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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-12-14
YOU CAN'T DO BETTER
BIG CROWD OUT TO THE
COMMERCIAL CLUB SMOKE

The largest crowd that has ever at
teded one of the social smokers at the
Commercial Club came out last night
at the regular event for December,
held in the well appointed rooms of
this organization in the Gaullieur
block. Nearly a hundred Roswell bus
mess men were there. spending the
evening with various games and a
musements and partakilg freely of the
bounteous refreshments that were to
be had during the evening.
The Smokers" are given monthly
at the club, additional to the more E.
laborate social functions of the enter
tainment committee, and they are
growing in popularity every month.
The Commercial Club has had a
wonderful growth in one direction of
late, i. e., as popular gathering g
place for the young men and business
men, for where there were formerly
ten or a dozen men there for the ev-
ening, there are now never less than
a score and often forty or fifty during
the afternoon and night. The club,
furthermore. is doing its regular work
in promoting Roswell and its business
conditions.
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NUMBER z4s
HENEY TIE FIGHTING
LAWYER. GOES Tf

San Francisco, Cal, Dec. 14.-Fran-
els j. Heney, who as assistant district
attorney has had charge of the inves-
tigation and prosecution of the munic-
ipal bribery and graft cases here.
will leave tonigt for Portland, Oregon,
where he will look into the status of
the Oregon land fraud cases still pend
ing and then go to Washington to
confer with the Department of JUS
tice. He expect to return to San Fran
cisco in time to take charge of the
trial of Patrick Calhoun, president of
the United Railways against whom
fering to bribe the supervisors. The
trial is set for February 1st.
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Transfers of Real Estate.

H. L. Gill and wife to j. H Hall
for 81 and other valuable considera-
ton, lots 21 and %, Belle Plaine addi
tion to Roswell, and an interest in
the North Spring River Center Ditch
Company
for $40, lot IS, block 13, Kenna.
Hugo Seaberg to B. H. TaIlmadge
for 81, eighty acres in 12-15-24.
c. c. Shelburl to Emma Wilson,
Haynes subdivision of Roswell
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Our esteemed and venerable con-
temporary, the Santa Fe New Mexi-
can. is inclined to find fault with us
and to heap upon us its gentle and
gentlemanly expressions of disappro-
baton, because We do not lend our
selves with enthusiasm to its vigor-
Gus campaign of pulling the wool over
peoples eyes on the statehood ques-
ton The least suggestion on our part
that there is any thing behind the
present movement except a sincere
and we'll founded desire to secure
statehood at the present session of
congress is seized upon as an excuse
to let forth against us a volume of
abuse and slander which ordinarily
would be amusing. but considering the
source from which it emanated. is
only pitiful.
A few days ago the chairman of the
large committee named at Governor
Curry's statehood meeting here, call
ed a meeting of that committee at
the court house. Six members of the
committee struggled in within an hour
or so of the time specified. but the
chairman himself did not appear. and
the object of the meeting was not as
certained. A very informal discussion
among those present was. however,
indulged in. and it was the consensus
of opinion among them that we have
about as much chance of getting state
hood during the present session of
congress as the proverbial SNOWFALL
would have in the Mecca of New
Mexico's plulderbund-
To say that these men. or thous
ands of others like them in all parts
of the Territory. are traitors back
sliders,'' "cloven-footed liars or any
other of the agreeable characters our
esteemed contemporary delights to
call us. is ridiculous. They simply
realize the truth and are not inclined
to fool themselves or befuddle the
people any longer. Nearly everybody
in the Pecos Valley. as in all other
parts of the Territory, wants state
hood There is no doubt but that
judging by analogy, by our population,
our resources, our industries and by
the general intelligence of our people,
We are far better entitled to state
hood than the vast majority of the
forty-ffve states were when they were
admitted The present status of the
mature citizens of the United States
who live in New Mexico is anomalous
and humiliating Many of them have
come here from the states where they |
had the privilege of voting for their |
own state officers and for the Presi- |
dent of the United States. When they |
came here they found that because |
they live in a territory they are plac- |
ed many degrees below the most ig- |
norant immigrant or the most unedu- |
Gated negro who happens to live in |
state.
We have no choice whatever IN the |
selection of our principal officials. A |
few politicians or personal favcrites
can go to Washington and get a man |
appointed to almost any position they |
want, and his tenure of Office depends |
not upon how he pleases New Mexico,
but upon how he pleases Washington |
and a few men who, for the time be-
ing have the ear of the authorities
there We are treated not as COM
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and 10c Counters at Makin's.
The Baptist Revival.

DIR. Porter preached another strong
sermon last night on the subject.
What, Then Shall l Do With Jesus ?''
He made an earnest plea at the close
of the sermon for men to accept Christ
as their Savior. There were several
conversions and additions Ito the
church. The audience last night was
the largest that has been in attend
ance this week.
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Strayed or Stolen, $500 Reward.
On nicked-tail bay horse, or s
years old about Is IA hands high,
weight 1000 pounds. Branded ST con-
nected over H on left thigh. st.
WESTERN GROCERY co.
Roswell n. NJ.
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STEAMER DELAYED

New York, Dec. 1.-THE Anchor
Line steamer Astoria, due here Tues
day, has not yet reported The steam
er left Glasgow Nov. 30. She seldom
carries fifty cabin and 600 steerage
passengers.
Those beautiful leather goods you
see in Patterson's window are home
manufactured. Nothing made in the
Southwest is equal TO them. Aft
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I am agent for the very best and
most useful little household necessi-
ty that ever went to make kitchen
work pleasure instead of a task. Call
at Makin's store and let me show you.
McGlashan, the Key Man. IL
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Today DIR. Porter preached to a good
congregation at the old church. His
subject was, Christ Seeking and Saw
ing the Lost" The day meetings, held
at ten O'Clock, are growing in interest
and attendance. All the services on
Sunday will be held in the new build
ing at the corner of Fifta street and
Penn ave-
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Order your Xmas peanut and cocoa
tut candy, crackerjack and popcorn
Restaurant and Confectionery, East
Fifth street. 40tt
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BREWERY FIRES AND

oOTNDAI OIOoTTNG. o.
Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE two hundred
and fifty thousand dollar fire in the
Cook brewery last night is the third
brewery fire since the Sunday closing
crusade began in this city. City At
torney Hogan believes that some ia
natic actuated by the belief that brew
is at work
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MR.. BRYAN TO ADDRESS
OKLAHOMA IEGISL AZURE,

Lincoln, Neb.. Dec 14-Wm. ].
Bryan will deliver an address to the
Oklahoma Legislature December 21st
stopping at Guthrie on the way to
Texas. In Texas he will spend three
or four days with friends, then con
coin January 10th.
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NEW YORK GAIN SIX
MILLION DOLLARS

New York. Dec. 1.-THE statement
of the clearing house hanks for the
week shows that they hold $4,O11,173
less than the required 25 per cent re-
serve rule. This is an increase of
s6,107,1 in the proportional cash re-
serve as compared with last week.
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A Piano to Be Given Away.

AS there is so much competition
we will be more liberal than any one,
as We will absolutely give away a pi-
ano. Inquire how it is done at Bernard
Pos Piano Co.'S. Store. Remember the
place. Right across from the post Of
flee 45t3
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Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE severe snow
storm which ragged last night and to-
day delayed the service of railroads.
snow has fallen. The storm extends
over the greater part of the country
from the Rocky mountains to the At
lantic. In many localities east of Chi
cago the snow turned to rain today.
Steamer Driven Ashore.
New York, Dec. 1.-THE bark Ed
mund Phin1ey was driven ashore on
the east side of Sandy Hook in a nea-
Wy snow storm at seven o'clock this
morning. The Sandy Hook life saving
crew went to the assistance of her
crew. The Phinney was bound from
Jacksonville to Port Amboy.
Although the Phi1ney lay only about
hundred feet from the beach, the
task of the life saving crew was ex-
tremely hazardous owing to the blind
ing snow storm and terrific seas. Ten
or twelve men are in the rigging of
the Phinney, watching the efforts of
the life savers.
LATER After battling for five
hours the life saving crew rescued
the captain and crew of the Phinney,
consisting of ten men.
The Schooner Lawson Wrecked.
Houghton, Sicily Islands. Dec. II
The American seven-masted schooner
w. Lawson was wrecked in
Broad Sound during a fierce gale last
except one man perished- The vessel
turned turtle and is now floating bot
tom upwards. Life boats stood by the
Lawson for several hours after the
signals of distress were given, but
were unable to render assistance.
Storm Has Little Effect on War Ships.
Norfolk, Va, Dec. 14.-Wth the
coaling and loading of stocks of every
description complete and everything
in readiness for starting the voyage
next Monday, the severe southeast
storm which struck the coast line last
night and continued today had little
effect on the great battle ships of the
Pacific bound Atlantic fleet, as they
rode safely through the gale. A wind
of 25 miles on hour made it difficult
at times, and most unsafe, for the
small launches passing between the
fleet and the shore and from ship to
ship. The wind reached a maximum
of 48 miles.
Fierce Gales Still Raging.
London, Dec. 1.-THE fierce gales
which have ragged on the coasts of
the United Kingdom for the past few
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BIG SNOW VISITS ENTIRE coUN-
TRY BETWEEN ROCKY NOUN
TAINS AND ATLANTIC.
TWO VESSELS WRECKED

Entire Crew of the Thomas Lawson
is Lost in the SiciIian Islands
Boat Ashore on Sandy Hook, but the
Crew is Saved.-Storm Has Little
Effect on Battle Ships.-Fierce Gales
Off Coast of England.
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Get your carnations and violets at
the new greenhouse The price is
right. Also plants that will bloom all
winter. 3O9 n. KY ,41t6*
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Service at the Majestic sunday at
ternoon at 800 O'Clock Croft's band
win furnish the music The service is
free for all.
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250,OOO home grown trees. twenty
varieties in apples The only tree to
plant in the Pecos Valley. You as
sumo no risk in shipment-The Arte-
sia Nursery, J. S. Highsmith. Prop.
Wyatt Johnson, Salesman 96tf
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LETTERS TO SANTA CLAUS
WILL BE DELIVERED

Washington, D. c., Dec. 14-Post-
master General Myers has issued an
order to postmasters to tell the people
newspapers that mail addressed to
Santa Claus will be delivered to any
responsible persons who will under
take to act as Santa Claus agent.
Heretofore the department has refus-
ed requests for the delivery of such
letters to philanthropic societies and
others.
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Just arrived, a new lot of the lat
est Pattern Bracelets. L. B. Boellne-,
Jeweler and Optician.
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Order your Xmas peanut and cocoa
nut candy, crackerjack and popcorn
balls at wholesale prices, from Brooks
Restaurant and Confectionery, East
Fifth street. 4Otf
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Russell does boiler work.
loft

WANTED Girl for general house
work. Small family, good wages
Address P o. Box los. Or call room
6 Oklahoma Block. 45t6
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Still a large assortment of those
$3.50 popular copyright books for soc.
Ingersoll Book Store
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If you want to buy a city home or
2ice farm, if You want a good in
vestment, or If you have money to
loan, see us. We deliver the goods
Roswell Title and Trust Company.
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The Record has all kinds of legal
blanks for sale. They are drawn ac-
cording to the statutes.
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Why not nice box of candy for
her or small box of cigars for him
for Xmas ?-Ingersol Book Store
AN ANCHOR LINE
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SEVERAL SOUTHWESTERN RAIL
WILL INCREASE THE HARD
TIMES OF EMPLOYEES.
WILL LAY OFF MANY MEN

Reduction of Cost of Operation Sale
to Be Necessary on Account of the
Falling Off in Traffic.-WiII Save
Half a Million Dollars Month for
StockhoIders-but Will Be Tough
for the Workmen.
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Your eyes examined free by DR..
at links Jewelry Store.
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U. S. WEATHER BUREAU.
(LocaI Report. Observation Taken at
900 a. MI

Roswell, N. NJ, Dec 14.-Tempera-
ture-Max. yesterday So; min. 81;
mean 4s.
Precipitation. 90: wind N. velocity
"a miles; weather clear
Forecast. Roswell and Vicinity:
Fair tonight and Sunday; colder to-
night
NJ. WRIGHT.
Oaicial Ia Charge.
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is THE TATEHooD PROPOSITION
BEING USED TO FOOL THE
PEOPLE OF NEW MEXICO?
is THERE A CHANGE?

From the History of Past Efforts for
Statehood, What Consolation May
We Derive From the Present Effort
to Secure Admission to the Union?
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L. B. BoeIlner, the Jeweier, sells
it cheaper. 79tf
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Russell does horse-shoeing.

FOR RIDING, DRIVING or HUNT
ING trips, see R. B. Jones, or phone
1872. 39t52*
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Eyes tested free at Z B. Boellner.
the Jeweler and Opticfan. 79ttf
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Read the Roswell Title & Trust Co.
ad of special bargains in this issue.
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Xmas glasses will surprise mother.
Ask DR.. Hunsberger at links Jewel
ry Store. 40t6
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and 1oc Counters at Makin's.
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Have you the Rec
ord's special offer
to subscribers? For
SIS cash in advance,
we will send you to
your address, the
Daily Record until
Jan. lst, 1909. You
cannot afford not
to take advantage
OF this offer.
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Fierce Gales Still Raging.

London, Dec. 1.-THE fierce gales
which have ragged on the coasts of
the United Kingdom for the past few
days show little signs of abating-
Heavy rains have flooded all the in
terror lowlands and the harbors and
&ys are crowded with vessels Nat
have sought shelter. There have been
many small wrecks.
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BILL OF EXCEPTIONS IN OIL
TRUST CASE SIGNED

Chicago, Dec. 1.-THE bill of excep-
tions in the appeal of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana from the fine
of $29,24O,00O was today signed by
Judge Landis, and was later filed in
the court of appeals. 1t is expected
that the entire record will be filed
within a few weeks, and a hearing
had upon the appeal in short time.
Russell does horse-shoeing. loft
FOR RENT - An office room.-H. p.
HObsol. 43t3
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and 1Oc Counters at Makin's.
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5 and 1Oc Counters at Makin's.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-02-18
RUNAWAY CAR NEARLY
WRECKS THE LIMITED

COBRE, New, Feb. 14.-By the
merest chance the Overland Limited
missed colliding with a runaway
freight car and being wrecked near
Wells Monday.
The Overland Limited was nearing
Wells when the engineer saw a freight
car coming down the Wells hill at
terrific speed. He was near the side
track at the time and ran his train
into the siding. The train was just
clear of the main line when the car,
which was quite near the engine at
this time, jumped the track and piled
up a mass of w~reckage.
The track was badly torn up and the
Limited was delayed more than five
hours by the accident. The car had
broken loose ! :om a freight tram IN
the top Of the Wells hill.
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NEVADA'S LARGEST
ELECTRIC PLANT

RENO, New, Feb. 16.-A company
composed of San Francisco and Ne
vada capitalists is building an i'm
mense electric power plant on the
west branch of the Carson river neal
Woodfords, CAL, whic when completed
will be the largest electric power plant
in Nevada and will generate more
power than the four plants Of the
Truckee River General Electric com
pany combined.
The company building this immense
power plant has purchased all of the
lower end of Hope valley, and is now
building a monster dam across the
narrow mouth of tho valley which
will transform it into a large lake. The
plant will generate in the neighbor
hood of 5000 horsepower and will
furnish electricity for lights and pow
err for Reno, Virginia City and Carson.
This company will compete with the
Fleishacker interests which now con-
troll all the power plants in this por-
ton Of Nevada.
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RENO MUST CHANGE
CITY SEWER SYSTEM.

CARSON, New, Feb. 14.-At a con
ference held in this city between May
or Wilson and the coucil of Reno and
Governor Sparks, the governor stated
emphatically that he would not sign
any bill passed by the Nevada legis-
lature providing for the repeal of the
act passed by the last legislature,
providing that the city of Reno shall
stop dumping sewage into the Truckee
river.
Mayor Wilson states that the city
will now try to have time in which to
complete new ewers extended by
amendment. He also states that it
will cost the city of Reno 100000 to
change the sewer system and will
practically bankrupt the city.
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MINERS RUSHING TO
BORDER CAMPS

RENO, New, Feb. ia big new
gold strike has been made on the Cal
ifornia Nevada line, twenty five miles
south of Rhyolite, and southeast of
the Grccnwa.er district. Prospcctors
are rushing in by the score, many rich
claims have been staked out and al
ready two rival towns have sprung up,
one on each side of the state line.
On the Calf orn'a side the agents of
Charles M. Schwab have bought up a
majority of the claims and the town
on this side of the line has been
named Schwab. The town on the
Nevada side is named Lee.
The district is named the Lee
Echo and is about twenty-five miles
long and two wide. The station of
Roycwells on the Las Vegas and To-
nopah railroad is eight miles from the
district.
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CAR LINE

TONOPAH, New, Feb. 16-A com
pany of Tonopah capitalists has asked
for a franchise for an electric railroad
in this city. The council has decided
to sell the franchise to the highest
bidder. The sale will be made in juno
and the road will be constructed as
soon after the sale as possible. This
electric line will not only run through
the principal streets of Tonopah, but
will connect the principal mines with
the business district, and may be *
tended to Manhattan, which is now
connected with Tonopah by an auto
mobile Inc.
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SYSTEMS or WRITING.
The Famous Method known AZ the
BOustrophed0n.

About the year 450 B. G. the Ionians
first introduced the system Of writing
from left to right. Previous to that
time all scribes and penmen In general
had been in the habit of beginning the
line on the right hand side of the page
and running 1t toward the left. The
Introduction OF the left to right mode
Of writing caused considerable confu.
sion for a time, and from the mixed
systems which prevailed during the fol
lowing century sprang the famed meth
cd known as the boustrophedon. Those
who used the system last mentioned
would begin q line at the left margin
Of their parchments and run it through
to the opposite margin n then drop
a space below and run back to the OPP
posite edge Of the sheet again. In 9TH
er words, the boustrophedon mode OF
writing was q system In which the lines
ran alternately from left to right and
from right to left. This system did not
entirely disappear until about the time
Of Christ. The ancient Hebrew and
Greek languages were written from
right to left. but at about the time the
Ionians were reforming writing meth
DDS the Greek letters were changed IN
form from the uncial to the cursive,
and the system of writing was changed
In both cases so as to run from left (
right. The following quotation frcsn
Franklin illustrates the mixed, or bous
~trophedon, system Of writing:
"When I see a merchant overpolite to
a ekat OF meht gniggeb ,sremotsuc slh
little brandy and throwing his goods on
ma sab nam taht l skniht ,retnuoc eht
ak to grind."-St. Louis Republic.
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SHOE NAILS.

The Way They Are Made and Why
They Are So Cheap.
Three million separate shoe nails are
often cast from one ton Of metal. OF
the smaller sizes 1000 nails are mold
ed In a single mold, and an expert
workman will make eighty molds In an
ordinary working day, thus turning out
100000 separate nails.
When the metal In a liquid state Is
poured into the mold it runs through
the sand in passages provided in the
molding process; the whole Of the nails
are cast together and are, when re
moved from the sand, connected by a
network Of Iron one with another. In
this condition the iron is as brittle as
glass, and very little force is required
to separate the nails from the network
which holds them together.
They then have to undergo the proc
ess known as ~annealing. They are
mixed up with hematite iron ore, which
Is In q powdered state, put into iron
pots, and placed In an annealing fur
mace, a sort of kiln. Here they remain
for some days, care being taken to so
regulate the heat to which they are
subjected that the iron will not be re-
melted, but brought very nearly to
that condition. The action of the raw
iron ore upon the brittle casting is
marvellous. After cooling, it car be
bent without risk of breaking, and it
becomes a useful and serviceable artl-
cle.-London Express.