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The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
PUBLIC School REPORT.
THE Fourth MONTH
Attendance Still Good; Interest
ia Increasing
NOT MUCH DANGER FROM
wHOOPIEe COUGH

The close Of the fourth month
showed quite an increase in at
tendance aud much better inter-
est in school work in general.
The enrollment was 554. Per
cent Of attendance was 81. There
were 3O4 perfect in their attend
ance. Twenty visits during the
months from parents. Nine Wis
its from the school board. Sew
eral new pupils enrolled ut the
beginning of the fifth month.
All pupils who want to enter
this term should be on hand be-
fore the first of February. No
primary pupils will be accepted
after that date.
There has been some whOoping
cough in school the past month,
but we are doing all in our pow
er to break it up. l hope that
parents will lend a helping hand.
When you have a case in the
home, it will be best for you to
keep all pupils at home, unless
they have had whOoping cough
and are we'll. If parents will no
tify me Of their children's sick
ness We can make proper records
of the same.
There is less danger of taking
. disease ut school than on the
streets, as the rooms are disin-
fected. Please do not keep pu-
pills at home unless necessary.
4 few days out of school now
may cause them to fail for pro-
motion. In the high school build
ing where there are 1875 pupils
enrolled, all but 10 have had
whooping cough. So you see the
chance for taking it here is
small. Many have had it in the
other buildings.
The work being done this year
is much in advance Of last year
and parents have many reasons
to be proud of the Alamogordo
public schools. Many pupils are
studying at home so much more
this year. If your children are
not studying at home and fail to
make 90 per cent in each study,
have them bring their books
home and work hard, or those
not doing proper work at home
may spend another year in the
same grade.
Encourage the children in their
work. Give them q portion of
your time at home. Also visit
the schools and see their work IN
their classes.
CHAs. ID. GEoRGE,
Superintendent.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
ALANOa)RDO HAIER-USERs
WILL Be ORGANIZED
Contract Will be Made for the
Water fer Trees
COMPETENT COUNSEL
WILL BE EMPLOYED

A meeting was held Monday
night at W. X. Stalcup's office.
far the purpose of discussing the
matter of water for the trees Of
Alamogordo. DIR. j. X. Gilbert
presided as chairman of the
meeting. After discussion Of
the various phases OF the case. a
committee was appointed. con-
sisting Of q. j. Woliinger, A. j..
Buck. J. A. Baird, W. l.. Car
mack, W. X. Stalcup, j. K. Gil
bert. This committee was di-
rected to make whatever ar
angements may be necessary to
employ counsel to have all the
matters now under discussion
settled permanently and defin-
itely. and at the same time,
amicably and equitably.
About the same party Of citi-
zens held a conference on Mon
day afternoon of last week. with
W. A. Hawkins, of the firm of
Hawkins and Franklin, general
counsel for the AlamogordO I'm
provement Co., with reference
to the same matter. Mr.. Haw-
kins made a remarkably fair and
clear presentation of the facts in
the ease. He said that he was
Satisfied that an anicable and
equitable adjustment Of the case
might be made, and thus put AN
end tn the useless and endless
wrangIing. He expressed the
opinion that the matter could
best be handled under an organ
lied form Of town government,
but that it might be handled by
a board of governors or trustees
to represent the interests Of the
town.
/, appears to be the concensus
Of opinion that competent coun-
sci ought to be employed by the
citizens Of the town, to carry the
matter into court, to get friend
ly decree to establish perman-
entity the rights of both parties
10 the case. The making of a
contract which shall be based
upon terms which are just and
fair to both parties, seems to be
the desire of the committee
which has been appointed to
represent the citizens.
At meeting of the commit
tee which was held Tuesday
morning, q. j. Wolfinger was
elected chairman. he was direct
ed to draft a letter of inquiry to
Mr. Hawkins. asking for some
additional information, before
making an arrangement to en-
ploy counsel to represent the
citizens.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
Quick Election Returns

Z. Il. Kaul, manager of the
Irl'State Telephone and Tele-
graph Co., deserves credit for
his enterprise in arranging for
prompt service on election re-
turns last Saturday lie had q
telephone installed ir sbe court
nom of the court house, at the
expense Of the company. The
service on the returns was so
good that at ten o'clock II was
evident that the constitution
|. mad received majority Of about
hiteen thousand.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
High School Debaters Adopted
the Constitution

The debate on the constitution
which was conducted by the stu
dents of the High School was
about as interesting and created
nearly as much excitement as
the real election which actually
decided the issue. The enter
tainment was held in the assem-
bly, room of the High School
building Friday afternoon, COM
mencing at 2:45. The following
was the program rendered:
Song, New Mexico,
Recitation, Beulah Ransom,
Recitation. Alice Teed,
Piano Duet, Louise Bemis,
Llewellyn Sutton,
Recitation. EfIie Latham,
Recitation. Blanche Roe.
Debate, Resolved, that the
constitution Of New Mexico
should be approved" Afiirma-
tive: Hazel Shelton, Walter
Graham, Avery Oliver. Mega
tive: HALEY Leonard. Georgia
Hunter, Edwin Frasier.
The decision Of the judges was
two 10 one for the Affirmative.
Many interested visitors were in
attendance. They report that
much skill and cleverness was
displayed In support Of each side.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26

A drizzling rain began falling
some time early Monday morn.
ing and continued to fall through
out the day. Tuesday vas cloudy
the greater part Of the day. but
there was no rain fall. There
was enough Of the rain to settle
the dust for : few days.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
Forest Boundary Work has Been
Commenced

The surveying party which
will locate and mark the exter-
ior boundaries of the Alamo
National Forest, is now in the
field. The party is in charge of
Deputy Supervisor r, F. Balthis.
In the party are CIV. Messer,
assistant ranger from the Weed
station, and Marshall w. Parker,
guard from the Elk station, and
FL. K. Brubaker, who is cook.
Work will be commenced at
Elk, and skirt the outer boundary
of the entire forest, as described
in the Presidents proclamation. !.
1t is hoped that the survey will
be completed within six weeks.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
THE UNITED STATES
LIGHTS THE WORLD
Produces Eight Billion Gallons
Oil Annually
SUPPLIES EVERY LAND
UNDER TIE SUN

United States lights the world.
In one hundred countries,
colonies and islands, scattered in
every grand division and in
every climatic section of the
world American kerosene sup
plies light, while in more than
eighty countries the products of
our mineral oils are used in gen.
Grating power or for fabrication
Of machinery there in operation.
About 1000 million gallons of
American kerosene pass out of the
country annually, to be used
chiefly in lighting homes and
places of business, and the value
of all classes of mineral oil sent
out of the country approximates
100 million dollars a year.
The United States now pro-
duces twO-thirds OF the worlds
supply of petroleum, the quanti-
ty produced in the year just end
ed having been, according to a
statement recently issued by the
Geological Survey, over 200 mil
lion barrels of crude oil, or more
than 3 billion gallons. Just what
quantity of refined oil was pro-
duced from this more than 8 bill
Ions of crude oil produced in 1910
cannot now be stated, but the
Bureau of Statistics of the De-
partment of Commerce and La
Dor shows exports of practically
q billion gallons year of the re-
fined Illuminating oil, and ap-
proximstely Ia billion gallons
of oil of all classes, including in
this term Illuminating oil, lubri-
eating oil, naphthas, and certain
quantities in the crude or unre-
fined state.
What is the value of this more
than 8 billion gallons of mineral
oil produced in the United States
last year? Probably It's million
dollars, though this is necessari-
ly an estimate. What is the
value of the finished article, the
Illuminating oil, the naphthas,
the gasolene, the lubricating oil,
the parafiin and other grades
manufactured from this raw pro-
duct? This can only be estimat-
ed, though the Census of 1905
shows the value of the products
of petroleum refining in 1904
to be 175 million dollars. What
is the value of the mineral oil
exported? The Bureau of Sta.
tistics shows that the total value
Of the mineral oil exported in
1904 was so million dollars, and
in 1908 was 100 million, of which
10 million was Illuminating oil ;
10 million lubricating oil; IA
million naphthas, and other
lighter products of distillation:
6ls million dollars crude oil and
about 3million dollarsresidium.
IN 1909 and 1910 the value of the
exports was slightly less than in
1908, due chiefly to a fall in ex-
port prices, though the quantity
also showed a slight decline in
1910 when compared with 1908.
What becomes Of this billion
and a half gallons Of our petrol.
cum passing out of the country?
Il goes, as already indicated, to
: hundred different countries,
colonies and islands. Scarcely :
country in the world can be
named to whom II is not sent.
Even Russia. which was for years
our chief rival in the worlds Pc
troleum markets, now takes con.
fco,t,,,.a - sa...- 3.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
seventeen THOUSAND MAJORITY
FOR THE CONSTITUTION
Big Majorities in Northern Counties and
Pecos Valley

Defeated In AIamogordo Precinct but Carried In
0tero County
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26

Hisa all over now .
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26

The Volunteer Fire Depart
Sent Of AlamogOrdo will give a
.'s ball on February s2nd. The
,uli orchestra win be in atten-
sAncs y and a genuine good time
hpromised.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26
Noted Author Assassinated by
Fanatic

David Graham Phillips, the
celebrated author and novelist,
was shot by q fanatic, Fitzhugh
Goldsborough, who fred the last
shot from his own revolver into
his own head, killing himself in
stantly. Mr.. Phillips and tie
assassin were not acquainted.
The cause Of the killing is not
known, but ID Is thought that
something Mr.. Phillips had writ
ten had aroused the anger Of
Goldsbofough, who is thought to
have been insane.
It was reported Wednesday
that Mr. Phillips had q chance
to recover.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26

Judge Edward X. Wright left
Saturday for Santa Fe, where
the supreme court has been re-
convened after ; short recess.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1911-01-26

The returns have been re-
ceived from twelve Of the four
teen precincts in Otero county.
The voting was as follows:
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
An Exchange Of Compliments.

A charming story Is told Of pasteur,
the scientist and Victor Duruy, who
was minister Of public instruction un-
der the second empire. The author of
the "Histoire des Romans" was a
great friend Of Pasteur. Moreover,
they were near neighbors, one residing
In the Rue d'Ulm and the other in the
Rue de Medicis. One Thursday. the
day of the sittings of the academy, the
two friends met at a cab stand by the
Luxembourg. Are you going to the
lnstituteY asked the minister. Yes"
answered the savant, and they both
entered the same cab. Arrived at their
journeys end. Duruy rendered five
franc piece TO the cabman, who, of
course, had no change. Then said
Duruy: Keep the coin as a souvenir
of this memorable ride. You have
driven the greatest savant of the CEN
tury." Next came Pasteur's turn. He
put his hand in his pocket and with
drew a five franc piece, which he
handed to the "cocher" with the re-
mark: Take care of it. You have
driven the greatest minister of the Sec
ond empire."-London Globe.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
The Taste For Music.

Public taste In America has progress
ed in no direction more rapidly than in
music. Not only opera, but instru,
mental music of many kinds, is now
thoroughly intrenched In the public
interest An amusing contrast can be
found In a letter which Bret Harte
wrote to his wife In 1870. He had
been TO see ''Tannhauser," which he
deemed the most diabolically hideous
and stupidIy monotonous perform.
ance" he ever heard. The orchestra TO
him was like a power factory at
work in the next street" The singing
was a multiplication table, he claim
ed. lugubrious. ponderous and monot-
onous. Bret Harte executed the idea
better than most of the others. Not
long ago the newspapers were full of
Jokes about Wagner. Now he and all
other great composers are accepted
simply as great writer's or great paint
ers, and Bret Harte, If he were alive
today, would scarcely produce the
same joke.--Collier's.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
An Attsntiua Class

The College Of France, founded in
Paris by Francis l., offers at the pres
ent day not only strictly academic in.
struction. but opportunities for the
higher education in general. The fol-
lowing anecdote from the Colour of
Paris shows how far the college car
ries its scrupulousness. Every scien-
tifc subject, even the most abstruse.
will continue to be taught there as
long as one solitary individual in all
Europe desires to pursue 1t. Certain
courses are followed by two or three
persons only They tell the story of
professor of mathematics. This pro-
fessor. who was extremely absent.
minded had lectured for a whole year
TO only one pupil He was perfectly
satisfied that ii should be so. but 1t
occurred to him one day that he ought
to congratulate his rare disciple and
he accordingly did so.
Monsieur does not recognize me-"
replied the pupil Il am monsieur's
coachman, and always wait here un-
I'll monsieur has finished his lecture"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20

FNNtdo
Describing feature of a fight be-
tween Turkomans and Kurds in Per-
sia, traveller says: "The Turkomans,
who always fight on foot. were ulti-
mately defeated with heavy loss, and
many prisoners were taken. and still
more captiVes were released Among
the Turkoman prisoners was an old
man of ninety, who said that he had
Joined the expedition In order to Sc
cure a new wife. The damsel in ques-
ton came up during the interrogatory
and Drained her captor with a stone.
During these raids, past and present,
the Turkoman appeared to have en-
joyed a great and permanent advan-
tage In that neither Kurd nor Persian
ever carried off their women or chill
dren owing to their ugliness. The
Turkomans, on the other hand, pre-
ferred Persian to their own women
and thus had keen incentive, apart
from the purely commercial aspect, to
engage In these forays, in which no
mercy was ever shown to the aged or
weary."-Chicago News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
As They Used to View the Plague.


An old work, little book published
in Cologne In 1865 under the title of
"Geistliche und Leibliche Arzteney
Wider die Pest" gives a crude ex-
planation of the plague and Its raw
ages. We learn that 1t is due to the
eccentric movement of the planets,
eclipses of the moon or sun, inunda.
tions, earthquakes, famines and wars
Often also 1t follows the bad effiuvium
set up by pigs. ducks and geese. 1t is
frequently attributable to the anger of
God for mans sins, such as injustice
in the law courts, the oppression Of
subjects by their rulers, the dearness
of goods. the dance and gaming.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
The Bath In History.

Hygiene. even cleanliness. is a mod
ern notion. ut Is not necessary" says
Miss Margaret Macmillan in ''The State
and the Child" ito go back to Queen
Elizabeth, who bathed twice a year
and always in fear and within call of
two physicians, or to Queen Anne. who
lost eighteen children, In order to find
people who set bad example. The
children of the worst areas today are,
after all, no dirtier than were the
court ladies of yesterday"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
Glacier Ownership Maps.

Up to date blue print, present owner
ship maps of the Hood River valley are
for sale at the Glacier office. This man
is in two sections, the lower and the
upper valley. 1t has the roads and
streams marked and the names OF and
owners written over their tracts. The
price OF the map complete is 81. viii
be sent to any address postpaid upon
receipt of the price.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
L Was Touoi,.

man was at breakfast at a hotel
and encountered piece Of tough beef.
steak. Having failed to make an i'm.
preston on 1t, he quietly laid down
bis knife and fork and remarked to
the company, Ladies and gentlemen,
it's my opinion that this steak is an
infringement on the Goodyear patent"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20

After Keller had become head of
the Lick observatory and died there
and his ashes were brought back TO
Allegheny for burial it was his friend
Brashear who sealed them up in their
last resting place. hollow in the sup
porting pillar of the thirty inch re-
flector, which is Keeler's memorial
McClure's.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20

Right in your busiest season when
You have the least time to spare You are
most likely to take diarrhhoea and last
several days time, unless You have
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dia-
rrhoea Remedy at hand and take dose
on the first appearance of the disease.
For sale by all dealers.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
Practical.

The Deck Passenger-T notice all of
the steerage passengers bolt their food.
/ wonder why. The Steward-They
bolt their food to keep 1t down.-Cbi-
cago News.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
Not the LiitiA Thinns

at is the little things in this world
that cause us the most trouble"
mot In my business" replied the
shoe clerk. ITS the big things the
owners of which want to put into lit
tie shoes Houston Post.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20
Gave Him Time.

Judge walled the prisoner, ''can't
you give me little time to think this
thing over?"
Certainly" replied the magistrate.
six months" Philadelphia Record.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-07-20

sour host is rather a dreadful per-
SON He doesn't even know how to
speak correctly"
mo; he speaks with a pronounced
business accent"-Tife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-27
HAUNTS THE HORN
The Phantom Ship that Shows Itself
Near the Cape is Really Rock.

The Phantom Ship that Shows Itself
Near the Cape is Really a Rock.
The phantom ship seen in the vi
cinity of Cape Horn IS, as has been
proved by the investigation of various
photographic bureaus. nothing more
or less than a rock which under GER
tain atmospheric conditions bears a
deceptive resemblance to ship.
Very often vessels coming from Eu-
rope to the west by way of Cape
Horn have been startled to see what
appeared to be a derelict with the
water washing over her deck. If the
sailors were of an Imaginative turn
they would invest the unknown ship
with ghostly qualities and call her the
Flying Dutchman or sometimes the
ghost ship" of LIE Marie. from the
strait of that name, where she was
usually seen.
One Of the stories which have been
fated Crown OF Italy, which sighted
the supposed derelict and subsequently
went ashore. The Crown of Italy was
standing close to the jagged black
rocks at the entrance to the strait of
lie Marie when she sighted what
seemed to be a waterlogged bark
drifting on the rocks Of the strait.
Many other ships rounding the Horn
have seen a similar apparition, and the
various photographic offices Of the
world have received many reports to
that effect.
Some years ago the Norwegian bark
Servia got into Seattle with the tale
of a phantom ship that almost exactly
corresponded to that given by the
Crown of Italy. The second officer Of
the Norwegian vessel declared that he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-27

It has generally been supposed that
the queen actually had much to do
with preventing Intervention by Eng
land Charles Francis Adams, son of
the American minister to Great Brit
ain at that time, denies this, and in
recent address before the New York
Genealogical society read from his
fathers papers extracts to show that
it was really Lord Palmerston who
was instrumental in preventing Great
Britain from taking up the cause OF
the south Palmerston disliked Glad
stone, and when the Grand Old Man"
who then was not old at all, although
he may have been grand. made his IA
nous speech at Newcastle. in which he
said among other things that Jefer-
son Davis had made "a nation" Pal
merston rebuked him, and the pro-
posed Intervention was dropped At
this particular time Queen Victoria
was too much engrossed with family
matters to bother about mere affairs
Of state. Does this end the pleasing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-05-27

oecKs awash drifting in through the
strait 1t was this report that led our
government officers to make public the
declaration that the phantom ship was
nothing but a combination of rocks
and shadows.
The numerous reports OF derelicts or
ghost ships always appearing in the
same place led even the Argentine
government to look into the matter.
A tender was sent out from the near
by lighthouse with the object of max
ing an investigation, and It was found
that the spparition was due to a
strange freak OF nature. Among the
black jagged rocks that Inns both
sides Of the strait Of lie Marie there
Is one In particular which, under GER
tain atmospheric conditions, bears a
deceptive likeness to a ship. The
formation OF the rocks and the shad-
ows they cast combine to produce the
effect of a bark running under short
sail
The passage through the strait Of
LIE Marie is not often made. Steamers
shorten the route by going through
the strait of Magellan, while sailing
the safe side by going still farther
south and rounding the Horn itself.
Only under the most favorable condi-
lions OF weather do they slip through
the strait of lie Marie on the outward
trip, going toward the southwest, but
never when bound for the north. For
this reason many old sailors have
never met the ghost ship or the rock
ship.
Those who have seen 1t give mi
mute description OF the rock and testify
to it's striking resemblance to a ship.
1t seems to be standing head on, point
ing to the south and low in the water.
The sails are shortened as they would
re in what sailors call half a gale.
The whole formation is very dark, as
if the hull were painted black and the
sails weather beaten. 1t has three
masts and is higher on the fore than
on the main. Upon coming on the side
of the vessel the illusion vanishes and
the whole thing resolves itself into
condemnation of black rocks. The
perpetual fog Of these regions helps,
of course, to befuddle the vision.
The rock looking like ship is by no
means a rare natural formation. Al
most every sailor has seen one in some
part of the world. In the Clipperton
islands there is a great white rock
looking like a three masted schooner
leaning on the wind with her royals
set and the sun shining on her white
sails.
About six or seven miles west of
Honolulu there is rock known as
French Frigate rock because once
upon a time a French frigate went
ashore on it. The cliffs looked so
much like a ship that the frigate was
deceived and thought she was meeting
another vessel.
st. Paul island, in the middle of the
Atlantic. is said to look very much like
a ship when approached from certain
direction, but it is a place that mari
ners prefer to give wide berth. -Har-
per's Weslzly.