THE
ITIZEN
The Cimarron Valley Has the Land, Climate and Water. Wanted One Thousand Farmers
FIRST YEAR
Entered as second-class matter at th postoffice at Cim
arron, N. M., under act of Congress, March J, 1879.-
CIMARRON, NEW MEXICO, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1908
NUMBER 21
HON.CHAS.A.
SPIESS HERE
Cánaidate to High Off
ice Passes Through
Cimarron
Hon. Chas. A. Piess of Las Vegas,
was one of a party composed of Mr.
J. van Houten, Mr. E. J. Dedman,
Hon. Frank Springer, and Hon. Chas.
Springer who went through Cimarron
last week on a special car to Ute
Park.
Mr. Spiess gave the Fourth of July
address here in Cimarron and is also
a candidate for nomination as Dele
gate to Congress on the Republican
ticket. Many of the more influen
tial papers, and scores of the biggest
men in Northern New Mexico have
announced that Mr. Spiess is their
choice for Congressional Delegate,
and that they will give to his candi
dacy their full and unqualified sup
port. Mr. Spiess stated that his can
didacy is receiving as much impetus
as he had expected it to so shortly
after his announcement that he
would run for office, and that his
friends are very cordial and earnest
in his behalf. He seemed to be very
optimistic, and was in an undoubted
ly good humor.
Mr. Spiess further stated that if he
is nominated by the Republican con
vention, he will enter into the race
against the Democratic nominee with
every expectation of winning, and
thereafter using his utmost endeav
ors toward the betterment of his con
stituents regardless of politics, and
that the advancement of the interests
of what he earnestly hopes to be able
to call the STATE OF NEW MEX
ICO, will be his chief aim and ef
fort. It is t'.ie avofced intention of
Mr. Spiess, so the Citizen under
stands, to gracefully submit to the
voice of the Republican convention,
if he is not its chosen nominee, and
to give to the successful candidate
every aid in his power, believing as
he does in the principles of the Re
publican party, and believing further
that only by a united effort will the
Republican candidate be elected this
coming campaign.
WILL LOCATE
NEAR HERE
Mr. Tom Donnelly, of Idaville:
Ind.. who has been visiting in this
vicinity for two wweks, has return
ed home. He will reiurn about Sept.
I with several of his friends, with
the expectation of interesting them in
this part of New Mexico. He had
only words of praise for our climate
and hopes to spend next year here for
the benefit of his health.
WEST TO DECIDE
THIS CAMPAIGN
Chicago, July 21. Chicago proba
bly will be the headquarters o the
Republican congressional committee
as well as the center of activity for
the presidential ticket. A confer
ence of the ' congressional " leaders
was held yesterday at - the Unión
League club, and another meeting
will be held late in the week.
Speaker Joseph G. Cannon, Con
gressman William B. McKinley,
Congressman Henry C. Loudenslag
er of New Jersey, and Senator James
Hemenway of Indiana, were present
and went over the list of states in
which the work of the congressional
committee will be centered.
It was agreed that the burden of
the work will be in the west, and for
this reason it was thought advisable
that the headquarters of the commit
tee be established in Chicago.
When the conferees' return it , is
probable that an agreement will be
reached as to the chairman of the
committee to succeed James Sher
man, the vice-presidential ' nominee.
STEEN LEAVES
FOR TRINIADD
xienry sicen, jr., wno lias Deen in
the employ of the Cimarron Town
site Co. for the past year, has left for
tt n. r i t .
Trinidad where he has a better posi
tion offered him. Mr. Steen has not
been in the best of health for some
little time, and found that the con
finement of the office was telling on
him. Before leaving he spent a
month out in the mountains, and re
turned much improved. He states
that he is in love with Cimarron and
will return here as soon as he can
possibly do so.
TEACHERS
ELECTED
Teachers for Cimarron
Schools Elected for
Ensuing Year
At a meeting of the school direc
tors of District No. Three, in which
Cimarron is located, the teachers for
the coming school year were elected.
There will be only three teachers un
til the new school building is ready
for occupancy but here were over
sixteen applications for positions.
Miss Mable Ring was the only one
of the last year's corps who applied
for re-election, and she will be back
in her old position next year. Miss
Ellis, the last ye.ir's principal, will
study art in Chicago and Miss Cav
anaugh will take the much needed
rest her health demands at her old
home in Las Vegas.
Mr. Carl R. Pugh, who was elected
as principal of Cimarron schools, has
been engaged in teaching for some
years, having taught in the district
schools at Salem, Ind., for two years,'
acted as assistant principal at Gran
din, North Dakota,' and last year
having been principal of the Sweet
schools in the same state. Miss Cor-'
nclia Burke, who was a teacher in the
Dawson schools last year, was also
elected to a position as teacher here
in Cimarron. Miss Burke will have
charge of what are called the pri
mary grades. As soon as the new
building is ready for occupancy, there
will be four teachers in the Cimarron
schools, but when this will be re
mains to be seen.
AUTOMOBILE PARTY
WAS THROUGH HERE
, Last Saturday afternoon an auto
mobile party passed through Cimar
ron in two automobiles, driven by
Mr. C. F. Remsberg and his son
Forest. The party, which was com
posed of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rems
berg, Mr. and Mrs. Koontz, Messrs.
Forest and Walker Remsberg and
Misses Florence and Gertrude Rems
berg, had been spending a week or
so out on the upper Remsberg ranch
west of Ute Park, fishing and camp
ing.
STRONG FISH YARNS;
SHADE OF WALTON!
LOOK AT THIS ONE
Winstcd, Conn., July 21. Pete, a
lone trout in a deep spring at Win
tergreen, the summer home of the
writer at Highland lake, answers to
his name, coming to the surface
whenever his name is spoken. He
has also been taught to jump out of
the water to take worms from a per
son's fingers.
Pete was one of three trout plac
ed in a small pond fed by water from
the spring last summer. He work
ed his way up the small stream un
derground into ' the walled spring
during the winter. "
Several trout "of Pete's size he is
fully ten inches long hare ' been
placed in the spring at different
times this season to keep Pete com
pany, but the instant the trout were
released in the spring Pete took af
ter them and put them to death. Pete
has kept the water free of insects of
all kinds as well as frogs. .
GET LAND
FOR SCHOOL
District No. Three Gets
Land for School
in Cimarron
School District No. Three, in which
Cim'arron is centrally located, has
recently acquired title to the west
one-half of Block twenty-eight of the
town of Cimarron. This tract oí-
land consists of Lots one to twelve
inclusive, and lots twenty-one to
thirty-two inclusive, and is almost an
ideal location for the new school
building which will be erected there
on. In order that the location of this
land may be better known, it might
be well to say that it is the west half
of the block bounded by Collinson
and Euclid avenues and Eighth and
Ninth streets, the Wilson blacksmith
shop being situated on the southeast
corner of this same block. In fact
there is more than a "half block in
the newly acquired premises, since it
comprises all but eight lots out of
the thirty-two, and has a three hun
dred foot frontage on Ninth street,
which is destined to become the main
business street in Cimarron.
It will be remembered that the dis
trict voted bonds for $10,000.00 to
erect a school building in Cimarron,
and the board of directors are now
busily engaged in getting things
ready for advertising for bids on the
construction work. They have the
plans and specifications of the fine
two-story four class room building
which will be either stone or brick.
It will be modern in every respect,
heated by hot air, and will be so built
that another wing can be added at any
time that necessity demands. Tt is
to be hoped that the preliminary
work of placing the bonds, and such
other necessary matters can be com
pleted 0 that the contract can be
let and construction begun within a
few weeks.
RATTLE SNAKE
BIT SMALL GIRL
LITTLE FOUR-YEAR - OLD
DAUGHTER OF PEDRO ABI
LA BITTEN BY RATTLE
SNAKE
Last Week, the little four-year-old
daughter of Pedro and Mrs. Ahila
was bitten by a rattle snake. The
father, who is working on the ranch
of Mr. Chas. Springer, was told by
the little child that something that
made a noise like a bee and that had
no legs bit her on the leg just below
the knee. Believing that she was
stung by a wasp, he didn't pay much
attention to the complaint. But as
quickly as he told Mrs. Springer
about it, the little girl was at once
taken to the Springer home, and
medical aid summoned at once. Be
fore the doctor arrived, the child's
leg had begun to swell very badly.
Handkerchiefs were twisted around
the limb above the wound, whiskey
was administered, and the father
sucked as much of the venum from
the bite as possible. On the arrival
of the doctor, the wound was lanced
and poultices were applied. For a
few days the child was at death's
door, but the doctor says that thanks
to Mrs. Springer's prompt and ef
ficient aid, and the faithful manner
in which she had been in attendance
upon the little patient, the child is
now on the rapid road to recovery
unless complications set in.
DETECTIVE BITTEN BY
HOG DIES OF LOCKJAW
Kansas City, July 21. James Mc
Mahan, a well known criminal de
tective, and for many years proprie
tor of a private detective agency in
this city, died yesterday of tetanus,
the result of being attacked and bit
ten by a hog on his farm, near Leeds.
SLOCUM TO TUCUMCARI
Mr. F. W. Slocum, who recently
opened up a watch repairing shop
here in Cimarron, left last Sunday
morning for Tucumcari, where 'he
will engage in his chosen business.
Mr. Slocum stated that he was not
leaving Cimarron for good and all,
and as soon as business picks up a
little, he will return and again open
up a shop. He does not, however,
sever all business relations here, but
has made arrangements whereby he
will continue to look after the Cimar
ron trade.
CIMARRON
i LEADS LIST
Donates More Cash to
Homeless Children
than other towns
Rev. W. A. Nicholas, who has been
canvassing Cimarron and vicinity in
the interests of the Children's Home
society whose headquarters are in
Albuquerque, stated to a representa
tive of the Citizen that Cimarron
headed the list in cash donations to
the society. Mr. Nicholas spent the
better part of a week in Cimarron
and the country immediately sur
rounding it, and while here, collected
mor? money than he has ever collect
ed Trom any city regardless of its
size. He was very gratified over the
results of his visit, and in speaking
of the matter said "I have canvassed
Dcming, Silver City, Tucumcari and
other cities much larger than Cimar
ron, but in none of them have I re
ceived as many or as large cash sub
scriptions as I have right here in
Cimarron. I find that your people
are greatly interested in the work
done by my society and arc cheerful
givers to the extent of their purses.
I have been most courteously receiv
ed by every one, and have not been
made to feci that the donations were
grudgingly given. I would far rath
er he refused outright than to receive
a reluctant donation, or to feel that
it was given, not for the good of the
cause, but merely to get rid of me. I
want to thank the people of Cimar
ron for what they have done, and
they have every reason to be proud
of the fact that their donations ex
ceed those 1 have received from any
other city regardless of size by about
one hundred dollars."
SWASTIKA TO
CHANGE HANDS
POPULAR HOTEL TO AGAIN
CHANGE HANDS. MRS.
MINNIE PEARSON TO
TAKE CHARGE
There will be another change in
the management of the deservedly
popular Swastika Hotel at the last of
this month, when Mr. and Mrs. John
Livingston and Miss Belle Living
ston, who have been running it for
some little time past, will turn it over
to Mrs. Minnie Pearson. Aside from
finding the work connected with the
care and management of the hotel
too hard, Mr. and Mrs. John Liv
ingston have other plans for the fu
ture, and Miss Belle Livingston finds
that she is needed at home to help
her mother who is not in the best of
good health.
Mrs. Pearson, who is an excellent
manager and accomplished woman in
all matters relative to the conducting
and management of a hotel of this
high order, will be assisted by her
sister, Miss Emma Larson. The gen
eral high excellence and high stand
ard the Swastika has maintained in
the past, and is now maintaining, will
not suffer by reason of the change
in the management
BALL TEAM
DISBANDS
Base Ball Team Dis
bandsCould Not
Secure Games
The baseball fans of Cimarron will
be greatly grieved to learn that the
Cimarron baseball team has been dis
banded for the season. Cimarron
has had a splendid base ball team
this year in spite of the fact that it
did not come out winner in all games
as it did last year. It has not only
played in hard luck at times, but it
has had better and faster teams to
play against than was the case last
year. But the fact that it lost a cer
tain per cent of its games had noth
ing to do with the disbanding. There
were several reasons for the act, but
the principal reason was that no
dates could be arranged with other
teams. Several teams in this part of
the country have gone to the wall
this year, and those that are left have
every available date filled up for over
two months ahead. Yankee won't
play with us, nor could a game be ar
ranged with Raton. Dawson has its
dates all filled for over six weeks
ahead, and with no one to play, it is
useless to keep a team together at
a great expense.
The disbanding of the team, how
evet, does not mean that Cimarron
is to be without baseball this summer
The boys who composed the team
are mostly Cimarron boys having
permanent positions here in Cimar
rón. Out side of the first team, there
arc a ln.rge number of other good ma
terial for the baseball field, and al
ready two teams have been organized
for the fun of the game. Purely lo
cal teams will be picked weekly, and
pames will be the order of the day
each week as heretofore. There will
be as much fun connected with these
encounters as formerly, but possi
bly the playing will not be of such a
high class as has been witnessed on
the local field in the past.
LIVRAN ADDS
PLUMBING
Will Run Plumbing De
partment in Hard
ware Siore
Mr. Henry Livran, who has re
cently started up a hardware store
in the Riley block here in Cimarron,
will add a plumbing department to
his already large store. Mr. Livran
has already a hardware and harness
repariing departments, and he is now
engaged in adding a full line of
plumber's fittings and fixtures to his
stock. When seen by a representa
tive of the Citizen he stated that he
will handle all kinds of pipe and pipe
fittings, and will also carry quite an
extensive line of fixtures, such as
bath tubs, toilets, closets, etc.
Mr. Robert Barr, who has been in
the employ of the Cimarron Town
site Co., will be in Mr. Livran's em
ploy as the head of the plumbing de
partment, and he states that he will
be ready to handle any plumbing job
furnishing all materials necessary in
a very short time. Mr. Livran has
sent in his orders for his new stock
tnd hopes to have them on hand
within a week or so. In addition to
the .regular plumbing supplies, Mr
Livran states that he wilt also handle
sewer pipes and connections, and
that he will be in a position to make
sewer connections at almost any
time now.
PUT UP BIG AWNING
The Maxwell Mercantile Co. have
recently installed a new canvas awn
ing on the front of their sore. The
awning extends over the entire front
and out over the sidewalk for twelve
feet. While the workmen were en
gaged in putting it up, the heavy afi
fair slipped over the rollers and fell.
Fortunately it struck no one in its
fall.
DANCE AT MAKIN HALL.
Last Saturday night a most enjoy
able dance was held at the Matkin
hall, and in spite of the rain of the
afternoon, quite a large crowd was in
attendance. Mrs. Matkin presided
over the ivory keys and gave her "us
ual hight grade music.
BIG RAIN AT
CIMARRON
Heavy Down Pour Fills
Ditches to Over
flowing The biggest rain of the season hit
Cimarron last Saturday afternoon
about four o'clock, and for a time it
looked as if a great amount of dam
age was going to be done by the ex
tremely heavy downpour. Luckily
however, there was no wind to speak
of, or the storm might have caused
greiit damage. The rain, which last
ed about an hour and a half, filled
the irrigation ditches to overflowing
and the water ran down the streets
in torrents. 1 lie rrench irrigation
ditch, which runs down between the
city park and the depot, was a raging
flood, and for a time it was believed
that it would take the culvetrs out
all along the line. The water filled
the old ditch on Tenth street to over
flowing, and in front of the Oxford
hotel, it was necessary to pull up the
street crossing in order to let the
water past and also to save the walk.
The Oxford cellar was filled with
water, and the depot narrowly miss
ed the same fate.
But aside from these small inci
dents, the damage done in Cimarron
was small, while the good the heavy
rain did in Cimarron and the sur
rounding country cannot be estimat
ed. This rain was the most general
rain that has visited this community
for some time.
FINDS MAN IN WIFE'S ROOM;
BREAKS IN AND KILLS BOTH
El Reno, Ókla., July 21. James
Lcusby, a barber, whose true name
is believed to be Charles McCain,
this morning shot and killed W. T.
Woods a grocery clerk whom he
found in his wife's room, and then he
shot and killed his wife.
Lcusby, or McCain, married Rosa
Vain in Kansas City six years ago.
They came here to live and he left
his wife several months ago, going
to Clarcmore, Okla. He returned
here a few days ago.
Early this morning he went to his
former home and after breaking in
the door he shot Woods to death.
He then left, returning a few minutes
later, killed his wife.
He was arrested.
LIGHTNING GOLD PLATES
A MAN'S TROUSERS
St. Louis, July 2t. J. II. Palmer
of Kenwood Springs, St. Louis coun
ty, yesterday was sitting at a table
with a friend when there was a heavy
clap of thunder and a blinding flash
A streak of fire leaped through
the door and shot across the table.
The friend fell backward and was
dazed. When he came to Palmer
was laughing at him.
"It never touched me," he said,
Later he had occasion to look at
his watch. It was golden hued no
longer. The lightning had oxidized
it ' and it was a dull brownish balck.
The chain too, was oxidized, and
along the line wheer it had touched
his trousers the cloth wat a bril
liant yellow.