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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 81, 1910.
PRIVILEGES OF FRIENDSHIP.

PRIVILEGES OF FRIENDSHIP.
To be told when 70 go home.
To be told when 70 stay home.
To be joked about his personal aD
pearance.
To hear both sides Of the family
quarrel .eparately.
To agree with both sides OF the fam
fly quarrel when heard separately.
To hear the completion OF the fam
sly quarrel that ne wishes his arrival
had interrupted.
To stay az home and take care Of
the children while the other guests
are taken driving.
To make himself at home IN the II.
brary without having been given the
key 70 the book shelves.
To be reminded OF his youthful Cir.
tations IN the presence OF new and en-.
pertaining young women.
To walk from the station 10 rainy
weather because Il IS go bad for the
family horses TO be out ia the rain.
To be given a small room IN the
attic so that the spare chamber may
be ready for possible but unexpected
company.
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Nelson's Hair Dressing can be Sc
cured from the agent. Mr.. Joseph
Evans, 36o2 Webster Avenue, Pitts
burg, Pa.
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Learn to rest at odd moments.
Learn TO eat one hearty meal day.
Learn TO look at things from an
others point OF view.
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HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

Learn TO rise early.
Learn to eat slowly.
Learn TO retire early.
Learn to love the open sir.
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N. A., S. A., e. A, A. AND A.

a human ind diamond h
h all tks
Il ogooior
Il
And would choee vii
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Start the New Year right. Sc
lect your agent now. II you select
me- you win receive fair, square and
honest service.
b. A. CEPHAS. Agent.
sos n. Second st.
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As n consequence the women talk
about cooks and clothes. and the men
about weather and women.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-31

Conversation IS one Of the bIights
Of civilization.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-31

The art OF conversation is a lost
one and the art OF keeping stiu do
mands cultivation.
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De elevator kid may have his ups
and downs. but he wants to remem-
Der he's gettin' his passage paid both
ways.
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Don't you believe #; a barkin' dog
will bite all right II he thinks he can
get out Of the way OF a No. boot.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-31

Leave It TO a girl for winnin' her
point, or THROWN the point on the
floor an steppin' on II
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MUSINGS OF THE OFFICE BOY

De dead easy chap Is hard 70 get
along with.
It's all right fer man to be alone q
he's watched clOst enough.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05
ANTONIO JOSEPH
in HOTEL DIEU
Territorial Board Of equalization Refuses 10 Recognize Cover.
nor Curry's Recommendation or Tax Valuations
B KILL BOYCOTT

Before these lines are printed, it is
more than likely that one of the finest
types of the old time border gentleman
will have crossed the divide and entered
into the reward OF the pure Of heart.
Antonio Joseph IL dying at the Hotel
Dieu NJ III Paso, where he had gone
In the hope Of relief from Bright I, ia.
seasc, only 90 be- told that It was AZ
best but a matter Ut % few days. The
old Roman did not vince; be- had ex.
peeted u, and was not afraid. There
had been nothing IN his life 90 make
him afraid, 50 he set his affairs in order
and il now calmly awaiting the end.
When II comes a clean and q strong
man will Law him down, after q life vt
few presumptions, Ut quiet usefulness.
lie was born IN 1876 IN Taos. whence his
parents, who were Portuguese, had NOV
cd from ~. Louis. Ills life, begun with
all the dangers of the frontier, includ.
ing captivity among the Indians with
his mother when he was a mere baby,
and from which he was rescued by Col.
Sterling Price, was full Of movement.
Given a finished education in the Catho.
lie schools and ~seminarie,, he naturally
drifted into public life, aud was success.
lively probate judge OF Taos county,
a member Of the territorial council, and
for ten years delegate To congress-. Ills
service in all of these positions was
essentially modest, unmarked by sean.
dial and more effective by far than
many who have made more noise aud
reached out for the limelight. Richly
endowed with the grace Of the oid.tine
gentleman, he was courtesy itself, aud
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gave willing ear to ali who came 10
him, and 81 charming was this grace
that the average man would take u
turn down from him with more salts.
faction than "A grantmcnt from the
average public official. lie was a great
Mason, having early drifted away from
the mother church, and many years
z attained the thirty.second degree
OF late years he had not becu flush
financially, and made a living by run
ming the hotel at Oio Caliente. HI,
last visit to the PccoS Valley was 10
the democratic territorial convention.
which assembled at Roswell ~ lguS,
which he was one of the hOnorcd dele.
gates. | had met him many years be-
fore at Santa Fe, and talked with him
some time, though the old man had for
gotten me in the maze Of years, quickly
remembering, however, when the cir.
cumstances Of our last meeting were
recalled. One thing hat he said at
the time is now recalled with particular
interest. Through II long life | have
longed for statehood for New Mexico -
he said. "twice while I was in congress
il seemed practically at hand. II seems
to me now that the lesson Of il all il
that we are not going to be admitted
until a certain riement Of congress be
comes cony inced that we are worthy Of
il. How 10 convince them | do not
know. We have used every argumen,
that we could think Of. We have the
people, the wealth, the resources, the
Intelligence. II may be that we will
never reach il until we have a presi.
dent who is diplomatic enough TO use
his personal influence and power to
bring the senate into line. - The devel.
opments just now would seem to in.
dictate that the old man saw far, and
that President Taft is the diplomatic :
executive Of whom Antonio Joseph
dreamed. II IL be so. the chiefest pity
about his death Is that il should coine
now, just before his prophecy is ap.
parently about to be fulfilled.
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ears before planting corn. There ism Z
a hickory tree in two hundred miles,
and IL there were its leaves would be
out a long while before the danger
from frost IL over. Neither does II
make any particular difference when
Easter comes. This year IL comes M
early as II can, to.wit: 1.-the first Sun.
day in the full Of the moon after the
22nd Of March, which TO be exact IL
the 9Th. II was part Of the religion
yastcr meant an early spring, and this
year II will be tried out, for II couldn Z
ONE any earlier. IL comes thus earl
so seldom that people forget from one
time 20 another whether IL sticks or not,
and the old legend persists. Here in
this flylcss vale, we build nothing on
such fables. We know that the spring
begins when 1t gets ready, and that
every once In a while winter breaks Oh
the reservation aud fights IL out with
spring. Hence the smudge pots. Time
was va would have been tried for here.
~ on recount Of those pots, for daring
to dispute natures power, Thank tho
Lord va have more sense, that at least
n degree we have put the kibosh on the
fetch, shook the sign. Now we rely on
sense and not on the nonsense Of our
superstitious forbears.
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charter has been granted and land pnr'
chased. This means monuments to dogs.
Within Eve years the tourist will dis
cover standing there over the graves
Ut dead dogs. marble shafts that would
he II credit over the graves OF many
men and women whose lives wcr" n
blessing aud q hrn"dictiun and of whom
There will there he seen mute but clo.
qucnt proof Of the skilled touch of
chisel aud mallct aud there with care
aud display worthy a better cause, will
grow flower, win" and evergreen to
tempt the traveller from his course and
delight the eye in this burying ground
OF dogs. Throughout our country the
nOisclcsS feet of little children have
hurried through TIA, gates aud crowded
into the cities ~ the dead. Their graves
are not long ones. Only an humble
monument will do. In their dreamle-s
sleep there is now nothing TO alarm or
distress them, In unknown graves they
vncomplainingly await the resurrection
Of the just. No sentinel shaft guard,
their spccchlcsS duSts. \ cypress shin
gle or pine board marks not their last
resting places upon the earth. tn" care
aud attention given worthless dogs
would feed aud clothe orphan children,
who, II their hands were clasped IN
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05
CHILDREN N DOCS

This country is suffering from an
acute ease ~ dogophobia. The malady
is growing more desperate and is chief.
" confined Ia the homes u the rich aud
we'll TO. do. | can easily understand the
wisdom of a ret for the children and
that IN certain avocations and depart
mcuts of industry a good dog is a valu.
able asset; but | dcnounce ms positive
idolatry aud n stigma ON the nation
the fcasting and fondling by jewclcd
hands Of pug .nosed bull dogs aud poodles.
The p%ampcrcd poodle revels in the good
things Of life, while the boy with his
newspapers contests every inch Of
ground on frozen streets for an honest
existence. Many women regard children
u burden not 10 he borne, and dogs shel
tered under crimson aud gold are Graded
In laps and homes of luxury. A silver
collared bull dog slept peacefully upon
the soft cushion Of a big automobile
in front of n mansion. A passing news
'fF lfhHfA i'NE 'h'hEu w hiH AAkhA
with hunger TO say TO a companion,
81 wish | wa a bulldog and not "A boy.
II il estimated that more than one
million dogs are IN Texas. Two mil
lion dogs arc carefully put to bed
every night. They prowl on velvet ear
pets. They sleep on soft pillows and
some actually share beds with their
owners. within the shadows of these
homes of wealth are the homes Of
orphan children They too. are perhaps
put to bed every night but they know
not the magic touch of a mother = love.
Cream and cradles hold the reckoning
hands to lapvdogS while little children
point theirskclrtun fingers AZ ~ and
are starving IN stall fed America,
In ten thousand tenements. it'll"
children gu to bed hungry aud close
their eyes on hard floors, while poodles
plumber pantries and from hands soft
and white receive on salvers Of silver
in rich profusion the choicest viands
the markets afford. To crush the life
out OF childhood and install the dog
is a crime for which the society and
civilization of today will have TO an.
swcr. The press Of the country within
the last few days informs ma that at
Peoria, Illinois, a Family Pet Gene
terry Association has been formed. A
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-02-05

No matter Of government In recent
years has attracted so much attention
as the course Of the territorial board Of
equalization in refusing to enact the
recommendations Of Governor Curry, the
district attorneys and the tar commits.
sion, and establish a system Of actual
cash valuations in the territory. Only
one obscure newspaper in the territory
justifes the action Of the board, and all
the rest Of them are laying on the
Christening rod with varying degrees Of
intensity. All Of this while the board
says nothing. At first IL advanced the
speciOus plea that II would not effectuate
the law until the territory fixed "A
limit to the tax rate, though as far as
| know no state IN the union has done
so. Many states, and New Mexico does.
fix the rate for the counties. but il
could hardly do 30 for the common.
wealth, as emergencies might very
easily make mandatory q wide range
in the territorial rate. The equalizers
knew this, II course. The position they
took was simply a p%retext, without jus.
tihcation in fact or reason. They had
20 have some excuso in the fact Of pop.
ular clamor, and they took the fir. one
that had a iingly sound 20 Il, appar.
emily not stopping TO think that the
people would be intelligent enough to
figure II all out for themselves. II then
proceeded to take up the recommenda
tions OF railroad attorneys who we're
present, and TO az a system Of rail
road valuations that are simply redicu.
lous, and a series Of land valuations
that puts all Of the burden, practically.
upon the man who is developing a home
and exempting the big grants, the large
tract owners, tho protected interests
generally. The real people had abso.
lutely no chance among a gang Of wolves
like that, and they got none. The at.
titude Of the governor and al of the
others except the equalizers, was that
every dollar Of property in the terri.
should pay the same pr%oportionate tar,
reasoning that IL this were done, tho
territorial rate, all rates for that matter,
would come down to a very low point. =
rhe reasoning is sound. Il appealed q
o Janes Bartlett more than hfty years a
go and his plan hSs been tried out In d
many states. It Is simply that svery p
must be taxed and returned at a
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It's actual cash value. Then the board
Of equalization is empowered to make n
horizontal reduction in the rate IL al.
visable. To do this, they are given the
right to pass upon all appropriation
bills and such like, and are In effect the
state financial executive committee. IL
puts a lot of power In the hands Of a
few men, but since our own board has
arrogated TO itself n power higher than
that of the Legislature, the governor and
everybody else, that is immatorial. In
the hands of the real servant of the
people II would be safe, simply because
" there IL any reduction Of the rate,
every taxpayer In the state shares In
that reduction. As IL now is, the equal.
izers fix the value to suit themselves.
Take the matter of railroad valuations.
There is absolutely no attempt to arrive
at n practical estimate of either the
cost or the value of the lines. The
rates are doubtless fixed nj a sum named
by the railroads themselves, that being
the only way to explain the fact that
ON one side of an imaginary line the
same road is worth $4,000 a mile aud
on the other less than a third Of that.
The great tractmen seem TO have the
same power of suggestion, for their
acreage goes at from 80 cents an acre
up. There is no way by which the
small man can get hat rate, no matter
what the character Of his land may be.
All that he can do is 20 walk to the
trough and pay on the standard that has
been fixed for him, and which is sew.
eral times more than the big fellow
has to pay. In other words, the man
who can least afford IL must pay the
heaviest tribute. This condition Is not
! and never has been denied. The equal.
izers and the few who train with them
take refuge in the plea that II the plan Of
an actual valuation was put through
II would be confscatory. IL is 20 smile.
II would make everybody pay in the
same proportion, which is what the fair
man only desires. No one has insisted
that the plan be jumped up right of
the handle. IL would take at least a
year to re.align the territory upon the
new basis. In the meantime the legis.
lature meets, and II any amendment To.
ward the Bartlett plan were necessary
il need only 20 he pointed out, and the
legislature would certainly pass il. Gov.
ernor Mills in spite Of his convi,tion
as an enemy ot honest assessments,
would not dare veto It. II he did, il
would be passed over his veto, for there
is a limit TO which the agents of the
interests may ~. Finally, it must be
confessed that all on the discussion now
going on is wholesome. Both parties
being guilty Of the refusal 10 protect
the ommon people, II IL really "A non.
PARTISAN matter. Both parties must
clean house before the proper plane Is
reached, and unless | very much mis-.
take the people of New Mexico, il will
be attended 10 ia due time. The tax
payers of the division nave been Jug
gled with about ~ long rs they feel like
standing.
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Hamilton Insurance Agency, 100 + Main
Street. Insurance and Rentals

This is our business, aud when We
say II is our business we do not mean
II is q side line to be looked after at
odd times when we have nothing more
profitable in view, but It Is our bust.
ness exclusively, and we feel justified
in assuring the public better service
than the side liners can furnish. Try
us and we will prove il. Telephone So,
Now. N.tf
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II j. not likely that the country will
see again another such spectacle as that
which is afforded by the present meat
boycott. All over the country people
are rushing forward and pledging them.
selves from eating meat, ut least until
the present peak prices are reduced.
All sorts Of civic bodies, unions and
societies are joining in the boycott, for
such II is pure and simple. OF course
II will fail. All boycotts fail in time.
unless they are based upon revision
Of public sentiment that will strike at
the cause and not the effect. In this
instance they are striking at the effect.
| couldn Z proceed along this line very
far without getting into a political har.
angue, and this department holds party
politics "A tabu. At the same time the
matter is interesting. II is seldom that
Our people have been 80 worked up
over Il matter AS they have ON this.
It is only natural, When you abridge
the meat supply Of this nation, you get
right close To where We live. We are
a nation of meat eaters. We eat too
much of il, and too little Of the vege.
table line. Don Z get it into your head
from this that | an a vegetarian. Not
so that you can notice II. Ny wife
tried to convince me that a sandwich
made Of bread and peanut butter would
take the place Of a roast for dinner
or a steak for supper, and after one
trial she gave II up. When the smoke
of the only domestic battle IN which |
was the victor had cleared away, she
was tc%lcphoning a rush order for two
dollars worth Of meat. What happen
ed at our house doubtless happened
at many others about the same time.
You have got 10 have some meat. You
can cut down the quantity with profit,
but you can't cut II out, The thing i,
to get the meat cheaper, Years = !
pointed out a way that according to
figures that are not supposed to lie,
will reduce the price. Eat rabbits, or
Belgian hares. | proved that one pair
Of Belgian hares in five years would
have 69s,5i0,26I descendants, and d,
each Of them would weigh over two
pounds apiece, there would be millions
Of pounds Of meat that cost practically
nothing. Simple, amt III There we're
millions in the scheme, but the fool PEG
pie somehow or other failed to see It,
and after demonstrating It's truth TO
my W satisfaction, | went out Of
the hare business myself. There i.
no use making yourself conspicuous
among a lot Of lunkheads who won Z
learn. Since then, the smell OF rabbi,
makes me turn gray around the gills.
However, II was a great scheme aud
ought 20 have stuck. II il had, there
would now be no meat boycott.
They begin early nowadays. On last
up near Des Moines, Ia, Vernon
Barr, aged 10 and Lena Ammer, aged IL,
found dead. A tin CUP Of strych.
ia was close by, They were Respondent
Yer the fact that their folks would not
How them 20 marry. They resented
imputation that such immature
ups had no business getting into per. /
AnaaN aI.aA s.... - AL-l N I
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One seven room house and one five room
house on the east side OF Fourth
street in the McGee Addition. Prices
$1,000 and 1880 respectively, but IL
sale OF both is made. ....... $1,000
Lots 7 and s, block 30, McGee add $500
Lots 3 and 8, block 20, Russell add. $500
Lot 5, block 10, Russell addition .s275
Lots f. and + Of lot 2, Herring subdi.
vision, ''''''''''.'.''..'''' s'Oo
l25xl42 ON corner Of Smith and See.
ond streets. This is the best location
for a frst class hotel or business house
In the city. Price ........ 10000
Lot 7, blocki, McGee addition. $500
One Of the best sites for 4 hotel in
Tucumcari, with east front on cor.
ner Of Second and Center, ats. $1,000
One hrst.class business on Main street,
will net $500 per month, for. .s2,75O
Splendid l4.room %rooming house on n
lot 50xl42, on the corner Of Adams
and Smith streets. This Is one Of the
best business properties WI have TO
offer. Price $4,000, partly on time.
The best Cafe In the best location in
the city, sl,oOO
One 5.room house Southeast corner Of
Smith street, furnished, 80, $4,000
One 4.room house furnished OF Smith
street, ..,.',......'.'...... slliVV
Lots 3, Z, 5 and Q, block 7, Me0ee See
ond Addition, each, .......... CLIO
Lots 8 and 4, block !, Mc0ee Second
Addition, each, ............. siIo
100 acres patented land, we'll fenced,
good tenant house, splendid well and
windmill, on the line Of the Choetaw
RAnroad. Price $4,000. Has been
held at $500, but must be sold at
once. A bargain.
Northeast quarter Of sectiol. 10, Town.
ship ION, Range sac, with Is acres
broken, we'll fenced; 1890 boz house
well with plenty Of good watsr.siySoo
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the children who will be men and women
IN the next generation. IT you decide
to take the advice NJ the News you will
turn your dog loose and take care of
the babies.
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The outraged dignity Of the supreme
court has been satisfied. John +. Ship.
former sheriff of Hamilton county, Tenn.
has been released, with his two deputi les,
after a Jail sentence of two weeks foT
contempt of court in allowing a mob
to lynch n negro confined in their jail.
II they had resisted, they would have
been wiped out, but they had no desire
to interfere apparently, eve though the
niger ease was before the supreme
court. Az il now stands the court is
avenged, the Niger is dead, the lesson
has been taught all around. Will II
prevent any further lyncnings in SINH.
lar cascs3 No.
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j.
The general apathy with which the
important prophecy Of Ground Hog day
is now received is a startling evidence
that the people are cutting loose from
the landmarks of history. When /
was Il boy, aud hat is not No very long
ago, Pauline, all well regulated farmers
placed much dependence upon the iudg
mcnt Of the ground hog. II, on the
second of February, the varmint saw
his shadow, and hiked back in his hole,
II meant that il would be six weeks
before the weather would settle and
spring work could safely begin. II he
did not see IL, IL was time TO look over
the soil tools and have the horses shod
Not one in u thousand knew by what
authority the ground hog was invested
rs a prophet, or that the day was also
Candlcmas, and COMMUNICATED the puri
hcation of the Holy Mother at the ten
pie. They accepted his decision as law,
However, that was back in Illinois, and
matters Of common acceptance there
don Z 20 here in the Pecos Valley,
Spring begins any old time here. The
wise farmer keeps his plows going from
right away after the first Of January
If very wise, all winter, and harrow
ditto. Then when spring comes sure
enough, he is ahead of the game, and
whether he uses the irrigation ditch
or depends on natures fall, bis crops
are larger than the other fellow -.
There is no waiting here for the hick
DRY buds 10 get the size Of squirrel :
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Twenty six old hne insurance com.
panics represented by the Hamilton In.
surance Agency. Az