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The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-17
Transfers Of Real Estate.

The following deeds have been I'll
ed for record In the office of Probate
Clerk and Recorder F. p. Gayle.
Kenna Development Co., to Alice
Coyle.. for $s5, lois II, 10 and 81 block
% Kenna.
C. N. Parsons to Don Kenney, for
$4,000 forty acres in 26-11-23.
The Artesian Valley Land Co., to
%. e. CountEyman, for $1,70O twenty
acres. in 1886.
]. K. Denning. trustee, to H. A.
Hicks, for $1,000 the northwest quar-
ter of 1O-8-29.
o. D.. Whitney and wife to NJ. Y.
M%ontcal, for $500, sixty acres in 90
1926.
United States to R. d. Funk, patent
co 160 acres in 29-12-25.
X. s.. Woodruff and others to N.
Maddox and others, for $40 a tract of
fifty acres in IL and 12-11-24.
Sylvanus johnson and wife to F. L.
Simpson, for $4,000 fifty acres in 49,
1926.
Kenna Development Co. to NJ. 8.
for $50, lots 2 and 4, block
]. IS. Wirfs TO P. j. Pauly, for 81
12O acres in 13, and 800 acres in IL
1928.
j. A.. .Mirfs and wife to P. ]. Pauly
for 81 aA40 acres in sections IA and Is
1928.
Rio Eondo Realty Co, to ]. A.
Warfs for 81 $50 acres in 10, and 800
acres in 14-12-23.
w. C.. Reid and wife to J. j. Stowe
for $3.50. $50 acres in 4-13-25.
w. r. Bond and wife to ]. J. Stowe
for 7,49O, $50 acres in 4-13-25.
H. Crawford and wife to Hobart M.
Gable, for $500, 100 acres in 17-14-25.
N. s. Mccartney to M. E. Dwell, for
$1,000, 100 acres in 7-11-24.
!. Josephine Walters and husband to
r. p. Dalbon, for $40, 40 acres in 40
1926.
j. A. Henderson and wife to M. c..
Ratiff, for $1,000 $50 acres in section
10 and so acres in 20, all in township
10. range 25.
Herman Weiser and wife to A. Vet.
for 800, lot II, block 8, Ovard's
additionato Roswell.
Rosetta A. Yater and husband to H.
C. Maxwell, for $475, part of lot 1,
block 5, Riverside Heights addition to
Roswell.
All. Locker to Trustees of Metho-
dist sGhurch of Kenna, for 81, a lot in
26-5-3O.
H. w. Greenway to v. ". Campbell,
for $500, lots 9, 10 and IL Greenway's
subdivision of block 81 South High
iandes-addi1ion to Roswell.
Barnett & Morrow Land, Irrigation
& Orchard Co, to R.. 8. Thompson. for
10000. 240 acres in section 13 and 80
acres In II, all In 1926.
The South Spring Ranch & Cattle
Co., to William s. Grifflthe, for $4,000
lot % in Hageranan's orchards.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-17

The ladies' of the Missionary Socie-
ty Of the Baptist church had an old
fashioned quilting bee in the basement
of the church Tuesday. The ladies
met in the cnorning. bringing a basket
dinner. and worked all day, complet-
ing two quilts and six comforts. The
products of their labor will be sold
for. the benefit OF the society treasury
There were thirty n forty ladies pres
emit and all report a good time.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT:-Two modern front
rooms, furnished POI. s. Lea. 92t3
FOR RENT:-Nicely furnished front
rooln.-4obson Bldg just west OF
Post Office. 92t2.
FOR RENT:-Nicely furnished rooms
owes Western Grocery. s56. mwf.
FOR Rents room house with
ibath.-C.C c. Tannehill. 81tf. =
FOR RENT:-Nicely furnished s.
room cottage, cheap to right par
ties.-South Hill us w. Mccall
ey. 88t7.
FOR RENT:E few good furnished
modern rooms, with or without
Board, Virginia Inn, Frank J.. Rork
Proprietor. 9dt2s
FOR RENT:-Four room modern cot
tage IDOLS 8. Main, snd room
house 504 e. 4th.-Apply r. e.
Price, Roswell Hotel. SOL
FOR Rents room house, ~. w.
Kinsinger. 72t-
FOR RENr:-One furnished front
room.-Apply 500 N. Penn. sstf-
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n ninety days, He wants to see the

In ninety days. He wants to see the
money in a bank, however. before he
goes to the expense of moving the ma
chinery. A committee of the Com
mercial Club will probably present
the subscription list to the citizens
within the next few days, and it will
then De up 60 the people.
Mr.. Critics states that the number
of employees, commencing at amout
rs men and women, will tbe increased,
as rapidly as business is obtained, to
100 OF $50, with a payroll of from
5000 to $500 per week.
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Boom North New York.

WATERFOWL, N. Y, June Ito pro
claim to the world the advantages of
this section of the Empire State is the
purpose of the Northern New York De
velopment League, organized at a
meeting Of commercial interests here
today.
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Law Cornerstone.

Cleveland, o., tune 17.-Western Re
serve University's commencement TO-
day was rendered notable iby the lay
ing of the cornerstone of the Amasa
Stone Memorial Chapel on Adelbert
College Campus. President Harry
Prat Judson Of h University of Chi
cago delivered the commencement ad-
dress.
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W.zP. Lewis, DR., arrived last night
from Qsincg, III, where he has been
attending the Gem ityFBusiness Col
lsge during the past winter and from
which he was graduated on Iunep5.
He will now assist his father ] eais
business and farming interests here
and at Hope.
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PIANO TUNING.

BERNARD POS.-Expert tuner. Is
years experience in Europe and Am
erica. Reference, Jesse French,
Baldwin, Chickering Bros, and Kim
ball factories. Address at Artesia,
N. M. and he will call and see you.
w. S. MURRELL, PIANO TUNING
n Repairing. Graduate Chicago
Conservatory OF Piano Tuning. Am.
pie experience. Work Is guaran-
teed and Is my best advertisement.
348 e. 5th ST., Phone $50. S81m~
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First Melons of the Season.

A car of fine water melons has been
received Iby h Jaffa, Prayer & Co..
from Southern Texas, which has been
distributed amongst h different gro
Gerry stores of the city. 1t is excep-
tionally early for the people of Ros-
well to have the privilege Of eating
this delicious fruit.
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Come to the Missouri Sunshine Inn
for nice cool rooms, good grub and
crystal ice water; also all kinds of
~dressmaking done by Mrs. Woodward
from ST. Joseph, Mo. Give US a
call. 92t2s
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E. C. Burger OF Hastings, Nebr-.
who has been at Artesia two months,
returned to Artesia last night after
spending two days in Roswell.
Rev. T. w. Hayes, formerly pastor
Of the Southern Presbyterian church
in this city, returned last night from
a weeks business trip to Altus, Okla.
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Mrs. T. B. Chairman and four child-
rem left this morning fer Phoenix. A.
T., to join Mr.. Chapman in making:
their home. Mr.. Chapnan was for
merly AN employesin the Roswell land
office and is a special agent in
the 4and cases fer the government.
with headquarters at Phoenix. Z
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TAILORS.

F. A. observation-disclosures Tailor
All work guaranteed. Also Toes
cleaning and pressing.-11S South
Main Street. Phone 1O4.~
w. P. WOOD.-Up-to-date tailor made
clothing. First class cleaning, re-
pairing and dyeing Of ladies' and
gents clothing. Phone 400.
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DIR. L. Milford, of Deming, NJ NJ, Is
spending several days in Roswell
looking after property interests and
visiting with friends. He arrived
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Miss Grace Dawson returned last
night from Denver, where she has
been all winter at a convent. She will
spend the summer with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. B. Dawson, of this
city.
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Misses Winnie and Victoria Strong
returned this morning from a few
days business visit in Artesia, where
they have property interests.
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HOUSE

HOUSE FURNIsHERS.
ROSWELL TRADING CO.-Coal, hay
and grain. Always the best. East
Second ST., Phone 1875.
HILLS & DUNN.-Furniture, Stoves,
ranges, mating, quilts; everything
you need to fit UP your house. New
and secondhand. 100 N. Main. Tele-
phone Number SO.
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STORES

JAFFA, Prayer & CO.-Dry Goods
clothing, groceries and ranch sup
plies.
+JOYCE-PRUIT CODY goods, cloth
ing. groceries. etc. The largest sup
ply house in b Southwest. Whole
sale and Retail.
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Illustrated songs by o Rucker.-
Girl / Used to Know" n y
never Knew What Love Was Until
Met YOU" at the Majestic. 91ti
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Felix Armstrong left this morning
for Clovis on a prospecting trip, and
wifi possibly locate in that place,
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J.. r.. Cook, master mechanic, came
down from Clovis last night on ou-
siness for the railroad company.
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Mrs. w. P. Anderson came up from
her home nea Artesia this morning
for a short visit.
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: E. l.. Bedell and VIII Robinson re
turned this morning from Dayton
where they have been looking into the
oil situation.
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Jack Bugy. an enup1Uye-of-the Jogce-
Pruits QpN3any Nte0klzb4dswNrefe
Observation-Disclosures -npstleesl
for the company antdz retu<ned home!
last night. Z
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H. l.. Muncy of Artesia, who wa!
here on business, went north eniE
morning.
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Casey joins the lodge" very funny
at the Majestic tonight. 91tf
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w. Benson, Of Artesfa was a bus1
ness visitor in the city today.
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"Misadventures of a Sheriff.. Ever,
one should see it at The Majestic.1t
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WIZ Lawrence left this morning fol
Clovis ON a business trip.
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about a wee g and will probably
be here several days.
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Miss Cecyle Greene, who has zen
attending Mount Carmel Academy at
Wichita, Kan, arrived last night to
spend the summer vacation at home.
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Roger Elliott, of Dexter was in the
city today on business.
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GRAIN, FUEL & HIDE DEALERS
WOOL & HIDE CO.-Let
us furnish you with your grain, coal
and wood, We buy hides, phone 30.
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Don't miss this one boy Wanted,
tonight at the Majestice. 92u
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Don't aniss This one-An awkwards
tonight t the sMsjestic. 1T
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A. N. Gibbs, of Lake Arthur. spen
today with friends in Roswell.
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Dee Tomlinson returned this morn
ing from Carlsbad.
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Classified "Ad5.'
For. SALE.

FOR SALE:-Tent 7x9 IL. OF. duck,
1900 s. Kentucky. 9Ot6*.
FOR SALE:-Neat 8 room house,
fruit and shade trees. lawn. cast
front on Missouri ayenue.-Roswell
Title & Trust Co. 79t{
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w. II. Rhodes left this morning TO
a business visit to points north.
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CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING
RIRIE & MUSSENDEN.-117 w. End
ST., phone AGA. Land surveying
and mapping, concrete foundations.
sidewalks, earth work and general
contracting.
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FURNITURE STORES.

DIL4EY FURNITURE COMPANY
The SWEETEST line of furniture in
Roswell. High qualities and low
prices.
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Your complexion as well
as your temper is rendered
miserable by a disordered
liver. By taking Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver
Tabletss you ican Improve
both. They cleanse and In
vigorate the stomach and
improve the digestion.
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REAL ESTATE.

. CHOICE SELECTION OF BOTH
city and farm property at good ng-
~ to buyer. Also money to loan.
Miss Nell r. Moore
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PEOPLE WHO READ THE DAILY
Record, subscribe and pay for 1t,
and have money to buy the goods
advertised in the paper.
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LUMBER YARDS.

LUMBER YARDS.
PECOS VALLEY LUMBER CO.-Lum
Der, shingles, doors. lime. cement,
paints, varnish and glass.
ROSWELL LUMBER CO. The Old
est lumber yard in Roswell. See us
for all kinds of building materials
and paints.
KEMP LUMBER CO.-Give us your
orders for Pecos White Sand.
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ERTAKE

OILLEY & SON.--Undertakers. Pri-
vate ambulance. Prompt Service.
FURNITURE CO.-Under-
takers. Phone No. 75 or No. Ill.
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GROCERY STORES.
JAS. FORSTAD GROCERY CO.-The
leading grocery store, nothing but
the best.
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READY-To-WEAR APPAREL.
THE MORRISON BROS STORE
Outfitters in ready-to-wear apparel
for men, ONE and children. And
Millinery a specially.
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HARDWARE STORES.

HARDWARE STORES.
HARDWARE CO.-Whole
sale and retail hardware. gasoline
engines. pipe. pumps, fencing.
INDEPENDENT HARDWARE Co.
Wholesale and retail everything in
hardware. tinware, buggies. wagons
implements water supply goods and
plumbing.
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siLLIARD-PooL HALLS.
BOWLING, BOX BALL, BILLIARDS
POOL-Entire equipment regula.
ton. Private bowling and box ball
room for ladies.-Geo. B. JeWett.
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HOTELS.

ROSWELL HOTEL:-We are not on
ly giving you something good to
eat but we fan you while you eat.
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BUSINESS

BUSINESS COLLEGE.
ROSWELL BUSINESS COLLEGE
Don't be afraid of it, Twenty-three
years will prepare any one to take
r of you. Catalog will convince
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RACKET STORE.

A. JONES & SON.-Queensware.
g~raniteware, notions. stationery etc
ETC., Always for less. 324 N. Main.
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DRUG STORES.

ROSWELL DRUG & JEWELRY co.
Oldest drug store in Roswell. All
things ~uD-to-date.
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BUTCHER SHOPS.
u. 8. MEAT MARKET.-Keeps moth
ing but the best. Quality" is our
motto.
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ApvERTIsINo

ADVERTISING
The Successful Business Man Is an
Advertising Man. Let the people
know what you have to sell.
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RO6WELL-
Trade DIRECTORY
ABSTRACTS.

CHAvES COUNTY ABSTRACT CO..
F. p. Gayle, manager. Reliable and
Prompt.
ROSWELL TITLE & TRUST co.
ABSTRACTS, real estate and loans
THE BONDED ABSTRACT AND Sc
CURITY CO,-Capital 5 $1,000. Alb
stracts and titles guaranteed, loans.
Oklahoma Block, Phone 81.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-02
WOULD MAKE BANK
STOCKHOLDERS PAY
IN CASE Of FAILURE

the stock so held in case the hold
err of the stock at the time of the
failure is not able to pay this
penalty.
OF course, there will be fidu-
ciary roar go up at this, and the
stockholders of state banks
under state control will make a
fight in the committees and on
the floor of both houses. Incl
dentally the bankers will win out
in the senate. The house commit
tee on banking headed by Ole
Hanson is ripe for progressive
financial legislation, but the con-
servatism of the senate is dense.
The senate is perfectly willing to
pass any bill that will help the
banker do business to advantage,
but it looks with suspicion on any
legislation which bears the ear
marks of the public.
Any banking bill that comes
from the house to the senate will
probably be referred to the senate
judiciary committee, which has an
unlimited supply of mortuary fix
lures and will be able to assure
la decent burial.
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NEW ERAaDAWNS

OLYMPIA, Feb. 1.-The pass
ing of the old order of railroad
domination in state affairs Is hap
PLY illustrated in the desire of the
Northern Pacific railway to Sc
cure the services of State Tax
Commissioner j. e. Frost to act as
tax commissioner for the road.
And with this effort on the part
of the road comes the announced
ment that Jay Sedgewick of Taco
ma, tax commissioner for the
N. p, ever since 1t entered the
state, will be retired.
For a generation Jay Sedgewick
has roamed about the state, call
ing on county commissioners and
boards of equalization in the in
terest of the railroads taxation.
Knowing nothing of the theories
of taxation, he made his study the
more pleasing one-man. And he
wheedled, cajoled and treated, and
by the force of sheer good-fellow-
ship, and often vinous sophistry,
kept the taxes at a low figure. He
was hale fellow well met, a funny
story always bubbling and his ex-
pense account was as elastic as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-02
!. PROBLEM OF THE GREAT
SOUTHWEST.

industry is an important one in
the south and southwest. Each
year thousands of pounds of frog
skins from frog slaughter houses
are sent east, to be manufactured
into ladies' purses and other deli
cate articles.
/ The matter with probably not
bother the lines east of the Missis-
sippi, because the Southern
Freight associations lines do not
penetrate much frog country. But
it's different with the freight
agents governing the southwestern
lines, for they hit the very heart
of the great frog markets in the
country down at Crowley, La,
north Louisiana, south Arkansas
and Texas.
At several points In northern
Louisiana. frog dealers have regu-
liar slaughter houses for the am
iphibious creatures, where millions
ARE killed. skinned and packed OF
ice. and then shipped to the nor d
land east.
Where there is no slaughter
house the frogs are shipped by ex-
lpress alive, and this Is where the
dealers and producers claim thai
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-02
N YSTIC CULTS
LAID BARE

The subject Of occultism, in
terest in which during the past
week has been enhanced by the
arrest and Incarceration in jail of
the self-styled Messiah" of the
mystic cult, whose protested mis-
sion is the uplifting of the human
race through "radio-activity" and
other abstruse methods, is humor-
ously Calculated in a book Just
published by Florence Huntley,
entitled "The Gay Gnani of Gin
galee."
The author is a political writ
er of national reputation, who of
late years has given her time to
the study of occult lore and an
cient mysticism.
The story, while Astounding in
pure fun, is instructive to both
the superficial and the deep reader
and sets forth the verities of
Oriental philosophy.
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OLYMPIA, Feb. 2.-One of the
changes proposed for the state
banking law is to make it prac-
tically impossible for stockhold-
er of a bank to escape his liza
bility to the extent of twice the
amount of his stock.
A law to this effect is now on
the statute books, but the wise
banker has had little trouble in
evading it in the past. When ever
he noticed the financial legs of his
institution beginning to show signs
of weakness, he stealthily went
out and assigned his stock over to
some person with little property
and small hopes of ever having
any. Then If the bank failed, the
banker would be clear, the holder
of his stock having nothing but
the stock gave that up for the
creditors, and the banker escaped
the "twice amount penalty"
The scheme now is to amend
this provision so that the owner
of bank stock for a year previous
to the failure of the bank is re-
sponsible for twice the amount OF
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his duties might require. So he
went for years.
But now, good government and
the people have advanced to that
'undreamed of stage, when the
railroads are almost tfckled to
Mysteries if they are able to get a
square deal in matters of taxa
tion. They have no use for good
fellows" because they can no
longer deliver the goods.
Mr.. Frost, despite the apparent
gelidity of his name, is a good
fellow, but he does not make a
business of it. He knows taxes, In
science, theory and art. He
knows assessable property, no
matter under what alias or how
disguised.
If the railroad fears that It will
not get a square deal in some
county, it contemplates having Mr..
Frost at hand with facts and fig
ures, instead of wine and cigars,
to plead for them. Mr.. Frost will
do no hobnobbing, provide no en-
tertainment, but appear like an
attorney before court, have his say
and go his way.
And so the old order changeth.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-02-02
GARFIELD WANTS A MILLION
TO SPEND IN RUNNING
DOWN LAND THIEVES

which, resulted in the breach be-
tween President Roosevelt and
congress.
The watchdogs of the treas
ury" in the lower house point out
that previous appropriations for
the work of detecting land frauds
have been but $250,0O0 annually
and that 100000 has already
been granted this year. They say
that Garfield is asking too much
when he wants a million.
In answer to this Secretary Gar
field points out that there is
100000 worth of govern
ment land alleged to have been
fraudulently acquired that can be
recovered as a part of the public
domain If money is appropriated
to carry on the work.
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(By United Press Leased Wire.


WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. q
Will congress give Secretary of
Interior Garfield a million dollars
to use in running down and pun
ishing land thieves?
This is one of the questions that
is worrying the administration in
the last days of it's existence and
the closing hours of the present
congress. A half million has al
ready been appropriated but Sec
rotary Garfield says that it will be
impossible to give the great vol
ume of work that is piling into the
land office the attention that it
demands, unless the appropria-
tion is made.
In a letter to congress asking
the increased appropriation, Sec
rotary Garfield takes occasion to
say that the popular criticism of
the land office agents is unfound-
ed.
Every specific complaint
against our agents received most
careful attention." he says, land
If men have failed to perform
their duty, or have failed to ex-
ercise good, common sense, they
have been disciplined In accord
ance with the gravity of the Of
fense."
But the present attitude of mind
of the legislative branch of the
government toward the executive
branch is not conducive to in
creased appropriations, especial
ly for work of the nature of the
secret service, the debate over