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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02
NEWS
Unique Feature Of pBelen Cutoff Is That
- Stations Will Be All Concrete.

Among the many interesting fea'
lures OF the Santa Fe's Helen cutoff
In, keeping with the thorougn1r SUD
stantial character OF the whoAoL work,
are tho station buildings w4(A are
to BE- concrete. Plans for a siNgte sta,
top of proportions which would make
1t suitable fox Abe more impot an
points on III llae SQept the terAVni
were preparedS ny pm NJ. Church,
architect, with offices In h Nac'
querte building. Chicago, under Aho
direction Of James Dun, chiefs eusi'
neer, and adopted as the standard Tor
the EastdM railway Of New Mexico
AT Belen, the western terminus, a con
slider ably larger concrete building,
with office rooms on the second MOOR
will be erected, aud at Texico. tue
eastern terminus. a conCgete station
similar to the standard huil6ing, byt
with separate freight faOtn, CONNECTED
by a r0of~to the main structure, Wv
be built.
I IG CltuiN't Va thC 80
the Eastern railway OF New hexico Is
located snoulG make a concrete sta'
ton most satisfactory, The generally
dryyaymosphere should prevent any
possible sweating of the walls, while
the similarity in certain respects OF
concrete buildings, and the ADOBE
houses of New Mexico. which are most
satisfactory to the inhabitants De
cause Of theira a,mparatlye coolness y
the hot summer mouths and warmth
in winter, Is to be noted.
The Kansas City Journal gives the
following details of the buildings:
THE standard building. OF which
t~wenty-one will be built by the sroad
occupies a ground area OF 24x65 leet
Though it is a difficult matter with q
small structurexof this sort 70 impress
a style the architect has N this in
stance given the-station the character
Of the old mission buildi&. with
their low, o~yerhanging roofs. archea
porchways and buttressed walls. The
structnSe is " stories high. the sec
ond fioof being a single waiting room
haggage5room freight 0 and uch
ct office.
All the exterior walls, foundations
and piers, the chimney and the lhte'
rior, partitions on the fr't tioor VIII
1BHe concrete. q
Particular attention Wall be PAID u
cbtaihfNgs smooth finish OF the con
crete the specifications requiring tna'
the lumber for the forms snail pe
dressed. OF good quai ty, OF .'such
strength as to be unyieldlng durine
the hllng and tamping and that az
Joints ia the lumber be driven ugh'
As fofsthe exterior Of all walls AFTER
comple6on they are to We Thoroughly
wet dossn. given a thin Q a Of g
.ment plaster, and receive a pebble,
dash finisG- With grave screened
through afhaif.inch meshsN
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02
Santa Fe Time Table.
Fors trAasoonsinensal trains each way DAN,


No. 4, Chicago Limited, solid Pdll
man tfain with dining. observation
and buffet library cars, unsurpassed
equipment and service.
No. 2. Atlantic Express. has Pull
man and tourist sleeping cars Tor CHI.
cago and Kansas City, and = tourist
car for Denver. A Pullman car p!
Denver IL also added at Trinidad. A.
rives It Ia Junta at 1880 p. m. Con-
Meeting with No. 5. leaving - 1unto
3:l0 : m. arriving q Pueblo 6.Oe
.. a, Colorado Sprints e:ab = ~
Denver $50 1. M.
mo. q, Kansas City and Chicago -
press.shas Pullman and tourist sleep
era fof Chicago and Kansas GU. ~
rives At Ia Junta 1918 Z. ~, connece'
ing with No. COS. leaving - Jnnfn
1910 p. M, arriving = Pueblo -
p. m. Color 70 Springs 3:S0
Denver 600 p. u.
No. 10. Chicago Fast IAN - Pull
man sleeper. "a Paeo9S 1Nbas City
Is the connections fyo0 ~ p1Ints south
Of Albuquerque. DoesptAD aocal worl
from Albuquerqus 70 RatoR.
No. &. California Limiteo, has SAME
equipment % No. =.
No. I has Pullman and tourist sleep
Ing cars for southern California. Thu
train does the local work from Ratoe
to Albuquerque.
No. 4. Mexico and California Express
has Pullman and tourist sleeping car
~ northern CaliforniG points, ant
Pullman car for FL Pro and City q
Mexico connection for n Paso, Dem
ing, Silver City and an points IN Msz
leo, Southern New Mexico and An
No. ., California Fast Mail, has Pull
man ssleeping cars for al California
points. This train II consolidate'
with No. Z Ct Albuquerque.
w. ]. LUCAS. Aren't
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

The blocking necessary to be used
in mailing the wood Is 10 be built In
ddfing the erection OF the walls, AZ
are the anchors aud bolts required
for iron plates which are TO be used
To protect the buttress corridors. bag
gage room door tambs and other ex'
posed places
IA Openings in tho foundation walls
~ to bes loft tor ventilation. The
lhills and the corbels which are used
to support the chimney and ROOF
brackets are to be cast seperate. but
set in position as the work progresses
All the stills are to be veathered and
throated and the lug sIls four inches
wider than the opening. set level anu
projecting one and one'half inches
Ifrom the face OF the wall. The only
reinforcing required In the coustruc'
ton Is two 5.inch I.beams, one over
the bay the other in the freight roori
toF support the two-story wall. ana
half.inch mild steel rods over tine
windows and doors.
The station platforms are 70 De y
brick, with concrete courblng and re
tanning walls. The brick Il 10 be bed
ded ia sand laid three inches THICK
wet down, graded and tamped to %
even surface upon a cinder filing. NO
| vitrifed paving brick laid dat WIN
he used, The curb and retaining wal
are to be buzz in forms. In the same
'manner as the Rtlding walls n tne
EXPOSED surfacTy are to he plastereo
smooth with cement and torpedo era
vel In equal parts. one inch tnicS'
sion Joints will be placed. Expan-
sion ojints will be placed every hfseen
and lengths Of. old boiler tnh
win be built In at Gfteen.foot intervals
for drainage. The wall around tne
high platform II to be provided with
an anchored oak wheel guard,
All cement used In the concrete
work is to be standard American Port
land brand which conforms 70 tbs
requirements and fulfils the tests
prescribed BY the American society 9!
civil Engineers. / Is specified @S
the stone shaft he. hard clean lime
stone or hand cobbie stones broken e
pass through d i ls2 inch mesh. Inc
Proportions of the concrete are 70 pe
1875 assuming as a unite the cemen!
to weigh 100 pounds per cubic foot
and the volume u, q barrel, at s.s Gu
bic feet. which viii give quantities by
yolumn of one barrel Of packed &c
ment to ia cubic feet ct loose sane
and 10 cubic feet of loose stone. The
cement Is to be measured In the orig
inal barrel and the sand and stone ir
boxes. The use 81 q mixing machine
is not forbidden hut 1t .is specinol
that in case 4 mixer IS employed ms
different ingredients must be deliver
ed q the machine simultaneously ane
mf1s IL ~auantities Of a cubic yard.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Of prohibition but he seemed % gst
In worse condition as time pa~opd, u
was later learned that ~ had hssa
aeting very queerly around the ca~,ps
before he left there. II Is presumed
that he will later be brought before
the superior court and tried upon an
insanity charge.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Governor Hagerman has commeo'
ced extensive alterations I'D In
provements on the residence proper
" owned by him on Lincoln Z spue
1t Santa Ee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

TN. rorvtcn (Ksn.) Repuolcen
s.vs. ~rSes eaaSa Re : commenced
IN store coal at Newton asa'" ~
noFsb(iry ~ . big strike a.
SIN - reSpssests this depart
,,sr, ~ here todey making arrange,
ments ;.Ae coai vii be dumped
along ne tsestie work N t0e so"'''
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

eesf paft Of the town, which has
ssrvsd IN 4 storage place for Santa
Fe coal for several years. MI, Fish
or hired some me- this morning r.
co1nmence the unloading Of several
nars 81 coal that nd arrived here.
santa Re has stored an immense
amount Of coal at points east OF New
Ton.
Most Of the grade crossings on the
PENNSYLVANIA system between VIII
m}agton, Del, and the S~usquepanna
rltef have been eliminated. The com.
many has now determined upon the
abolition of about eighty crossings on
the Pittsburg Division. a work which
svin require several years, and will be
largely dependent upon favorable ac-
ZION by the councils Of the various
boroughs through which the road
passed.
A. broken axle ditched four carr
the other night near Minneola- The
train left Mfnneola d S:6b and had
proceeded but ! short distance when
an axle On i fruit car broke and
caused the dersiling Of the cars. A
work train hurried from Bafstow to
the sceEe with d lot Of section en-
With w. T. Hohenthal IN charge! De
puty Sheriff Smithson also went to
the wreck for the puI2ose Of guardinl
the fruit.
The Kansas City Z Bolton railroad
company has received Its charter from
the secretary Of state at JEFFERSON
city. The company has a capital stock
ofS32OO.0 900. It proposes to build !
railroad twenty miles in length be
tween Kansas City and Bolton, am
will probably use gasoline motsr cars
kThe incorpo are Geo. w. Scott
~ ywais ~. Bales
Gill, and r. 8. Yoeman
Y City and Bolton.
aso: or osmsnssd.
~ 1antry-Sharp CON
S*grading camps east .
E1Tto Needles 6asurds'
>4dent demented condition
~ the Needles Eye. He was tai
len into custody and a physician pre-
cured. He did not seem to improve
be stiii maintaining that there wer
many armed me- after him who wan
ed to take his life, and II thus becam
necessary 70 take the insane man
the hospital Tor treatment. and MOI
day evening Constable b L. Medli
left with him for San Ber~nardino.
was AT nrst thought that he was 81
fering from delirium tremens and tn
he would recover with q short teri
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02
soMg. oaocgM 0ARoAiNs.

SOME. oaocxRv sARoA,Ns.
! y. Espsy crs.a oa's |!
1OF .Ws.......... .s.s.sy z
! three ID. sacks Table AT
f0r. y, ........ .SSe
! I'D fancy Tapioca
.ssbor W.. Ss.s;. CSC
8 pounds 1aasy aaso
for. -. 49,. ... 100
2 packages Force @@r,
Tor. 49,. ...... 90 - .xOO
Z pounds Winnowed MexScS ans
for. -. $500. ........ ..40e
10 box packages Domino Matches
10 cent cans Ground Cnnamoa
for. 500. ........ ..........0e
10 cent cans Ground Pepper. .oe
4 pound package Brsstfast Cup
coffee for.... !........ ....tSe
Is pound Buckets Jelly .
lOf ...... ........ $50 .ssvSs
2 pound cans pure Grape Jelly
for. ........ .......F.... y
40c gallon cans Pie FruitA. Pears
Peaches. Plums, Grapes Rhubarb
Apples and Apricots
f0r.... ........ =. .A.s.M
CSC cans Peach. Plum and Apple 4
butter for...... ........ ....15(
6 N Standard California Fruits
~ 1-2c cans Standard Tomatoes
per can. :. ......H,S y
Q two pound ans Plat1S Standard J
Tomatoes for...... 4 ~. -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02
aAy&soN NOTES.

Application has been made In
Georgia for charter for the States
boro and Midwife Railway company.
which desires to builda about Sixty
miles Of liAe from 81 lboro to Lou
isvre. CT NAsssS [
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Richmond's Price List
Potatoes. IL lbs, Soc. s@
Sugar. Is lbs, $500.
rs lbs. corn meal. Csc.
swandown flour. 30 Id. SACK. @i.>O.
Imperial flour. 50 ID. sack. $50.
8 bars White star Or Diamond G
and 2 bars Of Hawkeye soap Tor ssc.
Butter. soc and $50
RICHMOND'S CASH GROClRY
Cor. Twelfth ana National otA
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Motor earn are better sQapsea =
the uses of western than g :.
railroedA owing to the density 2.
,s.senrer TRAFFIC in the erst. the
usrrimsn lines have six motor cars
- ase Il present BET kear nss
and Callaway. Neb.; Hous.on- 49,
caIveshas~ Texas: Los Angeea
San Val, and Leayenre~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Under a Contract selgneo netween
~ ChieGEo 01sse Western fsisNay
and a I'm grain elevator owners
in onssfo hat city assured w.
constr "a Il y nsw elevator e y.
ooeaOo nushels ca ycity. 4 VIII &c.
ms.eriai tsuSat to the omaha 0sala
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Orders hr more than 1900 tons
Of ssteei rails,.arp reportssst 20 nave
Uaso ~ withir the last few DAYS.
The Northsrn Pacific Is repof.su =
have ordered $4,000 tons, Great Moth ~
ON $1,000. New York Centrai s.Vov
ana ~ Santa Fe 100000 The s.eel
mills are said n have nov g ~ ~
books pnAief riders for% =
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

western railroads have ceased tneiF
strife ,Sor mail contracts which caus,
ID then. to enter upon record-breaklng
sneeds ts. The Asnal schedules
$40 - and .comparse
nin s1ces NV obtaining
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

4 Aaens or oemented.
1Awho had been an
~ Iantry-Sharp com
grading camps east oi
s1to Needles Saturday
M3Ddeut demented condition,
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-02

Y cans otArDeem 1ueal eOoSn K%& n E0p1~eS4%y@ IL
for. ]. 1850. y.x X .2eelnppQefpu it1aCll
cans Rocky HsuhI1in 0fssm ~ nv
fcr.. -. .Ess.s.... .2setasaMftGNaa s&SSvs
q ! cans Columbia Crea4 - as
10e .............. -. !. ..20I NM
zoe cans White House Squash Is. Is and 2o
Tor 1880. .......... !. ..2f-2sI All good
zoe cans White Houss Pumpkin
for ...... .......,.. I. ~ t2e Maxim \
l poqna cans Fink Aiaska Salmon ham. y a7
forv4k... s.,~.... .~..,.tos
l pound package Aaasroni
. for ..... .....,.... ......toe n... ,E
g ! pound package spsgheti M
for ......... ,..ss..ss ......'oel
q l pound package vsrnicsmi
for ........ .......... ..,..1oeI ~3
81 pound cans Pure Fruit Jams
sell for ........ ........ ....yt~3xM41
pound L@se Mnscatei Raisiass
s9k.ss.ss.
Nsi lor i .,.s.,. go -. ~ 49,
bar Daaaaed . 1aunda Soap
! bsrs Dovsr t1Bdfl 3<6les
r.. tor ......... - 1Rssxx.N sy3(
bars MAss
oh for w. !. !. !. .,..... !. w ~
,,.is. sssk9
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22

Our meetings have been held at different members' and social times
 The word Amcitia, the Latin word for good friendsc Is indicated club pin by tho ciasped hands in gold on blue ground in Latin triangle.
 The success of the club is largely due to the com. bned efforts of its members; all mutually helpful ana thoroughly conscientious and sincere their en- deavor to make the club credit to its symbolic meaning SECRETARY. Amcitia Sub-Club. Cambridge. Mass.
 As you see by the first paragraph the above the membership of the club Is not restricted Cambridge bosto1 with its circle closely towns and nafnlets all making the Greater Boston, suburbs so near together that slips unconscously from one to the other With such facilities for meeting AI- flower. ~ %NA by calling itself the Herrck Club. That tco has good workers in it. and fair number of them. not so large as 1t should be- and it's organization yet for 1t to have far the Amicitia. look fot ward to the time when shall be prouder deal \ s " There are other Boston sub-clubs which should be encouraged to grow Here Is the report of in Dor chester;
 The Charity Club has been started. We have had four meetings, which held every second Tuesday. We have named our club the Queen Bees. You know all that name implies and we shall try hard to live up to it.
 There are to dues When we need money, which will be charitable purposes shall raise a subscription among the members have concert, fair, etc., therefore shall need officers but the chairman, president
 There are members and two prospective
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22
OBJECTS AND AIMS OF
 EACH AND ALL
DERHAPS some of you, seeing this page
 for ths frst lime, svonder iust sOhat

DERHAPS some of you, seeing this page
 for ths first lime, sVonder just sUhat A fhe Each and 44u Society really is; sOhat there $ about is aims and objects to create so sUidespread aH interest among young girls of all ages"
 The society ovaS founded n February, 1908, sVith Christine Terhuae Herrick for its president, and sVith an almost instant mem- bership of girls in nearly svery State in the Union aud in Canada.
 Its object is to help girls help themsetvss by deveIoping their taienfS into something the srorld sOants; to soIVe di6fcuIt probIems-the sort c girl sVants calm, nnbiaSed, ont-of-the- family opinion upon; and to promote ths ex- change cf general help.
 Any girl can belong. There is no red tape aboat #. The sending of your name for membership gives yon ths range of eVery op- port4nits the society boasts. And Mrs. Her rick stands ready 10 sOeicome, 10 HdVise and fo help.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22
Our Literary Snb-Club
The Way I Like Best
IRST OF THE FAMOUS POEMS FOR ELOCUTIONISTS

AM i1 and would like to correspond some other sirds rom about 16 to 19 their ages) Isvan
 ssPeclaily to correspond some one very inter esenn in eioention elocutions. play the pfAT9 attend the high school W ~ fin the coS@n a9nt seem to be eiocutons this ~" WI" k0P UP when they reao Should love to selections with the different
 BELLE Everett. Mass)
 This letter is like many others have received ask ng o neip m elocuttcn and for selections suitable 1hS Tn order to meet this demand have begun aosnitaey adapted for declaming, Requests for any spcciSi piece Of verse shall given here and, when IeasI5e' the poem desired shall be printed when m reply to several there toua! a copy of the well-known poem Lasca which is an extremely popular recitation:
 LASCA. WANT free life and want fresh air. \ And sigh for the canter after the cattle - The cracks of the whips. like shots battle; The melee of horns and hoofs and heads, That wars and Wrangics scatters and spreads; The green beneath the blue above Anq the dash and the danger and life and love. And Laseal = Lasca used to ride With blue serape and bright-belled spur. l IanGhed with joy looked herl Llttle she knew of books or An Ave Maria suhlced her needs; Little ,sne cared, save to be by my side, 10 ride with me. to ride, Erofn san Saba's shore to LaVacas tide; She Was as bold the pillows that beat Sne was wild as the freezes that blow; From nes little head tn hAr 1tIS fesa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22

She was swayed, in her suppleness. to and fro,
 By each gust of passion; saplng pine
 That grows the edge of a Kansas bluff, And wars with the wind when the weather is rough IS like this Lasca this love of mine.
 She would hunger that l might eat;
 Would take the bitter and leave the sweet But once when made her jealous for fun, At something I'd whispered looked or done One Sunday in San Antonio,
 Tc glorious girl on the Alamo,
 she drew from her garter a dear little dagger; And-sting of waSp-it made staggerl An inch to the left an inch to the right, And shouldn't be maundering here tonight; But she sobbed. and, sobbiug. 50 swiftly bound Her torn reboso about the wound That quite forgaVe her. Scratches don't count In Texas down by the Rio Grande. Her eyes were brown-a deep-deep brown;
 Her hair darker than her eye; And something in her smile and froWn,
 Curled crimson lip and instep high Showed that there in each blue vein, Mixed with the milder Aztec strain, The vigorous vintage of old Spain The air heavy, the night hot; sat by her side and forgot-forgot; Forgot the herd that taking their rest: Forgot the air close oppFest /- That the Texas mortimer comes sudden nd soon n tho dead of night the blaze of the neon: That once let the herd at it's breath take flight And nothing on earth can stop the flight; And woe to the rider and woe to the stced Who falls in front of their mad stampedel Sprang to my saddle without word one foot mine, she cung behind. Away! a hot chase down tho wlnds Nzak Ga1N NRnk haif
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22
The Correspondence and Postcard Exchange

A DDREssEs of correspondents and postcard coliec N tors will be given to other members of Each ana H All only All requests for addresses must be ac velope
 , Please take my name of the postcard exchange as the Ptsburg Each and All girls wear their badges? wear mine every day, and have the first to any girl M L. (Pittsbnrg Pal. Please discontinue members of and All for exchange of postal cards. for present, in 1 would have the of foreign people might exchange A. M. R. (Olean. N. Y) trying get a-postcard every State in the Union. and shall be glad send cards in there member in New Mexico7
 D H Le F. (Bryantvie Nasal only six different States card from every State members If you have. I would like to exchange with them
 would like 10 exchange postcards and would like would also like about American girl correspondents about H. (Manchester N. Would like to exchange postcards and help young mothers as Keep house and have young baby
 N w. Milford. N. H) l married girl and, having time would like to correspond and exchange postcards should like 10 make pillow of leather cards. and will return for received
 ALICE (Haverhill Mass). another postcard nend and would be pleased to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22

And steed little spared; For rode for lives. You shall hear how farec In Texas. down by the Rio Grande. The mustang flew. and urged him on; There chance left, and have but Halt, jump to the ground and shoot your horse; Crouch under his caregss and take your chance And, if the steers, in their frantic course. '+' Don't batter both to pieces at once, You thank your stars; if not goodbye To the open air and the open sky, In Texas down by the Rio Grande Tho cattle gained us. and just I felt Fer my old siX-shooter, behind in my belt. Down the mustang and down We, Clinging together, and-what the A body that spread itself breast; Two that shielded dizzy head; Two lips that hard lips When came thunder in my ears. As surged the of steers: Blows that beat blood into my eyes; And, when l could rise-Lasoa was dead! gouged out a grave a few feet deep And there in gEarth's I laid her to sleep; And there she is lying and no knows. And the shines and the winter snows: For a day the flowers have spread A pail of petals her head; And the little gray hawk hangs aloft in the air: And the sly coyote trots here and there; And the biacksnake glides and glitters and slides Into a rift In the cottonwood tree; And the buzzard sails on, And comes and is gone Stately and still, like a ship at sea. And wonder why l do not For the things that like tho thinos that Doca half my heart lie buried there
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-22
No Drones in Their Hive

that Sundays issue of the paper our time Thursday evening, So the place, Rest Room in the Times Building. You doubtless know that have classes which progressing we'll and have era Spanish class is doing we'll and so is the vocal culture. Then have millinery class
 Our club gave recently in charge of the danc ing class. of which truly is q member The dancing dressed in Martha Washington tumeA and the attractions for that night Ininuet by girls a gay sight you
 had the and the for all of Each and Alters" be happy. jolly
 Our sub -club-the L. A. chapter mean-is composed of the dearest of girls It's pleasure know them
 FRANCES IT (Los Angeles. Cal.). Hurrah for the Los Angeles Busy Beesl They don't seem to have drones in their hive glad to have delightful report of their their play.