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4 LasVegas Free Press An Evening Dally. J. A. CARRTJTH, PUBLISHER. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Onk Year 0.0. SizM'-ktiis 3.00 Feb Week 15 In advance. Entered ai the pt office Hi Et Lai Vega for trBnnihwnin n m-onml cIhmi mull matter, Saturday, April 2, 18U2. EEPUELICAN TICKET. For Mayor: J. M. Cunningham. For Town Trustee: Sknhca Kline. Tiikuon Ciuspkll. For Marshal: T. F. Clay. .r Hi-f-nli-r: .11. Kmi.y. iv.tziu C:t:z:n Efzazs. Ii i not riiiiotiiiry in timi- of ii toi.,k.- inscl of the eiitiin, :iin follow hi advirr in plaiminji :"" C ii i ii-t inj it campaign. Sucli i o 'nroi- would ! certain destruction ami tin- very idea of it in o repu: n nit to all Hi-iiMt of propriety, tin t one who even nii:gcstf it, is straight w. iv hr.mdcd a a traitor. 1 lie urn cle of Citizen" in tilt) Optic of tli 2:jil would eonvey the idea that In wis a friend of the town of Las Vi gas, and earnestly seeking to furtln r its interest. This would ho we were it not coupled with the approv al of Mr. Millheiser's idea, and ii. furtherance of Mr. Millheiser'c (chimes to entrap the town in Mich position as to nmooth his pathway to success. Mr. Millheiser is an open and avowed enemy of the town of Las Vegas, and really the only one of iii enemies who has had the manliness to stand out and light uncovered. II has never either had or expressed any interest in the town, except in r.o f:r as l.y the expression of that interest he might induce the town to aid him and his associates in appropriating ti entire e.rant to themselves. His suit now pending in the district court o this county, seeks to recover for tin indi i.iual grant claimants every foo of laud w ithin its exterior houndiir ies. The people have not yet for gotten the excitement occasioned when it was learned that even the tow n property was coveted hy him, and that each citizen, whose title to his town lot and home was as sectir. as any title could be, would never theless he required to employ coun sel and take upon himself the burden of defending it against this unwar J ranted attack. From the operation of this suit Mr. Millheiser has stren uously refused to exempt or except a (tingle foot of property, notwith blanding the repeated entreaties made to have him do so. It seems strange, then, that one ho has the welfare of the town ai heart, and is really its friend, as "Citizen" would have us believe, could at the same time urge the peo ple of the town to fall into the aims of this enemy by accepting and car ryii g out the plan that he suggests. We tan not but believe that if "Citi zen" h id signed his name to the (; inmuiiication, we would readil) discover something wrong in lii oomM,Biiion, either by hi owning an ii.teiestiii the grant And claiming under the individual grantees, or ianiu uln rior pursue to be subserved in O'.nnt ction with Mr. Millheiser. It would, indeed, be a grei;t pity th ilthe older of things should be changed; that the custom of a lew men owning the whole territory should be broken in upon by "the government doling out to settler one hundred and ttixty acre tracts." It would be so much better to par ecl this princely domain out among a Kclccl few, the lew being proini tieiit cit.zeim and, therefore, much better than the poor nelller. The few, too, by making cattle ranches about the town, and holding their in teresl t extravagant prices would no doubt, in the estimation of "Ciii Zen," contribute much more l the prosperity of the town than the set tler upon a hundred and sixty acre. Hi. argument is but the old idea lli .1 tlii ;ood thing of this world are ! b dhidi d Up among a Very few, and the balance deprived of them ulio What this community wants abovo 11 things, we think, is the settling up of the lands of the Las Vegas ;rant, and 09 per cent of the dimn- ierested persons residing npon it be lieve that the United States is the gency best adapted to this purpose. It ha- all the machinery and its edict s by the people regarded as law. rhrough it the lands are bound to tie distributed without partiality or lavorilistn, and the poor stand upon hi equal footing with the rich. If i hese lands are settled up in tracts nf ICO acres, as thev will be when tin grant is thrown open tcyiettlement, who would not prefer to trust to the ombined capilal and energy of the 'Dimerous settlers to develop and put ntcr upon them rather than to the private means of the aristocratic few? If settled up, too, in this way, who is -o blind as not to see the thousand fold greater advantages the town ould thus derive from it? The rail .'ol would tin n et tne not. iiecause of !ie lartfe bonus it woiihl reeeivedirect- v lioni the town, but because there Id then lie souii-i hing to come I- in the business ol the town and lo settled condition of the country 'o or through which it would pass, iVe would certainly get a railroad in his manner much earlier than we -old possibly hope to obtain one by he litigation which "Citizen" sug .jests. If large holdings of land arc sscntial to great prosperity, why is it hat grant-cursed New Mexico has lagged so far behind? Colorado and ther states in the arid region had hut' few, if any, grants compared io our territory. Their lands were ill doled out by the government in ICO acre tracts, and yet their devel pinent has been marvelous. At our very doors, even, those sections are settling up most rapidly where the largest areas of government land are io be found. Hitherto, Mr. Millheiser and his co djiitors have ridiculed the idea of he town being able to sell and dis pose of the lands of the grant, even though it should obtain a decision in its favor. They have always main i lined that the town could not ill an iite the grant, and that if, after get ting it, it attempted to do so, its course would be fraught with almost endless contention. Why, then, this change of heart mow, since the government has li pped in, and w hy this unbounded love of Mr. Millheiser for the town, mi of "Citizen" for Millheiser, that nis advice and direction is to bo pu,r--ued? We think the reason is but too apparent! If Millheiser can in veigle the town into a fight with the government, and the town gets from the government the entire area of the grant, it would be so much easier for him afterwards to. bring suit against the town, and harass it into the settlement or compromise which so long has been the burden of the enemy's song. It is quite apparent that Millheiser ami his associates do not court any tight with the govern ment, for ho and they well know that as against the government his claim would not for a moment be tolerated. The claim of the town of Las Vegas he kt.ows to be the strong claim, and i he only claim that can, with any prospect of success, contest with the government for the entire area of the grant. Ho and his friends are shrewd enough to see that with the govern ment there w ill bo no compromise, and no surrender of its rights, except by a judgment of the highest court in the laud. Hut it is not so with the town of Las Vegas. While the government is strong and tenacious of its rights, the town is weak and compromising. A compromise can only be secured through the town, and, to be of any value to the indi vidual claimants, the town must first recover the whole grant. Therefoie, Mi Iheiser reasons, if I can cunningly induce the tow n to make this tight for me, and get this land away from the government, I will secure an ad vantage I can not otherwise gain. Heretofore, when the town was claiming iigainst him alone, thero was no town; now, however, when such an institution can be ot service to h in, he is willing to admit its exist ence, and invites it to unite with him. lint suppose we join hands with Millheiser, as proposed, and claim i'ioiii the government the whole urint, w hat w ill be the result? Sev i r.tl ye.'irs would elapse before the qiiestn. of area would be linally do leimiiied by the supreme court of the Umu4 Suu, sud, ibun uaay moto C. K. NOKCUOS3. TLd Las VegH Brick a:i Euildinj Co. IHTlLDKltS ANI CONTRACTORS. Eatlmntcf film I hod fir nil klmts of bulldlngi. fitaopon OK AM) AVK Opp. San MIkiii'I National tmnW. (J. A. KRANICH, k?, Bis $ Steam FITTERS. Aluo "manufacturer of fine Cnpni r ami Phpct Iron Warei. OUIco In rear of tfkatlng Kink. FHAUIS THOXTE, Ml! mmm On Short Notleo. Hates reasonable. Eong'as Ave., bet. 6th and 7th 1 A few evenings since our report er's attention was called to the beau tifully illuminated buildings of the Smith Premier Typewriter works on Clinton street, and upon investiga tion found that owing to a large in crease in business they were obliged to run twelve hours a day, operating between 3t)0 and 4no employes. Con sidering the rapid growth of the business referred to it is very appa rent to the proprietor that it will be absolutely necessary during the sum mer months to build another factory, and in fact the plans are nearly ar ranged for the construction of a new building of dimensions OUxUO feet, seven stories high. This new struc ture, in addiiion to the present build ings, which have every nook and cor ner tilled with operatives, will ndmit of working at least 6o0 people, and if the business continues to increase in the future as it has in the past it is very certain that the company at no distant day will require all the type writers that GUI) operatives can pro duce. We are informed that no other typewriter manufacturers in the state at present are pressed to till their or ders to the extent that they afe obliged to work overtime. Syracuse Journal, March 19. RAMSAY & HENRY, General Agents fur Mew Mexico, EAST LA'J VGAS. N. TH. J5jfIocal agents wanted throughout the territory, with whom liberal terms will be made. years before the individual claimants are disposed of. Meantime, the town would become dwarfed and sicken, and perchance die. , If the commu nity is w illing to invite this condition of things, wo know of no better way to accomplish it than to follow the advico of Millheiser and "Citizen." But if, on the contrary, wo desire peace and immediate prosperity, let the government step into the shoes of the town, us it has already decided to do, and take upon itself in future the whole burden of the town's de fense; let Millheiser & Co. expend their money ami energy in litigation with the government, and leave us wholly at rest. Meanwhile, the re survey will be made,the lands thrown open to settlement, and settlers will come to possess them A suit against t'ie government w ould occntion no K. L. nitl.NEOAK. hi at mmmm i mm Mm The Ideal Baking Powder is Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. For more than fifty years Cream of Tartar find bi carbonate of Soda have been used for leavening j :;: ;ic. cs with sufficient flour added to preserve the strength of tlu powder unimpaired, and this with the addition ot whites of eggs comprises this pure and wholesome leavening agent, that has been the standard for 40 years. In its use pure, wholesome and delicious food is always assured. Makes cake and biscuit that retain their moisture, and while they are flaky and extremely light they aro fine grained, not coarse and full of holes as made with ammonia baking1 powders, latter dries up quickly. Alum powders leave a bit ter taete in tho bread or cake. L'r. Trico's Cream Bakic Puwdwr to vuwd, Always lucd. CONNELL & KOBLIIZ, Plumbing, Gas and Btcnm Fitting. All work trim runt red to give Batlanictiun. Bridge Street, opposite Tatty's. W. BAASCH, the las vegas bakery. BOCTU 8IDE I'LAZ A. Dread, Cakea and Plea. Ordi'rg delivered tu every part of city. H. S. WOOSTER, JUSTICE OF THE 1'EAl E, Precinct No. 29, East Las Vegas. Acknowledgments and Conveyances promptly attended t'. LONG FORT, Attorneys at Law Wyman Block, East Las Vegas, New Mexico. Kmm ii i: 4 fel LAS VEGAS, N. M. Attorney (JounscW al iw. 0. L DREGOHY. Barber Shop. Hot and Cold i3 CENTER ST., EAST I-A.S VEGAS. Oantina Imperial. J. ZZ. TGitlcbr.-vrcv Manufacturers nnd D!slllli-r- Arnil. Whiskies, Winss, Lio'iors, Ciirs i Tifow Billiard and Club Room Attached. Nos- 103 & 105. Wkst Sim- Pi.aza suspension ot its action, :s would a suit against the town. Every beneli:. that a good title can give would Ik rtirs, and that forthwith, for, behind all, the power of sovereignly stands and furnishes protection. Would the paltry consideration tin town would eventually receive 1'r.nn its sale of the grant lands enmpi n sate it for the delay and Mri'e uu r gone to obtain them? We think id. and, therefore, support the decision already given. Anotiiku ClIl.iON. Holman, the great ( i e p -Ireland objector, has mistaken th-' sound of the grumbling of tlm-.e .-iU'eeled by the adoption of his live cent ideas of economy by the house for the buzzing of the presidential bee. Poor old man! Any on9 proving to our satisfac tion that ha is too poor to pi7 ID cants par weak for tha FiS Passu canhivj it frn J 1 3 H 1 f .MMy - ESTABLISHED 153. Of New Wholesale Grocers, LAS VEGAS Ranch and iA:AA.:A -:-s- Qtmp A iAA: ' 'M Wool, Hides, Pelts and Grain. OLiI Fancy and Staple Grocers, All classes of Canned and Bottled Goods, CIGARS, TOBACCO, ETC., ALWAYS KEPT IN STOCK. All kindfflfcf Eresli Fruit and Vegetables received daily. 23?" Fixe Delivery. BRIDGE STREET, LAS VEGAS, N. M. Club Billiard Hall, (0?SN DAY a:id ITISHT) The Finest in New Mexico, Sixth Street, - East Las Vegas, O. C. FAHXSER, Prop. Finest Wines and Liquors always on hand, the only place in the City where you can obtain tho celebrated "Hutch & Kitch Cigars.'. (Successor to Coors Bros.) WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IS Hardware, Lumber, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Varnishes, I A 1.5X3. ClZi-3 ANJ 3IjA J3, Carpet Felt, Tar Felt, and Plain Board Building Paper, Peerless Weather Strips, CEnmi.I03 IIAT123 SOFT COAL EAST LAS VEGAS, NEW MEXICO. TELEPHONE No. CO. Goods D.-livcivd Free in City. J. k3a llfizcsO'X'OTy DEALER IN Wall Paper, Window Shades Paints, Oils, Glass, Etc, Tubo Colors and Artist3 Materials in stools SIXTH STREET EAST LAS VEOAS. 719 Fii:litj itihv ii lm A::;:hti;j Offers Good Indncptiicnts uliko to BoirowerB and Investors. On Loan iimdi! already. See G, 75. JOIIITGOIT, I-ooal Agent Plumbing, Gas and Steam Fitting. di:aler in- ' Electric Light, Gas and Coal Oil Fixtures, Sewer pipe, Pumps, Hose, Engine Trimmings and Fittings, Brass Goods Lead and Iron Pip?s, Sheet Lead eto. TELEPHONE NO. 25. IlICOHrOEATZD 1885. Mexico, AND SOCORRO. I I ft ft i c& CO., a 1 GOO IRi S9