The Roswell Daily Record, 1903-09-01

one years of age, to take up 640 acres as a homestead. They werr required to pay $1.25 per acre and to swear that they h& provided a means for irrigating a certain por portion - tion portion of the land. The law was loosely administered and frequently evaded in its most essential details. A few years ago the amount of land which -one individual could acquire under this statute was reduced to 320 acres. As a rule, the desert lands lie in large bodies and are only to be re reclaimed - claimed reclaimed by costly works of irriga irrigation. - tion. irrigation. In the case of the great farm under discussion, the works, are said to have cost $4,000,000. How could any poor settler, or any number of poor settlers who could be bought together under ordinary circumstances, avail themselves of the privilege of getting homes by using this law in good faith? They could not do so. They did not do so. The law was designed as an in instrument - strument instrument to rob the people of their lands. And, with rare exceptions, It has been used strictly in accord with that design. Room for Forty Thousand. Ten acres of good irrigated soil in the semiitropical valleys of Califor nia will support an average family in comfort. Four hundred thousand acres would, then, support 40,000 families or 160,000 persons if the families consisted of four each. This is the number of landed proprietors who might now be in possession of the greatest irrigated farm in the world if the national irrigation law had been passed twenty-five years ago, and if the land had been reserv ed for the people under a genuine homestead law. The great issue of the hour is this: Shall we have on the remain remainder - der remainder of the public domain the land monopolist or the multitude of small proprietors? Shall we have the two families or the 40,000? Shall we give the public domain away, or shall we put it into the hands of those who claim it as a birthright of those who will build their homes upon it and use it for the support of their children. These burning questions can be evaded no longer. When congress meets again they must be answered once and for all. While we are talking about it the lands are being absorbed by. those who know their value only too well ahd who propose to sell them at enormous profit to the real homemakers, or to hold them as great private estates. In his last message the president urges the repeal of the Desert Land Law, of the commutation clause of the Homestead Law, and of the Tim1-, ber and Stone Act. But this great measure of reform did not get out of the committee room of the house of representatives. And it will nev never - er never pass except at the behest of an imperious ; and irresistible public opinion. Every patriotic American should lend his voice and influence to the making of such a public opin opinion - ion opinion before congress meets again. WILLIAM E. SMTTHE. A Special Bargain. A special bargain for ten days quick sale, six houses and lots $91 per month rent. Price $4,500. Nor thing like it. Graham and Brown. Cheap Real Estate. 320 acres of the best bottom land in the Pecos Valley, a good artesian well, wiU irrigate whole tract in or chard or onef-half in alfalfa, fenced, one-half mtles from railroad. 5t. RICHEY AID DeFREEST. To the 8trangers of Roswell. We extend a cordial invitation to visit our stores, t use our desk, drink our ice water and make themselves at home. We are at 404, 406 and. 410 North Main street, opposite the court house park. Come in, we want to meet you. Very Truly, COULTER AND CO. O S. Reavis, who has been here for the past few months for his health, left this morning for his home in Henley, Missouri. He expects to return.

The Wonders it has Worked in the Country West of Us, THE PRESENT ISSUE An Impressive and Irresistible Pub Public - lic Public Opinion Must Awaken Congress. Among the very big things in California Is the greatest irrigated farm in the world. It contains 400, 400,-000 - 000 400,-000 -acres, nearly all of which is under actual cultivation. This princely estate is the prop prop-erty - erty prop-erty of a single firm, or close cor corporation, - poration, corporation, composed of only two per persons - sons persons or families. Flowing though the heart of this vast property is a splendid river one of the best in California which takes its rise in the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada. Without the use of this stream the estate would be a desert. With it. the property is coverted into a paradise. The land is fertile almost beyond belief, for it is a delta which the stream has been building for ages. Here are wonderful fields of alfalfa, yielding five or six crops every sea- good solid smoke give us a call. On the corner opposite flu post 301 North Main. son and .funishing rich pasturage be side. Here are vineyards bearing the famous raisins and wine grapes of the San Joaquin valley. And here are orchards laden each year with luscious peaches, nectarines, and prunes, and other orchards of almonds and walnuts. Oranges are not produced in commercial quan quantities, - tities, quantities, but are found in the door-yards with the other rich offerings of the. semi-tropical climate. It is liter ally a land owing with milk and honey. And this greatest Irrigated farm in the world is now a private es estate? - tate? estate? It is, yet only a few years ago every acre of this opulent soil, to together - gether together with the precious stream which waters it, belonged to the peo people - ple people of the United States. The soil, the water, the mountains, the for forests - ests forests and the melting snows which lie in their embrace all these form ed a part of the heritage of your children and mine. Carved Out of the Public Domain. How, then, did all this land and water pass into private ownership? The thing was done by means of the preposterous land laws of the Unit United - ed United States. It is strange that these were , ever v placed on the statute book stranger yet, that thus far they defy all efforts to effect their repeal. . .No' one ever dared to go before congress and respectfully request the passage of a bill entitled "An Act to Enable Rich Men and corporations to acquire lordly es estates - tates estates from the Public Domain.' Of course, no one would think of pro-, ceedihg In precisely that way. What Is actually done is to ask congress to assist them in "making homes for the homeless and in furV nishing land to the landless." And the method proposed Is the notor notorious - ious notorious Desert Land Law. This was a fraud and a humbug from its inceps tion. It Is a sort of anaesthetic ad administered - ministered administered to the people to put them sleep while some of the millions of first 1ars hiowio ttrp.r rt - e

Prescription Druggists. Opera House Improvements. The south side of the lower floor of the opera house is being completed having been leased for twelve months by the M. E. church. When completed the church will have most pleasant rooms for their services. The church in turn has leased two of the rooms to the school board for the length of time necessary before the new building is com pleted. Some weeks ago the Board tried to rent the lower floor of the opera house, but it was found that the amount of mon money - ey money it would take to put it into condition would be much more than the short time they would use the rooms would justify. It was also suggested by some that the auditorium and third floor be rented but. on account of the difficulty of heating the ioroVr and the danger of firs in case the third floor was rented made each of thewe propositions untenable. f t fjChe present arrangement is ' t ' i n Sttusiacfcory to an. y . - .. ' "faon. Frank A. Hubbell of Al Albuquerque, - buquerque, Albuquerque, is at the Grand Cen Central, - tral, Central, with his two sons, James L, and John A. Hubbell, and Chas. Myers, Robert C. Hopkins, Nicolas Armijo, Arwin Kra Kramer, - mer, Kramer, Lawrence Selva Herbert Warier, Jl. H. Garrett, Cortez S. Quickel. They are all from A-tSilquerque and Mr. ' Hubbell will linter them at the N. M.M. I. tr Jay. ":-::.:'. ' Y OLAA We will iriAe awav this r ICC .. ; ,

The first of the new cadets to ar arrive - rive arrive was Dr. Gaynor's son, of Buret ka, California, who reported for du duty - ty duty on Saturday, followed by the Tate brothers of Bisbee, Arizona, and by Miller of Lake Valley. N. M., Bur kett, Seay, Bayless and Morris of Roswell, Burkhard of Trinidad, Col Colorado, - orado, Colorado, and ' Shaw of Las Vegas, who reported Monday. Today the train from the south brought in Hon. T. A. Hubbell from Albuquerque, who was in charge of ten boys to enter the institute. Besides this strong delegation, there were about fifteen boys from other places throughout the southwest. On Saturday night Capt. J. M. Loring, of Bowdoin college, Maine, reported for duty, followed on the next day by Major J. A. Wright, of the Virginia. Military Institute, who is to be the new commandant, and is now at work placing cadets in their rooms and starting them on their military, duties. Capt. C. W. McWhorter, last year's instructor in athletics, has been detained by. a wreck on the road, but will arrive tonight. Capt. Nave, of Wabash 'col 'college, - lege, 'college, will report either today or to tomorrow. - morrow. tomorrow. All the buildings and the grounds give a pleasant greeting to the arrS vals, and everything points to a profitable year. Applications are still coming inj and it is the opinion of the superin superintendent - tendent superintendent that many of those who are

simply prolonging " t&e agony for him. if Both! the Reilaiice and Sham Shamrock - rock Shamrock were tossed, about at their anchorage; but 'bo d?6nage was done to either boat- " - 4 The next .race, over a . course of fifteen miles.; to windward and return wiliibe held ::tomorrow': :: A Nw Mexican Farm. Breeders rGazete.X : On another ;age of this " Issue will be, found a portrait of the handsome gray tereron 'stallion ' BruleT three years old, imported an4 ' owned by R. and J: C. amilton a the Ukmfitba stock farm two miles from

-- uue getting xne iucicy number. We give a free .ticket oil this wheel with every 25c purchase of goods bought at our stors. x We have the most complete line of school books and sup supplies' - plies' supplies' at the lowest prices. Boy your school books from us and get a chance free on this fine wheel. See wheel in window. GRAHAM'S BOOK STORE. On corner opposite Post Office.

LIvLii zz& .Yesterday. Not Finished. 'ft j v i C RELIANCE AHEAD. its Not Injured by Storm of ' -Saturday. Special to The Record. ; Nor York, Aug.' 31. Today after try-La- for Ihours to reach tke finish line, and being baffled' ty t2ieilght wmaj,; tne .Keuance gave uj the al