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, " I ' ' V ..-1 i o II VCfL 2--NO 2. FORT SUMNER, GUADULUPE COUNTY, N. M., JULY 24, 1909. $1 A YEAR, CASH. Fori Our Invitation i t The First National Bank, cf Fort Sumner, N. M. FOR ALL KINDS OF uilding Material, Paints and TS "Prices Harry VV. NAYLOR, Local Manager. E ARICKSON & Co. SUCCESSORS TO A. B. HARRIS. FORT SUMNER, N. M. DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes, Geni's Furnishing Goods, Furniture, Hardware, Groceries, Hay and Feed, Farming Implinients and Wagons, Wa have just received a NEW and COMPLETE line of LADIES and GENTS FURNISHINGS. OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT. SUNNYSIDE TIN SHOP WATER TANKS, - fiUTTERINC, WELL CASING, FLUES and STOVE PIPE MADE TO ORDER. WINDMILL WORK "A SPECIALITY." Agent for Ihe Celebrated "ANN ARBOR" Gasoline Lights. J. A. NORTHINGTON, Prop. Once each week we pay for this space for the privalege only of inviting you once again to become a depositor of our bank. The person who reacte about us fifty-two times a year ought to know us at least fifty-two times better than if he had read of us but once. The better he knows us the more likely he is to like us and our business methods. Your account, large or small, is urgent ly solicited and respectfully invited. Right." ' LOCALETTES Mr. L. A. Porter of Eellevue, Tex., who drove over from Haile Wednesday with the O'Bronr.on party, has decided to remain here, and Mr. O'Brannon was so favorably impressed with the progress being made here that he will return in a few days with his force of muí. teams and contract for farm and ditch work. J. L. Maxwell, leading merchant of Ricardo, has been in the city this week doing business with our wholesale merchants. - Mrs. B W. Carley of Ricardo is a visitor to Ft. Sumner this week. Mrs. R. G. Bean living north of town is sick with typhoid fever. The Misses Gorman of Ricardo, have been visiting this week with Mrs. W. T. Reiger. Mr. and Mrs. G. M. McKinney left today for Chicago, where they will close their home and return to locate here permanently in Ft. Sumner. The announcement of their intention to build here was received with pleasure by their many firlends. W. A. Cecil who has been s'c't with a complication af diseases has sufficient ly recovered to be able to ride to town. The surest and eaisest way to cure a cough or cold is by gently and freely movingthe bowe ls. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup is plesant, stops the coug'ng and quickly relieves the cold by allaying con gtstion and by pleasantly and promptly moving tiie towels. Sold by Sunnyside Drug Co. A. C. Butler find wife of Yesso. hnth I f ...I x - vi w.iuiii jitivtr t.vpiiuij lever, are l.ere under treatment by Dr. Lovelace. When your down-trodden soles' are in heed of repairs go to W. M. Park, the cobbler, on 4th. street. J. N. O'Brannon and S. A. Porter of Haile, N. M., J. VV. Wells of Miami, Tex. and M. E. Wells cf Jet, Okla., came in on Wednesday and made a hur ried inspection of the town and valley. The Wells brothers are interested in a location for a mercantile business and a land investment. They had nev er given much thought to irrigation, but were immpyessed with the assur ance it gives of crops in such seasons as this, and expressed their intention of returning in the near future. Car Load of Salt just received at Blankenship & Co's. WHAT HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND Hired Man Realized That Domestic Birds Were Weather Indicators, But Couldn't See Why. The city man on the honeysiickle ciad porch smoked and listened to the farm hand's talk. "Wenthor vanes is wind indicators," said the farm hand, "but chickens and turkeys by orlnus. is wind prophets." "Come off," said the city man. "Gospel truth," declared the farm band. "In a cam, when there ain't oin to be no wind, the birds ailus roost on the tree bonshs with their heads alternatin' each way number one faces east, number two west, num ber three north and so on. Thai's a sign of cam. But suppostn' there's goln' to be a strong hlsh wind. Then they ai roost, every mother's son on 'em, facln' it. Accordin' as they face, so you can prophesy the wind will blow before tnornin'. "I figfier it out," said the farm hand, "that in a cam the bunch faces dif ferent ways so as to look out for dan ger better. But If it's goln' to blow up in the night, then tney tare the blow so's they can best hang on to their perch. What I can't figure out, though, is how in the mischief they smell that wind five or six hour.i be fore it's due." J. O. Welborn is fencing a forty acre tract under the ditch for Mr. Johnson of Chicago, who recently purchased the land, and intends putting it under cultivation at once. W. A. Tipton, Deputy U. S. Survey or, has been Bick for several days, but will be able to commence the survey of the "Sutton Grant" within the next ten days. College in Suburbs. The Holiness Association of the Southwest, who have for some time contemplated the location of a college in this part of the territory, have final ly decided to locate at La Lande, the new suburban town east of here. The people of Fort Sumner are mighty glad to see its suburbs building up. This college will, doubtless, add materially to the wealth of La Lande and give it a substantial foundation on which to base its existence. The directorate of the association showed excellent judge ment in locating so near to the Fort Sumner Irrigation District where the if people who follow the college may find desirable farm and orchard lauds. If the plans of the college builders materialize it will mean much to Fort Sumner. Lightning during a thunder storm last week, struck the house of V. E. Rail on a homestead near Kenna, Chaves county, twelve times, at inter vals of a minute apart. H. N. Ruther ford, who with his family, was at the Rail house, was struck first and fell over dead. The second stroke threw the four year old daughter of W. E. Rail to the floor and it was twenty minutes before she was revived. The third stroke hit the five year old daugh ter of Rail, the fourth struck Rail and the fi th and sixtli shock struck Mr:-. Rutherford's fourteen months old child. It was ti rown ten feet outof the moth er's atirn. The lest stroke set the house on fin: but it was extinguished by Mrs. Rail with buckets of water. Mrs. Rutherford and Mr3. Rail are sis ters. There were "thirteen" persons in the house at the time of the storm. However, It was due to the fact the house had a tin roof, was the only ob ject rising above the plain and was ev idently the center af the terrific storm, that is thought to account for the house being struck so frequently in succession. Sar.ta Fe New Mexican. The J. S. Harvey homestead claim, one half mile east of the Clovis town site, was sold last week to J. S. Ed wards, Dr. Smith and R. E. Brown fur $14,000. The homestead will be cut up into building lots. Vhe Santa Fe is re-ballasting 'the . tingits fast mail and passenger service. The Honorable Board of County Commissioners have failed thus far to act upon a petition of a large number of our citizens praying for the appoint , ment of a Constable of this precinct." They doubtless think that we do not know what we do need and are willing to leave us without an officer There may come a time when some of the aforementioned County Com missioners rtill want some of the votes of this bailiwick to elect thorn to office again. We have not been overlooked when it came to raising revenue. The people of this precinct want to know why we can rot secure such a small boon from this high authority. Miss Carrie Bullock and Miss Jean Barnes left Wednesday for the former lady's claim north of town. J. H. Keeling of Rockford, Ills., came in Thursday with his family and j will spend a few months here improv- ing his lands recently purchased under I the big canal. Don Manuel Abreu, accompanied by Don Isaac Sandovall, prominent flock masters, paid the Review a pleasant call Thursday. Messrs. Abreu and Sandoval have just finished shipping their clips of 30,000 and 50,000 pounds respectively of wool. While watching the broncho busting on the plaza, to which the wild west show boys treated us Tuesday, Pete Franklin stopped a irlghted team from running away by grabbing the lines and also stopped one mule's heels by getting his slats too clcse. Mule and Fute both doing well. We notice Contractor Wells is get ting his tools ready to punch holes in the concrete walls of the Frist National Batik. Go to it, old timer! Maybe you'll make it into the vault in about a week, and if you don't need the j money come around and see us. Bryan Trammel, manager for Blank enship and Co., made a business trip to Portales this week. He s.ij s that Roosevelt county especially in the vicinity of Portales is in a flourishing condition. THE CHURCH SOCIAL. PROGRAMME Quartette, "My Old Kentucky Home," Misa Adalina Jaramillo, R. I.. Show alter, G. C. Deen and H. W. Naylor. Recitations: ' "Welcome," Maud Dunn. "Dooing Good," Callaway Deen. "Mary had a Lamb," Louise Hensley "I'm going to Grandma's," Rowena Wollley. Solo: "The Last Rose of Summer, Mrs. Lillian F. McK inney, with Flute accompaniment by D. J. McCanne. Recitation, "Knee Deep In June," Ray L. Showalter. "A Dream of Paradise," a Japanese love song, Mrs. Lillian F. McKinney. Organ accompaniments by Miss Arloa McCanne. The social and musical given Tuesday evening by the ladles of Fort Sumner, fcr the benefit of the Union Church Fund, was a pronounced success from every point of view. The entertain ment was liberally patronized and upwa rds of $25.00 was turned over to treas urer Mrs. R .C . Nisbet. The programme was planned and THE CONTIGENT FUND. Parties holding certificates for lots on the Government Tewnsite should present them to C. W. Foor for com parison with the record, as it appears from the record that twenty pages have been torn from the book of rec ords; already about twenty certificatis have been shown to Mr. Foor that are not recorded and he is recording them free of charge. The record shows that W. H. Parker has not deposited with the First Nat ional Bank of Fort Sumner any money to the credit of the Contigent Fund since November, 1907. THE UNION CHURCH FUND, The total amount subscribed toward the Tnion Church building fund now aggregates about $550,00. This is ex elusive of the two lots donated by the Fort Sumner Townsite Company this before any concerted movement has been made. Rev. John R. Gass, who is in charge of Presbyterian missionary work in Ariioia and New Mexico, will be here again in a few days and an organized effort will be made to swell the sub scription list immediately and start construction work on the church. Dr. Gass has promised that the Presby terian Synod at New York will contrib ute one dollar for every two dollars that is raised by public subscription. It is proposed tq locate the new church on the line between the town- t Drugs and Medicines, Toilet Goods, Perfumery, Soaps, Brushes, And Syringes. Ice Cold Drinks and Choice Candies Of All Kinds. r m uur Vaooas re rresn. We sohat your 0ur Siock Ig Comp!ete. . trade because 0ur Drjs Are Pure- The School Board held a meeting Tuesday, the 2"th,,and elected Miss M. Blanchard, Principal, Mrs. Fame Highsmith and Miss Clara Gerhardt, assistants. The time for commencirg school was not determined but wi 1 most likely be September 1st. Dr. C. Lukens, president of the Roosevelt County Telephone company, with George E. Scnggs, Superinten dent, were in town this week with the view of establishing a local exchange. They selected a lot for building the exchange building. The company has local exchanges in Portales, Farwell, Texico, Clovis and Melrose, and have over 250 miles of long dis.ance toll line. They will commence immediately to install the exchange with all modern improvements. conducted by Mrs. LiiliaD F. McKinney ; and every participant carried orf hie Í part in an interesting manner, wed ! deserving of the generous applause. Mrs. McKinney's solos were partic ularly appreciated and every thanks it due her for her enthusiastic support of the musicale. The childrens recitationi ' were liked by all and the programme ! was finished by a humerous number by Mr. McKinney. I After the program lemonade and : cake were served under supervision of ! Mrs. Ridsdale. The refreshments had I all been donated and there was a plen- tiful supply. J Several cakes were left over and an i auction was started to dispose of them. 1 The last one was sold to the highest j bidder among the ladies only, with the I provision that the purchaser could ! select any man in the house to pay for it. It was "knocked down" to Mis Mable Lovelace, and Mr. Pickel was surprised to find himself the owner of a $2,75 cake. Everyone present heartily enjoyed the evening and the pleasure was en hanced by the worthiness of the cause. I What have you done with this fifty cents on each lot taken since that date? j The question asked of George Mur- phy, former Chairman of the Board of Control, and W. H. Parker as to whom i they paid that $50,00 on April 2nd, has not been answered by either of them, hence the conclusion is that said sum of $50,000 has not been spent for the purposes for which it was collected. ! The Board of Control have concluded ' in the absence of any explanation that the funds were misused anil are taking j the necessary steps to have this money rcsovered. site company's property and the gov- ernment addition. This Will put it in I the exact center of the district to be I served and will also enable the congre gation to file on a lot across the street , for a parsonage. The exact location : will announced later on. "Every inhabitanLW-Fort Sumner , should heartily support this movement j and lend every possible assistance to j Dr. Gass and the local committee who I have the work in charge. The church will be open to the use of all denomi nations and will be used as long as needed for a school honse. Even the poor man's mite helps in this worthy labor; let us work together; let each contribute what he can. Mrs. R. C. Nisbet is treasurer. We give you what you ask for. On last Tuesday, G. R. Urton, Mana ger of the Cass Land and Cattle Co., filed a criminal complaint before J. A. Perkins charging William Carter with maliciously killing a two year old heif er belonging to the company. The proof showed that the heifer wa3 "locoed," and that she came to the residence of Mr. Carter and tm through the wire fence at Mrs. Carter, and that Carter, seeing this, ran to the house in defense of his family and set his dog on the cow. which then proceeded to chase him, running thru the fence at him. finally however, with the assistance of the dog and Carter's cows, the heifer was finally overcom with fatigue and lay down and died. This was rather a remarkab.e case, but the court was fully convinced that the heifer was "locoed" and that Mr. Carter used no more than lawful furo in the protection of himself and family and discharged the defendant -Vl I. ill ,1