FORT SUMNER REVIEW
FORT SUMNER
NHW MEXICO
Meanwhile the frog Id the railroad
yards continues to gather them In.
How fine the globe looks with the
stars and stripes at the top:
Little aid Spain think that the
Moors had any such war up their
sleeves.
Some one says that submarine ves
sels are safe. They are at least bur
glar proof.
. Vicious dogs should be kept at
home so they could practice upon
their owners.
The aeroplanes may need skypar
lors or roosts. They certainly would
be misfits In a garage.
Our pole discoverers will find the
exhilarating cup of glory more to the
taste than an Eskimo bill of fare.
In her friendly overtures, this coun
try desires to inform China that she
can go as far as she likes with us.
New York ancf London still cherish
horse cars, but the mule car has dis
appeared from the face of the earth.
The vagaries and queer happenings
In Chicago are now fully accounted
for. They believe in that city In pie
for breakfast.
A girl cashier has been poisoned
through handling money. Her acci
dent, however, is hardly likely to
make the practice unpopular.
Sfnce Berlin's population is increas
ing. London should listen carefully to
see If German is crowding the English
language at headquarters.
We should remember in the summer
season, that while some things are
rare and hard to obtain, the humble
ptomaine is always with us.
The lateBt flying machine Is the
ornithopter, which Is based on the
flying methods of the eagle. As a
success it ought to be a scream.
The emperor of Germany has in
troduced football, as It is played in the
United States, in the army as a good
exercise for temper and body. It will
give the troops some Idea of real war.
The discoverer of Cripple Creek has
Just died in poverty. When drunk he
sold for $500 property that has since
produced $238.000,000 in gold. Hard
. liquor has en proved a great sol-,
vent for gold.
8trange how many men one comes
across who will' tell any size of fish
story without ihe quiver of an eye-f
lash, and yet will refuse to believe
that any fish large enough to swallow
Jonah ever could have lived. , ...
It seems to be settled now that the
revolt In Catalonia will stop far Bhort
of revolution. But King Alfonso will
want his throne carefully examined
for shaky foundations, at frequent In
tervals, to a long time to come.
Returning from an unsuccessful ef
fort to fly across the British channel,
a French aviator "was compelled to
kiss several girls, who threw their
arms around his neck." This is no
way to teach aeronauts to be success
ful. A number of women in Massachu
setts pleaded with the police to give
up a baseball umpire to the crowd that
wanted to kill him. This removes the
last doubt that women are fully capa
ble of entering, like men, into the prin
ciples of popular government.
The czar on his visit to England
was more like a captive than a king,
guarded as he was with battleships
and battalions of plain-clothes men.
It Is safe to say the uncrowned Amer
ican tourist gets a heap more fun out
of his International jaunts than any
European sovereign.
Canada proposes a centennial cele
bration in recognition of the hundred
years of peace that have followed the
war of 1812. That Is a happy idea
, and one that is likely to find hearty
favor In this country. And why
.should there not be commemoration
of a century of peace and nelghbor
liness as well as of bloody conflicts?
The uniform of the United States
army is to change Its color again. A
generatioa ago It was blue. This
gave way to khaki, and now the brown
Is relegated In favor of olive drab. But
- whatever eolor may cover the Amer
ican soldier his heart, his loyalty, and
his courage are the same as they were
in '76, in '12. in '45, in '61, and in '98.
: ' Business closed July 31 with a cash
balance of $258,437,000 on hand in the
national treasury at Washington.
There are to be economy and retrench
ment, which Indicates wise manage
ment of the people's money. But
Uncle Sam has a considerable surplus
on band and his credit is pretty good,
thank you.
In theory, at least, we Imprison crim
inals primarily to reform them. We
can not conceive that whipping is
conductive to that end. Most con
victs imagine . that they have been
mistreated by the judges's sentence.
It cultivates and strengthens their
imaginary grudge against society
when they are whipped, and that feel
lng does not help them to reform
when they leave the penitentiary.
Moreover, whatever spark of self-re
spect may remain must be extin-
' guished by the brutality of a whip-
Ding.
NEW MEXICO
Curry County Assessment Roll.
Traveling Auditor Charles V. Saf
ford has at last received the assess
ment roll of Curry county. It shows
a gross assessment for the county ot
$1,949,306, exemptions amounting to
$230,593, leaving a taxable assessment
of $1,709,713. There are in the coun
ty 99,463 acres of agricultural lands
with Improvements valued at $546,
020; 6,354 town lots with improve
ments valued at $652,782; 2 water
plants valued at $4,010; 146V4 miles
of telegraph and telephone lines, $10,
145; 6.7 miles of railroad, $27,315;
3,575 horses. $130,215; 1,358 mules,
$52,502; 5,033 cattle, $64,649; 9,601
sheep, $16,798; 3,025 swine, $7,502;
122 burros, $357; 2,320 wagons. $29,
932; 1,024 Bewing machines, $6,677;
saddles and harness. $7,396; merchan
dise, $137,891; capital in manufactur
ing, $2,114; farming Implements, $22,
577; Baloon fixtures, $14.467; money
$26,771; bonds and warrants, $11,645;
watches and clocks, $2,879; books,
$1,752; gold and silver plate, $268;
musical instruments. $11,336; house
hold furniture, $46,363; stock and
bonds, $75,641; corn, $3,799; hay,
$391; tools, $1,260; other property,
$33,227. From appearances the as
sessment of curry county is toe mosi
complete oi any uuuui., m lu.. .i ,
practically all of the property in tne i
county and at a higher percentage of
valuation than the same property
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listed elsewhere.
Fourteen new residences are going
up at Magdalena, Socorro county.
Pancotius, a Navajo Indian, is in
Jail at Gallup charged with the mur
der of his wife,
Five carloads of cantaloupes were
shipped this season by the farmers
around Albuquerque.
Owing to lack of court funds, the
trial for murder of Clark Rogers at
Silver City bas been continued.
' D. Thornton last week killed an ea
gle at Des MoineB, Union county,, that
measured seven feet from tip to tip.
Huff of EI Paso has been awarded
the contract to build the Luna coun
ty court house at Deming for $40,477.
William Hench of Lamy buried his
three-months-old son, Interment being
at Santa Fe. The infant died from
bowel trouble.
Twenty boys employed in the Colo-J
rado sugar beet fields returned tevj
their studies at the US. Indian In-
dustrial School, .'.n.r.j . , '
Two Chinamen were -arrested Just"
as they crosBéd the ' International
boundary-line into New Mexico, not
far from EJ Paso.
M. A. Rogers ot Wichita, Kans., pur
chased 7,500 head of feeding sheep
from Isaac Barth and 2,500 trom-Ellas
Garcia at Albuquerque. .
An effort is being made to build a
more satisfactory road from Taos to
Embudo and to avoid the long sand
hill near Cleneguilla.
El Triumfo of Antonlto, Colorado,
has consolidated with La Revista de
Taos and the proprietor, Jose Alfaro,
of the former, has moved to Taos
with his printing plant.
Albuquerque police arrested a ne
gro by the name of Gus Gray, who
had robbed a house at Silver City.
When searched, a $1,000 diamond was
found between the man's toes.
Three well known characters were
arrested at Clayton, Union county, by
the efficient sheriff, Snyder, for vio
lating the anti-gambling law and vag
rancy. They were given a Jury trial
and the first Jury was hung 5 to 1
for conviction. The second . jury
brought in a verdict of guilty and the
men were fined $10 and costs by Jus
tice of the Peace Howell Earnest.
Allen West, a negro coal miner, pa
roled from the penitentiary last Satur
day, after serving fifteen months for
killing a fellow miner at Berrillos in
1907, has been re-arrested at Albu
querque and bis sanity 1b being in
quired into.
The New Mexico National Life In
surance company filed incorporation
papers In the office of Territorial
Secretary Nathan Jaffa, with capital
ization of $200,000 divided into 40.000
shares. The headquarters are at Ros
well. '
The office of the superintendent of
public instruction will for the present
supply free of charge all demands for
copies ot the complied school laws of
the territory. If to be sent by mail
15 cents for postage must accompany
the request.
Tom Burch, in trying to seperate
W. O. Terry and John Shannon at Ty
rone, Grant county, received a bullet
In his left side perforating his liver
and coming out in the back. He will
probably die. Terry has been arrest
ed. The discharge of the gun la claim
ed to have been accidental.
The Gallup Electric Light Company
has brought suit against the town of
Gallup for the recovery of $3,300 for
furnishing light and water.
James M. Kennedy, who was this
week taken from the territorial pen
itentiary, where he was for safe-keeping,
to Silver City, is on trial there
for murder.
Six Chinamen In jail at Deming have
been ordered deported by U. S. Com
missioner B. Y. McKeyes, while six
more will be given their hearing on
September 28th
Manual of Study. ". '
The clerical force In the office of
Territorial Superintendent J. E.
Clark 1b busy today packing and-dls-trlbuting
the Manual of the Common
School Course of Study. Each county
school superintendent Is Bent enough
copies to enable him to give one to
every active teacher.
Incorporation.
Incorporation papers wore filed In
the office of the territorial seoretary,
Nathan Jaffa, by the Libertad Copper
Company of Santa Fe, capitalized at
$1,000,000, divided into a . million
Bhares. The incorporators and direct-!
ors are: W. O. Duntley, 1,600 shares,
and L. Beardsley, 300 shares, of Chi- j
caKO. 111., and R. H. Hanna, íuu ,
shares, Santa Fe.
Like Greater Santa Fe.
I think the most famous illustration
of being asleep at the switch was the
case of Noah when he was captain ot
the Ark. There were but two flies in
the Ark, and Noah had forty days
and nights in which to swat them, but
he overlooked it and now we are pay
ing the penalty. Des MoineB Swas
tika. Bdg fop New Buidngs,
- a New Mexlcan is found an
advertlsement for blda foP tne new
buUdlng at the New Mexlco Military
ln.riit a Hnnlnna 1 .... Hall pcnnrlv
destroyed by fire.
Judge W. H. Pope, in. District Court
at Portales, sentenced Arthur Adams,
charged with killing Guy H. Porter,
near Melrose, last winter, to two
years In the penitentiary. The trial
of Ed Harwell (or the murder of C.
A. Peck at La Lande last March was
continued until the next term. S. L.
Boone wis . sentenced to $100 and
costs aniT30 days in the county jail
for practicing medicine without a li
cense. That New Mexico is going to be a
great agricultural state Is proven by
the way the exhibits are coming in in
tl resources department for the
twenty-ninth fair: The displays of
grains and grasses, fruits and vege
tables, cattle and sheep, of dry farm
ing and irrigated farming at he Re
sources Exposition will set;'a-new
mark in the Southwest and will make
the.'Octoher - carnival this,yéar more
than ever a real fair. - ' ,
Reece Dobbyns, the fortSfJanta
Fe employe -charged with iijft (inn sand
into- the running gear of locomotives
and whose escapades in Mexico and
in this' territory, which found their
climax in his recent escape from the
Territorial Insane Asylum where he
was taken from the Territorial Peni
tentiary, is again in Jail at Raton,
having been brought back from New
ark, 0., where he had obtained the im
portant position of roundhouse fore
man on the Baltimore & Ohio rail
road. Since in jail at Raton he again
simulates insanity.
That Albuquerque is fortunate to
get the soldiers from Fort Wingate
this year for the twenty-ninth fair and
as guard of honor for President Taft
was stated bv General S'ranklin Bell,
chief office:- of the U. S. Army in
Albuquerque recently. General Bell
has, as chief of staff, sat down hard
on sending the federal troops to state
fairs hereafter, and this will probably
be the last time the people of the
Southwest will have an opportunity to
witness the daily maneuvers, of the
cavalry during the carnival. The
troops are practicing daily at Fort
Wlngate with the enormous "push
ball" In preparation for the exciting
contests at the fair.
Because his wife refuses to come to
New Mexico Graham Bailey yesterday
filed suit for divorce in the District
Court at Albuquerque. Mrs. Bailey
is at New Brighton, Staten iBland,
New York.
Kirk Bryan, formerly a student at
the University of New Mexico at Al
buquerque, has been appointed an as
sistant in the Department of Geology
under D. H. E. Gregory at Yale Uni
versity. '
Teodocio Gonzales, a saloonkeeper
at Cabezón, Sandoval county, togeth
er with his wife and two Navajos, were
arrested at Cubero for illicit liquor
traffic among the Indians and have
been lodged in the jail at Albuquerque.
Ten year old Dewey Mann has been
held to the grand Jury at Albuquerque
under $100 bond to answer the charge j
oi assault wun nueiii. iu mu. maim
in self-defense, so It is said, attacked
ten year old Joequln, Martinez with a
shovel.
C. B. Ruggles and J. H. Wilson have
gone on a hunting expedition on the
Arroya Hondo in Taos county. Last
year on a similar expedition they
killed nine bears. Thus far this year
they have killed one bear and ft wild
cat. '
Mrs. Harriet B. Crary, who died at
Albuquerque last week, has willed
Casa de Oro, her home, a large two
story brick building at Albuquerque,
to the Presbyterian Church, to be used
as a home ror oía taaies.
Forest Supervisor T. K. Stewart has
been In the Gallinas canon to exam
ine into the project of building a con
tinuation of the Scenic Highway from
the Gallinas planting station to Har
vey's upper ranch, a distance of about
four miles. Mr. Stewart figures It
would cost $760 a mile to build the
road.
No Bank Failures In New Mexico.
Santa Fe, N. M. That the territory
óf New. Mexico now has forty-one na
tional and thirty-four territorial banks
with aggregate total resources of
twenty-four and a halt millions and
total capital of nearly three and a
half millions, was pointed out with
pride by Governor Curry in his ed
dress before the second annual ses
sion of the New Mexico Bankers' As
sociation which convened recently.
The governor, who spoke at the after
noon meeting, reviewed briefly the
financial condition of New Mexico,
w hich he believed unusually good. In
addition to the. banks the governor
mentioned the fact that there are also
building and loan associations with
resources of nearly a million and a
half. He urged the association to ap
pointed a committe to draft a mod
ern banking law to correspond with
uniform banking laws to correspond
with uniform banking laws being
adopted elsewhere.
The governor pointed with pride to
the fact that there has been only one
bank failure in New Mexico for a
number of years past and that a small
iirivnw umm.
The bonded debt of the territory
said the governor, is only $1,002,000,
and to this must be added certificates
of Indebtedness amounting to $92,500,
but from which must be deducted
$93,000 worth of bonds redeemed on
September 1 of this year, leaving a
net debt of $1,001,600 or about 25
cents per capita of population. Few
commonwealths can make so favor
able a showing. Against this small
bonded debt, must also be credited
$527,000 in cash now in the territorial
treasury.
The bonded Indebtedness of the
counties amounts to $2,874,000, of
which more than one-third, however,
is owed by one county alone and two
thirds by three counties, the other
twenty-three counties owing only a
little over $1,000,000. To offset this
there are in county treasuries $1,302,
000 ot cash.
To Raise Big Potatoes.
Albuquerque. A campaign is being
started to organize Rio Grande valley
farmers for a big potato growing ex
periment next year. Irish potatoes
have been found to average 100 bush
els per acre, but have never been
grown extensively, whereas local
wholesalers ship in 10,000,000 pounds
of potatoes every year for the local
markets, and 'shipment to nearby
points. .
It is contended by the backers ot
the potato movement that th!" "op
wilt yield a profit ot $60 per acre. The
market is always sure, both early and
late potatoes bringing good prices.
The cantaloupe growers this year
raised melons under the associa
tion plan for the first time, and the
.experiment has ' been a ucees, the
product- being equal in quality to the
best and giving a heavy yield )per
acre. .
Get Large Slice of Estate
Albuquerque.Mrs. G. "S. McLan
dress, Mrs. R. H. Sims and C. C.
Wright, prominent here, have le
ceived word that they will come In for
a big slice of the estate of the late
Ánne E. Fltzhugh of Bay City, Mich.
It consists of New York and Michi
gan property and is valued at $500,
000. The principal part, which be
longed to the late William D. Fltzhugh
was originally a tract 40 miles long
and 10 miles wide in the Genesee
river valley of New York.
The millionaire Wadsworth family
has bought portions of the estate.
Mrs. Fltzhugh, deceased, was the niece
of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer
of the Declaration of Independence.
Courthouse for Luna.
The contract for the new court
house of Luna county at Deming, N.
M., has been let to J. C. Huff of El
Paso for a trifle over $40,000, and work
will commence on the building Oct. 1.
This will be probably the finest coun
ty court house in New Mexiso.
'New Santa Fe Postma.ier.
A spirited contest for the post
mastership of Santa Fe has been end
ed by the appointment of Samuel B.
Grlmshaw, now territorial coal oil
inspector.
There were eleven other candidates
in the field. Grlmshaw succeeds
Frank W. Sheron, who resigned to ao
cept the position of district clerk of
thé first judicial district. He held
the office only six months.
Grlmshaw is the third postmaster
this year tor the city, his predecessor
having succeeded Paul A. F. Walter in
, t" ,,,rinl nhnrlr(,
, ' Mexican.
Found Guilty of Robbery.'
Santa Fe, N. M. James Williams
was found guilty in the feder
al court of robbing the postoffice
at La Platta, San Juan county.
His accomplice, James Henderson,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
pay $2,000 fine and costs by Judge
McFie, but in default ot the fine was
remanded to Jail.
County Seat War Argued.
Albuquerque, N. M. Judge E. A.
Mann, counsel for the people of Es
tancia, Torrance county, returned
from Santa Fe, where he represented
Estancia In the arguments on the Tor
rance county county seat fight before
District Judge McFie.
There Is a hot fight on between Es
tancia and Progeso for the county
seat, which has been located at Estan
cia since the county was created. The
court has the case under advisement
CENSUS OF
THE CHRISTIANS
A HOUSE-TO-HOUSE CANVASS 18
. TO BE MADE BY SUNDAY
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
A GREAT CAMPAIGN
STsATE WILL BE DIVIDED INTO
DISTRICTS AND NO MEM
BER WLL BE MISSED.
Denver. "Go ye out Into the high
ways ánd hedges."
"Go ye . . . and lo, I am with you."
you." ,
The above quotation from the Bible
Is the motto of the campaign of visita
tion organization, which under the
auspices of the Colorado State Sun
day School Association, is to visit ev
ery home in Colorado and make a
census of all Christians who are not
e'filiated with any church.
The organization in Denver and
Mroughout the state is being perfect
ed by the officers of the Sunday.
School Association. Workers are be
mg enrolled In the various churches
to take the census on Friday, October
1st.
The object of this census Is to give
the churches and Sunday schools ac
curate information about the resi
dence and the religion of everybody,
so that they can give attention
throughout October to people of the
state who have no church connection.
The pastors and the superintendents
ot Sunday schools in each division are
the committee of supervision. This
committee will divide their district
into smaller districts, each with a
chairman, and will estimate the num
ber of families,' psbs upon the returns
of the census and do everything to
facilitate the campaign.
This Is the greatest religious cam
paign ever undertaken In Colorado
and Is fast gaining in favor. The or
ganization is nearly completed
throughout the state. The headquar
ters are at 208-209 Empire building.
J. Shreve Durham, international su
perintendent, has come from Chicago
to assist in the work. Durham Is now
making a whirlwind tour ot tue lead
ing cities of the state, but will re
turn to Denver to assist Dr. Carmen
and other leaders In the work.
Dr. Cook May Sue Peary.
New York. Dr. Frederick A. Cook
contemplates bringing suit against
Commander Peary to recover damages
for Blander and defamation; accord
ing to statements tonight by friends
of the former.
Dr. Cook hlmselF had nothing to
Bay regarding the proposed suit, but
his secretary, Walter Lonsdale, ad
mitted that the Idea was seriously en
tertained both by Dr. Cook and by
John R. Bradley, Cook's backer. He
said that affidavits had already been
prepared In case it was definitely de
cided to bring the suit.
"But certainly nothing will be done
at present in the matter," said Mr.
Lonsdale, and, as a matter of fact, it
is doubtful If anything will ever be
done unless It is In retaliation."
A La Peary and Cook.
New York A controversy of dis
covery that might now be waging
quite as hot as the polar dispute were
Henry Hudson and the Italian explor
er, Verazzano alive, vas recalled at a
maBS meeting in commemoration of
Verazzano's original discovery of the
Hudson river eighty-five years before
Hudson sailed from Amsterdam.
At this late day there are few to
dispute the Italian's claim, but be
cause he left no records or map of ac
tual exploration ot the river, he is get
ting little popular recognition in the
great celebration now on.
The Italian colony, however did their
countryman a great honor in historical
addresses and other appropriate cere
monies. On Oct. 6 the local Italian so
cieties plan to have a parade and oth
er festivities in the Latin quarter.
Ground was broken here recently for
a statue of Verrazzano.
Three Die In Caveln.
Coldfleld, Nev. The three miners
wh i were imprisioned by a caveln at
the Combination mine, are now be
lieved to be dead. The rescue party
broke into the shaft where the acci
dent occurred and there found the
body of Evan Reese, but could find no
trace of W. J. Bertsch and M, C. Matt,
who were believed to have taken re
fuge in the same cross-cut.
Government Officer Arrested.
Atlanta, Ga. The clash between the
Btate and federal authorities growing
out of the trouble over the collection
of Internal revenue taxes came to
climax In the arrest of H. A. Rucker,
collector of Internal revenue at At
lanta. He was served with a warrant
for contempt of the Superior Court
of Georgia.
Bullet In Girl's Head.
Santa Fe, N. M. Unconscious with
a bullet wounu in back of her head
Miss Gertrude Montgomery was ac
cidentally discovered In the brush neur
the reservoir east of town, by a Utile
girl. Miss Montgomery had been mis
sing five days.
It is believed the will die without
regaining consciousness. The authori
ties believe tnat tne crime was com
mitted by an Indian.
Miss Montgomery came here recent
ly from Shreveport, La., and her par-
ants live in California.
HER QUESTION.
"Well, Miranda, they've found the
north pole at last!"
"Sakes alive, Hiram! you aoni
say! Where did they nna itT"
HUM0R BURNED AND ITCHED.
Eczema on Hand, Arms, Legs and
Face It Was Something Terrmie.
Complete Cure by Cuttcura.
MAi.A.it flftann nr Alehteen years
ago eczema developed on top of my
hand. It burned and Itched so much
that I was compelled to show It to a
doctor. He pronounced it ringworm.
After trying his different remedies the
disease increased and went up my
arms and to my legs and finally on my
face. The burning was something
terrible. I went to another doctor who
bad the reputation of being the best
In town. He told me it was eczema.
His medicine checked the advance of
the disease, but no further. I finally
concluded to try the cuticura rieme
rtioa mi fmmri relief in the first trial.
I continued until 1 was completely
cured Irom tne disease, ana i
nn hun tmMihiari a(nnf. C Burkhart.
236 W. Market St., Chambersburg, Pa,
Sept. 19, 1908."
rotter Pros Cnem. Corp, Sols Prop. Bortoa.
Sure Sign of Love.
"So you think he's really in love,
eh?"
No doubt about it. Why. he thinks
she's attractive in auto goggles.
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REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.
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12,000 acres of irrigated Government Land
in Arkansas Valley, Colorado, will be
thrown open for settlement October 21, 1909.
under the Carey Act., Opportunity to get
an irrigated farm at low cost on easy pay
ments. Only short residence required.
Send for book giving full information. ,
Two Buttei Irrigation and Reservoir Company
- Lamar, Colorado
RANCH LANDS
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year only; alfalfa and clover sure crops,
no better land for general farming and
fruit. Splendid climate; pure water. One
night from Chicago by rail or boat. Easy
terms. Write for map and Illustrated booklet
J. T. MERRITT. Manistee. Mich.
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