The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume], February 26, 1910, Image 2

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TU TMfDiarOOT HAS
JJMAM OK TAXATION
A Mfcw f at St. Paul by the t
f wm Lseg, bee Ww seat te the
.jniiiffirr because he. wm short la his
xiwwk. The tHm he gave for hk
haosbtaaa, '"'i wan bki wife
wm assbiHsa aeekUy aad it teek bki
than he keaeetly iwM wake to hit the
Hek ae set fer him ae provider. 01
eearee they did rlfth to awd Henry to
jH, but if they had been just, they
weald have eeat Mr. Henry there with
kks, to a separate cell, so that he weuld
bavs bees spared her walla about the
offset ef It en her eeekl BtaBillag. By
the way. dea't yea thlak there are eev
era) Henry Leegs la thk tewa, whose
aeeee are held squarely to the grlad
ateae, If at drives to almost anything
te get aseaey, by a woman who k crasy
to afclae seeJaayl Lovlag a woman,
perhaps the mother of his children, there
are few things a maa will Hot do for
her, even to the extent of stealing for
her if be eea't get It any other way.
There are several men la this town that I
ksaw, aad yew kaow, that are up against
that kind ef a game, whose wives are
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way e 4etf aader tribute the great
fertaaee of the eeeatry. The apettaeie
ef Andrew Caraegle kieklag at hie ewa
tax aeeeaet, aad that ef many ether
great nsUikaairee alcReet wholly evad
lag tbek Just expense ef geverameatj
is eaSeket warraat fer the taeeese tax.
Te be euro It weaM reach everybody
whose earalag capacity k at or beyead
$68.M a month, but all that aay reaa
eaable person waste is that the tax shall
be equal oa all alike, so that the laaa
who has rouen shall pay la exactly the
same proportion as the maa who has lit
tie. By such process there Is bo such
thing as discrlatkBatloB.
afraid te sasese unless Mrs. Uooglns
approves, whose gewas must sot be la
farter to Mrs. OWerey'e aad who is
inertiaed te death at the house she has
te live te. As a result Hubby is spur
red eftea beyead the llatit of hoaesty.
To keep peace is the family ho is going
to deliver the seed li he can. If the
Jioaga were the osly family la the coua
try whs were under the blight of so
elety buslasss, the ease would be ro
taarkabk. As it is, it is utterly com
Meepkea. There are so msny Longs
yea kaow. The woman in the case Is
the cause ot the fake standard of llv
lag, ef the teabUlty to lay by something
fer the rsiay day that k sure to corns,
aad if aba ptrskte In following the mi
rage leag eaough, It k good-bye Mary
Abb, te the happiness of the home, if,
ladeed, there k bo more serious result.
Jast leek areuad aad check thk up In
year ewa ebservatloas. Notice bow
laaay famUke you kaow who have the
Thero k bo disguising the fact that
the coming constitutional convention
will witness the first round of the In
evltable right for a correct system of
taxation In New Mexico. Thero la uo
way to get around It. Tlio elements
have been forming for years, and they
were gathered together by the action
of Gov. Curry in the rucout tax crisis
at Santa Fe, wherelu the territorial
board of equalization assumed powers
not bestowed upon it by tho orgsnlc act
by and with the consent of the largi
traetmea and corporations, made me
coming struggle inevitable In tbo eon
ventloa there will be a lining up of all
those who have been studying the sou
dltloas. There will not be any party
in It. All over the territory candidates
special artlek were decidedly flippant,
ethra weadered that bo one had ever
thought of It before, and everybody
agreed that It was a plsaslag variation
from the usual mess of reprint Indulged
la when the shot was low la the leeker.
It may be confessed, however, that the
experience was a little trying oa the
compositors who were not used to that
sert of thing. Nowadays If such an
experience occurred they would fill her
up with plates and let It go at that.
The Albuquorquo Journal, which is
a reeognlted authority oa such things,
says that blps and busts are going to
be seen this spring, and that they are
coming back Into fashion. Huh! Just
as If thoy wont out of fashlont They
may have been temporarily la eclipse,
but out of fashion, never.
Thank the Lord I can now refer to
tlint town which Is located where the
Uolen cut off crosacs the Pecos, with
comparative safety. Tbo post-oluee do
partment 1ms ruled that it is Fort Hum
ner, nnd that fellow Clausen can't re
fer to mo as that "hyphenated eou-ol
a-gua" any more when I speak of It as
such. It Is somewhat of a relief to hear
of this decision, as I got used to calling
It Fort Sumner in the early 60 's and
It is hard to teach an old scout new
names.
The Now Mexican remarks that Santa
Fe needs a tourist hotel and tho need
he Is caught a term In a federal prison'
Is a euro cinch. What is true of tho
navy Is true of Hie regular army, only
more so If powlblc. Most likely he
will puss his timo at somn remote pott,
or iu tho deadly minsmutlc fogs uf tho
Philippine, wbete white men die, or
if thoy escape that aro never any good
afterward. Thcia aro plain t rutin, ami
tho guy who got up tlint poster knows
It as woll lis anybody, yet he shame
lessly appeal to tho itulgiuatioii of
Iguornut boys, and tries to got tham
Into n gamo that is worthy of clunsi
flcation as crlmluiil fruud. Not the
worst part of It U that many mighty
uood boys who go Into the army or
navy are spoiled forever by It, though
serving through their sentences with
out disgracing themselves. The reason
for this k that as a rule the best class
of young men do not enlist la times of
peace. They know that It Is a living
death for the lad with spirit, ambition
aud brains. They know that tho rough
et elements In all nations are thoso
gathered up by enlisting officers, along
with the human direliets who have fail
ed in everything else and welcomo tho
chance to be burled alive for a detor
Imlnate period. Associating with such
men, It were a strong character that re
mains uneontamlnatcd by tho different
brands of deviltry that lurk around the, , , BhoulJ ,t rM(lU ,n
fer the delsgateshlp will bo compelled ean verified by any number of print
to take a position that Is straight and (rl wfa0 have visited Santa Fo.
outspoken. ThU gives prouilne of nt o
least tba beginning at the formation old frlouds and our children come
of the Charter, and the rest will be up . t,ae( (0 u. Hero is ono of inlno, writ
to the people themselves. In the mean .
time, If you havo the chanco, you should
hear Gray on the crisis In England. It
will very likely start you right in tho
determination of one of the most im
portant problems of government.
o
Andrew Carnegie wauta the tax on
personality abolished. He k paying
nn rtva millions ho owns whsa he owns .show.
over a hundred millions. What he "If he needs credit, be can't get It.
ought to do is to move to New Mexico 1 If bo k prospjrous, ovcryono wants to
.tM lA.ro Ma Intareata In the bands ot do him .. xavor.
the New Mexico Board of Equalisation
en many years ago, and so often trans
mogriflcd that only the heart of it re
mains. It was written first for "Every
body's" and its travels reaew the
query It contains: "What's the Use.
"If be Is poor, he is a bad manager,
If be li rich, ho k dishonest.
"If he doesn't glvo to charity, he's
a dishonest cuss. If he does, it's for
the adroit lieutenant of the life Insur
ance thieves, and back of that abiu-
lately rotten morally. Thinking that
it might appease the wolvna of decent
society, It was then glvon out that he
would retire to private life and live
hit "vory few remaining years." It
has all blown over in tho meantime,
and now the old hellion comes forward
with the same old smirk and announces
that the country needs hk services. Gee I
Isn't such a case as that enough to give
tho voter who belloves In being honest
and clean the jlmwllllesf Is It aay
wonder that the popular respect for the
United States senate is about on the
ame grade as that for the United States
supreme court f
Speaking of subornation, most of you,
beloved, have read of the charges thnt
havo been filed against W, T. Wells
and others of Boswell, In which they
were charged with subornation of per
jury. That means bribing witnesses
to tell a lie, to testify falsely. It grew
out of tho trial last year of Mr. Wells,
for tbo killing of Ollle Shirley, a labor
Icador. The jury was convinced that
the killing was done In self defenso
aud acquitted him. It Is now charged
that he and others bribed witnesses,
and the trial promises to be Interest
AGE COUNTS
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r r-u- .
whrn one Is buying whiskeys or
wines. Mellowed by time, the ns
turn! flavor Is largely accentuated
and the
with.
rawness" done away
enlisted man. If you want to know tho
truth of the popular estimate ot the sol
diora just ask the people of auy town
A OBLLARETTB FELLED WITH
OOOD DBLNKB
Is a piece of furniture that will
mine In hiiiidy at all times. For
entortnlnmi'iit, for ilcknen or colds,
for the blues or general debility,
there is nothing like a good glass
of our flno liquors to cheer you up.
j RECORD'S PLACE
SECOND STREET
conviction, It will probably be the first
cane In the history of the valley in
which such a prosecution has been made
near which k a post. Assured thut what . , . for u , t ,0 mpoMibi0 to
a tai a a t. .HI I '
sccuro n conviction on thai cnarge,
Juries nre not In the hnblt of accepting
ov
ho says will not be repeated, ho will
give you an estimate that will make
your hair stand ou end, and cause you
to wonder honr an Intelligent I'OI' O f , rC(Ure-an almost unattainable arroy
ran find any attraction whatever In f , ,Q ..,., That WM wbat
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laiiiiBruuia wnai is nuu iu Aiumitu
la true moro or less in all nations whoro
In tho law of recompense, nnd the prop- xiilc of hir hoad was swathed In hair,
onltlon thnt imture never taken uway In some plnrrs it was in little tight
without something in return. A roll thnt looked like thiy were glurd
way to cut down the ravages of the over a frame. At othars It bulged out
moth has beou found, but tho weevil like the hernia of one of those old
has so far remained uuconquured and , fashioned hair sofas. It went away
is llkoly to so remain. The district out back about a foot nnd a half and
Huliject In its rnvni's aro out of tliu then swept ovor to tho head In a sue
business fur good, but thst does not cession or rolling prairies that would
ptovent tho laud being just ns uood miiku Curry county look cheap. If
huu It is till t lint nnir imd been ners, nainryn,
. . , .for something oUo, nud w
monco or .ou aummeu perjuror., ...iu ftlo wl ( w(i( h(V . ,,, unfor,utll,0
To i girt. To cap off all that array of ex
flourish there thu way is rnsy.
' 1. , , l) exactly truthful it Is not a causu rolslor, stocl wires and other junk,
saved Depew, you know. The point of f ,,,,, , HU. KuauUy, whuu there wore ribbons. I couldn't quite
It all, Is that tho man who will raonkoy tfao tj! of ,.oll(,raln, it knocked ! figuro what thoy wore hitched to, but
with the truth Is In for bumps. Ho out u (o Mir(J . miforl,luu t t,py He01ne, t0 , fnstoned at ono ond,
may escape conviction by the law, but Tuxn(( (j ti,(iU) mt coUon u uo j0g. . M1( t(J tenfh HOtuuwlioro. It was easy
he ennnot eecope conviction of public . hiK( m u , )U (t)( Sew Mox. i , un(iorstnnd thnt was meant for tho
sentiment, if the cane is anything but ,co wiun hu rn)K0 tWof , ,iathroiiol. rlnssic Greek hanbands, but with such
clenr, and that Is a good deal worse , ,M,0 , , wl,mi , u C0v,riUm of fuxiy mltfillany. what
than a Jail sentence. Sometimes tho , , , , , , , , rul .iwl. ,im... ,i.,i ,. ..ivnt u loUed like IhnJ
a poorly dote up baje OT
military service ia not compulsory, and
It Is almost as truo thore, the only dlf
forenco bolng that tbo best class of
manhood is at some timo compelled to
bear arms. Ilevlowing tlicio facts I do
not wonder at tbo nnivo admission that
J... . . A 1IAI 1.
T P",rae" charge of subornation Is trumped up . m, llf fnrm cro, wl1 .... 0
t At ! " "
In keeping up the quota., aad even In .cui0 fof blackfn,1( and'thon t J W W
getting poster, of thk class properly . wnrn VB, A,,.olutelv the oniv info uoue; .
..t-.1 r.rlnlnl. Thi, .nngn mnn ' .. .. . ..' . .. . -" ."--i- lino iiiiiiiuiK u uiurii ...
. ",,' ., i"liig li to ten me trum always, ror it w, ,H. n ,H.ttr ,or ,10 torrilory nl.jur.l little llumliurg
riBJ., J! , . L J,!. TS"'1 Ju,t ,,bout M bd t0 bfl "1u-" m Iotl. ctln and cattle hnva been over topknots take a rts of
placed
k not
As usual, I didn't write auy spockl
articles about George Washington this
time. To tell the truth about it, I have
a good
r"' V" V " sidestepped that subject for a
ae taer. m go.ag m - w w"lmaB- J(ln now. Somehow I can't
rrry$MuV7itVJhaB
f iMvlt u,! T lfihl. of the last time I did It. The trouble
PUteB , B tk,a Khr,9,, was that I tried to be too darned un
vatka, aad who live beyond their conyetloBal in hMdlla(l o tho tub.
r, Y8U wUl find them 1 in my h.Ukh desires. I had
Lt who k at fault. There should bo
sir Ms eaough in our system of justice
m that waea Mr. Long goes up against
it, sr geea to jell, that Mrs. Long
i be seat right along with him, for
ot truth the inspiration of the
overdraft.
It k all well eaough to aay that the
asaa U, the esse should have strength
of ashkl aaough to shut off oa it whea
tb gtH gets tea rapid, whea the family
k Hviag beyead it. earnings. It would
taka a bravo maa to do that, but not
aaa ia a huadred caa resist the persist
eat wMaa that follow, him for a better
boaae. fer much elothes, for entertain
wear and the endless chain of drain that
adheres te keeping in the awlm. It k
a ease of digging up if there k to be
peaM la the family and tho woman ia
not to be a household martyr, whlen
k ateafit the most exasperating critter
an eerfrk. If he does bold them down,
ha to aeeaaei of having a grouch, and
aN the wautea clasa him a. a mker and
it- Ufbtwad, aad ao maa likes inch a
lassWiatlon. He yields, and ia a few
MtN yaa sea the gray shooting through
Ma bair, k4s ahaulders stooping, and his
faai gettlag sore in the everlsstlflg
sraankl- te keep up. He finally gives
K ws aad peters oat, before his time,
a ssiirlnr upea the altar of false gods
Urea MMa the fesaialae cause of it does
Mt iaaM-e that it might not have been
bf -aha had aeeepted the real standard,
f isseral waaMahaod, had really help
4 ha the aasss. She will always romem
bar' Jaa.a aa a peer provider aad have
a apMe at ate beeause ho didn't carry
BMte laaaraaea, fer aaeh k the way of
the wswaa wbe boa the society bug.
The iottwe of Dr. E. McQueen Grey
a tfca CeaetHatieaal Crisk ia Baglaad
aava attraeted wide attention among
the thlahtag people ef the territory. Ea
ysilnHr k thk true of hk utteraaees
espkatttvs ef the laglkh income tax
taw, wbisk provides that all laeome.
l 4hi er atere aball be taxed, the rate
i u.ii.liig ea te ae high aa one tenth
Ht the efle who are la the million
efen ffeM. .Tkk k .xaetly what io con
UnM far by isaator Borah aad many
a I bees ia oft partke wbo are trying to
ijNrt reena aa Mm Aaserieaa tax ya
teat aad whe have aei eeaadeaea that
tke eowatry k ready fer the siagle tax,
m seed aatvatkw all eeaatrke. Sech
a twieias tc weM aet be bardeaaeme
m nliilT ffr. aad weaM reft the aa
et urttai that aew retara
or psaeskaiy aethkg te the
b miasart aa thk would
afaar iaOnm aM ateaey that
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far
ust finished rcadln Curtis' life of
Washington, and felt that it was my
bounden duty to tell all of the truth
about the so-called father of thk coun
try. I did, aud that was what made
all of the troublo. I kid bare to the
littlo world of mine the fact that Wash
ingtoa occasionally got drunk, that he
could and did cuss like a mule wrang
ler, that be liked the great American
gamo of draw poker or Its equivalent,
aad that he was a trifle too fond of
the flesbpoU of Egypt. I pointed out
that none of these things detracted
from hk greatness as tho pioneer pros
idont, or that l. should be remembered
against him except as truths that It
were woll to remomber when there was
any indication that hero worship was
at band. It was a real good rtlclo, if
I ssy it myself. It attracted attention
and other things. When the smoke
cleared away twenty Daughters of tbo
American Revolution bad stopped tbelr
papers, and forty seven delighted heath
en bad subscribed, one of the best old
doctor, in town bad classed me as
lineal descendent of Benedict Arnold,
and I bad beon convinced sumo moro
that while it k always advklble to tell
the truth, it k always best to pick out
your truth very carefully. Since then
have left the eulogies and descrip
tlve articles in regard to George to other
people. I may get over thk very feel
lng after a while, but the time is not
yet,
I acknowledge the invitation of Her
bert Putnam, librarian of congress, to
send him 63 cents and reeleve the re
port of "The Star Spangled -tanner,'
"Hall Columbia," "America" and
"Yankee Doodle," whoe pedigree have
been traced back to the beginning.
am very grateful for the invitation
but it k nix for me. 1 do not admit
that tho four embrace the four leading
patriotic songs of America. "Dixie
k left out. In the past thirteen years
I have heard the rebel yell when that
was ground out, and I know that It
ought to be in the class. There are otb
er more sentimental and exalted reasons
but they might be sneered at, coming
from a galvaaked Yankee, and so as
(o avoid the chance of it, I will save
the 83 and spend it for fishing tackle
for aa extremely poor person of my
acquaintance.
Beading of the snow blockade In and
around Pittsburg, I am reminded of a
similar vkttatloa of the fleecy which
oeeurred one winter when I was in tbo
goslla age, and ssttkg type In a little
inlasd town in Illinois. Then the meth
ode of gathering news were not as com
ptete aa bow, aad in a few days the edi
terial ead of the concern ran out of
4p. It sever stepped snowing. At
the end ef a week it waa two feet oa
the level sad the drlfk were the sise
of houses. The paper had to appear oa
tkae te pretest tfce legal aetkes, aad
after the eU sua bad ptted up a page
f editorial ea Hve aad dead keaes, he
MMm leeee ea the WkU, aad prist
ed a page ef isisdkns from the good
It wm the first aad only time
k the state el TJHeefc that saeb a thing
H ere
"If he shows affection, ho's a soft
pcclmen. If ho seems to care for uo
one, be is cold-blooded.
If bo Is actively religious, he It a by
pocrlte. If be takes no Intorost In re
ligion, bo's a hardened sinner."
o
Tho Naraujal has been rediscover
ed, after having been lost a couplo of
hundred years. For the information
of those who don't know the Naranjal
from a bale of bay it may be remark
cd that It Is an ancient silver mine in
the state of Durango, Old Mexico, that
was mislaid in soma way aud never
re-located. It has beon hunted for
steadily through a couple of Ufe-tlmoi,
during which gold-mines in the way of
Irrigated lauds woro neglected. That
Is the way of mankind, which has never
boon favorably Inclined toward the lost
mine Idea, and which doposits always
increase In rlchneia from the time they
get lost.
o
The coming of Lent does not worry
the most of us. At tho presont price
of meats, fasting Is merely a matter of
courso.
o
Now It is given out that Ilornard
Itoduy will not come back to New Mex
ico and take that sonatorship. He has
some time yet to serve and can be re
appointed if he wants to bo. Thus does
another rumor of war fade into tho
roorback class.
o
Legislation of real Importance con
eernlng New Moxico is now before
congroas. I rotor to the Andrew, bin
for the establishment of a flab hatch
ery in Now Mexico. There k some
sense in that bill, and all such trivial
things as statehood and the like should
bo held up until it k passed in both
houses and signed by the president.
Right now Is the time to provide for
good fishing, and it cannot be done a
minute too aoon.
It must Ik) confessed thnt in snmo
respects the I'nitod Htntos government
ii thu biggest liar of nil history whun
i comes to advertising. In my mail
this morning wu- a postur from the wui
depnrtmont advurtisiug for recruits.
It H n handsome poster all right, uud
has a fine heading ou it, something
about "To Ambitious Yuung Mon."
lndnr that is a nicely printed picture
in two sections, one showing tho har
bor of some tropical port nnd with n
starchy young follow riding in a bout
with n girl undur a very poiitivo moon.
Un the army side ii shown a great en
campment with ull sorts of sports g"
ing ou. Tnn Ideu of vourso ii to con
vey the lileu to the possible recruit
that lifo iu tlio urmy nnd nnvy is oun
long rouud of guyoty. Tho text of the
circular coullrms this impression, It
goes ou to say thut the unity mid navy
is full of opportunities for udvance
mcut and all that the ambitious youug
man has to do is to eullst mid wait
a little while, when tho suid opportu
nllloi will como to htm. That is about
the biggest lie that was ever told, and
if any ordinary buslnuss man got otf
Its nquul bo would be sent to the pent
tentlary for improper use of the malls.
It is impostibla for tho avorage lands
man to conceive of tbo henrlhrenking
monotony of life la the navy for the
e listed man, or what ho has to enduro
at the hands of martin ts. If there
are any good things to give out, aouin
favorite graduate of Aunapolls gets it.
So far from having liberty at foreign
pork, it Is next to impossible for an
enlisted man to get shore leavo except
In homeopathic does, and ho goner
ally has to wait on some of tho higher
officials Iu a menial capacity when tho
oxas, nud n gonerai broom mm. with It all she looked
irrigated ranches aud feed ka nothing so much as one of those
hens, whoso
pknnts take all sorts or runny .napes.
gest lie on record, even ir me oinor ici- tier,urcA ,-.tulonv s it ts to be eon ., ., i.. .... ,' , ,
lnw U thn Tlnlt.1 Htnloi iovruinnt. " " . . . .. " " "
. o vicinii nr tnn crime in nuesnon.
If be want, to do nny lying be will do
It fem ti f t .! 9 -li nrrt tin will Yt ttiia IMr
.m.-,- t it 1.' Thev sometimes show a dollghtfully
done at all. He sidestep, the lying ap- L""'""1 Wy f lWB'
peal for recruit, and if he b inclined 1,,c , V comm.M.oner. aown Bl
! .. . ... . ... - X.,. fa didn't nppiovo of n certain bond
IO USO RDf Ul iuu guuus, iao UU Ull
hnt to the champion bunk advertiser
of the civilized world, Uncle Sam.
urge the philosopher. Thero is littlo n .,uro ,! regular ono, but the over
I consolation iu it to tho man who has ,IinK ut the northwest corner made
put in the better part of his life ami
all the money he could scrupo up, hut
it Is an inexorable fact.
Usui', and refused to ofllclnlly sanction
I tbo results of the elect ion. Now thoy
, aro offended becnuco tho supreme court
o buts In and says that they exceeded
The cheering announcement come tlioir authority and won- revolutionary
that Chauneev M. DoPew k nuxlnmt . tbelr nctluus. If this sort of tbiug
I liiive known Kuthryn cvur since
sin) whs ii littlo It'i'gy nnd urmy girl,
and uvorybodv -nlhxl her Kit. 1 havo
it look peevish uud unplumbed. It
wns even wurxtt tho next time we .aw
her, for this time ull the waves aud
uudiilntions wore un the side aud It
mndo her look liko she was locked be
tween a Mulny proa with lateen salts,
or u clumnlu'll whloh wns liable to
watched her ovolutiou ull of the wny ' P y '''" H,,e,n8 her la
fiom the i.ui.noss to her iiresent umtur m,r ''ryday homo uear, you would
Ity and am perle. tly willing to ndmlt ' ",,v"r "' that Kntliryu could ever
to bo re olectcd to tho United States keops up there will bo nothing In the, ,, h1iu ,,ull u ,t.MlllK , eu.,y. accomplish such marvols with her hair,
sennte. Which shows that this country ' 'y impromptness thut has always ,,,, tml , , ,,, ,,;,r hut she does, BoimI rest, to her. If she
littlo fool notions of course, being of KMW Ju,,, w"ul un "nprossiou sue inane
tho uoudvr slio is anlleted with. I.llt '"' "0," r mlKht ut b W-"0"
has Its misfortunes tho snmo as all otb.'l""" featuro of the short grass.
ors. Tho national senate gives harbor' e
to such hardened old sinner, a. Chaun- j The prolmlil)' p.issiige of thai
coy and then rails nt the canallla, who OtKi.tlOii bond luo for the i onidotln
insist that they bo given tho right to! of tin- rocluinntioii projects sounds
vote oju thof ho ropresent them in ! mighty good to the punple or the west,
llll'l "III llFllljf. U n,,.. .. ,w,f,,iv,iv.ii
for thu sklnchunss of some features of
the stutohod bill. Of course wo will
pay the freight in tho end, but wo hnvo
gotten used to that.
The attempts of some philosophers
to sea in tho sprend of the codling
moth and the boll wuevll cause for
ennaratulation seem n little fnrfetch-
most of them are harmless. Some of ,,r l,rid" l,or (bu, -fl8r tb
tho
land.
blhcst VogUlatlvo tribunal la the
, t Is not so very long ago that
this particular old sinner was shiver
ing In the appronebment of tho shadows
of the penitentiary, which only fell
short because of the subornation of wit
nesses. Tho attendant incidents were
sufficient to brand him a. one of the
greatest rascals who ever went unhur'f,
the tool of the crest criminals of in
dustry, tho servile enuch t the rebators j od, but thero is doubtless some truth
them tiro mighty Interesting. In the
Inst year there has beeu nothing to It
with Kuthryn hut the halt', bud she
Iih set them ii pneo thut it hits lieeii
liurd for siiiiiu of the HUterines in keep
iri with. My wifn hns a picture oi'
Kntliic (that is tlio way she spelled it
thou) when she graduated. It shows
hor huir parted smoothly up the cuutur
of the head and rolled around her head
in n big twist. That was the umatuur.
The other night I saw her nt nn en
tertainment and thk plcturo seemed
strangely uufnmllar. Tho whole buck
iloesirt mutter, us alio doesn't eaie
what such old pirates think.) She ku't
dlessing hur huir to please, them, but
the young bucks who weave a halo
uveu out of tho hair that belongs to
some nuliuule of the field. The mys
tery of it nil Is, whore is tbo gams
k'oiug to stop. If the gamo keeps up,
Knthryn is uoiug to ueed a framework
built up from her shoulders, and a din
K ru in of details so that such a boatben
us your uncle eun figure it all out, while
thanking tho Lord that ho Is a mere
(Continued on 3rd page, lit eoluau)
The Evans Realty Company
OFFICE-MAIN STREET, DAUG14TRY BUILDING, TUCUMCARI, N. M.
We sell City Property, Inarms, Ranches and Relinquishments, and charge aa our
commission 5 per cent to the party selling.
Lot. 10 aad 11, Block SI, facing the
wind-mill by the Park; a bargain at
11.3.00, partly term..
Ut 3. Block 17, Highland Park, with
small house on same, $130.00) terms.
Lots 1 and S, Block 13, Gamble Addi
tion, jast weat of wind-mill of C. II.
Cheaault, within three blocka of new
School, $300.00 Terms.
Lota 1 and 8, Slock 1!, Gamble Addi
tion 323.00
Lots 9 xad 10, Slock I, Gamble Addi
tion, fWO.OO
Lota 7-8-0, Block 43, Mcdee Add., a
corner opposite B. P. Doaoboo '..resi
dence, ...J.VT. 330.0O
e-0 acres patented land, five miles out,
tenant house and dug-out, all fenced,
70 aerea baa beta broken ap two yeers,
a bargaia at 12.50 per acre. .One
half cash, balance oa time.
One Store house on Lot 4, Block ,
Mala atreet, renting at $40.00 per
month, $8300.00
Lots 1011-1S, Bleek 1, McOee Second
Addition, with good four-room resi
dence oa aaaie $1830.00
Lot 8, Meek 0, Baehanaa Addition, good
two-roeai -ease, fence aad barn $300
The Trkagk of Land just west -of the
Plan, vjae, $8,000.00
Ut fl, Week , Buebeaaa Add, $150.00
Uta 9 aad 9, Block 38, Original Town
.it. $e,ooo.oo
13 aeiea jast north of II. M. Bmlti, be
twee the Bock Island and the Daw
soa Batbeadt, .... $18.00 aa acre.
Uta 101111, la Block 18, Daub . First
Addition,.. l.W,-22
Twv Ceaieat Blek Bto.o House. MxW
feet oa three lata ea' Smith St. $7,000
18 Room Sees kg House cn f- d
1, Bleek 8, Bee-aaaa Addition, with
barn) eae-hal. eaah balance Urine,
aaa HrW
Ut. 0 and 6, Block t, Daub 'a Addi
tion, $1,000.00
Uta 1 and 8, Block 8, McOee, $430.00
Uta 18 and 10, In Block 11, Original
Towm.te, ono six-room dwelling, and
a barn 18x20, $000.00
One splendid house opposite Wm. Kubl
man's, on Second street, well fenced,
with outhouses and water works41000
Four SO foot lota with east front ou
Second atreet, between Hancock and
Lauallln avenues, at $3,500
Ut Sin Block 88, McOee Add., $350.
Ut . Block 23, McOee Addition, $300
Uta 7 and 8. Block 8, McOee Add.$430
Lot. 0 aad 10, block 1, Gamble add.$225
840 acres with lease oa school section
Joining, for nearly four year., four
room residence, several springs, 00
acres In cultivation, orchard, peaches,
tears, apples, plum, barn, and out
ousesj school section fenced j 8V.
mllee northeast of cltyj price. .$5,000
Ut 4. block 80 of the McOee addition,
facing tho Nichols' house, oa Second
street, at $330
Ut 10, Block 34, Xussell'a Add., $223.00
100x148, with two residences end out
buildings, on the northeast oorner of
High aad Second streets. A splendid
borne for the present and will be
business lot., $3,000
Two splendid residences on the north
east corner of Laugblln and Third
street, now renting for $00 per
month, at (time) $4,000
142x100 feet on Third street, one-half
block from Main on the corner of
Center street. Thk property will
make six lots 100 feet deep facing
Third atreet, Bear tho court bouse.
Price, $8,000. One-half cash, balance
reasonable term. Thk Is a bargain,
Ut 0, block 4, oa Mala street of tho
Original Towsslte. Price, .. $1,500
One seven-room house and one five room
house on the east side of Fourth
street In the McOee Addition. Prleoa
$1,200 and $1,750 respectively, but If
sale of both k made $,500
Uts 7 and 8, block 30, McOee ndd.$300
Lots 5 and 0, bloek 20, Ituasell add..$0OO
Ut 5, block 10, Buaaell addition. .$275
Uts K and F of lot 8, Herring subdi
vision, $700
123x142 on corner of Smith and Sec
ond streets. Thk 1. the best location
for a first-class hotel or business house
in the city. Price $18,000
Ut 7, blookl, McOee addition.. $200
One of the bert sites for a hotel In
Tueumcarl, with east front on cor
ner of Second and Center, nt. $9,000
One flrst-class business on Mala street,
will net $200 per month, for. ..$8,700
Splendid 14-room rooming house on a
lot 60x142, on the corner of Adams
and Smith atreeta. This k ono of the
best buslnesa properties we have to
offer. Price $4,800, partly on time.
The best Cafe la the best location la
the city $1,000
One 5-room house Southeast corner of
Smith street, furnished. .... $8,000
Ono 4-rcom house furnished oa Smith
street, $1,700
Ut. 3, 4, 0 and 8, block 7, McOse Sec
ond Addition, each, $175
Ut. 8 and 4, block 1, McOee Beeead
Addition, each, 171
100 acres patented land, well feaeed.
good tenant bouse, epleadld well aad
wind-mill, on the line of the Cboetaw
Kaiiroad. Price $8,000. Has been
hold at $3,600, but must be tela at
once. A bargain.
Northeast quarter of Beetlei. 18, Town
.hip 10N., Range 88K., with 4 aerea
broken,. well feaeed 18-M box house
well with pkaty of good water!,
Themanasrerof this company is also manager of the Highland Park Addition, the Aber addition,
i ne manager ownHite Company and the IUndce Townsite Company,
G. WiEVANS, Jr Manager
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