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

New York, Dec. 15.-Following the
abandonment of the old police head
quarters at o Mulberry street, for
many years the center of investiga-
ton for more crime mysteries than
any other place in the world, VITA the
possible exception of Scotland Yard,
an auction sale of condemned police
property was held there today.
Among the condemned property Is
a copy of the Penal Code, another
of the Charter of the city and a copy
of the city ordinances.
These are listed as follows in lot
No. 2, Two iron gates, one Cooks
Penal Code 19O5). n Greater New
York Charter t19O1), one city ordi
nance (905). one boiler (hot water
so gallons,) one stove thot water)
eight bedsteads. seven bed springs
nine oil cans, 135 feet cable eeleva
tori, lot of iro pipe stanchions, guam
tity OF manila rope"
II could not be learned what art
list of the department was RESPONSE
Bile for the arrangement of lot No
.. IL was conceded that the lot was
what is called miscellaneous"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16
ROSWELL NOW HAS AN
All-PAID FIRE DEPARTMENT.


Chief Charles Whitenan yesterday
put into edect the plan for an all
paid fire department for the city of
Roswell. The old company of volun-
teers was released from further ser
vice and men were hired to I'LL out
the needed conpletement. 8. Coffey,
an experienced man from Oklahoma
and Dan kirkpatrick were put On the
full pay list and put to work They
will make a full company of five men
stationed at the fire house all the
time. Walter Gill, II. Cronk and Hen
ry Selleck were put on a part pay list,
with telephone communications and
arrangements for prompt service in
case of alarm. Crolk will sleep at
the fire house and be on duty from
eight p. IN. to eight a. m, making
The night company at the fire house
number six men. These, with Gill,
Selleck and Chief White7nan will
bring the company up to nine men, al
way e for service.
The change was made possible by
the subscription of the citizens to
the monthly payment of moderate
sums for a period of six months, when
the city will be in shape to hire its
own men. w. A Johnson president
of the Roswell Hardware Company
circulated the subscription list Tues
day.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

be a mistake" Aside from the fact
mat New Mexico has a much greater
population than the state of Delaware,
that its area is sixty times as great;
that il has ten times as many school
houses: that il sent more soldiers to
the front in the Civil War in defense
of the Union, and several times as
many during the Spanish-American
war;, the ignorance of the News of
even primary school knowledge is ap-
parent when il continues: There are
already TWO states in the west-Ari-
IONA and Nevada-which are ridicu-
lous. There are but few towns or
cities in either state. and both states
have all the machinery of govern
ment necessary in a real state" Any
school boy at Wilmington could have
informed the editor that Arizona is
not a state. but a territory and that
Arizona has o times as many
towns with 5000 population or more
than has Delaware.-Santa Fe New
Mexican.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

names. Hawkins. 1t appears, arrfv-
ell with mucn baggage several days
ago and Immediately afterward a
many callers. When Dowdle "squeaE
ed the same furniture was found in
Hawkins room that Is the main fur
1iture of the frontier gambling house
and all of the gambling houses in be-
tween. II ppears that for years the
real faro banker" under his real
name of Frank, was a travelling sal
esman for a Chicago house and made
acq%uaintances whom he has victimiz-
ed later. He advertised for "busi-
ness men to invest $1,000 to $40, 1000"
introduced prospective investors to a
confederate and promptly suggested
a little game in which. as 1t was
crooked, but looked respectable. the
prospective investor" stood no
f, chance whatever.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

The News published at Wilmington,
Delaware. in speaking of statehood
for New Mexico says: That New
Mexico should be made a state at
this time is not believed by those
VINO are aware of the character OF
that Territory in respect to population
and area. To create a ridiculous state
with a scattered population and a
population made up to a considerable
extent of those not qualified to under
stand what statehood means would
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

The Record has received a letter
from one of the incorporators of an
FL Paso company, which claims TO
have appropriated the power rights
of the Penasco river. This letter says
the company proposes to GO ahead
within a short time and erect a power
plant, bringing power lines to RIOS
well and elsewhere in tle valley. The
company a the people of the val
ley to take some of the stock in the
company.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

A citizen of Roswell tells the Rec
ord that he pes not consider 1t right
that Carl Leopold should lie in Jail
while others are about doing the very
same Thing for which he Is suffering.
III any citizen of Roswell knows that
uch is the case. ne could do a good
act by putting these others in with
Leopold. As for the Record We have
no doubt that many laws are violaf-
ed, and the guilty escape, but that Is
no reason why any guilty person.
once caugit, should be permitted to
escape.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

President Taft has issued a warn
ing to census enunerators that their
duty in respect 10 the census has
nothing 10 do with political affairs
and that they must let politics alone
while acting as enumerators. Yet
the nomination of President Taft Al
Chicago was accomplished through
the aid OF federal o~fficelolders. This
warning probably means just as much
or just as little as the n issued be-
fore the last political campaign.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

The Albuquerque Journal seems to
aave slipped the collar for a short
time. 1t accuses one Sol Luna of be-
ing a political boss. Well, what of 1t?
OF course he is a political boss. and
there are dozens and hundreds of
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

A Massachusetts aviator claims to
have bull: a machine in which me flew
from Worcester to New York, a dis
lance of 300 miles. at the rate of 100
miles an hour.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

A national bank has just failed in
Oklahoma. Ii will now be interesting
10 note now 1t pays up as compared
with the state bank. under the state
guaranty law, which failed last fall.
and which paid the depositors in full
within q few weeks.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

New York, Dec 15.-Mayor-elect
and ex-Judge Gaynor will be given n
dinner ut the Cafe Boulevard tonight,
the Hungarian National Democratic
Club, acting IS host On next Mon
day night q complimentary dinner
will be rendered h future mayor by
the bar Of New York City
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

Just to show tAat there Is nothing
little about Amarillo her people are
asking Uncle Sam for $350.00O for
that purpose.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

IL Don Solomon" wants to fix vi
things with the Journa all he has Il
do Is to throw il another bone q
pick.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

Just to show VIVA a progressive
citizenship she has the town of LAX
Arthur voted twenty thousand doll
ars for water works, and not a single
was cast against it
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

For the head of such a small RI
public as Nicaragua, one Zelaya seem
able to stir up quite a good-sized fuss
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

II King Leopold. of Belgium, shoul
die. IL may put an end to the inluman
practices in the Congo Free State for
which the company headed by the
aged king Is responsible.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS.

The Territory of New Mexico has
almost as many miles of railroad as
has the Chinese Empire.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

The Portales times says that more
steel is manufactured into pens than
into words. How about the typewrit-
ers?
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

The man WHO sits down to walt
for something to turn up, will need
a cushion on his seat.-Portales
Times.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

There ara more and better oppor-
tunities today in the Peco Valley
than In any other part of New Next
co, and that is saying a great deal.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

Now that the government has fin.
ally cleared up all obstacles to thu
Elephant Butte dam We suppose 1t will
be actually built.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16
Attention Farmers!
Electric Power For Pumping.

Without water your fertile valley lands are dormant,
fail to respond to most industrious cultivation and con-
tinues to tenaciously hold the hidden wealth locked with
in the soil. With water the same fertile lands are no
longer dormant and no longer fail to respond to indus
trious cultivation, but will bring forth wealth in a most
generous manner. Golden fields of grain, green fields of
alfalfa and acres of orchard will appear where now the
lands are barren. This is the law of nature. To elevate
the water from its present level to the level OF your lands
at the lowest cost so the lands may be irrigated is the
problem confronting you. The solution of the problem
is the use OF electric power for pumping.
Electric power is the cheapest power for pumping and
all power purposes for the farmer aud all power users.
1t is not only the cheapest, but Is the safest and the most
reliable and convenient power that can be used. In addi-
ton, it is the only power that can be applied directly at
the point where the power is wanted, viz: At the pump
shaft, with direct connection TO the shaft, saving the
large loss of power due to friction in betting, pulleys and
shafts. We are ready to demonstrate the truthfulness of
these statements to all Corners.
We are prepared to furnish power for the irrigation
of 10000 acres of land the coming season and will in
crease our plant capacity as the business demands.
Lines will be extended for a distance of 20 miles from our
power plant where the business warrants the expense OF
construction. We are not justified in ineurrm ing the cost
of line construction and other necessary expense unless at
least 5000 acres will use electric power the coming
season.
We will not ask the farmer to subscribe for any of
our stock, or to contribute or donate to US, or to he at
any other expense than rhe cost of the line from the main
transmission line along the public highway over his prem
Uses to his pumping station, the necessary pump and
motor equipment for his well and a concrete weir for
measuring the water. The contract must. however, be
for a sufficient period of years to justify our outlay and
in such form as to follow the land regardless of change OF
ownership.
Those interested are requested to call at our office or
write, furnishing the following information:
~ Name and Post Office address.
CD Number of acres owned.
(3) Number OF acres to be irrigated.
a. Location and description of land.
(5.) Size of well and actual or estimated flow and
length of we'll casing. If well is to be drilled so
state and when it will be completed.
(6.) Distance water is to be elevated.
o. Distance from our power plant to land along
public highways.
49, Names and addresses of others who require and
now want power for pumping.
Remember it takes time to construct lines and make
installations and it is only a few months until you will
need the water. If you are interested you should act at
once.
Roswell Electric Light Co.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

New Mexico nay not get
bat the people of Roswell can drive
out the saloons-if they Will
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

men in both political parties who
yearn TO have Soils political power.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

Amarillo wants a federal building
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-12-16

THE PRESENCE OF PRESENTS
nj and around Christmas time is ma
fural. The exchange OF gifts is usual.
tokens of friendship and esteem For
the ladies' and children nothing could
be more acceptable than a nice box
Of our.
DELICIOUS CONNECTIONS.
They are pure. wholesome and tempt
ine and will make n very convenient
ana most suitable present for young
or old. The qualities are superior
and yet the prices are by no means
high
G6
Evening star., 1909-03-04
w oman's Hair.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Gold is the woman's only dream.
wrote Anacreon. Were he living today
that line would be altered. He would
make the first word hair" Hair. hair,
hair-and they get it. From France,
from Germany. from China. from Japan,
the ships bring ii to our shores. We are
the great hair-importing nation And
the headdresses grow ever wider and
wider passing the bounds Of nature and
asserting themselves braZeny as open
and unconscionable frauds.
Some are simple enough to believe that
women dress 10 please men They don t.
and tie present coiffure proves it. They
dress TO follow fashion and to please
themselves. They dress to avoid the
criticism of their sisters and toSbe able
to criticise other sisters
In such matters the mans taste is as
unregarded as bridegroom. Women
make themselves pretty according to
their own ideas. When they don't like
the styles. the men are silent from dis
cretOn or complimentary from gallantry.
Here's to the Greek coiffure! We don't
wholly approve the Greek costume as
exhibited by Isadore Duncan. But there
shock anything except a taste perverted
by long wearing of the present-day hair
mattresses. 1t is honest as could
reasonab bly, be expected. 1t or anything
else for that matter, would he an i'm
provement on the present exaggerated
styles III hair
Evening star., 1909-03-04
CHARITY FUNDS Low.
Leading Associations of the City
Must Have Money at Once.

The condition of the three lead 'ng
charities of the city is at present
critical. and unless friends help prompt
ly their work will have to stop The
Associated Charities and the Citizens
Relief Association are spending money
for groceries. rent and coal for poor
families whose need is beyond qucS-
ton. They can do this for few weeks
longer without aid Last winter the
Associated Charities gave twice as
much relief as usual and this winter
the burden is still heavier; for fifteen
months the industrial depression has
made the friends Of the society feel
poor and has stripped the poor of their
last resources.
Credit. reserve funds. even health
and courage are gone. and today the
Associated Charities is between hun
dreds of families and cold and hunger
In the past ten weeks over 5000 people
have applied for aid. The joint finance
committee feels that the work must
stop unless money is raised to main
tain it. Money is given in Washington
for the church. for education, for art
for social work of many kinds, but
this money will be used to sustain life
and to prevent despair and misery
Contributions should be sent to S1i
q street northwest
Evening star., 1909-03-04
he compelled to put tax on the capital
value of land.
Reaching for the Unattainable.

But there is no guarantee that, even
with her enormous expenditures. Grea,
Britain can keep up the two-power stand
ard against such countries as Germany
and the United States. Both of the lat
ter powers have resources as great, If not
greater than England and both seem de-
termined to build up nayies equal to hers
in efficiency. 1t would. therefore, seem
that England is reaching out for the un-
attaina bic.
In the last six years there has been an
enormous growth in the municipal IN
debtedness of London. The latest figures
are two years old, fault which the local
government board persists in commit
ting. Still good deal can be learned
from the figures of the years 1S1-1%N
and 1906. The increase in the six
years reaches the gigantic sum of $9l5.
uU0,OD, an increase of "a per cent. Most
people when they read such figures. con-
sole themselves with the idea that in the
same period there must have been cor
responding rise in revenue and in popu-
latiOn. or at least in ratable value. But
this is not the case in this instance.
The rates have increased, of course,
with the Indebtedness. because the inter-
est of the debt has to be paid; the rise in
rates is. therefore, 43 per cent: but the
rise in ratable value in six years is only
1J per cent, and the rise in population
only per cent. In other words, the
local debt alone has increased in six
years from $6.37 head to $50
Evening star., 1909-03-04
The American Consul: His Work.

Winslow Hall. in March National Magazine.
What gorgeous pictures of foreign
lands enthrall the ina gihation of the
American schoolboy, as he bends over his
geography and thinks OF the American
consul and. his life and labors in those
distant countries laid out on the maps
before him and delineated in irregular
patches tinted in red. yellow, green and
blue: with round black dots TO locate
the capitals and commercial centers of
the world,
With him. and indeed with most of his
elders, the popular conception of a United
States consul is of an appointee of the last
incoming administration. who has ''dCne
the state some service'-along strictly
partisan lineS-and is being furnished
trip and residence abroad at the expense
of Uncle Sam. in requital of such service.
AS represented in many popular plays.
short stories and novels. he is pictured
Jolly good fellow who lives a life
of ease and luxury. with nothing to
worry him and little to do but wear
a dress coat at private and public festas.
visit and hObnob with civil. military and
naval dignties, and bask in the full sun
light of social honors and entertainment.
From such iiesse and official dolce far
niente he is supposed, at times to spring
to the rescue OF distressed damSelS and
condemned flibusters. and interpose be
arrogant. continental authorities the aegis
of the republic and the inviolable folds of
the American flag.
As matter of fact. there is much about
the life of an American consul. in most
localities. which is charming interlude
between busy and Sordd years of Strenu-
Gus business life. The hitherto obscure
political worker of some CLOSE deestric
unccmmony prosaic in the daily life and
avocations of its inhabitants. becomes on
receipt &C his appointment and its ratit
cation by the government to which he
is accredited. the social equal of mobiles
and officials. Of gentlemen and ladies' with
whom he could not possibly visit or
Sociate in his individual capacity. In
many localities the climate is superior. the
views enchanting. the opportunities for
scholarly. antiquarian. musical and artiS-
tic invest igat'Cn unrivalcd. and the list of
pleasures. and advertisements long. varied
and cheaply INDUCED. In other appoint
mentS the lover of travel among barba-
rotIS and haif-civliZed peoples. and of
exciting hunting and exploring cxpedi-'
tious. finds ample opportunity TO vary
comparatively rare periods Of pressing
duty with adventures which will always
furnish pleasant memories in after life.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
The Siberian Clover.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
To the explorers who found out new
parts of the earth's surface succeed eX-
plorers who are finding out strange fruits.
plants. grains and grasses suitable for
domestication in civilized lands. Column
bus and Balboa made tremendous dis
coveries. which must rank first in every
sense. but they involved more of daring
than of skill. Both qualities were COM
bined in the scientific expedition through
Russia and northern Asia from which
Prof. Niels E;bbesen Hansen of the South
Dakota College of Agriculture has just
returned. bearing the seed of an alfalfa
clover which he found growing beyond the
ARCTIC circle. The plant will Withstand
temperatures which freeze the mercury.
and will grow luXuriantly on the farms
of our northwestern states Its hardy
character may be transmitted to the
strains of wild and cultivated species OF
alfalfa from four continents now growing
in this country, out of which il is hoped
that variety comprising the best char
acteristics of each may be evolved in an
ideal forage plant.
But the Siberian clover is only one Of
80 different lots of foreign seeds brought
in by Prof. Hansen that may be adapted
to our varying soils and climates. AS tn >
importance of such expeditions can hardly
be overestmated it behOoves Congress to
support them literally.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
REPUBLICANS At RECEPTION
MEMBERS OF NATIONAL LEAGUE
OF CLUBS THE GUESTS.
John Hays Hammond. President of
Organization, the Host-Introduc-
tions by Secretary Smith.

John Hays Hammond. president Of the
National League of Republican Clubs.
gave a reception in the leagues headquar-
ters in the New Willard Hotel yesterday
afternoon and last evening to the league
members jn the city. Til" Indictment
weather did not deter a large throng from
attendance. The headquarters will be open
during the remand nr OF the week ani
many of the leag guc's national officers viii
be present to welcome the guests.
Among those who attended were Gov.
PenncwlI of New Jersey. Gov. pcneen Of
Illinois. John n Stewart. president OF t."
New York League at Republican clubs,
r. +. IiapGood, president Of the PcnnsNl-
vania State League. Charles II. Shrin.
president OF the Maryland League. W W.
Heffelhnyer, vice president of the Nation
al League; Charles w. kohlsaat Of New
York, Gcorg" Il. Sheldon, treasurer Of
the republican national COMMITTEES. ticorS
$. Terry. assistant United States treas
urer at New York: Lafe Young of Iowa.
Charles r. Brooker. national committee
man of Connecticut: Harry u. Davis of
Ohio, w. w HeffelfrGer OF Minnesota.
vice president of the National League.
w. y. Mitchell and Henry :. Jackson
of Atlanta, Ga: II. -. Dove of Sedaiia,
Mo-: James Bronson Reynolds of New
York; Henry NJ. Camp, president of the
District of Columbia League: Gus \.
Schuldt of this city, A. =. Sawyer of Seat
tie. Wash. Alfred Z. Lunt, president OF
the College League; Col J. William De-
Grange, member of the staff Of the Gov
ernOr of West Virginia; John w. Kohl
Saat of New York and several members
Of Congress.
mond by Smell Smith. national secretary
of the league.
Evening star., 1909-03-04
Living Serenely.
rom the Ohio State Journal

From the Ohio State Journal.
1t is a long way from an axiom to
rhetoric. and he who takes that way will
find himself at last foundering in the
mire When person INDUCES in rhetoric
and a multiplicity of speech and storm
of words. truth gets very tired and goes
away back and sits down, and waits.
When one. embraces a faith he needs to
simplify it with a clean-cut first principle.
He doesn't need words. or reasons, or ex-
periences, or statistics or appeals-he
needs the one mastering truth When a
person says God reigns the golden rule
prevails honesty is the best policy, grapes
grow from grapes and thistles from this
ties. he need not be fiurried harried by
doubts and contentious. but go straight
along through the world as clean as a
snowflake.
AS soon as one begins TO discuss and
rhetoricate out on the edges of some big
truth, he is lost One cannot read the
history of philosophy or of the advance of
human thought that one does not notice
how rhetoric and sophiStry come to under
mine every advance position. Just get a
fellow off to arguing some question COW
cred by an axiom or great truth and down
he tumbleS.