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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02
RAILROAD PAYS LARGE
INCORPORATION FEE
Especial Dispatch.)


Santa Fe, N. M, Sept 2.-The Ell
Paso & Southwestern Railroad COM
pany today filed a certificate Of in
crease of capital stock from $1S.OO0,-
900 to $25, 100000 with the territorial
secretary, paying therefor fee OF
$7OO. This is one of the largest fees
paid into the secretary's Office In some
time.
Governor Curry today accepted an
invitation to introduce Col. William
Jennings Bryan at the Clovis, N. M.
ehautanqua on September 18th.
Edward G. Burke, candidate for .
S. marshal of New Mexico, today was
appointed as secretary to Attorney
General Frank w. Clancy. vice Albert
Clancy. who has gone to Ell Paso,
Texas.
Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sui
livan today announced that all those
corporations and persons who have
been granted water rights, must file
proof of construction within the time
limit specified in their application, or
their rights will be open to entry.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02

learning the fact that they were being
watched.
While making a hurried getaway
from Las Vegas, and while riding at
breakneck speed through the streets
of West Las Vegas, a horse ridden by
one of the men slipped and fell at the
corner of the Rosenwald store. The
rider was pitched headlong into the
gutter. and in the fall he sustained a
fracture of the left shoulder.
His companions quickly pulled up
and went to his assistance. He was
carried to a nearby saloon, where
Drs, Shaw and DesMarias were sum
moned to dress his injury. The. In
jured man in answer to repeated
questions from Or. Shaw stated that
his name was Swastasons and that he
was cowboy from Folsom. N. NJ,
which tends to confirm the suspi-
cions of the officers. While the doc.
tors were working on him his com
panions paced back and forth and ap-
peared very nervous. When the in
jury had been dressed. all three mer
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02
ESCAPED JAIL BIRD
WRITES MOUNTED POLICE
Especial Dispatchl

Santa Fe. N. NJ. Sept. 2.-Capt.
Fred Fornoff, of the territorial mount
ed police, today received a letter
from Max Gardner, a badly wanted
crook, in which Gardner states that
he is on his way to South America.
The letter is postmarked Chihuahua,
Mexico. and in it the fugitive takes
occasion to chide the officers over his
sensational escape from the Santa Re
county Jail about ten days ago. He
is wanted in various places on
charges Of embezzlement, burglary
and bigamy. aa
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02
SCIENTISTS ARE OPTIMISTIC.
DO NOT IN THE LEAST DOUBT
SUCCESS OF EXPLORERS
EXPEDITION
STARTED ON FISHING TRIP
RESOLVED TO FIND NORTHERN
MOST POINT WHILE ON PLEAS
URE VOYAGE

New York, Sept. 2.-Members of
the Geographical Arctic Exploration
society and other scientific met in
America, do not in the least doubt
that DR.. Frederick A. Cook, of Brook.
1yn, has really discovered the north
pole. Scientists here declare that
when the heroic explorer reaches
Copenhagen. which will probably be
on Saturday afternoon. he will be
able to amply verify his claims.
These declare they can easily tell
from DR.. Cooks records and figures
if he reached the pole.
The discovery of the pole by DR..
Cook, who is the hero of the hour,
was the termination of a voyage that
started as fishing trip. On July 3,
1907, DR.. Cook, as the guest of John
r. Bradley, a wealthy New Yorker in
terested in sports, and who has fol
lowed Cooks polar expeditions close
ly, left Gloucester, Mass, aboard
Bradleys schooner-yacht for a fishing
trip up the Labrador coast The sail
ing master was Capt. Bartlett. who
was with Peary on the Roosevelt
when he left for the north. Half a
dozen Newfoundlanders were later
taken on board to act as guides.
His Ambition Aroused
Heavy weather and breakdown of
the engines compelled landing in
North Star bay, where some days
were spent hunting and fishing. Then
it war DR.. Cook became fired with nis
ambition to reach the pole. He spoke
to Bradley about it and the latter de-
clined to join in the trip. Dr. Cook
then organized a party of Esquimo
and with Rudolph FRANKIE, made prep
arations for such an expedition. Brad
ley in August, 1907. returned to New
York
DR.. Cook had an entirely different
idea of how trip to the pole should
be attempted from that of Peary and
other noted explorers. He calculated
going through the Nansen straits and
doing his travelling in the winter
months, reasoning that ice fills would
smother the extreme cold and that
there would be less danger Of en-
countering Jagged passages Of ice
through which travel would be ex-
tremely difficult.
: Bradley Financed Expedition
When Bradley found Cook insisted
on the trip, he supplied provisions suf-
fcient to last three years for the ex-
pedition. Cook took about fifty Es-
quimos, men, women and children,
with him, to place north of Etah,
Greenland, and established winter
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02
ALL TRAINS FROM THE 1
WEST ANNuLLED TODAY 1

= Because Of the occurrence OF =
= another disastrous food in the =
= vicinity of Needles, Calf. caus- =
= ed. by repeated cloudbursts in =
= that section, the Santa Fe Coast =
: lines are completely tied up, so =
= far as through traffic is con- =
= cerned. =
= The Chicago limited Of last =
= night, together with trains Nos. =
= and of today. were annulled. =
, That the washouts are especially =
= bad is evidenced by the fact that :
? the first train since yesterday :
: afternoon from the Pacific coast =
= is scheduled to pass through Las =
= Vegas about o'clock tomorrow :
? morning.
? Thain No. 10 from El Paso to- =
= day. was held at Albuquerque =
= this morning until No. 2's time, :
: and went east from here as stub =
: No. 2. =
= = = > , -
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02

quarters. His familiarity with the
Eskimo language and kindly treat
ment of the natives made him loved
by them and they were ready to give
him any assistance they could.
William L. Cook, brother of the
explorer. states that Dr. Cook win
now devote his energies to discover
ing the south pole.
Eskimos Confirm story
London. Sept. 2-Dispatches to the
Daily Mail from Copenhagen say that
Knud Rasmussen, the Danish explorer
now making ethnographical studies
of North Greenland, met DR.. Cook at
Cape York. Rasmussen's mother,
who is an Eskimo woman, speaks the
language fluently. She had long
conversation with two Eskimos who
accompanied Cook to the pole. They
confirmed every detail given of the
expedition by Cook. The foregoing
news was presumably telegraphed to
Copenhagen from Lerwick
DR.. Cooks personal announcement
that he reached the north pole, has
done much to dispel the uncertainty
created here by the first dispatches,
but the information is still too
vague to convince the most hardened
skeptics. The personality of the
American explorer has been held in
such esteem in British scientific cir
cles that those best qualified to Judge
are ready to explain away the seem
ingly obscure points of the meager
story Of the explorer thus far OBJ
tainable.
Retired Admiral Guys Report
Philadelphia, Sept. 2.-"After read
ing the dispatches today. I am more
convinced than ever that the report
ed discovery of the north pole is a
fake" was the emphatic declaration
of Rear Admiral George Melville, u
8. ~, retired, qualified to comment
on north pole questions because of his
intimacy with the northern regions
as well as his familiarity with the
progress of expeditions thither within
the last forty years. II do not mean
to say Dr. Cook is fakir, for I do
not know him personally. but from
my experiences / would say there is
nothing to confirm the orinigal dis
patches" Melville bases his opinion
largely on DR.. Cooks meagre outfit
for the trip.
Praise From Norwegian.
Christiana, Norway, Sept. 2.-Capt.
Ronald Amundsen, the Norwegian ex-
plorer, was interviewed here today
on DR.. Cooks triumph.
"Dr. Cook was my partner on the
Belgia expedition as physician" he
said. and all on board appreciated
highly his experience and ability. He
has an uncommonly staunch, perse-
vering and energetic personality, and
I admire him. The route chosen by
DR.. Cook presented unusually diff
cult problems. 1t would be highly in
teresting and important to really
know if he found continent around
the pole But he of necessity was
limited to mere visual impressions.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02
LIQUOR ROW CAUSES FATAL
Shooting in COLORADO Town

Florence Colo. Sept. I'm des-
perate gun battle on the streets Of
Williamsburg, two miles from here
this morning. Paul Palio. saloon
keeper and Deputy Marshal Edward
Jones were both fatally wounded
Jones was shot in the abdomen an
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02

put up a desperate fight with the Of
ficers before he was taken. He was
overpowered only after hard strug
gle, during which he nearly bit off
finger of Detective Weir and kick
ed and scratched the other officers.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02
HARTMAN STEADILY
IMPROVING IS REPORT

New York, Sept. 2.-E. H. Harri-
man, in communication with his Office
in this city today, stated his condition
was improving daily.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-09-02

Spokane. Wash, Sept ~ Barricad
ed in his home and defSing the po
lice. John GIinderman. a crazy butch
er, murdered his wife here this morn
ing by choking her to death. He then
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
The Golden Earth.

George Meredith: Golden lie the
meadows; golden run the streams:
red-gold is on the pine-stems. The
sun is coming down to earth, and the
fields and the waters shout to him
golden shouts. He comes and his
heralds run before him, and touch the
leaves of oaks, and planes and beeches
lucid green, and the pine-Stems redder
gold; leaving brightest footprints upon
banks, where the fox
gloves last upper bells incline. and
wander amid moist.
rich herbage The plumes of the
woodland are alight; and beyond
them, over the open, tbs a race with
the long-thrown shadows; a race
across the heath and up the hills, till,
at the farthest bourne of mounted
eastern cloud, the heralds of the sun
lay rosy fingers and rest Sweet are
the shy recesses of the woodland The
ray treads softly there A fIm
athwart the pathway quivers, many
hued, against purple shade fragrant
with warm pines. deep moss beds
feathery ferns The little brown SOUR
rel drops tail and leaps; the inmost
bird is startled to a chance tuneiess
note. From silence into silence things
move.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
THE MoNEYLEss LAND

Twas a dream that had of a money
less land
Nobody was begging with tremulous
hand,
Nobody was worrying over his bills,
Nobody was striving to fill up his tills,
Nobody was plotting for profit and
gain,
Nobody was trading on hunger and
pain,
But everyone there had a moneyless
lot
Some said it was heaven and some said
1t was not.
When anyone worked-as they all did
intact .. ....... ..-..s5
He toll tSiled a.! for the pleasure he had in
Some labored with cheerufIness all OF
the while,
Some grumbled and growled and were
not seen to smile; -.--
Each did what he could for his fell
lows each day, -s
But everyone knew there was no coin
for pay,
The JOY of achievement was all that
ne got
Some said 1t was heaven, some said it
was not.
No bargains on Monday brought people
downtown,
No worrying debtors faced anyone's
frown;
There wasn't a cent in the whole Of
the land
And some people thought the arrange
ment was grand,
While others declared that no money
to spend,
Was simply a wearying, pleasureless
end.
No dollar sign there, nor a decimal
dot
Some thought 1t was heaven, some
thought it was not.
Twas a dream that 1 had, and I walk
ened at last
And mused o'er the vision with brows
overcast;
/ can't understand it-some people were
glad
To do without money. and others were
Some people were happy with nothing
to lend,
Some people were sorry with nothine
to spend.
can't give a name to that moneyless
spot
Some said it was heaven, some said II
was not Chicago Post
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
THE HOUSEHOLD GIRL.

With Only One DimpIe and 400
FreekIes She Is a DIVINITY.
Houston Post: A girl with one
dimple and 400 frecldes is a cinch II
she possesses a sweet disposition and
a knowledge OF domestic science. AS
homely as he may be to the unthdnk-
ing world, he becomes glorified when
she dons the gingham apron and goes
into O. shining kitchen and pulls
from the singing range the well-made
bread, the majestic pies and the sub
lime potIiCkeT. In the eyes of her
entranced husband she Outglitters the
queen OF Sheba and her children rise
ND and called her blessed three times
q day and several times between
meals.
When the bread is perfectly baked.
the coffee strong and hot, the steak
JUICY and fragrant, the hash well built
and appetizing and the battercakes
light and smoking as the melting but
ter is absorbed, the spirit Of the Lord
descends upon that household like a
dove and the caverns of the lucky
mans soul echo with GLORY Hallelu-
jah!" It beats bridge. 1t lays euchre
in the shade, 1t makes the job in the
shop look like 30 cents. The girl who
can cook Is a divinity. She is the
delight of q mans soul and a glory in
the sight of God. And we have such
girls In Texas, but the need for a
million or two more is pressing. #
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
The City in Brief

The posroffice site s4t Bachelor. Ro-
miles to the southwest.
A hne new cement walk has just
been laid on Ninth street south be-
tween Second avenue and the Fargo
laundry.
Members OF the Fargo Gun club
are we'll pleased with the showing
made by DIR. Frederick Bailey at st.
Paul this week
The beautiful appearance OF the
Great Northern park Is more apparent
spot has caused no little favorable
comment.
Word comes from Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert s. Crothers OF Spokane, Wash.
that fine baby giHl arrived at their
home on Aug 20. Mrs. Crothers was
formerly Mrs. Jessie Taylor Hall of
this city.
The North Dakota rife team, under
Brig. Gen. e. c. Gearey OF this city,
passed through Fargo last evening en-
route from Hfllsboro where they have
done excellent work pracdcing, to
Camp Perry, Ohio, to compete in the
national rife contest.
In the 2:12 stake pace at Parsons,
Kan, this week, In which Daniel
Webster was entered, Ginger took
first and Brewers Kid second money,
with the best time 2.O7A. which is
oonsireded exceptionally fast time for
that class on a half mile track.
News Of the death of Fred A. Perry
of Benton Harbor, Mich, father of
Mrs. James Mclean, wife OF Of1cer
Mclean OF the police force. was re-
ceived this morning. Mr.. Perry had
served on the police force at Benton
Harbor for the past twenty years. He
has been sick since January. Mrs.
Mclean has been Ill for some time
and In unable to leave rler home.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
thursday. AUG. as.
Business Jots

Cook paints signs. Phone S25.
Furnished rooms. gents. Duncan Blk
Have knight Printing Co. print It,
A want ad. can lend nand IN pour
hunt for a servant
DR.. ]. L. Savage. surgeon and ply
sician. soc Front street
Philosophy Is nothing but discretion
use Golden Link -four.
Hannaher s. Schannacn, Job print
ers, 62S N. p. avenue. Phone 1891.
Furnished rooms by day, week or
month. T'weeden block, N. p. avenue.
We do all kInos of good printing.
Phone 1154-LL ulsaker Bros. 20T Bdw
DR.. Stem TTanson. osteopathic Physi.
clan, 614 Front st.. Fargo. Phone 1o14-J.
Ladies and gentlemen, get your
suits pressed and cleaned at Denis
Fur Co.. 2O6 Broadway. Fargo.
The Misses Tonneson =. Peterson
have leased the Darrow hospital, and
win conduct It under the name of the
Moorhead hospital hereafter. doing
general hospital business and solicit
inE all non contagious patients. Es-
pecially equipped Operatin: rooms.
Phone 1SO
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
OFFICIAL BRANDS
CHARGES AS FALSE
SUPERINTENDENT or GRAND
FORKS POOR FARM DISPUTES
ALLEGATIONS OF ATToR-
NEY.

Grand Forks, N D., Aug. IA
thorough investigation of the charges
preferred against Superintendent p ].
Mahon of the Grand Forks county
poor farm will be made by States
Attorney Bangs. above whose sigma
ture the original charges were filed.
The board of county commissioners
acting individually In placing the mat
ter before Mr.. Bangs, gave him full
power to proceed with the inquiry in
to the method of operating the farm
and of treating the inmates
'T shall make as complete an in
vestigation as is possible" said Mr..
Bangs last evening. These charges
are of such q serious nature that 1t Is
a matter of public duty either to clear
them up or remove Mr.. Mahon from
the Office, IL true.
Il have no doubt as to the truth OF
the charges that have been filed, as
even before they were placed In the
hands of the commissioners l examined
witnesses, securing from them the de-
tails of the treatment, accorded in
mates. Mr.. Mahon will, for the time
being, remain in charge of the poor
farm, as 1 have no power to act on
that score. AS soon as my investi-
cation is finished, the facts will be
placed before the commissioners for
action"
Superintendent Mahon has entered Q
full and complete denial to every
charge. He says he 10 at loss to ac-
count for their being fled, saying they
are absolutely wtthou. foundation.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
MRS. SPENCER'S
CASE DROPPED
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SAYS THE
ACCUSATIONS WERE BASED
ON ERRORS.

New York, Aug. 14.-That an In
justice has been done Mrs. Helen
Spencer, the woman recently arrested
In Ecuador and brought here on a
charge of having engaged in white
slave traffic" for the Panama canal
zone. was admitted In court here to-
day when the indictr1enr against her
was quashed by Judge Rosalsky. The
action was taken on ,~ale recommends
tion Of the district attorneys office.
The recommendation was submitted in
writing and read:
''Since this case was placed on the
calendar Of the court here for trial,
the girls who are the chies witnesses
have admitted to the district attorney,
under circumstances which show
good faith and preclude the prosecu-
tion OF them for perjury, that their
testimony has been false in essential
particulars. From their present state
did not commit the crime charged
therein, and the dismissal OF the in
indictment Is therefore recommended .
All Mistake.
Mrs. Spencer's attorney declared
that the prosecuting officers had been
laboring under a mistake throughout
the early stages OF the case.
This woman is the wife OF q pros
porous contractor in Panama, outside
Of the canal zone" he sid "and she
was taking trip through Ecuador
with him when arrested
The story told by the three girls
which caused Mrs SpenceT'n iudt4sr-
ment was that she had induced them
to go to Panama to obtain employ
ment on the stage. but they found, in
stead, that they wee really destined
for a resort on the isthmus.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
Railroad Notes
HARTMAN MAY
GET N. Y. CENTRAL
AMIcA5LE ARRANGEMENT RU-
MoRED WHICH WILL RETIRE
THE VANDERBILTS.

New York, Aug. 1.-THE belief is
gaining ground in quarters where
opinion on such matters is entitled to
carry weight, that the vanderbilts
will shortly retire from active man.
agement of New York Central and be
replaced by Representatives of a prac-
ttcally controlling interest In the
treasury OF Union Pacific. Should the
pending developments take such final
steps as has been described it will be
through an entirely amicabIe arrange
ment between w. X. Vanderbilt and
e. III. Hartman.
1t is confidently asserted, though as
yet without substantion, that the
option OF large block OF New York
Central stock which Onion Pacific is
generally reported to hold. is none
other than that OF che Vanderbilt
family.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14

to possess to get through the world,
but to work to the best advantage 1t
needs teammate, and that mate is in
tegTity of character. Both together
can plow the field Of life well so that
1T will bring forth an excellent crop.
Put cleverness, however, with dis
honesty, and sooner or later, generally
sooner, there Is bound to be a big
stumble and both will come to grief.
With open eyes and apparently sane
we see men every day wrecking their
own prospects and bankrupting their
future by crooked methods, chicanery
and double dealing of all kinds.
Many Mar the LimeIight.
When an investigation is threatened
of the big corporations, or municipal
governments, or money trusts, how
many men trembIe and blanch lest
their dishonesty may be uncovered and
themselves shown up In their true light
before their fellow men!
"Ill gotten wealth is never a COM
fort, but on the contrary, torment,
for IL is burden ever pressing down
the soul with the knowledge of it's own
iniquity.
On the contrary, the man Of recti-
tude and honor who has dealt fairly
and squarely with all is not afraid to
look the world in the face. What he
has is his own, earned by his manly
efforts, and though 1t may not be large
in amount. he Is far richer than the
millionaire who has gotten his millions
by dishonor. Better be a man rich
than merely a rich man.
he ant
to mention the confidence, of your fell
lows, you must keep the cloak of your
confidence virgin white, never allow it's
luster to be dimmed by the breath OF
suspicion or soiled by the mud of
wrongdoing.
Some sneer at Theodore Roosevelt,
but down In their hearts they respect
the sterling honor and integrity of the
man. Roosevelt never pandered TO
public favor nor yielded to prejudices
In public which In private he despised.
AS consequence he purified Ameri-
can politics and raised American
ideals. He pointed the way TO sublim-
er political heights. teaching that un-
selfish service to the country's cause
is Infinitely noabler than self aggrand-
izement.
Do Your Own Boosting.
Don't say you can't do uhis or you
can't do that but say you will, and
you will be surprised at your own
strength. Depend on yourself. Don't
sit down and wait on others to come
along and boost you up. Be your own
pull and make your own influence by
making your presence felt and your
acutons useful. Be your own recon-
mendation and 1t viii be far more USE
full to you than a certificate of char
acter from the president.
Make character your capital, pledge
your manhood for every obligation, and
keep the pledge inviolate.
You can never have or make a sub
stitu1e for honesty. Lincoln, asked to
take the wrong side of case, said:
81 could not do 1t. ALI the time while
talking to that jury should be think
ing, Lincoln, you are a liar and / be-
lieye / should forget myself and say
it out loud"
It is a big mistake to put all the
emphasis on smartness and slur over
honesty in a sibilant whisper. You
can be too smart; smartness is pecul-
iarly an American weakness, and has
been the death OF some folks. but you
never can be too honest.
Il
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
MOTHER LEAVES ALL
TO HER UNBORN CHILD

Detroit, Aug. 14.-Several promi-
nent Detroit women are. preparing
today to make home for two 6-day-
old twin babies. The children, are
neither friendless nor destitute, be-
cause before their birth their mother,
as If with premonition that she
would not survive. made her will,
leaving all to her unborn child.
The will OF the mother, Mrs. Alice
Ryckman, seamstress, was written
June is. The twins were born Aug.
5, and she died the same day.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1909-08-14
coIIsae oIrIs epIn Tops.

South Springfield, Mass. Repubii-
can: One OF the interesting spring
customs at Mount Holyoke college is
the op-spinning, which ceremony is
conducted by the Juniors. The event
took place Wednesday in front OF the
new music building, when there were
appropriate exercises, followed by the
scattering of the girls and forming OF
grounps along the walks to spin their
tops. Some OF the girls showed moi
q little skill in the art of making a
top spin.