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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06
WHAT DOES $4,000 WEIGH.
A Question Which Caused n Federal
Mint Director Much Guessing

| A Question Which Caused n Federal
Mint Director Much Guessing.
The nomentary inability of the d.
rector OF the mint correctly to compute
the weight of $4,000 in gold coin was
an amusing incident at the closing of
the Ford bribery trial recently, says a
San Francisco dispatch to the Kansas
City Times. Frank Leach, recently
/ promoted from the superintendency of
the San Francisco branch mint to the
dictatorship of the mint in Washing.
ton, was called by the prosecution to
testify to the withdrawal from the San
Francisco mint by Tirey L. Ford of
the 100000, said to have been spent by
the United Railroads in corrupting
Ruef, Schmitz and seventeen Of the
eighteen supervisors. He was cross-ex
amined for the defense by Stanley
Moore, who asked:
"Mr. Leach, what would be the
weight of $4,000 in gold coin"
About ninety pounds" was the
prompt answer.
The attorneys on both sides smiled. |
Are you quite sure of that?" Moore
persisted.
Well said the mint director, fish
Ing out his eyeglasses, pencil and a bit
of paper, that was a quick mental cal.
l can tell to you exactly In
a moment" and he fell to figuring.
Yes, that's right, about ninety
pounds"
why" said Moore, "a witness testi
led in the former trial of General Ford
that it would be from 100 to 175
pounds. l wonder why this difference {
If oplnion?"
Well answered Mr. Leach. won '
zee a $1,000 sack of gold weighs a {
traction over eighteen pounds, so $50. {
100 would weight approximately" t
zone hundred and eighty pounds" Q
Francis ]. Heney with one t
+ his famous grins. V
NO" corrected the expert, approx. c
nately ninety pounds" e
But" said Moore $4,000 Is fen o
ines $1,000 and ten times eighteen
ounds is $50 pounds Is it not SOP
As the light of higher mathematics
roke upon the director of the mint IN 8
Washington slow smile overspread ~
is face and he gave in.
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PROTECT THE COUNTRY STORE.

HE Department of Agriculture is taking
/ paterna interest In the prosperity of the
farmer 1t is teaching him to have better
- crops, better machinery and better build
kS1g1Xt4Vs ings. Now Postmaster General Won
49, Meyer with intimation that the Post
Office Department also wants to take a pa
ternal interest in the farmers 1t wants to give rural
residents the parcels post This" according to Mr. Won
Meyer in Philadelphia speech, will be a great boon
to the farmers the rural routes because when they
able to order their goods by telephone or postal card
1t viii relieve them of the Inconvenience going to town
to obtain the necessaries of life"
The Postmaster General admits that country store
keepers strongly object to this benevolence to
the farmers But he says he will quiet their objections
by giving farmers lower parcels post rate their local
delivery routes than from the outside Does Mr. Won
Meyer imagine that even this concession will protect
country stores from the aggressive city mail order
houses?
The fatal flaw in Mr. Won Meyers reasoning as
quoted above is the supposlton farmer needs
to be pampered until his conditions of living as artl
fetal those of the average city resident to have
the trolley at his door the telephone in his house.
his daily mail delivery, which VIII include all his gro
ceres and store supplies Neither the farmer nor his
wife, his children, the need of "gong to
resident appreciates quite much attention ON
the governments part
The country sorekeeper needs much protection as
the farmer The farmer should be encouraged to deal In
the nearest town village The parcels post enemy
to this rural community life. Increase the arti-
fetal markets in the cities and curai the natural
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Jimmy may be all right, but he's
TOO much of a blowhard to suit me-"
said the hackman, dangling his legs
from his perch ON the box of his vehi-
Gle.
Il never had no use for him." said
the saloon porter. That's right about
him beln "A blOwharG. He never did
nothin' else but blow. You'd thought
he was the whole thing when he went
to work fer Hennessey. He was 1t, but
he never give no one the chance to find
It out for themselves"
We'll, he seems to be 1t now, all
right" remarked the hackman.
DO you think you kin drive this
teamY says Hennessey when Jimmy
struck him for job.
If ] can't nobody can says Jimmy
An kin you load up all them pack
ages an not make no mistakes about |
deliverln' emp says Hennessey.
"'Sure thing l can, says Jimmy. |
I'd like to know what's to bender me.
It's easy
1t amt so easy as you may think
huNN AtclUeSSey.
It's easy fer me-, says Jimmy
You give me the chanst an I'll show
you how easy kin do It,
That's the way he was about every
thing At the end o the first week
what jer s'pose he says to Hennessey?
You amt never had delivery man
could come anywhere near dom what
I've done, have your he says"
What did the old man say?' asked
the haclman {
The old man was a chump," replied
he porter. "He scratched his head a |
moment an then he says. No, Jimmy. {
don't know as l ever did. You do
mighty we'll q
You bet l do Jimmy says. L
"And then the next thing he wants p
o go into the store an clerk. b
You sell goodsT says Hennessey. v
If l can't beat any clerk you've got f
ellin, goods won't ask no pay from Il
ou.' says Jimmy. b
IT I'd been the old man you kin bet u
d have booted him OF the place. But e
o, he put him behind the counter. Il
Sell 1t wasn't much more than a year el
fore he wanted the old man to put
i'm In charge. I guess Hennessey was
In O. sore at first. He asst him II he :.
bought he knew more about the bust =
ess than he did.
II I didn't whatd I want to run y
forT says Jimmy. II you let me
0 the way want I'll double the bust =
ess inside O. six months
Then he stared up them branch
ores an married Hennessey's girl. b,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

A Kansas City woman who recent,
visited her old home in the South met
with no warmer welcome than that of
black nanny who had nursed her
son more than a score of years ago
The day the visitor left to return 70
Kansas City the old negro babe her an
affectionate farewell, concluding:
AN remember me to dat boy, Mistab
Eben. All wants yo' to hug an His.
him good fob mean tell him to Sand
me two bits."-Kansas City Times.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06
A POLITICAL FAMILY

The Countess of Carlisle. one ~ g
most brilliant of living Engishwon
is a rampant Radical in politica ys2s
husband, the earl, is a ConservatIvs
the old-fashioned type, wis regards 4
House Of Lords as the chief pillar
the British constitution. The chkir5'x
of this distinguished couple, Of whs,f
there are eight surviving, exhibit t12,'
same diversity of political opinions q ri
men generally holding the views Of thej5
| father and the women those OF thsts2
mother.
Gladstone once said OF Lady Cs,z
| Isle that she was zone of the most val.
liable assets of the Liberal party m
deed, she is universally acknowledges
to be power by her own side and ! Z
doughty foe by her opponents. When
her eldest son, Lord Morpeth, was con.
testing a Birmingham division for Par.
lament, the chamberlain remarked ia 4
him:
IF women were allowed to stand for
election, suppose we should have your
mother down here running against Won s
as a Liberal candidate"
81 have not a doubt of it, replied
the vlscount, land poor figure OF
any other man would cut beside her.
She is one of the best of mothers, but
for the good of the country, as she sees
it, my defeat, 50 long as | was beaten
by Radical, would cause her more
satisfaction than my election. And my
sister Dorothy is the same way"
1t is an interesting fact that when
this family espouses opposite sides in
public 1t is the side on when the wom-
en- are found that most often wins.
That was the case at a recent by-elec-
ton In the Hexham division of North
The Liberal candidate was
elected by large majority.
One of the issues was the House Of
Lords. Lord Morpeth made several
speeches in favor of maintaining unre-
,tricted the legislative powers OF the
peers. And his sister, Lady Dorothy
Howard, who has inherited her moth
RS gift of speech. as often demolished
hem, demonstrating, to the huge enjoy
nent of her audience, that on unfet-
cred House of Lords constituted the
reatest obstacle to legislative progress
n the kingdom. At one of the meet
ngs addressed by Lord MoIqsth, Lady
Dorothy distributed leaflets, advocating
liberal principles among the, people for
hose enlightenment her brother was
ngaged in propounding Conservative
While canvassing, brother and sister
ran across each other, when
lere was lively exchange Of banter.
81 say, Dorothy" exclaimed Lord
orpeth on one occasion, lit is no use
our going in there Indicating
,use which he had just left. 81 have
cured that little lot
81 suppose you mean that you'Te4liss-
all the babies in the family" was
e retort. AT that game admit L
q no match for you, but | can beat
u all hollow when it comes to talk
2 over the men. When L leave that.
use shall have captured that little
, of yours for the other side
So it proved, according to a contrib
Dr. to the London Daily News, which
lords these divisions in the noble
use of Carlisle.
Perhaps the most striking thing about
$ interesting family is that they
yer quarrel. They are disunited po-
cally, yet they live together in the
eetest unity.
nInnhinn cnIn,,ln.n. r1rnrnn
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"Emancipatedn snnn,rr.

An indian woman was in Horton this-
week, arm In arm with her man, in
stead of trailing along meekly behind
MIN. The new woman" idea seems to
De obtaining on the reservation, and the
nrst thing we know they will have
clubs and declarations out there.-Hor-
ton (Okla) Record.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

In New York one of the judges has
decided that wife has no right TO
throw dishes at her husband. In view
OF the fact that dishes are usually
bought with money that husbands earn,
the Judges decision would seem to be
wise and thoughtful one. Let us
have poetic justice occasionally. even
II here and there II may work hard
ship on a lady.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

A Cincinnati broker after making
s1,O0o000 closed up his accounts and
quit saying he had enough. II he de-
slres now TO earn little on the side
he ought 10 be able without much trou-
BILE TO get a Job as public curiosity.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

The Novice at What's Bugaboo
for this hOle7
The yeteran-B ogaboo7 You mean
boyle, don't your
The Nogice-Oh, yes but what's the
odds. I knew It was something to do
with soaring chlldren.-Puck.
A town drunkard never realizes that
lie Is the town drunkard
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

II is shown by recent photograph
OF the President and his cabinet that
not one OF the gentlemen wears NUT
tonchop whlskers. We hope England
may not hastily or mistakenly regard
this as an Indication OF unfrlendllness
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

The skeleton OF huge animal has
been discovered In Steuben County,
New York. II is said that one OF the
teeth weighed Oh pounds. Judging
by human experience. that would mean,
under proper conditions, about 900
pounds of ache.
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Wanted to Know,

Compositor-About this story headed
wheeling in West virginia.?
Edltor-What about 1t?
Compositor-Does it belong to the
series OF articles on American cities or
does 1t 90 on the sporting pagsi
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

You fellows may find it all right,
said the man in the corner of the spok-
Ing compartment, but in my business
l can't take people as l find them"
What is your businessT asked the
man whose suit case was covered with
labels.
I'm a photographer. Cleveland
Press
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

Hetty Green says American girls
who marry titled foreigners are fool
ish. Has Hetty nothing more import
ant to do than give expression to platl-
.udes2
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

One OF the contestants In the recent
balloon race Is said 10 have taken
supply OF fishing TICKLE with him. As
he didn't win the race, there must have
been flies on him, too.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

The prejudice against gold is re
markable,' comments the New Orleans
Plcayune. Must be a peculiar feeling,
but we confess we have never been
troubled with IT,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

1t viii be hard for the preachers to
discourage the Divorces as long as
there are Justices Of the peace In the
land.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

What has become Of the old-fashion
ed preacher who felt that he had been
called" and praised the Lord for any
kind Of salary?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

The average small boy should be
more or less Interested In the state
mept that the State OF Washington
produced 10,5OOO0O shingles Inst year.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

An Ohio man has invented an auto
matte typewriter. We are assured that
It neither chews gum nor fools with Its
back hair.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

Eva-And was that young man reau,
so hard to understand, my dear2
Edna-Hard to understand? WIN
the goose actually proposed In Espa
rsuto.-Chicago News
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markets The governments paternalism could find more
legitimate obASts than the suppression of normal
healthy nelghberhood exchange in the rural centers-
Chicago Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

what" asks an Alabama paper, "is
an affinity" The advance agent OF
trouble.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

He's a good salesman"
Persuasive eh7"
Persuasive? He could sell the On.
ban government a snowpiow Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

The party who loudly announces that
-eyery man has his price" can gener-
ally be bought pretty cheap.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

II at the age or 30 a girl hasn't met
her Ideal man she tries to ideallze
some man she has met
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

the East and Middle West there is no posi-
bity of standing still Rivalry among ourselves should
not obscure the fact that this improvement is one means
of keeping for ourselves the trade within our sphere"
which otherwise is offered for competition to Europe
and to japan. The West which long has been rest
less under Improvement Of harbors may easily think
has fair for asking the development river
ways.-New York Times.
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senby rooms while other portions put to business
purposesf Then the property Of churches admin
isered on business principles might yield such
that church philanthropes would flourish be-
fore, salaries sufficient to attract and hold the ablest
men In the ministry might be paid and practically
spirituality might hand In hand In the forward march
of the church Of the twentieth century-Leses Weekly
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06

shows that 1t is not above reproach Professional
baseball has to for rowdyism the field and In
the spectators seats for Sunday games and for the
creation Of amazing dialect Of which the slang meta
phors invaded American speech Perhaps also en-
poyers charge it with mendacious for absence
from afternoon abors Baseball engaged in by schools
and colleges bear Its share Of blame for the Of
lenses against sanity and good breeding from which in
tercollegiate sports suffer.
But the game Is essentially wholesome. It's open
nature plainly tests the skill of the player and reveals
rather than hides breaches of No baseball manager
fool the "bleachers" The professional game can
still be watched with pleasure by decent persons who
enjoy athletic dexterty. Although amateur sport
1t shares certain dsgraces which college athletics,
its rules need be tnkered in order prevent yio
ence and dlscourtesy.
One reason that baseball has remained comparatively
good Is that 1t belongs to the nation Every male Ameri
five and half knows the game and 1t is diff
cult for the few to play tricks with what is understood
and liked by the many.-Youths Companion.
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no USE oHURcH pRopERrY IN CUISINES.

AS not the time come when the churches
should either utilize their expensive sites,
In part, at least, for business purposes or
sell them and devote the larger part of the
proceeds to practical Christian uses? Would
there be any lncongrulty In having modest
share OF the chhrch property devoted 10 as
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06
RIVER COMMERCE FOR THE WEST.

HEN river commerce was developed by pri-
vate capital the railways protected their
business by methods which did not COM
mend themselves at all. They will be at
disadvantage in competition with the ma
ions investment, and there will be born a
rnn,r In, IL.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-02-06
BASEBALL.

URING the past summer baseball has gained
renewed credit The two great professional
leagues played clean baseball, and just as
they were closing an interesting series one
Of the most distinguished Of American
schoolmasters made vigorous defense OF
the game That baseball needed defense OF
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-01-11
CONTEST NOTICE
Department OF ,he Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, New Mexico.

Department OF the Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, New Mexico.
December II, 1907.
A sufficient contest affidavit having Peek
filed in this office by Worth Is Clar
contestant, against homestead entry No
4SIo made July II, 1903 for W. AVA and
" sw4 sec IS Up ION. r34e by Claude Dill
deu contestee in which it is alleged under
date of Sept 9, 1907 that said Claude Dill
den has wholly abandoned d
tract; that he has changed his resi-
deuce theretrom for more than six months
since making said entry; hat said tract is
not settled upon and cultivated as required
by law: and that his said alleged
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 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 10 o'clock a m
ian. 20, 1908, before N. V. Gallegos, u. 5
court commissioner at his office in
Tucumcari New Mexico. land that final
hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a m on
February IS 1908 before)* the Register
and Receiver at the United States Land
Office in Clayton. New Mexico.
The said contestant having in a proper
affidavit, filed December q, 1907 set forth
facts which show that after due diligence
personal service of this notice can not be
made, it is hereby ordered and directed
that such notice be given by due and pro.
per publication. Edward w Fox.
r2-2I Register.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-01-11
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior, United states
Land office, Clayton, New Mexico
December g, 1907.
A sufficient, affidavit having been hled
in this office by w. +, Nancy or.,
contestant, against homestead entry No.
I476I, made February /, 1907, tor Sw+
sec 20, township $ n, range ~ :, ~ Jesse
r. Watkins, Contestee, IN winch II Is
alleged under date OF September ~, 1907.
that the said Jesse r. Watkins has wholly
abandoned said tract, that he has changed
his residence therefrom tor more thar SIX
months last past. that said tract Is not set
tied upon and cultivated by SAID party as
required by law, and that the said alleged
absence from the said land was not due 10
his employment ia the Army, Navy or
Marine Corps of the United States as a
private soldier. officer, seaman or marine,
during the wal 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 touch
ing said allegations at 10 o'clock a. m. on
March IL, 1908. before n, V. Gallegos, U.
5. Court Commissioner at his office In
Tucumcari, new Mexico; land that final
hearing will be held at 10 o'clock a. m. on
March Il, 1908, before) > the Register
and Receiver at the United States Land
Office in Clayton. New Mexico.
The said contestant having. in a proper
affidavit, filed December %. 1907, set
forth facts which show that after due dill
gence personal service Of this notice can
not be made. it is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given by due
and proper publication
I-II-S EDWARD w. Fox, Register.
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CONTEST NOTICE
Department of the Interior. United States
Land Office, Clayton, N. NJ.
December o.. Ino-

Department OF the Interior, United States
Land Office, Clayton, N. NJ.
December 9, 1907.
A sufficient ontest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Cyrus f. CLARK,
contestant, against Homestead Entry
No.. Io72S made Sep. 7, 1906, for ne4. sec
IS, Twp Sn r3oe by James +. Evans con-
%testee, in which il is alleged that under
date Of June IL, 1907 h
said James L. Evans has W h o y
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 as
required by law; and that said alleged
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, Sea-
man or marine, during the war with Spain
or 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
10 O'Clock. a. m. on January "a. 1908. be-
fore r.. L. Patterson, probate Judge
at h o fiji c n + C a =,
New Mexico. land that final hearing will
be held at TO o'clock a m on an. ~, 1905
b~efore)* the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office in Clayton,
New Mexico.
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, filed December 9, 1907, set
forth facts which show hat after due dill
gence personal service of this notice can
not be made. it is hereby ordered and di-
rected that such notice be given by due
and proper publication.
1921 Edward w. Fox, Register.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-01-11
Cemetery Will be Cared For.

Arrangements nave been made
with NJ. II. Koch to take charge
OF the care for the Tucumcari
cemetery and many improvements
are contemplated. The lots have
been plated and a correct roster
of the dead will be kept. The
secret orders have sections in the
cemetery and these will be pro-
perly arranged and Improvements
made as fast as the income from
the various sources will warrant.
This is a matter that everybody is
interested in and it will be a pleas
ure to every citizen to know that
it is in the hands Of M. H.
Koch, who we all believe will
give it his earnest attention.