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DROPPING the Curtain,


"No, Mr.. Slowun, ;" said the fair pos:
SCISSOR Of the square chin, II must re-
specially. decline to become your 9th
er half" 4 81. s.: + s5
"But why?" asked the astonished
young man, who had believed that he
was the favored one. j. .ssEs8= Il.
Because" replied the female ex-
tender of the frosty digit, "the man I
marry must be brave and fearless;
Tonight you let out. the, information
that you have; loved me for FIVE long,
weary years, but have not dared mem
ton it until the present meeting
man who has no more nerve than that
would hide. under the bed while his
wife went downstairs to interviews
burglar who was making raid on the
family larder. Therefore Mr.. SloWun,
Z will work the piano for a little slow
music while. the curtain drops on the
farewell scene. You WIN find your hat
] on the usual peg Of the hall rack.
&: Good EVENING" Mall. :.s
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BASEBALL !! J: b Ii.
!. CARNIVAL Al.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL FFEA.
TUREs OF sTARKWEATHER
DAY At sTARkWEATHER.
TUESDAY,. $3.50

One of the principal features of
Starkweather day at that place Tues:
day was baseball carnival which con-
tinued throughout the day, with Gar
ske winning more laurels than any
team in attendance. :s ssfs
In the forenoon the White Lilies
played a game with Hampden result
ing in victory of 4 to S in favor Of
!, the White Lilies. :5:, ,a7ss s3#s
In the afternoon the Garske team
defeated the Cleveland team WITH a
score Of 10 to 0. 5s,..r j
!. In the, evening the. Garske boys
crossed bats with the White Lilies
and took them into camp to the tune
: og 10 to i. - ~. ~. .S
! Besides the ball games there were
games and sports of various kinds ana
ia dance that lasted until early morn
ing Wednesday. 5 Il =. g >, 5ssss.
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opporfNntty


Z In one Of the old Greek cities there
stood long ago q statue. Every trace
OF It has vanished now, but there isS
sttll In, existence an epigram which
gives us an excellent descripti OF it.,E
and as we read the words we can sure
II discover the lesson which those wise
old Il Greeks meant that the n statue
should teach to every passerlby The
epigram is. In the form Of q CONVERSE
ton between traveller and the statue
~, 'sW hat is thy name, @ statue T'
:. II am called Opportunity . z (;
''Who made thee?' sS I;
"Lysippus. ~ 4: b. :s
= why art thou on thy. toes r.
s. ITO show; that ! stay but a moment. 8
'''eWhy hast thou wings on thy feet2s'
2 ITO show how quickly I pass b.. "35
!: But why Is thy hair 50 long on thy
forehead r. ST;
"That men may seize me when they
meet me-" szs @s5 #<5 / IL.
why, then, is thy head SO bald be-
hindu" ,.s 4, !. s;s ={ =,
ITO show. that when I have once,
passed / cannot be caught" I
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from Minnesota and Wisconsin cream;
cries, and hundreds Of sWfft's Pre-
MUM hams This Isl q fact that ought
to- set every farmer ii this portion Of
the state to thinking and thinking
hard. We ought to be shipping out
eggs and poultry instead 81 shipping
them IN We ought to supply the
east with choice Doult try Our prai-
ries ought to feed milch cows enough
not only to supply every mar, woman
and child in North Dakota With but
ter, but car loads OF otlgh find
their way to the eastern markets.
Every important town should have a
paying creamery, and every farmer
ought to draw a nice check each
month for. his milk Our fertile soi]
which produces corn. barley, apeltz
and durum wheat In such generous
quantities, ought to groH the dnesl
pork in the land. The farmers who
have a flock Of a few hundred chickens
or SO. who milk a few COWS. and who
raise number Of porkers each yeal
are getting rich. They do not grow
any less bushels Of grain than theil
neighbors, and they are paying of
the mortgages on their farms theil
farms are becoming more fertile ev
cry year, and they are getting rich
Strictly fresh eggs will sell On an av
erage for twenty-five cents a dozel
in the larger cities of the state tn,
year round, and butter will brinl
from twenty-five to ty-hve cent
the year round, il it is good. TIL
meat markets of the northwest sneve
become overstocked on first elias
poultry and hogs always command
fancy price.-Minot Independent
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TAFT'S REVENUE PLAN.

The plan for tax upon the undis-
tributed net earnings of corporations
is worthy of adoption, for several
reasons. First, it is better than a
bond issue or an income tax, so long
as there is any question as to the
constitutionality of an income tax.
Second, it will raise sufficient rev.
enue to put the government on its
feet, and do it promptly. Third, it
will be protection and insurance to
stockholders in corporations, and pro-
tect the corporations themselves from
conflicting state laws and regula-
tons.
No one wants a bond issue in order
to raise revenue. A bond issue might
play havoc with the party responsible
for it, and, in any event, it is mex
cusable when other, means of raising
money are at hand.
The plan to submit the income tax
question to the states shows that a
grave doubt exists as to the power OF
congress to pass an act that would
be constitutional. A very serious sit
uation might arise if congress should
go ahead anyhow and pass an income
tax law, only to have it knocked out
leaving the treasury empty.
What the nation wants is revenue
revenue and economy. President
Taft is complying with the wishes o.
the people when he works to thai
end. He has chopped down the est
mates for expenditures, and has sug
gested the corporation tax as a mean.
of raising money. If his plan be fol
lowed there will be an end to the
treasury stringency, and the govern
ment's real needs will be looked after
The practical good sense of the pres
fdent's plan commends itself to thu
public. It is plan that will work
There is no question of doubtful va
lidity or party danger involved in it
The corporation tax may be small
and yet sufficient, 1t need not be per
manent- When 1t has accomplished
Its work, the law can be repealed. I
is an emergency measure, a passin,
tax designed to meet deficit, ant
when conditions have become norma
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FARMERS GET BUSY,

There is at least one industry in
the northwestern part Of the state
that is not oyerdone, and that is poul-
try raising. Less than half of our
farmers raise more poultry than they
need for themselves and not half of
them ever have any eggs to sell. Not
long ago, we CHANGED to stand on the
railway platform, when refrigerator
car was opened, and what do you
suppose was unloaded from that car?
Why eases and cases of eggs from
Minnesota, dressed chickens, butter
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Speculative Life Insurance.

"a mania for speculative insuraRcess
on the lives Of public personages pre-
vailed in England during the eight
eenth century. Warren Hastings, the
pretender, the rebel lords or the .un-s
fortunate Admiral Byng answered
equally the purpose Of speculad Hon, and
there were also regular quotations on
the lives of notorious Encouragement
Sir Robert Walpole at one period OF:
bis career, when his life was endan-3
gered by popular tumults, was insured.
for many thousands, and when George
II. fought at Dettingen 25 per cent was
paid against his return. Such specula-
: tive assurances were, however, largely
checked By the gambling act of 1774,,s.
which made insurable interest "a neces-;
sary condition for d valid policy
gonaut. 81 :Ss9 III. IN n 80 ;iSS
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Presbyterian Church

Sabbath, July 25th. Morning wor-
ship at. II o'clock. TIL sermon WillSbe
preached by the Rev. B. A, Fail, the
pastor evangelist for the Presbytery Of
sMinnewaukan. 5,sz@ e. + .s4..s JIG: y.
Sabbath school at IL o'clock. s~ .s 1
Evening worship at s o'clock. The
pastor will preach. ~ Il ess..: XII
To these services the people are very
cordially invited and a genuine and
hearty welcome is assured. Seats al
ways free H. is5 5;E .,>-, =.
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The Ever-changing Waist-Line.:

F<N -at =
e In the August American Magazine
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow writing an BIZ.
traordinary amusing and yet informing
article on Women's clothes, says
@ Consider the mental agility It takes
to- keep up with ones waist lire. one
goes to bed at night in the sweet as.
surance that It win be under the arms
for the next two or three months 81
any rate and awakes to learn from
the headlines IA the morning papers
that the waistaine is positively at the
knees. There IS bsoiute1y no use iIl
prognostic afing any thing about ii any
longer, That the waist thine occurred III
the waist was an axiom accepted III
nnau tioningIy as that the earth sre-
wolves on IT. axis, but III these days
Of higher criticism II Is likely To .I,e
any where, bioweth where Il INT.
eth.
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.lns'Iu i "a |: / Adjuster
Here! 7 uesday

# The adjuster Of the Northwestern
Fire & Marine Insurance Co. was in
: Devils 't Lake Tuesday and with their
local agent, J. N. Thompson called on
Hs Ia Thoe east#of this city to ad.
Just his loss caused by the recent hall
storm. Mr.. Thoe claimed damages OF
10 per cent. but after looking the dam
ages over the adjuster allowed him 20
per cent. which surely showed that
the company ON wish to do the right thing
with their policy holders. s,. IL. 2.
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''C(AIN|||||'.
....lE.N[)|'''
49, u .s1h-s.4 -
WORST DRUG HABIT
HAS MADE GREAT iNRo DADS
WITH MORE MENNAclNG sS
,-,r-5-.; PoRTENTFTHAN WINS

- Chicago; July 22Inroads OF the co-
caine habit, which the Currier Com
mission has found to be the American
curse as opium Is the curse Of China
and hemp Of India, have suddenly de
,veloped, intosa new and ominous phase
of the race problem in the United
States, particularly in the south: :: = a
Cocaine now ranks with whisky
as the chief provocative Of rape and
its consequent lynching bee in the
SOUTH" declares Charles W. Collins
and John Day Of the commission in a
preliminary report just published in
full by the Chicago magazine Every.
day Life" They add: Already among
the sfiends' and the policemen who
have to deal with them, there is talk
Of the new field The phrase, with
its comr>arcial suggestion, comes from
the dealers in the drugs, retailers and
perhaps wholesalers also. Every
'fiendp' it should be added, is more
than likely to. be a peddler of the
stuff taking his commission in the
same misery that he distributes. This
new. field Is among the bruta1ized ne
groes of the,south who, denied easy ac-
cess to liquor by the prohibition move
l.ment, are turning to drugs as a substi-
jtute." ::SS. r. $ s.. nc
The commission quotes from Hamp-
toms magazine an article by Judge
Harris Dickson, of Vicksburg, Miss,
who told Of a contractor who ordered
"a pound Of cocaine, to the astonish.
ment of the salesman to whom the or.
der was given, who expostulated, say.
ing: a.No man on earth can possibly
want that much cocaine" The con
ractor reiterated the order. il, 81. ~
"a man who deliberately puts co
Ecaine into a negro Is more dangerous
than he who would inoculate a dog
with, hydropho bia, !" commented Judge
Dickson. The deadly drug arouses
every evil passion, gives the negro su
Eperhuman strength and destroys his
sense OF fear. Yet the steamboat ne
Egro and the levee negro VIII not work
without 1T. SO the 1evee contractor
makes his camp look like cross sec
ton Of he'll, but he gets his dirt@mov
ed >F 2: ,,.5, $;zz55. s.. S ss$ s5s< &,
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With It.
! areWeII Reception

L Mrs. G.. Fisher who goes with her
husband to locate on claim near An
gle, n, Oak. was given a farewell re.
ception lat the John Henley home on
Fourth street Saturday afternoon. The
reception was rendered by the mission:
airy societies of them. e. church. Mrs.
/: Fisher was presented with "a set OF
fine ne silver table spoons and a gold
,t tl[ as a token Of appreciation for
her valuable services with the church
and an as q mark Of the esteem in which
she Jig held by the societies Z
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Minnesota and Dakota and a
veteran III the Held.

Minnesota ana Dakota ana a
veteran III the field
IBy his tact ulness ne had many
times turned seeming defeat into grand.
victories. and by his joyial disposition
ana earnest efforts inspires the dis.
couraged to take up the work with new
zeal He II So widely and well known.
as to preclude the necessity Of an In
production III the northwest:
The program blows. very hearty
invitation Is extended to all interested
I'D the work Of the Sabbath School.
Afternoon Session. 81
{2:30 otional Services.
i: Some Mistakes have OBJ
served in Sabbath School Work y.
81 s.; Rev. S. r. Ferguson, D. DE- Ced-
ar Rapids, Iowa N a 5 5.5;s. h: Il
30 Applied Psychology in the at
81. e Home and In the Sabbath School
Rev. G.. Humble, N. d., Chicago
q: 90 The Boys: How can Il hold I
i and win them for Christ q" \ I.
| Mr.. r. r Sulzer, Minneapolis
Z: s0Deyotional Services. a
8: Missionary Addresses NJ "a d
!, q =. Look Upon the Fields" r.
..-s:=..5 5 5s Rev SIR. Ferguson, d. d
I, ss,$ sabbath School Missions
among the Mount aineers.
FL :4a4 Rev. G.. Humble, M. D
! 81 4nThe Sabbath School why !
&c. So Important Today 5 sS:. !. !.
,i,ss.sjFI,s Mr.. r. F. Su1zer, Minneapolis
- At the evening session free will of
fering will be taken to meet the ex
penses connected with these meetings
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,SABBA1H
+. SCHOOL Il.
Il. !. ]. INSTITUTE:
WILL BE HELD IN WESTMINSTER
5ss ~. -: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH z.E
&. ;t5 $TU EsDAY. sss IL AZ,

Tuesday, July 9th, there will be a
Presbyterial Sabbath school institute
held in the church, conducted by Me
R.22:F:: .Sulzer Of Minneapolis, the dis
Strict superintendent Of Sabbath school
work. There will be two sessions, an
afternoon and an evening. The speak
ers will be Rev. G., Humble, NJ ID, OF
Chicago. Ill, Rev. s.. r. Ferguson, b.
D., Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Mr.. e.
r Sulzer. The pastor lis very well
acquainted with these men and can
assure all attending a most prof liable
and helpful programme Ell .:5ss:: U:
DIR. Humble is one of our: most; eff
fectiye field workers, especially along
educational lines. He gave up a. la-
cratiVe practice as a physician to take
up the work Of saving the children
and training them for Christ. He had
entire charge OF the Sabbath school
work of the Presbyte rian church in
West Virginia, kentucky and Tennes.
see.SHe recently transferred this work
to another that he might take up the
specific work Of Sabbath school I'M.
proyement. B:
[S For some years he has given much
thought TO the training or lay workers
for Christian service, and has himself
become a close stud lent :of 5psychology
as applied to mod rn Sabbath school
work. he III a member of tie Inter
national Sabbath school ASSOCIATION.
Or. Ferguson Is one 81 the foremost
Sabbath school workers III Dur church
Land d pioneer Id insti lutte work III tliis
region. The Sabbath school forces h iii III
der big manage cement are well organ
lied and doing excellent service.
large experience 5as a Sabbath
school missionary II nnesotas and and
later AZ snperinta lent of Sabbath
school mission work III Iowa, and sub sui,
Iseauently As distri ct Emp rintendent q,
that work III lows Kansas ana aaisaou
4, afford him ID Insight into methods
land enable him to solve problems con con
Inected with thia great work which iii
him Tor 81 valuable counsellor Id teach
Iers and other Ghris tian Tork
Mr. sulzera Az the wen known super
intendent of the work of our board ii
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I Lucky. \

81 No. Lucky. w. - - ::ss1 NJ ::
4 Little Walter was whispering into
the ear OF his dog. z77s,. Il. NJ. .%.>s,
What are you saying to Rover,
dearY' asked his, mother. s y ~ s
j*S Oh, r was just telling him how
lucky he was. " replied Walter, "''cause
he didn't have to have his neck washed
and his hair.combed or 60 to school, -
Chicago News. g., h III r. .,. Ss:es7
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= - 20 e. y g, - ~. N!
eMhY, ha In Solid. Z

''How can you tell he Is solid with
the firm? Does he come ID late and
60 away early r. ssSS
!: =. No; he comes In early and goes.
away e."-Bufalo Express.
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Money % G ian 81, lFars.,s..

Abundance Of ii at low rates and
favorable terms. lansey County Na-
tionaI Bank
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A BIG FIRE
AT TEXICO
Special to The Record.

Special to The Record.
Texico, March 23.-The explosion
of a lamp that had been turned low
In the room of Miss Elsie Butler caus-
ed a disastrous fire in the business
section of this city at lis this morn
ing. The First National Bank building
and four other places Of business
were DESTROYED, with a total loss of
about $4,000, and with a total insur-
ance of about $1,000. All the build
ings tina were burned were frame and
all were one-story except the banking
house.
Miss Butler and her brother, who is
an official Of the bank, have rooms In
the second story of the bank building.
Miss Butler was in her room when the
lamp exploded and had a narrow es-
cape from injury. but got out OF the
room without being burnt. The inter
Tor of the building was a mass OF
flames before any person could be
aroused and Texico's means OF CON
batting fire, limited to a bucket bri-
gade, had little chance in such a con
fiagration as the frame structures al
.forded. The bank building was rap
idly consumed, with all the fixtures,
furniture, ETC., and he flames then
spread to the next house. n vault
saved the books, papers and funds OF
the bank.
Garner Brothers general mercan
tile store. Greene's fruit store, the OF
ice OF Land Commissioner H. R. Put
nam and q real estate office were
burned In the order mentioned. prac'
tically everything being lost except
a few articles that were saved from
the places that last caugt IRE
Adjoining the real estate ohlce was
a cement stone building n although
the front Of the building was damaged
its walls checked the flames and pre-
vented further destruction. The fire
swept area YER a MALT block. to the
alley.
Texico has had more than its shore
of fires lately. On March IL two bus
mess houses and a residence went VI
in smoke and another big fire visited
the town earlier in the winter.
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few. For some weeks past the wise
ones" who had a bunch hat the bill
would pass and the lands be opened
to prospectors, quietly slipped away
and camped along the border from
Three Rivers ON the west to Ruidosa
on the east and awaited the tip from
Washington. A stampede for the In
dams hunting grounds followed.
Those familiar with the lands have
known for years that unmistahable in
off claims on the particular hills and
Ia the canons they had in their minds
eye.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23
~MEscALERo RESERVATION
oneA RRaE0 r

WIN to = EN
The Mescalero Indian Reservation,
which lies partly In this county and
partly In Otero county, will soon be
known by another name. One of the
last bills signed by President Roose.
welt was one creating q National Park
out of the Mescalero Indian Reserva-
ton, and throwing 1t open to mineral
entry. A portion Of the land, howev'
er, is reserved and from this the pros
pector is debarred. Many Veins car
rying gold. silver, copper and o are
said to abound in the reservation
Mysterious as 1t may seem, the fact
that the lands were to have beer
thrown open was not generally known
out through private sources to only {
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23

The prospectors who fail to get .
location there, will more than likely
drift a little over the inc into this
county. where they may find just as
good indications of. the precious met
ais Is may be found in the Sacramen-
tos. We believe there are large bod
les of mineral on the Mescalero res
ervation. but we know there are SINH
lar bodies On the eastern slopes of
the White Mountains In tais county
awaiting the magic touch OF the pros
pector's pick-Carrizozo News.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23
FRUIT GROWERS FORM
e Val Ev ARTICULATION

VALLEY ASSOCiA TON.
About forty of the fruit growers
Of the Pecos Valley met at the court
house in Roswell Saturday afternoon
and formed the Pecos Valley Fruit
Growers Association, by electing the
following directors: J. C. Hamilton,
A. E. Macy, M. 8. Murray, Robert
Beers. Cooley Triton. John T. Stone
and Col. C. A. Baker, and by adopting
a set Of rules and bylaws. After the
meeting of the growers, the directors
organized with the following officers:
President, ]. C. Hamilton; Vice-Presi
dent, M. S. Murray; Secretary, Robert
Beers; Treasurer, Cooley Triton.
AT the meeting of directors it was
decided that there is not enough time
to work on the lesser fruit crops but
that the association should give all Its
attention this year to the apple crop
An expert will be hired as manager
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23
P4an0e

Don't make the mistake OF your
lifetime, and buy Z Piano not thorouehj
ly tested IN this climate. We can
show you high grade pianos here in
Roswell that gave excellent satisfac-
ton in sections where there was reg
ular rain fall. but since being shipped
to this dry climate have become worth
less. II you buy q Knabe, Packard or
Schumann which are 50 constructed
as to be adapted to this climate you
will not run this risk--Pecos Valley
Music Co.. 2t
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23

tanning the music-loving public and in
a Banner that is thoroughly enjoyable
from first to last. Their program is
full Of novelty and artistic elegance,
besides giving our readers many OPP
portunities to indulge In the world
famous American laugh. II you want
to be happy on the evening OF March
81 you can be by going to hear this
company's entertainment.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23
A piano.

When a lady buys u nr. sue wants
the newest and latest. But In buying
a piano you should buy the oldest and
most reliable make. The Knabe, or
all Of which have been thoroughly
tested and proven t. Withstand this
dry climate. Pecos Valley Music Co.
Next door to First National Bank. 2t
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23

For the Music Loving Public.
Music hath charms to soothe q saw
age, no doubt; but the Schubert Sym
phony Club and Lady Quartette r
not travelling for the express purpose
or soothing savages. They are enter
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-03-23
Boston Wool Market.

Boston, March 23.-Foreign WOODS
continue to lead the domestic article
in the local market, in which prices
are ruling strong. Contracts are re-
ported in Montana and the Dakotas
at % cents an advance of 1 cent,
while New Mexico and Arizona Is be-
ing sold in small lots On a basis of
62@63, secured. Little old wool Is to
be had. There Is some half blood ter
rttory ar Is. There Is a steady DEM
and for pulled woods. Prices are drm.