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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

and leased a vast amount of state lands for
development purposes. The president of this
company is Robert Lunsford, former oil and
gas expert of Oklahoma, and the mar who
started the big oil boom in that state which
brought millions of dollars into the state, and
made hundreds of men vast fortunes.
The development of the oil fields Of New
Mexico will be carried to success by this COM
pany, and will mean more in dollars and cents
to the citizens of the state than any other one
thing within her borders. Being in touch with
the members of this company, having induced
them to investigate the oil conditions in New
Mexico, and to come and organize the COM
pany, he is in a better position to look after the
states interest in this great development than
any new man in the office could possibly be.
1t is doubtful if any man in the state has
Travelled il as extensively, and knows the value
of the different lands as we'll as Mr.. Ervien,
and his record Of the past five years will re
turn him again to this office next November.
What New Mexico needs, above all else, is
more men N the farming lands of the state
men who will cultivate The soil in the farm
ing districts-apd Mr.. Ervien is rapidly
placing substantial settlers on this land. With
IN the past wear he has sold thousands Of acres
II state lands to eastern farmers, who are
moving into the state. binding homes and
schools, and helping 10 bear the tax burdens
and great expense Of developing a new corn-
try.
Mr.. T"lrvien's method of handling the state
lands IS to get actual settlers instead Of graf
ters and spectators on these lands. and by
his methods and utiring energy he has %ra-
duallv dotted the farming section Of the state
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
THE COLLECTION OF ROAD TAXES

We understand a very small percentage Of
the road poll tax Of this state are being collect
ed by the Mcdonald county road boards.
There are $4,000 or $4,000 registered voters
in this state, approximately 10000 are SUBJ
ictt 10 road tax which, if collected, would
amount to the magnificent sum of $1,000
per wear. 1t is a vell-knoWn fact that there is
a shortage of road funds in practically every
county in the state and the county road boards
are clamoring for more money. If they would
use the means at their disposal, including the
enforcement of their law, by the collection of
these taxes, they would be able to affect a vast
increase in road construction.
Should any county treasurer in the state fail
to collect more than 2o% or $50 of the prop
erty taxes a howl would 60 up and complaints
would be filed for his removal within a very
short time, but many Of these county road
have done no better, and the governor
spread his wonderful mantle of charity
them so completely that there has not,
ever been a breath of criticism.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
WHO PAYS FOR THE VICTORY

Tho frankcst statement as to who will pay
the bill for the railroad mems triumph was
made by one of their own leaders. In times
oil great industrial read iustnlcnts, remarked
Austin Bruce Garreston to a committee OF
United States Senators one day last week,
men go back to, primal instincts, They 90
back 10 the day OF the cavenan, the cave1nan
who, with his half-gnawcd bone, snarled at
the other caVemau who wanted to take his
bone aWav." Il reminded Mr.. Garretson. who
was speaking in his clpalitv Of president of
the Order Of Railway Conductors and chair
of the four Brotherhoods' conference
committee, Of his railroading DAYS in Mexi-
CO.. "Where the vultrrc was a sacred bird.
When We hit a cav . he said, 'specks in the
sky that were Vultures could soon be seen over
the carcass. Now the public is the carcass.
And we are ALI perhaps, the vultures.' And
Mr.. GarretsOn pictured the Brotherhood lead
crs as protecting the pockets OF their stock
loldcrS, and the shippers protecting their own
while the public, without a protector
unable TO protect its own pocket, will
Yes, agreed Judge Lovett, of the Union
speaking for the railroads, IF Con-
orcss grams Tie ci},l'fsmr day and puts the
cost on The country, that is the business OF
the country. not ours And so, comments
Inc New York Tribune, speaking for many
# its contemporaries, this new financial bur
len is laid upon "thc individuals who are noW
struggling against livin9's cost, who are now
unable, by strike or otherwise to increase their
conversation"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
HYPOCRISY AND INCONSISTENCY.

No less than four OF the democratic speak
crs at the state convention of that party on
August 21st relieved to The large amount ol
money which the republicans used in the first
state campaign and the large amount they VIII
use IN He present one. 1t is such a well
known fact that in the first state campaign,
the one in which Mcdonald was elected gov
ernor. the democrats used more than five
times as much money As the republicans that
an answer is I'M ccc>-arH.
1T is perfectly well known lIlat lWr repui-
licans had only enough to dcfray a part Of
the catnla'gu expenses, such a printing ard
postage. the candidates hearing their own
travelling expenses mli1idualIv. while the dem
ocratic-fu,l0n committee Of Bcrnalillo county
alone had at its disposal over $4,000 from
local sources, practically all of which was used
an Bernalilo and Sandoval counties.
The democratic state committee had in adj
dItion to what it raised in the state the I'M
nlense contribution Of $4,000 raised for them
by William r. Hearst, Of New York.
In order to refresh then memories on this
point we quote verbatim the following arti-
Gle from Mr.. William X. Hearst's New York
Journal as it appeared in print the day
after election, by his direction, in order to
claim the credit due him for what the demo-
Gratis had gained in New Mexico by the use o
Doodle provided through his efforts. The
Journal article is as follows:
"The success of the democratic party in
New Mexico was due largely to the assistance
given it by w. r. Hearst" said Aattorney
Samuel Bell Thomas of No. 2oS Broadway,
New York secretary of the New Mexico.
state democratic committee. "Nfr. Hearst
aided the party at a time when it appeared
that it would be impossible to conduct a Sue
cessful campaign. He sent a number of men
from his Lot Angeles paper to New Mexico.
They investigated conditions and by means
of newspapers published in Spanish, that a
large part Of the population know how the
carpetbaggers were planning to carry the
state for the republican party. Systematic
work to raise funds for the campaign was be-
gun about three weeks ago, ]. d. Hand, the
Santa Fe chairman of the Statehood com-
mittee and chairman of finance committee
of the New Mexico state democratic ON
mittee. appealed to me for help and advice. ]
told them that if we were to get prompt help
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
CONWAY AND MONT0YA

That the school work and success of John
Y. Conway OF this county is attracting attc1l-
ton beyond the limits III Santa Fe county i is
shown in many ways. Nn example of this re-
.cognization appeared in the Albuquerque
Journal OF last Sunday as follows
There are many strong reasons for taking
the office OF county superintendent of public
schools out of politics, and not a single good
reason for keeping them in politics. AS point
ed out by the Journal ONE days ago, there
is absolutely no reason why there should be a
candidate in Bernalillo county against ST.
perintendent Montoya. His record is so we'll
founded and general, that any opponent would
be ingloriously and dcservedly defeated at the
polls.
The same is true of Superintendent John
Conway of Santa Fe county. He has made a
high record for efficiency in his office, and
the schools of the county never were one
tenth so good as now. They are delivering
the goods. as the people of all New Mexico
know. Why then should Superintendent
Conway be subjected to the annoyance of a po-
litical contest for the position to which he has
been nominated and will be elected?
Let the politicians of Bernalillo and Santa
Fe counties show their good sense by placing
no candidate in the field against Montoya and
Conwav.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
NEW MEXlC0'S GOOD ROADS.


''".c'"at NrI)"'111d IN delivering the open
liI% ~Jefrtf - tlr ae1H"tfalIt convention IN tn
IEN " coupe 81 weeks age, Sdid.
1--WE are pr"nd IT what has been accorp
1I~beel N r,ad work for this state during ;hc
ln>t ~ + and o~ac-lalf wears. Now, pincu
Ic5Ilv H.t~} part Of the state Is connected "
Ia Il urt4tcr that enables automobile trave'
without INV great inconvenience"
The republicans oi this state are very glad
To- learn chat thc governor Is proud Of what
has been aceompl' he'd through republican road
legislation, part al which had Ia be passed
iover his vet"
, The most important Of the road bill, Wa
the submission Of a 100000 bond issue to a
vote Of the people at the election in 1912. The
author OF this bill was Senator II. B. Holt of
Las Cruces. 1t was a republican caucus meas
urc and put through by unanimous vote Of that
party.
The present county road board law and three
Others were also passed at the same session and
in the same manner.
The opportunity to cxpend this $500, 900,
the privilege of appointing the twenty-six road
boards Of this state, and Of directing them by
virtue Of being a member Of the state road
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
AN IMPORTANT OFFICE WELL FILLED

Among the various offices to be filled at
the coming election, there IS none more I'M
portant to the citizens of New Mexico than
that OF state land Commissioner and the
voters OF the state should at this time, especial
ly, be exceedingly careful in the selection IF
the man to fill this office, and no man in the
state is as well fitted for the place as the
present incumbent, Robert p. Ervien. 1t is
doubtful if many of the citizens of the state
realize fully the importance of the admiristra-
ton of this office--the vast amount Of wealth
brought into the state by the sale of the state
lands, and their actual value to the state in
tril1sica!!y, and as a revenue producer.
The value of the states land and its in
terest in deferred payments on lands sold to
settlers is approximately 100000 90 and
when the remaining selections of Commits
sioner Ervien are approved by the Interior
Department the income to the state will ap-
proxin1ate $2,ooo.ooo.oo annually, or double
the present requirements of the state for ali
purposes exclusive of interest and sinking
funds, and Mr.. Ervien has brought the re-
venue production of the state lands Of New
Mexico up to this standard in the past five
years.
Having selected these lands and planned! and
carried out the manner and mode of handling
them, he is in a better position today to know
the needs and requirements of the office than
any other man in the state. and it would be
a serious setback for New Mexico if Mr..
Ervien was defeated for another term in this
But this is not the only reason why ne
should be reelected at the present time. There
are vast oil fields in New Mexico, if they
were only developed, and through the efforts
Of Mr.. Ervien the New Mexico Oil and De-
.velopnent Co., backed by millions of dollars
of eastern capital, has recently been organized
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
CRAFTSMANSHIP"
By lydia M. Durham O'Neil

By Lydia M. Durham O'Neil.
Smooth are the words of the diplomat,
His voice is soft and his smile is bland;
He plays on words with the utmost care,
And prates of peace and the helping
hand"
But the smoothest words that his tongue cas
speak
Grim on the silence like bullets fall;
For we know the words-we have marked
them we'll
That led to the crime of Carrizal.
Rape and pillage, despair and death
Deeds that the devil would blush to name
And the Stars and Stripes that have meant 50
much,
Now mean so little, and droop in shame.
Plumber and pillage over again,
And only words to answer it all
The willy words of a diplomat
TO answer the bullets of Carrizal.
Red is the castus bud and bloom,
But redder the blood that our boys have shed
At the hands of the friend who proved 4
foe
That pitlless Serpent who lifts his head
70 gaze a while on the diplomat,
To count his woods as they softly fall
Ere he craWls awe. to nurse his hate,
Through the blood-stained sands of CARR
al.
And how can We trust the diplomat,
When we know that his words are words
no more?
And how can we trust the Serpent now,
Who has dipped his fangs in our soldiers
gore?
When we snow that American lives are sands
Beneath his belly, wfcreon to crawl?
Md American blood is only ink
Tor the writing OF 0ords to Carrizal?
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
we should lay the whole matter before Mr..
Hearst That WAS done

we should lay the whole matter before Mr..
Hearst. That was done.
Subsequently, we sent out thousands of let
tiers to- democratic governors, congressman,
senator's, and the chairmen Of the county DEM
ocratic committees in the various states ada
cent to New Mexico. Through this means we
were able to raise the funds sufficiently large
to handle the campaign in a first-class manner.
Congressman II. D. Flood of Virginia devoted
much Of his time and gave his prestige to the
statehood committee and he deserves much
credit.
"By winning New Mexico the democratic
party has won two congressman. New Mexico
also has four electoral votes, and may be an
important factor in the presidential election
next wear. Because Of that fact the result in
New Mexico is Of national Importance.
"Must Of the money ior the car1ooiqn was
raised outside Of New Mexico The demo
Gratis Of that state had practically exhausted
their finances in the long struggle for state
hood. BIT thcv are the kind Of men who fight
~ the last ditch, and even had they not re
ec4ed the help which was given them 50 lib
Grady they wottl,j have made i game fight.
"rhc officers Of thc New Nexico state dem
ocr7tic campaign committee. bcsides Mr.. Bell.
are \. \. Jones, chairman; !, y. Hand, chair
MIN finance committee, udge- y. B.. Laugh
fin. secretary of state committee, and ex-Gov-
crnor Nm. T. Thornton, treasurer.
"Part Of the money collected by the com
ualac vas used yesterday in placing cur
watchers at the pooling places. So that frauds
larii Re prevented"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

A great deal of the hot air that is being
di b1rsetl by Democrats and soreheads to the
effect that Frank A. Hubbell will run hundreds
of votes behind other candidates on the Re-
publican ticket, owing to scratching by Re-
publicans is pure campaign thunder. The Re
publicans of this state are unequivoca1ly op-
posed to Woodrow Wilson on account of his
failures in conducting both internal and for
eign affairs and in voting to elect Chas. E
Hughes, the next president of the United
States, they propose to support him by just as
many Republicans as it is possible to put into
both the United States Senate and the Ma
t;),a! House Of Representatives, and to this
end they will not only vote, but will work
the entire campaign.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

The policy Of the Democratic governor OF
New Mexico during the past four and one
half years has been to do nothing except to
watch and wait. He watched and waited On
the Las Cruces bank until it closed its doors
He waited on his road boards until year
after year passed without the collection of the
legal road taxes. He watched and waited on
the Tax Commission until the taxpayers of the
state were forced to organize an association
at great expense to themselves in order to
instill a little life and energy into and get a.
little service out Of that arm Of the state gov
eminent. The exception has been that he did
not wait Or postpone the construction of 4
Mcdonald l~nachine, but after dcvoting four
and one-h:.'i years to that labor was chagria-
ed to find that the blame thing would nor
work, for him. and found it necessary to do
a great deal of manipulating before he could
even become . byproduct with the indefinite
prospec. IF becoming a substitute for the real
thing a LILLE later on.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15
COMPARISONS ODIOUS 80 SOMETIMES.
Santa I'e has a case in point.

santa lie has a case III point.
County School Superintendent John v
Conway, has seen to it that every school dis
trcit in Santa Fe County has a new school
house, that every district is provided with the
requisite number Of teachers to conduct the
schools, and this year every district in the
county will have a ninc-months school.
Not one dollars worth OF Indebtedness was
created to obtain this result. Such county
and state aid as could be secured was taken ad-
vantage of and the people of the districts were
induced to supply the balance required in
either money or labor.
Arthur %Selign1an, the newly elected Dem
ocratic State Chairman has been on the county
road board since before the time Conway
started to build school houses and lengthen
the terms of schools. He has had a G great deal
more help from the county and state on his
roads than Conway has had on his school
houses, the local people are just as willing to
to roads as to schools, yet how many
the school houses in Santa Fe county, that
have been built under Conway's supervision,
can be reached by a decent road, or any road
at all, built under Arthur Sclign1an's supervi~
sion?
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

One Of the agreeable surprises to the Re-
publican candidates on the state ticket and to
the members of the executive and central COM
nlittees has been the enthusiasm with which
practically all Republicans in the state are en-
tering into the campaign. Dozens of men who
usually take no more interest than to 60 to the
polls and vote on election day, are now active
ly engaged in hustling for votes for the entire
ticket. The "Advisory Council organized
during the past week, and made up Of Stock
mer., lawyers, bankers, and men of large ard
small interests, all of whom arc willing ~ ne
vote a large part Of their time to the -au,st
during the next seven weeks, shows thu TIC
nlt:onal administration, g; we'll as tn: Dem
ocrA.ic portion of the safe administration .
have proved entirely unsatisfactory to the
people of New Mexico. and everything now
points to a sweeping Republican victory on
the 9TH of November.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

And SO it develops that the much advertised
desire of Mr. B. M. Cutting and the New
Mexican Printing company to have the Hub
bell libel suit against them tried and brought
to a final determination Immediately was moth
ing but a bluff, after all. Instead of a trial
on the facts, their attorney has filed a demur-
rer, and is now seeking to have the case
thrown out on technical grounds without an
opportunity for proof and evidence on the
matters alleged by Hubbell.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

The republicans of Chaves county are or
ganizing this year for a thorough campaign
with the prospect OF e~lecting a part of their
county ticket and of greatly reducing the usual
democratic majority for the state ticket. They
have secured the use of one page in the Ros-
well News, which for the first time in several
years gives them an opportunity to place their
principles and contentious before the voters.
AS the democrats in that county are. many of
them, greatly dissatisfied with each other, and
with their state ticket, there will be a warm
and interesting campaign in that county.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

J. l.. Gibbanv, one of the democratic candi-
dates for the legislative house from Chaves
county, has Withdrawn from the ticket, and
while he gave personal reasons for the with
drawal the republicans are inclined to think
that it was because he considered his election
by no means certain.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-09-15

Probably no other man in the history of
this country has appealed to the electorate of
a state to place him in a minor office. that he
NAV, on account of the critical condition of
another, attain that which he dare not seek
directly. History records few instances more
unmanly.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21
Funeral Of James c. Shaw

The remains of James C. Shaw
who died in New Cambria were
brought to this city Tuesday after
noon and taken to the home OF his
brother-ln-'aw, D r Davenport
Mr. Shaw's death was very sud
den, dying while sitting in "a chair
reading paper, Monday morning,
death was due TO heart trouble.
The deceased was well known here
having resided in Hannibal six years
ago, and all that time he was in en-
CINE service on the Hannibal division
of the road. running out of Hanni.
bal on Burlington trains Nos, IL
and Is For the past few years he
has had charge of the pusher engine
at New Cambria.
The funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon at 2:30 at the
home of D K. Davenport
He was also a nephew of John l..
Evans of this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21

Hunter Anderson was on the
scene with the hounds in a short
time and the hounds readily took
up the trail, going to a negro shack
located about two miles from the
Maddox place. The negroes were
at home, but 40 confession was
made, but the people in that vicin.
ity are satisfied they have the
guilty parties.
On every call Hunter has had
lately the hounds have made a
successful trail
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21

Chickens and hides have been
disappearing in the vicinity Of
Huntington for some time. Tues
day night the robbers visited the
home of Mage Maddox one and
one half miles east of Huntington
and took a large supply of both ar.
ticles above named. Wednesday
morning Mr.. Maddox called Hunter
Anderson and told him to bring
the blood hounds TO his place at
once.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21
Mrs John Nah lncy Dies

Mrs Nlrearet Katherine Mahaney
died at her home southeast If this
CRY tuesday evening after a nlne
days illness of pneumonia Mrs.
Mahaney was born January / 1861
at Nashville Tenn In 1882 she
was married to John Mahaney
who with three children ana two
sisters survive. Funeral services
will be held Friday at the Brush
Creek church.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21
Cattle Arrive

100 calves, % cows and 3
bulls from Wisconsin ar
rived here late Tuesday
evening. Calf Club mem
bers begin taking them
home yesterday.
Three Car loads Of cattle, mostly
calves for the Calf Club members
arrived at Monroe City late Tuesday
evening. Distribution commenced
Wednesday, Emmet Alexander, who
went to Wisconsin to select them is
well pleased with the lot. They
consist of 100 calves and two bulls
for the Calf Club, and 2S COWS and
one bull for others.
George Knilands of the Edeewater
Stock Farm, Wisconsin made a
present of one dandy calf to Sterling
and Dorothy Alexander, children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Alexander
They are well pleased with this
gift,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21

Mrs. W. B. A. McNutt has return
ed from Chicago where she went to
consult DR.. Lewis about her hand
We are glad to report that he thinks
she is some better. She is able to
have her hand out of the cast.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21

Mrs. Robertshaw and Miss Ger
trude left this morning to spend the
winter at Caruthersville and Shreve-
port Louisiana. they expect to spend
the day in ST. Louis shopping.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21
WEATHER FORECAST.

Tie United States Weather Fore
ca>i hy Wireless, given by Bert
Emerson at Noon on Press Day.
Thursday unsettled weather. with
fresh uuuApTly winds.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21

Mrs. Jack Moss returned home
Wednesday after having spent the
first of 1.-THE week with Mrs. Otis Berry
in Hannibal.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1916-12-21
Frye

Sam Frye, passed away at his
home near Indian Creek Tuesday
night at IL o'clock Burial will be
today at 10 O'Clock at the Indian
Creek church.