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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-13

t.. Gordon, master mechanic oi
the local railroad shops, aud e.
ID. B-cth made a bu ,iness trip "a
Dawson ,tI. first OF this week.
Mrs. Severe lett las, FRIDAY TOT
diiiercn, points in the east, where
she will select a late line OF spring
goods for her millinery establish.
ment. Miss Blair, who is install.
my a millinery parlor AZ San Jon,
IS attending to Mrs, Severe's mil
linefy business during her absence.
Mrs. l.. e. Ruckcr has JUS, re-.
turned from Chicago and ~. Louis,
where she has been for the pas,
three weeks selecting a line oil
millinery goods. Mrs. Rucker ha,
opened up her parlprs IN the new
bank building and is now prepared
to show u ut the choicest lines
ot millinery goods that was ever
displayed in Tucumcari.
Office occupants oi the new FIRST
National bank building have been
a little boastiul on the streets this
week, over the fact that they
escaped the sand on Monday D..
Their boast is well founded aud
this is on. OF the hes, things tina,
can b. said about the new building.
IL rs sand proof and after tn.
storm N!as over thu offices ~ !,
were a. free from dus, as before.
The EvangelistiC services which
wei. so successfully cnudu,t,d m
this city 10y the Methodist Episco.
pal church; under thu direction oi
Rev. Mcbride and DR.. Blair, were
brought to a close last tuesday
night. The meetings were IN pro.
grcss Tor over two weeks and w,fe
very enthusiastically attended.
That Tucumcari was greatly bene-
fitted 10y he lofty and noble sermons
undlSputcd. The singing by Mr..
aud Mrs. Montgomery, and the
choir which they organized here
will he long remembered by the
people Of this city.
The regular monthly business
meeting OF the Episcopal Ladies
Guild was held at the home VI
Mrs. Y ". Moore. Those pres.
ent were: M,sdamcs t.. T.. Auli.
T.. T.. Clark, ). Dallc,, II. -.
Nichols, t.. Brown, y. Pool. T..
G.. Brennan, +. :. Kinds and
Mrs. '. W. Moore. Mis-. New,
Mathis was there "a a visitor. |,
was decided to have a social tea
each " TX during lent to increase
the building fund. \ lctter wa,
read from MIR. Shields, rector. in
charge. saying that Bishop Ken
drck would he here tor cuntrma.
ton al out February 2lth. The
next meeting wall b- held at the
home OF Mrs. T.. +. Aull.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-13

Dr. Marnrv - out again after a
weeks sickness.
Mrs e. -. Beech and children
CAM IN from Dawson FRIDAY
evening.
Master N, chanic Gordon spcn,
s-v, raj DAYS a. Dawson, returning
10 Iucumcari Friday.
John Lauhach, a prominent bus.
ines man Of Las Vegas, Was here
a lew day, guest vi Register Is.
4. Prentice and other acqua,nt-
nee
Supr. l.. T.. Morris went, to FL
Psso "Wednesday evening, taking
IN the paw car which will return
soon 90 make the ghost walk
tor the bows in a lew DAYS.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-13
For Sale Cheap

Elegant cninopi'r. wt,ting.dcsk,
new Wheeler X Wilson No. y
,rwing.machin-, child CRIB,
G. airs, table,, kitchen stove,
kirch.n.war., etc. -. -. Poui.,
u. ). Land Office OF residence.
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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-02-13
The Presbyterian and Methods,
Episcopal Church

Services on Sunday; Sunday
school, 10 a. m; morning service,
II a. m ; evening service. 7:I5 p.
m. You are cordially invited to
all the services OF our church.
Guy VI. MCBRiDE, D..
NApNrH II. DUBosF,
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Poisonous Brazilian Vipers.

MuoA is made of the Ianee-head
viper, the most deadly Of all know
zeptiles." brought from Brazil to
New York for the purpose of an OPP
sration which will give a serum that
is practically extinct. There are
several singularly interesting snakes
In Brazil. The suru eueu Is sup
posed 70 cause death In six hours. It
Is sometimes found nine feet long.
Its SKIP b > dirty tswny yellow, with
dark bT0un lozenges on the back. 1t
is said to be attracted by fire but sell
dom to injure travellers. The ferc-
est OF the ianee-headed vipers Is the
JararOca, and it, also, It a dirty yell
low, but Il is brown-black about the
tail.-BOstOn Herald.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
A YOUNG LION SLAYER.
BOer Farmer Boys Make Good Shots
On the African Veldt.

Three lions were killed near Piet-
ersburg. Transvaal by the nineteen
year-old son of Jozef Erasmus, a
Boer farmer. It appears that young
Erasmus was on his way to the Mes
sina mine and had outspanned his
donkey team, when his kaflr Eoy
came running to tell him that three
lions were tackling the donkeyS
Erasmus seized his gun and ran hard
In the direction indicated. On his
arrival at the spot he found the
lions lying around one of the dom
keys. He fred and killed big
lioness. The other two jumped up
but be was ready and shot another
(younger) Iioness. The young lion
which was left ran behind some
brughwood. Erasmus first collected
his donkeys and brought them into
safety and then once more carefully
2ahed the scene Of the fight.
Esofder to find out If the two lion
szses were dead he fired another shot
at one of them. This disturbed the
surviving lion who thereupOn came
forth roaring. Erasmus was again
Teady and shot him dead on the spot.
Asked by the Voikosstsm correspond
ent whether he was alone at the
time, Erasmus replied; "Oh, no,
Oom,' I had my little Kafir boy,
with me.-TAe skins were sold in
Pietersburg.-Pretoria Yolksstem.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Birds, Fruit. Dead Leaves.

The Moki Indian women of Art-
zona have an ingenious and roman
tic form Of eoiffure. When young
these women coil their tresses at the
sides Of their heads, SO as to repre-
sent the buds Of native plant. This
signinss that they themselves are in
the flush OF youth and Of marriage
able age. When they are married
their hair Is arranged to represent
the fruit Of the plant; while In cid
age their locks hang struggling down
their backs, typical of the withered
stalk Of the dead or dying plant
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Answers.
Brides Older Than Bridegroomes.

The vital statistics prepared by
City Clerk Entwisle of Salem shows
that during 1907 there were 479
marriage licenses issued and 500 SOL
emnized in the city, which is IS
fewer than the previous year. The
oldest Bridegroom was 68 and the
oldest bride so, while the youngest
bridegroom was 16 and the youngest
bride Is. Seventy-one brides were
older than the bTidegTooms.-Boston
Transcript.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06

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The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Vegetable Milk.

Vegetable milk is used in Japan.
1t is made from the sofa bean. The
liquid is exactly like cows milk in
appearance, and in taste can hardly
be distinguished from it. To make
1t the beans are first soaked and
then boiled in water. Some sugar
and phosphate potassium are added,
and it is boiled down till it has the
consistency of condensed milk.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
A Venerable Turtle.

A Massachusetts boy, Nathan
Sampson, has found a venerable tur-
tie which bears markings made by
his grandfather, now 81 years old,
which were put On in 1840, and by
his great-grandfather, who marked
the same turtle in 1916.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Valuable Relics.

At an auction sale at Christie's
in London of the late MarchiOness of
Conyngham's art collection q silver
ever and dish, weighing together 80
ounces, a gift of George " TO an
ancestor of the Marchioness, sold for
$4,000.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
Slightly Mixed.

The story is now going the rounds
of the country papers about man
who visited the paying-teller's win
dow In a bank and asked for one OF
the new coins with God Bless Our
Home" left OF.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
4 HeaIthfui OCCUPATION.

Bull fighters receive SAT- per
hour, and the occupation Is 50 health
full that unless killed by accident its
followers invariably reach a green
old age.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
NaUsnaners IN Persia

Persian newspapers are reproduced
from handwriting By Ithography,
no types being used,
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06
UenuaS BeRgsrs.

Vienna has $4,000 street beggars,
and many of them make 3 better liV-
ing than Workmen.
The Washington bee., 1909-02-06

1t has been estimated that . Lon
don fog weighs s.s0e.OOO.ooe tons.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
HIGH TIDE JETTY
ASKED BY HOQUiAM.
But Half of 100000 Appropriation l.
Used and $500, 1000 More Is Sought.

HOQUIAM, July 23.-Witn 100000
appropriated for it's construction, the
north side jetty is now practically COM
pleted, while but little over half the
amount has been expended for the
work.
In view of the economy (which mas
marked the work of construction SO
far, it is now planned to have the en-
gineers' department sanction the ex-
pendituCe Of the remaining money to
build a high instead of a mid-tlde jet
ty, and congress will be asked for an
appropriation of s5O0,O to complete
the project.
If the jetties shall be extended to
high tide jetties, it is estimated that
the depth Of water on the bar will not
be less than 80 or 33 feet at any st<ge
of the tide, thus providing acf/mmo-
datiOns for vessels of any caught.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
NEW MINISTER TO CHINA.

President Taft has succeeded, aft
er numerous declinatiOns of the i'm
portant post of minister to China, in
securing q man who seems to be par
ticularly well qualified for the office,
Charles r. Crane of Chicago having
accepted the appointment. The fact
mess ability, added to profound
knowledge of commercial conditions in
the far east. had to be selected. caused
many men who were approached TO
reject the post, since acceptances in
volved many business sacrifices. SO
numerous were the destinations that
Chinese pride, which it must be con-
fessed is not super sensitive, became
wounded 1t began to appear that no.
body prominent enough to be selected
as minister to Pekin cared to run the
risk Of another legation siege, but the
president finally prevailed upon Mr..
Crane to make the commercial sacrl-
fees attendant upon abandoning, tenn
porarily. at least, the immense bust
ness enterprises whose growth under
his supervision is the strongest argu-
| ment for Mr., Cranes fitness.
| The Chinese post may not be one
requNing paramount diplomatic gifts,
\ III 70 of r
Hay were displayed in the success OF
| his Chinese negotiations. But there
can be no doubt whatever that the
Pellin ministry is commercially STRAIT
egic The domination OF the Oriental
trad involves a supreme struggle be-
tween the United states and Japan
with the odds at present heavily ii
favor of the little brown men. But
with man of Mr.. Cranes attain
merts. his extensive information, his
commanding position in the Orienta
business world. and with vigorou:
J action at the earliest possible momen
resulting in the rehabilitation of oul
Pacific merchant marine, much tina
/ has been lost may be regained anC
much that is still an unWon prize ma.
j.. be secured. The commercial awaken
ing of China and Korea and the entir
, Orient. is apparent. A skilled diplo
mat without the qualities which Nh,
Crane possesses would be the most III
. advised selection that could be made
r But from Mr.. Crane and his co-opera
. ton on the part Of the government
+, country great things industrially ar
rishtfully expected.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
FEE AND BAILEY MIX
ROUGH AND TUMBLE
Lawyers Mix In Court Room In Tw
Round Battle Which Ends With
Hurting of an InkweII.

PENDLETON, July 23.-The hurting
Of an inkwell as a feature in the
rough and tumble fight between Judge
James A. Fee, representing the con-
testing heirs and D. d. Bailey, at
torney for Mrs. Mabel Warner, en-
livened this mornings hearing of the
Warner Young will case. The fight
lasted two rounds despite the efforts
to separate the belligerents.
The dispute was over whether Ft'o-
fessor w. W. Williams, of Portland
Prof. H. c. Blair, of Spokane, hand
writing experts, could remain in court
during the trial. Fee favored them re-
manned and accused the Warner
forces of tampering with the will.
Bailey hurled a "lie" and the two
men clashed and fell to the floor
Bailey's face was rubbed on the floor
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
DELAY Fatal to Suit.

OLYMPIA, July 23-Today the su-
preme court held that because Hattie
w. Smith did not give Spokane notice
within 80 days of her claim against
the city, she is not entitled to main
tain an action and affirmed the judg-
ment of the lower court in dismiss
ing the case. The woman claims that
in regarding a street the contractors
removed lateral support to her lot
thereby injuring her property.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
MUNICIPAL RESPONSIBILITY.

When a municipality contracts for
street paving and other improvements,
and after acceptance OF the same, it
is up to the officials to see that these
improvements are kept in good con-
dition at all times. City officials are
public servants, representing the tax
payers, and it is certainly expected of
them, after a large expenditure Of the
taxpayers money has been made to
practice the very greatest economy,
but not to the detriment of the SER
vice of any of the departments under
their control.
When the authorities gravely fall
down in their management of any OF
the departments of municipal govern
ment. so that good, reliable, trust
worthy service is not rendered, the
day of reckoning is as sure to come
as the day follows the night. Elk
plantations are Odious; excuses in that
day will not be acceptable. An old
saw says, "A hint to the wise is
suffic .ert.'
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
ELOrERS AT TACOMA
TELL OF HARD LUCK
Lover In Jail Declares He Will Mar
ry Girl Even If He Has to Steal
Her.

TACOMA, July 23.-"Simply be-
cause / could not raise 80 cents to put
with the money 1 already had l lost
the girl who was to- be my wife.
have lost my job. and in addition was
hauled back to Tacoma from Van
couver, B. c., and am now in Jail. Its
has-d to tell when I'll get out"
In these succinct words, Bert Ed
wards tells the story of his elopemen1
with Miss Edith Braaton, a 16-year-
old sirl of Tacoma, last week and the
unrelenting chase ending in his arrest
by the woman he chose for his moth
er-in-l law When they arrived in Van
couver Edwards went to work and
wrote Mrs. Johanne Nelson, mother
of Miss Braaton. for money to get
married Mrs Nelson's reply was tC
send Chief of Police Duley to Van
couver, who arrested young Edwards
and brought him here to be tried fol
apductloI. ohe heTseil WENT aA'ei ho'
daughtd-.
III, have her if | have to steal hel
again." said Edwards this afternoon
"but the next time I start I'll have al
least s. in my pocket" Edwards is q
years old ard has a good reputation
The two claim it was their intention
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
A BEAUTIFUL CITY.

WaIla Waila is known throughout the
northwest as a beautiful city. Her
streets. residences and even business
blocks have given the Garden City
reputation of which she is justly proud
x-President Roosevelt remembers
Walla Waila as the most beautiful city
he visited. Every Walla Wallan is
proud of that fact. But does being a
beautiful city mean anything more than
the satisfaction of the aesthetical ma
ture? 1t most assuredly does. Yes,
and IN a business way.
For as long as business is business
it Will be good business to have city
beautiful Every elegant and artistic
building is factor in drawing people
to the city. and in causing them to re-
peat their visits, and to finally locate
The s/1ne effect * caused by parks.
well improved streets and fine homes.
Men buy property. build & home and
engage in business in such cities
Property is high priced in city districts
where there are such Improvements as
those just named. 1t is the squalid
home. the unimpYoved street the III
kept district where property prices are
low Where there is a building limit,
property is always more valuable. and
usually the higher the limit the higher
the property value. Business is bust
ness and if Identification is reduced
to a commercial analysis, it will BE-
found to be profitable.
Thus it is that Walla Walla has bet:
spending money wisely. The stree
improvements, the city park. the othc
municipal developments are ALL re
turn the money invested many times
In one assessment district where
property owner paid $500 for his ma
cadam street, he advanced his prop
erty s1,000-and sold it. And SO
would be money we'll spent if some o
the dingy buildings in the bushes
part Of town were torn down by thei
owners and substantial blocks put u
in their stead.
There is yet to be an occasion Wher
first class office rooms have gone beg
ging Business is business. and tn
improvement of the city is the bes
business there is in Which. the cit
can engage
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23

attorneys were employed ut sreat ex
nense and the boa It was made tina: TIT
| beef trust would soo.i be laid low b.
| the mighty power: of the tcitrai al
ministration. Attoracv General W.;
ersham, the wall street lawyer. has pa
| a quietus on the prosecution Gllso:
! Gardner the Wasis',..t ~ correspondent
! Tuts it in this WY.
by one stroHe of the pen Gcora'
" Wickersham. formerly persona
attorney for J. = Morgan and partnel
OF Brother Ha1rv ait, all street
New York, and now attorney genera
of the United .Stltcs, has brought Ii
naught months Of patient work in pee
trust rebate cases"
Wickersham, the attorney genera
and trust lawyer, ended the cases in
a manner peculiarly refreshing in its
frankness and directness. He did moi
beat around the bush. AS trust law
yer in a trust administration he treated
the beef trust as it deserves to be treat
ed in the house of it's friends.
Why should the beef trust be perse-
cuted under it's own administration
Was not Taft elected by the trusts and
is he not their pampered darling for
the decisions he has rendered to
smoother their pathway and rid them
of opposition?
Wickersham simply wrote letter to
the beef trust firms saying that he
knew they intended to do no wrong
and that no good could come by pro-
scouting them in the courts. This is
the easiest and most convenient method
of ending the beef trust cases. Roose-
welt swooped down upon them in one
of his justly celebrated San Juan hill
charges with plumes flying and trum-
pets braying, and all the world ap-
plauding, and now the whole fiasco
ends by Wickersham apologizing on be-
half of the administration and asking
the beef trust to excuse the govern
ment for what was done before the
election to fool the people into voting
for four more years of trust admins
tration.
The people a'-e so easily fooled.
They enjoy being fooled and they
sternly resent any interference with
their privilege Of being fooled, and
now to be consistent they ought to
send resolutions Of thanks to Wicker
sham for apologizing to the beef trust
and humbly petition Taft to put on
another farce to fool them and make
them cheer nadly for being the great
est fools on earth.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
Committee Probe Is Aided.

OLYMPIA, July BE w. Ross,
state land commissioner, has turned
over one of the rooms in his office to
Senator H. O.. Fishback, of the legis-
room is to be entirely at the disposal
Of the committeeman. and they will be
permitted to lock it up each night.
Orders have been issued to all the
clerks in the land Office to give the
committee members all the assistance
possible
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
Weather Conditions.

The north Pacific area of high pres
sure has moved northWard along the
coast and the depression over British
Columbia has moved eastward to AL
berta. A large high area, attended by
fair weather covers the central por-
ton Of the United States and consid-
cradle disturbance central over the
Great Lakes is causing a general rain
over most of the country east OF the
Mississippi. Thunderstorms occurred
last night in southwestern Idaho and
western Montana. 1t is somewhat cool
err in Washington state and consider
aoly warmer in the northern Rocky
mountain states. The indications point
to continued fair weather in this vi
cinity tonight and Saturday.
JOHN GROVER, Observer
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23

in target practice at the fort VIII
cause rair1 the people of Cowlitz coun-
ty have issued a call for a meeting
to be held at Kelso at 1890 a. m. on
Tuesday, July 2, 1909, for the purpose
of taking organized action to make
the county dry. AT this meeting 1T II
hoped to arouse public sentiment in
favor of the option movement and ul-
timately to free the county of saloons
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
Special CoIonist Rates.

Publicity Manager l.. f. Meacham
this morning received telegram
from William McMurray, of the Har-
riman lines, stating that one-Way COL
onist tickets will be placed on sale on
all Hartman lines September Is. Mr.
McMurray expresses the belief that
the colonist movement this year
will be heavier than has BEEN known
in the history Of the northwest.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23

coming one of the beneficiaries of An
drew Carnegie, and it is hoped the re-
port will be wholly favorable to the
institution
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23

and Fees face was scratched Also
After order was restored Bailey re-
newed the trouble by hurting an ink
well at Fees head but missed his
mark. Sheriff Taylor interferred. Fee
failed in an attempt to reach an old
Saber on the wall
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23

college until afto- his return here in
the winter.
Upon Dr. Pritchett's recommended
tons depends Whitman's hope of be-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
PRICHETT
HAS LITTLE
TO DIVULGE
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educational board, which is but COM
paratively new organization, endowed
with $15,00O,0O0 and operating in the
three English speaking countries.
DR.. Pritcheet, who is a bright, keen
and far-seeing business man, when in
terviewed by a representative of the
Statesman this afternoon, said he was
most favorably impressed with what
he had seen of Whitman college, al
though he desired to return during the
winter and see it in operation. He said
he would again visit Walla Walla in
December.
Il have heard much of Whitman
grand institution, but l Go not cs'ce. at
this time. to express an opinion one
way or another
Left for East.
Following the luncheon in the
Dacres grill, which closed at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon. DIR. Pritchett
was escorted to the O. r. & n. depot
where he boarded the eastbaund train.
He will probably not make complete
and detailed report upon Whitman
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
BUSTING TIE TRUSTS.

During the Roosevelt administration
there was no end Of euss ana fus.ian
about the prosecution o: the beef trust
by the federal government. Specia,
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-07-23
WEATHER FORECAST.

Walla WalIa ana vicinity: Fair to-
night and Saturday.
Washington: Fair tonight and Sat