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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Ths small town q rlasstafs up in
u 'fooGhilla " the San Francisco
mountains u AritOna has Just reach
% the dignity d . city attorney.
And II has agreed to- ~ him 800
tor hIs first years service.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Raton, also. u To have 1 new teie-
phoas exchange. The Colorado Tele-
phone company has bought land and
vim srect : commodions building
shsrp. nth way xASn e work -
81 ccr1nsAse4 upon the Las Vegas
building.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

The Blake Mining company Il die.
playing n remarkably handsome
specimens Of marble obtained not
Tar from the city. The marble takes
/ high and beautiful polish. Red.
white. black and vAriegated marble
sxisss In abundance near the city.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Bargain 10 quick buyer. Wire =. g,
Mckay. Cleveland. o, what you viii
offer cash payment Tor u Pine ranch
% miles from Las Vegas. on Santa
Rosa rad. See ". @. Barnes for de-
scriptlon Of property SIS
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

The president Of the Southern Beii
Tsiephone company nays TIT the
telsphone u improving the American
voices and killing dialects. II this y
true curiosity II aroused ~ 70 Why
central" does not show : more per
feet and purer Englsh.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14
d. Lssis Wosl.

81. fonis. Msy is--wooi steady:
territory and western mediums. 2sa
Is IL: fine mediums. 2Ia24 IL; hne
|1sasf.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

The statehood committee confer.
ence can't last many days longer.
New Mexicans, however. have he
nildest sort 81 interest In the out.
coue.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Ths considerable number ~ Las
vesans Who visited the Mesa yester.
day learned that the Campbell people
are pushing the work on the dry
farm IN earnest.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Congress 10 pruepundIy concerned
about protsctins - s~onstitutioa. but
not % much % thst II viii want TO
stay On guard whea The thsrmomster
registers ~ toward oue hundred.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

cApI Ho6snn vas . o. the worst
men Who ever won't TO Ann.
: 3t n said. His experiences
"A III doubtless prepare him for
hin term n congress.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

The Rio 0rsnde 10 reported TO b.
getting rnmpageous once more and
Ill the lower valtsy towns are siftins
up niehts 20 vstch its actions.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

yskas has made . bid, for the
sterr1nriai encampment 10 ths,
pal Guard to be he'll n0Qm9
lkgurk. The conditioIi<b
about the best IN the territory
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

We reaily Aaveny the slightest OBJ
lection to Mr.. Rodey's taking the
Porto Rico judEesAip 4 Ne wants 4.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

have ben hearing about tho
lnc{ fstion g Las cruces for tkel
Pst ~ ysas4 u n TO be hoped mat
(ktsee Down there Will at last
and do the deed.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

IL appears likely that the project OF
buiidins . trsst CIR line Through the
AlbuquerQus highlands q fsr - the
niversity Gin Be- carried out
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14
Nevt Yoek Metal.

New York. May lt4--Iead arm. ST
G5.s5: copper arm. ls.75d1a
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

r. ks<s sr~sek@1 u - Co.,
easi eisb directors .essiHs SATURDAY.
nixAs ~ boa9 LIS feeas fow - s<xt
ns<<tiax q - kaipasi lntssftus
ooaxress b . good n< LIS Yeas
II III ~ n<s<. - ofhsr snutksest'
sEn cisses srs resssssed 20 x<t n
iins fox a.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14
chlesno Markata

Chicago Merketa
Chicago. May H.-wheal-Ma y 81
~. July S1d1S.
corn-May IS ~; July a6 IS.
oats-May ~ u; July ssdI-s.
Pork-Mzy 1855: July 1876. H
Lard-May s.62 i-e: July $50.
Ribs-May SIC. July $50.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Ton win never find time \ gou
vant time you must make e. II
y01 can -make time 10 rad tAs ads.
ysu win find that ID making the yuu
have aIsp been making money.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Kansas CITY, No, Mag ls.A>-cattls
receipts, 1000. Including 1000 south.
erns market: steady. Native steers.
tAssd $500; southern steers. ss.sOd
S5.2s: southern cows. S1.506s4.s5: na.
tive cows and heifers. ss.50@ y5.25;
stockers and feeders. ss.006S4.s5:
bulls. s5.oO@s4,xs; calves, 5000
$500: western red steers. ss.75QS5.aO:
western fed covs. sf.7s@Sf5G
shssp Nses,pts.
Sheep receipts. 5000: market
steady. Muttons. sf.ss@ss.z5 slambs,
sseo6eT.So: range wethers, $3.50
$3.50: fed cwss, 1850 5000.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Dr royea- IL rr<srh DAysieizn
rho desissd = seruzn tressn<st fcr
canoe nos declares thst h. ca cur~
that dreadful mais1y by inocuIaftuas
q y~ass hscriiias IT, peopae are
nax - much 10 need q tso methods
~ curing II - . tkzt can NJ relied
npoa.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Chicago. May is.-cattie receipts.
. 1000. market steady 10 ten lower.
Beeyes, s4.i56s6.e0: COWS and helf.
ers. $3.50 SS.as stockers and feed.
ers, se.soaeAss; Texans, saMati.7o;
calves. es0o6sss0.
ehssp RsesIpts.
Sheep receipts, 1900; market
strong. Sheer. ss.I5Qy5.75; lambs.
s4.;56ss7o 70.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

LA vegas has close 20 Ia borders
! snoaxh building sto0e 20 supply the
aation, and the finest kind q build
~ tons - ueil
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

Il y vsolly zoo bed that seasior
Baley dos6 nos like the president.
Wksk a ~ country going 20 a.
sha9t -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14
noRninc SUN DAIRY.
- :.

Pure MIN and Cream. Strictly SAM
tary. Phone 10 VEGAS.
!. cgyGA. preesistes.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-05-14

n posss ~in ssau 80 n
ptsasure q yieidiax sben ~ CA bold
OFT - boassr. HIS sesfias ussd 70 y
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1906-02-14

800 merth lit, ~geItohfen 5u ba6eu.
Ger Sntno pilroe ser Game 0ieier
Gage Don Wcglleer 5urilfgebrad1t,
uno'er erbielt 500 Selobnung. bic er
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2cbterer bebauptet. ser SuuO lei inn
nod) Sauie geiolgt un0 Mc9lleer babe
i'm linn 0ann geitoblen, ais CT Die Mn
5eige iob.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1906-02-14
@arf oeS 2e6enS giiroc al.
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moro ourd) Ginncbnlcu bon 9ors
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@rilppenpreiic: I. Erci4: Slider" "
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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-18

will be very large. Mr.. Beveridgc
has been assured from Tucson that
IL will not be large enough to offset
tn favorable majority in New Next.
co, and there will be no danger In ac-
cepting the Foraker amendment, pro.
videi the votes OF the two territories
are to be punched, But he Is not will.
ing TO take any chances II the votes
Of the two territories are to be count
cd separately,
VIEWS OF CURTIS.
The disposition Of the Senate gen.
orally Is against forcing joint state
hood upon an unwilling people and
there IL q decided majority in favor
Of O referendum. The opposition
to the Beverage bill includes some
Of the strongest men on both sides
Senator Foraker will, as before. take
the lead. He will be supported by
Senator Spooner, who has been indif
ferent to the question until this SEES
sion, and by Mr.. Flint, the new Sena,
tor from California, who brings with
him such q reputation for ability and
force that MI. Beveridge declined tc
permit him to become q member Of the
committee on territories. Of which
he (Beveridge) Is chairman. He made
an emphatic protest against the as
signment of MI. Flint to that com
mittee because Of the latter's atti
tude toward the joint statehood vropo'
sition, He was afraid Of him.
Sixty.five Republicans are counted
against joint statehood In the House,
Notwithstanding the speakers admoni
tons and advice. Mr.. Tawney Of Min,
nesota. who Uncle Joe selected a. the
Republican leader on the floor, begins
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-18

his career In that capacity by an act
of mutiny, and instead Of leading the
majority Of his party, will resist the
decision Of the caucus and the CON-
mittee on rules and with Mr.. Bah
cock OF Wisconsin take command OF
the insurgents against the joint
statehood bill. Mr.. Tawney, like Sen.
at0r Spooner. al Indifferent on this
subject until he visited New Mexico
and Arizona last fall, and, with several
other members Of the House, made
a personal investigation. The entire
party were convinced first that Meth
err Of the territories was At for ad'
mission to the Union, either Jointly
or separately. and secondly that the
population of both was almost unani.
mously opposed to admission as a
single state. Mr.. Tawney says that
in about ten years we shall have
enough material down there for two
strong states and that they a afford
to wait until they are qualified for
equal representation In the Senate
with the rest Of the states. He al.
mits that there ia force In the argu-
ment Of the President that two rot
ten boroughs are better than four,
but he carries 1t q little farther and
declares that no rotten boroughs are
better than two. Mr. Tawney and the
other members who went to New Mex
clio with him are decidedly opposed
to the admission OF either Arizona or
New Mexico, separately or jointly or
on any other basis, and will make
the best fight they al against all ad.
mission bills.
The position Of Speaker Cannon Is
well known. He has declared It In the
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-18
Catching Suckers afavorite &c,
Cupation in These United States
Globe Trottss Correspondent Of The Optic Writes Of The Avdty
With Which People Of the Nation Seize The ANurns Bats So
Abundsntly Thrown Out


Special Correspondence 10 The Optic.
Chicago. ILL.,, Jan. 1s.--The harvest
OF suckers" for 1906 smashed oil
previous records. have figures Ia
show that the crop overreached the
preceding years mark BY 10 per cent
In the year tho American public
= highly civilized nation-contributed
over 9l60.000.O00 to safe investment
and .get,rich-uuick" sWfndlers.
make these statements Al q result
Of having been able to secure an
advance copy Of Of the most re-
variable oficiai reports v compiled
on the extent Of the operations Of
confidence men. which will within 4
few days be submitted to Chief Of
Police John Collins.
Tho detective who compiled this
report-6ergeant Clifton r. Wool.
drigdS--is . men Of deliberation, good
judgment; & man far past middle
are who u conservative. At head.
quarters he II looked upon "a the
nearest living example Of Sherlock
Holmes" For II years he has been
used BY Chicago's chiefs Of police al
confidential man." The records show
that he has made 19,267 arrests and se-
cured 166 penitentiary sentences. He
once raided the Chicago Board Of
Trade and arrested four hundred per-
Uona.
He has always made = specially.
however, Of running down the schemes
Of confidence men and get.rich-quick
operators
Three months ago chief Collins
called Woodbridge into tho front OF.
lce."
Woodbridge" he said. Il want a re.
port that will show tkA extent or the
hold the confidence men and fakirr
have on the American people. Take
your time. and be accurate. Take ~
everything from the little 10 cent mail
order scheme to frenxied finance, and
don't slight either.
n. T. Barnum said "a sucker II born
every minute Are his figures stlll
good? ! want statistics. figures. |
want a report that will do the public
some good. ] want You to expose
every scheme you know Of. and then as
a finale, outline a system for the pub.
lie to = In beating every scheme.
There Is only n way to do that, you
know"
The result Of this order will lie a
report covering some 800 t~ypewrittcn
pages. Woodbridge begins BY stating
that he does not believe ths public
will heed his warning, and then goes
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-18
W. E. Curtis Views
on Statehood Fight
Concluded from page ~.

passage Of the joint statehood bill. re-
commended by his message, is indi-
Gated by the fact that he would not
reappoint Governor OterO because Of
his attitude on the question, and
would not announce the nomination
Of young Mr.. Hagerman as Governor
Otero's ces until that gentle.
man had climbed on the platform
and declared himself. Since those
declarations | understand that pub
lie sentiment has been changing
quite rapidly. The people are becom-
ing convinced that their territory will
never be admitted to the union ex-
cept as a part Of the state OF Arizona.
and that they must take advantage
Of this opportunity or remain a ter
ritOry forever. That argument Is be-
ing used with good effect and it Is
predicted here that the officer-hold-
ers, the republican committee, and
other supporters OF the president will
have sufficient influence to secure a
majority of the voters for the joint
statehood constitution whenever that
question comes to the polls. 1t Is as
sumcd. therefore. that. IL the Foraker
amendment Is adopted, New Mexico
Will vote In favor Of the constitution
provided by the Beverage bill.
Arizona, however, cannot be per-.
suaded. There have been some con-
verts among the office-holders, the
rough-riders. AMI among a small cote
RE of politicians at Tucson, but they
have been able to make very little
Roadway In creating public sentiment.
newspapers in the territory
have finally declared for the Beveridge
on the theory that half a loaf is
than no bread. They accept
Il as a last resort and. because they
Arizona will not receive any
attention from a republican congress-
for years unless she accepts what Is
offered now. The mass Of the peo-
pie. the Msiness interests. the min.
ars. and all who are concerned In
he material welfare Of the territory.
stubbornly opposed TO n union
With New Mexico. and II Is believed
hat II a vote Is taken the majority
lgainst JOINT statehood in Arizona
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Republican caucus, In newspaper In.
terviews and In private conversation
repeatedly. He takes the ground that
both New Mexico and Arizona, and
the Indian Territory for that matter.
will be what are called rotten Dor.
oughs like Nevada for an indefinite
length Of time II they are admitted
to the Union, and that Congress is
not justified In giving them repre-.
~sentation and influence In the Senate
equal to that Of New York, illinois,
Ohio and other populous states. He
objects also to taking the risk Of add.
ing SO many votes to the electoral
college. Hence he Is opposed to the
Of the territories sipgly. By
admitting them Jointly the danger will
be reduced one-half, and he thinks 1t
is good politics for the Republicans
to take that much risk for fear that
the Democrats may recover control Of
Congress and admit all four Of the ter
ritories separately, with eight new
Democratic senator's and anywhere
from twelve to eighteen new electoral
votes. =
Mr.. Tawney does not see any pros
pect Of the Democrats securing con.
troll Of Congress. While there Is .
bare possibility Of q Democratic ma
jority in the House Of Representatives
two years or four years hence, he con-
siders that the risk is exceedingly
small, and as for the Senate. that
party cannot obtain control for eight
years at least, w II 1t should elect
the ~cesso Of all the senator's Of
the doubtful states whose terms expire.
between now and then.
WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
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THE public II easier swindled now
than In the days Of Barnum." the
report reads. III there was q sucker
born every minute then. there Il one
born every second now. A scheme
that victimized one man then does Z
thousand now.
ITO tho swindler the public In
cludes all classes. from the laundress
to the lawyer, the merchant to the
clergyman. It dwells On farms, ranch.
es and plantations. IN huts, novels
and mansions; It Is found in every
hamlet. village and city in this broad
land. No matter how remote the VIC
tim, distance IL quickly bridged by
Uncle Sans fast mail and thus the
most highly eflcient department Of tho
most enlightened government Is per.
verted into q drain through which
the wealth Of the public flows into
the hands OF the "get-rich-Quick" spe-
cialist.
Sometimes the swindler Is a "re-
spectacle citizen. leading banker or
broker who organizes q stock COM
pany to lure fleecy lambs to q shear.
ing; at others he Is a sport with 4
scheme to tap poolroom wires and
heat the races again he Is a spec
tacular %adventurer from the west who
startles large communities by o me-
tcoric career OF deliberately planned