Alamogordo News-Advertiser, 1912-12-28

The Car. els-I'os Years and years behind the of the world. Uncle Sam will i ly with the beginning of the year, turn over a new leal the people of tins coun r of the parcels-post service they have so long bei ,1 pli i for. it is only a taste thu give them however, for the lav. trained specially to favor press companies and other .: that are opposed to cheap vice for the people, says a V ron newspaper corresponden Herculean efforts havi be made by the pogt-Offii ment to get ready for the parture. There are about post-offices in this countr 42,iMjn rural carriers ami employees in all, and th business which is the siugle business of any sort world covers 440, mili targe in tl of i I ru I routes and a million miles of i routes. So you see there is i so m ground to cover, iiillierlo our go I ernnient has practically allowed th , i. . , , . . j im arus" companies 1 mono a y 01 me uiisiness or car y ing sin parcels, and what these mnrcr have done to the people is. in i language of the poets, "a plenty.' At length, as a sop to lite ru communities, which have been pr tically isolated from th world cause oi tiie lack ol transporuul facilities, a half-hearted parcela-p service is to be introduced. Tim was the most liberal law howev inai noma do securea on the su i jeci. seeing me organised oppos Hon tha'. had so lona obstruct sum legislation. 1 ne system is l igeniously devised so as to do I utile tor the people as possib I while yet appearing to do muc Numerous limitations and restri tions are placed on the service. For example you may send ; pound of turner or a package of Of ; pet-tack s, nut not a Bible or oth uook; goo.i reading is to be taxe as high as ever. Thoninsiead I adopting a uniform rata for all dl I tames as is the rule wi'h all ol Jl" olllsSl-K ol ill :l 1 1 rnffHP I mus; complicated system of "torn rates ever devlspd by man is ; i '1"I- U nil) b- strange n ne positnasters in tile country aot go stark mad after trying figure out the i ales on a few pacl ages, rnose Who have tried to his Chinese puzzle an it will more to titui out what ttv props a.e is in each ca.ie than it will transport the pai ka:,'e. I he system w ill be introduce throaghout the entire (ountry once, jan. i. t'ost masters si trying to familiarise themselves wil (he requirements, and the pabil ire asked to do th.- uiue. Ka POSt-Offlce rtill be ,1 ivlded zone majis and official guides. I 'IS. I'll 1 I 11 . us Will pe posted up fd ii" I unefii of the public Patron j" '....iied ii th-- officials not ry to make use of the service D-j have taKeu at nasi a she 0..ts- in the new s.-ience. which o a iiin use astronomy, son ting like n ora;il y and i-unsid ir! like different! il and integr ta alas. l.a. 1, pos -ol :. is also lo ha lai pair : i s .... .; t. weal up .o 1 1 pounds, th" parcele lit I jell also II b.l.e a six-foot tl o measure Hie par. .-Is but sira o s..y this will not be red t Vou i an send any .-' ap.- hiuI slz in kage, pioiidetl it ib.-sn'i ; ain aayi u thai will la vajfl ,Uil provided II dose not in ,,-r -lx l ,n ici-iá rti,it nitulllneil. That Is il . n t inches long if not over iituies mound, and so on. Sii i cases will still bine 10 k by press and it will not be possible ; send by post babi .11 riages. Ill pigs. c.,j;is of birds, or humas ings, as Is the 1 ano in some oil 1 oinitrles. The sender must positively pl Lis name and ail dr. ss on the li.U'ltl age, else It will pel be ,r hut' will b held tor correction ; must not use ordinary stamps am any parcels-post part age, or ail fourth-class matter wha'.-i.-r ... eg Dec. .11. You must use the apt ial stamps which are ta Ing prepared ' These !! s'aiiij.s are everyone s.iys they sie tb. i, t tat i c set ever issued by 1 s. .r- gf a a-ae - ae a-ae X' any muer ... 1 1 . J slat o. M áenomla liona. 1 i cent to ti. all arta ted hn r aide a few others In gre "post age due' purp.'Ms 11,. ar exira large, bel.it; n'.n 1 site of the regular stumps signs show soei), 1 connect' the tiostal servlte and 1 . .ot igg le III. U tries which will lupplj av ' parcels-post matter 1 It ah ther Is a poatofftce, leti. and railway mall clerks rk. ito ar- railroad trains and stean mall wagona. mid - ves'lag and slinlln. tc who expgel to ana tki P I1 ,i anreela post a III BUrh, .an provide then a K'tide and map at th. tor 75 cents ftoni master - Oenera I l ggyi in rexard U3 - , nsld r tiie ta tea parcel poet system the lm men d

VIDAL Christmas Eve Tragedy In La Luz Canon VICTIM LIVES EIGHT HOURS Castledine Confined In Jail, Awaiting Pre Preliminary - liminary Preliminary Hearing Be Before - fore Before Judge Stalcup H. Castledine shot Vidal Da- .i. ran last Tuesday afternoon wi'h i 30-110 rifle, Duran dying about eight hours thereafter. The shooting took place some four miles above La Luz. near the home of Perfecto Madrid. It appears that the only witnesses to the shooting are J. H. Castle Castledine - dine Castledine and William Ostic. Or. .1. R. Gilbert attended Duran but was unabel to render any assis assistance, - tance, assistance, the victim of the bullet dy dying - ing dying about four o'clock Wednesday morning of internal hemorrhage. The ball struck in the right thigh thighbone, - bone, thighbone, and, ranging upward, passed through the bladder and lodged in the lower bowels. It is rlaimfd by Mr .Castledine that Duran and a companion insult insulted - ed insulted and so frightened Mrs. CaStle CaStle-dine. - dine. CaStle-dine. as she was rfdi&g horseback along the road near their home, that she sustained severe injuries in trying to free herself from their onslaught. When aha returned home ble'ding and so .frightened she with diffidtlty lold her story, he uecame enraged, armed himself with a six-shooter and a 80-30 rifle and proceeded to livik the offender! up. He found them near the home of 1'erfecto Madrid, who resides about four miles north-east of I. a l.uz, and gave them a good talking to. at the same time administtti n. lo the deceased .1 severe ihastlse ihastlse-ment - ment ihastlse-ment with his Hsu. The deepened then ran to the Madrid home, When he procured a rifle and opeu-d fire on ('Mstlejine. Four shots, or more, rere fired by Duran to which, in self defense. Castledine fin d twi shots from bis rifl . one of Lb ni striking the deceased In the right taiga, irom tne erte.ts oi wnien ne later died. Wlllia-n Ostlc, who wa. wa.-ai - ai wa.-ai the home of 1'erfecto Madim says he was .nlled out of the hotis. by Duran to interpret wiiat Csjgtta Csjgtta-dine - dine Csjgtta-dine was saying to him ami hit companion, lie stepped out of tin ho. is and tailed to Castledine. ask asking - ing asking him what lie had said to th boys for the purpose of interpreting to Duran, whereupon Castledine re piled that It was up to them to H'-i their guns ir tncy wantcu to iikih. At the same Hme he threw down his rule anu lireu, oropping a uuuei me sroiuiu J"i i irwn ui vn- tics leet. The impact or the uui uui-let - let uui-let threw dirt over Osti". filling bis eyes and rendering hlin unable to s.'f what happened thereafter. Th shot frightened Ostic a,nd he man- lined to get behind a wagon s.,n,,i ' uk in front of the house, from which position he heard several i shots, but was unable to tell by ! a I, ..in fired. Ustic says Duran wan in Madrids lot and behind him w hen I he v ent out to Interpret for him land when the first shot was fired ! hy Castledine. Duran was on -in elevation some five or six feet above Castledine ' when shot, the bullet striking In 1 the right thigh, ranging tipwnrd. The tone was shall .-red and death resulted about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning Duran was indicted In the Otero countv district court on Septembei R, 1907. on three kuu and aaaault charges, to which he pleaded guilty on March 3. Hits, and In each caae waa assessed a fine and given a si months term In the peniten penitentiary, - tiary, penitentiary, the penitentiary sentence. however, being suspended during the good behavior of the defendant. A coroners jury composed of Jauto J. Hill. Jov Raulsberry. RU Joy. J. A. Thomas. 0. T Dlllard.Jr.. and J. U. Hwope. wltn W. K. 8tal- cup as acting coroner, viewed the remains Wednesday and rendered their verdltt. The firm of 8hi rry ds Mnrr hsj betn retained by Mr. Castledine .".nd the preliminary hearing will he hk1 before Judge Stalcup as SOH aa the disttl.t attorney. II V Hamilton, ran rrrange to be area pnt .

thing havini bad lor. -o- 9 CUPID'S DARTS. : ::: ::; Albright-Woods, At High Noon on Christmas day Miss Loma Woods and Mr. Will Al Albright - bright Albright were united in marriage at the home of the bride in College Addition. The house was artistically deco decorated - rated decorated in feerns and evergreens with mi arch under which the ceremony Was uerformed ; The bride wore a beautiful gown of while crepe de chine and carried - white carnations. The Weddin mJh u-ae nlavol nei' The bride and groom left on the o'oolcX train for St. Johns. Ariz, where they will make their home. I taprialn lTraiis Christmaji, three p. m., at the Presbyterian Manse, by the Pastor. J. A. Armstrong, Luther Edward Ragsdale and Kizzie Ruth Fvans were united in marriage. Their Iris nils and acquaintances wish for them a long and happy married ilfe. Walker-Ehart. Tuesday á:30 p. m.. at the Pres Pres-byterian - byterian Pres-byterian Manse, by the pastor, .1. A. Armstrong. Samuel Edward Walker, and Laura N. Ebart, both of Weed. N. M. A long, happy, and prosperous married life is the wisli of their many friends. H i 1 1 1 II tit 1 1 i i THK STOKK A baby boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Denton Simms. of Tularosa, last Saturday. baby eirl tcxik up its residence ,i,,, ... mil Mrs. V. I) Doden i last Friday. o A Cheap Tank. (teoría Carl is experimenting i with a chemically-treated tar paper, i the product of a mill at Louisville. I Ky.. which is to be used to line res- r,,t"'"- ""- "tt,u " a as ti"1 rvice as cement at aoout I me cum. iwr w ! ,aul is excavated it is lined with i thw spe-ially-prepared paper, being !larKed to t,mbr P,aced arouD(1 i tht" wa" of lhe excavation. A coat of tar P1111 u then lven tne Jb Ia011 thH reservoir is ready for the water. Mr. Carl has a tank with a aPac'ty of ?.o,ooo gallons and lts estimated cost, were it cement- ed, would be about $1:100. The completad tank, using this paper, will Mist about 1SC, Mr. Carl will ta pleased talk with any one de desiring - siring desiring to construct a reservoir, as he can show them where this new lining will answer every require requirement - ment requirement at an immense saving of time anil money. o "Our Idoiioiis Nation." Ml the courtesy of the composer. Mr. Uurdett Hassettt, The News- Advertiser in this Issue prints the words and music of a ringng four four-pan - pan four-pan sonn entitled "Our Glorious Nation.'' The melody is tuneful. j the harmony rich and altogether It ! has a musical majesty of tempo 1 which will stir the blood of every patriotic son of '.be American soil, The words make it a formidable candidate for national honors; and we prophesy that, the compoaltlon once known to the public, Mr. Has- sett will find be has written a now national li inn. Mr. Haaaett Is a rettident ol Alamogorao. INTERVIEWED, bjMnai so 1 can see no piste for tltkat to work agalnat the other without working aaainat themselves. "1 hope 1 have now located as a worker among you and I hope that 1 niav find the resources of such a n.iiuie that development will make ih.-tii 1 success and that this eom eom-miinltv - miinltv eom-miinltv may In fact be my future home I hae now the proml or the t.. on. of our ablest colW-ge men president of one of our lending eol amongst us and help lo build up a

'"6 ut-iiri guuns nee in i'. i'.. and this will save them considerabl j expense in iuaiiy cases. The bill was made to t'aor the lo ' kal merchants and enable them to compete with the city merchants anu mail-order houses. Special low rates apply on the rural routes for local business. For Instance a ! ound package can be sent any- Hrhere on a single rural route lor live cents and each additional pound , .os s only one cent, so that 1 I i potiiHis can be sent for onlv 1" enta. For the country-at-large pigher rates are provided. The whole country is divided uu Into "units of urea." Each post post-ifflce - ifflce post-ifflce ha.s its own number to ideuti ideuti-: - : ideuti-: i'.. iik" an auto or a onvict. By .'i-l'-nint; to his man the noHtnia.il- 'a lii find out wiiat unit of area ".'ice is in io which the pack pack-tg - tg pack-tg is to be sent, and by referring u his tables he tan ascertain the otal rate for any size package and Uty distance. É wlchin a one of .".0 miles lor the liist pound will be -11 - and -oil ; 'lilitional iionni! .hrec cents; and the rates run h P to 12 cents for a pound . iir i , mnes or over, r oi you can send an 1 1 -pound M kage iO-mHe anywhere within the first one Un cents, the :0o- Í0I 7 cents, the 1000 1000-ie - ie 1000-ie for T;i cents and the . zone for rates of course are too uak the service of great .art Merest These high to n ase i' i Hit general public. They arc cases actually higher than I lervlce now handles par- rrom foreign ronntrita for r Bed b BOOM that thev were .- ! purpo- -I-. o a, u, ' leave .v.. mpanies the ciean. busineaa. otherwise thosf . in les would not have permitted t. , to be passed. la other other rordn llarie Sam red ta h uidle the small i.-h is mure trouble thai. rorth, while the express noi ill still retain that part ot ie traffic in which there are good Fnnds of the parcels-pos . rarer hop" t i.at the pnMti 111 find this tentative service ol ich great value that they will as soon insist on getting a Maine parcels service on as liber liber-.i - .i liber-.i basis as the people ot other rantriea enjoy. S rording to the rules perishable - may be seut through the - only under tpeelflc restrictions '.heir containers and the dis dis-t - t dis-t they are to be sent. Butter. d fish ft. -h meats, diessi-d fowls fruiu. berries and slmi- irtldea likely to decay may he c at fur short distances when se - parked Fugs .iill be accept- d for any distance when pm ken a 1 ;.: oiitalner No tesirlitlon Is placed on tin mailing 01 railed, dried, smokeii r cured ile a's, but Iresh meat will o trasimiMeJ only within the first Fragile ;u t i. leu. lu. -hiding ELDER J. D. TANT,

kindly words, A handclasp of goodwill, and we'll i sustain i A chord of feeling vibrant to Í instill Belief and Hope so they forever ; reign. A. H, McQuilkln. Cartoonist .loins I'ost .Staff. Herbert Johnson, who is probably the best cartoonist in America, and who has been on the Philadelphia North American for several years, has joined the editorial staff of the Saturday Evening Post and will con-, tribute a cartoon every week for the Who's Who and Why page. This will make this strong Post page doub doubly - ly doubly popular. You had better see Max Ogden, the local agent, and i have the Saturday Evening Post I come to yon regularly. .lohn Hanks, who was jailor un un-ider - ider un-ider H. M. Denney hlle the latter was sheriff, is in the city. Mr. Hanks has been suffering with an attack of rheumatism and has been at Faywood for some time, undergo-i ing the hot water treatment. He is much improved. iff m i - dy Her store Her word. May wnt - frn and the of the sleep sl.ivi free. 1 4444444etttttttee 4 4 4 -'IN MY wmi WHITTUX THKIIK" 4 4 If Ihr laWe on your lP-r gfttj H. . k -Ih.us yoa are asore than nt year In arreawM, and 4 yor reasdtiassre U asst re- 4 . .sii.l i) JaJMaery I. IBIS, )"ur 4 name imnt he tlroWK' fp,,m 4 4 oar list naster lhe rrq u I r. -men to 4 of the (Mwtal regulstltta. U 4 4 dislike 11 to this, bat we 4 4 have no aJtersaftMir. Títere 4 4 are M very few in 4 In remittance IssnmlUlrly . 4 w w " " " " with relatives during the holidays

0 DEATH venience it will afford those living in rural communites where the ex express - press express companies do not go. Form Formerly - erly Formerly the farmer had to drive t,, the nearest town large enough to sup support - port support an express-office in order to , secure bis packages. Now they will t be delivered at his door. Our sys system - tem system will reach every post-office in ! the United State.-. 1 do not anii anii-; - ; anii-; . ipate that the sysem w ill be a : money-making enterprise, but 1 dc ! intend that it shall be solf-support ing. . Mr. Hitchcock sas that the P. P. will enable a farmer for instance who breaks a small part to a har harvester - vester harvester to phone to his daeler In the next town and have him snd the extra part out by next mail, thus have it within a few hout 3tead of having to stop work and In- and go to town for such JiuU things

with aadness. thai thei acorns to I fine . hmd for tlila locality If. t bitterness between the town and within the next five years. I can the Improvement Company. If I In- Instrumental In settling too Ism am rorrert In thla matter. It nii liles In this valley and pulling a that all ahoiild begin to work an s. hito! to the front, with at least beet all bitterness which mar el- tu" tudenta. I will have arcom arcom-lat - lat arcom-lat on either aide, for the welfare of pllahed what I am trying to do. I one Is the upbuilding of the other j hope I may be aureeeeful in thla Alamogordo needs th, improvement 1 project, that I may be a useful lt lt-Compaay - Compaay lt-Compaay to build up be town and ixen. and that the good people of the Improvement company must Alamogordo will never regret ray bare AtamtHcom or co on of bua-immlng among them

Our Con Spirito id k i . .. " m M J . .. a i i S J Jt :i - t 1 J . "a Tam-'p.i's sun M ikall find n ay our I lag" W A K mtunQonfff tax km 4 4 4 All unpaid taxes shown on 4 4 the tas rolls ot Otero county 4 ; 4 will be published In The Al- 4 amogordo News-Advertiser, the 4 official county organ.on Thurs- 4 day. January S. if M. as the 4 4 statutes of New Meilro di- 4 4 recta. After that data the ad- 4 4 tied costs of p 1 hi 1 alien must 4 4 be paid. 4 J. A. RAIRD. Treasurer. 4 0..T. Rouseean returned last Hundsy evening from a strenuous nuto trip to Orange, whither he motored a couple of cattlemen to buy stock.