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The Washington herald., 1908-05-06
TAFT Gets Four Moro.

Birmingham. Ala, May 5-The Fourth
and Ninth districts Republican conven-
tiOns were held to-day. the first at An
niston and the last at Birmingham. Res
tions indorsing the administration of
President Roosevelt. State Chairman j.
o. Thompson, and instructing the dele
gates to the national convention for Sec
retary Taft for the Presidency. ]. o.
Middleton was nominated for Congress in
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
EX-GOv. 0TfR0 IS INDICTED.

While at Roswell with the An
drews dope wagon a short time
ago, Elk governor Miguel A. 0tero
set up a little dinner at the Grand
Central Hotel at which there were
four cadets from New Mexico
Military Institute wearing their
uniforms. It's alleged thatat the
conclusion Of the repast Mr.. 0tero
ordered from the hotel bar four
bottles of beer for the boys. John
ST. John the bartender, hearing
from the porter that the beer
was for the cadets rushed into
the dinner room and without form
or ceremony seized the four bot
ties and the glasses before the
cadets had a chance to touch the
beer and took 1t back to the bar.
MIR. Otero at once went to the
head clerk Alusiek and made con
plant Of the bartender's action.
The head clerk called Mr.. 0tero's
attention to the law against serv-
ing beer to minors or stud ants of
an educational institution which
holds the proprietor or owner
equally responsible for the ofense
0nlast Sat day the Ter -itorial
District Grand Jury returned an
Indictment AGAINST Otero, charg-
ing him with buying four bottles
of beer for four cadets of the New
Mexico Military Institute, and the
great and good Gilly" viii have
to face the charge.
Inasmueh as he was travelling
around with that delusive bunch,
and inasnseh as those who were
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
Words of Appreciation

The Devils River News, pub
lished at Sonora, Sutton County,
Texas, in commenting on the
receipt of a copy of the Estancia
News, containing the obituary
notice of Harry B. Atkinson.
after copying the notice, adds.
The above will be sad news to
the many friends of the Atkinson
family in the Sonora country and
elsewhere. The family left the
Sonora country several years ago
and the News is pleased to r t,
that their character and wo til
is appreciated in their new home.
The News extends its sympa.
thy to the parents and family in
their sorrow"
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
32l FOR Taft

New York, Nov. Taft will
have 321 votes in the electoral
college and Bryan 1852. This be-
came definitely known when the
count was completed in Maryland
last highland the returns showed
that the electoral vote Of Mary
land will be split, Bryan getting
six of the electors and Taft two.
On the popular vote the vote
cast for tho alector receiving the
highest number Taft carries the
state by 651 votes, his electors
polling the highest vote received,
116, All, and the highest BRYAN
elector LIS 1910.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
OFFIOIHL RETURNS ELECT
I'LL DEMOCRATS But TWO
Returns from MOuanalr Precinct, not in Regular Form are
not GdNasS6d By the Board

| box.
There were very few changes
found in the official canvass from
the figures as published in last
weeks News, except as to the
precincts from which we had had
no report. The final figures give
Larrazolo 1869 votes, and An
drews 681, a majority of 1888 for
Larrazolo. Julian Romero, the
democratic candidate for commits
sioner of the second district, has
the largest majority on the entire
ticket. Mr.. Romero received 1881
votes, his opponent, B. B. Spen-
Ger, 636, giving Mr.. Romero
majority Of 445. Julius Meyer
came second in the list with a
vote Of 1851 votes against 661
for his opponent, Federico Chavez
a amajority of 800. E. w. Robertson
received 1882 votes against 697
for Candido Padilla, his opponent,
a MAORI y Of 335 votes. Messrs
Lucero and Burt were the only
republicans elected, they having
Of 81 and IA votes re-
spectively.
The total vote cast in the coun-
ty was 1867, an increase of a
little more than thousand votes |
over the last election, two years
ago. This means an increase in
population within the county Of
over 8, 900 people. The
total vote in Torrance county was
surprise to great many. Gov
arnor Curry, when here few
weeks ago, estimated the vote at
about fourteen or fifteen hum
lred. When some Of our local
politicians expressed the opinion
hat there would be not less.than
800 votes cast, the governor
hought them too enthusiastic.
The table as published above,
yives the total official vote Of the
.ounty, and also the vote Of
Iountainair precinct, which was
lot counted on last Monday by
he Board Of County Commission
rs. We have includedi it in this
able, that our readers may be in
'ormed as to the total vote Of the
regardless of action of
he county commissioners in the
natter.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
THANKSGIVING

Governor Curry has issued the
following Thanksgiving proc
lamation:
Executive Office, Santa Fe, MN.
President Roosevelt has desig-
mated Thursday, November 26,
1908, as Thanksgiving Day.
''ThereforeI. George Curry, Gov
ernor of the Territory of New
Mexico, recommend that the citi-
zens of the territory observe the
day in a manner suitable to it's
true significance.
New Mexicans have abundant
reasons for thanksgiving this
year. They have had no public
calamities in the way of strikes,
epidemics, famines or general
drouths. Our territory is preemin-
emily land of opportunities for
r5r.r .-Gt,ra employment: capi-
tai is o4Lpled unparalleled and gen
uine fields for investment. Dur
ing the past year over twenty
thousand sturdy, wideawake men
and women from the middle west
ern states have established their
homes upon our agricultural do
mains; magnificent irrigation sys-
TENS are under construction by
both public and private capital;
new railroad lines are being built;
we are preparing to enter the
union as a sovereign state this
coming winter; intellectual snd
moral advancement is keeping
pace with our material prosperity,
For these reasons, fellow citi-
zens, recommend that you OBJ
serve Thanksgiving Day. Let us
on that day remember the needy
and unfortunate. To assemble in
places of worship and there join
in a service of song and prayer,
is excellent but, if in addition
thereto, we open our purse to the
destitute, the act will prove the
sincerity of our thanksgiving, as
we'll as make us worthy of con-
tinuance of the blessings we en-
joy.
Done at ihe executive office
this, the 7th day of November, A.
D. 1908.
Witness my hand and the
great seal Of the territory of New
Mexico.
"(Territorial Seal.)
GEORGE CURRY,
Goveonor,
NATHAN JAFFA.
Secretary of New Mexico.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
Rev. and Mrs. B. 6. MOntQOnleru
Tdft'S 6dbln6t

Cincinnati, Ohio, November The
cabinet that president Taft will an
nounce in March will be this, according
to close friends of Mr.. Taft:
Secretary of state Elihu Root, New
York.
Secretary of the treasury-Ge George
Won L. Meyer, Massachusetts.
Secretary of war-Luke E. Wright,
Tennessee.
Postmaster general Frank H. Hitch
cock, Massachusetts,.
Secretary of the William Loeb,
jr., New York.
Attorney general Frank B. Kellogg,
Minnesota.
Secretary of the interior B.
Garfield, Ohio.
Secretary of agriculture James Will
son, Iowa.
Secretary of commerce and labor-Os.
car 8. Straus, New York.
The secretary to the presidant will be
Fred W. Carpenter, of Minnesota and
California.
The cabinet named above will not be
permanent.
Mr.. Root will remain as secretary of
state throughout the administration of
Mr.. Taft, even should it extend over
eight years, if he wishes to do SO.
Gen. LIKE E. Wright, of Tennessee,
was put into the war department to
succeed Mr.. Taft because of hisintimate
knowledge of the Philippines and Pana-
ma conditions. Mr.. Wright is Demo
crat, and it is unlikely that he will be
retained more than few months after
the Inauguration.
Frank H. Hitchcock was slated for
the portfolio of postmaster general
when he was taken away from the
Cortelyou movement last February tn
take charge of the Taft boom for nomi-
nation.
Elihu Root, who is slated for Taft's
secretary of state, and who is also beirg
mentioned for United States senator
from New York in place of Thomas C.
Platt, would prefer place on the su-
oreme bench.
Big lawyers in this city who are per-
Sonally acquainted with his views and
MS ambition, said that Roots ambition,
ike that of everv great lawyer, turned
in the direction of the United States
supreme court. 1t was declared on high
authority that Blihu Root desires the
place of chief justice Fuller, the posi-
ton that president Roosevelt had in
reserve for judge Taft in case the plan
to make him the Republican candidate
for president had failed, or in the i'm
probable event of his defeat for that
office after nomination. Ell Paso Herald
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

there say that this self-same
"Gilly" was drunker than seven
hundred dollars" just before the
Bull Show" we are not at all
surprised that he forgot that
there was q law against giving
minors, or the pupils of any school
intoxicating liquors.
Now let him take his medicine
like the rest of us would have to
do if we were guilty of violating
he Law. Lakewood Pregressl
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Mechanics are at work, putting
in the new brick front of the
bank building, adding greatly to
the appearance as well as the
stability Of the building.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Today has been the coolest
day of this season. 1t has been
trying to snow, but on account
Of the cold has made very little
headway.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

The Estancia Drug Company S
new building is completed, the
metal ceiling having been put in
yesterday. This is one of the
'handsomest structures in town.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

We have been unable to get
anything definite on the election
of the delegate to Congress. The
daiIies have closed tighter than
a clam" on the situation, and
messages to Santa Fe have failed
to elicit any definite response.
It is probable that after the re-
turns have all come in from the
various counties and it is deter
mined just how many more votes
are n eeded to give the neces sal y
majority, the dear people" will
be taken into the confidence Of
those who manipulate things,
and we viii be able to learn who
is who.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Mrs. L. A. Rousseau has been
quite i'll this week. AS a result
Mr.. Rousseau has been unable to
attend to store duties.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
In Congress.

The returns from congressional
districts throughout the country
resulted in a Republican gain of
two, as compared with earlier fig
ureS. Albert Douglas (Rep } was,
contrary to previous advices, ele-
cted in the 1lSh Chic district, and
Moses P. Kinkaid (Rep.), who
was reported as defeated in the
sixth, is elected.
According to the reports al
ready received, the next house
will consist Of 173 Democrats and
218 Republicans.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Inc OIllclal canvass OF the ele(
tion returns by the board Q
county commissioners was mad
on last Monday at the courthouse
The returns of all the precin ct
were in, except in the case o.
Mountainair where the poll-book
did not appear. Within the boz
with the votes was a certified
copy Of returns, duly executed
by both the judges and clerks
which certificate tailed with re
turns received last Wednesday
morning by the News over the
phone, and later by mail. Mem
bers of the election board of
Mountainair were called over the
phone, but did not satisfy the
commissioners as to what became
of the poll books. After having Sc
cured legal advice in the matter,
the commissioners ordered the
clerk to issue subpoenas, which
were given the sheriff to bring
the Mountainair election board
into court to answer as to the
books.
The judges Of election Of Noun
tainair precinct on Tuesday ex-
planned to the board Of commits
sioners that the pollbooks failed
to arrive in time to be used at the
election, but that in place of keep
ing poll of the voters in a sepa-
rate book, the names Of each
voter were marked voted in
the registration books at the time
that each presented himself to
cast his ballot. The registration
books were mailed to the county
clerk but had miscarried in the
mails, or at least had not shown
up.
The commissioners did not ap
pear very we'll satisfied with the
explanation Of the judges Of elec-
ton, and declined for the present
to count the vote Of Mountainair
precinct. The clerk was instruct
ed to correspond with the district
attorney, Frank W. Clancy, of
Albuquerque, in regard to count
ing the vote Of the precinct in
question, The vote of Mountain
air, if counted, will elect Mr..
Burt, republican as superinten-
dent of schools, defeating Mr..
Shelton, democratic, and Mr..
Howell, democratic as assessor,
defeating Mr.. Jaramillo, repub-
lican. If the Mountainair vote is
rejected the result will be re-
versed, Mr.. Shelton being elected
and Mr.. Howell defeated. The
board will act in accordance
with Mr.. Clancy's decision in
the matter.
The books as whole were in
much better shape than they
were two years ago, when names
were omitted from the poll books,
ballots were not tailed in secur-
ing the count, etc. This years
poll books show fortynine names
of voters as having voted at Abo
but only forty-seven ballots are
tailed, and the returns would in
dicate that only forty-seven
votes were cast, no candidate
received in excess Of that
number. 1t was suggested that as
this precinct borders on the do
mains of Valencia county, the
methods in vogue in that county
and those of Torrance eoul ty be-
came a little mixed. However, as
the returns showed up straight,
no kick was registered.
The boxes from two precincts
had been forwarded to the coun-
ty clerk one by registered mail, |
the other by express, whereas the
law provides that these must be
by some individual, who
upon arrival at the clerks office,
takes the clerks receipt for the
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Friday Morning>-The probate
clerk reports having received a
communication from District
Attorney Clancy, advising the
commissioners to count the re-
turns as received from Mountain
air precinct. In doing this, the
returns for the county will total
as shown in the table on this page.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Charlie Duke and James Hamil-
ton entered the End grade last
week.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Jeffie Duke entered the 9th
grade last week.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Oneta Hays was absent Wed
nesday afternoon.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Willie Self entered the Sth
grade Monday.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Merle and Russell Souders have
been absent a part Of this week.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Leonard Paup was absent
Wednesday.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Len Booth is absent this week.
A Student.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Myrtle Tuttle visited Room 4
Tuesday.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
Room 2.

Room 2.
Those who visited this room
this week were, Rev. Carver and
Misses Jennie Duer and Myrtle
Tuttle.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
the FEVER.

Helen Kiefer is very i'll with
the fever.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
Room A.

Dean Maxwell, James Cochrane
and Pearl Mendenhall have been
neither tardy nor absent and have
had an average of so per cent.
each, during the first quarter of
this term.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13

Avrile Lee is absent on account
Of illness.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1908-11-13
School Notes
Room 1.

Jimmie Walker is absent on
account of illness.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
Why Animals Survive.

How is the balance OF life on the
globe maintained? Why have not spe.
cies exterminated species? Why have
not the birds exterminated the insects
and the hawks and owls eXterminated
the birds? Because the insects ars
:, much more prolific than the blrus
and the birds so much more prolific
tt an the hawks and owls. The hawks
and owls are also more restricted as
to food. The more adaptive an AMI.
l'al is the greater are the chances of
surviving. If wolves and foxes could
browse like deer and sheep and rab.
hits, they would be as numerous as
uiese latter species.
The potato bug has unduly in
creased in the east because its food
is abundant, and its enemies have not
Il Teared. The forest worms threat
enod to destroy the maple woods Of
some sections, till it's enemy, the ich-
human fly, appeared. Rabbits have
iAcroased unduly in Australia because
tEe!r natural enemies have not kent
pGce.-Outing.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
Teeth of the Savaaes.

Among the sayages anything save
perfect sets of teeth is an extreme
rarity, and the Eskimos. who live uu.
der the most unhygienic conditions OF
all people, have the most perfect teeth
In the world. The reason for this IL
found in the fact that they eat tough
foods, which require long mastication
before they can be swallowed, and this
long mastication cleans the teeth, pol.
ishes them, so that they offer few in.
ducements to bacteria, and sweeps
whatever germs may have found lodg
mont In the mouth into the stomach
with the food, where they are speedily
killed.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
Iron Turned Into Coppor,

A curious find was recently naia
IN one of the copper mines at El Co
bre, Cuba. These mines, once anon.
the richest In the world. havo boen
abandoned for over thirty years bo-
cause during the Cuban instruction
Of 1858 the coal supply was cut OF.
by tho insurgents. and consequently
pumping became impossible, so that
the mines filled with water. After
the Spanish war an American com
pany bought the mines and proceeded
to pump out the water. In one OF the
shafts thus made accessible was found
what once represented an iron pick.
axe as we'll as some crowbars. The
metal In these implements had, how
ever, turned to copper.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
A Wonderful Record.

AS made up by improved and exact
processes DR.. Perce's Favorite Pres
cription is most efficient remedy for
regulating all the womaniy functions,
correcting displacements, as proapsus,
anteversion and retroversion, overcom-
Ing painful periods, toning up the ner-
YES and bringing about a perfect state
OF health. 1t cures the backache, peri
odical headaches, the dragging-down
distress in the pelvic region, the pain
and tenderness over lower abdominal
region, dries up the pelvic catarrhal
dram, so disagreeable and weakening,
and overcomes every form of weakness
incident to the organs distinctly femi-
nine.
"favorite Prescription" is the only
medicine for women, the makers of
which print their formula on the bot
wrapper, thus taking their patrons
into their full confidence. 1t is the
only medicine for women, every ingre-
dient OF which has the strongest posi-
Ole endorsement of the most eminent
medical practitioners and writers ofOur
day, recommending it for the diseases
Tor which Favorite Prescription is
advised.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
HOW ROYALTY DiNED.
Forks First introduced In Queen Ella
abeth's Ttme.

None of the sovereigns of England
had forks till the reign of Henry VII.
All, high and low, used their fingers.
Hence, in the royal households there
was n dignitary called the ever. who,
with set of subordinates. attended al
The meals with basins. water and tow
els. The survival Of every was evil
dent after forks had come into fash
ion. We learn when James l. enter
tained the Spanish ambassador at y
dinner their majesties washed their
bands with water from the same ewer
the towels being presented to the king
by the lord treasurer and to the queen
BY the lord high admiral" The Prince
OF Wales had ever to himself. which
was afterward used by the amDassa-
aoi.
The first royal parsonage in Eng.
land who was known to have a fork
vas Queen Elizabeth, but it is doubt
fui whether she ever used it. FORKS
came SO slowly into use that they were
employed only by the higher classes
IN the middle Of the seventeenth cen
tnry. About the period OF the Revo.
luton, 1858, few English noblemen
had more than dozen forks of silver,
along with a few of iron and steel.
Al length the steel fork came in for
general use and was manufactured at
Sheffield. At first they had two prongs.
hut afterward another prong was add.
ed.--London Modern Society.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
The One Room House.

A very modern architect predicts
the house Of one large room,
small electric kitchen attached and
an enormous inclosed porch with
facilities for outdoor sleeping.
Whether housekeepers in general
will care for his scheme or not is a
ques ion, but it is undoubtedly true
that the comparatively small kitch-
en-, the big porch and the generous
living room have come to stay
House Beautiful
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05

ELY's CREAM BALM has been tried
and not found wanting in thousands of
homes all over the country. II has
won a place in the family medicine
closet among the reliable household
remedies, where il is kept at hand for
use in treating cold in the head Just as
soon as some member of the household
begins the preliminary sneezng or
snuffling. 1t gives immediate relief
and day or two's treatment will put
a stop to cold which might. if not
checked, become chronic and run into
bad case of catarrh.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
A Sovereign" That Costs Only One
Dollar.

DR.. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, N. ", is
Sovereign" medicine for nervous
ness, Rheumatism, Kidney and
Liver complaints, and all the ills
peculiar to women It drives the
poison from the blood, and restores
the patient to the bloom of health.
You will never regret the exchange
of one dollar for bottle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
Heat of the Earth.

Lord Kelvin has calculated that, as
suming the earth to have been a mol.
ten mass when 1t first started on it's
career, 1t would have taken 100000
600 years for it to have cooled down
to its present temperature, but Lord
Kelvin showed prophetic insight when
he added, provided new source OF
heat was not discovered"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
STRANGE OVERSIGHT.

Say" remarked the boarder with
the unbarbered hair. Il am writing
an ode to our landlady, I wish you
would suggest rhyme for spoons"
"Is 1t possible" queried the bald.
headed bachelor, that you have over
looked prunes?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-03-05
The Divlninu Rod.

A divining rod is a rod with forked
branches, usually made Of witch hazel,
but sometimes of iron or even Of
brass and copper, and used by those
that pretend to tell where water
minerals and metals are under
ground. According to the superstitu
tion, the rod is said to dip when held
over the desired spot.