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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

According to the San Angelo,
Texas Standard, a Pecos stock
man has posted the this notice
on his pasture gate: "Notis-No
more huntin' will be allowed in
my pastors. Trespassers caught
in this pastor will B RIM out to
the full limit of the law by my 2
dogs what amt never bin overly
parshaI to strangers and a dub
bel bari gun what's loaded with
scrap iron dam if I amt gettin,
tird of havin, this shootin, of
my stock and helraisin, ginally
in my pastor. Stay out"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

The Kimmons Lumber Com
pany sold a bill of lumber last
Wednesday to j. M. Peed, of
Judson, VINO is building a new
house.
The stock seems to grow more
ravenous for feed, as fodder
becomes scarcer A ton of for
age don't seem to last long
enough to feed it.
John Cadenhead is helping Mart
Sherman to build his new house
out on his claim Northwest of
town.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21
Contest Notice.

Department of the Interior U. 8. Land once
at Roswell N. NJ, January d 1910.
a sufficient contest AFFIDAVIT having been
MED in this office by John NJ. Park er of Clovis
N M contestant, against Homestead entry
No. 1881. made Oct 49, leO6. for S. E. ". Sec.
ton J. township s, Range 30 e, by David e.
Flyant Contestee. in which it is alleged that
David E. Flynt has wholly abandoned said
tract has not resided upon. improved or culti.
vated said land, or any part thereof for more
IMAM SIX months next prior to date OF said am
daNt' and that sal alleged absence from the
said land was not due to his employment In the
army Navy or Marine Corps of the United
SIates during Time of war. said parties are
hereoy notified To appear, respond and offer
evidence touching said allegation at 10 o'clock
a. m" on February H. 1910. before W. II. Cow.
Eli u . COMMITS Toner at his office 10 Kenpa.
Oha'es County NJ. (and that nnal hearing
VIII be held ats O'Clock q, "a. on Feb "a 1910
betore) the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land once in Roswell, N. NJ,
Ihe said contestant having, in a proner
anaaylt fled January s. 1910 set forth facts
which show that after due diligence perscnsl
service OF his notice can not he made. IL IL
hereby ordered and directed that such notice
De gwen by due and proper publication.
t, c. Tillotson.
'"u' ~iPeo' II Register.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

If you contemplate building
in concrete, block or stone, drop
a card to A. j. Shropshire, Jud-
son, New Mexico. 1 have ex-
pelience in all lines of this
work and can turn you out a
satisfactory job, and l work I'M
der a strict guarantee.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

One. day a sympathetic Ger
man gentleman was leisurely
strolling past one of the city fire
houses when he moved by the
tears of the captain Stopping
to offer consolation he said:
"Say, for what you grief"
co." replied the captain with
fresh gush Of tears. My poor
fatheris dead. If he had lived
just one day more he would have
been chief of the whole fire de-
partment, just think"
do not so bad feel" said the
friendly old German, patting the
fellow on the shoulder, maybe
he is a fire chief now"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21
Boaz News.

4hA' oA0 MILO LboJ OOl1IlSbOll VI
Pittsfield, ILL.,, were calling on
friends in Boaz last w ednesday.
Mr.. Johnston is a young jeweler
who, with his charming bride
expects to locate in Hagerman or
Artesia where he will engage in
business. We wish him success.
John Vicory has secured en-
ployment with the Kenna ITar-
ness shop and is there now
working at his old trade which
he began several years ago.
John T. Shambaugh left on
the evening train Tuesday for
San Antonio, Texas where he
will give a new business a trial
befor making any change in his
business at this place. While
we regret that he IS leaving this
place, we wish him success in
his venture.
Mrs. Troutuer entertained the
young people Tuesday evening
at her home two miles South
east of town. Games of various
kinds were played and all report
a good, social time.
-Four families from Vernon,
Texas, are late arrived at this
place. Messrs. Wheeler, Fraz-
Ter, Butts and Reisinger. Their
car load of household goods
came IN several days ago and
these people are now making
settlement on their respective
homes.
Flowing is being pushed along
rapidly in this section, and has
since November. The ground is
in excellent condition and the
weather has been favorable for
such work with the exception
Of a few days when there was
frost in the ground. This ali
winters blowing means hun
dreds OF acres of new land |
brought into cultivation this
year, and more maize and corn
to sell next fall.
Mrs. Harris returned to her
claim IN Rock Valley last week
after a few weeks stay with
friends in Roswell.
Prof. Tinsley could Nit meet
his engagement at this place on
the 18th, but will be here soon,
probably early in February.
Due notice of his next date
will be given and every homes
leader, especially, should make
it a point to be present. There
is much to be learned from this
man on dry farming and we
hope to get an experiment station
established near Boaz
James Godbhere and family
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. P. M.
Lims this week.
Rev. J, N. S. Webb has pur.
chased the Axel Moore home
stead for his additional 160.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21
See Morgan,
The Secondhand Man

Opposite Court House, Ros-
well, N. M, when you need any
kind OF second hand goods.
Furniture
Both New and Second hand
and the best prices on Standard
Pianos
You can fad in the West.
Goods shipped to Kenna as soon
as order is received. Write me
what you need and I will make
YOU prices.
WIS. Morgan,
Roswell, New Mexico.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

We understand today that c..
D. Carmichael has bought the
Pollard claim, filed on it at as an
additional homestead. The con
sideration was something over
four hundree dollars.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

w. II. Cooper has gone. into
the draying business at Kenna.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-01-21

H. w. Coward, R. S. Pierson
and Mrs. r. R. Geer, of Rock
Valley, were in town yesterday
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
CANNOT MAKE RAIN.

The war department refused to usa artillery to produce rain in the dis trict where forest fires have been de vastating the western country. Rain making was a fad few years ago in this country, and Uncle Sam spent large sums of money sending up bombs and firing cannons at the skies. The report on the experiment was ad- verse, so the government has no more faith in rain-making Oddly enough. the people of Italy, whom we are apt to regard as non-progressive, are very much interested in guns. to affect the weather. In all the vineyards Of Italy there are to be found curious funnel-shaped guns pointing to the sky. The chief danger to the vines in believe that these guns, when fired, dissipate the clouds and prevent hail storms
 Willis L. Moore, chief of the weath- CT bureau, in giving his opinion on the subject, said in part:
 "The reason why rain usually fol lowed the great gattles of history is
 
 armies and began engagements, ie possible, on fair days; then, as rain falls on an average of one day in three, If it does not follow battle 1t is due to the fact that a drought rre- vails. In other words, the regular operations of nature should bring rain during or at the close of battle be- gun during clear weather.
 ''It is the opinion of the most emi- nent physicians and scientific expert mentists of the world that rain can not be caused by the setting of of explosives, but only by a marked in- crease in the vapor content of the air or by a decided lowering of the tenn perature, in neither of which processes can man operate on such a stupendous scale as to initiate nature.
 'The agricultural department has for years combated the mercenary ef- forts of charlatans to prey upon the credulity of the public to get both public and private revenue for their efforts to produce rain. If the govern ment should accede to the request to have the army fire it's heavy guns in an effort to cause rain with which to put out the forest fires, these pseudo. scientists, having in a measure the sanction of the government for their operations, would for many years to come have a fruitful field for their fraudulent work
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
When to Eat Fruit.

To obtain the most benefit iron the succulent fruits they should be eaten at the end of the chief meal Bananas are an exception and may be eaten with any meal. They are very acceptable cut ill thin slices, and eat en with bread and butter. Stewed fruits often have their virtues wasted through being eaten at the wrong time Six or eight stewed prunes half an hour before breakfast are benefi- cial; so are stewed figs or stewed apples eaten before breakfast.
 Peeled oranges cut into thin slices so that the juice is set free, with cas- tor sugar strewn over the slices, are not unlike pineapple and form high ly efficacious aid to digestion. Grapes should never be eaten except after the chief meal of the day. Taken when the stomach is comparatively empty, they are specially harmful fruit Family Doctor.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
Rachel's Birthplace.

The Swiss, it is said, are about to erect a monument to commemorate Rachel's birth in their territory. She was born in the Golden Sun Inn at Munf in the Canton of Aargau, her father being described in the parish register as ''un homme qui colportait." He had been educated to be a rabbi, but had become peddler, and drove acros Europe selling soap, ribbons, laces and popular illustrated almanacs. His cart contained his family as well as his wares, and it needed to be a large one to do SO, for his wife, Esther Haya Felix, bore him no fewer than sixteen children, though only six of them lived to grow up. The fitness of his quiver was apparently one of the reasons why he gave up peddIing and settled at Lyons. where he became a teacher of German, while his wife dealt in ladies' cast off clothing.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
oueen Marx,s New pIamonds.


 Six diamonds, cut out of the famous Cullinan stone, and mounted as orna ments, were presented to Queen Mary by Sir Richard Solomon, high com missioner of the union of South Africa, on behalf of the government and peo- pie, and in commemoration of the es- tablishment of the union.
 The two largest of the diamonds, which are considered by experts to be of matchless quality (one weighs 92 and the other 62 karats), have been mounted as a pendant; three, averaging about 10 karats each, have been mounted as a small pendant, and the sixth as a ring.
 In 1907 Sir Richard Solomon pre- sented the original Cullinan diamond, weighing about 5000 karats, more than three times the size of the larg- est diamond previously discovered, to King Edward, as an expression of the feeling of loyalty and attachment of the people of the Transvaal.
 The stone was cut into two large pieces, which are kept among the his toric jewels forming the heirlooms of the crown, and the stones now pre- sented to the queen are the residue of the original gem.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
Postures of Children.

In recent lecture to mothers anu teachers on incorrect pastures of chil- dren, the speaker spoke of inturning feet and the means of correcting them. but turned toes and feet, she said, are the result fo training. and if the moth CT finds a tendency on the part of her child to turn the toes in, she must re- sort to training to remedy it. This consists in developing the outer mus cles by proper exercise.
 Of the physical training of the child from birth, the lecturer said that, ex- cessive crying being accepted as harm full, the average mother therefore as- sumes that all crying is harmful and should be suppressed. This is faulty reasoning. The natural crying of a 1aby is really means of development, as by crying the lungs are expanded and the relations between circulation and respiration are thus established and strengthened.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
ONE WHO IS ABLE TO COME BACK

Wu Ting-Fang. the irrepressible and everlasting question mark of diplo- macy, is a real example of the old man who can come back. When he came to Washington first he amused and then shocked almost everybody with whom he came in contact He was not altogether relished in diplo- matlc circles. because he had an un- pleasant, not to say undiplomatic, way of stating things. He was in many fencing bouts with John Hay and Elihu Root. and both of them en toyed him, although they distrusted him. When Wu retired as Chinese minister the first time the belief was expressed that he was down abo out" in fact. it was intimated that he might have to lose his head if he returned to China. But he was found useful at home, and then was again sent to the United States as minis ter But he had become too much of a joke to be a successful diplomat and was recalled. Now the Chinese government seems to have need of him, and has put him in an important place in the foreign office
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
CARRIES H0D TO FREE SON
Kansas City (kan.) Mother, After Many Years of Effort, Rewarded
 by Youths Release.

Kansas City, Mo.-Hod-carying was not too hard work for Mrs. Margaret La Trasse. fifty-six years old, of Kan sas City, Kan, when she was trying to earn money to aid in getting her son paroled from the Missouri peni- tentiary. and she received her reward. The boy was paroled by Governor Hadley.
 Troubles never came singly for the mother. The floods of 1903-4 nearly ruined her little home. Then her hus- band became i'll and has been an invalid since then. Scarcely had he taken to his bed when the boy was sentenced to ten years in prison for a robbery committed near St. Joseph. The home was mortgaged to get money to defend him.
 Wulie-as she calls her son-went to prison. and the mother came home to work and earn money to get him put. By much persuasion she ob- tained job carving bod. Then she prevailed upon her employer to let her lath and plaster a house. Her savings she invested in a restaurant, and aided by the profits from this ven ture she managed to get her sons case before the governor.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
SIGHT IS RESTORED
BLIND MUSICIAN REGAINs VISION
 AFTER sToRKs VISIT.
New Jersey Mans Recovery of Eye sight Is Considered Marvellous by Physicians Who Thought His
 Case Hopeless.

Mercerville, N. J.-Although he has been married five years, Peter Mayard, . musician, looked upon the face of his wife for the first time but a few days ago, and he believes that the visitation of the stork to his home resulted in the restoration of his eye sight. He claims that he Is the hap piest man in the world today, as he found his wife to be prettier than he pictured her in his mind.
 Mayards recovery of his eyesight is considered marvellous by physicians. who believed that he would never be able to see again. When Mayard was ten years old he was struck in the right eye by baseball and the injury resulted in total blindness. However, this did not interfere with his educa- ton, and when he reached the age Of twenty-one he was considered an ex pert pianist.
 Shortly after he had attained his majority he met Miss Mary French, a beautiful girl of eighteen. who was deeply impressed with his skill as a musician. The friendship between the lWO QCCPChCO. OoA O0PAA took a hand and the two became en- gagged. Their marriage followed year later. They have been extreme ly happy, but are now still happier.
 Mrs. Mayard was taken suddenly i'll and her husband, although blind, started to run in order to summon nearby physician. He thought he could reach the house without diff eulty, but stumbled over an embank- ment and fell a distance of ten feet. He was unconscious for some time. When he was recovering he was in- formed that there was an addition to his family In the shape of ten-pound baby girl. It was a few moments after receiving this information that he suddenly began to shout for joy, and he made so much noise that he aroused the neighborhood. He discovered he could see as well as when he was a boy Mrs. Mayard was greatly sur prised at the news and her husband. when she had recovered sufficiently for him to see her was amazed at her appearance.
 Why, didn't know that had mar ried the prettiest girl in the country!" he cried.
 He asserted that he thought his wife's appearance altogether different than it Is. Physicians who later ex- amined the musician pronounced his sight completely restored and attrib- uted the restoration to the shock of the fall and the glad news in which the stork figured.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
In Unfortunate Position.

Talking about odd coincidences. /" said a South American with revolu- tionary tendencies, 'I will tell you of one. 1 met a friend in Broadway a few days ago. We talked together for a block and then stood and talked a while before separating. Now, it hap pened that on the very corner where we stopped was the establishment of a well-known firm dealing in arms and ammunition, which I had patronized in past years in my efforts to rid my country of its chief executive. And 1t happened also that there came along the representative of a detective agency which Is employed by the con- sul general of my country to look out for possible revolutionary plots in New York Ever since then I have been trailed day and night. And l haven't bought even a firecracker for five years. Always be careful when you stand on the street, for you never can tell what people will think and say"
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
HORSE THIEF IS SHOT DEAD
Whip Loses in Duel With Revolver Brother of Victim Escapes to
 Mountains.

Hot Springs, Ark.-In street bat tie between two alleged horse thieves and several sheriff's officers here George Chitwood, one of the accused. was killed by a deputy sheriff and Sheriff Jade Houpt probably was fatal Iy wounded. Sheriff Houpt and a posse had been endeavoring to arrest George Chitwood and his brother for a week. Unexpectedly the two Chit woods rode up to the sheriff's office and asked if they were wanted. When they were placed under arrest both dashed from the courthouse, the off, cers in pursuit. As they reached the street the officers opened fire. the fugitives returning the shots. One of the Chitwoods mounted his horse, but the animal was shot from under him. The horse, however, was forced to arise, and Chitwood rode through Ouachita avenue on the wounded beast, brandishing his revolver and ordering every one from the streets. He escaped to the mountains, but was finally captured and taken to prison in chains. Deputy Sid Houpt pur- sued George Chitwood, who had jumped into a buggy and fought off the officer with a buggy whip until Chitwod was shot in the abdomen.
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
LED DOUBLE LIVES
NOTABLE ROGUEs WHO LONG
 IMPOSED ON SOCIETY.
Some Instances Would Be Incredible Were They Not So Thoroughly Authe henticated-Case of
 Herr May.

It is alleged that Herr May. the Ger man philanthropist and author, recent ly proved to have been burglar and bandit in early life, in addition to the improving literature of which he was the acknowledged author. also pub lished anonymously a series of cheap and detrimental fiction in which his experience as bandit was utilized.
 In other respects he appears to have wholly forsaken his wicked ways. If this be so, and 1t would be kinder to give him the benefit of any doubt. the case only bears part resemblance to that of the celebrated Charles Peace, says the London Standard. That now notorious burglar was actively practis- ing his real profession when he was known to the sedate society of Peck ham as well-to-do and cultured gen tleman of impeccable antecedents.
 Peace was past master in the arts of imposture and had the making of brigand in him, if he ever got the chance of following the more adven- turous and perhaps more picturesque branches of crime. He, too, managed IO SoIdOllSu oOL4S ISPuldLAOh AOl PAObJ by his partiality for sacred music. His house was crammed with musical in, struments, but he never allowed any thing else to be played.
 Another criminal who managed to impose on his friends and acquaint- ances was Thomas Wainewright. who was certainly a forger ssld probably poisoner, but who had been fashion able writer and critic. and was the friend of Charles Lamb, Talfourd and De Quincey. "The kind. light-hearted Wainewright," as Ella called him, was a thorough going and heartless scoun- drel, and the offenses for which he was sentenced to transportation for life were only incidents in a long ca- reer of wrongdoing.
 Whether he really confessed that he poisoned the unfortunate Miss Aber- cromby, urging in extension that she had very thick ankles, may be doubt ed, but quite enough has been proved to his discredit At the same time it is improbable that he would ever, like Herr Karl May, have returned to re- spectability, even if the opportunity had been allowed him.
 Another and less known man of let ters who combined literature with crime was George Harrington, trans ported to Botany Bay for pocket pick ing in 1790. He did recover his char acter, became high constable of Para matta, and was much thought of in of ficial circles for his good conduct. His literary fame rests mainly on the often quoted description of the true patriots-'Be 1t understood. we left nur country for our country's good"
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
GENESIS OF SPEcTER SHIPS
One Instance In Particular Satisfaction lily Vouched for Explains Many
 Stories of Sailors.

Perhaps the most likely explanation of the genesis of specter ships lies in the extraordinary effect produced at Gea by mirages. In the Arctic seas in particular are to be seen many strange sights produced by refraction. There Is at least one instance on record that Is satisfactorily vouched for, and which explains many of the stories current among sailors fifty or a hundred years ago. One evening in the early 'thirties a passenger ship was approaching Port Danger. on the South African coast. Suddenly those on board were astound- ed to see well-known English warship quite close to them. So clear was the vision that they were able to recognize acquaintances among the officers and crew. A boat was lowered from the stranger and its crew was observed to tumble into 1t. Everything was so real. so obvious, that it seemed impos- slDle that they could be deceived. They recognized the ship as the Barracouta. She was too well known to admit of the least doubt as to her identity. When the passenger ship arrived at ST. mons Bay short time after, every body expected to see the Barracouta at anchor. But she was not there, and did not arrive until week afterwards. The first thing to do was to compare notes and explain the mystery. It was found that at the time of the war ships being seen near Port Danger she was at least three hundred miles away. There is no room for doubt as to the, details of the story People do not imagine with such unanimity as to admit of any explanation other than reflection or refra ction in a cloud or fog bank
The Holbrook news., 1910-11-18
History Repeating Itself.

The American Israelite in the cur. rent number says that among the nu- merous explanations of the term -Four Hundred" usually applied to New York society, none has ever been offered that fits without wrinkles, whereupon we suggest the following solution: Ahab, according to I Kings, xii, summoned the four hundred prophets to consult them about at tacking the Syrians at Ramoth Gilead. Among them was Zedekiah, who struck his rival, Micaiah. on the cheek because the latter indulged in the first well authenticated case of muck raking,' viz, stating that the four hun dred' were inspired by a lying spirit. Thus does history repeat itself-more or less accurately"