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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

Carriage Painting a Specially. All
work guaranteed. 211 S. Main St
Trinkle & Leinbaugh. 1865
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

Pretty line of Parlor Lamps. From
$500 to $3.OO.-Enterprise Hardware
Co. 43t4
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

j.. B. Atkeson returned to Artesia
Saturday night after a business visit
in Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

Vert Heaton went to Hagerman Sat
urday night to spend Sunday with his
mother.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16
A REPUBLICAN %DELusIoN.
,om 8. Louis Republic.

From st. Louis Republic.
Republican hopes of finding jebata-
BILE ground in the South in the next
Presidential election rest upon an un-
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

A. w. McWhirt spent Sunday at his
ranch nea Hagerman.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

FOR RENT Room with board at
209 N. Pa. 46t3
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Russell builds new wagons. loft
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

Have you seen our Carving Sets?-
Enterprise Hardware Co. 43t4
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16

No. s two-cap stoves, new for $500.
Makin's Second Hand Store. 43tf
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-16
LOST.

LOST RQyal Arch keystone charm.
Reward fer return to Record office,
or j. A.. Gottingham. 46t3
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The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
A Timber Famine Threatening.

In Leslie's Weekly, Mir. Clifford Pinchot, United States Forester, said: "A great timber famine is not only in sight; it is approaching with bewildering speed" Hestates that in the early 90's it began to ap- pear that few rich men were get ting control of vast areas of public timber land; that they foresaw a great shortage of timber and were preparing to corner the supply for private ends; but that President Roosevelt proceeded, by establishing
 National Forests, to protect the public against the monopolizing policy. It is very natural that those who thus saw that the means of their gains were gone should prottes,
 even to the extent of calling con ventions to do so. As usual in such
 cases, the hardships which would be
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
THE GENTLE CYNiC.
Kew York Times.


 Sometimes when a girl faints 1t IS only feint.
 A girl may be jewel without being set in her ways.
 Lots of people are on the outs because of the habit of rubbing It Tn It would require a surgical opera tion to bring out the best there IS in some men.
 Every cloud may have a silver lining, but we must accept the com forting belief largely on faith.
 Many a girl merely plays the piano to kill time.
 Some men buy gold bricks anc some marry for money.
 No woman is really fond of a mar who won't argue with her.
 Finding fault is a case of losing time.
 A high old time has laid many man low.
 It takes a certain amount of cheel to kiss girl, but the girl general! furnishes the cheek.
 It is quite possible for a man tC climb upward and still be on th' level.
 The early bird may get the worm but in these days of competition | has to stay up all night to do th' l tricx
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

round that excels that of any city in Arkansas. 1t has scenery that IS equal is not superior to any locality; it's altitude is high enough to insure freedom from malaria and make the air invigorating; the nights are cool; there are no monquitoes; pure soft water is everywhere in wells, in springs and mountain streams.
 In the winter there is little cold weather, and there is much sunshine and balmy air; there is but little snow, and that seldom remains on the ground more than a few hours.
 Perhaps Mena has not taken ad- vantage of these things in the past because it had, as it still has in an ever-increasing degree, other things to support it. But there is no req son why it should not grow to be a city of more than twice it's present size in few years if provision but be made to do what less favored towns have done provide suitable accommodation for those who will cor1c 70 soon as they can be cared for
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
Ca1 Americans Afford to Travel in
 Safety?

Can Americans afford to travel in safety? Carl Vrooman. in an illumi- hating review of the railroad situa- tion both here and in Europe, inclines to think that they can.
 Practically every other civilized nation in the world has attained a far greater degree of safety in rail- road travel than we enjoy" he writes. Whether this is because they value their money less or their lives more, is hard to say" In his analysis of the great increase in railroad accidents which has taken place during the last ten years. Mir. Vrooman lays stress on the lack of compulsory safety appliances, the extensive use of grade crossings, and the long hours of labor from which American railroad employees suffer, as well as the employment of
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
A SACRIFICE TO DUTY

The cowardly murder of Editor J. M. Scott of the World at Helena, Ark, which took place last Sunday morning, judging from the published account, is an example of a sacrifice of a useful life to plain duty in the interest of public welfare.
 Putting aside absolute dishonesty and corruption in public office--- such as was evidently present in Hell ena---there is often a tendency shown by those placed in positions of responsibility by the people to become indifferent---to feel that perhaps it does not pay to do their full duty--to take the easy path. The public is in measure to blame for this because of a lack of inter- est, and if a newspaper has a duty to the people who give 1t support it is to keep it's readers in touch with conditions that exist; where there is wrong, point it out.
 Conscientious public servants de- sire this. It is protection to them. It disarms those who find fault with out good grounds for complaint. Such men come to the local paper as to friend---to correct wrong re-  port if there be one---and it is cer- tainly the rule---except, possibly where partisan politics rule the paper---that a good officer who has proven his ability and strength of character, land done his full duty will have hearty support for any position to which he may aspire.
 And the other kind---they threaten the editor with personal violence, talk about wrecking his establish ment, and sometimes go so far as to attack him or even kill him because he does not allow his paper to stul- tify itself by ignoring or protecting corruption that makes justice and law a farce.
 Editor Scott, if the report is cor rect, was a martyr to the cause of the law-abiding people of Helena, and it is. to be hoped that his mur- derer will pay the penalty for his cowardly act.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
A Smart Yankee Trick.

In the game of regulating public utilities our Yankee friends of Mas sachusetts play some smart tricks that are worth knowing.
 They have obtained about the best railroads and the best kept stations and rights of way in the country by the simple trick of restricting divi- dends to certain reasonable limit and requiring the roads to pay all surplus net earnings into the state treasury or put them into better ments. Of course, they go into betterments.
 In Boston they have played the smarter trick of getting cheaper gas out of bigger dividends to the stock holders in the Consolidated Gas Company. When the consolidation was formed a few years ago profits were restricted by the charter to ' per cent, while a maximum price of 90 cents per thousand feet was fixed for gas.
 The trick was played in further provision of the charter which per mitted the company to increase its dividends by 1 per cent for every reduction of 5 cents per thousand feet in the price of gas.
 At the end of the first year the price of gas was reduced to S5 cents per thousand feet and the dividends went up to 8 per cent. The price has just been reduced again to 80 cents per thousand and the dividends will go up to 9 per cent. 1 Under this arrangement every body is happy, and Boston and its gas company are on the friendliest terms of mutual esteem.
 The ingenuity of this Boston trick is in fixing what seemed a fair maxi mum price and a fair profit and then giving the utilities company strong inducement to seek the mini mum of cost to the citizen through the maximum of profit to itself.
 Really they do some things re- markedly well in Boston.-St. Louis Republic.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
riENA's OPPORTUNITIES.

Arkansas has many places where good water and beautiful scenery lend attraction as places of rest and recreation for the thousands in and out of the state less fortunately situated
 A few towns, such as Hot Springs and Eureka Springs, are reaping rich harvests from these advantages; Sulphur Springs has made a start and will soon be in line it will be prepared to furnish accommodations [ Issts.
 All these and other places can be made fine resorts can furnish. thou sands of people with those things for which they will willingly pay. They are of vast value because they advertise the good old state of Ar kansas and bring large sums of money into the state as well as keep ing more at home which wou'd otherwise go elsewhere.
 Mena has climate all the year
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
The Steel Trust and the Robber Tariff

The United States Steel Corpora tion, the leading concern and control ling factor in the Steel trust, is mak- ing net profits of 182 million dollars per year. The steel and iron business is protected" by high tariff. Is it necessary to protect an industry or the workmen employed in 1t Tn order that one corporation can make net profits of one-half million dol lars per day? No; and that is not the ostensible purpose of the tariff. But the tariff prevents foreign com petition and the trust eliminates domestic competition.
 The American prices of the Steel trust products are about 33 1-3 pei cent higher than foreign prices ot the same products from the same mills. The excess cost comes back to the people, no matter who first pays the Steel trusts bills. The government does not impose this cost as direct tax on the people put it maintains the tariff, without which the imposition would be i'm possible. Kansas City Times.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
Mena Is a Hustler.

Owing to the fact that the busi- ness men of Mena have had so many big irons in the fire during several months past they almost overlooked the fair proposition. When they finally did get around to it, how ever, some tall hustling was done, and in a short time the soliciting committee secured $600 for free entertainments, premiums, etc. Prominent speakers and carnival attractions will be on hand, and the railroad will give cheap excursion rates. In fact the fair and celebra- tion will be fully up to the standard of former years, and the display of all kinds of fruits will certainly be better this year than ever before, Every farmer and fruit grower ir the county should contribute some. thing toward making the fair sue ess.-Cove Herald.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
MY IDEAL FIRST" SAYS BRYAN
Rather See Jeffersonian Principles In.
 stalled Than Be President.

St. Louis Aug. 4 William Jennings Bryan, in an impromptu speech aboard the yacht Annie Russell, said he would rather be instrumental in having the priu- ciples of Thomas Jefferson carried out bv. the United States to being elected President.
 "I have been called dreamer, but is not the architect a dream- CT? He dreams his plans and then puts them on paper. aud then the brick mason comes along and carries them out. Now, 1t has been said that great things are conceived in dreams. l would prefe: to be one of the builders of the government in accordance with the plans of Thomas Jef. ferson to being elected President. My ideals are higher than the office.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
Never Heard the Name of Roosevelt

Ray Stanard Baker had better look out, He is in danger of being elected to the Ananias Club. In the August American Magazine he re- ports the discovery of a group of citizens who never heard of Roose- welt:
 It would be impossible to over emphasize the ignorance of many negro farmers. It seems almost unbelievable, but after some good humored talk with group of old negroes l triedto find out how much they knew of the outside world. finally asked them if they knew Theodore Roosevelt. They looked puzzled, and finally one old fellow scratched his head and said:
 "'Wha you say dis yere man libes?'
 In Washington, I said; you've heard of the President of the United States 7
 reckon l dunno, he said.
 And yet this old man gave me a first class religious exhortation; and enc in the group had heard of Book CT Washington whom he described as 'pow'fu big n!gger."
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08

incompetent and untrained boys and men in many responsible positions. In commenting on the last item he writes: Last year the Louisville and Nashville railroad was found to be employing as telegraph operators in the train service a boy fifteen years old at Pink, Ala; two boys sixteen years old at Opp, Ala; and a boy fourteen years old wearing knee pants, at Birmingham, Ala. "
 Mir. Vrooman's suggestions on the subject of railroad reform deserve the closest attention, particularly inasmuch as the problem seems to be growing daily more intricate and perplexlng. The statement that mot only have our railroads killed about 10000 people and mangled over S0,000 more each year for the past four years, but accidents are actually on the increase per mile of road and per passenger carried, !" is alone sufficient to arouse the most active concern on the part of the American public.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lChlcago News. ]

If gray hairs were a sign of wis dom, fewer men would have them.
 Our idea of charming woman is one who is ignorant of her charms. Never judge woman's brilliancy by the lightness of her hair. Even the best phrases of a hatterer sometimes fall flat.
 Did you ever know a man to prac- tice half the things he breaches to his boy.
 When it comes to rapid transit a train of thought sets the pace. Marriage isn't always a failure; there is usually fighting chance.
 Early to bed and early to rise gives the average mans wife sur prise.
 Figures may not lie, but they are capable of being juggled by crooked accountants.
 When a man is compelled to eat his words he finds it difficult to swal- low his indignation.
 It's useless to try to establish uni versal peace as long as people will get married.
 The better acquainted a man is with himself the harder it is to fool him.
 A promoter is man who makes a strenuous effort to boost his own interests.
 Some men do not care to take vacation trips because their wives insist on going along.
 It takes a woman to pick quarrel with neighbor and shift the conse- quences on her husbands shoulders.
 The average woman seems to think that all her husbands good qualities are due to her influence.
 The first step toward a widows second trip to the matrimonial altar is her announcement that she will never marry again.
 Years may come and years may go, but the time will never arrive when a man will sit up and patch his wife's clothes after she is asleep in bed.
 You may have noticed that one girl no sooner breaks mans heart than another comes along and ban dages it up.
 If man knows that other people are not bigger fools than he is he knows all about human nature that is worth knowing.
 On his wedding day the average man thinks he is getting a peach. but m after years he may discover that he plucked lemon.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
SENTENCE SERMONS.
Chicago Tribune.


 Character never is complete. One thing believed is worth a mil lion denied.
 A good home is the best sermon about heaven.
 No man is refined until he is purged of selfishness.
 You cannot attain purity by any process of polishing.
 If you cannot learn humility you cannot bear elevation.
 Light hearted people are those who are always looking for the sun shine.
 There is no virtue in doing right in such a way as to lead others wrong.
 It's always a surprise to those who nurse their woes how soon they grow up.
 Renouncing your own sins is bet ter preaching than denouncing the way of others.
 When once you have tasted of the happiness of making others happy you will cease to worry about heaven
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
DYSPEPTIC PHILOSOPHY
tNew York TImes.)

tNeW Nofk ilmes.)
 A delicate situation is often an indelicate one.
 1t is never too late to mend, but it's sometimes too late to realize it. Lots of reform is wasted on the world that might better be used at home.
 It seems a universal misfortune that our close friends are not close mouthed.
 That half the world that doesn't know how the other half lives is the happier for it.
 The man who has too little confi- dence in himself is apt to have too much in other people.
 The summer girl may have liquid glance, but in winter it is apt to become an icy stare.
 The original rib roast occurred when Eve first told Adam just what she thought of him.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
DIAMONDS IN PIKE CouNrv
National Experts Find Diamond R...
 ing Volcanic Formation si

Little Rock, Aug. An. monds to the number Of 14o ara of fine quality have been d; covered in Pike county, Art, sas. They are found in diamo.s bearing blue clay of volc,a;. origin, aud this is said to ha ,l first discovery of the kind America.
 The first diamonds were d;. covered some months apo \ John Huddleston on his f.r. three miles from Murireesboro Later Haddleston sold his f.-. to Chas. s. Stifft, Albert n Cohn, Little Rock merchar, and Sam Ryeburn, president ot the Union Trust Company Of this city.
 The diamonds were pronounced genuine by George F. Keuhr vice president of the Tiffany and Company, New York, and tbs big hest authority in the Uui,ea States. Dr. keuhn pointed ont i however, that diamonds i, singles and twos had been found in twenty-nine places in the l United States, and he refused to be quoted in the matter as hay. ing given any opinion of there being more diamonds, as others continue 10 be found, however the theory that tLey were glacial or drift diamonds was abandoned and Dr. Kuehu visited the fields in person. He at once wired Dr. l s. s. Washington, ot New York an eminent geologist who had before investigated for the com. pany, to join him. He did SC and by drilling they found the ! volcanic pipe and more diamonds which are genuine blue stones.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
EDITOR TOOK COUPLE OF SHOTS
H. J. Miller, of the Argenta Daily
 News Shoots George Woodal.

Little Rock. Aug. A. Henry J. Miller, editor of the Argeuta Daily News, shot twice at George NJ. Woodall about 5:3O this afternoon. Woodall was one of the siguers of petition calling for a referendum vote Of the question of annexation ot Argenta to Little Rock. Neither bullet took effect.
 Miller has been publishing a series of abusive articles against number of the signers of the petition, and it seemed that Wood all walked into the News office to talk to Miller on the subject Miller ordered him out and at the same time took a couple oi shots at him. Both men were arrested, but were released on bond.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
R. R. St. John Writes of California.

R. k. St. John, who with his wife and babies is now visiting with Mir. and Mrs. E. M. Green, Mrs. St. Johns parents, at Clo, Cal, writes home as follows:
 We are in a rough little frontier town such as it would have been our fathers pleasure to adopt as his home that he might have had the satisfaction of working and watch ing wild, rough nature turned to the benefit and pleasure of man.
 In many respects this portion of California is very much like our part of Arkansas. Beautiful noun tains covered with timber and over looking fertile valleys, with an abundance of beautiful streams of clear, cold water. These valleys are not as extensive, the timber larger and the mountains are capped with snow nearly all summer.
 George Powell and his sister, Mrs. Fred Mckee, have been with us visiting the Greens for a week past and most of the tine we spent in camp at a beautiful lake up in the mountains over 5000 feet above the sea. We caught rainbow trout to hearts content and gathered snow just a few hundred feet from camp
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
GOV. LITTLE TO SANITORIUM.
Son Has Completed Arrangements for
 Trip to Battle Greek

Little Rock, Aug. 4,-That the condition of Gov Little is far from what his friends would wish 1t to be was revealed yesterday when 1t became known that Paul Little had made arrangements for the taking of his father to a sani. sorium iu Battle Creek, Mich. MT. Little will leave here early next week to take his father there for medical treatment.
 The announcement in reg ard to the future political course of his father IS expected to be made by Mir. Little upon hls return from Battle Creek.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
TURpENTlNE NOT A REMEDY

The Star published an article recently telling of an alleged dis covery of a sure way to kill the boil weevil by dragging a bag saturated with turpentine and water through the rows of cotton.
 The Louisiana Cotton Pest Com mission has made experiments re- sulting in the following announce ment:
 l. It kills the cotton as well as boil weevil.
 ?. Turpentine and water do not mix.
 3. The scent remains on the ground only two days.
 The Gazette suggests that a safer plan to cure the weevil of its appe- tite for cotton is to ''pick them up singly, deposit them in an air-tight receptacle, and when it is full, con- sign it to a furnace hot enough to melt iron"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-08-08
,an who suspects everyone of dis.

man who suspects everyone of dis honesty. j.
 A stubborn man always says ne IS willing to change his mind II you can convince him he is wrong.
 If you think you are right, go ahead if you want to, but dont ex- pect everyone to go with you.
 The average girl who works down town doesn't consider it wrong to lie about the salary she IS getting
 A town may not grow very fast, but there is always about the same amount of work for the evangelist
 The terrors of starvation looms laroe in the stories from famine dis. tricts, but. in this land of plenty people continue to die cheerfully from overeating and no one thinks much about it.