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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-01
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
!. Its Economic Unsoundness Discov-
( cred in European Cities that are
Now Trying to Abandon it.

81 n &
While slavish American copyists
Of British methods are singing the
praises of municipal ownership.
British taxpayers are, revolving
against 1t, says the Chicago Tribune.
They are beginning to perceive its
economic unsound ness. They have
been enlightened by the increase In
their taxes. In 1858 the local ex-
penditure Of the municipa lities of the
united kingdom was $4,000 900,
and In 1902 it was s720, 000, 900
The municipal debt in 1884 was
\ $3.50, 900 900, and in 1904 1t was
s2,345,0 OO, 900. The great increase
in expenditure and indebt edness,
which is not justified by an increase
in population or wealth, was largely
due to the craze for municipal own
ership.
This reckless borrowing has met
with partial check. Capital has be-
come distrustfui, and It is no longer.
possible for municip ality to bor-1
row On the old cheap terms. It is
true that when q city government
has the municipal ownership mania
1t is willing to borrow on any terms
and let later generations foot the
bills, but the boards Of control.
which have the veto power, have, In
several instances. refused permits
sion to contract new loans. Glasgow
was among the rejected suitors.
Il Another check will come from the
4 taxpayers. Those Of London are be-
coming seriously alarmed. They see
an abyss Of debt opening before
them. The county council as at pres
ent constituted, not content with
what it has already done to raise the
taxes, wishes to enter the electrical
y field and monopolize it. It Is neg
Iecting matters which are within the
legitimate field Of action Of q mu-
nicipality, such ais the construction
of sewers, and Is eager to embark IN
{ enterprises which should be left to
private enterprises and energy, An
election Of members Of the council
,s to be held In a few days, and q
determined effortswill be made to de-
priye OF power the socialistic ele-
ment which has been exercising It.
while the people from London are
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-01
May Send Team to seagirt.


Adjutant General Poole has re-
ceived notice from the war depart
ment that two 80 field rifles have
been shipped to Battery A at. Lis
bon. The adjutant generals Office
has been several years trying to get
these guns for the Lisbon battery.
The adjutant general has another
bit of good news for the guard,
which is that a team will be sent
from North Dakota to the national
competition for Workmanship at Sea-
girt, N. j., next fall. North Dakota
is entitled to team of eighteen, but
none has been sent from this state
because of lack Of funds. Since the
Dick bill became law something
like $4,000 is appropriated to North
Dakota each year to be used exclu-
sively for rifle practice. It is the
opinion of General Poole that this
money could be devoted to paying
the expenses Of team to Seagirt,
and he has a letter from the mill
tary secretary at Washington inform
ing him that. the expenses Of such
team will be a proper charge against
the allotment.
1t is probable that more than the.
usual amount Of time will be devot-
ed to target practice at the encamp
ment at Devils Lake next summer
and that team will be selected there
to represent the North Dakota regi-
ment at the Seagirt competition.
Advertised List.
The following is the list of letters
remaining uncalled for at the post
Office in Bismarck, N. D., for the week
ending February %, 1907:
Ansttom, Agnes.
Barth, A. 5s I'll,
Boland, Miss Nellie.
Baldwin, DR.. L. B.
h Carlson, G. Aug.
Carlston, Miss Anna
DubroWn, 6. s.
@ Farley, M. r.
81 Elvik, Miss Dorothy
Flamer, T. ].
Frank, Peter.
Fraser, Miss Minnie.
Fairchild, III. s.
Fairchild, Miss Esther (2).
q Howell, o. K.
4 Hall, j. B.
Hoffman, Geo.
Heten. Miss II
Iverson, .Nettie
Jordal Otto az
Johnson, Thomas
Johnson, Miss Mabel (2)
@ Kirkwood, William 5i.
Lowrie, James
Mclaughlin, Miss Ella
Matsin, Valintine
Nelson, Leonard G.. (3l
Noonan, A. B. (4)
Pearson, Paul s
Peterson, Miss Maggie
Pomeroy, j. w.
N Pelchie, John
d Porter, Harry
Porter, B. H. (2
Pope. Miss Anna NJ.
Peterman, Frank
Reamond. Claud
Smith, Howard
Smith, Gov.
Smith, Miss Nellie t2)
Sagehorn, Henry
Stanley. Mr..
Van Kiver, Thos. CD III
Wheeler, Miss Vera
WALTON, Miss Anna
Whitaker Mrs Ellison
Yeo, William
In calling for the above letters,
please say advertised and give date.
of this notice. Letters will be held
IA days before being sent 70 the Dead
Letter ONCE. Agatha G. Patterson,
Ipostmistress.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

engaged in other lines of business in
Carlsbad l find that all of them are il
excellent spirits and are prosperous
and are therefore c~ontented. Carls-
bad's two banks are both in most thriv
ing condition of their history. A COM
plete and ~up-to-date water works sys-
tenn is being Installed in the town at
a cost of $4,000. The work is in
progress at the present time and it is
expected to be completed early in
March. This work is being one by
the Public Utilities Company a local
corporation.
The stock owners are all in very
condition. Seasons for the
past two years have been all that
could be desired. Cattle, sneep and
horses have done unusually well and
the increase has been phenomenal.
The prices realized for sheep and
wool have been the best l nave ever
known during the seventeen years of
my residence in New Mexico. The
same can be said of horses. The pric-
es obtained for cattle have been above
the average. Many important sales
of steers for the coming spring deliv-
cry were reported before l left home.
The prices for the three year old
steers were about $22.50 a head and
for the two year olds about $3.50 per
head"
Mr.. Cameron is at pretent making
his headquarters at the Palace Hotel.
His young son is with him and ne is
expecting his wife here in a few days.
He is making preparations to lease a
furnished house as his temporary
home during the session of the Legis.
laturp.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
VALUABLE ADVERTISING.

From Santa Fe Eagle
1t is Interesting to note, at this
time. that, during the two years be-
ginning December 1, 1904, and end
ing Nov. 80, 1906, there were printed
and distributed by the secretary of
the bureau of immigration 5000 San
Juan county pamphlets and no Chaves
county pamphlets; that there were
printed and distributed 5000 Berna-
lilo county pamphlets and no Tor
rance county pamphlets; that there
were printed and circulated 1000
Santa Fe county pamphlets and no
Eddy county pamphlets or pamphlets
for any of the other nineteen coul-
ties of the Territory. During this time
than nine-tenths of the immi-
grafton to New Mexico came to the
counties which had nc pamphlets
printed. 1t is a curious fact that the
county which secured the largest
number of pamphlets descriptive of
it's is the home of one of
the late members of the Bureau of
immigration who certified that thous-
ands of dollars worth of work had
been done when it had not. This may
have had some bearing on the pam
Dhlets for that county. Torrance coun-
ty. however, without any pamphlets
got more settlers within the past two
years than San Juan.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

for a country. On yes, advertising did
it all rignt-but besides having the
goods to show when n-omeSeekers
come, we have a live commercial
club in Roswell, and real estate men
who not only advertised the country
but went north and east with special
cars to bring prospective settlers
Then our advertising is M through
live newspapers such as h Daily
Record. the Hagerman Messenger,
Lakewood Progress, Artesia Advo-
cate, Carlsbad Argus. Current, INT
other papers. 1t should not be sur
prisilg that a Governor from this
section of the Territory understands
the difference between up-to-date adj
vertising and ancient history.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
FOR SALE.
Some Choice Residence Lots Cheap
as Dirt.

Some Choice Residence Lots Cheap
as Dirt.
An eight room house, 6 lots, nice
shade trees, good sidewalks, close in
and conveniently located. Good arte-
sian well, $500.
Nice new five room house, 100 feet
southeast front, sidewalk. A good bar
gain at $4,000.
A splendid bargain in 16 acres of
unimproved land, Railroad and End
Street front. Two blocks from court
house. 81, 00O cash, balance on easy
terms at low interest.
Some alfalfa land in artesian belt,
ditch water right; &c acres sown to
alfalfa. The alfalfa on adjoining 40
acres yielded a net Income last year,
1906. of more tna1 Is per e Near
town, splendid location.
A good 16O acres of Hondo water
right land. Some 40 acres of alfalfa,
good house. land fenced Valued at
$3.50 per acre.
CARLTON & BELL.
300 n. Main street.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
Louisiana State Fair.

Shreveport, La, Jan. ga meeting
of the directors of the Louisiana State
Fair Association was held here to-day
for the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing year and to consider
dates and plans for the next fair. The
directors report that the affairs of the
Association are in a hourishing condi-
ton and that this years exposition
promises to be one of the greatest of
its kind ever held in the south.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
For soutbern Immioration.

Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 2S.-Gover-
nor Duncan C.. Hayward of South Car
DINA will deliver an address on immi-
grafton before a joint session of the
Alabama legislature tomorrow. Gov
ernor Hayward is not only the execu-
tive of a state which has partially sol
we'd the immigration problem, but al
so the president of the Southern Immi
grafton n Industrial Association.
and his address is awaited with great
interest. Plans are now on foot for
the establishment of state immigra-
ton leagues in Alabama and other
southern states as auxiliaries to the
association. 1t is expected that a con
certed movement on a large scale will
soon be -ilaugurated, having for it's
object the bringing of Europeans to
the southern states to supplant the
unsatisfactory and rapidly diminishing
supply of negro laborers.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

The method by which it was pro-
posed to railroad through the district
attorney bill may be judged by the
fact that the clerk of the house af-
ter the bill was introduced refused
to allow either the Daily Record cor
respondent or the Albuquerque Daily
Ournal representative to see a copy
of the bill. The grafters do not want
the people to see what they are doing.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

Hon. ]. o. Cameron, the lone Demo
crat of the Territorial Council, has
a place on each of the following com
mittees: Judiciary, Finance, Eiuca'
ton, Irrigation, Enrolled and Engross'
ed Bills, Library, Public Property.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

If the district attorney bill is bound
to pass anyway, of course h Pecos
Valley Democrats will elect thelr
own district attorney But 1t will be
unfortunate for many west
of the mountains where the grafters
are n control.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

The albuquerque Citizen has rec
emily counted the letters in the Bible,
and fiads the total about equal to the
number of "ems" in that famous gov
errors message in Spanish printed
by the New Mexican
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

In return for Democratic support
it is rumored that Governor Hager-
man may appoint Democrats as dis
trict attorneys in districts where
there is an undoubted Democratic ma
iOrity.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

All advertisements TO insure lnser-
tIon In the same days Issue of h
Record mould be In h printers
hands before eleven o'clock In the
morning. Orders for taking out any
standing ad. should also be In the Of
Gee by eleven o'clock to prevent It's
oeina run that day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

The New Mexican want to let the
office of attorney general to he low
est bidder. Why not to the
bidder, as the Territorial printing
was let?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
300 N. Main stree

160 acre farm. finely improved, 10
Gated In central Oklahoma. to trade
for property in or near Roswell.
waat have you got?-Carlton 6 Bell,
opposite postoflce.
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Possibly the Territorial Immigra,
ton Bureau might still prove useful
II the Governor could induce the
president and secretary of the o
well Commercial IL to take charge
of it. with other members of the
Club as a cabinet.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

Through the efforts of Councilman
Cameron all county division PROPOSE
lions will be laid on h table for the
present
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

The New Mexican has been smok'
ed out at last. 1t s now openly hgnt'
ing the Governor-just as the Rec
ord predicted it would.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

The Albuquerque Citizen calls the
Journal of that city a Democratic or
gan. The Record objects The Jour
nal is not orthodox. Still 1t seems TO
be doing all that could be expected
of a Republican paper for the cause
of good government
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

As a last resource, the Almanac Is
now taking a strong stand on lts
dignity"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

II the district attorney bill is pass
ed there probably will not be as ma
nv Democratic candidates for district
attorney in this district as there
were for justice of the peace in the
recent campaign. X. X. Scott is the
only man we have heard mentioned.
so far.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
Santa Fee New Mexican Jan. 2s.

Santa Fe New Mexican Jam. rs.
Hon. j. o. Cameron, of Carlsbad,
who has the distinction of being the
only Democratic member of the pres
emit Legislative Council, is strongly OPP
posed to the creation of any new
counties at present in the Pecos Val
ley. Being the Councilman from the
Twelfth District comprising the coua-
ties of Chaves, Eddy and Roosevelt,
his views on the subject are of par
ticular interest. He says that the SEN
timent of a large majority of the peo-
Pile directly affected are against any
such procedure and he feels in duty
bound t exert mis- influence il de-
feating the new county propositions
so far as the Pecos Valley is con
cerned.
Mr.. Cameron mad no hesitation in
giving his views for publication on
the proposed new counties of Hager-
man and Artesia but he declined to
enter into a discussion of the two
other proposed counties of Coronado
and Pyramid. To a reporter of the
New Mexican last evening he said:
There is a movement IN DOT to
create one or more new counties in
the Pecos Valley out of territory now
embraced in the counties of Eddy and
Cnaves. N proposition is to create
a county to be called Hagerman vita
the town of Hagerman as the county
seat which would embrace within it's
borders principally territory now in
Chaves county. O%ne-third of the ter
ritory proposed to be included in
this new county is now part of Eddy
County.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

Recent improvement Of the West
err Union telegraph service in Ros-
well has enabled the Record to- in
crease its news reports, and the paper
today begins the publication Of pages
Of standard size, one column wider
and two inches longer. or 1856 inches
more news space The Record now
prints more set news matter than
n other daily I'm the Territory, X
sept those published at Albuquerque
III a mot SO many pages, but uses
no "boIler~p1ate" nor dead-head ads.
The Record win continue to grow
as rapidly as the patronage and size
Of the town justifIes. It win also con-
tinue to- Wurk for good government
and the advancement OF all the mate
rinl and social interests of Roswell
and the Pecos Valley
or Mt
The Newtne French tnadvartentfy
rput H. foFll for sos. 00dts Q defense
of the Tetn excess of thfion Bureau
4 poin<efisned work that @ley as an
example, ae does
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

1DdNeS COu1ly. oAc-lIlTu VI liz lSI-
ritory proposed to be included il
his new county is now part of Eddy
County.
Artesia County Project.
Another proposition is that of Ar
tesla County which contemplates the
formation of a county with the town
of Artesia as the county eat and out
of territory to be taken from the coun
ties of Eddy and Chaves in about
equal proportions. The own of Hag-
erman is located about twenty-five
miles south of Roswell while the town
of Artesia is located about thirty-five
miles north of Carlsbad.
THE creation of the county of Hag-
erman would 10 injure the present
county of Eddy to any very great ex-
tent FOR the reason that the part of
Eddy county which would be taken is
practically unsettled and uldevelOped.
The effect upon Chaves county at this
time would be rather disastrous, at
least from the standpoint of the citi-
zens of Cnaves county not resi1ing
and having interests in the immediate
vicinity of the town of Hagermal.
THE proposed county of Artesia is
bitterly opposed by the citizens of
Chaves county residing and owning
property in that part of the county
which it is proposed to incorporate in
the county of Artesia. These citizens
referred to are so much opposed to
the proposition that they e n a com
mittee to wait upon me at my home
in Carlsbad before coming here. They
Fe, the members of which are here
now for the purpose of protesting
against the proposition.
Would Ruin Eddy County.
9TH creation of the county of Ar
tesla in my opinion as at present pro
posed would be ruinous to Eddy coun-
ty. 1t would take away from the ter
ritory now embraced in tina county
practically all of what is commonly
termed the artesial water district
but as yet it is still il a formative
pSTlOu- very AlIiS lduu mas dCludiiy
been brought under cultivation and
the actual utility of the ~artesian wat
er flow is not fully demonstrated.
The only part of the county re-
naming which can be developed as a
farming district is hat lying around
and south of the town of Carlsbad and
is under the government irrigation
project which only contemplates fur
nishiag water for 20. 900 acres. The
balance of the territory which would
be left to the county of Eddy so far
as is known at this time is only fit
for grazing purposes, there being in
my opinion no room for development
along that line. as the public ranges
are fully stocked at the present time.
The citizens of Eddy county out.
side of the immediate vicinity of Ar
tesla are according to my est infor-
nation ON that subject almost to a
man opposed to the creation of the
new county. On the whole I believe
that the creation of any new county in
the Pecos Valley at this time would
be a serious mistake. Such action
would result in the making OF two
small poor counties out OF what
II now q fairly prosperous and repre-
sentative county able to all its
obligations and protect the interests
OF the citizens At q moderate expense.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
COUNTY
DIVISION
J. o. CAMERON COMES OUT IN
OPPOSITION TO ITS PASS
AGE AT PRESENT.
NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE

Pecos Valley Has Great Future Ahead
Needs Additional Railroad lFacili-
ties to Give Its Products a Market.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28
New Iondon Theatre.

London, Jan. 2S.|London's new the
alter, the Playhouse, will be opened to
night by Cyril Maude.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

In its desperation, the Las Vegas
Optic tries to make 1t appear that
the Governor is making threats OF
what he to do in case the
legislature does not dc so and So. II
the Governor were that brand of pol
itician, he would have been forced
to resign long ago. The truth is that
by keeping his own counsel as to his
plans the Governor has 'em all
guessing. Bluff, buster and black
guardism do not visibly AFFECT him.
The New Mexican has no censor
ship over. the correspondence sent
out from Santa Fe this session. The
Democratic papers of the Territory
have a correspondence bureau OF
their own at the capital. under h
management of Mr.. McCutchen. The
Daily Record has a special CORES
pondant on the ground, and the Al
buquerQue Journal also maintains its
own information bureau. The whole
truth will be published-and the peo-
pie will no longer be deceived by the
slush of the g~rafters' organ.
The men who are working for the
district attorney bill are not all in
spired by pure patriotism The chief
object il to protect the old gang of
grafters from prosecution-a1d TO
stop the Investigation OF election
frauds. The election Of all officers
by vote of tie people is OF course a
cardinal principle of Democracy-but
in the interests of good government
the Record believes the Democrats
cannot AFFORD to help the old gang of
grafters tie the hands of an honest
governor
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-01-28

Figure with B. +. Smith when you
van buggy painting. Phone 17S. 7tf
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Cedar Brook. formerly w. H. NC
Brqyer.-Oriental. 59tf
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p. v. & N. E. TIME TABLE.

d. BURNS. Agent
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Lake Avalon where the United States
Reclamation Service is reconstructing
the dan across the Pecos River which
was washed away by the GOODS two
years ago The work on the irriga-
ton project is being pushed and the
cement foundation to the water level
across the stream is about completed
The civil engineers in charge assured
me that the work would be far enough
advanced to turn the water into the
canals for distribution to farmers in
the district some time during the
month of April. OF course that would
be plenty of time for growing crops
this year. In anticipation of the ir-
rigation project being finished in the
spring the farmers within the irri-
gable area are going right ahead get
ting their land il shape to plant their
crops.
To Cultivate Large Acreage.
w expect a good many acres of
land to be cultivated this season. For
two years the land in the district has
been unused for want of water. A
large number of new settlers are com
ing in and buying farms in the irri-
gated districts Lands which have
been held in large tracts heretofore
are being s~ubdivided into smaller
tracts and sold in That way
Carlsbad is feeling the effect of the
work being done by the government
on the diversion dam and the influx
of Immigrants. New buildings are
being erected for residence and busi-
ness purposes At . rapid rate IN ev-
cry part OF the town. The business
conditions generally are very good. In
talking with tae merchants n those