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The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18

Sheriff Denny returned Thurs
day from a several days stay in
and about Cloudcroft.
Thos. z. Keyes of Chicago has
been in Alamogordo this week
getting his land company nicely
started for this falls business.
He brought with him Mr.. Will
son of Chicago an artesian we'll
expert who gathered all the
data he could from those who
have dug deep wells around
here. Also expects to get con-
siderable from the Rock Island
railroad company and Territorial
Engineer, Vernon L. Sullivan.
The machinery is in motion,
and in a week or two Mr.. Wilson
will have sufficient data upon
which to form an intelligent
opinion.
Tonight, Friday, and tomorrow
night the show going people of
this city will be treated to a
first class musical comedy by
the w. 81. Cross company which
is enroute to FL Paso for six
weeks stand. These people
have been playing such towns as
El Reno, Oklahoma City, Wichi-
ia and Topeka, Kans., and re-
ceive most excellent press no.
tices. That would lead us to
believe that they have a pretty
good company and the Alamo
gordo people will get their
moneys worth. See their ad in
this paper.
Mrs. Fairchild who lives in
college addition lost a very valu-
able horse last week by it's jump
ing onto a picket fence. 1t was
her favorite driver, Jesse and a
noble animal.
Nice clean daily papers 2Oc
per 100 at the News office. sc
per bundle.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18
TERRITORIAL CONVENTION CALL.

A Republican territorial con-
vention is hereby called by order
of the Republican committee to
be held at Santa Fe on August
IS, 1908, at the Capitol building
for the purpose of nominating Il
candidate for delegate to the
Sixty first congress to represent
New Mexico.
The several counties of the
territory will be entitled to rep
resentation as follows:
Bernalillo, IS; Chaves, 4; Col
fax, IS: Dona Ana, 8; Eddy, 81;
Grant, s; Guadalupe, 5; Lincoln,
5; Luna, 3; Mckinley, B; Mora,
s; Otero, 5; Quay, B; Rio Arri-
ba, 10; Roosevelt, 3; Sandoval.
Z; San Juan, /; San Miguel, a.;
Santa Fe, 10; Sierra, 4; SOcorro,
IL; Taos, 8; Torrance, 5; Union,
s.; Valencia, II. Total, 1S0.
Notice for precinct primaries
shall be given at least five days
in advance of holding the same.
County conventions shall be
called by the county chairman
except in such counties as have
no county chairman, i'll which
case a member of the territorial
committee of such county shall
make the call hereunder provid-
ed, that in the county of Berna-
lilo the call for the county con-
vention and rules regulating and
governing the procedure and
method of conducting the pri-
marie es in the said county of Ber-
nalillO shall be called and made
by a com mission composed OF
three electors of said county of
Bernalillo to be selected in ac-
cordance with a resolution adop-
ted by the Republican executive
committee at Albuquerque, N.
NJ, July 10, 1908.
All county conventions shall
be held not later than August
Is, 1908, and the chairman OF
the several county committees
are requested to promptly advise
the undersigned or the secretary
of the committee the names of
the delegates selected at such
conventions in ordet that the
same may be entered upon the
temporary roll.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18
SMALL FIRE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

Wednesday afternoon the fire
department was called to the
south part of town when the
house of Reynaldo Monroy was
in flames. 1t didn't take them
long to save what little there
was left of it. The fire was
caused by the burning of the
clothes and bedding from the
house when the child had died
from scarlet fever that morning,
the wind having6lown some of
the burning pieces uhder the
house.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18

NJ. L. Oliver received two big
shipments Of Queensware and
Glassware this week. He GER
tainly has a nice variety of this
class of goods.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18


J. X. Yale and Herbert Loomis
from Alton, Kans., respectively
will leave there for Alamo this
week in chartered cars. Their
families will follow soon. These
young men have taken home
steads within 2 1-2 miles of this
city and are coming down to i'm
prove them. They are both
graduates of the Kansas State
University, the former a mechan-
ical engineer the latter an elec-
tricial. They are both of the
families who went through all
the hardships of frontier life
in that state which suffered
everything from hot winds and
drouths to grasshoppers and
populists and they stayed it out
and prospered. The boys know
what it means and are deter
mined to make their little farms
blossom like the rose. They
will Immediately go to work to
improve their farms, putting
down wells and preparing for
irrigation with we'll water. The
writer can most cheerfully rec
ommend these good people to
the citizens here they are the
salt of the earth. They will
stand without hitching.
Prof. Frank Stockton of the
New Mexico Agricultural college
at Las Cruces, was in Omaha
last week and made arrange
ments for space for an exhibit
of grains and grasses from New
Mexico at the National Corn ex-
position to be held in Omaha
December 8 to 10. Though sew
enteen states had made reserva-
tions and some of them wanted
more space than they first ar
ranged for, word comes from Mr..
Stockton that New Mexico will
get all the space which those in
charge of the exhibit want and
the corn exposition management
has asked that the prize grains
and grasses from the irrigation
congress be sent to Omaha to
compete for prizes at the great
agricultural show. While in
Omaha Prof. Stockton gave an
interview to the papers i'll which
he did some good boosting for
New Mexico and said the terri
tory would come in for q good
share of the $4,000 to be given
in premiums on grains and
grasses.
1t would do your heart good to
go up and see the new Masonic
hall. 1t is one of the finest
little lodge rooms in the south
west. This week an electric
sign was placed in front of the
building and this will shine
each night that a meeting is
held there and show whether
it is the Blue lodge, the Chapter,
Commadry or Eastern Star which
is meeting there.
One of the best stories in June
publications is one in the Ma
tional magazine entitled "A
Moulder of Public Opinion by
Mack Gretchen, a country news
paper man. Mr.. Gretchen has
the happy faculty of getting
close to the people. In this he
rivals the celebrated writer Will
liam Allen White.
When you are finding fault
with the other fellow remember
that everyone has more good in
him than had aud ;f ,,o,1 will hut
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18

expect to divide the town
four wards and the Zig wh1
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18

postmaster, and none can be
made. The privilege would
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1908-07-18

lime farms III UIIUi ESIIv'IIUi ''IS
Kansas. | have been among
fna neonle and have been from
The Press., 1908-08-05
BOLIVIAN INDIANS.
The Majority Are Semi intoxicated
 From the Cradle to the Grave.

The Majority Are Semi intoxicated
 From the Cradle to the Grave.
 The Indian women of Bolivia are usually superior to their lords in actual intelligence; also in age, as a rule.
 They earn the larger share of their mutual living and take the lead in most things.
 As recognized head of the house the Bolivian Indian wife is much more likely to thrash her comparatively timid spouse than he is to i'll use her.
 In the markets, when produce has to be disposed of, she can drive a far bet ter bargain than he could; she can car ry as heavy burdens, endure as much privation and physical toll, labor, chew as much coca and drink as much strong drink.
 Little or no money passes among the Bolivian Indians, their mediums of exchange being whatever they may raise or the labor of their hands. They will eat when not hungry, drink when not thirsty, sleep when not sleepy, any where and any time when opportunity offers, against the time of need" as they say. The majority are in a state of semi-intoxication from babyhOod to the grave, alcohol being used on every pretext, freely as their means will al- low. on occasions of births, deaths and feast days-the last named being re- markedly freQuent.-Boston Globe.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Tho kinq's Cock Grower.

In the good old time there was an English court official known as the kings cock crower. It seems a strange office. Why did the king require a cock crower, and why could not the common barn door variety serve his majesty's purpose? The reason. as you shall see, was that the barn door variety cannot be depended upon for times and hours, and he has never been persuaded to ob- serve Lent. Now, this was pious cus- tom and a religious duty. All through Lent the kings cock crower crowed instead of calling the hours of the night in the palace. He began on Ash Wednesday. when he entered the hall in which the kings supper was served, and then crowed the hour in the pres ence of the royal party. The meaning of the custom is obvious. It was only one of the many ways in which the history of the Christian religion was brought home to the minds of people before the reading of the gospel in the The office was continued down to the year 1S22.-London Queen.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Lunaa and Lena Life.


 One of the most remarkable cnses of longevity on record was that of an Engiishman born in 14S3, whose deli cate appearance made all the doctors give him up when he was in the era de. His chest was so narrow, says the report, that he seemed to have diff Aculty in breathing. We'll, this young mOribund, condemned by the doctors to die, In short order. died in 1661 at the age of 169. He saw the reign of ten kings. Secundi Hango. consul of Venice at Smyrna, measured only Af- ty-seven centimeters around the chest and one of his lungs was diseased. Nevertheless he lived to the age of 115 years. He was married i've times and had forty y-nine children. When he was leo years old he got his wisdom teeth. When he was no his hair turned black again. At 112 his eye brows and his beard turned black.
The Press., 1908-08-05
HIS COAT OF ARMS.
N Was Fairly Earned Since He Dc
 nc@nd@d From a klnu.

N Was Fairly Earned Since He De- seconded From . King.
 A man applied to the college of her aldry for a coat of arms. says q writer in the Cornhill Magazine. and was ask ed If any of his ancestors had been re- nowned for any singular achieve ments. The man paused and consid- cred. but could recoIlect nothing.
 Your father" said the herald, aid ing his memory, your grandfatheF. your great-grandfather"
 No" returned the applicant: "1 nev- CT knew that l had a great-grandfather or a grandfather"
 "of yourself?'' asked this creator of dignity.
 "l know nothing remarkable of my self" returned the man. ''only that, be- ing once locked up In Ludgate prison for debt. found means to escape from an upper window, and that. you know. is no honor In mans escutcheon."
 "And how did you get dOwn?" said the herald.
 ''Odd enough" retorted the man. "T procured a cord, fixed 1t round the neck of the statue of King Lud on the outside of the building and thus let myself down."
 'I have itv' said the herald. "No honor! Lineally descended from King Lud! And his coat of arms will do for you"
The Press., 1908-08-05
Tndinu a horsoshoe.

There is a man who has a very poor Idea of the horseshoe as a bringer of good luck.
 'I found one in the road some time ago." he remarked. AS a matter of fact, another old gentleman found it also about the same time. We both wanted 1t. and there was a tussle for 1t.
 'T got the shoe, black eye, a torn finger from a rusty nail in the shoe and a summons for assault and bat tery.
 "It wasn't a very good start, but thought I'd give 1t a fair trial. Of course in mailing the shoe up above the front door managed to smash my thumb and fall from the stepladder.
 4'Then l sat down and waited for the luck to begin. That shoe seemed to be endowed with the power to at. tract trouble in every form.
 "Duns. bailiffs, the landlord, measles and poverty were rarely out of the house, and my faith was shaken.
 '"Then one day, when the rate col lector was standing on the top step. that shoe came down with a crash"-
 "Ah" interrupted the sympathizer. Luck at last!''
 ''Not bit of it." sighed the unlucky one. ''It missed him by a foot."-Lon- don Answers.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Three Great Rivers.

The three rivers which may be re- garded from commercial point of view as the most important in the af- fairs of the world are those on which the three greatest cities are situated. The Thames. on which London. with it's 100000 of people. Is located. has length of 2l5 miles. The Hudson. at the mouth Of which Is New York. with 100000 of.=people. is about $50 miles long. while the Seine. on which Paris stands. with aher 100000 inhabitants. Ia 497 miles lOng.-New York Tribune.
 Soothes itching skin. Heals cuts ol burns without 6 scar. Cures piles, ec zema, salt rheum, any itching. Deans Ointment. Your druggist sells 1t.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Suction.

People often speak of chimneys drawing" We also speak of the sue ton of a pump. There is not so much harm in these expressions. except that they are liable to lead us away from the true state affairs. But in truth there is no such thing as suction. Sue tiOn is merely partial or entire absence of pressure in one place which enables the greater pressure of air or fluid in another place to rush in. In the case of the chimney the heated air in it does not weigh so much as an equal volume of cold air, and if the air in the chimney, the air in the room and the outside air were all the same tenn perature there would be no tendency to any motion. But when the air in the chimney is hot 1t does not press dOwnword so much as the colder sur- rounding air presses upward. Conse- quently an upward current is started and will continue if the air in the chimney is kept hot.-A. s. S. Alderman fin London Express
The Press., 1908-08-05
The Rain Waa fAoA.

Mrs. GOitt had been waiting for c week or more to give her rear porch . good scrubbing, but she was always afraid of incurring the keen displeaS- ure of the people in the fiat below, who, it seemed, were neveg Om their porch and who would get all the drip pings of her scrnbbing operation.
 When it rained, though, Mrs. GOitt saw what she thought was her Oppor- tunity. The people down below surely would not be out on the porch during the rainstOrm, and all the water that dripped down would be attributed to the rain. She filled bucket with boil ing hot water, threw in a sallOw cake of soap and got busy.
 But she had reckOned wrong, for the people down below were on their porch enjoying the shower. In minute Mrs. Goitt heard a wOman's voice below saying: "Why, Martha, the rains com ing through from the porch above. The roof must leak"
 And then Martha observed, with . gasp: "Yes. And, oh, heavens. had you noticed that the rain is hot7 Did you ever hear of such a thing? Aren't ter rible things happening? All these aw- ful murders. and now hot rain! But it's the Lords doings, and we must sub init. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Alaa.nn in rhrieR

A lesson in thrift is found in the ad- vice given by Congressman John E. Andrus to a young man for whom he had secured a minor appointment in the capitol at Washington. Meeting the young fellow in the capitol. he placed a hand on his shoulder and re- marked:
 william, you are just beginning your life. Let me give you a bit of sound advice: When you leave your boarding house in the morning never take more than 30 cents in your pock- cts. enough perhaps for your luncheon and for car fare. You will then not be tempted to spend more than you can afford YOnkers Statesman.
The Press., 1908-08-05
MEXICAN PoLlTENESS.
In the State of Miehoaean chivaIry Is
 ComnuiAorv.

In the State os Miehoaean chivaIry Is
 Compulsory.
 elf any man opines that the days of chivalry and the true knight errant spirit have gone forever. let him start forthwith on a far sOuthWard journey, not halt his steps until he brings up in the town of M0reliR. which Is the capital of the Mexican state of Michoaean." remarked . travelling man.
 Having arrived in MorelIa. he will still survives. I was down there not long ago. and the gallantry of the men and their extreme readiness to extend courtesies to the fair sex pleased and surprised me. When noticed the alacrity with which the native males jumped up on, the crowded street car to offer their seats to the first senorita that entered. thought to myself how much more Wentlemanly are these Mexicans than many of my own cOun- trymen. They do not wait to see if some other man Is going to get up. but each tries to beat the other in cour- teously profrering lris seat to the lady.
 ''I spoke about the matter to the pro prietor of the hotel and Immediately he began to laugh.
 "'You must understand. senor.' said the Innkeeper. that the governor of our state issued a decree that if any man keep his seat in . street car. thereby compelling a woman to stand. he is liable to arrest and Q flne. The police have been instructed to execute this order severely, and think this has much to do with tho prompt polite ness of which you speak, since none of our population wishes to become in- volved with the police and to be pub licly branded as lacking in gentility.'" - Baltimore American.
The Press., 1908-08-05
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Connecticut Household Will
 Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches of bad back removed; to be entirely free from annoying, dangerous urinary disorders is enough to make any kidney sufferer grateful. To tell how this great change can be brought about will prove com forting words to hundreds of Connecticut readers.
 Mrs. M. Wagner, of 1897 Kossuth St., Bridgeport, Conn. says: Il suffered for years from kidney trouble. There was severe pain across my Joins so that could not rest at night. When caught cold it settled in my kidneys and at such times became weak, and also very nervous. After trying several remedies without relief procured Doan's Kidney Pills at E. s. Stevens drug store, and they soon relieved me of the aches and pains. The nervous and weak feeling also left me. can speak as highly in praise of DOan's Kidney Pills to-day as did six years ago when I recommended them through the papers"
 For sale by all dealers. Price 30 cents. Foster Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States.
 Remember the name-Doan's-and take no other.
The Press., 1908-08-05
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local interest taken from the columns
 of The Press, thirty years ago.l
August 8. 1878.

Frequent and heavy showers have greatly swollen the streams this week.
 R. S. Beebe. E. O Pinney and friends, to the number of thirty. are camping for 8 few days at Oamr Smith, Lake Mashapaug.
 During the absence of Rev. Dr. Hawley, rector. services at Grace church will be conducted by Rev. Wm. E. Snowden of New Britain.
 At the third districts school meet ing on Tuesday evening the old officers were reelected. being J. K. Lord committee, E. K. Taft clerk and treasurer. and A. Spellman collector.
 Stafrordville. e.-Jarius Hatch has commenced to transform his livery barn into dwelling house At Mir. Gates gold and silver mine. the water has been pumped out of the shaft, and work begun on a small scale. After 8 recess the Hope and Tucker mills are about to resume work.
 Born. In Stafford. (Old village) ], July 23d, a son (12 pounds) to Ed ward Moore.
 In Staffordville, Ju1y 29th, a daughter to Perry Amidon; Aug 1st, a son to John Dorson; 5th. a daugh- ter to James Ohampayn; 7th. a daugh. ter to Napoleon Menard.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by cOnstitu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inc named condition Of the mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube iM inflamed you have rumbling sound of imperfect hear ing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever i; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, the mucous surfaces. .t24 9- s
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness lcaused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir- culaTg free.
 F.J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, o.
 Sold by Druggists, 7Sc.
 E Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Press., 1908-08-05
An Omission.

Magistrate-What Is the charge against you this time? BoggsLThey cOtched me a-stealing oranges. yer worship. Magistrate Didn't tell you when you were here before not to steal anything more? BogEs-No. yer wor- ship: you said not toSsteal any more lemons. but yer didn't say e word about Oranges.-London Graphic.
The Press., 1908-08-05
She Had Red Durns.

The philantbropic lady was visiting q Glasgow slum and had just been ushered into a house where the good wife was engaged washing. Her en- deavor was to elevate the minds of the poor. and she asked. "Have you read Burnsr
 In answer tho Eood wife harcd her brawny arm and displayed . large rcd mark. saying; There's wan got thia morn VT the steam Q the pot bilin' over. But, efter a. . burns aye redi"
The Press., 1908-08-05
The Dogs Tail.

A prominent citizen was on trial charged with harboring a vicious dog.
 The attorney for the defense had been consulting a dog expert and had learned that if a dog holds his tail up over his back when he barks he is not angry, while if he holds 1t straight out behind him he is in belligerent, blood thirsty frame of mind. Anxious to air his newly acquired information. the lawyer began cross questioning the prosecuting witness thus:
 Now, did you notice the position in which this dogs tail was held when he came at yOuY'
 ''I did not" said the witness, "for that was not the end from which I anticipated injury. had another end in view. Now, if the dog had been . hornet'-
 "NO levity, siry' thundered the attor- ney. Answer the question. In what position was the dogs tail when he came at youY
 T believe. sir," faltered the terrified witness, "that it was behind him. Chicago News.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Mu.s Have haa gsp.rI.ne..

'Never mind. dear" he said reassuF- ingly as she raised her sweet face from his shoulder and they both saw the white blur on his coat: eft will all brush off."
 "Oh. Charlie" she burst out. sObbing. hiding her face again upon his whitey shoulder. "how do you knOwT-SOm- erville Journal.
The Press., 1908-08-05
A BooNrTo ELDERLY PEOPLE

Mrst elderly people have some kidney or bladder disorder that is both painful and dangerous. FOley's Kidney Remedy has proven boon to many elderly people, as 1t stimulates the urinary organs, cor rects irregularities and tones up the whole system. Commence taking FOley's Kid ney Remedy at once and be vigorous. A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-08-05
CURED HAY FEVER AND SUMMER
 COLD

A. $. Nusbaum, Batesville, Indiana, writes: Last year suffered for three months with summer cold so distressing that 1t interfered with my business. had many of the symptoms of hay fever, ar d a dOct r's prescription did not reach my case, and took several medicines which seemed only to aggravate it. Fortunate. ly insisted upon having Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly cured me- My wife has since used Foley's H"ney and Tar with the same success" A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Fire at Waddinua.

Fire is an essential in some wedding celebrations. In Persia the service is read In front of a fire. In Nicaragua the priest. taking the couple each by the little finger. leads them to an apart ment where q fire Is lighted and there instructs the bride in her duties. ex- tinguishing it by way of conclusion. In Japan the woman kindles c torch, and the bridegroom lights one from it. the playthings of the wife being burne then and there.
The Press., 1908-08-05
Aia Excuaa

Look here" thundered the captain of the suburban hose company, "why don't you turn out? Browns barn is on fire"
 "I-I can't" responded the dude Are man.
 And why nOtT
 Because I have just discovered that a red shirt does not suit my complex ion. sir."-ChicaRo N0wa-