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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24
BUILDING BOON IN BILLINGS.

With buildings to cost $102, 900 to be
erected at once-in addition to the
other extensive operations in the same
line, now in progress Billings is claim.
ing her share Of the increasing pros
perity.
Local architects are drawing plans
for additional structures, and when
the contracts are let, we certainly will
be in the midst OF a boom, greater
than any ever known in this section
before.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24

Taft insists that his cabinet has
not been made. Notwithstanding this
statement there are men who are will
ing to bet that they a call the turn.
They are the same men who have
just settled up their wagers on Bryan.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24
CITY INVESTIGATION OF couN-
TRY LIFE.

CITY INVESTIGATION OF coUN-
TRY LIFE.
The commission on country life
finds life in the city very desirable.
When the commission goes out to
make an investigation, it assemblies in
some town, and sends word to the
country people to hitch up and drive
in and visit with the commissioner
the city.
Then the commission, sitting in the
parlor Of some hotel, proceeds to ask
questions about life on the farm, and
to hand out large chunks of advice
on how to run the place, how to rotate
crops, and increase them, all the while
revolving in an easy chair-made in
the city.
Then they enter into the construc-
ton of the farm house, the barns,
fences and the like, and tell all about
1t, these city men, so that the fellow
who lives in the country will really
know what he is going UP against.
While it may be something on the
order Of the advice given by the bach
elor on the management of a wife, at
the same time, the tiller of the soil is
due to bump up against a class of in
formation he never huddled to his
heart before.
The investigation will last some
time, and will cover all sections of the
country-from the city, Of course.
And the farmer, who is the subject
Of the inquiry will, as a result learn
| considerable about himself that he did
not know before.
After the conclusion Of the investi-
cation, the farmer will go home while
the committee will adjourn to the no.
tel dining room, and order an omelette
%souffle, chicken livers IN brochette,
French toast, an English mutton chop,
and horseradish, head lettuce, shrimp
salad, au gratien potatoes, applepie a
la mode and Neapolitan ice cream top
ped off with a small cup of Turkish
coffee, and followed up with a careful
ly selected Havana %perfecto, after
which the commission will tour the
city in an auto, in company with the
mayor and the bankers, and then at
fond tho fhnafar & %&& " M"&t III $@&
The farmer on the other hand, will
drive home, put up the horses, feed
the hogs, milk ten or twelve cows,
chase an unruly calf, wash up, and sit
down to a meal composed Of rich juicy
beefsteak, boiled potatoes, great
stacks of home made bread, steaming
coffee with cream thick enough to cut
with a knife, parsnips, spinach, a cou-
pie of fried eggs, a big hunk OF pump
kin or mince pie-maybe both, some
pound cake, hot biscuits, real butter,
apple sauce, some jam, preserved
peaches, and after he has eaten
enough to founder the whole commits
sion, he will go out and lock up the
stock, after first tossing the horses a
bale or so of hay, chop the wood, clean
the milk pans, do the chores, and
about 9 o'clock come in and read the
home paper, and a chapter from the
Bible, when he is ready for bed.
The commission wakes up in the
morning about $3.50 feeling about as
tired as when it retired. The farmer
gets up at daylight with a bound, re-
freshed.
And while the farmer goes on eat
ing his fill, and working his way, the
commission will continue to investi-
gate the country life-in the city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24
BY THE GOVERNOR.

= In accordance with an old
y and honored custom, the presi-
= dent Of the United States has
proclaimed Thursday, the Goth
e day Of November, 1908, as
y Thanksgiving day.
= That the people of Montana
\ may properly observe the day
y named and have opportunity to
= publicly give thanks for the
\ splendid advancement of the
4 past, for the great prosperity
= assured in the immediate fu-
= ture, for the many blessings
= heretofore enjoyed and for
= those in prospect during the
= coming year,
= /, Edwin l.. Norris, governor
\ of the state of Montana, do
\ hereby designate Thursday, the
= Goth day of November, 1908, as
y Thanks giving day.
= l earnestly recommend that
\ on this day the people refrain
\ from their usual v%ocations, and,
: meeting in their homes and!
= places of worship, give thanks
= to God for the many blessings
= conferred by Him and ask His
\ assistance and guidance during
: the coming year.
= In witness whereof / have
! hereunto set my hand and
4 caused the great seal Of the
= state to be affixed at Helena,
I the capital, this tenth day Of
\ November, A. D. one thousand
: nine hundred and eight, and of
= the independence of the United
= States the one hundred and
: thirty-third.
= EDWIN L. NORRIS.
= BY the governor:
= A. N. YODER,
= Secretary of State.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24

Donlan knows more about liars now
than he did November 3.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-11-24

AAAAAASy > JILL w AALtSAAAOASS Ike . WIN
Connecticut; A. B. Voorhees,, Julius
Fleischmann, Cincinnati; VIM. Worth
ington, B. S. Cunningham, Ohio; R. J
Campbell. Steven o. Metcalf, Lyman
Gof, Providence; L. N. Hedringhaus
st. Louis; VIM. Miller, Collier, Mad
rid; G. M. Bowers, ]. A. jeffrey, w
Va; ]. F. Grundy, W. Hardee, FREQ
H. Eaton, H. Within, w. H. Bent, M. J
Dolphinson, NJ. P. Jackson, Morris
Backman, c. G. Atkins, Washington.
5000. F. Dreyden, Washington.
$75O-H. B. Joy. F. M. Alger, R. A
Alger. T. H. Newberry, j. w. Packard
P. H. Mcmillan, Edward Kneeland
W. H. Dunworthy, all OF Detroit.
5000. r. Demmerich and compa
ny, A. E. Gurne, j. F. Hatch, Johr
Stevenson, Keich Lowe. Walter Ben
nett, Alfred Jerrettski, H. G. Noble
W. s. Curtee, D. NJ. Barney. M. S. Bur
rill, G. A. Moore, G. A. Marrison, D. F
Bush, Harvey Fisk & Co., A. A. Fow
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w. Morgan, j. L. Brandegee, M
Campbell, August G. Paine. Lispenare
Stewart, Oelrich & Co., j. B. Green
hut, Chas. G. Rayner. D. Lubin. Geo
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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-06

(SeaI)
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-06
THE CLEANSING
OF A LARGE CITY.
The Beneficial Results Flowing from
Enforcement of the Prohibitory
Law in Kansas City, kas.

0Speech of Assistant Attorney Gen
eral c. w. Trickett at Winfield,
Kan, Chautauqua, July 20, 1000
Every thinking person has often
asked himself the question, What is
Life?" and the answer which satisfies
depends upon the point of view of
the questioner.
Many have attempted to answer
the question, and the answer invaria-
bly, reflects the speakers point OF
view. For instance, one will say that
life is a gala day" while another
describes it as "a vale of tears" One
will say it is "a dream in the night"
and another will define it as the
mist in the morning." One says, Let
us eat, drink and be merry, for to-
morrow we die and another says.
Life is a great battle with constant
engagements"
Perhaps this last definition is the
only one that will apply TO universal
mankind. h world is one great en-
campment, wherein each man and
0iSh INK Io d ooIdICl- VIC ulu iIoI
enter the service as volunteers, but
each one is drafted. We We're given
no voice in the matter of enlistment,
and no choice of place in the ranks.
There is no en- to the days OF our
service until we are mustered out by
death. Neither the wealth of a Rock
~efeller, nor the power of the might
lest monarch can procure for us a
substitute.
No greater battle ever ragged il the
world than that now in progress be-
tween the friends and foes of a high
er standard of civic righteousness in
our municipalities.
AS l stand here today I am looking
into the face of a battalion of the
Great Commanders army. Some of
you are going to be heroes in that
engagement, and will receive badges
of honor for service we'll done. Some
of you will ibe deserters. n some
will prove towards and slip to the
rear and out of sight. Some may even
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and prosper without its dens of vice,
surely any other large city might do
likewise. If the closing of the sd,
looms in such a city lessened crime,
and elevated the morals of the com
munity, then it would be a good thing
for any other large city. These are
the reasons why the people of Kan
sas, and of the Nation have kept their
eyes upon Kansas City for the past
yea
Continued Tomorrow
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be traitors and go over to the enemy
and fight under the black flag of
wrong. Woe unto this state and ma
ton if it contains many such sons,
and woe unto that person who proves
such a SON.
We naturally pause 10 ask, n is
at stake in this engagement? Is this
a skirmish Or a general engagement?
Is it epoch making-is it to be one
of the great decisive battles in our
national progress?
Large Cities.
| venture the assertion that this
engagement is of the utmost import
ance. That its results will determine
whether a government of the people,
by the people and for the people can
long endure.
Nineteen centuries ago we are o
that when He beheld the city. He
wept over it." And the world still
weeps over it's cities. When this gov
eminent was founded, Thomas Jeffer-
son declared cities to be ulcers upon
the body polite" But the situation
is ten fold more alarming now tian
when Jefferson made the remark At
that time there We're but two cities
in this nation as large as Kansas
City, Kansas, is today.
1t has been declared tby our wisest
statesmen that our most alarming
situation is the gravitation of popu-
lation to the city. We are nearing, if
we have not already reached, the
point where one-half the population
cities.
There is no problem grave
than that of ~rescuing our municipali-
ties from the corrupt and corrupting
influences that are threatening our
very civilization.
The slightest investigation will con-
vince any intelligent person that the
American Saloon is the one great and
corrupting influence of our city life.
You would probably discount the
statement of ministers and temper
ance orators as to the evils flowing
from the use of intoxicating liquors.
but you cannot question the judgment
of our supreme court, before whom
come the criminal cases of every
county in the state. and who have
actual knowledge of that which caus-
ed the crime. I read from h case
of the State of Kansas VS.. Crawford,
% Kansas, 1888:
Probably no greater source OF
than social drinking saloons. Social
drinking is the evil of evils. 1t has
probably caused more drunkenness
and has made more ~dru1kards than
all other causes combined, and drunk
enness is a pernicious source of all
kinds of crime and sorrow. 1t is a
Pandora's box, sending forth innrm-
cradle ills and woes, shame and dis
grace, Indulgence, poverty and want;
social unhappiness destroyed: domes-
tic broils and chickering's engendered;
social ties sundered; homes made des
olate; families scattered; heart rend-
ing partings; sin, crime and untold
sorrows; not even hope left, but ev-
erything lost; and everlasting fare
well to all true happiness and to all
the nobler aspirations rightfully be-
longing to every rue and virtuous
human being"
The Supreme Court of the United
States in the case of Mungler VS..
Kansas, 123 u. S. 205, says:
I'VE cannot shut out OF view the
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-06

of Fire Department in and for
said City.
Against the issuance of nego-
table coupon bonds of the City
of Roswell, New Mexico, to the
aggregate amount of $4,000, for
the purpose of providing funds
for the enlargement and equip
ment of Fire Department il II
for SAID City.
No person shall be entitled to vote
at said election, unless he be in all
respects a qualified elector of said
City and also the owner of real or
personal property subject to taxation
within said City.
The voting places at said election
viii be as follows:
First Ward at the Court House on
Main st.
Second Ward at the Spring River
Grocery Store, Corner of Fifth St.
and Missouri avenue.
Third Ward at the Judge Lea Off
ices on Second St, between Main St.
and Richardson ave.
Fourth Ward at the office of the
Pecos Valley Lumber YARD on Corner
of Main St. and Walnut St.
Fifth Ward at Cruces Shop on
Main St. between Walnut St. and AL
ameda ST.
The following Will act as election
officers at said election:
First Ward Otto Hedgecoxe, J.
E. Carper and A. J.. Nisbet, Judges;
Joe Aiken and J. D. Bell, Clerks;
Second Ward Thomas Harrison,
Ed S. Seay and n. J. Maddox, Judges;
R. S. Hamilton and J. B. Allison,
Clerks.
Third Ward ] R. Ray. J. H,
Henning and Shelby Moore, Judges.
j. S. Kirby AMI Tomas Duke, Clerks.
Fourth Ward Cnas. Wilson. w.
P. Lewis n w. w. Ogle, Judges:
L. B. Craig and Guy H. Herbert, Clerks
Fifth Ward ]. w. Yarnen, B. F.
Moon and c. w. Haynes, Judges:
crank Easto1 and Geo.. Gilmore, Clerks
Said election will be held and CON
Quoted, and the result thereof can
vassed as provided by law in the
case of regular City elections.
Polls will be open at 9 O'Clock A
NJ. and will close at 6 o'clock P NJ.
on said day.
A register viii be open for the reg
istration of voters pursuant to title
XVIII Chapter 2, Compiled Laws of
Mexico at each Of the above des-
ignated polling places in said City
on the both day of January, A D.
1908 at which registration snail begin.
and shall continue for ten days there
after and will close on the stu day
of February, A. D. 1908. Every legal
voter in said city who is the owner of
real or personal property subject to
taxation therein, shall be entitled to
be registered in the manner provided
by law
By order If the City Council of the
City of Roswell, Territory OF New
Mexico.
Passed December 10Th, A. d. 1907.
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FOR COUNTY SHERIFF.

The Record is authorized to an
nounce Charles L. Ballard as a ca1di-
date for the office of Sheriff of Chav-
es county, subject to the action of the
Democratic primaries.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-06
Approved by me this 18th day of

Approved by me tnlS 18th day OF
December, A. D. 1907.
!. w. Stockard,
Mayor.
Attest:
Fred J Beck,
(SeaD City Clerk.
Resolution No. 43.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
that the following named persons, be
and are hereby appointed Board of
Registration, respectively for their
several wards and voting precincts
il said City. For the purpose of reg
istering the names of every legal vo-
ter, entitled to vote at said election
in the manner provided by Chapter
?, Title XVIII, Compiled Laws of
New Mexico:
First Ward s. /. Ogle, Chas John
son and J. A. B. Bear.
Second Ward E. H. Williams. NJ
D. Mfnter, and G. NJ. Williams.
Third Ward /. b. Rose, J. d. Bill
Iings and Fred Meeks.
Fourth Ward Laws Phillips, Chas
Brown and w. T, Wells.
Fifth Ward Walter Paylor, Oil
yer Pearson and Charlie Sane.
Said respective Boards of Regfstra-
tion hereby appointed shall qualify
and shall perform their duties in the
manner provided by law.
The said register in each of said
wards shall be open at the polling
place h~ereinabove designated on the
3Oth day of January, A. D. 1908, and
shall be kept open for the next ten
days and mp TO and including the Sth
day Of February, a. d. 1908.
The motion being by J. w. Kinsinger
and duly seconded by A. L. Waterman
and the question being upon the adop-
ton of the foregoing resolution, the roll
was called with the following re-
suits:
Those voting aye, R. D. Bell, J
P. Church, s. P. Johnson, ]. w, Kin
singer, VIII Robinson, A. 1. White
man. w. E, Wiseley and Geo. L.
WHY'S.
Those voting no, o
AND the mOtlOn was by the Mayor
declared carried and the foregoing
resolution adopted.
Passed the 18th day Of December,
1907, Approved his 18th day of
December, A. D. 1907.
J. W. S~tockard,
Mayor
Attest:
FREE J. Beck,
CSeaD City CLERK
Territory Of New Mexico, County of
Chaves, City of Roswell. S.
I, fred J.. Beck, Clerk of aid City.
do hereby certify mat the foregoing
is a true copy Of Resolution No. AZ
as the same appears of record among
the minutes at page 12S ct seq. of
City Minute Record No. 3.
Witness my hand and the corporate
seal of said City on this 20th day of
December, 1907.
Fred ]. Beck,
(Sea) City Clerk.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-06
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.
FOR COUNTY ASSESSOR.

The Record is authorized to an
0oulce That Fred ]. Beck will be a
candidate for County Assessor OF
Chaves county, subject to the action
of the Democratic primaries or con-
ventiOn.
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SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

The Record is authorized to an
nounce Charles c. Hill as a candidate
for Superintendent of Schools of
Chaves County, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary election.
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The Record is authorized to an
for the office of Tax Assessor of
Chaves county, subject to the action
of the Democratic primaries.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-01-06
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

The Record is authorized to an
nounce James Sutherland as a candi-
date for County Treasurer of Chaves
county, subject to the action Of the
Democratic primaries.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-27
How Erick Got His Start.

One day the Mellon bank in Pitts.
burg was amazed to receive from an
unknown man signing himself H C.
Frick,' letter requesting the loan of
10000 He had very little to offer in
the way of security, the writer said.
but he pledged his word that If the
loan was made il should be returned
with interest.
The audacity of the request interest.
ed the banks head. and he sent a
trusted agent to find out about the
man Frick. When the agent made his
report the bank decided to make the
loan.
That $4,000 was the foundation of
the colossal fortune of Henry Clay
Frick. Not only did he return the prin.
cipal with interest, but the business
which he subsequently gave the Mel.
Ion bank was worth a hundred times
the amount of the original loan
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-27
HE ATE 1T, AFTER ALL.
Grouchy Bridegroom Got Away with
Despised Lamb Stew.

What, Lamb stew for dinner?'
Kissed the bridegroom, looking aghast
at the large platterful which the bride
had proudly set before him. Il al
ways hated it,
The bride knew that the stew was
good for she could cook, having
learned of her mother and never hav-
ing been inside the doors of cook
ing school. But she said nothing;
she had seen her mother manage her
father.
The next day the bride considered
the stew problem.
II cannot afford to give 1t TO char
lty," she murmured (meaning the
garbage pail. which covers multi
tude of the cooks sins) so now I'll
put to use my college education She
knew that things could be separated
into their component parts; she also
knew all about the doctrine of rein
carnation.
When the bridegroom sat down to
dinner that evening a happy smile
overspread his face as he tasted the
renovated soup, made from stew
gravy, the rescued fried potatoes. the
rejuvenated carrots and the converted
curried lamb.
Now. this is something likei" he
exclaimed
The bride smiled.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-27
EARLY DAYS OF THE RAIL.
Little Thing Like Danger Signal
Didn't Stop Trains.

Jesse Lewisohn. the tinancier. told
US at shareholders meeting In New
York a railroad story:
America has a good many railroad
accidents he began. but We must
remember that America is an i'm
mense country, with an immense rail
road traffic. Our roads. on the whole,
are carefully and intelligently man
aged. They are not managed In the
least like road heard a story of the
other day.
1T was before the war and a
northerner was travelling on a little
railway in New England. Suddenly,
in an outof-the-way spot. the train
halted and the brakeman leaped out
and ran up the track. On the brake
mans return the tourist said to
him:
This is a queer place to stop.
There's no station here. What's the
trouble, any way?
oh, nothin' of any consequence.
the brakeman answered. The signal
wuz agin u.s. that wuz all I've jest
sot it right. an now well go on agin
directly"
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DRIVER WAS NOT IMPRESSED.
Ambassador Jusserand Probably Now
Carries Credentials.

Ambassador Jusserand, from France
was one of the party of diplomatists
who accompanied the president to
the opening OF the jamestown expo.
sition.
The ambassador, who is small and
nervous. grew tired of the exercises
before they were over, and concluded
to go back to the hotel He left, &C.
companied by Nine. Jusserand. Con.
veyanees were few The ambassador
looked around and saw several sur.
reys standing.
He clapped his hands. whistled and
shouted, but the drivers paid no at.
tention 10 him. Then he trudged over
and said. Il desire to engage this
carriage
Can't" replied the driver
Cannot? And Why"
Because these carriages is re-
served for the presidents friends"
The ambassador hoped up and
down. !" But am re presidents friend"
he exclaimed lapsing slightly from
the punetilious English he usually
employs
The driver looked the ambassador
over. You one of the presidents
friends ?" he inquired scornfully.
Which one?"
Il am re ambassador from France
re ambassador from France, tell
you"
the driver grinned He leaned out
and shook warning finger in the
diplomats face. Now see here" he
said. you can't come that over me,
Alphonse. Saturday Evening Post.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-01-27
NEW GAME FOR FAT sov.
Cleveland Gamins Have Devised
Something Really Novel.

A bunch OF small boys who were
dlsportlng themselves the other after.
noon on a corner near the public
square, have discovered a grand new
game.
They said II was lots of fun, and IL
is absolutely harmless. And 1t is not
a game that requires extensive APP.
paratus. The only important require
ment to play the game successfully is
a real fat boy.
The youngsters who were at 1t had
the fat boy. He was about as fat a
boy as one could mention. With this
fat boy and lead pencil apiece In
the hands of the other boys, the par
Elephants hnd everything that was re-
quired for the game.
Here is the WY the game is played:
The first pia. er takes his pencil and
places the eraser end against the fat
boys abdomen. Then he pushes the
abdomen as far back as II will go an
releases the pencil The fat and mn
Giles bounding back into place net as
a sort of catapult and hurl tn On
Gil for six or seven feet.
Then another boy tries IL, and an
other, until all have had thei turn
The one whose pencil flies the furthest
wins. About the only drawbaci
the game Is from the fat boys d
OF view unles there is more q o
one fat boy play he is always IL.
-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.