The Alamogordo News (21 October 1909, Page 1)

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Trje Official Newspaper of trje People of Otero County.
YOU XIII. No. 44.
VALUE OF SHEEP MP 60ATS.
Their Use in Clearing Brush
Land for Cultivation.
Much has been said, written
and done of ate yearB regarding
the value of goats for clearing
brush land for cultivation or for
the growth of permanent grass.
It is true that goats are great
browsers on brushy land and
that they will soon clear such
land of undesirable growth. How
ever, they are to be recom mend
ed for this use only when all the
brush and trees on the land are
to be removed. If some of the
trees are to remain for shade or
timber purposes, the goats will
bark many of them, causing them
either to die or to become de
formed and almost unfit lor use.
The writer has just visited a
hr.ro estate in the hill land of
Missouri, where the estate is be
ing partially cleared for perman
ent blue grass pasture. Undesir
able trees are cut out and the
best trees of best timber value
are left standing.. Among the
good trees on this laud which are
preserved for growth and future
utility are the black locusts,
which are widely known' as an
excellent timber for fence posts
telephone poles and railroad ties.
Tfie goats are not content to
browse on the tender sprouts
alone, but they persist in chew
ing the bark, from the black lo
cust trees and a number of other
valuable trees so as to permanent
ly injure them.
Sheep will keep down sprouts
and weeds on cleared land almost
as effectively as will goats, and
they do not have the dernicious
habit of trying to eat the large
trees which may be left in the
field. If the trees and other un
desirable growth are cut out, the
sheep win eat oil the young
sproutsand the foliage, causing
toe spouts and the roots of the
original stumps to die, allowing
intervening spaces among trees
to catch in blue grass or other
pasture grass. They will not eat
the bark from standing trees of
any considerable size. Ex.
Farmers Flats.
We are informed that Mr.
Adcock has sold out and will
move soon to their old home in
Texas.
The ladies sewing club will be
entertained Friday of this week
at the home of Mrs. J. H. Ric
hardson. Forest Supervisor Neal and
ife and Tom Charles and family
took Sunday dinner at the Hobbic
home last Sunday.
Mrs. Hobbic and Leslie Drew
are staying at the Charles home
'lin ing the absence of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles, who are on a moun
tain trip.
Miss Davis who has been absent
from her farm for the past few
months is expected home this
week. She is much improved in
health we are informed.
Mr. and Mrs. McMasters have
gone to Dubuque Iowa where they
spend the winter. Mrs
Wni Hyde accompanied them
and will join her husband who is
working there in the rail road
shops. The Missik Bros are ear
ng for the Hyde household dur
ing the absence of Mrs. Hyde.
T. 0. Whatley, a stock
"an from Baird,Tex., has pur
eliased, from Dodge n A Price,
Mrs. Rickett's property on Michi
gan Ave., the consideration be
ngWOOO. The Mitchell property
n Ninth and Mitchell 8treets,
Msalso aold to Mi. Whatley.
Mr. Whatley and family are toon
w be numbered among Alamo
ordo'g citizens.
OTHER IRRIGATION METHODS
Means Used in Other Parts of the
Ü. S. for Betterment of Frnits
Something of the scope of irri
gation projects is understood
when it is understood that in ad
dition to the $60,000,000 invest
ment made and prospectively
made by the federal government
in the construction of reservoirs
and facilities for the distribution
of water there is aprivate in
vestment aggregating twice that
amount. It is roughly estimated
that this will mean the reclama
tion of 80,000,000 acres of land
and the opening of homes to 8,
000, 000 families.
I saw much of apple raising by
irrigation in the Wenatchee and
Yakima valleys in Washington.
And I was strongly impressed
with the eridesee of thrift, nor
to say wealth, of the orchard
owners. The whole countryside
has more the appearance of the
suburbs to a city than a rural
district. The orchards vary in
size from ten to thirty acres and
consequently the homes of the
owners are comparatively near
together and a house costing well
up toward $Í0, 000 is not consid
ered a great exception in the
dwellings the orchardists are en
abled to build for themselves on
these holdings, which are worth
from one to three thousand dol
lars an acre.
As to the methods that have
made the Washington apple too
popular to please the eastern
grower, it seems to be summed
up in the dozen words, that the
rule is there what the exception
is here. Here we find an occa
sional farmer properly taring for
his orchard, but he is the excep
tion, while there it is made by
state law so unpleasant a matter
for the orchardist who fails pro
perty to guard his orchard from
insects and disease, that neglect
ed rcharde are unheard of. The
orchard i st is forced to spray for
for insects and fungus and when
it comes to marketing the crop,
the apples are all paeked under
a reliable standardization that
guarantees the size and quality.
This work is all done subjeet to
state inspection and it seems to
me that this western idea has a
practical application right here
in New York state.
It was natural that the novel
aspects of irrigation which make
this fruit raising possible should
attract much of my attention. I
was surprised to find that a great
amount of the water for irrigation
is pumped into the storage reser
voirs or directly into the distri
buting mains. Thousands and
thousands of horse power are
furnished to the pumping station
by electrical power lines. The
water is pumped from wejls sunk
for the purpose, and in many in
stances this seems to be more
economical than to tap streams
far up in the hills and bring the
water down by gravity through
expensive eontfuils.
In. the Wenatchee valley alone
there are -more than one hundred
pumping stations, with more be
ing erected. And in moat in
stances the motive power is elec
tricity, costing, so it is estimat
ed, an average of $2 a year to
pumpthe necessarywelve inches
of water, which is about the
total depth of the annual appli
cation- H. Russel, in Green's
Fruit Grower.
Mr. Price, of Dodgan Price.
has Durchased ten acres of land
located south-east of town, valu
ed at $500. from the same tract
Will Nibert has also purchased
ten acres, the sale being made
by Dodgan Price.
ALAMOQORDO, NEW MEXICO, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21,
CARRIED OFF SECOND PRIZE AT FAÍR
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Mr. Dunn
Otero county carried off. second
honors, at Albuquerque, last
week, at the territorial agricul
tural fair. The fine display of
fruits and vegetables, collected
from all over the county made a
fine showing, in the capable
hands of Mr. J. C. Dunn, that
came near making the county
first prize winner.
By the rules of the association
and in order to compete for the
smaller awards, Mr. Dunn found
it necessary to bunch many of
the individual displays to make
the quantities sufficient to enter
competition, but of course this
was onlv where necessity arose,
these entries then being inane
in his own name. Mr. Dunn
wishes to have it understood
that he does not claim any of the
exhibits, as he had none of his
own there, but the measure was
taken only so as to enter competi
tion the stronger.
The second prize, for county,
was $100 and the smaller awards
were $3.60 second prize in the
individual 'exhibits of grain;
$2.50 for the best exhibits of
forage plants; $1.00 for the best
sweet potatoes; $1.00 for the
best display of apples on plate
for the best plate of quinces
$1 .00. The largest pumpkin on
display weighed 86 pounds and
was a product from this county.
Open Season for Game in New
Mexico. 100
The open seasons include the
first date, but not the last. To
find the closed seasons, all that
is necessary is to reverse the
dates. Future dates indicate
that the season does.not open un
til that time.
Deer with horns) Oct. 16-Nov.
16.
Deer (without horns), elk,
sheep. No open season.
Antelope, 5 years Mar. 18,
1914.
Quail (native, crested; Mes
sina, California, or helmet),
grouse, Oct. 1-Jan. 1.
Bobwhite quail, pheasant, wild
pigeon, 5 years, Mar. 18, 1914.
Prairie chicken Sept. 1, 1915.
Ptarmigan (white grouse) No
open season.
Wild turkey Nov.l-Jan. 1.
Turtle dove Aug.l-Nov. 1.
Plover, curlew, snipe Sept. 15
Mar. 2.
A Cruel Joke.
Miss Daisy Dimple found a
love letter that her father had
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written to her mother in theea t0 a large measure
halcyon -lays of their courtship. world'8 gratitude and an abund
Daisvread the letter to heriant nacial return for their
mother, snvs .Tuiltrp Biihefitnf
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ing her own name and that of her
sweetheart.
Daisy's mother raved with an
ger and stamped her foot in dis
gust, and forbade her daughter
to have anything to do with a
man who would write "such non-
candial afiiff ti a rri
ovuomi Mini i gil i.
Daisy then gave the letter to
her mother to read.
The house became so suddenly
quiet that you could hear the
flies walking across the ceiling
Mothers' Dat at the Presby
terian church next Sunday at
11 00 A. M. Everyone coming
is requested to wear a flower- in
honor of his or her mother. There
will be special music, and the
subject of the sermon will be.
"Christianity and Womanhood."
The public generally is invited
J. H. Doran, Minister.
Ilrbibit was Fine.
Well Pleased.
This received honorable mention.
There was also a good display
of tobacco from this county which
received honorable mention, as
did a very large cucumber which
was on display.
The total amount of prizes won
amount to $109 and this amount
will be used to meet the expenses
while at the Albuquerque fair
and towards the expenses at 1
Faso, to whice place the exhibits
have been moved.
Senders nf the Best Displays.
Those who carried off the
honors for the best apples from
Otero county, at the fair, were
tue ioiiowing persons: J. F. Cau
wullader, of Mountain Park, had
hine varieties on display which
was the largest exhibit by one
man; G. T. Waldrip, Eli Moser,
G. Bays and W. H. Mauldin
ent smaller amounts from Moun
tain Park; J. H. Castledine,
Leslie Ellis and J. E. Orr were
the La Luz senders and Guv
Wadsworth, of Alamo, had a
guoa snowing, the many more
sending all bad good displays for
which they deserve special men
tion and only from lack of space
do we refrain from enumerating
them. The senders of the best
beets and sweet potatoes were
all Alamo men, namely, B. B
Kennedy, R. B. Kennedy, A
Martin and T. M. Boatright
Are Wright Brothers Going to
uoutroi AVtatnmr
Havingdemonstated their abil
ity to fly, the Wright brothers
are now said to contemplate the
formation of a gigantic trust to
keep everybody else from, flying
who will not pay tribute to them.
In other words, they claim the
basic patents on about every
thing that pertains to heavier
than air machines and it is said
they propose to enforce their
claims along those lines. And
yet about every essential feature
and principle for which they
claim priority of invention, is
largely the fruit cf the researches
of Lillienthall and Langley, the
tormer of whom lost his life
while experimenting, and tit
latter, though financed by the
government, was discouraged by
popular ridicule and left the
field in disgust, but not until he
had paved the way for the
Wright brothers to -take up the
work where he laid it down, and
successfully exploit his discover
ies with honor and profit to them
selves. The Wrights are entit
led to a large measure nf tit
l achievements in aviation, but. it,
,s TO 06 hoped
that they have
not got the business so thorough
ly under control as to be able to
monopolize mis vast neia of en
deavor while the science of avia
tion is still in its infancy.
County Contest.
The county contest for award
ing gold medals to the dudüs of
Otero county schools who shall
deliver the best recitation or de
clamation or draw the best man
of New Me., will be held at Ala
mogordo, Dec. 11, 1909.
Those desiring further infor-
mation concerning rules of con
test etc. may obtain same by
writing the secretary of the as
sociation. Miss Carrie Covington,
Alamogordo, N. Mex.
f R. S. Tipton
Committee M. Helm
L. P. Farris
19(9.
L0U"CR0FT s bad fire.
Snowfall, the Previous Evftnimr.

j Bare. Neirby Buildings.
Oloudcroft suffered a severe
loss by fire at one o' clock, Mon
day morning, when an entire
business block was swept out by
the flames. The fire was first
discovered in the rear of Perry
Kearney's dry goods and grocery
store and this spread so rapidly
that the entire block was soon
consumed.
The burned buildings are the
Bellmont hotel, the Blacker
building, formerly the postoffice
which was not occupied now. the
Silver Lining printing office, Per
ry Kearney's store, the Home
croft hotel, owned by the J. P.
Dieter estate Kotosky Men-
rvolcort'c t fA oalnnn kvi i 1 f n rv A"rn-
ed by the E. P. S. W. and oc
cupied by W. hi bl-ason o
Alamogordo.
The snowfall of the previous
evening proved a god-send in
asmuch as it protected the roofs
of adjoining buildings from thV
sparks which flew thick and fast
from the burning structures. The
water pressure was excellent a.nd
the variation in the wind was
certainly all that saned the re
mainder of the town from de
struction. Domestic Science
Domestic science is now
taught in many of the schools of
the country, and here is a report
or an interesting examination
that was held recentlv in a
Massachusetts high school
lwenty-six girls, members of
:6f the same class, were given a
list of thirty questions. These
questions bore reference to the
girls' knowledge of household
duties, and the answers proved
decidedly entertaining. Twelve
of the twenty six said they could
make bread, eighteen could
make cake and all could make
candy. Twenty-two girls had
built a kitchen fire, twentv had
cooked beefsteak and twenty as
serted that they had prepared a
full meal. ItisdisaoDointine ..o
o
learn that not one girl in the en
tire twenty-six knew why new
bread is not a healthful article
of food, nor could twenty-four of
them tell what a trap to a sink
is. The making of starch was
understood by twenty of the class
and sixteen said they could iron
their collars and cuffs. Twentv
girls could mend their clothes
at least that's what they claim
ed, and seventeen had made
shirtwaists. Seven of the seven
teen had made but one shirt
waist, but there was one girl in
the class who had made fiftv
When it came to trimming hats
there were thirteen girls who
knew how and thirteen who
didn't know and hadn't tried to
learn.
The Drincioal of the
framed this list of questions and
considers the answers a fair ex
position of the domestic know
ledge of the average high school
girl. He asked the questions
with a definite object in view.
He wanted to be certain that do-
mestic science was an advisable
addition to the school studies.
After the answers to his thirt.v
questions were thoroughly con-
siuerea ne admitted that there
would be no delay in estahlinh.
ing the new course. Perhaps it
was diplomatic on the nart, nf
the principal to avoid all men
tion of the true cause of the ignor
ance of the class as a wholes
lack of home training and home
encouragement. Albuquer q u e
Journal.
PRICE 5 CENTS
illegalfter January i, t9io.
N M?rt W"ting Of Checks for
Less than $1.00, Then.
Secretary McVeagh of the trea
sury department and Attorney
General Wichersham are being
appealed to by congressmen from
various sections of the country for
interpretation of the law making
it an offense to circulate checks
of sumsof lessthan $1. The word
ing of section 178 of t he penal
laws approved March 4, 1906, is
generally interpreted to mean
that after January 1, 1910, it
will be unlawful to write a check
for a sum less than $1 to be cir
culated as money or intended to
be received or used in lieu of
money.
The protest comes largely from
the big mail order houses, al
though merchants all ovr the
country have joined in the de-
maud that congress at the next
session amend the section so as
to eliminate its application
checks.
Representative Pair
i or k lor one has b'.
appealed to
investigate rof
what the section
mean. and if it will prevent the
making of a check for less than
$1 he has been asked to introduce
a bill asking for the repeal of the
law. He has requested the trea
ury department and the. depart
ment of justice to give faim an
explanation of the law, and be
wili await the opinion of the at
torney general and the trmurra
ofllcials before he decides what
action he will take. Th in;
delegation, particularly those
representing Chicago, where a
J large mail order business is done
have been investigating th.
feet of the the law should it gu
into iorce. Merchants of Penn
sylvania are also greatly inter
ested in the repeal of the law,
filing their protests with the
lawmakers from their states.-Ex.
Cloodcroft School Notes
Melvisand Walter Smith spent
Saturday and Sunday at the
Smith ranch, in James Canon.
Misses Mirta Long. Oram
Painter, Lizzie Smith, and, Mr.
Ed. Faulkner, were callers ut
our school last week.
Mrs. D. P. Rock and Mrs. Mr-.
Mickin, from eastern Texas, who
came up on the excursion last
Friday, spent part of their time
with us.
We gave a short literary pro
gram last Friday afternoon. Mrs.
W. E. Carter, Mrs. W. K. Cluck,
Mrs. J. H. Lucas, Mrs. W. E"
Matthews, and Miss Elmore
welcome visitors. Committkk.
Electric Flashes
Norway boasts of the first elec
tric siueltiug plant in the world
to produce pig iron.
The Cterling Electric Couioaji
of Sterling, Colorado, produces
both ice and electricity.
In a short time all the branch
line railroads of Japan will h.
electrified.
It takes more than fifteen mil
lion miles of single wire for the
the people of thi
communicate with one another
over the telephone and telegraph,
Thirteeu million miles of this
wire are used for telephoning and
tne total length of all the wire
would circle the earth at the
equator six hundred times.
The new sixty-inch universal
plate mill at the Gary plant will
soon be in operation, contracts
having been let to the General
Electric Company for the driving
motors for this and the twenty
six-inch axle mill. The plate
mill motor will be the largest.
ever built, being capable of pro
ducing 6,500 horse-power.
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