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Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Latest Fad in "SocietY."

The latest fad in certain eastern So
ciety circles is to be glum and cross.
One phase of this more than usually
absurd affectation takes the form of
ignoring letters of Introduction and
this lack of consideration has reused
family feuds in several cases. One
wealthy young Italian, who is mem
Der of one of the best Roman families,
went to Newport this summer with
many letters from prominent persons.
But he has found it impossible to pre-
sent them. 1T is foolish to expect
anything from social leaders these
days and the stranger who asks to be
received by letter has a hard time of
it" said a young man whose letter to
a society matron was ignored.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Good Advertising Scheme.

An eastern publisher is booming a
new novel by inserting this personal
in the daily papers: IF the lady with
dark hair and an absorbed expression
in Fourth avenue car yesterday who
became provoked because the gentle
man in front turned over a page of
his novel before she had finished read
ing it over his shoulder will send her
name and address and $1.20 to any
bookseller she will be spared in flu
ture the necessity of manifesting her
displeasure at such rudeness. Men.
ton (here follows the name of the
book to avoid error
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
Or. Williams Pink Pills Have Cured
This Form OF Debility in
Hundreds of Cases.

"F'uur years ago, SAYS Mrs. E. Nor
risQsn, of No. 1929 Carson street, South
Side, Pittsburg, Pa, Il took a cold
which turned into the grip. This trouble
left me all run down. l was thin, had
backache much of the time, had no APP
petite, my stomach was ont of order and
felt nervous and unstrung.
"While had the grip had doctor,
bnt really suffered more from the con-
dition in which the influenza left me
than did from the disease itself. felt
generally wretched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make
me worse. l couldn't seem to get any
better until I began to take DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. 1 very quickly noticed a
benefit after I began taking them and
they restored me to good health and
strength. DIR. Williams Pink Pills are
"A wonderfully good medicine. Thanks
60 them l am now i'll fine health and
have had noreturn of my former trouble.
I recommend the pills to everyone who
is ailing and take every opportunity to
let people know how good they are"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually make
good, red blood. When the blood is red
and healthy there can be no debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous system is such that the pills
have "a very decided action upon the
nerves and they have cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
Falysis, lOcomotor ataxia and st. Vitus'
dance, that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment. Their double action, on the
N 4 Al. IL.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

less, having run down from $50 to 1875
pounds. I was having terrible pain in
the kidneys, and the secretions passed
almost involuntarily. My left leg
swelled until it was "a inches around,
and the doctor tapped it night and
morning until could no longer stand
it, and then he advised amputation. l
refused, and began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills The swelling subsidized
gradually, the urine became natural,
and all nay pains and aches disap-
peared. l have been we'll now for nine
years since using Doan's Kidney Pills.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
II ouennhes the Fires.

Your Hunts Cure is beyond doubt
the most remarkable remedy for skin
diseases ever Formulated. For eight
years l have suffered almost constant
ly from itching trouble the doctors
called Eczema. My skin was on fire,
but less than one box of Hunts Cure
quenched that fire.
Many of my friends have since used
it on my recommendation, and it never
fails. Where there's an itch rub it on.
It does the work-that's all.
Mrs Helen Whitmore,
Clarendon, Ark.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
SINGERS Treasured Fan.

Among the myriad treasures owned
by Adelina Patti, the great prima
donna, none is more valued than fan
on which are autograph sentiments
written by soyereigiN of Europe
Among the inscriptions are these:
BY the czar-Nothing is SO calming as
your voice. The German emperor
To the nightingale of all time Queen
Christina-To Spaniard, from a
queen who is proud to count her
among her subjects. Queen Victoria
If King Lear was right in saying
that sweet voice is precious gift
in a woman, you, my dear Adelina, are
of all the women the richest
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
WRITE US FREELY
More Than Society Butterflies.

These are the days when women
of national celebrity vie with each
other in housewifely accomplishments
Mrs. Philander c. Knox has just dis
patched TO Mrs. Roosevelt a firkin of
butter, made with her own hands, at
the Valley Forge farm. Mrs. Roose-
welt has sent delicious branded cher
ries to her intimates, and to the Epis-
cOpal Home for Old People in Wash
ington. Mrs. Bonaparte, wife of the
secretary of the navy, has preserved
some toothsome mangoes.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Won't Turn Loose.

81 insist on saying that Hunts Light
ming Oil takes hold quicker and lets
go slower of aches, pains and sore
places than any other liniment ever
saw. 1t just won't turn loose till
you're WE'LL
81 never have a little ache but what
/ sloch it on,
And ere | get the bottle corked that
little ache is gone"
c. w. Jackson,
Marble Hill, Mo.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Heard After MEETING.

"How is it, Br'er Williams" said an
old deacon, dat you preach fun de
Bible to-day, wen er'body could see
you wuz a-holdin' it upside DOWN."
You mustn't inquire too close into
de mysteries er Providence" replied
Brother Williams, "but dis much I'll
tell you: No matter how you look at
de Bible, hts de same thing all
roun',
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
One Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some
localities, and hard to get rid Of
that is, if the proper remedy is not
used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees
one from it promptly and thoroughly
1t is guaranteed to cure any kind of
Chills. One bottle or less will do it.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

says: Il had been
showing symptoms of
kidney trouble from
the time l was mus
tered out of the
army, but in all my
life / never suffered
as in 1897. Head
aches, dizziness and
sleeplessness, fl r s t,
and then dropsy. l
was weak and help
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Had New York Sized Up.

1t was a severe criticism made or
New York city by a visitor from Ne
braska who said: Yours is a short
change town. In three days l have
had seven different persons try to
cheat me by returning too little
change"
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Saw ed from Horrible Death.

Three lives have been saved by
means of device invented by Swed-
ish woman named Lind, for preventing
people from being buried alive. 1t
was applied to 1920 supposes corpses.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
Want Them to Know Country.

The Japanese war department has
made arrangements to send teachers
and students of the middle and high.
er schools and colleges to Manchuria
and Korea free of charge during their
vacation. More than $4,000 persons
eXnect to make the trim
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
A B.arn1less Gaxative.

II you must take a laxative, take a harm.
less one. Lax-Fos docs not grippe, therefore
does not irritate Irritation is what does
the harm. Price 50 cents.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

When a woman has occasion to
sharpen knife she gives it few
hard swipes ON the first hard sub
stance she sees
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

ao$ as. Wonlen's Shoes. 81. 90 to $1.5O.
Mlsses' &c Children's Shoes. So. 20 to $1.OO.
Try w. L. Douglas WOmen's, Misses and
Children's shoes; for style, fit and wear
they excel other makes.
II could take you into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. land show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
Why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
.f9au any other make.
Wherever you live. you can obtain w. L:
Douglas shoes. His name and prize is stamped
On the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and Inferior shoes. Take nc S06Sti-
cute Ask your dealer for w. l.. Doug lG5 shoes
AEss Scssast upon having them.
irdat eakes sYefsts used; they will not UeCY byGSSy
&Fstae Tor Illustrated Catalog OF Fail styles.
W.. DOUGLAS, Dept. II, Hrockton. N.as5.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
You Don't Have to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better. Lax
Eos keeps your whole inside right. Not one
grippe in a full bottle. Sold ON the money
back plan everywhere. Price 80 cents.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

After they grow up most boys quit
crying for jam and are thankful if
they can get all the plain bread they
want.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

Some lawyers who fail at their prac-
preach.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
How d Veteran Was Saved the AM
Putaton of a Limb.

b. Frank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave, Indianapolis, Ind,
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

Mrs. Winsiow's Soothing Syrup.
For children tretnnE. soitens the gums, reduces in
iamnaten allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle, except
green and purple.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

In times of peace girls prepare their
wedding rousseau
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18
A Positive
CURE
E!y's Cream Balm
is quickly absorbed.
Gives Relief at Once.

6lVeS ReIIeI al UHCe.
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away a Cold in the
Head quickly. Re-
stores the Senses of
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1906-10-18

Taste and Smell. Full size so cts. at nr,,.
gists or by mail Trial Size 10 cts bv lug
Ely Brothers. Sc Warren Street, New y I,s,i
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05

In THREE or -four days.
The "ail other crops includes the
industry Of trackkarming. The Ros-
well Commercial club refers In "a
circulars 70 y. r. Johnson, OF this
q good living and a surplus Of from
1900 aud 12.500 a year off NJ three
acres of ground.
lake other new towns Roswell Is
fined with land agents. All Mold out
Turing Inducements. and boom the
country TO the limit
\ farmer, who declared he had no
had to sell and dtdn't care. further
more. whether anyone else sold any
or not, told me the following regard
Ing the local situation:
LANDS In the viclnity Of ROCKWELL
are worth anywhere from 800 to $500
IN acre. UnimprUved land At points
further down the valley q be- had
at from Sc to S25 per acre. and from
125 to 500 per acre with water either
from canals or artesian wells. ] have
been here ten years. When ] came
bought ten acres Of land with water
right at $40 an acre and planted q few
trees each year. sold over 500
worth OF cherries this year from one.
| half acre. From four acres Of apples
gathered 1000 bushels Of fruit last
| fall, and they averaged me so cents a
bushel. / have been offered 5000 an
acre for my land, and refused 1t.
"All kinds OF stock thrive here, and
especially hogs. No doubt this IL the
place to fatten sheep for eastern mar
kets. We need no shelter for stock
while Kaffir corn. Milo-maize, alfalfa
everything necessary to put fat OF
a sheep-grows In abundance.
In regard to climate the fact tina
the government marine hospital ant
the Territorial Sanitarium for con
sumptives are located In New Mexic'
are evidence Of the country's health
~fulness."
The first residents Of the Pecos val
ley never thought Of any of its presen
uses. It was the man from afar-th'
wandering stranger spying out the or
!. portunities-who took advantage o
the opportunities.
There Ii only I'M Pecos valley Il
New Mexico, az yet, and 1t is a quef
tion as to whether all the land of tn
character OF my informant's has no
already been pounced upon by tn
! early worm.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05

making the tests as thorough rs pos
sible.
II Is proposed to utilize at least 200
acres for the purpose OF experiment
Ing with a variety OF crops. the tests
10 cover a period OF five years. IL
has already been demonstrated that
winter wheat will return o fair yield
| almost any year. and accordingly, II IL
proposed 10 plant q thousand acres
In winter wheat and keep 1t up for
| five years.
In a year that Ia reasonably favor
able. It Is regarded az certain that at
least 25 bushels an acre q be re-
turned. Even without the application
Of the most approved principles OF
dry farming, some returns are assur.
ed. 1t IL believed that the retarnt
from the wheat will much more than
BAY all the cost involved In keeping
up the experiments through the five
years.
II Is further proposed TO plow the
wheat land within the next sixty days,
allow It to lay exposed to the elements
during the summer, pillow It deep IN
the fall and then plant the crop.
In regard to the acreage to be util'
ICED strictly for the purpose Of ex'
~perimenting, the most scientific dry
farming methods will be applied,
These are the views Of the dr.,
farmers up to the present date as ex
pressed by ID. G. Winters of Las We
gas.
:. The men that are to make the test
+, have already successful precedents e
, encourage them. George Ward, living
! near Las Vegas, tells me that las
year he raised more than 700 pounds
I of beans on two acres and a half o
unirrigated land. This represents
!. return OF about SIS an acre. which 4
, not 30 bad when It Is taken into con
/. s~ideratiop that the land was of tn
class considered entirely worthless
because beyond reach OF water.
1t is further important to note, MI
: Ward explains, that nc very scientific
dry methods were employed. He say
!. he merely plowed the land once, plant
ed his beans and let them alone. H
undoubtedly cleared $12 an acre o.
: his crop.
This year Mr.. Ward intends to ties
2 dry farming principles on his own at
count. He has selected q tract o
. mesa land which ne will first 60 owe
with q turning plow. Later he wi
stir the soil to a depth Of fifteen II
ches, harrow 1t until the soil is redut
ed to fine PARTICLES and plant crop
Of various kinds. In place of the dus
covering process, advocated by wha
Is known as the Campbell method, h
will probably use straw. His intende
process of tillage and soil manipuls
tion will conserve the moisture to th
. best advantage, he believes.
: mfr. Wards methods will differ 4
some degree from those to be follow
T ed by the farmers that are going t
make the test or a larger scale O
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05

six theatres In as many cities OF the
west. In which 1t will establish stocs
companies 10 play In repertoire.
Mabel Taliferro Is to enter vaud,+
vile In q condensation OF 'srhe Lit
tie Princess"
Katherine Gray and Edwin Arden
viii appear In the production Of VIII.
liam A. Brady's Indian play. "The'
Redskin." The play Is said TO be a
p~oetical one.
The novel -Four Feathers" has
been dramatixed by its author. A. H.
Mason, under the name OF "Margery
STROBE" Ethel Barrymore is spoken Of
for the role Of the heroine when the
play IL produced.
Daniel Frohman recently purchased
the American and English rights to
q new comedy drama OF modern life.
written by Brander Matthews and
George Arliss. dealing with q theme
OF International interest, which Will
! be produced next season.
Henry B. Irving and Constance Col
Her are about to produce In Lon
don for o season Of matinees Stephen
Phillips play, "The Sin OF David"
In this play-as yet Enacted In Eng
land-Mr. Irving will appear as Sir
Herbert Lisle and Miss Collier as MI
Ram.
From Paris comes the news that
Marguerite Sylvia, who has appeared
In the support OF several American
stars, has signed a contract for a
years engagement at the Opera Com.
ique, beginning next September.
1t Is said that Miss Viola Allen will
return to Shakespeare next season,
and that this will be her farewell to
the stage.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05

grant lands, but the essential features
will be the same.
Y. v. Long Is another ardent adj
vocate Of dry farming In New Mexico.
He has made extensive study OF the
subject,
Can you produce profitably with
out irrigation" ! asked.
He smiled.
In the correct answer to the Ques-
ton lies . vast field OF undetermined
possibility for New Mexico and the
entire southwest" he said. It must
In truth be admitted that no effort
worthy OF the name has yet been
made TO test our so called arid lands,
True. along the foothills In some
localities, the ground has In some In
stances been scratched owe a few In
| ches. ON what IL called by u native
people temporal and this at many
seasons produces well, but fails al
others. But this is by no means intel
ligent tillage or cultivation. The
ground is not deeply piowed, or wei
cultivated. 10 these experiment.
prove but little.
Can anyone forsee the results OF
our mesa lands, II for a series O
years the ground were deeply plowet
In the fall, again In the spring, thu
corn planted In check lows and con
tinuously cultivated during the grow
ing months?
III we were to carry on the sam
system OF farming used in the centra
and eastern states, might We not eS
pect far better results.
II am urging that an agriculture
and horticultural association TO
northern New Mexico be formed, con
posed mainly Of farmers that ar
! warking out in a practical way tn
, problems for the future. Such an O
g~anization, by meeting frequently, an
, mutual consultation and narration @
, actual experience, would give the di1
ferent members the benefit Of eac
others observation, and thus disst
inmate practical information"
DO you expect to be able to pre-
> duce profitably without irrigation?"
} queried again.
!, Yes" was the answer, in the yer
near future"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05
Plays and Players

Charles FrOhman sailed for Europe
last week to remain abroad till May
He will divide his time between Lon
don and the Continent, arranging for
his productions next season in New
York and London,
Another Indian play, of which there
threatens to be an epidemic, is call.
ed "IrOquois."
Hope Booth, who has been absent
from the stage for several years, is
to return to 1t in a one-act play called
Her Only Way"
The Iiebler company plans to erect
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05
Dry Farming
In California
An Object Lesson for New Mex
leo Based on Experience Of
California Optic Globe Trotter
Touches Live Subject.
BY Clyde H. Tavenner.l

BY Clyde Fl. Tavenner.l
Special Correspondence to this paper.
Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. 27.-Can
dry farming" produce vegetation on
the millions OF so-called arid acres In
the great southwest?
Fifty years ago the answer to this
quarry was a decided: mo, eve
Ten years ago: NO"
Five years ago: Not profitably."
Today: Prof. Ally Bayro. Of the
Egyptian Irrigation corps, answers
yes
Then he ads:
But there must be some patient,
scientific experiment first. The best
methods of dry farming known now
must be improved upon before the
now barren tracts will grow green.
Very little effort, too little effort,
has been made In the past. In Egypt
we r growing crops on. land now
that ten years ago was considered alb.
solutely worthless.
MARK my words: The glorious
future now predicted for the south
western states will fall short OF de-
scribing the future that is to be real.
iced. Within ten years thousands Of
acres OF practically desert land will
be under cultivation-and without irri-
CATION"
Prof. Bayro Is an aged, white-haired
man. He has devoted his life to the
study Of arid soils. He recently Wis
tied the UAtted States In the interests
Of his science.
When he made the above statement
he was referring To the millions Of
acres Of arid lands in parts Of Cal.
~ifornia. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah,
Nevada. Colorado, and also Mexico.
Aside from semitic reasons. the
Egyptian professor leans to a theory
that the Creator made all land useful
for cultivation, leaving man to find
out It's uses. He believes that land
can be trained" to grow things like
a child's mind can be trained to mem-
orize or do anything else. He deplores
the fact that the government has not
carried on more experimenting with
dry farming processes.
The United States government Is
now fully awake to the possibilities
that may develop in dry farming ex-
periments, and intends to make up for
lost time. From now on dry farming
on arid lands will be tested thorough.
~ and at once. The problem will
be met from the standpoint Of oil
theories.
In the vicinity Of Las Vegas, New
Mexico. where there has already been
considerable experimenting by indi-
viduals, the dry farming idea has
taken fast hold IN the people. A series
Of tests Of II are to be made.
The plans OF the promoters OF the
enterprise are ambitious. hut none the
less sound. II Is proposed to secure
the names OF hundreds of residents Of
the city and vicinity--every resident
In fact-to a petition asking the grant
to set aside a considerable area, per.
haps 5000 acres, for the purpose Of
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-03-05

II is. told of Jane: Lick, the &C.
centric San Francisco millionaire, who
founded the famous observatory bear
ing his name. that when taking any
one into his service he always ask
ed the person to plant a tree upside
down, the roots In the air, the
branches under the ground. II there
was any protest the man was sent
Lick saying that he wanted on
ly men who would obey orders strict
"