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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08
Lawn Social.

The United Christian Societies of
Roswell have made arrangements for
a lawn social, at the home of Mr.. w.
G.. Urton, Thursday evening, Septen-
Der 10th, leaving the P. v. and N. e.
Railway depot at 7:15 p. m. An ex-
tensiye program has been provided,
and we wish all who can to join us.
By order of the Committee. 64t2s
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

frcn Roosevelt county came up from
Hagerman last night by auto. They
went north this morning, except c..
E. Hall, of Ehda, who remained oven
today. Sheriff John Owen and
Poririo Chaves, Of Lincoln, the two
delegates from Lincoln county, came
up this morning and will visit in
Roswell until tomorrow.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

With the election of Bryan and
Democratic senators from a number
of states now represented by Repub-
licans, the reign of the corporate int
erests, the trusts, will come to an
end in the senate. There is every rea.
son to believe that a sufficient mum
Der of Republican senators, such as
will act with Democrats and wrest
control OF the senate from the preda-
tory interests.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Col. and Mrs. c. c.. Slaughter, who
were here ten days inspecting the
Slaughter property and visiting rela-
-tives. left this morning for Portales,
where they will take an auto to the
Slaughter ranches. They were accom-.
panied from here by their son, Geo.
M. Slaughter.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

A the days go by 1t is becoming
more and certain that Bryan
WIN be elected with a goodly number
OF votes to spare. So certain have the
people become that the Republican
pAfey is In the hands Of the trusts
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08
DELEGATES HOME
FROM CONVENTION.

J. s. Lea and Cooley Triton return
ed this morning from Hagerman,
where they attended the Democratic
Legislative convention yesterday.
They and Walter Chisum were the
only delegates from this part Of the
county. All three went to Dayton II
ter the Convention yesterday and saw
the great gas well Mr.. Chisum stop
ped this morning at Lake Arthur. Coe
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

A wool buyer was In u town this
week and purchased all on hand here
from the dealers at z IL cents a
pound. This is a sample of Republ1,
can prosperity and also of the benef-
cent effects of a protective tariff. Ii
a Republican protective tariff three
years ago made wool sell here for
tariff unchanged wool is now selling
at z IL cent s?-Farmington Times
Hustler.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08
r. c. Market in the Parade.

r. C.. Market in the Parade.
The Record made q break in its
report Of the Labor Day parade yes:
terday when it mentioned the meat
markets represented, and they were
the T. C. and the u. s. The former
was not mentioned yesterday.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Fruit rafsers Of Chaves county say
that the commission people tell them
that so hard are the times in the
North and East, that people generally
r cutting out all 1uxnries. and this
has 'a1ected' even the price Of apples
ana pears. making II much lower than
n should be. And all this during Re-
publican prosperity administration.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

and hat the only hope of relief is in
the Democratic party, that a landslide
is certainly coming, big enough even
to overwhelm and cover Taft.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

MI. and Mrs. c.. w. Halliburto
came up from Dexter this mornin
to spend the day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08
Painting.

Have Cruise paint your buggy, $500
to $1,000, a fancy job for $500 and
up. Varnish job, $500 to 5000 makes
your buggy new.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

The principal charge against And
resps by the voters of New Mexico Is
he devoted SO much of his time
IN efforts to have removed from Office
q governor whose only fault vas
thai he was honest.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Miss Halle Manning left this NOR
ming for Dallas to resume her studies
in st. Mary's College.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

The Pecos Valley has the best eli
mate on earth. the most fertile soil
and the best people. and we have a
brand new gas wen.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

The territorial supreme court has
reversed the decision " the lower
court on the slot machine case, thus
bringing slot machines under the op-
Grafton of the antigambling law.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Misses Ollie Mathews n Lucille
Thomas, who were here visiting their
aunt, Mrs. Joe E. Rhea, left this NOR
ming for Plano. Tex.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Co. Democratic Ticket
For County Commissioner srd Dist.
~. J. FRITZ.
County con'r. Second District,
w. N. ATKINSON.
For Probate Judge,
J. r. EVANS.
Fer Clerk OF Probate Court,
2. p. GAYLE.
For County Sheriff,
C. L. BALLARD.
For County Assessor,
GUY II. HERBERT.
County Treasurer and Ex-Ofic1o
Collector,
JAMES SUTHERLAND.
superintendent Of Schools,
c. c. HILL.
County Surveyor,
v. n. KENNEY.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

o. W. Hicks and F. A. Mueller and
their families returned yesterday
from a twelve days trip to the White
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

L. K. McGaffey returned last night
from a business trip to Albuquerque
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

J. M. Reid was called to Clovis this
morning on business.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Don't buy your school shoes until
you have seen Makin's $3.50 shoe. tt
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

The best school shoes tor the mon
ey, you will find 1t MaK1n's. 68tf
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Are you going to the Lawn Social?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

The Territorial Armory bonds have
been sold by b Territorial Treasur-
q. They amount to $4,000 and a
-four per cent. They were sold for
e3s,626. $4,000 Of this money comes
to Roswell for the building OF the
aemory here.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Yesterday was the first day OF
school In Roswell, and ONE idea OF
the growth of the city may be deriv-
ed from the fact that the attendance
was more than m hundred greater
thm for the f1rst day of last year..
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08
HERE IS YOUR CHANCE
TO GIVE TO CHARITY.

TO GIVE TO CHARITY.
The Board OF Control of the FEEDER
a plan to secure members and money
for the care of the city's poor. They
propose to publish a coupon which
may be filled out by any Individual
and sent to the secretary or treasurer,
thereby becoming a member of the
organization, and can thus arrange
to contribute to the cause of charity.
The admission fee to the association
can be fixed by the person joining
and the monthly dues can be decided
in the same way. Any sum will be
acceptable. Following Is the coupon
which should be filed out and sem
in:
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

Bargains In school shoes-Makin's
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

school shoss md BoOks-Makin's.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1908-09-08

With the coming Of September, ev.
ents in the social world have multi.
piled. Parties and receptions are
planned for almost every day this
week, and more are coming soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
How Washington Looked.

George Washington was exceedingly
tall, and, VIXEN young, quite slender.
He had enormous hands and feet. His
boots were No. 13 and his ordinary
walking shoes No. H. He was a man
Of muscle. During his service in tie
army he weighed 200 pounds, and was
so strong that he could lift his tent
with one hand, although it usually re-
quired the strength of two men to place
it on the camp wagon. | mean, OF
course, when it was folded up and
wrapped around tie poles. Washing.
ton could hold a musket with one hand
and fire it. He was a good shot and a
good swordsman. The pictures of the
father Of our country make you think
that Washington was a brunette. His
face Is dark and somber. The truth g
he had a skin like an Irish baby, and
his hair was almost red. He had 8
broad chest. but not a full one.
His voice was not strong, and dur.
ing his last days he had a hacking
cough His eyes were cold gray, and
it is said that he seldom smiled, al.
though there Is reason to believe that
he had considerable kumor about him
His nose was prominent. He was par.
ticular as TO his appearance and fas.
tidious in dress. He wore plain clothes
and always kept himself well shaven,
acting as his own barber.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
HAVE BOUGHT ALDEN HOUSE.
Defendants of John and Priscilla
Are Owners of Old Homestead

Defendants of John and Priscilla
Are Owners of Old Homestead.
The Alden kindred of America, which
comprise descendants of John and Pris-
ella Mullins Alden of Duxbury, who
are scattered from the Atlantic to the
Pacific Ocean, from Canada to the Gulf
OF Mexico, have at last obtained pos
session of the old Alden homestead
here, says DuXbury (Mass.) dispatch
in the Philadelphia Record The house
has nine rooms and a number of acres
OF land about 1t. 1t Is near the railroad
station. During the 254 years Of exist
ence of this property it has always been
occupied, with one exception, by a per-
son named Alden.
The old homestead, according to the
story generally told to visitors in DuX-
bury, was not built by John the Pill
grim. A site east of the present house
is pointed out as having been the place
where John and Priscilla dwelt, and it
is commonly stated that the house built
by Johns own hand was destroyed by
fire, and the exact spot is pointed out.
John w. Alden, the tenth in direct
line Of Johns from the pilgrim fore
father, and now occupant of the old
homestead says this story Is not cor
rect. He declares that John and Pris-
ella occupied a house Of which the ell
on the present house was a part, and
that tinlbers from the first house are
now in existence in the present house
The ell, which is story and a half
high, is undoubtedly older than the
main house, which is two and half
stories, and has all the marks which
distinguished the old-time Plymouth
houses. There are the small diamond
PANIED windows; there are the beams,
running across the low ceiling and
throughout the house; there are the
old-fashioned latches on the doors, the
step-up or step-down between connect
ing rooms, the large square chimney,
and many other old-fashloned and
quaint characteristics.
The tiny "set-in" cupboards, in all
the rooms, are things to make the mod
ern dweller full of envy! the low cell
ings make even a short person reach
to see If it is possible to touch them.
A tiny bedroom on the ground floor is
shown to visitors as the room in which
Priscilla died, and it Is commonly be-
lieved that John, too, died in the pres
ent house. The Alden story is that the
house was built by Jonathan, the son
of John and Priscilla.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
The Proclamation Of Life.

The centuries-long search for the means
of securing perpetual, or at least extend
ed youth, is still being prosecuted by the
scientists. DR.. Moutier of Paris. studying
the rigidity of the arteries. which is
characteristic of advanced life, has by a
specially constructed electrical apparatus
been able to reduce the increased pres
sure of the blood which accompanies the
arterial changes and thus restore normal
conditions, which continue permanently.
The same treatment has also been sue
cessfully used in the treatment of patients
affected with neurasthenia.. ~
Ellie Metchinkoff, Pasteur's successor In
the famous Pasteur Institute at Paris, IN
a book entitled, "The Prolorfsation OF
Life" published by g. 7. Puttnams Sons,
argues that much of the shortening OF lite
and the pain of old age is due to
poisoning of the tissues through putre-
faction of the intestinal tract. which may
be counteracts-d by certain acids, chiefly
that existing in sour milk, in confirmation
of which he instances the long life of
some races which live mainly on such
Diet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

and took a small pile of new one-dollar
Shannon. The half Of them would lift
him out of the debt he had been trying
to cancel when this accident happened.
He could buy his Mary a new dress,
too 1t had been so long since she had
had anything new; and the doctor, sure
it would more than pay him. But into
his head again came the thought of the
young lawyer. Would it be fair to him
How much will you take?" asked
the claim agent The latter had seen
the longing look in Shannon's eyes, and
had been slowly counting and recount
Ing the bills. He had counted out one
hundred one-dollar bills and placed
them in four piles of twenty-five each.
He let them lie on the bed moment
that way, then put them into one pile
again.
How much will you take?" he re-
peated. This time he augmented the
pile by an additional little pile of five
dollar notes. Again he counted them,
showing conspicuously the bills Of larg-
er denomination.
Shannon's eyes cleaned. Suddenly
his hand reached out as If to take the
bills, and as suddenly the claim agent
placed them in his fingers. Shannon's
fingers crushed them with feverish de-
light The claim agent produced a pa
per and fountain pen and proffered
them TO Shannon. The latter looked
duly at the paper for a moment, then
his eyes took ON a look of fire His
teeth suddenly came together with !.
snap, and he threw the bank notes into
the face of the claim agent.
Get out of me house!' he cried. "I'll
not take it. I'll not sell out me friend"
The claim agent was furious. He picked
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
GREATEST ENGINEERING FEAT OF THE WORLD IS REALIZED

The dream Of Henry " FlagIer's
life, the worlds greatest engineering
feat-the extension Of the Florida East
Coast railway through TIE ocean to
Key West-has been consummated, and
regular train service from New York
to this most southerly point of the
United States is reality.
Until ten years ago the nearest home
port to Key West was Tampa, go miles
up the gulf. Then the Flagler railroad
was pushed to Miami 157 miles up the
east coast. But no man dreamed that
the coral reefs and mangrove swamps
known as the Florida keys, at the end
Of which is Key West, would ever be
hitched to Florida by bonds of steel
and concrete.
In three years, J. R. PARROT, general
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Sioux City Journal.

a farewell dinner and retired to Mount
Vernon, genuinely glad to relapse into
private life again.
1t is not merely as a conqueror OF
tyrants that Washington still lives in the
hearts of good Americans. In all his
tory there is no character so fine or rare
Those who read faces say that Washing
ions mental makeup was of the most
violent and dangerous passions all under
perfect control From a youth he was
marked, for he came of a masterful moth
~er and had inherited her traits to a de-
gree. No other could have pulled the
Haltering, bedraggled Continentals through
the struggle with the British and their
hired mercenaries as did this strappins
Virginian, who was, indeed, the Father
of his Country, since he and he alone
was its creator.
1t is a common thing in these later
days to glorify our Revolutionary fore
bears. Everybody who wore the blue
and buff is presumed to have been run
ming over with patriotism and desire to
defend home and country. The patriot
farmers have been much sung, but the
songs never tell how they went back to
their farms after having been "embat.
Sled," and proceeded to watch the cam
paign from affair and criticise its every
move Students of Continental history
know how the militia fed at the first fire
how the innkeepers kept their paint
brushes ready changing George III. on
their signs into George Washington. ac-
cording to which troops were the nearer
The turncoat farmers were as willing to
sell feed and forage to the invading red
coats as TO the ragged Continentals-
more willing, in fact, since the redcoats
were backed with good red gold, while
the Continentals had only the depreciat-
ed currency of the gasping Republic. oh.
It is great history TO read. the splendid
fight of the infant Republic against a
mother country strong and proud and
fighting for prestige, as she is fighting
now. But there are pages in it, torn
and blood stained, and not so fine-pages
where, if you be a good American, your
own tears blot the pages that are thick
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

manager, and j. c. Meredith, construc-
ton engineer, have spent S15,000,0O0
of Flagler's money in bridging the $50
miles Of ocean, coal reefs and mangrove
swamps. They have built a steel rein
forced concrete sea wall which rises 80
feet above high water mark. Over this
runs single track railway. Some of
the keys are so far apart that the pas
sengers are out Of sight Of land, going
to and fro on tracks supported by con-
crete arches which divide the ocean
and the gulf of Mexico.
Before they began girding the keys
the engineers had to force their way
through the Everglades, building 80
miles of emba1fkment by means of
dredges which created their own chan
nels as they piled up the dirt.
At one time the constructors had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

under charter every available freight
steamer on the Atlantic coast, carrying
supplies south The crushed rock for
the viaducts filed 80 tramp steamers,
and the cargoes of steel, lumber, con-
crete and supplies shaded the seaboard
with a trail of smoke
The care Of 5000 men far from the
mainland was itself a serious problem,
but was solved with households. In
October, 1906, hurricane swept away
the floating homes and claimed the
lives of $50 laborers, but the work was
pushed ahead.
The shallowness of the water made
1t possible to throw up mile after mile
Of entertainments by means of suction
dredges, but also made transportation
difficult Light draft launches found it
impossible to approach many keys on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

with suffering These are the chapten
that tell of a weakened and divided
Congress, full of pickering, full of poll
ticians. as Congresses were in the begin
ming. are now and evermore, shall be-a
Congress that halted and stammered and
hesitated. that voted confidence but nc
provisions. and allowed men TO pledge
their private fortunes for a cause that
should have been dearer than their life
blood. There are chapters that tell OF
the schemes and Vaccinations of Wash.
ington's enemies-of the men who covet-
ed his place and desired to supersede him
You cannot read dry eyed how he begged
for stores for his dying men at Valley
Forge, how he walked among them. freez-
ing for lack of houses and blankets. and
dashed the tears from his own eyes As be
saw the blood tracks over the snow. Such
a man was the Father of America Cor
San Francisco Chronicle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

OF all the holidays in the calendar
Washingtons birthday is dearest 70 pat
riots, for on a bleak 22d of February, in
the year 1872, was born the man with
out whom the American commonwealth
would have been impossible, or, at the
best. century delayed. 1t is even
better day than the Fourth of July. for
that is but the celebration of the day
when the Liberty Bell announced that
Independence had been proclaimed. 1t is
easy to say fine things-t is only lit
tie more difficult to think them; but to
live them-ah. that is another matter
Washington was a man who made his
ideals into realities. He was the first
American-unquestion the greatest
one. No President since has excelled his
lofty patriotism. Here is a man greater
than kings-a man who declined n crown
and who set the finest example in history
when he toasted President-elect Adams at
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20
The Desert Sands.

81 shall winter In the Sahara" said
travelling man. with a caravan
shall traverse under a binding sun and
an endless plain Of snow white sand,
but none of my Mohammedan attend
ants will wear any kind of shade over
his eyes.
Against that dazzling glare the
backs of their necks will be swathed in
white linen, and even their ears will
be protected. Nothing, though, will
keep the sun out of their faces.
Wondering about this, l said one
day TO the kaid of an Algerian village:
why don't you Arabs wear a cap
of some sort? You live In the worlds
worst sun glare, but neither fez nor
turban under any circumstances has q
peak
1.-The Koran the kaid answered,
'forbids all true believers to shade their
eyes. Obeying the Koran implicitly,
We jewellers in the desert avoid like
poison brims to our headgear. In con-
sequence there is more blindness among
us than among any other people In the
world LOS Angeles Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-20

which hundreds of men must camp.
Mississippi river steamers, capable OF
navigation in heavy dew, went aground.
Handicapped by lack of coal and
fresh water. Engineer Meredith hitched
a battery of gasoline engines to work
his dredges, set them up on barges and
when sufficient water was found they
remained at sea. When there was not
enough water they were yanked ashore,
mounted on wheels and slid along the
steel rails.
Ever since construction began
booze boats were a menace. Failing
to keep the rum sellers away by pacific
means, a dynamite and rifle war was
commenced and many a booze" boat
man dived overheard just as his craft
descended under the influence of a stick
of dynamite