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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
PERSONAL MENTION

? r. Morse OF Trinidad was In
the eily yesterday,
Vidal N. Flores It Ia Cuesta is In
the city 0n busiae :
cAas Springer arrived Ia the
city last evening OH No. ..
J. A. Oliver Of Eureka Springs ar.
rived IN this city yesterday.
ID Douglas Of Kansas City was
= caller In this city yesterday.
Airs J. L%ahy OF Ration Is the
guest Of her sister. Mira, D, Leahy.
Arthur Fitzgerald and wife were
REGISTERED at the Ia Pension Yes
teTIay.
Mrs n II. Colllas and sons re,
turned from a trip TO Haryey's this
apfnins.
Miss Sadie 0'Byrn.. was confined
TO her home on account OF sickne -
yesterday.
Hon. (has. Falch returned from
Baena Vista this morning where he
has been working.
r. II. Pierce and II, ". Kelly left
"n the flyer this morning for a
trip to Santa Re.
=. b. White Of Denver. represent.
Ing the l.. c. Smith and BROTHERS
Typewriter company Is In the city
for q couple Of days.
3. II. FurgersOn. the operator az
Onava, va In The city this morning
and purchased Il fine horse and
buggy.
l.. Il, Gandara and little daughter
arrived yesterday from Silver City
for a visit with his daughter. Mrs.
I. l.. Rivera.
Mrs. Walter Hayward. who has
been spending several days visiting
In this city. returned TO her home
at Watrous this noon.
Rev. T.. Mcqueen Gray. who has
been spending several days with
friends In Las Vegas, left this az
ternoon on No. / for Santa Fe.
Mr.. HoAenbach. formerly store
keeper at La Queva. vas In the city
this morning while on his way to
accept a similar position near Eliz'
allentown.
Mrs, A. T., Matchette stopped of
from No. 10 today and had a shor,
visit with her nephew. r. A, Wilson
while on her way from El Paso to
Kansas City.
Pat McElroy, who has been in the
employ of the Chas. Ilfcld company
for the past ten years left for Ala
bama Saturday evening on No. Z
where he has secured a similar pc
sition as he has held here.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. |. Lampredth and
daughter of Cleveland Ohio who
have been visiting at Mexico City
stopped off at Vegas Sunday tc
visit Mrs. NJ. J. Curry and famil"
leaving Monday on No. 2 for the
east.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
Ne lnsimstlan a CAT

A dssnat~h fwaa W1Ia~saarTp I'm re-
gard IL the asesleBfaai eterarse ngaf
paa.t ~ E2>a0a. "a the bEe4kd0W a II
WITH A4s R-lt that ciIy in temporary
daEkaf~~s. rays:
~TheF' b. spa ins1aaaatioE u graft. The
e"a9'fios Is dine apparently TO the fact
that r4'y easa3~s*~+s appointed by men
boiling GAslilAcal aeice. cann0a De ex,
p%ctF~l To have the same knowledge at
the rlnesTie lighting business that skill
Ell employees Of private corporations
have, ana consequently there Is waste
and ~inefhrieEry In a city plant which
would not he possible In a well con
Quoted private plant"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
D. ". BUTLER OF VEGAS
FOUND With THE GOODS
Sixth Street

Colorado Springs, Colo. March IL.
Through rings of smoke that she
blew from a cigarette. held daintily
between two very ladylike fingers,
Med" Shirley told the officers that
they might jump II they got any ad.
missions from her. With a whitening
look she asked Undersherif George
Dayton what he took her for" and
remarked that II he thought she was
going to turn into a tear tank" he
had missed his guess by q whole lot.
You've got de wrong guy this time,
sonny" was the street strain In which
this beautiful young girl talked. she,
who five minutes later declined a vel
low back and showed q knowledge OF
1.-The best literature that made the Of
icers wonder whether they were not
really facing a fashionable boarding
school miss. 1.
Not on your life. kid. none OF dem
Diamond Dicks for me. I wants der
real thing when II comes to straining
me eyes on paper, else I wants a
horse and a gallop. see?"
And then she laughed at her cwn
Joke. The idea OF ordering a saddle
horse when she was in jail appealed
Ito her as humorous. and she express.
cd surprise that the officers were not
getting as much FUN" out Of the In
terview as she was.
NO use talking" she told them.
"T'm not In on this deal ami I amt
going to get simperin' like about 1t.
Five years travelling in "a covered
wagon took all the scare out OF me.
II I ever had any and I'm not going
to stump up a tree now. I'll be out
of this soon cause you amt got the
goods on me-"
Say They've Got the Goods.
But the officers insist that they
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Government ownership Ut railroads
and teleeraphs and municipal owner
ship Of public utilities may rome some.
time. but will never rome without dam
age TO the public welfare until every
phase Of the management and opera
ton OF the same Is put on n strictly
nonpartisan merit system and thorough
business principles. - Mansfield (O1
News.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
Duluth, Mimi.

At n recent meeting Of the city II
ell a resolution was passed authorizing
the water board to make a contract
with the Great Northern Power com
pany to furnish electricity for operat-
ing the pumping station. Under the
proposed contract the maximum price
for pumping 100000 gallons is $3.50.
Last year 1t cost the city $500 per
100000 gallons, without counting the
cost of depreciation In the plant
Electrical World.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
Checks Private Enterpri.e,

Socialism In itself has been clearly
proved to be an evil. because 1t de-
prives every human being Of ordinary
human rights.
Government ownership of semipublic
utilities is Socialism, but only a frac.
ton part of 1t.
There is evil and oppression In II.
as 1t stops the spirit of private enter
prise. A stoppage Of human, individ-
ual effort Is the effect Of government
ownership, we in part-Philadelphia
Item.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
Why he oenesss msa. O."

As Il naemter Of our city council
some years ago | investigated this
question Of municipal ownership b@-
fore We contracted for our electric
lights and found that In every instance
where the cost Of municipal lighting
was reported below that offered by In
dependent contractors the difference
and more appeared on the general
taxes. and In most places it was frank,
" admitted that the light and water
plants were built by the city. but used
by the politielans.-IiOmer L. Stewart
In Warren tO.) Chronicle.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

The vigorous advocate Of the plan Of
municipal ownership and control must
base his arguments regarding honest
and economical management upon the
absolute morality Of political heel
srs," and as he cannot be morally hon.
est In such advocacy he cannot rea-
souably expect the people to exercise
great faith In his theories. 1t Is not
what men might do or could do. It Is
what they do that Is impressive
Cleve!aad News.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
Ring up o'Byrne for Yankee coal
red hot from the mines. 1888
Assessment Notice..

Notice II hereby given to all tax,
payers In Precinct No. 20 OF the
County OF San Miguel. that I will be
In my office at the Investment Agen.
ey Corporation rooms between the
hours Of 10 A. m. and 4 p. m. until
the Soth day OF April. 1907. to TO.
ceive returns OF all taxable property.
Those falling to do so within the
specified time will be assessed by me
according TO Sec. 1895 Of the Com.
PILED Laws OF 1891. and a penalty of
Is per cent will be imposed on those
who fail to make their returns.
NJ. A. SANCHEZ, Assessor.
p. c. CARPENTER. Deputy. 3-19
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

u IL. bryant. formerly general sup
e~F'hi"ndent Of the Colorado Midland
just been selected by New York
capitalists TO build a comprehensive
railway system In Brazil. South Anne,
rtca. to cost $500. oOo. 900. He In In
Brazil getting preliminary work under
way. His salary IL given a. $4,000 4
year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
Down In Dixie.

The project to establish a municipal
electric light plant was defeated by
the board Of aldermen of Lynchburg.
Va, on the recommendation of a spe-
cial committee appointed to investigate
the matter.
In Natchez, Miss, the citizens voted
down a similar proposition.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Municipal indebtedness resulting
from taking v public service utili-
ties has become so burdensome I'm Eng.
land that 1t is seriously suggested to
avoid payment Of interest by redeem
Ing the bonds with noninterest bear.
ing municipal notes. While this plan
has not yet been approved by English
f%nanciers and statesmen, 1t may af-
ford a ray OF hope to some Of our
cities that are staggering under similar
burdens.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Kansas City is not the only town
which is planning for a big Union de-
pot. At least one other eastern AMI
one western city Of prominence Is In
a fair way to get a ~pretentious pas
senger station. One is to be at Cleve-
land. o.. and Is to cost $4,000 900. the
total cost. including bridges and APP
'proaches. to be $15,ooo.0o0. Portland.
Ore. as we'll, is to have a s1.000.0O0
station for the Capitalization Of ter
Iminals Of its intarurban and suburban
cars. X
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
A Pertinent Question.

II seem 10 us well TO ask ourselves
not whether we propose TO run rail-
roads, telegraphs. street cars. water and
gas works. electric light plants ana
all the rest OF Il. but whether we In
tend to keep the same sort OF govern
ment that we have had for more than
n hundred years. Editorial In Indian.
apoiis News.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

LOST-Somewhere between Placito
Ranch Co. and this city, a black era
vanette containing pair gloves. Finder
leave at this office and receive re
ward. 3-45
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Fruit Lax-Nature's true remedy
for constipation. 1t removes the
cause. 1t positively does it. Csc at
all drug stores. SAG
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Fruit Lax-Promptly cures bad
breath, sour stomach. bilious head.
ache. torpid liver. etc. 25c at all
drug stores. $40
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

A large line OF new spring samples
have been received by Frank lie Due.
Reasonable prices prevail and salts
foction guaranteed. SO
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Fresh picked tripe and pigs feet,
sauer kraut and fine mince meat. Al
falfa fed beef at Pete Roth's. -
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
To the Public.

Harvey's Ranch will not be open
for hoarders after March Is. 1907.
T. J. GROUND, JR.,
c. G. SOMERS.
3-55 LesseeS.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished
rooms; $3.50 per month. Address c,
care Optic. 2-151
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

LOST-An elk toooth cuff button
with the initials Z. p. NJ. engraved Oh
h, Finder will please leave at Mack.
els cigar store and receive reward.
3-I1
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Call on o'6yrns for the best domes
tic coal In tho city. 1885
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS

has been making people well and
keeping them so by curing liver and
kidney troubles, dyspepsia, indiees-
ton. female ills or colds. We guar
antee 1t pure.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

G.. o. Payne sells setting eggs and
buys setting hens. Mora road. $50
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Fruit Tax-Best for stomach and
bowels; CSC at all drug stores. SAG
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-12

Galvanized iron and tin work. q
Patty. ll.7
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13

horses are unloaded between his baby
thighs, his reputation Is made. and, IN
these days OF all front running horses,
the said reputation will be hard to lose.
There Is runbling rumor about an
attempt at regulation OF 1ockeyss mounts
during the coming season There need
be no half measures. I have time and
again outlined a course which will clear
the weeds away in a month. and l note
the English purpose to use an adaptation
of that idea. For rough riding. for Ill
behavior OF all types, do not fine, the
stable pays them: do not set down TOT
long terms it works hardship on the
owner entered In rich stakes.
Simply endorse the license. Under one
endorsement the boy may only ride iof
his contract stable in stakes worth over
s.. 900 to the winner, for the space of one
month: at the second offense endorse
again, with n two months restriction, ana
at tho third endorsement wipe the boy
from the eligible list for the season OF
racing which opens the following year
strike nj his usefulness. his cash earn
ing capacity. and the independent
American Jockey will be brought to ms
knees. The same wonderfully ductiie
knees he finds himself possessed OF about
twenty-four hours after his hrst race
in France or England He never dreamed
he had them while in this country
imagined he was fashioned differently
to other boys and men. perfectly
understandable fallacy. We most OF us
think so about National matters-until
we wake UP.
Regulation of jockeys was never more
needed than at present in this country,
but, like most things we appear to need
the most, 1t will probably be the most
difficult, II not the last thing to attain.
a ar, {c a hle ride
around 102 pounds on dark two year-old,
and finish stride for stride. with ZIG
pound boy, in a $4,000 stake! While
this obtains, 1t will be very difficult to
regulate, or restrain. the sucking mil
lionaires of the pigskin.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
CHANGES MADE IN
POLO HANO|CAPs5
Meadowbrook, Rockaway and
Squadron "a" Came
Under Rule.

PHILADELPHIA, PA. January IA
Changes In handicap ratings have been
made In the Polo Association. and the
new schedule. which will be issued to
the various clubs soon. viii go into effect
at once, and will remain in force for all
the early tournaments next spring. An
other revision will probably not be made
until June or July. Among the local
clubs the most notable changes in the
Meadow Brook, Rockaway and Squadron
A clubs.
A new Western club has just been
admitted to the Polo Association, the
Junction City Club, of Kansas. DR..
O'Donnel is the delegate. Other new
clubs admitted during the year were the
Riding and Driving Club, of Brooklyn.
the Orlando Club, OF Florida, and the
Penllyn Club. OF Pennsylvania. The as
ISOLATION now includes thirty-nine clubs.
and most OF them will send delegates TO
the annual meeting which will be held
in April in New York. Colonel c. G.
Treat has resigned az delegate OF tine
Army Polo Club, owing to his departure
for Cuba. and his successor will be up-
pointed within the next month.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
7NELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY
ASP|RANT FOR H0N0Rs

Another large crowd assembled at tho
skating rink last night and enjoyed the
clever stunts of the great Leweck, togeth-
er with the new pictures, showing Tho
Living Flowers" and many others During
the week another aspirant for skating
honors has developed in the person of lit
tie Ford, who is twelve years old. about
three feet In height and weighs about
flfty-fve pounds. That Alex. Taylor and
the others of the local skaters. with thu
possible exception OF John Brent, who
Is the acknowledged master of the Vir-
ginia Kinks. will have to be on the hustle
Is an assured fact. as Master Ford seems
to be ono of the best yet, and promises
to take Taylor's place as 1.-THE boy Won
der" Friday night he and Taylor were
neck and neck for half the distance when
Ford shot ahead and was gradually in
creasing the gap between Taylor and
himself. when Taylor. seeing he was
hopelessly defeated quit the contest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
BUCKNELL ATHLETICS.
Committee to Act With Captain
and Coach TO Pick Teams.

The new executive board of the Ath-
letic Assoctat ton of Bucknell University
met to-day and organized By electins
Professor j. NJ. Wolfe chairman. and ii.
r. Meyer, '06, secretary. A subcommittee
to take charge of finances was appointed,
as follows: Registrar William c. Gret-
ringer, chairman; Professor t. F. Hamb-
lin and G. ". Leach, '07. A subcommittee
of three was appointed in order to revise
the new rules and regulations governing
and controlling athletics. a subcommit-
tee was also appointed to act in conjunc-
ton with the coaches and captains re-
gnrding qualifications OF men for the va
rious teams.
The new constitution adopted by the
Athletic Association on December 18th
was approved by the faculty yesterday,
and went into effect to-day. BY this
constitution athletics at Bucknel Univer-
sity are placed on lrmer basis and the
policies and general principles of the
Athletic Association of the United States.
of which Bucknell is a member. are car
ried out
1t was also voted to bond the various
managers of the Athletic Association and
the treasurer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
PRINCETON HOCKEY.
Faculty Rules That No Man Shall
PLAY on Two VARSITY Teams.

PRINCETON, n. J.. January r.
Princeton University Is having unusual
trouble with its hockey team The faculty
has recently passed rule which pre-
vents student from playing on more
than two VARSITY athletic teams in one
collegiate year The ruls hurts the de-
fensc field OF the Tigers to great ex-
tent. The most promising candidates
for point arc Tenny and Dillon. tho
ouarterbacks OF the Tiger football team.
Tenny Is the better OF the two and both
are a great deal superior to Soxe, who Is
third on the string OF point players
Tenny is. however. pole vaulter of soma
little ability. and intends TO give UP
hockey so that he may try for the track
team in the spring. Dillon plays on the
Tiger nine, and that puts him out OF
the game OF hockey. Another thing that
has hurt the tiger seven is the rule that
bars freshmen. There are several good
players in the class of 1901 who VIII.
however not be eligible to play until
next year.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13

one win Of Sir Huon. In the Common
wealth Handicap, but his qualification
of Dinna Ken in The Autumn brought
him with striking distance OF better
standing. In a double sense, O'Neill,
early in the season. decided to quit the
saddle and train horses, going into part
nership with his old trainer-boss, Fred
Burlow. Therefore his small total speaks
for itself. Belmere in the Brooklyn
Derby. s95T5. The recollection of that
farce brings a smile after all these
months. Koerner had only the Great
7Filly stakes, riding Kilaloe. worth sS74o:
Noone, $500 on Holscher in the Brighton
Cup: Hennessey on Okenite in the White
Plains Handicap. and the list is closed.
It was the first year that the $4,000 and
over stakes have been so widely distrl-
buted and 1t is also the first year In
which the leading, boy. in mounts, or
races to his credit. Hdebrand, s173,045;
Nicola, s151,22o; Miller, sll3,s77 there is
the record for three years past. and to
those who can read it speaks for itself.
Ninety per cent. of those who call to read
have no desire to learn.
1t is to be supposed that a turfman
who pays $4,000. or more. for a boy to
ride his horses. knows what he Is doing,
but the secret is we'll kept. It very sell
dom leaks out, even later, and 1t Is not
often any individual boy continues to re-
ceive anything approaching his maximum.
To those outside what may be termed
practical turf ethics It is an interest
ing problem, especially when so many old
established and eminently practical rae
ing men OF importance do not bother
much with stable Jockeys One is quoted
as saying: when one has the horse,
one can always get the jockey
One thing is apparent. 1 e., that the
best" boy is not Indicated either by
the number Of winning mounts or by the
rich stakes his mounts have Won Either
method gives line on the fashionable"
boys. and that is ALL To any student
there is much food for thought, much fun.
in going over the weights these so-caled
leading boys have carried at various
times during the season.
That however, Is beyond the limits
of this article, and the quotient must
be numbered among the things for which
| life furnishes no satisfactory solution
In the old days it required much skill.
much experience. to reap the full jockey
| fruits, To-day they are within the reach
| of any daring enough to grab them. A
| light weight boy, without judgment Of
| pace. or knowledge of placing" horse,
| needs but a lucky three wins in an af-
| ternoon, dozen flaring "headliness' and
he will need Pinkertons to keep the train
| ers from abducting him bodily. The pub
| lie are following him, and contracts
thick as cloud of snow flakes. are
waved before his eyes If the "uck'
holds until the fast breaking sprintng
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-13
TULANE Stakes
FALL TO G0LOIC
1raiied Until the. Stretch Was
Reached and Then "Ate
EN- Up
TWO "JocKs" BIT TIE DUST
Uncle James, a IS to l Gamble,
Showed the Way Home Over
the Sticks.
TWO JOCKS BIT TIE DUST

i NEW ORLEANS, LA, January 49,
4 Godic at 6 to i. won the Tulane Stakes.
1000 added, at City Park to-day Goldic
ran easy third to the stretch. and then
worked past the leaders in pretty
drive.
In the steeplechase. the second event.
Jockey T.. Morrison was thrown and badly
hurt. Jockey Hueston was also thrown
in this race.
First race--five furiongs-spder Web
t5 to o first, Duchess OF Montebello (12
to u second. Kankake a to y third.
Time lo1 3-5.
Second race--steeplechase. short course
Uncle James d5 to - first. Andes ESQ
to ~ second, barefoot Us to 81 third.
Time. sos SIS.
Third race-three furlongs-Lattice &c
to y first. Ruby Wicked g to y second,
Zlephen g to u third. Time. :s5A-5.
Fourth ace-n!le--Goldic e to y first.
Judge Post 90 to q second. Columbia
Girl IS to 81 third. Time $40.
Fifth race--seven frrlongs, handicap
Emergency III to q first, Meadow Breeze
q to u second Phil Finch teven) third.
Time. 1:25 2-5.
Sixth race-mile and n quarter, selling
Padre 6 to % first, Lady Ellison g TO ~
second Merry Pioneer &c to y third.
Time, 2:0T.
Seventh race-rnie, selling-Wes (even)
first. Consideration eco to ID second. Polly
Prim d3 to u third. Time, 1889 35.