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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
CITY BROUGHT FROM
UNDER QUARANTINE
Aldermen Decide not to Col.
lect City Road Tax
This Year.

Tucumcnri city aldermen met in reg
ulur weekly session IN the office ~
the city clerk last Wednesday night,
with only one member absent The
board was called To order by the Mayor
aud routine matters di~pus"d Of tn"
session was short one aud nothing
"t special interest was done.
The report oi the finance committee
was rcrd and accepted, The street
aud Alley committee reported progress
on the sidewalk construction IN the
residential portion OF the city. The
health officer .reportcd favorubly aud
- was thought well 10 lift the quar
antine proclama,l with the cxcep
,ion Of its effect on children. The play
houses aud churcnes were given leave
Ia open bun no children under the age
of fifteen years are allowed to attend.
The west end is still under guard
in the fever district.
The light committee reported weak
light on one of the railroad crossings
aud It was ordered repaired, The fire
committee reported that eight new
hydrnnts had been installed in the city.
The clerk was ordered to purchase four
new smoke helmets for the use Of the
lire department.
On discussion II was decided 10 post
ponr the collection Of the city road tax
for few months insomuch as the tax
j. not needed nt present aud the citi
lcns have So many other special taxes
I" pay.
An proposed ordinances brought uP
NJ the last meeting were passed aud
uppcar in another part of this issue OF
the News
The meeting then went into eXecu
tive session,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
CHAUNCEY DE PEW
Is IN TUCUMCARI
Considerable Comment is
Caused in Political Cir
cles as to His Motive

Chauncey DePew has signed con.
tract with the city authorities Of this
eI'y to take position with the street
improN ement gang for u period Of Eve
days. This was the first that was
known vi the New York senators res.
ignation from bis official Office of rep.
rcsentatiye Of the Empire State in the
United States Senate, but any way he
is here, VI at least he gives has name
as Chauncey DePew and since there is
but one Chauncey DePed il is safe 10
presume this must be the senator.
The ex-senator" arrived in the
city by freight yesterday morning and
was met at the station by Smoky"
Miller who paid the man all the at.
tention worthy Of one of his dignity
and station.
little later they called at Justice
Patterson office when arrangements
were completed and the new arrival
accepted the street position.
The matter has been source of
considerable comment amorg the local
politicians and the motive that prompt.
ed the man to resign senatorship for
u position on the streets is being wide.
ly discussed IN political circles. While
the man has not been questioned in
the matter, some have advanced the
theory that he resigned because he
felt that Roosevelt will replace him any
way in 1919 when his term would have
expired.
What Mr. DePew is planning to do
after the expiration of his contract
with the city, has not yet been an.
nounesd.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
GEO. 7OORE HAS THRILLING EXPERIENCE
AND ONLY ESCAPES DEATH BY MIRACLE

his feet, the half dazed man saw that
his horse and buggy were gone. He
went down the road In the hope of
finding them, and at the corner Of the
lane, a half mile away, he found his
buggy badly smashed.
The horse was not found until ths
next morning, and was three miles
away from the scene Of the runaway.
The horse was so badly cut aud bruis-
cd that he could not be moved. His
wounds were bandaged and every 81.
fort made 10 save him, but despite
them all, the animal disd two days at
serwards.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

Geo. Moore, Of the Tucumcari Fur.
niture Company, met with a thrilling
experience last Sunday night while
driving to his claim, three miles west
Of the city. Moore was just beyond
the Wool securing mills when u gust
of wind blew his rain coat from the
buggy and frightened his horse.
The animal made one lunge forward
and threw Moore from the buggy, dash
ing him against a wire fence. He was
knocked unconscious and laid ON the
roadside for over an hourbsfors 70.
gaining his ssnses. On staggering 10
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
BUSINESS MEN OF CITY ARE
UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR OF
SEWERAGE SYSTEM AT ONCE
News Obtains Concensus Of Opinion Brief Interviews with
Business Men Of City. Proposed Line will be Placed
in Reach Of Every Resident
PROPOSITION HAS BEEN MIsREPREsENTED

In another place In this issue Of the
News Is printed the report Of the city
engineer on the subject Of sewerage
which was made to the aldermen AZ
the executive session held last wednes
ady night The report IL full aud com
plcte aud shows the great necessity "
n sewerage system In the city.
The News has made an endeavor TO
get the consensus Of opinion on the
subject this week and finds the bust
ness men almost unanimously in favor
Of II The matter will be put 20 q
vote IN the near future and will have
10 he carried by a two thirds majority
before the bonds can be issued for the
construction of the system.
There has been some misunder-tand
ing among few Of our citizens ia
regard TO the taxes the system will
impose, and the fcpory has gone out
that taxes will be raised Two per cent.
This ~ not 30, aud the truth Of the
matter Is that taxes will not, necessari.
ly be changed at all The following is
the sewerage proposition stated briefly.
The system will be placed within
reach Of every resident Of the city.
A. soon ~ installed II will he self
supporting aud will also be source
Of revenue to the city Sewerage will
no, be compulsory and those who have
their property connected with the sys.
TEN will be assessed u reasonable
amount for the maintenance Of the
system. This assessment will not be
~ heavy a. the cost now il Of Keeping
ressPools aud pits cleaned out aud IL
is believed every resident will install
sewerage from a purely economic point
of view u for no other reason.
la special interviews with various
business men this week, the News has
obiuined the following answers to the
question on their belief in the matter:
VI. G. Mechem: Sewerage IL ab.
solutely necessary 10 q town Of this
size. The city demands IL and now Ia
the time to put a in. II should also
be installed under the new district I'm.
provement law -
c. c. ChHpman Sewerage Is the
one thing We lack to make this a great
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
EARLY MORNING FLAMES
DESTROY THE BUSINESS
SECTION OF NARA VISA
Fifteen Buildings Burned the Ground With Damage
Amounting to S500O One Third of Loss
Covered by Insurance


fn" destroyed ~" greater r"f'i"h
~ the business section oi 'aun VISA
early last hondaN m"ining. DOING Jam
a." :" ~" amount "i seventy nv"
th"urnnd dollars. Every building On
Erli street h"iW""u FItih aud sixth
streets WIS swept away leaving only
mass ~ twisted non, iin and ashes
wh"i" Just ih" day h"i"r" stood III"
husr-i s"riirn ~ ih" prosperous town.
Do" Ma" wns discovered Iiiil'
nii" iw"l'" " "l"rh aud reports NJ
wh"t" u started n'r conflicting. some
snN II originated ~ th" Howell store
whil" others, VII" WEI" early On the
scene. say IN ih" 'is'" Drug store. \
strong "inh was blowing and 1t was
seen ir"m ~" hrN That IN" town was
d""m"d. within twenty minutes al
i"i ~" M" was discovered III" naf"S
h"d rN"d across i'"li street nnd ~
short "hil" III" whole north side Of
'h' hI"'h was 'h''' "i hr"'
only the P'tsiStnt work Of III" IRE
lighters ana Il chang" oi the wind kept
III" hf' confined to IN" doomed dis
'rir' Most ni III" buildings which
burned were nam" structures nnd burn
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

furnishings, loss un stock and building,
~ ,onu.oU, insurance, t50uUuO
T.. Rose, groceries, dry good, aud
furnishings, loss ou stock sll,OUOUO,
insurance s7OOO.UO
lnngton a Batchy, building s3.ooO
~. insurance. sl.7jUOU
". B smith, building aud saloon,
sl2Ou, insurance
7. 6. Corbin, building aud barber
shop, ssOuOO. insurance $500
I l. IliSenbough, building and salmon.
$4,000 insurance 1000
'irm restaurant, s3oO.oO
V. r.. McNeill, building. s2iOOO.
H. VI. Grain, building, slJO.OU.
New Mexican and Register office.
s2,i00uo. insurance, 10000
Gragg a Felix, building, t3oO.OO
John BELL, building aud dry goods
aud furnishings stock, $4,000. 90 in-ur.
ance, s2,jOOOO.
lugcrsoll & Townsend, building aud
blacksmith shop, $4,000.
Midland Hotel, sG,UOO.OD, insurance,
si,OOOOO
Dwight nros.. 5000 40
Telephone exchange. s70O.OO.
Mrs. bella VI. Cuirant, millinery,
100000.
Nara Visa Drug 60, stock ~ 800 80,
insurance, sl,,O0.OO.
Joe Murphy, building, sl5n0OO in
.urance, sl,OOO.OO.
Cisco'- drug store, stock, s30o0.oO
insurance. tlaUOUu.
Egbcrl 4 Watcrfill, building. $4,000.
insurance sliuO
Western Land Co..rcal estate. auto
supplies aud garage, sll0O, insurance,
1850.
=. NJ Howell, buildinp and general
mcrchanhiN" stocN, sld.nOO, no insur.
ancc.
Harriet !. l!rant building aud bak.
cry, $3.50. insurance 800.
= Gillispic Nelch, butcncr shop,
$500, insurance. sIOO.
e. 4. lIamrick, building aud GS
lures. $500, insurance, 5000.
q. J. Logan, building, $3.50.
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since.
The man says he has no idea who
could hav" hitched up his team aud
driven away with it, lie also says he
cannot see how they tooN IL without
his hearing them since he slept with
the door open. Garcia lives at Mon
toya, hut It has been learned that no
one there took the wagon for joke
The officers are making diligent
search for the team and wagon.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
TUCUMCARI TO BE
SPICK AND SPAN
Mayor to Issue Proclama,
tion Provi d ing 6 for
"Clean up" Day.

"Clean up will soon bc the pass
ing to have a cleaning up day IN the
near future. the aldermen will decide
on the date ~ its next meeting
Cleaning up day i, becoming quite
a rad IN many Of the smaller cities of
the east aud the rcp"rts are that II is
one uf the most whulcsumc holidays
that those places ENJOY
Mayor street says he will issue II
proclamation next week announcing
when "Clcan Up day will be aud that
on that day everybody will bc expect
I'D to put on overnlls aud do the work
around the house, they have been plan
ming to de- but just havu't had the
time.
The city will provide scavenger wag
ons 10 go from huosc To house and
gather up the rubbish that property own
crs get together. Every person will
he expected TO get the trash in pile
and the city will do the rest.
This is the day to get rid Of all the
tin cans in the yards, all those empty
bottles in the closet, that are too
large for catsup and too small for pre-
serves All the old pastcboard boxes
and rags aud papers, and everything
that the tenant before you left on
your hands Yes, and say, the mayor
mentioned all those rats and puiTs and
curlicucs thnt have been out If style
81 long
In many places the men take "cican.
ing up day n n signal To go fishing
~ some place aud leave the work for
the women, hut none Of that here, The
men can white wash the back fence
OF paint the barn or weed the garden
aud thousand other things they have
been figuring on.
The next issue Of the News will an
nounce the day whicn will he set
apart,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
WHITE ADVOCATES
STOCK FARMING
Rock Island Commissioner
Gives a Most Scientific
and Educative Talk.
SEED BED EXPLAINED
Tells of the Splendid Adapt.
ability Of this Local.
ity for Stock.

Before an audience. limited only by
the capacity Of the school room IN
which he spoke, T. VI. White deliver
I'D an address to the farmers on the
progress Of the country.
Mr. White il "a handsome example
Of prosperous farmer aud his talk
was easy scientific aud cdurativc II
was not lecture, merely heart to
heart rnlh aud during the course OF
1t he removed his coat exp lining that
when he fnrmed he worked IN his
shirt sleeves lie was scur out here
hy the railroad company he said with
u selfish motive, ia order that the com
pauS would have something 10 haul
when his advice bears fruit.
The commissioner advocated stock
farming and explained the ane adapt
abilit! Of this locality Tor the stock
industry. lie urged the ceasing of at
tempting 10 make this giaiu cou.try
and showed cOnclusively that It IL a
produce region explaining that pork
can be- taiscd at n cost Of two and
half cents pei pound.
The primary point oi hl, talk was
.uf the education uf the farmer ON
farm topics. lie showed the needs Of
cr"amrrlcs IN the community aud OK.
plnIncd that hogs aud cattle 20 to.
Lcthcf uu the farm. Ills entire talk
wa, tor the poultry, pork aud dairy
industries. Only grain enough should
be raised to supply the farm.
lie explained the proper preparation
uf the seed bed aud urged the rotation
nf crops aud the planting of trees
Several varieties Of grasses were rec.
ommended as great drouth resistsrs
and advised which crops would -four.
sh best together
The Rock island agricultural depart
m"ut il doing u great work for this
country aud have botHnist who are
securing the world for plants which
will flourish on the western plains.
After the address, Mr. White took
III" audience 10 hIs private ear where
he exhibited the products which are
being raised on the company expert
mental farm.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

town We need IL and need IL badly. -
Joseph Israel: No successfuI town
can be without sewerage. / don't know
what the taxes will be but | am ready
for my part Of them, any day"
stanley Lawson: My vote will be
for sewerage FIRST, last and all the
time.
Mr.. McClanhan; "Now is the tim.
to install sewerage. know Of sever.
al towns that are being held back oLly
because they are without A."
L. D. Deyer; To install sewerage is
the only proper thing to do. / would
rather have my taxes raised ten per
cent. than to see this city lose one good
citizen, or even one small child through
the lack of sewerage. -
Jen Harrison; 1 am q sewerage
man. would rather my taxes would
be raised 20 per cent. then DO without
sewerage
Z. G.. Davidson; an for sewerage
under the proper restrictions.
L. U. Welch: The question is absurb.
WHO would oppose ~
X. A. Prentice. To install sewerage
is the best thing this city can do.
Rev. Z. II. Brooks:'' Cleanliness i,
nexe to Godliness. "
Sherwood: | am for anything that
VIII make greater Tueumcari. and
sewerage is the thing above all that
will do IT,
sheriff ward: We need seweray,
above eyorything else
X. l.. Patterson. | have always
wanted sewerage.
j. A. Robinson; Nothing is needed
more than sewerage
j. X. Daughtry: There il bat one
side TO the question and Il IL founded
on several solid reasons. VI. must
have sewerage.
d. Nichols: The health officer,
have done excellent work here An the
past, but the town. has reached the size
that they can do nothing without the
aid OF sewerage.
c. II. Briekley: II the city eontinu.
% as 4, il, | am for sewerage.
mi
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
PROBATE COURT.

Tn" Probate Court has been in SEES
Siou here this week and grea, many
eases have already been settled. Judge
tutlip will adiou,n court sometime dur
ing the first part of the coming week
aud those who fail to attend 10 any
probate business will hc compelled to
wait until the next term
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
MEXICAN FREIGHTER AWAkES TO FIND
SO1E ONE HAD RUN AWAY WITH GOODS.

The officers of the city aud county
were given puzzle still unsolvcd last
Wednesday when Pedro Garcia, who
freights between this city and the
grinding camps complained that his
wagon aud team had been stolen,
Tn, Mexican spent the night in the
Mexican district Of this city and left
his wagon, team aud harness In front
Of the house in which he stayed. The
next morning the complete outfit was
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
BAR PETITIONS FOR DOWNS.

The local bar association yesterday
signed a petition which was addressed
to Judge Cooley, now in Washington,
asking the newly appointed judge to
re.appoint Chas. +. Downs as clerk OF
the court of this district provided he
is assigned to the local district.
Downs will be re-appointed If Mech.
en- is given this district but to date
II IL not known whether Mechem or
Cooley will receive the local judgeship.
Meehem is personally Of the opinion
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
TWO DERAILMENTS
IN LOCAL YARDS
Traffic Considerably Delay.
ed Tuesday Morning
Between two Yards.

Trafhc in the local railroad yards
was considerable delayed last Tuesday
morning by the derailment Of a Rock
Island engine. The derailment was
caused by the spreading Of frog nj
one Of the switches In the upper end
IT the yard The accident occurred n,
the junction Of the main yards with
the Dawson and cut OF all traffic he
tween the two. Several hours were
spent In getting the loeeomotivs on the
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
SOUTHWESTERN EXTENSION

Reliable reports are abroad to he .;
feet that the Southwestern IN making
plans to extend the road from Dawson
to Trinidad, Colo. Officials went over
the old survey this week with the view
of calculating the cost Of building the
,oad which was abandoned two years
ago.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15
sERVICEs TOMORROW.

All churches will have services
IN this city tomorrow morning
and evening but under the quar-.
antiuc regulations no children
under the ages of fifteen will be
allowed to attend the services
for another week.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

that he will get this district but some
others believe otherwise. The matter
will probably be decided in the near
future.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

rails again.
The night before a switch engine
@as derailed In the east end of the
Rock Island yards but was replaced ON
the track again by morning. No scr.
ious result came from the derailment.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

j, II, Coons, superintendent OF
agents, Mutual Life, n, T., and his as
sistant, II. o, Snyder, both Of Pueblo,
Colo, were in the city, sosiliciting
business.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-05-15

now on the move aud all the pesimistic
uttcrances Of some ARE discounted by
indications To the contrary.
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Continued on page four.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-08

dimes. Col. Whallen's other
home is in San Francisco, where
he owns several valuable racing
horses and a yacht. In San Fran
cisco, Col. Whallen recently met
Col. Glenn and the two, boyishly
enough celebrated the event by
buying one Michael O'Brien,
newsboy, the finest suit of clothes
he ever wore, with glittering
piece of gold money for good
measure.
For a third of a century both
Johnnies knew of each other, but
they never met. One day, news
papermen introduced them. Notes
were compared and then started a
friendship that death alone will
wipe out, but without effacing the
beauty of fine old story of the
war, a story of two boys who
fought, each as he best knew, for
the cause each believed in.
Last fourth of July Col. Glenn
sent from San Francisco a wire:
Good old Johnnie Whallen.
You're all right. Johnnie Glen. "
My friendship is as thick as the
stars on the banner. Johnnie
Whallen.
Now both Johnnie have made
a pact to meet somewhere, some
how, once each year, until the
last call of the bugle calls one
or both of the youngest kids" of
the armies of the sixties.
COL. JOHN H. WHALLEN
COL. JOHN l.. GLEN
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ed in chubby leg and arm, beat his
tattered drum and said nothing
about his hurts, ''but only grinned
and drummed."
The other Johnnie, Johnnie
Whalen, came from Louisville,
KY, was arrant Yankee hater as
ever breathed in those days.
Johnnie Whallen, too, went to
"wah," but at that time he didn't
know anything about Johnnie
Glenn. But as Johnnie Glen was
the royal mascot of his regiment.
so was Johnnie Whallen of his.
And as the Johnnie from the
north WIS a real hero when fight
ling and hunger and hardship
came, so was the Johnnie Fl om
the south.
Johnnie Glenn today is Col
John L. Glenn, chief quartermas
ter, department of Texas, and
slated for an early wearing of the
brigadier generals uniform.
Col. John II. Whallen has two
homes. One is in Louisville, KY,
where his headquarters as mil
lionaire theatrical manager are
quite frequently used to enter
tain bootblacks and "newsies."
who know the genial colonel well
enough to hail his coming along
the street with glee, as the har-
binger of largesse of nickels and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-10-08
How to Gain Healthy Flesh
Ryner F. MalstrOm Drug Co
Advises Use of SamOse.

Ryner F. Malstrom Drug Co.
Advises Use of Samose.
While thinness may not be a
disease, yet it is in reality a con-
dition that needs attention. I'm
der the nourishing power of Sa-
nose healthy, natural flesh will
soon be attained.
This remarkable flesh-forming
food strengthens the system gen.
orally and builds up the fleshy
tissues so that good, natural
plumpness results.
An ounce of flesh is better than
a pound of theory. Ryner F. NAL
strom Drug Co. believes that the
best possible demonstration of
the transforming powers of Sa-
nose is to have 1t tried by their
customers, and to induce them to
use it, they offer to pay for the
Samose in case it does not give
satisfaction. No stronger proof
than this can be given of their
faith in it.
1 They have seen hundreds who
were weak, thin and scrawny be-
come plump, robust and strong;
solely through the use of Samose.
| Send postpaid upon receipt of
price, soc. *#s
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OFFERS TO SETTLE
NORTH POLE DISPUTE
TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF
GENEVA WISHES TO PAss
JUDGEMENT ON CLAIMS OF
RIVAL EXPLORERS.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 8.-The
Geographical society of Geneva
today occupies the center of the
stage. in the Peary-Cook north
pole controversy. the Swiss organ
ization having been put forward
by Captain Borchgrevink. an Ant
arctic explorer. as an unprejudiced
body before whom the claims OF
the commander and the doctor
could be heard impartially.
Captain Borchgrenvink de-
clared himself as opposed to the
subm ission of the claims to the
University of Copenhagen on the
ground that the Danes already
were prepossessed in favor of DR..
Cook.
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TWO NEW TRAINS
ON NORTHERN
PACIFIC
The Northern Pacific railway

The Northern Pacific railway
will place in service October "a
two new trains between the head
of tn great laks and tn Puget
Sound district. The company also
announces that on the same date
eight hours will be clipped FROM
the schedule of the Chicago-Pa-
cific express trains Nos. and A..
With the Inauguration OF the
new trains the second and third
sections of the regular trains now
in service will be discontinued.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Oct. z
Both were kids in bare feet and
bare legs.
Both were bright boys-real
boys-one of the north, ore Of
the south.
Both were IL years old wher
the call to arms split the union
In the sixties.
Both were the really youngest
soldiers of the civil war.
Both were--and still are
Johnnies. One lived in Ottawa
i'll.
That was Johnnie Glenn, no 9Th.
err than the world-famous 'Drum'
mer Boy of Shiloh" who, wound