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Arizona republican., 1910-05-14
INDEPENDENT TICKET.

There is still another ticket in the field in the coming municipal election. It is the independent ticket and the sole nominee on it is William Stelz- riede for the office of marshal MT. Stelzriede has made the following an nouncement'
 T hereby announce myself as cand' date for the office of city marshal and street superintendent on the indpend- ent ticket.
 W. F. STELZRIEDE.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
DALHART VISITOR
IS MISSING
Friends of Warren AuslOp
Fear he Has Met With
Foul PLAY.

Dalhart. Tex, Feb. local Officers
have been notified of the disappearance
of Warren Aulsop. a Kentucky boy, who
has been the guest of Mr.. and Mrs q. L
Wood of this city Young Aulsop came
out here last week and was so impress
ed with the west that he secured posi-
ton as lineman with the local telephone
company. He worked Monday afternoon,
but as the wind was high on Tuesday 1t
was impossible TO report FOR work He
waited around the house, in his working
clothes, in the hope that the wind would
lower. until o'clock and has not been
seen since
1t is known that he had about $500
on his person. He had said he was go
ing TO deposit it but inquiry ar the local
banks show that he did not He left all
his clothes and suit case in his ROOM
He had no other acquaintance here,
and there is no reason WY he should
have left Woods house without notify
ing him. he was merely a guest and not
a boarder. It is feared by some that he
has been the victim of foul play.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
ROSWELL WANTS A
DAYLIGHT TRAIN
Commercial Club Seeks Bet.
ter Service to Carlsbad.
News Notes.

Roswell, n. NJ. Feb. 12.-Through the
efforts of ]. F. Hfnkle and other mem
bers of the railroad committee of the
Roswell Commercial club. a movement
is on foot to secure a daylight passen-
ger train between Roswell and Carls-
bad. 1t is understood that the officials
of the Pecos Valley lines are of the opin-
ion that the train could De made to pay
and that the right kind Of an effort
viii get it.
AS soon as it was learned that the old
skating rink is not a safe place for the
cannon and equipment belonging to the
light battery that the war department is
sending to Roswell and that Capt. Muir
ray would have to use the Armory for
that purpose, a number Of business
men assured him that they would see
that a good shed is built at once to
house the battery in the most salts
factory manner.
In the recent public school examin-
ations here in the grades and high
schools. only about five percent of the
enrolment failed to pass Year before
last, 25 percent failed; last year Is per
cent This years result shows a de-
cided Improvement
The enrolment in all the rooms was
1882 pupils for January; the average
daily attendance was 1921 There Were
Sc visitors to the school during Janu-
airy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
ALPINE TO ELECT
CITY OFFICIALS
Election to Be Held Feb. u.
District Court Ad-
1O111snC
.JOulnS.

Alpine, Texas, req. I2.-An election
has been called for February II to elect
the city officers. Alpine having voted 10
incorporate at a recent election
District court has adjourned at this
place. having been in session only four
DAYS out of the three weeks allowed
The Grand jury returned two indict-
ments. District judge w c Douglas
and the district attorney went from
this place TO Del Rio by auto by way
of Fort stockton
J. A. Walton and family, Mrs. j. p
Wilson and Louis Dugat, have gone to
Sabinal to be present at the golden an
niversary of the wedding of Capt ana
Mrs D. A t Walton. who are parents
of J. A Wilson and Mrs. Wilson
Capt. Walton was formerly sheriff OF
Brewster county. having resigned TO
move TO a lower altitude on account OF
his wife's health.
Mrs. J. r. Holland has returned from
Waco where she has been visiting her
daughter. Mrs II. J. SPANIEL several
weeks
Miss Fannie Brown. of Keswick, Va,
is visiting relatives in Alpine.
Dr. j. s. Locke and wife. of Fort Da-
Wis, were visitors in Alpine recently
Oscar Nance has returned from quite
an extended trip to east Texas
John Young made a business trip 10
Ell Paso lately
d. c. Bourland. of Marathon, was a
visitor in Alpine for few days lately
G. W. Blackburn and family were IN
town from the ranch recently.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

"Oh, that's the way you reelF' COM
mented Brand. III show you over the
place. But you shouldn't worry"
Bartelmy coughed nervOusly.
.'One can never be too careful about
matters of this kind, Brand. L should
think that you would have learned
that much by this time"
This is my first experience Of this
kind said Brand
"Of course it is" answered Bartel-
my, with a tinge of sarcasm in his
voice. 1T always is the first time
But you are assuredIy very lucky in
deed. Brand, to do so rery well at your
first try at-at"-
Come. look over the place, and lets
get through with it" put in the editor
He crossed and locked the door
through which the judge had entered
Then be led his visitor over to the
door on the opposite side of the room
opening into a hallway which extend
ed to various rooms. He pointed TO
the room directly across the hall. ITS
quite dark, You see" he said. This
is where a couple of editorial writers
sit. They go home nights. lucky dogs.
not being newspaper men," Bartelmy
was quick enough to catch the, iron1cal
comment of the busy managing editor
on the scholarly men who wrote the
opinions of the paper. Brand drew
the Judge back into his office and lock-
ed the door behind him.
"Now we are alone, absolutely
alone" commented Brand significant
IL. He led the way to his desk and
pointed out to the judge the chair at
the right hand side. Brand dropped
into his own chair. Have a seat,
judge" he said.
Judge Bartelmy drew the chair in
Dictated even closer TO the managing
editors desk and seated himself in it.
He leaned forward toward Brand and
rested his elbow on the desk. His
face was within ten or twelve inches
of the telephone.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
LOOKS LIKE A NEW
WEST TEXAS ROAD
VIII Run From Midland tC
SeminOle-Midland to
Have Sewers.

Midland, Tex, Feb 1z--The little
town of Seminole has raised magniIl-
cent sum 10 get a cutoff from Midland
by way of Andrews and Shafter Lake
to Seminole.
She has raised $4,000 as a bonus.
Shafter Lake has raised over $4,000 and
Andrews has raised over the $4,000
mark This cutoff would have some Of
the best territory in the west to draw
from
Midland is to have a sewer system
costing nearly $4,000. Roland Good
man. secretary Of the O'Neal Engineer
ing company. Of Dallas. is here inspect
ing and looking over the location They
are to have 90 days TO accept the fran
chise and to have 120 days 10 commence
active operations The citizens of Mid
land are to have controlling interest in
the stock, and in addition the city of
Midland is to have the right to pur-
chase il at actual cost within i years;
the stockholders are TO make affidavit
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
TUCUMARI CHURCHES TO
HAVE UNION MEETING.
Churches Unite for Memorial to Frances
WiIIard-LOcOmOtive to Be Used
to Operate Water Plant.

Tucumari, n. NJ. Feb. 12.-On Sunday
evening all the churches of the city
will unite in a union temperance meet
ing at the First Presbyterian church in
memory Of Frances Willard. and under
the auspices of the local w. c. T. u.
organization. DR.. Gass. president of the
New Mexico Presbyterian synod, will
deliver an address.
The local lodge knights of Pythias is
endeavoring to arrange TO have Hon.
3. F. Adams. of Albuquerque, deliver
his lecture on fraternity. The chancel-
lor commander of the lodge here, H. H.
McElroy. has been in correspondence
with the grand chancellor of the terri
tory, Homer w. Hill, who strongly
urges the lodge here to secure Mr..
Adams if possible.
The Crystal theater, which has been
closed for the past few weeks, was re-
opened recently under new manage
ment.
The Tucumcari Water and Light COM
pany will reset the boiler at the water
plant next week and will use railway
locomotive to operate its plant while
the repairs are being made.
The local company OF national guards
have announced that it will give ball
on Feb. %
p. A. Steffian, who has been employed
for some time by the c. c. Chapman
hardware store. has leased the building
formerly occupied by the Yaseep jew
elry store and will open up business in
a few days with a full lire Of plumbing
goods and steam fittings.
Miss Laura Rhodes. chief operator for
the Tucumcari Telephone company. left
Thursday morning for Courdersport.
Pa. TO visit relatives for two months.
J. r. Wells left recently for a two
weeks visit with relatives at Spring
field, Mo-. and points in Arkansas.
Miss Marguerite Blair, who has been
here for more than a year for her
health left recently for her home in
St. Louis.
Attorney J. T. Wharton. of Ell Paso,
is here visiting his brother, S. NJ
Wharton, editor of the News.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
NEW BUILDING Is BEING
COMPLETED AT CLINT
Eight Section Men Are Building Resi-
dences-ValIey RancherS May
Have Telephone Line.

Clint. Tex Feb. 12-The new brick
store buildir< of c. NJ. Mckinney &
Co. is rapidly nearing completion. and
will be occupied by that firm early in
March. T. S. Kerr. Of FL Paso. is doing
the work
II NJ. Wells and, Mr. Mann. of the
Eight Section country, are building q
new residence in the recently opened
townsite ar this place. IL being located
near Main and Bawse avenue
Galley and Clark. the county road
builders, will soon move their camp here
from Belen.
n d. Camp. of FL PaSO. has purchased
the merchandise stock Of II. B. Enlott &,
co and will soon open for business with
a full line of general merchandise.
r d. Thompson and wife have return
ed from a two months stay in California.
Cant. Pat Dolan made business trim
IN sierra Blanca lately
There Is talk of a farmers rural teIe-
nbone system being installed at this
place.
Mckinney & Co
Sam Celum is completing a new resi-
dence on his farm east Of Clint.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
SURVEYORS To ASCERTAIN
GRAVITY AT NOGALES
Mexican Customs Officials at Nogales,
sonora Are Strict I'm Law
Enforcement.

Nogales, AriZ-. Feb. Nv H. Burger
and c. Y. Harger, of the United States
coast and geOdetic survey. are IN NO
gales for the purpose of ascertainlng
the force of gravity at this locality
Pendulums have been installed at the
school building to be the means Tor
making reports of their determination
The object of the government Is 10
determine exact location of points ana
lines with reference to the true form
of the earth
The last report was made from III
Paso in this locality; the next after NO
gales will be Yuma
Much inconvenience is caused by the
recent strict enforcement of customs
DAVIS on the Mexican side here. Not even
a bag of candy is free from duty. In the
past much leniency has been exercised In
little things that mutually accommodate
put this Is a past order now.
Mrs. NJ. Plateau and Mrs. Sophy o.
FINK have returned from Guaymas.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Leeker have
gone to Phoenix
Attorney J. NJ Soto. of San Diego
Cal, is visitor to Nogales.
carload of oranges crossed the line
here recently en- route TO Canada.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
REMOVES CLOTHES,
CLIMBS ON HOUSE
A Farmer Near Tucumcarl
Disturbs Neighbors.
Adiudged Insane.

Tucumcari, n. NJ. Feb. 12--Climbing
TO the top Of the roof of his own house
and sitting on the chimney top, with
his body nude, while strong gale was
blowing. and exhibiting various other
symptoms of insanity. Smith Stalkup,
farmer living near Cameron, 20 miles
southeast of here was arrested. He was
brought here and tried in the justice
court on a charge ofedisorderly conduct.
He was pronounced insane by the coun-
~ physician and will be taken to the
territorial insane asylum at Las We
gas.
1t is also said by his neighbors that
he imagined he was great doctor ana
had run one of his horses TO death walt
ing on his wOuldbe patients.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
Continued from Yesterday

ETet US get 10 business" ne said.
The judge went on talking about his
daughter.
..She displays an unusual, should
say an extraordinary. curiosity as 10
my mission here he said. MY daugh-
ter would have made a great cross ex-
aminer if she had been a man"
Were wasting time. Judge" Now
1t was Brand who was becoming I'M
patient
Am l to understand that the pay
ment Of this sum Bartelmy began
Brand raised his voice TO high
pitch.
"Ten thousand dollars!' he said.
Eyes" agreed Bartelmy cautiously.
sam 1 to understand that it-ah-
wipes out OF your recollection not only
the incident Of which you were speak
ing, but also as to- He paused
Brand helped the would be briber to
complete his sentence.
''You mean your secret interview last
night with Dupuy and the attorney for
the lansing
The visitor raised his hand warning
ly at Brands loud tones, as though to
counsel caution.
Yes, yes
Lansing Iron corporation" contin-
ued Brand, bending close to the tele-
phone.
Yes. Will this sum, paid in hand,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
ALAMO TO SELECT
CITIZENS TICKET
Town Officers to Be Elected
Feb. 20.-Alamogordo
News

Alamogordo. n. NJ. Feb. IA citi-
zens' mass meeting will be held at the
courthouse Monday night, the purpose
of which is TO nominate a ticket of
candidates for the coming city election,
February Is The board of trustees of
the New Mexico Institute for the Blind
held a regular meeting here yesterday,
present and presiding judge Afford w
Cooley, G. j. Wolfinger, secretary and
treasurer and J. ]. Aragon. Of Lin
coin.
\ land suit decision has just been
rendered by the commissioner Of the
general land office at Washington.
Some time ago a special agent of the
government brought suit against Lars
Johnson on account Of his homestead
filing on a piece of land near Cloud
croft The special agent of the gov
eminent claimed that Johnson had
made the filing for the purpose Of Sc
curing the timber for the Alamogordo
Lumber company The special agent
was supported in his claim by Mr.. Neal.
the forest service agent at this place.
J. L. Lawson, of this place, represented
Mr. Johnson. and the decision by the
commissioner of the general land Of
flee is a victory for Johnson
Col. Edward Barton, of Linneus. Mo-.
is here visiting friends After a visit
TO Ell Paso and Tucumcari he will re-
turn 10 his home.
BENZ Hancock has resigned as mail
ing clerk CT the postoffice and r. B.
Melton has accepted the position
The family of w. c. Hudnan, en-
gineer on E. P. & s. w, will remove
to FL PasO for their future home.
superintendent Samuel Blair. of the
New Mexico mission, has notified the
members of Grace NJ E church Of this
place, that Rev. g. A. Baker will be
sent to the church here. 1t was not
stated where Mr.. Baker is from.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
induce you to forget

@Dupuy is in my con- You will make
fdence." a memorandum
for me in writing to that effect-a re-
ceipt, so TO speak,"
He pushed a pad toward the man
aging editor.
"All right-certainly," agreed Brand,
taking up a pen.
The judge began to congratulate
himself on the ease with which he was
handling the young man.
This is-ah-mOre businesslike," he
said.
But Brand gave him another shock
when he said:
Eyes; I'll draw it up in duplicate.
Each of us will keep cOpy-signed."
(To Be Continued.)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

-5a diStaSteful plunge and had
- come to the Office of the Ad
vance, waited for Brand TO make the
opening remarks about the particular
object of his visit.
Brand was waiting for the judge to
do the same 1t was the newspaper
man who spoke first. after the two
had seated themselves. He was anx-
ious to get the matter over with as
quickly as possible, for he well knew
that. in spite of all his precautions, af
fairs in a newspaper Office are so I'M
certain that an interruption of an IN
expected nature might occur to ruin
the entire plan.
MIR. Dupuy was here a short time
ago." he ventured.
Judge Bartelmy proceeded to ex-
plain the appearance of the lawyer lob
byist in the affair. While it was plain
to Brand that the judge had sent Du-
puy as a go-betweeh so that it would
be impossible to connect Bartelmy
with the payment of any money as
! bride the jurist did not propose to ac-
knowledge that such had been his laud-
able purpose. He gave an entirely diff
ferent reason
Yes, know" be said. He found
me at the opera with my daughter
hoped, Mr.. Brand. that by allowing me
to act through him you would spare
| me this last humiliation"
Would it not be safer for you if no
third party knew of your transaction
with me:" suggested Brand.
The judge pitied the colossal igno-
rance of this amateur in trickery. Did
not he know that in the superior
| spheres of crooked practices it became
necessary TO employ third persons on
many occasions to put through mat
ters Of this sort? Ard ne was a news
paper man Of years Of experience too.
No, this peculiar young man would
never finish supplying the judge with
surprises: of that Barielnly was posi-
tive. Perhsps it might be in order to
observe at this point that, while Brand
of course coalld not know that these
thoughts We're passing through his
visitors mind. he at the same time
would have been ready to confess that
he was going to provide several more
surprises fer the juriSt. But there are
different varieties CT surprises.
"Dupuy is in my confidence" the
judge pronounced with an air of final
ity.
Hes not in mine" responded the
managing editor.
You're mistaken in him. I know
him intimately"
"Oh. the pity Of IT." exclaimed Brand,
that you should be intimately ac-
quainted with such man as Dupuyr
Bartelmy could not restrain sarcas-
Tic smile at the editors sheer at Dupuy.
"Mr. Brand" he said quickly, your
moral reflections at this junctdre i'm
part a certain quaint humor to the sit
| uation.''
Il am afraid that is the trouble with
me- Ny humor is nearly always unin-
territorial" Brand sighed as though
sorry for himself.
The judge began to show signs OF
| nervousness.
well. shall we get on with it?' the
| editor asked him.
"Yes. l must rejoin my daughter
She's waiting for me at the opera. She
was very anxious that / should not
come here tonight. 1t was curious
her persistency in the matter"
Brand drew his chair. closer to the
| desk-close- 10 tha .nlenh"no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
Globe Flour, best Dy test,
aud the payroll in Ell Paso.
GLOBE CANDIDATES ARE
ENTERING THE FIELD.

Globe. Ariz. Feb. 12--County poll
tics are beginning to warm up in Globe.
Leroy Middleton has announced his
candidacy for the office Off sheriff Il
is not known whether the present in
cumbent, Henry Thompson. viii run
again These men were opponents sew
eral years ago in a holly contested
primary Middleton was nominated. but
defeated in the final election by his
Republican opponent.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

Globe, Ariz, Feb. Iz-Charles Mum
son, who has been i'll for some time
in the county hospital, is not expected
to live. He came here from Joliet, Ill,
hoping the climate would cure him. He
is a victim Of tuberculosis but was
recovering when he was attacked with
typhoid fever A brother from Joliet
is expected TO arrive tonight
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

as 10 the cost of the system. The exca-
vations will be from four to II feet ac-
cording to the depth of the rock. 1t is to
embrace 10 miles of mains 63 manholes
and % flush tanks AS TO the DISPOSE
ton of the sewerage, the city council
has not decided yet.
J. z. Buckley. cashier of the First
Guaranty State bank has bought one
half interest in the large mercantile es-
adjustment of L. G. King W r. Garrett
Of Santa Anna. Tex, has relieved i'm
al the bank.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
NEWS NOTES FROM
VAUGHN NEW MEXICO

Vaughn. y. NJ. Feb. 12-F. c. Hall,
VINO is in the grocery business here,
mas bought the stock and fixtures OF
n NJ Caldwell and will move his stock
into the building occupied by him.
Darlington Bros. have added a tour
ing car to their business
n. F. Clark, of Tucumcari is in
vaughn. He owns the cold storage plant
here.
j. c. Robe is receiving lumber for his
new yard.
N M. Caldwell will leave in a few
days for his former home in Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
INDIAN BOYS ARE TAKEN
BACK TO RESERVATION.

Globe, Ariz, Feb Tive Indian
boys were taken to the San Carlos res
ervation today from the county hos
pital. As the result of exposure in the
White mountains the boys had their
feet so badly frozen that it was neces-
sary to amputate the feet of one, and
all Of the toes OF the other.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
ELKs TO GIVE PLAY.

Globe, Ariz.. Feb. 12--At a meetine
OF the committee of Elks in charge OF
the musical comedy to be presented
by the local lodge il was decided 10
set the date Of the play for February
II. PostpOnement was necessary on
account Of the conflicting dates of
road shows. The play will be given
at "Dreamland' theater.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

incident, but also
Yario S other
matters to which
the A d V a n C e
seems TO b a V q
taken exception
in the pasta"
3 ia n d sa nix
back in his chair.
You mean you
want Us to let
up on you all
around? 2"
Precisely"
Then til a t s
understood"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
The Thiel Detective service Co

Has opened offices in FL Paso at 219
Caples Bldg. and is prepared to handle
legitimate detective work for corpora
tons, mine owners, firms and attorneys.
This service has branches in the prin-
cipal cities in the T. s, Canada and
Mexico They have both phones
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

Medicines that ala nature are always
most successful Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy acts on this plan. It loosens
the cough, relieves the lungs, opens the
secretions and aids nature in restoring
the system TO healthy condition. Sold
by all druggists.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

Mr. and Ms A Janncy. OF MARSHALL
town, Iowa, are visiting Mt and Mrs.
c. s. Woodwork.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

Globe Flour. best by test.
and the payroll in Ell Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

From the Great Play of the Same Name by
Joseph MediH Patterson and Harriet Ford
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12

Copyright, 1909, by Joseph Medin Patter-
son and Harriet Ford
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
CHAPTER XI.

~ eARTELMY. now that he had
n taken the final and extremely
- diStasteful plunge and had
come to the office of the Ad-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-02-12
A RELIABLE PARTY who can

-WILLIAM z. GURNEE