Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-04-21

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Eassss svsry vomaa 10 he tovn En-
prssssd hss b<isef that 'yhers iss't :
80 n ~ vhcas tova ~ e.
Harrl@ April 49, noI
Pssnyp 1922 issued aa*0mciAl
statement NDday Announcing that the
eonno1 vealth q Pennsyivania has
rscasered sil its public funds amount
ins 10 q. NO. 900 % d@posif IN the En,
terprise NrcnaI Bsnx Allegheny
Il The tinel failure,
The shove elippins occupies about
three quarters Of ~ Inch q space IN
tAs daily papers but some q the
papers used whole columns TO cover
the story Of the fniiure In an attempt
10 blacken Del bte Andrew char.
acser. II must nave hurt one Or two
~ the Territorial papers 10 have %
publish even this little Item Of justin.
cation for Andrews and his associates.
Thss Sheep Assessment Law.
After the last legislature ADJOURNED
Il vas whispered around thai BY some
pretty cute work the Law which asses.
ED sheep In the county IN which the
owners reside had been repealed and
hereafter sheep would ~ assssssd
wherever found.
This has long been desired by some
r the counties like Socorro whore
vast herds of sheep owned In other
counties come each year TO erase on
The ranges but a. The owners do not
I'VE In the county IN which they are
grazing ths Ipty ssts no benefit
from the VI and hence the local
sock men ivory bitter over II.
There was kat rejoicing over its
repeal and Councilman w. \. Martin
q Gocorro Who Vas credited with
having slipped the bill through
vas praised very highly for his skin
n working the repeal.
II tuTns out however that the repeal
didn't 20 far enough Tor there was an.
other law on the hooks older than the
repealed law which when the second
NV VA wiped or the hooks came into
eject anki virtually leaves The law u
4 was for Martins bill simply repeal
"a certain chapters and did not 70
place Il with any aew scheme Of 10
ssssment ~ doubtless being unaware
That there were two sections d puc
tlcaily the same law but passed. by
separate legislatures. Mr.. Martin
doesn't ct caught mapping very often
but 10 evidently overlooked ! bet
this time.
esreesnt Vaughn.
Recently at . dinner given In Santa
~ to General Frank baldwin BY Gov,
sEnor Haxcrman. among the xussta
appeared ono Sergeant Vaughn. No
one rscosnised such 4 parsonage and
n WA supposed to be some hitherto
undiscovered Rough Rider Who had
bobbed up at the right time.
The next days .New Mexican" ex,
planned the Identity or Sergeant
Vaughn BY ! statement that the lIsts
q those present contained the names
Of Auditor w. @. Sergeant and Treas
urer J.. H. Vaughn.
The printer evidently left out q
whole line Or type In making up the
forms and the result was the birth Of
. new military hero.
That the name Sergeant win stick Ia
the Jolly and popular Territorial
Treasurer goes without saying. he
win always be Sergeant to everybody
for al time 10 come.
Sergeant Vaughn, Ha, HA. Ha.
Here's looking at yer, Sergeant.
An Elsphant's Msmery.
The remarkable memory Of Gle.
plants vas never better illustrated
than recently III Chicago where, III
Ringling's circus one Of the perform.
Ing elephants named Nora recognized
IL = visitor to the show named John
Kelly ! man Who va her keeper once
upon I time but whom she had not
seen for more than thirteen gears.
Kelly himself who had wandered In.
10 the neighborhood q the slephAnta
did not recognize her - his old friend