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Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
VERY IMPORTANT
MEETING
HELD
Annual Convention of Nation.
al Wool Growers Attended
by Many Delegates.

The forty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the National Wool Growers
association at Helena, Mont, January
IA 16, proved the best attended and
most successful meeting ever held
by this, the oldest livestock organ
lzation in the United States. Dele
gates were present from all the
principal wool and mohair growing
states and matters of vital import
ance to these Industries had the at
tention of the convention.
Government regulation of the pub
lie range was discussed by Hon. Bry-
ant B. Brooks. governor of Wyo-
ming, and Hon. T. j. Walsh, of Hell
ena, Mont; THE Attitude of the Gen
eral Government Toward the West"
Senator Thos. II. Carter, of Mon
tana; THE Conservation of Our Wa
ter Resources" Prof. c. T. Johnston,
state engineer of Wyoming; Federal
Cooperation With the States in the
Control and Eradication of Contag-
ious Diseases" DR.. r. ID. Ramsay
u. S. Bureau of Animal Industry
Washington; THE Sheep Industry
and Predatory Wild Animals" Dan
+. Smythe, Pendleton, Oregon; '+The
Angora Industry in the United
States" John w. Fulton, Secretary OF
the American Angora Goat Breeders
association, Helena, Montana; Home
Consumption of Wool" j. II. Bear
rup, Albuquerque. New Mexico.
Resolutions were adopted protest
ing against the passage of the Bur
ket bill for the leasing of public
lands or the granting of permits fol
| their use for grazing purposes; de.
manding the prompt elimination
from forest reserves of ali land moi
t'mbered or suitable for re-foresta-
| ton or reasonably necessary to con
| serve the flow OF streams used fol
| irrigation in arid sections; approvinl
the present tariff on wool and hide,
and deprecating any attempt to alter
or modify 1t; favoring a uniform
| bounty law by all the states On pre-
datory wild animals; endorsing the
establishment of a field pathological
station in the west by the United
States department of agriculture; pc
tuoning congress for the enactmen
of law compelling interstate rail
roads to transport livestock between
feeding points at a speed of not les
| N'o'l hLteSH HplSS an HouIi lHcluulnt
all stops; endorsing the Co-operativ'
Livestock Commission company an,
recommending for favorable consid
eration Of wool growers the plan o
holding wool auction sales in Amer
lea, similar to those held In London
The following resolution intro
dLced by the secretary of the Amer
lean Angora Goat Breeders associa
tion, an organization affiliated witt
the National Wool Growers associa
tion, and adopted by the convention
will be read with especial interest b
the Angora goat owners of the coun
try:
Wherease, Recognizing in Anger
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
SLAYER OF COWBOY
KILLED BY POSSE
"BliDd Joe" Apache Indian, Resist
cd Arrest and Was Shot Down
Near Alamogordo.

Santa Fe, Jan. 2S.-According to
a message received today a posse
which has been searching for the
murderer Of Thomas McLane, a
cowboy in the employ of the Felix
Cattle company whose body was
found in a lonely spot on the Mesca-
lero Apache reservation a few days
ago. tracked down "Blinb joe" a no
tsrlous Apache Indian, ana riddled
his body with bullets when he resist
ed arrest
The day following the finding of
the body the Indian took his squaw
and hurriedly departed toward Mex
leo. This threw suspicion on him and
the posse at once started on his trail
He was caught near Alamogordo and
resisted arrest and fired several shots
at the posse.
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
Imports of goat hair for the fiscal
years 1901 to 1905:

unfortunately the figures are not
now available for the last two years
though it Is known that notwith-
standing the somewhat increased
home production, the importations
have also materially increased.
"The now wide distribution of An
goras throughout the United States
will eventually determine the locali-
ties possessing best conditions for
Angora husbandry, though the sue
cess enjoyed by the breeders of Tex
as and the southwest is being well
repeated by the breeders of oregon
and the northern states. Numerous
flocks are found throughout the
Rocky mountain districts of Mon
tana, Idaho. Wyoming and Colorado
and, too, throughout the "stumpage'
districts of Michigan and Wisconsin
where the Angoras are converting the
cutover lands from brushy wastes TO
remarkably fine grass and clover
pastures. Supplementing the profit
able yield derived from the valuable
fleece. meat and pelt of the Angora,
advantage is being taken or the
browsing characteristic of these anil
mails in other sections of the coun-
try and in the few Missouri counties
about Kansas City it Is safe to say
their work in re-claiming brushy
tracts has added fully a quarter of
million dollars to the assessed valu-
alton of the land on which they have
! been kept. Many fiocks of Angoras
are now to be found in New Eng
land the middle states and through
out the Mississippi and Missouri val
leys as well as in Kansas, Nebraska
and throughout the southern states
, "The prevailing prices of domestic
| mohair have been steadily increasing
| In the last few years, due, no doubt
to the improvement in the quality or
| the American clip and the increasing
! consumption and use of this mater
ial A large quantity of Texas hair
of six months growth that ordinar-
| lily commends 22 to 27c, was sold late
| last season at 35c per pound at the
| railroad shipping points. Many
northern clips of full years growth
hair commanded prices ranging from
SO to 40c per pound.
| "The edibility of Angora mutton is
becoming more generally understood
and its use is increasing as Is shown
| by the large numbers OF Angores
slaughtered annually at the principal
markets, 6S,1S3 having been handled
at Kansas City alone in 1907, at but
| slightly below the current prices for
mutton sheep.
"The unsupplied and increasing
demand for Angora products well
warrants the keen interest manifest
| In this industry and we'll justifies the
action of the annually increasing
number of American farmers now
adding Angoras to their present live
stock. They are found to be very
profitable animals, most beneficial to
the average pasture and in no way
detrimental to other stock. In the
aegregate many additional thousands
of Angora goats will be 50 kept as
will also a much greater number on
the western ranges and thus Will
make possible the substantial devel-
opment of a livestock industry In the
United States that veritably returns
gold from the bushes"
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
A Cure Tor Nflsery,

"I have found a cure for the mis-
cry malaria poison produces, says
r. M James. of Louellen, S. C. TITS
called Electric Bitters, and comes In
so cent bottles. 1t breaks up a case
of chills or a bilious attack In al
most no time: and Il puts yellow
iaundice clean out OF commission" ="
This great tonic medicine and blood
purifier gives quick relief In all
stomach. liver and kidney complains
and the misery or lame back. SOLD
under guarantee at All Dealers.
Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-23
A Higher Health Level.

A Higher Health Level
81 have reached a higher health
level since l began using DIR. King )
New life pills" writes Jacob Spring
er. of West Franklin, Maine. They
keep my stomach, liver and bowels
working just right" II these pills
disappoint you on trial. money VIII
be refunded at All Dealers. 25c.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
NEARLY $4,000
WILL VOTE

The total registration for the
primary election, as recorded at
the close of the books Saturday
night, was 1888. This is the
largest registration in the history
of the city, the highest preceding
number being in the spring cleo
ton of 1907, 12.459. Saturdays
registration totaled 1893, the great
est number for any one day during
the registration period. BY wards
the totals approximately are:
First ward-Ada, 1871; Adams,
1858; Alice, 399; Alki, 374; Allen,
430; Altamont, 439; Alvin, 235;
Anne, 213; Arthur, 454; Ashley,
299; Advance, 70; Albert, 206.
Second ward-Barth, 208; Bea-
con, 1872; Belmont, 437; Bernard,
454; Blaine, 435; Blake, Ill;
Brickell, 161; Browne, ITO; Burke,
1886; Burton, 251; Butler, 1853.
Third ward-Cannon, 151; Garlic
ton, 413; Carlisle, 249; Carr, IA;
Cass, 1876; Clay, 306; Cleveland,
$50; Cliff, 265; Cluster, PIT.
Fourth ward-Damon, 440; Daw-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
ROCKWELL NOT
INVITED
JUDGE POINDEXTER TIRED OF
THE MUSS AND WANTS NO
FIST FIGHTS AT HIS MEET
ING TONIGHT.

Jblge Poindexter, who will close
his campaign for nomination for
congress in a meeting in Masonic
temple tonight, today stated that
he will not invite Rockwell, his
bitter opponent, for the reason that
in Rockwell's present state Of mind
instead of the two entering into a
debate on political issues, they will
engage in a personal encounter.
Il think the public is tired Of
this controversy" declared Judge
Poindexter land ! do not want to
continue it."
The Judge accuses railroad inter
ests with the circulation of a cam.
paign lie to affect the vote for him
among railroad employees.
They have circulated a state
ment purporting to have been made
by me in Pasco or somewhere down
the line, in which ] am made to
say that If all railroad employees
were forced to pay fares, farmers
could ride for a cent a mile.
Il wish to stamp that statement
as a campaign lie. l never made
the statement and would not favor
any such a thing"
There will be no other speakers
except the candidate himself to-
night, for be desires to use all the
time possible in placing before the
public his true stand on matters
which he declares political enemies
have warped.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
BY
SALOONMEN

The endorsements of the Knights
of the Royal Arch, the saloonmen S
organization, of candidates at TO-
morrow's primary election, stamped
as fraudulent by the Spokesman
Review, are not fraudulent by any
means, according to members of the
organization.
The fact that the endorsement
by saloonmen will detract from the
virtue of the candidates named has
caused them to deny their endorse
ments. Fred Pugh, candidate for
prosecuting attorney, is particularly
opposed to publicity of the endorse
ment, and claims that he has made
no promises to saloonmen or any,
one else.
Here are the most prominent
members of the saloon. ticket, as en-
dorsed by the Royal Arch, the sa.
loonkeepers' lodge and official rep.
resentative:
Governor, Henry Mcbride; lieu.
tenant governor, Charles Z. Coon !;
state treasurer, E. X. Erwin; at
torney general, ]. Fl. yesterday; in
surance commissioner, J. H. Shive,
ly; United States senator, Levi An.
keny; sheriff, Mac Pugh; treasurer,
R. A. Koontz; prosecuting attor-
ney, Fred Pugh; assessor, E. P, Gal
braith; coroner, G. M. Gould; SUI
perior court judges, Belt, Craven,
Sullivan, Quinn; supreme court,
Chadwick, Linn, HUMPHREYS.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
ALABAMA GOVERNOR
LEADER OF ANARCHY
ATROCITIES COM MITTED
AGAINST LIFE AND HOME BY
SOLDIERS UNDER HIS Or
DERS AND sRAvoES PAID BY
MINE OWNERS.
BY gibson GARDNER. $
pecial Correspondence to The Press

L
Special Correspondence to The Press
| BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. r.
The 1900 striking coal miners of
Alabama have been ordered back to
work-defeated. Maybe the ques-
tons involved may be finally set
tied by arbitration. But on the day
that the miners took up their picks
and went back to work in the inky
mines they had been whipped, and
this is the story of how they were
whipped, and why they were
whipped and of the man who
| whipped them.
Anarchy has been loose in Ala
bama. Throughout the coal mining
regions there has for weeks been a
veritable riot of lawlessness. Men
were shot, whipped and arrested.
Homes were invaded and even torn
down over the occupants heads.
Law gave way to force, and there
was no such thing as constitu-
tional protection to life, liberty or
any other incident of personal free
dom.
Most conspicuous and active in
that reign of lawlessness was the
governor of the state, D. B. Conner.
With several regiments of militia
at his back, together with about a
thousand bravoes armed by the
mining corporations, Governor
Conner rode rough shod over the
people of this community, commit
ting atrocities which, were they
committed by less powerful per-
son, would long since have brought
on him swift and condign punish
ment.
AS illustrating the condition of
anarchy which prevailed, the attack
made on a peaceful community of
miners at Republic (about 20 miles
from Birmingham) is a good ex-
ample. At this place a company of
soldiers, militiamen of Alabama,
marched on group of tents, the
temporary shelter of miners, their
wives and children, and with their
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
MINERS CAMP, AFTER THE
SOLDIERS HAD RAZED TENTS.

| MINERS CAMP, AFTER THE
SOLDIERS HAD RAZED TENTS
swords and bayonets cut the ropes
slashed the canvas and reduced all
to a complete wreck. Men with
loaded guns stood by to see that nc
one interfered The soldiers acted
under the orders of their officers
and the officers acted under orders
issued by the governor.
That the full significance of this
incident may not be lost, it should
be explained that these tents were
occupied by striking miners fami-
lies; that they were on land not
owned by the mining corporations,
but leased by the miners and their
friends; that the tents were pur-
chased with funds furnished by the
national miners union; that their
occupants were recently evicted
from the novels they had occupied
on the companys land; and finally
that the only pretext given by the
governor for his lawless act is that
the tents were "unsanitary."
The wretched sticks of furniture
stood that night exposed to a driz-
cling rain, the water completing the
picture of detection and ruin
worked by the militia and their
knives. And D. B. Conner, the an
archist, doubtless slept surrounded
by mahogany and under an extra
quilt to protect him from the chill
For this anarchistic governor is a
millionaire. He is a hard faced
hard listed man who has made
money from the sweat of infant la
Dor. He has his cotton spinning
mills. and in them-previous to the
law which he opposed, if not now
we're the little girls of II and IL
and Is years of age, and the dof
boys who ought to be in school in
stead of coming childhood into dol
lars.
Yes. and this Governor Gomez
has flour mills, and charges have
been made that his mill was frs
to be caught up with when the false
weight law. began to work; that /
was his flour that went as bran II
get q lower rate of freight on the
railways. But did not inquire into
these charges of the past. | saw
enough of the present.
Is il worth while to discuss the
shallow pretext for the lawlessnes'
at Republic? 'Unsanitary!" To
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

one who has seen and smelt the
wretched pens for which these
feudal coal concerns charge rent,
the word sounds like a bitter joke.
Unsanitary? Hovels, beneath which
and through which the pigs roam
and wallow; in which snakes crawl
and vermin not pleasant to think
about; shacks without water, sew
age or any of the decencies of dife
and then the tents, to which their
occupants have fled, and in which
they have lived for less thanQ 20
days, are "unsanitary!"
And to cure their lack of santa
ton they were ripped and cut and
dragged to earth, and their occu-
pants told to travel, and look for
shelter where they mayor return
to their positions in the mines!
A mans house his castle? Not
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
ACCUSED OF ROBBING
INSANITY PATIENTS

A. B. Gibson, formerly a nurse
employed in the Medical Lake asy-
lum, has been arrested in Portland
on a charge of stealing 1887 from
patients. He is accused of robbing
one patient whom he was sent to
fetch to the hospital of 5000 and
another of $1S7 ellison was cap
tured at the Crystal Springs sani-
tarium, where he had just gone to
work.
A. II. Woodruff, nurse in the
emergency hospital, was deputized
by Sheriff Doak and sent after the
prisoner. The regular deputies are
all too busy with politics, evidently.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
SOCIALIST CONGRESSMAN
FROM IDAHO THIS FALL?

the socialists the last named hope
to walk away with the "coOnskin.' y
All the heavy guns of the social
list party are being trained on
Idaho, and J. G. Phelps Stokes OF
New York left Spokane this morn
ing to begin work there. Debs will
make two speeches in the Occur
d'Alenes and other star orators are
to follow later. The socialists rely
on the Meyer, Haywood and Petit
bone cases to make many votes in
the state.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

private ends. Those ends the serv-
ice of band of fellow anarchists
crafty intent on killing unionism
in their mines.
That is the story in a nutshell
The mine operators in this region
are a band of kid glove anarchists
like this Conner person. They are
leagued together in joint conspir-
acy-all the mining corporations
and this puppet governor, through
motives more easily guessed than
proved, snapped his honesty, his
oath of office and the trust which
he once held from the people, to
wear the livery of his corporation
masters.
1t is governors like this and gen.
orally officials of this stamp that
breed disorder; officers without re-
spect for office; men without hui
mainly; administrators Of the law
without knowledge or regard for
law of this sort is this D. B.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

The spectacle of socialist con-
gresham from the northwest would
be an unusual thing. Yet Spokane
socialists are very optimistic over
the chances for election of G. L..
Barton, socialist candidate for con-
gress in Idaho. The democrats are
hopelessly divided in that state,
having two tickets in the field. The
republicans are likewise represent
ed to be in bad shape, and between
the dissensions in the old parties
and unusual activity on the part Of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
WILL ALL COST JUDGE
POINDEXTER VOTES

Conversation with a number of
railway employees today developed
the fact that Judge Poindexter's
epithet of Ignorant Irishman,"
hurled at Attorney Cannon, of the
Northern Pacific, in the recent dis
cussion of the grade separation
question, will cost the Judge many
votes and possibly the nomination.
The feeling against the judge is
strong and many will knife him
who might otherwise have support
ed him.
The judges attitude in the grade
separation fight is also going to
cost him votes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

When the vessel was in the Red
Sea on the night of July she was
discovered to be on fire, and the
crew became panic stricken. The
roaring of the flames, howls of ter
rified beasts and the utter darkness
reigning. for the electric wires had
been burned through, made the
night one Of terror.
In this desperate situation Chief
Engineer Fairburn consented to
lower himself into one of the coal
bunkcrs, where he closed the gate,
continuing the fire to one hatch, in
which ii started
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
FOREST FIRE LEAVES
THOUSANDS HOMELESS

at the stricken town with tents and
provisions
Although Bull and Nashwuk had
been entirely surrounded by rag
ing flames until yesterday morning
the efforts of the citizens in saving
the towns was successful.
Nothing but cinders and heated
masonry now remain of the thirty
ing town of Chrisholm, except for
few buildings in the southern
part of the town.
The damage is estimated at
100000, and 5000 people are des-
titute. No loss of life is yet re-
ported.
Governor Johnson has issued a
call for immediate contributions to
the sufferers.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

in Alabama. Trespass to set foot
on your private lot? Not In Ala
bama. Burglary to force your
home? Not in Alabama. RiOtous
and disorderly to cut and slash and
destroy property not your own?
Not in Alabama.
Were these trespassers arrested?
No. Were these burglars, rioters
and breakers of the peace dealt
with by the law, by the sheriff, dby
the authorities constituted for such
purposes? Not in Jefferson county,
Alabama. Nor in any other county
in this region. For here there was
no law-no government. The chief
executive was chief anarchisto of
the state. He spat on law. The
machinery o flaw he perverted to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
SHIP FULL OF WILD
BEASTS AFIRE AT SEA

BOSTON. Sept. 7-Captain Wat
son and his officers of the steamer
Munster Castle arrived at this port
last night from China and the Phil
ipplnes after a narrowing expert
cnce in which a ship on fire, with
cargo red hot and crew insane
With fright and in desperate mu.
TIM, were among the features.
The Munster Castle sailed from
iiiogo, Japan. early in June, and
after taking on consignment of
wild animals and cargo of hemp
at Singapore. left for this port.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
INJURED WORKMAN DEAD.

William Watson, who, with r. w.
Mcclure, was crushed between two
cars in the Northern Pacific yards
while repairing the coupler with a
chain, died at Sacred Heart hospital
yesterday morning. His wife ar
rived from Butler, Wash, on Satur-
day. The remains will be sent to
Butler for interment. Mcclure
shows signs of Improvement today.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
TWO COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA
AND ONE IN WISCONSIN
SWEPT BY JAMESTOWN
OF CHISHOLM DESTROYED.

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept 7.-Abat.
ing winds and the lack of much
more fuel in the counties of ST.
Louis Carleton and ltasca in Mime
sofa and Douglas county in Wis
consin are accountable for the dy-
ing down of the forest fire which
in a few hours destroyed thousands
of acres of timber, made the in
obliterated the town of Chrisholm,
MINI.
A relief car from Duluth arrived
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07
APPENDICITIS KILLS CHILD.

Oscar Phorson, age u, died at
10 o'clock this morning at the
Sacred Heart hospital, following a
recent operation for appendicitis.
The boy was son of NJ. Phorson
of Rockford, to which place the
body was sent this afternoon for
burial
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

Conner. A man who could do what
he has done in tn1s region must
have no patriotism and less venera-
ton for the history of his country
than coyote has for art.
He is the anarchist of the danger
Gus sort.
The miners strike is over. The
whipped convict strike breakers
can now go to some ether task.
Maybe arbitration will give those
poor fellows their just due. hope
so. But if they are not condemned
to continue their unequal struggle
without fair compensation or hon
est treatment it will not be because
the governor Of the state did not
use his office to keep the shackles
fastened tight upon them.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

Judge Ito prisoner)--We are now
going TO read you a list of your
former convictions.
Prisoner-ln that case, perhaps
your lordship will allow me to sit
down
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

son, 297; Dayton, 41S; Delaware,
419; Dewey, 1922; Dexter, $50;
Dora, 463; Douglas, 291: Drum
heller, sos; Dwight, $50; Day, 81
Fifth ward-Eagle, 507; Echo,
1866; Eldorado, 423; Edwards, $40:
Elgin, 376; Elk, 294; Emma, 24S;
Euclid, 203; Eureka, 1852; Earl
426; Emmett, 1879.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-07

Does anybody know whether
Tom Watson's running mate has
been notified?