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Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-04-30
APRIL RAINFALL
OVER FOUR INCHES
Crop Conditions Throughout
County Were Never Better.
Acreage Pla ed Double
that of any Previous Year.
THE SOIL IS IN EK-
CELLENT CONDITION


Reports are coming in from ali
parts OF the county showing that
The farmers are taking greater in
terest in planting crops than at any
previous time in the history Of the
county. This part of New Mexico
has produced fair crop every year
for he last three years and IT seems
that this season starts in with bet.
ter prospects thao ever.
The soil at this time of The year
was never in better condition.
The rainfall for April up to last
week, rs shown by the U S regis.
ter was four and one quarter inches
Everywhere The dirt tanks and
small lakes are full to overfowing,
thus assuring an abundance of wat
or for stock during the summer
months.
The Hondo and Bonito streams
are reported as being somewhat
swollen, and much damage has
beeu done in that section due to
the highwater.
The amount of land put IN this
year in the Carrizozo Valley will
double that Of any previous year
Most OF the crops that have been
planted are up and growing
nicely, and II warm weather con-
tinues for a couple of weeks a
great many Of the homesteAds
will look like real eastern or
northern farms
Wheat and oats have been plant
ed this spring and il is thought that
these cIops can be successfully
grown here IN drier seasons than
this one promises to be, by suppl
menting the rainfall with we'll irri.
CATION, which great many OF the
farmers are doing
No forage plant has spread so
rapidly owe the middle west with
in the last three years ss Sudan
grass The SOUTH west Trail the
agricultural paper of the Rock Is
land Lines, recently devoted a
whole issue to this grass. II was
introduced into the United Stat es
several years ago from the arid
region of northeast Africa, known
as "The Sudan" II is a member oi
the sorghum family and resembles
the Johnson grass Although il
looks like Johnson grass IL is in no
way like it in its habits When
once it gets start. Johnson grass
spreads rapidly. reproducing from
underground stems and crowdine
out all other small vegetation
Sudan grass is reproduced only
from the seed aud the plant dies
root aud all every year, thus there
is absolutely no danger Of It's doing
damage to other crops Sudan al.
50 makes better hay than John
son grass, being more tender aud
containing larger per cent OF
food The seed Of this plant in
former wears sold as high as two
dollars a pound but it is now with
in reach Of all selling at twenty
five cents pound Nearly every
progressive. farmer in Lincoln
county should plant at least Il
pound Of the seed.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-04-30
DISTRICT COURT HOLDS
TWO DAYS TERM
Judge Medler Opened Court
Here Monday for Lincoln
County and Disposed of
Several Civil Cases
APPOINTS JURY COMMIS-
SlONE RS FOR ENSUING YEAR

Judge Meder opened the regular
term of the district court for this
county at the court house here last
Monday, without iuries A mum
Der Of civil matters we're taken up
aud passed on by the Court, the
more important cases, however
being continued until later date.
On the criminal side Of the
court, Edmond Raymond's bond
was reduced 20 S259'00, the deien-
dent being before the court on "A
writ of habeas corpus. The bond
was made withoIt difficulty and
the defendant given liberty He is
alleged to have been implicated in
the Dunn ruLbery case last October,
la he habeas corpus proceedings
instituted by he defendants in the
matter Of the State vs j. j, Ayers
aud Harriet Mclvers, held to the
grand jury by the examining mag
istrate On the charge OF adultry,
the court discharged the parties,
indicating hat In crime OF. this
nature the complaint must SHOW
continuing offence which Is SO open
and notorious as to constitute n
nuisance
fom Riley pleaded guilty to an
information charging him with
forgery and was given term of
one year in the penitentiary Riley
forged the name Of p, Il. Hardcasile
10 two checks, which he passed on
local merchants, for about $50 o.
Guellemo Torres, after pleading
guilty to an information in which
he was charged with assaulting his
wife, was given n peniieniiary sen
tence OF one year.
Geo. Irwin, 10 the confinement
from the justice court. from which
he had been bound over TO the
grand jury on charge Of burglary
perferred against him by the rail
road company for breaking into u
box car, was called before the
court aud discharged from custody
at the same time being by the Judge
ordered to get out Of the jurisdiction
of the court without delay.
Chris Sewing was brought over
from Fort Stanton on complaint
asking that his sanity be inquired
ito, he was taken before The court
aud aljudged to be Of unsound
mind A commitment was ordered
aud The patient WAS taken to the
asylum at Lus Vegas.
An Older OF the court was entered
giving The cnunly commissioners
permission "a sell tbs old court
house and lail, and the lea estate
pertaining thereto, under he pro
Visions Of he statutes Further
action in this matter will doubtless
he taken by the commissioners A.
the July NEE ing of the board
J The jury commissioners appoint
! ed for the ensuing year are II s
J Campbell Cartizozo, Geo Tits
worth, Captain FIoreucio Chavez,
Lincoln. The commissioners will
meet here Saturday Of this week
for the purpose OF preparing the
jury list
; The court now stands adjourned
TO the call oi The court.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-04-30
DAY OF RECKONING
WILL Be IN 1916
A Dispatch from Washington,
d. c., Tells how Legislation
is Being Done by the New
Administration
PRESIDENT HAS SIGNED
MANY CRUDE LAWS

The legislative history Of two
years OF Democratic rule was com
pleted March 4 Those two years
have been marked by one OF the
most active periods OF law-making
this country has ever seen. With
house re- ady and able to execute
his DEGREES down 20 the last word
aud with a working majority in the
Senate, President Wilson took the
oath of office March 4, 1913. With
prophetic eagerncss he summoned
Congress in extra session a month
after With the exception Of six
weeks Of respite | as fall the party
machinery has been in operation
ever since, grinding out experimen
tai laws that effect every phase of
our social and commercial life
What dues a study OF that record
sbow2
II discloses the fact that during
thst time the Democratic Congress
has enacted and the Democratic
President has signed more crude;
imperfect and nugatory laws than
ever we're written during the same
length Of time by any American
Congress 1t furnishes an indict
ment of haste and lack Of legisla
tive intelligence that is bound ia
be humilIating to the party respon-
sible.
Tha, there has been a ,-emend.
ous quantity Of legislation cannot
be denied More than four hun.
dred public laws have been placed
upon the statue books bv the
Democrats since they came into
power. These are designated pub
lic' because they appropriate mon
ey for general purposes or effccl
general law. In addition TO these
hundreds Of private hills. have beer
passed
Those who have closely observed
the methods Of Legislation used by
the Democratic majority are no
surprised at the faulty results Tn,
present administration has been ad
mittedly notable, even notorious
for it's steamr roller short cuts il
enactine laws. Every impurlun
bill passed has been put through
with small consideration beyon,
that oI party experience As SCOT
as the president proposed law
then the causus approved it, tn
majority rushed it through. .commit
tees aud back to the President 70
his signature, all with ~ little debai
rs possible, and under iron ella,
special rules and permitted n
chance for intelligent consideration
or amendment.
Il Is conceivable lha, few bill
might be put through leeeslativ
body in this way aud emerge il
perfect form, But TO use sue
methods indiscrimlnalely, as tn
Democratic Congress has done,
practically TO insure the enaclmen
Of laws which future Congress mus
either repeal or spend many week
to amend. This is the task whic
Democratic haste and lustful use q
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30
Lists s.lOss, -l459,- 14eO.-1ls

RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
NATIONAL FOREST.
M Office is hereby given that the lands de-
IN scribed below, embracing 659.45 acres,
within the Chugach National Forest Alaska,
will be subject 20 settlement and entry under
the provisions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act Of June IL, 1905
Ga Stat, 233), at the United States land Of
fee at Juneau, Alaska, on August l6, 1913.
Any settler who was actually and In good
faith claiming any of said lands for agricul-
tural purposes prior TO January /, 1905, and
has not abandoned same, has preference
right to make a homestead entry for the lands
actually occupied. Said lands were listed up
on the applications of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right subject 70
the prior right of any such settler. provided
such settler or applicant is qualified TO make
homestead entry and the preference right Is
exercised prior 10 August l6 1915. on which
date the lands will be subject to settlement
and entry by any qualified person The lands
embrace a tract of 1878 acreE, described by
metes and bounds as follows; Beginning at
Corner No. i, a spruce post in. X In.
It. Get In ground 60 feet distant from M.
H. L. Line on north side Of Turnagain Arm,
marked H-1 whence +, S. M. No. /, bears S. "a
deg. E., $50 chs. extending thence S. "a deg.
E., 3.19 cha. thence N. 40 deg. E., 1857 chs.
thence S. 90 deg. E. chs; thence s. 40 deg.
W., chs, TO Corner No. 8, identical with
Corner No. / of Potter Greek Ranger Station,
and the Forest Service Monument No. Il
thence meandering shore line S. 81 deg. f.,
.2l chs. thence S. $40 chs; thence s. 40
deg. rs min, f., IL chs. thence Il. ~ deg. D.,
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30
ATTORNEYS IN TANANA
PASS FORTH REMARKS.

In the case of DR.. Hall in Fairbanks,
the district attorney and the attorneys
for the defense seem to not get along
very well together For instance the
Fairbanks News-Miner says:
At > o'clock T. A. Marquam COM
meuced the concluding argument for
the defense. During the course Of has
argument, ne accused District At
toney Roth of having bOlstered up
the whole case and having fixed the
witnesses. He said that he was sur
prised that the district attorney had
not "ixedup" a better case while he
was about it, and said that he knew
that if he (Marquam) had been doing
it, he would have done so. Although
weary from rs hard work in the case
Mr.. Marquam made an able talk to
the jury, which consumed the greater
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30

40 chs. thence NJ 81 deg. W., $500 chs
thence S. AZ deg. W., 40 chs. 10 the place Oh
beginning, listed upon application OF W. I.
Bust, Sunrise. Alaska: List 6-lO95' a tract
as follows: Beginning at Corner No. l.
whence Forest Service Monument hereinafter
described, bears N. 62 deg. e. 2265 chs. eA-
tending thence S. 80 chs; thence >. 90 Deg
W., 42.S9 chs. thence N. AZ chs; thehe.
meandering south shore Of Knik Arm so feet
back from line OF ordinary high tide, n. 80
deg. E., 7chs. S. n deg. r., 1000 chs. I;
thence n. SO deg. f., $50 chs. thence N. ~
deg. f., $50 chs; thence N. Of deg H. S'oO
chs, TO the place of beginning. Forest ser,
vice Monument consists of an iron pipe Z
inches In diameter 30 inches long, set In
ground on the south shore of Knik AN at the
month of Knik River 1870 links back from the
mean high tide, punched +. >. Nj. ii. whence
North end of conspicuous butte on lett Dahh
Of Knik River bears N. II deg. 80 min. b.. z
miles distant. Snow peak north of Matanuska
River bears N. 80 deg. so min. T.. and Snow
peak south of Knk River bears 5. SO deg. r..
Listed upon application OF George II. Nahte,
Susitna, Alaska; List 6-l459. a tract Oh
l2O22 acres, described by metes and bounds as
follows. Beginning at Corner No. on south
sbore of Knik Arm, 60 feet back from line OF
ordinary high tide, a post in. din. ~
act two feet In ground marked h-I
whence Forest Service Monument hereinafter
described) bears S. 100 links distant extend
inc thence along south bhoIe Ol MIN nm
feet from mean high tide line; N. 81 deg 10
min. e, chs. thence N. "a deg 30 min E,'
6 chs; thence N So deg f., chs. thence NJ
rs deg f., II chs. 20 Corner No. 2 whence
Corner No. l. of st. Clair claim mo. 496
hears NJ so deg. 30 min. F., 20.3O chs; ex-
tending thence s. 1921 chs: thence >. rs
deg Is min W., 1851 chs; thence N. 2S:2S
chs. TO the place Of beginning. Forest Service
Monument consists Of an iron pipe 2 inches
in diameter and 30 inches long set In ground
on south shore Of Knik Arm nv the mouth OF
Knik River, 100 links back from mean high
tide. marked +. S. NJ. H., whence North end
of conspicuous butte on left bank Of knik
River bears N n deg. 30 min. F., approx
mateIy miles. Snow peak north of mata-
nuska River bears ~ 30 deg. 80 min. f., Snow
peak south of Kirk River bears s. 60 deg h.
listed upon application of Roger G. McNally,
Susitna, Alaska: List 6-i460. tract Of
1898 acres, described by metes and bounds
as follows: Beginning at Corner No. J.,
most 4 inches X Hnches 4 feet marked Hell,
whence Corner No /, Of Frank Brown
Homestead No. 80. covered by List 6-6l6'
bears s. "a deg. 10 min. T., 22.63 chs; eN-
tending thence n. 44.9S chs. thence meander-
ING the south shore Of Knik Arm go feet back
from line of ordinary high tide, 5. rs deg. W.
~ chs; thence S. so deg. W., 2S chs. thence
s 81 20 chs thence f.. 1922 chs, 10 the place
of beginning, listed upon application OF ). r.
Hunt, Kink Alaska List 6-l46l. April II,
l9l5. c. NJ. BRUCE. Assistant Commissioner
of the General Land Office.
Date Of first publication June 10, 1910
Date Of last publication July z. 1915.
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30

actually occupied Said lands were listed up.
on the applications Of the persons mentioned
below who have a preference right subject 70
the prior right OF any such settler. provided
such settler or applicant Is qualified e. make
homestead entry and the preference right is
exercised prior 20 August l6. 1915. on which
date the lands will be subject TO settlement
and entry by any qualified person. The landa
embrace a tract of 10000 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows; Beginning at
Corner No. l. a spruce post set In ground on
west bank Of Moose creek and on cast side OF
Military road marked H-l extending thence
N. % deg. E. 1870 chs thence N. 1900 cha.
thence N. 60 deg. W., 50 chs; thence W. '40
chs. Forest Service Monument No 3, nRrd
rock boulder marked +. s. M. ii. 3, benrs
S. 81 deg. W., 6.2S chs, from corner No. b 4;
extending thence 5. 20 deg. W., 1923 chs
thence s. 60 deg f., 1880 chs, TO the place
Of beginning. listed upon application OF
. Roland Weaver Seward, Alaska List 6-lb4v.
tract of 100 acres, described by metes and
bounds as follows: Beginning at Corner NO.
!. whence Forest Service Monument No.. T.
bears ~ 90 deg. W., $50 chs; extending
thence s. 10 deg W.. 40 chs; thence y. 80
deg. T.. 40 chs thence y. 10 deg. f., 40 chs. /;
/ thence n so deg w. {: 40 chs, 20 the place OF
I BEGINNING Forest Service Monument No. z
/ consists Of a granite boulder marked +. y. M
/ Z i'm place at edge of mean high tide line on
/ the eastery shore Of Cook Inlet between
/ Moose and Boulder points n. 10 deg. e., lS4O
]
Listed upon application of Martin Johnson,
Kenai. Alaska; List 6-l55O tract OF 100
acres. described by metes and bounds as fol-
loves: Beginning at Corner No. whence the
Forest Service Monument hereinafter deS-
seribed). bears S. SO deg. b., $3.50 chs; eX-
tending whence w. 1880 chs. thence 5. 1884
chs: thence +. a.. 90 chs; thence N. 2.64
chs: thence Wondering the left bank OF
/ Resurrection Creek N. IS deg. 30 min. W., 80
chs; thence N. % deg W.. 1903 chs thence
N. Ia deg. E.. 7.25 chs. thence N. 20 deg. W.
$40 chs to Corner No. 6, whence Corner No
s of Hope Ranger Station bears n. 20 deg
w. 60 links: thence W. l.43 chs; thence >
$50 chs; thence w. l.50 chs. thence N.
chs: thence w. .9l chs: thence N. chs.
thence N. 20 deg. 30 min W., 1920 chs, to
the place Of beginning. Forest Service Monu.
ment consists OF an iron pipe, punched f. )
NJ situated on the western extremity OF
bench on east side of Resurrection Valley
known as "Afonacy Point" approximately :.
mile northeast from the town of Hope neal
right bank Of Bear Creek. whence Corner NO
3 Indian Cemetery bears S. so links. Liste'
upon application of William ID. Wolf, Hope
Alaska: List 6-l554 April H.. 1915, G. M
Bruce. AssistsLt Commissioner OF the Gener
al Land Office.
Date of first publication June l6, 1915
Date OF last publication July z, 1915.
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30

The press associations spending much in egapng
the details three almost the Of the worst class Of
Evelyn before the footght with
Harry as sort Of supporter Mrs Gedd being plural
OF Ees, whatever third
plural might England wrought up fghtf pitch by the
killing Of plural n a bathtub.
that very popular great associations must
know to be popular or why should the world
Now why popular? Why should consider it interesting
read three plural whose chief claim
ame read Of historical events or mighty astO
nonca events any bearing the greater
things Of existence? The fact we the personal be
cause persons all Of the personal things read
see something either by contrast to
speak happily reads and wonders why Gddes wanted his
three pas or why Eughman of his three puas
The other sort of wonders perhaps why Geddes wasn't the unatc
asylum inslea Of Thaw
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30

Golfers Weekly recently published letters which showed that
supporters believed the publication be prOGeman while
some po-Gemau proEngsh is really difficult to be
absolutely neutral in appearance might be
appear objection from side another You
know any uttered for whom we know
fully of and all believe thai the side we are
opposed to is wrong happens very often that beliefs and not the
enemy is at fault nothing wrong about all this We do not let
prejudice entirely
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30
FAILED TO OPEN COAL
MINE LOSES CLAIM.

JUNEAU.-The local land Office
yesterday received a copy of the deci-
sion of the general land Office in the
case of the United States VS.. Wendell
Mclaughlin, involving the latter's
coal claim in the Boring River field,
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30
part Of two hours.

part Of two hours.
District Attorney Roth made the
closing argument for the government.
He threw the "dirt" back at the at
torney for the defense, saying in sub
stance that Mr.. Marquam was right
whe he said that he (Marquam) would
have fixed up a better case if ne had
been doing it, as he was the best fxer
in Fairbanks. The district attorney
then declared that that was just what
ne was up against in every case in
which Mr.. Marquam was on the other
side.
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30
Lists 6-1sis.-i55O.-I55i.
TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
NATIONAL FOREST

Office is hereby given that the lands de-
IN scribed below, embracing 4S0.O4 acres,
within the Chugach National Forest Alaska
will be subject 20 settlement and entry under
the provisions Of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act Of June II, 1906
Ga Stat. 1881, at the United States land OF
flee at Juneau, Alaska. on August l6, 1915.
Any settler who was actually and in good
faith claiming any Of said lands for agricul-
tural purposes prior TO January /. 1905, and
has not abandoned same, has a preference
right 20 make a homestead entry for the lands
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30

A quartz ledge carrying values Of
$3.50 per ton was discovered last fall
near Dawson. The discoverer has
been at work on his find and reports
that after running 20 feet of tunnel
he will put a one stamp mill on the
ground and believes he will be able
to develope the property from the re-
turns of the mill.
The Seward gateway., 1915-06-30

and sustaining the decision Of the
local land office that Mclaughlin, or
his grantOrs, had failed to open a coal
mine on the property.
This claim was originally located by
f. J. Rathbone Of Seattle, who con-
veyed it to the defendant. No evil
dence was submitted in support of the
charges Of fraud and they were dis
missed.
The claim in question contains 100
acres Of valuable coal land.-Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-22
MOVIES" FORTY
FIVE YEARS OLD
FIRST WE'RE SHOWN IN PHILA-
DELPHIA ON FEBRUARY S,
1870

1t was on February s, 1870, that
the FIRST moving pictures were shown
to the work in Philadelphia. They
were not like the clever pro-
duotions OF the movie houses today,
but were pitiably crude. But they did
damned into the Academy of Music
to witness the unique pictures mar
yelled at the dancing gyrations Of a
figure that seemed to be life-iike on
the screen And so the movies We're
originated.
Today tho moving picture f1im
reaches every city, town and hamlet
in every civilized country. 1t is the
poor mans boon, wherein the peoples
Of the world, the scenery of strange
lands. and the drama so dear to his
heart are placed before him in real
istic beauty for a nickel or a dime.
This great invention had its early
troubles, like many other things. and
1t was many years before mans inger
uity trained the camera to register on
its miles OF ribbon the raels of seen
cry, tragedy and comedy and add so
greatly to a mans playttme joys and
his education. Back in 1870 the fieXi-
BILE ribbon films and instantaneous ex-
posureS were unknown and 1t was
necessary to limit the views to those
which could be taken by time exposure
on wet plates. These pictures were
taken with care and great patience,
and were reproduced on very thin
glass plates.
The device holding them con-
sisted of skeleton wheel divided into
eighteen parts into which the plates
were fastened. The wheel as 1t revolved
threw upon the screen. by use of the
crude magic lanterns of those days
the various pictures in succession just
as our present movies throw them
in rapid succession by use OF the pow
erful electric or acetylent light
1t was Henry r. Heyl who first gave
the world proof that pictures could be
made to move, After long and careful
preparation Of his wheel he named
his invention the ''plasmatrope," and
showed its tnarvels at the Academy Of
Music. He turned the wheel by hand
and there appeared on the screen q
dancing figure. When the orchestra
struck up q tune, he regulated the
turning whee! 30 that the dancers
seemed to be human. keeping time
with the music. Of course his move
1nents were limited, for there were but
few plates. and the continuous turning
Of the wheol brought cathtnK but re-
petttion. Howsvsf. he effect had ban
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-22
BuIiing His Dog into Tickets.

A New Hampshire delegate to the
American Druggist Syndicate Conven-
ton in session al Madison Square Gar
den, approached Mr. George Leighton.
OF the Tyson Company, at his offices,
with "a handsome year-old Boston bull
terrier on leather leash.
What can 7 do for you. sir?'' que1-
led Mr.. Leighton, affably.
I Give me four front row tickets for
this evenings performance of To-
nights the Night at the Shubert The
alter, and you can have the bulldog"
Offered the New EnrIander
Since the canine is a biue-rthboned
Thoroughbred. Mr.. Leighton petaoin
thorough bred, the bargain was accept
ed Immediately, Mr.. leighton paying
for the four seats himself. The terrier
has been added to Mr. Leighton's list
Iof household servants IN the capacity
sof watchdog.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-22

produced. and human imagination had
Tor the first time seen man dance
on screen, Heyt also showed an
acrobatic reel" and was able to get
a life-like effect by stopping the wheel
at the completion OF somersault.
The announcement printed at the time
described tde invention thus:
This is @ recent scientific inventsca.
designed to give various objects aad
figures upon the screen the most grace
full and iife-llke movements. Men ara
seen walking. running. and perform
ing feats in most perfect imitation OF
real life. This instrument is destined
to become n most valuable auxiliary
TO the appliances for illustration, and
we have the pleasure OK having the
first opportunity of presenting its
merits to an audience
That the prediction then made has
been fulfilled far beyond the dreams
OF It's Inventor Ia attested by the uni
versaI use OF the movies"