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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-17
PLAZA FETE TO
BE POSTPONED
Japanese-C Vaudeville Show to
Be Given Tomorrow Evening at
Court House.

In consequence of the unsettled con.
dition of the weather and the fact
that showers are predicted for tomor-
row the members of the Womans'
Board of Trade have decided to post
pone their Plaza Fete until Tuesday,
June 25. Even if the weather should
be clear tomorrow it was felt that the
grass in the park would be so wet as
to make it unpleasant so all things
considered a postponement of week
was agreed upon unanimously.
The Japanese-Chinese vaudeville
show will be given tomorrow evening
however, although it will be present
ed in the court house A postpone
ment of this feature of the fete was
found impracticable on account of the
fact that several of those taking part
are going away next week. The cur
tain will rise promptly at o'clock and
tickets are being sold at SO cents.
Photographer Carlos Vierra secured
group pictures in a number of differ.
ent poses of the young women and
girls taking part in the show and
these views were placed upon exhibi.
tion today in downtown store win
dows.
Japanese and Chinese costumes will
be worn by the performers in this all
star caste and it promises to be one of
the most unique theatrical events ever
seen in Santa Fe
Mrs. Arthur Seligman and Mrs. K.
l.. Baca, who have charge of the per-
formance, have worked hard to make
it success and they have assurances
that it will be greeted by large aud.
ience. A large number Of tickets have
already been sold. The proceeds of
this show, as we'll as of the fete itself
will be applied to the public library
fund being raised by the Woman's
Board of Trade
Following is the vaudeville pro.
gram:
Song" Sweet Sana-oo" ...........
................ Miss Dougherty
Violin Selection. n........ Miss Bean
"Karama" Misses
E. McFie, Friday, and Harrison
Recitation--"B Hur" Mrs. McCord
"Jananese Love Song"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-06-17
NEWseoYs LOSE GOOD FRIEND.

Omaha, June 17.-Colonel Alex
Hogeland, known as the "newsboys'
friend,' was found dead in bed at the
Murray Hotel this morning.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
POINTERS FOR THE FARMER.

We regard whole oats as a danger
GUS food for cattle. They often gather
in the third stomach and make
trouble.
Feel blue, do you? Just take the axe
and 60 alone out into the woods and
chop for a time. We have found it a
good cure.
Save the money you spend without
any good return and put 1t into some
good farm tool or good farm paper
or book-Farm Journal.
"Mulberries" is the title of bulletin
No. 1874 issued by the North Carolina
experiment station, at Raleigh. N. C..
Write there for a copy.
George T. Powell. Of New York. es-
Inmates that the bearing orchards in
that state bear interest on a valuation
of $1,000 to $1,000 per acre, which at
six per cent. would be from $40 and
$50 per acre.
If the vegetable bins show nothing
put potatoes and a few elderly tur-
nips or cabbage at this season. the
men folks may be led to see the ad-
vantages of good garden every time
they eat their dinner.-Rural New
Yorker.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
.MAIL-ORDER WAYS
a BAD ADVERTISEMENT FOR
CATALOGUE HOUSES.
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
Sooner or Later II Teaches Every Rail
Order Patron the Error Of
Sending His Money
from Home.

The methods of the mail-oI Ter
houses are their worst advertiser ant.
Sooner or later there will come a time
in the experience of every purchaser
of their goods when he will wish he
hadn't done it," when he will wish he
had spent his money with his h me
merchants. This is not only because
he will see the ruin wrought in his
own community by the nefarious Irac-
tice of sending the money of the COM
munity to the city. but also because Of
the practices of the mail order ION
Germs.
The story in the catalogue sol nds
well. 1t sounds like you would get
the identical thing you wanted AMI at
a much lower price than you had i'm
agined 1t could be bought for. and you
order 1t. The purchase arrives and
when opened you feel that some Ills
take has been made. that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods; 4. is
not what you ordered
All. but 1t is. The difference is be-
tween the way 1t actually looks and
the way it sounds in the catalogue.
You explain that the goods yon re-
ceived is not what you ordered and
ask for an accounting. and are told
that it is you that is in error. that
You got just what you ordered. and
then If you are wise you buy of the
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

The various cuttings of alfalfa diff
fer somewhat in looks and value The
first is always the heaviest in yield.
the stems in 1t will usually be rather
coarse and there are some few weeds.
We consider it valuable feed. but it
has these two objections. The sec
ond cutting has smaller stems. no
weeds and very large proportion of
leaves to stem. This is the kind we
always try to sell. The third crop has
even more leaves and generally a
more attractive appearance than the
first two. but. says Orange Judd Farm
err, unless it has matured well be-
fore cutting. it is not as nutritious as
the first two.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

and toilet. with the same scent are
equally costly. you can perhaps see
how so much money could be spent in
this way.
An interesting fad of rich women
to-day is to have a certain perfume
made for them exclusively. 1t is
naturally an expensive operation. but
anything to be individual.
1T is productive of some funny cpl
sodes at times. Women are like
sheep. They all follow one another.
and If one woman gets something new
or unusual they all want the same
thing.
They will come to me and say
casually: That is rather good per-
fume that Mrs. Blank uses. Do you
know what 1t is?' That is a trade
secret. or rather a matter between
my customer and myself. so l merely
say: 1T is made to Mrs. Blanks or
der. If she is willing that you should
know I'll be very glad to tell you or
make 1t up for you, as the case may
be-
That settles it. for Mrs. Blank has
no inteltion of divulging the secret.
she means, If possible. to be inii-
Vidual and have ji lss that
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
Duel Between Partridae..

The mating season is time of
great excitement among the par
tridges. and generally extends over
a fortnight or three weeks, according
to the size of the stock and the pro-
portion of the sexes, says the Country
Gentleman. Should cocks preponder-
ate to an excessive degree. the bust
ness will not be settled till many
pitched battle has been fought to the
bitter end. and the weaker males Ell
Their driven away or actually killed.
cock partridge is SO poorly armed
for the fray that 1t is a matter for
surprise he should be able to kill one
of his own kind. but If battle is
watched there will no longer be cause
for wonder. once bird recognizes
itself beaten 1t appears to make no
further attempt at defense. and tamely
submits to be scalped by its successful
rival.
There is nothing in the whole ami
NAL world quite so craven as a beaten
partridge, for it seldom makes an eff.
fort even to escape.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

other woman she knows doesn't have.
ITO show you how this thing works,
one of my customers with no end OF
money came in the other day. saying:
Can't you get me up special per.
fume? l have asked two or three
other big houses to do SO, but wouldn't
dream of using the connections they
sent me. want something delicate
and lasting and one that is decidedly
distinctive
Come in couple of weeks and 1t
will be ready for you.' replied.
II set my chemist to work and had
variety of odors made up, one OF
which my customer decided on.
"One woman came in here the
other day and ordered $3.50 worth OF
toilet stun to be sent to Italy, where
she is to spend the winter. So that
is the way the money counts up.
Most of these women of whom !
speak think no more of spending sew
eral hundred dollars on toilet things
at one time than they do of buying a
postage stamp. However, happen to
know that they spend ten times that
amount in philan:hropic ways. which
Y lees mil re their seeming q
100 o...er I..,s."
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

table. and the disappearance of COW
towns and mining camps have caused
the profits to dwindle. The writer has
been at Ration for about two months,
and in that time has not seen or
heard of a game worth mentioning.
Unless stranger wanders into a
saloon he would never suspect that
public gambling is a source of reve-
nue. for the support of the public
schools here. Last summer, when a
couple of new railroads were being
built into this city. there was high
play, but since then the business has
been dead.
There is practically no playing at
all in daytime. and at night there are
only a few isolated games of poker
Once a month. on the occasion of a
railroad payday. the roulette wheels
= may whirl for "A night. and then dust
settles on them again. Nor is there
perceptible anywhere the demoraliza-
tion which is supposed to accompany
the legal recognition of public gam
bling. This town of 5000 inhabitants
is as quiet and orderly and clean NOR
ally as any town of like size in the
United States.
Leading Gambler Talks.
When the leading gambler of Ration
was questioned as to the outlook he
said:
They've got the drop on us and we
must submit. It's poor consolation.
but still a consolation that we haven't
much to give up. Some games will
stop entirely and number of sports
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
A Turkish Health Report.

The French government. wishing to
obtain definite statistics on points re-
lating to certain Turkish provinces
recently sent blanks with questions
lating to certain Turkish provinces.
to be answered to the Provincial gov.
errors. The replies received frof
the Pasha of Damascus are worth
quoting:
Question. What is the death rate
In your province?
Answer. In Damascus it Is the will
OF Allah that all should die. Some die
young and some die old.
Q. What is the annual number OF
births?
A. God alone can say-I do MOI,
know. and hesitate to inquire.
Q. Are the supplies OF water sui.
ficient and of good quality?
A. From the remotest period no
one has died in Damascus of thirst.
General remarks as to the local san.
itation: Man should not bother him.
self or his brother with questions
that concern only God.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

time we would have no local merchant
to do our buying.
Catalogue houses. have found from
bitter experiences, are tricky. II those
who are dealing with them will watch
their purchases, they will find 1t SO
sooner or later. Our last deal, had It
occurred here at home. would have
been Strengthened out in five minutes
and without feeling. but with you it
takes me all winter to get my money
back when the goods are net satisfac-
tory, and even then l get only credit
card which is lost through studied
carelessness upon the part OF someone
in your concern so that l have moth
ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home II
conditions admit of purchasing good
article at reasonable prices. II not.
then he had better trade at the next
town or city that his money may go
He sends 1t to Chicago that 1t may go
into profits of some big mail-order
house until there is enough sucker
money to build and endow some great
charitable institution as monument
to the greatness OF the mail-order man
and the gullibleness of the easy pub
lie.
have already asked that you adjust
the matter of our last deal. 1 want
my money returned without further
dickering and unless I get 1t l shall
certainly get its equivalent in adver-
Using you and your methods among
the people of Lake county.
Awaiting your reply. 1 am.
Yours truly.
CARL SCHULTZ.
Wolf Lake. Michigan. P. o. Baldwin.
Mich.
Can you, Mr.. Purchaser, not profit
by the experience Of others and turn
your money into home channels by
trading with home merchants where
you will get dollars worth for dol
lar, or must you follow the mail-order
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
Stringent Law Proposed.

Now the territorial council is con
sidering bill providing that ANY
person within the territory of New
Mexico who deals. plays. carries on.
opens. or causes to be opened. or CON
ducts either as owner or emp,oye,
whether for hire or not. any game OF
faro. monte. roulette. lansquenet,
rouge-et-noir rondo. fantan. poker,
seven-and-a-half. twenty-one. chucsa-
luck. slot machine. or any banking
CT percentage game. or any other kind
of game played with cards. dice, or
any device. for money. checks. credit,
or any other representative of value.
is guilty of misdemeanor. and shall
be punished by fine of not more
than 5000 or by imprisonment in the
county jail for not more than one
year. or both"
AS in all reforms the impelllng
force has been gradually crystai;.
ing public opinion. Both Arizona an.
New Mexico have ambitions In the di.
reclicn of statehood The defeat OF
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
Licensed Games of Chance to Be Abolished i:
Terri cries.
NOT MUCH PROFIT IN THE BUSINESS THESE DAYS
Handlers of Roulette Wheel and the Faro Deck Ready
to Surrender Public Opinion Without Fight Lit
tie High Play of Late Years. Anyhow-Even
Euchre Is Now Forbidden in the City
of Prescott, Arizona.

will leave the territory; the rest VIII
be driven to cover"
Are there any big games now run
ming in this territory"
None that an old gambler would
call big. or course there is stif play
in Albuquerque. where the profiisate
sons of new rich men abound. but
such games are raerly public. There
is only one blooded player in Santa
Fe.
THE only really profitable games
are away out in the mining camps or
at the front of new railroads. About
the deadest town in New Mexico is
Cimarron. which was once to the south
what Julesburg was to the north.
with the disappearance of the
cowboy and the petering out of new
mining camrs gambling for high
stakes has died ont. When the gam
bling spirit subsidies it doesn't matter
much what the law is-so we simply
don't care whether or not the legisla-
ture prohibits public gambling"
Some of the liquor sellers and gam
blers of New Mexico are men of SUI
perior Intelligence. The other day Il
tenderfoot had occasion to consult a
book The Land of Sunshine" by Lii
liam Whiting. The only available copy
in town was the property of gam
bier. When he went 20 return the
book he found barkceper immersed
in an abstruse scientific work. Desir-
ing an expert opinion on the new cor
poration law passed by the territorial
Legislature. the same visitor was re-
ferred To saloonkeeper as the only
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
1T DOES PAY.
An Earnest Plea for the Home Ssraw
berry Bed.

One often hears the objection
urged: Il wouldn't raise strawber-
ries: they are too much trouble. They
have to be replanted too often" This
is a mistaken notion. A strawberry
bed will yield choice fruit in abund-
ance for several years without renew
ing. by using the simple precaution of
keeping the runners cut of II is
these off-shoots, thrown out so per-
sistently through the growing season,
which sap the vitality of the parent
Rant: and not only is this true, but
b. the second or third year, if allowed
to take root, they will spread until
they become so matted and choked
Il ere is no chance for cultivation and
enrichment: and the same thing hap
pens that would happen were great
err number of stock to be crowded onto
a pasture than it can afford nourish-
ent for; the parent stock becomes
lean and diseased. and its offspring
small, inferior and lacking in vitality.
Berries from matted. neglected plants
grow smaller and more knotty from
year to year. and finally cease bear
ilg altogether
OF course. it is some trouble to keep
tie shoots pruned off,. but not more
Sd than other gardening operations
that are done as matter of course:
and there is no labor that is better re-
warded.
Most persons in setting out a straw
berry bed-from a mistaken idea of
economizing the ground. and not al
lowing for the growth of the plants
set the plants too close together. 1t
is true the small, newly-set plants do
look rather lonesome. set, as they
should be- in rows two and half or
won't look lonely after they get good
thrifty growth; and this allows for
Cultivation and passageway between
the rows in gathering the fruit. Then
With proper enrichment of the soil
AID mulch OF straw. in winter,
which may be left on to keep the
weeds down II preferred-well. just
try it once and let results speak for
themselves.
No matter where l have lived, says
correspondent of Indiana Farmer.
loi hoN dHlpCu thc II hdu
any ground at all for garden purposes,
part of it was sure to be conse-
Grated to the growing of this food
for the GODS" being careful to plant
early and late varieties. so as to in
sure a long fruitage. | remember one
experience in particular. On a large
town lot | had three plats. aggregat-
ing probably so or 80 feet square,
planted TO berries. and in one year
that | kept account, there were sew
eral bushels gathered from this small
area. one bushel at a single picking,
after a day or two's lapse. being gath
cred by relatives from the country.
| who rather shamefacedly reversed the
, usual order Of things by coming to
town to gather their harvest-and a
harvest that only neglect and lack of
forethought and a little labor pre-
vented their gathering from their own
| farm. But for home use alone, so
large bed is not necessary; and fur
| thermore is more than one would
want to care for as an incidental to
other work. A bed ten or Is feet
square. well spaded before planting
and carefully tended. would insure
the ordinary family an ample supply
of berries for table use.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

eaton, N My the middle OF this
year licensed public gambling will
PROBABLY have disappeared from the
territories of the United States. The
e,use and apparent Willingness with
which the tiger has surrendered sur
Fr'ses some people who looked FOR
fight.
Iut the end has been approached so
gradually, through regulation and
high license that even the gamblers
themselves were prepared for It, 1t
H. a complete surrender by what was
oace regarded as an impresnably in
t,enched evil. This passing of the
professional gambler shows the adj
vance of public sentiment due to per-
s;stent agitation. and 1t follows natur-
ally the disappearance of the frontier.
here are no longer any wickedest
towns.
Where the gamblers will go or what
they will do is not certain. The Ari-
IONA closing law becomes effective
April 1. and It is expected that by
July similar law will be in effect
in New Mexico. A number OF the
Arizona professionals will doubtless
come up into New Mexico to think the
matter over. and then drift down into
old Mexico. or over into Nevada,
where everything is still wide open.
Business No Longer Pays.
One reason why the gamblers have
given up is that the business of pub
lie gambling no longer pays-there is
nothing in it. The high license fee in
this territory $500 year for each
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
A SqueIcher.

Il gave that odious Mrs. Dough.
purse something to think of this after.
noon, says Mrs. Bankfull to her hus.
band, who was amusing himself by
tossing $40 gold pieces into the artif-
ciai lake in the drawing room for the
pleasure of hearing the gold pieces
PUNK as they sunk.
"Whajja say to herr" asked Mr..
Bankfull, rolling himself cigarette
In hundred-dollar bill
She was boasting about the solid
gold radiators they are having put into
their new house. and 1 told her we
thought steam heat was SO old-fash-
Toned that we were going to heat QHx
house with radium hereafter."-Jud
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
LARGE SUMS SPENT BY
WOMEN ON PERFUMES
Five Thousand Dollars Year by No
Means an Uncommon Sum for One
Member Of Society" to Expend on
Various sweet-Smeiiins Devices
Scent That Sells for $50 a Small
Bottle Bought by the Dozen Bottles.

Five thousand dollars a year is the
sum that considerable number of
women in New York spend for face
creams. lotions. perfumes. bath and
toilet powders. according to a drug
gist who has smart clientele.
Yes" said he. Il know offhand of
at least 20 women who spend fully
5000 year on toilet articles such
as perfumes. face .feams. tonics.
toilet and bath powders, and this is
entirely exclusive of toilet articles
such as powder boxes, bath sponges.
manicure articles. etc.
This may sound like an exaggera-
ton. but when l tell YOU that We have
perfume costing $50 bottle that is
bought by rich women by the dozen
DO Il and that powders. both bath
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

man in town who had made a study
of 1t.
In his message to the legislature
Gov. Hagerman advocated the passage
of stringent anti-gambling law pro-
viding penalties of from 5000 to $4,000
fine. and imprisonment of from two
months to one year. and recommended
that any deficit be made up by in
creasing the amount of the liquor H.
censes. At present two-thirds of the
net amount received by the territory
from liquor and gambling licenses is
paid into the district school funds and
one-third into the general county
school funds. This open Endorsement
Of public gambling is Objectionable to
citizens generally and peculiarly so to
prospective settlers from the east.
The number of retail liquor licenses
in the territory in 1905 was 5S5. whole
sale licenses 81. and gambling licenses
$50. The total income therefrom to
the territory was only 1854, 900. of
which less than half came from gam
bling licenses. The figures for 1907
show no material change
In the city of Ration there are 10
saloons and II licensed gambling
tables. The former pay to the city
$ioO a year and the latter 5000 a year
each, Equal sums are paid to the ter
ritory for the county and district
school funds.
Most Games Unfair.
In the towns of Roswell and Artesia
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

This is good time to examine all
the farm tools and to get any new
parts that may be lacking. II you wait
till you want the tools, you may have
to make several extra trips to the
shop or store before you can go to
work. 1t is these extra trips that
whittle the season away to n, ac-
count.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
To Eeonomize SPACE.

To economic space in the wagon
house and elsewhere. Farm Journal
suggests. heavy articles like wagon
beds. sleighs. ladders. etc.. are often
suspended overhead. Whenever this
is the case. see to 1t that the fasten-
ings are secure and strong enough for
the load. Don't take any risks, since
a human life may be the forfeit.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13

ance, and the experiment OF exceed
.ngly high liquor licenses, as much a.
1000, has been made with satisfac
tory results.
That most of the games are rnfai
requires no proof In his messaso
Gov. Hagerman treats of this featur.
thus:
Some of the games as played her
afford the player go per cent. les
chance of winning than similar game,
afford in the large gambling estaI
lishments OF Europe. which ray enor
nous dividends to their stockholders
The games most general in Me-
Mexico are so arranged that thu
chances are many times in favor o.
the proprietors.
There has been long and gradua
PREF aration in New Mexico for tho
impending prohibition of public gam
bling. About 1890 the female warb
lers. or concert hail singers. were pui
out OF business by territorial enact
ment
Then came further tightening OF
the lines which did not become ef
fectivc without strnggle--the law
against hacking guns. BY the six
shooter law every man en- arrival In
a town or city was compelled to shed
his revolvers and cartridges and leave
them In the custody of some resident
until he was ready to go home. or to
pay fine of from $50 to $500 If HI
refused or neglected to do so. Still
heavier fines We're imposed for usine
or b.andishing deadly weapon.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
Minister Discovers Comet.

Ministerial duties do not prevent the
Rev. Joel H. Metcalf, of Taunton,
Mass, from pursuing astronomical in
vestigations. His study of the stars
has resulted in the discovery of new
comet, which is now being closely OBJ
served by astronomers throughout the
world. 1t has been named MetcalEs
comet.
The Lamar register., 1907-03-13
SUPPORT FOR HuskINe CORN.
Handy Way in Which to Hold Corn
Stalks While Huskino.

1 have a handy way of holding corn
fodder on the ground when husking.
says a correspondent Of Prairie Farm
err. take two pieces of two by four
scantling seven feet long. II these
pieces are not available fence rails
can be used. These are run through
the rear wheel of wagon, as shown in