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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-31
NOTICE

Department of the Interior, U. ;. Lana
Office at Tucumcari, New Mexico
\ sufficient contest affidavit having
been filed in this office by Martha !.
Satterlee, contestant, against Homestead
Entry No. 1897, (Serial No. O3462
made March 10. 1906, for EhSWh,
sec. :, Twp. II n, Range 80 h., N. NJ
Meridian, by George Duppree, Comics,
tee. in which IL is alleged that the sad
George Duppree has abandoned SAID
land. and has not livd upon nor culti'
waited the same, for more than three
wears. nor the last six months next prior
10 the date OF the contest affidavit,
January 2j, 1910. said parties are here
by notified to appear, respond and oner
evidence touching said allegation at 10
q clock a. m. on June 3. 1910, before
he Register and Receiver Mt the United
states Land Office in Tucumcsri, New
Mexico.
The said contestant having, IN =
proper affidavit, filed March ., 1910, ,"t
forth facts which show that after d."
diligence personal service ~ this notes
can not be made, it is hereby ordered
and directed that such notice be giNrn
py due and proper publication.
Record address Of entryman-Tucum'
carl, n. NJ.
I 26.jt. X. A. Prentice, Register
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-31

IL, a. far a. Il known, only accom-.
plished by violent action at high tenn
p~eratures.
Marine Life Theory More Tenable.
II petroleum is derived from organic
life, 1t is plausible to believe that the
great majority Of oils are derived from
the decomposition during long ages, at
comparatively low temperatures, Of fat.
ty matters OF marine plants and ami.
mails, the heterogeneous portions Of both
being eliminated by bacterial action,
soon after the death of the organism.
Further investigation may show more
clearly the relative parts played by
geological and botanical kingdoms in
the process. The dual origin from both
plant life and animal life based on the
Engler Hofer theory lie nos more gen
orally accepted by the believers in or.
ganic origin.
The Inorganic Origin Theory.
This might be called the chemical
theory. as IL sssdmes that one time at
least a portion Of the earth was in a
molten condition, and that while in
that condition GORDON united with DIFF
ferent metals, forming carbides SINH
lar 20 that known 70 exist in eastiron.
Gradually, throughout geologic time,
water has come in contact with these
metallic esrbides, aud has brought about
a decomposition Of the earbides, pro.
ducing oxides, oil and gas.
Volcanic Origin Of Oh
The theory Of the volcanic origin OF
oil now held by q number Of eminent
~geologis,s offers one of the mos, plans.
ible solutions Of the problem. Eugene
Caste Of Toronto, Canada, a geologist
Of eminence, who has located numerous
oil basins IN Canada and the United
States aud Z. ordones, the Mexican
~geologist, have written very convincing.
ly on this subject.
Prof. Robert T. Hill, in discussing
the Beaumont and other oil fields Of
Texas, made the statement that Gin en-.
leavoring 20 interpret the geological
occurrence Of oil. the geologist il con.
frouted by the fact that science has
not vet solved the problem Of is origin,
which lies at the root OF the subject,
and for the present we must consider
oil a. a material in the rocks, the orr.
gin Of which il unexplained.
Prof. Caste tool exception 90 Hills
statement, rcmarking that the origin
OF oil was inorganic and the result Of
solfataric volcanic ~emanations.
The origin Of oil is prominently .
geological problem and not q chemical
one. Chemists can exeract hydrocar.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-31

bons from organic remains and also
produce them from simple mineral re
actions Gas in the commercial manufsc
ture Of acetylene, for ~instance.) But
the great question is how does nature
produce hydrocarbons or bitumensi
Geology Disprovcs Organic Origin.
The geological evidence is clear and
strong, disproving the organic origin
Of bitumens, or hydrocarbons, found in
the earth s strata, and showing plenty
that the natural geological process Of
today, and Of ages past, in the forma.
tion Of these products, Is n mineral or
inorganic process.
First, animal organic remains or bod
les are never cntombed in rock forma.
tions, and therefore, cannot there pro.
duee oil or anything else.
Second. vegetable organic remains in
the rock formations always decompose
into carbonaceous matter, such as peat,
Ignite and coal.
Third. further distilation Of carbon
aceous matter has no; taken place in
nature. as is proved in all the Ignite
and coal beds Of the ~sedimentary straits.
Fourth. not only are gaseous, liquid
aud solid hydrocarbons or bitumens
among the most important products of
the s~olfatarie emenations in the vol
csnic districts Of the earth, but also car
bonie acid, chlorides mostly eommon
SALT, hydrogen sulphide. sulphur, gyp.
sum, and hot caleareous and silicious
waters are always conspicuous products
Of these carnations; ard all these prU.
duets are the unmistskable seal of sol
faiarie volcanic phenomena.
Evidence Of Volcanic Origin
The volcanic process is the normal
and orderly mode Of petroleum produe.
tion, because:
First, il is the only geological pro.
cess Of petroleum production to be wit.
messed today in active operation, as in
the Java mud volcanoes and the Trini.
dad (South America Pitch Lake. In
all the oil and gas fields the gaseous
products are under strong pressure In.
ereasing with depth, which eanno; be
anything but volcanic pressure. In
some Of the oil and gas helds. heated
waters, oils and gases are met with;
all the OIL and gas fields bear produets
associated with the oil and -as distinct.
~ characteristic Of solfatAric volcanic
carnations; the oil and gas fields are
located along the fsulted and assured
zones and crust Of the earth PARALLEL 70
The great ~orogenic and volcanic dislo.
cations.
Caste cites ~spindletop and the oil
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-31

fields of the coastal regions Of Texas
and Mexico as illustrations Of the vol.
canic theory and says, "oil anu gas are
only supplied along some ot the lines
of structural weakness or along some
Of the fractured zones OF the crust If
the earth, and therefore. is to be found
only along these zones or belts.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-05-31

Special drinks every day, AZ the Elk
Fountain. 4-2S-tf.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
SECOND SLIDE
AT WELLINGTON

WELLINGTON, Wash, March 13.-
AN avalanche that swept down the
mountains above Alvin, a small sta
ton three miles west of here on the
Great Northern railway this morn
ing, knocked a rotary snow plow and
it's engine from the high line" car
rying them 200 feet down the side of
the canyon, and sweeping on down
to the low line" demolished a snow
shed and knocked out one span of
a small bridge one mile east of
Scenic Hot Springs. John Amen, an
engineer, was caught in the wreck
age and received two broken ribs.
He was dug out of the snow and was
taken to the hospital at Everett. An
Italian laborer is missing and is
thought to have been killed. These
are believed to nave been the only
casualties resulting from the slide.
The slide was 1000 feet long and
moved with great rapidity. The crew
of the rotary, which was clearing the
high line of snow left by several
small slides that occurred on Satur-
day night, saw the avalanche coming
and Engineer Amen put on full speed
in an effort to run out of its path.
Before the engine was fairly under
way it was caught by the mass OF
snow and debris from the mountain
side and was swept off the track. The
heavy machines started to roll down
the side of the canyon, which is more
than 500 feet deep at this point, but
when they had gone 200 feet they
Id
tree stumps and were stopped. Inc
avalanche swept on down the side OF
the canyon until it struck the "loW
line" where the road is just begin
ming it's tortuous course up the noun
tain. A snowshed, built to protect
the track from such slides, collapsed
burying the track beneath a mass OF
snow covered wreckage 20 feet deep.
One span of a small bridge in the
path of the slide was knocked from
the abutments. Railroad men say
that it will take two or three days to
clear the track and repair the dam
aged bridge.
Coming so soon after the disaster
that overwhelmed the two Great
Northern trains wnen more than 1Oo
lives were lost here 10 days ago, the
avalanche at Alvin caused great eX-
citement here At first it was report
ed that several lives were lost ana
a large force OF workmen who have
been digging in the avalanche ruins
bare hurried to the aid of their COM
rades. Investigation, however, snow
ed that the first reports were exag-
gerated and that not more than one
death had occurred.
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1.-THE Virsinian."

"Ths west Of the old days, the west
of cattle rustlers ow-punchers, chaps,
revolvers and other delightful pieces
of scenery, may be gone forever, but
by Portland showshoppers, his estate
Its back again this drama of the
big west, and though it's visits have
been repeated again and again. inter
est seems never to lag for the audi
ence. The Grand Opera house, where
the Kirke LaShelle production of Ow-
en- Wister's story is staged this time,
sheltered two large audiences yester-
aay. who braved all kinds of bad
weather to see the kaleidoscope life
of the west whirled before them
Seattle Post Intelligencer, February
rs, 1910.
1.-The Virginian' still makes a strong
appeal to the public. He continues
nightly to prove worthy of the love Of
Molly Wood, school teacher, and reap
plump box office returns Seattle
Star; February %, 1910.
1.-The Virginian' was presented last
night at the Bungalow, and was tend
cred a generous reception. The strong
appreciation of the theatre-going pub
lie fer this vital drama is evidenced
in it's wearing qualities. There is a
wealth of wholesome western wit, the
lines are splendid all the time and the
situations dramatic Portland Jour-
nal. February %, 1910.
Good pays will retain their inter-
est and popularity if properly pre-
scented and not permitted to run to
seed. When alike Kirk La Shelle kept
his companions up to the mark and
was considered a dependable manager
by Portland showshoppers. His estate
| is pursuing this policy. for in sending
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pletely wrecked their plans. Traffic
officials announced tonight that for
the next 4S hours all passenger trains
of the Great Northern will use the
Northern Pacific tracks through the
Cascade mountains.
The slide at Alvin today was caus-
ed by the unusually warm weather of
the last two days lOosening the snow
on the mountains. Railroad officials
predict that the line will be clear
and ready for operation by Wednes-
day, and the warm weather is reduc-
ing the amount of snow in the noun
tains so rapidly that danger of fur
Their slides will soon be over.
M. J. Costello, traffic manager of
the Great Northern, today declared
that never before in the history of
American railroads has a railway suf-
fered so heavily from snow blockades
and slides as the Great Northern mas
in the Cascade mountains. The re-
cent experiences of the Great North
ern has shown the officials the points
that need protecting and plans are
already under way for improvements
that will prevent similar accidents.
No bodies were removed from the
Wellington ruins today, and the in
terruption Of train service prevented
the shipment to Seattle of some al
ready recovered.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14

Breuster, he is heir to the title and
a great estate in England. Breuster
is at first inclined to treat the situa-
ton as joke, but taking serious coun-
sci with himself he decides to go to
England to look after his estate and,
perhaps, do something in the way of
he assumes to be after the pattern of
the remittance men whom he has
known in the west
Breuster there comes to be "Milord,'
and the title chafes him no less than
the calm deiiberateness with which the
English do things He finds that he
has inherited feud with Lord W5ck
erly. To compiicate matters his
daughter and a sen of Wyche1ly fail
in love, while his son grows desperately
fond of an English gir,, and u tiraately
I}rel ter loses his heart to an Irish
widow, Mrs. WestbroOke. Here are
situations enough to make things in
teresting for any American, and the
playwrights have worked out solu-
lions that appeal strongly to the play
goers. The piece is full of heart in
terest and the comedy lines are con-
tinuously sparkling.
The role of Breuster is in the hands
of Mr.. Charles 3. Hanford, who in re-
cent years has become known from
ocean to ocean as the foremost pro-
Queer of the Shakespearean drama,
and the part is admirably suited to
him. He is ably assisted by Miss Ma
RE Drofnah as the Irish widow, and
the supporting company has been Sc
lected for it's competency. The pro-
duction is one we'll calculated to en-
nance the value of the offering being
in line with Mr. Hanford's we'll known
liberal views in this respect.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
At the Arcade.

The hundreds Of Arcade pat IONS
were disappointed yesterday to learn
that Manager Crews of the Arcade
had been unable to secure THE
Usurper," the feature film he had
promised for yesterday. The picture
was unavoidably detained and did not
arrive in Walla Walla until o'clock
last night. 1t will be shown tonight
only. 1.-The Usurper" is a story of
two you lg men in love with one girl.
One Of the men falls heir to a large
fortune in New York and the other,
upon learning the good fortune of the
dreaded rival, goes to New York, es-
tablishes his identity as his rival and
spends the fortune with a high hand
The other young man learns Of the
trick, secures a special train and in
company with his sweetheart makes
a daring dash across the continent to
Little Old New York. where every
thing comes out as it should.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
]. H. Timmons, Transfer
AnuSementS
"The American Lord
=: Answers ::

In THE American Lord" which is
booked for presentation at the heylor
Grand tonight by Charles B. Hanford,
the th.atregoers of this city are t.
have something declare! ~ be entire
Iv wo -th while in this day rf ehc pre-
nonderance of the frothy and feeble
in every depa.tiren. of theatrical en-
IA, rcr 1.-THE :.ner.an Lrrd Is "a
~ Germ comedy il, four a.i-, written
r. ~ fiss line 10 G,,sl cur an Ai;h tn
bright hits necessary to recount the
amusing experiences of John Breuster'
the Lord" of the play.
AS the story runs, John Breuster-
big bustling. breezy Breuster-1s no.
rel man and good fellow in North Da-
lota. and the big, frank, generous way
of the west is made to fill the atlnos :
nbera about him. In his years in the
west he has met several foreigners OF
title and his observation of these has
o:ven him a good-natured contempt for
The visitors from overseas.
Naturally, Breuster is a pollticlan'
and his popularity is. about to VIII
him the nomination for congress III
~. district when he is notified that
being a lineal descendant OF LOU
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
aThe Viroinian."

The dramatization of a widely read
novel always commands public interest
to an unusual degree. and the presenta-
ton of THE virginian" by Mr.. Owen
wfster and the Kirke La Shelle COM
pany, at the Keylor Grand theater,
Wednesday night March 16, is sure
to draw a crowded house. In the de-
yelopment of the theme, Mr.. Wister
has produced play which deserves
to be called the ideal western comedy
drama of America.
1.-THE V.rginian" shows exactly and is
exactly what a comedy drama should
be- The comical incidents and the. dry
humor of the cowboys are all in gay
dialogue, and there is nothing of the
highly emotional or burlesque in the
love scenes or heavy business. A very
strong feature of the play is the quiet,
winning and strong character of the
Virginian. 1t is a familiar figure to all
who know the west. The tall, deliber-
ate cowpuncher, with his dark COM
plexion, his belt and gun, his chaps.
his superficial sloWness and his sub
stantial good sense, you love him from
the start. Another very attractive. feat
ure is the character of molly Wood"
the dainty little school mistress from
Vermont. She is self Willed, energetic,
capricious, a little prone to play with
capable of violent outbursts of pas
sionate emotion, as a result of the con-
fiict between love and fear, idolatry of
her lover, and natural horror of peril
and murder "Trampas," who is so
thoroughly detestable character in
the novel, is even more so in the dra-
matization, and although his manner
is by no means bloodthirsty, or his
style melodramatic, his presence lends
/ to the production the necessary excite
ment and interest. The loyal but mis-
guided Steve" is sure to win the
characters are well drawn and are sure
10 please The Kirke La Shelle COM
pany has spared no expense to give the
| theatergoing public a first-class pro-
! duction with company of well known
! New York players, among whom are
! William L. Gibson, whose recent good
! work as Joe Brooks in paid In Full"
received the endorsement of the press
and public, Marshal F'arnum, brother of
Dustin Farnum will be seen as Tram
ipas." Others in the cast are Charles r.
Gilbert, Mabel Wright, Jane Carleton,
Eleanor Wilton and Marie Dantes, and
under the management of the Kirke
La Shelle company, we are sure to
spend a pleasant evening with "The
Virginlan."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
So phomore Play.

The annual amateur play presented
by the sophomore class of Whitman
comes this week on Friday evening.
March IS, at the Keylor Grand. idle
Rich" is one of the very famous John
Drew and Maude Adams plays in
which John Drew played the part of
Frederick Ossian, and Maude Adams
that of Miriam S6uart-Dodge. The
first act is laid in Florida at the winter
home of Mr.. Hiram Green, plain, I'M
polished, sensible and very wealthy
man. He has a daughter, a bright lit
tie butterfly of II, Suzanne, and a fop
of a son, Harry, or as he insists on be-
ing called, harrington. AS COM
panion for Suzanne, there is living at
the Greens a Mrs. Ossian whom they
had met at Saratoga; widow of
small means who has given all she had
to her handsome, somewhat spendthrift
son, Frederick. This young man Mr..
Green has hopes of disciplining into
prudence and economy. His own son
the honorable harrington, is engaged
to marry Miss Miriam Stuart-Dodge,
the daughter of an aristocratic, but i'm
pecunious woman of Philadelphia, who
is on the lookout for wealthy catch"
flor her daughter. They are guests at
the Green's winter home.
Then there arrives upon the scene
a surprise in the form of young Os-
sian, coming in the yacht Of Mr..
Strong "a wealthy Englishman inter-
ested in business with Hiram Green.
Ossian is not acquainted with Miss
Stuart-Dodge, though he had rescued
her from drowning at Narragansett.
BY her mothers naughty dictation he
was not allowed to meet her after
ward, because he had not been formal
ly presented and worse than this, had
pulled her out of the water by the
foot. From this situation in the first
act. interesting complications develop.
Idle R,ch' is not a problem play;
just the story of how. some young pee
pie found out that money is not all
that is needed in this world, and how
with difficulty. various love problems
were untangled. 1t is one of the most
brilliant, laughable, care-free, whole
some plays of the last decade. 1t is
absolutely free from any of the coarse
ness of many of the modern plays, ard
sparkling with fun and humor There
are very few plays in which there are
so many individual parts. The char
acters stand out, each by itself, as
studies in human life.
Last year the sophomore play
Brown of Harvard was conceded to
be the most professional play ever
presented at tn Keylor Grand, and in
the opinion of some who have seen and
compared the two, this years will en-
tirely eclipse last years production.
! The leading parts, Frederick Ossian
and Miriam Stuart-Dodge. will be
taken by Virgil Bennington and Ruth
| Merrill.
Few better plays have come to the
keylor Grand than 1.-THE Great Di-
vide" One would go far to find a
western play that has more real VAL
ne, more literary worth. than 1.-THE
Great Divide" 1t is play that grips
the attention from first to last, it is
I'm ~ ctr cit
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
MAY Reproduce Play.

1t is probable that Princess
Chrysanthemum," the high school play
staged last week with such success,
will be reproduced some evening this
week at the Keylor Grand. Many
have requested that the operetta be
put on again and it is thought nun
dreds will avail themselves Of the OPP
portunity Of seeing the play. This
evening the cast and chorus, num-
bering rs in all, is to be banqueted
at the high school gymnasium. The
school made over 5000 on the play,
and it was felt the students deserved
something to demonstrate the appre-
citation Of the faculty.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
TWO EXTRA RIBS MAY
CAUSE MAN TO SWEAT
TO DEATH-OPERA

LOS ANGELES, March IL
Thornton Green, an elevator oper-
ator, Fl years old has been suffer-
ing for years from a constant few
er, and his physician, DR.. Henry
Herbert, has just discovered the
cause-two extra and entirely un-
necessary ribs.
According to members of the Los
Angeles medical association, Green's
case is something new in medical
annals. and it is feared that the
young man will have to undergo an
operation for the removal of the ribs
if he wants to avoid sweating to
death.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
LINE is AGAIN CLOSED
Great Northern Once More Forced to
Use Northern Pacific Line.

Use NOTtneTH dCTTIO |'r
SEATTLE, March 13.-After nav
ing had its line through the CASCADE
mountains blocked for three weeks
the Great Northern railway got IL
omen Saturday only long enough TOT
one eastbound transcontinental tram
to get through when snowslides again
blocked the way Small slides sat
urdav night compelled the Oriental
limited eastbound for Chicago via 81
PauI to run back from Everett to Sc
.t+Ie tn 90 east over the rails OF the
Northern Pacific. The operating de-
partment expected to have the llne
cleared again by tonight, but the a'-
alanche at Alvin this morning com
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climaxes. It IL a play worth seeing
provided the company is as good as
the play. Last year it was, this year
it was not. In fact the company,
from principals down to supers, was
bum, bum, bum.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-14
Walla Wdlla Passenger Train
Schedule
NORTHERN PACIFIC r. r.

NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R.
Departure For Time
Pasco. Spokane Seattle. Tacoma. Port
land $50 A. M. and S:15 P. M.
Dayton, Waitsburg, ..............
...... 1915 A. NJ. and 500 P. M.
Eureka and Pleasant View, Sunday
only (MiXed) ........' 7:10 A. M.
Arrivals From:
Seattle. Tacoma. Spokane, Portland,
and east 7:45 A. M, and 900 P. NJ.
Dayton and Waitsburg. ..........
...... 900 A NJ, and 4:45 P. M.
Eureka and Pleasant View, Sunday
only (Mized) ..o........ .3 40 I. NJ
o. r. g. n. R. L.
Departures For Time
Athena, Perdleton. Echo, The Dalles,
Athena Pejdleton and east 8 100 P NJ.
Dayton .-....-.......... 5:lo A. M
Portland. Wallula, Spokane. 10 10 A. M.
ArrirGls From
Portland, The Dalles, Echo, Pendle ton,
and Athena ...........! 100 t. NJ
Spokane, ,Olfax, Pomeroy and Day, =,
East Pendjeton and Athena. g rs a. NJ.
Portland. Wallula and Spokane 6 Is A. NJ
Dayton and way points. % :4O T. NJ
Wallula and way points .......S 100 T. NJ.
MOTOR CARO-. r. & n.
Arrive from Dayton and way
points ..........:.. 1U 100 a. M
Leave for Dayton and way
points A :35 T. M
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