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Taft On His Administration
President Taft U quoted as express
lag bis views on many national qucs
tlons in aa intorviow with Goorgo
Kibbe Turner, a magazine writer, who
records tho President's bIUo of the con
versation at length in tho Juno mini
Iter of McCluro'a Magazine. In an in
troductory paragraph Mr. Turner ox
plains that "tho statement, for tho
fiake of clearness and simplicity was
put in the form of a continuous quo
tntion unbroken by tho questions
nuked or tho excursions from tho mnin
twists of discussion, which nro of ne
cessity mado in any intorviow," and
adds: "This statement is necessarily
not a verbatim reproduction of tho Ian
guago of tho President, but is gives
substantially what ho suid."
Accepting, then, the language as Mr.
Turner's, but tho ideus conveyed as
those of the President, tho reader of
tho interview finds what appears to be
n frank outllno of tho Taft position re
garding tho framing of the tariff, the
corporation tax, the railroad bill, So
eialism, tho prosecution of the trusts,
land laws, tho Ballinger-Pinchot con
trovcrsy, postal savings banks, econo
mies of administration, naval reorgan
ization and need of ousiucss tnothods
in the nation's affairs. What Mr. Taft
thinks of the Dallinger-IMnchot mat
ter is of special interest at tho pres
ent time, According to Mr. Turner,
the President's views on this suhjoct
tire as follows:
"My administration succeeded Mr.
Koosevolt'a pledged to tho policy of
conservation. I ehoso for my secre
tary of the interior Richard A. liallin
ger, Mr. lioosovolt's choice as commis
sioner of tho general land oillce the
iiumt important division of tho Interior
Department a 'reform' mayor of Se
attle, who had tho confidence and es
teem of tho great Northwest sectiou
of the country. Mr. Dalliuger, while
laud commissioner, had been most en
ergctlc in prosecuting frauds; but o
had tho bcliof, quite geuorally hold in
tho Northwest, that the government
should not hold back tho public do
main from development more than was
necessary, and in this I sympathized
with him.
"Mr. Bollinger strongly advocated
tho passage of the new land laws but
he questioned whether some of the
acts taken under executive powor in
relation to protecting and developing
public lands had been entirely within
tho present law. A difference of opin
ion soon arose between him and Mr.
Pinclmt involving, in the first placo,
tho withdrawal of public lauds to pro
tect water power sites and matters
connected with the reclamation serv
ice; and, later, a very strained situa
tion, arising out of intimations of a
young investigator for tho land otllco,
I.ouIb A. Olavia, that Mr. Ballingor's
relations with certain Alaskan claim
ants had not been consistent with tho
public interest.
"Tliiio charges of Mr. Glavis, end
'ho ovidonce upon winch ho bnsed
them, woro given to me, and woro care
fully considered by me and by tho at
torney general, at my request; and, with
the full evldenco in the caso boforo
us, we both decided that they consist
ed entirely of unfounded suspicions and
that Mr. tllavis should bo discharged.
Mr. Pinchot had been appenlod to by
Mr. Glavis in his series of protests
against Mr. liallinger, and ho and Mr.
liallinger were now in entire disagree
ment. Tho very oflTectlvo medium for
publicity built up under Mr. Pinchot
in the campaign in favor of national
conservation was directed to attacking
the administration. Finally Mr. Pinch
ot forced me very much to my rogrot
to dismiss him from tho government
service. In my opinion, tin re has been
up to the present timo a total lack of
evidence to confirm tho charges made
so freely against Mr. liallinger.
"In the meanwhile bills havo been
introduced into Congress representing
the principle that the administration
believes should govern the disposal of
our remaining public lauds. The most
immediately important of theso is one j
to give the President and tho socrc-
tary of tho interior specific power to
withdraw public lnuds lrom entry or
settlement pending proper legislation
for their sale.
"Tens of millions of acres wero
withdrawn by executive ordors of Mr.
Kooscvelt, covering all known lands of
special value for coal, oil or water
powers. All lands of this kind arc
still withhold by my administration,
but the legal right of tho executive to
do this has been questioned. Members
of Congress from tho West, who uro
not friendly to the conservation move
ment as it has developed, have claimed
that in issuing theso orders tho Presi
dent is eucrouching upon the power of
Congress to dispose of the public do
main, and that the right to withdraw
great areas of land indefinitely might
easily becomo a dangerous power for a
President to hold.
"In some sections of the West indi
viduals arc now actually taking up
lands that have been withdrawn by
tho President 's order, on the theory
that the withdrawing of lauds in this
way wus nut legal. This has been the
case in the valuable oil lauds in Cali
fornia 3,000,000 acros of which are
withdrawn from entry. It is only the
strong, speculative interest that is
able to make an entry in this way, and
tight the question through tho courts;
at;l if, for auy reason, tho contentions
of these interests should prove right,
it would mean that tho lands wo nro
seeking to preserve from the hands of
the people, who respect tho law, and
have fallen into the hands of just the
people who ought nut to havo thorn.
"A law to make rurtuin tho execu
tive's power to hold buck land was,
under these circumstances, the first de
sire of the administration. There are
eight other bills to complete tho pro
gram of conservation. Tho principlo
of the new laws covering coal, oil and
W. F. BUCHANAN, Sec.-Treaa. I
H p,08 J- lucuincui, aa..
DONALD STEWART,
W. L. BATSON, End N. M.
Sole Agent.
Efldee Townsite Company
ENDEE, NEW MEXICO.
Eiidee is located on the Tucunicari-Memphis
forty miles east of Tucumcari arid throe miles from
the State line of the Texas Panhandle and is the
center of agricultural and stock industries for
1,000 square miles of territory. There is an abund
ance of pure water at shallow depths. Homes may
yet be had near the new city for the cost of gov
ernment filings. City property is advancing in price
and a number of business houses, including a railway
depot are under construction. A good hotel, school
and the churches are among the latest improve
ments. Telephone connection with neighboring
towns has already been established.
Addres all inquiries to
W. L. BATSON,
Indei. Ktw Mtxico. HUBBY!
phosphate lands is that tho ownership
of theso special deposits should be s p
aruted from tho land and tho doposits
pnid for on tho basis of their actual
value. Tho principlo in theso bills
governing the disposition of wnter pow
er sites Is that tho government should
reserve, in whatever title it glvoi to
them, the right to protect tho public
against overcharges by a periodical reg
illation of rates. And in nil theso trans
furs of coal, oil and phosphato lands or '
lands with water powers, provision is '
mado for forfeiture of title whenever
thoy are mndo n part of a monopoly
"Thoro is only one bill that I feel to
bo cssontinl at the present time; that
is the one assuring tho President 's
right of withdrawal. Whon this power
is granted, the lands that President
Itoosovelt and I havo withdrawn fr.mi
entry will be safe, tho Geological do
partmont enn classify thorn properly
for sale, and Congress cnu give its at
tention to working out tho exact de
tails of tho best laws possible. This
will requiro careful and mature
thought, which will naturally take
time. 1 have, however, a groat ym
pathy for tho feeling of tho West and
Northwest that the government should
settle this question as soon us ponsibl
in order to permit the development ol
tho resources in the public domain."
SENATOR. H. L OWEN
FROM OKLAHOMA
:
i PPX "WUIR BILL WITH
A CHECH, mm wu
i HAVE A CHECH w
... - a-
MUCH OIL LAND IN NEW
MEXICO IS WITHDEAWN
Following its recent action in with
drawing from entry tho nowly discov
erod oil field nonr Alnmogordn, the gen
oral land ofllc.o has withdrawn a tract
24 miles square, including all of th
newly discovered oil and gas Holds of
Eddy county, in the vicinity of Dayton. t , fl,.ht nt Washington to defeat the I
N. M. Nearly all of tho artesian dis tvn.liittle.Hhiim-n.veiir tirnt-rnm which 1
- - - - "-i m - i n
had already passed tho House. On ilie
VV T
Those who have never had a bank account know
not the convenience of one. Each check you write is
a RECEIPT; you know just how much you are
spending; you've always "got money," and you
can't lose it nor bfi robbed.
Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank
VS ! The First National Bank
Senator U. U Owen, of Oklahoma. tlie
leniocrat leader in the recent unsuece- f
Nearly
trict of tho county is included.
Tho order of the secretary of the
interior specifies "temporary with
drawal from ull kinds of ontry of IS
townships. "Development of tho Day
ton oil district has just started on a
largo scale.
republican sido Senators Hurt on and
Hale were tho lenders ngninst the bill
for moro battleships but their strenuous
efforts woro fut.ie. The total amount I
carried by tho bill is almost $131,000,-000.
' :iiU J Mill 1 punitory
Only National Bank in Tucumcari, N. M.
Capital, Surplus and Profits $65,000.00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
' "ii I
"Cometh Queer Name for Pet
i
II. B. Jonoa
A. 11. Simpson,
Joseph Israel,
Erl
1 C. Barnes
A. It. Carter,
Donald Stewart
OeorRO
"Comet" was a pot calf who receiv
ed his name because of a queer shape. 1
spot in his forehead. Whon he was u
yearling ho had a great propensity for
getting through fencos, und because of
his mlHcherious tricks, ho was sold t a
stock buyer, who shipped him west.
Aftor tho terror und woariness of
the long journoy, hot hungry, and oh. so
thirsty, he arrived at tho end of tho
railroad and was driven to the range
where ho was to find his living. Tired
and stitf, from tho journoy, ho with his
miscrablo companions, wero driven into
a corral. Ho hoped this might mean
food, but no, suddenly a noose tight
ened about his nock and as ho struggled
to get his breath, other ropes caught his
legs and ho was thrown violently to tho
ground nnd hold thoro whilo a cowboy
pressed a largo rod hot iron deep into
his quivering flesh and cut notches In
bis cars.
After this thoy woro turned out to.
pick thoir living, but it was some time
boforo tho frigntened homesick crou
turos, torturod by the pain of their
brands, could find enough to satisfy
thoir hunger.
Days wont on und Comet learned tho
lessons of the range. lie knew enough
to avoid cactus, the Spanish bayonet,
and poison wood, and novor stopped in
a prairie dog's hole. Ho shunned rattle
snakes and wolves. Ho drank sparing
ly of alkali water and controlled him
self from rushing madly down tho teop
bank when thoy roached tho sweet wat
or of tho snow fed stroams. Coun t had
scon many of his comrades die an t he
had grown wise.
But now winter was at hand. One
day with a fiorco galo und biting cold,
tho snow came. Hungry and chilled tho
cattlo woro driven boforo tho stonn.
When it ceased they lournod to paw tho
snow from tho doad grass and gain o
misorable sustenance Other storms
enmo and coldor weathor. The ponds
woro frozen. Mnny of tho eattlo weak
from fighting tho twin domons of famine
and cold, succumbed to tho third nnd
most droadful foe, thirst. Day aftor
day thoy suffered until the coming of
spring. Thanks to Comet's strength and
activity, he was ono of tho survivors.
During tho noxt summer tho feed was
good and Comot throve so well that ho
became tho loader of the hord after
many a hard-fought battle.
Tho next wintor was a sevore ono,
Storm aftor storm piled tho prairies
high with drifts and it was with difll
culty that tho cattlo could wander
about, to say nothing about finding
tood or drink. At last thoro came a
three day's blUrard. Comot led his
herd before the wind, gallantly break
nit; track for them. The cattle, al
ready pitifully thin and weak ftoiu him
ger, struggled through the dritN. Tin
blood was thick in their veins from
lack of water and soon congealed with
cold as tln tell in tho drifts. At
length they i nl a few miles from
the foothil-. where they might at least
find some -heller. Hut what has stop
ped them A barbed wire fonue which
marks tho limit of their range. The
cattlo bunched against it. lowing pilo
ously in their death wail. Through the
I i I'll t liiiie thev liiiilrltml it uti-n (Tint
, o r -, - 4 11111.
'by hour their ranks were thinned as
the woaor 'ic le and wero trampled
by tho others. M-irninc came and with
lit tho sunshine. As its rays lit up
tho distant landscape, Comot saw the
foothills with their clumps of over
greens. The sight moused him to make
ono more effort. Ho roinemberod the
tricks of his ealfhood and slowly crawl
ed through the fence. Staggering pain
fully along, by Into afternoon ho roach
ed tho hills and found a little canon
whoro a spring fed stream bade defiance
to the winter. With frantic eagerness
ho riu;hed to the water and drank long
draughts. When his tl.irs- was sati
fied he ',.o'ed about for something to
eut and was fortunnto enough to Und
dead grass in tho lea of tho rocks. Af
ter a fow days he grow strong enough
to notice tho fact that ho was nUme. Im
pelled by his loneliness ho rnturnod tn
tho foneo whoro he left his followers.
There they were, stiff and stark, except
whoro tho Hravangers of the wild had
picked thoir bones, no mourned tor
them with tho usual ceremony of Jus
kind, pawing tho snow and utt.'ii
mournful cries. Houih passed and i,1
length hunger forced him to return to
tho canon
Hero ho lived until spring. Whon
mon began to show themselves in the
distance ho retreated far into tho nmun
tains. Tor two years he lived Military,
Iim only ad vet turns being with wiid
beiihtB. Tho set'.lementH of men were
encroaching on his n uuitain pastures.
One daj in onrly June as he was can
HoiMly exploring a high valley ho found
ono of his kin I, a l.oifor so thin ami
v-cr.l she could no' r.se. "'ho expo
sure and privation of f.o winter had
sapped the stiem- h sIk needed for tin
onl.'S ,f inothe r .,t anl ' i ,m, ,
nothing for her calf but lick It foobly
and answer Its cries. Comet approach,
od tho pitiful pair nnd aided them all
ho could by standing guard Hguinbt the
coyotes which threatened them. Tn n
fow hours tho tragody which happens
by thousands and hundreds of thous
anils on tho westorn rangos had ropoat
ed it -elf onco more and Comet was
it'-MH ' two llfel(- ln.il.i -. A- !l
i ,wed ii-d !wi"d hi 'he ls-t tsibn'D
i ileui Me 'vi. er of 'he tn-it'or mil. i
i ''iii en.iiiuh tn riciigi ii- hifc I r . i ii.l. j
uii bs Cutnet -aw the man h. w.'S ed (
l'o tho wind, lint tho secret wan out. '
i he MttIor ' i t 'he cowboy und whon
n va ti rr liiiiu for their lull uliipiiir-n'
1'iey orjianued 1 hut: and tft.ir '1
i'iivi" of hard ri.lt ; . - i i ,
-Iv t.'Or, 8-,i- i'-i- i ., ,
dusty journey to iiingn .
i.e i.ttrarted ntiuntn n n- i li
nn enrlv virtiin.
j Comet's mffniings . , i, .
' thiilisiiuds vt ntlie: in' , ,
mi."o Bgoineo. If il.v in . .(,.! lo
in prevent h - tho j
lp urmter ln-iu-p e-- .
pOUSiVO, aiiil lie-t .'It.- he i.
charge of crn-li igHi. i
in tho great 1,.., . ,i !,,.nv, , M0i.
not bo piling up an m Ilt lHt
crush us when th day of ucMut h
QOmQi BKlLE MAIl.KY, "
Manehrstor, lora,
NOTICE
All parties knowing themselves in
lelitcd to me will please call and set
tie at once an I oblige. 1 have oblipa
tions to meet and need tho money. T -i
will please see me at your ceurliest '0n
enience
.1 A. STREET.
not
InniHi pioiiim do but enn,,. ,.Mr ,
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nil- im-Miriei nv repre-. i u nr,. i
loremi to resort to that meth .,f
posing of their ruckIn h i,,, mm ,,
-.ry of any .erit are f.,r. . , .
iiuM-iiros.
f .1
Tho younp people ot the ninnim v
plonsantly surprised Miw B,i,.,.
ter iM.i.duy ni. i,i ;,t i,.r i,,,,,,,, . ,
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d
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Rutherford!
The Harness Man 1
Not Only handle aaraesa
of all kinds, but makes a
specialty of saddles also.
Don't throw that old eat
of harness away until
you havo seen us, we will
trado you a new ono for
It or will repair It so nice
ly that It will look as
good as now and last al
most aa long. We carry
a full line of horse col
lars, all grades and all
alios, If you want a col
lar for your dog, we have
It. Ootao and see them.
(LINT RUTHERFORD ii
NO LEAKS
Your plumbing will have "No Leaks" if I
it. U)Y you,
Ccmsidur tho trouble vou will have in the
nit urc i your plumbing is not, properly done.
I guarantee all my work
STEFFIAN
THE PLUMBER.
Phono 60 suter Bld'g. Main St