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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

1t is plain that sole object OF
the district attorney bill as it pass
ed the house was t o reduce the pow
er of the Governor n protect the
old gang of grafters.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30


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2 or enough property to proper 6
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3 order, which might have been 6
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3 on the individual taxpayers is 6
p greatly increased as two sets 6
3 of county officers, two court 8
q houses and two jails must be 6
= maintained where one set 6
3 would be sufficient. The zeal g
3 of the people who desire their 6
= home towns to become county 6
p seats should not blind them 6
p to the burdens they are impos- G
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= action without due care and 6
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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30
Real Estate Transfers.

A. B. Sanford and others to w. E.
Bowen. for 5000, lot II, block II, Ha-
german.
L. K. McGaffey to Nicholas San
ches. for 800, lots 10, 20 and 21, Ace
quia addition tt Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Before the close of the session
some of those fellows across the
mountains may wish thai Judge
Bateman's plan of annexi1g h Pc
cos Valley to Texas had not been all
a dream
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Mr.. Joseph H. Choate vas asked
to define the difference between ex-
President Cleveland and President
Roosevelt. r"Well," he said, "Mr.
Cleveland is too lazy to hunt, and
Mr.. Roosevelt o restless to fish,
London Financial News.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Mr.. Cameron, in a speech before
election, promised to do all in his
power to cut down the expenses OF
the Territorial administration. Hap
PLY he has been placed on the fin
ance committee of the Council.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30
Wool Market Firm.

Boston, Mass, Jan. 29.-The wool
market the past week has been quiet
with transactions of small size. The
purchases are noticeably firm.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

The Record predicts hat before
the session is over Hon. ]. o. Gamer
on win be generally acknowledged to
be the ablest man in the Territorial
Council. It is not by votes alone that
leadership is attained. Cameron is
in Santa Fe to work for the interests
Of the people, lot merely eo- spite
work.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

For the information of the Santa
Fe New Mexican, will say that the
Record Office front has been freshly
painted. 1t isn't yellow, either.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

The more we study the situation at
Santa Fe the stronger grows h con-
viction that a Democratic indepenu-
ent victory is assured in 1908.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

From reading the Albuquerque Cit
izen and the Santa Fe New Mexican,
we learn thai Delegate Andrews has
secured another pension or two-but
he has never built that railroad to
the Pecos Valley.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Representative Hudspeth comes to
the front with a measure that should
receive the support of every mem
Der of the Assembly. Railroad pass
enger fares as well as freights are
beyond all reason in the Territory.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

n addition to he probability that
the constitutional convention of Ok
lahoma will require twice as much
time as was allowed to reach an
agreement, the report now comes
from Washington that the constitu-
ton as so far drafted is likely to
be rejected.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

160 acre farm, finely improved. To-
Gated in central Oklahoma. to trade
for property / or near Roswell.
WHAT have you got?-Carlton & Bell,
opposite postonce.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

1t seems Impossible for the Albu-
querque Journal to forget that Mr..
Bursum bur7t the books-and it per-
sists in asking why.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Salt Lake City, Jan. 29.-Examina-
tiols of Utah applicants for entrance
to the Annapolis naval academy be-
gan here today and will continue thru
tomorrow and Thursday.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

A little over two months now un
til the Stockmen's convention in Ros
well. Time to get busy.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

1t is reported hat the saloon men
and gamblers are raising a "slush
fund" to prevent the legislature pass
ing an a~nti-gambling bill. II the leg
islature is bought and congress comes
to the relief OF the Territory, the
sports will wish they had their mon
ey back to pay railroad fares.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

1T must be confessed that the
railroads seem to be working just
now for Mr.. Bryan and government
ownership.-Atlanta Journal.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

The members OF the legislature
are beginning To- suspect that the Pc
cos Valley is located in New Mexico
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

While the Republicans + fight
Ing. maybe q Democrats will get q
part Of their due.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

The lone Democrat of the Terrific
rial Council seems able to stand alone
all right.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Figure with B.. r. Smith when you
want buggy painting. Phone LIS. TT
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Nine year old Rippy.-orientaL
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Old Indian River Rp-oriental.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30
ROBERT j.

Dated Roswell. New Mexico. Janu-
airy s, 1907. Wed. 1-9 to 100 IA
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Did o read the finacial report
OF the school board In yesterdays pa
per? 1t settles the dispute about
there not being enough money TO
run the public schools on account of
the abolition Of gambling. It also
indicates which members OF the
board are really interested in the
progress OF education
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

The Union Pacific and Northwest
ern railroads ofer proof that they
have been "stung." by refusing to
M rates for the transportation OF
u. 3. troops and equipment It is
evident from this action that former
reductions were made with a view
OF bribery-just as sbates are made
TO large private shippers
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATOR.

Notice is hereby given mat the IN
dersigned was, on the 18th day of Jan
uary, 1907, appointed by the Probate
Court of Chaves county, New Mexico,
administrator, with ne will annexed.
of the estate of Mary E. McClenny,
deceased. All claims due any per-
sons from said estate should be pre-
scented to the undersigned anu all per-
sons knowing themselves to be iadebt
ed to said estate will please pay the
same to,
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30
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Notwithstanding acre of
fine land with ditch water-right
and good four-room cottage one
mile from court house to trade
for small residence property in
town. +
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30

Old Indian River Rye.-Oriental.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-30
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The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
HORSE RACE GAMBLING NEAR
 AN END.

Horse racing, that sport of kings" which has held it's royal sway for generations, is rapidly los ing it's prestige being forced, as 1t were, from pillar to post as first one state, then another declares against gambling on race tracks"
 The reason for this radical change is apparent. Horse racing has, in this country, gone into the hands of men who have made it means of conducting huge gambling ma chine, the earnings of which, com pared to cards, roulette and kindred games, are as far apart as are the powers of the eagle and the hawk.
 Ask any grocermany or merchant who sells on credit the effect on his business of a race meeting in his town. He will tell you that such an event is a calamity to him that many of his customers do not pay their bills be- ause they have lost their wages at the race track.
 This feature is bad enough, but does not compare in gravity to tn ruin of young men and boys who, led on by the facination of the game commits thefts and like crimes that they may play the ponies.'
 Horse racing is a great sport. A sport that many of the notable mer of our nation have indulged in. But as now conducted it can scarce be termed sport. It is a business and that business is to take without adequate return money from those who, generally. can least afford |, and with fixed deck" that give' the victims no chance to break even
 Last year Missouri prohibited gambling on races.
 Racing has been killed as "deao as Hector" in Tennessee by similar law.
 The Arkansas solons have all bu I decided on the same course.
 One by one the feathers are being plucked from the bird of prey. Le 1 it die.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
PICTURES uE SIN.

Since Evelyn Nesbit Thaw faced those twelve m en and the world to tell her life story what a picture of depravity has appeared.
 Some blame doubtless must rest on this woman, but back of it all is a mothers sin that is greater still. for the story shows that as child of l6 years this woman was deliber- ately transferred to Stanford White for financial gain, and back of this and overshadowing all is the black form of this man who drugged poor girls to accomplish their ruin. A man richly endowed with Gods good gifts which won for him fame in the world. Fame So great that leading magazines published page after page in recounting his virtuous attributes, and yet one sentence in this miserable young woraan's story causes his fame to wither and die under an everlasting blaze of shame.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14

Practically every lawabiding man feels and knows that the carrying of concealed weapons is menace to peace and cause of many tragedies that otherwise could and would be avoided. There is, however, a diff ference of opinion as to the best way to check this growing evil.
 The Bush bill provides fine of from $1OO to $500 and jail sentence of from thirty to sixty days for o-- lenders of this class.
 Members of the senate judiciary committee did not approve the jail sentence because it was believed that the effect of the law would be to diminish the number of convic- tions rather than to serve to dl- minish the habit of carrying weapons.
 That brings us right back to the original difficulty in such cases the tendency of officials to overlook or neglect law enforcement.
 It is not so much new laws that are needed as it is a strict enforce ment in all cases of the laws in force.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
THE FINANCES OF BAILEY.

For services rendered the Kirby Lumber Company, Senator Bailey of Texas, was paid Sl49,0O0. This statement was made by the presi- dent of the company who explained, in considerable detail. the work per formed by the distinguished states man. The period of Senator Bailey's s services was about eighteen months. The scene of his activity was for the most part in Wall Street. His work consisted almost exclusively in plac- ing stock and effecting arrangements in securities. There was practically no litigation.
 It will be seen of course, that a compensation of $l49, ,000 in eight cen months means monthly salary of something like $S,277 sni some cents. which, it will have to be ad- mitted, is pretty liberal recom- pense. As Bailey was also senator at this time Uncle Sam paid him during this period S7 ,500. It really seems as if as good constitutional lawyer as Bailey ought to have been able to have gotton along quite comfortably on such an income. But he wasn't. It Is a matter of vituperative record the item of vituperation being largely supplied by Bailey that long about this time he was obliged to borrow money in big chuncks from the Waters Pierce Oil Company, or, if you insist upon distinction without a difference. he had to borrow from the president N the Waters-Pierce Oil Company, Mir. H. Clay Pierce.
 But what's the use, anyhow? Hasn't Texas sent Bailey back to the Senate2 And that's sufficient vindication for Bailey, though it is not a vindication of the judgment of the people of Texas that anyone who is able to sit up can notice. Joplin Globe
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
MAY nEl. P coTroN INDUSTRY

Men who grow cotton, or who handle that staple in any way will be interested in any step to take from the New York stock gamblers the right to create prices to suit their own fancy and purses.
 The Fort Smith Times has this to say on the subject:
 The impression prevails among the more serious minded of the Southern cotton men. growers and buyers, that the prices of the staple and it's different grades are unneces- sarily unstable, and that the fiuctua- tions and differences Tn grades are due to the arbitrary manipulatlons and regulations of the New York cotton exchange.
 This belief has at last found ex- pression in the resolution adopted bv Congress to institute an inquiry by the department of commerce and labor, of the New York cotton exchange.
 The country is fortunate in having at the head of that department g man in whom implicit confidence both as to integrity and ability, may be safely reposed. The secretary of that department, Oscar Strauss, is man with record of those qualified tions and the cotton growers of the South may be reasonably assured oi a fair and searching investigation and that any crookedness or unfair ness will be exposed and corrected so far as lies in the power of Mir Strauss to do so.
 What Congress will do with hi report is another matter, but tht tendency of the times toward th' correction of unfair business meth ods is so strong that the outlook I 1 hoppful.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14

of it's service has been mainly occu- pied, like that of the military service department, with the care of the dead and wounded after collisions, wrecks and causalties, and with the legal in minimizing accidents and dangers.
 Railway travel will not be freed from it's present appalling peril till the exacting and exacted brain straln on it's employees is lessened and the employees themselves take better care of their brains by the avoidance of all those influences when off duty that tend to vitiate the integrity of the mental powers, and by not seek ing to do excessive overtime work.
 No railway is safe from the pos abilities, almost certainty, of acci- dent where train dispatchers, engin- eers or switchmen serve continuously from forty-eight to seventy-five hours, or even twenty-four; and 1t is the humane duty of the medical profession, with the present psyco- logical light upon the ordinary brains capacity, to advlSe and lnslst that such brain strain in all depart ments of public service cease es- pecially where consequences are so serious as in the railway service.
 It is pitiable to see many of the best, most willing, courageous and faithful employees of these soulless corporations prematurely broken Tn health, paralyzed, epileptic and otherwise stricken in their prime, like soldi rs falling on the firir z Ii ,e. The railway management is espe .ial- ly particular to secure perfect watches for all employees. It should be no less careful about the accru, rate movement of the minds and the psychological integrity Of the brains in it's service, for neither vii run unless properly and timely wound for correct movement.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14

Crone eighteen years for waylaying and beating Bertha Bowling to death with an iron pipe, the Kansas City Star closes an editorial with the following paragraph:
 While Crone has been convicted and sentenced, nobody familiar witn the trend of modern jurisprudence would venture to express an opinion as to when he will reach the perl- tentiary If, indeed, he shall ever reach it at all.
 Speaking of "unwritten laws IT if you can read between the lines oi that paragraph you will certainly find the unwritten law which forms the principal code before the bar of Judge Lynch.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14

The Star is almost daily receiving word by letters or otherwise of peo- pie who have left Mena to make their homes elsewhere who are either returning, preparing to return or who are longing to do so but are prevented by circumstances from so doing. It is human nature for people to become dissatisfied and think they can do better at points other than where they are located, but when they want to get back to the old home town it is pretty good evidence that it is good place in which to live" there's reason"
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
TO LOOK FOR THE FIRE.

The row between Prosecuting Attorney Lewis Rhoton and United States Senator Jeff Davis will prob ably be brought to a sudden check. at feast so far as each rushing into print almost daily with charges of official criminality against the other,
 A resolution has been introduced in the legislature to investigate this Rhoton-Davis talkfest and find what sort of fire is responsible for so much smoke.
 The matters brought out by the defendants are of more consequence than any such quarrel would be be- tween men in private life. The charges deal almost wholly with the administration of justice in the state.
 The interest of the people IS not so much whether Jeff Davis downs Rhoton or Rhoton succeeds in dis crediting Davis, but that wrong doing should be stopped and the criminals of the state, whether ne gro murderers or legislative boodlers be properly and promptly punished,
 By all means let the legislature investigate, and then, if sufficient evidence is found, let the courts take the matter up.
 At least one of these men is wholly unworthy of public confidence, and ] in justice to both that one should be I labeled.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
RAILWAY SERVICE.

Writing for the Sunday Post Dispatch of the conditions existing in the United States today in rail road service, Dr. Charles Hughes. dean of the medical faculty of Barnes University of St Louis brings out the following startling compari- sons:
 American trains travel 900, ,000, ,000 miles year; English, 400, ,000, 900. English roads, with less than half the milage, carried, during the year under analysis, 200, GOO, GOO passen- gers: American witk twice the mileage 655 900, 900.
 English roads killed one-tenth as many people as American. Ameri- can roads pay $2800 mile for ope- rating expenses; English. S9000 a mile. American roads have six employees for every mile of track; English, twenty-eight.
 The net traffic receipts Of the American roads hauling 655 900. COG passengers, against England $ 200. 000 000 were $650. GOO, 900: the net traffic receipts of English roads. were S200. GOO GOO. English roads nj ihe meantime, killed one-tenth as many people as did the American, and injured less than one-tenth aS many.
 Speaking of the men who operate  our trains, Dr. Hughes says:
 Railway service is to near the lives and welfare of the people to be con ducted solely for pccuniary profit The brain and body wear and teal on it's employees and the safety oi travel should be regarded by its management as of equal, if not vr aater, importance than the wear Of rail and rolling stock and the running expenses.
 Hitherto the medical department
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
2, plos,on at EnoIish Arsenal.

Woolwich, Eng. Feb. 12---A huge hole in the ground is all that marks the site of the chemical research de. pertinent of the Woolwich arsenal and the Cordite magazine which ex- ploded early Monday. morning with such terrific force that the concussion was felt in towns 10 milss distant and the whole countryside was thrown into panic owing to the belief that q violent earthquake occurred. There was no loss of life but buildings for mil around were wrecked to great CT or lesser degree by the explosion
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
A NEW REBEKAH LODGE.
Members From Meua Visit Rocky and
 Install Lodge.

Early Saturday morning crowd of Rebekahs of this city drove out to Rocky and instituted what will be known as Jesse Rebskah lodge NJ. lS7, at tbat place. The lodge was organiz q with fourteen members and the following officers were elected and installed:
 Lena Draper, N. G.. May Jop- lin, V. G., Oscar Keener, Sec i, Neva Walker, Treas. The re- mainder of the officers were ap- pointed: Mrs. l.. M. Harrison. chaplain; Josephine Walker, con. ductor; Josie Mcbride, warden; T. B. Phelps, I. c; Lee Harrison, | c. G; Martha Clark, left Sup. to N. G., and Grady Walker, right Sup. to N. G.
 The party who went from this city were: Bertha Kelly, who acted as the instituting officer, assisted by Betty Milham, Ollie Mount, Emma Lindsay, Mary Tanner and 1. E. Lindsay.
 While at Rocky the Rebekahs from this city were treated with much hospitality for which we all feel very grateful, and wish for the new lodge much prosper ity. Bertha Kelly.
 Dist. Dep Pres.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE

The legislature of Kansas has adopted a concurrent resolution asking Congress for an amendment to the Federal constitution provid- ing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the peo- pie.
 When two-thirds of the states of the Uuion adopt similar resolu- tions, their demands on Congress must be needed and the necessary amendment adopted.
 Arkansas, by a roundabout meth od, has already practically selected one senator by popular vote, and it is probable that the rule may be fol- lowed in the future, as the sentiment in favor of bringing the United States Senate more in touch with the people and the senators in a position where they will be more amenable the voters whose interests they should conserve is growing rapidly.
 However, our legislature should put Arkansas on record before the country by joining with other states in making up the two-thirds re- quired to force Congress to enact an amendment that will bring about a reform favored by all save trusts and corporati ms that under the present law and custom control many members of the upper house of the national legislature.
The Mena weekly star., 1907-02-14
 rlf0HTY LOW WAGES.

Senators Spooner and Tillman were discussing the increased price of living. Why" exclaimed the South Carolinian with indignation, T am told that eggs cost forty cents dozen in Washington That's s right" thoughtfully replied Senator Spooner, adding, "but that IS only three and a third cents for hens full days work" Senator Tillman wandered back into the senate cham Der scratching his head. Ex.