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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16

buildings, IA public school building that
would be "A credit to "a city of 10000
inhabitants, handsome homes are bc
ing built and everything points to pro-
yr"ss. Why balk at this crucial mo.
ment ON the trfing tax voting the
sewerage bonds would entaili Are we
not building for tomorrow and has
not the builder Of new states from the
pioneer days down to the present, al
ways been called upon TO sacrifice
something personally for the general
poodi Fiol shame upon you narrow
.uInded, pinch sOuled voters who spend
your money freely to crafty your per.
sonal desires, but can I stand u little
additional tax to beneht your town,
your homes and your family. For
without sanitary provision, your health
aud that Of your family is menaced
A clean, sanitary city is the most in.
sIi,ing eight In this big beautiful world,
BIT city with garbage decaying in the
back yard, unsightly outhouses, Tex.
cresccnses on the fair face Of nature),
mnrrine the landscape, dirty wash water
trickling out on the pavement, not to
speak of the unmentionable odors that
offend the Dostrils from cesspool and
pit, is blot--a nauseous blot In the
general plan of Nature = beneRcence
and man = cOnsummate art. Such n city
is not TO be named IA the same breath
with Progress,
Another argument that should con
vince the most skeptical, is the danger
from the lack Of sanitary drainage from
the premises Of the public school build
ings. The health and well being OF
our school children should appeal IA
US above every other consideration and
first class sanitary arrangements ar,
vital necessity In the properly equip
ped school building, Who does moi
remember the iudescribable horror thai
swept over the country when one Of tn,
Eastern cities suffered a calamity Ia
the promises Of one OF It's ward schoo
buildings the like Of which was nevel
heard before or sincef For lack ol
proper drainage the door was undermin
cd and number Of children prceipi
tated into cesspool aud drowned. lie
us protect our school children II Il take
our last dollar.
II would bs impossible to eomprss
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16

several general elections does not
seem to discourage them at all, any
more than II does the middle Of the
road populists, who are a, the run
ming every time, despite the fact that
the democratic party has swallowed
their doctrine, feathers aud all, and
that there IL to all intents aud pur.
poses now no POpulist party. They 70.
fuse 10 die aud stay as the Green.
hackers did. OF course there IN the
difference that the paper money men
at least partially accomplished their
purpose, but this Is countcracted by
the fact that the prohibitionists have
come as near II as they ever sill in
this world Of sin and sorrow and Tom
aud Jerry. There IL lost hope, which
has been abandoned these many years
by its most enthusiastic eKponents. II
Is not that there Is no merit IN the
object Of their crusade, for there IL.
Everybody is ready TO confess II.
WhisSey ~ today the father OF nine'
tenths Of all the misery, crime and
human suffering In the world, and man
kind would he infinitely better on II II
were "ip'd from 'he e"r'h. ~ "ou'u
-, /, could h. ,o,.yc, ,o,go,,.,. and
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
FAIRCHILD MURDER
sHRoUDED IN MYsTRY
Body Discovered BY Chill
dren Playing In Mesquite
Grove.
NECK WAS ROK EN-

The murder NJ I'D Fairchild whose
body was discovered Wednesday even.
ing mile south Of town hid away in
grove of Mesquite bushes, IL shroudcd
In mystery. he has resided on a farm
near San Jon for the past three years
and has a wife and three children. he
came 90 town the first of the week and
told some Of his acquaintances here
that he was looking for work. He call.
ed on the barbecue committee and wan,
cd to do the barbecueinR for tho fair
association. fIc wns seen around town
Tuesday morning. The body was found
by children from the nearby ranches
who were playing about the little mes
quite grove. The body had been par
TALLY covered up with trash and
branches ~ the mesquite shrubs and
was in the middle Of the clamp ~
bushes. When the officers wen, TO the
scene after the body Wednesday n little
before dusk they could see where the
dead man had been dragged across the
road and into the bushes. An ex.
animation Of the wounds bv the county
physician, DR.. G. !. X. Moore showed
that both Jaws aud the neck were
broken. There was no further wounds
on the body. II IL the opinion Of the
men who saw the body Of the dead man
that he had been struck with some
heavy instrument across the right side
of ihc face, the blow being 80 great
that broke both his jaws and neck. OF
hcers exaniasd the scene early Thurs.
day morning directly after Il was light,
and II IN their opinion that the body
had been hauled there In n vehicle and
then dragged from the road into the
bushes. II IN feared that the murder
was committed here in the city some
where In the dead hours Of the night
aud then hauled to the place whore IL
was found. Officers are doing every
thing possible to pe, some clue ,ha,
shrouds the terrible crime. Some hold
TO the opinion that the man must have
been killed in difficulty, ss there could
have been no object In murder for III,
reason that Fairchild was G poor man
and II is doubted that be had as much
m dollar on his person when he was
killed. II is possible that after the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16

The burning question Of the hour In
our city as regards municipal affairs
IL the Sewerage Question; To be or
not to be" Deeming the presiding
genius of the Tucumcari home eminent
~ fitted to express an opinion ON the
nbiect not only from the fact that
our city proudly boasts a splendid and
intellectual womnnhood, but because,
m the home maker and house keeper,
woman y opinion should he a dominant
factor in the decision of all questions
that pertain to civic improvement, We
have talked with some Of our represen'
ta,ive women and give you the bene
Rt of their ideas ON the subject.
II il good to know that there are
women among M who think and also
give outward expression to their
thoughts; who can investigate for them
selves even though they are not allowed
to go on record through the ballot;
Who are thoroughly conscientious aud
who are willing to assume responsible
titles when the good of their town il
Rt stake. Aud Il il also good to know
that the assumption Of these respon'
sihilities only makes our women more
Nividly conscious that she IN the divine
ly constituted mother Of the race and
that her own mental development will
render her more capable to perform her
duties ~ wife, mother and home maker
The coneensus Of opinion Of our
thin king, broad minded women IN ia
consider 6rs, the well being Of our city,
aud then the additional convenience
ns well Gs whOlesomeness a sewerage
system will make possible In our homes
every convenience, every modern In
novation that tends to facilitate wo
mans household lahors, to relieve her
In measure Of the actual drudRery
Of hnusework should he adopted-and
the cost should not be the main con
sidcrntion. A cosy little home, Atted
with bath. lavatories, kitchen sink and
proper sewerage drainage saves wa
man more actual work, more unnccess
AIRY steps. and at less actual cost thar
all the patent labor saving devices evel
pni in the home
From a civic stspdpoin, we are sup
posed to stand for progress, for al
that tends to the up.building Of ou
city. We are erecting splendid publi'
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
BRAKEMAN cRAAfER HURT.

PC. Cramer, Southwestern brakeman.
was hurt at Dawson Sunday. He got
caught 1tween two cars and badly
crushed his hip. lie Is now In the
company hospital and is doing as well
as could be expected.
NJ. b. Goldenberg, DR.. Richard coul.
son and s. w. Wharton were inirodae.
cd into Eikdom Thursday night. There
were no fatalities.
II Ia unfortunate tha, the carnival
company the fair association made ar
ranRoments with to play here during the
fair Ia unable to fulhll It's contract. The
company has stranded on the Texas
coast and ia unable TO reach here.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
ERNEST SIMPSON sERIoUsLY
HURT.

Ernest simpson, sou OF A. b. Simpson
Of this city, fell from = railway bridge
near Pratt, Kansas, Monday and sus
tanned injuries that for 4 time were
thought to be fatal. His father went
20 him m soon AZ he heard Of the
accident and brought Ernest home Tues.
LAY morning, lie Ia resting very veil
and II is believed that he viii be out
in short time. The distance he fell
was twenty feet and q heavy timber
fell on him, striking his head. render
ing him unconscious for several days.
His physicians now believe him entire
~ out Of danger.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
COUNTY JAIL REPAIRED

II is well known fact that Quay
county has a very poor Jail. And iis
little surprise that q criminal escapes
The sheriff has sixteen
men in the bastile at present and onl!
two cells that will hold four men each
in which to keep them. Some Of them,
half Of them must occupy the run
around and there is nothing between
them aud liberty but barred windows.
Monroe, the burglar that escaped Il
few days ago, managed TO get through
the window by prying the iron barr
with some instrument handed to him
by a confederate. Since that escape
the bars have been doubled and lat
tced, hut yet II is possible by the
assistance OF some one from the out
side that a criminal could escape. The
officers are doing double diligence, but
the matter should be remedied as soon
as possible. The Jail needs fixing with
new one. ], is very difficult to keep
the present county Jail In n sanitary
condition, hut sewerage has been re
Gently installed and the floors painted
aud walls calcimined. The News ha'
number Of timel called the attention
OF the people to the fact that our jail
IN inadequate, and when an escape hap
pens We believe il is wrong to cen
sure our officials under the cireum
stances. . The county ought TO furnish
the sheriff a place to keep his prisoners
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
TUCUMCARI WOMEN BELIEVE SEWERAGE
AND SANITATION NECESSARY ADJUNCTS
TO THE FUTURE WELFARE OF THIS CITY
Which Should
Heard Their Expressions Council Are Requested

into one brief article the logical, com.
mon sense opinions OF our women ON
the sewerage question; so only few
interviews are quoted in this little
talk but IL they will not convince, our
women are ready with more.
Mrs. II. d, Nichols SAYS - think
there is only one side Of the question
to be considered; il we wish to be
progressive, to encourage the most de-
sirable class Of people to come TO our
town, We must first Of all have n sani'
tary city, and IN order to accomplish
this, we must be willing to make some
sacrifice to attain that end II IL a
we'll knowa truth that we cannot have
something without giving something
In considering all questio of civic pro-
gress do not look at the Tucumeari
Of today, but u, the Tucumcari Of TO.
morrow--the TucumcaTi Of our chill
dTens day. Should ! build an ideal
home, in case the city had no sewerage
system, think | would put in on my
own premises to purify the refuse, n
miniature Ashley system OF sanitation
aud 80 promote the health and wellbc'
ing Of my family"
Mrs. r. j. Thomson, President Of
our progressive womans club, says in
regard to the advantages OF a sewer,
age SYSTEM 'The proposed sewerage
system will bring us as housewives many
convcniences to lessen our work and
more than all eonvcniences It will dc
more than any thing else TO promote
the best health which means the best
welfare of our families. 4"
Another physician q wife, Mrs. J
T.. Manney says in effect; ~ have
not made a study Of the financial sid,
Of the question but personally am de
cidedly in favor Of sewerage system
for Tucumcari. II the city does moi
put In sewerage we will he compelled
to put in private system on on
property"
Mrs. X. 4. Donohoo, who perhaps 4
better fitted than most Of our womel
70 express an opinion on any question
that pertains Ia the city's welfare an'
who has made u special study Of tn
drainage question with a view 10 put
ting In a system on her own property
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16

IL going 10 have something like Afty
floats. In this, the City's ship Of Pro.
gress and the Queen Of the Fair floats
are going 10 be genuine surprises to
those who witness the parade. The
Ship Of Progress In going 10 show
pictorial trial balance Of Tueumcasi =
trade for the year. For instance you
will SEQ on the sails Of this Industrial
ship what the business Of the county
and city has been for the year. Street
improvements. s25O.OO0; four miles Of
solid cement sidewalks; Wholesale bus.
iner more than sl,00O,OO0; telephone
improvements, $4,000; retail business,
81. 10000; Schools, 1000; Banks have
done u business of over 10000, 900,
our post office has handled % ,62s pieces
Of registered mail; this ship will also
show the amoun, Of freight handled by
our railroads, the amount Of money
spont in the erection Of new business
blocks aud residences, etc. The coun.
ty's agricultural profits will reach into
the millions. Kaiiir corn, ten thousand
tons, 100000; Milo maize, twenty
thousand tons, 100000; broom corn,
five hundred tons, more than $4,000;
melons more than slO0 per acre; seven
acres near the city netting more than
300. We could go on making figures,
but the Aoat viii, speak for you when
you see 1t in the parade. The Queen Of
the Pair float will also attract much
attention.
The town II full Of farmers today
coming IN 20 attend the awarding pre-.
miums on the collection Of exhibits and
| they are all talking fair.
Let us pu, life into this fair and
do every thing in our power TO enter.
tain our visitors. Let = make tke farm
or understand that we appreciate him
and the work he In doing to develop
, III. country. His hardships are many
in a new country and under new con.
ditions. The fair season should be his
annual holiday. II Ia also n bureau Of
Information, he learns something about
what his neighbor is doing In agricri.
ture and is prohted thereby. Every
citizen Of the city should be patriotic
enough to attend the entire program
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
THE ETERNAL SPRING

Hope IL said to spring eternal in the
human breast, and there Is no more
convincing illustration Of II than In
the declaration that the prohibition
party will put = full national ticket In
the Geld next year and is now trying
20 make up its mind whore the con-
vestion will be held. The fact that the
vote has been decreasing at the last
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
COL. MAX FROST
CROSSES THE BAR
Prominent In New Mexico
Journalism, Politics and
Masonry.
URIAL TOMORROW

Colonel Max Frost, was born in Louis.
ana on Jan. I. 1859 and died nj his
residence at Santa fe, October ~. 1909
NJ 1890 4. NJ. O'Clock. His parents were
French Austrians. his great grandfather
having at one time been Chamberlain Ia
the Emperor Of Austria. lie was twice
married Ills FIRST wife was Miss Lydia
Hood. who died twenty years ago,
leaving one child, a son, wh,'se name is
Grshme Nine years ago he married
his second wife, Miss Maud Pain. who
with his son survive him. lie left
comfortable estate, which he willcd
20 his wife and son. Col Frost came
10 New Mexico In 1870. M chief clerk
Of the United States Military Telegraph
Lines lie was connected with the
building Of the first telegraph line, ex
tending from Santa Fe, south TO n
Paso, and west into Arizona. a dis
tance Of 500 miles. Later, missions
for the government carried him into
valleys aud over mountains that no white
man had ever visited: and when Lew
Wallace was made Governor, he selected
him a. the one man best fitted TO cope
with the cattle rustlers Of the regions
now comprised by san Juan county,
and appointed him a. Adj General.
lie held commissions Of Adj. General
from Gov. Ritch. Wallace, and sheldon.
lie was appointed REGISTER of the Santa
Fe Land Office In 81, by President
Arthur, and in 1884 was admitted 10
the practice Of law the Dist Courts
Of the Territory. H. -pi,e Of his phys.
ical infrmities, Colo Frost never go,
out of the harness. nd the wheeling
chair, in which h, as conveyed 10
and from the New lexiran Oiiice i-
one Of the familiar his on the strects
Of santa Fe.
Since losing his sigh, Mrs, Frost
would read him TO ,ours every day
and no one was me fully posted on
current literature s,. current events
than he. Al one he said "If
were given my cho. hsi'g rest orcd
to perfect health, w ssslas,.,, ...... ?
Of continuing life jus, as am. blind
aud partially paralyzcd, with her,
should unhesitatingly choose the latter
alternative. No man has ever utter
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
A NEW RNTHRPRIsR

The FinniRan.B Brown Co.. handling
wool. hides snd pelts, taIlow, etc., was
opened here this week In the ware
house east Of the wool securing plant.
This 10 branch house Of Phoenix, Arix.
business. The company IL doing bus.
iness In several states. The manager
here is A. T. Harvey Of Meridiap. Miss.,
who with his family arrived here this
week. This company is strong con.
ssrn and win no doubt seos baiid q
prsasabls business In this city.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
BASKET BALL

Tho high school basket ball team
will not be able to play at the fair.
The supplies did not reach here In time
to get the team ready. They will play
at the park on Thanksgiving. That
will he the opening public game Of the
season.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
OLD FASHIONED SPELLING BEE

The ladies OF the Christian church
conducted an old fashioned spelling
bee at the Hancock building last night.
Ten cents was charged for admission
and the proceeds are going to the church
fund. A good attendance was had and
those present seemed TO enjoy a recall
to the incidents Of childhood.
The captains Of the contest were T.
II. Sanders and j. ". Corn. Rev. Du
Bose played the part Of the teacher,
Mrs. G. II. Chenault and r. G. Cramer
were the last to he spelled down. About
one hundred people were present.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
wRzcK ON NO. . MONDAY

There was wreck on No. ., Monday
morning near TularosA. The train load.
ed with coal and coke left tho track
and went into the ditch. No damage
was done further than TO the rolling
stock and delay In passenger trefhs.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
oIMARnoN HuNrINo PARrY

Clint Rutherford, the saddler, and
Eugene smyers aud their tanilies are
hunting on the Red River divide IN
tolfax county. They are In the local
ity where the Rocky Mountain Black
Tail is plentiful aud should come home
with some game.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
DE YAMPERT's EXHIBIT

c. II. de Yampert has very large
exhibit of farm products In exhibit
hall today. and his collection is going
to come pretty near taking some pre-
miums when the county fair opens.
dc Yampert has maize, kafiir, pea nuts,
melons, pop corn, garden truck, etc.
He has an exhibit Of watormelons that
beats everything ever shown here be
fore. There are sixty.fve In the 10,
and they run In weight from forty to
sixtyfave pounds. Go around TO the
hall and take look for yourself. There
are many things there that may sur
priss yoa.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-10-16
MISS LAWSON DEAD

Word from Stanley Lawson conveys
the intelligence that his sister who
was reported dangerously III Of typhoid
fever at the family home In Kentucky,
died Saturday morning. Mr., Lawson
will return to Tucumcari about Mon
day.
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Of continuing life just as | am, blind
aud partially paralyzcd, with her, I
should unhesitatinRly choose the latter
alternative" No man has ever utter.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-02
CHILD MURDER CASE
COMES Up MONDAY
Walter Mcdonnell, Former
Gary Man.. Will
Be Tried.
HE ESCAPED FROM LYNCHlNG
When Story Leaked Out Last Fall
Prisoner Was Hurried to Grown
Point in the Night.
He ESCAPED FROM LYNCHlNG

Walter Mcconnell, formerly employed
in the steel mills at Gary, and who
for the past year was employed at
Miller, will be tried Monday at Val
paraiso for his life, on charge of
numbering an infant. said to have been
his illegittimate child. Judge McMahan
of Crown Point will sit in the case.
The act with which Mcconnell is
charged took place last fall and when
suspicion began to fasten itself upon
him. it was only through the prompt
action of the authorities that he was
saved from a lynching..
A further attempt will be made to
bring out in the evidence the alleged
fact that he tried to secure the service
of another man to bury the infant.
The man, who is said to have beer
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-02
WHITING HIGH SCHOOL
PRODUCES A POET
Fellow Students Catch Him
as He Mounts Old
Pegasus.
THROWS HOOKS into SEERS
Will Take Part in Minstrel Show to
Be Given By Pupils-Adds His
Verses to Fun.
Especial to THE TINES


Whiting, Ind, Jan. 2.-Whiting high
school has the distinction of a poet.
in the person of Nelson Gillett. who
is a sophomore in the school.
Nelson's schoolmates accidentally
discovered his ability when he COM.
posed several poems in connection with
the high school minstrel which will
be given on Jan. s. Since his adapt
ability to this work has become known,
Nelson has been writing one poem after
the other, but the latest one to. come
from his pen, Predictions is here
with appended:
Wise men have said I'm nineteen eight
The world will meet its end;
Earthquakes will come and fires destroy,
And war its horrors lend
THE Japs will come with flashing
swords,
And warships splitting fire.
The earth will hit monstrous star
Calamities so dire!
Our ships will sink in awful storms
And leave us poor as cats,
Our food will all be eaten up
BY plaques of monstrous rats.
Despite all this we, full of bliss,
Have seen the whole year through
And all the earth, so full of mirth,
Continues still to hope and do.
Let this to thee moral be,
That prophets know but naught.
And man so low, MAY never know
The things that God has wrought
Nelson Gillett.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-01-02
GOOD TEA
lessons THE ANNOYANCE
OF LIFE

There was a time when it
was quite generally claimed
that tea was the greatest
blessing Of Providence to
man.
Tea is the best stimulant
to exertion. It lessons the
annoyances Of life, and it is
claimed that there is nothing
so good to quench thirst and
it revives the dropping intel
lect. But the tea must be
right, the quality must be
better than what is common
" sold.
j. e. Brennan, No. 148 So.
Holman street, has the kind
that is highly commended by
the best judges. It is a Sc
lected Japan tea of selected
crop and sells for so cents
per pound. The demand is
active and is increasing
daily. Give this tea a trial
and above all cultivate the
tea drinking habit.