The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

sfba to bring responsible Ton
this trade to indictment n convic-
ton under a federal law" Efforts
will be made to secure the enact
nent of lew state laws by such legis-
latures as convene this winter in stat
O. where 1t Is needed. as shown by
the Investigation made by Assistant
United States District Attorney Harry
A. Parkin during the A d.
gest of the state laws of the country
On this subject has just been issued
by the Currfer Publishing company in
n book, WAR on the White Slave
| Trade, which was the final work OF
the Woman's Worlds Committee, the
nucleus of the new national organiza-
ton.
| Increasing the usefulness of a pub
lie library by adding branch libraries
is the urgent recommendation OF Chi
Cages Public Library Commission
| and wealthy citizens are looked to for
| contributions for the purpose. The
| need of library extension work thru
branches Is declared to De serious.
| The advisory commission was COM
| posed of Harry A. Wheeler, presi-
| dent of the Credit Clearing House;
Thomas F. Holgate, dean OF the Col
lege of Liberal Arts in Northwestern
| University; George E. Vincent, dean
L 11u DTOItSSOT Vi SOCfOlOSy III hic Chh
versity of Chicago; N. D.. c. Hodges,
librarian of the Cincinnati public IL
brary Association. and j. /. Wyer. DIR.
director of the New York State Libra
~. II has reported: The earlier
conception (of a library was that of
4 collection of books covering as com
pletely as possible every department
Of knowledge and literature, more
stress being laid upon having books
II .ha4 rnn hov-in0 fhDna l0nd The
modern library d Is to put the
books as freely as possible into the
hands of the people," The Commits
sion urges the use of the interest
upon the $212.0O0 Endowment Fund
made up of gifts from private parties
for the expansion of the library ser
vice. This interest fund now mounts
TO $50, 900. 1t is also urged that a por
ton OF the bonds authorized by the
last legislature. should be devoted tC
his work. The present delivery sta
ton" method is condemned.
Removing snow from Chicago pave
ments at 100000 per inch of now is
winters burden on the street depart
ment, for the superintendent of which
II cities have sent applicants to the
civil service contest in which there
are II contestants. The annual cos
of removing the snow from the street:
in the First Ward, which include:
he loop district, is about $4,000
For several years this work has beer
done by the Citizens Association, bu
it is understood that after this yea
the work will be turned back to tn
! street department. Every snowfall
) costs about $1,000 an inch to emo
? from the loop" the cost being rath
er high because of the necessity 70
! speed. When Chicago has a twoilcl
) snowfall, as it IA last week. it usual
+ ly requires less than forty-eigat hour
} TO free the streets in the business
} district of the beautiful" This com
2 pares very favorably with the worl
in this line lone in Paris. where the.
still use the old method of s~prilklini
: the snow with salt and trying to mel
] il. h this works 1t causes 81
5 much suffering among the horses
their feet becoming frozen througl
constant standing and working in In
cold slush, that the French peopl
I are beginning to protest against il
; The Chicago method is to sweep tn
! snow into piles, and then cart ii OF
. and dump it into the river or lake
The new street superintendent vii
I probably follow the same course, a
: IL has been found to be the best an
! just as economical as any other AM
I far quicker. The new street superir
$ tendent will draw a salary of $500
a year n have n expenditure o
: $4,000, 900 of public moneys annually
As a result of efforts of the City Club
which insisted that the examination
should be open to outsiders, the civi
D service commission complied an,
: Chicago hopes to have the best maj
? for the position that could be oh
, tanned throughout the entire country.
:. The marble, mahogany and porcs
: lain of the big city hotel, the bigge
and the finer he better, as a trap TO
: tina confidence mans victim has an