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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-25
April =, %. m

April =, q p. m.
The Honorable board met as
per adjournment. Members pre-.
sent, J.. NJ. Hodges, Chairman,
and Commissioners Barnes and
Batson.
Petition OF Charles H.. Kohn ct
al, Tor a calaboose at M~ontoya, is
granted, provided the citizens OF
Montoya put up one-third OF the
total expense, said building to be
I1NI2 feet.
The petition OF the +. p. * s.
W. Ry. Co. owners OF Blocks As
and 20, TO close all that portion OF
Herman Avenue, and First, Second,
Third and Fourth streets lying
north OF the {. X. /. * +. p,
tracks, was granted, with the ex.
ception OF east halt OF Fourth
Street and south hall OF Camp,
bell Avenue.
In the matter OF the issuanc,
OF bonds TO Union County tor tn,
extension OF the boundaries o
Quay County, the board decides L
refer the matter to the Distric
Attorney Tor this District.
The board now adIourns 4
meet at y a. m, April s.
Attest: J. NJ. Hodges
K. =. Donohoo, Chairman
Clerk.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-25

Terri'ry OF New Mexico
County OF Quay.
April 8, a p. m.
The Honorable Board OF County
Commissioners set in regular es.
sion. Present: J.. NJ. Hodges,
Chairman, and Commissioner
Barnes.
Minutes OF the last regular
meeting were read, and approved
with the following amendment:
That in accordance with the de-
cision OF the District Court OF the
9th Judicial District, |. e. Barnes
is the Commissioner for District
No. /, and Mr.. Darnell acquescing,
MIR. Barnes resumed his old place
as Commissioner.
The Honorable Board now takes
under consideration the petitions
for voting precincts in QUAY
County, as presented to the Board.
The Board proceeds to map gu,
such precincts.
The Board adIourns to meet al
Q a. IN, April :, 1908.
Attest ]. NJ. Hodges,
X. =. Donohoo, Chairman.
Clerk.
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COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS

Territry OF New Mexico)
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Anril Z M

April 8, s a. m.
The Honorable Board met at
time indicated. All members pre-.
sent.
The following road petitions
we're taken up and acted upon.
Petition OF NJ. +. Walker ct al,
for a road commencing at the
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-12

the development OF water power and
the preservation of electric power
generated by this natural force ron
the control OF monopoly; and 10 such
end, We urge the eXerice OF all pow
ers. national. state AMI municipal
both separately and in cooperation.
We insist upon a policy Of admin
Istration OF our fOTset reserve which
snail relieve It of the abuses which
have arisen hereunder, and whicu
shall. as far as practicable. conform
to the policy regulations of the sew
eTai states where they are located
which shall enable hOmesteaderS a.
of right 10 occupy and acquire title
to all portions thereof which are Is.
pecially adapted TO agriculture and
which snail furnish a system of tim.
Der sales available as well to the
private citizen as to the larger man
ufscJUTer and consumer.
Minor Issues.
other plankS in the pIa,sOrm call
for an immediate declaration of the
nations purpose to recognize The indie
pendence of the Philippines; denounc-
es the growing increase of office
holders under the Republican admins
stration as indicating a deliberate puT-
pose to continue the Republicans in
power, demands that the house OF
representatives shah again become a
deIiberativc body. controlled 5y a ma
jOTity of the members and not by the
speaker: favOrs an immediate. liberal
and comprehensive plan for improving
every water course in the union; con-
deTns the action of the present chief
executive in using the patronage OF
his high office To secure nomination
of one of his cabinet officers; pledges
Of lou to
regulate the rates and services of tel
egraph and telephone companies; calls
for honest and rigid enforcement Of
the civil service laws, favOTs the i'm
mediate admission of Arizona and
New Mexico as separate states; de-
clareS that rules and regulations in
relation to free grazing lands should
be left TO the people of the states
where the lands are situated; fayOTS
the extension of agricultural, mechan-
icaI and industrial education, believes
in the upbUilding of the American
merchant marine without new or ad
ditional burdens upon the people and
without bOunties from the public
treasury: favCrs the application of
! principles of the land laws of the
United States 10 Hawaii, in the inter
est of homesteaders; demands the
full enjoyment OF the rights and pro-
visions of a territorial form of govern
ment for the people of Alaska and
Porto Rico; favOrs federal aid in the
construction and maintenance of post
roads, deprecates the use of the navy
for the collection of private debts, and
advocates the organization of all ex-
listing national public health agencies
into national bureau of public health,
insists upon the full protection of our
citizens at home and abroad, and de-
mands that all over the world a duly
authorized passport, issued by the
government of the United States to
an American citizen shall bel proof of
the fact that he is an American citi-
zen and shall entitle him 10 the treat
ment due him as such.
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BROKEN LINKS
WeEknown Lecturer. Writer,
DeFuniak Springs, Florida.

Who reads this corner of the pa
per? Farmers or merchants or schOl-
ars or milady on the piazza or no
one7 l sometimes think the last
named, for so seldom do / hear a
peep from anyone. | know 1T is
mighty somber, but there seems to
he so many serious things TO talk
about.
A friend of mine, Colonel Cope
land, the lecturer (also a friend OF
Bill Nye) said once to Nye: What
on earth, Bill, are you writing such
trash for? A fellow of your ability
Nye squinted one eye toward the
Colonel and squeaked out: Money
this is what they want, and no
doubt he knew his market well.
And. too. in spite of the tendencies
OF this column, it is we'll not to take
life too seriously, and when | wade
through some of these topics on hand
I'll write up jokes, borrow them. steal
them, pick them from the files of
some of our Florida scintilators and
so beguile and delectate the unwary
reader.
A man in Kansas in recountlng
the history of early Kansas told me
he went there with another yOuRgster
and started a paper. I'VE hadn't
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-12

The following is the record of mar
riages, births and deaths during the
past week. as are of record in the
Offices of the city clerk and county
judge;
Marriages.
White-WilIie Olsen and Rosa f
HODkinS- Jas W Moore and Callie F
Nichols. Wilhelm KikstTan and Nancy
Ann Elizabeth Richards. j. A AgeTJoR
and Pearl MiIstead, A. r. Simmons
and Ida r. TOmpkins-
CoIored-,Toc Mia and Virginia Dun
can, Milton Shaw and Mamie Jacob.
Births.
White-TO l. NJ Levy and vile. a
boy: to P. w Majette and wife, girl;
To 2. R Smith and wife, a boy; to
Jack MaIoney and wife. d girl; TO
John West and wife. girl; 10 James
c. Walker and wife, boy; to ClaT-
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thing to say, and couldn't have said
it if We had, but there was a bright
fellow running a paper in Youkers,
New York, and we took his paper,
and soon our paper had a great name
because of its wit" (1int for the
boys. now the editors away)
am deeply interested in the
demonstration work on southern
farms, because ! believe the future
of this section lies in agriculture
Naturally. when people run on one
line all things else are SpUrned. Ever
visit an oil country? One would al
most believe there was nothing but
oil in the world. and yet the carm-
er that sells his produce to the
crowds of an oil-becrazed town real
ly makes most in the end.
Now, in western Florida it has so
long been turpentine and lumber that
people believe our wealth is monopo-
lized by these two interests, and that
when they disappear, our window
blinds will be nailed tight. prosperity
will lift her golden train from the
sinking sands and be seen no more
forever. Mark you. she viii do
nothing of the sort, and she is already
pointing out scores of openings for
men young and old and middle
aged, profitable and pleasant. and
agriculture is the foremost one
The Southern Educational Board,
devoted TO the education OF the
South. found that it could not build
Up schools on nothing, it could not
say to parents, tax yourselves for
new buildings and longer terms.
when there was nothing to tax: so i
occurred TO them that the most praC-
teal work was to help them to get
something to tax-teach better meth
DDS of farming.
The Georgia Agricultural College
Is doing this in sending a car
throughout the state with trained
men to talk with the people with
the latest and best machinery for OK
hibition ana illustration of seed good
and bad. and how 10 get the good
The board had taken note of the ex-
9 cellent results from the work of the
agricultural department on cotton in
10 Secretary Wilson:
We would like to put $4,000 p
your hands to do for general farming
in the South just what YOU have
done for the cotton interests" and
Secretary Wilson at once appointed
q man 20 take charge of that work.
His address is Dr.. 5. A Knapp
special agent of the Department OF
Agriculture, Washington, d. c. If
YOU are a farmer, take down this adj
dress. wrote Dr.. Knapp at once 10
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cerRed the matter is closed Mr.
Bryan was author of the law and the
same no doubt will be advocated in
the democratic platform
Again, Oklahoma is at the front.
Recognizing it as an agricultural
state. the legislature made obligatory
in the public schools the teaching OF
agriculture horticulture. stock iced
ing and domestic economy. School
attendance was also made compulsory
for children between the ages Of
eight and sixteen. the minimum term
being three months If the L. and
n. rates were not so nigh I'd move
for Oklahoma to be shipped to Flor
ida
l am wondering if the South is not
about ready to honor itself by giving
due recognition to the patriotic life
and sacrifice of General LOng5tTeet.
1t is hardly worth while from d COM
mon place standpoint, to say nothing
of its lack o. magnaminity, TO cloud
the memory of good man because
because WHAT Well, he accepted
the situation after those trobloU=
times and made the best of it He
took a federal office under GenFT-I
Grant and was as true to the Union
as he had been true before to a. ?
separation General Grant was one
Of his oli-tlme friends before TIRE
war. The troubles of a nation did
not disturb their friendship. What
was more NATURAL then than their
coming together after the wa
Grant. as president, offered plat,
10 L,ongstreet. his friend, and III
friend accepted It. That was t..
crime m both sides and both We d.
criticized from different points Of the
compass. The critics Of Grant burr ri
their shafts in shame as they leaTE-
ed to know and love the man he hon
ored- The critics OF LOngstTeet now
would do we'll 10 place on the campus
of Athens University (GeOTgial a
mounted statJte Of the General. a.
was urged The other DAY Al the com
Increment to stand alongside OF
that other noble Confederate and pa
trioi. General Gordon. thus honOTing
themselves IN bOnOrinS the sacTi-
fees and services Of this devoted son
Of the South
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-12
THE FUNERAL OF
John SUTHERLAND

The remains o. John Il. Sutherland.
who died suddenly Friday night, viii
he placed AT rest this afternoon in St.
MichaeTs cemetery. the funeral ser
vices being conducted al the family
home on East Church street at 3
o'clock
The deceased was born in PeCtOn.
NOvia Scotia, but Id spent PRACTICAL
" all his life in Pensacola. He mad
reached tac age Of s. years. and prior
to entering the employ of the city
worked in the bay. He HAD been n
member Of s Is A. No. / for IS
years.
All Of the flags of the city were at
half mast Yesterday in respect to
him.
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Some Pointed as Well
as Eloquent Comment
on Current Events ::

plead for western Florida. He was
out of the city. but an assistant re-
piled, saying that Florida was in
their route. they had no plans made
as yet. but if / and others would
write again about the first of Sep
TENDER, stating exactly what we
wished he had no doubt but we
could have what We wanted.
Now, it Is our business TO get it
1t is ours TO be wide awake for this
new knowledge and inspiration com
ing TO our door. What do we want
most of all2 One farmer says We
want a demonstration on corn; how
and where to grow the seed; how TO
select it: how to test its fertility );
how to fertilize, and now best to
harvest 1t. And he is one of the
best farmers o. Walton county.
value his Judgment. My hobby is
dairying AMI double crops. | do not
believe any country can build up or
long sustain profitable farming with
out cows, and more l think it vast
ing energy and time to fool with one
crop year in this semi-tropicaI LAID
The ground should be covered ex-
cept during seed time and harvest, for
the sake of the soil as well as the
extra crop. What do yOu say, read
err The farmers of western Florida
should mutually agree on some spec
ial lines OF demonstration. Send to
Secretary OF Agriculture, Washing
ton, d. c, Cor Bulletin No 3I9.
Demonstration Work il Cooperation
with Southern Farmers" This will
give their methods.
Several, | dare say. smiled with
NE last winter when Oklahoma pass
ed a law compelling hotels TO use
sheets nine feet long. Save YOUR
visibles, brethren. Oklahoma is no
freak, but. on the contrary. Is several
decades in advance of most of us.
On account OF her friendly climate.
many tUbercuIaT infected people
viSi; that section and these sheets
Ions enough to fold back deeply over
the other bedding Is d protection 10
the well. II Is urged that blankets
cannot be washed after each guest,
but the clean, long sheet will be a
safe guard. ana there IS much reason
in this besides three yards is only
four inches longer than every shee;
ought TO be.
Oklahoma Is the first state TO legis-
late for the protection o. bank de
pOsitors One bank has failed since
the law has been in operation There
was no furry, no long line of anxi-
Gus depOsitors, no suicides of victims.
Each deposition was simply handed
out his full amount from the guar
anteed fund, and so far as ne Is con-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-12

I The expanding organization of in
dustry makes it essential that there
should be no abridgement of the right
of wage earners and producers to or
ganize for the protection of wages
and the improvement of labor condi-
tons to the end that such labor or
CARNATIONS and their members should
not be regarded as illegal COmbina-
tions in restraint of trade
We favor the eight-hOur day on all
government work.
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of a law by congress,
as far as the federal jurisdiction ex-
tends, for A general employers liza
bility act covering injury to body, or
loss of life of employees
We pledge the Democratic party to
the enactment of a law creaing a de-
partment of labor, represented sepa-
rateIy in the presidents cabinet,
which department shall include the
subject of mines and mining.
The Railroad Plank.
We assert the right of congress to
exercise complete control over inter
state commerce and the right Of each
state to exercise just as complete con-
troll over commerce within its borders
We demand such enlargement of
the powers of the Interstate Com
merce Commission as may be neces-
sary TO enable it to protect persons
and places from discrimination and
extortion and to compel the railroads
to perform their duties as common
carriers. We favor the efficient super
vision and rate regulation of railroads
engaged in interstate commerce To
this end, we recommend the physical
valuation of the railroads by the In
terstate Commerce Commission, such
valuation TO take into consideration
the original cost of production and
all elements of value that viii render
the valuation fair and just. We tav-
or such legislation as will prohibit the
railroads from engaging In business
which brings them in competition with
their shippers, also legislation which
will assure such reduction in trans
portation rates as conditions viii per-
init, care being taken to avoid reduc-
lions that will compel a reduction in
wages, prevent adequate service or
do injustice to legitimate investments.
We heartily approve the laws pro-
hibiting the pass and the rebate, and
we favor any further necessary legis-
lation to restrain correct and pre-
vent such abuses.
Tariff.
We welcome the belated promise of
tariff reform now affected by the Re
publican party in tardy recognition of
the righteousness of the Democratic
position on this question; but these
people can safely entrust the execu-
ton of this important work to a party
which is so deeply obligated to the
highly protected interests as is the
Republican party. We call attention.
to the significant fact that promised
relief was postponed until after the
coming election-an election to sue
coed in which the Republican party
must have that same support from the
beneficiaries of the high protective
tariff as it haS always heretofore re
ceiyed from them; and TO the further
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-07-12
emocratic Platform Adopted the Denver -
Convention Statement of the Principles of Democracy

! no twilight zone between the nation
and the state in which exploiting in
terests can take refuge from both;
and it is as necessary that the fed
eraH government shall exercise the
powers delegated to it as it is that
the state governments shall use the
authority reserved to them; but we
insist that federal remedies for the
regulation of interstate commerce and
for the prevention OS private monopo-
" shall be added tO-nOt substituted
fOr-State remedies.
Economy In Administrator.
The republican congress in session
just ended has made appropriations
amounting to S1.O0S ,00O, 900. exceed
ing the total expenditures of the pa It
fiscal year by $4,000. 900. and leaving
deficit of more than $50. 900 600 for
the fiscal year. We denounce the
needless waste of the peoples money
which has resulted in this appalling
increase as a shameful violation of all
prudent conditions of government. as
no less than a crime against the mil
lions of working men and women,
from whose earnings the great pro
portion of these colossal sums must
be extorted through excessive tariff
exactions and other indirect methods.
1t is not surprising that, in the facC
of this shocking record, the repubIi-
can platform contains no reference
10 economical administration, or prom
Use thereof in the future. We demand
that a stop be put to this frightful
extravaganza, and insist upon the
strictest economy in every depart
ment compatible with frugal and eff
ficient administration.
Income Tax.
our revenue system, and we urge
the submission of a constitutional
amendment specifically authorizing
congress to levy and collect A tax
upon individual and corporate income
10 she end that wealth may bear its
propoTtiOnate share o. The burdens
CT the federal government.
The Navy.
The constitutional provision that a
navy shall De provided and maintain
cd, means an adequate navy, and We
believe that the interests of this
country would pest be served by hav-
ing a navy sufficient to defend the
coasts of this country and protect
American citizens wherever their
rights may be in jeopardy
Popular Election of Senators.
I'VE favor the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people, and regard this reform as the
gateway to other national reforms.
Banking.
The panic of 1907, coming without
any legitimate excuse, when the re-
publican party had Cor a decade been
in complete control of the federal
government, furnishes additional proof
that il is either unwilling or inCOm-
petent to protect the interests of the
general public 1t has so linked the
country to Wall street that the sins
of the spectators are visited upon
the whole people While refusing to
rescue wealth producers from spolia-
ton at the hands of the stock gamb-
Iers and spectators in farm products
il has deposited treasury funds, with
out interest and without competition,
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Ifact that during years of uninterrupt-
ed power no action whatever has been
taken by the Republican congress TO
correct the admittedly existing tarlH
| iniquities.
| We favor immediate revision of the
tariff by the reduction of import du-
ties. Articles entering into compeu-
| ton with trust controlled products
IshouId be placed upon the free list;
and material reductions should be
made in the tariff upon the necessities
! of life. especially upon articles COM
peting with such American manufac-
lures as are sold abroad more cheap
| " than at home; and gradual reduc-
tions should be made in sucn other
schedules as may be necessary, to re-
store the tariff to a revenue basis
Existing duties have given to the
manufacturers of paper a shelter be
hind which they have organized COM
binations to raise the price of pulp
and o. paper. thus imposing tax upon
the spread of knowledge. We de-
mand the Immediate repeal of the tar
if on pulp print paper, lumber, tim
Der, logs and that these articles be
placed upon the free list.
Trusts.
private monopoly is indefensible
and intoIer5ible- We therefore favor
the vigorous enforcement of the
criminal law against guilty trust mag
mates and officials and demand the
enactment of such additional legisla.
ton as may be necessary as to make
it impossible for a private monopoly
TO exist in the United States. Among
the additional remedies we specify
three
First, a law preventing a duplica-
ton of directors among competing
corporations, second. a license SyS-
tenn which will. without abridging
the right OF each state to create cor
pOratiOns or its right to regulate as
it will foreign corporations doing
business within its limits, make it
necessary Cor manufacturing or
trading corporation engaged in inter
state commerce to take out a federal
license before it snail be permitted
10 control as much as twenty-five per
cent of the product in which it deals,
the license to protect the public from
watered stock and to prohibit the
control by such corporation of more
than fifty per cent of the total amount
of any product consumed in the
United States and third, law COM
peIling such licensed corporations to
sell all purchases in all parts of the
country on the same terms after MAX
ing due allowance for cost of trans
portatiOn-
The Rights of the States.
Believing with Jefferson in The
support of the state governments il
all their rights as the most competent
administration for our domestic con
Germs and the surest bulwark against
the aBti-republican tendencies" and
in the preservation of the general
government in its whole constitution
al Vigor, as the shPet-anchoT of our
peace at home and safety abroad.
we are opposed to the Capitalization
implied in these suggestions, now Ere
quently made, that the powers of the
general government should be extend
ed by judicial construction There is