Carlsbad Current and New Mexico Sun, 1908-01-03

A meeting of the stockmen of Eddy county was held at city hall Tuesday at 2 p. m. The meet meeting - ing meeting was presided over by W. P. Mudgett, and was held for the purpose of taking action on mat matters - ters matters of deep interest to all stock stockmen, - men, stockmen, the most important being the resignation, under certain conditions, of Ed Toner, the in spector of the Texas Cattle Rais Raisers' - ers' Raisers' Association and New Mexi Mexico - co Mexico Sanitary Board, and also the consideration of the drift fences and general control of the, range by the government, all of which occupied considerable time. The meeting elected several delegates to represent Eddy county in Denver, at the Nation National - al National Stock Growers' Convention to be held Jan. 20, among vhem C. W. Merchant, L. L. Fuoss, S. T. Bitting, Allen C. Heard, M. T. Stone, VV. P. Mudgett, D. R. Harkey and C. R. Brine. The concensus of opinion to he jutt i dcpndnble as your more important articles of jewelry. As they are in contlant service you f cannot a(fo(J the poof flimsy kind. OIK ASSORTMENT INCUDES ahout evcrjtliing you coulJ expect in a good jewelry store. Your friends can tell you, too, that our moderate prices never mean inferior qualities. Come in and look around. There are many pretty gift suggestions here. Drug Store In Southwest among stockmen gathered at the meeting was that, unless some something - thing something could be done to alleviate the condition resultant upon the order to remove drift fences, all who have stock in Eddy county will be ruined. The meeting, therefore, favored any supervis supervision - ion supervision of the range by the general government that would provide means to prevent the drifting of cattle in storms and advised as the most practical a general lease law similar to the one for years in force in Texas, with the pro viso that actual settlers be al lowed to homestead lands at any time on leased lands. Resolutions were adopted tnanking .u loner for his very able work as inspector, and in the event of his withdrawal en dorsing Nib Jones for the place. Cured Lumbago. A. B. Canman, Chicago, write "Having been troubled with Lumbago, at different time and tried oue physi physician - cian physician after another, then different oint ments aad liniments, gave it up alto altogether. - gether. altogether. Bo I tried one mora, and got a bottle of Ballard' Snow Liniment. which gav me almoas InsUnt relief. can cheerfully recommend it, and will add my nam to your list of sufferers

Grafters in New Mexico. The Tucumcari Sun talks rig-lit out in meeting. For instance: , "New Mexicn is cursed with more petty grafters than any any-other - other any-other state or territory. The re reform - form reform movement is coming and this territory will bo a battle battleground - ground battleground the coming year." To which the El Paso Newa adds: "That is telling the plain truth according to our information. and it has the right ring. It is not saying too much to predict that the Sun is going to do ita share in exposing and punishing the grafters. There is no ques question - tion question but the grafting and frauds and scandals that are rife in' New Mexico are depriving her of Btatehood and her people can not hope for admission to the union until they Bhall have purg ed her of the crimes against de decency - cency decency jtnd good government which unfortunately appear to be only too true." Milk Sickness. The following letter, from Dr. Jordan of the Journal of Infect Infectious - ious Infectious Diseases, Chicago, explains itself: Chicago, December 27, 1907. Dr. K. J. Boatman, Carlsbad, New Mexico. My Dear Dr. Boatman: Thank you for your cordial let ter of the 18th inst. I had seen some time aso the article in the reference hand book of the Med Medical - ical Medical Sciences to which you refer. I am glad to know that you feel as I do that the old disease called milk sickness is the same as the trouble at Carlsbad known as al alkali. - kali. alkali. I will let you know as soon as anything definite develops in our work here. Your's very truly, Edwin O. Jordan. Mind Your Business! If you don't nobody will. It la your business to krep out of all the trouble yon oan and you can and will keep out of liver and bowel trouble if you tak Dr. King's New Life Pills. They keep biliousness, malaria and jaundice out of your ysUir. 21c. at Kddy Drug Co. Farmer' Institute Society. The annual meeting of t?f above society will be held in tl. school house at Florence on Sat Saturday, - urday, Saturday, January 4th. at 1 p. m, The following have been rorjueat rorjueat-ed - ed rorjueat-ed and are expected to deliver i 1 w r

The Pecos valjy polvs make a rather bad ad irtiseiit nt fur the new country in its stir: in life. but its beonlc hav 5'iosen the democratic sM5 with their eyes widaopen. Tueirpol ics 1b their own private Concern, and nobody will grudge it to th'in, or will ay that they have .right to it. A Dosition in the republican col umn would gi ' thePecoa valley a biff boom ad ovarii he country. it tJKAJia iCtTKtvat population and capital U an deimcratic affil affiliations - iations affiliations will furnish t Republi Republican - can Republican association wotd bestow a prestige on the alley which would advance the7alue of ev every - ery every square foot of and in it, and of every dollar's orth of prop property - erty property of any wort hJd within its limits. Thij, hoWrer, affects its own peor le solely, and they would do w ir to tool to reason; to be governed by their judge judgement - ment judgement other than the.' prejudices. uarlabad Argw- , ' The abov coming from the re responsible - sponsible responsible Ivmd of thi Argus, is amusing, to aaylhf, least.. He seems to; f ergot thaj the county board was republican and the officials were all nu.ned by C. B, Eddy, a republican; for the first four years after this county was organized. W h aft is history? Th ritTht hand eolun a Howa th nitron tWm; hm Mt hand W .i itmlliar DurtoM durtrtaf : Dlfttik In i-writ him! . ttn W4W muU hv the Th um svlminialrsitijtt, ofltcMKtl; tha mmmm hi ittsi iMmn rrvattni hv in tu partiMO tup port. i ami fur Um furttW

Largest force of employes and partisans is so well understood in this ter territory - ritory territory as to need no demonstra demonstration. - tion. demonstration. The Pecos Water Users' Asso ciation received a letter from the department Monday that fell like a thunderbolt from a clear sky. The letter stated that all under the Carlsbad project would be expected to pay $3.85 per acre at once. As the project is not nearly completed and many have not yet received water, the Asso Association - ciation Association decided to notify the de department - partment department that it could not pay the amount and would apply for a modification of the order post postponing - poning postponing the date for payment one year. The water users do not propose to pay until they have "been served and it will probably take more than the little clerks of the department can do to make them pay until the system ia put in operation. A commit committee - tee committee consisting of Messrs. Tracy, Fox, and Mclenathen was ap appointed - pointed appointed to fake the matter up with the Secretary of the Inte Interior. - rior. Interior. Bone meal at the ket Union Mar

levy a f ax of one cent per gallon on all coal oil brought into the territory, and to retain the tax for his own use. Amount of this graft estimated at from .mto fifteen thousand dollars. In addition to the above there are to be noted the following ex extraordinary - traordinary extraordinary appropriations which were made without' authority on the part of the legislature to make them, as they do not fall within the ordinary purposes of legislation as defined by the En Enabling - abling Enabling Act , Appropriation to compensate citi zens for losses resulting from the flood of 1904. . .....$50,000.00 To enable Chaves county to build a dike...:..10,000.00 To the County of Quay as a court fund, (re (regarded - garded (regarded as a loan) 2,000.00 El Camino Real 10.000.00 Total I.... $72,000.00 That the new offices which I have described were created sole sole-for - for sole-for the purpose of increasing the governor's patronage so as to bring to his support in his aspi aspirations - rations aspirations for a third term, a large 4))044XM

Then, the territory has had a re republican - publican republican administration since this county was redeemed, and what is history 7 The rate of taxation for territorial purposes haa increased from 70 cents on $100 valuation to $1.70 on $100, or 30 cents more than double the rate under a democratic admin administration. - istration. administration. While the county rate haa not increased, despite the various improvements, bridges, public buildings, etc., the terri territorial - torial territorial rate has gone out of reason to confiscation and robbery. The cause is easily seen the county is democratic and the ter territory - ritory territory republican. The Current will simply quote the words of Judge A. A. Free man, the best republican ever in New Mexico, to prove that re publican extravagance is respon sible for our high taxes, and not the democratic officials of Eddy county: ration mawto for th yaar of th Thornton artmlniatnu th Ut vrut thm Olvro tvlminMlratton. Th

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