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MEXICAN
VOL. 44.
SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 14, 1907.
NO. 155.
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County Seat of
Quay Growing
Steadily
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INSTALLING-WATER SYSTEM
Plant Will Cost $50,000
When Completed Much
Building Going On.
L. P. Gamble, of Tucumcari, a
bright and active young man, was a
recent visitor to the Capital. He
came to gee the Inauguration sights,
to become acquainted and to enjoy
the fine climate and attractions of the
Capital. He arrived at Tucumcari v
few months ago from Amarillo, Texas.
By profession, he is a school teacher,
but found this vocation too slow and
that he could make more money In
the real estate business In the thriv
ing Quay County capital. He thinks
that he has made a good choice. To
a reporter of the New Mexican, Mr.
Gamble said:
"Tucumcari is all right In every
way, so is Quay County. Indeed, 1
am told by surveyors who know that
there is hardly a quarter section of
government land that is sufficiently
level to be ploughed and on which a
home can be built, that has not 'been
entered under the homestead laws.
The only free government land now
Is In the hilly section of the county
and to that portion the live
stock men have retired. On account
of the heavy immigration and speedy
settlement of the public domain most
of the sheep and cattle that roamed
over Quay County three years ago
have been diminished in numbers and
have gone elsewhere. The people
who have come in during the past
few years are of a very good class,
pretty well' to do and the majority of
them have brought with them im
proved horses and cows, as well as
farming machinery" and much furni
ture. Crops this year will be good, so I
have learned. This will be especially
the case with corn and feed stuff.
Tucumcari Growing Steadily.
"Tucumcari is growing steadily and
rapidly. Ten new business houses
are now under course of construc
tion; nine of them are being con
structed out of that peculiar red rock
that abounds in the vicinity of Tu
cumcari, and one will be of concrete.
These will be completed before the
snow falls. The cost of these build
ings when completed will be nearly
$75,000. The business portion of the
city will be handsomely improved by
their construction.
"Many new residences of all di
mensionSi sizes and shapes are being
built, something between sixty and
seventy. Nearly all of them are sub
stantial and will prove fine additions
to the residence portion of the city.
"The El Paso & Southwestern Rail
way people are doing much work and
employing many men, which of course
aids business and the growth of the
city. The large roundhouse, which
was at Santa Rosa, and extensive
shops are now in course of erection.
"The grade of the Choctaw Rail
road, a branch of the St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad, from Amaril
lo, Texas, to Tucumcari, 112 miles
in length, is almost completed, and
we have reason to believe In our
town, that it is but a question of a
few months when the grade will be
thoroughly repaired and completed,
and track-laying -will commence. With
this new outlet, Tucumcari is bound
to become one of the largest towns
in eastern New Mexico or western
Texas.
"According to the records of the
probate clerk, we expect to poll near
ly 4,000 votes In November, 1908.
Big Increase in School Census.
"Our school census for the present
year made by Superintendent Milner
Rudulph, shows a total of 3,500 per
sons of school age. That means per
sons between the ages of five and
twenty years, while the school cen
sus last year was only about 1,500.
"The Tucumcari Scouring Mills are
all kept busy daily, Last year about
2,000,000 pounds of scoured wool were
shipped from our town, while this
- year I am informed by well posted
persons, that the shipments will reach
3,000,000 pounds.
"Sheep men in our section, as a
rule, are (prosperous, although a few
of them suffered a loss of lambs dur
ing the cold spell in the spring.
City Grants Water Works Franchise.
"The city has granted a franchise
for a new and extensive water sys'
tem to W. F. Buchanan, president of
the First National Bank, and his assO'
dates. At least $50,000 will be spent
to give the city a first class water
system. , Water will likely have to be
COMPLIMENT TO
COLONEL PRICHARD
Retiring Attorney General Receives
Courteous Letter From Governor
Curry Accepting Resignation.
In acceptance of the resignation of
Colonel George W. Prichard as at
torney general of New Mexico, Gov
ernor Curry has addressed a personal
letter to the retiring legal adviser of
the Territory which, while of charac
teristic briefness, is very compliment
ary .' The communication reads:
"My Dear Colonel Prichard: I am
in receipt of your letter of the 9th in
stant in which you tender your resig
nation as attorney general of the Ter
ritory of New Mexico, stating that on
account of personal business you de
sire to retire from said office.
"I hereby accept your resignation,
to take effect upon the appointment
and qualification of your successor,
whom I shall today appoint, namely,
Hon. Albert B. Fall, of Dona Ana
County.
"In connection with your resigna
tion I desire to thank you on behalf
of the people of New Mexico for the
very able services you have rendered
as attorney general and wishing you
the greatest possible measure of suc
cess in your future undertakings. I
am, sir, sincerely yours,
"GEORGE CURRY,
"Governor of New Mexico.
"Santa Fe, N. ,M. August 12, 1907."
Attorney General Prichard tendered
his resignation to the new executive,
as has been stated, because he felt
that Governor Curry would want a
legal adviser of his own choosing. He
accepted the position only temporarily
anyway, during the interval Secretary
James W. Raynolds was acting Governor.
WILL BUILD
HUGE WARSHIPS
Reported That England Contemplates
Construction of 30,000 Ton
Monsters.
Washington, Aug. 14. The naval
experts here have been somewhat
startled by a seemingly reliable re
port that England proposes to build
battle ships that will relegate the ter
rible Dreadnaughts to the second
class.
The proposed vessel is to have a
displacement of 30,000 tons and will
have the unique arrangement of six
turrents, each to hold three guns.
With such an arrangement and with
six turrets for the main battery, it
would be possible to carry eighteen
12-inch guns. Experts here say that
if 30,000 ton ships are built by Great
Britain there would be nothing to do
but to follow suit and to match at
least the first of the new fighting machines.
JUDGE FALL NOW
.IN TEXAS CITY
Will Be Here in Few Days to Assume
Duties as Attorney General
of New Mexico.
Governor Curry is in receipt of a
telegram from Judge Albert B. Fall,
who has been appointed as attorney
general of New Mexico, in which the
latter says he will leave in a few
days for Santa Fe. Judge Fall is now
at El Paso, Texas, attending to pri
vate legal business, Colonel George
W. Prichard, the retiring attorney
general, is prepared to turn the office
over to his successor at any time.
FROM COLORADO TO
TENNESSEE BY BOAT.
Denver, Aug. 14. Claude Hamilton
and his wife of Mepmhis, Tennessee,
who have been spending their vaca
tion in Colorado, will return to , the
South in a bot. Hhey intend to
drift home by way of the North
Platte, Platte, Missouri, and Missis
sippi Rivers. The distance they will
go in their boat will be 2,000 miles.
They expect to reach Memphis about
October 10.
SECRETARY TAFT
BACK IN
WASHINGTON.
Washington, Aug. 14. 'Secretary of
War Taft returned to Washington this
morning from" his vacation and at
once plunged into the great mass of
work to be disposed of between now
and next Sunday when he leaves on
his Western trip and embarks for the
Philippines.
procured from deep wells and -will
have to be pumped by steam or elec
tric power, to supply the city; also
from a reservoir which will be con
structed in the Pajarlta River, which
runs a great deal of water during the
spring months."
Mr. Gamble impressed the reporter
as a bright and active young busi
ness man -who knows a good thing
-when he sees It and who stated that
he had come to New Mexico to make
it his permanent home. He was
greatly pleased with the town and
the county of his residence. He en
joyed his . visit to the Capital very
much.
JAFFA SUCCEEDS
J.W.
RAYNOLDS
President Accepts
Resignation of
Secretary
E
New Official Named on Gov
ernor Curry's Recommendation.
Oyster Day, L. I., Aug. 11.
President Roosevelt today ap
pointed Nathan Jaffa, of Ros
well, to be Secretary of New
.Mexico, vice James W. Ray
nolds, of Santa Fe, resigned.
The news of the resignation as sec
retary of the Territory of Hon. James
W. Raynolds is not a surprise to his
many friends, although such to the
people generally. It had been rumor
ed for a week that in case of the res
ignation Nathan Jaffa of Roswell,
cashier of the Citizens' National Bank
of that city, and one of its leading
men in business, socially and in the
Republican party, would be appointed
upon ihe recommendation of Gover
nor George Curry.
Resignation Was Voluntary.
The resignation of Secretary Ray
nolds means that Mr. Raynolds was
desirous of retiring upon the assump
tion of the office of executive by Gov
ernor Curry believing and consider
ing It proper and the right thing to do
that the new executive should have in
the Territorial office closest to that of
the Governor an official who was in
entire accord with his views of admin
istration and official doings.
The kindest and best of feeling ex
ists between Governor Curry and Sec
retary Raynojds and the latter's re
tirement is for the purpose of doing
everything in his power to carry the
administration policies of the new
Governor into the speediest operation.
Among the good people of this city
and of Las Vegas, his former home,
and throughout the Territory, Secre
tary Raynolds is very well and fav
orably known as an official and in pri
vate life. Universal regret at his re
tirement from office is expressed. His
resignation was brought about by the
exigencies of politics and in no wise
affects unfavorably his official or
personal character.
Mr. Jaffa Did Not Seek Office.
As for Mr. Jaffa, he was not a can
didate for the position and accepted it
at a great sacrifice, but did so in order
to do his level best to stand by his old
friend, Captain George Curry, by the
Republican party of the Territory as
well as to aid in every possible way
toward the proper, efficient and hon
est administration of the Sunshine
Territory and to help Governor Curry
wherever possible for the progress
and well being of New Mexico.
Secretary Raynolds has served six
years and over in his present position.
His commission, had he remained in
office, would have expired January 13,
1910. It is expected that Mr. Jaffa will
be in Santa Fe just as soon as he can
be replaced in the important financial
position he now holds, which, it is be
lieved, will be by the end of this
month.
LITTLE CHANGE
Companies Refuse
to Treat With
Men
ARBITRATION IS UNLIKELY
Chicago Awaits Arrival of
President Small-Associated
Press Circuit Opened.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Pending the' ar
rival of President Small but little
progress Is being made today in the
efforts to secure a settlement of the
telegraphers' strike. The companies
today adhered to their determination
not to receive any deputation from
the strikers or to submit anything to
arbitration. Both the Western Union
and Postal managers asserted they
Were in better condition than at any
time since the strike began.
Associated Press Circuit Opened.
Chicago, Aug. 14. The regular ov
erland circuit of the Associated
Press was opened through to Denver
and Colorado Springs at 9: 33 o'clock
this morning.
Postal Operators Quit in Frisco.
San Francisco, Aug. I I. Fifty Pos
tal telegraph operators struck here
yesterday afternoon. Superintendent
Storer says he can handle ordinary
business, although slower than usual.
Manager O'Brien of the Western
Union whose men also struck yester
day, claims to be in better shape
than when his men went on strike.
TELEGRAPH STRIKE
BECOMING SERIOUS
Extending to All Parts of United
States and Cable Lines May Be Af
fectedMessages are Delayed.
Business of the country is being
Imore or less tied up by the striki of
Ki A. t. . . . . . -
me union teiegrapn operators which is
spreading to all parts of the United
States. Unless the' differences be
tween the strikers and the heads ol
the two great commercial telegraph
companies are settled within a few
days the cable lines may be affected
and there is a possibility that the rail
road operators will declare a sympa
thetic strike.
With the limited force of non-union
operators it is an utter impossibility
to handle the enormous amount of
business transmitted daily over the
telegraph wires, but telegrams are be
ing accepted subject to delay. Al
though there are no operators in this
city on a strike, the two offices here
are affected because of the delays en
countered in sending messages.
The long distance telephone systems
throughout the country are reaping a
harvest on account of the telegra
phers' strike because people Jiaving
urgent messages to be transmitted do
not care to trust to the uncertainty of
having a telegram forwarded and can
not wait for the slower process of de
livery by mail.
DEMURRER FILED
IN DAMAGE CASE
Argued and Submitted Today Before
Judge McFie Matter Taken
Under Advisement.
A demurrer filed by the defendant
in the damage suit of Harry Friday
against the Santa Fe Railway Com
pany was argued and submitted today
in chambers before Judge John R.
McFie. Friday it will be remembered
was employed as a brakeman on the
Santa Fe Central Railway and met
with an accident falling from a
freight car which resulted in the loss
of a portion of one arm. 'He institut
ed suit for damages in the sum of
$50,000. Judge N. B. Laughlin ap
pears as counsel for the railroad com
pany and Colonel George W. Prichard
as attorney for the plaintiff, .
CLAIMS LAW IS 1
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Magdalena, Aug. 14. Solomon Mon
toya, who was arrested in Albuquer
que last Sunday on the charge of ob
taining money under false pretenses,
was tried before the justice of the
peace here and fined foO and costs.
The case will be appealed, it being
held that chapter 37, of the territo
rial statutes of 1905, under which the
sentence was passed, has been ruled
unconstitutional by the district court.
ALTON RAILROAD
PLEADS IMMUNITY
Expects to Effectually Bar Prosecu
tion for Granting Rebates to
Standard Oil.
Chicago, Aug. 14. Upon a plea of
immunity the Chicago and Alton Rail
way expects effectually to bar prosecu
tion by the government on the charge
of granting rebates to the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana.. This im
munity is said to have been promised
the Alton before the indictments
against the Standard were returned
last August, and in consideration of
it the Alton furnished the federal au
thorities with all proof necessary to
convict the oil trust, The federal
grand jury convened today to investi
gate the charge against the railway
company. Counsel for the Alton,
however, claim they are not worrying
over the outcome.
JAPAN BUYS
WAR TRANSPORTS
Pays $400,000 for Two of Finest Ships
in Canadian Pacific Railroad
Service.
Bellingham, Wash., Aug. 14. A dis
patch to the Reveille from Vancou
ver, says: "To be used as transports
in time of war the Japanese govern
ment has purchased the steamships
Tartar and Anthenian from the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad. The craft has
been plying regularly between Aus
tralia and Vancouver. They are the
finest vessels in the Canadian Pacific
service. It is understood the price
paid was about $400,000."
TERRITORIAL RIFLE
TEAM IN PRACTICE
Santa Fe Detachment Leaves This
Evening for Las Vegas Preparatory
to Going to Camp Perry.
Preparatory to competing in the na
tional rifle tournament at Camp Perry,
the team which will represent the
New Mexico National Guard will have
a few days' target practice on the Ter
ritorial range at Las Vegas.
Sergeant E. S. Andrews, of Com
pany F, First Infantry, New Mexico
National Guard, went to the Meadow
City night before last to erect the tar
get frames, and have everything In
readiness for the preliminary prac
tice. The following other local mem
bers of the team will leave tonight:
Team captain, Brigadier General A. P.
Tarkington; range officer, Lieutenant
Colonel E. C. Abbott, Lieutenant S. C.
McCrimmon, Lieutenaut H. E. Mc
Cullough, Lieutenant Carlos Vlerra.
First Sergeant J. H. McHughes, Quar
termaster Sergeant Ashley T. Reed,
Sergeant John Guttorman. Corporal
Charles Llngenfelter.
Lieutenants E. A. Lohman and
George E. Buffnian, of Roswell, were
expected to leave that, city today for
Las Vegas, and Sergeants E. C. Wade
and W. R. Ames leave tonight from
Las Cruces. These constitute the ter
ritorial rifle team, with the exception
of Major R. C. Rankin, of Las Vegas,
and Major B. Ruppe. of Albuquerque,
who will join the team in the Meadow
City as "coach" and "spotter" respectively.
TO EXPOSE FAKE
MINING SCHEMES
General Uncovering of Alleged Frauds
to Be Feature of Federal Grand
Jury at Denver.
Denver, Colo., Aug. 14. A genera
uncovering of alleged mining frauds
Is likely to be the feature of the next
session of the federal grand jury. The
postofflce inspectors have been at
work on a large number of cases since
the session of the grand jury last
spring, and they have an immense
mass of evidence partly ready to be
submitted to the district attorney for
presentation to the grand jury. It U
expected that a grand jury will be
called in October to meet at either
Denver or Pueblo.'
The grand jury last spring returned
several mining fraud indictments, in
cluding those against the Lost Bul
lion Spanish Mines Company. It now
appears that this was but the prelimi
nary outcropping of a sweeping inves
tigation, which may, before it is fin
ished, Involve hundreds of men In
trouble with the federal authorities.
Just how many cases, if any. will be
presented to the grand jury this fall
cannot be predicted. The action of
the government may depend In part
upon the outtcome of the Lost Bullion
trial now in progress in the United
States district court. It is said upon
good authority, however, that the post
office inspectors are at work on some
thing like 100 cases.
KILLS WOMAN WHO
SHOT BROTHER
Friendly Scuffle Ends Fatally at Coal
Camp of Dawson Slayer
in Jail.
Dawson, N. M., Aug. 11 Lizzie
Zeller, is dead and John Jenkins is
probably fatally wounded as the result
of shooting affray which occurred
here last night. Tom Jenkins, broth
er of the Injured mau is in the coun
ty jail at Raton, charged with the
murder of the Zeller woman.
It Is stated that John Jenkins went
to the house of the Zeller woman and
was engaged in a friendly . scuffle for
the possession of a revolver when the
weapon exploded. The bullet struck
Jenkins In the left breast near the
heart
As soon as Thomas Jenkins heard
of the affair he ran to the place and
asked that the woman be pointed out
to him. When this was done, it is al
leged that he shot her three times.
Death was instantaneous.
The Jenkins are prominent here,
their father being a pioneer in the
district. The boys are miners, and
also have worked for the Santa Fe
Railway.
DESERTED BY
ELOPING RECTOR
Unfrocked Minister Leaves Young
Girl Who is In Canadian Sanitar
ium a Nervous Wreck.
Hemstead, L.' I Aug. 14. Accord
ing to news that has reached Hem
stead, the awakening has speedily
come to Miss Floretta Whaley, the 17-year-old
girl who eloped April 29 with
her guardian, the Rev. Jere Knode
Cooke, then rector of St. George Epis
copal Church at Hemstead. Miss
Whaley, it is reported, has been de
serted by the unfrocked minister and
is reported to be in a sanitarium in
Canada, a nervous wreck. The where.-
abouts of Cooke have not been
learned.
I
E
IS
San Juan County
Will Have Half
Crop
Navajo Indians Share in
General Prosperity of
Northern New Mexico.
An early spring followed by late
frosts caused the destruction in the
bud of orchard fruit the length and
breadth of the United states with the
exception of in a few favored sections
of the country. In most localities' the
fruit crop this season is u total loss
and in other places only about half
a crop will be raised. San Juan Coun
ty, New Mexico; Is placed in this lat
ter category and the fruit growers
there will derive more revenue from
their half crop this season than they
did last year with a full crop.
Arthur M. Edwards, an attorney of
Farmington, who is also a iiH-niber of
the Bureau of Immigration, has been
a visitor the pant few days in the
Capital. Mr. Edwards is Identified
with a large canning factory in his
home town and naturally lie is deep
ly interested in the fruit outlook. The
prospects are that there will be little
left for canning as there is a healthy
demand for the fresh fruit which is
growing as the season advances. Mr.
Edwards in an interview last evening
stated that summer apples which a
year ago were fed to the hogs or
rotted on the ground are now being
sold at one dollar and a half per box
in Farmington. He said:
"San Juan County fanners and fruit
growers are this year experiencing
the most prosperous season in the
history of the county. .While some
of the growing orchard fruit was dam
aged by the spring frosts the almost
total failure of the fruit crops else
where has resulted in a great demand
and 'high prices for the San Juan
product.
"The apple crop this year is especi
ally abundant and of a superior qual
ity. Summer apples which were fed
last year to the hogs on account of
the immense crop are now bringing
one dollar and a half per box at Farm
ington. Near Cedar Hill in the north
ern part of the county good peach and
pear crops are being raised. It seems
that the peaches and pears were not
far enough advanced in this section
to be destroyed by the frost as was
the case iu the southern portion.
Crops Bring High Prices.
"Vegetables and cereals of all
kinds have done well this season,
thanks to the abundant rains which
furnished plenty of moisture for the
growing crops. The alfalfa crop has
been unusually abundant. Altogeth
er it will be seen that the agricul
turists and the horticulturists have
every reason to be happy and con
tented. The fruit growers will re
ceive more for their ha'f crop of ap
ples this year than they did for a full
crop last year.
"The Navajo Indians are sharing in
the general prosperity of that section
of the Territory. They are entirely
self-supporting and raise good crops
of corn and other products by their
own "dry farming" methods. They
possess large herds of sheep and are
now investing in spring wagons, top
buggies and other luxuries of the suc
cessful farmer.
"The restoration to entry of over
200,000 acres of land adjacent to
Farmington, Frultland and La Plata
means a great increase in population.
These lands are open to selection on
September 9 and to entry on October
9. They comprise some of the best
land in the county. Surveys are now
being made for a ditch to cover these
lands, including the famous "mead
ows," which are embraced In the re
storation order.
Want New Bridge.
"The county commissioners, it is
hoped, will soon build a bridge across
the San Juan River, which will divert
a large trade that now goes to Thor
eau and Gallup and will open up for
easy settlement an immense area of
the finest land in the county.
"Farmington has raised $2,500 for
the fencing of the fair grounds and
the erection thereon of a grandstand.
The Farmington fair, to be held Sep
tember 18 to 21, will be the largest
and best ever held in San Juan
County.
FEDERAL NATIONAL BANK
OF CHICAGO CHANGES HANDS.
Chiqago, Aug. 14. The Federal Na
tional Bank last night passed into the
hands of a coterie of financiers head
ed by John Worthington of Kansas
City, Missouri.