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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-02-24
MAYNARD GOOSE CAUSES TRAG-
EDY
ShOHes Into Neighbor,s Yard. Ozc-
ner Goes After H-Aresfed for
Tresbassing-Shoots One CGptOr-
Starts TO LeGVe Country.

A goose, which had a penchant for
trespassing, is responsible for the death
of one man and the painful wounding of
another within twenty-four hours.
w. J. Valentine, at West Point, who
farms in the Rocky Hill neighborhood,
fifteen miles northwestof the city, went on
the property of Johnsons to recover
goose There was an unfriendly feeling
between the Johnsons and Valentine, and
as a result, John, Will and Walter John
son, sens of Bascombe johnson, are said
to have taken Valentine before mag
istrate, supposedly after disarming him.
In some way Valentine drew pistol,
it is said, and shot John Johnson, who was
in the buggy with him, and escaped from
the other two Johns9ns. This occurred
about go or o'clock at night Think
ing he had killed young johnson. Valer-
tine went to the home of a neighbor,
John Lakewood, and told him that he
had killed John Johnson and would imme-
diately leave the country.
Strangely enough, the bullet had enter
ed Johnson's head back of the left jaw
bone and came out in his mouth, inflicting
a painful but not serious wound.
Nothing more was heard of Valentine
until the other day when his body was
reported found in a swamp about eight
miles distant from the place of the trouble,
and is said to bear no marks of violence
Whatever.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-02-24
WHEN SETTING THE HENS.

A henshould never be set where other
hens will lay to her or disturb her.
If she has stolen her nest in a secluded
place, we'll and good; but if she wants
to sit in the hen-house where the rest of
the hens lay, she should be moved, which
can easily be done after night, ard by
keeping the nest closed for day, she will
generally become quieted down.
The house where they are set should
preferably be in another yard, or kept
closed for few days, as she will invari-
ably go back to her original nest, if al
lowed to go into her old run or yard
After she has been on probation several
days she is set or the eggs intended for
her to incubate. Right now the work be-
gins, for the time to fight the head lice
is just three weeks before the chicks are
Matched She is busted thoroughly with
a good lice powder, and this does not
mean sprinkling little over her while
she is sitting on the nest She is
held in the lap and gone over thoroughly,
holding back the feathers and getting the
powder down next to the skin. She is
then placed on the nest gently SO as to
keep as much of the powder in the feathers
as possible. This busting is repeated
weekly until the chicks come off, when
they will have a fair chance to live.-W.
c. Taylor, in Starkville (Miss.) Progress
sive Farmer and Gazette.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1910-02-24
SURE WAY TO GET EVEN.

The old darkey came in on crutches
and said he wanted marriage license.
"Ever been married before" asked
the judge.
GOOD Lawd, jedge! Don't ak me.
dat" was the old mans reply 'Des.
look at me"
"Why,' said the judge, eff it fixed you
as bad as that, why do you take another
chance at itP"
ooh, don't want de license for my
self. iedge, but fer a enemy er minepS
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
E.P. rs. v. TRIES MOTOR
CAR ON MOUNTAIN
Sixty Passenger Car Arrives Here
Wednesday Morning
If Successful Will be Used in Cloudcroft
Service

The FL Paso and Southwestern
Route has just received a new
motor car which arrived in Ala
mogordo Wednesday morning.
This car was ordered for service
between Douglas and Bisbee,
but was stopped here in order to
make an experimental trip to
Cloudcroft. G. F. Hawks, gen
eral superintendent, and W. G.
Roe, assistant superintendent,
started this morning for Cloud
croft, on the trial trip. If the
use of this type of car is found
practica BILE on the mountain, the
cars will be put into service.
The low cost of operation of
these cars would make it pos
sible for Alamogordo to have ex-
cellent train service all the year
round. The Union Pacific has
had these cars in service and
has found the cost of operation,
including pay of motorman and
conductor, and general repairs,
to be fifteen cents mile. That
is the average. On some runs,
where long mileage is made and
traffic is heavy, the cost has been
as low as eleven cents mile.
This car is all steel, 30 feet in
length and comfortably seats
sixty passengers. The passenger
con- partment is admirably light
ed and ventilated by twenty cir
cular windows which are about
twenty four inches in diameter.
The lighting is by commercial
acetylene gas. The power is
supplied by 200 horse power
six cylinder, internal com bustiou
gasoline engine. The distance
from Omaha is 1926 miles. This
car made the trip IN 30 hours
and Is minutes, actual running
time, beating the time of the
fastest passenger train by nearly
twenty hours. 1t is to be hoped
that the car can be successfully
used on the mountain.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
Memorial Exercises

Memorial or Decoration Day,
was observed in Alamogordo
with exercises fitting and appro-
pirate. There was a special me-
mortal service held Sunday af-
ternoon at the Christian church.
The sermon by the pastor, Stacy
Phillips, was enjoyed by all
those who were fortunate enough
to be able to attend. Monday
morning at ten o'clork the pro-
cession was formed in front of
the court house square, with the
veterans of the Civil War, and
Company Il" of the New Mexico
National Guard, mounted, in
line. Then the procession moved
to Alamogordo cemetery where
the graves of the dead were
strewn with fragrant flowers.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02

Two shallow wells which have
just been completed in the vi
cinity of Alamogordo, will have
marked tendency to increase the
value of all the agricultural land
in this valley.
The two wells which have been
completed, and one of which has
been tested, are on the places of
II. l.. Patty and Judge W. L.
Carter, lying adjoining, six miles
southwest Of Alamogordo. The
two wells are almost identical, /,
and Judge Carter, having no
crops to save, installed his gas
oline engine and pump in the
Patty we'll and tested that first.
The test was so satisfactory as to
enable Mr.. Patty to give his crops
a full irrigation with one days
pumping.
The we'll is five feet square,
and was dug to a depth of 36
feet. Water was encountered at
a depth of IS feet, and it was
impossible to dig beyond the 36
foot level. A drill was then
started and worked TO an addi-
tional depth of 26 feet, making
the total depth of the well sixty
two feet. a six inch perforated
casing was then inserted in the
drilled part of the we'll. The
pump was then installed and
started, with the intake pipe
almost to the bottom of the
we'll.
The pump used was a centri-
fugal, of a normal capacity of lSO
gallons a minute, and was work
ed to normal capacity with a
gasoline engine. The object of
putting the end of the intake
pipe SO close to the bottom of the
we'll, was to pump out the accu-
mulated sand, which was possible
with a pump which has no valves
to ntsrfere. When the pump
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
WATER CASE SETTLED
Court Holds The AIbnghts are
Guilty of Contempt

j. s. Morgan is very much
pleased with the recent court de-
cision which will permanently
settle litigation in a water case
which has been in issue for some
time. This last decision was
rendered in the trial of Il con-
tempt case, in which it was al
legged that +. d. and Will AL
bright were interfering with the
water rights claimed and owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. j. 5. Morgan,
in violation of a court order. In.
stead of imposing q Jail sentence
or fine, the court decreed tha:
the Messrs. Albright should re.
store the property, water chan.
nels, etc, TO that condition in
which they were found at the
time the Albrights began tC
make diversions. A period Of
fifteen days has been allowed in
which to complete the restoration
and replacement work.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
100000 GALLONS OF WATER
FOR SIXTY EIGHT CENTS
Two Fine Producing Wells Six Miles
Southwest of Town
Not Prospective, But Actual; And Will Irrigate
Many Acres of Land

was first put in operation sand to
the extent Of about two carloads
was thrown out. After all the
sand had been thrown out, the
water was exhausted by 40
minutes continuous pumping.
After several short length,
preliminary tests, the crucial
test was made last Friday. The
pump was operated continuously
for a period of ten hours and five
minutes, at the rate Of lS0 gal
lone minute, without exhaust
ing the supply of water in the
we'll. At no time was 1t neces-
sary to stop the pump to accumu-
late head of water. The water
pumped in the test period was
found to be ample to give a full
irrigation to some three acres of
alfalfa, about an acre of garden
and an orchard of one thousand
trees. The cost of operating the
pump during the period of ten
hours, as near as could be deter
mined, was sixty eight cents.
That is not much to pay for suf-
Lficient water to irrigate the
tracts described. On the strength
of this new supply of wSter, Mr..
Patty has begun this week to
plant three acres of potatoes.
Judge Carter, who gave The
News the facts used in this re-
port, feels very hopeful and op.
timistic over the outlook, and it
would seem that he has every
reason to be. 1t is we'll within
the bounds of reason to hope that
his we'll will yield practically
the same results, the two well:
being in the same locality, and
almost identically the same. II
is worth while to bring in a vel
which will transform a tract oi
primitive desert into garden
of fragrance or fields and orchards
of income producing power.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
ENFORCEMENT Of TWENTY
EIGHT HOUR LAW
Question as to Space in Cars to
Be Allowed Cattle
Department of Agriculture Issues Bulle-
tin Explaining
Washington, May 80, 1910.

w aShlngtOn, May ~, l9lO.
A controversy has arisen be-
tween some Of the railroads Of
the country and the larger live
stock shippers in regard to the
space in the cars which must be
afforded animals in transit from
one State to another in order to
make unloading unnecessary and
still comply with the twenty.
eight hour law. This law provides
that when the animals are carried
in cars lin which they can and
do have proper food, water,
space, and opportunity to rest"
they shall not be required to be
unloaded. The Department Of
Agriculture has been appealed
to by both railroads and shippers,
and to-day the position OF the
Department is tentatively an
nounced as follows:
. If cars are not loaded beyond
the minimum weight fixed by
the tariffs, the Department will
not, for the present, raise the
question as to whether sufficient
space is provided for the animals
to rest; but railroads which load
beyond the minimum and do not
unload fer rest will have to take
their chances of prosecution in
the courts.
1t is the intention of the De-
partment TO institute a mum Der
of test cases and secure rulings
from the federal courts as to
what space must be afforded.
1t is claimed by the Department
that this is the only course open,
since no power is given the Sec
retary of Agriculture by the law
to make rulings and regulations
regarding space to be afforded in
cars.
In all cases where live stock is
not unloaded EN- route Into pro-
perly equipped pens for rest,
water, and feeding" the cars
must be provided with facilities
for feeding and watering in tran
sit, and live stock must, when so
fed and watered, receive proper
feed and water.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
WORST WIND STORM FOR
YEARS. VISITS Town
Comes Without Warning, But
Visit is Brief
Many Shade Trees Wrecked and Some
Houses Damaged

The sand and wind storm
which swept over Alamogordo
Monday night was one of the
worst and most violent which
have ever visited this locality.
In two respects at least, it was
peculiar: it came without any
preliminary or warning, and it
lasted only an hour. This wind ,
to Judge from its effects, must
have had more of the properties
or elements of the cyclone than
the winds which usually prevail
in this section.
Beginning about 9:45 and con-
tinuing for just an hour, the
wind so completely filled the air
with dust and sand that people
were compelled to seek refuge
indoors. The dust was so thick
that it was almost impossible to
distinguish electric lights a block
distant. Indoors, in most of the
buildings, the dust was almost
as bad as outdoors. Unlucky in
deed was the thrifty housewife
who had finished cleaning house
just before the storm, because
all the work had TO be done over
again.
Some of the finest trees in
town were stripped of their
largest branches, and a few trees
were blown down. In Alameda
Park some fifty trees were
wrecked, either blown down OF
stripped Of nearly all their
limbs. A part of the roof OF
Alamogordo Santorium was torn
off. Many barns, out houses and
temporary structures in and
around town were torn to pieces
The new hotel at High Rolls
which was nearing completion
was blown down, entaihng loss
of about a thousand dollars
The damage to crops, as report
ed so far. was very slight. NJ
personal injuries have been re
ported.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
GREAT SPEAKER
Explains FnHy "H'hy The Loaf
Will Not Bake

The lecture given by Rev. +.
+. Dell at the Grace Methodist
church Tuesday evening, was
poorly attended. 1t was very
poorly attended when the fact is
taken into consideration that no
admission whatever was charged.
Considering the size of the
audience present, MIR. Dell made
a splendid effort. One of the
most discouraging things which
a speaker has to contend with, is
addressing small audiences. Mr..
Dell's idea as to why the loaf
will not bake" is based upon the
belief that our system of living
sadly needs revising. In home
life, in the care and training and
the education Of children, he
feels that our trend is too much
away from old standards. He
traced the fault of our system to
our elections, and our legislative
bodies. He deplores greatly
the passing or waning Of that
vague, intangible, yet powerful
spirit which makes home life.
He has q wonderful gift Of langu-
age, and made the lecture inten-
sely interesting from beginning
to end. Only those who were
present can appreciate how great
Q treat was missed by those who
were absent.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
VILLAGE LOSES CASE
Entails Loss of S2,OOO.OO a
Year in Revenue

The Alamogordo saloon opened
its doors this morning, and will
continue to transact business
without the payment of any Ii
cense to the village of Alamogor-
do. This action is warranted and
authorized by a decision of the
court.
Some time since, the saloon
was opened, without license, in
order to have an arrest made so
that the case might be carried in
to court for hearing. When the
saloon was so opened, in seeming
defiance of the law, the village
authorities would not take any
action. Ii became necessary for
the saloon owners to file CON-
plant against the saloon, and
insist that al arrest be made.
Under habeas corpus proceed.
ings, the case was carried to
Carrizozo and tried before Judge
n. q. Mechem. The decision Of
the court was that the village
board had no power or authority
to collect license from q saloon.
In the proceedings, Messrs.
Wharton and Lawson represent
ed the saloon owners, Judge
Byron Sherry, mayor, represent.
ing the village Of Alamogordo.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
4. NJ. NEAL RETIRES
VIII be Succeeded as Supervisor
BY W. II. B. Kent

A. NJ. Neal, who has been SUI
pervisor of the Alamo National
Forest for more than two years,
leaves on July l, for vacation
of twelve months. After his fur
Tough is ended, he will enter the
field service. Recognizing his
superior ability as field man,
A. o. Ringland, district forester
at Albuquerque, has offered sew
eral good places in the field.
During the Neal administration,
many changes and improvements
have been made in this forest.
He has made a good officer, and
a good citizen.
He will be succeeded as super.
visor by W. II. B. Kent, who
has recently been in the Florida
forests. Mr.. Kent has been in
the Forest Service for many
years and is thoroughly familiar
with the work. II was he who
made the report on the strength
of which the Alamo aud the
Guadalupe forests were created
He will spend the month Of Jun,
in the field, familiarizing him
self with the work.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
Literary Club Meeting

The picnic meeting of the Fri
day Reading Circle was held
May 20, at the home of Mrs. G.
J. Wolfinger. This being the last
meeting of the summer, and also
the close of the years work, Of
ficers were elected for the ensu-
ing year as follows: Mrs. s. b.
Galloway. president; Mrs. G. J.
Wolfinger, vice-president; Mrs.
q. II. Waldschmidt, treasurer /;
Mrs. O. ID. George, secretary.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02

Mr.. and Mrs. M. Brounof, of
IT. Worth are spending this
week in Alamogordo. Sometime
ago Mr.. Brounof was transferred
from ii Paso to the 1T. Worth
general agency, Of the Southland
Life Insurance Co., Of Dallas.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02
CIVIC LEAGUE WORKING
FOR SANITARY Town
Committee on Public Improve
ments is Organized
Aamogordo Improvement Co. Willing to
Pay Generously

The Civic League, having per-
fected its organization and inCor-
poration, has made careful, sys-
tematic plans, and is now pre-
pared to carry forward the work
Of cleaning up and beautlfying
the town of Alamogordo.
One Of the most important
steps of the league was the selec-
tion of the committee on public
Improvements.
The members selected for this
work were Mrs. &. A. Garrett,
chairman, and Mesdames A. w.
Cooley and Lena Eldridge. This
committee recently held n con-
ference with Frank W. Beach,
general manager of the Alamo
gordo Improvement Co. The
conference was called for the
purpose of receiving PROPOSE,
ton which Mr.. Beach desired to
offer for the company.
The company offers to pay to
this committee the sum of one
dollar each for the clearing and
cleaning of every lot which the
company owns. If this offer is
accepted and the work success
fully carried out, the company
will expend a total of more than
ST. 10000. The only condition
imposed is that every other lot
owner in Alamogordo shall have
each one of his or her lots clean
ed The offer seems to he an
exceptionally good one for Civic
League and for the entire COM
munity. If the improvement
Co. is willing to pay dollar
apiece for the cleaning of some
fourteen hundred lots, the indl-
vidual lot owner should be will
ing to pay a dollar for the clean
ing of single lot, or a dollar
apiece for the cleaning of a few
lots.
Mr.. Beach has made this offer
because he represents company
which desires to increase the
value of the property in Alamo
gordo and vicinity; and because
he personally understands and
appreciates the value of clean
town. If every lot in Alamogor-
do has the brush cut down and
removed, and has all old tin cans
and other rubbish removed the
Improvement in the appearance
Of the town will be wonderful.
Mrs. Garrett, chairman of this
committee, is enthusiastic over
the prospect of having the town
thoroughly cleaned. In this con
nection it ought to be explained
that the committee desires to
make the cleaning crusade univ
ersal, to apply to all premises and
yards, as we'll as vacant lots.
The back yards in business dis
trlct will receive attention as
will as the vacant lots. The com.
mlttee desires to announce also
that any lotowner, feeling finan'
clally unable to pay the fee
charged by the committee, may
clean his own property. or may
send a member of his family tc
work with the force, and all labor
Of the kind will be credited on
account.
The progressive citizens are
heartily endorsing this move
ment, and in every way possible
are assisting the members Of the
committee.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02

Verne Rhoades, technical as
slstant to the Forest Supervisor,
is now in the Sacramento noun
tains, to spend several weeks.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-02

Ernest II. Russell will leave
this week to spend q month at
his old home in Alfalfa, Ala
bama.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
rice HARVEST IS
A MONEY MAKER
Practically All OF The Louisiana
Crop is Now Under Cover
Safe.

Elton, La, Nov. 17.-The 1910 rice
crop is under cover and safe. The
season has been a money-mal1er for
growers and over 100000 sacks of
rough rice are held in storage here.
Farmers are continuing to hold their
rough rice in storage, having entered
heartily into the "hold-over" move
ment of the Southern Rice Growers
Association and the General Selling
Agency, of which practically every
grower here-abouts is a member. This
movement will undoubtedly boost the
price of the cereal.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
STOLE THIRTY PENNIES
And Uncle Sam viii Have Two Years
of Service From This Negro.

! Jackson, Miss, Nov. 17.-Josepl
was sold into slavery by his brothers
for thirty pieces of silver, but it re-
NAMED for son of Ham to barter his
liberty for two years for thirty pen.
MES.
That is what Buel Evans got for
stealing thirty cents from Uncle Sam,
and Judge H. c. Niles doled him the
cards in the United States district
court. At the same time, Nose Bailey,
another negro, was sent to the Kinds
county Jail for six months, because he
was in company with Evans on the
night Of the robbery of the postoffice
at Montgomery.
The negroes entered a store, the
proprietor of which was postmaster at
Montgomery. They stole goods val
ued at about $40, but Uncle Sam would
never have touched them if Evans had
not ransacked the till in the postoffice,
taking therefrom thirty coppers.
In addition to the prison sentence,
each of them must pay a fine of 500
with court costs attached, which
makes these thirty pennies appear
rather valuable.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17


rlcultural products entering the Unit
ed States. Nor will the United States
be given any favor which might en-
danger the industrial interests of the
country.
Except for the well known fact that
President Taft considers reciprocity
worth while at almost any price, it is
certain that the temper of Canadian
legislators would render the outlook
for trade negotiations hopeless.
In some quarters there is feeling
that the reciprocity measure is looked
upon as an entering wedge, through
which Canada will finally be made a
part of the United States.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
The VARDAMAN CLUB
WILL MEET TONIGHT

Through no intentional fault, {
News reporter yesterday afternoon
made announcement of a meeting tt
be held at the city hall last night fol
the purpose of organizing Vardamar
Club, while as matter of fact, the
meeting should have been announced
for tonight, Thursday. The News re
grets this mistake and respectfully OF.
fers its apologies.
Friends of Ex-Governor Vardaman
will, therefore, please take notice
that, tonight, at the city hall, meet
ing will be held for the purpose of
perfecting a permanent Vardaman or
ganization in this city and it is hoped
tnat large number of citizens will
be present, as permanent officers
Will be elected and other matters of
Importance transacted.
Since the temporary organization
was formed about three weeks ago,
the membership of the Vardaman
Club has been growing constantly, and
its roster now contains the names of
a large number of influential citizens
OF Hattiesburg and Forrest county.
At the meeting tonight addresses
will be delivered by prominent local
and much enthusiasm is ex-
pected to be developed.