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THE WORK ON THE
NEW RAILROAD EAST.

Lubbock, Tex, March 24.-Pres1dent
Ed Kennedy, Vice President w. V.
Kennedy, Auditor E.. j. PaSllck OF the
Altus, Lubbock, Roswell n Ell Paso
railroad arrived here Saturday and
met with railroad committee of that
road. Another member of MI. Ken
nedy's party was F. l.. Aymond, vice
president and general manager OF the
McCully Construction Company OF st.
Louis. The proposition has e clos
ed with all other towns along the route
and the purpose of Mr.. Kennedy's
visit here was to close with the peo-
pie of Lubbock. This town has con-
tracted tt give the road a bonus of
$50, 500, the right of way through the
county, $50 town lots n eighty &C
res of land adjoining the town, this
land to be used for roundhouse, ma
chine shops, depot grounds, and gener
al railroad The contract
here Is the same as hat with all 9th,
er towns along the line, except in mi
nor details. Half of the bonus is pay
able when the grading is done and the
balance is payable when steel is laid.
1t took the committee here u a
short time to finally close the deal
with Mr.. Kennedy, which was merely
a formal proceeding in conformity
with a previous agreement.
E. e.. WucefOCh III ILLS pfdCe was
elected e member of the board of the
directors.
Speaking to the committee as to
the prospects and progress of the
road Mr.. Kennedy said: you people
OF Lubbock first came to my aid IN
promoting this road. 1 told You that
/ was not a millionaire. l did not tell
you that I knew right where l coul
go and get millionaires to take hold
of this proposition. / told you that il
would take money to build this road
and that hot air would not do it. Thai
practically put it up to the people
along the proposed route to subscribe
in onuse enough to insure the con
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struction of the road. The total bo-
muses. covering b route, from its jun
cture with the Denver, to Roswell.
amounts to a little more than $750,0 600
h distance is a little more than 800
miles and the total bonuses average
about $4,000 per mile. Silverton gave
SIS 900 in cash and SIS, 900 in lots and
Ian adjoining the town. Lubbock
has given about the same amount. Col
c. c.. Slaughter has given $780, 600
and Roswell $500, 900 and the amounts
given by other points will run some
where between $4,000 and $4,000.
Between the Denver road and Ros-
well there Is but n expensive piece
of work, and that is the caprock. At
this point there are three miles OF
road that will cost about 5000. The
rest of the grading will cost less than
an average of 500 per mile, which
leaves a surplus out of the bonuses
alone of $500 per mile to apply on
h steel work. Lubbock Is the only
place where the matter has not been
finally closed, and I have not called
on you people sooner simply because
/ knew 1t would be a mere formality.
When the matter has been closed here
We will have $750,000 in cash, giltedge
guarantees and in real estate, most Of
1t worth much ore than it was worth
when b deal was made, and at which
price 1t Is considered in this estimate.
Now as to what has been done in
b matter OF construction. The grade
has been completed from Altus to Hol-
lis, Ok. a distance of forty miles and
two miles Of steel has been laid out
of Altus. A horsepower outfit is now
at work on the bridge across the Salt
Fork Of Rec river, and the grading
contract has been let to Mr.. Giles to
the crossing Of the Fort Worth and
Denver. From the Fort Worth and
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THE USE OF THE DISK
HARROW AND ROLLER.

A short time 6 l received a let
ter containing such a good set Of
questions about h disk and roller
that l do not think that 1 could do
better than to use. the questions as
the subject of this talk.
Question: desire especially to
know how to use the disk harrow in
preparing a seed bed. Will it do as
a substitute for the drag harrow or
should both be used?
Ans.-Land finished with a disk
harrow can be used for a seed bed,
but the best practice is generally to
use both. A fairly smooth surface
may be made on medium to light soils
with the disk, especially on and that
Is double disked by tapping half each
time. These medium to light soils
would also pulverize o readily by
a drag harrow. The disk is especially
useful in working heavy tight, land
While the disk is about the best pull
rdged. The smoothing down OF these
the land with a smoother surface.
Question.-Would you disk fresh
broken land where the ground is mel
low and in good filth when turned?
II so, why? VIII the disk harrow tend
to pack fresh plowed ground and SO
act as a substitute for a sub-surface
packer, where the packer cannot be
had?
Ans.II would disk fresh broken
land especially where I did not have
+ packer. 1 would scarcely like to
say that the disk will act as a substi.
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must be used with much Judgment in
dry farming, as its possibilities for
working injury are fully as great -
its possibilities for good. 1t can be
used to great advantage in packing
down sod which is broken shallow in
the spring. 1t is valuable for crushing
clods. Some day our farmers will be
able to dispense with it for that pur-
pose because they will pay much clos
er attention to the moisture condi-
tion of the soil at the time of breaking
and will find that they will have mucn
less need for a clod crusher han at
present. Another condition that some
times arises under which the use of
the roller is very essential, is where
seed has been planted in a soil which
is quite moist below, but dry near the
surface. Rolling will compact the sur
face, thus causing concentration of
the moisture there for a short time,
and give the seed a chanc to sprout-
Ii the surface remainS packed for
very long, the soil will dry out. The
great danger in the use of the roller
is that it leave the surface fine and
compact, which favors evaporation.
The surface should always be loosen
ed, best with the drag harrow, after
it has been rolled. The essential diff
ference between the roller and the sub
surface packer, is that the roller
packs the surface of the soil, leaving
it in a condition which favors evapo-
ration, while the packer firms the
plowed layer against the plow sole
and leaves the surface loose.
J. D. TINSLEY.
March 16. 1909.
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tute for the packer, but there is no
doubt but the disk if set fairly straight
will pack the soil and fill up the big
spaces between the furrow slices to
a considerable extent.
Question.-If last years stubble be
disked will it arrest evaporation and
tend to preserve the moisture until
land can be plowed later.
Ans.-Yes. Mr.. Campbell lays
great stress on disking stubble or sod
for two reasons, first, to open up the
surface and let in the water, and sec
retain moisture. Sometimes a piece
of ground is too dry at the surface to
plow, while there maybe a good deal
of moisture some distance below the
surface. In such case making a mulch
by double disking would allow the
moisture to accumulate nearer the
surface, and land could be plowed la
ter. | think that our New Mexico
farmers are making a great mistake
in not using the disk more freely on
their stubble and sod land before pillow
ing. In the Estancia Valley much of
the moisture that fell in August could
have been retained, putting the land
in good condition for fall blowing, If
the ground had been disked the last
of August or the first of September.
Question.-What would you advise
rolling fresh blowing ground for the
purpose of packing it and following
this with harrow to leave dust mulch?
Ans.-Yes.
Question.-What is the value of a
roller in dry farming?
Ans.-The roller is a tool which
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required by section 2290 of the re-
vised statutes and in addition thereto
shall make affivadit that the land
sought to be entered is OF the charac~
ter described in section j of this act
and shall pay the fees now required
to be paid under the homestead law.
Sec. 3-That any homestead entry
man of lands of the character herein.
described, upon which final proof has
not been made, shall have the right
to enter public lands subject to the
provision OF this act, CONTIGUOUS to his
former entry which shall not together
with the original entry, exceed 500
and residence upon and cultivation of
the original entry shall be deemed IS
residence upon and cultivation of the
additional entry.
Sec. 4-That at the time of making
proof, as provided in section 2291 of
the revised statutes, the entryman
under this act shall, in addition to the
proof, afidavits required under the
section, prove by two credible wit
nesSeS that a least one-eighth OF the
area embraced in his entry was con-
~tinuously cultivated to agricultural
| crops other than native grasses, be-
| ginning with the second year of the en-
| try and that at least one-fourth of the
| area embraced in the entry was so
/ COAllLtu9dS1y Sdft4tdCCo, OOSAhhAA
with the third year of the entry.
Sec. 5.-That nothing herein con-
| tanned shall be held to affect the right
| Of qualified entryman to make home
| stead entry in the states named in
| section 1 of this act, under the provis.
ions of section 2289 of the revised sta
tutes, but no person who has made
entry under this act shall he entitled
to make homestead entry under the
provisions of said section and no en-
try under this act shall be committed
Sec. 6.-That whenever the secreta
Try of the Interior shall find that a1N7
tracts of land, in the state of Utah,
subject to entry under his act, dc
not have upon them lei a sufficient
supply of water suitable for domestic
purposes as would make continuous
residence upon the lands possible he
may, in his discretion. designate such
tracts of land not to exceed in the ag
gregate 2,000,0 900 acres and hereafter
they shall be subject to entry under
this act without b e cA5sity of resi-
dence provided, that in such even
the entryman on any such entry shall
in good faith cultivate not less thar
one-eighth of the entire area of the
entry during the second year, one
fourth during the third year, n one
fourth during the fourth and fifth
1 years the date of such entry and unit
final proof the ~entry1nan shall reside
within such distance of said Ian az
will enable him success.
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Legal blanks at Record Omce.
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE
CITY COUNCIL LAST MIG

SItY Soo1NSII GASt Nl9tI .
The city council met last night for
the purpose of taking action on the
matter of passing resolutions author
izing the extension of the city water
and sewer systems to districts not in
the original plan, but where private
parties are willing to advance the
funds. Owing to the TACT that there
were but sever members present, IL
was decided to let the matter go over
until a meeting when there is a full
attendance. AS the meeting was call
ed as the re-opening of the regular
meeting, after recess, other business
matters were taken up, as follows:
A petition was read from property
owners on Garden avenue, asking that
an alleged nuisance be abated. The
petitioners claim that the bitches
make a sub-irrigation nuisance that
is unsanitary. John Mitchell, ]. L.
Mabie and others spoke to the petit
ton nj it was referred to b city
engineer with power to act.
A. F. Loomis, of Denver, gave a
demonstration of a fire-alarm box sys-
tenn and made a proposition to rent
twenty of the boxes at $500 per year.
for two years, with the privilege Of
buying at 500. His proposition was
referred to the fire, water and lights
committee and the fire. chief.
Upon favorable report of h fire
chief to that effect, h council dectd-
ed to hire three men at $50 per month
each, for the fire house, to go to work
at the time the new water system
goes into use. The new staff will take
the place of the present employees and
will consist of two drivers and a
hoseman. This will make two men at
the station all the time at a cost of
s165 per month to the city.
J. w. Wilson, secretary-treasurer
of the Library Board, made his quar-
terly report, showing $698.16 on hand.
City Marshal J. C. Champion was
given specific instructions to enforce
street for the various theatres and
shows.
The Singer Sewing Machine Com
pany was given permission to give a
demonstration during the cattlmen's
convention.
The request of Weller Brothers for
permission to erect q booth on Main
street and the application of the Gem
heatre to run a Ferris wheel and mer
ry-go-round during the convention
were referred to the proper commit
tee.
The matter of increasing the salary
of the city engineer was referred TO
the committes for the reason that the
council could not agree on the amour
of the increase, all being in favor of
an increase. More time will be taken
in reaching a conclusion. The duties
of this Office have increased mater
tally with the incoming of the new
waite and sewer systems.
A proposition for the city to take
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THE NEW 800 ACRE
HOMESTEAD

The following is the text, in full, of
the 800 acre Homestead Law:
Be it enacted by the senate and the
house of representatives of the United
States of America, in congress as
sembled. That any person who is a
qualified entryman under the home
stead laws of the United States NAV
enter, by legal subdivisions, under
the provisions Of this act. in the states
of Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Ore
gon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming
and the territories of Arizona and New
Mexico, 800 acres or less, of nonInin-
eral. non-irrigab1e, unreserved and IN
appropriated surveyed public lands.
which do not contain merchandise
timber, located in a reasonably com
pact body, and not over one and one
half miles in extreme length; provid-
ed they shall subject entry under the
provisions of this act until such lands
been designated by &C of secre-
tary of the interior as not being. in
his opinion, susceptible of irrigation
at a reasonable source of water sup
ply.
Section 2-That any person appIy-
ing to enter land under the provisions
of this act shall make and subscribe
before the proper ONCE an af1davft.
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Denver to the caprock, a distancge of
about forty miles, the contract has
been practically let. The contract for
the work up the caprock will be let
in a few days. The road Is now grad
ed from Lockney to Lubbock. a dis
lance of silky miles, and this work
will be pushed on to the caprOck at
once. The grading contract has been
let from Roswell to the Texas line.
This work is now in progress, fifteen
miles of it being completed, and we
shall at once let the contract for grad
ing from Lubbock to the Texas-New
work and the grading from the Den
yer to that point is finished we shall
begin laying steel and it is almost
certain that the road will be complet
ed into Lubbock before 1T is complet
ed from the Oklahoma State line &c
the Denve crossing. We are confident
that The line will be completed and
in operation from Lubbock to the Den
yer connections within twelve months
Our principal Texas Offices and divis
ion point will be at Lubbock, and Ros
we'll will be our principal division and
general offices in New Mexico. 1t is
also my intention to extend the roa6
+, from Roswell to the Tucumcari Goa
fields, 100 miles northwest of Ros
| well.
81 have with me Mr.. Aymond, vice
president and general manager of the
McCully Construction Company of ST
Louis. His purpose here is to careful
ly inspect the routet and investigate
the proposition, and if he finds then
as / have represented them his com
pany is then ready to do all brige
iron, track, terminals and roundhoust
work. MT. Aymond is here and cal
announce his own conclusions"
Mr.. Aymond, in a short talk, sait
he was perfectly satisfied with all h
had seen, being, in fact, agreeabl.
surprised, and that as soon as thu
matter had been finally closed witt
the Lubbock people and the charte
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FATAL SHOOTING AT
LA LANDA ON SATURDAY.

Judge w. w. Gatewood has receiv-
ed a telegram from parties at La
Landa, bringing the news OF a fatal
shooting at that place last Saturday
and securing his services as attorney
in the case. According to the infor-
nation received at Judge Gatewood's
Office Ed Harwell shot James Peck at
-four O'Clock Saturday afternoon, three
shots taking effect and causing death
soon afterward. 1t is stated that Har-
we'll thought Peck had something t O
do with the burning of his saloon a
short time ago., and this is what brot
about the shooting. Ed HarweH is a
brother of Jack Harwell, OF Texico. La
Landa is a small town on the Belen
cutoff, about sixty miles west of Text
20, in the western edge of Roosevelt
county. Judge Gatewood will go soon
to look into the case.
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some step toward encouraging the
planting of trees on cas- Second ST.,
between the Rio Hondo and the rail-
road was discussed and the commit
tee was instructed to find out how
much it would cost to plant elms 25
fee apart on this highway and how
much the property owners would pay
for the same.
A communication was read from
Harold Hurd, in which ne notifies that
he intends to oppose the plan of the
new city water system and advising
the council not to finally discharge
the water commission until he has
been settled with. His communication
was filed.
Council Went into recess with the
understanding hat unless a meeting
is held the latter part of this week,
the mayor and clerk will meet next
Tuesday night, the regular date for
a meeting and go into recess.
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c Town Lots.

5 lots within 4 blocks of the Court
house, asst front, $3.50 each.
5 lots 5 blocks from court house,
sidewalks, west front, for $3.50 each
easy payments.
40 lots 8 block Of Post Office, north
or South fronts, for $3.50 to $3.50 each
on any old terms to suit you.-Ros-
well Title & Trust CO. 19tf.
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approved his company would close q
contract to do the york and begin al
once.-Dallas, Texas, News.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-11-30
BRYAN TO fight
LIQUOR INTERESTS
Stated That He Will Try to Commit
Democratic Party to Prohibit
ton Next Convention.
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
LINCOLN, Neb., November 3d.
According to the latest story in cir
culation here concerning the future
political activity Of Col. VIM. Jen
nings Bryan, the distinguished Ne
braskan will at the next Democratic
National Convention attempt to CON-
NIT the party to the Prohibition
cause. He will lead up to the issue
in series of special articles, which,
It is said, he has already prepared
for publication, the first of which
will be published within a month.
Col Bryan expects to meet bitter op-
position, especially in the North and
West, but expects the South, which
is already largely committed to the
cause, to aid him in the struggle for
nationwide prohibition. In his pre-
pared articles he is said to have
made a fierce onslaught upon the
liquor traffic, handling it in his usual
vigorous style.
1t is understood at the outset Col.
Bryan will confine his efforts to Ne.
braska, but will gradually extend
them until they embrace the entire
country.
Though he has never before an
nounced the fact, it is said that Col.
Bryan lays his defeats for the presi-
dency to the activity of the whiskey
interests, which he thinks has made
use of the Democratic party when
ever it thought it would rebound to
their benefit, only to knife the party
when peril threatened its widespread
operations.
During the publication of the Sc.
ries of articles prepared by Colonel
Bryan he will be making a tour of
South America, where he hopes to
escape the criticism which he fully
expects to follow the first install.
ment.
Mr.. Bryan's purpose, it is said, is to
nae the next Democratic National
have the next Democratic National
plank In its platform and upon this
issue he has staked his future politi.
cal existence. Failing in this. his
most intimate political friends are
not advised as to his course.
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being neither fearful or wrong, but
as a work of great beauty and power
carrying the healing word to an all
ing people. How intellectually far our
stage has advanced in a few short
years, or how greatly our viewpoint
has changed. We have come to de-
mand that the dramatist shall show
us he has some big and righteous pur
pose before we will name his play
great. This gradual change from re-
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The singing Ambassador Of German
dialect, AL. H. Wilson, will appear at
the Auditorium on Wednesday night.
Mr.. Wilson is so well and favorably
known to our playgoers that the mere
announcement of his coming should
be sufficient to fill the theater, more
especially so since he comes to us
this season in a new play with the
comedy title of Metz in Ireland"
This play is entirely different from
anything attempted by Mr.. Wilson in
the past and contains a greater mu-
provided a capable cast who will take
proper care of the several characters
and appropriate scenery and electrical
effects will be utilized. Considerable
humor is created by the rollicking
Metz" when he meets the witty COS.
soons and the pretty and light-hearted
colleens of the land of teh Shamrock.
Several new songs with such charm
ing titles as love Thoughts" Erin s
Isle," 1.-THE Banshee,' The Nightin.
gale Song" and Little Jimmie MUIR
ply" will be rendered by Mr.. Wilson
during the performance. A large and
efficient chorus will sing the old-time
songs of Erin and specially arranged
medley Of Mr.. Wilson's famous songs
Helen" ''The Winding Of the Yarn,
Gretchen" "Wilson's Lullaby" I'm
der the Harvest Moon" and "Fairest
Flower of ALL"
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ADJUSTMENTS

ut would have been weIl-nigh i'm
possible ten years ago to have put
The Servant in the House into the
theater," says the Chicago Journal.
Either it would have frightened the
audience out into the street or it
would have been called a great sac
rilege. But we look upon it now as