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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
The Admirals Verdict.

One Sunday Fighting Bob"
Evans dropped into an exclusive
church in N'Yawk. A dapper little
usher tried to turn him into a real
seat, but the admiral ignored him
and limped right on up the aisle.
When he came to a pew that
looked alright to him, he sat down.
An elderly gentleman with an PIX
tremly sanctified cast OF counte-
nance, who "a sitting in the pew
turned a heavy scowl in his d.
r%ection, but the admiral merely
grinned at a good-looking soprano
in the choir. Finally the elderly
party scrubbed something on a
card and handed it to him. The
message said: Il pay $500 a
year for the exclusive use OF this
pew" The admiral read this.
Then he gazed critically at the
pew and the man, turned and care
fully studied the church interior,
and finally took out a pencil and
wrote on the card: You pay to
dammuch. Book of Smiles
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
DIR. IL. d. Nichols and family

DIR. IL. ID. Nichols and family
have returned from Hot Springs,
Ark, He has spent several weeks
there hoping to be benefited by
the baths Of that famous medical
hot spring. He has suffered for
three months with inhammatory
rheumatism, and while he has not
entirely received, is much better.
Tucumcari is glad to have this
family home again. DR.. Nichols
will not attempt to RENTER the
practice for a month or two and in
the meantime DIR. Crume who has
so satisfactorily attended to his
practice while away, will continue
to take care oil the business.
James Lanigan is making i'm
provements in the Coney Island
Cafe.
V. w. Moore, the railway at
torney for the Rock Island and
Southwestern for this place re-
turned Wednesday from a profess
sional trip to House and Roosevelt.
M. b. Fowler went to Roy We'd
nesday to attend to business mat
ters.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11

We have just been appointed
sole agents for the Dawson Lump
Coal and have made arrangements
to get their best product, which
places us in a position to offer the
public a better grade OF goods for
less money than we have been in
a position to do in the past. We
are now offering coal at six dollars
per ton.
We wish to thank our many
customers for their very liberal
patronage during the winter
months and earnestly solicit your
future business.
Very truly yours,
26-3t MORGAN x DoDsoN.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
When He Saw Her Face.

A travelling man brings this one
out from N'Yawk. A friend Of his,
it seems, started down the long
flight of steps in front of the
Metropolitan Art Museum. He
was carrying a slight bun at the
time. Two steps below him was
a lady whose finc-looking figure
made him think that she ought to
have an equally handsome face.
In his hurry to investigate, his
feet slipped and he fell with a
heavy bump. Then things com
menced to happen. The fall
caused him to hit the lady ahead
and she just naturally sat on his
lap, and thus the two slid down to
the bottom of the steps. 1t was
there that he got the first glimpse
of the lady's face. The sight
sobered him instantly, and Incl
dentally on the way down he had
begun to realize that the figure
was not what it seemed. So,
when the lady exhibited no signs
of wanting to get up, he said
courteously, but firmly: Pardon
me, madam, but this is as far as !
go. "-Ex.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11

Jack McCutchin, editor of the
Las Cruces agricultural paper, has
been in town several days in the
interest of his paper.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-04-11
Why We Can Do 1t.

We have reduced our stock, bought on last years prices, to a mi
bought a complete line on the cheapest basis lumber has sold for
we propose to
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

of Massachusetts, has made a silver cup,
which is said to be the equal Of the one
offered for the winner of the Vanderbilt
cup race.
The west next month is to have one of
the big tours of the year for its own.
The automobile club of Kansas City has
planned a tour which will cover a period
of about eight days. In that time the
fifty odd tourists who have signifled
their intention of entering the event Will
have covered about $50 miles.
A proposed match race between Lewis
Strang, the winner of the Briarcliff and
Savannah road races, and Barney Oldfleld
has caused much m among the fol-
lowers Of the racing end of motoring. 1t
undoubtedly would near one of the great
est match races ever held. The proposed
match is being promoted by the San An
tonic (rex) Automobile club!
A reliability contest, which promises 70
be a real test of the ability of cars en-
tered. is scheduled TO be held by the Bay
State Automobile association on Septem-
Der IS. The run will be over a distance of
Sb miles, from Boston to Breton Woods,
N. H., and return.
The Denver Automobile club is arrang-
ing for the holding of another long auto
mobile road race. The one which the club
held on Memorial day was a pronounced
success. and it is planned to hold another
OF 300 miles over a ten-mile course IN La
Dor day.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
AUTO RACING STARTS A WAR
Ban Placed on Vanderbilt Cup Race
by Automobile Club.
AUTO ASSOCIATION DOESN'T CARE
final Break the Two Great
Bodies and some of the Result
that May Come with the
Certain Conflict.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2e.-The Automobile
Club Of America, through its contest COM
mittee. has officially placed the ban OF
the automobile clubs OF Europe upon the
vanderbilt cup race. TO be held by the
American Automobile association In Long
Island on October "a. A resolution has
been adopted declaring that any manufae-
furer. owner. driver. mechsnician or agent
taking part in this OF any other American
International race not sanctioned by the
club will be debarred from all races 20 be
held in the future, here or abroad, under
the sanction of any member OF the Inter
national Association OF Recognized Auto
mobile Clubs. Of which the Automobile
Club Of America is the only American
member.
The action marks the final break be-
tween the two great automobile bodies n
war TO the knife win follow. The contest
committee decided to offer 5000 in cash
prizes for the Automobile Club Of Amer
iea's grand prize race at Savannah on
Thanksgiving day.
Automobile races over roadway and
track, endurance contests and hill climbs
are being scheduled. in the east. south and
west. and there is scarcely a week of the
next three months that has not one or
more events OF such description down for
decision. There is apparently every reason
TO believe that no less than five long dis
lance road races of national and inter
national Importance viii be held before
Thanksgiving day,
Besides the Vanderbilt and Savannah
races other events OF Importance include
a 25o-mile road race. scheduled 10 be held
at Lowell, Mass. on Labor Day, while
on or about the same date ST. Paul, MINI.
win be a scene OF an automobile track
meet. Then the scene Of the activities Is
shifted 10 a more local one. II has been
found necessary 10 postpone the first OF
the Neutrality-suspicious. races to be held at
Brighton beach this season 70 some time
IN the vicinity OF September II and -.
There win also be races at Poughkeepsis,
N. y, San Mateo. Cal. Trenton. n. j.,
and the San Franeisco-Los Angeles re-
liability run.
The long road race which viii be held
al Lowell Mass. on September Z has at
tracted a large amount OF interest and It
IL expected that there will be cars and
drivers OF class and fame entered in the
event. In fact. already three foreign cars
have been entered IN the race. a Fiat.
Simplex and Isotta- De Palma Strange
and Poole have been delegated 20 drive
the foreisn flyers. and as other drivers
OF not are expected 10 handle cars in the
race the contest viii be a stirring affair.
For this reea congressman Butler Ames
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

Pittsburg, Washington. Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and New York on the return.
The dust trials held on the BrookIands
track, England, have demonstrated that the
wheels are first responsible for raising the
smother, and all that low frames. irregular
body shapes and ~overhangiDg hoods do
is to produce worthless and whirls into
which the dust already whirled aloft by
the wheels is sucked.
One of the most interesting hill-climbipg
contests run this season is scheduled by the
Springfield, Mass, Automobile club for
September II. 1t will be held on Wilbra-
ham hill, which is almost an even mile in
length and with a total rise of 1871 feet.
A silver cup is offered by Mark Aiken
president of the club.
AS a result of continued complaints by
motorists, State Motor Vehicle Smith OF
New Jersey has ordered Justice of the
Peace Conrad Wsldvogel of Ancora to re-
turn fines illegally collected from Philadel-
phia autoists and to make a written apol-
ogy to one motorist from whom he de-
manded a fine without a hearing.
For the woman who 'chauffs" her w
machine, there are now most womanlike-
looking suits of leather, skirt and all, but
the leather is so perfectly tailored and
dressed that II is not at al stiff or clumsy.
n,otorist can defy oil and grease and tinker
with her machine to her hearts desire.
Scnuster, who commanded the American
ing OF the hardships encountered, remarked:
w have been running on three hours
sleep per night for so long and have had
so little acquaintance with real beds for
the last four months that l doubt II we
shall be able to sleep comfortably In them
for some time"
Alleging that his valuable setter dog was
on the right side OF the road and the au-
tomoblle was on the wrong, Fred II. Knapp,
an undertaken Of Greenwich, Conn, has
attached the motor car of Mrs. F. c. Whit
emore of New York, claiming $500 for the
killing of the animal. Under Connecticut
laws, animals have the same right on
highways as human beings.
Hyannisport, a Massachusetts town in the
Cape Cod district, has a new method OF
dealing with scorchers. Special officers
tell them when and where they can run
fast, but warn them that II they are caught
runCAng at a reckless speed around curves
or through the village they will be ar
rested. While hundreds have been stop
ped and warned not an arrest has been
made.
The recommended weight OF a tire is
the weight which It can carry without
overlooking II, or subjecting 1t to destruc-
tive strain. Any over increase means the
same as a steam boiler made to Withstand
200 pounds pressure being run al go pounds
(which means trouble ahead. The result
IL that experienced motorists find that a
tire a size larger than that required will
carry from three 20 five times as far as
that barely within the limit.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
AerOnautics

The outfit for an up-to-date balloon
trip Is not now considered complete unless
at least one traveller is provided with a
good camera.
II is understood that by the end of the
year the military authorities of Germany
will posses eight dirigible balloons suitable
for war purposes.
Maurice Herbster. the airshlp mechanic,
who travels with F. Henri Farman, has
been with him since he began his career
OF flying and comes from the
palace Of Paris
Balloon launching ceremonies az North
Adams, Mass, are unique from the fact
that a bottle OF champagne is generally
broken against the anchor by a pre-
possessing miss In truly nautical style.
Besides giving Sc, 500 toward the fund
OF more than 10000 which has been CON
tributed TO Count Zeppelin for & new
dirlgible airship. the kaiser has obtained
from Norway a new device for anchoring
balloons.
After conEpietins his asToplaBs trials
in France Wilbur Wright Will probably
take his machine 70 ENGLAND 70 compete
s%eronaut who files from London TO Man
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30

pears to be the PREVAILING topic Of con-
Of human flight seem likely TO replace
country fairs In popularity. and the MAJ
who goes up In an aeroplsDe Is rapidly be
coming a dangerous competitor Tor the
tive. headed calf or the bearded LADY.
M NJ. Emile Carton. Jacques Faure n
Alfred ie Blanc. who will represent the
French Aero club in the race from Berlin
in October. made a worlds record for
remaining the longest time 10 the air IN
the race al st. Louis.
There are already thirty entries in tho
Berlin International endurance contest,
renresenting the principal states OF west
ern Europe, and II Is probable that more
than sixty balloons will participate. Ar
rangements are being made 10 accom-
modate a quarter Of = mi1lion aDeetators
on the starting neld
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
RECORD SALE OF RAMBLERs
Month of August Exceeds that of Last
Year Three Time.


All records for midsummer sales Of
Gambler cars were broken during the
month of August. according to an an
nouncement Just made by Thomas B.
Jeffery & Co. Instead of the falling off
which Is usual during the month OF Au-
gust In other years, sales of Rambler cars
in the last thirty days have been three
times as large as the sales of August.
1907.
Although the year Of 1907 was the
greatest in the history Of the rambler
business, at the end Of the fiscal year 1907
and 1905 the volume Of business was
shown TO be greater than hat Of the pre-
ceding year.
This Is regarded as not only an lndica-
ton Of the success OF the Jeffrey product.
but the changing attitude of the auto
mobile buying public. 1t indicates that
the automobile can maintain it's popular
fly all the year around and appeal TO
buyers during the late summer and fall
as well as in the early spring and sum
mer.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
Automohue Nnfen.

their volume for each degree Of temper
eture Fahrenheit.
A company has been organized 20 run an
automobile bus line between Greensburg,
NapoleAp and 0sgood, Ind.
Los Angeles possesses 800 acres OF the
most beautiful parks in the world, forming
a paradise for the motor tourists.
A new taxicab ompan formed in Balti-
more with $4,000 capital. will next month
begin business with ten cabs OF twenty
horsepower.
A prominent maker predicts that within
the next twelve months every city Of more
than 1O0.0m population in this country will
nave q taxicab service.
One OF the Interesting features Of the
American Motor Car Manufacturers asso-
citation show which opens IN New York
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-30
chester in a day in an airship heavier

chester in a day in an airship heavier
than air.
The engines OF the British military
balloon which recently met with an ac-
cident al Marlborough, England, are $50
built tina the exhaust vapor Is turned
into gas. which Is carried TO the balloon
above by a tube. The capacity Of the
balloon Is 1900 cubic feet.
The first scientifically constructed in
land harbor built especially for the
launching and landing OF balloons end air
ships Is receiving the finishing touches al
Fort Omaha and will probably be turned
over TO Uncle Sam this next month. Every
scientific appliance known 10 aerial
has been adopted IN the con-
a~truction Of this station, and Il will be
the finest in the world.
All our Europe aerial navigation ap-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-31
BELIEVES 1T MISTAKE.
John Davies Thinks MiSunderstand-
ing Led to Tragedy.

John Davies came home the last OF
the week from Des Moines. Iowa, where
h. has been employed as a drug clerk
since last fall. He was called here by
death OF his father, who was killed by
John Ennis at Pocatello, the first OF
last week
Mr. Davies brings forward a number
Of reasons which will be brought up in
court to help clear his fathers name of
the terrible change which brought about
the tragedy. One of these is the gen
eral reputation of the father, as corrob-
GRATED by the family who knew him
best. He believes that terrible mis-
take has been made, innocently on the
part OF Ennis The two men had been
intimate friends for many years. and
Dawes had apparently not the slightest
suspicion of Ennis when the latter ap-
preached him and fred the fatal shot.
Both men have borne the best of rep
utations here and in Pocatello, where
both have hosts of friends. 1t is a
quite general impression that q great
mistake has been made somewhere, but
for which both men would be alive and
friends as of old.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-31

known on the uplands, make the Kings
Hill a particularly interesting one to
to farmer and fruit grower who prefers
a few highly cultivated acres to large
farms less specialized The company
expects to start an advertising cam
paign in the near future, to set forth
the advantages of the King Hill tract.
While the price of the water rights
is much higher than on other projects.
the low altitude increases the value of
the land for fruit growing.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-31
FAITH IN LINCOLN COUNTY.
Nearly all Resident Citizens Hold
in9 on to Property.

r A mighty good indication of the
future greatness of Lincoln county is
the faith of her citizens. Scarcely a
person of any means lives in Shoshone
who does not own a ranch. or a desert
claim. OF Carey Act claim, or some
form Of city property. The older resi-
dents are usually owners Of ranches.
while the new comers hold Cary Act
claims Many of the young profes-
sional men who have only recently lo-
Gated here secured Cary Act claims be-
fore deciding on this as a permanent
location. This showed their faith in
the future greatness Of Lincoln county
from an agricultural and business
standpoint. A year has scarcely passed
since these claims were taken but
events have moved with such rapidity
that strangers have come in and made
liberal offers to buy them out. Dr.
Dubes. the dentist, took a claim of
eighty acres near Gooding last fall and
recently he has been offered 3 bonus of
fifteen dollars an acre, or a clear profit
of twelve hundred dollars on an invest
ment of triae over three hundred-or
a gain of about five hundred per cent.
in little over nine months. But that
is not saying that Dr. Dubes is going
to sell. His faith is more lasting than
that for he realizes that fruit land can
be made to sell for a thousand dollars
an acre and it is fruit he is reaching
for. This is only one instance Of faith
in the future Of this country. Every
man who is investing money in property
here in Shoshone, or is expending money
in improve vements, has faith that the in
vestment viii prove remuneiative and
that he will reap liberal reward. And
this faith will accomplish wonders be-
cause it is founded on experience and
Judgment.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-31

disposes of in a manner to Indicate that
it will in time live up to all traditions
regarding an elephants S appetite.
The parade will leave the grounds at
10 o clock Friday morning, August T..
and traverse the principal streets. The
circus people promise splendid display
and fine index to their tremendous
resources. 1t will be veritable horse
fair for one thing, and a generous dis
play Of open cages isannounced. Every
bit of the wardrobe is new and the
colorful cavaleade takes a full half hour
to pass a given spot
Twenty FIVE elephants will march in
sedate file and large drove of camels
will afford a fine contrasting element.
The performance proper presents
much that is new this year. and Of
course there's a thriller" This is
termed autos that pass in the air, "
and has the stunts Of previous seasons
totally eclipsed. While one auto leaps
a forty foot chasm, the other leaps high
in the air, turning complete somer-
sault over its mate and landing fifty
feet away. Anaemic persons are
warned against looking at this act.
Two attractive French girls, the sisters
LaRoque, occupy the machines.
Don't forget that there viii be but
one show, and that an afternoon per-
formance at O'Clock. given in its en-
tiretv.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-31
CROPS ON MENEDOKA TRACT.
Fine PrOspect--Sandy Soil ExceIIS
for Some Crops.

A. J. Murray made a trip to Rupert
Tuesday, and from that town as cen
ter drove over much of the Minidoka
tract before closing up the business
that called him thither Being new to
the tract he found considerable difficulty
in following directions in passing from
ranch to ranch, like Take the section
line for three quarters of mile, then
follow down lateral A for two miles and
half, then cross over to lateral B and
follow it up for mile and quarter,
then cross a bridge on the half section
line and the man you want lives a quar-
ter to the right in tent Not know
+ ing one section from another and all
laterals looking alike to him. it was no
wonder that many a weary mile was
passed in vain and that the shortest
way across often proved to be the long
est way around But there was one
consolation in all this sweep of journey
-one of the unlocked for compensa-
tions of life-it afforded fine view of
a magnificent country, tract that viii
give an account of itself as the years
90 by. Crops were looking fine and
promise splendid yield One large
field of potatoes was practically made
and the profits of the crop viii be some
thing bic. Much mas been heard of the
sandy soil of some farms scattered over
the tract where the winds of early
spring blew the seed out of the ground
causing the loss of seed and labor Mr..
Murray found this condition true of
few fields, but there is little doubt that
these same fields are especially adapted
to certain crops that viii make them
very valuable when experience has
demonstrated just what crops are need
ed and what treatment the soil requires.
As an illustration, the writer drove
through the sand hills about ten miles
northwest of Abilene, Kansas, in the
spring Of 1895. The land was considered
almost worthless for any purpose. Last
fall he ate melons raised on those same
sand hills melons that bring a fancy
price in any market-and that sandy
land is worth about hundred dollars
an acre. the very top of the market for
farm land in that country. Now to
bring an illustration nearer home. the
Schroeder brothers, of Hepburn, plant
ed potatoes the last Of the first week
in June in this same sandy soil of the
Minidoka tract, and about five weeks
thereafter they were selling big, fine
tubers from that field at five cents a
pound And there were lots Of them.
the yield was fine as well as the quality,
while potatoes planted in the black soil
round about them were only just in
blossom. 1t may take time and labor
and patience but the end will justify
the means and even the sandy patches
of the Minidoka tract will prove a mine
of wealth to those who hold out
The sun., 1908-12-13
FIGHT CONSUMPTION AT HOME.
Tuberculosis Experts Would Garry th'
War Into Private Houses.

The tuberculosis exhibit at the Museum
OF Natural History shows what New York
is doing TO fight the disease. A reporter
asked DR.. James A. Miller president Of
the Association Of tuberculosis Clinics
OF the City OF New York, what New York
Ia not doing which It ought TO do.
THE principal thing we need right now. '
said DR.. Miller, is a place Of acoommoda-
tion for the advanced cases and the power
to take them there. or course we do
have such power now, but we haven Z
the essential public opinion back Of us.
Advanced cases should in no circum-
stances be allowed to stay in the homes.
because the worse they grow the more
careless they become. Why, have seen
families infected, children and all. by the
presence of an advanced case
aWelL In there no place now for the
accommodation Of advanced casee?"
sYes, but it is 30 badly overcrowded
that II makes the conditions worse there
for all the cases The Metropolitan Hoe
pital Is arranged for only four hundred
and there hive been seven hundred cases
there at ore
after tai. z care OF the moro advanced
crl-, and likewise gaining the power
/, lake tue iess advanced cases TO the
sanitariums, We want to arrange for q
thorough clinic control Of the city. But
before doing the latter, you understand
we must remove the present most
serious dangers Of infection, 30 that the
disease will not spread further; then we
can begin our war Of determination.