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The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
YOUNG TRHPP
WITHOUT Bill
Father and Brother Give Bone
of Five Thousand Dol
lars Each

Alamogordo, N. NJ, Jan. 20
Malcolm Trapp was remanded tt
Jail without bail and his father
Rev, John Trapp, and brother
John j., were admitted to bail in
the sum of five thousand dollars
each, as the result of the prelim-
mary hearing held here today in
the case of territory versus the
three Traps, in which they are
charged with having killed De-
putty Sheriff McAdams, at Coro-
ma, early in January. The hear
ing was held before Judge Mer-
ritt G.. Mechem, who sat in the
case for Judge Alfred W. Cooley,
who is ill. District Attorneys
wv. H. H. Llewellyn, of Las Cru
ces, and Edward B. Wright, of
Santa Rosa, represented the ter
ritory and used three witnesses.
The Traps were represented by
Attorneys Gatewood and Graves,
of Roswell, and no witnesses
were brought forward by the de-
fense in an effort to combat the
testimony offered by the terri
tory. At the conclusion of the
hearing Judge Mechem announced
that he would admit Rev. John
Trapp and his son, John, to bail,
but that he would remand NAL
colin Tramp to Jail without bond,
to await the action of the next
grand jury. The shooting of
McAdams at Corona some three
weeks ago, caused much excite
ment in that part of the country,
all parties connected with the
affair being well known. The
Traps had trouble with Mead
ans previous to the killing, bad
blood being caused, it is said, be-
cause McAdams had arrested one
or two of the Traps on various
charges. Albuquerque Journal.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Suit in HttdOhm6Rt

Quite an interesting trial was
held in Judge Wassons court
Wednesday. Mrs. L. ]. Hayes
versus James C. Arrendiell. II
apperaed from the testimony
that Mr.. Arrendiell had borrow
ed a set of harness from Mrs.
Hayes and failed to return the
same. Mrs. Hayes swore out a
writ of replevin and at the trial,
the parties waving their right
tc a jury, agreed to leave it to
the Court. Attorney Ralph Eas-
ley for the plaintiff, and Fred H,
Ayers for the defence. After
the examination of several wit
nesses and quite exhaustive cross
examination by the attorneys,
court adjourned for dinner. At
l T. M. Court reconvened and
after a short plea by each of the
young attorneys, wherein they
both made some good points,
the Court found for the plaintiff
and ordered the property i n
question be delivered to h er
within ten days.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
LIQUOR LICENSES INTENSIVE FARMING

More than twelve thousand
Southern boys less than eighteen
years old planted and cultivated
an acre of corn each last year,
under the direction of the De-
partment Of .ig, i:aiture. Per-
sons interested in the experiment
in Arkansas, Mississippi, South
Carolina and Virginia offered to
pay the expenses of a trip t o
Washington for the boy in each
state who rsised the greatest a.
mount of corn on his acre. The
winning boys will soon visit the
national capital.
The average yield of corn to
the acre in 1909 was a little more
than twenty-five bushels. The
South Carolina boy, who made
the best record, produced one
hundred and fifty-two and a half
bushels. The winning Mississip-
pi boy raised one hundred and
forty-seven bushels; the Arkan-
sas boy one hundred and thirty
five, and the boy in Virginia one
hundred and twenty-five. The
average raised by each of the
twelve thousand was sixty bu-
shells.
The instructions given to those
boys by the Department of Agri-
culture are available to every
farmer in the country. If they
should be followed exactly, the
yield of corn to the acre could
easily be doubled in a single
year.
Intensive cultivation is worth
while on all crops. The average
yield of potatoes to the acre in
1909 was one hundred and sever
bushels, but the Maine farmers
averaged two hundred and TWEEN.
ty-fve bushels. and some of the
most progressive of them dug
four hundred bushels to the acre
The yield of corn and potatoes
depends more upon cultivation
and fertilization than upon the
soil, and there is practically nc
part of the United States il
which these crops cannot be rails
ed successfully.
1t is beyond doubt that large
crops can be produced from tel
} acres thoroughly titled than from
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Of Mercantile Liceses Collected
during past Year, with older
Counties far Behind
OFFICERS DO DUTY
In Matter Of Collection Of Licen-
ses, with Credit to them
selves and County

| Travelling Auditor Charles V.
Stafford has made his report for
| 1909 of the poll tax and mercan-
Tile licenses collected in each
county during 1909. The show
ing made by Santa Fe county is
not good one and sustains the
assertion that the business men
and other residents in Santa Fe
county pay a comparatively small
amount in taxes when compared
With the business men residents
Of other counties. In the collect
| ion of poll tax Quay county led
laving collected almost five times
as much as Santa Fe county and
Union county is at the bottom of
the list. The counties ranged as
follows in poll tax collections:
Quay, &,O73; Colfax, 1868;
Roosevelt, 3,378; Bernalillo, 8,
.063; Chaves, 2,279; Grant, 2, los
Socorro, 1859; San Miguel, 1,7O9
Mora, 1873; Eddy, 1,525; Qua
dalupe, 1890; Rio Arriba, ], 1854;
Curry, 1,251; Taos, 1874; Nc
Kinley, 1,16O; Torrance, 1,123;
Valencia, 1,004; San Juan, 900;
Otero, 909; Dona Ana, 879; San
ia Fe, S75; Lincoln, $40; Sierra,
619; Sandoval, 578; Luna, SIS;
Union, 474.
In the collection of mercantile
taxes Grant county led, the
merchants Of Grant county hav-
ing paid four times as much Ii
cense money as those of Santa
Fe county. The saloon licenses
are not included in this. The
counties collected as follows:
Grant, S2,S93; Bernalillo, g.
521; Torrance, 2,291; Colfax, /,
1876; Eddy, 1,790; Mckinley, L.
$40; San Miguel, 1854; Chaves,
1,543; Quay, 1,498: Roosevelt,
1 1868; Dona Ana, 1,348; Guada-
lupe, 1896; Curry, Las; Mora,
1856: Santa Fe, TT; San Juan,
668; Taos, 665; Union, $50: Rio
Arriba, 581; Luna, 5O2; Socorro
47O; Lincoln, 446; Valencia, 1888;
Otero, 326; Sandoval, 303; Sier
ra, 272.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Moore -Wurster

Married Jan. 26th, Miss Alto
Moore and Jacob F. Wurster,
both of Moriarty. The cere-
mony which binds these young
people for life was performed
by Rev. B. F. Summers. pastor
of the M. E. Church, at the
court house in Estancia. The
News wishes this couple a long
and happy life, and may al
their troubles be little ones
Mr.. Wulster is constable anG
deputy sheriff at Moriarty.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
LuteS-G cunningham

Mrs. w. N. Bridgford has re-
ceived an announcement OF the
marriage of Mrs. Elsie Lutes tc
S. L. Cunningham which oc-
Cured at Peoria, Illinois, on
January IL, 1910. Mrs. Lutes was
formerly a residentof the Estan-
cia Valley, owning fine farm
about six miles southwest of Es-
tancia, but upon the death OF
Mr.. Lutes returned to the ole
home at Tampico, Illinois. Mr..
and Mrs. Cunningham will make
their home at Tampico The
News joins many friends in the
Estancia Valley in extending
congratulations.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Report of Bldneg School

Herewith we publish the report
of Blaney School, for the months
ending December 22, 1909 and
January 81, 1910:
December Report
Number of pupils enrolled 36.
Average attendance 27.
The following names are on
the roll of Honor: Arley Turner,
Annie Averill, Harry Averill,
Conrad Riley and Naomi Pugh.
To secure their names on the
Roll of Honor, pupils must be
perfect in attendance, make an
average of not less than IS per
cent. in their studies and above
80 per cent. in department.
January Report
Number enrolled 35. Average
attendance 80.
The following names are on
the Roll of Honor for the month:
Harry Averill, Walter AverilI,
Annie Averill, Ethelyn Riley,
Reagan Riley and Roger Drury.
Mary Drury, Teacher.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Purchases Land Here

Wednesday of this we Q k
Frank A, Lyon, of New York
ty,representing the Standard
Publishing Company, purchas'
ed the quarter section of pa
tented land southwest of town
known as the ''Pauley Place. !"
Neal Jenson made the deal, the
price being $1,000. Mr., Lyon
has been in our valley several
daysand has become impressed
with the possibilities of this
portion of New Mexico,
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
GOTn6t is Visible H6r6

For the past week or ten days
Halley's Comet has been plainly
visible to the naked eye, in the
west, soon after sunset. 1t is
travelling toward the Sun, and If
it is not detected from its course
by passing too near some large
body, will pass around the Sun
about May 9Th, and will then
shoot off away from the Sun into
space, on another trip around its
elliptical orbit. 1t gives us some
idea of the immensity Of space,
when we know that it requires
seventy-five years for this wan
derer to make the round trip,
This has been the period Of time
required for its temperance
ever since its discovery in the
18th century. While it is near
the Sun it will be invisible, on
account Of the overpowering light
of the Sun. About April 10th,
if there is no error in the calcu-
lations, it will appear just ahead
of the Sun in the morning. From
that time on it will be farther
and farther from the Sun, and
therefore will be visible for a
longer time before sunrise.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Surveying the Proposed ToWnsite

Fred 1. Hill, recently appoint.
ed deputy by county surveyor
S, B. James, came over from
Mountainair Monday and has
been at work surveying and
plating the townsite of Estancia
as proposed for incorporation.
The plats will be filed at once,
in readiness for final action by
the board of county commissions
ers at the adjourned session
the first Monday in February.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
District Court Next Monday

District Court will meet in adj
journed session at Estancia on
next Monday, January 31st,
Hon. John R. McFie presiding.
The grand jury will re-convene
and in all probabilities conclude
it's work next week. The length
of the term of court is profile
matte, but will probably be a.
bout three weeks.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28

Howard P. Wells, wife and
two children came in from
Texas, where they have been
visiting for the past month
Mr.. Wells has a fine farm south.
west of town, which his family
is holding down, while he
holds down a job with the New
Mexico Central.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28

Santa Fe, N. M, Jan. 20. 1t
is in varying amounts that the
saloons contribute to the public
revenues in different counties OF
the territory. In Bernalillo coun-
ty, the smallest of the twenty six
counties, they pay most, or al
most three and a half times as
much as in Santa Fe county,
while in San Juan county, which
is without saloons, the county
manages to prosper without a
cent from that source. Travel
ing Auditor Charles V. Stafford
has compiled the following fig
ures for 1909, as to the receipts
of each county from saloon licen-
ses;
Bernalillo, $17, ,088,
Colfax, $4,000.
Grant, $9,024.
San Miguel, 81, 1868.
Socorro, $7,4
Mora, 81,
Curry, $7,027.
Quay, $6,624.
Taos, SIS, 1856.
Dona Ana, $5, 472.
Guadalupe, SIS, 1874.
Santa Fe, $1,000.
Torrance, $4,512.
Valencia, $, 1913.
Rio Arriba, 81, 128.
Mckinley, 81, 1923.
Lincoln, $3,744.
Roosevelt, $3,648.
Chaves, So. $50.
Luna, 2,937.
Sierra, $2,5G3.
Sandoval, So, 1876.
Otero, $2,208.
Union, $1,920.
Eddy, 81, ,291,
albuquerque Journal.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
Miss Short moved her piano
to the farm Wednesday.

two or even three times ten acres
cultivated as they usually are.
The fact that the South Carolina
prize-winner raised more corn
on one acre than the average
farmer produces from six tells
a story that should not be lost
upon those for whose benefit the
experiment was made. : Youths
Companion.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28
After Preliminary Hearing at
Willard, Suspects in Will :
Robbery back in Jail
E!IL, fOMHkBB BOND
Strong Case Of Circumstantial
Evidence Woven by
Officers
srEIW EJEE,rsN' ----.

- - 1-~
serfpeant John w. Collier ane
Undefsheriif w G. Smith or
Monday took the prisoners, hele
at the county jail for the rob.
berry and assault at the home Of
Epifaric Will, near Progreso, on
the night Of the 18th of this
month, to Willard where they
were given a preliminary hearing
before Justice of the Peace Ote-
70. Those arrested and charged
with the crime are; Doroteo
Torres, J s. Cravens, D. A. Tuck
er, Francisco Perea, Lazaro Cor
doya andJ. A. Schartze.
The hearing began on Monday
afternoon, continuing well into
the night and or Tuesday till
noon, Attorney E. P. Davies
was retained BY Will toprosecute
while Manuel S. Sanchez defend
ed Cordoya, and Attorney F. F.
Jennings the other five. After
hearing only a portion Of the evi-
dence for the prosecution, Justice
Otero Immediately held the whole
bunch to the grand jury in the
suIa of five thousand dollars each.
Failing to procure the bonds, the
prisoners were remanded to the
county Jail at Estancia.
Mr., Will, his wife and daugh-
ter, on the stand, told substan-
tally the same story as published
in these columns last week. The
brutality of the assault was
strikingly depicted by the wit
nesses. Deputy Sheriff Alberto
Chavez, who was one Of the off
GERS on the trail and who made
some of the arrests, was on the
stand several hours. The agent
Of the Santa Fe at Scholle made
. good witness for the territory.
While all the evidence in the case
is circumstantial, a. strong net
has been woven around the pris-
oners and it is hoped a conviction
may be..secured, especially on ac-
count of the brutality of the
crime. The testimony traced the
prisoners, or at least part Of
them. from a sheep camp near
Scholle to the house of Will, some
twenty miles away, across the
prairie, along the public highway,
through fields, where fences were
cut, and back again, a portion of
the way over another route, end
ing near the store of Tex Cra-
vens at Scholle. One Of the hor-
ses used was an extra large one,
making a peculiar track easily
traced. A spur was found which
had been used SO roughly that
the hair and fiesh-of the animal
spurred was matted around the
spur point. A large horse, with
immense spurbruises, the size of
ones hand, well down on the
body, showing the same to have
been ridden by a tall man, was
located and proved to be the pro
perty of one of the prisoners,
Altogether the evidence is very
damaging to the prisoners, and
proves the efficiency Of our off
GERS in running down a gang,
which had supposedly covered all
its tracks. A conviction in this
case would be a lesson to the few
''would-be bad men, of our coun
ty.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28

]. w. Wagner has been com
planning for a day or two, but
we hope his illness will not
prove to be serious,
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28

Mr.. Epler smashed two of
his house moving wheels, and
had to have new tires put on
them.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28

F. f. jennings, of Willard,
was at the county seat Tues
day.
The Estancia news. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1904-1912, 1910-01-28

A newspaper will begin pub
lication at Mcintosh in the
near future, if present plans
carry,
Arizona republican., 1910-03-20

H. NJ. Thornton, Mrs. F.. B. McCann, Mrs J. w Clements and Mrs. A. R. Edwards. Covers were laid for Mrs. F.. B. McCann of Los Angeles, Mrs. J. NJ Clements of New York, Mrs. Fl. P. Parkhurst of San Francisco. Mrs. A. R Edwards. Mrs. ]. F. Cleaveland. Mrs. Dan Francis. Mrs. Emil Gang and Miss Florence Bullard of Birmingham, Mass.
Arizona republican., 1910-03-20

Continued on page 2.)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20

Mrs. Sophie Hatta has entered st
Joseph's hospital for treatment.
S.
Jacobs Good Buy Shoe Sale save.
shoe buyers good money 37-6t
S.
For light and heavy hauling, cal
the A. A. Star Transfer Co., Phone
4201.
The Tuesday Bridge Club met with
Mrs. Fred A. Hart, 116 East Market
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace w. Wealth
erwaX are expected home from Michi-
gan. next Saturday.
Mrs. e. r. Prichard entertained
the r. s. C. Club this afternoon at
her home, $40 West First street.
a.
Mrs. John c. Hogan will enter
tain the Young Married Ladies Club
at luncheon, tomorrow afternoon.
The Methodist ladies Aid Society
met yesterday afternoon with Mrs
T. G. Moulton, 403 North F., street
S.
Ahi anu 4hiS ". ~. 1IcCH, w III
have been visiting in Portland, re-
turned On last evenings train from
that city.
81
A committee meeting will be held
this evening at the Methodist par
sonage to consider the sale of that
property.
S.
r'hn Tn11v Civic (t1ilh which c
to meet tomorrow evening with Mrs
G. b. Reid, II and Second street, has
been postponed.
S.
Mrs. Louise Cochran is expected to
arrive from San Francisco this week
to visit her daughters. Mrs. C. NJ
Cloud and Mrs. Peter Nelson.
Mrs. +. c. Benjamin and youngest
daughter left Monday, on the steam
err Centralia, for Los Angeles, to
visit friends for a couple of months
The case of San Jacobsen who was
arrested on Tuesday, on a charge of
selling liquor to minors, will be
heard in Judge Philips court this
afternoon.
~
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church gave a charm
ing social last evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John r. Evans, 401
West Second street.
The late William Bailey, who died
at Il local hospital last alturday.
was buried Monday afternoon, I'M
der the auspices of the Sailors Union
of which he was q member.
Mrs. J. NJ. French, who has been
visiting her daughters, Mrs. a. l..
Remlinger and Mrs. r. II. Chesey
left yesterday for Bellingham, to
visit her son, Lee French.
S.
The members OF the Friends in
Council and their husbands, were
entertained by Mr.. and Mrs. William
Irvine, Tuesday evening. In a vote
taken on the question of Woman s
Suffrage, an adverse decision was
given by the ladies present in vote
of 9 to T.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20
The CITY COUNCIL
CITY Fathers HOLD REGULAR
WEEKLY SESSION LAST NIGHT.
Storm Drains on Broadway Hill Are
Insufficient. Grand Army En-
Campment Coming. a Number OF
Street improvements Ordered.
wants to ..i!i OF Fats,

Just a quorum of the City Coun-
Gil was present last evening, but the
usual amount OF business was con-
Quoted
William r. Cameron notified the
council that the sewerage on the cor
ner OF Broadway and Fifth street.
backed up into the cellars OF his
houses, and said if the council did
not act, he would commence legal
proceedings. Supt. McDCugall eX-
planned that the fault was not with
the sewer but that storm pipes from
the houses led into the sewer instead
of the storm drains. Mr.. Cameron
then addressed the council and stat
ed that the pipes Of the sewer were
not large enough and he demanded
redrss. superintendent McDougall is
/ to make the necessary improvements.
The A. Zaik Co.. of Astoria, offer
ed to rid the city of rats. cockroaches
and bugs, by selling to it their COM
pound. Referred to the judiciary
committee.
The judgment OF the superior
court in favor of J. A. Moler and
against the city in the sum of S.
and costs s10.95 was received
a communication was received
from the Department OF Washington
and Alaska stating that the encamp-
ment OF the G. A. r. would meet
here on June 81, 1910. Referred to
Councilmeh Quackenbush, Ingram
and Crivyea.
The property owners on the i'm
proved part Of Second street, east
of G street, asked that the street be
paved instead of gravelled. Refer
red.
A light was ordered on the corner
CT Thornton and Sixth street
The saloon license asked for BY
Anderson and Wadburg was grant
ed.
The license asked for by the Com
bination saloon, was held up until
the women now lodging On the up
per floor Of the building, be moved
elsewhere.
Resolutions We're passed for the
Improvement Of Curtis street, from
Clark to Lawrence street: Duffy
street from SIMPSON Avenue to Fifth
street, and Maple street from the
present planking on Simpson ave-
nue. to the North side cf Fifth street.
An ordinance for the improvement
Of Third street. from l. street to
Michigan Avenue, was passed
The residents on First street. from
Chicago Avenue East to the Wish
kah river asked that sidewalks on
First street be extended from Chi
cago Avenue TO the river.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20
NEW OFFICERS

At the meeting of the Board OF
Associated Charities, last evening
the following Officers were elected
to serve on year: Pres w. J. Pat
tersOn; V. p, +. \. Hart, Sec'ty and
Manager, b. n. Mac4afferty; Treas
Hayes G Hayes bank. Trustees for
three years. Mesdames w. ]. Patter-
son. J. b. Haynes and F.. Baker,
Messrs. r. J. Hits and j. c. Smith.
The President and Secretary were
made special committee on ways
and means.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-01-20
MEET on GRAYS HARBOR
Grand Army, Department of Washing
ton and Alaska Meets Here in
June.

In response to an invitation by the
city council Of Aberdeen. Mayor
Benin has received q letter from As
sistant Adiutant General Levy, of Sc
attic stating that the twenty-eighth
annual encampment of the depart
ment of Washington and Alaska
would he held on Grays Harbor
June 81, % and 23. The point on
the tIarbor is not definitely stated,
but the veterans will probably hold
meetings in Aberdeen, Hoquiam and
Westport.
For light or heavy hauling call
ttr A. Star Transfer Co., Phone