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Real Estate and Too Late To Classify
Real Estate and Too Late To Classify
EL PASO H
T0P06IUPHEB
TAKES MANY
CHANGES
MUST COOK, CLIMB
AND DEAL WITH MEN
Bisks life, Limb and Repu
tation to Map the Lay of
the Land.
By Frederick J. Haskin. !
W ashington, D. C, Feb 24-The not miscarry, delegates to the national
topographic service of the United convention of that party will be chosen
S'ates geological survey employs a re- b the presidential preference primary
i. arkable lot of men. Engaged in j pn. Tie primary will not be held by
i aklng the actual surveys for the tne sanction of any statute, as such a
Kreat topographic map of the United )aw could not be enacted by the legis
lates, the map from which all other j lature In time to be effective this
a curate traps are made, they must vear: but the committee, which has
possess a versatility wide in its range I
a -id useful In its application It is '
i"-lr task to take a plane table and a I
sheet of paper, and with these simple !
instruments to measure distances and i
i map out elevations in such a way j
'hat the person acquainted with the I
topographic map they make may, upon i
examlnlne tne nun. make a. correct and
accurate mental picture of the region
thus plotted.
Mot Also Knevr Hon- fo Cook.
In this the topographer has to do
many things which seem to be wholly
unrelated to the science of measuring
and accurately picturing long stretch
es of landscape. He must be able to
bake biscuits in a frying pan, for the
topographer cannot always command
the services of a cook. He must be
something of a diplomat, for often
there are land owners who seriously
object to having the secrets of their
landed possessions placed upon govern
ment published maps, as, for instance,
a man who believes that there are rich
w. InArol flannel tm ai hi a lanjl t-uti-
which he is not willing that the world ',
should know. j
He must be a mountain climber who t
can get to the summit of the highest
trountains without a guide; for it 4s
upon such high places as these that
the topographer becomes the monarch
of all he surveys, so far as the work
f plotting the adjacent country on his
plane table paper is concerned. He
must be a leader of men; because each
topographer must have a force of as
sistants with him. and often his work
al es him into places where civilization
does not reach, and where the to
pographer must be as absolute in his
authority over those under him as is a
steamship captain over those in his
. orld afloat He must know how to i
doctor a sick man, to treat a sick I
horse, and to shoe a bad mule.
one of the most unique organizations I
t men in government service is the
bod., of veteran topographers who have i
seen more than 10 years' work in the
field of topography. These men or- .
eanized a club last year, and the toast
rcaster of the annual dinner was the
oldest man in the topographic service
of the geological survey. This year the
ppxt oldest man In the service pre
sided Succession to the toastmaster
shlp henceforth will be determined by
length of service
Takes Many Risks.
The government topographer must be
v tiling to undergo many hardships
and sometime to stake his all when
ihe issue is life or death. For in
stance, some years ago. a topographer
r ho was at work on the Yukon river,
In Uaska. decided that he would go
thrniie-h to the Arctic ocean, with the
r ope that there he might find a ae- ,
la-, d whaling vessel, ana ws gei , K had been thought, would go to a
back to civilization He knew that : li i Graham county man. Since that ap
Tne failed in this, death would probably point men t was made. Tavapal cohntv
b his portion By one of those strange jas been wavering in its support ( of
i nances of life, although he did miss ' Bradner. for if he is elected to the
'he last whaler, he fell in with some speakership It removes Graham coun
;dlans from Point Barrow, who j ty's last chance of getting any sort of
1 rought him down to civilisation again, i recognition. And Graham is one of
me might tell many stories illustrat- the strongest Democratic counties In
.ng the devotion of the government ( the state.
a - .1.. TTrah ama . HAV..AP with 4T.A mn.o1 eiinnnrt tT
nr.nraoner to hib ouum. ji "- i
'oaslon, a man wis Dauxiy mjuim jr
hf'r,g kicked by a horse. While a re
!'ef expedition was coming, he climbed
i the summit of the mountain to com
; We his work of plotting the snr
runding region. Another topographer
v as caught in the quicksands of a
....,.' irostAm ctiwfim Hilt he
-rrew his plane table and notes ashore
v.. .J.i,! .tMmi. hi-
;:," u,UK"","B " " j
The tool, with which the topograph- '
.rS ??E. i
v-hirh all of the scientific maps of the
ountry are based are. as intimated
before, extremely simple. The plane
lable is usually a board about 18 by
?4 inches square mounted on a simple
tr'pod Upon this board is fastened
en instrument known as an alidade; a
T,ifE-ope mounted like a transit, ex-
. pi tbat it has no norizomai muvc
men'
The base, of this instrument is .
piece of brass, usually about
1. -.luko nf hrflflll nauallV aDOUt I
: R inches long, which is made in sucn
a way as to permit it being used as
With this simple in- !
a straignt ag- . mi .... ..-. ... .
.. tv, tniioerraoner neeas oniy
to know one distance the length of a
i,as llne and with ihis he construct-s
a network of triangles. By trigonomic
methods he is able to measure the
ler.gth of the lines for the remaining
-vro sides of his first triangle, and
each of these ln turn serves as the
jr en side of subsequently constructed
t Mangles.
Reads Landscape Like a Book.
in this waj he is able to compute
nathematically the length of each of
r is lines, and thus to place each point
'n Its proper position on his
;aole sheet. When he has finished
this, he has a .map Which may give
een the geologist the Information he
eeds for his work of geologic survey
ing The map he constructs, made on
the ground, becomes the legal map of
ih t'nited states. The layman scarce-
can imagine what It means to place
'n a single square inch the topographic
features of two square miles, yet this
must be done with an accuracy ap
1 roaching perfection
Not only must the map show .dis
tances, but it must show the drain
age of the region plotted, all of the
hills and valleys, all of the cities and
iMlages, and all of t'he important rural
buildings It must outline the wooded
area the roads, both first and second
lass and any other notable features
of the lanscape. The water features
aie represented on the map ln blue,
eleatlon in brown, and features con
structed by men. in black
rued by Fostoffise Department.
The uses to which the topographic
maps are put are many and Important
The postoffice department uses them
'n lajing out rural free deliverj routes
1n making its maps. In time of war
they would prove of inestimable value
In the handling of the armies of the
rountrj. They render subsequent pre
liminary surves for each new work
unnecessar For Instance, prior to
rh existence of hese maps, when a
rit wished to secure an adequate ,
-"t.r jiuodIt. it had to spend more
!Sr-SB "'t'o?1 nVToToSinhc" man"
i n- m-". "-. -- - - r.1,' ..i.
Railroads and dozens of ther private j
r.ign.iJDc ..ww .. ... .-
. i .1.. -..amw f"t,A Coam IIS.
1 cm in the work of constructing good
!n the making of these maps the
Will Settle on Delegates to
National Convention by
This Method. '
REPUBLICANS ARE
YET UNDECIDED
Phoenix, Ariz., reo. 24. ine pians
just held a session In Phoenix, is ar- J
ranging to hold such a primary in ae- I
cordance with the rule adopted by the
national committee at its late meeting
in Washington.
It is proposed to divide the state into
six districts, wqth one delegate and one
alternate from each district. The dls-
iritis are a ioij.
First Gila. Graham and Greenlee
counties.
Secord Cochise county.
Third Pima, Pinal and Santa Cruz
counties.
Fourth Tuma and Mohave counties.
Fifth Maricopa county.
Sixth Yavapai. Coconino, Apache
and Navajo counties.
This is. so far as possible, an equal
division as to population and it is be
lieved it will be satisfactory gener
ally. It is early, of course, to predict, but
Sinless there is a decided change. It
seems certain that Champ Clark will
be endorsed either as first or second
choice of the Arizona delegation. The
chances are he will be first choice.
vToodrow Wilson naturally stands well
y'th the Insurgent element here, but
manv stronir frienda In Arizona um the
influence ui invest: inviius inu-v iiiuxie
itself felt by the time the date of the
primary has arrlved.
Repuullcnns on the Fence.
On the Republican side it is a case
of waiting to see which way the cat
jumps. The Roosevelt movement start
ed with a great deal of noise some
weeks ago and both here and In Tucson
clubs with considerable memberships
were organized. But there is no evi
dence that these organizations have
made a great deal of headway ;.and the
recent setbacks which the Roosevelt
supporters have received in various
sections of the country have gone far
to strengthen the Taft adherents. It Is
at least an even bet that part of the
delegation from this state will rote
for the renomination of the present
Incumbent, this statement being made,
of course, on the theory that Arizona
will send an unlnstructed delegation,
which the state is almost certain to do.
Speakership Fight.
Interest in local politics centers in
the fight between Sam Bradner. of Ben- r
son. and A. R. Lynch, of Safford. for
the bouse speaKersnip in the legisla
ture. Some difficulties have recently
appealed in the pathway of the Benson
nian. but at that it still looks as though
ne will land a winner. '
This difficulty has arisen over the
distribution of patronage. A week ago
it was conceded that Bradner would
have at least four of the Tavapal
county delegation and probably all of
them But this week the supreme
court appointed J. P. Dillon, of Tava
pal county, to the position of clerk of
tne mipnie court a position which.
w ...... ...m . .. .,,-.,. .. .
governor Hunt and the state admin
istration. Bradner Is still the favorlt
and it is better than an even
he will land the Job.
bet that
Supreme Court Located
The state supreme court has been
having all sorts of trouble lately In
finding quarters in which to conduct
its business. The difficulty, however,
will be removed by a change In the ar-
rooms at the capltol building. The
curt will Probably occupy the room
of the book; &. d to another
part of the building. More room is
badly needed at the capltol. but the
state is not in financial condition to
supply it at tne present.
country is divided Into quadrangles,
ranging from half a degree to a full
deaxee sauare. RaIi nt th... ,
rangles comprises from 150 to -100
square miles of territory. In the ronsrh-
Miiar. mflo nf ttt.fAn. T .&.-
ei portions of the ceuntry the map !s
made on the scale of four miles to the
inch
men. me ueuai scale is two miles to
i ne men in ine aensely populated por
lions oi tne countrv It hu K.n
brought down to one mile, to the inch.
Special larger scales are employed in
important mining regions, on irriga
tion projects and in drainage works.
Sometimes these are brought down to
a hundred feet to the Inch. When the
topographic map of the countrv is com
pleted, if all of the 3000 sheets it will
comprise were placed together, each
of them being 13 by 17 inches in di
mensions, it would make one large map
over 3000 feet wide ami inon f.f
long. The cost of topographic surveys !
vii nm seme or two miles to the Inch,
ranges between $7 and ?11 dollars to
the square mile. The work is now only
about three-eighths finished. To date
about 1.150.000 square miles of the ter
ritory of the United States has been
surveyed. The work Is going forward
at the rate of nearly 30.000 square
miles a year.
The task of making the topographic
map of the United States began In a
small way in 1880. In 1882 the prepa
ration of a great geologic map of the
country was authorized by congress.
The first thing essential to the con-sidc-ation
of such a map was the mak
ing of the corresponding topographic
surveys In 1888 the topographic
branch of the geological survey was
reorganized and extended. The' first
work done was on a scale of about
four miles to the Inch. Since that
time, appropriations have been in
creased, and the work has been car
ried forward more rapidly and more
efficiently.
Require earefol Edltlnc;.
After the author of a map has pre
pared his work, like the author of a
text, it may be that he has omitted
important data, and that his manu
script is more or less Indefinite and
ambiguous. Things which are entirely
clear to him in his map language may
not be so clear to others. Moreover,
the map output of the geological sur-
ey is very large, and there is a "con
sequent necessity of eliminating per-
??' characteristics from the maps of
eaen lopograpiier. in oraer that thev
ma, haP.unlformlt antf " 3
wen as clearness and accuracv.
Tt is therefore necessary that there
should be a topographic editor He
(Continued on next page ) "
L
DNDQN
War In the Air
Opposed By
the Englishmen
AERIAL GRAFT
IS
IN WAR
OPPOSED
Would Mean "New Hideous-(England Menaced With Ill
ness" in War That Men! dustrial Stagnation When
Would Escape. j Miners Quit Thursday.
OLD WINCHESTER CA- J DESPERATE EFFORTS
THEDRAL RESTORED ! MADE TO AVERT TIE-UP
i
London, Eng., Feb. 24. A petition ! London. England. Feb. 24. The
signed by 200 notable people has been I gravest industrial crisis of centuries
Issued bv the InternaUonal Arbltra- ! will be precipitated next Thursday.
tlon league protesting against the use '
of aerial vessels in war. The signa-
tories appeal to all governments to I
foster an international understanding !
which shall preserve the world from .
"a new hideousness of warfare" and
-deprecate the suggestion that aerial .
warfare, by reason of Its horror, must him in his desperate attempt to stave
- . -j .. i.- off the calamity.
frighten men from war. and that the , very resource in the way of con
art of flying will never reach full de- Terences looking to arbitration and
velopment without the stimulus of j compromise has been exhausted and the
war. ' nnlv hone now remaining is ttat onu
Farmer Flgnt Flseona. .
A stranger coming suanemy uui i. ; pletely from its position and concede
district near Credlton, Devonshire, this , everything to the other What slight
month would have thought that the ( cnance there is of this can be gleaned
vanguard of an invading army was from tne latest declarations of leaders
skirmishing with the defenders of Lon- , Qf the contesting -Iements the own
don. But it was only 400o farmers en- ers: ..We naTe taaken off our coats to
gaged In the extermination of the fight;" the miners- "All the govern
wood pigeon, a bird which had become j ments in the world can not make tne
a notorious crop pest in that county, miners work when tiny have choaen
It is estimated that the first day s not to."
shooting resulted In a bag of 80.090 j Nearly 2,000,000 to Quit,
birds. The district selected for the ! Over 600.000 members of- the Miners
hunt oomorlses 10 Bauare miltts of ' -federation will ouit work at the stroke
wooded hills and dales. The birds have
long selected this spot as their favorite
resting place and comparatively few
of them attempted to escape from its ln connection with British coal wines,
boundaries when the slaughter was on. aboie and below ground, will be
Celebrates 250 Vears of Lire. ' thrown out of employment. It is Mtl
The New England company, one of ' mated that the strike will, at the
the oldest missionary organizations in smallest computation, directly affect
the world, will celebrate its 2S0th an- ' 2.000,000 persons. It will. In addition,
nlversary this month. Mt is an inter- j ruin thousands of small shopkeepers,
esting coincidence that Robert Boyle, and ultimately it will bring the whole
one of the contributors to the Harvard i trade of the country to a standstill,
university foundation and founder of i All Wheels May Stop.
th notral societv which celebrates its Factories will close, railway trains
250th t anniversary next July, should
SETi-kEL ?mJ"t"nv."efTlti,i
u '"'".i "-..:' - ,TT -.? '
Xjiice me xiuy&i ovi5ij, iue ew jlii , i-j w.w., uu ovum i.. . i.wu
lang companv existed for some years dition bordering on civil wr. With
in a different form before its actual I out doubt the strlke-jWlll be ihe &reat-
incorporation by royal charter in Feb
ruarr. 1662.
Kdward Wlnslow, governor of Massa-
.liMB.tt. 4vno tn TCncrlflnH In 1 filQ anil
besought parliament to pass an act for j
the natablishment of a societv for the '
propagation of the gospel among the ,
Vidians of New England. The act was
passed and the society was formed with
1C citizens of London to further the
Commissioners were appointed In
New England to keep the home society
informed of what was done. At the
time of the restoration some anxiety
was expressed for the future of the
society, but Charles II. gave favorable
consideration to a proposal to incor
porate 11 7' 01,, vailing agreement, which vas reached
A change of territory 'was iMHri- I , , BrUish min(aa re p on a
teted by the American e7Ju"on, piecework basts, and. when g?vea poor
it was deeded to move the scene of coX-tnita to work with, a miner ran
the society's operations to New Brans- not d,g enough coal to carn his live
Wick. . I HhooH in the nresent dav.s of hlcrh cost
xne worn .m ?" rr'5r"A, h ot ving. Accordingly insistence hs says, as it was based upon a dlmln
slnce among the Indians of Canada and grown ror a miBlmum guarantee to be ' i8hed supply, not only by reason of the
for some time also 1 the West Indies pM by tne ownerSt :n erent that a drought and temporary curtailment of
It-has been proposed that in lieu of a, ,- , . ,.,, ,nr on tii ni.p. ; ..? i . i k.... r ,,, -in
The work has been carrlea on ever)
favorita41L.lias been proposeo umi n ""!"- i
,Wi,,0i hfft ov of the
annivers nHnt history of ! the
operations or me venei t" j
be published. Wi !
liussia iiesiore cniB-.j.. , years, the result largely or iwrlsi- , Brittanv was another contributing
It is saldthat the censorsftrfn the eht socialist agitation in the mining SnltJ thT scarcUy of mim and but
... n Tiiili hnn been reX'ivejlLwJth .. j in.... mi,. .u.i. ' ue i iuc s.ot.i.j uu.i. ouu u.
l mi; I .
leNof i ,
r!car j
It had copied from a humorous publi
cation blotted out of the copies mailed
to Russian subscribers. But the great
est volume of complaint against the
operations of the censor comes from
British writers and publishers, who
are deprived of an excellent market by
Zi. Mttioa One of these writers
Sas coSpaTned to the public In a let- I
teV3 iSwhlch he asserts that while
technically
the censorship has been
".l ,r;rro1lU the nubllsher and
nress are more than e-jer worried by
officlaWom He declares that the only
nopeful sign is the fact that a eook
erv book which was suppressed by the
fisor because one of the recipes ad
vised "Perfect freedom" in the use of
linte ingredients, is now allowed to
circulate? On the other hand he states
fhat the list of proscribed books con
tinues to grow long and varied.
Old Cathedral Restored.
The bishop of Winchester has an
nounced that the restoration of tne
Winchester cathedral Is so far ad
vanced that thanksgiving services for
rheccess of the work will be held
neDfcSnarnd very costly works haye
been carried on for several years to
save the historic structure from fall
ing Into ruin. The walls of the east
ern portion had given way. causing
serious cracks ln the vaulting, while
the transept walls were affected simi
larly In the eastern part the walls
were of necessity underpinned and the
foundations strengthened. This proved
a far more costly trork than was an
umtui for under the gravel on which
the cathedral is built is a bed of peat
"r rTi ii. .o.- Tt wsc nBManrr
saturaieo WV' """ ", ' " C " ; strike. Many large 1rms have ordered
to employ "J1 theKWater importations of foreign eH. the great
blocks of cortcrei W u de7 tew ter R com, tron America,
and to use a V st.mlm"tmI -? j and some from German:'. The navy,
keep the water down. Estimates i or , particular, has been takln - speedy
the wst of the repairs advanced from . provide ag.V.n-t the fleets
$150,000 upwards until the """ Del rendered into a state of inca
declared that it would cost not less . ln,bylty to get coal. The
than SSOO.000 to repair the structure aJm,raU fllce has executed sereral
And for this great sum there will be I ,3 orders for forettr coat, and in
hardly anything to show above ground the meantlme j3 cause! every one of
Most of it has been spent in securing , the gant cou,er-4 to oe loaded with
the foundations and stability of the all the domestic coal It enn hold,
walls. It is probable that the walls, j There are varlotn e-:r.iate; as to
which have already stood for 800 years, i now ong the coal in stock will last
will be preserved for centuries to come after the strike gt- started. One fa
by the work now being done on them.
BRYAN PUTS ASIDE
NOMINATION IDEA
Denver. Colo.. Feb. 24. William J.
"& sF KHsi :
to make ine race tor ine presiaency.
In a public speech here, in concluding
his address, he said
"I am satisfied that some one else
can poll more votes than myself, but I
am readv to enter upon a campaign on
behalf of a true Democrat with even
more igor than that with which I
fought id my own behalf."
Oil World
News By
Cable
I -
when the nation wide coal strike pro
claimed by the Miners' federation be
gins throughout England. Nothing,
apparently, can - r-p t'ic thnatcn
ing peril, .iespif the a. most nintlc
eleventh-hour effort being made by
the 'borne secretary, sir Reginald Mc-
Kenna. and Winston Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, who Is aiding
sJde or the other Will back eown com-. !
of midnight between Wedncsdav trd ,
Thursday, and with them over 1.0M.900 .
more men. women and -boys employtd .
will cease to, run, ships will He Mle In ,
2T .!.. & SL "" fS; "1 ;
,.m. h7.JT'-j r- " :r- .. ""
est war of labor aaJToaDitAHSr Eng
land's history, and many e$et ft to
develop into the greatest the world has
Known.
! every stage of the fight through
conferences with the national union.
" mlne owners have proved obdurate,
fd. the" have issued statements that
;"" " " j"t -vv "
the walkout of the miners. Their ob
jection to the demand of the miners for
a "minimum wage" is that it would
bankrupt there, and tin ran better
bear the drain that i jr-inoral strike
will entail. They declare the demands
of the miners ontrsa.-ls and exorbi
tant. On the other tvinrf, the miners
declare they can pot -arn a living
wage under the eondlHons of the pre-
f ,. Accordingly insistence hat
miner does not earn more on the piece- j
work basls- '
Socialists Start Agitation. I
The question of a "minimum wage" j
has only arisen during the last two
tion passed in Its favor wa; by the i
ederation conference last fall coln-
oVient with the election to The execu
tifvof oung and extreme men. Ver
nonTfartshorn and C. B. Stanton. The
resolution declared for a general
strike on November IS, but the dele
gates of the federation decided not to
strike at the time. After lengthy ne
gotiation -with the owners, i referen
dum vote of all the miners was ttsken
," "j.ryTulUng in V foto one '
ballot In favor Of a genoral walkout,
the figures being 445,801 against
llfa.SZl. ,
Since then strenuous efforts have
been made to avort tha approaching
nationwide disaster, tiSt, every attempt
has proved unavailing. .The board ot
trade pleaded with bo thV owners and
miners, but neither side wolild concede
a bit of ground. A :onfiKnce was
then held by the representatives of the
miners on February 13, -wthlrh con
firmed the decision calling for tho
strike. On the same day. notice wast
served by 40.000 miners in Derbyshire'
that they would quit work nest Thurs
day, and almost dally thereafter min
ers in other districts have not fled the
owners of their intention to strike, tbe
length of notice requirI var 'Iig ln
different districts. All the nonces go
into effect next Thursday
Many wonder that om" of the min
ers riave not "bolted he traces" and
str;k before the notices go into ef
fei'.. Their animus agains- the own
era is known to be so strong in some
places that it had been expected many
of them would be on strike, though
unofficially before ihi time
Guarding Agalnit Famine.
Preparations are going on at a rapid
rate to partly, at leas, guard against
" aiici m nil. .cult, iimn uio
in. liar with the situation said ti night
that a month 'vlll ompletelv -xhaut
every ton of iv;ui.ill co.il Hut this
is not all. Few la'tr London ccneTna
have the means of storing coal, and
some of the most Important of them
live literallv from hand to mouth for
the reason that they use so much coal
saB. .repSr&'
An instance is seen in the generat
ing stations of the London County
council tramways and others in tho
big electric lighting and power compa
nies. These are mostly placed where
coal can be delivered by ship or barge;
as required Then there are the huge
- - . - -
(i-ontir.uea on .ext -age ' i
isfwy?
French Add War
Balloon To
Naval Craft
Fl
WARSHIP 10
Torpedo Dirigible , Balloon
Is Added to the French
Navy.
PARIS HAS PROBLEM
IN LIVING COSTS
Paris, France, Feb. 2. The French
cruiser Descartes sailed from Lorlent
for America, where she will remain
two years visiting different ports in
North and South America, but especi
ally Inspecting the French fisheries at
Newfoundland.
Balloon Added to Fleet.
A 'torpedo dirigible balloon Is the
latest addition to France's great aerial
fleet. The matter has been held with
considerable secrecy, but It is known
tbat at the Bayard wQrks at Asnieres,
just outside Paris, such a dirigible is
in construction. The dirigible deck
will be fitted with a torpedo tube and
the balloon at each ascent will carry
three torpedos. These in time of war
would be launched at the armies over
which the dirigible passed.
Important social reforms have been
voted by the Swiss people at a recent
special election. By 230,000 against
220,000 a new law for Insurance against
sickness and accidents was adopted.
The law is really In two parts, both of
which have been adopted by the Swiss
. -. . . . '... ,
parMament. The first part relative to
Insurance against illness met with no
serious opposition, but the second, rela
tive to insurance against accident, was
combaUed somewhat in parliament be
cause ft Involved the establishment of
a national fund of about $1,600,000 an
nually. The opponents of the second measure
carried on a systematic but futile cam
paign among the people, contending
that such an tamS appropriation
W endanger the national treasury
ana mat it constitutes a aouotlui ad
venture lor a state to mingle in a
matter which properly belonged to pri
vate companies.
Llvlns Cent f Serious.
President Taft's suggestion for an
international conference on the high
cost of living has interested France,
where, as in other countries, the in
creased cost of commodities has devel
oped a serious problem.
Capt. Frank H. Mason, the American
consul-general at Paris, points out that
the high cost of the ordinary food
stuffs In Paris and particularly
throughout northern France has be
come a most absorbing topic of pub
lic interest. Partly by reason of the
long, hot, dry summer, which affected
disastrously grass, clover, potatoes and.
garden vegetables practically every
thing except grapes and hops the
prices of meats and produce of all
kinds advanced in figures unprece
dented in the markets of Paris.
The Milk Question.
The situation with regard to milk
was especially serious, Capt. Jiason
nasture. but also because of a gradu-
y lessening production of. milk in
the denartments adjacent to Paris. The
prevalence of a foot and mouth disease
ln seVeral districts of Normandy and
' ter.
I . i - -,-tl.. l... "1 1.4C
rans coneuiucB fiaii kuvui .a q.0vo
j quarts of milk, but the supply fell
! short over 211,000 quarts dally. Deal
1 ers were forced to bring milk into
Paris from distances of S00 miles. Nat
''urally great distress was caused ln
t Paris, but the municipal authorities
1 have done all in their power to relieve
i it. An Investigation has been started
to determine whether the present high
Prlcrf in this and other products are
th. norm. I result ot : j ondi-
tions or have been unduly enhanced by
dealers and middlemen.
The death has occurred recently, at
Berne, of the last of the little band of
nurses who - accompanied Florence
Nightingale to the Crimean war in
1S66. It was that of Mrs. Marie Rod
ney Morgan, who was a daughter of
admiral Robert Winthrop, of the Brit
ish navy, and the widow of Col. Evan
Morgan, of the British royal artillery,
a member of an old Welsh family.
Mrs. Morgan was ln her 94th year.
She was stationed at the Scutari hos
pital during the Crimean war and in
recognition of her splendid work there
was presented with a magnificent dia
mond crescent brooch by the sultan or
Turke. Having been born on October
L26. 1818, she lived in the reigns ot
six English sovereigns.
Some Queer Happenings.
Psychic research societies appear
seriously Interested ln a series of phe
nomena reported as having occurred
at the little town of Saint-Mlchel-de-Maurlenne.
On December 1st so the
story goes, a dressmaker. Mile. Ger
main, on coming horn f rom church
found that her door key. which she Is
in the habit of putting under the door
mat. had disappeared from its hiding
place. On that day and the succeed
ing ones pins and needles and other
miscellaneous objects vanished in the
most unaccountable fashion.
A member of the research society
Visited the house and carried out a
number of tests. While talking to the
dressmaker, he plaoed a large nail on
a table, the nail vanished from un
der my eyes, without my perceiving
anything." he says in his report. Since
his visit the phenomena have increased.
Larger and larger objects, the Investl
Mtars Insist, are spirited Into space,
even things which it would have been
thought very difficult to remove,
among them the needle of a sewing
macnine, hlch can not be taken off
without the application of a screw
drlv-"!--
THiticr rSCHES OF snow
AD JKVERK COLD AT RUIDOSO.
Rudoso. N. M . Feb. 24 Three Inehea
of pnow fell here and the weather Is
exttremely cold.
Miles May, of Nogal. N. M.. is here
vUXtting his daughter, Mrs. Will Hale
ajwL family.
HEarola Clark, of Glencoe. N. M., left
f&r home this morning.
F- I Miller, of Glencoe, N. M., is
here on business.
T Tuiiv has left for his home at
tuencoe, N M.
SENDS ill II SHAVE
AMERICA
False Fronts to Come Off,
at a Cost of Many Millions
of Dollars.
THIEVES ARE THICK;
LEPERS ON STREETS
New York. Feb. 24. Broadway Is
soon to undergo the greatest cleaning
up it has ever experienced and visitors
to town after the Job is completed
will find in tbe place of the famous
thoroughfare as they know it. one of
almost puritanical appearance The
cleaning up Is not to be of a moral
character, however, but architectural.
From the battery to Fifty-ninth
street, a distance of five miles, on
both sides of the Great White Way,
every obstruction which projects be
yond the building line Is to be shaved
off, carted away and thrown on the
dump.
Just how much this five mile shave
will cost, is still unknown, but it is
certain to run far into the millions
and to be the costliest shave New York
has ever had.
Hundreds of store, office and manu
facturing buildings will probably suf
fer in the five mile slice that is to be
drawn along the edges of the street,
taking off porches, stoops, signs, pil
lars, sidewalk stands, cases for dis
playing goods and perhaps even parts
of buildings.
The howl of protest that is expected
'when the pruning process begins will
avail little. Tbe false front that
Broadway has been wearing until It
has become almost real must come
off. since the board of estimate after
a long consideration, has now so ruled
ln Its struggle to relieve the ever
growing pedestrian congestion that
threatens eventually to make New
York's most crowded streets llterally
impasslble.
New York Burglar's Mecca
New York Is rapidly becoming the
burglar's mecca and. as a result, bur
glary insurance rates are soaring. Re
cent daring daylight robberies by a
gang making use of an automobile
have served to focus public attention
and to bring about a realization of the
fact that Jesse James and his methods
would be considered amateurish here.
That this condition has existed here
for some time, however, and is not
a sporadic "outbreak is evidenced by the
faot that because of the successful
activities of burglars here last year,
the companies writ'ng burglary insur
ance have found It necessary to raise
their rates. In some cases the lncreae
amounts to 50 per cent. All but two of
.the companies ha e now refused to in
sure horses and wagons because of
the startling record of thefts of such
property valued at over $1,000,000 ln
the streets of New York last year.
Slick Work of the Thieves
The rang ot feather and fur thieves
which has caused o many heavy losses
is still at large They are very clever.
Their or.l tools seem to be an Iron
bar. a rope and an umbrella. They
break into a floor above a fur or
feather establishment, prospect for an
openine and then make a hole through
the ceiling They insert the umbrella
carefully, open it after it Is through
and then safeguard noise from falling
plaster by gathering it in the umbrella
until the opening is wide enough to
admit a man. They have even gone
through ceilings protected by wires by
carefully pushing the wires to one side.
They use the umbrella afterward as an
elevator for the furs or feather. Al
together Father Knickerbocker seems
to be in need of a committee of vigi
lants. Susar Trust Not Afraid.
As the greatest consumer of sugar in
the country and the market through
which the greater part of the huge for
eign Importations of this product are
received. New York is watching with
interest the developments In connec
tion with this industry, including the
course of the government suit against
the trust and the threatened reduction
of the tariff on the raw product. The
trust shrewdly estimates that a reduc
tion of the tariff, which would wipe
out or seriously cripple the sugar pro
ducing industry of the United States,
amounting to about one fifth of our
total annual consumption, would bring
grist to its mill because it would mean
the bringing in of that much more
foreign sugar for the trust to collect
toll on through tbe process of refining.
Lepers la New York Streets
That lepers walk abroad ln the
streets of New York Is the surprising
disclosure just made here as a result
of the death from this disease of a
West Indian negress at the little
known lepers' colbny on Blackwell's.
According to tbe statements of physi
cians who have looked into the mattei.
there axe prominent men ln this coun
try known to a few physicians who
have been suffering from leprosy in a
mild form for years without any mem
ber of their families or business ac
quaintances being aware of the fact
or suffering from it. One physician
who has observed 30 cases of leprosy
here ln a single ear, states that the
fear of the disease Is a greater danger
to the communitv that the disease it
self. It nevertheless comes as a shoo);
to the general public to realize that
New York has a leper settlement even
though It is conducted along the most
most modern lines. The lepers on
Blackwell's Island have their own dor
mitory, their own kitchen, bathroom
and living room and ar ewaited on by
an attendant They are all allowed to
communicate in a measure with the
other patients out of doors. They go
to church on Sundays and on the whole
they have an excellent time for people
that are afflicted with a supposedly
incurable disease.
CHARGES AGAINST
STATE AUDITOR
Gov. McDonald Preparing
to Remove a Repub
lican Official.
Santa Fe. N M. Feb 24. Gov. Mc
Donald j-esterda filed charges against
traveling auditor John Joerns and set
Wednesday February 28. at two oolock
as thne for a hearing., when Joerns is
asked to show cause. If any there be.
why he should- not be removed from
office.
More than three weeks ago Gov
McDonald wrote Joerns while he was
at Tucumcari. formatlv asking him
for his resignation, but Joerns has not
even acknowledged the letter So the
governor immediately upon his return
to the capital, drafted charges, which
were served on Joerns yesterday.
BAJRD. TEXAS. MAN LBASIS5
MeADAMS RANCH VKAR CORONA
Corona, N. M.. Feb. 24. M. Richard
son, of Baird. Texas, has leased from
Dolph Lusk the J. W. McAdams ranch
and will run a bunch of cattle there
after the first of May
Geo. Spence. of Carrlsozo, N. M.. was
in town on business.
Win WtiUngbam has been spending
a few days in Corona.
Geo. Simpson 1-as re'ur-iel frcm a
three -weeks" jrospcjting t .r in the
MUST REPORT
DISSOLUTION
OF TRUST
American Tobacco Company
Is Divided Into Four Dis
tinct Concerns.
FINAL DATE FOR THE
DISSOLUTION NEAR
New York, N. Y.. Feb. 24. The at
torneys for the American Tobacco
company will be obliged to appear be
fore judges Ward. Lacombe, Coxe and
Noyes In tbe United States district
court In New York Wednesday morn
lag when the time limit allowed for
the carrying out of the plan to dis
solve the combine known as the to
bacco trust will have expired and giie
a detailed account of the process of
dlsentegratlon. The dissolution began,
by order of the circuit court, last No
vember, after the United States su
preme court had turned the govern
ment's suit to dissolve the tobacco tnii
back to the lower court with instruc
tions to ascertain some way of reor
ganizing the American Tobacco com
pany and its subsidiaries that would,
conform with the law.
A plan of reorganization was sub
mitted by the attorneys of tbe tobac
co company and after several amend
ments were made by attorney general
Wickersham, it was accepted despite
the violent opposition of the Inde
pendent tobacco dealers.
Divided Into Pour Parts.
As a reenlt of this plan of disin
tegration the American Tobacco com
pany has been divided Into four sepa
rate and distinct concerns: The R. T.
Reynolds company, the American To
bacco company, the L. Lorillard To
bacco company (newly organized) and
the Liggett '& Meyers Tobacco com
pany tnewj organised.) Each has
been completely equipped for the con
ducting of every branch of the tobacco
Husiness according to the trusts' at
torneys, all four are entirely Independ
ent of each other. Tbe R. J. Reynolds
company -will continue to carry on a
large general business but H will not
Include all the branches.
The American Snuff company has
been divided into three companies, two
of them newly organized the George
W. Helme company, the Weyman &
Bruton company and tbe American,
Snuff company. A new corporation,
the Johnson Tin Foil and Metal com
pany, has been organized and has taken
over part of the business of the Con
ley Foil company. Mac Andrews &
Forbes, known as the Lieorlce trust.
have distributed a share of their busi
ness to a new concern created for the
purpose, the J. S. Young company The
American Cigar company has been dis
integrated as follows: It has termi
nated its interest in the American Sto
gie company, which has been dissolved,
and it has sold to the American Tobac
co company for cash all its Interest in
the Porto Rlcan American Tobacco
company, and the American Tobacco
company has distributed the stock o
acquired together with its own stock
In tbe Porto Rican American Tobacco
company, to its common stock hold
ers. The result of the disintegration
is that the Porto Rican American com
pany has been completely divorced
rrom tne control of the American Ci
gar company, neither of which novr
has any Interest in it
Fourteen Emerge from Combine.
The above named concerns together
with the United Cigar Stores com
pany and the British American Tobac
co companv comprise the 14 individual
concerns that have emerged from the
process of dissolution which the com
bine known as the tobacco trust has
undergone since last November. All
of these corporations with tho excep
tions of the new ones have been con
trolled by the American Tobacco com
pany, hut in the future tbe stock will
be held by the common stockholders
of that corporation.
At the time that the plan, of disso
lution was accepted th circuit juttga
'expressed the opinion that it would
not only serve to break the combine
but would also serve to create oat of
the elements at that time composing"
the trust new conditions that would.
be bonestly in harmony with the law
and without unnecessary Injury to the.
public or the rights of private pro
perty. The injunctive provisions that were
Introduced into the disintegration plaa
by attorney general Wickersham for-rid-
t!le defendants from continuing?
the Illegal combination and from en
tering into or forming any like com
bination In restraint of trade Tho
injunctions also forbid tbe 14 com
panies from having officers or direc
tors in common, and prohibit the pur
chasing of business or plants, one of
the other. The 29 individuals are en
joined for three years from Increasing
their proportionate holdings, but to
this provision the court has added tha
following clause:
..iT ' howevT, tbat any of tha
?Si di en.dv.n.te n,aT notwithstandme
thls prohibition, acquire from any
other or others of the said defendants
or ln case of death from their estates.
dfe.n.the S!TVk hld other
defendant or defendants in any of the
said corporations."
t !"3r Xot lBcrease Holding.
i? i8 way th 29 n,B o tn con-
;fJ . n .. n the Kovernmenfs dlssolu-Jh2-suU
are not Hwed to Increase
their aggregate holdings within th
time specified, but It would rnilt l
the entire holdings of the 2S a'"uro
in the meantime the Independent
tobacco interests, whose appeal agalns?
the acceptance of the American To
baeco company's plan of dissolution wu
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t-thee sHs-HH'
fore the dissolution andth.t th. ,1
Pany's stock Is still controlled V ,?:
same interests which held !?- w
the old American Tobacco cLZ?nh
a holding interest company as
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