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Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-12
BLACK HAND SPREADS
TO MEXICAN REPUBLIC

Monterey, Mex, June 12.--An inves-
tigation by the police of the recent
bomb thro wing outrages in this city
leads them to believe that the Black
Hand is concerned in the affair. More
than thirty arrests have been made.
Following the arrest Of Juan Ferrino.
who threw a bomb into the office OF
Leon Flores, Flores himself was ar
rested and he is now in jail. A gem
eral roundup Of suspicious characters
in the surrounding country has been
made by the police. The affair has
created a sensation.
Have Right Men In Jail.
Cleveland, o.. June IL. United
states Attorney VIM. Day today said
he believed the men now under ar
rest for recent Black Hand work are
the right ones and that the gang will
be broken up. He made this state
ment after conference with the U.
is. postal inspectors. The conference
was the r ssult Of the arrest OF ten
Italians in various parts OF the state
this week. believed to be guilty Of
Black Hand crimes. The postoffice
inspectors turned over scores Of let
ters incriminating the suspects
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-12
TO START WORK ON
NEW TELEPHONE LINE

All the papers in connection with
the construction of the Las Vegas
Santa Rosa telephone line of the Col
orado Telephone company were filed
for record IN the office of the coun-
ty clerk here at 9 o'clock this morn
ing.
The contractors who will construct
the line are r. A. sneather and c. A..
Ahlshard OF Salt Lake City, under a
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-12
DR.. EDGAR l.. HEWET7 MAKES
VALUABLE HISTORICAL Discovery

Further particulars of the recent
discovery made in Spain by DR. Ed
gar L. Hewett, formerly president of
the New Mexico Normal university in
this city, who has been spending some
time in the, ancient kingdom at the
head Of an exploration committee
representing the National Scientific
society, proves that it is probably the
most valuable archaeological find in
recent years.
DIR. Hewett has discovered in an
old palace in Granada, in southern
Spain, 10000 folios of hand written
manuscript, 400 years old. relating to
the time of the Cortez. and Coronado
conquestsl in Mexico and Central Am
erica and records up to the time Of
the disintegration Of the Spanish pos
sessions.
For several years Prof. Hewett has
been tracing these manuscripts. lost
to the world for centuries. and was
only able to locate them after months
of patient work in Spain, carried on
through the courtesy Of the Spanish
government.
The folios are said to include s.
100000 manuscripts and it is believed
that when they are read. great light
will be thrown on early Spanish his
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-12

tory in America and that much val
liable information will be obtained re-
garding the cliff dwellings, and other
ruins Of prehistoric races in New
Mexico.
Prof. Hewett has just returned to
the United States from Spain and is
now on his way to the Moonlight dis
trict in Utah, on the north rim of the
Grand canon Of the Colorado river,
which is rich in prehistoric ruins. He
will take charge of a party to be
headed by Prof. Byron Cummings Of
the Latin and Greek department of
the Utah university. Later, Prof.
Hewett will resume his explorations
in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexi-
co and install the working force in
the American School of Archaeology
In Santa Fe. He is also anxious to
find someone who will devote two to
three years in studying the ancient
manuscripts he found in Spain. so
that their contents may be given to
the world.
Jesse Nusbaum. teacher of manual
training in the Normal university,
viii again accompany Prof. Hewett to
the Moonlight district of Utah to take
photographs Of the finds there. Then
Nusbaum win go with the Hewett par
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-12

These lands which are semi-arid. but
fertile if properly cultivated, must be
farmed according to dry farming
methods The government idea in
giving large farms is to make pos
sible bi-enuial farming.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1909-06-12
one HUNDRED ARE DEAD
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF AND
DETAILS OF CATASTROPHE
ARE LACKING.
TROOPS RUSHED TO Scene
THESE WILL TAKE CHARGE OF
STRICKEN DISTRICTS AND DIS
TRIBUTE FOOD.

Paris. jane 12.--According to the
latest reports which reached here last
night from southern France, the towns
of st. Cannat and Rognes were com
Iletely ruined by an earthquake that
visited this section last night. A
large proportion of the houses were
destroyed and those left standing are
cracked. and threaten to fall at any
time.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07
Today and Yesterday. Changes In What We Wear And
 What We Eat.

The steamship replaced the sailing vessel the electric light succeeded the oil lamps, and we have no need nor de- sire to trade back" Our health is just as good and we can crowd that much more work and play into the day of twenty-four hours.
 Foods have changed too. Corn bread and wheat flour share honors with dainty yet substantial prepared foods"
 People now realize the necessity of stomach care. They eat more fruit and green stuffs and cereals and the health is better for it.
 The old fashioned breakfast of beef steak, potatoes and bread" or bacon and eggs and muffins' are replaced by E-C Corn Flakes or Egg-O-See Wheat Flakes and fruit, and our health IS better for it. All the nourishment Of the grain is retained in the crisp flakes, and it's no task for the stomach.
 Children grow fat on it. Invalids gain strength on it and man can do bet ter days work on it than to load his stomach with meats and heavy foods. Remember always it's the Egg -O-See" brands that are made right" Watch for the E-C Mark on the package.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07
Baker Drug Store
 The Home of RexaH

All members of Company NJ will report at the armory on Friday night of this week, and on the Friday night following for spec ial instruction in guard duty. All members will report on Sunday, May 23 to take part in the Dec oration Day exercises, the time of meeting to be announced lat erL
 The ladies of the Self Culture Club have secured a musical treat for the people of Prescott for the 18th inst. when the Musical Georgettes the most popular en- tertainers now before the public will appear at the opera house These people consist of trio of musical artists and the program to be rendered will consist of selections by them assisted by considerable local talent and the program promises to be some thing worthy of your patronage.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07

D. NJ. City made a business trip to OZan today.
 A. II. Tardy of St, Louis spent last night ill Prescott.
 Mr. E. k, Williams has rented the home of D. Mt City on East Main street, and will move there the first of the week.
 The night run at the Ozan saw mill began operations Wednesday and will continue until the vast amount of logs i'll the pond are worked up.
 The Southern Club he'd it's regular monthly business meeting last night and ,Mr. II. F., Stainton was admitted to membership. Other business was regular rou- tine matters.
 Ed Caruthers is absent on trip to New NOrk, where he has gone to secure a new line of sam pes for the Case Cutlery Co, whom he represents lin this terri tory as travelling salesman.
 The planning mill of the June tion City Lumber Co.,, has been forced to shut down for a few GdayS on account of a defective boi.e A new boiler is expected by Monday when the plant will resume operations. The rip mill is not affected, however, and is opera ted day and day.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07

R NJ, City has accepted a position with the Case Cutlery people Of New York and vii leave Monday for Mississippi which state he will cover as traye,ing representative for his house. lis business here this summer will bp in charge of Jas. w. Bostic. whi.e Mr. Citty's family will leave Monday for Louisiana to spend
 w. B, Galloway, who moved .to Eastland county, Texas, last rall with the view Of making that country his home, returned to- day to resume his residence here Mr. Galloway had expected to make a crop in Texas, but as it mas not rained a drop during his entire stay of seven months thpre he abandoned his crop to come to Arkansas. He says that C. E Moore and l. F. Jenkins who are llVlng there expect to return to Nevada county in the near fu- turet
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07
l. o C
 N E w $

sam T. White left this morning on a business trip to Rosboro.
 Mrs. Annie Thompson of Hope returned home today after spend- ing a while with relatives here several months.
 Rev. II H Ware passed up the road this morning from TeXar- kama en route to Mt Ida. where he will hold quarterly conference tomorrow.
 Tom Hit has secured a posi- tion with the case Cutlery Co.,, and is out this week on his initial trip having secured territory in Oklahoma.
 Weaver Jordan, who has been serving as train auditor on a railroad in. Oklahoma. has re- signed the position to accept one with the Oklahoma City National Bank.
 Miss HIettie J. Dunaway will appear at the opera house in this city on Monday evening, in a mus ic- and elocution program that will be well worthy of your pat ronage.
 The Iron Mountain railroad Co. will make a rate of $9.6O to the Memphis Confederate reunion for the round trip. Tickets on sale May 18th. 17th and 18th good re- turning May 22.
 Strayed Yesterday-Small grey mare, about 15 years old. No marks only small collar mark on shoulder. Finder will bring to city marshal of Prescott and re- ceive reward. James Wake
 The necessary amount was se- cured yesterday to emp.oy the street sprinkler again. and this morning, after a vacation of three days, it was put in opera tion by Sam O. Logan. Under the new plan, there will hardly be any further hitch in the matter.
 The city of Texarkana will give a big blow out on the occa- sion of the opening of the new College Hill viaduct to which the governors of both Arkansas and Texas will be invited and an in- teresting program will be arrang ed. The affair will take place in hOut two weeks
 The Coffree Amusement Co.,. will open for a weeks stay at Hope next Monday. The carniva is under the auspices of Bois d. Arc Camp No. 2S, Woodmen of the World and the attractions. ten in all with three big free acts are said to be all first-class The Woodmen of Texarkana are to conduct street fair and car nival i'll that city on the same days.
 Aid today was secured for k. CI MOntressOr, a native of the Argentine Republic, who was stranded here and was endeav- bring to reach New Orleans. MR. MontreSsor was robbed at Gal weston about two weeks ago Of S4OO and being a stranger i'll this country is forced to accept charity in his efforts to get back home. He is a Mason and gave other evidences of being worthy of a SSiS tauop
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07
THE TEXAS WONDER.

Cures all Kidney, Bladder and Rheumatic troubles; sod by Hes terly Drug Store, or two months treatment by mail, for S1OO, Dr
 E. W. Hall, 2926 Olive street, St. Louis. Mo. Send for testimonials.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07
WEATHER.

Tonight and Saturday, fair and warmer.
 Sun rises DOS: Sun sets GAO Moon rises 9O5l
The Prescott daily news., 1909-05-07

D. NJ. City made a business trip to OZan today.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-05-28
Tales Of the Town

j. R. Waters returned from his
trip to Minot the first of the week.
next time. A little ad in the
Chronicle for one week will do
wonders.
C. w. Purvis was called east
last Friday morning on account of
the illness Of his father, who lives
at St. Cloud, MINI.
Messrs. Martin, Snyder, Robin
son and McCloskey were over from
Sentinel Butte last Saturday in
one of the gentlemen's automobiles.
Mesdames H. w. Hatfield and
Fred Gilbert were visitors from
Sentinel Butte last week Friday,
the guests of Mrs. Geo. Purchase.
Supt. j. A. Kitchen was over
from Sentinel Butte on Monday.
and is in town again to take part
in the commencement exercises to-
night.
If your neighborhood is not repre-
sented in the Chronicle why not be-
come our regular correspondent? If
you would like to, just drop us line
and we will make you proposition
that would make it worth your
while.
A baby was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. John Florek who lives II
miles southwest of town, on March
9th. We are rather late in chron-
telling the event but this fact does
not make it less unimportant,
nor does it make Mr.. and Mrs.
Florek any happier-that would be
impossible.
James McGrath was caller at
the Chronicle office last week Sat-
urday and ordered the Chronicle
sent to some of his friends in
South Dakota for the coming year.
Mr.. McGrath reports having all his
seeding done except his flax. He
has in 300 acres of wheat 80 of oats
and expects to get in 20 acres of
flax.
O. M. Olson is going to go F.
w. Brock just one better in the
potato business. Last week we
stated that Mr.. Brock was going to
plant six acres Of potatoes and had
purchased a potato planter for that
purpose. This week we are in.
formed by Mr.. Olson that he is go.
ing to put in seven acres and has
also purchased planter from the
Beach Implement company. Mr..
Olson also raised good crop last
year and two years ago shipped q
car to Glendive. If the potato
crop pans out good this year botf
Mr.. Brock and Mr.. Olson will have
potatoes to ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07
Paxinu the pamaues.

Between the second and third acts" said the girl who always sits in the first row of the balcony at the play, T dropped my opera glasses owe rthe rail- ing, and they fell kersmash right on some woman's head. She screamed, and so did I, not because she was hurt, but on gen. eral principles. She had on too much hair to feel the shock. The glasses bal anced for a second on her cushion of puffs and curls, then slipped off into her lap. There was little excitement but pretty soon everybody quieted down. l was going down to apologize, but the usher in our aisle said he would attend to that for me- And be sure to bring my opera glasses back said. They are an expensive pair and I can't afford to lose them.
 Before he came back I noticed that my victim had moved, but he brought the glasses. The trouble was they were not mine. Instead of the $22 pair l had dropped he handed me pair of the kind you can buy in any department store for $249. When I told him that he said he was sorry, but he thought the lady had gone She had, and my opera glasses had gone with her. Of course the exchange may have been unintentional on her part, but the more likely supposition is that the woman thought she was justified in col 1ecting damages for the attempted assas- sination, and I don't know that l can blame her."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07
WHITES ARE LAUNDERING
 INDIANS IN OKLAHOMA

bly, 19,000.000 of acres of land in their new home (now Oklahoma). These lands contain immensely valuable na- tural riches, the royalties on the leases alone being enormous-for 1906 about $L70o,0o0. Asphalt lands, timber lands and railway lands arc also classified as revenue producers.
 Suppose" says MT. Hough. going to the heart of the graft system, T am a graft CT, and that know where the good agrt- cultural lands are. I also know where ignorant Indians are. file my Indian for his surplus land on a good farm 200 miles west of him, which he never saw and never intends to see. That means that when the restrictions are removed from that surplus land it will come on the market under conditions not very favorable to my Indian, but mighty fla vorable to me. Perhaps I already have a lease on 1t, before the Indian gets it. To make the Indians more helpless they were often by interruptions grafters pos ing as friends scattered as widely as pos sIble to their allotments; this being some thing with which the Dawes commission had nothing to do.
 DO these things seem rather coarse and raw? They are all true, and names. chapter and verse can be given for each and every statement made here, and for very many more. A great part of the business system of all allotted Oklahoma the most part so far as relations with the Indians are concerned-is coarse and raw. Money Is easy in Oklahoma. The margin between ignorance and shrewd- ness between sem1-savagery and civiliza- ton. between g an acre and $3O an acre. between s150 a lot and $7000 a lot, Is very wide"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07
HOW FERGUSON
 SAVED THE BANK Neat Piece of Work By the
 Paying Teller GETS OFF WITH S130,000 Captures Confession of President Sneaking Away With a Few Hun dred and Reports Matter to
 the Directors.
GETS OFF WITH S130,O00
From the New York Telegraph.

From the New York Telegraph.
 In the shadowy gloom of the deserted bank building Macdonald Ferguson moved quickly about from vault to desk. Shift fly he glanced about from time to time watching for the coming of the janitor of the building. He was not engaged in furthering the interests of the bank and he did not wish for any interfer- ence.
 MT. Ferguson was engaged in stuffing into a suitcase green bundles, small and compact, marked on the bands surround ing them "s40,O0O'' and "$400O." and con- taining valuable bits of paper. so far as one could judge from the externals
 MT. Ferguson completed his task short 1y before o'clock. As paying teller 1t was no part of his business to be shifting the money-entrails of the bank into his suitcase. but that was a matter which concerned MT. Ferguson, the bank off cials and the police alone. When he had finished he picked up the suitcase, sighed heavily and mournfully and stepped into the corridor at the entrance of the bank
 Then, with a shudder of horror, he stepped back into a dark corner and waited with his breath burning his lips like bursts of flame, for the president of the bank had entered from the front of the building and was shuffling a key Into the lock of the bank door.
 NT. Ferguson waited for pours. as 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07

Behind the indictment of Governor Charles N. Haskell and six other leading citizens of Oklahoma, alleging a conspir- acy to defraud the government in the Muskogee town lot cases is story Of alleged wholesale graft unparalleled in many respects in the history of the coun- try. Approximately 24,000 oases are now pending in the courts. Concerning them Emerson Hough writes in Hampton's Magazine for May that not only is Okla homa honeycombed with small graft, but ''big graft has been consistently worked for a dozen years. The big graft has taken out-and is taking out today-ths choicest piece of loot in the United States of America. The big graft can be spelled in one little word of four letters-Land. Coal land oil land. Gas land. Asphalt land. Lumber land. Nineteen million acres of it-and all in the hands of half comprehending, disheartened body of 100000 American Indians, unlettered, needless as children. broken down, ut terly disconsolate and bewildered.
 How did the great land graft start? It started with the advent of the Dawes commission and the idea of allotting to each Indian a certain number of acres of land in Indian Territory. Some of this land he was compelled to keep as his homestead; the rest of 1t he could sell.
 "The Indian was forced to take his allotment whether he wanted 1t or not, by the Federal law confirming the agreements with the five nations. Also. by the same law, all his land would eventually come onto the market. It is not right to say that the Indian race ever voted for that act It was passed by the white vote. It was rati- fled by the white blood, and not by the red.
 ITO understand the last stand of vanishing race we must keep certain historical facts in mind. At the time the i've civilized tribes were moved from the eastern southern states across the Mississippi river to the section we now know as Oklahoma they owned vast funds, paid them for their lands in the eastern state and left In the hands of the United States government with the interest rolling up continu- ally-so much interest that sometimes one family has had due 1t eight thous- and or ten thousand dollars In inter- est alone. They owned also. inaiiena-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07

platform. adopted at Denver, July 10, 19os is clearer, more direct, and more unoom- promising than the following,
 we demand the immediate repeal of the tariff on pulp, print paper, lumber, timber and logs. and that these articles be placed upon the free list"
 Yet in the face of that plain declaration
 T democrats from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Ms sissippi Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee and Virginia voted against the free lumber amendment in the House. / By their votes 1t was defeated, although number of re- publican tariff revisiomsts voted for free lumber.
 In the Senate large contingent of democrats have likewise forsworn their partys principles. Senator Bacon of ,.eor- gia fatly disowns the Denver platform. T do not recognize 1t as binding on me- he declares. Senator Simmons of North Car olina demands in two hours speech that the Dingley duties on lumber be retained for the sake of North Carolina saw mills Other southern senators are equally dis regardful of their partys pledges and equally keen that their constituents shall have a piece of pork from the tariff bar rel. If an influential local interest Is involved, there are no better protection fists anywhere.
 Hard times have unquestionably hurt the lumber interests in the south as they have hurt them elsewhere. The railroads, which are the largest buyers, immediately suspended purchases after the panic or 1907, and business has not yet recovered. A high tariff schedule will not restore prosperity in the southern lumber trade When good times return the natural re- sources of the south will again be drawn upon by the rest of the country, regardless of tariff rates, because its supplies are within easy reach of the market But MT. Aldrich knows how to bait his nook and the southern senators are biting freely.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-05-07

into has face.
 Before he died, the president of the bank confessed to MT. Ferguson his year long thefts from the bank and his final attempt to esc9 with what he could gather together on that last night
 There was nothing left" he gasped. q could find only a few hundred dollars and I was going away with that. It's all in my bag in the sleeper"
 MT. Ferguson soothed him. He knew that what was left of that bag would contain nothing of discriminating evil dence. That bag would be burned to a crisp and It's contents washed away by the streams playing upon it. There would be nothing left to show how many bills had been carried away from the bank by the president.
 Calmly and suavely MT. Ferguson walked into the directors room the next day and made an extended report to the agitated officials of the bank.
 He had been suspicious for some time, he said, that all was not as it should be, and he had watched the president on the night of his flight and had seen him loot the vault and start for Canada.
 'I followed him with the intention of arresting him before he reached the Ca- nadan border in order that I might have absolute evidence of his guilt It was my error," said MT Ferguson, contritely, ''but l wanted absolute evidence that he was carrying the money out of this coun- try with him before I attempted to secure his arrest"
 The directors reproved MT. Ferguson bitterly for his tardiness, pointing out to him that had the arrest been made before the wreck of the train the money would not have been lost In view of the great loss the bank had sustained through MT. ,Fergusons lack of judgment, it could hardly be justified in carrying him upon It's list of employees, ran the tenor of the comment upon his action, but in view of the fact that he had been inspired by proper motives he would be continued at a reduced salary.
 MT. Ferguson was hurt, deeply hurt. The tears were yelling from his eyes as he rose to, reply to this unjust repayment of his serviceA to the bank.
 'I am sorry that under the circum- stances it will be impossible for me to remain with this institution" said MT. Ferguson, sadly. "I have saved up a few dollars. and as my lungs are far