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Published Every Thursday o the Most Beautiful Towq o New Mexico. VOL. XVI. No. 34. ALAMOGORDO , NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY , SEPTEMBER 12, 1912. PRICE 6 CENTS AT THE HELM. Hi Held in Alamogordo Court House Monday Major Succeeds Taylor as County Chairman The county convention of the republican party was lieltl at the court house in Alamogordo ai 2 i court house at Alamogoruo at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. J, D. j o'clock Saturday afternoon. The Taylor, county chairman, called convention was called to order the convention to order and stat-j by John S. Kerr, county chair ed the object and purpose of the man, who made a short address, meeting. EL H. Major was 'On motion, the follow ing corn elected temporary chairman and mittees were appointed : 11. H. Kellogg, temporary secre-1 Rules: Roy M, Hoggatt, J. tary. Under the report of the H. Nixon, T. B. Milton, committee on order of business, Credentials : J. R. Howell, J. the temporary organization was j 0. Taylor, J, H. Nixon, Thos. M. made permanent. -Shields, S. 0. Hartley. The following were the com- Resolutions: J; K. Howell, mittees appointed by the chair: (Miarles Curry, T. B. Milton, J. Credentials: Jas. J. Hill, Mar- C. Taylor, R. M. Hoggatt. shall W. Parker, Jose Gomel ; The resolutions adopted de resolutions : J. A. Baird, W. K. nounced the Action at the repub Carmack, GL A. Byus; order of Mean convention at Chicago and business : Col. D.'W. Wood, Bo commended the action of Theo salio Baldanado, Jesus Borunda. dore Roosevelt, and commended The following were elected the action and course pursued delegates to the state convention by Representative in Congress, at Albuquerque: A. B. Fell, I Hon. Geo. Curry. Hal H. Major, Edwin Mechero, The following were elected J. A. Baird, Jas. i. Hill. M. W. delegates to the state coiiven Hill. The delegates who might tion: ( 'harles Curry, J. R. How be unable to attend were author ell and D. 1). Harkness, of Tul izeil to give their proxies. arosa, T. B. Milton of La buz, D. H. H. Major was elected coun A. Fribley and R. W. Cooper of ty chairman, succeeding .1. 1). Alamogordo. Taylor, resigned, and Marshall John S. Kerr and T. B. Mil I'arker was elected secrets 17 of ton were nominated for county the county central committee, chairman. Mr. Kerr withdrew succeeding H. H. Kellogg, re- ami Mr. Milton's election was by signed. An expression of thanks acclamation. Stannard C. Hart for valuable services rendered ley was elected secretary of the was unanimously voted to the county central committee, retiring officers. The following precinct com- The resolutions committee eu- mitteenien were selected : J. S. dorsed the republican adminis- Kerr of Alamogordo, J. C. Taylor tration from the chief executive of La Luz, J. R. Howell of Tula at Washington char down to the rosa, J. W. I'rude of Mescalero. officers of ((tero county. This included the work of the lirst Bonta Dvíag bj HwoMfltfl state legislature and the Utero, Topeka, Sept. .V The skies of county members thereof. western Kansas glow at night .with the funeral tires of plague Chmkroñ Season Closes stricken horses. This is the re Tbe Lodge at Cloudcroft closed i,,rt (,f travelers who pass at noon Monday, ending the re through the twenty-six counties sort season of the summer of to which the disease has now 1BU. There were fair sized sprerd. crowds Bp both Saturday ami , "FoUl thousand horses, repre Sunday. Renting a cash value of nearly The railroad records show that Ml a million dollars, have died more passengers were handled j these counties," said J. H. into Cloudcroft than during any Mercer, state live stock sanitary previous season, but the average , length of visit was not so long. The season, as s whole,"wa not nearly as good as the season of lili. ir. C. T. U. Lecturer Cuming. Mrs. Lila Carlin Moore, lectur er and reader, will deliver a free lecture in Alamogordo some time in the near future, under the auspices of the W. C. T. D. The exact date will be announced later. Mrs. Moore is an interesting speaker, and arrangements may be made to have her remain sev eral days and give readings as well as the lecture. W D. Taggart. Wells-Fargo agent at Alamogordo, accompa nied bv bis wife, are gnests at J. V. Schurts's fine new home. The Taggarts were former resi dents of Charlotte, Michigan Dening Graphic. Organization of the County is Perfected 1.1. Six Delegates Elected to the State Convention The county convention of the j progressive party was held at the commissioner, today. "If the disease continues to spread at the present rate it is but s matter of a few days until the whole of Kansas will be in cluded in its ravages and there is not lung to insure its Staying within the state boundary. It is the most serious situation Kan- sas has ever faced." Literary Circle Sesumes The Friday Literary Circle will begin its year's work September 10 in a meeting to be held at the home of Mrs. C. M. Beecher. The year books contain a very varied program with the deepest study scheduled for the first qtarter when all are fresh from vacations spent in various recup erating ways and restful places. The lesson Friday is from "Twenty Years in Hull House." by Jane Addams. Mrs. H. P. Keamons is the leader for the afternoon. DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION Nominates H. B. Fergusson for Congress The democratic state conven tion was held in Albuquerque on Monday. On account of the wran gle between the two contesting delegations from the counties of Colfax and Chaves, the entire forenoon was used by the state central committee in an etfoit to get at the merits of the two con tests. The committee decided to seat both delegations, each delegate having one-half vote. This decision left the contests to be renewed and settled on the lloor of the house. Chairman A. H. Hudspeth called the convention to order at 2:46 p. in., and announced that the committee recommended A. A. Jones for temporary chair man, A. C. Torres for secretary and Manuel Vigil and B. A. Pino for interpreters. These recom mendations were adopted by unan i...ous vote. The escorting of Mr. Jones to the chair was the signal for loud and prolonged ap-pluu-e. Chairman Jones then appointed the committees on retj olutions, credentials and per manent organization. Under the report of the com mittee on permanent organiza tion, w hich was adopted, the fol lowing were made the officers of the convention : Chairman, Judge N. B. Luughliu of Santa Fe; vice-chairmen, Felix Martinez and J. 11. Paxton; secretary, Antonio Lucero; interpreters, Manuel Vigil, Dennis Chaves and Gamillo Padilla. State Senator Isaac B a r t h placed in nomination the name of Harvey B. Fergusson for can didate for representative in Con gress. The nomination was sec onded by Judge W. W. Gate wood of Koswell. Mr. Fergus son's nomination by the conven tion was by unanimous vote. Mr. Fergusson, in accepting the nom ination, made a great speech which was frequently interrupt ed by applause. The following presidential electors were selected : K C. de Baca of 8ah Mignel county ; J. II. Latham of Sierra county ; K. D. Stennis of Eddy county. The convention was adjourned at midnight. The conventions are over. I . s. From New York World CONTRIBUTIONS COMING IN Otero County Democrats Respond To Call When Thk News announced that it would support Wilson and Marshall, Thk News meant all that the statement conveyed. The national committee was no tified that this paper would open its columns to assist in sol iciting funds with which to con duct the campaign. The following Western Union telegram, dated New York, Sept. 6th, and addressed to The News, was received Friday morning: "Publication of the democratic campaign contributions will be made on Monday. k'lease send all money you have collected Friday, with the names of con tributors. If not convenient to send names with remittances, send checks and let names fol low." Rolla Wells, Treas. 1'p to the time this telegram had been received, the effort to secure contributions had not been Commenced. Through per sonal solicitation, contributions of one dollar each were receivwl from the following: W. E. War ren, 'J. C. Jones, Sam Fairchild, Dean Sherry, The AlaimMOBM News, L. U. Hughes, W. L Rutherford. Z. D. Boss, Emmett Hancock, J. L. Law son. W. B. Murrell. Remittance to the na tional treasurer was made Fri day afternoon. This week Judge W. K. Stal cup has been handling the sub scription list. Up to Wednes day afternoon he had secured a contribution of one dollar from each of the following: W. K. Stalcup, Frank C. Polak, J. S. Morgan, D. M. Barringer, Jr., Dr. E. D. McKinley, J. H. Mc Hae, James Hunter, Fred Cros by, H. M. Denney, R. R. Pratt, E. H. Wayla.nl. Geo. B. Bent, J. C. McKillip, J. W. Bennett, T. A. Frasier, T. M. Boatright, J. A. Thomas, T. A. Murphrey, W. H. Reber, J. D. Swope, W. C. Hnynes. Born Saturday afternoou, to Mr. and Mrs. Charley O. Kream er, a girl weighing ten pounds Bob Raley, of Orogrande, was a visitor in Alamogordo Monday. George Warnock left Monday morning for a short visit at High Rolls. State Convention Develops Much Enthusiasm I C. Dt John Baron Burg WaB Official Key-Noter The progressive party held its state convention in Albuquer que Tuesday. The delegates were decorated with red bandan as and carried various and sun dry banners. The convention was called to order at "2:30 by M. A. Otero, chairman of the state central committee. Mr. Curry made the opening address and then called for nominations for the tempo rary otfiicers. John Baron Burg of Albuquerque, was nominated ' Fisher, pitching for the South for temporary chairman: Bron- westerns, struck out eighteen son M. Cutting of Santa Fe, sec- batters and allowed only four retary and E. 0. Burke, also of Santa Fe, assistant secrecary. Mr. Burg then "key-noted" to his heart's content. His "key noting" was somewhat different from the "key-noting" stunts which he performed while he was chairman of Speaker Baca's notorious steering committee of thirty in the first state legisla ture. The committee on permanent organization made the following recommendations, which were unanimously adopted : For per manent chairman, George W. Armijo; for secretary, W. F. Brogan; for interpreter, B. Rup pe. It is recorded that Chair man Armijo made a "stirring" speech which was frequently in terrupted with applause. The following were placed in nomination for candidate for Congress: M. C. de Baca, Jere miah Leahy, John Baron Burg, M. A. Otero, George Curry. Messrs. Otero, Burg and Curry ag the sixteenth of September asked to have their names with-' Mexico freed herself from the drawn, leaving the convention ! grasp of France. Today the I to vote upon Messrs. de Baca Mexican people of Alamogordo and Leahy. Before the vote was!n(l vicinity are planning to eel announced motion was made and brnte the occasion in a manner carried to make the nomination ! befitting the great event. They of Mr. de Baca unanimous. have had printed posters inviting The following were selected everybody to both contribute for presidential electors: George ' an'l to with them in their W. Armijo of Santa Fe, Elmer celebration. K. Studley of Colfax county. Dr. ; There will be sports of various '. D. E. Thomas of Chaves county, kindl held during the day in a The hard luck of the ( Hero cleared space to the east of Chi- ' county delegation is reported by ; huahuita. Probably in the j the Albuquerque Morning Jour-' morning a parade will pass nal as follows: through town with the children The delegation from Otero marching, carrying flags. Music county created a sensation near the closing hours of the conven- tion when they entered the hall in a body, dusty and travel stained, but shouting for Boose velt and waving bandanas with undaunted enthusiasm. They had started in automobiles, but!nd 8d time it assured. an accident delayed them and they only arrived in time to rat ify the action of their fellow del egates. Souvenir Dance Saturday The dance which will be given at O'Reilly's amusement hall Saturday night by Prof, and Mrs. Carl Hack will be something of a novelty. Every one who attends will receive a souvenir that is both attractive and valuable. The floor is now in good condi tion and the best of music has been engaged. Dancing begins at nine o'clock. Game Resulted in Final Score of Six to Two f I Alamo Team Made Good Showing Considering The Southwesterns of El Paso, played the Alamogordo team at the old oasebaii park Sunday af ternoon. D. M. Barringer, Jr., umpired the game. The score stood six io two in favor of the Southwesterns. The Alamogordo boys made a remarkably good showing in holding their oppo nents down to six scores, when it is considered that the Alamo gordo team was hastily organized ! and had had very little practice. hits. The line-up of the two teams was as follows. Campbell, 3b King, R. B., ss King, GK M., c Fisher, p Hammonds, O., 2b Fletcher, If Cunningham, cf Kersey, rf Linebaugh, lb Evans, rf Lopez, 3b Regria, lb and p Montoya, 2b Beecher, 2b Andregg, cf Waller, ss Sherry, If Jackson, c Sanchez, p and lb Mexicans Will Celebrate Their Indejyendence Day One hundred and two years will be furnished and an alle gory representing the freedom of Mexico will be of interest to all. In the evening there will be a big "baile" either in old Beavers' hall or in the Majestic I theatre. Everybody is invited Blind Institute Opeas The New Mexico Institute for the Blind begins today another session of its useful work. There are two new members of the faculty this session. Miss Sara C. McKebzie, of Yale, Mich., succeeds Mrs. Allis L. Harris as matron, and Miss Rose Lee Cur tis, of Detroit, Mich., succeeds Mise Sue H. Saunders as super visor nf the girls' industrial de partment. Both are graduates of the Thomas Training school of Detroit and are experienced teachers.