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The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
SWIPED THE JEWfLRY
The New Night Operator at the
Santa Pe Station Broke Open
a Trunk
THIEF NOW IN the CALABOOSE
Railroed Detectives Found Two
Stolen Gold Watches and Ring
Secretod in His Room.

A young man who came
to Socorro about two weeks ago
as night operator for the Santa
Fe, is now lodged behind the
bars of the Socorro county Jail.
probably almost persuaded that
stealing jewelry is a vain and
Improbable line of business for
an aspiring young man to adopt.
Shortly after Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul j. Terry arrived in Socor-
TO a few days ago from FL Paso
to visit the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jehn w. Terry,
they discovered that two gold
watches and gold ring had
been taken from their trunk
after they left FL Paso. The
matter was reported to the rail
road authorities, and the fact
that this was not the first occur
rance of the kind in this vicinity
of late doubtless helped to
arouse those authorities to Wig
orous action.
The results were all that could
be desired. Two detectives of
the Santa Fe company came to
Socorro, shadowed the young
man, and soon became convinced
that they were on the right trail.
On giving his room a thorough
search they found the lost Jew
elry tied up in a handkerchief
and carefully secreted. The
culprit was arrested Wednesday
and locked up for safe keeping.
The next day he was taken be-
fore Judge Green, confronted
with the stolen goods, pleaded
guilty, and is now in durance
vile awaiting the meeting of the
next grand jury in default of
$500 bail. Thus ends the story
for the present.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
BOOSTS FOR THE FAIR
Hon. W. E. Martin Writes a Live
ly Letter Telling Of the Great
Attractions.
GOVERNOR CURRY TO Be HERE
A Variety of Attractions will In
sure Everybody tho Timo of His
Life.

Hon. w. +. Martin, chairman
of the committee on celebrations
and events, is boosting for the
fair in a fashion that promises
results. Witness the following:
Socorro, N. NJ, Aug. 30. 1907
The SocOrro Chieftain:
The Socorro County Fair will
be one of the incest events ever
pulled off in the southern por-
tion of the territory. The semi
professional base ball teams, the
amateur baseball teams already
entered from Albuquerque and
El Paso, and towns surrounding
Socorro, will do some of the fast
est ball playing eyer witnessed.
The cowpony races will be of the
best. The broncho riding con-
test for the championship OF
southern and southwestern New
Mexico, will be participated in
by a number of the very best
riders that ever mounted an un-
willing horse. The shotgun
shoots will be pulled off bv
number of we'll known shotgun
shots from different portions OF
the territory. COcking-mains.
which is entirely "A new feature.
and a very attractive one, gives
promise of gathering a number
from FL Paso, Juarcz, Central
City, Silver City, Mora and other
portions of New Mexico. Our
mineral and grain exhibits will
be as excellent as any ever ex-
hibited at the Worlds Fair.
The carnival, including balloon
ascension, will be furnished by
one of the best companies on the
road. The bands for the fair
are the most popular in New
Mexico, and. taking all in all,
the entire fair is one that any
one having the interests and well
fare OF our county At heart can
ill-aiford to stay away from.
1t behooves every firm, trades
man, man, woman and child, in
the town to lend some time and
a helping hand in pushing the
Socorro County Fair to sue
cessful issue, and we would like
very much to have the same rep
resented in our parade with
floats.
Don't say no for this is a case
of have to-"
Governor George Curry, the
Roughrider Governor, will be Z
present at the opening of the
fair and will remain during the
three days time, il he can poSsi-
bly, do SO.
Very truly yours,
w. +. MARTIN.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
SOCORRO 7, GERONIMOS 2
Hagerman Had the Irish Guessing
Waddell Knocked Out in Fourth
Round Blues Know tho
Game From A to 2.

For the following excellent
story, pictures and and all, of
the Socorro- Geronimo game last
Sunday, The Chieftain is in
debted 20 the Albuquerque Citi-
zen:
A bunch of lads wearing the
blue of Socorro trampled the
green of Martin Ryan's Geroni-
mos in the loose soil of Traction
park yesterday afternoon to the
tune of Z to 2. And it was a
base ball game worth seeing.
The SocorTo team came on a
special train accompanied by a
large crowd of strong voiced
rooters, and it is needless to say
that they helped to no little ex-
tent. 1t was a noisy lot of fans
that filled the grand stand. Some
came because they had no place
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
FENCING BIDS WANTED.

For the immediate construc-
tion of eight miles of barb wire
fence, or any part of it, about
twenty miles from Magdalena,
N. M.
The wire will be supplied at
Magdalena or on the ground.
The work will consist of dig
ging post-holes, hauling and set
ting posts, etc, stretching the
wire, finishing the line, etc.
The course of fence and the
lumber to be cut can be shown to
prospective bidders at any, time.
Address post-ofiice Box SO,
Magdalena, N. M.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31

the Bar Association by a practic-
ally uninanimous vote looked
upon the question and how they
handled il. The result is very
gratifying to this writer, and he
certainly feels very grateful and
is thoroughly appreciative of the
true spirit of manliness, fairness
and justice shown by the men,
bers of the association who vot-
ed to vindicate his character as
member of the bar and of their
association, as a citizen and as a
man from the foul, cowardlv and
cruel aspersions and ISLANDERS ut
tered by the defeated candidate
for the secretary-ship who de-
sired this as a vindication and as
an approval of his cowardly,
malicious and infamous conduct.
Right here it is proper to say
that it is not often that the edi-
tor of the New Mexican appears
in the columns of this paper in
personal defense. He has lived
in this territory thirty-one years,
and he cannot change what has
happened. There is no use de-
nying that he is among the best
known men in the territory,
that he has enemies, to be sure,
but also that lie has friends.
who have watched his conduct
during this almost one-third of
century, every day of which he
has been more or less in the pub
lie eye. Therefore and in order
to do justice to his friends and
himself he publishes this account
of the affair. Nothing would
have been said in these columns
concerning it had this Hanna
not himself made it public.
Now il has become n legitimate
subject of discussion in this pa
per.
1t has come to the knowledge
of this newspaper that this man
Hanna has been engaged in writ
ing communications to govern
ment officials making grave
charges against federal and ter
officials and citizens gen.
orally. To be sure these, so the
New Mexican understands, are
only general in character. but
they we're intended and calculat-
ed to work to the injury and de-
triment of the people of this
in general and of
the officials and citizens attack
ed in particular. This matter
will be taken up in due course of
time and will be thoroughly in
veStigated. There are others in
the same category, some of them
citizens of New Mexico, and one
of them a resident of New York,
who is connected with the water
supply company of this city.
These matters will be shown up
to the people that they may
know where some of the evil
name and foul reputation said to
be attached to the people of this
territory in the east and in high
administrative circles comes
from. 1t is long lane that has
no turn, and the turn is in
sight.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
A CLOSE CALL FOR FOR NO. 10
Train Stopped within Twenty Feet
of Washout So Suddenly Pas
sengers Much Shaken.

The extraordinary rains of
this week have demoralized all
train schedules and as a result
at least one catastrophe was
averted by the narrowest possible
margin. The Rio Grande went
on a rampage down near Vinton
Monday morning and washed out
about three hundred feet of the
Santa Fe's : roadbed. AS soon
as the washopt was discovered a
man was sent on double quick
time towards FL PaSo with orders
to flag No, 10, BY hard running
and frantic tagging the mess
enger succeeded in bringing the
train toa dead stop only twenty
feea from the deadly gap in the
road. The engineer applied the
brakes so suddenly that passen-
gers were thrown from their
seats and many of them badly
shaken up. Nobody was serious
ly injured. hut il was a narrow
escape. No. 10 was backed into
FL PaSo and did not reach the
scene of the washOut again until
twelve hours late. From there
to SocOrro the rate of travel was
four miles an hour, so that
passengers for the north left
here almost twenty-four hours
behind schedule time, The tracks
are still in a bad condition and
all trains arrive and depart
several hours late.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31


else to go and others came be-
cause they were fond of looking
at the green. Then there were
those who had "a tip that the
game might really be an ex-
hibition of base BALL. This tip
was a good one.
Hagerman the much talked of
youngster of the lower banks of
the Rio Grande was on the rub
Der tor the Blues and a person
sailing under the euphOnious
name Ito base ball fans) of Wad-
dell, went in for the Greens but
only lasted three innings. Ii
was in the fourth inning that
Waddell got his. This was the
only inning in which the Blues
scored but they got enough then
to do them for the game. With
one man out, Hagerman started
the fireworks with a little bingle
TO center field, Baca following
with another in the same place,
and Laffont filled the bases by
taking one in the Stats. Jackson
brought in the first two scores by
drive to the left field, and adj
vanced Laifont to third base, II
was evident then that Switch
man Waddell-that is the role
he plays when not pitching ball
was all in and the clarion voice
Continued 10 bage 4.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
BALL = GAMEN BALL GAMESl
Soeorro vs. Geronimos Sunday,
socorro VS.. Barelas Grays Mon
day, at the Fair Grounds.

TherS. will be no end of sport
for the Socorro fans tomorrow
and next day at the fair grounds.
The Socorro team will give the
Geronimos the distinction of be-
ing walloped first and then if the
Barclas boys don't take to the
woods they will get theirs. Let
everybody be there and root as
he never rooted before.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31

Everybody should remember
that both the School of Mines
and the public schools reopen at
nine o'clock Monday morning,
September ..
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31
BE DEsEAN PRoPUEsTAs PARA
CERCo.

Para la construction Immediate
de ocho millas dc cerco dc alambre
de pua, 8 cualesquiera parle del
mismO, como veinte millas de
Magdalena, N. M.
FL alambre sc suplira en- Mag
dalena 8 en el terreno.
FL trabaio cunsiste de cavar
hoyos para postes, acarrear y
poner los postes, etc, enderezar
el alambre, y completar la linea,
etc.
El curse del cerco y la MADEIRA
dc ser cOrtada puede ser vista 4
los aplicantes prospectivos en-
cualesquier tempo.
Dirijanse al cajon de eStaleta
No. SO, Magdaleua, New Mexico.
The Socorro chieftain., 1907-08-31

T.. f.. Stevenson came down
Tuesday from the Kelly camp,
where lie is employed at one of
the principal mines OF the dis
trict.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
SUMS CARBON SHELL.

1t has often been suggested that
the brilliance of the suns disk is due
to incandescent particles of carbon,
and within a few years past the pres
ence Of carbon in the sun has been
demonstrated by the %spectroscope.
Lately Prof. Morton, attached to
the naval observatory at Washing
ton, has shown that there is a thin
layer of carbon in the lower part of
the suns atmosphere. 1t surrounds
the solar globe like a luminous shell,
and, under normal conditions, is
probably not more than 500 miles
above the suns surface. But when
an eruption takes place from be-
meath the carbon layer, like all the
other constituents of the solar atmos-
phere, is broken up and locally dis
persed by the tremendous agitation.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
FINE PLACE OF WORSHIP
Chapel at Windsor Castle, England,
Remarkable for lite Gorgeous
Fittings.

The private chapel at Windsor cas-
tie must be gorgeous for a Protestant
place of worship. The chapel is up
holstered and carpeted in bright red
and the organ is done in cream aud
gold. The high oak dadO has gold
headings and the walls and ceilings
are in cream tones. Boxes highly
suggestive of theater boxes are
raised above the level of the congre-
CATION for the use of the royal FAM
lily and their guests. These boxes are
oak paneled and small heraldic
shields decorate them. There is a
lantern roof in plain glass, but a
large window looking east is filled
with richly colored glass.
Bronze bas reliefs and memorial
lines are let in the oak paneling Of
the chapel walls, One of these tab
lets is a group in terra Gotta by
Dalou showing an angel carrying an
armful Of babies, five in number
one of these is supposed to represent
Prince John, a baby son Of the king.
who died when only a few hours old.
and the others are four nephews Of
the king, who diedin infancy.
The tiny g%allary leading to the
kings pew is famous as containing
the most perfect collection Of paint.
ings by Holbein in England. There
also hang pictures by Janet anC
Cranash, and the clock that was the
wedding gift of Henry VII to Anne
Boleyn on their wedding morn.
The style of the chapel is Gothic
and if was planned by the prince con
sort more than 60 years ago from the
practice room Of the queens band.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
IN THE cHILD's MIND.

Of AS children, says DR.. Stanley
Hall, 20 believed the sun, moon and
stars to live, 16 thought flowers could
feel and Is that dolls would feel
pain if burnt. The sky was found
the chief field in which the children
exercised their philosophic minds.
About three-quarters Of them
thought the world a plain with the
sky like a bowl turned over it, some
times believing that it was Of such
thin texture that one could easily
break through, though so large that
much housekeeping was necessary
in heaven. The sun may enter the
ground when it sets, but half the
Nthildren thought that at night it
rolls or flies away, or is blown, OF
walks, or God pulls it higher up out
of sight, taking it up into heaven,
according to some, putting it to bed,
and even taking off its clothes and
putting them on again in the morn
ing, or again, it is believed to lie
under the trees at night and the an
gels mind it.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
HAUNTED BY HIS VICTIMS
Fisherman Ends Life in Agony, Tor
tured by Ghosts Of Bass He
Had C Iught.

Haunted by the ghosts of the in
Vulnerable bass he caught during the
last 20 years, Joshua Rice died at
Cove, Pa, in delirium.
Mr.. Rice was one of the best
known fishermen along the river and
amassed a small fortune selling his
tremendous catches. One day a few
seasons ago he brought home 20
pounds of bass.
He made no pretense of fishing for
the sport, and freely admitted that
he was a game hog. When he found
a new bass hole, instead Of inform
ing other fishermen, he carefully
kept the secret and fshed the place
until not a bass was left.
1t is not unreasonable to say that
during the last 20 years this man
caught 10000 bass, and, averaging
them at II inches, the fish, if laid
out in a line, would stretch over
distance of ten miles.
Rice had made great plans for the
season. He had his patent hooks
extra rods and lines put in order.
and had caught a large number Of
stone catfish and sinners to be useC
as bait.
Late Friday night the members o.
his family were aroused by shrek.
of fear, and, entering his room
found the man beating off million.
Of imaginary bass that threatened
him. Doctors were of no avail, anC
early Saturday morning he passed
away III agony hiadeipilla Norti
American.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
HOW THE NAME ORIGINATED.

A northern tourist who was rid
ing in a leisurely way through west
ern Georgia stopped one hot day to
rest at a cottage occupied by an old
colored man and wife. "Uncle," he
said, tanning himself with his hit,
chow much further is it to Col. JEFF
frey's big plantation?
"'Bout five miles, sub" answered
the aged darby.
"Good roads ?"
"Mos'ly up hill an down, sub"
"Have you ever been at the col
oners place."
81 wuz bawn dab, sub"
"They call it the Renfrew, don't
they?"
eyes, sub"
GLOW did it ever get the name of
Renfrew ?"
81 alters lowed, boss, it wuz cause
de nan who owned it befo' de wah
run froo wild it in bout four yeahs."
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
RIGHT UP AGAINST 1T.

First High School Girl don't
know what 1 am going to do about
my essay.
Second High School Girl-What's
the trouble?
First High School Girl-Oh, the
teacher has given me such a mean
subject.
Second High School Girl-What
is it?
First High School Girl-Why, she
wants me to write on "Wha Is the
Difference Between Bridge Whist
and Gambling?" and l can't seem to
think of anything to say.-Somer-
vile Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
DAY OF AMATEUR o N

"The intelligent mother of to-day
thinks that her daughters are better
employed listening to good music
than performing bad" says Mrs,
George CORVALLIS West. Then she
tells of the head teacher of a we'll
known school in st. Petersburg who
once asked Rubinstein how many
hours a day her pupils should prac-
tice. "None," was the laconic an
sweF. 1t is an age of virtuosi and
mechanical instruments, the writer
concludes. The day has gone by
when people will listen patiently
after dinner to the "Moonlight
Sonata" or the "Priere dune
Verge" as performed by the daugh-
ter of the house.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
A NICE PLACE.

Confines, a little town in France,
must be a nice, humane place. A
custom house officer found a wretch
ed cur in a railway van and threw
it into the furnace of the engine.
The S. P. G. A. prosecuted the man,
but French law only Furnishes a man
who is cruel to his own dog. The
municipal council of Confines has
now congratulated the custom house
officer for his courage in tackIing the
dog, and petitioned the French
prime minister to give him some re-
ward. Nice, humane place, Confines |
Sporting Times.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
Meeting Closed.

According to all reports the Bap-
fist meeting at Doverhas been the
best all around revival the town has
witnessed for years. In spite of dis
couraging reports that placed them
in a trying position, Revs. Morris and
Martins worked faithfully on to a vic.
tory. One of the features that adds
so much to the value of the work
done is the fact that every one who
professed conversion was grown to
manhood and womanhoOd.
Sin was dealt with numerically
and no form of it was left unscathed.
Rev. E. f. Morris is surely a cosmo-
politan preacher having been in
almost every walk of life, from A
Spanish American War soldier boy
to a commercial traveller. And he
drew his Illustrations from these
various sources Rev. NJ. Louis
Mertins who is at present pastor of
the church at Dover relieved Rev.
Morris now and then. His preaching
is the simple kind that reaches the
soul of men. In his concluding
sermon Sunday evening the pastor
said; 81 am no orator-if l was /
could not reach you. Our numbers
have not been great, but | know you
are in earnest, else you wonld not
have stepped out so bravely. Yours
it is to redeem the religion, the NOR
ais and the politics of Dover. Do it
in the strength your Creator has
given you. People will try to dis
courage you, but, like the governor of
the great old state of Mississippi,
who recently stepped out for Jesus
name, stand firm for Kits sake and
yours VIII be the victory"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
FADS OF WOMEN SMOKERS
According to London Newspaper, coR
tunes Are Designed for the
Hour with Nicotine.

The latest decree, that every item
in a woman's toilet must harmonic
in c%OlOring, has affected even the
cigarette, says the London
Express. The new cigarette for the
fair sex has no cork or gold tip, but
is fitted with a tiny cylinder of taf-
feta silk to match the gown.
These cigarettes de luxe are en-
closed in a case of brocaded silk,
scented with the owners favorite
perfume.
Dainty silk-coyered boxes to match
the cases are provided, which contain
one of the new silver electric cigar
cite lighters.
An enterprising west end firm has
created the woman's 'slipon smok-
ing gown" at is an extraordinary
thing that although cigarette smok-
ing has been fashionable among
ladies for years nobody has suggest
ed a smoking room toilet the man
ager said to an Express representa-
tive.
"Tea gowns have been a woman's
only standby, and they are hardly
suitable for a smoking costume. Our
slipon smoking robes are made Of
colored tussore silk for the summer,
and velveteen for the winter. The
garment has to be put on over the
head.
"'The 4ireside' slippers are made
Of quilted satin to toao with the
gown, and are tied across the instep
18th I'll aat::a riA%555o3aass.n
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
MECHANICS FOR PARENTS.

"Nicknames for parents" is one
of the latest developments Of the ia
miliarity that now exists between
them and their children. The CEN
serious denounce the lack of respect
and reverence shown by the rising
generation for their elders. 1t is
certainly rather startling to hear a
son address his father as George
and a mother hailed as "Peter" by
her daughter. These are not "Smart
Set" extravagances, but instances re-
Gently encountered in simple, solid
families of the type that ''has made
England what it is" London
Chronicle.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
NOTHING BUT LUCK.

While seated at the breakfast table
a letter bearing the card Of a law
firm in a distant city was handed to
the head Of the matrimonial COM
bine.
"Great guns!" he exclaimed, ex-
citedly, as he perused it. "I have
just fallen heir to $500, 900"
"Thats good" calmly rejoined the
wife Of his bosom. Now we can
begin to take ice"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1907-07-20
HOW TO LAY A 3

l think the thing that made the
greatest impression on all of us at
Dion was the way one of the walters
laid the big table for deieuner, while
we were eating our seven o'clock
breakfast in the half dark. He wore
carpet slippers-henceforward we
got used to them-and sat on his
heels on the tablecloth and slowly
wriggled backwards down its center
as he set out the various require
ments.-C. B. Fry's Magazine.