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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
NEGRO BUSINESS MAN..
Raised seventy.two Thousand Bushels
OF Potatoes Last Year.

BOOKER T. Washington has an arti.
Gle in the American Illustrated Maya
zine for January, entitled The Negro
In Rusincss.' He tells of the really
remarkable success OF a particular
negro. Groves by name, and then
tells what Groves says about 1t. Mr..
Washington says:
But why is Mr.. Groves called THE
Negro Potato King lie me
answer. Last year he produced upon
his farm 72,15O bushels of white pc.
latoes. averaging 245 bushels to the
acre. SO far as reports show. this
was 12,15O bushels more than any.
other individual grower in the world
produced. And besides the potatoes
raised ON his own farm. Mr.. Groves
buvs and ships potatoes or a large.
scale. Last year he bought from
white Iower in the Kaw Valley, and
shipped away twenty-five cars OF
white potatoes. He also bought
fourteen cars of fancy seed potatoes
in North and South Dakota, which he
sold to growers in the kaw Valley,
and in Oklahoma and the Indian Ter
ritOry. Mr.. Groves says that he ships
potatoes and other farm products to
nearly every portion or the united
States, and TO Mexico and Canada.
A. the recent meeting of the Ma.
tional Negro Business League in New
York, Mr. Groves was asked how he
was able to conduct SO varied and
large business enterprises, when he
had had no education as a business
man.
You have children, haven't YOU"
Mr.. Groves replied.
Yes" said the other. Some OF
them are grown up now
How do you manage your grown
up children?'
"Oh, | get along with them" replied
his friend, laughing. You see | have
known them a long time"
That's just the way with my bust
ness said Mr.. Groves. Il started in
with it when it was a baby, and I've
had Il chance to get thoroughly ac.
Quainted with it as it grew up"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
The TrustfuI French Nature.

Hemery, the winner of the Wander.
bilt cup, was being consoled with on
the destruction of his superb car.
Il was too trustful," said the young
F~renchman, with a rueful smile. II
let the people crowd around me, trust
ing them implicitly, never thinking
that any one would be so careless
as to throw lighted matches about.
And hence-pouf-my car went w in
a mass Of flames"
He lighted a cigarette. He slipped
his coffee.
ITO be too trustful," said Henery,
lis a fault of the French people"
"A stranger once visited a mer.
chant of Marseilles with a letter of in
PRODUCTION from Alexander Dumas. 1t
was a glowing letter. The merchant
welcomed the stranger warmly, and
entertained him with great hospital
ity for three weeks.
Then, in the night, the guest dis
appeared, taking with him his hosts
best horse and a quantity of silver
plate.
The merchant, on his next visit to
Paris sought out Dumas.
"A pretty guest you sen me- he
said bitterly. The fellow decamped
with my best horse and plate, worth
5000 francs
What cried Dumas, horror
stricken. Did he steal from you,
too?'"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
PLAYED Music to Dead Wife,

Sounds of music coming from the
cemetery in the middle of the night
have terrified the inhabitants Of the
Swiss village of Bregen2, near the
Austrian frontier. Two gcndarmcs
lid themselves II night behind a
tombstone in order TO investigate.
They saw a young tradcSman climb
over the cemetery wall, pull a violin
from under his coat, and standing over
q newly-made grave, began TO play the
Bohemian Girl They listened to the
end, and h g went up 10 the man,
who said he had been playing over the
tomb OF his bride, who had died the
week before. 1T was the piece she
liked best he said to the ecndarmc..
who led him away.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

cred by an unusual number of drum
mcrs" calling on him, taking his time
and attention from his customers.
Finally his usual good nature gave
out, and. when approached by a little
German from New York. looked stern
~ at him and said: Young man, do
you see that clock on the wall there?'
Yes, sir" replied the drummer.
well in just ten minutes by that
clock | am going to shoot every
drummer ! find in this store said
Mr.. Chamberlain.
I'm ten minutes" questioned the
drummer.
That is what | said" Mr., Chamber.
lain replied. sternly.
Then | have just time to sell you
a bill of goods the drummer quickly
said.
He sold the goods.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
BITS OF FAR EASTERN NEWS.
unimportant Compared to That Of a
Few Months AGO.

Says the Korea Daily News: "Once
upon a time Korea had a man.of-war.
she was a collier, painted white. She
was, at the outbreak of hostilities
taken by the Japanese as a collier
again. We have reason To believe
that she is at the present time resi-.
ing under some twenty fathoms OF
d%eep-blue sea. The Japanese minister
nov has the effrontery TO sem the
Korean government "A bill for the
maintenance of this phantom ship
When the British invaded Tibet
under Col. Younghusband, the dalai
lama retreated from Lassa and but
little has been heard from him since.
The Pekin Times says. however: "A
telegram from Mongolia reports the
arrival of the dalai lama at Chinghai
where he desires to stop for the win
ter and proceed to Tibet in the
spring"
According to the Manila Cablenews
the Japanese navy has hoisted the
Japanese flag over the Commander
islands, which are in Boring sea, be-
tween Kamchatka and the Aleutian
islands, the latter belonging to the
United States and the former TO Rus.
la. The islands are unimportant and
are only valuable for fishing, having
no strategic advantage.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
Senator HaIe's Costly Bows.

When Senator Eugene Hale married
the daughter of Senator "Zack"
Chandler, the latter, who was a great
lover Of children, said: Now, Gene,
| have no use for people who don't
increase the census returns. | want
you and Mary to raise a family, and
I'll settle 10000 on every boy you
have"
Time passed, and the Hales were
so regularly blessed with children of
the male persuasion that the fire.
quency with which Jack Chandler
was called upon to redeem his prom
Use with checks became a jest among
his friends in Washington. One morn.
ing the president received the follow
ing telegram from Senator Chandler:
For Gods sake give Eugene Hale
a foreign mission! His wife has got
another boy"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
Lord strathcona's Life Work.

Lord StrathcOna, high commissioner
of Canada, has just turned his eighty.
fifth year, but is still as active as
most men of 60. AS a Scotch lad,
Donald Smith, he entered the service
of the Hudson Bay company man
years ago and rose by sheer force OF
merit to be among the foremost com
mercial men and politicians in the
colony. The development Of the great
northwest is the work with which his
name will be specially remembered.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
Neither Cray's Sweet Powder. for cb;ld,sr

Successfully used by Mother GRAY, nurse
-. 1"o Ch!Idren,s Home in New York, cure
Ico"s'lP"ttoh, Feverishness, Bad Stomach,
I'''nlng Disorders, move and regulate the
"o"e.N ana Destroy Worms. Over 80, 900 tes-
T,iaomlaia' Az all Druggists, 25c. Sample
fNEE' Address A. 5, Olmsted, Leroy n. Y.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
Before Public Schools.

Eminent Babylonian explorers say
lhal he multiplication table which the
B~abylonian child had TO commit 10
memory "Y'ended to thirty times
thirty and that he was easily con.
FerSant with TWO languages besides his
own.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Uncle Russell Sage may not be sc
great a fnancier as ]. Pierpont Nor
gan, but he would like 1t noticed that
nobody ever sold him an imposing col
lection OF liabilities in the guise of r
railroad system.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03
DESERVED TO MAKE THE SALE
Drummsr's Quick VII D'sso'Neo
S%ternness Of Merchant.

The following story, told by W. r.
Chamberlain, dry goods merchant Oh
Keene. y. H., illustrates the quick
vii Of he commercial traveller of to-
day:
During a special sale day at MS
store Mr.. Chamberlain had been ooth'
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Boston spends $6,5OO,OOO yearly
for baked beans, and If some stats.
tician will give the amount expended
on eyeglasses it will be an easy mat
ter to compute how much is left foI
Injuries.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

More money is lost on the race
tracks of the country in n season
than there Is in circulation" says a
writer of sporting gossip. This is also
true Of Wall street.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

The rich farmer who is using his
automobile ito pump water and run
his corn shelter" may not have a
poetic soul. but isn't he intensely
practical!
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

New Jersey comes to the front with
a muley COW that barks like a dog. But
she will have to do better than that
TO beat the Massachusetts rabbit that
attacked a man and bi. off his nose.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

After reading that eight titled Eng.
lish hunters killed $500 p~heasants ia
three days, the American live-pigeon
shooter must feel hat an apology Is
due for some of the things said about
him.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

One a buy a modest little even.
ing hat for $50" says a fashion writer.
Maybe so, but if it's the IN who sends
her bills to us she Is electioneering
for a jolt.-Chicago Journal.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

How homelike and familiar that
closing sentence of Capt. Amundsen's
message to Nansen: Wire me $500 as
soon as possible"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Girls, when he tells you your eyes
are stars in the night in his life, re.
member that there are estimated to
be something like 3,567,S2 stars OF
view.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

A farm hand shocking corn on the
farm OF Henry d. Posey Two miles
above Evansville, Ind. came across
an ear of corn that resembles a nm.
man hand, II has a thumb ana rorr
fingers covered with grain. Mr.. Posoy
who lbs been farming for over FORTY
years, says he never saw any,hinr
like il before indianapolis News
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Yes, Gentle Annie, 1t is safe to mar
ry on 81 1000 a year; that is, 1t is just
as safe as 1t is to marry on any other
amount per annum
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Cato learned Greek at so. and now
a Chicago mar so years old has Sc.
cured a marriage license. Another
slap at Osler!
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Personally, we wish Henry Sienke-
wicz would devote less attention to
Russian politics and hurry up with his
Napoleon triology instead.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Mr.. Ryan acted like a bachelor, A
bachelor, you know, is a man who
does not have to answer questions he
doesn't want to answer.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Dealers say that as soon as a Gus
'om"r tries Defiance Starch II Is i'm
possible To sell them any other cold
H%i", starch, 1t a be used cold or
boiled.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Getting up in the middle of a winter
night TO III ninety miles might not
seem such great sport to some peo-
Pile.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

In the studios they are betting that
Artist Charles Dana Gibson will
come back within two years and re.
sumo black and white. Why not?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

The Kansas City judge who decided
"a silk skirts are not a necessary OF
life should have consulted some mar.
ried man.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

John Bartlett, compiler of the we'll
known Familiar Quotations" is dead.
After life's itful fever, he sleeps
WE'LL
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

The most effective argument a
hn appealing Don't you think so?"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Many q slum man smiles-but only
me bartender sees him do it.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Some man has just thrown a rock
at Gen. Shafter." The extraordinary
thing about 1t is that he missed him.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

ANY man who waits for something
70 TURN up will have "A lifetime lob.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

Don't you know hat Defiance Starch
besides being absolutely superior to
any "ther' Is put up l6 ounces In pack
age ana sells AT same rrice as ~
ounce packages OF other kinds?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-03-03

y man who profits by %wrongdoing
Always has an excuse ready.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
Ordinance No. IS.

An ordinance amending Section 2 OF
Ordinance No. q, approved January
IA, 1897.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Montpelier, Idaho.
Sec L. That Section of Ordinance
No. 81, approved January 14th, 1897, be
and the same is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Sec The chief engineer, secretary
and treasurer shall be appointed by the
Mayor by and with the consent of the
Council at the first regular meeting
after each regular city election and
shall hold their offices for two years and
until their successors are duly APPOINT
ed and qualified"
Sec 2. This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication.
Passed and approved Dec. 10, 1906.
Ed G. RICH,
President of the City Council ant
Acting Mayor.
Attest: CHAs. L. HARRIS, Clerk.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
Ordinance No. "a.

An ordinance providing a penalty for
the violation of any act prohibited or
made an offense or declared unlawful
by the ordinances of Montpelier, Ida
no. where no penalty has been fixed
or prescribed.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Montpelier. Idaho.
Sec /. In all ordinances of the City
of Montpelier. Idaho. where any act or
thing is prohibited or declared unlawful
or made an offense and no penalty or
punishment prescribed therefor, the
same shall be punishable by fine not
exceeding 800.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval AMI publication.
Passed and approved Dec. Ii, 1905.
ED q. RICH,
President of the City Council and
Acting Mayor.
Attest: CHAs. E. HARRIS, Clerk.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
ner as the same was vested in the orig

ner as the same was vested in the orig
inal purchaser.
Sec. /. The City Clerk shall keep
cemetery record in numerical order, OF
the sections, blocks and subdivisions,
with separate columns ruled therein for
the name Of the purchaser, the amount
sold for and date of sale. When any
block, lot or part thereof shall be sold
the clerk shall make an entry of the
name Of the purchaser, the amount sold
for and the date of sale opposite the
number of the block or lot on the record,
and shall also designate the portion sold
by coloring or otherwise indicating the
same ON the plat.
Sec. s. Applications for the purchase
of cemetery lots, blocks or plots shall be
made to the City Clerk. Upon payment
of the proper amount the clerk shall
issue the certificate herein provided for.
The price of such blocks lots and plots
shall DO fixed and regulated by the
Mayor aud Council from time to time
by r,iles or Ivy resolution.
Sec. 6. Any person being property
owner in said cemetery desiring to make
any interment therein shall apply to tbs
City Clerk, and upon payment of the
J Sexton fees. the clerk shall deliver Il
the applicant certificate TO the sextor
or person in tharge, stating the name
of the deceased, and the number of the
block and lot or plot in which he or she
is to be inferred; and the clerk shall also
} make an entry in suitable book to bt
known as the burial record, of the name
of the deceased, the date of his or hel
deati, the block. lot or plot in which hs
or size was inferred. the disease, the
cause or manner of death, the sex and
: color, and when practicable and can bt
obtained, the age, occupation and
nativity of the deceased. No intermenl
shall be made, except on the certificate
of the clerk above mentioned and al
directed herein.
See Z. The Mayor. by and with tn.
consent of the Council, shall appoint
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
a Western Wonder.

There's a Hill at Bowie, Texas, that's
twice as big as last year. This wonder
is W. l.. Hill, who from a weight of 9t
pounds has CLOWN to over $50. He says
81 suffered with n terrible cough, and
doctors gave me up to die OF consump-
tioi'. ! was reduced to 90 D funds whel
| began taking DIR. Kings New D!scoy.
cry for consumption, coughs and colds
Now, after taking ~ bottles, have
more than doubled in weight and ON
completely cured" Only sure cough
and cold cure. Guaranteed by Ritel
Bros. Drug store. soc and 81 90. Tria
'bottlefree.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
Ordinance No. 90.

An ordinance establishing city GENE
tery for the city of Montpelier, Idaho
providing for the control and manage
ment of same, defining the boundaries
thereof, aud providing for the convey
ance by certificate of lots therein ana
for the general care and protection
of such cemetery.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Council Of the City Of Montpelier, Idaho.
Sec. That the following described
land situated IN Bear Lake County, Ida
no. to-wit: Commencing at polht
l513 feet w of NE corner of SCI OF Sec
81, Township 10 S, R A E B M, running
thence N 1894 feet; thence E 1476 feet;
thence s 445, feet; thence W l416 feet'
thence N $3.50 feet to place Of commenc-
ing, containing IA and oI-lOo acres o.
land, is hereby established and set apart
for the burial of the dead, and shall be
known rs Montpelier City Cemetery.
Sec. 2. The said cemetery shall hf
divided and laid out into such divisions
lots or blocks, with suitable avenues
walks and alleys, designated and mum
bered in such manner as may be deemed
expedient, and q correct map or pla
thereof shall be made ont and acknoW
lodged by the Mayor, and shall be filet
and carefully preserved in the office o
the City Clerk. and all sales, convey
ances or transfers OF lots in said GENE
terry by reference to said plat or maj
shall be good and valid.
Sec. 8. The conveyance OF lots II
said cemetery shall be by certificate
signed by the Mayor and attested .,
the City Clerk. under the seal OF sal'
city, which certificate shall describe TIN
lot and block of such cemetery as showi
by said plat of map which such certlii
cate is intended to convey. Such Ger
tificate, when SO executed, shall YES
the title to the lot SO conveyed or trans
ferred in the purchaser, his heirs AM
assigns, in fee simple for burial pul
poses, subject to such reasonable condl
tions as the Mayor and Council shal
prescribe. Single burial plots in SAL
cemetery may also be sold and conseye
in like manner. The conveyance OF iol
in said cemetery from one purchaser
another may be by surrender OF IN
original certificate to the City olerf
and upon such surrender being mads'
new certificate shall be made ont an
executed, signed by the Mayor ana y
tested by the City Clerk under the cit
seal to the assignee, and such certinca'
shall vest the title of the lot SO fran'
ferred in the grantee in the same mar
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
Notice to Public.

To Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that I, Frank
Wright, sheriff elect of the county of
Bear Lake, state OF Idaho. will qualify
as such officer at the court house in
Paris, the county seat of said county. on
the second Monday in January, 1907,
and on said day will make application
to the board of county commissioners
of said county for authority to appoint
one deputy sheriff and to have the said
board fix the salary Of said deputy for
his term of Office.
Dated Dec. 10th, 1906.
FRANK WRIGHT,
Sheriff-elect Of the said county oil
Bear Lake.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
Notice to Taxpayers.

Taxes are now due and payable at my
office. Poll and property tax become
delinquent on the same date, viz: on
the first Monday in January. Your
special attention is called to the fact
chat 10 per cent penalty 10 added i'm.
mediately upon taxes becoming delin
quent. Fifty cents is added TO delin-
quent poll tax. No taxes received be
tween the first and the fourth Monday
in January.
J. L. DUNFoRD,
Assessor and Collector
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21
n Proise of cbo mberloin's Cough
Remedy.


. There is no other medicine manufac-
tnred that has received SO much praise
and so many expressions of gratitude as
Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. 1t is ef-
fective, and prompt relief follows It's use.
Grateful parents do not hesitate to testi.
~ TO its merits for the benefit OF Others
1t Is a certain cure for Group and will
prevent the attack II given at the first
appearance OF the disease. 1t Is especial
iy adapted to children as It is pleasant
TO take and contains nothing Injurious.
Mr.. e. A. Humphreys, well known res
ident and clerk in the store OF DR.. E.
LOCK, OF Alice, Cape Colony South Africa
says: 81 have used Chamberlains' s
Cough Remedy to ward off Group and
colds In my family. / fonnd 1t to be very
satisfactory and it gives me pleasure to
recommend it, For sale by Ritter Bros
Drug Store.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21

OF course you pay your money,
But You get your moneys worth,
For what does money mean to you
When Rocky Mountain Teas on cart
Ask your Druggist.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-12-21

some suitable person "a Sexton of said
cemetery, on such terms AS the council
may seem just and proper 1t shall be
the duty of said sexton to dig or cause
TO be dug all graves. attend TO the in
ierment of all dead bodies therein and
fill up trim and keep and preserve the
graves in good order exercise proper
care over the ground, drives and walks,
monuments and tombstones. He shall
be in readiness at all seasonable times
by himself or some competent assistant
to perform all of the duties required of
him.
Sec. s. The Mayor and Council shall
make and adopt rules and regulations
from time to time prescribing in detail
for the general control, management
and oversight of said cemetery not in
conflict with the provisions herein con-
tanned.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall be in
full force and effect from and after its
passage, approval and publication.
Passed and approved Dec. IS, 1905.
ED. G. RICH,
President of the City Council and
Acting Mayor.
Attest: CHAS. E. HARRIS, Clerk.