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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

entire year. No one can say word
of criticism to their taking a reasonable
vacation during which they can talk
at Chautauquas until they are black
in the face or do anything else they
please. but the people are justified in
objecting, as they are beginning to as
1t is not hard to find out from current
talk, to their governors traipsing all
over the country during the summer
for what money they can make with
their talk and leaving their states
without a chief executive. E.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

Quite number of states, Kansas
among them,are afflicted with absentee
governors. They are fattening their
bank rolls through their gift of CAB
at Chautauquas. II these fellows did
not think the offices of governors paid
sufficiently. why were they so anxious
to get them But perhaps 1t would
be good plan for the states to pay
their governors enough to keep them
at home during the summer where an
emergency may arise at any time that
would demand their attention on the
spot. On the other hand, again. when
these governors took their oaths of
office they entered into contract
with the people of their states to pay
attention to their duties during the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

lt~f -
FOOL" he began. ito ask you to share
the paltry salary which this afternoon
seemed SO great. I did not learn until
later who you really were. 1t seems
that You have are been ysry .s dense .uxx..d
Irma. do you come to ask me 20
noon?" 4
You must know how impossible II
would appear" he reminded. Il b.
heved you to be q teacher"
You were the teacher" she correct-
ed. You taught me what love really
is. What does It matter that I have
more than your"
IT would not be considered fortune
hunter" he said slowly.
And I will not marry one" she re-
torted. 1T Is because you are not .
fortune hunter. because you love me
for myself, that said Yes this
afternoon, and I shall hold you to your
promise. Instead Of you being curator
OF the Cheeswick collection we shall
have a collection OF our own"
Silently he came toward her and
looked down into the tender eyes. No
word was spoken. but a message was
exchanged, and Brookneld knew that
such love was not lightly to be set
aside by pride. Slowly he sank into the
seat beside her and took her In his
arms.
II am sorry that you are not what
I thought you to be-" he murmured.
And l." was her tender response.
am glad that you are what know
TIL try to be all that you think I
am" he promised as he bent to kiss
the smiling lips.
And 30 Miss Moultaire's dread Of
fortune hunters had been settled
through the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ed by Associated Literary Press)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
HUAOR or THE D/Y

Sunday School Teacher-Now. Oswald,
IL another boy were to come up to you and
strike you on the cheek. what would you
Oswald tpromptly)-Put myself in his
place.-Louisville Herald.
Your wife likes the last word. doesn't
IT don't think So" answered Mr.. Meek
ABOUT reaShn May shss %shty rsisetAnt
Il see that Connecticut farmer has set
THAT S looks to % m asT ike ~U Great scheme
for obviating tire trouble"
Plain Dealer.
II am very fond Of my home"
But I notice that you don't stop there
very much"
That's because am 30 careful of IT.
What has that to do with ft?'
vile American.
she-shakespeare says a man has seven
ages.
He-A woman has only three.
She-What are they?
Utica Observer.
Mrs. CrimsonbealI see by this paper
that In the British museum there is a
tons.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Those American wo-
men travelling abroad are 50 careless
aren't they7-Yonkers Statesman
Tess-Miss Meanley is just as spiteful as
she can be. Did you hear about what she
said to May on her wedding day?
Jess-'You mean May who married old
De Sember?
Tess--Yes. She said she wished them
both Ions lffe.-Philade1phia Press. l... I =
safe--Lawyer Ito applicant for position)
Yes. need an Office boy. Are you truth
full?
Boy-Yes, sir: but I amt truthful
News
Briggs says he spends most OF his time
at home in tho kitchen"
II wonder w1y1'
II believe he said his wife was a 'parlor
socialist. "-C1eveland Pfa4n Dealer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

John w. Kern, of Indiana. is being
doomed by Thomas Taggart for the
Democratic vice presidential nominal
ton. Mr.. Kern is particularly unfor-
trnate, and his candidacy for this
honor is greatly handicapped at the
start. because, Of his sponsor. 1t is
one of the mysteries of politics how
Taggart ever rose to the high position
of chairman of the Democratic nation
al committee. His chief bid for fame
and notoriety has been his part pro-
prietorship in a gambling resort at
French Lick Springs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
GLOBE SIGHTS.

(From the Atchison Globe.1
Many a man willing to steal. doesn't
get q chance
Some say a dying man is better OF,
than baby just born.
About the only thing on q farm that
has an easy time, Is the dog.
When a farmer does wrong, you bet
everybody soon knows 1t.
There is this about the gentleman
burglar you read about: he isn't IL
they catch him.
How often a man is compelled to
say: TT isn't right, but will be COM
PEELED to stand it,"
The trouble is. the man who does
not have much to do. usually gets In
the habit of going hunting or asiiing
When an old man sits neglected and
looks into the fire. he thinks more
truths about life than any book con-
tains. htasfa;ss
No matter how tall. how short. how
thin, or how fat she may be, the aver
age woman thinks she has pretty
good figure. t5a
A father never enjoys receiving or
ders from his son. but when q daugh-
ter shows authority over her mother,
the mother CLOVIS with pride. E
When a man never takes vacation.
people say he Is mean. or stingy, but
when a woman never takes an extend
ed resting spell. people say she Is
abused. -sre5
An Atchison man recently wrote to
a girl asking her to marry him and
in reply she wrote asking him to call,
saying that all the members Of the
family had helped her, but not one
could make cut his handwriting.
The smartest thing you can do is to
go to bed at o'clock. and get up
early the next morning, and spend the
day modestly doing your duty. Don't
try to attract attention: those people
who try to attract attention, never do.
An Atchison woman kept a lot Of
false frizzes hung up in front of her
chair all during Lent. She was pre-
vailed upon by the hattery Of q ped
dler to buy them and kept them in her
sight during Lent as q punishment ana
atonement for her SIN.
When you wipe a girls tears away
you really wipe away very small Ash
bones. A tear, wise people say, II COM
posed Of soda. phosphate OF lime. phos-
phate OF soda and mucous, and when
seen under a microscope, after evapor-
alton, looks like q fish bone.
Take down the teacup a. an em-
b1em of gossip and put the street cor
ner In its place. Hail the bad talk
you hear originates on the street cor
ners among the loafers. Women may
afterwards whisper It over their tea
cups, but they do not originate 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers OF the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
TO any address mt the rate OF ten cents
q week or thirty cents a month (by
mail only.) Address changed as often
as desired. While out of town the
State journal will be to you like q
daily letter from home.
Advance payment is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

few partisan editors and other
men of peanut caliber seem to have
gone out of their way to offer but a
scant tribute of praise to the late
Grover Cleveland. Their efforts along
this line are little short of ridiculous
when notice is taken of what the
prominent men and thinkers of the
country, regardless of their political
views, are saying of the ability and
character of the dead president and
the place that they are according him
among the great executives of this
country and also among the men of
letters of the present day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

An extended and diversified discus
sion of the pure food laws was indulg-
ed in the other day by the women
who are at Boston attending the ninth
biennial convention of the General
Federation of Women's clubs. If they
had only discussed the proposition of
how to cook food properly they might
have reaped greater benefits. Or per-
haps it would be better to say that
their families would have profited
quite extensively thereby
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

According TO the Chicago Tribune.
the statistical authority of the country
on fatalities, there have already oc-
CURED this year $50 drownings
throughout this country. This is a
terrible total so far when it is con-
sidered That the summer season of
boating, fishing and swimming is
hardly well under WAY
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHMoa.
[From the New York Prose.1

A miss is good for q smile.
When a stout woman loses weieht
it's always in secret.
The more a woman ID afraid of a
mouse the less she IL OF her husband.
The only way to cut down the ex-
pense of being engaged Is to get mar
ried. +,
Generally the reason a girl wants 10
marry a man II he can't support her
as well as her father does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
PLAYED Ball With Bombs.

An explosion occurred here tonight
in the Burmont Chemical ana iorpeuo
men were seriously injured. 1t was
in the mixing room, where the powder
and torpedoes are stored, and which
lie separated from the main building
Two Of the men, it is understood,
were playing ball with torpedoes wnem
and exploded. 80
The sparks set fire to a quantity OF
powder, and in the explosion that lol-
lowed the building was Quilted and tne
men were terribly burned.-l4ans-
downe (Pa-) dispatch to Philadelpnla
Record.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30
Drops Three Stories Asleep.

Mollie Reggenberger, sleepwalker'
walked from the fourth story window
of a tenement at Forty-second street
and Third avenue early this morning.
fell to the first floor coping, landed
on the cornice and-slept on.
Relatives, with much difficulty, drew
her in through window and took
her upstairs to her room. When she
was on the bed her sister and brother
in-Iaw shook her and a doctor was
summoned. Finally, after a great
deal of shaking, the girl slowly open
ed her eyes In a dazed manner she
Incurred what the trouble was. DR..
Etter said Mollie was sound in mind
and limb and perfectly good all over,
with the exception of slight wrench
to her right shoulder and a bruise OF
her hip.-New York American
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-30

tune-hunting she had so OFTEN to en-
dure.
One afternoon late in the spring
Brookfield came to meet the class and
escort them to a private view OF a col
lege collection. They had acquired
some of his enthusiasm and he had OBJ
tanned private views Of many collec-
tions for them.
Today he came with a beaming face.
and all the afternoon his high spirits
were apparent. He never shared the
little luncheons which wound up the
expeditions, but today he detained
Miss Moultaire for a moment.
.sThere is something I would like to
saw" he pleaded May 1 walk home
with you. or do you have to go with
the girls?"
II cannot very well leave Them" she
explained >.
be said resolutey. IT can't keep 1t
anv longer. I am to be curator of the
Cheeswick collection in the fa.l and at
a salary enough for two. Will you
OnIv for a minute did Miss Moul-
taire hesitate; then she placed her
hand in his.
IT will share it," she promised with
a radiant smale. Come this evening
and we will talk it over"
She handed him her card with its
engraved address and hurried after
the girls, while Brookheld beamed
upon her from the top STEP
But the beam had faded from Brook
fields face when MISS Moui-
taire came toward him in her recep--
clasping her In his arms he held her
hand for an instant and then waited
for her to be seated.
You must think me q presumptuous
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22

The poll tax collector is in the
land, and every patriotic citizen
should see to it that this collector
does not miss him. We need the
money for the public schools, and
must have it if the term is contin-
ued. 1t is believed that with the
proper effort on the collection of
taxes we may have the full nine
months as first intended.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
BUSHES MEMS LEAGUE
An Interesting Meeting Tuesday
Night at Court House Various
Committees Appointed and
Starting TO Work-Win
Hold Next Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. Is

The Business Mems League held
an important meeting at the court
house last Tuesday night. About
thirty people were present.
Many matters of Importance were
discussed, and many letters from
all over the country were read and
considered, and turned over to the
proper committees for attention.
"A matter was introduced by sew
eral citizens relative to TIE need Of
street crossings in places where
walks are put down by property
owners, and an ordinance suggest
ed, appropriating a fund for that
purpose. The meeting endorsed
the idea that such provision would
be a good thing for the town, and
passed a resolution favoring such
action, if the board of trustees
should see fit to pass such an ordi-
nance.
The president was authorized to
appoint a traffic committee, a re-
ception committee, a public i'm
provements committee, and a com.
mittee to make a list of persons
who should be admitted to the club
as associate members.
The bylaws committee reported
and the bylaws reported by them
were discussed.
Many other important matters
for the good of the town were con-
sidered, and the organization is
rapidly getting down to work.
The next meeting will be held
next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
DELEGATE ANDREWS PASSES
RfHOMfSTEAD Entry BILL
Covers Every Case Except Where Relinquish-
ments Have Been Made Fraudulently
or for a Consideration.

A bill providing for second home
stead entries has just passed both
houses OF congress, and has been
signed by the president, and is
law. Our fellow townsman, Hon.
N. V. Gallegos, sometime since,
drafted a similar bill and sent it to
Delegate Andrews, requesting that
he do what he could for the passage
OF such a bill, for the purpose of
granting relief to second homestead
entrymen who were precluded by
the Act OF 1904. Delegate Andrews
wrote him that such a measure
would be Immediately introduced,
and hence the result. The text of
the bill is as follows
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
PAY ROLL REACHES
SIXTY THOUSAND,

The Ell Paso & Southwestern nv
Co. pay roll here Thursday reach
ed nearly sixty thousand dollars,
being almost double that of a n Y
previous one. That is a hummer
too, Ell? and the effect is discern
bic in the general business activi-
ty all over town. Two additional
train crews have been placed on
the Dawson branch and a wood
workers department has been ad-
ded to the shops, thus completing
the facilities for all classes of rail
road work necessary at this place.
The shops are still working only
eight hours Il day but the pay roll
OF the shop alone reached $4,000
Thursday.
Master Mechanic Gordon whose
office is now located here, S a y s
he believes that Tucumcari will in
the next five years be greatest Ry.
center in New Mexico, and the FL
Paso & Southwestern pay roll will
be only a small part of the revenue
that will come this town. 1t is the
location for a great commercial, as
we'll as shipping center, will grow
to this just as sure as Chicago and
other large cities have grown to
what they are.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22

The firm of Gross, Kelly & Co.,
is setting a precedent that should
be followed by every business
house and residence, for that mat
ter, in Tucumcari. This COM
pany gathers all waste paper and
every form of trash that collects
about the store and consigns it to
the waste heap and applies the
torch. If you will notice you will
see things clean about that store
all the time.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22

United States OF America in Con-
gress assembled, That any person
who, prior to the passage of this
Act, has made entry under the
homestead laws, but from any cause
has lost, forfeited or abandoned
the same, shall be entitled to the
benefits of the homestead law as
though such former entry had not
been made. and any person apply
ing fer a second homestead under
this Act shall furnish the descrip-
ton and date of his former entry {:
Provided, that the provisions Of
this Act shall not apply to any per-
son whose former entry was can
celed for fraud, or who relinquished
the former entry for a valuable
consideration.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
CONTEST NOTICE
Department OF The Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, n. NJ,
Februarv \ Inog

Land Office, Clayton, n. NJ.
February 8, 1908
a sutflcient contest affidavit having been
HE'D IN this office by &. III. Wilson. COM
testant against homestead entry No. I2A66
made oct. ~, 1900, Tor ne4 Sec, 20, Twp.
5n, Range II east, by Joe Killingswortb.
contestee, in which it is alleged under
date oil january 10, 1907. that the said
Joe Nil"llngsworth has wholly abandoned
SAID tract for more than six months ne.t
before the hling OF this affidavit and since
making sad entry, that the said enIryman
mas never resided on same nor cultivated
said land as required by law, and that said
alleged absence from the said land was not
Que to his employment in the Army. Navv
or Marine Corps OF the United States as q
private soldier, officer, seaman or marin.
during the war with Spain, or during anv
other war In which the United States NAV
be engaged. '
SAID parties are hereby notified to anp,ar
respond and offer evidence touching s,;d
allegation at 10 o'clock a. m, ON Anr;l ,
1908, before w, IL. McGill, u. S, Com,
at his Office in La Lande, \. M. and
that iinal hearing will be held at 10 o'clocL
a m on April ID, 1905, before the Regis
ter and Receiver at the United States + snd
Office in Clayton n NJ.
The said contestant having in = nro,.r
affidavit filed Feb. 8,IooS, set forth fac,s
WINCH snow ina alter due diligence per-
sonar service OF this notice can not be made
II Is hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be gwen by due and proper publica.
ton.
z'22 EDWARD W. Fox, Register
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22

The Electric Light company has
completed the new line out Second
street, and are now giving the south
end OF town better service.
Farr Herring, manager of the
Tucumcari Telephone system, re-
ports that system installing eight
to ten phones daily. They are re-
ceiving many new orders. Their
business is expanding very rapidly.
w. <. Phillips, l.. O.. Phillips,
J. A. Phillips, S. w. Norris and
u. II. Hereford, all farmers from
six miles east of town, were in
yesterday for supplies. Nearly all
farmers in the vicinity intend to
sow alfalfa and plant large amounts
OF broom corn, but that a great
deal OF cotton will be planted Last
year n farmer in that communi-
ty produced 5000 pounds of cot.
ton off three acres.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22

M. G. Mechem leaves Sunday
for Santa Fe on legal business, to
be gone several days.
l.. o. McElroy, Jas. Noel,
Robt. Noel, all of Willesburg, Ky.,
are in the city looking, with a
view of locating.
Rev. b. T. James, Presiding
Elder, held quarterly conference
at the South Methodist church
Wednesday night.
Hugo Goldenberg of Santa
Rosa spent Wednesday in Tucum-
carl, returning to Santa Rosa
Wednesday evening.
Last night a Calico bail was
given by the Eastern Star at War
ren's new hall. A large number
OF invitations were SEN out. The
affair passed off very successfully.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
CONTEST NOTICE
Department of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, N. NJ,

Land Office, Clayton. n. NJ,
Jan. 3Ist, 1908
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this office by l.. V. Mariner, con-
t%estant. against homestead entry No. 1858,
made Feb. 2, 1906, for ne4 Sec. 90, Twp.
9 North, Range sic, by Walter T. Wilson,
contestee, in which it is alleged under date
OF Nov. 29 1907 the said Walter +. Wilson
has wholly abandoned said tract, that he has
changed his residence therefrom for more
than six months last past. that said tract
is not settled upon and cultivated by said
party as required by law, that said al
legged absence from the said land was not
due to his employment in the Army, Navy
or Marine Corps of the United States as a
private soldier. officer, seaman or marine
during the war with Spain or during any
other war in which the United States may
be engaged.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear
respond and offer evidence touching said
allegation at &c o'clock a. m. on March 27,
1908, before N. V. Gallegos, u. S. Court
Com. at his office in Tucumcari, N. NJ. and
that final hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock
a. IN. on April 3, 1908, before the Register
and Receiver at the United States Land
Office in Clayton n. NJ.
The said contestant having in a proper
affidavit filed Jan. 81, 1908, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence per-
sonal service OF this notice cannot be made
1t is hereby ordered and directed that such
notice be given by due and proper publ
cation.
2-22 EDWARD w. Fox, Register
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22

Editor o. c. Hammons is a
candidate for membership in the
Knights OF Pythias.
S-roomed residence for sale.
Bargain.
ao-It DE Yampert & Pinn.
William Kann Of Carrizozo ar
rived in Tucumcari Monday MORN
ing. He intends to engage in
business here.
w. A.. Gamble, of Amarillo,
Texas, has returned to Tucumcari.
He will be in the office of Gamble
* Askew.
DR.. c. ]. Is. Moore has BEEN
temporarily appointed examiner for
the Praetorian Lie Insurance
company which is being organized
here. The enterprise is starting
with about fifty members.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
Affidavit OF Circulation

TsRRIToRY or New MEXICO -.
COUNTY op QUAY
5. M. Wharton, being first duly sworn
on his oath deposes and says, that he is the
Business Manager of the Tucumcari News;
that the bona fde circulation of said Tu-
cumcari News for the week ending Janu-
airy 18th 1908, was I427 subscribers
S. NJ. WHARTON
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
% day Of January 1908.
M. c. MECHEM,
Notary Public. Quay County. N. M,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-02-22
S. M. WHARTON, Editor.


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