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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11
RESTRICTIONS ON scAsRY
SHEEP ARE ARRoGATEp

Washington, Aug. 11.-Secretary
Wilson has amended an order OF the
department of agriculture regarding
the quarantine of scabby sheep in
Texas. He now provides that scab-
by sheep dipped twice may be ship
ped within the state without restric-
ton, or can be dipped once and ship
ped interstate for immediate slaught-
er. All other sheep can be shipped
interstate without dipping as sex
posed sheep for immediate slaughter" ="
or dipped once and shipped without
restriction.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11

W. G. Hayden and Chas A. spiess of
this city.
This case, which only recently was
given much attention in the courts, is
well remembered by Las Vegans and
its further exploitation at this time is
unnecessary. This latest litigation is
only an echo of the original suit.
which ended in the sale of the proper
ty to q corporation composed of local
capitalists.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11
IRRIGATION CONGRESS ASKS
ENORMOUS BOND ISSUE


Spokane, Aug. 11.--Delegates to the
National Irrigation congress set about
relieving the arid land situation to-
day. when resolution was introduced
by Secretary Arthur Hooler, of the
board of control, asking for national
3 per cent bond issue of five billion
dollars. It is proposed to use this
fund in portions as follows: A bill
lion for drainage, a billion for irri-
cation, a billion for deep waterways;
a billion for good roads and billion
for forest preservation.
A resolution was also introduced
providing that where a settler had
been deprived of his right to reclaim
the arid land by the cutting off of
water rights by the reclamation SER
vice, settlers may gain right to the
lands by the reclamation of one acre
by the means of well.
George Otis Smith, director of the
United States geological survey, spoke
on the classification of Public
Lands" Irrigation in South Dakota
was discussed by s. H. Lea. Howard
Elliott, president of the Northern Pa
cific railway. spoke on the "0ppor-
tunities of the West"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11
MOST INSPIRING SIGHT
GRAND PARADE A FEATURE OF
ANNUAL REUNION AT SALT
LAKE CITY
CHEERED BY THOUSANDS
SIGHT OF OLD BOYS WHO WORE
BLUE ARoUsEs PATRIOT
ISM or SPECTATORS

Salt Lake City, Aug. u.-Amid
cheers for the living and tears for the
dead. thousands of survivors of the
Grand Army of the Republic marched
in review today under the eyes of
their retiring commander-in-chief. Hen
rv M Neyius.
Forming under the shadow of the
Mormon temple their tagging feet spur
red forward bv old tunes to which they
marched in scores Of desperate camp
Ia,pns thew marched two miles bet
tween throngs Of cheering spectators.
4 Headed by the Fifteenth infantry
from Fort. Douglas and the Utah ma
; ltional guard, bearing their torn and
. faded battle flags. came the fast thin
! lining ranks Of the various state de-
v lpartments Of the G. A. R., with the
q department Of Illinois in the lead and
Utah, the hosts of the encampment,
i bringing up the rear.
a Half way on the line Of march the
o veterans were greeted by living flag
j composed Of 1900 school children dres-
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11

Middleton, N. Y, Aug. 11.-A fireI
which caused loss of million dol
lars. destroyed thirty-six buildings, in
cluding several big hotels, two banks.
newspaper Offices and every store but
one in Monticello, n. Y. a summer re
sort near here last night. It, was ne
Icessary to resort to the use of dyna
Unite. to prevent the spread Of the firs
(which threatened 10 wipe out the e'
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11
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, WEDDING IN SANTA re
? OCCASIONS MUCH SURPRISE I

\ Santa Fe. ~ NJ. Aug. 11.-Cap- =
= ital city society was given a real, =
\ live surprise last evening when A. :
4 B. Renehan. one of the most :
y prominent lawyers of the terri :
= tory. was welded to Mrs. Nettie =
\ Lord. The ceremony, which was =
\ private, was performed by Asso- y
\ ciate Justice John r. McFie OF =
4 the New Mexico supreme court, at =
\ the home of Major R. j. Palen. \
\ The newly-weds left on the east =
\ bound limited for a honeymoon y
\ on the Atlantic coast and upon =
Z their return win be at home in =
\ this city, where Mr.. Renehan \
y owns one of the most magnificent =
\ bungalows in the capital \
y Only recently decree Of d. y
\ vorce was awarded the first Mrs. Z
\ Renehan, who is now living in \
\ Pasadena, a fashionable suburb =
\ of Los Angeles. A coincidence =
\ of last nights wedding is that \
\ the Mrs. Renehan who was. was \
\ welded almost Immediately after 4
: her divorce. to r. C. Gortner. for :
\ merly a law partner Of Mr.. Rene \
\ han, and said to have been the 4
\ cause of their estrangement, who \
\ who is now member of lead =
\ ing Los Angeles law firm. =
\ Mr.. Renehan's second wife, was :
= a divorcee. having secured legal =
= separation from her husband, DIR. =
4 c. N. Lord. formerly of this city, \
\ but now residing in Schenectady, Z
= N. Y. 4
= \ \ y 7 4 \ \ = = \ \ = = \ \
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11

ID. A. Camf1eld. the Greeley, Colo,
capitalist, who is the prime mover in
the project to construct a big reser-
voir on the Las Vegas grant, arrived
in the city this afternoon Accom-
panying Mr. Camfield, are his attorney,
]. w. McCreery, of Greeley, and A. w.
Thompson of Fort Collins, who is as
ISOLATED with him in the reservoir pro
ject. The party is quartered at the
Castaneda hotel.
The arrival in Las Vegas of Mr.
Camfeld means that, the final details
in a project which will mean more to
the future of this city and county than
anything in their history, will now be
closed up. While the details of the
proposition may be under considera-
tion a day or two. there is no doubt
about the final outcome.
For the past three months, a corps
of engineers has been engaged running
preliminary surveys for a reservoir
fume and ditch system on the gran
and the past two weeks the engineer
have been engaged IN cross-seetionini
the land to be irrigated This latte
work. when it became known. was tn
cause Of secret rejoicing N this cit.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11

tire village. So far as known no lives
were lost. although several were in
jured.
Washington Town Destroyed
Spokane, Wash, Aug. 11.-Fire Of
unknown origin wiped out the entire
business section Of Brewster. Wash,
early today The entire town was
Threatened. but the residences wer'
lsaved after four hours fight. Tn
lloss totals $50 600
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11
PERIODICAL UPRISING
GIVES CHINA CONCERN

Annoy, Aug. 11.-Native reports re-
ceived here indicate that the disaffec-
tion in the Chang Foo district is in
creasing. The revolutionists have
six hundred armed troops, have estabH
lished powder mandatory and are
continually importing arms. Accord
ing to the reports they have planned
the seizure of the city. and all bust
ness has been suspended.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-08-11
JACK JOHNSON SIGNS
ARTICLES TO MEET JEFF

Chicago, Aug. 11.-Jack Johnson to-
day signed articles for battle with
James J. Jeffries for the heavywefgnt
championship Of the dorId, The bat
tie is to take place within eight
months before club. offering the
best inducements All bids must De
received within sixty days. Sam
Berger. manager for Jeffries. whs
arrived here today, and George Ilyttls
; manager for Johnson. and Jack JON
n son were present at the signing
IS the articles.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
The Diunified Course.

An army examiner once had a
candidate before him who appar-
emily was unable to answer the sim
plest question. At last the exam
iner lost his temper and, with sar-
castle emphasis, quite lost on the
youth before him, said:
Suppose, sir, that you were a
captain in command of a company
of infantry; that in your rear was
an impossible abyss; that on Ell
ther side of you lowered perpendic-
ular rocks of untraversable height;
that before you stood the enemy,
a hundred men to each one of
yours. What, sir, would you do in
this emergency"
Sir" said the aspirant to mill
tary honors, 81 should resignw-
PearSOn's Weekly.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
Cloud Effects From Above.

1t has been my lot to see in arc
tic regions some hundreds of thou
sands of icebergs close at hand, and
l have always believed them to be
the most beautiful objects on earth.
But the clouds of the sky close at
hand are almost as beautiful. If
you mount above one of these ma
jestic things, swiftly overtopping one
by one its folds and wreaths, and if
remembering how high it is you
look down and see only small green
patches of earth through holes in
the cloud carpet below, you have a
little thrill of conception of how
lonely a man would feel, falling
away down there and not being able
to see the spot where he must
aight. 1t is a safe little thrill,
however. You know that you are
not going to fall. Such dizziness as
some persons feel in standing near
great heights on the earth is almost
unknown in ballooning. - Success
Magazine.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
Art'a Elder DAYS.

All the works of art buried in an
Egyptian tomb were intended to
last 10000 years. That intention
governed the artists and reacted
upon the style of the art of Egypt.
1t is a most important fact-per-
haps the most important and fun
damental fact that the student of
Egyptian art has to remember.
There was no place for passion in
such an art, none for grace, none
even for charm. Each figure had
merely to be made lucid-plainly
occupied about its business or visi-
bly, shaped in the form required,
and that was all. The art of the
Egyptian tomb was to serve a use
full purpose, not to please. - Sir
Martin Conway in North American
Review.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
Journal.
Did His Best.

A Baltimore man was recently
showing his nice new opera hat to
his little nephew, and when he
caused the top piece to spring open
three or four times the youngster
was delighted.
A few days thereafter the uncle,
during a visit to the same house
hold, brought with him a silk hat
of the shiny, noncolapsible kind.
When he was about to leave the
house he encountered the aforesaid
youngster running down the hall
with what looked like a black ac-
Gordon.
"Uncle Ed" observed the boy,
''this one goes awfully hard. l had
to sit on it, but even then couldn't
get it more than half shut"
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
LONG COACHING rRIP.
How M. z. HowIstt Expects TO Cross
the Continent In Ninety Days.

How M. z. HowIstt Expects TO Cross
the Continent In Ninety Days.
Morris IL. Hewlett, the professional
four-in-hand whip, It was said the
other day, win about the middle of
June probably make the attempt to
drive the road coach Magnet from San
Francisco to New York. hitherto un-
attempted feat In road coanh driving.
The present intention Is tOIstart from
the Palace hotel, In San Francisco. and
finish at the Holland House, Fifth ave-
nue. and Thirtieth street, New York
city.
The Magnet will be sent to San
Francisco by ran. Mr.. Howlett's plan
Ia to follow the old overland route
used by the forty-niners between the
Pacific coast and the Missouri river
and then proceed through Iowa and
Illinois into Chicago and from Chicago
follow the lines Of the New York Cen
trail and Lake Shore railroads into AL
bany, from which city an attempt will
be made to drive to the Holland House.
In New York. in one day.
The distance by road will be nearly
1000 miles, which is about 200 miles
greater than the shortest railroad dis
tance between New York and San
Francisco. From San Francisco to Al
bany only green horses hired en- route
VIII be used, and the calculation is
that about 1,5O0 animals will be re-
qulred. Mr.. Hewlett will drive his
own horses from Albany.
Ninety days Is the time limit in
which Mr.. Hewlett hopes to make the
journey. 1t will be by nearly 1000
miles the longest coach trip ever made.
the longest similar American journey
being from the Missouri river to Sar
Francisco.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
WORK FOR IDLE ACTORS.
Playwright Suggests Speculative The
atsr For Presenting Rejected Plays.


Playwright Suggests Speculative The
atsr For Presenting Rejected Plays.
Augustus Thomas, the guest OF hon
or Of the Actors Society OF America,
the other night at New York suggested
a plan by which actors now out Of
work might be benefited. Mr.. Thomas
was introduced by Thomas A. Wise,
the president OF the society.
'T would suggest" said the play
wright, ''that a reading committee be
appointed by the society for the puf-
pose Of reading plays that have been
rejected. With the cooperation Of the
authors they might select plays that
would seem to have a chance OF sue
cess. Then they might secure a mana
ger who would consent to take a
chance, a theater that would be loaned
to them for a performance or two and
a staff who would work on spec.
eff the play was success and the
public showed a willingness to patron
ize it the rent Of the theater could be
paid, the manager could get his salary,
the author his commissions and the
actors proper pay. If it failed-why,
nobody would be worse of than at
present"
Mr. Thomas suggestion brought out
n good deal Of applause. 1t was said
afterward that the society would con-
slider the proposition seriously and look
around for a complaisant theater own
er and manager.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
TEST FOR NAVY OFFICERS
May Show Physical Fitness by Walk.
ina or Riding Horse or Bicycle.

May Show Physical Fitness by Walk
ing or Riding Horse or Bicycle.
Fifty miles on foot, ninety miles on
horseback or 100 miles astride a bicy-
Gle, all within three days, Is the choice
given the navy officers who will have
to qualify each year hereafter as to
their physical fitness for service. The
order was recently issued by Secretary
Newberry at Washington, and hollow
groan sounded down the corridors and
reverberated in the halls of the navy
department.
The order affects all officers on the
active list Of the navy below the rank
OF rear admiral and above the rank of
lieutenant. None Is to be required to
take the physical test before July
unless he makes special request on the
secretary of the navy. This will give
the corpulent sea fighters who have
long occupied swivel chairs an oppor-
tunity to get into fit condition for the
ordeal.
The tests are to be made each year.
The officers have their choice Of any
one or the following schedules:
To walk distance OF fifty miles during
three consecutive days in q total OF twen-
~ hours, including rests, the walk In any
one day to be during consecutive hours.
To ride on horseback a distance Of nine
ty miles during three consecutive days.
the ride on two days TO be concluded
within seven hours and thirty minutes
each after starting and one within six
hours, including proper rests.
To ride on a bicycle' a distance OF 100
miles during three consecutive days in a
total Of seventeen hours. including rests.
the ride on any two days to be during
consecutive hours.
'SThe last one Is bound to be the most
popular" said a young naval officer.
do you notice there isn't anything
In the regulations that bars motor bicy-
cles?"
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
How Sound Waves Move.

The speed with which sound
waves are transmitted through the
atmosphere depends upon several
conditions. When the temperature
is at 32 degrees F. sounds move
with a speed of 1000 feet per Sec
ond, the velocity increasing with
the temperature at the rate of
about one foot of speed per second
for each degree above the freezing
point. Then again, in damp air
sound moves with greater velocity
than it does in dry air, no odds if
the dry air be warm and the damp
cold. In water sound moves more
than four times as fast as it does in
air, or say at about the rate Of
4,700 feet per second.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
MULES TO TAFT INAUGURAL.
Missouri's New Adjutant General
Would Have Battery A Mounted.

Missouri's New Adjutant General
Would Have Battery A Mounted.
F. NJ. Rumbold, who will be Mis-.
souri's adjutant general under Gov
ernor Hadley. has a plan for advertis-
ing Missouri at the Inauguration OF
President Taft. says a Jefferson City
dispatch.
General Rumbold proposes TO take
Light Battery A to Washington to the
presidential inauguration, get good
place for Missouri I'm the parade and
have the men mounted on Missouri
mules and the cannon drawn by Mis-
souri, mules. Two dealers. one Cf
Galloway county and one Of Pike coun-
ty, have offered TO furnish seventy
large mules-sugar mules. as they are
classed by mule dealers - to go to
Washington for the parade. They will
sell the mules I'm the east.
"We must raise some money for the
scheme" Rumbold said. but | don't
think that will be hard TO do. am
going to ask for it I'm five dollar sub
scriptiOns. would like TO know what
would be better advertisement for
Missouri than to have at President
Taft's Inauguration the Republican
governor mounted on a big black
horse and his staff and the battery
mounted with fine specimens OF Mis-
souri's most famous product"
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
AGE READING BY WRINKLES.
Woman With Two Over Her Nose 10
Judged TO &c Forty-four.

Woman With Two Over Her Nose %
Judged TO Be Forty-four.
II woman has three wrinkles across
the forehead she Is twenty-seven years
old.
II she has two between the eyebrows
she is forty-fOur.
This Is what Mrs. DR.. Jennie de lie NJ.
Lozier recently told the members of
the Clio club In New York.
'SThe physicians" said Mrs. Lozier.
''say that person Is as old as his ar
teries, and metaphysicians declare that
one is only as old as his mental atti-
tude. But can tell you that, no mat
ter what ones state OF mind, the hair
win turn gray and the crows feet
gather around the eyes. A man says
that he cannot tell woman's age. but
when she gets three transverse wrin-
kles across the forehead she is twenty
seven. When she gets two or three
perpendicular wrinkles between the
eyebrows she is fOrty-fOur, and then
she begins to put on glasses"
The club was discussing problems
That Vex," and the chairman Of the
day, Mrs. J. Henry Mckinley, having
had the unique experience Of having
had a great-grandmOther with whom
In her childhood she learned to play
''muggins" and "old maid," had asked
Mrs. I.ozier to talk about growing old
gracefully, as one Of the most vexing
problems she knew. Her own grand
mother had lived to a very old age, 105,
having been born in Mulberry street in
1890, and she knew there was some
thing to say about old age.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
Modern Vaudeville.

Dooley-I seen your girl on State
street yesterday. (Slaps Hooley
with folded newspaper.)
Hooley. - Whatl You seen my
girl? Why, Pm a married man.
(Slaps Dooley with folded newspa-
per.)
Dooley-Wen, 1 seen your hired
girl. (Slaps Hooley with folded
newspaper.)
In Chorus-With the kind per-
mission Of the audience we will now
sing that pathetic ballad entitled
"When Peroxide Turns the Marcel
Wave to Gold" Professor, tear off
a little music, please. - Chicago
Journal.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
HIGHEST BRIDGE IN WORLD.
Contract Awarded For Structure to
Span Snake River Canyon.

Contract Awarded For Structure to
Span Snake River Canyon.
The highest bridge In the world is
soon to be built across the Snake Riv-
er canyon, 500 feet west Of ShOshone
falls. at one of the most picturesque
spots in the west, says a dispatch
from Salt Lake City. The span Of the
bridge will be LAO feet from cliff to
cliff, and the rOadbed will be $50 feet
above the water. From the bridge
one will be able to look down at the
falls, which rank among the greatest
natural wonders In the Pacific north
west. The work has been placed in
the hands Of a prominent firm OF
bridge builders.
The bridge across the Snake river
at Shoshone falls is made necessary
by the development Of irrigation both
north and south OF the river. The
large communities which have set
tied on the hitherto desert lands have
reached a stage in their development
where they require better communi-
cation, and the bridge will be built at
an early date The electric railroad
systems on both sides Of the river
will thus be connected. using the
bridge for electric trains.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
The Roorbaek.

During the presidential campaign
of 1874 certain Wing newspapers
published an absurd statement de-
rogatory to the Democratic candi-
date for president, James X. Polk.
under the caption, Baron Roor-
backs Tour Through the Western
and Southern States" The state
ment was easily disproved and prob
ably did little or no harm to the
man attacked. Since then, in Ameri-
can political parlance, the ''roor-
back" has been the campaign lie,
particularly the one uttered so soon
before election as to make its an
swer a matter of dificulty.-Argo-
naut.
The Florida star., 1909-01-22
CRANES HELP TO THE ST0RK.
Senator introduces Bill For Bureau Of
Children, and Senate Laughs.

Senator Introduces Bill For Bureau Of
Children, and Senate Laughs.
There was amusement the other day
I'm the senate when Senator Winthrop
NJ. Crane OF Massachusetts introduced
a bill providing for the establishment
Of a bureau OF children. The dignity
Of the senate could not stand the
strain.
"Oho," said one dignified member,
$50 Crane Is coming to the assistance
OF the stork. The stork delivers the
goods and Crane provides for their
subsequent care"
Cranes bill provides that the presl-
dent shall create a bureau under the
department of the interior to look aft
er the interests Of children. Provision
also is made for the employment OF a
chief OF the bureau ut $1,000 n year
and a large number Of employees.