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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

There seems to be a strong SEN
tlment among the members of the
Assembly that the appointive
power of the governor is to be in
a great measure taken away. The
expression among those opposed
10 the executives power in this
particular allege that this pterog-
alive is too autocratic and not in
conformity with the principles of
the constitution.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

The latest from the territorial
capital is to the effect that ut least
two bills are in process to prohib-
it the territory from issuing gam
bling license in the future. The
sentiment against gambling is
cropping outall overthe territory 4.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26
County Commissioners Will Meet

The board of county commits
sioners will meet on Monday the
4th day of February for the pur-
pose of canvassing the votes of the
various precincts of the county
in Justice of the Peace and Con-
stable elections, and for the trans.
action of any other business pend
ing at that time.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

One of the anti-gambling bills
being drafted from the House OF
the Assembly is by representative
b. Ruppe and the other is coming
from a council member from San
Miguel. 1t is believed this bill
will be passed early in the session.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

We notice that our representa-
tive, n. V. Gallegos. has been ap-
pointed on a number of impor-
tant committees in the organiza-
ton of the legislature, the name
Gallegos appearing on the COM
mittee on finance, railroads, in
ternal improvements and militia.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

This office wants a case man or a
girl who can set type. Will pay
the scale. Permanent situation TO
a printer who can earn the wages.
Can use two for awhile. Don't
want any hobos, none need apply.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

Subscribe for this paper, What
you will save on purchases by
Gross, Kelley's advertisements will
pay your subscription and stock
your farm. 14.1t
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26
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Office ct Tueumesri. New Mexico under &C, Of Congress Of
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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-01-26

All the latest Papers and Maya.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY AND
 HOW II WAS SPENT Large Crowds Visit the Various Shore
 Resorts. ONE FATAL ACCIDENT. Trolley Company Handles the Immense Crowd in
 Good Shape.
ONE FATAL ACCIDENT.

It was a great day yesterday for a holiday. The weather was ideal and the crowds were early astir to par ticipate In the exercises and events of the day. The morning was taken up principally with doing honor to the dead. Flags were plentiful and most of them were at half-mast The mem bers of the c. A. R, and other or gini2ations sent details to the various cemeteries to decorate the graves and thus pay yearly tribute of respect to the memory of their past comrades.
 As the day advanced the sad exer- cises of the morning were left behind and everybody and everything began to assume holiday air. Soon after midday the cars were beseiged by an eager crowd who were curious to get away from the city and the cars to Savin Rock and other places were busy taking their full quota of pas sengers in every direction.
 Lighthouse, Morris Cove and Momau- guln came in for their share of patron age and Derby, Walllngford and other places were also well patronized. At Savin Rock the White City was, of course, the mecca of attraction, and many thousands of people passed through it's gates. They were more than delighted with all the attractions offered and many were loud in their praise of the pleasant changes made since last year by Manager Speck. The various cafes and restaurants had all they could do to feed the crowd, and the majority of them did 1t we'll
 The popular east shore resort, the Momauguin, shared second honors with the Rock and those who preferred the quiet and reserved nature of that place were well taken care of by Manager White and his able corps of assistants. East Rock park was visited by large numbers during the day. Many att tended the matinee races at Elm City park and quite large crowd went to Orange to witness the races of the Der by Driving club.
 Only one accident of fatal and seri- ous nature was reported during the day.
 The railroad station was also scene of much hustle during the day, many people going and coming from all dl- rections. The trolley company handled the immense crowds in good shape and the cars were run on very good time all through the day. Taken altogether, Memorial day of 1907 passed off very auspiciously.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31

created by the legislature. The legisla- ture and these boards may tax railroad property without limit and by any method, and may ike rates and fares to the point of confscation-an anom- alous instance of power without re- sponsibility,
 Tn such a situation, 1t is an abso- lute necessity for the managers of railroads to feel concerned as to the action of legislators. many of whom are mere blackmailers, This is what IS meant by the railroads being "in poli- ties, They have never taken part in Kansas politics except in self-defense and to protect from spoliation the property entrusted to their care.
 Land grants to aid railroad build ings were solicited from congress, not by railroad promoters or capitalists, but by the people of the West, the pol- iticians and editors, who were trying then to persuade Eastern capital to investment in railroads in these, then, uninhabited and uninhabitable coun- tries. No man could then be elected to congress who did not pledge him. self to the people to vote for land grant. The lands were worthless without railroads and their value in the future was wholly problematical.
 This anti-railroad agitation seems to be the craze of the hour and will probably die out with this administra- ton, as the Greenback craze and the Free Silver craze disappeared with a change of adninstration.-The Rail- way Journal.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
Goldlers Not to Be Tall.

While it is obvious that an approach to physical perfection is more needed in the soldier than in the follower of many other trades and professions, yet is it also obvious that physical perfection is a phrase with more meanings than one, and that in mod |ern conditions, not less of war than of peace, mere size counts for so little that some dubiety is permissible as to the wisdom, to say nothing of the ne- cessity, of the order adding an Inch to the height requisite for admission to West Point.
 And, very cautiously and gently, as is becoming those voluntarily expos ing themselves to great peril, we would suggest that it was not quite a sufficient reason for the change that President Roosevelt has long been of the opinion that officers of the army as body, would present a much finer ap- pearance and be capable of doing more work if they were bigger phys Iically." The President is of" so many opinions that it is only natural some of them should be just a little askew, and we have a-well, fear that this is one of the skewy few. For the soldier and especially the officer, lacks almost entirely the need for bulk which the policeman, for in stance, undoubtedly has, Almost never will he come into bodily con | tact with the enemy, and when he does lit will be by an accident with results probably of little consequence to. a battle and of none to a campaign. or course the soldier should have good health, keen sensory organs, activity, endurance, and, above all intelligence and training in his work, but none of these qualities, fortunately for large majority of the worlds inhabitants, lis dependent on more than average size, and all of them, perhaps, are oftener found in men below than above that size. Indeed, the melo- dramatic conception or convention of the gigantic warrior" seems to be pure myth, at least so far as the fa- nous fighting men of history are con eerned, for the great majority of | them would have won no Vlctofles II the field of battle had been a weigh ing machine and laurels were to be
 gained only by those who could reach high for them.
 A regiment of big men looks well on parade, of course, but parades do not have much to do with military efficiency, The nominal physical inferiority of the Japanese to the Rus sians did not prove much of handi- cap to them either on land or sea, and in battle the little man can shoot as
 often and as well as the big one, while he presents a smaller mark and has a measurably less chance of getting hit | by a bullet. There are more magnit1- | eences than one that are not war.
 All things considered, one can re-
 joice that the entrance qualifications at West Point are becoming more
 stringent, and that we have the boys
 to meet them, and still wonder if it is not a mistake to insist that the
 boys shall all be tall,-New York
 Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
BRITISH MUNICIPAL ECONOMIES.
The Double Use Made of Ashes and Re-
 fuse in Nottingham.

fuse in Nottingham.
 Ashes, kitchen scraps and house re- fuse generally in Nottingham are plac- ed in metal barrels or larger recepta- cles at the rear of the premises and re- moved weekly by city employees, says F. W. Mahin, United States consul, in a report. The total weight of this re- fuse is about 1,50O tons week. It is burned in two city refuse destructors. This requires no other fuel except a trifie for starting the fire on Mon days, and enough steam Is produced by the destructors to provide electric ity for third of the needs of the tramwsy system. Some of the elec- tricity is also used for lighting pur- poses Only tin cans and the like are separated from the refuse and sold. All the rest is destroyed.
 The city owns two Instructors, cost ing, respectively, $3S9S2 and $1O2,1 196. The more expensive one is equipped W1lU 6lSCLEIC lIldClluCly CO0llIB plAg~ 166, connected with the tramway lines. The cost of wages and other expenses of the destructors averages about S5 cents a ton of refuse burned. The average quantity of electric units pro- duced is 44.2S ton. Though the sys- tenn of converting refuse into electric ity works admirably here and is a saw ing to the taxpayers, it is stated that only forty other towns in the country use anything similar.
 Besides electricity the Nottingham corporation produces from the house refuse more street paving stones than it can use. A plant connected with the main destructor mixes the clinkers with cement and places the composl- tion under hydraulic pressure. The product is said to be even harder than stone, and can be used for building purposes as well as street paving. The operation, being new. is still some what experimental, but the engineer in charge says the product will wear long CT than the paving stones commonly used, while costing the city less than iIdll dS IHuCH AuOIuet ueSlEuCVOf, larger than either of the two now operating is contemplated by the city authorities.
 The sewage of Nottingham is spread upon farm of 1894 acres, about five miles from the city. The land, hav- ing gravelly subsoil, is well suited to filtration. About 10,OOO,0OO gallons of sewage are run upon the farm every twenty-four hours. The total annual expense of the farm Is about $SO,OOO The total income from the farm amounts to substantially the same.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
KANSAS AND THE RAILROADS.
Outside Capital Runs Railroads in the
 Western State.

A few years ago the Kansas editor was bowling for bank blood. Then, it was "Sockless" Simpson and Peffer and their associates demanding first an irredeemable paper currency, and then the free and unlimited coinage of sil- yer at IS to 1. All parties in that state were swept into the insane vortex for ''cheap money" and Kansas went wild for Populism.
 Then, it was the bankers who were invading legislative halls" securing special privileges, and binding the peo- pie to that remote but awful chariot called 'fWall street.
 According to the then current Kan sas editorial, the popular wrath from having to pay their debts in honest | money was simply retrlbutive justice ! upon the bondholders for past oppres- sion. It was the Kansas editors oppor- | tunity to howl and he howled.
 Another opportunity has now risen. Another form of alien wealth, more or less capable of being pictured to Kan sas newspaper readers as centered in Wall street, has become the object of hate.
 The innuendo that the present cru sade against railroad property situated in Kansas, but owned elsewhere, is only retributive justice for past par ticipation by railroads in politics, for | the high priced railroad lobby. for | land stolen through land grants, and | for oppression in passenger fares and l freight rates, is as insincere as 1t is 1 false. Its insincerity lies in the fact l that no other agency in Kansas has | compared with the newspaper editor in creating the blackmail conditions which bred and fostered the so-called railroad lobby. It was the Kansas edi- tor in the Kansas legislature who in- troduced the blackmailing bill, who ! formed the blackmailing rings in inn portant committees, and then sent word to the railroads that the legisla- ture must be "organized' or the rob bery would go.
 No railroad official or representative goes to Topeka, to bribe or corrupt or has ever gone there for that purpose. Where bribery and corruption have ex- isted in connection with railroad it has been blackmail.
 A large part of the property of Kan sas is owned by railroad companies. | Practically none of it belongs to the people of that state. They have no in- vestments in railroad securities and never had They have preferred to in- vest in live stock and newspapers and other forms of property. But while they have been unwilling or unable tc build their own railroads, and have so- licited outside capital to do so. it has come about through court decisions that they can assert practically abso- lute control of railroad property, and determine it's earnings and profits through the legislature,' and boards
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
ENTERTAIN ENpEAVfRERS.
YALFsTUDFNTS IN GLEE
Have Time of Their Lives With Fair Friends from
 New York.

Two thousand Christian Endeavorers from New York, who came up for Me- morial day trip on the Richard Peck yesterday, visited dear old Yale, were given rousing reception, and walked off with great many souvenirs
 Long has the hospitality ana democ- racy of Yale been known all over the country Long have the Yale students been known for their simple life and quiet habits, and so yesterday the Christian endeavor girls from New York decided to inspect Yale, instead of talk ing in the manifold delights os the White City
 Little rocking the approaching storm, tour boys" were calmly pitching pen nies in front of welch hall when the advance guard of the Endeavorers hove in sight. Timidly they stepped upon the campus, The coming Harrilnans ceased their little game, and looked sweet and timid In their bananas and white flannel trousers.
 Daphne with Diana's nymphs," nut tered senior, who looked like Apollo Belvedere, only he had on pants.
 'The ghost of Dowie coming to re- form Yale" suggested another, as a twentieth century Noah swung around | Osborn hall.
 The students quickly made arrange ments for an impromptu reception. Yale banners were hung out the win dows, and Bert Brown of Gloversville i lnIs of Ia then invited the Endeovorers to inspect Welch, and see college life from the inside
 Nothing loathe. these metropolitans. who were taking their first breath of pure country air, entered in droves through the central entrance of Welch. i And then the carnage commenced.
 The treasures of four happy years of care-free existence were taken from the mantelpieces for inspection, and some were never returned. Small banners were carried away as souvenirs Sev- eral were caught in graceful attempts to stick sofa pillows in their pockets. One man is said to have taken a bed sheet for a pocket handkerchief In one or two rooms all that was left was four , bare walls and pleasant memories. ' One fellow thought that his overcoat had been taken, but finally found that his roommate had hooked it to an old clothes man before the invasion com i menced
 ' Before the inspection was over along came Pop" Warner in his automobile express. As he went into We1ch, which now looked for all the world like d l young ladies seminary in distress, a Yale senior helped a new found friend aboard the speedy Adams express and invited her for an auto ride around the campus. Would she accept? Would a duck swim? The idea immediately took, and the auto was filled A ride to Battell chapel and back was taken, and then Jim Donnelly appeared The running mate shut off the sunlight and force of the law drove the endeavors back to New York, where the enforce ment of law is so seldom as to be a novelty.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
PLANNED TO
 BLOW UP BRIDGE Railroad Detectives Capture Italians Who Had
 Dynamite. OFFER CAPTAIN BRIBE. Thought to Have Had De- signs Against \ augatuck
 River Structure.
OFFER CAPTAIN BRIBE.

Waterbury. May S0.-What is regard ed by Chief Detective John w. Me Donald, of the New Haven roads force of special agents, as very important capture was made by Special Agents J. Kelly and w. Horan at 3 o'clock this afterneen, when three Italians were arrested after an encounter in a se- cluded section near the Jericho bridge, north of here, on the Naugatuck di vision, with two large sticks of dyna- mite, come caps, about thirty feet of . fuse and other implements needed in adjusting the sticks so as to produce an explosion with safety. It is thought that the men intended to dynamite the railroad bridge which spans the Nau~ gatuck river at this point, as Chief Mcdonald received information early in the day, by telephone, that several men were planning to make trouble up the valley and would probably start out from this city. As a consequence he detailed the two detectives to patrol the line north of here, in the vicinity of the work being done by large num- Der of section hands,
 The prisoners were locked up at Thomaston and will be taken to Wa tertown tomorrow for trial. One of the prisoners sulked and refused to give his name. The other two gave the names of Peter and Salvatore zernero, of 40 Spring street. this city. The men offered their captors bribe for their release. and before they were overpow- cred sought to escape in the woods near by. It is considered that they had enough dynamite upon them to shat ter the bridge and hurl the first train which came along into the river.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
SHOOTING 4 STUDENT J0KE DoNNELLY's THEORY.
Says He Knows Who Did It and Guilty One Will
 be Punished.

"Jim" Donneliy. the chief of the campus constabulary, said last night that he had spent several hours yes terday in an attempt to clear up the circumstances In the fracas which oe- cured in the room of Arthur O. Frlel in Lawrence hall Wednesday night. His belief is that the intruder was not a sneak thief but fellow student who was trying to play practical joke on Friel. Sheriff Donnelly said last night that the guilty party was known to him, although he refused to divulge his name, and that he will be dealt with as the case requires.
 A student who is acquainted with Friel stated last night that Friel kept a revolver in his room with the evident idea of having it handy if he should eyer need it. This doubtless became known to his fellow students, and one of them decided to play joke on him and that in the seufile the revolver, which may have been Friels, went off.
 Friel comes from Manchester, N. H., and rooms at 146 Lawrence with Karl F. Murohey, of Detroit, and Thorne L. Wheeler, of Chatham, N. Y.
 MT. Friel and his roommates do not agree with Sheriff Donnellys theory, He stated yesterday his firm belief that his assailant was sneak thief who was attempting to loot his room when discovered. He tells his story as fol- lows:
 T went out to mail letter at about 10 o'clock and came back at half-past. Both my roommates were away, and l sat in the main room smoking a pipe ten or fifteen minutes and then started into my bedroom to turn in.
 "The next minute I thought the house had fallen on me- got blow square | ly in the forehead that made me reel. l was too surprised for a second to do anything, and then went back for all was worth and landed the other fel- low a pretty good one. It was dark and I couldn't see what he looked like, except that he was a little bigger than I. After I hit him he pulled the gun and fired. When picked myself up he was gone"
 Friels wound was dressed by Dr. Hammond, of College street, The bull 1 let was a 32-calibre and was on exhi- bition in Friers room yesterday.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-31
DEAD WATERS SPEED
Curious Phenomena Observed By
 NavigatOrs.

One of the most curious marine phenomena known to seamen Is that called by Norwegian sailors dead wa ter" which without any visible cause makes 8, vessel lose her speed and re- fuse to answer her helm. The sailors only definite knowledge of it's origin is that it exists solely where there is a surface layer of fresh water resting upon the salt waters of the sea. Sev- eral explanations have been advanced l by the captains of ships of the effect of dead water, the commonest of which is that the two water layers move in different directions. The true explan- ation, however, recently offered by Swedish navigators and verified by. mathematical ejaculation and direct experiment is that in addition to the resistance waves" at the surface the vessel creates a second line of sub aqueous waves between the two strata of water
 The experiment carried out to de- monstrate the truth of this theory was an exceedingly pretty one A large plate glass tank was first mounted on wooden frame. The tank was then filled to certain depth with salt wa ter and a layer of fresh water was carefully poured on to the surface, so that two separate water layers were obtained.
 The salt water was blackened with lliauid Chinese ink before the water layers were prepared, and in this way the different layers were made clearly visible. A boat model was then lowed along the tank and sil- houette of the waves produced was obtained by placing a white screen at a short distance behind the tank The waves were also photographed by fashlight, and the results showed conclusively that waves actually were set up at the boundary line between the two liquids
 Further experiments were made to verify the sudden loss of speed due l to dead water. The boat model was drawn across the tank and the tow ing string suddenly slackened when the boat was about half way across. In cases where the tank contained salt water only the boat stopped gradually, moving some boat lengths after the towing string had been slackened When the tank contained layer of fresh water, resting on salt water, on the other hand, the boat slackened speed quite suddenly and moved only a very short distance. These experiments carried out on a small scale, prove conclusively that the difficulties encountered within a dead water zone are really due to the resistance experienced by the vessel in generating invisible waves at the | fresh water salt water boundary, all though in some particular cases the | influence of undercurrents must also, doubtless, be taken into account.