25; stockers and feeders, S2.75N
$3.50; bulls. $3.0O0S4.l5; calves, $500
@S6.75: western steers. 75@$ so:
western fed cows, e2.75@34.25.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Chicago Markets.

Chicago. March 19.-Corn--May A
Is; July A. 1865.
Oats--May 30 1-S; July 20 Ia.
Pork-May 1920: July 1915.
Lard--May SIT ~; July $50.
Ribs--May 1855; July 8.65.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

Plan To- plant . few trees ON ArDor
day. March 80. II II stops showing BY
that time.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

A girI's musical education n not
completed untfl she knows when not
70 sing
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
The Markets.
YORK CLOSING STOCKS

The following quotations received
from y. j. Graf 4 Co, Albuquerque,
New Mexico, correspondent for Logan
4 Bryan, Postal Telegraph Cable Co.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19

The case Of J. n. Campos for Oh.
tanning money under false pretences,
Win Be heard late this afternoon b..
fore Justice Otero. Patio Jaramulo
= ~ psusscutiae wiGneeo.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
81. Louis Wool.

st. Louis. Mo. March B.--Wool
steady; territory and western medi.
ums, 22@29; fine medium, 21G25;
fine, 1921.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
New York Money.

New York. March 19.--Money on
cali Arm. s ~: prime mercantile pa
per, 5G5 1-2; silver, IS.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Sheer Receipts.

Sheep receipts, 5000. weak to ten
lower; muttons. $4.5OW$5. 80; lambs.
$5.5O@$6.6 go: range wethers. $5.40W
$3.50; fed ewes. S4.25@35.25.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Sheep Receipts.

Sheep receipts, $4,000. ten lower.
Sheep, $3.75@$6.OO; lambs, $4,000
$500.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-19
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. ILL.,. March 19.--Cattle re.
ceipts. $1,000; best steady. others ten
lower. Beeves, $3.90@S6.35; COWS
and heifers, $1.6O@$5.10; stockers
feeders. $3.70@34.75; Texans. $3.75@.
3A.GO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-18
THE LAST INDIAN wan SCARE.
A Knock on the Spot for western
Correspondents.
ae1iafs

Another Indian war" has been peace
ably concluded. The "ferocious" Utes have
submitted to the arguments OF the soldiers
sent 10 subdue them, and have given up
the hunting trip on which they had started
when the western correspondents seized the
opportunity TO telegraph alarmist space
stories 70 the eHete and credulous eastern
press One OF our own correspondents ~
lus,rates the baselessness OF the scare by
this little story Of prominent ranch
owner in the territory infested" by tho
Utes. He had come into the nearest town,
Sheridan. Wyo., forty miles from his
ranch. When he told his friends that he
had left his family AT home, they asked
II he was not afraid 20 do so. "AfraidY'
he echoed THE Utes are as psaceable al
any a my neighboTs, one Of the sgu7ws
Is helping my wife wash and another Is
pitching hay on the ranch" The sensation
uonBers among newspaper men and that
section OF the western people In whose
eyes the only good Indian Is a dead In
dian" are responsible FOR these stories Of
outbreaks" and eastern publishers should
by this time have had experience enough
10 refuse to be made the victims with
their readers) Of such silly and misehieyous
hoaXes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-18
Personal NOTES.

Governor-elect James II. Higgins Of
Rhode Island announced his personal stan
and all the members are, like himself, un-
married.
Nearly half Of the Indians OF the United
States live in Oklahoma. The new state
has 1O5.7 700 Indians as compared to $4,000
in the United States.
Under the new automobile language in
Germany the kaiser's chief chauffeur must
motor through life under the imposing
title Of "oberhofwagonfueh
John d. Rockefeller, jr., at the tenth an
nual banquet of his Bible class on
Wednesday, told the members that he
never drank, and that his father and his
grandfather were both abstainers.
George F. Pride, the last survivor Of
General 4. s. Grants staff, has Just died
at Huntington, Ind. He was born in New
York in 1876, and his father was a quaint
character told Of in ",The Last Days Of the
Knickerbockers."
Some Tennessee statesmen show lively APP
probation of the proverb about the early
worm. Governor Benton McMillin and Sen
ator Carmack have announced themselves
candidates for the seat of Senator Frazer
though his term does not expire until 1914.
Chief Justice Fuller Is having MS pOr-
trait done in oil. The picture is under
way at the Washington home Of the chief
justice, where sittings are given the artist
every morning for an hour or more. The
portrait represents the chief justice in a
sitting posture, somewhat as he appears
when presiding on the bench.
John Wesley Gaines Of Tennessee agrees
with the idea elaborated in the president 5
m, NInf hn
criticism and does not hesitate to carry
out his views. In the course Of the debate
in the house the legal status of a game
was in question and in a colloquy with Mr.,
Mondel Of Wyoming Mr. Gaines gave his
opinion: THE only difficulty about that
proposition IL that the gentleman and the
supreme court do not agree" observed the
gentleman from Wyoming. "Oh, well, that
Is the cas- frequently because the SUI
preme court is wrong" retorted Mr.. Gaines
alrily.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-18
DIsTRUsT OF THE PUBLIC.
Publicity Forcing Reform in Corpora
tiOn Methods
IL

wall street JOuInhls
Persistent hammering away at critics.
able methods of doing business whether by
Industrial corporations, transportation or
insurance companies must ultimately result
in an entire change in the attitude Of the
public towards them.
Whatever the outcome may be in the
form of law, there can be no doubt that
millions and millions OF dollars have been
turned from investment in the classes Of
corporations now under fire, to other forms
which have appealed to the public as CIV
ing them a better chance than they may
find in companies whose officers care little
for what the investors as a class think
of their administration. The investing
public may be wrong in changing its
course TO real estate and mining stocks.
Nevertheless money is going as never be-
fore into these projects to the neglect Of
the older forms OF investment which APP
pealed strongly to the average man or
woman only a few years ago.
The year now closing will be remarkable
for the perslstency with which the public
has kept it's hands of the securities mar
ket One cause Of this estranging attitude
is the obstinacy of some of the large COM
panies in refusing to deal fairly with the
public in regard to their conditions and
methods. Investigations which are some
times called attacks" have borne enough
fruit to enlist popular sentiment on the
side Of the Investigating government
rather than to develop any sympathy for
the accused. The loss OF favor which Com
missioner Garfield notes in his annual re-
port. is a striking feature of the change
which has come over the minds Of millions
OF people who believe with him that to re-
move this dlstrust 1t is necessary 10
restore individual responsibility and pre-
vent the corporations from being the hid
ing place Of the irresponsible, dishonest or
corrupt manager" When the corporations
have adopted fairly and comprehensively
the principle Of publicity they can then de-
pend absolutely upon the sympathetic sup
port offthe public In any socialistic attack
upon corporate wealth