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She ffueumeari tHews
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, WILL
BE THE NEXT "TUADEH DAY"
MONDAY, NOV)-' JER 11, WILL
BE THE NEXT TRADES DAY"
AND TUCUMCARI TIMES
VOL. 11, NO
(X
TUOUMOAIll. NEW MEXICO, Fill DAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1012
ftcBSOBIPTION $1.60 A TOAK
I
NEW MEXICO'S GOOD
ROADS ASSOCIATION
III UT1GA AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Everybody Should rny Ilia Just Pro
portion of tlio Expenses for tho
Road Construction
VICE-PRESIDENT SHERMAN DIES
l':iklM d.'I'p.'l linll.W I III'
ImtciI liy ihi1 attempt to kill Itousovolt,
i pathetic tn tln i(iint of trugpdy. I
( ry nnd mene. All tlio striving, th
III Ml. hH (. HO tlPtlS, I'S IHIP
i li'ii durkoiitNl room where flu- co pr
gntly now ilrnp to linlf must. Crowds t
KM' IiI'IVIM! to tlMI It'll' I'". I'lll'll' wns
t t !. t U'llii'ti m' Mhcrtnaii ' Hlties
in i tut of i hi- Ii'hwi scri-ms render for n
Tli' picture presented of (hit innn of
fought enmpnign, lyiitji lipr innntilng
to nil vorlll thing," unci nil
in tin lnvV news.
I'ticn. X. V. (Jot. a 1. With tint oml
mi vi.nv of obtaining a turgor audi
toriiiin, tin first (Ji'i'ision to hold I ho
Mineral uf U prptddont .lumps School-
i n ft Shcrmtiu, who died :it lii home
in Ihiti I'ity liit night lit '.':12 nYlurk
from uremic poison caused by llright 's
.li'ifsi, in tlx I'l'foriiU'd Dittoh church
ho been abandoned and the Firs' Pres
byterian church will be need for t Lint
piirpoKi',
The body oj i In- ico presi lent will
Hp in 'utt t tin- Oneldn futility on it
house until .Snttirdiiy ami will ho re
turned ti, tlti Shcrmnii residence for
ftni'Tiil sen it'i' Kitiinlay morning.
Uf nolt'i'iod his pall bearers before
lii di'iith. They ('(insist of ptmniiiout
cit irons mill lutiiiiiiiii friiniil.-.
I'mnIiIpiii Tttft, with sovonil cabinet
iiii'inliiTx. fljty sonnt nrs nnd tniitiy mem
liors ol the house will lit loud the I'll-
IHTIll.
.Itiiiii' Hchonlornft .Sliiriiiaii was bom
in I'ti.n, N. V. on October ai. IS.1.1. Ilia
piiri'iil were Kiclinrd l'. mid Mnry
Frances Sherman, Imtli of Fnglish Ui
scent. Ili father was u journalist by
prufi'sxioii. He cut nhlishod the I'licti
Morn in Humid tind later, whon poll
ti.'s mill public nllli'i' became his prin
cipal concern, hit wrote Washington loi
ter for New Vnrh papers, In whh'li ho
pursed llit.'.M' ( 'on kliuj;. who lived In
I'ticn.
Although he was it strong Democrat
hid son, .1 nines Schnnleriift, atliod It t tit
elf nt tin. ;i ue uf aa with tlio Uepnbli
.'iiii purty, llin rue in itn ranlis was
Htoatly. In ls!l he liecitine Oneida
.unity chairiniiii mid ne year later ho
wns eieetiMl nuiyor, lit the fitfo '' 20.
lie wile I he Mtimtjent iiinyor I'ticn ever
lili.l.
fniiiPssliinnl earner lionn in
I'sS? nnd bitilel, with one year's e.S'cup
lion, until he rati for vino proshlont
with Ttift in tliiiS. 'I'hroiifjliout Ills con
liiitiMitt nillce liuldin life he iind j:rowii
oieadily in iiiiporlmii'e a a 'u la tlio
li'epublicmi purty uuichtue. Tliiuo times
he served iih a .'hairtuaii of tlio state
.'..iHenlloim, and he Iind been ".ipnlioii
of" in ('Minuet Inn wllh almost evory
iiiiporiniit ptilltirtil post since 1IH)U.
Thu part Mr. Sherman played In tlio
nut intuit (Nitidis of tlio Itujuihliunn par.
ty was nigto foil tlmn oborvod, but It
i -i it;: .ay l .i ;i in it i it :i I i'i-iil v i
the doatli of Vice I'rpttitlent Shoruitin
i the prnsinU Of dentil, nil Up senin-
tumult . tlip ltittpiuph ii ml clamor,
nioineiiinrilv it. enter in ii'inftiiimt'in
"fideur lien lea.. I'lnus that waved
inii hatt'it ninl .lenpimitl, now pity ami
tllli'thilltl all-Mil till' n lel.'Clllpllir
( lttt two tlnyn, thnt tiirnetl the
innnieiit or two towiitd eternal iliin.
.Milted station, tit lite crisis of n hnrd
in the Itnlf-deaHi of tiieinic collili, "olt
iiopp iiI'ImhIiiihmI, wii h sorrowful note
was nlwnys of hiht3t iinportatico. llu
wan iiiMitiultly consultqd in tlio map
;.inu out of iiatioiial campaigns.
Tho diuth of the vice pnisidont glvos
.uiiit Ut he mrioutt .liscussion of the
tpientioii of Niicceion. As it h well
known, thoro is no pro ision of law for
filling a vncaiicy cniise.l by tho duath
or retirement of a vice president, but
Mr. Sherman was a ciiiuliilnto for re-ele.-'ion,
mitl bin ileath jiriwr to tint ulee
lion in 'iiny inucli concern.
It will tint bit necestary to intiUe any
"huiij.re in the ballot already printed
ami in proci'H" of tliitiilnilion to the
polling plai'CM for no vote i. cast di
rectly ft.r the vice president. Kluctors
are elioen to cast Im ballots of thoir
coiixtltuttnts for cui.li'late for pren
dent nu I ice preHidetit, nnil. while there
is a moral ubliyutioii lestin on tho-e
It-ctiirK to nipp.'rt the iiiiuiineex of th
party, the iiiHt met inns are tnorely 'i
roctorv nnd not inmuli.tury. Thurofoio.
there will bo no dofuet in tho ballot c
to be east for the Republican candidate."
fur ptetiileiit ml electors even though
they appear, at in kuiiio statoH, upon the
I ie lift undei the until.' of Tall ae4
Hhorinnii." ,
The death of Air. Sherniaa will re
lieve them if elected from tho moral
ohlijmtinii to vote for him and tho ques
tion which will then arise will bo a
to whom they tthould oto fur In lib
place. As it ii a party ninttor, ami the
Kovornlng body in tho party is tho lie
publican national committee, ii will be
tint proper function uf that committee
ti- meet ami recommend to them n can
didti t' for ice prosidetit to bo voted
for l.v thorn.
IMPORTANT
The utient of Molly of the Circus i
in the city today and has ureed with
Mr. Kvuus, inaiiaer of the Oiora liouve,
that if ."iii() is .iiuraiiteeil his eompany
that Ley can afford to ie us a per
formauce uu the ttiglit of Novumbor S,
otherwise not. Mr. Kvnus has made u
coii'litioiml uureeiuetit, i. e. If the
show tjoinjj public will subscribe .f 1 00
he will stibsorlbo .flUO, by Monday ovon.
iiiK. v. Itli. Mr. Kvnus nsks that all
those vvlin wikh him to socuro the show
l to plonBO notify hlut on or before Nov.
1th.
lion. IVntices II. Luster said in pari ,
' -it tlli'ptliiLr nf Ihn fl find t?tit1.i A dj. i
. iation held in Albuipienpie on Ocfober
!tfh:
The luf leUlnture prtssod .vhal are
popularly biiown a fcur kooii rundi !
bllN. One of these Is the Mnbllr Hih- ,
wnv ami nri-iues hill which amonj.'
other thing, provides for a state hih
wftv "oinmlMslnn, county rond boards
ind a "enernl plan nf ndmlnUterlnif
the itate highways. A Kecond bill an- I
thorlzey enittilius tr ismto bonds for the !
const rucl Inn nnd maintenance f roads I
ninl bridges. A third bill provides thnt
'leiinipieni faxes collect p1 slmll bo lurn-
oil nvnr tn ttiA pn-,.1 r.ti.l ..1. .mI K,
.'it-, 'i-il-n.l lllll-is.
I ho fourth of there bilN provides frr
the Isnilnf by tho stale of N'ow Mexlrn
of t.ninls lit the sum nf $o00,nno, for
flip construction and mtiintennnpe of a
"vmIpiii nf 'ntp highways.
The botith jirovldntl for by (his bill
.ire t.. be dnted .Innunry 1, HM.'I, and j
they earn interest at the rtitn of I per
cent per annum. Thpy are redoemable :
.omiiiniicinj.' sis yenrs later .Iiitiuary 1 I
IUH1 in the sum of fau.ooo per annum
up o am Including the year 10 lit, a per-
1 .'t weityfive year. The bonds
are to be told lis required for state liifh-
i4 :i..in reipiet by resolution of the;
-in.' 'liyliHitv commlssbn. The money
.. iii.. from (hone bonds it to be up
portioned the various ci unties of our ;
-'at,, in proportion to the nuiMint paid j
l.x ..'i. li I'outitv into the state road fund
in. lei the present one mil) state road
t'tx lev. This levy provides the sink
ins; and interest funiN to cure for tho
n-opoii brands: thorel'ore the bond Is-,
-ue call- for no increase in the tax rate
The bond issue is tn be voted upon at
the ueiieral fleet Inn held .Vovember ft
of this year; lea than one month ills
Hint. For the first tlino in the history of
iVw Mexico we are offered a reason
able and pflleleiif plan for the eonstruc
tion of hljjhwavs. Heretofore the ex
eiip ha been that our laws were in
sufficient as n basis for any definite
wort toward thnt end. Today we have
the laws, and they are ood laws; the
time has come for net inn.
Hiyliwny Improvements cost money
nnd to rale thnt money two ways na
turally sajjiest themselves. One Is by
the levying of a tax, Ihe other by tho
issuing of bonds. The tax lovyinp plan
of building highways, either county or
state is unfair to those who pay the cost
nnd is wholly Insufllciettt to nernmpllsh
much in the building of roads; and is
eldom very successful. It has been
tried both in our county and In tho
stale in the past, and the results have
been patch-work effort, and ono of the
first essentials in the road building h
that it start from a trade center and go
somewhere, but this is often lacking.
Hew inuu.v of our counties in the past
ten yon is" have built from our regular
road tax levy any considernble nmonnt
of permanent rond? Tho only satis
factory way to finance the construction
nf permanent stnte nnd county high
ways is by Ihe issuing of bonds first,
becnuse it distributes 'he cost over fu
ture years, and thus places the burden
of payment more equitably on those
who use the roads, both now and in tho
years o come; nnd secondly, becnuse it.
tunhes possiblo an investment at a low
rate of interest that pays to tho citi
zens of oar state enormous dividends
In the money saved each year. Under
the proposed state road bond Issue, tho
bonds are to be pnid off starting in 1010
and ending in 10 III, a period of twenty-
live years. Carefully and wisely ex
pended, the proceeds of tho bond issue
will construct the beginning of n com
prehensive system of state highways
that will bo used not only by the pres.
out generation, but by those who come
nfter us, twenty-five or thirty years
from now, and who, under this plan,
will b.-ar their share of the cost of the
roads they use.
Civic pride and state pride require
that we be up and doing in this mntter.
Already we are behind in this great
movement for good roads that Is now
sweeping Ihe country. Tho slntos all
around us, proportion of tnxable wealth
considered, lire ahead of us. In Texns
iu the month of February, 1012, nlone,
inst five counties Issued road bonds to
a total of over two and n half million
dollars. The last legislature of Ari
ii tin made a cash appropriation for her
state roads of $250,000 half of our
proposed bond issue; and arrangements
are now bolng made to aulhorio at
the next tneoilng nf the legislature n
bond issuo of $5,000,000. On November
.nli Cnliiiad". iiii a total iiss,.-.se. Mil
nati'n six times 'hat of New Mpxi.o.
votes on a mad bond issue uf flo.MO",
OiiO, which is twenty times our pro-,
iosed issue. California has 1S,O0O.n.0O J
a vn liable.
We need these highways to nttroct
the lust elti.onship of other statos. Fv-
ry dollar oxponded by our stato on the
state highwnvs -arries with it an oxtrn
two dollars' worth of the most effec
tive kind of ndvortislng to tho outside
world thnt nttrnets investors and home
builders. We nepd our shnro of the
flood of gold turned loose eaeb year by
the tourists. Do vou know Mint the
merlcan tourists spent in Uurope, in
the vear 1011 alone, over $50,000,000?
For what? Largely to see natural boau-
ties no more magnificent than what we
have in X w Mexico today. We de
serve and we need our shuro of thnt
the mountains of Switzerland, tho vine
yards of Franco, the cllmnto of Spain,
the beautiful forests of contrni Kuropo.
the mot picturesque of till native races
and tho largest irrigation storage dam
in Americn. Those things are it sealed
book to our tourists, because of the lack
of public highwnvs. Open that sealed
book llttild nnr highways. Invite our
fellow count rymen of the United States
and within a few years you will seo the
cltlens of Hurcpo coming to us to up
hold nntural beauties .lust ns wonder
ful as those which Americans now eroas
the ocean to visit.
The question thnt confronts us nt thq
coming election i. "Shall wo take ad
vantage of this, tho first opportunity
we have had, for the bettering of high
way conditions in NVw Mexico!" To
curry this bond Issue will require on
ergot ic and public spirited nc'lnn by
the good roads enthusiasts of this con-'
vent ion In nil pnrts of our stnte. Should
the proposition be defeated, It would
be a crying ami e.verlasllng disgrace
to our state that would set back Ihe
good roads movement not less than five
vears. Tf It Is approved as It must be
approved and If tho proceeds are wise
lv udminlslered. as under our present
stale highway commission T believe it
will be. we shall find that within three
years the citizens of our state will bo
ervlng for additional bond issues for
th's great work.
A vote for I his bond issue is a vole
iPf IB
Mm "VK
t.. Iinrrr.w inoiit-v at less than ri per octit
and inve-t it in highways thnt will pm j
a .1 v'dend of over 2." per cent per an- '
until, ant it is a vote to put tliose 1 1 v -idends
directly into tho pockets of our
common people. It is a vote that will
sfnnd as an evidence of civic pride, of
good citizenship, and as a justification
for 'hp blessing of statehood.
TUkKS ARE ROUTED BY
BULGARIAN TROOPS
itcr Three Days' righting tho Turks
rice in Disorder to Tchorlu to
Make Final Stand
SHin. Itulgarin. Oct. III.-The Uul
uaiian army Ims completely routed the
main Turkish army under .N'azlm Pasha.
The Turks fled in disorder, leaving
ninny killed and wounded on the Held.
The buttle, which is regarded as the
most important engagement since the
beginning of tho war, lasted three entire
days. It uxtnnded along thu lino from
l.nle Uurgns, eastward to Serai. Tho
Turkish front was over !ll miles long.
Tho ottoman troops retreated to
Tchorlu, about 211 miles to tho south
of the positions from which they wore
drhctt by tho Httlgnrimis.
The town nf Tchorlu, whero the Turks
are expected to uiako nnothor Htnnd,
occupies an important position on the
main road and on tho railway botween
Constantinople nnd Adriaunple, nt tho
point tlio rond from thu port nt Uodosto
jtins. Fnless tho Turks hold this plncn
thev will bo unable to bring any more
troops frotn Asia Minor by way of Ro-
dostO.
The friends of the Tiieutucarl High
School Orchestra hnve Bhcwn their will
ingness to stand the fare and ineidoiital
evpenses tn miiko the trip to Albuquer
que, and furnish music for the meeting
of tho .Vow Mexico Association next
week. This will be a good thing for all
of us. Not only does It show that the
rliiunber of Cnnitnoreo is nwnko to tho
lolvuntngoH of such publicity, but it is
also au encouragement to tho-e who
havo been working enrly and late to
be worthy of such a trip. Hero is to
tho Titcuincari High School Orcheatrn,
and may it do even better than it did
a yonr ngo, when It was nblo to do all
of tttt credit,
i
ABOUT 40 TEACHERS
Ai PUPILS WILL GO
TUCUMCARI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
WILL TAKE A VACATION
Most All the Teachers Intend to Attend
N. M. E. A. Next Week at Albu
qucrquo The Hoard of Directors at a spue in I
meeting this week decided to declare
next week a vacation for the boys and
girls of the Tucumc.iri Public schools.
This was done to allow tho teachers to
attend tho Now Mexico Kducatiounl As
ocintlou which convenes nt Albuquerque
hum week, beginning its programs on
Wednesday. Tho teaching force will
attend as a body, and several of the
students of the High School will also
attend. Superintendent Mack reports
an excellent showing will bo made by
teachers in othor parts of the county,
so thnt we may be suro that Qti"y will
again be well represented nt tho next
meeting of the podngogs. This county
has taken tho bnnnor for attendance
the last two years, and will no doubt
In so again.
There will be a number of our out
of-town pupils thnt will take advantage
of th;g vacation to visit father nnd
mother next week. This will be the
last opportunity to do so till tho Chrlttt
mas vacation, mid we wish them till
the pleasure that can enmo from their
short stny at home. Of courso wo shnll
expect all to bV bnck and ready for the
school work with renowed determina
tion on Monday, November, 11.
Miss Nnofns Will Go.
Miss Mnplo N'nofus, who will repre
sent tho Tucitmcnri High School iu the
interscholnstle debate at Albuquerque,
next week, will leave for that placo on
next Tuesday morning, nlong with about
forty others who are ready to do what
they can to advauco tho cause of edu
cation In thu etain convention of tho
educators. Miss Nacfus won second
plnco in the last contcbt, nnd sbo now
stands an excellent ehnnco to bring back
the gold modal oi this occasion,
