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I irSrf'r--.. -. bj m iiurman news A ANi TUCUMCW1 TtMfS rrr. Tic TMCMUKHf I Pfintii$ (i. Ik. BstM4 M tMMl-Ot.VM Mftll Matter at Um rottoSc at TucuKicari, Nw teste, ua4tr Act tt March S, lITt. IMUSD EYBJtT SATURDAY 8. M. WHARTOX, Bdltor. T. I WSXCK, BulnM Manager. Tli a Northwest Is blir.znrd bound thin week and illll Quny County Ii dishing "up about the licit vr outlier tit tlio bureau day after ilny. ) A Vote against tlio constitution U a vute against statehood. Hvory pro statehood cltlr.cn of tli territory U for tlie adoption of tlio constitution. A vote ngniiist tlio rnniitittitlon Is a voir against every school boy and girl in' New -Mexico, because or the ample provision inado iu that document for the inntntennuco of the public schools. ilyron llarton, tlio second hnud fur n ft nre dealer on Knst Mnln, hm becti no busy thli week that it took a New re porter two duyn to run lilui tjown ftr an Interview on the constitution and state hood. It Is in this issue, however, ami his (xirorntloii is worth your while to look It up. It is said by aoino of the opposition to statehood that salaries nf state officers lire too high, but when it Is shown thnt tlie average under the eoustlttitiou for the imc set of oltlcers iu Arizona is S,tl.0 higher than under our cunstltu tlon, it will hnvo leas weight tlntii ex pected, . The ghost walked for tlio railroads Inst Wednesday and tlio mnn with the bill hits had pickings for the last two iliiy. These rnllrnnd pay days are not hurting us any this winter, since the nests Is a little shy on inllo nnd kulHr. The dollars thu roads start rolling down tlie channels of trade In this city tiro u good pn"le,, aunt Martha. J I'nder thi i-nt-stittitiou county ollieers ' will be elet-ted for n term of four your and e it n not mec I themselves, except probate elerk and probate judges, until expiration of n period of four year" after going out of olllce. Then the fee system is abandoned for stipulated nl artes which nre to be fixed by the legis lature of the stnte. Nobody ii going to kick at these provision. Statehood will give New Mexico eipial power with every other statu in the sen ate and a real vote in the house of rep resentatives, instead nf representation by delegate with no vote on any leg islation desired by the commonwealth of New Mexico, ns we hnvo It now under the territorial government. Lot us get representation, throw off tlio shackles of a dependency nnd heroine soverigu rit lens of our country. Hon. II. O. Dorsum of Socorro, ay in an interview this week that he bellcM-s thnt !' per cent of the people of the ter ritory tiro going to ite for statehood. It looks like a very liberal' estimate but Itursum N one of the clone! Ilgurer of political results In the stute. He un derestimated thu result of the constitu tional convention election but It is his plan to give the opposition more than he believes it entitled to nhvnyi. The News hopes he is right this time. It would be a great boost for New Mexiro and mean stntehuod this year. THE FIRST NATIONAL IMI Of Tucumcari, New Mexico UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY I Capital $50,000.00 DONT KEEPYOU MONEY IN TH Put itimthe BANK When your MONEY is tVbring it back to yon. It is very UNSAFE and it worst- rie you a whole lot to have moiifty in your house or 1 in a Mle im the ground.. Besides "looking'' tine at- 1 Z ter liSH to see if it is safe teaches people where it is ana Maxes it very ussax . Hake OUK Bank TOUR lank. We pay liberal interest consistent with safety pr P cent. OFFICERS ? IL B. Jones, n. Tj'. Justice. Assistant. Oaakier. M? I M MtetC MMW)MMMMmMMH Today Is the last opportunity you will hnvo fur some distance to ote for state hood. Jt mean the betterment of con. dltlons In New Mexico, so let us go for the constitution. J. 8. l'oplnn of Orton, was in the city lovornl days this week. It bought n lnrgo block of real estate while In the city and we hoe that It I his Inten tion to make Tucnmcnri his home at some time in the future. Mr. I'opluo is post master at Orton and one of the lending eitirens of that section of the country, lie is one of the most nctlvo politicians nf the 1'lnlns country and Is now out for statehood nnd the constitu tion with all his vigor. He says all the people In his community nre not for the constitution but mot of them an. It is true that the constitution that we nre going to Vote on todny does not contain all the d d foolishness that was Inducted Into that of Oklahoma. For instance, there Is no such clnuses as those providing for eight foot sheets for hotel beds, ten-inch spittoons In public corridors, or a four-inch limit on whls kers, but it docs provide for a reason able fundamental law on which may be bullded whatever legislation the majori ty of the citizens of the state desire in the future. It provides for the. election of all our officers by the people lustead of appointment from Washington. We will have a say as to who shall serve us us governor, JuJprs, commissions, etc, and will rule ourselves entirely and ab solutely, Out of the sixty thousand voters of New Mexico It Is estimated by those who have prepared a careful poll of thoe against aud fur the constitution, that at least fifty thousand of them are tor the constitution and statehood. Twenty years ago a constitution was prepared and submitted to the n'opte for adoption and it was lust by only six votes, when most of the territory was sheep and cattle ranches nnd rami of the business of the couutry was con ducted In the Spanish language. It Is different now, wu lme doubled nnd treb led in population and wealth and the people who are clamoring for statehood want It for both political and Industrial udvnutngcs. statehood will do for us what partisan legislatures could never do, nnd there is no ipiestiou but that it will be adopted by an overwhelming majority. The mnmmoth estate of Tolstoi in Ku-xin i tn be turned into a denionstrn lion farm for the benefit of Itusslan farmer. It ha lieeu purchased by American bankers and manufacturers at a cost of a million nnd a half and a permanent exh'bition of American ma chinery will be Installed and experts will he plaeed iu charge of the estate to teni-li the Itussians modern methods of i-grlcnlture aud the ne of up-to-date murhiucry. This ii rertuinly n striking example thnt the good deeds of the mini live ufter him. If this results iu the education nf the farmers of llusilu to double the yield of their land Tolstoi will not have lived in vain, even though his grent liiorul teachings liould fail tn revolutionize the llussinn govern ment. I tut the facts are that this is all the outcome nf his moral philosophy as he imparted it tn the young men of liN country. CHIEr JUSTICE POPE TALKS FOB CONSTITUTION The constitution insures in a ren xiniible degree of the blessings of self government. "I ri tit especially impressed with the lifeguards put about legislation nnd of the superiority which this stnte will give us over present conditions. BURNED up rezreU won't President. mLM esV.i-'T'jsC n ' M- akakaw "It Is difficult to conceive nf more complete safeguard against oppressive legislation. "I do not believe thnt eight trial Judges arc too many. I rati hardly view as serious the claim that the Ju dical salaries arc excessive. It is Im possible to more than pay expenses up on the present judicial Income. "I cannnt but believe llloglcnl nnd ill advised the position of those who think the constitution should be rejected be cause sonic good things biic been omit ted. 'It drops the substance In seeking the shadow. "I cannot believe that the Antl-Sa-loon league should by nldlng to defeat the constitution, place partial burden for such n result. Wo should not refuse ' to erect the house because we cannot i hnve all the rooms lu It we should like to have." I .lodge I 'ope is a strong prohibition ad vocate. He Is learned In the law, knows this constitution nnd knows New Mexl-1 co conditions, LIMITS TAXATION The tux rate Is limited under the con stitution. There in no limit under the territorial form of government. The various sources of indirect taxation un der the constitution with the lands giv en us by congress, will run the machin ery or the stnte after a few yenrs with out nuy direct taxation at all. for the first two years after the constitution goes into effect, the total annual tax levy for all state purposes, exclusive of state debt, shall not exceed 12 mills; and thereafter it shall nut exceed 10 mills. Kor the sake of nigiimiiut suppose the Institution of u state government should cost us u levy of M rents on the one hun dred dollars, iu view of the fuel Hint there is going to lie so many more sonic es nf revenue from which to derive taxation, thu rate must s i lu red need tu a minimum much lower than under the present territorial system. There are no exemption under the con stitution except ns provided iu sections 7 and 11 of article VIII, under tlie cap tion of Taxation and Itevrnue. Sec tion 7, rends: Sec. 7. The property of the I'nited States, the stnte and nil counties, cities, and school districts, and other municipal corporations, public libraries, communi ty ditches and till laterals thereof, all church projK'rty. nil property used fur educational or charitable pur-c, all cemeteries not used or held for private or corporate profit, and all bond of the Stnte of Nc Mexico, and all of the counties, municipalities and districts thereof shall be exempt from taxation. Section 11, rends: Sec. 11. The legislature may exempt from tnxutioii property of each dead of a family to the aniount of two hundred dollar. Now there don't seem to be anything bad the matter with these exemptions. In fact, if you will turn tu the article on taxation nnd revenue ami read the whole of it; you won't lliid anything wrong iu It; It i the result of much labor on the part of one hundred of Ncw Mexii-o' picked men, Thev sought to do the best they could for the new stnte, and they had the constitution of most of the states of the I'nlon to aid them In framing a fundamental law on these subjects that would fall as eipiitably on the taxpayers of the new state ns poss ible. As the News sees It, there is no nrgti ineiit against the constitution to be de rived from Its taxation provisions. SIMPLY AOAINBT IT I am against it, is the greatest nrgu ineiit inacle by the opposition tn state ImkhI. "I have not rend nil of It," some of them say, "hut I hear it fuv cirs the (.'nthnlie religion." Then' Is no justiflentiun in sueh ignorance. Why the thunder don't you go read it, and see where you ure mistaken f. The Ian gunge of oi stute constitution is as plain us strong and as just ami as lllieral as that of the National document on the question of the freedom of religious wor ship. Her. II of the Illll of (tights says: Sec. ll.--Kvery muii shall be freu to worship (lod according tu the dictates nf his own conscience, and no person shall rer be molested or denied any civil or political right or privilege an account of his religious opioion or modu of re ligious worship. No person shall lie re quired to attend any place of worship or support any religious sect or denom ination; nor shall nuy preference he given by law to any religious denomi nation or mode nf worship. Now, who can conscientiously say that he Is ngniiist its adoption on ac count of it partially to any particular religiun. The freedom of religious wor ship has been one of the greatest factors in building this Union of Btntes, nnd we liTa the principal as a fact, our peo ple believe In religious freedom, aud in the freedom of speech and lu nn un- trammeled press. No matter whether be Is affiliating, with any church, or be- HevM In any particular creed or dogma, or for tliut matter he may not be ortho dox, yet every patriotic American be lieves In our constitutional provision, both national and state, guaranteeing absolute freedom of religious worship, lie will spenk for (be principle, writo far it and if need be, light for it. The sincerity of the man who opposes the constitution on the grounds of Its par tlnllly to any religious creed, is in the opinion of ninny students of the Consll tltutiun, questionable; he must lime a joker of some sort up his own sleeve, seeking to thwart the adoption of the document, to defeat a fundamental law which absolutely guarantees that which he elainii be would nave. If It is a fart that there Is no justld ration In this opposition, and if it Is a further fact that the constitution does guarantee the freedom of religious worship, then, what la tho cause of tbli opjMMUMit la it ignorance! In some Inataseu, yes. It ta vlelomnesaf there ma ht Uitaatti, Ii it opposition to stntehnodf We bellevo it Is almost mil tcrsnlly so. Ktnteliooil Is the Issue. We all know that, It has I for fifty years. There hns always been tin oppn ' sitiou, there Is opposition yet. I'liete tire omo of tne stockmen nf the territory not ery mnnv, bos -over, inld rather see New .Mexico a entile una sheep much Hum a thi -My pop tinted louiitrv, as It will be liiidet s'aloliioil I'lie encroachment ,(f tM. settlet l luok ed Upon with coiisblernble disgust In them. Then there is the mrtt-nti who opposes the roust It lit Inn lieeause there were n few more rt publicans tluiu other parties in the convention. Hut the Nous; is pleased to puy that most democrats ami rpulillciiis do not eousidet the is sue a political one mid are urlny the adoption of the constitution. EL PASO HERALD BOOBTB BONBTITUTION Tlie III I 'a so Herald ha made ti strong nnd sensible cnmpalgii for the adoption of the constitution and state hood for New Mexico. Ilele is .1 list of paragraphs fr the editorial page of the Herald yesterday; i o , A vole for tl institution i u vote for srf (.(iv eminent, o ; The New .levlco const it lit Ion aiuplv ' safeguaids the rights of the masses. Vote for the constitution mid olituiii the right tu luanage your own ullinirs; it is the only way. Nobody but the evil intending eun object to the restrictive piovisious m tlie New Mexico constitution. The S'ew Mexico constitution through out mills at concentrating ri-poiiiliillt iilul Ii ildiiig iillii-ers ti icily net nuiitable. o It's all otr with the lnte ullicer or legislator uhn uses a pass or secret rate under tliv new constitution of .sew Jlev leih iim '. H .s v , New Me.xleoi Iitllllls the rel'eii'iululil III u form ns etriuie n political wis. loir and constitutional regularity eun tolerute. a The new eoiistitiiltoh of New Mexico teipiires that all school, tliall con ducted iu the l!o;-llli laiiv'uagi'. Metier tot.- fur it. o The New Mexico plan for ImIv eon trol of corporations, i-spi-cially railroads, is uis,' mid conservative,, but rigorous and practical. The long terms for judges under the New Melro constitution are a distinct uilvuuce oer the pructici- of this mid most other htntes, u Mine workeis are piotected under the new constitution of New Mexico, as are also the railroad triiiiliiea mid other oH'iatlng employes, 3 O Tlii- fee system is abolished in New Mexico under the new constitution u step eery -oth;r .nt lit t might foil ins with advantage and eredit. I'mler the New Mexico constitution opportunities for legislative wrong do ing will be mighty fen. The b-gsatii-pru isioiis an- exccediliclx strict. No carpet bagging goes hi New Mex ieo under staieliooil j the new conslitu t lull requites lle years' resilience for stale ollicets i line for legisatois. The Nt"W Me.Vteo' eliiiVtllulloiial pro visions relating Id pieventiou of mono polistic tnist In 'I'strnint of trude is a model of htc 1 1 mid good sound sense. o The New Mexico constitution is lair as between employer nnd employe, cor poration mid iinli idiial. It is modern ami progressiw-. no admirable document. The New li-lcn eniistutoa will en courage ii esiineut mid deteloptiient without in the slijjhtesi ilegiee ftmiriug capital unlHirU us ugiilusl the masses of the M'ople The new constitution nf New- Mexiro does not provide foi seating negroes with whites in school, but many demo cratic opponents mid uewspnpi-rs aie still circulating this falsehood. ''It is much easier tu amend the con stltntioii t h m n lu get un enabling act through congress," Vote for the con stitution un Saturday fur that is the only way yon emi get stuteh I in the near futiiie. The New Mexico constitution sticks to the regular ami lawful lie hod of im peachment for delinquent public ollieers nnd does not nnctlon the un-American Socialist ii- "reenll" which Ariona would apply eien to jmlges in the heal of popu'ar paion. The New Mexico constitution shows u distinct tendency toward simplifying tnxutioii, Improvements being exempted iu n number of enses. It Is a step In the right direction, The further we get nwuy from the single tax oa land val ues the further w. get from a rational scientific and practical system. New -ii i ay. o Tli" New Mexico constitution is easy of nmeiiiliiieut. (letter ndopt it as it stnnds, iilil n in statehood with all Ha ndvnntuges, ami then revise the consti tution ns the need arises. Now you are nt the miircj of nrnly .'On national legis lators, mniiy of them bitterly hostile, and n president who Is being foreed In to snnrtloiiliig statehood against his will. o . The railroad nnd bonds nf (Irani and Knnta Fe counties assumed by the new state of New Mexico will be paid out of thc profced;donated by the national government for the purpusu and over special jaIary m WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR :i.")c huil it's Vests 25c ()")c Ladies Vost.s 55c l.UOf'onilMimtioii 95c MEN'S UNDERWEAR Shirts or Drawers, (Joe value . . 50c Shirts or Drawers, $.1.0(1 value . 70c Tnion Suits, $.1.25 value 90c Tnion Suits, $1.50 value $1.10 - CHILDREN'S UNDERWEAR 75e lTnion Suits 55c I0e Vests 30c MEN'S WORK SHIRTS .0f and 75c Shirts 39c i THE VI It. l.noii will be Iclt over for the per- 1 1 in n i school fund. Some opponents of the i-oiisiitotloii ure Irving to mill up- ilnl out ol I ho count ilebt iissutnpt urns, but their grief Is needless, ns the stuti) is much better oil with these debts than -without them, when the great laud grant is -oiisibiei, . . ' CONTEST NOTICE Serial No. (I'.Hl.'IT, Contest Nu. .Hitlii ' Ib-parlnient of the Interior, tv. S. I.nml Jlllci' at Tucumcari, N. M. ( January I, MM I. , A siilllclciit conti-,t nllidnvlt having b-eli II led in this ollice by l.ila I 'lilimiii, eoiitestiiut, agaiiisl Homestead Kiilty No. yisJT I. serial No. UIMHI. made Nov. 2. Ill7 for Wt, NWI',, See. .tl, Twp. II N, Katige .H II, N. M. Meridian, by .lohii Durham, Contestee, In w hich it is alleged under dure of September IT, lulu, thnt said John Ibirhnm has wholly abandone.l said tract for a x-rind of mine thiin six months prior to Jmiiury, HMi'i, -mil has i-hanged his lesidenee theieftom mid has fulled to cultivate ubl tract as required by law, said par ties are hereby notified to appear, re-! spoud and olfer evidence touching said I iillegtitlon nt ill ii'clncl' m., on April I". It'll, before the Itegi'ter nml Ite celvei at the I'nited States hand Ollice In Tucumeari, N. M, Tin- .aid contestant, having, lu n proper nlliilail, llled liecember .'II, ll'IO, n-t forth futs which show thnt uflei ' duo diligonee, persimnl service of this notice enn not bo made, It is hereby or deied nnd directed that such notice lie glen by tine and proper publlcntloii. b'ecord addles, nf eiitryiumi Itevuello, N. M. i-ii-tf It. A. Prentice, ItegMer N. V. tlnllegos, Iteceiver NOTICE I'OR PUBLICATION district Court, Sixth Judicial District, Territory of New Mexico, County of (nuy. I'irst Nntioual Hank of Nura Visa, N. M., plaint lir, v. Knunctt 11. Kicks, defeiiilaiit. No. Sl.'i, The e feiidant, Kmmctt it. Itieks, is hereby no tilled that suit has been instituted ugaliisi you by the ubou iiumed plain I ill' in the ubiie styled court unit cuue tor judgiuent against you on account of a promissory note, .luted .Inn. 1UIU, made to aii bank by said defendant, lor a balance due thereon iu the sum of ?o:i.ii with lu int interest per milium fiiiui dale, ai riling to the lace of said note, mid mi additional sum of ten per cent of the amount thereof us attorney's fees, nod for judgment of foreclosure of a certain deed of trust to sei uie said mil, on the following ii seribcil real estate, lying and being iu 'Jiwy County, Territory of N, M to wit: ski Sec, I'd. Twp. Ill N. Ilmige :i:t K, N. M. I'. M. and the SKi,, S,.e. u, Twp. ! n. it. :i;. i:, n. m. h. m. Ami miu aie iiolllled Hint unless you enter your appearance in this cause on or before the lilli day of March, A. II., lull, judgiuent pro confes.o will be rendered ngniiist you and the relief prayed for by plaintiff granted ami decreed. I'laln lllf's attorneys nre llollomaii & -x I . I : I roy, I'ostollice, Tucumrnri, N. M. Chas. I'. Downs, Clerk. I '.'l-lt Herb. II. Wright, Dep. CONTEST itOTIOE Herlal No. (MM!!, Contest No, .T.M7 Department of thu liiterior, U. H, I .a ml Olllro nt Tiiciiincurl, N. M. December 'Jl, IUI0 A sullleleiil contest it 1)1 il a it having beeli filed ill this ollice by I. 'd ward Mac kechnie, contestant, against Homestead Knlry No. HIS'.'.'i, Kurlul No. OIl.'i.T.', made Dee. lil, HUH), fur NK'i nf See. II, Twp. 8 N, of Knngo III K, N. M. i'riuclpal Meridian, by Lewis Merwiu, Contestee, iu which it is alleged under duje nf January III, IUIU, that said entry man had, at no time, established and main tained his actual houalhlu rcsidenco up on said land; hud wholly failed to cul tivate uud luipr-jvu thu same, und thnt such defaults had nut been cured ut snld date. Now, therefore, said parlies ure hereby notified to appear, respond und offer evidence touching said alle gation nt 10 o 'cluck a, in. on February L'l, 1011, before the itcglslcr and Ite ceiver at the United Status Lund Of fice in Tutuincnrl, N. M. The said contestant having, In a prop er affidavit, filed December SI, 1010, act LADIES COATS AND rmldenbero Co. I forth fuels which show that after lue liligenee peisonal s.-rvin' of this ii.i lice can not be made, it is hereby or ileied mid diiecled Hint such notice be gnen by due and proper publication, II id nddiess of Ciittyimiii Homier springs, Kansas. .1 , A. Prentice, llegisii-r. N. . Halb'gos. Ileeciv'-i Wells Farp NAVAJO BLANKETS LATEST MAGAZINES CANDIES AND FRUITS BOOKS FOR RENT WELLS FARGO BOOK SIIM DONT WAIT TOO LONG Sec I Iniiiiltnii, the I iisurniii-i' M;ui ;iiul -itiu'c l.il'c, X l-'irc. Tiiriiiido nr Accidfiit iiisiiraiifc while ymi can. i It will lie ton late al'icr liliiwii awav, nr liiivr an ACT w u rugt'A, Prsi W ABER ADDITION hi TUCUMCARI JA(KSON Ii SEAMON, Ageiita r. o. iiox 247 JOE SPENCER I The Up--To--Date Confectionery J All si-a-ntialitf fruits.. Jum it-i-fivetl a In-sh Miilv ! KmK, Cantlit. Ajfriit I..V all d,ul papers, weekly ami iiiuuthlv inaai'.iiit.'s. :: ;: J pencer'j t Main Street CONEY ISLAND SALOON UI:AI. & PARK, Proprlettirs The home of Old Retiilers in Fine Wines, WliisKeys M (ifjrs MEN'S OVERCOATS One-hair In One -third Off. LADIES SUITS if'JO. and 15 Suits $16.98 .fl..)l) Men's Timbers . . $1.00 -fiL'.Olt Men's Trousers $1.45 .i'J..)!! Men V Trousers .. . $1.89 :j.n Men's Trousers ... $2.39 '!.()() ISIanlet 75c .jil.fiO Itlaiilvfts $1.10 -1.7." Cuinrorts $1.25 .4:1,00 omrorts .... $2.25 ssr I I I mil I., -.n.-n l. Hie I'resbv t.-ii.i-i --nii.l.n Ihm-I at tin- home of , ,t,:,n l.i-rlunl Moiidii .-M-liiog. 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