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remedy for an undoubted evil or it
is not. Determining whether it is
such a remedy or otherwise does
not depend on the use of moneys
provided by liquor taxes for schools
or any other purpose, 1t depends
on facts entirely independent of the
use TO which the license money is
put. # traffic in intoxicants Is evil,
it is not redeemed by paying tribute
to something good. If the traffic is
good, it does not need the defense
that it yields money for something
else which is good.
In PLAN English, this school
money is a bride, and the people of
Mobile county have put themselves
in the attitude of those who would
fight for a chance TO take it.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-20

man with an
old-fashioned face and chin
beard and thin. independent
white hair; a plainly dressed
man, with d kindly smile. a
stern cigar, and a uafr Of
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
FERD BOECKELER & co.
Show Themselves to Be Artists of
No Mean Quality in the Bun
co Line.
BY THE LIGHT O'THE MOON
They Skip for Parts Unknown and
Large Number of Creditors
Mourn Their Loss.

Socorro had financial furry
Sunday morning that would
make any furry that ever hap
pened on Wall street look like
thirty cents.
Ferd Boeckeler & Co. had
skipped by the light o'the moon
for parts unknown, leaving many
creditors to mourn their untime-
ly going away.
The dear departed showed
themselves to be artists at the
game of bunco. They assumed
a contract for the purchase of
the Park House property.
Brothers were to come from
Germany with money in their
purses and the contract was to
be closed November |.
Business at the Park House
under the management of Boeck-
eler & company did not thrive,
but credit with Socorro's business
men was easy.
When debts to the amount of
about 81, 500 had been contracted
and November was near at hand,
there was a sudden and unan-
nounced departure. But let Us
say no more. If you have tears
to shed, now is the time.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIAL
Given at the Presbyterian Church
Tuesday Evening Was a Com
plete Success.

The missionary social given
at the PRESBYTERIAN church Tues.
day evening under the auspices
of the Ladies' Aid society was a
pronounced success in every re-
spect and a great credit to those
whose strenuous efforts made
that success possible. The dec
orations of the church were artis.
tic in the extreme. In fact, the
interior of the church never pre-
sented a more attractive appear
ance. Navajo blankets and APP
propriate missionary pictures
made up the wall decorations,
and a profusion of chrysanthe-
NUNS added their beauty to the
scene. Rev. b. G. Meeker opened
the entertainment with prayer.
The musical and literary
program, under the direction of
Mesdames w. II. Herrick and
Jos. L. Smith and Prof. Twin
ing, was much enjoyed. 1t con-
sisted of vocal solos by Mes
danes Richer, Murray, and New
comb and MeSsrs. Noble and
Cook; special readings on home
missionary work by Mesdames
Bear, Geo. Il. Cook, Herrick,
Il. III. Hoffman, Blackington,
and Mayer; papers on Our
Schools" by Mrs. Jos. T.. Smith,
Plaza Schools" bv Mrs. Her
rick, and Our Field" giving
an account, principally, of what
is being done in this district and
what had been done for the To-
cal church, by Mrs. John w.
Terry; cornet solo by Prof.
Twining; two selections by the
choir, which was ably assisted
on this occasion bY Mesdames
Richer and Brown and MeSsrs.
II. u. Noble, Jos. T.. Smith,
Prof. Richer, f.. Starr, and
Mayer; and music by the
orchestra consisting of Mrs,
Twining, Misses Helen Terry,
Bertha Kealer, and Winifred
Crater, and Messrs Twining and
Starr. The refreshment COM
mittee consisted of Mesdames
Sweet, Blackington, and Jos. L.
Smith, and which part of the
evenings entertainment was
much enjoyed by all. The en-
tertainment was given to raise
funds for the yearly contribu-
tion to the home missionary
fund and the collection amount
ed to S2l.O0.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
A Gard of Thanks.

The ladies of the Aid Society
desire to thank those who con-
tributed to make the home mis-
sion social at the Presbyterian
church a success, both socially
and financially. We would men
tion particularly the musicians,
both vocal and instrumental, Mr..
Estevan Baca who kindly donat.
ed the use of his piano, and MIR.
George Cook who generously
moved the piano to and from the
church.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
ROBERT THOMPSON COLLINS
Passes Away at His Home in This
City after Protracted Illness.

Robert II. Collins passed
away at his home in this city at
5 o'clock Sunday evening after
a long and painful illness.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. NJ. Matthieson at the
family residence Tuesday after
noon under the management of
Socorro Hose Company No. 1,
and the remains we're laid to rest
in Socorro cemetery in the pres
ence of very large attendance
of people who had assembled to
pay respect to the memory of
their friend and neighbor.
Robert Thompson Collins was
born in New York city May 20,
1871. He came to Socorro 20
years ago. In June of 1901 he
was married to Miss Mary
Glasson, and three children
we're born of the union.
Deceased was a member of the
firm of Newcomb, Collins & Co..
was city clerk and a member of
Socorro Hose company for sever
al years, and was deputy county
assessor for two terms. Peace
be to his memory, is the wish of
a very large circle of Socorro
county friends and acquaintances.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
Beware of ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy
the sense of smell and completely
derange the whole system when
entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians,
as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by f j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., con-
tains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by f.
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by all Druggists. Price,
75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for
constipation.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
IS IN LINE FOR STATEHOOD
Treaty with Mexico Long Ago Con
tanned Promise of Admission for
New Mexico

After nearly sixty years of
more or less patient waiting,
New Mexico at last1finds state
hood in sight. On his trip down
the Mississippi, President Roose-
welt committed himself to the adj
mission of the territory. Invit-
ing the governor OF Oklahoma
and of New Mexico to board his
boat he safd: Il want the gov
ernor of the territory that has
become a state and the governor
of the territory that is to become
a state to ride with me-"
In the treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo between the United
States and Mexico, concluded in
l84S, the American government
inserted Article 3 of the Louis
lana treaty, which gave the
promise:
The inhabitants of the ceded
territory shall be incorporated in
the union of the United States,
and admitted as soon as possible,
according to the principles of the
federal constitution, to the en-
joyment of all the rights, advan-
tages and immunities of citizens
of the United States"
The first state admitted under
the pledge of the original Louis
lana treaty was Louisiana, nine
years after the promise was
given. The last bit of the Louis
lana purchase, Oklahoma, is Just
now passing out of the territor-
ial condition, one hundred aud
four years after the treaty of
cession was signed. The pro-
ceedings under the Mexican
treaty have been little more
rapid. California was admitted
in 1880, two years after its ac-
QUESTION, Nevada in 1864, and
Utah in 1896. Parts of Colora-
do, admitted in 1876, and of
Wyoming. admitted in 1890,
were also included in the Mexi-
can cession.
Only Arizona and New Mexi
co are still left outside OF the
union of states. In 1876 New
Mexico had 81, $40 inhabitants,
which was more than Colorado,
Dakota Chen united). Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, Oregon.
Utah, Washington, or Wyoming
had at that time. In 1900 the
population of New Mexico was
195, $40. and Colorado, the Dako-
tas. Montana, Oregon. Utah
and Washington had passed her
in the interval. But even now
New Mexico is more populous
than Delaware, Idaho, Nevada
or Wyoming. When she comes
in, Arizona will be the only ter
ritory in the main body of the
United States and il will not be
be possible much longer to re-
sist the demand for final clean
up of the territorial system.
Golfers, Oct. 10, 1907.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
peath Of Mrs. Eliaabeth Fiteh

Mrs. Elizabeth Fitch. mother
of Attorney James G.. Fitch
and Miss Anne w. Fitch of
this city, died at her home in
Painesville, Ohio, Thursday
morning at the age of "a years.
Mrs. Fitch had visited in So
corro and was highly respected
and esteemed by all who knew
her here.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02

The grand chapter of Royal
Arch Masons in New Mexico has
elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: Grand high
priest, James G.. Fitch, Socorro,
deputy grand high priest, C. ID.
Boucher, Las Vegas; grand king.
]. ]. Kelly, Silver CITY; grand
scribe, DIR. j. c. Slack, Claytoni
grand treasurer, A. ]. Maloy,
Albuquerque; grand secretary,
A. A. Keen, Albuquerque.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02

Los reportes de jueces de paz
de varios preciutos fueron apro-
bados; ell de Severe Carrillo del
precinto No. 10 fue referido para
mas information.
FL escribano fue instruido de
aviSar 4 Alfred Richardson que
los comiSionddos lie devolverfan
la suma de 25 pesos 81 el cuida
de su esposa hasta la proximo
termino dc la corte.
FL reporte del alguacil mayor,
Aniceto G. Abeytia, sobre licen-
cias de licor y juegos fue apro-
bado.
FL reporte del coronario,
Tomas Hernandez, fue aprobado.
La resignation de Elfego Ga
baldou, condeStable del precinto
No. 10, fue aceptada.
Una peticion de los ciudada-
nos de Lemitar por ayuda en- la
construction de un cubo fue con-
tinuada hasta la proxima junta
regular.
El procurador de diStrito fue
instruido de consentir una re-
duccion hasta mil receS en- el
n1mero de ganado vacuno aSesa-
do 4 j. w. Converse, por motive
de que una parte del ganado del
Senior Converse Sc pastea en- el
condado de Grant.
Una peticion de ] M. Bryson
por reparaciones en- el camino en-
tire Estey City y OScuro fue con-
tinuada hasta la proxima junta.
Una communication del cuerpo
territorial de igualimiento infor-
mo al cuerpo de comisionados de
condado que las apelacioneS de
su acci6n por Melecio Apodaca,
Y +. Scholle habian sido revo-
cadas y la accion del cuerpo de
comisionados sostenida; y que la
apelacion de The St. Louis
Smelling and Refining Co. habfa
Sido SOstenida.
A. E. Sipe fue nombrado su-
pervisor de caminos del precinto
No. 10.
E. ID. Gordon fue nombrado
juez de paz y Juan Carejo con-
destable del precinto de Elmen-
dorf.
Ell certificado de prorrateo del
Superintendent de Escuelas ID.
A. Ortega fue aprobado.
Cuentas montando 4 270 pesos,
las cuales fueron preSentadas al
cuerpo de comisionados de con-
dado en- Octubre 10, 1906, por
Leandro Baca, ex-alguacil mayor.
y Tomas A. Baca, guardia, y
fueron entonces rechasadas,
fueron concedidaS bajo la aproba-
cion del procurador de distrito.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
DOINGS AT LATE FAIR
Dreadfully Shocks the Moral Con-
science Of the Editor of the
Hagerman Messenger,
rExlCO TRUMPET TO RESCUE
Defends socorro County and Terri
tory of New Mexico against a
Silly Criticism.

The Hagerman Messenger is
evidently possessed of a super
sensitive and troublesome moral
conscience, as is indicated by the
following very apt and sensible
article from the fexico Trumpet:
The Hagerman Messengers
moral conscience" has been
dreadfully shocked and that
paper has concluded that New
Mexico deserves military rule
instead of statehood" And the
peaceful town of Socorro is the
cause of all this. Truly should
Socorro bow its head in shame,
and it might even be a good idea
to send a delegation of leading
citizens to Hagerman to apollo
gize to the broad minded CD Mes
senger. The reader will natur-
ally ask, What has Socorro
done?" In the first place, forty
COWBOYS welcomed Governor
Curry with a fusilade from six
shooters discharged in the air"
Those naughty, naughty cow
boys; they really should be sent
TO bed without their supper, for
pesuming to indulge in such
frivolity. But the worst is vet
to come, Why, actually, on
Sunday, San Miguel day, base
ball, bronco busting. shooting
matches and other sports were
INDUCED in," and thus was the
Messengers moral conscience"
doubly shocked.
The Trumpet does not wish to
be understood as approving of
any desecration of the Sabbath,
at the Socorro fair or at any
other time or place, but it real
ICES fully, as does every one else
who is familiar with the customs
and conditions prevailing in
western New Mexico, that these
sports were INDUCED in with no
thought or intention Of Sabbath
desecration. Practically the
same thing might happen in any
one of several of the older states
of the Union. Among the
French residents of Governor
Curry's native state, which is
also the native state of the wri-
ter of this article, such sports
very frequently occur on Sunday,
and it would not be surprising if
Governor Curry himself could
call to mind "patgo" shooting
matches, dances, etc, on Sunday,
in his native place. And would
the Hagerman Messenger dare
to say that Louisiana, which has
had a place in the Union for 10,
these many years, has no sense
of moral conscience" and
should be under military rule?"
1t is wrong to violate the Sab
bath in New Mexico, Louisiana
or elsewhere, but it is done un-
thoughtedly by many people in
every state, and the mere fact
that this incident occurred in
New Mexico, no more units this
territory for a place in the gal
axy of states, than the similar
action by unthinking or irrelig-
ious people, units Louisiana or
any other state for place in the
Union.
A newspaper should be more
brOadminded than to so severely
criticise the action of people
who, with no thought of irrever-
ence. merely INDUCED in that
which has been a custom for
MANY. many wears.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
$500 for Lost Watch

Five dollars reward will be
paid the finder for the return of
a lost watch to the owner. Miss
Candalaria Sais, at the central
telephone station. The watch
was lost Tuesday evening be-
tween the post Office corner and
the owners home.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
James Fullerton Dead.

A dispatch received at The
Chieftain Office this morning
from w. S. Fullerton at San
Diego, California, says that
James Fullerton died at 2:3O
o'clock yesterday afternoon at
the age of seventy-seven years.
Mr.. Fullerton leaves widow,
Mrs. Amanda ]. Fullerton, a
daughter, Mrs. Kutzner, and
two sons, John f. and w. S,
Fullerton, and a large number
of friends in Socorro county TO
mourn his loss.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02

There was considerable des
truction of property in the city
Thursday night in cOmmemora-
tion OF Halloween, the public
school buildings being the special
objects of attack. Harmless fun
on such an occasion is in order and
will cause no protest; but when
the occasion is made one for a
lot of young vandals to indulge
their lawless and destructive dis
position it is time to call a halt.
Members of the board of educa-
tion did exactly right in having
some of the suspected parties ar
rested and given hearing before
Judge Green.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
UNA SESSION. REGULAR
Ouerpo de OOmisionados de Oondado
Sc Reunen en- la Casa de
Oortes.
Y TODAS CUENTAs Sc PAGAN
Y otros Negocios del oondado Sc
Despachan de Una Manera
satisfactoria.

En- una junta regular del cuer-
po de comisionados de condado
comenzando Octubre z estaban
presentes ell Presidente David
Farr, los Comisionados Alfredo
Armijo y Pedro S. Cuntreras, el
Interprete Il. S. Stapleton, el
Escribano r. II. Sweet, y el Al
guacil Mayor Aniceto L. Abey-
tia por su diputado, S. c. ALry-
ia.
FL reporte del tesorero de con-
dado por el Gltimo cuarto fue
aprobado.
Las fianzas de supervisors de
caminos de II. w. Crawford del
precinto No. 13 y Jesus Chavez
del precinto No. 80, tambien la
fianza de carnicero de Ralph ID.
Baird de Kelly, fueron aproba-
daS.
Cuentas contra Ell fondo de ami
males silvestres fueron concedi-
das como sigue, las sumas sien-
do 4 razon de 20 por ciento de
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02

Winifred Crater, who is making
her home with her sister Mrs.
h. w. Twiniug, met with a
peculior accident Thursday even
ing. She was standing by the
mirror, when it fell and struck
her on the face. One of the
broken pieces cut a deep cash
across her nose. The accident
was a strange one but no serious
results are anticipated.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
THANKSGIVING. NOVEMBER 20
Presidents Proclamation Asks Ma
tion to Give Thanks for Bless
ings Vouchsafed.

President Roosevelt has issued
his proclamation naming Novem.
ber % as day of thanksgiving
and prayer. The Thanksgiving
proclamation follows:
Once again the season of the
year has come when, in accord
ance with the custom of our fore
fathers for generations past, the
president appoints the day as the
especial occasion for all our peo-
pie to give praise and thanks
giving to God.
During the past year we have
been free from famine, from pes
thence, from war; we are at
peace with all the rest of man.
kind. Our natural resources are
at least as great as those of any
other nation. We believe that,
IN ability to develop and take adj
vantage of these resources, the
average man of this nation
stands at least as high as the
average man of any other.
Nowhere else in the world is
there such an opportunity for
free people to develop to the full
est extent all its powers of body,
of mind and of that which
stands above body and mind.
Much has been given us from
on high, and much will rightly
be expected of us in turn. Into
our care the Ten Commandments
are entrusted, and we are to be
pardoned neither if we squander
and waste them, nor yet if we
hide them in a napkin, for they
must be fruitful in our hands.
Ever throughout the ages, at all
times and among all peoples,
prosperity has been fraught with
danger, and it behooves us to
beseech the Giver of all things
that we may not fall into the
love of ease and luxury; that we
may not lose our sense of moral
responsibility; that we may not
forget our duty to God and to
our neighbor.
"A great democracy like ours,
democracy based upon the
principles of orderly liberty, can
be perpetuated only if in the
heart OF the ordinary citizen
there dwells a keen sense of
righteousness and justice, which
should grow ever greater in the
hearts of all of us, that all our
souls may be inclined ever more
both toward the virtues that tell
for gentleness and tenderness,
for loving kindness and forbear-
ance one with another and to-
ward those no less necessary
virtues that make for manliness
and rugged hardihood-for with
out these qualities no nation or
individual can rise to the level
of greatness.
Now, therefore, |, Theodore
Roosevelt, president of the Unit
ed States, do set apart Thurs
day, the twenty-eight dav of
November, as a day for general
thanksgiving and prayer, and on
that day recommend that the
people shall cease from their
daily work, and in their homes
or in their churches meet de-
voutly to thank the Almighty
for the many and great blessings
they have received in the past,
and TO pray that they may be
given the strength so to order
their lives as to deserve a con-
tinuation of these blessings in
the future"
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02
Doctor and Mrs. r. w. Coiville

Doctor and Mrs. II. w. Colville
and Mrs. j. f. Starr of Mount
Vernon, Ohio. arrived in Socorro
Wednesday morning and are
guests in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. IL. Herrick. Mrs. Col
Vile is the mother and Mrs.
Starr the sister of Mrs. Herrick.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-11-02

Assessor A. b. Baca has been
out at Magdalena and further
west for several days on official
business.
The San Francisco call., 1907-03-10
HENRY DECHENT-

100 Post ST.. near Polk
Sf,OOO-z nals OF rooms each on Oak ST near
Devisadero; mortgage Of $30eO rents s65;
must be sold.
Golden cate ave., near 1st.; an elegant
building. renting for 500. so; mortgage Of
$4,000 -'s~sS "a
$780, Oats Of 9 and 7 rooms and hath: M IN
DATE on Frederick ST.. near Fulton: win
rent for S1O5 -
$780, hats Of and rooms and bath on
amer ST. close to the park. an elegant
building with basement and attic reors
S90i mortgage $500
$1@,OOO-z hats OF and Z rooms and bath on
Stelner st. near the theaters: In very
nne eonQltlon; renting proposition good
TOT %1oO month; mortgage IN TO SfO0O
:. can oe had; must be sold within days
p-,VVV-A rouse or s rooms; IN tine condition
nltle o1iiding In rear: cement walks:
VIII rent for S45. and Is cheap at $500
$4,OOO-A nice house OF rooms: driveway
stable, large lot: on Chattanooga ST
close TO I'D; make offer.
CHEAP LOTS
Ss9vv-SoxlzO; 4oth ave. near L 81.
$z,lo0-25xl20. 4th ave- near Clement af
$x,90o-25x137 g.; Frederick ST. mr. Sfanvan
e"'0oo--olxlof;S; 2sd ST.. nr. Castro; $500
$.65o-2sx12o; Castro st., nr. 18Th: grand
view; part cash.
$l,I5O-SOx1z0; Castro ST. mr. 18th: grand
view; part cash
xl,3O0-25x100, Stanyan ST. mr. PIvoIi
%a'~oV-<oxl<vs zlst ave, mr.. Clement st. S7OO
$aoo- 500 -s2xl2s: Burlingame; $50 required
f9Oo-64x240s Burlingame: part caah
HENRY DECHENTD
uos Post St. near PoIk.