{"/service/ndnp/nmu/batch_nmu_ferret_ver01/data/sn92070566/00296025203/1909102101/1797.xml":{"full_text":"ma.\nUs\nlam ocio ru\u00f3\nTrje Official Newspaper of trje People of Otero County.\nYOU XIII. No. 44.\nVALUE OF SHEEP MP 60ATS.\nTheir Use in Clearing Brush\nLand for Cultivation.\nMuch has been said, written\nand done of ate yearB regarding\nthe value of goats for clearing\nbrush land for cultivation or for\nthe growth of permanent grass.\nIt is true that goats are great\nbrowsers on brushy land and\nthat they will soon clear such\nland of undesirable growth. How\never, they are to be recom mend\ned for this use only when all the\nbrush and trees on the land are\nto be removed. If some of the\ntrees are to remain for shade or\ntimber purposes, the goats will\nbark many of them, causing them\neither to die or to become de\nformed and almost unfit lor use.\nThe writer has just visited a\nhr.ro estate in the hill land of\nMissouri, where the estate is be\ning partially cleared for perman\nent blue grass pasture. Undesir\nable trees are cut out and the\nbest trees of best timber value\nare left standing.. Among the\ngood trees on this laud which are\npreserved for growth and future\nutility are the black locusts,\nwhich are widely known' as an\nexcellent timber for fence posts\ntelephone poles and railroad ties.\nTfie goats are not content to\nbrowse on the tender sprouts\nalone, but they persist in chew\ning the bark, from the black lo\ncust trees and a number of other\nvaluable trees so as to permanent\nly injure them.\nSheep will keep down sprouts\nand weeds on cleared land almost\nas effectively as will goats, and\nthey do not have the dernicious\nhabit of trying to eat the large\ntrees which may be left in the\nfield. If the trees and other un\ndesirable growth are cut out, the\nsheep win eat oil the young\nsproutsand the foliage, causing\ntoe spouts and the roots of the\noriginal stumps to die, allowing\nintervening spaces among trees\nto catch in blue grass or other\npasture grass. They will not eat\nthe bark from standing trees of\nany considerable size. Ex.\nFarmers Flats.\nWe are informed that Mr.\nAdcock has sold out and will\nmove soon to their old home in\nTexas.\nThe ladies sewing club will be\nentertained Friday of this week\nat the home of Mrs. J. H. Ric\nhardson. Forest Supervisor Neal and\nife and Tom Charles and family\ntook Sunday dinner at the Hobbic\nhome last Sunday.\nMrs. Hobbic and Leslie Drew\nare staying at the Charles home\n'lin ing the absence of Mr. and\nMrs. Charles, who are on a moun\ntain trip.\nMiss Davis who has been absent\nfrom her farm for the past few\nmonths is expected home this\nweek. She is much improved in\nhealth we are informed.\nMr. and Mrs. McMasters have\ngone to Dubuque Iowa where they\nspend the winter. Mrs\nWni Hyde accompanied them\nand will join her husband who is\nworking there in the rail road\nshops. The Missik Bros are ear\nng for the Hyde household dur\ning the absence of Mrs. Hyde.\nT. 0. Whatley, a stock\n\"an from Baird,Tex., has pur\neliased, from Dodge n A Price,\nMrs. Rickett's property on Michi\ngan Ave., the consideration be\nngWOOO. The Mitchell property\nn Ninth and Mitchell 8treets,\nMsalso aold to Mi. Whatley.\nMr. Whatley and family are toon\nw be numbered among Alamo\nordo'g citizens.\nOTHER IRRIGATION METHODS\nMeans Used in Other Parts of the\n\u00dc. S. for Betterment of Frnits\nSomething of the scope of irri\ngation projects is understood\nwhen it is understood that in ad\ndition to the $60,000,000 invest\nment made and prospectively\nmade by the federal government\nin the construction of reservoirs\nand facilities for the distribution\nof water there is aprivate in\nvestment aggregating twice that\namount. It is roughly estimated\nthat this will mean the reclama\ntion of 80,000,000 acres of land\nand the opening of homes to 8,\n000, 000 families.\nI saw much of apple raising by\nirrigation in the Wenatchee and\nYakima valleys in Washington.\nAnd I was strongly impressed\nwith the eridesee of thrift, nor\nto say wealth, of the orchard\nowners. The whole countryside\nhas more the appearance of the\nsuburbs to a city than a rural\ndistrict. The orchards vary in\nsize from ten to thirty acres and\nconsequently the homes of the\nowners are comparatively near\ntogether and a house costing well\nup toward $\u00cd0, 000 is not consid\nered a great exception in the\ndwellings the orchardists are en\nabled to build for themselves on\nthese holdings, which are worth\nfrom one to three thousand dol\nlars an acre.\nAs to the methods that have\nmade the Washington apple too\npopular to please the eastern\ngrower, it seems to be summed\nup in the dozen words, that the\nrule is there what the exception\nis here. Here we find an occa\nsional farmer properly taring for\nhis orchard, but he is the excep\ntion, while there it is made by\nstate law so unpleasant a matter\nfor the orchardist who fails pro\nperty to guard his orchard from\ninsects and disease, that neglect\ned rcharde are unheard of. The\norchard i st is forced to spray for\nfor insects and fungus and when\nit comes to marketing the crop,\nthe apples are all paeked under\na reliable standardization that\nguarantees the size and quality.\nThis work is all done subjeet to\nstate inspection and it seems to\nme that this western idea has a\npractical application right here\nin New York state.\nIt was natural that the novel\naspects of irrigation which make\nthis fruit raising possible should\nattract much of my attention. I\nwas surprised to find that a great\namount of the water for irrigation\nis pumped into the storage reser\nvoirs or directly into the distri\nbuting mains. Thousands and\nthousands of horse power are\nfurnished to the pumping station\nby electrical power lines. The\nwater is pumped from wejls sunk\nfor the purpose, and in many in\nstances this seems to be more\neconomical than to tap streams\nfar up in the hills and bring the\nwater down by gravity through\nexpensive eontfuils.\nIn. the Wenatchee valley alone\nthere are -more than one hundred\npumping stations, with more be\ning erected. And in moat in\nstances the motive power is elec\ntricity, costing, so it is estimat\ned, an average of $2 a year to\npumpthe necessarywelve inches\nof water, which is about the\ntotal depth of the annual appli\ncation- H. Russel, in Green's\nFruit Grower.\nMr. Price, of Dodgan Price.\nhas Durchased ten acres of land\nlocated south-east of town, valu\ned at $500. from the same tract\nWill Nibert has also purchased\nten acres, the sale being made\nby Dodgan Price.\nALAMOQORDO, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21,\nCARRIED OFF SECOND PRIZE AT FA\u00cdR\nntornPnnnf.mnn QanAnH MT. 4. 4.- TJ-\nktAlbuaueraue.\nMr. Dunn\nOtero county carried off. second\nhonors, at Albuquerque, last\nweek, at the territorial agricul\ntural fair. The fine display of\nfruits and vegetables, collected\nfrom all over the county made a\nfine showing, in the capable\nhands of Mr. J. C. Dunn, that\ncame near making the county\nfirst prize winner.\nBy the rules of the association\nand in order to compete for the\nsmaller awards, Mr. Dunn found\nit necessary to bunch many of\nthe individual displays to make\nthe quantities sufficient to enter\ncompetition, but of course this\nwas onlv where necessity arose,\nthese entries then being inane\nin his own name. Mr. Dunn\nwishes to have it understood\nthat he does not claim any of the\nexhibits, as he had none of his\nown there, but the measure was\ntaken only so as to enter competi\ntion the stronger.\nThe second prize, for county,\nwas $100 and the smaller awards\nwere $3.60 second prize in the\nindividual 'exhibits of grain;\n$2.50 for the best exhibits of\nforage plants; $1.00 for the best\nsweet potatoes; $1.00 for the\nbest display of apples on plate\nfor the best plate of quinces\n$1 .00. The largest pumpkin on\ndisplay weighed 86 pounds and\nwas a product from this county.\nOpen Season for Game in New\nMexico. 100\nThe open seasons include the\nfirst date, but not the last. To\nfind the closed seasons, all that\nis necessary is to reverse the\ndates. Future dates indicate\nthat the season does.not open un\ntil that time.\nDeer with horns) Oct. 16-Nov.\n16.\nDeer (without horns), elk,\nsheep. No open season.\nAntelope, 5 years Mar. 18,\n1914.\nQuail (native, crested; Mes\nsina, California, or helmet),\ngrouse, Oct. 1-Jan. 1.\nBobwhite quail, pheasant, wild\npigeon, 5 years, Mar. 18, 1914.\nPrairie chicken Sept. 1, 1915.\nPtarmigan (white grouse) No\nopen season.\nWild turkey Nov.l-Jan. 1.\nTurtle dove Aug.l-Nov. 1.\nPlover, curlew, snipe Sept. 15\nMar. 2.\nA Cruel Joke.\nMiss Daisy Dimple found a\nlove letter that her father had\nV VV V VVUUU V V vil UvvVilVl ilLUilD V O.L LlAt3 T tt.ll\nwritten to her mother in theea t0 a large measure\nhalcyon -lays of their courtship. world'8 gratitude and an abund\nDaisvread the letter to heriant nacial return for their\nmother, snvs .Tuiltrp Biihefitnf\n,7 O .j i ..i\ning her own name and that of her\nsweetheart.\nDaisy's mother raved with an\nger and stamped her foot in dis\ngust, and forbade her daughter\nto have anything to do with a\nman who would write \"such non-\ncandial afiiff ti a rri\novuomi Mini i gil i.\nDaisy then gave the letter to\nher mother to read.\nThe house became so suddenly\nquiet that you could hear the\nflies walking across the ceiling\nMothers' Dat at the Presby\nterian church next Sunday at\n11 00 A. M. Everyone coming\nis requested to wear a flower- in\nhonor of his or her mother. There\nwill be special music, and the\nsubject of the sermon will be.\n\"Christianity and Womanhood.\"\nThe public generally is invited\nJ. H. Doran, Minister.\nIlrbibit was Fine.\nWell Pleased.\nThis received honorable mention.\nThere was also a good display\nof tobacco from this county which\nreceived honorable mention, as\ndid a very large cucumber which\nwas on display.\nThe total amount of prizes won\namount to $109 and this amount\nwill be used to meet the expenses\nwhile at the Albuquerque fair\nand towards the expenses at 1\nFaso, to whice place the exhibits\nhave been moved.\nSenders nf the Best Displays.\nThose who carried off the\nhonors for the best apples from\nOtero county, at the fair, were\ntue ioiiowing persons: J. F. Cau\nwullader, of Mountain Park, had\nhine varieties on display which\nwas the largest exhibit by one\nman; G. T. Waldrip, Eli Moser,\nG. Bays and W. H. Mauldin\nent smaller amounts from Moun\ntain Park; J. H. Castledine,\nLeslie Ellis and J. E. Orr were\nthe La Luz senders and Guv\nWadsworth, of Alamo, had a\nguoa snowing, the many more\nsending all bad good displays for\nwhich they deserve special men\ntion and only from lack of space\ndo we refrain from enumerating\nthem. The senders of the best\nbeets and sweet potatoes were\nall Alamo men, namely, B. B\nKennedy, R. B. Kennedy, A\nMartin and T. M. Boatright\nAre Wright Brothers Going to\nuoutroi AVtatnmr\nHavingdemonstated their abil\nity to fly, the Wright brothers\nare now said to contemplate the\nformation of a gigantic trust to\nkeep everybody else from, flying\nwho will not pay tribute to them.\nIn other words, they claim the\nbasic patents on about every\nthing that pertains to heavier\nthan air machines and it is said\nthey propose to enforce their\nclaims along those lines. And\nyet about every essential feature\nand principle for which they\nclaim priority of invention, is\nlargely the fruit cf the researches\nof Lillienthall and Langley, the\ntormer of whom lost his life\nwhile experimenting, and tit\nlatter, though financed by the\ngovernment, was discouraged by\npopular ridicule and left the\nfield in disgust, but not until he\nhad paved the way for the\nWright brothers to -take up the\nwork where he laid it down, and\nsuccessfully exploit his discover\nies with honor and profit to them\nselves. The Wrights are entit\nled to a large measure nf tit\nl achievements in aviation, but. it,\n,s TO 06 hoped\nthat they have\nnot got the business so thorough\nly under control as to be able to\nmonopolize mis vast neia of en\ndeavor while the science of avia\ntion is still in its infancy.\nCounty Contest.\nThe county contest for award\ning gold medals to the dud\u00fcs of\nOtero county schools who shall\ndeliver the best recitation or de\nclamation or draw the best man\nof New Me., will be held at Ala\nmogordo, Dec. 11, 1909.\nThose desiring further infor-\nmation concerning rules of con\ntest etc. may obtain same by\nwriting the secretary of the as\nsociation. Miss Carrie Covington,\nAlamogordo, N. Mex.\nf R. S. Tipton\nCommittee M. Helm\nL. P. Farris\n19(9.\nL0U\"CR0FT s bad fire.\nSnowfall, the Previous Evftnimr.\n\nj Bare. Neirby Buildings.\nOloudcroft suffered a severe\nloss by fire at one o' clock, Mon\nday morning, when an entire\nbusiness block was swept out by\nthe flames. The fire was first\ndiscovered in the rear of Perry\nKearney's dry goods and grocery\nstore and this spread so rapidly\nthat the entire block was soon\nconsumed.\nThe burned buildings are the\nBellmont hotel, the Blacker\nbuilding, formerly the postoffice\nwhich was not occupied now. the\nSilver Lining printing office, Per\nry Kearney's store, the Home\ncroft hotel, owned by the J. P.\nDieter estate Kotosky Men-\nrvolcort'c t fA oalnnn kvi i 1 f n rv A\"rn-\ned by the E. P. S. W. and oc\ncupied by W. hi bl-ason o\nAlamogordo.\nThe snowfall of the previous\nevening proved a god-send in\nasmuch as it protected the roofs\nof adjoining buildings from thV\nsparks which flew thick and fast\nfrom the burning structures. The\nwater pressure was excellent a.nd\nthe variation in the wind was\ncertainly all that saned the re\nmainder of the town from de\nstruction. Domestic Science\nDomestic science is now\ntaught in many of the schools of\nthe country, and here is a report\nor an interesting examination\nthat was held recentlv in a\nMassachusetts high school\nlwenty-six girls, members of\n:6f the same class, were given a\nlist of thirty questions. These\nquestions bore reference to the\ngirls' knowledge of household\nduties, and the answers proved\ndecidedly entertaining. Twelve\nof the twenty six said they could\nmake bread, eighteen could\nmake cake and all could make\ncandy. Twenty-two girls had\nbuilt a kitchen fire, twentv had\ncooked beefsteak and twenty as\nserted that they had prepared a\nfull meal. ItisdisaoDointine ..o\no\nlearn that not one girl in the en\ntire twenty-six knew why new\nbread is not a healthful article\nof food, nor could twenty-four of\nthem tell what a trap to a sink\nis. The making of starch was\nunderstood by twenty of the class\nand sixteen said they could iron\ntheir collars and cuffs. Twentv\ngirls could mend their clothes\nat least that's what they claim\ned, and seventeen had made\nshirtwaists. Seven of the seven\nteen had made but one shirt\nwaist, but there was one girl in\nthe class who had made fiftv\nWhen it came to trimming hats\nthere were thirteen girls who\nknew how and thirteen who\ndidn't know and hadn't tried to\nlearn.\nThe Drincioal of the\nframed this list of questions and\nconsiders the answers a fair ex\nposition of the domestic know\nledge of the average high school\ngirl. He asked the questions\nwith a definite object in view.\nHe wanted to be certain that do-\nmestic science was an advisable\naddition to the school studies.\nAfter the answers to his thirt.v\nquestions were thoroughly con-\nsiuerea ne admitted that there\nwould be no delay in estahlinh.\ning the new course. Perhaps it\nwas diplomatic on the nart, nf\nthe principal to avoid all men\ntion of the true cause of the ignor\nance of the class as a wholes\nlack of home training and home\nencouragement. Albuquer q u e\nJournal.\nPRICE 5 CENTS\nillegalfter January i, t9io.\nN M?rt W\"ting Of Checks for\nLess than $1.00, Then.\nSecretary McVeagh of the trea\nsury department and Attorney\nGeneral Wichersham are being\nappealed to by congressmen from\nvarious sections of the country for\ninterpretation of the law making\nit an offense to circulate checks\nof sumsof lessthan $1. The word\ning of section 178 of t he penal\nlaws approved March 4, 1906, is\ngenerally interpreted to mean\nthat after January 1, 1910, it\nwill be unlawful to write a check\nfor a sum less than $1 to be cir\nculated as money or intended to\nbe received or used in lieu of\nmoney.\nThe protest comes largely from\nthe big mail order houses, al\nthough merchants all ovr the\ncountry have joined in the de-\nmaud that congress at the next\nsession amend the section so as\nto eliminate its application\nchecks.\nRepresentative Pair\ni or k lor one has b'.\nappealed to\ninvestigate rof\nwhat the section\nmean. and if it will prevent the\nmaking of a check for less than\n$1 he has been asked to introduce\na bill asking for the repeal of the\nlaw. He has requested the trea\nury department and the. depart\nment of justice to give faim an\nexplanation of the law, and be\nwili await the opinion of the at\ntorney general and the trmurra\nofllcials before he decides what\naction he will take. Th in;\ndelegation, particularly those\nrepresenting Chicago, where a\nJ large mail order business is done\nhave been investigating th.\nfeet of the the law should it gu\ninto iorce. Merchants of Penn\nsylvania are also greatly inter\nested in the repeal of the law,\nfiling their protests with the\nlawmakers from their states.-Ex.\nCloodcroft School Notes\nMelvisand Walter Smith spent\nSaturday and Sunday at the\nSmith ranch, in James Canon.\nMisses Mirta Long. Oram\nPainter, Lizzie Smith, and, Mr.\nEd. Faulkner, were callers ut\nour school last week.\nMrs. D. P. Rock and Mrs. Mr-.\nMickin, from eastern Texas, who\ncame up on the excursion last\nFriday, spent part of their time\nwith us.\nWe gave a short literary pro\ngram last Friday afternoon. Mrs.\nW. E. Carter, Mrs. W. K. Cluck,\nMrs. J. H. Lucas, Mrs. W. E\"\nMatthews, and Miss Elmore\nwelcome visitors. Committkk.\nElectric Flashes\nNorway boasts of the first elec\ntric siueltiug plant in the world\nto produce pig iron.\nThe Cterling Electric Couioaji\nof Sterling, Colorado, produces\nboth ice and electricity.\nIn a short time all the branch\nline railroads of Japan will h.\nelectrified.\nIt takes more than fifteen mil\nlion miles of single wire for the\nthe people of thi\ncommunicate with one another\nover the telephone and telegraph,\nThirteeu million miles of this\nwire are used for telephoning and\ntne total length of all the wire\nwould circle the earth at the\nequator six hundred times.\nThe new sixty-inch universal\nplate mill at the Gary plant will\nsoon be in operation, contracts\nhaving been let to the General\nElectric Company for the driving\nmotors for this and the twenty\nsix-inch axle mill. The plate\nmill motor will be the largest.\never built, being capable of pro\nducing 6,500 horse-power.\ni","height":"24876","width":"15952"}}