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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-06

Carrie Nation is STIRRING things
up over IN Hengland, and 1t Is
sincerely to be- hoped that she will
make up her mind to settle over
there where the need OF her ser
vices IS 20 much greater than It l-
mere. rs 1t nov j., It will not b,
long before this country is all dry
anyhow, and it would be better tor
Carrie 10 stay over there whrr,
she can help TO mould public
opinion,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-06

1t is hard tor a practical man L
see the WHY on all thi, kick about
the proposed raise OF the presl.
dent SALARY ~ SIoo,up a year.
1t seems a good Ult better cuisines.
to pay a good salary enough t.
make the strcnuOu, gait worth
while, Tor It q, a sure CInCh that
nothing else vii 70 IN the future,
II might hay. been otherwise d d
hadn been Tor Roosevelt, but now
that me- held 1t a few wears tb,r,
viii b, nothing else on the map.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-06

Judging from the tact tina, James
J. Jettrl,s, champion heavyweight
pugilist, Is going TO get $50, 300
tor an eight weeks vaudeville tour,
1t would seem that thr ngRune
game IS a paying one. lnat L.
more salary than the president OF
the United States gets, and more
than the best paid editor in the
United States save one. lust the
effect morally oil such an incident
is quite another problem, but in.
asmuch as the lee would not be
offered unless the people were
ready to pay the bill, it doesn't
matter much.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-06

Kaiser Wilhelm was so years OF
aye last Wednesday and from the
iuss the Germans made over il,
patriotism doesn't seem 70 have
altogether given way to socialism
in the land OF pretzels. lncindent-
ally the anniversary gave another
opportunity TO liken the kaiser u
Roosevelt, which is a smile, as
the emperor can be and has been
spanked by his relchstsg, while
the president will attend 10 all the
spanking there is done himself.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-06
IMPRESSIONS OF A TENDERFOOT
- Being Unorthodcx Sketches Of Real Human Interest -
(By WILL RoBiNsoN)

entered upon is to continue with
out a setback that will be OF the
deepest and gravest moment.
The material interests OF every
citizen Of the town is involved,
and all iactional and party lines
are obliterated in the common
peril. A people who are menac.
ed like that are going TO fight to
the limit, and the way Carlsbad is
going to It is proof that they took
the warning OF Brioe home tor
keeps.
There Is not much mystery
about the attitude OF Chaves
county in this matter. They know
that sooner or later the country 20
the south will be divided and that
che present proposed area lets the
kingdom OIL easy. II the game
was bucked it might result in a
landslide following a further re-.
alignment OF allies tina, would take
of more valuable territory and
raise hob all around. As a pure
matter OF selhshness it was natural
for them to keep their hands OF in
such a case, and they have been
and are doing il.
The result NAV well be watched
with the deepest interest by all
who are wisely keeping an eye on
the growing tendency toward
division that is manifest all over
the territory. II will in a measure
be a test case as 70 whether there
equity in the idea OF dividing ter.
rltory so that a new territory will
be larger and richer than those
that are drawn from, and whether
there IS any security to those who
have built up the empires OF the
territory. lust how it will re.
suit - YOU can search IN,
Normally | would bet on Carlsbad,
but this is not a normal case, Tor
the plans OF the divisionists have
been carefully laid, with strong
connections and powerful aids,
and IT Carlsbad lays down Tor a
single minute, the stuff will all b,
of, and the new county will be an
assured fact before il j. realized.
ArIu,,d, usually rent b, internal
disSenslOuS, Is a stone wall thI.
tim,, the skids are creased. and
eNerythlng Is IN shape tor a tJbDg-
gan slide on which the Watcrhugs
will do the steering. They thor.
oughly realize that il they can
secure such a division. the future
OF Artcsla will be a long swce
song, that the dreamed COMPETE
ton with Roswell tor the suprem.
aCy OF the valley will be Wide open
before them, that It will mean a
doubling OF value on every dollar
in the town, and that they can at.
tord to spend thousands II ncces-
sary to put IN, plan through.
They think they have the best VI
It, being that Carlsbad Is hghtlng
single.handed and alone, but that
remains 10 bc seen. The fighting
blood is up al Carlsbad, and il
they knew the breed as well a. |
do, they would not indulge IN any
glorincations in advance. II they
get what they are going after It
will only pe after a ~crmmtgr
that will set the mark tor all time,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-06

Now ihatIt l., ,Ugg. ,trd, wuy
wouldn't II be- a good thing {.
have Teddy take lawn -. alon-
ON that Atrcau trip,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19
CITIZENS OF COLUMBUS FIGHT
FOR REDUCTION IN LIGHT
People Appeal to the Railroad Com.
mission.

Atlanta, Sept 1S-Argument has
been concluded before the railroad
commission in the case of the com
plant brought by Columbus and
number of its citizens, against the
Columbus Railroad Company and the
Gas Light Company of Columbus, in
s;lffci the commission is asked 60 or
der reduction in the price of cleo
tricity and gas used for lighting pur
poses. The last argument was mad,
by City Attorney T. T. Miller for tn,
city and consumers. The argumen
occupied three days. The commission
has taken the case under advfsemen
and it will probably be several days
before it renders a decision.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19
Land for Sale

235 acres 8 miles of Americas, 3
room house, near church and school;
soil red and gray; running water
$3.50 acre
200 acres miles of Americas, 4
room house, 3-horse farm; open; run
ming water. $15 acre.
AGO acres miles of Americas. two
4-room houses, two Broom houses
soil red and gray. SIS acre.
200 acres level land and fertile G
miles of R. R., Broom house (new)
rs acres, open, near church and school
SIG acre
400 acres, 4-room house, 8 tenant
houses, $50 acres in pine timber, soil
mixed, pebbly and gray, miles of
r. R. $40 acre.
$50 acres, 7room house, 10 tenant
houses, $50 acres forest; productive
soil, 6 miles R. R. SIS acre.
If you want a home or Investment
either in city or farm property. come
to see me or write.
z. b. WILLIF0RD,
1903 Cotton Avenue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

There are valleys unpeopled ana
still;
There's a land-oh, it beckons and
beckons,
And | want to go back-and | will
They're making my money diminish );
I'm sick of the taste of champagne,
Thank Cod when I'm skinned to a
finish
I'll pike to the Yukon again
III tight-and you bet it's no sham
fight;
It's hell! but I've been there before
And it's better than this by a dam
site
So me for the Yukon once more.
There's gold, and it's haunting and
haunting;
It's Turing me on as of old;
Yet it isn't the gold that Pm wanting
So much as just finding the gold.
It's the great, big broad land way up
yonder,
It's the forest where silence has
lease;
It's the beauty that thrills me with
wonder,
It's the stiffness that fills me with
peace
Robert w. Service.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The Augusta Herald still insists
that the educated negroes should be
gently forced out of the South to the
North, where, it holds, they will feel
more at ease. The Herald insists that
all educated negroes are alike, yearn-
ers after social utilization with the
whites and disturbing element to
the other negroes. We cannot but feel
that this is a false view of the situa-
ton. The race must have its minis
ters, its school teachers its dentists
and it's doctors, all educated men, to
help keep it from reverting to a state
of barbarism, especially in districts
where the negroes largely predomi-
nate. The only thing is to see that the
education is along right lines and not
of the character the Herald refers to.
What is needed is mGSS9eU devel6p5iifai}gr Z
xof the moral character along with tn
zpurely intellectual education tina
9these leaders are receiving.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The line has been rigidly drawn be-
tween Republican and Democratic
ideas on negro Acknowledgement in
Maryland President Taft has urged
the people to defeat the proposed am
endment to the state constitution Oh
the ground that it is unfair to the NO.
groes, discriminating against them.
Senator Rayner and the Democratic
leaders have taken up the gage and
are stumping the state in favor of the
amendment 1t is pretty safe asser-
ton that the amendment will be
adopted, as thousands of Maryland
Republicans are anxious to rid the
state of the negro influence in its poll
ties. The constitutionality of the act
will then be threshed out in the
courts.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

A startling evidsnseeeNo Of the develop
llenI OF Deh@aaeesccTatic feeling in Europe
IS elARo recent proposition of the Swed-
i lsh cabinet that all titles except those
of the army and navy be abolished in
that country. The Scandinavians are
a VIGOROUSLY independent people by
nature. The time was not quite ripe
when Norway separated to establish a
republic in that country but the trend
of the times points to not for distant
day when the peninsula may be united
again under thoroughly democratic
| form of government.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The automobiles have a long list of
wealthy people credited to them as vic
Tins. The recent death Of Mrs. Nor
ris in France recalls many other men
and women of high position who have
gone to the grave throgh similar acct
dents. But, after all, the poor furnish
the great mass of the victims. Hardly
a day but some unfortunate is run
down in the streets of the large cities
and disabled or killed. AS yet no au-
toist has been mulcted in damages for
such accidents, either.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The negro fair at Macon seems to
have very bright prospects. If it is
conducted along the right lines it may
be of much educational value to the
race. Agriculture and mechanical in
dustries should be accentuate and the
so-called art exhibits relegated to the
rear. The negro in the South is des-
tined for many generations to come to
till the soil and fill mechanical posi-
lions. Anything calculated to pro-
mote his efficiency, by arousing his
pride and interest in these lines, is
worthy of the encouragement and sup
port of the whites.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The political fight in Macon is at
tracing interest throughout the state.
Municipal ownership is apparently
avowed by both sides. The personality
of the candidates will evidently count
for much. The general impression ap-
pears to be that Judge Miller has the
better of the fight up to this time. The
gas and water company seems to stand
a good chance of being severely grill
ed no matter which side wins.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19
s'THE SPELL OF THE YUKON"

I wanted the gold, and / sought it;
I scrambled and muched like a slave,
Was it famine or scurvy-I fought it;
| hurled my youth into a grave.
1 wanted the gold and | got it
Came out with a fortune last Fall,
Yet somehow life's not what l thought
it,
And somehow the gold isn't all
No! There's the land. Have you
seen it?
It's the cussedest land that l know,
From the big, dizzy mountains that
screen it
To the deep death-like valleys blow.
Some say God was tired when he
made it;
Some say it's a fine land to shun;
Maybe; but there's some as would
trade it
For no land on earth-aHd I'm one.
You come to get rich damned good
reason),
You feel like an exile at first;
You hate it like hell for a season,
And then you are worst than the
worst,
1t grips you like some kinds of sin
ming;
1t twists you from a foe to a friend;
1t seems it's been since the beginning;
1t seems it will be to the end.
I've stood in some mighty-mouthed
hollow
That's plum-full of hush to the
brim;
I've watched the big, husky sun wal
low
In crimson and gold, and grow dim,
Till the moon set the pearly peaks
cleaning,
And the stars tumbled out, neck and
crop;
And I've thought that I surely was
dreaming,
With the peace of the world piled
on top.
The Summer-no sweeter was ever:
The sunshiny woods all a-thrill;
The grayling a-leap in the river,
The bighorn asleep on the hill,
The strong life that never knows
harness;
The wilds where the caribou call;
The freshness, the freedom. the far
ness
o, God! how I'm stuck on it all.
The Winter! the brightness that
blinds you
The white land locked tight as a
drum,
The cold fear that follows and finds
you,
The silence that bludgeons you dumb,
The SHOWS that are older than history
The woods where the weird shadows
slant;
The stiffness, the moonlight, the mys-
terry,
I've babe EN- goodby-but I can't.
There's land where the mountains are
nameless
And the rivers all run, God knows
where;
There are lives that are erring and
aimless,
And deaths that just hang by hair;
There are hardships that nobody
reckons;
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19
LAND FOR SALE
p. B. WILLIFORD.
1913 Cotton Avenue.

We have for sale 1 ,43O acres; i'm
provements; rents for 80 bales cot
ton, $4,000.
1900 acres, highly improved; water
grist mill and cotton gin; good resi-
dence, $4,000.
125 acres, Improvements. We make
you present of this for $3.50.
200 acres fine land; rents 8 bales
cotton, $4,000
377 acres first-class land, rents for
10 bales cotton, $3,77O
4S5 acres, rents for bales cotton;
not much of this land is open; timber
good, $4,000
202 acres, a splendid place for
$4,000. More than fifty other bargains
in lands. Call on me at Allison Furni-
ture store, or phone 597.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The associated American bankers
come out strongly in opposition to
the postal savings banks. They are
also opposed to the guaranteeing OF
depositors. Having helped to kill the
latter, a Democratic plan, they now
propose to kill the Republican project,
which was brought forward as a club
to destroy the insurance idea. The
public sooner or later will insist on
one or the other of these propositions,
and what the public wants it generally
gets in the long run.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Why disbelieve what can't be prov
ed? Wonder what would happen to
anyone lifting eyebrows incredulous-
ly at the story of Abruzzi's climbing
where no white man had climbed be-
fore? The duke would show them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Finding that his mere charges didn't
run DR.. Cook from the field, and that
the public is just as much inclined to
believe Cook as himself, Peary an
nounces that he is willing to arbitrate
the question. 1t was high time Peary
got down off his high horse.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

1t is rumored that the G0ulds are
about to sell the controlling interest
in the Western Union. This might be
a good time for the government to
consider the question of public owner
ship again. The public in this coun-
try would greatly enjoy the cheap ser
vice that marks the telegraph system
in Great Britain
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Most men of great wealth left vol
luminous Wills surrounding their i'm
mense properties with all sorts of
trust conditions. Hartman was an ex-
ception in this respect. His will could
have been written on a postal card.
There is less chance of a suit over it
than over any estate of recent years.
Mrs. Hartman becomes probably the
wealthiest widow in America, if not in
the world.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Santos Dumont cuts down the aero
plane from p to 9 square yards. and
with this makes 50 miles an hour
Just as soon as We get the knack of
1t we can carry the machines around
on our backs and fly whenever we
tire of walking.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Minister WI discredits the claims of
both Cook and Peary. He says the
Chinese records show that they dis
covered the pole 5000 years ago.
Neither Cook nor Peary reports hav-
ing found the brass tube they left
there. Come to think of it, what right
have we to surmise that the Eskimos
haven't frequently been that far
NOrth2
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

A throat expert accompanies Presi-
dent Taft on his trip. 1t is to be
hoped he will be successful in keeping
the Presidents voice in trim until he
passes through that ten minutes in
Columbus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Another hint is given as to the
prevalence of divorce, when Major
Hanson says theosophy was the guilty
party in his case. But Mrs. Hanson
says it was another Sophy, and thus
we are again left in darkness-too
much testimony is as bad as too
many doctors.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

After reviewing a two hours pro-
cession of the school children of Chi
cago President Taft probably felt that
it was Unnecessary to indulge in any
diatribes on race suicide.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Kansas City is sending out story
to the effect that two hundred school
girls there had never seen live hog.
How about the end seat hog? Is he a
rara avis in Kansas?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

1t must be somewhat unpleasant
for Peary's friends to find that their
first duty to their hero is to clear
him of the crime of grand larceny
where the loss of life might have fol-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

King George of Greece has reconsid-
cred his intention of abdicating. No
one seems to have rendered him anoth-
er job and he will hold on to the one
in hand.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

Sully estimates that the cotton crop
will not exceed eleven millions. Does
Sully contemplate another bull move
ment? If so it is to be hoped he will
get into the game at an early date.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19
Announcement!
CIover's Opera House
MOVING PICTURES

We beg to announce that the Opera House
will continue to run Moving Pictures on nights
when not occupied with professional attractions
Only the best and newest grade of Moving
Pictures from the studios of the best manufac-
turers will be shown, the best Vaudeville Talent
will be employed during weeks which have no
professional attractions.
Today the Moving picture industry is devel-
oped to high degree of perfection in America
and Europe. Millions of dollars are invested in
the production of Moving Picture Films; entire
companies of trained and practiced actors are
carried to every interesting spot on the face of
the earth regardless of expense, and carefully
drilled to enact scenes which will concentrate
the world before your eyes within space of a few
minutes; it brings the world to u.s. it delivers the
entire universe to 1Oc seat---it's cheap trav.
cling. Ii you were to start out and travel by
rail and water the balance of your life, you
would not see as much as if you were constant
attendant at the Opera House for the next IL
months.
We desire to thank the patrons of the Opera
House for their loyal support, which has made it
possible to keep our Theater open the entire
year, and we solicit a continuance of your val
ued patronage with every assurance that you
will be highly entertained.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

lowed. But why not? Marlborough
made fortune by embezzling the pay
of his soldiers, and he is still hero.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

The national treasury is to Iaunder
all the soiled paper money. We'd
like to know just how much that
laundry is to cost us.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

AT $50 plate Savannah ought to be
able to have its guests swim in artil-
lery punch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1909-09-19

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The sun., 1909-02-21
BILLIARDS.
Cure Enters ls1 Tourney-Americsn
Cracks VINO VIII Compete.

Seven entries are now assured for the
cham pionship tournament at 1872 balk line
which will begin In Madison Square Garden
Concert Hall on Monday. March %. The
promoters Of the tourney have been agree
ably surprised to receive by cable the entry
OF Louis Cure. the French expert. This
entry gives an international favor 70 the
competition. The American entries TO date
are Geo &c sutton, George F. Slosson. Calvin
Demarest and Harry Cline Of Philadelphia,
Assurances have been receiyed IRON ora
player. tina, their entries will be added
before the time of closing the list.
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings William u CleerTsteT former
Western pool champion, win play a match
game OF 400 points IN blocks OF i25 each,
and C. White yesterday at 1872 at the Knick-
erbocker Academy In Brooklyn: The score
40. In the evening Demarest shortened
the number OF points TO 200 because he had
20 get . train for Chicago. He defeated
White by a score OF 200 to las.