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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
DAVENPORT

First Train Ride From County
Herman Priester of Eldridge. a resi-
dent, of Scott county for so years, left
last evening for two weeks visit
with his sister, Mrs. Gust Wellendorf,
at Kansraza, Mimi, accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. Fritz Priester OF Dav-
export. Although. Mr.. Priester has
been resident of this county for half
q century, this is the first time he has
taken railroad train ride out OF this
county. He has never, in fact, been
outside Of Scott county IN that time,
except on several occasions, when he
drove to the Dewitt fair, and he has
not been on a train during that time
except on about three occasions when
he came to Davenport.
Sues Railroad for 35,ooo.-For per.
sonal injuries which he alleges have
caused him to be permanently crippled
because Of a wreck in which he figured
: on a Rock Island passenger train,
/ John Zornig has instituted a suit for
the sum of $35, 600. The Chicago,
Rock Island G Pacific railroad is the
defendant. The accident in which the
plaintiff is alleged to have received
the injuries occurred on or about Dec
81, 1909.
Insists on Seat; Given Beating;
Sues.-W. A. Phelps, giving Rock Is
land as his home. has brought suit
against the Rock Island road for $500
for damages as a result of beating he
alleges was administered by a Rock Is
land conductor. Phelps alleges that
he purchased a ticket June IL in Cedar
Rapids and boarded a train for Inde-
pendence. The car was crowded and
he couldn't get a seat. He refused to
surrender his ticket, he says, unless
the conductor would provide a seat. |
He charges that the conductor collected
tickets from other passengers and then |
attacked him, beating him up and ruin |
ing his clothes.
Chicken Thief Given Limit.-On a |
charge of petty larceny which was
brought against Jim Robinson in lieu
of that OF grand larceny, under which
charge he could have been bound over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24
SilVis

Mrs. Mincer will depart soon for an
extended visit at Colfax, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-24

Special home treatment
arranged for those who
live in the country. Our
Office has been located in
Davenport for 10 years.
You run no risk when you
come to DR.. Walsh because
he stays right here to back
up his advertisements.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22

section are land crazy They want
to invest in land in the west, and
anyone with legitimate PROPOSE
ton has no difficulty disposing of
land in that section. Thousands Of
people are looking for homes in the
west and other thousands have
money to invest in raw land that
will increase in value.
The exposition at Chicago arous-
ed n great deal of interest. We ex-
pected 100000 visitors and we had
3O0,OO0 paid admissions during the
time the exposition was open. The
New Mexico display attracted much
interest, although it was not as
large as some of the others. We
had representative exhibits of pro-
ducts, however, and the comparison
with exhibits of other communities
was favorable to us.
The exhibit undoubtedly served
to attract a great deal of attention
to this territory and everything in
dicates that next year will be a re-
cord breaker for homeseekers. -
Tribune Citizen.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22

which year after year remained un-
changed. The corn was $50 hard
that it could not be sh,Ilcd. and
was fed to stock on the cun. There
was always a good market for Mora
river corn, as the government would
take all that was raigcd although
they never raised more than would
carry them from one crop 10 the
next. In those days Fort Union
was the military post OF northern
New Mexico and supplied most of
the forts in both Arizona and New
Mexico. | believe if you should
take trip through the Big Box
canyon today YOU would ind some
of my old friends grinding blue corn
on a matatic the same as they 1ii
20 years ago"
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The Champion Big Peach
Tree of America.

The GRAPHIC was shown thi. week
Il bearing peach tree in the yard of
John y. HodFson, past grand master
of the |. o. o. f. Of New Mexico,
that we believe to be- the champion
big peach tree Of America.
The giant tree is still growing and
bearing peaches and has been for
twcnty-four years. Measurements
were made in the presence of the
editor and resulted as follows Cir
cumfcrencc of body 5,i inches, ar a
trihe over Is inche, in diameter.
Circumference of dr.. big limb n
inches, or nearly n inches IN diane
ter.
If there is a larger pcach tree in
America we should br very glad 90
mention the fact as soon as IL can
be brought to our notice.
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Isn't Posted on Corn.

The Silver City Enterprise refers
to a couple of ears of century old
corn in the cave of former cliff
dwellers near Pinos Altos, a corn
that grows without irrigation, the
color of the kernels being a deep
blue.
Mr.. S. II. Wells, one of the faith
full ones at Mahoney's, read the ar
ticle and reported to the GRAPHIC
as follows: 1t seems to me that
the writer of that old-corn story is
not posted on blue corn. Some 30
years ago the Mexicans raised blue
corn and ground it by hand with
malpie stones, afterward making
the product intotortillas. They al
ways raised enough to carry them
from one crop to another, and it is
many a time have had a good
meal myself on tortillas made from
this old-time corn. 1t is almost
green when it is made into bread.
On the Mora and Canadian rivers,
this corn was grown with white
corn, the same little hard round
grain.
The farm land along these rivers
in northeast New Mexico was most
ly owned by a few pioneer white
men, | can't say Americans, as they
were a mixture of French, German
and Missourians; yes old Missouri
was In the majority. They leased
this land to the Mexicans, who
farmed ii on halves. When the
corn was gathered, il was usually
measured in an old whisky barrel.
A barrel of corn had its value,
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22
CLASS or 1910
ENTERTAINED
Supt. Doderer, Misses Deck
er, Bergen and Ander-
son the Hosts
DELIGHTFUL EVENING
Progressive Games and Par
Tor Amusements With
Course Luncheon.
DELIGHTFUL EVENING

The Glass Of 1910. one Of the for
mcr class and "A number of invited
guests enjoyed q most delightful
time at the home Of Miss Decker,
the Stephens residence, on Iron
street. Saturday evening, through
the thoughtful kindness of the high
school faculty. The house was all
thrown open and everybody present
enjoyed themselves to the fullest ex-
tent Glass colors, black and gold,
were much in evidence in the house
decorations, the class mascot. a rat,
being also artistically conspicuous.
We will not recitc the story of how
the rat came to occupy this cnviable
position.
Progressive games and parlor
muscments with fine vocal selec-
tions by Miss Anderson, made the
evening pass all too soon. A nicely
served three course luncheon con-
ciudcd the charming function.
Those who enjoyed the evening
were Superintendent and Mrs. Do
dcrcr and Doris, Miss Decker, Miss
Bergen Miss Anderson. DR.. and
Mr.. Stccd representing the board
of education, Mildred Lurchen,
Anna Watkins, lone Meyers, Lcona
Walker, Carrie Hubbard, Arno Leu
po.d George Suicklcr and V. Murl
McMains, class of 10, Sam Watkins,
class of 90, Mr.. and Mrs. Harris
and baby Helen Louise, whose pleas
ant rooms were given over TO the
festivities.
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Nightwatchman Hughes Fully
Exonerated for Killing
Mexican.

As nightwatchman James Hughes
was performing his official duties
Saturday night he discovered man
trying to burglarize Byron Suther.
land & Co.'s store opposite the I'm
ion station. He apprchendcd the
would be robber, who proved to be
a Mexican, whom the officers have
been watching and who has been
making this city his headquarters
for about a month. When near the
new machine shop on Silver avenue
the prisoner attacked the officer. in
flicting n severe blow on his head
that fellcd him to the ground. The
prisoner sought to escape between
the buildings, hut finding his way
blocked by fence, returned, pre-.
sumably to renew the attack. While
still on the ground, Mr.. Hughes
drew his revolver and commanded
the prisoner to halt, which he did
not do. The officer could do moth
ing but shoot, which he did with
fatal effect.
Judge Browning and Sheriff
Stephens were notified and were
soon on the scene. The following
jury were empannelled: Chris. Raj
thel, p. A. Burdick, ChaS. Tossell,
A. p. Webb, Riley George and Frank
Phillips, who gave the matter
thorough investigation and render
ed a verdict that the deceased came
to his death at the hands of the
nightwatchman who was acting
faithfully in the discharge of his
Official duty, thus generating him
from any criminal oirense.
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Sam Schwing Says Electricity
is the Thing

Sam Schwing one of the well
known ranchmen of this section of
New Mexico, dropped into the
GRAPHIC Office Saturday morning
to get another years good reading,
in advance, and took occasion to say
that his electric motor is the most
satisfactory method Of pumping
water he has ever tried. He uses
80, 900 gallons per hour and it costs
less than one cent per thousand
gallons.
Mr.. Schwing expressed the opinion
that this method of pumping would
revolutionize the raising of water
in the valley. He says it makes it
easy for the small farmer to pros
per and that's what this valley is
coming to.
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Important to Private lrriga.
tionists.

An April -, when the census
cnumcrator commenced his work
throughout the country. he has a
duty to perform that means much
To- irrigation and is a distinct tribute
to the labors of the National lrri-
cation Congress.
Under the recent amendment by
congress of the census act, due to
the alcrtness of Senator Hepburn Of
Idaho and representative Madison
of Kansas, Mondell of Wyoming,
and Martin Of Colorado, the closest
inquiry. through the agricultural
schedule, will be paid to private ir-
rgation plants, and a thorough and
accurate official tabulation made
that will be of inestimablc value in
the next decade.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22
Teach the Children al
Home

BY helping them to learn to draw
pictures. This will be amusing to
you, and instructive and beneficial
to the little ones, To help you we
a-e going to offer Ten Prizes for
the best drawings and colorings
made from these cards. This con-
tinues until Christmas. Any boy or
girl under twelve may enter, by
making the drawings and deposit
ing the same with us at the end OF
each month, Each contestant will
be entered by number so the judges
may decide without showing partial
ity. The Grand Prize will he a
Ten Dollar Value, and nothing less
than a one dollar value will be used
as a reward for your work For
further information ask Mt store.
Irvine & Raithel.
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PROSPERITY SIGNS
IN LUNA COUNTY.
Building Activity Keeps an
Army of Men Busy
These Days
EVERYBODY BOOSTING
Every Section of the County
Doing Something That
Helps.

Things are moving in Luna coun-
ty. This is evident to the eye of
the most casual observer. Work on
the big county court house is well
under way, the fine new Demiag
Hospital is becoming a reality every
day, the handsome Baptist church
will be completed by midsummer,
the new Christian Church will soon
ornament the eastern portion of the
city, the three modern store build
ings and mammoth machine shop on
Silver avenue are giving that thor.
oughfarc metropolitan appearance.
The large number of new homes
already completed or nearing COM
plction, and the thirty or more
ranch homes, some of them reach
ing in value thousands of dollars,
and last but not least, our beauti-
full modern high school building,
which will eclipse anything of its
kind in New Mexico, certainly looks
like wave Of prosperity with no
ebb tide.
Business activity is manifest in
the same degree in all other locali-
ties. Columbus is putting on a.
heap Of airs and is developing a
real city spirit, HondaIe is coming
right up to the front in CONNER
cial way, Mutt, Hermanas, Gage,
Cambray. Carnc and our other little
neighbors are keeping pace with
the march of progress. II. j. Sand
crs has donated three acres of land
for school house and cemetery at
Plainview, but we are at Il loss to
know what they are going to do
with the cemetery. w. +. Davis,
i2obt Pond and +. f.. Conley will
have charge of the erection Of the
new school building and they have
already made preliminary arrange
mcnts.
There was never so much land de-
velopmcnt in the history Of the
country as there is this spring.
Vast areas of land are being brought
under the plow and irrigation plants,
almost without number, are being
or have been installed. Electricity
is radiating on high tension wires
in almost every direction for pump
ing purposes and fruit trees by the
thousand are taking root in our deep
rich soil, that is blossoming as the
rose under the magic touch Of the
purcst water that America can
boast.
Luna county, all hail!
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Henning Says the Settlers are
Coming Fast.

Il look for the biggest rush of
homcseekers in New Mexico in the
next year the territory has ever eX-
perienced," said II. b. Henning,
secretary of the bureau of immigra-
ton, who returned Tuesday evening
from Chicago, where he had charge
of the New Mexico exhibit in the
United States Land and Irrigation
Exposition.
THE people of Chicago and that
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22

Diarrhea should be cured with
out loss of time and by a medicine
which, like Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, not
only cures promptly but produces
no unpleasant after effects. 1t never
fails and is pleasant and safe to
take. Sold by all druggists.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22
Your tongue is coated
Your breath is foul.
IIcalachos como and 90.

These symptoms show that your
stomach is the trouble. To remove
the cause is the first thing, and
Chambrrlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets will do that. Easy to take
and most effective. Sold by all
druggists.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22
Deming Weather a Whole
Year

So many want to know from au.
thority the monthly mean tempera-
ture for Deming that We hereby
publish the weather bureau report
for last year, with the mean temper
nin,.n .f ihn ,,nnr
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22

If you get q sample copy of the
GRAPHIC and are not now q subscriber
send in your subscription by first
mail or bring it in by hand.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22

Our average rainfall was 9.72.
Cut this report out and you will
have a permanent record for last
year.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22
Dry Batteries.

\ fresh barrel of Columbia dry
batteries just received. 3jc each.
3 HARRISON MACHINE WORKS.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-22

ature of the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01

community is infinitely worse than the
first
All these considerations and many
others equally patent influence the
liquor men to oppose the introduction
of a system which seeks to substitute
a legitimate and regulated traffic, by
abandoning all regulation and relying
on the fiat of bare majority to alter
tastes and habits of a lifetime. They
can make even more money under pro-
hibition, but prefer to do business I'M
der the aegis of legitimacy.
Neither has Intoxicating liquor much
to do with poverty. Here and there
people buy liquor when the money
would have been better spent for food
Likewise they buy Merry Widow hats,
sealskin coats, silk shirtwaists and
automobiles when they cannot afford
such expense. The bills for tobacco,
for tea, coffee and other things that
otherwise do not contribute to health
and strength go far beyond the bills
for liquor.
After the prohibitionists shut up all
the saloons to save money, it might
be a good plan to shut up all the mil
linery stores for the same purpose
and forbid the sale of Injuries in the
dry goods stores which is the largest
part of the merchants business.
The prohibitionist does not philoso-
phize; he breaches. He sees a poor
man, he knows the poor man drinks
and he says the drink is the cause
of his poverty. The poor man like
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
Both Sides of the Liquor Question

profit? Is 1t right to permit an instt-
tuition to remain in this city where
boys and girls are growing to man
hood and womanhood, which flaunts
before their eyes all manner of vice
and crime? Is it right to maintain
places of resort where workingmen
will go to spend their money while
their wives and children suffer want
and hardship for lack of that money?
The whole question is one of right
and wrong. Is personal liberty in
volved? No man has any inherent
right to do anything that interferes
with the rights of others. If the sa-
loon keeper has the right. as part OF
his personal liberty, to sell liquid death
and crime to the men and boys of this
city, then any citizen ought to have
the right, by right of personal liberty,
to Craze his horse in Long View park,
or to build a pig pen in Spencer square,
or to burn railroad ties for fuel.
The saloon is either right or wrong.
If it is right, then it ought not to be
taxed, but ought to be allowed to run
as a grocery store or dry goods store
does If it is wrong, then 1t has no
business in our city at any price.
LOCAL OPTION PRESS COMMIT
TEE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01

The planting and care of peren-
malls is discussed as follows in cir
cular letters from the national coun-
Gil of horticulture:
The term perennial is generally
used to apply to hardy herbaceous
perennials." that excellent class of
mowers which supply some of the
most beautiful and permanent feat
ures of every complete garden.
AS a rule perennials are easy to
cultivate and they withstand well the
ordinary extremes of heat and cold.
The ground should be well prepared
to depth of two feet and good. deep
drainage provided. The roots rot
quickly in the wet spring months
if the ground remains damp. Deep
preparation of the soil encourages
root growth, which gives greater en-
durance to drouth. Stable manure
should be used in the first prepare
ton of the soil. 1t will enrich the
soil and prevent baking after rains.
But be sure it is well rotted. Potash
and phosphoric acid should be used
as fertilizers, but sparingly except by
expert advice. A clayey soil should
be kept covered with a fine mulch
as many low growing plants are in
jured by having their leaves spatter-
ed with mud.
Use only healthy plants in per-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
C.S.WSc ahe E. Co.
ROCK ISLAND Ill 4as.ssss sRs.i AZ sssssSSsasS

wise eats and wears clothes. and it
would be just as logical to say that
either one of these is the cause of his
poverty.
No one needs liquor to support life
or maintain health. Likewise they do
not need tea, coffee or tobacco; all of
which are more injurious to health
than liquor. And when it comes to
what is necessary to maintain health
and life, nine-tenths of all that the
poor man spends for food is thrown
away. He does not need pie, cake,
meat, tea or coffee. In fact, a plain
diet of rice, oatmeal, potatoes and
other vegetables would make him
strong, add to his length of years and
save most of his money. He eats the
other things because they taste good
going down.
The poor man could dress much
cheaper and get as much warmth and
comfort. Most of the money spent for
dress is purely for decoration. AS a
matter of fact, intelligent people are
never interested in what they. need.
| 1t is the luxuries that every one is
reaching for. things that taste good,
look well. add to the pleasures of liv-
ing. II is the effort to get these
things that has made civilization If
a man cannot get luxuries there is no
need to labor or accumulate property,
for there is nothing otherwise to do
with property after he gets it.
The American workingman ought to
keep all the Injuries he has and get as
many more as possible. If he could
be induced to give up beer, tobacco,
tea, coffee, meat, pie and cake and
good clothes he could live all right
and he could work all right. He would
then be in the class of the Chinese
laborer, and under the natural law
his wages would go down with his
standard of living until It would be no
longer necessary to forbid Chinese inn
migration because the American work
ingman could work as cheap as the
Chinese.
While evil has come from the intern
perate use of liquor, food, clothing and
almost everything else contrived by
man. still the world has learned that
after all ii Is safer to leave people
free to make their own mistakes and
not pass meddlesome laws to inter-
fere with private habits and conduct
and go into the business of each per-
son regulating his neighbor instead of
governing himself.
AUTHORIZATION PRESS COM
MITTEE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
use FOR SELENIUM
BY Product of Sulphurio Acid
Believed to Possess Pc
culiar Power.
AN iNsULAToR IN THE DARK
But Conducts Electricity in Light
4 Possibilities Great as Aid
in Warfare.

William ]. Hammer, a consulting
electrical engineer of New York city
explained to the students of Stevens
institute, at Hoboken, n. J., the other
day an interesting theory as to the
value of selenium, byproduct Of sui
phuric acid, in time of war.
BY the use of this product. he de
clared, the moment the searchlights of
an enemy's warship fell upon it a shot
would be fired automatically down the
path of light flashed by the approach
ing warship.
Possesses Remarkable Property.
Selenium, which was first discovered
in 1917 by Berzilius, who obtained 1t
from crystals formed in the lead cham
! bers of sulphuric acid works, possesses
the remarkable property, Mr.. Hammer
said. of being an excellent insulator
in the dark, but Of becoming an ex-
cellent conductor to an electric cur
rent when exposed to light. Mr.. Ham
;-ler used Newark, n. J., as an exam
pie of city which might be defended
10 advantage by cannon controlled by
selenium cells.
..Cannon ;, no said Neoninned with a
bo~ ~, tbo corrio,a confronting so
Io,,i,,r, coll could he mounted on nrom-
;uo-,+ oo,..I,--o,1.s With +bair DrzzIes
,,oi-,tod down tho bav of Now Work.
=, +ho dor,- or rho din, Iigbt from
.,,,,.,11 rosoo.o,.s tho se,anirm cell would
NO. cor1rc+ q sn,rr- from q battery in
rho hoy 70 the novder. but this would
,.ta nIaoo rho instant Dowerful
eoarcI,ii~h+ rror, 81 bot1!os,,in fell upon
tho oil c,,ano,,,e, If fran, being q moor
;, an cvce,iontt conductor The gums
L.,,, ,-,,,,Lr ,,,,,,a,,r,- 10 co-rac+ ne the
i.r- b,,,.n rr3,,. no chin shone on
B, -, ~. ~. ,.lt ,h.r- the hostile war
t,,- ,.,+.onf rho cborqa
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alit i any 80 $50 ever ma any loea
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-01
NEW HYDRoPHoBIA CURE

Michigan University Professor Has
Virus That Simplifies Treatment.
Ann Arbor. Mich, April DIR.
James G. Cumming, director of the
Pasteur institute at the University Of
Michigan, announces the discovery of
new method for treatment of hydro
phobia. The new treatment, Cumming
says, eliminates many dangers attend
ing former methods and shortens the
time of treatment by one week.
Cumming uses a virus prepared from
the spinal tissues of a rabid animal.
This is injected into the patient. The
virus is said to have been used in
several cases recently with marked
success.