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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

sculptor noted down mlnutely, numerOuSly,
all her exact measurements in order to repro
duce such a perfect anatomy in marble; Four
weeks later, in verifying the measurements be-
fore an incredulous confrere, he was astonished
to discover that not a single one concorded;
the accidentally perfect anatomy had budged
all along the line-toward the voluptuous
beauty priced by common mortals!"
A the maniere de s. en- ~servir!" unused.
Il accuse not only the young girls green
acidity, her forming body, sleeping tempera-
ment, and crudity of mind summed up Otero.
I'm northern lands, the sleeping parts may get
the sand out Of their eyes by Twenty-Five; but,
even then, years pass In looking round and
wondering what this world may mean. So, at
thirty, the average young woman, loaded down
with natural arrogance and ideas that have
been imposed upon her, tranquilizes a grow
ing disquiet by repeating to herself: y m a
young thing!' Up to thirty-iye the ~satisfac-
ton of ruling may have been her chief profit.
Now she wakes completely to the pulsing life
of things, knows herself and-dismayed by
sense of loss-plunges avidly, or else"
Or else, discouraged, sinks back, muir
muring: I am an old thing!'" I finished the
sentence for her.
"That's it," laughed otero. "If she grows
panic-stricken, she enters the terrible quaran-
tame indeed. They may be the terrible for
ties or the splendid %forties,' as she makes
them, as her world permits her, or as she dom
mates it, with happy insouciance brushing
aside every obstacle and finging herself into
the harmonies of an instrument finally at
tuned. Then she is truly terrible-terribl to
younger, undecided women whom she mocks
and bamboozles, borrowing their admirers from
them out OF pure lightheartedness terrible to
men, on whom she avenges the neglect Of
years to comet"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

acts: desire, seduction, tragic triumph. Never
has dramatic work expressed femininity with the
grace, mystery and intensity of those three
scenes. Now, look you, in the south of Spain
they say it takes eight years to form a
flamenco. Perfection is unattainable; because
this eXhausting dance-twelve minutes!-show
me a danseuse of the opera who will accept a
variation of twelve minutes-contains three
roles that are unconnected: the ingenue, thu
amoureuse, and the tragedienne. One ought
to he sixteen years old to dance the first
and forty to dance the end of the drama, in
which Rubia, magnificent at fifty, fixed the
tradition
Madame" l asked, lis it possible that you
are old enough to dance that third act?"
II am forty-one,' she laughed. Il had made
two trips to the United States before l settled
in Paris in 1891; and | was just of age when
starting out. If ! am not worn like some great
flamencas. it is thanks to the life of Paris.
Those who remain In Spain use themselves up,
monsieur. 1t is a magnificent public, but it
f~atigues the artistic. In Paris, the good people
interest themselves as much in my. Jewels and
accept what / give them. So I have been able
~ live reasonably. Luxury is good for a wom-
an Of se!f-control. Those soft creatures who
lie around and ~overeat, ! have no patience
with them! have always had unconscious
training from my work, though owe mucn 10
the Turkish bath. :"
The Hammam 2" | asked.
mo, no; | have a sweat-box in my apart
ment fitted with fifty electric-light bulbs. |
often take it four times a week when not
dancing. followed with a tepid douche, turning
cold. There is an apparatus to brighten young
beauties, monsieur"
Certainly a remarkable woman. On the
stage, from Copenhagen to Vienna, from Lon
don to Rome, she is known, always and above
all, as a beauty. She sings after a fashion
She has made successful ventures into pan
tomime. And now, at forty, she has made her
self an actress of merit, appearing in emotional
roles on the great Paris stage. Now. also, at
forty, she continues to pose for the best sell
ing beauty photographs on the European mar
Ret. After her COMES Lima Cavalieri, with nc
third In their class. Other beauties sell as
well in certain successful poses; but Oterc
and Cavalieri never cease posing.
Women of forty!" exclaimed Otero. "Wha'
pathetic disdain, what proud anticipation, wha'
unhappy acquiescence, fastening out to NEE
fate more than halfway, cause so many to ig
more their splendor and even wander into self
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
RICH IN OIL
Wells choked With Debris to Pre-
vent Natural Flow.
Conflicting Interests Have Long
Sought to Control the Output Of
Petroleum in the Rich Kat
ALA District.

Seattle, Wash.-A strange story
comes from the Katalla region. in
Alaska. Oil wells that were bored
half a dozen years ago, and prom
Used great returns In high grade pc
troleum, were never allowed to be-
come producers because of conflicting
interests that were seeking to drive
each other out. Recently new own
erships have prevailed. and the -four
principal wells near the town of Kat
ALA were found to be choked with
scrap iron, junk, and all sorts OF
debris. When the load was taken
out the wells flowed 2,100 barrels OF
oil a day.
For two years or more the country
has been discussing the Alaska coal
problem, pro and con. yet scarcely a
word Is ever said about the oil
fields which border the great north
ern coal areas. The country at large
hardly realizes that the Alaska oil
fields are the newest to be developed
on the American continent
The Katalla belt is a strip Of land
along the coast of Alaska adjoining
the Copper River delta, and extending
off eastward toward Mt st, Elias. To
the north is the Boring Lake coal
country, and through this territory oil
seepages + to be found.
The Indians of that district had no.
tticed these seepages, and had spoken
of them to the traders along the
coast, but 1T remained for Thomas
White, a pioneer of Alaska ven at
that time, to make the actual discov.
cry Of petroleum. He was hunting.
and on the trail of a bear, when he
stumbled across one Of these black
pools. To assure himself that he had
found oil he drew out a match,
scratched it, and touched the surface
of the pond. Instantly he was re-
warded with proof. White made the
first oil location in Alaska, and soon
there was a quiet stampede to the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
Qualified Praxer.

Marion's mother was i'll, and the
aunt who took her place at the head
Of the household piled the children
with unaccustomed and sometimes dis
liked articles of diet. One day, after
being compelled to eat onions. Marion
refused to say grace.
Then you must sit at the table I'M
til you are ready to say it," was the
aunt's stern Judgment. An hour or
SO later, when the brilliant sunshine
and impatient calls Of her comrades
together comprised an irresistible ap-
peal, Marion capitulated-thus:
ooh, Lord, make me thankful for
having had to eat horrid old onions,
If you can do it. But l know you
can't"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
THIS FAMILY WITHOUT TEETH
False Moiars, Used In Common by In.
diana Couple, Broken In q
Fight.

Elwood. Ind.-It is soup, hash and
the like for the subsistence Of Mary
Myerly and her aged husband now,
neither being able to eat solid food
since their n set Of false teeth,
which they used In common. was bro
ken In a fight between the two.
Called before the mayor to explain
an attack on her helpmate, Mrs. Myer.
ly said that her spouse was using the
teeth when 1t came her time to eat
supper and that he refused to give
them up to her. She said that she
then hit him over the head with a
rolling pin. The much used molara
fell from the old mans mouth and the
plato was broken.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
SubtIeties Of Portraits

they have been trying all their lives
to hide. He thinks the painter some
times does this unconsciously. The
following instance 10 more Or less IA
miliar, but he cites It as having come
under his personal direction.
IA strange case Of the revealing
power Of the portraitist,s art came
under my notice some time back. A
lady who was suffering from some all.
ment that bafied ali the doctors, was
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

family doctor was invited. He gazed
long and earnestly at the portrait, aft
err which he took the husband aside
and said to him: Now ! know what Is
really the matter with your wife
WE'LL answered the husband. what is
it?' Insanity was the doctors one
word. That lady died in an asylum
within q year. From Chronicle and
Comment In the Bookman.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

that were coiored by miilenniums OF
tropical sunshine, but in the course
Of time the Japanese will be as white
as any European. Even now there are
vast numbers Of Japanese who cannot
be distinguished in complexion from
the so-called white r~aces.-Japan
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

advised by her family medico TO try
travelling for a time; there was a
chance that such a change would Inn
prove her state Of health. The hus-
band readily fell In with this advice,
as he wanted his wife to be painted
by a distinguished foreign artist. DUR
ing her absence from home the lady's
portrait was painted and to the en-
tire satisfaction Of the husband. On
Their return home, a reception was or.
ranged to give their friends
ali opportunity Of seeing the great art
lists work. 10 that reception the lady's
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
After Studying Painting, Doctor Tells
Man His Wife IN AFFLICTED With
Insanity.

In his volume OF personal reniniss
rences. "The HerkomerssT Sir Hubert
won Herkomer refers to the aversion
many people feel toward sitting FOR
their portraits. He attributes II IN
part to their fear that the painting
will bring to light some trait that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
An UnsIeepino Youth.

what business do you think your
son will adopt"
@Can't say" replied Farmer Corn
tossel, but judging by the hours
Josh keeps, l should say he was a
urally cut out to be a milkman."
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
TO Freshen Gas Mantle.

Carbon deposits which blackcn a
gas mantle can be removed BY burn
ing q little common salt on the burn
or.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

Being a vice-president is almost as
unimportant as being the bridegroom
at a church wedding.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21

doubt! Love-
Illness is a liv-
ing thing made
of b e a u t y,
charm, grace
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
Cement Talk Noe

CCMGWt LAX mo-
Repairs are the
bane of the prop
erty owner. Today it is
new porch steps, tomor-
row it will be a new
sidewalk, soon it will be
a well curb. Why not
cut out bothersome
patchingf Why not build
those things once and for
all, using concrste2 1t will
stand the frost, rain and
sun for years, if you make
it carefully. Use clean,
coarse sand, we'll graded
gravel or crushed stone and
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CE-
MENT and stop that repair nuisance.
The best dealers sell UNIVERSAL
and are proud Of its record Of sue
cessful work. Ask them for helpful book
lets and prices or write us.
UNIVERSAL PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
IA W. ADAMS STREET. CHICAGO
ANNUAL OUTPUT 100000 BARRELS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-21
OMAN is Ioveliest at

sional beauty of the gay French capital.
She explained herself:
Il refer tozfne women. In health and
the enjoyment of rational Injuries, they
need only two things to triumph in the
charm of their full fowering-will to
keep in condition, and mastery of that
pathetic disdain which tempts them to
stand back in the shadow"
She rose and paced the room with cat
like grace. She snatched a mans hat
from the table. cooked it over her eye.
flung the end of a cloak over her shout
der, and struck an attitude.
II have our value impressed on me
ever IN the Spanish dance" she said.
1.-The grand dance of the flamenco!
WHAT a dance, monsieur, what a drama!
1t is the whole of woman's life in three
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
RIOT ATTENDS FIGHT.

New York, Aug. 31.-Emphatic pro
tests against the management OF the
big Wells-Brown fight here last night
poured in today on the police, news
papers. reform organization and those
state officials charged with supervis-
ion of boxing clubs. The ten round
battle was the first big fight staged
under the new Tammany law legaliz-
ing boxing, and it attracted a crowd
unprecedented in New York fight his.
tory. The receipts were $4,000.
Police reserves from eleven pre-
cincts had to be called out in an ef-
fort to restrain the throng which
packed the streets around Madison
Square Garden. With drawn night
sticks, the bluecoats repeatedly
charged the mob in riot formation
and finally resorted to the expedient
of closing up several streets.
The trouble began early in the
evening with a series of protests
against the manner in which the price
Of tickets to the fight was being
raised.
Wells had the best of the fight,
though no decision was given.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
TRACHOMA NOW
Under CONTROL
1T is LESS PREVALENT AMONG
THE INDIANS THAN is
TUBERCULOSIS

Santa Fe, N. NJ, Aug. 31.-Clinton
]. Crandall of Santa Fe, was elected
permanent chairman of the trachoma
conference of Indian educators and
physicians here.
DR.. Joseph A. Murphy. in charge of
the Indian medical service in the
United States, declared that trachoma
is less serious today than it was
year ago, because now the danger of
the spread of the disease has been
recognized and it is under control
Thirty-three per cent of the Pueblo
Indians have trachoma, he declared,
but there are several Indian villages
without single case, while in others
the percentage runs above fifty. Cures
have resulted in thirty per cent of the
cases treated and trachoma no longer
| is as serious a menace to the Indians
as is tuberculosis.
The abolishing of school wash ba-
sins, combs and towels, correct light
ing, better ventilation as well as
careful medical inspection are advo-
Gated not only in the Indian schools
but also in the schools for the whites
in the southwest.
The conference will adjourn tonight.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
GIVES MAYOR FREE HAND
BESIDES 1T TAKES AWAY GOV.
ERNoR's POWER TO REMOVE
HIM ON CHARGES
REFERS TO THE TERRITORIES
CONTRASTS PRESENT FIGHT
WITH THAT PRECEDING
STATEHOOD BATTLE

New York, Aug. 91.-The proposed
new charter for New York City, es.
pecially that part which increases the
powers of the mayor, is attacked by
Theodore Roosevelt, in an editorial
published today in The Outlook.
ter" says Colonel Roosevelt, upon
The methods of imposing a char.
the people of New York-it would be
rank absurdity to speak of the pro-
cess as granting a charter to the peo-
pie Of New York-by those in power
at Albany is unfortunate. The events
of the past session have made most
men feel that this is merely a round
about way of saying those in control
Of Tammany hall shall be given an
almost ideal illustration of how not to
act in the matter of self-government." /"
The former president objects partf
cularly to the provision for increasing
the mayors authority over the finan-
cial and educational systems of the
city and to taking away the governors
power to remove the mayor upon
charges. He also finds fault with
what he terms "the method of thrust
ing charter upon the city," and con-
trasts these methods with the wide
agitation and publicity that preceded
the adoption of constitution by Ari-
zona and New Mexico which contain
together not much more than one
tenth the population of New York"
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
SIGNAL PROHIBITION VICTORY
VETS SOUGHT A CHANGE TO THE
COMMISSION FORM OF
GOVERNMENT
SECOND DECISION ADVERSE
JUSTICE OF PEACE FRIENDLY TO
LIQUOR INTERESTS RETAIN
ED IN OFFICE

Santa Fe, N. M, Aug. 31.-The New
Mexico supreme court today handed
down two important decisions affect
ing the prohibition fight in Roswell.
The nti-prohibitionists of that city
in order to oust the dry municipal
government, presented petition ask
ing for an election for change to
the commission form of government,
! the petition being signed by 5S4 per-
sons. The city authorities refused to
grant the petition because many petit
TONERS withdrew their names and
others were not legal residents. thus
cutting down the petition below the
required five hundred.
The district court issued a writ of
mandamus to compel the granting of
the petition but the supreme court to-
day reverses the prohibition and de-
clares that the names were legally
taken from the petition and that the
WITH OF manuamuS TO compel the CITY
authorities to grant the petition shall
be dismissed. This is victory for the
prohibitionists.
But in the second decision, the
other side wins, for the court rules |
that justices of the peace are pre-
cinct officers and not county officers
and therefore not kept in office by the
enabling act which extended, until
the state officers take charge, the
terms of all territorial and county of
ficials.
The case was that of A J. Welter
VS.. M. w. Witt. The latter is the
present justice of the peace at Ros-
well and is unfriendly to the prohibi-
tionists. He succeeded Welter, a dry
advocate, who brought suit against
Witt to oust him, claiming that the
enabling act continued justices of the
peace in office and that Wits elec-
tion last January was therefore IL
legal,
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
.ELKS CONSIDER BIDS
FOR PROPOSED HOME
SIX CONTRACTORS SUMBIT Fig
URES-TUcUMcARI MAN MAY
GET CONTRACT.

In all probability the contract for
the construction of the new home for
the Las Vegas lodge of Elks will be
awarded to A. NJ. Horn, of Tucum-
carl The builsssr. committee of the
lodge held meeting last night in the
offices of Veeder and Veeder on the
Plaza and considered the bids pre-
sented by six contractors. The bid
of Mr.. Horn was found to be sew
eral thousand dollars less than that
of the other bidders. The bids ranged
from $31,950 down to $25,111. Mr..
Horns figure was for the construc-
tion of building of brown flashed
brick. ]. w. Harlan and Son of AL
buquerque bid $4,000 for a building
of stone
The building committee did not
make definite decision last night,
preferring to take some time for the
purpose of carefully considering the
most advantageous bids before letting
the contract. A meeting of the COM
mittee likely will be held the latter
part of this week at which time the
contract will be awarded Vogt and
Lewis of this city were the lowest
bidders for the installation of the
plumbing and heating systems and
the Loudowici Celadon company's bid
for the tile roofing was considered
best by the committee.
Mr. Horn is the architect who con.
structed the new Elks' home in Tu-
cumcari He is at present engaged in
the erection of an addition to the
Miners hospital in Ration.
Other bidders were J. A. Harlan
and Son and ]. w. McQuade, both of
Albuquerque; Hayes and Sperry of
Trinidad; M. M. Sundt and ]. X. Mar
tin, both of Las Vegas.
Architect E. w. Hart met with the
committee last night when the bids
were opened. Mr.. Hart drew the
plans for the club house, which were
accepted some time ago. Numerous
changes have been made in the or,
iginal plans, however. A revised de-
scription of the building will be pub.
lished in short time.
The total cost of the building will
be about 100000. 1t will be the finest
lodge home in New Mexico.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
GAS, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1911.

Alenjandro Sandoval, Bernalillo.
Joseph Mahoney, Deming.
George l.. Brooks. Albuquerque.
w. s. Strickler. Albuquerque.
Tito Melendez, Mora.
C. N. Blackwell. Ration.
F. ]. Quay, Carlsbad.
Silvestre Mirabal, San Rafael.
]. E. Griffith, Socorro.
R. H. Sims, Las Cruces.
Isidoro Armijo, Las Cruces.
H. D. Bowman, Las Cruces.
H. H. Belts, Silver City.
]. P. McCorkle, Hillsboro.
w. D. Upton, Tularosa.
R. S. Connell, Tularosa.
George B. Barber, Lincoln.
VIM. H. Mcintosh, Mcintosh.
B. C. Hernandez, TERRA Amarillo
Max Goldenberg, Tucumcari.
J. M. Cunningham, East Las Vegas
]. q. McAllister, Clovis.
E. A. Cahoon, Roswell
Smith Lea, Roswell.
Gregory Page, Gallup.
Joseph ], Jaffa, Roswell.
A. N. Pratt, Carlsbad.
Otto Dieckman, Albuquerque.
Charles Schleter, Clayton.
H. F. Reynolds, Albuquerque.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
TEN fireman HURT
IN 100000 BLAZE
FIRE IN cHIcAGo'S DOWNTOWN
DISTRICT THREATENED
MUCH PROPERTY.

Chicago, Aug. 31.-Fighting against
flames which swept through a four
story building in the downtown dis
trict today, ten firemen were slightly
injured by an explosion of chemicals
and before the fire was extinguished
100000 worth of property was de-
stroyed. The burning building was
two doors from the practitioners hos
pital and patients there were quieted
with difficulty by the attendants The
central exchange of the Chicago Tele-
phone company is also close to the
building and there was cessation of
work among the telephone operators
when the fire was at its height.
Las Vegas optic. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1908-1921, 1911-08-31
new RAILROADS
Will Be BUILT
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AND
SOUTHERN COLORADO RE-
JoIcE OVER NEWS.

| Denver, Aug. 31-With line pro
posed by the Southern Pacific from
| New Mexico into the coal fields neal
Durango, the reported building by tn,
Denver & Rio Grande of a STANDARD
gauge line north from Santa Fe, ant
the construction by recently incor
porated company of the Taos, Sierra
Nevada & San Francisco, across
northern New Mexico, through south
western Colorado into Utah, a new
era of prosperity is anticipated by
ranchers of southwestern Colorado
who are now without direct rail con.
nections for the marketing of their
products.
w. T. Bozeman of Cortez, who was
in Denver yesterday, is authority for
the statement that construction work
by the Taos, Sierra Nevada &5 San
Francisco will begin in the near fu.
ture. The proposed line will extend
from a point on the Rock Island rail-
road in eastern New Mexico to Farm.
ington, north into Colorado, through
the Montezuma valley to Monticello,
Utah, and later will be extended on
to the Pacific coast, according to his
report.
H. S. Wannamaker. president OF
the company, and J. Wright Giddings,
a Michigan capitalist, with a party
of surveyors, have gone over the
route and declared that no time will
be lost in commencing actual con-
struction work, Mr.. Bozeman said
The Rock Island, it is reported, is be-
hind the proposed line.
That southwestern Colorado is des-
tined to become the scene of early
railroad activity is borne out by re-
ports of numerous surveys made re-
Gently by engineers in the employ of
various railroads. The Southern Pa
cific line north through New Mexico
into Colorado has been regarded as
certainty for several years, with every
Indication pointing to the carrying out
of the project as soon as substantial
is shown in the general
railroad situation over the country.
A more recent report indicative of
railroad activity in that section is to
the effect that the Denved & Rio
Grande has secured control of the New
Mexico Central, from Santa Fe to
Torrance, N. NJ, and will extend the
line both to the north and south,
building southeastward into Texas
and broad-gauging, over new survey,
Its line north from Santa Fe into Col
orado.
Negotiations for the sale of the
New Mexico Central to the Denver &
Rio Grande were on some time ago
but were dropped. The road has been
in the hands of receiver for some
and, according to latest re-
ports, is now in the control of the
Rio Grande. aa9