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LAS VEGAS DAILY OPTIC, FRIDAY, MARCH 17. 191 1
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The Prescriptioriisj persoxals
The man who does the
weighing, the
measuring
the man who knows how
and whythe man on
whom everything depends.
Our responsibility is'Jnever
lost sight of for a moment
in prescription filling. Every
prescription leaving our
store Is fatrWesT from any
standpoint that you may
take. You may feel safe
ana sure if we fill
your
prescription.
WINTERS DRIjG CO.
, Phone Main 3
We Have Just Recei
ved a Lot of
Western
Garden
Seed
!
in Bulk
and Packager
From Barteldes Seed
Co. It will pay you
to see our line before
buying elsewhere.
I J. A. Papen
Grocer and Butcher.
REACHING MANHOOD,
LEARNS PARENTAGE
HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF FAMILY
UNTIL NEWSPAPER TAKES
HIS CASE IN HAND
St. Louis, March 17. Eugene Edgaf
Worsham, who has lived for almost
twenty-one years without knowing who
his parents were, will come to this
city next fall when his term in the
navy expires to meet his father, Hen
rv D. Worsham, of 2622 Louisiana
avenue. According to the elder Wor
sham several fatted calves will be
.slain about that time.
When Edgar was only six months
.old his mother died, so he and his two
brothers and bis sister Ida were sen:
to the Amelia Home at 4200 Garfield
avenue. The father was in Texas
traveling for a shoe firm when his
wife died. ,
One day a Mr. and Mrs. Marquette,
who had no children, came to the
home looking for a little one to adopt.
They selected Edgar. The grand
mother of the' baby wrote to his
father, and he wrote back giving her
power of attorney to act for him.
Then the grnadmother handed the
:boy over to the Marquettes.
The boy took the name of Edgar
Marquette and lived with them as a
son for seventeen years. In the sev
enteenth year Mr. and Mrs. Marquette
died and on his deathbed Marquette
wrote a letter to. the, boy telling him
what Ms real name was.
At that time the Edgar boy was sa
luted in the navy under the name of
Edgar Marquette. Finally he began
to long for a home. He wrote to a
St.. Louis paper from the Battleship
Tennessee and on . December 1, 1910,
his picture with a short sketch of his
life was published.
When he was at the Amelia Homo
his Bister Ida, who was seven years
old, was acting as a little mother to
him and it grieved her when ne was
taken away. Although that 'as
twenty years ago, when she saw the
picture and read the story In a St.
Louis paper last December she said:
"I know that It must be my brother
Edgar and I will have him back
again."
She corresponded, with him with
out her'ialnefs knowledge; and final
ly when she was satisfied that it real
ly was hejwnjjrothershe showed
the picture to' Ver rather and told him
that t was his son. He wrote imme
diately to the boy a letter telling him
all about his early life.
'The young man's term in the navy
expires November 10, and on the
same day he will be twenty-one years
old and the next day he will" start
i
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Colonel M. M. Padgett has returned
irom Albuquerque.-. r-.
"ana Mr, si. a. Van Houten of
bhoemaker were in the city today.
waiao ward of Slera Madre,
t-aur.. is in the'city on a brief busi
ness trip. ...
Mrs. D. E. Lynch left this after
noon for an extended visit to friends
In Chicago.
M. R. Ewan, resident of Shoemaker,
was among the business visitors in
Las Vegas today.
A. McCready, division traveling en
gineer for the Santa Fe, is in town
on official business- . .
Mrs. G- L. Swearngin of Lamy, was
in Las Vegas today visiting friends
and relatives ana shopping in the
local stores.'
Charles TeWitt, who has been here
here some time visiting his uncle, R.
B. Schoonmaker, has returned to his
home in Morris, 111.
L. L. Collier has arrived from Ash
Fork, Ariz., and will take the position
of Santa Fe division foreman, with
headquarters In Las Vegas.
City Clerk, Charles Tamme has re
turned from Raton, where he went
to attend a meeting of the board of
trustees of the Miners' hospital.
I., .
Mrs. D. L. Batchelor left yester
day for, Emporia, Kan.,- where alio
will visit her daughter, Miss . Nellie,
who is attending the Kansas State
Normal. Later Mrs. Batchelor will go
to Salina to visit friends.
Mrs. A. H- Jones and baby left to
day for La Junta to join her hus
band, who recently left the position
of chief clerk to Superintendent F.
L. Myers to take a job under General
Superintendent J. M. Kurn. Mr. Jonet
now has -charge of work in the oper
ating departmeit of the Santa Fe.
H. H. Hague and his brother, C.
W. Hague, of Raton, were In Las Ve
gas last- night, leaving this morning
for Santa Fe on their way to Las
Cruces. They are making the trip in
a Regal 40 motor car, and are accom-
pined by "Printer,'! a Cocker spaniel.
the dog being the mascot of the par
ty. The Hagues reported having pas
sed A. L. Westgard and his motor
truck at Wagon Mound.
BASEBALL FEVER EPIDEMIC
Now thas agketbail is dead ' ana
buried, baseball" has arisen from the
grave in whHAidt had been slumber
ing since .lasj; September. Yesterday
evening a big" "bunch of local cele
brities was practicing on the Castlo
school grounds-' As a result several
of the players have sore arms today
and the smelly ,ipT witch hazel is
abroad In the )and.Among the play
ers working out yesterday were stu
dents from the High School and Nor
mal, both of which schools expect
to put '.(earns "3n the field this year,
and a' nflmbei of young men who
probably V$ try out for the Maroons
this season. Among the latter are
several old lefie 8tars- In a sbort
time a meeting or uue iau u
called and preparations for the be
ginning of , the season for the Las
Vegas city team will be made. The
Beavers expect to put a strong team
In the fle!4 and will match some hot
games berk, between the teams rep
resenting Albuquerque and Santa
Fe damabf .tl order.
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WANTS' TO KNOW ELKS
George H, Hunker, exalted ruler-
elect of Las Vegas lodge No. 40S,
B. P. O- Elks, is 'desirous of makin?
the acquaintance of every Elk In
Las Vegas who is not affiliated with
the local -lodge, On many occasions
the Las Vegas lodge would enjoy In
viting the visiting brethren to partlcl
pate in Its social, and other affairs,
but is unable to make the invitation
personal, as ihe names and addresses
are not always known. Mr. Hunker
would appreciate it If every visiting
Elk located permanently or tempor
arily In the ,-elty, would" make known
his name and address either to him
or to D.J .Condon secretary of the
lodge.
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MUST BE PARLOR BOUTS
. Philadelphia, -March ,,! 7, Assistant
Superintendent of Police O'Leary has
served notice upon Anthony . Drexel
Bid die, the millionaire clubman,, that
he cannot hold any more bouts in his
private gymnasium unless Mr. Biddle
conforms to all the rules of the box
ing game in this city. This means
he must have all the fighters examin
ed by a physician, have a physician
at the ringside dWing all bouts, have
a padded rlnf .aid send a ltet of all
fighters to.thpo!!ce department ! at
least twenty-four hours before the
WESTGARD DROVE
INTO LAS VEGAS
iT
NOTED AUTOMOBILE EXPERT
MAKING TRANS-CONTINENTAL
TRIP IN MOTOR TRUCK '
At noon today there arrived m Las
egaa the heaviest ana most powei
lul gasoline-driven teniae mat iiu
ever attempted a tianscoinuieiii.ii
journey, ibe machine is Cue ,bauier
motor truck, it is ou its way nom
t)enver to ban Francisco ana is be
ing driven by A- L. VVesiaru, prtB.
deik of the Touring Cluu of Amend
and special road representative oi
the United States.
Ill- Yve&lUlu lit KliunU, uy lcpuu
uou at leubu, iu ueaiiy evcijuou; m
ew mexieu, especially inooe wlij
are uueiesieu in motoring anu gooj
loaus. Accouipameu Dy tus wne, a
chauheur, a newspaper man aua onj
other, he crossed the contineut from.
New York to San Francisco last fall.
At that time he prepared an exhaus
tive report for the Touring club and
for the United States. He noted
bridges, roads, crossings, hotels, ga
rages and set down all other informa
tion needed by automobile tourists,
including the prices of accommoda
tions. Mr. Westgard's trip last fall
established a coast-to-coast automo
bile route, which will be traveled ex
tensively in the future by motorists.
It was the Intention of the club to
establish such good highways across
the continent that the wealthy motor
ists would prefer touring in this coun
try to going to Europe on their vaca
tions.
On the present trip he is following
the route he established last fall. He
is finding the information he secured
then information that is available to
every motorist of immense value.
To realize the enormous task Mr.
Westgard has attempted in endeavor
ing to drive the big machine across
the continent one has only to take
a glance at the immense truck, which
Is now in the garage of the Las Ve
gas Auto and Machine company on
Fountain Square. The machine weighs,
as equipped for the journey, 13,500
pounds- It has a wheel base of 161
inches and a 64-Inch tread. The width
of the tread causes the party more
inconvenience than anything else
with which it has to contend, as it
is Impossible to use the beaten track
made by other vehicles.
On account of the weight of the ma
chine bridge crossing is an extremely
ticklish proceeding. The machine al
so frequently mires down in sand and
mud. Often patches of road are struck
where the surface is entirely dry
but, because of the exstence of sub
irrigation, the wheels break through.
A large amount of heavy lumber is
carried. This Is used in bracing up
bridges and in getting out of mud
holes. When muddy roads are en
countered Mr. Westgard has adopted
the plan of camping until the mud has
dried. This he has found to be a
time saven
The Saurer truck left Denver March
4. In Colorado it encountered some
extremely muddy and rough roads. It
reached Trinidad Tuesday of this week
and made the jun to Raton the same
day. The machine left Katon Tuesday
afternoon and did not arrive in Las
Vegas until noon today. Near Watrous
the worst piece of road the car has
yet encountered was reached. The
machine occupied three hours in get
ting out of a mud hole four feet in
width. People living on a ranch near
this place said the lumber had been
ordered for building a culvert but it
had not yet arrived.
Mr. Westgard, who is an authority
on roads, says the road from here to
Watrous is an excellent thoroughfare.
The machine this morning made the
twenty-one miles from Watrous to Las
Vegas in two and one-half hours.
From here the party will go to Santa
NOON
Fe, leaving tomorrow morning. The
members will spend a day or two in
the capital and while there Mr. West
gard will be in consultation with Gov
ernor Mills.
Mr. Westgard said today to a rep
resentative of The Optic:
"I expect to report to the governor
every bad place in the road leading
across the territory from north to
south. I believe I can give him infor
mation that will lead to early road
improvement as I have found Gover
nor Mills to be interested in good
roads. He Is a broad man in every
sense of the word and I am' looking
forward with pleasure tp my( meeting
with him.; As the'result of my agita
tion for better? roads in Bernalillo
county they have already appropriat
ed $10,000 for road building there."
Mr. Westgar&Twjas asked what was
BIG SALE OF
METAL BEDS
A $6.25 Iron Bed Any
Color or Size, With
Brass Top Rods and
Knobs -:- -:-
$4.85 for This Week
$11 45 for a $15.00 Vernis
Martin bed with 2-inch Contin
uous Posts.
$11.65 for $15.00 Square Post
Vernis Martin Iron Beds, the
newest noveliy.
$13.95 for a $17.50 Brass Bed
with 2-inch Posts, a royal treat
for those wanting a Brass Bed.
Look at window display for
Big Reductions in other metal
beds.
ALSO DRESSERS
THE ROSENTHAL
Opposite Y. M. C. A.. E. Las Vegas
the opinion in the east regarding the
delay to statehood for New Mexico.
He said the remarks heard by him
were regretful. He says New Mexico
is attracting the attention of eastern
people and they are a'l hoping for
statehood for this territory almost as
strongly as are the New Mexicans
themselves.
Mr. Westgard, after reaching San
Francisco on this trip, will return by
rail to New York. From that city,
which is his home, he will motor to
Seattle. Then he will establish an
automobile route from Canada to Mex
ico, following as' near as possible the
Pacific coast. He expects to - com
plete, before the expiration of a year,
five trips across the continent by auto.
Mr. Westgard takes a large num
ber of photos along the route. These
will be turned over with his report to
the United States and to the Touring
Club of America. Many of the pic
tures are illustrative of the methods
used in bracing bridges and extricat
ing the car from mud holes.'
Accompanying Mr. Westgard on this
trip are A. C. Thompson, general
agent, for the Saurer truck, his son,
W. M. Thompson, and George McLean,
chauffeur.
"Foley's Honey and Tar is the best
cough remedy I ever used as it quick
ly stoped a severe cough that had
long troubled me," says J. W. Kuhn,
Princeton, Neb. Just as quickly and
surely it acta in all cases of coughs,
colds, la grippe and lun? trouble. Re
fuse substitutes. O. G Schaefer and
Red Cross Drug Co.
Even when being interviewed the
magistrate wduldn't care to commit
himself.
Unfortunately the composer of
music can't always borrow money on
his notes.
A man would make a great hit with
his own wife by trying to elope with
her.
LOCAL TIME CARD
WE8T BOUND
Arrive
No. 1 1:60 P. M.
No. 6:15 A. M.
No. 7 6:15 P. M-
No. I 6:J5 P. M-
Depart
No. 1 2:10 P. M.
No. 3 6:20 A. M.
No. 7 5:40 P. M.
No. 9 7:00 P. M
EA8T BOUND
Arrive -
No. 2 .9:10 P. M.
No. 4 ; .11:10 P. M.
No. g 1:15 A. M.
No 10 1:45 P. M.
, '. Depart "V :
No- 2 v9:15 P. M.
No. 4 ... 11:20 P. M.
No. 8 . ....TfvvTVT.. 1:25 A. M.
DELIVERY WAGON
DRIVERS ARE
GROSS VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORD
INANCES FORCE POLICE DE
PARTMENT TO ACT
Carelessness ana jay-urving have
cause me arrest oi ioar drivers u
delivery wagons wimin the past 24
uours. tjuch of the drivers wan re
quired to pay a nue in tne court ot
folice Judge D. It. Murray, iu many
parts of the city the- drivers have a
habit of driving across the siuewalka
in order to make short cuts while
on their rounds. This is against city
ordinances. It is an annoyance to pro
perty owners and damages the side
walks where they are crossed con
tinually by the wagons and horses.
City Marshal Ben Coles has given
instructions to the police to arrest
every driver caught driving across the
wa'ks. He has notified .the proprietors
of all establishments employing de
livery wagons to warn their drivers
not to drive across wa'ks or private
property.
During the spring season there is
also much complaint about chickens
and domestic animals being allowed
to run loose. They are a great an
noyance to people who are endeavor
ing to improve their lawns and get
gardens started.
EVERYBODY "IRISH" TODAY
Had a census of the Irish popula
tion of Las Vegas been taken today it
would have included nearly every
man, woman and child in the city.
Everybody was a Mick, judging from
the number of green nectkies, sham
rocks and other decoration worn.
Men you comd have sworn were born
in Germany were walking about be
hind a bow of green ribbon. People
undoubtedly of French extraction, if
one is any judge of nationalities, wore
green. Even the English or those we
thought were English, wore the color
of Old Ireland. But it was the real
Micks that entered into the spirit of
the day. They raked up stories of
the Emerald Isle and stories about
Pat and Mike, and yarns about how
St. Patrick drove the snakes out of
Ireland. Everybody listened to them,
for nobody ever gets tired hearing
stories about the Irish. If it were not
for them the comio papers would go
out of business and the world would
be a gloomy place without their ready
wit and blarney.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS'
MEETING
There will be a meeting of the
stockholders of The Raton Mining &
Milling company at the office of the
company in Raton, N. M., at 10:00
a. m-, April 20th. Important business
is to come before the meeting.
F. R. WILLIAMS,
3t Sec'y. R. M. M. Co.
Foley Kidney Pills
Neutralize and remove the poisons
that cause backache, rheumatism, ner
vousness end all kidney and bladder
Irregularities. They build up and re
store the natural action of these vital
organB. O. G. Schaefer and Red Cross
Drug Co.
Best draught beer in the city, at
the Lobby, of course.
ARRESTED
1 1 .u. i
an Miguel National Bank I
Las
OaptlmlPMld In
$100,000.00
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FRONTIER
LUTE WILCOX IN
On March. 6,. 1836, was enacted the
final scene in the tragedy of the Ala
mo, in which David Crockett, William
Travis and James Bowie, with their
handful of devoted and fearless follow
ers yielded up their lives. There was
less than 200 of these daring men
within the wall of the ancient mission
at San Antonio, Texas, and they were
opposed by an army of more than
6,000 Mexicans under command of
General Santa Anna. Every one of
the heroes of the Alamo was an
American frontiersman. On February
22 Santa Anna crossed the Rio Grande
at the head of an army for the pur
pose of putting down the revolt that
threatened to sever Texas from
Mexico.
This invasion of Texas stirred up
all the fighting blood in the gallant
spirits. General Sam Houston, com
mander in chief, thoughfbest to retire
across the Colorado river and await
re-enforcements. Colonel William Tra
vis did not agree with him, and in
command of the regular garrison took
refuge in the old Span'sh mission.
Colonel James Bowie, famous as a
duelist and as the originator of the
bowie knife, agreed with his plans.
David Crockett Joined them almost
immediately. The three intrepid com
manders had a mere handful of men
and only one small cannon. Against
this company came the great Mexican
army.
The doors of the makeshift fortress
were barricaded and when on the last
day of February a messenger came
from Santa Anna demanding surren
der he was sent back with words of de
fiance. The Mexican army surround
ed the old stone building and a big
gun was wheeled Into position and
opened fire. Crockett was as'eep
when a cannon ball announced the
opening of the last fight had begun.
Colonel Bowie wa9 bedfast from a
wound, but Travis was In active com
mand. Crockett sprang from his
bunk and saw in a minute that the gun
was within rifle range. Crockett was
a dead shot and he picked off five
Mexican gunners with rifles loaded
and handed to him as fast as the Mex
icans attempted to use their cannon.
Finally they were actually driven
back by Crockett's accurate aim.
Then the Mexicans let things settle
down to the state of siege which con
tlnued for five days. - Then Santa
Anna ordered an assault. The storm
ing parties were held at bay by the
Texas riflemen on three sides, but a
column under the command of Gener
al Castrillon attacked the weak north
wall and made breach. Then came
the most desperate hand to hand fight
of which history makes a record as the
Mexicans came pouring in. They were
beaten back again and again, but
each time they renewed the attack
they made better headway. Crockett
was still on his feet and with him a
band of five or six. He had nothing
left but the barrel of his rifle. Gener
al Catsrlllon wanted to spare the lives
of the remaining Texans and be
sought hte commanding general to do
so. Crockett heard Santa Anna's re
fusal and dropping hs gun barrel and
clutching his knife, tried to break
through the fighting cordon that sur
rounded him and reach the Mexican
general, but fell riddled with bullets.
Bowie, sick In bed, killed a dozen or
more before they got him' and this
was only accomplished after bringing
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Zltgas
J. M. CUNNINdHAM, President,
FRANK SPRINGER, Vte Prwldeat,
D.T.HOSKINS, Caahier,
P. B. JANUARY, Asit. Cwhler.
Interest Paid cm Time Deposits
A Little Girl
Rightly directed can accumulate a competency by
the time she reaches womanhood.,. The laclyanltages
offered through fl(. , , , fi
A Model Savings Dank !
Like ours paves the way for her. Her savings will
, ' be accepted in small amounts and interest credited
from time to time. Open a small account for your
child and it will care for itself at its majority.
LAS VEGAS SAVINGS BANK
$ so
SKETCHES
FIELD AND. FARM j
la a howitzer which the Texans had
used. It was placed in the door war
and wrecked everything.
A Deal la Coppers: Pop Waxel
baum waa a Jolly old soul and the deal
he got was not exactly-' Biiiare. With
good Bob Wright of Dodge City he
kept the sutler's 'shop at Fort Lamed
possibilities in a big speculation in
the Santa Fe trail. In 1866 as we re
collect the time the old man saw great
possibilities in a big speculation on
buffalo hides, which were having a
boom just then, and decided to work
some of his Hebrew shrewdness into a
large pack of bison skins.
The Indians on the plains in those
days virtually lived on buffalo meat
and were only too glad to pick up a
few plunks from the white men by
selling the overcoats from the buffa
loes. The coin of the realm was
scarce in those beautiful days at the
close of the great civil war, and so it
became necessary for the cunning Mr.
Waxelbaum to seek some subterfuge
that would answer for the silver dol
lars. He had plenty of big copper
cents in vogue just before the little
red pennies came in and upon these
old-fashioned coppers he placed a fic
titious value of one dollar.
For every tendollar buffalo robe
that he took from the Klowas he gave
them ten copper cents under the mu
tual agreement that the big coins
would be redeemed at his store for
a dollar a piece. The arrangement
worked very successfully while It
operated on the square. The soldiers
of the post then occupied by the
Third Infantry and the Eighteenth
Kansas volunteers, heard of the trade
relations existing between the settler
and the Iagos and thought they might
Just as well get in on the deal.
They sent east for all the big cop
per cents they could get. These they
traded in on the Indians as heap-good
white man money and were soon en
gaged in the buffalo trade for them
selves. The foolish Indians never let
on how they were getting their coin
which they proceeded to turn In to
Waxelbaum who redeemed them at a
dollar a piece. In this way he was
kept busy working off his good gro
ceries and expensive supplies until he
was about e'eaned out of house and
home, and never tumbled the trick
until he had accumulated a barrel full
of big coppers.
The Bad Man and the Rent:,' "I
want to tell you," says Dave Miller of
Cheyenne, "that fellow Wild Bill
Hickok once roomed upstairs over my
Jewelry store but I never bothered
him about the rent. In fact I never
asked him for it He always packed
a pair of splendid guns and I never
worried him about the rent He was
once behind five or six months, but I
never asked him for it. Once In
awhile he would stray in and peel off
the pay for the rent but I never asaed
him for it because of those splendid
guns. He was all right for the worst
bad man that ever came down the
pike and finally went to the Black
Hills in 1870 without owing me a
cent.; Remember now I never asked
him for anything."
When you have rheumatism in your
foot or instep apply Chamberlain's
Liniment and you will get quick re
lief. It costa but a quarter. Why
Suffer? For sale by all druggists.
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