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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-30
NEWS OF The WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts Of the World Condensed
into Small Space tor the Ben
eft Of Our Readers.
Personal.

peFSoh1I.
Samuel Gompers has been unani-
mously reelected president OF the
American Federation of Labor.
W. J Bryan was in conferencp with
the president at the White house for
half an hour recently
The Nobel Prize for chemistrv will
be awarded to Sir William Crnokes.
OF LONDON.
Capt. James T Holmes. one OF the
last OF John Browns band OF aOoli-
tionists. is dead al Red Bank y j.,
aged ~ years
William X. Hearst, publisher Of the
New York Journal, has been held to
the grand jury on the charge OF Grim
inal libel preferred by William Astor
Chanler
]. b. Case. of Abilene, Kan was
elected president OF the Trans Mlssis-
sippi Commercial congress at tie re-
cent meeting in Muskogee. The meet
ing next year will be held Ia san
Francisco
Andrew Carnegie has put Ida Lewis.
keeper OF the Lime Rock light house.
at the southern end of Newport nar-
bor on his private list insuriug her
$50 per month during her life for
bravery in saving life.
Nathan ]. Bachelor, OF Concord, y.
H.. has been re-eleced Master Of the
National Grange,
Brig. Gen. George f. Pond. retired.
Is dead at his home in North Caro-
lima.
Charles = Caswell. associate Justice
of the Colorado supreme court. is
dead at Denver
Gov Sheldon has declared that he
would use all his influence to secure
for Kansas City the republican nation
al convention next year.
The engagement Of Miss Theodore
Shonts, daughter of the former chair
man of the Panama canal commission.
to the Due de Chaulnes has been an
nounced in New York
Andrew Carnegie is now engased in
furnishing free football to Pittsburg
citizens
Daniel Sinclair the oldest editor in
Minnesota, is dead at Winona, aged '6
years.
Miss Helen Gould has ben pre-
sented with silver loving cup by
5000 enlisted men in the United
States navy.
Steve Adams, in whose trial for
the murder OF Fred Taylor the jury
disagreed, has been admittelsto bail.
w. r. Chambers, possibly the old
est resident OF Pennsylyanid, died at
Ceicil at the age of l05 years.
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CIR Effrrt nf Giglr
31rtrrs Mt tl1r Gnnsltntrr
By CHARLES F. PIDCIN.
Author and Former Chief Labor Statistics Bureau.

arcg good for why not
| run have much of good thing:
4 years prominent agreed that the money
00 should be. But there something
IAI question: solid basis for financial operations
IY majority decided that the basis be god
N to-day, leading maintain that the increased
UE3I gold ansyerabe degree for high
To consumer he is subordinate the effect
the effect probemateal far as he Is concerned
living has increased greatly, and the question s-Are
high prices a benefit o all consumers:"
kinds of consumerprucers and nonproueers
The producer a salary Let consider his financial p
tion If high prices benefit to him. after paying the increased
prices rent food clothes light should have large surplus
good things of life Does he? Instead his
surplus vanish and, ofntme, balance the debtor side
But viii be said, and salaries have been increased
comparisons attempted between the increases and the
advances in wages Nothing falacous
applied worngman paid by the hour day Questions of rates
little. What he actually is the vital question
The real condition of wongmen not shown by comparing vicious
percentages claimed represent in prices and advances
and salaries The only figures worth anything as an index of conditions
The number Of workingmen having increased surplus dep'
2 The number having less surplus.
8. The number having surplus
The number in debt.
figures honestly this basis and presented with
n show that high have benefited the worker and the
man. again, and
merry Until then the dealers
creditors will have their uncolbe bills and the
n shs and money sharks will increase in number and
increased business.
brings nonpoucers who paid by
profits They have pay the increased prices too
they the remedy their hands What they have to sell
for without By nonproucers mean all who
transport, sell what the needs including The
auxar who lead its feeding grounds and the bank
all adnts and helpers of the great god
capital
being placed continually the manufacturer who
FRIEND especially when he eliminates the
close the At have between
the wholesale dealer commission merchant and
wholesaler
profit; but three fair profits make burensome
increased salary help the but
enables him make both ends meet and does restore
his surplus, he is not benefited
Probably the of nonprodu benefit by high TO
they, as a rule, live percentage Of profit
figures, the the ~
Even if the percentage less than IL. x.[L:
wears, the increased volume of business n "
give a
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-30

they, as rule, live on percentage OF profit,
and the larger the figures, the greater the
profit. Even if the percentage is less than in
former years, the increased volume of business
gives larger return.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-11-30

with a razor.
Fire in retail dry goods store
in Cincinnati caused the death of one
person and the serious injury OF sew.
eral.
statement given out by the board
OF health shows that the bubonic
plague situation at San Francisco is
much improved.
Ten thousand Arab tribesmen at.
Algeria, and were not beaten off until
1900 of their number had been killed.
Two men locked officers of Clin-
ton, H.. bank in the vault took. the
money from the counter and escaped.
An extra supply of coal Is being
sent to Honolulu and Manila for use
of the battleship fleet in case it should
be decided to have 1t return to the
Atlantic by way of the Suez canal.
The village Of Chain. Iowa. was re-
Gently destroyed by fire. Only one
building was saved.
The jury in the Steve Adams mur-
der case at Rathdrum, Idaho, dis
agreed and has been discharged.
At Sandusky, O., five men were ser
iously injured in a head.on collision
between two trolley cars.
Edgar Grubb. his wife and one-year-
old baby were recently cremated in
their home near Beverly. Ohio.
The Detroit Free Press and the De-
troit News have announced an in
crease in price from one cent to two
cents per copy.
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In dealing with this
whole matter of indus
trial concentration, We
have the choice of two al
ternatiyes. We may either
prohibit or regulate com
binations. To my mind
regulation is the only
choice. Regulation by
an administrative office
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-03-06
PHONE 81

2. We find that the ditcnes of the
respective Ditch Companies shall be
put in a sanitary condition, and to
serve that purpose best shall be on
fined n carried in open concrete
bitches. We find the distance said
bitches shall be concerted to be as
follows; The Mort Spring River
Ditch from the West side of Wash
ington Avenue to the Hondo Flume,
and the North Spring River Center
Ditch from its Intake to the Railroad
track.
We find that the City of Roswell
and each Ditch Company shall share
equally the expense of concreting the
respective ditcnes and of building n
constructing the bridges owe said
bitches where they cross the streets
and alleys in said City.
8. We find that the bitches, after
completion, shall be maintained and
kept clean and the expenses incurred
thereby shall be borne by the re-
spective Ditch Companies; that all
bridges over the respective bitches
along all streets and alleys shall be
maintained, and the S of mainte-
nance paid by the City of Roswell.
4. We find that the work of cor
creting the respective bitches shall
be commenced not later han Octo-
Der Is. 1907 and pushed to compile
ton not later than February 10, 1908
All necessary gravel n sand for
the construction of the cement work
must be upon the banks of the res
pective bitches, and all necessary &C.
ment for the construction of the con-
crete work provided for, must be in
storage in the City of Roswell On or
before October Is, 1907.
5. We further find that each Ditch
Company shall be required to give a
personal bond, payable to the City OF
Roswell, in the sum of $4,000, to be
signed by all the individual ditch own
ers, guaranteeing the faithful perfor-
nance of the duties charged by the
Board of Arbitration against the Ditch
Companies, n the doing and carry
ing out of this award within the time
prescribed herein, and that the City
Council of the City of Roswell shall,
by resolution duly passed and spread
on its minutes at a regular meeting,
accept this award of the arbitrators,
and by said resolution shall order the
doing and carrying of the duties
charged by this Board of Arbitration
against the City.
Plans and Specifications for Thing
bitches.
6. the plans and specifications for
cementing or concreting the ditches
shall be prepared by United States
Government Engineer. w. NJ. Reed,
who shall have the direction of all
surveys and measurements necessary
for obtaining the information for the
preparation of said plans and specii-
cations, and he shall be paid for mis-
services the sum of One Hundred and
Fifty Dollars 1$150-00.)
Ca All construction work shall
be under the supervision of Fred C.
Hunt, whose specific duties shall be
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The City Council met in regular ses
sion for the month of March last
night, Mayor J.. w Stockard presid-
ing and the following alderman be-
ing present: WHY'S, Johnson, Wise
ley, Kinsinger, Robinson. Bell and
Whiteman. After the reading of the
minutes for the meetings of last
month, the following proceedings were
had:
1. E. Thompson appeared and asked
that, in order to settle the proposed
new street proposition east of town,
that either Plum street or Fifth street
be declared closed, and the other op-
ened. He offered enough land to ad-
nit of the opening of Fifth street
through to the point desired for $3.50.
the proposition vas taken under con-
sideration until the city attorneys re-
port is heard on h matter.
w. w. Gatewood appeared and ask
ed that a resolution be passed author
izing the issue of warrants bearing
six per cen interest and payable July
1 in payment of the $4,000 judgment
against the city, given Tom Davel-
port in the lower court and confirmed
by the supreme Court. The judg-
ment carries six per cent. interest.
In view of the fact that City Attor-
ney Scott has filed a motion that will
give more time in the matter, it was
laid owe until next meeting that the
City Attorney have more time to on
slider the matter.
The report of the board of arbitra-
ton il the ditch thing cases as pub
liShed in brief form in the Record
last night and as published in full in
his issue. was then read and discuss
II NJ
that warrants be draw paying the
Hondo Stone Manufacturing Company
the sum of S1S56.25 the balance due
for the thing made and paying the
North Spring River Ditch Company,
S446.S7 the amount paid by said COM
pany on said thing over and above its
share of the expense; and further,
moved hat a formal resolution be
passed al the next recess meeting ac-
cepting the award of said Board. The
motion carried all voting for it except
Bell.
Upon motion of Mr.. Robinson it
was ordered that the case of Dan
McCaskill be referred to h poor and
pauper committee under Instructions
from the city attorney. McCaskin
fell over a stump n hurt his arm
on the city sidewalk. He asks for
money to pay his way to Globe, Arizo-
ma, where his son now lives, and for
same agrees to assign settlement for
all claims against the city.
The decoration committee of the
Cattlemen's Convention was given per
mission to erect alfalfa arches at ev-
cry street corner on Main Street from
First to Fifth streets during the con
v%entiol, provided the litter be cleared
away after the show. Permission was
also given to turn on the arteSian
wells on Main street for the inspec-
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AWARD.

In the Matter of the Arbitration Be-
tween The City of Roswell and The
North Spring River Ditch Company
and The North Spring River Center
Ditch Company.
The above cause having bee heard
and determined before the uldersig1-
ed, E.. A. Cahoon, w. NJ. Atkinson and
Nathan Jaffa, a Board of Arbitration
named in pursuance of a resolution
numbered %, duly passed by h City
Council of the City of Roswell on the
8th day of February, 1907, submitting
the controversy of h parties hereto
t O arbitration, and duly accepted in
writing by The North Spring River
Ditch Company and The North Spring
River Center Ditch Company, and
said cause having been heretofore
submitted upon documentary evidence
furnished by the respective parties
and all If said parties having been
fully heard, we f1d,-taking up the
points seriatim, as submitted to US in
resolution No. "a of the City Council
OF the City of Roswell, copy of which
is hereto attached, marked Exhibit
IA, and make award herein Is fol
lows:
/. We find that the CITY of Roswell
is liable for one-half OF the expense
incurred in the manufacturing of the
useless" So inch cement tile, made
by the Ho1do Stone Manufacturing
Company under contract with The
North Spring River Ditch Company
and we direct thai the City of
Roswell settle for the same at
once by paying for the tile
at the rate of st.00 per foot, as per
statement of anl agreement with The
Ho1do Stone Manufacturing Company
hereto attached, marked Exhibits b
and CO.. We tlIrtn.e" live tnat he
tore payment be male, as heretofore
provided, that The Hando Stone Man
ufactuIirg Company be required to
give q good and sufficient bono m the
sum CO $40: 90 to the City of Roswell
and The Moth Spring River IIitci'
Company, guaranteeing said tiling in
accordance with its contract made
with The North Spring River Ditch
Company, a copy of which is hereto
attached and marked Exhibit d.,
and further, for the safe keeping, stO-
rage, sale and accounting for proceeds
of sale of all thing manufactured and
paid for by the City of Roswell and
the North Spring River Ditch Com
pany for a period of n year from
the date hereof.
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Interest In Idaho Case.

Washington, March 6.-Not in re-
cent years has a criminal case attract
ed so much attention among Wash
ington officials as that of the three
western labor leaders who are charg-
ed with the murder of Ex-Governor
-Steunnelberg of Idaho. During the
last campaign the case attained ma
tional Importance when President
Roosevelt sent Secretary Taft to Ida
no to assist in the reelection of Gov
ernor Gooding on a law and order"
platform. Since hen the supreme
court has decided that the arrest OF
the accused men, alleged to have been
kidnapped, was carried out in a legal
manner. In this opinion, however,
Justice McKenna dissented, declaring
thai I'm the case at bar the states,
through their officers, are the often
derS."
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PROF. sLocUM WILL
ADDRESS THE CADETS.

The board of regents of the New
Mexico Military Institute has received
a letter of acceptance in answer to
its invitation to VIM. F. Slocum. of
the Colorado College, to deliver the
annual address to the graduating
class of the Institute, which will be
held this year on May %. The news
of his a~ccpetance viii come as a plea
sure to many Roswell people, VINO
NOW him either personally or thru
reputation, and all win anticipate
something good when he appears on
the platform.
Prof. Slocum has practically built
the Colorado College. which is one
of the leading educational institutions
of the West, and the pride of Colora-
do Springs, the place of its location.
He has been at the mead of the school
for many years and Is known as one
of the country's leading educators.
He was a close friend OF J. j. Hager-
man and family while the latter we're
residents of Colorado and at the time
Mr.. Hagerman provided for Hagerman
Hall. one OF b large buildings of the
institution
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HARRY MORRISON
BUYS OUT DAN PARK.

HARRY MORRISON
BUYS OUT DAN PARK.
AS indicated by a notice published
in the Record yesterday, Harry Nor
rison has purchased h interest OF
Dan Park, of Denver, in the Park &
Morrison jewelry store in this city
and MI. Morrison will run the bust
ness il the future under his name ex-
clusively. Mr.. Park has a large whole
sale jewelry house in Denver and will
continue its operations without inter
ruption. His retail store in Roswell
was merely a side issue.
Dan Park and Harry Morrison have
been associated together in business
for fifteen years. For eight years the
latter was in the employ of the for
mer il Texas, and then they went in
to partnership and opened their Ros-
we'll store. That was V years
ago. They have made a success in
every way, as indicated by the fact
that the junior partner is in a posit-
ion to buy out his senior. Mr.. Morri-
son has had managing control of the
store all the time and will no doubt
continue its success Mr.. Park still
has property interests here and will
visit Roswell at intervals.
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FOR cHAvEs COUNTY, NEW

run STAVGO SOoN NE
MEXICO.
B. F. Ohisum, Plaintiff,
Harry Presley and Maud
Presley, his wife, ct al.
Nature of Action:-Suit to Foreclose
Real Estate Mortgage.
Notice of Foreclosure Sale Under De-
cree of Court.
Whereas, said Court on the goth
day of November, 1906, did make an
order and decree declaring that GER
tain mortgage deed made, executed
and delivered On the 18th day of Sep
TENDER, 1900, by the defendants Harry
Presley and Maud Presley, his wife,
to Antonio Ramoni, and afterwards
duly assigned to plaintiff, to be a legal
valid and subsisting first and prior
lien upon the real estate hereinafter
described, and ordering that said real
estate De sold to satisfy the sum of
tea hundred and s~eventy-one dollars
and seventeen cents Isl, 071.17), there
in decreed to be due plaintiff from
said defendants, Harry Presley and
Maud Presley, his wife, with interest
thereon from the oath day of October,
1906, at the rate of II per cent per an
mum, and the costs of said suit and
of this sale.
Now Therefore, I. the undersigned
Sheriff of Chaves County, New Mexico
under n by virtue of said order and
decree of Court, will on Saturday, the
9Th day of March, 1907, at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon, at the front door OF
the Court House in Roswell, New Mex
leo, offer for sale and sell to the high
est bidder for cash, for the purpose of
satisfying said Indebtedness due plain
tiff from said defendants Harry Pres
ley and Maud Presley, amounting with
interest to the day of sale to the sum
of eleven hundred and nineteen dol-
lars and thirty-seven cents ($"1,119.37)
and the costs of said suit and of this
sale, all the right, title. interest, claim
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G. L. BALLARD,
Sheriff of Chaves County New Mexico

A special meeting of h Board of
County Commissioners will be held
at the court house in Roswell on the
18th day of March, 1907, at 10 O'Clock
a. m, for the purpose of considering
ing an appropriation of county funds
to assist the citizens of lake Arthur
precinct in building a highway bridge
across the Rio Pecos near Lake Ar
thur, and the transaction of such 9th
er business as ma be deemed best
in connection with said proposed
bridge. w. M. ATKINSON,
(eod&w) Chairman Co. Com.
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Eidht a Church Mercer.

Colorado Springs, Col, March g.
The proposal to consolidate the Bap-
fist and Christian churches of Colora-
do City has stirred up a hornets nest
in that community, many members
OF both bodies being determined in
their opposition to the consolidation.
A meeting will be held this evening
to discuss the plan.
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An Error Corrected.

The Record is informed that the
writeup of the death of Miss L. A.
Foster, in stating the cause of the
death to be tuberculosis, was in err
ror, and that Miss Foster died of can
Ger of the stomach.
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and demand which the said defendants
Harry Presley and Maud Presley, his
wife, had on the a 18th day of
September, 1900, or have since mad,
acquired or owned, of, in and to the
following described real estate situate
lying and being in the city of Roswell,
County of Chaves n Territory of
New Mexico, to-wit: Lots numbered
IS and IA ia block No. 1, in North
Spring River Addition to Roswell, as
the same are shown upon the plat of
said North Spring River Addition now
on file in the office of Probate Clerk
and ex-Officio Recorder of said Chav-
es County.
Ira P. Wetmore and Karl A. Snyder
of Roswell, New Mexico, are Plaintiffs
attorneys.
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ton of the visitors The committee
was given power to do any thing they
considered proper.
Whereupon a recess was taken.
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Horses and mules bought and sold.
Woodruff & DeFreest, opposite the
Postoffice. loft.
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Grocery Stores.

WESTERN GROCERY CO.-The
leading grocery store, nothing but
the bes
CASH GROCERY.-Kirkpatrick &
Prunty, Prop. Strictly lash. Our
groceries are the best.
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Seed Store.

THE ROSWELL PRODUCE &
SEED CO.-An kinds of field and
garden seeds.
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Notary Public.

FRED j. BECK-City Clerk. Notary
Public, city hall corner End and
Richardson ave-.
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Mems F%urniSherS.

z. H.. WILLIAMS & CO.-The only
exclusive Mems Furlishers in the
Pecos Valley.
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Public Service Corporations.

The best light and power. Phone
131 and $50.
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Hotels.

THE GILKESON:-Roswell's new
hotel, rooms with private bath--AH
accommodations first class. One
Block West of P~ostofice.
Ell CAPTAIN HOTEL European
plan. Rooms, soc; meals, 25c. One
block west of depot
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Painters & Paper Hangers.

E. L. COOPER Painter and paper
hanger. My painting is first class
l hang paper the right way. Phone
215. 3t26*
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Life Insurance.

GEORGE T. BLANDFORD.- Repre-
sentative of the Mutual Benefit of
Newark, n. J.. The Mutual Benefit
furnishes insurance at cost.
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BOttling Works.

KIRBY'S BOTTLING WORKS. So.
Main st. Refresh your memory by
phonilg No. 6 for a case of Kir-
by's Best
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Blacksmith Shops.
Book Store.
Billiard-POOl Halls.

BOWLING, BILLIARDS, POOL
Brunswick Bake Coll. Co. equip
ment- Geo. B.. Jewett, Prop.
EAST SIDE POOL HALL-A pleas
ant place to spend your leisure. A
full line cigars and t-obaccoes.
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Cigar Stores.

THE ROTHENBERG & SCHLOSS
CIGAR CO.-Most complete line CT
gars in the city.
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Lumber Yards.

Lumber Yards.
PECOS VALLEY LUMBER CO.
Lumber, shingles, doors, lime, ce-
ment, paints, varnish and glass.
ROSWELL LUMBER co. Oldest
lumber yard in Roswell. See us for
all kinds of building materials and
paint.
KEMP LUMBER CO.-CaH on us for
Lumber. Shingles, etc. We treat
you right. East 4th St
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Second Hand Stores.
TailOrs.

HAMILTON BROS-Goods called for
and delivered. Phone 224.
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.Jewelry Stores.

PARK & MoRRISON.-The leading
and exclusive jewelers..
L. B. BOELLNER-Roswell's best
jeweler. A full line cut glass, hand
painted China, diamonds, etc.