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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

The report that II. o. Burs.lm, Re.
publican candidate for governor. has
promised the office of state game war.
den TO former warden Thomas 4. Ga
Bile. II Bursum Is elected, Is Il warning
10 the voters OF what kind OF game
protection they viii get in case tn"
Republicans carry the election. Tn"
foregoing comparison between the rec.
ord of Gable and that OF his Demo
cratic successor. Trinidad G. de Baca,
shows clearly that the state would
take IA disastrous backward step In
case Bursum Is enabled to carry out
his reported promise to Gable.
The remarkable Improvement in the
conduct OF IA" office OF game warden
since de BaCa took charge Is shown
beyond possibility OF dispute by the
records of the office. These records,
which ar" open TO anyone who wishes
10 see them, show that
While Gable ran the office for SIS.
poe a year and Was helped out by leg
i%slatiyC appropriation, de BaCa put II
on Il self supporting basis al $4,000 i
car
At an increase OF $1,000 a year dc
i'lCa mas 'II't'iN'IN poIlc"u me sta'e
vim II larS' l"Tc" OF ""pu'i"S' placed
III 'h' streams twice AS many Ilsh'
stocked III" game ranges win over
'"Icc as many quail iour times as
many OK ana iour times AS many
P~h'aSah'S
u" BaCa has distributed an average
OF approximately three times the
amount OF fish, birds and game at less
than half tn" cost which Gable found
necessary.
DE nocu has douhlnd the revenues
of the office
De Haca has secured , hott,r orric.
system. and "a sysioIn of canso
which forms AN absolute check ON he
deputies.
DE Baca I'm five wears has snrnt loss
than n other game state does in ON.
wear. with n larger arca and marc ar
iirult conditions than in any other
state.
The figures ON dc paca's admins.
tration. indicating that with Tho
means AT his ne has nrnh.
ably made - bcttrr showing han INV
other game warden I'm the I'ni,.d
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

Socorro Lillposter to cover up the Democratic advertis'
ing they also forced the crippled proprietor OF a Socorro
moving picture theater to discontinue the exhibition OF
Democratic campaign slides, under pain OF having his
license revoked.
The man in complete control in the town OF Socorro
is now the Republican candidate for Governor OF New
Mexico
He IL posing as the friend Of the Common People; as
the candidate of Fair Play and the Square Deal.
The pictures above tell a graphic story Of Fair Play
and a Square Deal
They graphically tell OF the manner in which power
is used in his home town, whore he is the municipal
head.
Are the voters Of New Mexico willing that this power
shall be enlarged TO take in the state?
Are they willing that honest, hard. working American
ctzsns shall be cocrced, intimidated and terrortzed'
Are they willing that Gag Rul" shall prevail in New
Mexico?
Are they willing 10 plaC" the executive machinery In
the hands OF a man who stands for such methods?
Are you living in Darkest Russia or Free America
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

w. A. HAWKINS, OF Ell Paso, gen.
ersI attorney for the Ell Paso d
Southwestern railroad: consulting
counsel for the Stag Canon Fuel
Company Of colfas county, the
second largest coal producer OF
New MEXICO, and Of other Phelps
Dodge concerns, and author Of the
notorious Hawkins personal dam
age suit law, a measure 50 unfair
to the traveller n the railroad
empioye injured on railroads that
Congress annuIled II; its passage
having been used later as an ar.
gument against the granting OF
Statehood to New Mexico.
These are the men, TAXPAYERS o
New Mexico. who went 10 Santa +,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

II. g.. Bursum, Republican candi'
date for governor. has been going
about the state for weeks announcing
to the people that the so-called Bur
sum tax law, passed by the 1915 Leg
islature, was the best possible "un-
der the circumstances
For once Mr.. Bursum has been
right. Here are two OF the principal
"circumstances"-in other words, the
men who framed the law:
CHARLES SPRINGER, Treasurer Of
the ST. Louis, Rocky Mountain &
Pacific Company Of coifas eoun'
~, a concern with a capital Of
Sfo,0O0,0 900, with assets OF 49,.
ooo, 900, and the greatest coal pro-
Queer Of New Mexico.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

during the last lcgislativ" session for
the specific purpose Of framing the
legislation to be placed on the
statute books OF New Mexico who
framed II. and who remained on guard
until It was safely through
Can you guess In who's" interest
they worked"
Was it in your interest, or in the
interest OF the powerful corporations
Of which they are high.salaried repre-.
scniit}rS?
Can S. imagine MIR. Springer and
mir. Ia,i: pending weeks In Santa
Fc IN cG'.' ~ with tax legislation
that wnu'! - ,ail he benefits and re-.
ducc a., profits of the corporations
in which they are Interested and
which they represent?
Can you imagin" them, out Of the
solicitude and sympathy for the small
taxpayer, striving 10 make his dream
OF equal taxation come true?
CAN YOU?
Bursum Also a Circumstance.
But Springer and Hawkins were not
the only circumstances" connected
with the passage Of tax Legislation by
the last Legislature. Another prinCi.
pal circumstance" was Mr. Bursum,
himself, whose name the tax law
bears, and Who stands sponsor for the
measure.
Springer and Hawkins framed the
tax legislation Bursum put II
through.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
Question: Why Did Gable Spend $4,000
on 100000 Fish When Do Baca Got
100000 Fish Without Cost to Stat02

BETWEEN REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CAMS
WARpENs SHOWS THAT LATTER HAS DOUBLED REVENUES or
OFFICE; HAS EFFECTIVELY PoLicEO THE STATE; HAS BROUGHT
IN THREE TIMES AS MUCH TROUT, GAME AND BIRDS At LESS
EXPENSE; HAS SOLD 1000 NONRESIDENT LICENSES TO PREoE-
cEssoR's ONE, AND HAS MADE OFFICE SELF suPPoRTiNo.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02

uo.
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"nnosN
WV"
rho,a, ran n".
A. n
r. G. he Rae, pomocr,, az.
500.
Expenditures.
Gable, S2j,4O0 for three IA
u TWO months,
and tnnr ~" "
Deputies Appointed.
Gable go DE Baca, 300
60 licenses oV'u'
80 ""' y" '
f'sh brought Into State.
Gable, 1000, 900, at a cost OF s5,-
600.
w ""'"' '''o'''''' AT no 'os''
Elk Brought In.
aacb
no Unc, IN head for ss.o -,
four ,inos no much To- eli
each
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-11-02
TAX LEGISLATION FRAMED BY
CORPORATION REPRESENTATIVES
PUT THROUGH BY HOLM 0. BURSUM

suRsUM TAX LAW AND sPRINoERHAwklNs MINE TAX ACT WE'RE
PASSED IN 1915 THROUGH rHE EFFORTS OF The PRESENT RE.
PUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, WHO POSES AS THE
FRIEND OF TIE COMMON PEOPLE AND AN ADVOCATE OF
EQUAL TAXATION.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28
SORE THROAT
A DANGER SIGNAL "A FEW SEA.
soNABLE DON'T TO PREVENT
COLDS, COUGHS, GRIP AND PNEU-
MONA - KEEP INFECTIOUS
GERMS FROM THE SYSTEM.

Most infectious germs of disease en-
ter the body by way Of the throat, and
most of the catarrh. bronchitis, grippe,
pneumonia and lung trouble that begin
with simple coughs and colds can be
easily prevented by following a few
common-sense rules of health
Avoid mouth breathing. Breathe
deeply through the nose. Get all the
fresh air possible and leave the win
dows of your bedroom open at night.
Don't inhale more than necessary the
germ-laden air of crowded street cars,
and clean your throat and tonsils and
make them antiseptic and germ-proof
by allowing a little Oxidaze, In tablet
form. to slowly melt in the mouth a
few times each day. Oxidaze Tablets
are a physicians prescription, are pow
erful but pleasant to taste. and their
germ killing juices find their way to
every fold and crevice of the mem
branes where the germs are likely to
lodge. They not only clear the throat
and air passages of dangerous germ
life. but act as an almost positive pre-
ventive OF grippe, pneumonia and other
serious throat and lung affections. and
often will stop bad cough and break
up cold over night package OF
Oxidaze IS the best possible safeguard
against bad colds this winter, and two
or three OF the tablets should be ear
ried about all the time. Lee & Osgood
and other leading druggists sell them,
ninety tablets to the package. on pos
tive guarantee of satisfaction or
money back. Be sure to insist on
Oxidaze. and take nothing else.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28

woman, patient, indomitable. More
we do not know. She was the channel
through which a brilliant life flowed
Hike the sparkling floods of Scotland
through the silent rocks that have no
history of their own.
Carlyle takes occasion to say that
THE poet was fortunate in his father
Ia man OF thoughtful. intense char
acter, as the best Of our peasants are,
valuing knowledge, possessing some
and open minded for more, Of keen
insight and devout heart, friendly and
fearless q fully unfolded man, seldom
found In any rank in society and
worth descending far in society to
family even below the rey~h Of our
cheap school system and Burns re-
manned q hard worked plough boy"
Life Of Excessive Toll.
The circumstances surrounding his
early life were well nigh heart break
ing. What little learning he received
he obtained under instruction from his
father, from the rural school Of Hugh
Rodger, and. later on, at club of
young men at Tarbolton. The family
was desperately poor; failure and need
drove them from farm to farm. At
the age of 13 he threshed the corn
with his own hands and at Is he was
the principal laborer. The family kept
no servant and for several years
butchers meat was a thing unknown
i'm the house. This kind of life" he
writes, "'the cheeriess gloom of her
NIT and tAe unceasing toll Of galley
slave brought me to my sixteenth
year" His robust frame was over
taxed and his nervous constitution Sc
riously impaired. His shoulders were
bowed, he became liable to headaches.
heart palpitation and fits of melan-
choly. His father, whom he loved with
all his heart, was suffering from a
wasting consumption, brought on by
the hard conditions under which they
existed. Nine more years Of toll wore
away and then death put kindly
hand on the elder Burns.
!. It is not difficult to believe that these
early days of excessive toll placed the
mark of tragedy upon the younger
man; and that his death, at the age Of
81 years, was precipitated, not, as GER
tain sianderous biographers have in
| tffnated, by dissipation, but rather by
| the privations which he had endured.
Much has been said OF his evil habits
but only a superficial student of the
| life OF the poet reaches the conclusion
| that such habits were a dominant or
even significant feature Of his. history.
| The convivial customs Of the day, the
| sprightly natural spirits Of Burns and
| his love Of connpanionship, have been
q fruitful source CT distorted story and
unkind Invention.
Developing Literary Powers.
| During this early period of toll to
which / have referred, the poet was
developing his literary powers. He was
N true and instintive artist: and while
at the plough, iabored also in that
greater Held; the field Of Imagination
| In which the great minds of oil time
have labored, But, let no one suppose
that Burns was an untutored poet. He
mot only learned the deep things of
| life, but he made himself tho artists
which his works disclose. Only big
men can become great artists.
| Vitality Of Hia Verse.
When no was q mere boy he car
rfod Z. book OF poems with him ai-
NEST constantly and says with REFER
ence TO them: IT pored over them,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28
the frisnds of independents every
where.

the friends Of Independence every
With the Average Man.
When Louis XVI said to his minis-
ter: why, this - q rsbeilionl" ana
received the famous answer: May.
sirel it u q revolution" It was typical
Of the attitude OF the contending
forces. History tells US that in those
days Fox and Pitt were upon the side
of the people and that Burke proclaim
ed the sacredness OF existing institu-
tons. It IL not strange. therefore. that
this plough boy poet with the eyes
Of Mercury, who had seen his father
converted by the law Of the land into
a mere beast Of burden. driven hither
and thither by the heart-breaking
system OF landlordisn, should range
himself upon the side OF the average
man. Nor IL Il strange that, endowed
with the sacred gift of song. he should
have given to the world new vision
the apotheosis Of the peasantry OF
Scotland. q Finding them Respondent.
degenerating into mere machines In
the hands OF the landlords. he stirred
them by his appeals to hold up their
heads and be men.
"Is there for honest poverty that
hangs his head" he cried out And
again he pleads-why be ashamed Of
your "homely fare" and your homespun
| 'hodden grey"-'The rank Is but the
| guinea,s stamp" Titles and ribbons
and stars are TO De ldugneQ at Dy the
man OF independent mind"
Enduring Fame at HE Door.
| From the time of Burns, the Scottish
peasant has been q citizen of the
world And when the poet-old and
broken at 3T--died In wretched poverty
enduring fame was already tapping 81
his door.
| Now we look back over more than g
century OF time and see. not the tavern
roysterer. not the man of evil habits
and abandoned life, not even the man
of rnirth, conviviaiity and joy, but
rather the man of suffering and sor-
row, whose heart harbored an immense
love of humanity and whose verse was
so much the work Of the true artist
of millions Of his fellow creatures. In
| the language Of the Edinburgh trades
man, who said to Lord jeffrey when 9
| boy: AYE, laddie, We may weel look
at that mamie is Robert Burns!"
Rantin', Rovin' Robin.
| The song Rantin,' Rovin' Robin was
/ sung in fine voice and with true Scotch
| spirit by A. Craig TAYLOR, manager OF
the Davis theater, who was warmly
| applauded.
The Land We Live In.
1 The toast, The Land We Live In
was eloquently responded to by Rev
MT OanIOrtn OF new LONDON, VINO
| brought out the laughter of his hear.
ers with some stories upon soms
Scotch characteristics.
Geographically, he said, the Land
We Live In consists much of backbone
and in that respect resembles the
Scotchman. It's an old. old continent
| though we sometimes speak of it a.
the New World But ancient 1t Is
because this continent has been lonf
preparing for the one land which W,
call America, the gathering of a great
lands across the sen Among then
your people are surely Of the best
Here men who could not agree in thu
Old World not only agree but coalesce
and down under them all is one grea
humanity and humanity is bigger thar
clan or creed. In the old world dit
your clans love enc another? NOTHING
much. But here you love one anothel
or you would not be here tonight
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28
OBITUARY
Miss Josephine Witter HoIIoweIl

MISS Josephine NIGeST f1Otl0W6tis
Miss Josephine witter Hollowell. 20
years of age, died at her home in
Preston Thursday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock following a very brief illness,
due to erysipelas. She was taken i'll
on Monday and became rapidly worse,
relapsing in a state of coma Thursday
morning, death coming few hours
later.
Miss Hollowell was a graduate of
the Wheeler school at North Stoning-
ton and Of the Willimantic Normal
school. For three years past she
taught in Ellington. She was the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward p.
Hollowell and was born in Preston.
Besides her parents she leaves one
brother, John Hollowell, and two sis
tiers, Miss Rebecca Holowell and Miss
Sophia Hollowell, all OF whom reside
at home. Miss Hollowen was high
ly regarded and her sudden death
comes as a shock to her many friends.
Mrs. Peter G. Harris.
Mrs. Augusta L. Ashcraft Harris
wife of Peter~G. Harris. died at her
home, 3S Thames street, New London,
early Wednesday evening after an ILL.,
ness which had lasted for several
months. She leaves. besides her hus-
band, three sisters, Mrs. James d,
Snow and Mrs. Elmer Allen of New
London and Mrs. Andrew T. Maynard
of Brooklyn, n. Y. and two brothers,
John R. and Stephen P. Ashcraft, both
residents OF Waterford.
Mrs. C. Fred Bergman.
The death of Josephine Charlotte,
wife of C. Fred Bergman, occurred at
her home in Palmertown at 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning after an illness
of some time of diabetes. She had
been in a serious condition only since
Sunday Born IN Grattenberg, Sweden
SO years ago, one of six children, Mrs
Bergman came to Mcntville about 81
years ago, was married there 80 years
ago and has since resided there. Sur
viving are two sisters, Mrs. Oscar
Erickson OF Norwich and Mrs. Bernard
Johnson of Montville, one brother,
Charles Anderson Of Norwich, and sew
erai grandchildren. Mrs. Bergman was
member OF the Swedish Lutheran,
church Of Norwich and was woman
Of many excellent qualities and highly
esteemed by a wide circle Of friends
She was well known In Montville.
George Clarke Ellis.
George Clarke Ellis, So years Of age
and a resident OF Preston, died In this
city on Thursday morning about 5.1E
o'clock, following a short illness. He
was the son OF Robert A. and Abigail
Ellis and was born in Preston Mr.
ellis is survived by two brothers
Charles Ellis Of Wiiiimantic and John
Ellis Of New Hartford, and there a
also an able, Caleb Ellis, and -four
cousins. Mr.. Ellis VISA well known tc
many accuatntances.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28

of 81 had disclosed q nation engaged
In it's necessary surgery and q sheet
of flame had shot up from France
which had been seen by the entire
world. By it's light men were search
ing each others countenances. The
world was beginning to understand
man as man.
Sympathy With Humanity's Struggle.
The rich, the well born and the infiu-
entail, in the little town of Dumfries.
looked upon these things with unsee-
Ing eyes, but Robert Burns looked with
eyes that understood. The reverbera-
tons of popular revolt in France pro-
voked an instant echo in his heart.
Inspired by the world movement which
was then going on, he made many
statements which were deemed Often
sive and revolutionary by the more
important people Of the town in which
he lived. It was his brave spirit which
had led him to prefer the truth as he
saw 1t, to the favor of society," It was
his love of humanity that made him
great, and, during his brief and pitiful
life, kept him poor.
Burns pensistently took strong
ground against arrogance and tyranny
Burns loved liberty with the ardor OF
Downward, and the Bastille was as
hateful to him as Chillon has ever been
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28
1.-THE SCOTS ABROAD The NIGHT
Norwich Celebrates Robert Burns Day Memory Of Scot
lands Bard Honored i'm Speech and Song Hon. Homer
s. Cummings Responds 10 tho Toast Of the Evening"
Rev. Danforth's Topic For the Land We Live In--
Scotch SONGS and Dances.

might mutually learn from each other,
causing numerous burstH Of laughter as
he told an amusing story upon the
various recommendations OF this city.
ss want sss e. 70 a sDsaf so q u re Sss
no had made 10 years ago to the land
from which they came. where he was
inspired 20 write poem BY the sight
Of an old ruined castle. Advising his
hearers that he would Ike to have
poem for the sdincation OF his audience
and was warmly appiauded.
Robert Burma.
Going on to speak particularly upon
the subssot Of Robert Burns, Mr.. CUM
rninGB eatd IN part as follows:
When william and Agnes Burns, IN
1859, took their BARN 70 Aiioway Kirk
to be baptized and to receive the name
Of Robert their hearts. no DOUBT. held
tie dreamed that. after the lapse Of
one hundred nfty-seven years. the
descendants Of old Scotland would be
celebrating his birth in every land
and under every dag IA this wide.
wide world. Had they been told that
greatest writer Of verse that Scotland
had ever. produced, or was ever likely
TO produce, they would have wondered
that anyone could have expected q re-
suit 50 IOTe1en TO the cOnoltione undSI
which they lived and iabored. And yet
these things have come to pass.
To the Human Heart.
No poet in the history of the world
has written more directly from the
human heart to the hearts Of others
His songs have breathed peace into
broken lives taught melody to untu-
tored ears and lifted UP the hopes OF
the lowly. IN all the history of liter
allure no man has yet appeared who
has been able to create one 1.-THE OF
the personal affection which has beer
| inspired by Robert Burns.
Shakespeare possesses world fame
but il can scarcely be said that this
English people love him. Dante Il
| universally admired, but even to hi!
| own people he seems remote.
| Goethe and Schiller have stirred th'
German heart, and Moliere and Huge
| tho heart OF France, but not as Burn.
| has won the heart Of Scotland. Thai
| this man, so human, so lovable and 81
| complete an artist should have sprung
from the arid soil and from the lowll
peasant surrounding of eighteenth
| century Scotland. is one of the beau.
tiful mysteries of the world.
His Parents in Poverty.
The mother Of Burns was peasan
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28

ThcrnAn m. daaliEan Aas been in
New York On o business trip.
Mrs. ndward Duro OF Norwich has
been the guest Of relatives In North
gtenington,
Capt. James -. Clark ana family OF
Mantle came 10 Norwich Tuesday FOR
q visit with friends.
Robert 3. James OF Norwich was q
recent guest of his sister. Mrs. A.. @,
Kennedy, oe Moosup Valley.
Miss Ada Green Of Norwich has been
making brief visit with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Green. Of Willialnsvilie,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28

pIduoed.
Bringing In tho Hagale.
Midway OF the banquet the haesis.
"chieftain, O. the puddin' race" was
brought In amid cheers as ii was
borne around the room by John Duff in
bonnet and plaid across his shoulder,
while ahead Of him marched Piper
Rennie, playing with all his might.
When they reached the place wfere
James Holm sat at the head table, he
rose and gave the address to the
eChieftain." With this fcrnality over,
the haggis was distributed to the BAN
qusters.
Toaetntaster Takes Charge.
Toestrnaster MacDougau. who has
served 30 acceptabiy IN this capacity
OF every Burns banquet In Norwich,
raped Tor order about 10 o'clock, In
Producing Hon. Mr.. Cummings to re-
spond to the toast Robert Burns and
the Land We Left
Hon. Henaer @. Cummings.
Enthusiastic applause crested him
as he rose 20 speak and made pleas
ing introduction as he referred "a
things that Norwich ana Stamford
Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-28
Jolly Bachelors Of Gales Ferry.

The Jolly Bachelors of Gales Ferry
have organized, with ten men on the
charter roll and w. Fred Smith Of
Red Top president The Fredsmifh,
the chief officers hospitable cottage
at the bridge. will be headquarters for
time at least. The first meeting will
be signalized by chowder. The hon
orary members in Norwich are Frank
A. Davis and Walter L. Hill, both Of
whom were Ferry boys originally.
Postmaster Samuel r. Brown and Jus
tice ID. r. Povey are the only public
officials IN the club.