The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-06-12

can make II plain To her that you are
Justified IN your conclusions. \ good
woman = advice aud council have been
the means IT building the future aud
fortune "f many a distinguished Amer
can. The editor Of this paper has
wndcd around q good deal m the his
Tory OF the human family, from the
time The two legged monarch 1T ego
ism made his hrst appearance In the
NliaI llill. down until Carrie Nation
waited him Tor smok,ig cigarettes.
aud we have failed ~ fud q record
anywhere of u good king unless he had
II n had bccu left To q votc ~ the
hArem of Abdul llamid. or IS II should
be- now submitted ~ the decree of the
harcm of the sultan, Mahomet V, that
liccutious aud y]illiauous ruler Ut the
rotten Ottoman empire, au Armenian
Christian never would have in the past.
nor would be Ia the future, murdered
because Of the opinions held by them
concerning the destiny Of the race We
have too much nf the instinct ~ the
North American Indian IN our blood
10 properly appreciate the good council
Ut our women; We are too prone ~ al
low them 10 cultivate the corn and 20
build the wigwam while We parade boz
the paints that cultivate the desire for
gore aud the general disposition for
pruhigacy We are dependent on them
wholly for the moral tone Of the so
.ir'y Of 10" community 90 which W.
1--we: education would be- neglected. the
SUNDAY school and the church would hc
hi>tor, but for the eternal vigilance ct
our wives. mothers. sisters and ~wce,
hearts. who keep them going for the
this. and yet how little We encourage
H.. For instance, q good woman said
"a q News reporter today: For 'h.
voters of Turumcari "a deny tins CITY
the privilege Of sewerage would indeed
hc n slap IN the face "a the growth If
the city, aud equivalent To tossing
their wives and babies under the very
demons 1T pcstilenrc and death. The
man who casts his vote against the o.,
sue nov az hand. is casting his ballot
against the health ut hi children and
the happiness Of his home. Vet. lea,
Iug aside the question Of health and
life, or the small question ct finance, the
housekrcpcr has q side ~ the question
that Is ~ Itself worth the amount uf
money the installation of the proposed
system would cost. \ sewerage system
would save the average housekccrer a
walk two blocks long, which B., made
every day by every woman IN Turum
ear merely for the purpose of empty
my d%ishwHtrr and ,lop~ accumulated
about the house. This average o., small.
hut when n j. considered that there
az" about 1000 hou,ckcrpors IN the
city. 10 can be- seen that the women ~
this city, who have all their household
duties 10 perform, are compelled 20
walk ll3 mile, q day, 81 il.jli a wear
10 get rid of STOP water which could
Ice run on m u ,"wer pipe, aud all this
labor Is performed for the convenience
If men who may vote away the chance
they hay. 10 relieve their hclpmates ~
the walk aud unnecessary labor aud
~ consequent fifth that is occasiuucd
by throwing il out "u the commons ia
spread coutagiun and disease aud
misery among the homes hat the wives
at Iurumearl are trying 10 make com
Portable for maybe unworthy masters.
Aud all this for the pal'ry cousid"ra
tlnn of q few dollars taxes. provided
any additional taxes are going to be-
assessed against them for the maiuteu
nnne ~ sewerage. which Is q question
open for argument, the city council
claiming that the sewerage system will
be- self sustaining Again. IL must be-
remembered that one fourth Of the
walking distance must Ice made in cold
WIN wv NN'N NNhN hHN wv dl' WI
der foot to add 10 the chances ~ pncu
nonia. Then consider the i%nronNeni
enre and stencil ~ a ,lop barrel, aud
the flies, the acknowledged propagation,
Of typhoid fever and other Diseases that
the housewife has q" contend with
which are drawn only on account Of
the slops aud other waste materials thai
must he thrown into the streets or ri
the Kitchen door for lack Of sewerage
II looks 10 n housewife that q meet
ing called 10 oppose n proper sewerage
system Is n meeting 10 propagate th'
hcllish agencies of the typhoid fly
and those who patronile such gather
ings We would guess, and even wager
have no screens 10 protect their owl
families from the rayages ~ the f1J
that carries 10 much misery into The
homes If the American people. Lei
us think about this matter and decide
soberly aud earnestly what is n sen
sible conclusion.
When yOn want tn build a windmill
tower or repair one, call ID. NJ. Turner