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The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
Thanksgiving Ball.

The Thanksgiving Ball given by a
number of our citizens at the schoolhouse
last Wednesday night was well-attended
affair. In fact the crowd was so great that
dancing was a hardship. The school
house being SO centrally loeated-in the
center of mud-hole-it was impossible to
get into the building without carrying
along some real estate. Ouling the evening
so many of the valuable town lots gather
ed on tee floor, that it was necessary to
call haltin the program, until the floor
could be cleaned and the lots returned be
fore the Townsite company should call for
the same. Byrepeating several times, it
was possible to wade through the program
Musicians from Santa Fe furnished the
music, which was of the best. At twelve
o'clock splendid turkey dinner was serv
ed The whole affair proved very enjoy
able, everything being provided free.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
Land Office Business
at Santa Fe.

Notwithstanding the lateness of the
year business continues exceptionally
good at the local federal land office. One
numbered and twenty-one original home
stead entries, twenty-nine final home
stead entries and eighteen desert land
entries is the record for the first twenty
days of November. Torrance County is
still at the head of the list in the several
counties of the district in the matter
of securing new settlers. San Miguel
County is second with Guadalupe and
Santa Fe counties tied for third place.
The business in detail follows;
Original homestead entries, 121; acres
entered, 1858, final homestead entries,
30; acres entered, 4,516; desert land en-
tries, Is; acres entered, 1890.
The original homestead entries were
divided among the various coun ties az
follows;
Bernalillo, l; Colfax f. Guadalupe, 7;
Mckinley, 8: Mora, 4: Rio Arriba, none;
San Juan, 6: San Miguel, II; Sandova
none; Santa Fe, 7; Socorro, none; Taos,
none: Torrance, 7e; Valencia, 1.
The final hem estead entries we're:
Guadalupe, 9; Mora, 2; Rio Arriba, 2;
San Juan, l: San Miguel, IL; Taos, |:
Torrance, 3.
The desert land entries were: San
Juan, 5: Torrance, 13.
The total number OF original home.
stead entries since January 1st is l 1882
acres entered, 259 1926. Total number oi
fual homestead entries, 270: acres ente
ed, zoos. Total number of desert land
entries, 1876: acres entered, 25,9 1913. Total
number of entries of all kinds since Jan.
uary l, 1906. 2,O07; acres entered, 1926,
905. New Mexican.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
Winter Weather Continues.

The Wintry weather which has ruled
for the past week still continues, and
while the snow which fell last week has
almost disappeared in the valley, the in.
dcations are that more will follow soon,
The thermometer has registered as low as
three degrees above zero. this being on
the night of the 2lst. The nights of the
10Th and 25th the mercury fell to six above,
the next lowest. Press reports sent out
by unreliable parties to other papers in
the territory have sent the mercury below
zero but this has not been substantiated
by the local Government thermometers,
These press dispatches have also chron.
icled several deaths in the county from the
cold, but these cannot be substantiated
either. There have been cases of severe
frozen feet and hands. but dilligent ins
quiry has as yet not borne out the death
statements. Those papers which print
alleged rumors as facts are doing great in
justice to not only the county, but the ter I.
ritory as we'll.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
Sunday Services.

Rev. J. @. Ruoff has announced that
he will preach at the school house next
Sunday afternoon and elening, weether
permitting. The!pastor appointed by the
conference recently for the Methodist
Episcopal Church has not put in an ap-
pearance yet, and Mr.. Rnoff will supply
for him.
Sunday schools at ten and ltwo o'clock
as usual. All are invited to all these ser.
vices.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
Thanks an Unknown Friend.

Someone has been kind enough to
have delivered 10 me a nice enameled
Roaster and turkey for Thanksgivi n G
dinner, for which desire through the
News to express hearty thanks. AL
though the donor is unkno wn to me,
the gift is nevertheless appreciated.
Mrs. H. B. Hawkins.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
CLEAN, HONEST
GOVERNMENT
The Principal Issue, Says Larrazoa in Open
Letter.

In a letter to the public, Hon. 0. A. Lar
razola, who the election returns show was
defeated by a small majority for delegate
to congress at the recent election, has the
following to say, which has the true Amer.
ican ring:
"The question of who shall represent
New Mexico in the national congress, how
ever, pales into comparative insignifcance
when viewed in the light of what the last
election accomplished, and what yet re-
mains to be done, in the cause of clean
and honest government. The public con-
science of our territory has been aroused,
and has sounded note of warning to the
self-consttuted political bosses of New
Mexico, who, if they be wise, in the future
will be mindful of the risk at which they
violate the most elementary principles of
deeency and propriety. On the other
hand, there yet remains to be solved the
question of, what are we going to do with
those who in the last election, as in cleo
tons past, have defed our laws and de-
secrated the ballot box? Shall they go
unchallenged? If we do, we may as we'll
cease agitating other questions as tending
to remove menaces to public morals; we
cannot cleanse the waters of stream un.
less we remove the impurities that polute
them at the fountain head. lfgood govern
ment is worth having, it certainly is worth
lighting for. Let US not, then, allow our
work to remain half done; let the criminals
be prosecuted, no matter how high their
station in the social scale, and thus, and
only thus shall we have done our duty
WELL"
The great question is not who shall hold
the offices during the next two years, as
what shall be done with those who have
failed to do their sworn duty at the cleo
ton? Those who have defed all law
Those who have taken things in their
own hands, regardless of law and decency?
Shall they be allowed to 60 unchallenged
and thus shall the decent voters givetheir
consent and approval to a repetition of
such affair two years hence?
AS far as Torrance county is concerned,
sufficient evidence has already been Sc.
cured to convict several members of the
election boards in the county. Shall we
allow the matter to die now, or will we
carry it on and thus commence the work
of purifying the stream of politics in Tor
rance county? We dare not rest at this
time, we must fight the matter to finish.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
IN KENTUCKY.

The moonlight is softest
In Kentucky:
Summers days come oftenest
In Kentucky;
Friendship is the strongest,
Loves fires glow the longest,
Yet a wrong is the wrongest
In Kentucky.
The sunshine's always brightest
In Kentucky;
The breezes whisper lightest
In Kentucky;
Plain girls are the fewest,
Maiden's eyes are the bluest,
There little hearts are truest
In Kentucky.
Life's burdens bear the Iightest
In Kentucky,
The home-fres burn the brightest
In Kentucky;
While the players arr ekeeneSt,
Cards come 1ut the meanest,
The pocket empties cIeanest
In Kentucky.
Orators are the proudest
In Kentucky;
Officials are the blandest
In kentucky;
Boys are the fliest,
Danger ever highest,
Taxes are the highest
In Kentucky.
The blue grass waves the bluest
In Kentucky:
Yet blue bloods are the fewest
In Kentucky;
Moonshine is the clearest-
BY no means of the dearest,
And yet it acts the queerest
In Kentucky.
The dove's notes are the saddeSt
In Kentucky;
The streams dance on the gladdesf
In Kentucky,
Hip pockets are the thicksst,
Pistol hands the quickest,
Cylinders turn quickest
In Kentucky.
Song birds are the sweetest
In Kentucky;
Thoroughbreds the feetest
In Kentucky;
The mountains tour proudest,
Thunder peals the loudest,
The landscapes are the grandest-s
Politics the d......t
In Kentucky.
(Rubliw EdaW,'
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30
GOULD VISITS
TORRANCE COUNTY
The Great Railroad Masnate Spends Day in
Seeing Willard.

George J. Gould, head of the great
Gould system of railroads, was distin-
guished Torrance county visitor Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week. In com.
pany with corps of assistants he visited
Willard Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Mr.. Gould arrived in special train over
the Belen cut off from the west, arriving
at Willard at 9 o'clock Tuesday evening.
He spent the night at the MOTEL, and We'd
nesday morning met number of the
prominent people of the town, and looked
over the railroad situation there. There
have been rumorS for some weeks past of
contemplated Gould Improvements in Tor
rance County. The most important rumor
is one which relates to proposed line from
Ell Paso, connecting with the Southern
Pacific and the Santa Fe Central at Viii.
lard. The object of this proposed line
would be to get connecting line from the
south into the Hagan coal fields. All the
southwestern papers recently contained a
dispatch relating to proposed line from
the south connecting with the Santa Fe
Central at Torrance or Willard, and Mr..
Gould's visit to Willard would seem to
mean that the Goulds are seriously consid-
ering that place as connecting point.
This theory is otherwise plausible from
the fact that the survey by way of Willard
would give more direct line and afford
an easier grade. The survey runs south
west from Willard Affordng an easy
incline to the mesas which form the south
ern boundary of the Estancia Valley.
From the top of the mesa there is a gradual
incline for hundreds of miles across level
country.
Mr.. Gould spoke flatteringly of Will
lard's prospects with relation to water, soil
and railroad facilities. He was aware that
Willard is the only place on the Belen cut
off where good water is obtainable, and
expressed the belief that the water and its
adequate railroad facilities made it de-
sirable spot for a future great city in the
commonwealth of New Mexico, which is
developing now faster than any other por-
ton of the great southwest.
After walking over considerable por-
ton of the townsite and consulting with a
corps Of engineers who accompanied him,
Mr.. Gould and party left Wednesday on a
special train for the east. He was accom-.
panied by a number of we'll known rail.
road men. This was the first visit of Mr.
Gould to Torrance County.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30

Joseph L. Stewart of Moriarty
was a county seat visitor last
Tuesday, He renewed his SUBJ
scription to the county paper.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30

Homer Broadus Of Moriarty
has been in town several days
this week assisting the Estancia
Rural Telephone Company in in
stalling their new switchboard.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1906-11-30

FOR SALE-Some first class hens and
pullets. Also few good roosters. Inquire
at Estancia Jewelrv&Music Store. IT.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
Cubans Lose $500, 900.

HAVANA, Feb. 5.-William P. Bur
bridge, formerly connected with Rich
ard-Canfield's gambling house in For
ty-fourth street, New York. has dis
appeared from here with 100000 ne
coaxed from the pockets of wealthy
Cubans
The sumptuous resort he conducted
at Havana was closed by the police
and when the clamors of his losing pa
irons for the return of their money
became unpleasantly loud, Burbridge
disappeared. He announced when he
came here that he would start Cuban
Monte Carlo-and he kept his word
Burbridge's popularity remained firm
until one of the most prominent of Ha-
vana's citizens lost $4,000 at one sit
ting, and before this sensation haf
died out another dropped $4,000.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
A SPECIAL SENSE.
That Which Unerringly Directs q
Shark to CarriOn.

That Which Unerringly Directs o
Shark to Carbon.
1t is curious thing and, so far as
present knowledge goes, quite mex
plicable how shark seems to have an
unerring perception Of the presence Of
carrion. By virtue Of what sense does
he know that at distance Of perhaps
a couple Of miles there Is food to be
had for the picking up? 1t can hardly
be sight, and to say that it Is the sense
Of smell presupposes an olfactory ap-
paratus Of such marvellous delicacy
that one good Whit from an average
Harness cask" would surely burst the
machinery for good and all. And yet
our shark will bolt goodly lump Of
the gamiest salt pork without so much
as wink. No, it cannot be his nose
which leads him.
Now theory has been put forward
by naturalists that the shark possesses,
In common with the Andes condor, q
special sense, or instinct, which is de-
MED to cleaner feeding animals. The
naturalist cannot explain this sense.
He confesses, in fact, that he knows
nothing about It, But he can give it a
name. He calls 1t the "carrion sense"
and with that name, which. Of course,
explains nothing at all, expects us to
be satisfed.-Pearson's Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05

rected by Delavan Smith, Mr.. Fair
banks cousin. A vigorous editorial
which contained bitter reflections on
the senators is what aroused their ami
mostly. The editorial said:
1--WE have had no better news since
the surrender at Appomattox than that
Of the probable cleaning out of the
senate. 1t is said that Spooner and
even Aldrich were certain to go. Both
ough to go, especially Aldrich. who
represents the most corrupt interests
in the country. 1t is unfortunate that
his term does not expire until 1911, but
still it may be that it will take good
deal of time to organize things against
him. Aldrich is a disgrace to the coun-
try Spooner is a man of ability, but
he is, nevertheless, the representative
of the corporations and the railroads"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
ST. SWlTHIN AND RAIN.
The Legend of the Chapel Over tn
Bishops Grave.

The Legend of the Chapel Over thu
Bishops Grave.
The superstitions referring to par.
ticular days are very numerous. The
legend Of St. Swithin is an example
that will occur to every one:
st. Swithin's day, If thou dost rain.
For forty days it will remain;
St. Swithins day, If thou be fair,
For forty days twill rain nae MAR.
st. Swithin, bishop Of Winchester, &C.
cording to the author Of 1.-THE Popular
Antiquities" was "a man equally not
ed for uprightness and humility. So
far did he carry the latter virtue that
on his deathbed he requested to be
buried not within the church, but out
side the churchyard on the north Of the
sacred building, where his corpse might
receive the eavesdroppings from the
roof and his grave be trodden by the
feet Of passersby. His lowly request
was complied with, and In this neglect
ed spot his remains reposed till about
100 years afterward, when a fit Of
pious Indignation seized the clergy at
the fact that the body Of SO holy a
member Of their order was allowed to
occupy such a position, and on an ap-
pointed day they all assembled to con-
vey it with great pomp to the adjoin-
ing cathedral Of Winchester. When
they We're about to commence the cere-
mony a heavy rain burst forth and con-
tinued without intermiSSiOn for the
forty succeeding days. The monks in
terpreted this tempest as a warning
from heaven Of the blasphemous nature
Of their attempt to contravene the di-
rection of st. Swithin, and instead Of
disturbing his remains they erected a
chapel over his grave" est. Swithin is
christening the apples" is the more po-
etical way Of describing st. Swithin's
rain
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
ANOTHER LITTLE JOKER" IN
THE PACK,

The sensational triumvirate-Ald-
rich, Elkns and Kean, who are in the
senate to do the bidding of the great
corporations-have been trying to eff
feet a compromise on the rate regula-
ton bill. They want to follow the au-
thority given to the interstate COM
merce commission to fix rates, with
the privilege to the railroads to appeal
Immediately to the courts in case of
ANY injustice" the execution of the
A rate made by the interstate COM
merce commission under this COM
promise would never go into effect. as
doubtless any rate named by the COM
mission would be regarded as IAN in
Justice" In practice, the effect of this
provision would be to nulify the value
OF any rate-fiXing power conferred
upon the commission, and all that the
president and his friends have stood
for would be lost.
or course, the president turns down
this compromise. although he was as
sured that if he would accent if he
might have approval of his San Do
mingo policy and treaty. he might have
the passage of the Philippine bill. he
might have senate approval for the
statehood blinded everything
would be lovely and the president
would be readily granted practical
ly everything that he stands for. The
president, however regards the rate
regulation bill as the most imnortant
thlhg before congress-the one issue
upon which the people are insisting
and could not be influenced by anv
such flattering inducements. On the
one hand, he took the view wilicn the
attitude of the troumvirate would seem
to justify-namely, that the senatorial
opppSlNiou 10 fdlIfOaQ rate regulation
will be obliged to yield in the end and
pass the Hepburn-Dolliver bill.
In the meantime the eyes of the
people throughout the country will De
focused upon the senate, and if rail-
road rate regulation is not Incorporate
ed into law in accordance with the
presidents plan. there will be no lack
of clear understanding on the part of
the people as to what individuals. and
for that matter, what party is re-
sponsible for the failure. The re-
rublicans nave a strong majority in
the senate and cannot escape liability
for the performances of that body. If
the republican majority is willing to let
Mr.. Aldrich and Mr. Elkins control
their action on great questions of vital
interest to the country at large. the
republican party will have to take the
consequences.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05

One of the boldest bits Of railway
engineering in the world has just been
completed up the Wetterhorn in Swift
erland. This road is literally hung in
the air like a spiders web. 1t con-
meets the elevated hamlet of Gleck-
stein with the valley beneath by means
of series of strong metallic cables,
which hold the rails suspended in mid
air. 1t was designed by M. Feldman.
This is near enough to flying so that
one can fall out fatally if he cares for
that kind of thing.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05

Ants are really very long lived, con.
sidering their minuteness. Janet had
two queens under observation for ten
years, and one of Sir John Lubbock's
ant pets lived into her fifteenth year
Ants are very tenacious of life after
severe injury. Following loss Of the
entire abdomen, they sometimes live
two weeks, and in one case a headless
ant, carefully decapitated by aseptic
surgery. lived for forty-one days. A
carpenter ant after being submerged
eight days in distilled water came to
life upon being dried, SO that ants are
practically proof against drowning
They can live for long periods without
food. In one case the fast lasted near.
~ nine months before the ant starved
to death.-Scientific American.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05

litical rights to confer them on the
few"
National Publicity Bill organization
states an evident truth with consid-
cradle force. The corrupt use Of
money in politics has received severe
scorings in all the public prints, es-
pecially during the insurance investi-
CATION, but the evidence that evil
habits are not easily broken is shown
in the fact that the Boston election.
held while public Indignation against
the purchase of elections burned high
est. is followed by a scandal over the
alleged presence of corporation
Doodle fund in the election Of the may
or.
Beginning with the national COM
mittees and running down to the ward
organizations legal steps must be
taken to curb the corrupt flow of
money into campaigns. The privileged
classes will not voluntarily give up the
advantage they secure through the in
f1uence of money. Nothing but severe
laws sternly enforced will break it up.
The unseating of members of con-
gress, legislatures and councils elect
ed by the corrupt use Of money and the
punishment of those who, in defiance
Of law, contribute the Doodle funds is
absolutely necessary to the breaking
up of a system which is sapping the
vitality of republican institutions.
While the people are warmly alive
to the perils that threaten them is the
time to strike for effective legisla-
ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
The Moons Phases.

The phases of the moon are caused
by it's relative position to the earth and
the sun, so that when it is full moon
in one part of the earth it is full moon
in all parts Of the earth, and so for all
its other phases. The moon revOlves
around the earth once in twenty-seven
days, though on account of the earth
revolution around the sun the mean
duration of the lunar month-that is,
the time from new moon to new moon
is Twenty-Five days, twelve hours
and forty-fOur minutes. The dark of
the moon" is that half of the lunar
month during which the moon shines
least at night
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05

In the recent Town Topics trial n
New York the Rev. C. w. de Lyon
Nichols, former Episcopal clergyman
described himself as a society expert
and ''originator Of the national smart
set idea" He had reduced the number
of persons in the United States "eli-
gible for an invitation from Mrs
Astor'' to 500. This seems to show
that some of the clergy, in the east at
least, do not have enough to do to
keep them employed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05
PROBE THE OIL TRUST.
Steps Taken by Attorney General to
Follow Missouri's Lead.

CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 5.-Attorney
General Wade H. Ellis has taken steps
already that indicate his intention of
probing into the affairs of the oil
trust.
Il have just sent a letter to Attorney
General Hadley, of Missouri asking
for a complete transcript of all the
testimony in the case taken recently at
the hearings in New York and Cleve-
land,' said Attorney General Ellis re-
Gently. II want to find out exactly
what the Missouri authorities have
discovered about the Standard on
company. When the transcript reaches
me will at once go over it thoroughly.
I want to know whether the testimony
secured by the Missouri authorities
presents anything new. I want to know
whether the testimony shows that the
Standard has been doing business UNI
lawfully in the state. l nave read
newspaper accounts of the hearings,
but 1 desire positive information be-
fore 1 think about beginning an action
against the company. If 1 find, after
seeing the testimony, that I can make
a case against the. Standard l Will
bring suit. But I want to be certain OF
my grounds. You know we have: had
Investigations of the Standard Oil in
Ohio. before. but don't want any suit
that might start to end as the former
investigation did I want to be sue
cessful if the suit is started
Attorney General Ellis stated that he
expected a transcript of the testimony
taken in Cleveland to reach his office
in short time.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-02-05

1t will be remembered that Engineer
continuous stave pipe laid in the
ground at $2.10 foot. The highest bid
laid in the trench is SO cents foot.
AS Thomson has had a great deal to
do with the laying of such pipe he
certainly knew its cost, and he must
have been providing for unexpected
contingencies.