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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-27
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1873.

Ordinance Amending Ordinance
No. "a OF the Compiled Ordinances
by Substituting the Words "super-
intendent Of Water & Sewer Depart
ment" for the words "city Enei-
neer" or "Ensineer' where same oe-
cur; and Especially Amending Sec
ton IS Of said Ordinance Requiring
Sewer Connections.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-05-27

Have your abstracts examined and
bonded by the Bonded Abstract & Sc
curity Co., Oklahoma Block. soft
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
The Most Ancient MlssourlanI.

''JEncle" Dan Perkins, colored. and
possibly the Oldest person in Missouri
died at his home in Randolph county.
His age was estimated at from 120 to
130 years, no one knowing exactly
how old he was. A man who is s5
years old remembers seeing Perkins
when he was small boy and be says
at that time Perkins was grown
man. This old negro assisted in clear.
Ing the timber away from the land
where the city Of Glasgow is now lo-
Gated. When the war, broke out near
ly SO years ago he was then too old
for service In the army.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
I o I! Enjoy

she full confidence Of the Well Informed
Of the Wotld and the commendation o.
the most eminent physicians II was essen.
tial that the component parts Of Syrup
of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA should bs
known to and approved by themj there
FORE the California Fig Syrup Co. pub.
fishes full statement with every package.
The perfect purity and uniformity Of pro-
duct, which they demand in a laxative
remedy of an ethical character, are assured
by tho Company's original method Of man
ufacture known to the Company only.
The fgs Of California are used in the
production Of Syrup Of Figs and Elixir 81
SIENNA to promote the pleasant taste, but
the medicinal principles are obtained from
plants known to act most benefcially.
To get It's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornis Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
A Johns Hopkins Scholarship.

DR., Robert L. Ramsay. instructor in
English In the University OF Missouri
has been awarded a Johnston scholar:
ship in Johns Hopkins university next
year. This scholarship is given to the
young man who has given evidence of
the power of independent research
He will be expected to devote his
time to study and research and may
be required 10 do some teachiug The
scholarship is valued at $500 year.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
horseIess carIaae Mot New.

Most people, believe the automobile
was never dreamed OF before the last
lew decades, but the Carrollton Demo-
.rat has found evidence to, the con.
.rary !. in collection of old books
,wned by DR.. Petit in Carrollton.
Some of them were published prior to
1900. In one Of the oldest is de-
scription of the first automobile ever
invented, giving a picture of same,
It Is called horseless carriage, and
was manipulated by wheels controlled
3y the driver.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Tho IFrIsoo,s Bad showing.

r. T, Booth tax commissioner Of the
st. Louis & San Francisco railroad
told the state board Of equalization
much about the poverty Of the road he
represents The system has q mile
age in Missouri OF 1858 miles. Its
assessment last year approximated
s20.O0O.000 While Mr.. Booth did not
directly ask for a reduction of las,
years assessment. yet that was the
logic Of his reasoning He said that
in the last 18 months no maintenance
work was done on the system, and
that the shrinkage In net earnings for
the last IL months amount to about
$3,000,Q00. 81
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
Three.cent Fares Upheld.

The Missouri supreme court has re.
fused to issue. a citation for contempt
against the Missouri Kansas & Texas
Railroad company, as asked by Judge
George H. Williams of the st. Louis
circuit court. The st. Louis jurist's
attorneys had urged that the road had
placed itself In contempt of court by
putting into effect passenger rate
of three cents a mills in violation of
an injunction issued by Judge Will
liams. which Injunction is involved IN
the prohibition suit pending in the
supreme court.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
TORE HIS SKIN OFF
In shreds--ltchIna Was lntsHse-A
Sleep Was often Impossible.
Cured by cutleura In Threo Weeks.


"At first an eruption of small pus-
tules commenced on my hands. These
spread later to other parts Of my body,
and the itching at times was intense.
80 much so that literally tore the
skin of in shreds in seeking relief.
The awful itching interfered with my
work considerably, and also kept me
awake nights. tried several doc.
tors and used number OF different
ointments and lotions but received
practically no benefit. Finally set
tied down to the use of Cuticura Soap.
Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills,
with the result that in a few days ali
itching had ceased and in about three
weeks time all traces of my eruption
had disappeared. have had no trou-
BILE OF this kind since. II. A. Kruts-
koff, STA Wabash Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
November IS and 2s, 1907
Potter Drug = Chem. Corp, Solo Props. Boston.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
A Renevolent Philosopter.

The adjournment OF the general as.
iembIy remarks the Glasgow Mis-
iourian, benevolentiy, gives US op
portunity 10 Say that our senators aud
representatives did few Wise things
md great many foolinh things, but
IN the whole there is not much cause
,or complaint on the part orthe people
when we think how much worse II
might have been.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

A Harvard professor says that for
$10,O00,O00 he can arrange apparatus
by which communication can be had
with Mars, and that he can complete
the work in a few months. But who
knows whether the people of Mars, II
that planet is really Inhabited by in.
telligent beings, will care TO com.
municate with us? A community which
has dwelt in proud isolation all these
millions of years may object to any
interruption OF long standing peace
and quiet. and hence my refuse to
talk back.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
a Lexlnaton Builder bead.

Thomas ]. Bandon, 20 years old,
died at his home in Lexington OF heart
disease. He was a Confederate sol
dier and the last "a years was a
member OF the school board OF that
district. He was earpented and
builder by trade and many OF the resi-
dences and business buildings In the
Vicinity were put up by him.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Pittsburg has had grand opera and
Uncle Toms Cabin" in one week. II
is understood that there We're great
differences presented by the aNdi.
ences in attendance at the two attrac-
tions. The people who went to- grand
opera wore much more costly clothes
than were exhibited by the Uncle
Tommers."
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
Shaved In caae d Llons.

Rather than let 1t be said that the
BARRIERS in Chiliicothe were a nerve
less lot, Charles Goodner. "a years
pld, accepted the challenge issued by
Capt. Cardona, lion trainer with
the Parker shows, giving carnival
there, and. entering the steel arena.
gave the captain shave with a big
lion perched on either side.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
Texas Fever PreeAutlons.

The bill authorizing the exclusion
from the state of cattle diseased with
Texas fever, and which also provides,
that such cattle now within the state
may be held In quarantine, has been
signed by Gov. Hadley. Carrying an
emergency clause, 1t is now in full
force and effect.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Many cities continue to maintain
and tolerate tinderbox areas. Ameri
can cities have never taken adequate
precautions to reduce the fire peril
The moral which is impressively dis
closed by the Manchester confiagra
ton has been disclosed many times
before, but it has never been properly
needed
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

1t grieves us to find that the Grid.
Iron club insists on rhyming "distinc.
ton with extinction" The Gridiron
Sub deserves severe roast from the
lAmalgamated Association of Poets.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

1t will be misdemeanor hereafter
in Utah to buy ticket to Sunday
baseball game. Doubtless this will
result in an overwhelming demand
for more knot holes in the fence.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

An English tourist criticises Ameri.
can women for wearing too many
clothes" Did he expect to find them
all going around dressed as though
they were about to be presented at
court?
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
prummers eeIeet sIkeato,.

I Sikeston was selected as the next
meeting place for the Southwest Mia.
souri, Drummers' association at their
session at caruthersyille and the con,
yention adjourned.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

AS the people of the east now begin
to wonder what the price of summer
ice will be, they think of all the big
cakes they let go by in the rivers dur.
ing the past few weeks.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

If the state railroad commission
would not enforce the provisions OF
the constitution, what reason is there
to believe that it will enforce the pro.
visions of an act of the legislature?
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

No Hague peace conference this
year, and look at the resulting confu.
sion. Why not continuous session?
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Nor need it be trustfully believed
that If we pay for the Panama canal
as we go, the succeeding generations
who enjoy it will render us any thanks
for the service.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

By telephoning to Mars at cost Of
$10,000,000 word, why not send the
message "collect?"
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Still, If zelaya insists upon strop-
oil, he won't have to pull very hard
on the faucet to start it running.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Being an innocent bystander at q
tariff-tinkering carouse is an expensive
amusement for the ultimate consumer.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Over so per cent of the children in
New York schools are of foreign birth.
Well, what sort of finished product
do these schools turn out?
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

They will not tell the little Dutch
princess for few days how important
she is.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Massacres by religious fanatics
surely have no place in this twentieth
century.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue.
Large 2 OF. package, 5 cents.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Zelaya insists that he has assembled
his army for peace purposes only.
The peace-dove, however, seems to
have hard time locating roosting
place.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Nothing is SO wholesome. nothing
does SO much for peoples looks. as
little interchange of the small coin
of Ruffini.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Positively the newest thing in prin.
cess gowns is the little daughter Of the
queen of Holland.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Lewis Single Binder straight &c cigar.
You pay l0c for cigars not SO good. x
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Whisky producers have renewed
their fight for old-time labels, and
have employed such eminent counsel
as former Ambassador Choate and ex.
Secretary Carlisle. Now we will have
tried all over again the question of
what is whisky. Whatever the final
official decision may be, one definition
Of the article is beyond doubt: 1t is
something the less of which one drinks
the better he is off, no matter whether
the bottle bears the words compound"
or Limitation"
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Let's hope business won't get ths
spring fever.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

A stalwart gentleman possessing no
capital but pair of soft brown eyes
and an engaging manner boasts Of the
ease with which he infatuated a score
or so of widows, gathered in their
spare cash and jewelry, and fitted
gayly to fresh fields and pastures new.
This sort Of thing is becoming pain
fully periodical and discourages life
insurance. Our social reform friends
might do worse than form society
for protection of poor, lone widows.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

How to catch fish is study. How
TO lie about 1t comes natural.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24
wi FARM
IF AAs, @-

| 49,
Slack coal is good for the hogs.
Spray or whitewash the henhouse
this spring.
Good pasturage is essential to sue
sessful hog raising.
1t takes 81 days to hatch goose
eggs, ten days longer than with those
Of the hen.
Heavy roads make hard pulling for
the horses. Remember that, and go
easy on them.
Don't touch the land when 1t is wet.
It will practically ruin it If it is a
clayey loan II you do.
Spoiled grain and dirty water are
poor encouragement to the cow to
give either quantity or quality milk.
Corn ground cob and all, together
with portion of oats, makes good
feed, not only for cows, but the
horses as we'll.
Calling the unreasonable weather
names and going around with a thun.
Ter cloud on your brow and anger in
your heart never changed the weather
Or made crops grow. -.
Don't think you know more than the
maker of the separator you use. Fol.
low the directions which came with it,
and follow them explicitly If you want
to get good results.
The farmer who is considerate OF
his teams during the early work of the
spring is the farmer who is going to
get better and better work out of them
as the season progresses.
All the tools and machinery in good
repair? Use the bad days to look
after .hese things, If you have not
alread! done SO. Such work should
have bt en- done months ago.
1t is a good plan to rub the horses
off at night; to wash off the shoulders
under the collars with cold water, and
10 lot cta 20 hol ca, ho.
fore giving the grain feed.
Turkeys like secluded nests. A
nook in the brush heap or thickets
Is much to their liking. But they will
also take kindly to an overturned lar
re. or to an inverted V-shaped coop.
It must be of ample size, of course,
to give the turkey easy entrance.
Preparation Of the soil is the first
step towards the raising of "a good
crop, but It Is Of no avail unless you
7plant good plump, healthy seeds that
possess strong vitality and are free
from all hereditary diseases. All
small grain seed, such as oats, bar
ley, rye and wheat, should be run
through tanning mill and all weak
and light seeds and all dirt and weed
seed separated.
Manure is one of the by-products of
the dairy which should be figured in,
In estimating the profits. AS farming
land becomes more scarce and high
priced, farmers in general are coming
to realize the Importance of making
their land as fertile and productive as
possible. The large, final profit of the
dairy to the man who owns his own
! land Is tine manure by which he is moi
only able to grow larger crops, but to
increase the fertility and actual mon
ey value of his farm.
Look after the collars. A majority
| Of the shoulder troubles arise from
using collars too large. These move
and shift with every motion of the
horse. Even collars that fit reasona
bly, well at first sometimes stretch ant
enlarge with use, while the necks, az
they harden, grow smaller, even II the
horses keep in good condition, renee
chafing soon wears the neck, or ere
ates shoulder boils, and the suffering
that follows increases the stress ant
wear upon the animals vitality, offer
to such an extent that great loss o.
| flesh follows. Frequently, even Il
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

The way Of the can't-guess-her il
hard.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

JASPER. ..,..,." ...... MISSOURI
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Don't think you know more than the
maker of the separator you use. Fol-
low the directions which came with it,
and follow them explicitly If you want
to get good results.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

THE JASPER NEWS
ROLAND B. GRIFFITH, Editor.
JASPER. ......... ...... MISSOURI
Let's hope business won't get ths
spring fever.
They will not tell the little Dutch
princess for few days how important
she is.
Massacres by religious fanatics
surely have no place in this twentieth
century.
-
Positively the newest thing in prin.
cess gowns is the little daughter of the
queen of Holland.
BY telephoning to Mars at cost Of
$10,000,000 word, why not send the
message "collect?"
0'ii, Al ASldyd luSlSIS upOh pIiop'
oil, he won't have to pull very hard
on the faucet to start it running.
No Hague peace conference this
year, and look at the resulting confu.
sion. Why not continuous session?
Being an innocent bystander at
tariff-tinkering carouse is an expensive
amusement for the ultimate consumer.
Over so per cent. of the children in
New York schools are of foreign birth.
Well, what sort of finished product
do these schools turn out?
Zelaya insists that he has assembled
his army for peace purposes only
The peace-dove, however, seems to
have a hard time locating roosting
place.
Nor need it be trustfully believed
that If we pay for the Panama canal
as we go, the succeeding generations
who enjoy it will render us any thanks
for the service.
AS the people of the east now begin
to wonder what the price of summer
ice will be, they think of all the big
cakes they let go by in the rivers dur.
ing the past few weeks.
1t Will be a misdemeanor hereafter
In Utah to buy ticket to Sunday
baseball game. Doubtless this will
result in an overwhelming demand
for more knot holes in the fence.
1t grieves us to find that the Grid
Iron club insists on rhyming "distinc
tom with extinction" The Gridiron
vza}nb deserves severe roast from the
Amalgamated Association of Poets.
If the state railroad commission
would not enforce the provisions OF
the constitution, what reason is there
to believe that 1t will enforce the pro.
visions of an act of the legislature?
An English tourist criticises Ameri.
can women for wearing too many
clothes" Did he expect to find them
all going around dressed as though
they were about to be presented at
court?
Many cities continue to maintain
and tolerate tinderbox areas. Ameri.
can cities have never taken adequate
precautions to reduce the fire peril
The moral which is impressively dis.
closed by the Manchester confiagra
tion has been disclosed many times
before, but it has never been properly
needed.
t4.
Pittsburg has had grand opera and
Uncle Toms Cabin" in one week. II
is understood that there were great
differences presented by the aNdi.
ences in attendance at the two attrac.
tions. The people who went to grand
opera wore much more costly clothes
than were exhibited by the 'Uncle
Tommers."
-
A stalwart gentleman possessing nc
capital but a pair of soft brown eyes
and an engaging manner boasts of the
ease with which he infatuated score
or so of widows, gathered in their
spare cash and jewelry, and fitted
gayly to fresh fields and pastures new
This sort of thing is becoming pain.
The Jasper news., 1909-06-24

Turkeys like secluded nests. A
nook in the brush heap or thicketf
is much to their liking. But they will
also take kindly to an overturned lar
re. or to an inverted V-shaped coop
It must be of ample size, of course,
to give the turkey easy entrance.
, 1909-08-11
spEcIAL DEspAroH TO TIE HgRALp

SPECIAL DESPATCH To THE HERALD
PTrTsBuHd, Pa, Sunday - Because Of o
stroke Of lightning during q severe storm
this afternoon, which injured twenty-five
men, some Of them probably fatally, the
Pltbsburg police discovered u well regulated
gambling den IN a cave in Leoch Hollow,
just off Beechwood Boulevard.
Lightning struck the cave and when
after the storm an appeal was made to aid
the Injured, the police went to tho rescue,
and besides finding nearly oil the occupants
more or less suffering from burns and
shocks they found gambling tables, poker
chips, cards and dice, together with y lurge
supply Of liquor. The lightning struck 0
tree which partly enclosed the entrance to
the cave.
The men we're thrown in a heap and in
some instances their clothing and shoes
were torn off. Two are probably fatally
burned. All the othors were placed under
arrest and the gambling outfit contiscated
by the police, who say there was more
than $1,000 among the victius-N Y
Herald, Jlne 28th.
, 1909-08-11

giously destructive to the farmer and were
his tusks not worth a great deal Of money.
But the giraffe is perfectly harmless he was
never known to hurt any one, and he gets
his living off the upper boughs of thorn
trees, which no one can reach but himself,
and nobody else would eat if he could reach
them.
DR. Rainsford is writing q book about his
experiences in British East Africa, which
VIII be published III October Ibid.
, 1909-08-11

mixed first with molasses; afterwards it is
passed to the mixer OF first massecuite and
mixed with the latter and dried, which
process gives a sugar of high test.
There are six Weston H. cen5rifuqals for
drying frsts, and twelve Of the same make
ana size for seconds. The house is provided
with a good sugar laboratory and the whole
process of manufacturing IS chemically con
trolled. The capacity Of the house 10 1900
baga per day. Tho crop was finished Oh
the 10th Of the present month with $500
bugs.
CASTOR ARANGO.
Central "Morcodes, May 20. 1309-DM
, 1909-08-11
DIR. RAINSFORD TELLS OF HIS FIRST
LION.

After an absence Of four years Dr. Will
lam S. ROinsford, who spent fourteen
months shooting big game IN the territory
ID which Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt is now
hunting, arrived IN New York on June IL.
The following article on Or Rainsford was
published in The European edition of the
Herald recently
From the big gatoo country in British
East Africa, whore Mr.. Roosevelt IL now
busy shooting lions, DR.. w. S. Rainsford,
one time rector Of st. Georges Church,
New York, has just returned with many in
terestIn8 experiences and adventures to re
late. DIR. Rajnsford, who is now in Paris,
has described some OF them in the "World's
Work" and the "Outlook.' lie wrote them
on the spot, sometimes while riding his mule,
sometimes during the noon day halt or on
rainy days. DR.. Ruiusford tells his stories
from the point Of view Of M experienced
sportsman, for he began to track game
whom he was thirtoen. He has shot grizzlies
III She Rockies, and made sporting oApodj-
tions in California, Eastern Canada, Austria
and Sardinia. He passed twelve months
shooting big game in East Africa. on the
Nzol@ plateau, walking during that period
more than four Thousand miles.
The First Lion.
The bagglng OF hls first lion is naturally
one of DIR R&iusford's most th,lliug expo
riences. 1t was some twenty mics north
of Sorgoit. Riding near the edge Of the
great Nicola Valley, he and LIS native gun
bearers came upon a group of lions, almost
hidden by a large patch of thorn, which
allowed nothing to be seen but the colour
OF the beasts.
II crawied away from my men, aays DR..
Roinsford in the "World's Work" "aud
sitting up i'll the grass, here two feet high.
whore | could command the side toward
the river, l rested my elbows on my knees
and waited. Was there a big Ion among
them Would they clear at once? Or
would they wait and make sure Would
they stand? Would they charged had
my tense, glorious moment surely, I could
hear the painting breath of the two mon
who had crawlod ont after me and were
now crouching beside me-. And then, ut
the last, fortune smiled on me, indeed, l
saw a movement among the tawny mass.
And slowly, casually, out Of the bosom Of
his family, he came.
"And the lion of my dreams he seemed.
Big and black, with no common blackness,
surely the true king Of that wild and beauti-
ful place. Slowly, On and on, TIL IL the
, 1909-08-11
COTTON EXPORT FROM THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS.

The amount Of cotton exported from the
Virgin Islands during the quarter ending
June 80. 1909, was 81 bales, weighing
1854 Ii and having IN estimated value Of
9707. This q%uoatity was made up of 38
bales Of Sea Island cotton having a weight
Of $3.50 ib. and an estimated value Of e444
18S, and At bales OF native cotton With
weight and value, similarly, Of I0,484 b.
and f2G9 Is. This is more than the guam
tity shipped during the whole of 1907,
these figures with those of the similar pc
Rod last year, it is found that, during that
Fl, POP It's. Sd and consisting of 66 bales
OF Sea Island ESTIMATED value e098 9s),
and 20 bales Of native ESTIMATED value
92o8 IS 3d. were ezported-Bjd