davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-11
DRUGGIST IN BANKRUPTCY.
PetItion Filled Against A. o. Given Q & Huntsville. t

Huntsville. Huntsville, Dec. i0.-tSpeciaL )-The business of Aivan c. Given. q druggist. was placed in the hands of George Cooper as receiver in involuntary bank ruptcy this afternoon.
 Creditors filed petition before Ref cree Murphy. Liabilities of the busi- mess amount to $7.000. and the assets goods.
 R. E. Parlan, saloon man of Deca- tur. filed a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy today. His liabilities are s6,21s, and assefs 4S8s.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-25
A BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF
THE HOMESTEAD LAWS

All men and women over FL years
OF age, widows, d e s c t e d
wives, and persons under FL years
who are the heads OF families, and
are not the owners OF more than
100 acres of land, who are citizens
orhave declared their intention to
become citizens of the United
States are qualified to make a home
stead entry.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-25

prairie, broken and i~ntersected by
small streams and the Canadian
river which flows through the east
ern portion. The town commands
an extensive trade territory, and is
in the center OF a large sheep and
wool industry.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-25
Catechism of the Richest
Section of the Southwest

Corrugated rG gauge per @me. $3.50 memmrM @mn wmb mhm dmMm@m manufacturing
Fuel
Wood pine, pmn and cedar per cord ..s 5000 Tn ImmnOh the towns picturesque mm the foot of
cha % pnMre to. .",......,.. ss ~5o r~mnud Mountain The surrounding country is udMmw
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-25

Feed.
Corn, per hundred weight, shened, retail Observation-Disclosures Ito
Oats, per hundred weight, retail 1855
Upland hay, Nebraska, per ton, baed. ......... .. .. 1900
Groceries.
Sugar, rs lbs. for 49,. -. ........... 100
Package coffee, 6 packages for 100
ID. s. bacon, per lii. ............. 10
Breakfast bacon, good quality, per lb. Observation-Disclosures. rs
Canned tomatoes, ; h. cans, per case. ...........,.,. ...... ais
Canned corn, peas, beans, etc. per case. go. .........., 400
Potatoes, Greedy, extra fine, per cwt Observation-Disclosures. 175
Pure Leaf Lard, per lh....... .I2@
Onions, Silver Skin, native, good, cwt. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.5o
Tucumcar, the County Seat of Quay County, is located at the
junction OF the Rock Island and Dawson Railways, and the terminus
OF the Choctaw- Tucumcarr Amarillo extension, 600 miles from Kansas
City, 3I miles from FL Paso, 1913 miles from Amarillo, and 400 miles
from Santa Fee, the capital OF the Territory. The embryo city was
first surveyed and plotted by d. J. Aber, the city engineer O. the pres
ent Incorporated town OF Tucumcari, five years ago. Tucumcari is
today, in every way a modern western town. We have a city govern
ment, electric lights, a telephone system, water works. ice factory
and cold storage building, half a dozen churches, both Catholic and
Protestant being represented, a ten thousand dollar public school
all sorts OF merchandising establishments, two banks carrying on de-
posit more than a quarter of a million dollars, hall a dozen hotels and
Is many restaurants, eight lawyers and half Il dozen doctors, and land
agents thicker than cattle on the ranges, two up-to-date livery stables,
automobile lines to Amarillo, Texas, and Texico, N. M and a
population OF something over 1000.
Tucumcari has two Wholesale and retail merchandising esab-
ishments, one OF which averaged more than $1,000 sales a day during
1905, the other being a close second, one newspaper with more than a
thousand circulation in Quay county, the Tucumcari News, published
by the Tucumcari Printing Co., incorporated, a Chamber of Commerce
with fifty members, which maintains headquarters in the Israel block,
and keeps in its regular employment a secretary to attend to its multi
picity OF duties,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1907-05-25

Not later than six months from date of entry the homestead claim
ant must establish his residence upon the land, and after fourteen
months from date Of entry, if he has resided upon and cultivated
the land for the last eight months, can commute or pay for the land
at the rate of $125 per acre, when claimant will receive a patent to
the land from the government. If claimant does not wish to commute,
he can reside continuously upon the land for five years, and upon
fling proof that he has done so, will receive a patent to the land.
SOLDIERS RIGHTS.
Soldiers who served in the war of the rebellion, the Spanish or the
Philippine wars, are entitled to have the time of their service, not
exceeding four years, counted as residence on the land.
DECEASED CLAIMANTS.
If a homestead claimant dies, the land goes to the widow, if he
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
DIR. DAY FLAWS THE POOR.
Educator Says There's roc Much
Philanthropy,

The Rev. DR.. James Roscoe Day. Of
Syracuse, N. Y, chancellor Of Syracuse
university, In an address Friday right
attacked the arguments in favor Of
the poor and charitable and phllnn-
thropic movements that had been adj
vanced a few months before by j.
Phelps Stokes and Rose Pastor stokes.
his wife,
What Is all this cry that Is being
made about the poor wage earner?"
asked DR.. Day.
The wage earners get enough fol
what they do and a great many OF
them get more. I know the poor. l
have been among them and studied
them. I know that they are the chief
supporters of upwards of 10000 sa-
looms in this city. I know that they
are the chief causes Of intem>erance
and shiftliness, and hen the blame
Is put on the hard hearted corpora
tions. We should cease some of the
philanthropy which we practice n
help the poor to learn their duty and
TO make them help themselves,
I believe there is not a greater
piece OF ~despotism that rules today
than labor unionism. 1t is a h~indrance
itself to the advance of man"
The address was given at the annual
dinner or the Syracuse Alumni assoc
citation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
WEEKS HAPPENINGS
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN a con-
DENsED FORM.
Dry Farming-Neccssity OF Expcfi-
men, stations West Ml~soarl-An
Initial Appropriation OF a, Leae'
$1,000 % BE Asked.

At the recent meeting of the state
board of regents of education nelu !"
Pierre. the board adopted the lolioN-
ing resolution in regard to ARID Iaiu
experiments:
'.rhe newer regions of the nortn-
west present numerous proplehhs III
dry land agriculture. This causes an
imperative demand for more WoIn
along experimental lines. C2feluiS
conducted experiments save much III
necessary loss of time and money -
those who go into these regions -
make new homes, and to develop 'iie
agricultural resources.
.Dro assist in tnes solution OF problems
in dry land agriculture y series "'
chain Of far western experiment sta
lions has been established III every
state from Texas north into Sanada'
with the exception of South Dakota.
"In South Dakota the experlmelit
station at Efishmare tta& done, ana -
doing, "a great and highly lmpot'ai'
work in testing Soregssplants ana &C.
reals for the upland prairie region "e-
tween the James and Missouri fNe.''
"Within the past two years me
opening up. to settlement OF the LII
mense tracts of land lying vest from
the Missouri river, and the eA|"'''''i'
of the farming belt into TINS u'"iHye,
oped section makes it highly a"FtSa''ie
to follow the example of our sister
states. and establish at least two new
trial stations. M for the rorthefii @iiN
one for the central portion or th's So.
ton The railways now building west
from Flvarts and Pierre viii make ae-
cess easy to these proposed stations
The stations should consist OF one SCI,
ton OF land each, and the sites shoulu
be selected by q committee from me
agricultural experiment stauoh "t
Prookings. appointed by the regents Oh
education, the choice to be approve"
by them and confirmed by the proPer
authorities. These sub-stations ShoulG
be under the management ana cohlroi
of the experiment station at Brook
ings. but it is necessary that the state
provide funds for their maintenance
An initia1 appropriation of at least
$500 for each station, WITH $o'ooo loE
each year thereafter.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
BIG cAIr1E COMPANY QUITS.
Passing of Franklin Holdings Marks
End of Great Industry.

Passing of Franklin Holdings Marks
End of Great Industry.
The Franklin Cattle company, the
most profitable in the state of South
Dakota, has sold it's interests to the
American Live Stock and Loan COM
parry of Denver.
The Franklin Cattle company, or
gained in the spring of 1885, has been
not only the largest. but one of the
most profitable organizations In the
state. 1t was at first a sort of a fam
lily affair, consisting of Harris Fran
lin. now known as the richest man IN
South Dakota; Mr.. Harris
their son, n. +. Franklin, and Ben
Bear.
Not less than As 1000 head of stock
COMPRISED the company's ownings,
and its annual shipments, averaging
about 10000 head. We're largely IN
strumertal in making the town or
Belle Fourche that which it will never
be again-the largest single shipping
point for cattle in the world. In the
year 1897 the company r~eorganized
under the name of Harris Franklin ~
Co. and e. II. Hartman, of railroad
fame. and S. w. Allerton, of Chicago,
became heavily interested in the pro-
ieCt,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
NEARLY FORTY DEAD
TWENTY-FIVE BODIES RECOv.
ERRED FROM WRECK.
Parts or Bodies Found at Great Dis
tanccs from scene OF Disaster-va-
rions Theories onercd as 70 Tho
W. Cause OF the Explosion. +

TWENTY-FIVE charred and mutilatcd
bodies have been taken from the
fsmouldering ruins OF passenger train
mo. 8. on the Cleveland, Cincinnati
and st. Louis CHG Four, which was
destroyed by the explosion OF a car
load OF powder as 1t passed a freight
train at Sanford, nine miles west af
iTerre Haute, Ind, Saturday night. The
number Of injured will reach at least
Ithirty-fve.
The entire train was blown from the
track. the coaches demolished and the
lengine hurled fifty feet. The passen-
Egers either were blown to pieces, Gre
mated or rescued in a more or less ii,
iured condition.
The injured, some OF whom are fa-
tally hurt, are at the hospitals in Terre
Hante and Paris, ILL.,, and at Sanford.
The full extent OF the disaster was
revealed at daylight, but the death
Hist Will not be complete until york.
me- have finished clearing the debris.
According to trainmen OF the freight
the powder was exploded by the con-
4csss!on mad BY the passenger train,
which was slowing down for the sta
ton at Sanford. Another theory is
that gas escaping from ar oil pipe
nearby entered the powder car and a
spark from the passing engine ignited
h as. Others express the belief that
h disaster was due to q tramp or in
toxicated man firing a shot into the
car.
Cars were smashed to pieces by the
force Of h explosion. Huge masses
Of iron were found hundreds Of feet
ron the track. The tank OF the pass
enger engine was hurled nearly 100
feet, landing IN a gravel road.
Two passenger coaches and one bag
gage car were consumed by fire. The
freight train. in which the car OF pow.
der was, WA demolished.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
Lessons in Sex Physiology.

Referring to the recent movement start
ed by the Society of Sanitary and Moral
American Prophylaxis, the New York
School Journal now declares that the
necessity of recognizing sex in the prac-
teal teaching of pupils in the public
schools is before us in a greater force
than ever before. DIR. Mary Putnam, who
had investigated the schools of twenty
cities, found no attention given to sex in
struction, except in three girls high
schools, where women physicians gave
brief talks on topics relating to child
birth. The result was that shame, mys-
terry and actual evil were Associated with
sex in the minds of children. especially
those over 10 years old" She opposes
the doctrine of leaving the matter alone
on the ground that disease will punish the
guilty, as many innocent ones are infect
ed for one guilty one. Dean Ballet of
the New York school of pedagogy say
the subject has passed the stage of in
auiry as to whether these subjects shall
be taught, for the present question is how
the subject is to be presented. John R..
Elliott of the New York ethical culture
schools opposes the plan of having a ply
sician brought in to teach sex knowi-
edge, as It increases the wrong notion
that the subject is unusual. and he makes
the practical suggestion Of using the boy
and girl leaders to influence their mates
III the right direction.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
FOR BABIES BEFORE LAMBS.
rinchot Says Sheep Interests are Sec.
ondary.

ondary.
The forty-third annual convention OF
the National Wool Growers associa-
ton a called to order ct 10 o'clock
Thursday morning in salt Lake Ci.y,
Utah. Owing to thu non-arrival of
many delegates a recess was taken un-
til 1880 Thursday afternoon.
More than 1000 delegates were IN
orously voiced by the vice president
and sections Of the country where
sheep are raised were represented. The
wool rad of Boston and other east.
ern cities also was represented.
A feature of the convention Is an
exhibition Of standard high bred and
high grade sheep at the state fair
grounds, where more tha 500 sheep,
mostly from the intermountain coun-
try, are On exhibition.
1t developed early that the dele
gates almost to a mar are bitterly hos
tile to the forest reserve policy of tn.
government. his sentiment was Wig
orougsly voiced by the vice president
in his annual address, which set the
convention wild with enthusiasm,
while the defense of the administra-
ton by Chief Forester Clifford Pinchot,
of the agricultural department, was
very colby received.
At the climax Of his address DI.
Wilson declared that the transforma-
tion of the ranges into forest reserve
from which the sheep are excluded.
viii put Wyoming back twenty years
and reduce her wealth so per cent
He also discussed the transportation.
question, saying that the facilities OF
the railroads should be ample in view
of the increased equipment within tne
past year. The trouble, he suggested,
is due to the lack of speed rather than
to lack of cars.
Mr.. Pinchot took the broad ground
that the sheepmen represent only q
small proportion of the people Of the
United States and that their interests
must give way, If necessary, to the
welfare of the nation. He expressed
his personal sympathy, but added:
This question of ranges is you
question. Dur concern is for the home
steader. The government wants Ia
raise children instead of lambs"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
SHIPS POUNDED TO rIcEs.
Loss 81 $1,000, 900 In Terrific Gale Mt
Buffalo.

During Saturday night and Sunday
Buffalo, n. n, was swept by the most
destructive wind storm OF a decade.
The Niagara frontier lies a scene OF
wrstkage 4 destruction in the wake
Of the storm.
aAzT TWO u have been reported lost SO
far = property damage that will
aggregate S2,000.00O when the ac-
counting IS mad OF the toll OF tho
storm. Lake Erie with It's level high
q than has been known for twenty
years has gorged the Niagara river to
overAOwing. aid thousands OF dollars
worth Of property has been carried
down the stream.
Miles Of docks at the great lumber
market ~ North Tonawando have
been destroyed and millions Of feet OF
lumber have been carried out into
the river.
The damage to shipping In Bufalo
harbor alone IS 31.500.00. Five great
lake steamers aground tell that part
~ the STORY. Thirteen others makinA
brave attempts 20 ride out the storm
NAL ada TO ~ Niagara Falls power
We cut on whom the cable snapped
and Cit was n partiai darkness
Sunday night. Damage to homes and
buildings Il widespread.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
RUSHED TO PENITENTIARY.
st. Louis Lawyer Sentenced Shortl,
After Being Arrested.

st. Louis Lawyer Sentenced Shortly
After Being Arrested.
Horance e. Hand, of st. Louis, an
attorney and chief clerk of the law de-
partment of the Frisco Railroad com
pany, was arrested and released on
$4,000 bond Thursday and strict se-
crecy was maintained concerning the
nature of the charge against him. The
charge was made at the instance of
District Attorney Sager. When Hand
was admitted to bond in the circuit at
torney's office all newspaper men were
excluded.
Later in the afternoon during a con
ference in Circuit Attorney Sager's Of
fee Hand broke down and confessed
he was guilty of forgery. At his w
request he was Immediately taken be-
fore Circuit Judge Muench, where he
pleaded guilty to the two charges
against him. He was sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary. He asked
to be taken to the p~enitentiary at
nee and was taken on a night train to
Jefferson City.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
Interesting News Items.

A report that France had coded Tahiti
to Great Britain is officially denied in
Paris.
The equestrian statue of Gen. George
f.. Mcclellan in Washington will be un.
yelled on May 10.
Gov. Magoon signed a treaty of ex-
tradition between the republics of Cuba
end Santo Domingo.
The Paris Journal says that Jacques
Lebaudy. the self-styled emperor of the
Sahara is making a tour of the United
States.
A lockout of $4,000 carpenters and
TONER'S has taken place in Berlin because
OF the noncompliance of the unionists
with the demands of the Master Carpen-
ters' Association.
The committee on railroads and pubic
service corporations of the Oklahoma con-
stitutional convention recommended a 2
cent railway fare and the enactment of q
fellow servant law.
Prof. Albert William Berg, for forty
years o~rganist at the Church of the
TRANSPORTATION, commonly known as
.sThe Little Church Around the Corner,
in New York, died in that city, aged 81
years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
FOR BAILEY.
Texas House Permits Attorney Cen
cral TO File Charges.

vs. s>J NN>'.
craI 10 File Charges.
ATTORNEY Genera Davidson appear-
ed In the Texas house Wednesday with
tho documentary evidence which, 1t is
charged, duplicates Senator Bailey IN
connection with the readmission If
the Waters-Pierce Oil company in vio-
latlon of the anti-trust laws of the
state. senator Bailey's supporters OBJ
jected to consideration of the evidence
unless 1t was genuine and unless Sena-
tor Bailey could look over it at the
same time IS the members. 1t was
then suggested that Attorney General
Davidson be required to prove the cor
rectness of the papers. Both PROPOSE
lions were voted down. The attorney
general filed the evidence with the
speaker pending further develop.
ments. The house then resumed ar
gument as to whether there shall be
an investigation.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
EATING THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

Many Cases Of Cannibalism Reported
In Famine District.
Further ndyices received at Vic
toria, b. c., Friday from Shanghai tell
OF increasing horrors and great fam
Inc In central China. The correspond
two districts Of Sinchow and Paychow
h starving people are eating their
children.
Plants and grass. which furnished
food for many. have disappeared and
there is not even roots to eat. The
correspondent says cases OF cannibal-
ism are many. In the absence Of or
binary food, he found human flesh act
ually being sold.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
GUGGENHE1M QUITS BUSINESS
New a from Colorado Resigns
from Various Companies.

New Senator from Colorado Resigns
from Various Companies.
In joint session Wednesday Simon
G~uggenheim was declared elected
United States senator for Colorado. He
was greeted with applause by his sup
porters and the audience c%rowding the
galleries.
Mr.. ~Guggenheim announced his res
ignation as an official from all bust
ness concern With which he has bee
connected. The most important IF
these are the Western Mining com
pany. Of Leadville, Colo, the Guggen-
helm Exploration company of New
York, the United Lead company o.
New York, the Federal Lead company
of Missouri, the American Shelters
Securities company Of New York, the
United States Zinc company of Pueblo,
Colo, and the American Shelters
Steamship company.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25

Canadian Household Likely Was Over
CuEsc " Coal Gas
ssHszA tragedy, the null details of which
probably v will be known. has
wiped out the entire family OF Edward
Ferdinand. proprietor OF q tannery
~ Caigary, Alberta, Can. The police
on breaking into the housesfound Fer
adinand dead In bed. the body Of a
newly born infant at his side. while
the dead body OF Mrs. Ferdinand lay
on the floor near the bed. IN anotheA
bed were two young boys, still alive.
but 50 badly frozen that they died
while being taken I . the hospital. The
superstition A. that the family was
overcome BY coal gas, that The wife
recovered suficiently to attempt 10
adjust the pipes gave premature birth
to = child and died.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25
WATER BELLE FoURCHE.

Pumping Station to Be Installed to In
sure Supply of Water.
A regular pumping system is to be
installed at Belle Fourche to supply
the city with water. Hitherto the sup
ply has been obtained by storing the
overflow from the numerous artesian
wells in the vicinity but with the in
creasing growth of the town this is nc
longer practicable. Therefore a pump
and a gasoline engine, the former with
a capacity of about 10000 gallons pei
twenty-four hours, have been secured
and viii be installed within a few days
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-01-25

Twenty-Five persons were killed N
the wreck of Big -Four passenger tram
No. 3S neal Fowler. Ind, Saturday,
twenty of whom were burned alive,
and forty others were injured. Those
killed were nearly all iii the coLibi;id-
ton car, which took fire and BURNED.
The sleeping ears were not wrecked.
The wrecked train was Queen City
Special. e~aSt-bound, from Chicago. md
was going fifty miles an hour. Owing
to Il dense fog the engineer of the flyer
was unable to see the light on the sema-
phore. which directed him to stop, rs 4;
wcst-bound freight had the right of
way.
The train dispatcher, knowing that
the dense fog would prevent the train
men from seeing the block signal, went
outside and waved his lantern frantic-
ally and fired at least half a dozen
shots from his revolver, but the train
went crashing by II a momen later
the crash came, the passenger running
into the freight, head on.
The tender of No. SO telescopcG The
baggage car, the rear end of the tender
cut through to within ten feet of the
rear of the smoker. The tirenlen of
both trains were killed instantly, but
the engineers escaped by jumping. The
report of the collision was heard all
over the town. Fire bells and wills
ties called the people to the aid Of che
injured.
Immediately following the crash the
wreckage caught fire and the people
were burned before they could be OK
tricated from the ruins The heat of
the burning cars was so intense that
the rescuers could not gCS near enough
to help.
Crushed Like an Ei;Sshcll.
The trains met t~hree-quarters of Il
mile east of Fowler. Both were at top
speed. When they struck the engines
were welded together. The combina-
ton car. first in the passenger train,
was crushed like an ~eggshell under the
impact of the sleepers behind. Before
the grinding, splintering mass had
time to settle bright flames sprang up
i'll half a dozen places. The combina-
ton car was smashed to kindling n
much of its w~reckage, tossed up on the
kissing locomotive wreckage, burned
tiercely. In a few minutes the wind
had driven the fire back into the first
sleeping car. Its occupants knew the
car would burn and before the fire at
tackled 1t had fled, some Of them in
night attire. All the coaches, except
the sleepers and the private car of
Vice President Schaff, were destroyed.
OF the passengers known to nave
been in the combination coach at the
head of the train only five were res
cued. Most of the 5others died horri-
bic deaths by fire and steam, pinned
in the wreckage Of the car.