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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
A FLAW IN THE LENS.
The Less of Time and Money involved
 In This Scientific Tragedy.

Probably few persons took much in- terest in the announcement that a flaw had been discovered in the great 100 inch lens for the Mount Wilson reflect ing telescope. To scientific men this was no less than a tragedy. since 1t means an expense of $J0.000 and a de- lay of year, with the possibility>rhat the second effort will be Ino more sue cessful.
 It is doubtful If many persons ever saw refiecting telescope. When the term telescope Is used we naturally think of an instrument with long "barrei' and lenses at each end. These nre the most common, but are not in many cases the most useful. They have defects which cannot be remedied in our present state of knowledge. and they have limitations put upon them by nature which perhaps may never be overcome. But the reflecting telescope. consisting cf single lens placed hori. zontally and without any barrel" is in many respects the more useful in- strument for astronomers. although it also has its drawbacks.
 In this instrument the light falls di- rectly on the lens and is reflected back to a focal point. which is distant from the lens according to it's diameter. It Is open to the objection that the light reflected back interferes with the fall ing rays, but ingenuity has overcome much of the disadvantage. The largest effective instrument of this sort is at the ynrlies observatory, but the one planned for Mount Wilson is to be more than twice as large and much larger than that of Lord Rosse, which was so famous fifty years ago.
 The difficulty in constructing a lens more than eight feet in diameter arises from the fact that the glass must be absolutely hawless. OF as nelr so as human skill can make it. TO make such lens Is q long, expensive and difficult process. and many failures in. cvitably result before success is achieved even fer small lenses. If the leo inch lens Is finally turned out nor mally perfect. we shall have an in- strument which will greatly add to our knowledge of the universe about us. IL ig an interesting fact in this connection that for several generations the best glars has been made in France. but the hcgt workmanship in grinding the lenses Is done in this country. The latter work is so deli cate aud difficult that it requires al- most Il sixth sense to accomplish any thing like desirable results.- Philadel- phia Inquirer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
4 Chance For lnxsntora.

\ kite is wanted wbich when sent into the air will remain steady and easily control!able. although the wind may bc blowing at fifteen or twenty miles an hour. ard which will be capa- ble of liftln;; 2 man weighing fourteen or fifteen stoIe. AS matter of fact, Major Delfiis of the French army is offering 2 prize cf E400 for kite ca pable Of lifting q man sixty feet and renlainlag with him at that height for an hour. I.andon Captain.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
Far soundinn stean,hcat WhistIo.


 What kind of sound travels farthestl A discussion of that question the other evening resulted in a unanimous yer dict finally being returned in favor of the steamboat whistle, oGe instance be- ing given by man from western Ken lucky who had heard q steamboat on the Ohio whistiing for n landing when he was eighteen miles away from the river The deep, resonant tones of the steamboat whistle seem to make the air vlbrate as nothing else can. In that respect it Is ll.:e many pipe or gans in churches, Inc lower tones of which make the churches throb from floor to dome. The higher notes seem to penetrate better for short distances, while the lower oEcs carry better.-- Louisville Courier-Journal.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
rhe Ysar tsas.

This year 19C9 corresponds with the year T417-lS of the Byzantine era |: to 5669-I0 of the Jewish era; to 2662 since the foundation of Rome. aceor, ing to Varro; to 2569 of the Japanese era; to 20S5 of the Olympiads 0he first year of the six hundred and seventy. second Olympiad beginning July 1, 190e): to 13oG-27 of the Mobammedan era
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
WHEAT EASIER.

CHICAGO, April 14.-Extreme nervousness marked trading in the wheat pit and prices moved over wide range. There was no indication early in the session that the market would continue it's record breaking perform apee of the last two weeks, but on the contrary, the climax to the sensational upturn in prices seemed to have been reached.
 Owing to decline of S.4 to IFS pence at Liverpool, the market here opened weak with prices unchanged to 3S below yesterdays closing. Initial
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
CALL TODAY.

"Procrastination is the thief of time," also of eyesight. If your eyes are giving you any trouble. call now and have them examined pr. Schell. the specialist of Tucson, is now at Do minion hotel, on his regular visit and will remain until April lG. Full line of spectGeles ard eyo glasses. No charge for examination.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
The Circus

Acrobat finds it necessary at al times to keep his muscles and joints supple This is the reason that hundreds of them keep bottle of Ballard $ Snow Ointment always or hand. 4 sure cure for rheumatism, cuts, sprains, sore throat, lame back, contracted muscles, corns, bunions and all pains. Price g5c 50e and sl.00 per bottle. Sold by Palace Pharmacy.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
Big Snapin
 Valley Farm
12O acres three miles from the flOurishing
 Town of Stafford

Strong flowing we'll sufficient to irrigate the entire farm, reinforced
 by mountain stream running the year round. Good 4-room house, sheds and corral. Forty acres in alfalfa. Large garden patch. Some fruit. This property will prove a
 big money maker. Owner needs the money and will sell for one-half its real worth. $1,0OO will handle the deal; balance on your own time. Must be sold within the next few days. Enquire Silver Belt office.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15
PLEASE; NR. TEDDY
 DON'T KILL THE BEARS

DIES MONIES, April l4.--More than 750 Des MoiIes school children today signed a petition to Theodore Roosevelt asking him 10 change his mind and not kill defcnsclcss wild animals in Africa. The letter is in the hands of Mrs. Eliz- abeth Baird, secretary of the humane so- ciety, who will send it to Roosevelt.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-15

Money back if not satisfied in thirty days trial Weak eyes, headaches etc. positively cured by glasses. Dr. Schell of Tucson at Dominion hotel until April 18th.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13
THE Big TIMBER }
OF WASHINGTON.

Spokane, Wash, April 13.-There is
enough timber standing in the state
of Washington to build 5000, 600 six
room houses sufficient to shelter one
third OF the population Of the United
States, or furnish ties for 1888, 939
miles Of railway track, or construct q
plank road three inches thick INC 500
feet wide twice around the world.
Cut into lumber these tree would load
1000, 900 45foot cars of 10000 capa-
city, equal to 85,227 miles of trains, or
one train reaching three and a half
times round the globe at the eQua-
tor.
This timber is contained in areas az
gregating $4,000 square miles On the
eastern n western sides of b Gas
cade mountains, and expert cruisers
say that the density is not equal any
where on the American continent.
The hewing of a yellow fir log, &C
inches square and 80 feet in length
at Buckley recently excited consider
able comment, but the annals of the
lumber industry in Washington con
tains many more remarkable Incl
dents.
When President Taft was in the Pa
mama Canal zone recently his atten
tion was called to several Spud stick:
in the big dredges and he asked where
it was possible to obtain such timber:
These sticks, each SO 40 and nor
than 80 feet in length, the su%perinten
dent told him were shipped from Bell
ing ham last summer.
The recent challenge of Portland
for the distinction of producing tn.
biggest timbers sawed in tho worlt
has been answered from many part
of Washington. Portland mills say
ed two sticks Sc inches square and 81
feet in length. ~Bellingham came bacl
| with a sawed spud stick for a dredg,
| 40 inches square and 90 feet in length
] and boosted having furnished timber
125 feet in length.
There is a cedar tree in Snohomisl
| county which is declared to be tn,
largest tree Oh the continent, exceed
ing in girtn by three inches the larg
est of the trees of the famous red
wood forest of California. This tire,
measures 104 feet 4 inches in circum
ference and it is more than $50 fee
to the first limb, which is five fee
in diameter.
On the west slope OF the Cascad
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mountains a giant red fir was recent
ly blown across the tracks of the Nor
thern Pacific Railroad. Traffic was
blocked by the monster log, which
measured eight feet in thickness.
There was no saw within miles that
was big enough to cut the timber, and
as the railroad company could not
wait the five days required to saw a
section from the huge log dynamite
was placed in deeply bored holes ami
the aged tree blown to splinters. 1t
was easier to repair 10 rods of road
bed than to saw through eight feet
OF solid red fir.
In Clallam county, according to Of
fetal measurements, the timbered ar
ca runs 20, 700 feet to the square
mile. The stand on smaller areas is
even more dense. One acre recently
showed SOC, 900 feet of standing TIM
Der.
A 40 acre tract in Clallam county
contains $500, 900 feet of timber
There are $500, 600 feet of fir, $50, 600
feet of spruce and 10000 of nemlock.
The quarter section of which the tract
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13
is a part contains 19, OOO. 900 feet OF fir
:, zoo, 600 Of spruce and 100000 of hem

is a part contains 5000. 900 feet Of fir
2,700, 900 Of III and 100000 of hem
lock.
A Pacific county mill cut 100000
feet from q Dttle less than two acres |
The logs averaged from 1900 to H.
GEO feet each. |
The prize winner, according to Spo-
kane millmen should be q log sent
from Puget Sound to San Francisco.
This was SO big that no mill could
saw 1t, the trimming having to be
done by hand axes. The log measured
"a inches by 81 inches and was 104
feet long when hewn int shape. The
largest log ever cut in any mill in
Washington was ~ inches in DIANE
ter at the smaller end.
The remarkable feat of erecting a
Ii Don house from the lumber of a
single yellow fir vas recently accom-
plished at Elma. There was nearly
| $4,000 feet of humber in the logs of the
tree. Six rs fee in length, Inc larg-
est seven feet in diameter at the
| smallest end, were made from the fir.
The measurement of the stump inside
| the bark vas exactly nine feet. The
| til n was straight and for 100 feet
not a limb appeared. The total length
of the tree was more than $50 feet.
The lumber was wort nearly 81, 900
The corporation owning the land grow
ing This tree has hundreds of such
frs, many of them Toe big to be hand
led by the equipment now possessed
Eby Washington sawmins.
Not a from Snoqualmie Falls a
giant tree was blown across a preci-
pitous canyon a ear ago. The trunk
forms a foot bridge ten feet wide.
The log has been leveled and teams
are often driven across it by venture
some drivers.
A mammoth cedar tree was blown
down near South Bend a few weeks
ago, it measured Sc feet 8 inches
around three feet above the bulge
of the root. The cedar wa II feet
in diameter Is feet above the earth.
There is q cedar tree Is feet in dia-
meter at South Bend. AT Montesano
is another cedar - feet S inches in
diameter. On ST. Johns River there
are groves of cedars that vary from
10 to "a feet through and only a few
are hollow.
There are also large trees in Yaki.
ma, Okanogan, Ferry, Asotin, Spokane
Stevens, Whitman and other eastern
counties. The largest stand of white
pine left intact on this continent is
partly in Whitman county and extends
into northern Idaho. The largest fiji
trees on the east side are in the Sulli
van LAX district in Stevens county.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

The Record notes that the Ration
Daily Range, a republican paper,
claims that the statehood situation
was never more promising. Just so.
The usual Republican statement. AL
so the Range asserts that statehood
was defeated by a trick at the last
session of congress, and that such a
trick will not work again as state
hood will come to a vote at the next
regular session. Here again the
Range is off. Statehood came to a
vote in the house last session and the
bill was passed. 1t went to the SEN
ate, but also came to a vote when 1t
was proposed to tack the statehood
bill onto one Of the appropriation bills
The Range should note that this owe
was defeated by the republicans. Ev-
cry democrat voted in favor of this
move and every republican voted
against it. Among the republicans
who voted against statehood were the
two republican senators from Penn
sylvania, over whom our delegate
boasts he has such great control.
Statehood was not defeated by a trick
but by the entire republican strength
IN the senate.
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themselves, are determined to prove
that this aphorism is not justified in
the case of the North end suburb.
The aid of the school children, school
teachers, business men, city officials
and police department is to be enlist
ed in making the movement a success
1t is planned ito give away 500 in
cash prizes, this sum to be raised by
a house to house canvass by the Wo-
men, and the. awards are to be made
July 1. There will he prizes for the
best kept lawns, parking strips and
sidewalks, kitchen yards and back
yards. Ballard is rapidly forging
ahead as a residence district, some Of
the finest homes in THE city having
been built recently on BrygSer hill,
Loyal heights and the northern out
skirts.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13
z. DOYLE ARRESTED
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE.

w. z. Doyle, who returned to Ros-
we'll last Friday after an absence of
two years, was arrested yesterday on
a letter from the sheriff at Los Angel
es in which it was stated that he is
wanted at Los Angeles on a serious
charge, in which a nine year old girl
is prosecuting witness. He is being
held to await the arrival of an offic-
err from Los Angeles, who left there
this morning. The charge brought
against Mr.. Doyle is a serious one
and his friends here hope that he will
be able to prove his claim hat he is
innocent. He was formerly employed
by different Roswell firms, but has
been on the coast, and much of the
time at Los Angeles, since he left.
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Couple From Lakewood Married.

Charles w. Nelson n Miss Fora
Morton came up from Lakewood yes
terday and were happily married at
four O'Clock yesterday afternoon by
Justice A. j. Weller, who performed
the ceremony at his Office in the pres
ence of several officials and court at
taches. Mr.. Nelson has been in the
cattle business at Lakewood, but ne
plans to move to Ell Paso. He and
his bride will spend several days IN
Roswell, being guests at the Roswell
Hotel.
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

one who has made a fortune by the
increase of land values; we have some
such men in Roswell. There is no SAT-
er investment than good land. 1t Is
bound to increase in value in the very
nature of things. There is no better
investment in land anywhere than in
the Pecos Valley, today. Land here
has greatly increased in value in the
past and will greatly increase in val
ue in the future. In some instances it
may be claimed hat land values near
Roswell are high already. This may
.oe true to a certain extent, but no.
where in the Pecos Valley have land
values reached anylike like a correct
approximation of the real value of the
lands themselves. Pecos Valley lands
are a good investment today.
1t eve pays to hide a light under
a buShel, whether it be an electric or
gas light. or merely a kerosene lamp.
Hidden lights are worthless. Les he
light be placed so that it will shine
to the greatest number and give out
the most light. Every business "a
has light spots in his business affairs
that he wants to reach the public; he
has goods at bargain prices and he
has better goods in some lines than
those carried by his competitors. But
he will never reach the buying public
by hiding these goods under the coun-
ter. Blow about them; tell your neigh
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13
will Clean Seattle Single suburt

From the Seattle Times.
Ballard clubwomen, assisted by the
Salmon Bay Improvement club, have
started out to make the single sub
arb the c1eaTfest and prettfest OF
Greater Seattle before the opening OF
the fair. Ballard is the greatest shin-
gle manufacturing center In the world
and the mill towns usually T regard
ed as not clean, whether they are or
not, but Ballard women, in many In
stances the wives o6 the min owners
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

Otto Hedgcoxe had set out a row of
mountain cottonwood trees. They
were sprouted and growing nicely and
I'M dark night some nervy theft came
along and pulled up about half of
them bodily and o them away. Mr..
Hedgcoxe has replaced the missing
trees and is in hopes that they will
be left to grow.
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bors about them, but even then he
can reach but a small number of peo-
pie. Better put your light up on a high
mountain where it can be seen by all
people. Phone the Record Office n
our advertising solicitor will call on
you and point out to you a high and
conveniently located mountain, within
easy each.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

Frank Diver went to Riverton last
night to ship a train load of cattle 10
a pasture he recently bought near
LOngton, Kansas.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

Roosevelt is now now in France
through French newspapers as "Ba-
ron Munchausen."
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

The senate finance committee has
restored the wool schedule in the tar
III bill to the old basis of the Dingley
Bill.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

The Clovis Post estimates that Clio
Wis will have a population of 10000
by the first of next year What is
Roswell doing in the meantime?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

There are more autos in Roswell
than in any other two towns in the
territory. M more coming every few
days.
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"Nervv Nat" Skinned a Block.

About the ~nerviest theft recorded
in the past several moons came along
this week up near the corner of Sew
enth street and Richardson
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13

Artesia Is coming to the front with
a National Guard Company with a
strength of 103.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-04-13
TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY.-
CERTIFICATE OF COMPARISON.

1. Nathan Jaffa, Secretary of the
Territory of New Mexico, do hereby
certify that there was filed for rec
ord in this office at 10 O'Clock a. M,
on the Twenty-ffth day OF February
A. D.. 1909,
Certificate Of Change of Office of
THE CUMBERLAND CITY REAL
ESTATE, TOWN TRADING AND
DEVELOPING COMPANY:
No. 581s.
and also, that 1 have compared the
following copy of the same, with the
original thereof now on file, and de-
clare it to be a correct transcript
therefron and of the whole thereof.
Given under my hand and the Great
Seal of the Territory Of
New Mexico, at the City of
(SEAL) Santa Fee, the Capital on
this Twenty-ffth day of
February, A. D. 1909.
NATHAN JAFFA,
Secretary of New Mexico.
DIRECTORS CALL MEETING.
February 18th, 1909.
Pursuant to a call issued by the
berland City Real Estate, Town, Trad
ing and Developing Company met in
Boswell, N. NJ, February 18th, 1907
present w F.. Welty, President, and
Richard w. Lewis, Treasurer and Act
ing Secretary; absent A. C. Hall, Sec
rotary.
On motion, which carried, it was
determined that the principal Office of
The Cumberland City Real Estate,
Town, Trading and Developing Com
pany, w. F. Welty, agent, should be
changed from Roswell, N. NJ, to Cum
berland, N. M, at the earliest date
the move can be legally consummat-
ed, and that b acting Secretary be
Instructed to forward a copy of this
action to the Secretary of the Terri
tory, together with the requisite fee
of So. 70.
(Signed.) WILLIAM F. WELTY,
corporate Seai.)
RICHARD w. LEWIS,
Acting Secretary.
TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO 2
Territory Of New Mexico,
County Of chaves.
On this the Goth day of February,
1909, personally appeared before me,
a notary public, to me personally
known, w. F.. Welty, President, and
Richard w. Lewis, Acting Secretary,
Of The Cumberland City Real Estate,
Town, Trading and Developing Com
pany, who being duly sworn, state
that they are President and Acting
Secretary OF the sale company, and
that the above instrument was sign
ed and sealed in behalf OF said Cor
poration by authority of the Board of
Directors and said officers acknowl-
edged said instrument to be the free
act and deed OF said corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF l have
hereunto' set my hand and affixed my
official seal on this the day and year
last bov written.
(Signed) NJ. T. CROCKETT,
(Notariaff SeaID Notary Public.
ENDORSED1No. 1919. Cor. Reed
Vol. s, page 500. Certificate Of Change
of Office Of The Cumberland City
Real Estate, Town Trading and De-
velopfng Company.
Filed in Office of Secretary OF New
Mexico, February rs, 1909. 10 a. m.
NATHAN JAFFA,
Compared OK to b. Secretary.
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The scientists of the United States
are preparing to map the magnetic
currents of the earth. To do this they
are building a vessel, probably the
most unique in history, which will be
made without any steel in It.
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Bull" Andrews is getting busy in
Congress, pushing in the bills right
and left, but Of course all bluff as ev-
eryone knows congress will act on no.
thing except the tariff and census
bills.
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Every few days we read Of some