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The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30
"A LUZ REPORTS An
ENORMOUS FRUIT CROP
News Correspondent Estimates
$4,000 Pound Harvest
OTHER LIVE NEWS ITEMS
FROM SHADY TOWN

The strawberry season is now
over and apricots and plums are
being marketed, a great quanti-
ty being shipped up the line as
we'll as to FL Paso. The peach
crop will soon be here; some of
the earlier varieties are now on
the market, but the standard
Elberta and the Early Mamie
Ross are yet to ripen. In La
Luz alone at least l25, 900 pounds
ot peaches will be raised, to say
nothing of the other fruit produc-
ing districts of Otero county; and
in this section the fruit is of first
class quality, not excelled by
the fruit of California. We are
sorry the canning factory was not
built. 1t would have proved a
paying investment for all con-
cerned. We hope that by next
year some one will build a can
ming factory in Otero county.
The good people of Cloudcroft
are going to celebrate the Fourth,
and the fact that Cloudcroft is
widely advertised as a health re.
sort will cause many to prefer
the trip to staying at home. To
those who have never visited
Cloudcroft the trip alone is worth
the fare, and to US who know the
place, the beautiful scenery,
pure mountain water, to say
nothing of the races, the ball
games, ETC., are certainly worth
seeing. So let's leave the ther-
mometer at l10 in the shade and
spend the Fourth among the tall
pines Of ClOudcroft.
|. +. Huss has secured suit
able location in FL Paso for the
purpose of supplying the people
of that city with fancy peaches
this season. The peaches raised
by Mr.. Huss are surpassed by
none. and the California fruit
Will meet its rival.
Mr.. Huss has century plant
which is blooming and presents
beautiful sight, the stalk being
20 feet high. Mr.. Huss has wait.
ed patiently for this plant tO
bloom, for they say the plant
blooms only once in a hundred
yearsand then dies.
Mr.. Green, who was formerr re.
SIdent of LaLuz, but who remov'
ed to Kansas some three months
since for the benefito of his health,
will soon return to the land OF
sunshine. Mr.. Green has dispOs
ed of his property in Kansas and
will return and improve his La
Luz property. In company with
Mr.. Glasscock, he will develop 6
large spring situated in the foot
hills. These gentlemen will
pipe the water to their properties
here.
Last week a man whose name
Your correspondent failed Il
learn, came through town selling
preparation by which you cal
make butter out of sweet milk
butter milk, goat milk, or an!
other milk. One of our towns
men bought the right for the EN-
TIRE territory. The fact that thu
price Of cream has already drop
ped several points here cause
Your scribe to believe that it
only a matter of q few week
until We can oil afford that lux
ury.
X. N. Almond. brother to on
ownsman, W. N. Almond, cam,
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30
OLD FASHIONED JOURNEY
OVER SANTA f TRAIL
Entire Trip to be Made in a
Prairie Schooner
HISTORIC OLD TRAIL
WILL BE PRESERVED

Pueblo, Colo, June 28.-The
most successful good roads cam
paign in the West today and one
of the leading roads movements
of the entire country, the recent
extension of the territory where
in this great highway will be
built, and the great interest in a
link in what is hoped eventually
to be a coast-to-coast thorough.
fare, lends especial interest to a
trip on which A. D. Hamilton
has recently embarked from Of
tawa, Kansas.
Mr.. Hamilton will traverse the
New Santa Fe Trail, which is the
official name of this great high
way, and which closely follows
the famous old Santa Fe trail,
which extended from Westport
Land, now Kansas City, to Santa
Fe, New Mexico, and which be-
gan its operation in 1921.
Mr.. Hamilton and his family
will make this journey in an old
fashioned prairie schooner. The
modern motor car, now speeding
over the fine highway that
stretches across Kansas and Col
orado, will not be the vehicle in
which he and his family will go.
They have certain reasons, some
economical, some sentimental, =,
for following the old trail and
the new in the means of convey
ance common to the time when
such highways were the only
avenues of commerce in the
Great Southwest.
From Ottowa to Las Vegas will
be the route travelled by the
Hamilton family. This trip will
cover what was set down in the
old geopraphies as the Great
American Desert, " now one vast
garden, and, in the territory
west Of the one hundredth me.
ridian, brought about by means
of irrigation.
A. D. Hamilton comes from
Cincinnati, and he has long had
in mind just such a trip as this
He recently went to Ottawa,
Kansas, where he has a nephew
I. Z. Hamilton, formerly q cal
inspector with the Atchison
Topeka d Santa Fe railroad
which traverses the old trail, anC
prevailed upon his nephew to &C
company him.
The party will travel by cas-!
stages. Travel behind a team
is all right" said Mr.. Hamilton
IF you have your time. Having
time, We favor this means o
transportation"
Reaching the famous wheat
fields of western Kansas, tn
Hamiltons will help some rela
| tives harvest their golden GRO
J and then resume their journey
They expect to reach Las Vega
about the last of August.
The motor power will be a spa
of mules and a horse. Six pei
J sons will ride in the wagon. A
ID. Hamilton is not new to tn
! prairie schooner business. Thirt
) years ago he made the trip fror
; Texas to Iowa in this way.
? The New Santa Fe Trail is
great highway. II is now actua
ly building from Kansas City
| Canon City, Colorado, and froI
! Lajunta, Colorado, down to SAINT
! Fe. New Mexico. The old ira
D proceeded from Kansas City,
the south of the Kansas rive
continued ON nape fourl
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30

G. p. Garfield arrived Monday
night and remained until Wed
nesday morning, visiting his
daughter, Mrs. r. +. Pollock.
Mr.. Garfield is just completing
a tour of the werld which he
made in seven months, and was
in q hurry to return to his home
in Los Angeles, to rest.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30
STELLAR ATTRACTIONS
FOR ALBUQUERQUE FAIR
Among Novelties Will be Human
Roulette Wheel
PARKER CARNIVAL 60.
HAS BEEN BOOKED


Did you ever ride on The HUI
man Roulette Wheel? You will
have that privilege at the Thir-
tieth Annual New Mexico Fair
next October. This is one of
the unique features of the Par
ker Carnival company, the larg-
est carnival company in the
world, which is coming to the
fair. 1t is an immense fifty foot
wheel on winch you whirl around
until you are bounced off against
a padded bank. The man who
stays on the longest wins the
roulette game.
This is only one of the merry
amusement devices which will
transform the carnival park at
Albuquerque into Coney Island
next October. You can hardly
afford to miss it.
A gigantic statehood float, the
most gorgeous thing of the kind
ever attempted, will be the fea-
ture par excellence at the Thir-
tieth Annual Fair and first State
Fair at Albuquerque, October
next. The exact nature of this
immense float in the annual
pageant is kept a secret, but
plans are well under way to
make it something that will be
historic. The coming of state
hood means that the first fair
held after the star is added to
the flag will be the most tremen-
dous exposition of the resources
of New Mexico ever held. II
behooves every man, woman,
and child in New Mexico to be
on hand, and make the demon
stratiOn one never to be forgot.
ten.
The New Mexico Kennel Club,
which is to have charge of the
annual Kennel Show of the Both
Annual New Mexico Fair, and
First State Fair, has been fully
organized, and is headed by
some of the most prominentmeu
of the territory. This Kennel
exhibition is going to be on a
, large scale, and with the poultry
. EXHIBIT, will be one of the most
notable features of the live stock
exhibits. The people of the ter,
ritory are cooperating for both
exhibits, and both will set a new
mark in this line for the south
west.
: New Mexico amusement lovers
will learn, with great pleasure
that the management of the
Thirtieth Annual Fair at Albu
auerque has closed a contract
with the q. W. Parker Carniva
company for the appearance o
that great group of attraction
, at the fair next October. Thi
is undoubtedly the eadinl
amusement company of the worlC
carrying POO people, and requir
ing ~ cars to transport its equip
ment. The Parker compan,
played to thousands at the Min
nesota State Fair last year, thi
fair being one of the biggest il
the west. 1t has pleased i'm
mense crowds everywhere TO
the past ten years, and is nov
bigger and better than ever be
fore with dozens Of unique new
fun features.
New Mexico is lucky to secur,
: this big aggregation for the Fair
1t is by far the best thing Of it
kind ever seen in the southwest
; and assures that the fun fea
e lures" of the Annual Fair an,
- Carnival will be the best eve
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30

q. +. Moffett, of Orograude
was here last Saturday.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30
School Nearly 1000 Ahead

The friends of the public school
evidently want the school to win
that piano, for they are working
in earnest. This week the school
polled 2776 votes, putting that
institution nearly 1000 votes
ahead of Company 81"
The boosters of Company 81"
and the Fire department are ap-
parently playing waiting game.
This week the former polled 81
votes, the latter 120 votes. The
voting for the individual contest
ants was about the same as
usual. 1t would seem now that
the race has narrowed down TO a
long, hard struggle between the
three top notchers, and while all
three are holding out votes, it is
impossible to get line on the
relative strength. Miss Lottie
Edwards is only about 5000 votes
behind the Fire Department, and
of course still has a chance.
The present standing of the
contestants is as follows:
Public School. ............. .....l7S1S
Company Il" I"................13S74
Fire Department.. .....12469
Miss Lottie Edwards. ............6 .6I35
Alamogordo Sanatorium .26S9
Odd Fellows ............... ....2lS1
Miss Nettie Roscoe. ............ 1896
Christian Church ....... ....... GA
Baptist College. e................ 673
Miss Edith Cameron.......... 6O2
Miss Ellen Quinliven........ 800
Blind Institute e..........".... PSI
High School ........ ............" l3l
School House ................ 26
Catholic Church. .............. u
Masonic Lodge."."............. III
Mt. Park Public SCHOOL,. s
Modern Woodmen....... .....
r;tx, G,hn.l. 4
Miss Laura Bennett.
Johh omltn............... .........,..,
Miss Eunice Barton. 4
Miss Hazel Shelton.."........
Jose Viderri.
'.'.s''''.''.......... IL
q. K. MofFett, of Orograude
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1910-06-30

Continued on page FOUR
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
HOMETALENT
MADE HIT

The big auditorium at Convention
hall was well filled last night and the
members Of the Chickasha Dramatic
club appearing in "a Tramp's Tribula-
tions" played to pleased and appre-
ciative audience. The play was full Of
delightful comedy and the hall was
filled with laughter and applause dur.
ing most Of the performances Eman-
uel Gerstenfeld, formerly an actor in
the professional world, who played the
part of the tramp, and his sister, Miss
Gertrude Gerstenfield, were exception
ally fine and the combined efforts of
all made the play great success.
The specialties were also good. the
numbers by the High School Glee
club and the duett by Misses Maud
and Leno O'Brien being especially
well received.
The reports from the sale OF tickets
have not all been turned in, but it is
estimated that near $50 was cleared
for the l. 0. o. F. orphans home.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
XMAS WINDOW DISPLAY
AT THE HUB A BEAUTY

It Is seldom that one can see il
any city a Xmas window trimmed more
artistically or more attractive than
those of the Hub and is indeed a
credit to the city.
The window decorating was plaaned
and done by Messrs. Joe Baum and
Geo. Sanders and they are to be com
plimented upon their work. The splen-
did display OF Xmas articles shown is
convincing proof that the Hub is a
leader as clothing and gents furnish
ing store and with their large stock
of Xmas gifts will be able to please
any and all Xmas shoppers wishing TO
purchase some suitable gift for gen
tleman.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
Flood Situation in
Spain is Serious

Barcelona. Dec 15.-Storms are
flooding large part of the country
and the situation is becoming desper-
ate in the provinces of Malaga. Sc
vile. valladolid, Badajose. Zamora,
Oviedo and Corunna Practically all
the crops have been destroyed and the
people are threatened with famine.
Many villages are now submerged
and countless bridges have been swept
away. Railroad and telegraph comm
nications are broken everywhere, and
It has been found almost impossible to
send assistance to the sufferers.
The British steamer Gravina drag.
ged her anchors at corunna and was
dashed against ietty. The Norwe-
gian steamer Tifli is reported ashore at
Orotava, Teneriffe. and is regarded
as a total loss. Four fher crew er-
ished
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
TURF EXCHANGES
ARE ILLEGAL

Guthrie. Okla, Dec 15.-By decid-
ing yesterday that operating turf
exchange" is violation Of the Okla
homa gambling laws, the criminal
court Of appeals put out OF business
about twenty-five establishments Of the
sort which are doing business in yari-
GUS Oklahoma cities. Muskogee is said
to have the largest number Of them.
The case In which this decision Was
handed down is one from Ell Reno,
where f. P. James, Ollie James and G.
s. Hilswick, proprietors of a turf ex-
change, were convicted or violating the
gambling laws, sentenced to thirty
days in jail each and from 500 to $500
fine. Their conviction is now atilr si
in an opinion by Presiding Judge Fuf-
man. who as usual argues for a Hharal
Interpretation Of the laws. so that 10
get at the intent Of the Legislature.
The opinion holds that betting OIL a
horse race is gaming within the m an
ing OF the law, and that If any person
opens or conducts house, room or
place where the public are invited o
assemble and by means Of any device
elan or scheme bet or lay wagers upon
the results Of horse racing. such per.
sons are guilty of violating the gambl-
;,,4v lau. 10 fAt~la hc,,,o
"The word gaming has no tech.i-
cal meaning. says Judge Furman, "but
includes every contrivance or institu-
tion which has for its object any sport
recreation or amusement for the pub
lie upon which money or any other ar
ticle Of value can be won or lost by
the result Of such contrivance or in.
stitution. Gaming includes bets or
wagers made upon any physical con
test, whether of man or beast, when
practiced for the purpose OF deciding
such bets or wagers
The court holds that there is no law
against betting on horse races but that
there is law against conducting q
place whore such betting is carried on
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
CONG. COOK
IS DEAD
Special by United Press.

Special by United Press.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. l5.-Con-
sressman Joel Cook died here this
morning.
Cook was republican and served
first in the Fifty-ninth congress to fiji
the unexpired term Of George A. Car
ter. being reelected to the sixtieth
and sixty-first congress. He was born
in Woodbury., n j.. March g. 1864
was educated in the common schools
Later he was office boy for law firm,
law student and reporter in the courts
and on the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
He filled various city positions and was
appointed first chief OF the Bureau OF
Manufacturers In the department uf
Commerce and Labor by President
Roosevelt In 1905 he became presi-
dent Of the City Trust. Safe Deposit
and Surety company OF Philadelphia.
He had twice served as president Of
the National Republican League.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
PROSPECT FOR DIRECT
ELECTION OF SENATORS.

Washington, Dec. l5.-For the first
time in its history the United States
senate Is expected to vote soon Oh the
resolution to submit to the states a
constitutional amendment f9r the pop
ular election Of senators. The reso-
luton was introduced by Senator Bris-
tow Of Kansas, and was referred to the
committee on the judiciary. The sub
committee to which It was referred,
consisting OF Senator Borah OF Idaho,
Senator Dillingham; Of Vermont and
Senator Rayner Of Maryland, assured
Senator Bristow that the resolution
would be reported out. It is expected
that the majority report will favor
the resolution and that II viii he op-
posed in a minority report.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
SEND MESSAGE BY
WIRELESS 1000 MILES.

New York, Dec. l5.-The steamship
Yale, one Of the old metropolitan
liners now on her way to the Pacific
coast to ply between San Francisco
and points on the California coast,
performed feat in long distance wire
less communication last night.
She was in touch with the United
wireless station at Dreamland, Coney
island, and reported her position at 8
o'clock across the 5000 miles OF the
continent, as being 1O3 miles north
Of Matzatillo. She stated that she
would reach San Francisco on Friday
afternoon, Dec. 16.
The Yale sailed from New York, con-
voyed by her sister ship, the Harvard,
on Oct. IT,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
= 444+444+44+++++.

Up to noon today the total vote in
the special election In which the ad-
option Of city charter, providing for
the commission form, is the issue, was
about 420.
II voting continues at this rate, with
the usual rush toward the close, some
thing like 900 votes should be polled
In the Third ward the total vote at
noon was 81 and in the north precinct
Of the Second ward the total was so.
BY O'Clock 80 ballots had gone into
the box at the City hall and other pre-
cincts were voting in approximately
the same ratio.
Among friends Of the charter the
feeling is that they will win by large
majority if they can succeed in get
ting the soters to the polls. The
Chamber Of Commerce workers were
busy during the day, urging business
men to go to the polls.
Union labor leaders we're out early
and were actively waging their battle
against the charter throughout the day
They expressed themselves as conf
dent Of victory.
The polls will be kept open Till Z
O'Clock and the ballot counting should
be completed soon thereafter
No disorder OF any kind marked the
election.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
ENTERTAIN
BOY CORN
GROWERS
Winners in Contest Take
Trip to National
Capital

Washington, Dec 15.-Eleyen boys
from eleven Southern states, who won
this years corn-growing contests, are
In Washington, the guests Of the de-
partment of agriculture.
The boys, and the records which
they won the trip to Washington on,
are as follows, the figures showing
how many bushels Of corn to the acre
they produced, and what the cost per
bushel was
Hughey A. Harden, Banks. Ark, 120
bushels, cost 32c.
Ira Smith, Silver, Ark, lls bushels,
cost Sc.
Joseph Stone, Center, Co., lO2 5-s
bushels, cost 29c
Stephen G. Henry, Melrose, La,
1873 4-5 bushels, cost 1850.
William Williams, Decatur, Miss,
l46 Az bushels, cost 1Sc.
w. Ernest starnes, Hickory, n G.,
LAG 2-7 bushels. cost CSC.
Floyd Gayer, Tishomingo, Okla,
95 1-12 bushels, cost Sc.
Jerry H. Moore, Winona, S. G.,
22s 3-4 bushels. cost 44c.
Norman Smith. covington, Tenn,
125 1-l2 bushels. cost &c.
William Rodmer Smith, Kames
City, Tex, SO 1-9 bushels, cost 1s 2-Sc.
Maurice olgers, Sutherland, Va, 1853
bushels, cost 4Oc.
Secretary Wilson will award diplo.
mas Of merit The distinguished vis-
itors will be presented to the president
ard then Prof. D. B Martin, assistant
TO d. s. A. Knapp in the demonstra-
ton work and in charge Of the boys.
viii show them the city. They will
visit congress, Mount Vernon, the va
rious departments, the zoo. the library
and other attractions. When they re-
turn to their homes they win have
something to tell to their friends.
The department is working on club
competition for girls that probably viii
be opened during the coming season,
but the officers are not saying much
about it vet, because Dr. Knapp, who
is in charge Of the demonstration work,
says that history is a good deal better
than prophecy, and that he is be-
lever in the maxim Of the late Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, who said, Never tell
what YOU are going to do till after you
have done it,"
The corn club work this year cost
the department only 30c farm. which.
for the results accomplished, was get
ting pretty good return on the money.
In regard to this remarkable contest
Dr. A. S Knapp, under whose direc-
tion it was held, says.
1T gives more significance to the fig
ures Of the corn club yields when 1t is
understood that the states represented
CONTINUED on Page Two.l
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
Wilson and Ramey
Attend Meeting

Supt r. H. Wilson and City Supt
VIM. F Ramex left this afternoon fof
Ardmore to attend meeting Of the
Oklahoma School Mems club. This
club is composed Of the leading city
superintendents Of the state. The
purpose is to study the schools Of the
city visited and later hold round table
conference to discuss the work os-
served and other phases of st,Eool su.
pervision. AT this meeting confer.
ence will be held with Governorelect
Cruce and State supt.-elect Wilson
bearing on important educational ques-
tions.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-12-15
"APOSTLE7 is TO
ESCAPE THE LAW
Special by United Press.


Alliance Ohio, Dec 15.-"Apostle'
Levi Lupton of the Gift of Tongues"
cult, who confessed to being the father
Of man child, born to Miss Mamie
Corlett, his private secretary, and a
follower of his sect, appears to have
successfully pacified the law.
Mayor Speidel says Miss corletts
refusal to prosecute Lupton makes the
officers powerless. She said the child
was not one Of sin but was the fruits
Of the temptation OF the. devil who
sought the overthrow OF Lupton and
his works.
1t is believed that members Of the
mission will take steps to remove Lup-
ton.