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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
THE COMMERCIAL. L U

The soliciting committee of the com
mercial club reports that about 70 mem.
bers have been secured, and the proba.
bility is that the number will reach
100 by the time n thorough canvass Is
If the city, A meeting of the club
will be call 4 for some night next week,
and it is desired that every member
that can possibly do so, be present.
Business propositions will be presented
to the meeting and the Officers elect
are anxious to get everything in work.
ing order, Announcement of the date
of meeting will be made later.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
NOTICE
Department of the Interior, u. y. Land
nhirn ri Tncnmcnri. Now MeNicn

Departm ent of the Interior, u. y. Land
Office ut Tucumcari, New Mexico
4 sufficient contest affidavit having
been flied in this office by Martha l..
Satterlee, contestant, against Homestead
Entry No. 1891, (Serial No. 034G2J,
made March II, 1906, for EI2SWh.
See. I, Twp. II N, Range 80 T., n. NJ.
Meridian, by George Duppree, Contcs
tee, in which il is alleged that the said
George Dupprce has abandoned said
land, and has not liyd upon nor cult.
waited the same, for more than three
years, nor the last six months mex prior
10 the date of the contest affidavit,
January 25, 1910, said parties are here.
by notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10
o clock 4. m. on June 8, 1910, before
the Register end Receiver at the United
States Land Office in Tucumcari, New
Mexico.
The said contestant having, In q
proper AFFIDAVIT, Aled March Q, 1910, set
forth facts which show that after duo
diligence personal service of this notice
can not be made, IL Is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be given
by due aud proper publication.
Record address of entryman-fucum.
carl, n. NJ.
I.2t u. X. A. Prentice, Register.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
SHERWOOD SELLS INTEREST
IN REAL ESTATE BUSINESS

l.. +. Sherwood, the real estate man,
has this week sold an interest in TIA
real estate and insurance business to w.
Is. Rector. Mr.. Sherwood has been cn.
gagged In the handling Of real estate
in this city for the past three years and
is well known to our people as a "Hus.
tier" and a wide.a Svake business man
who never misses a opportunity to tell
of the GREAT CLIMATE of the Sun.
shine territory, and the future bright
prospects of Tucumcari.
Mr.. Rector is a Texan who came to this
city about a year ago. He has had
many years of business experience, and
believes in the future Of Tucumcari.
The new firm will occupy the office IN
the second story Of the new bank build.
ing where Mr.. Sherwood has had an Of.
fice for the past year.
Their business will be handling real
estate and insurance.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
A BOARD
MEET
A Number of Applicants For
Licenses Are Before the
Board Today Taking the
Examination.
TUCUMCARI BOYS IN IT

The state board of Pharmacy Is hold.
Ing a meeting in this city today. The
Officers present are ~ follows: r. q.
Murphy, Las Vegas, president; q. :.
Moore. Roswell, secretary; aud W. r..
Nutting. Ration; aud T.. Moreno. Las
o. uccs, members,
The follow ing applicants are before
the board: Volney c. Cheney, Willard;
X. +. Gohoncy, Elida;W. Scott Payne,
Elida; Il. II Maxwell, portulrs; j. T.,
Camp, portalcs; Chas. J.. Stone, fabian
w. X. Lovelacc. ~. sumner; and VI. u.
rayton and George W. shelton, Tucum
,air.
The board will continue in session
through tomorrow.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

The city council has ordered printed
a proposed ordinance which II passed will
compel parties who have chickens inside
the corporate limits to keep them on
their W premises. We heartily en-.
dorse the measure and hope the council
will pass the ordinance Mt its next regu.
lar meeting. A number of families Of
the city have their own homes, aud ere
trying to beautify them by making
lawns, and we have known instances
where the chickens of the neighbors
have made a lawn impossible. Hardly
would the grass spring up until the
neighbor's flock would devour it. Let
us keep the chickens penned up.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
JULIAN M. BAssETT AND PARTY
WERE HERE SATURDAY

On last Saturday a committee Of bus.
mess men Of this city met by appoint.
nr'nt John b. Bassett in regard to tn,
extension of the Crosbyton and South
Plains Railroad from Spur, Texas, TO the
city of Tucumcari. With him were
John A. Knox, locating engineer, J. W.
Burton, attorney for the road, and DR..
@. II. Smith Of Hereford.
The gentlemen want to build 10 tho
coal fields Of New Mexico, and want the
citizens Of Tucumcari to make them a
proposition in the way of bonus and
terminal grounds, etc. From Tucumcari
they went to Ration and Dawson.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

Der which is somewhat hoarscr than the
rest. II is to the effect that when the
romoter have siftcd the matters to
the bottom, and have decided that there
is no other way out of the difficulty
hey vii endeavor TO induce the rival
heavywcights to toss up II coin to de-
termine which of the two men shall
Judge the fight. and that these two men
are lack Welch and Eddie Smith,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
OF ADMINISTRATOR
In the Probate Court Of Quay County,
New Mexico, In the Matter of the
Estate Of Walter d. orsborne, De
ceased.

Notice is hereby given that the un.
dcrsigned was upon the End day of
May, 1910, by the Probate Court of
quay County, Territory of New Mexico,
duly appointed Administrators Of the as.
tate of Walter b. Orsborne, deceased,
aud that all persons having ella inns
against the state should present the
same TO the undersigned within the
time allowed by law.
NJ. A. ORSBORNE, Administrator
53.4w Montoya, New Mexico.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

On account of the development Of an.
other case of scarlet fever the public
schools have been closed until further
notice. The City Physician has asked
the Sunday Schools of the city to close,
and has requested all children under IF.
teen years of age TO not attend the
churches or the theaters. While there
is no occasion for alarm, the old ad.
age that Gan ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure" holds good in
this case, and the wise thing to dc has
been done. The parents should use
every ~precaution to prevent their chill.
dren from exposure, and in very way
possible cooperate with the health OF.
fieers in stamping out tho disease.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

What is the matter with the CONNER.
cial club talking a little well irriga
toni We would just as well make a list
of fortunes out of small irrigated tract
hero in New Mexico as those who are
doing it in California. Fruit, vegetables
aad dairying, poultry and some stock,
is the sort of farming we want in Quay
county. The water is under the ground
and the wind to pull the mill ia an agen.
cy for the use of the inhabitant of the
earth to pull the water to the surface.
We all know the result of water
to the surface for irrigation in this 10.
eality. 1t means a mint 20 the fellow
who adds his brain and muscle to it.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

their own children; but no mother 10
30 good, 80 beautiful, as our mother.
40 touch 90 tender, no voice so sweet
and no memory so precious as those. of
our mother. IL was mother that made
the old log cabin the dearest spot on
earth. 1t was she that planted the hol.
lyhock and tulip, and gathered the first
sweet blossom from the lilac. II was
mother who taught us to love the birds
and watch them build their nests In
spring.
The first music we remember was the
lullaby that mother sang at twilight,
Hush my babe lie still in slumber,
Holy Angels guard thy bed"
She taught our infant lips to lisp the
first prayer,
! "Now l lay me down to sleep"
She taught our feet the path to the
house of tod, and told us the sweet
story OF him who took children in His
arms end said, "Suffer the little chill.
dren to come unto me, ana forbid them
not, for such is the Kingdom of Hea-
ven.'
How she loved the dear old book and
got inspiration and comfort from it's
promises. Often with a sanity smile
on her face would she quote the passage,
az will be a husband TO the widow, and
q father TO the fatherlcss."
Not a day passed that mother did
not lift her heart to God for her hoy.
Not a sorrow of his life, that she did
not fully share, and not a success but
meant more to her than it did TO her
boy. The last thought of her earthly
life was for the comfort of her boy.
On the night of February is, 1908, as
mother and son were alone in the home,
she leaned toward her boy, reached out
her hand to him, and with a smile ask.
ed, "are you all right; and before the
answer could be given the hand drop.
ped, the eyes closed forever, and mother
went home to God.
As we write those lines we can zee her
as she sat in her arm chair that night,
the dear, sweet, old Christian mother,
ripe for heaven. Her eyesight had
grown dim, but the splendor and glor.
les of the eternal city were opening 10
her vision. The gray light Of Heaven =
dawn had already struck the gray locks
that were folded over her wrinkled TEN.
pies. He form was bent under the great
burden of care she had carried 30 many
years for her boy. Toe old, now to find
her way 10 the house of God, yet the
room in which she sat was a very Be.
thel.
The friends Of her youth were no
longer about her, most Of them having
answered the call from another world,
and passed beyond the shadows.
But her days were full of peace, and
sweeter and calmer did her spirit be-
come until the gates of life lifted and
passed mother, u worn and weary pil.
grim into eternal s~pringtime and
youth, where limbs never ache, nor ewes
grow dim, but where God shall wipe
away all tea,4 from our eyes" Her
memory lives in his heart like some
sweet perennial flower whose fragrance
sweetens life and makes Heaven near.
er and more real.
God calls our mother, but we lose not
wholly
What He hath given.
They live in us, in thought and deed, as
truly
AS in His Heaven.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

There dou I seem "a be anything IN
particular the matter with us besides
what ais US, bu' there is no question
but that we should be making some
sort of a united effort 10 secure a good
hotel for this city. The lack Of it Is
now becoming a real bump TO the town.
travelling men are coming thicker as
we grow in business Importance, and
they are taking notice Of its absence aud
discuss it with other travelling men
they meet out in the field OF commercial
work. Travelling men are a great help
in advertising a city, and if we had a
place to take them, and a decent play.
house that could accommodate the good
shows, we would find both the hotel and
the opera house splendid assets. If
nobody here is going to tackle the hotel
and opera house business, let 5 get to-
gether and pursuade somebody to come
who will.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

terial forces; he thinks and plans and
harnesses these forces and makes them
his servants. They minister TO his com
for's;to his needs; TO his usefulness
and happiness In the world. What q
dignity then man should possess! lie
has no mean origin; he Is of heavenly
parentage.
Man has in him every element to
make him great and glorious. His
powers are practically limitless. lie
rides the mighty deep in safety and
comfort; he travels at tightening speed
he transmits his voice to the utter.
most parts of the earth; he sits in his
Office and talks his interests and makes
his contracts with men in distant cities;
surely there must be divinity in him
to attain such wonderful achievements.
Indeed he is crowned with glory aud
honor.
God has thus endowed man for His
express purpose. l believe there are
many noble men who have but little
conception whatever of their purpose
in the world. They at least, seem to
think their only ptfpose is to eat, and
drink and accumulate material things.
and thus persuade themselves that
they have been successful in life. IL
these things were all Of life then man
would have no advantage ovcr the
beasts of field and forest. But man
has a nobler, sublimer mission for the
inspiration of his life. With all his
wonderful endowments no is to live TO
glorify God and enjoy Min forever.
A gospel that does not call for a man.
ly service, Therefore is not the gos.
pei to redeem the world and flood hui.
man life with joy and gladness. We
do not want a sentimental gospel to-
day--a mere lullaby, that will soothc
the conscience into a state Of ease aud
Indifference, but one that appeals to
the best and noblest instincts in man 8
nature. Jesus was an example of the
highest and truest manhood this world
has ever seen. To night I appeal to
you men TO recognize Gods purpose in
your existence. Give INTO him your
best and purest manhood, and give un.
to your fellow men a cheerful and con.
secrated service. Madaline Bridges
puts II beautifully in that little verse:
For life is IA mirror of King and
slave;
IT'S just what we are and do,
Then give to the world the best you
have.
And the best will come back TO you.
Man Is moved by a spirit Of patriot.
ism. He sacrifices his all and faces
hardship and death for the love OF his
country. We honor our nation =
heroes, wo bow and worship at their
shrine. God forbid that the nation >
heart should ever become SO %callous
that it cannot shed the tear of graft.
tude on the graves of those who have
given their life's blood for the liberty
we now enjoy. But tonight men, ! ap.
peal to you for a spiritual patriotism,
for n manhood laid upon the altar Of
God. l want to see the fires of right.
eousness kindled in the hearts and
homes Of this city through the spirit.
ual energy Of our young manhood. !
want to see such a moral uplift that
men will be recognized for their real
worth and not for their pretensions-
a manhood that will carry a holy and
irresistible force In the civic and relig.
ious life Of Tucumcari.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
N the District Court, County Of Quay.

w. No 723
Emma S~tcinhagcu
The said defendant, Emma Stcinha.
gen is hereby notified that a suit in
divorce has been commenced against
you in the District Court for the County
1T Quay, Territory of New Mexico, by
said John Stcinhagcn, alleging aband.
onment that unless you enter or cause
to b. entered your appearance in said
suit ON on before the 18th day of June
y. d. 1910, decree pro confcsso therein
will he rendered against you.
CHAS. T.. DOWNS, Clerk.
BY Frida NJ. Eckman, Deputy.
Reed iiolloman, Esq, Tucumcari New
Mexico, Atty, for Plaintiff.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
T TO

am prepared to contract with par.
ties who wish to erect Adobe Buildings.
! will contract for the walls, Carpen
ter work, and complete the building
if desired. Apply TO Tom Gentry, Tu
cumcari, n. M~.-4.26.tf.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13
TO MOTHER

Seventy six and wondrous fair
Was my mother with her silvery hair.
Ci'on her chssk where bloOlned the reese
In other days, the lily blows
In purity beyond compare.
/ can but guess the weight of care
Her hands and heart have had to bear
But I know how calm her life stream
flowed
AT seventy-six.
When down the sunset road / fare,
For days like hers I hardly dare
To hopes OF that such sweet repose
win brood upon my evenings close.
As vas my mothers gracious share
At sevsnty-six.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

Owing to the fact that the public
schools have been closed on account of
scarlet fever, the baecalaurate services
will not be held Sundays has been an
aounced.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

Looking rainy, ehi Well, we can
stand n lot of that said article for tn
next ninety days.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

Tucumcari, "the railroad center, "
how does that affect the auditory nerve
ehf
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

Get the habit of getting out of the
Crouch.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

The pill rollers have the city today.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-13

An good mothers are very dear to
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-06-24

Iish corporation under 20-year lease for
stipulated per year. in addition to the
proper care and cultivation of the beds under
government supervision.
The world has never known richer pearl
fisheries than those of Ceylon. The pearls of
finest orient and color come from these waters
and the mother-ofpearl shell Is the largest
and most irdescent 1t was from here that
La Pellegrina came. said to be the finest and
most perfect pearl In existence and which
weighs 112 grains, we'll as most of the
crown pearls of European royalty. For
turtles the Indian princes have amassed great
wealth in pearls and those of the Rama Of
Dholpur were valued at $7,500.000.
The most extensive pearl oyster grounds OF
the world are situated the northern and
western coasts of Australia.
The richest pearl fisheries in the Americas
at the present time those OF the Gulf of
California. centering around La Paz and along
the outer coast of Lower California In Mexico.
These fisheries were discovered by fernando
Cortez when he marched across Mexico in
1926. The principal beds are near La Paz, in
the Gulf, Espiritu Santo. Lorenzo Point on
the island of Cerrabro, Los Coyotes and Mu-
lege bay, and in fact, along the entire west
coast of the Gulf of La Paz to above the island
OF Loreto and Tiburon, the east side. In
addition to those found along the outside coast
of Lower California, pearl oyster beds are
found at points along the southern coast of
MEXICO ana nicaragua.
Cortez and the Spaniards after him Obliged
the Indians to work the La Paz beds and to
give one-tenth of their catch to the church
and onetenth to the crown The beds were
soon depleted and later abandoned Over fifty
years later. after having recuperated, fishing
was renewed. and 1t is said that Spaniard
who later worked them took yearly from them
300 to 500 pounds of pearls, which he packed
on mules and sold by the busheI
Up to 30 years ago 'buzos de cabezav or
head divers, only were employed, but on the
revival of the fisheries about this time mod
ern diving apparatus was introduced and today
they are being worked under concession by
San Francisco firms. who employ from 800 to
1.2O0 men and number OF run schooners
which collect the oysters from smaller boats
working on the beds and carry them to the
companies sheds on shore. where they are
opened and the pearls found sorted by passing
them through small brass sieves of graded
sizes.
In the gulf the season commences in July
and continues to October. but while along the
unprotected outer coast 1t commences earlier.
in March, 1t is terminated by the hurricanes
that sweep this coast in June
Most of the diving is done by divers using
the most improved diving apparatus, helmet
The Elbert County tribune., 1910-06-24
OlllER W DRESS 1eScxN1NO 70 M Aa4Z BIOS

to the condition OF the bed. Fishing boats and
divers from the neighboring coasts of Malabar,
native Indians, Malays, Arabs, Poynesians
and pearl merchants by the thousands from all
parts of India assemble shortly before the ap-
pointed day until many as rs 900 people are
gathered the fishing grounds At midnight.
when the wind freshens, the boats start for
the banks In groups of so to 10, so as to arrive
there before sunrise Each boat carries from
ten to twelve divers. who work In pairs one
diving while the other tends the signal line,
and who relieve each other from time to time.
At sunrise signal gun is fired and the fish
ing begins. The diver usually carries stone
or other weight Of about so pounds attached
to the haul line to facilitate his rapid descent
and In addition carries basket made fast
to the gfrdle about his waist in which he
places the oysters as found. Some divers work
ing In shallower water weight In de-
scending, but while at work at the bottom
make good of both hands and feet to seize
upon and wrench loose any oyster seen within
the limited over which they can work.
The diver who works without diving apparatus
and who is called head diver" working in
from 30 to 45 feet of water. which is the aver
age, can make from 40 to so descents in a
morning and can bring up from Is to 30 oysters
each trip. The native Indian. Malay and Poly
nesian divers remain under from so to 30
seconds. according to the depth at which thew
are working. but some can stand a much
longer submergence.
At the firing of another signal gun about
noon the diving is suspended and the boats
race ashore and beach. ready for unloading
On their arrival there the oysters are carried
into the government corral and there piled
into three heaps each boats load being kept
separate. the government taking two heaps
or two-thirds of the catch and the remainder
being divided among the divers and the crew.
the divers usually receiving the largest por-
tion There are about 4.5OO divers at work,
the daily catch averaging 100000 oysters,
which are often found clustered closely to-
gether
The governments share is then auctioned
on by the inspector in lots of 1000 and usually
bought up by small merchants. divided into
smaller lots. and resold
The true Indian diver never descends with
out first providing for attack against sharks
or other dangerous fish by invoking immunity
through the shark charmers ncantations a
hereditary endowment among the East Indians
one OF these charmers usually accompanying
each boat. Aside from this danger which in
these waters, however is comparatively small
the diver working under a tropical sun and
exposed to rheumatism and often paralysis is
usually short-lived man.
Up until a few years ago this was the