The New Era. (Marfa, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 24, 1910 Page: 2 of 4
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THE NEW ERA.
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I citizenship. A state can not al-
j ways go one sided without finally
becoming somewhat narrow itnd
! deformed about the head.
BIG CIRCU3
VALENTINE NEWS NOTES CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF ASSAM
SCHOOLS OPEN CP WITH I.4RUK AT-
7 f NOAJfCK—-MEXICAN* OKI* B -
URATE—HIO LAM) SALES
AT EL PASO THE BAIiNUVl A HAILEY
SHOW TO UK SEEN ON THURSDAY
SEPTENSER 20
Announcement is made Mint on
Sept. 20 the Bnrnutn and Bailey
greatest slow on earth will vi-*it
El Paso
This is tlie best news of the
day to those who are fond of the
The puhii<t school of Valentine
with Prof. ii. Wofford of Yoa-
kum principal and Miss Inez
(•rawford ns-istant, has closed
its first week of s thool. during
which time 100 pupils wero. un-
rolled.
Mexicans of Valentine cele-
brated tiicir independence day
with a barbecue. Tile national
colors of Mexico were displayed.
A dance was given in the even-
ing.
Mrs. H. It. Tellous was in from
the ranch on a visit to h<-r
circus form of amusement. For daughter, Fay. who is hoarding
fifty five years this has been the at the home of Mrs. M. F. Wul-
lcading snow of the world. This dron and attending school.
year it comes forth with an en-
tire new’ equipment which cost
the management $6,000,000.
The main performance is given
in three rings, on two stages, on
an imnensc (toman race track
and in the dom“. The climax of
W. (j. Moore of Marfa is
visiting his brother, Cook
Moore
puke Henson of Alpine is
visiting his parents, Mr and
Mrs. II. W. Henson.
Miss Zcla Pierce of Holland
Not the Least Peculiar Among Them
Is That Known as Doing
“Cenna."
Among thp Inhabitants of Assam
there are curious customs described
by a recent traveler: “The local no- !
blenian wbo had consented to help tb*
cook In return for his food plus pay
had complained in the morning of a
stomach ache, the result, probably, of i
a too liberal d'et at my expense. I had
dosed him with strong ginger, but
evening found him still In pain, and h.v
refused to take more. He expecte I
one doBe to effect a magic cure, and
if It did not he considered the medi-
cine was not worth taking a second
time. An evil spirit had got hold of
him, he confided to me. and the only
sure remedy was to propitiate it by
sacrificing a white fowl. To do so
with full ceremonial three whole days
apart from the world were necessary,
and therefore he had to tender his
resignation.
“Ho came to see me a few weeks
ago in Sadlya, and was tnueh hurt at
my mildly suggesting that 'the evil
one’ had been a surfeit of pork. Tlio
custom of shutting one's self off from
contact with one's fellows is com-
mon all along this frontier, on such
R. H. HAYS
Attorney-At-Law.
Mice l'p Stuns, Stale Bank 11 11 g J
M A UFA, TEXAS.
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Attorney at Law.
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MARIH,.....TEVAS
T. H. SEA Y
GENERAL - SURVEYOR
—AND—
CIVIL ENGINEER
Special Deputy Surveyor for i’residio
County.
Drafting Carefully Done on Demand.
Texas Land Boundaries a Specialty.
MARFA. TEXAS
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MEAT MARKET.
geo. n shannon,
Proprietor.
GwJ'*Fresh Meat Killed Daily.-\t*
Sausages.
Moiled Bone Ham,
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? Vegetables, Fruit, Hreail,
Assorted Sweet Oakes.
} and
MAUK’.T PRODUCT*.
Good Prices paid for Hides.
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 24, 1910 ■ the program in the appalling per- valley is making her homo with occasions as a birth, a death, sickness
MAIIKA I.OIMIK NO. SMI A. V AND A. W
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Voy' \ iMltliiK nr* conlliilly In
A/\ vlte" h, he present WooL(t v W.M.
O. 1.. Nii'i iii.ist, Secret rry.
formnnoo of Degpejadu. a mad |,„r grandparents during Lite j
Fronchman, who leaps from the school year.
dome Of the tent and lands on J. Nations of El Paso is huro
his bare ch< -at. Additional thrills gathering cattle for the homo
are given by Jupiter, a pure market."’
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lay before the
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Visiting eimipHidim* are weleoin
S. a. Thompson, ii. I*.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
TOU SHERIFF
We are hereby authorized to
announce Oven M. Bunton as a
candidate for Sheriff and Tax
Collector of I’residio county at
the ensuing November election.
! white arnbian horse. It rides to
! the dome of tlie tent in a baloort
i and descends amid a Niagra of
Mile Man on the exploding rockets and fireworks,
luiutii siiiHi.i) in Th0n ^|)(,re j^, 0hurlie tlie First.
beyond all question the most re-
' markable animal that ever camo
j to the notice of scientists. Char-
lie the first is merely a chtun-
I pai.zc, but he has become the
j greatest bicycle rider and acro-
bat in the world., lie does an
j act on one of the stages that is
the wonder of the age.
In the menagrie is found the
most remarkable zoological ex-
hibit ever seen outside of tlie in-
terior of the African jungle It
Capt. Win. I). Conrad, U. S. j
A., and F. Doleh of Eagle Pas-
are here looking after their min-1
ing interests in this section.
B. Hurt of Boonville, Mo., i-.
here. Mr. Hurt purchased 15
carloads of yearlings from W.
T. Jones. These will be shipped j
Tuesday.
C. I). Levt rett has leised his
ranch land to J. M. rftrouJ,
formerly of Alpine.
Misses Lake McKee and Lulu
Wilkins have rented a part of
the Browning house. Miss Mc-
Kee will attend the public school
while Miss Wilkins will conduct
or some oilier unusual occurrence. It
is called doing ‘genua,’ and takes place
whenever the slightest ground can bo
found for it.
“There is a story of a certain well-
known frontier officer being refused
admittance to a house where usually
he was an honored guest. On
tlie reason, he was told that the
hold was doing ‘genna,’ as the fam-
ily’s female dog had Just produced
pups.”
“THAT TURNS AWAY WRATH”
CANCER
I WILL GIVE $1000
IF I FAIL TO CHEMf CMCEI If TUMOR
I TREAT BEFORE IT POISONS DEEP GLANDS
WITHOUT KNIFE OR PAIN. VEGETABLE PLASTER
50 0 0 CURES
SWORN TO; Mini»t.r »J
Jurici, Ltwytu, Doctor* f
& Millionalrir. No X Roy
OR OTHER SWINDLE
WRITTEHCUARANTEE
Cancers never PAIN, they
poison. A small Tumor,
Lump or Sore on the
; Lip, Face or Body •
months IS CANCER.
120-PAGE BOOK
! SENT FREE with
i testimonials of him- ,
______I . dreds cured after others _ _ _
£2 General Merchandise. AnyLUMPTnWOTSA^N'VbBEAST
IS CANCER, and if neglected it ALWAYS
poisons deep in the armpit, and kill* quickly
Address DR.ft MRS. DR.CHAMLEY,°homIv
Nlanagort for U.». CANCER CURE. L*rje*tln the WORLD
745 AND 747 S. MAIN ST* LOS ANGELES, CAL.
1 MAILTH1S TO SOMEONE WITH CANCER
D, D- Kilpatrick
Candelaria, Texas,
-DEALER IN —
Groceries Sold to Hot
Springs Visitors at
Marfa, Prices.
Land has an eternal value.
her private kindergarten in it
is Bambino, the first and only portian of the house,
baby giraffe ever born or exhi- Mrs. Lizzie Bell Gi
I,and hits a tendoncy to con-
stantly riso in price.
The citizen
possessions is
land poor.
large landed
longer called
Green is here
from Sanderson on a visit to her
parents.
J. W. Stroud has purchased
400 steers from R. R. Young-
blood .
D. G. Knight has moved his
family to Marfa for school ad-
vantages.
R. D MeAnelly sold a tract of
bited ill America. Only once
before in the history has the
stork visited the giraffe pen of a
captive zoo of animals. That
event happened over fifty years
ago in London, England. The
youngster died before it could be
placed on exhibition. Bunihino
is only three feet tall, less than
one seventh of his mother’s land adjoining town to H A.
height. The youngster is worth Bass for $50 per aero. A few
his weight in gold. 'years ago $10 per acre would
Qn the list of the performers have been considered an exorbi-
are tlio names of 400 of the tant price for this land.
_______ world’s most talented performers, j \V. A. Foley has traded one
r , ,T : The new parade is a marvel of town lot, adjoining the railroad
r,AND on the island of Jersey is injereHj jt js panorama of a section east of town to II. G
per aero and thousand wonders. There are
i throe miles of it.
_ i Here is a t opportunity for the a heard of cattle purchased from
pe pie of I’reoidio County and i>. o. Knight to their Lobo
vicinity to see the greatest circus ranch.
ever organized. The railroads T. W. Snyder has returned
will lower the rates of fair and b;is returned from Bonham,
j special excursians will be run. ! Texas, where he delivered a
Only the wealthy can afford to
buy and hold land for a specu-
tive rise.
worth $1500.00
then some more.
The Big Bend of Texas con-
tains the last tracts of cheap
lands in the United States.
Soft Answer of “Poor Lone Body”
Nevertheless Had Something of
a Etir.g to It.
*
' Medley for thro head of horses.
Bell an l Newton are motiving
Tiie principles of dry farming
when applied to any country will
prove beneficial whether it bo
dry or wet.
HARD TO GET RID OF GUEST
Droad Hint by No Mesne Sufficient to
Oust Visitor from Comfortable
Quarters.
land values throughout Georgia
and c ther southern states.
The intensive system of farm- Jerry Mcrartf** wns often the xuest
ing connected with scientific soil of frl, n,1s who on ucc0l’n' of hi* pleas-
7 . . . ant ways extended to him that sort of
culture is causing a revolution m 0),] iriah hospitality which enabled a
visitor in my own family who came
for a fortnight to stay lor six years,
says a London Tit-Hits.
In McCartie's case the visit
stretched to nearly double that time I
After eight or nine years, however, his
kinsman got a little tired of his guest j
and let hint know of hts old mansion's j
proposed renovation, saying that ho 1
had signed a contract for having it j
painted front garret to cellar.
“By George!” said Jerry, "it's for-
tunate that I don't object to the smell i
of paint, and it will lie well to have J
someone to keep an eye on the paint- i
ers now that the wall fruit is ripen
Ing."
Some months passed. Then hts host
Informed him that he was going to
be married, adding., “1 thought I’d
that' tell you in good time, so that you
could make leisurely preparations to
go. as the lady and you may not hit
it off as well as you and I do."
With tearful eyes Jerry grasped his
cousin’s hand, saying: —
“Oh, Dan. dear, you have my hearty
thanks for your consideration; but,
dear, dear boy, surely if you can put
up with her I can.”
Henry George taught that no
one should be allowed the ex-
clusive ownership of the un-
earned increment of land. It
would prove, however, almost
impossible to carry out tho
Utopian ideas of the single tax
philosopher.
Land on the Rio Grande in
Presidio county formerly sold
for |2 and $•’) per acre, and
too only a few years ago, but:
now these lands are selling at
from $10 to $25 per acre. In a
short time they will be worth
$50.00. The people are getting
land hungry.
ear
of horses, which h“ recently
purchased for that section.
C. O. Finley sold two ears of
cattle to W. (}. Moore of Ma fa.
Mr. Moore shipped them to the
ft. Worth market
W. T Jones shipped four cars
of cattle to Ft. Worth this week
J. T. Snelus and M. O. Wall-
in*? are attending court ia El
Paso
A. W. Eri e of Holland’s Val-
iev, is visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Lest- r S. Smith.
\V. S McBride lut* onmpl ted
the building of a barn for W.
A Foley.
Geortre W. Flaeho, who lias
been building various residences
in Ft. Stockton has completed
bis work and will return to
Valentine.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Smith
and D. A. Smith are in Sierra
Rlanca, making the journey in
their automobile.
Miss Lulu Wilkins lias opened
her kindergarten with a good at-
tendance
Mr. and Mrs. P. T Spruill
are in from the ranch conducting
the furnishing of their rooming
house.
Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Moore
Ellen stepped scrubbing the ver-
anda steps long enough to cast an ad-
miring eye on tier employer's garden,
says the Youth’s Companion. “Sure
they are fine posies, ye have, doctor.”
she said. “I’ve a neat little house I
bought with the money I'd put by, and
an elegant garden it hsd last year,
too, but now there’s neither stick nor
stalk in it.”
“What was it, hens or clogs?” asked
the doctor, sympathetically, mention-
ing his own aversions.
"Sure me neighbor—bad luck to
her!—had a ditch dug in her land,
and the water ran down into me gar-
den, and washed all me seeds away.”
“And what did you do about it?"
“What could a poor lone body like
me do?”
"Well, didn’t you at least spy some-
thing to the woman, complain or tell
her that you wouldn't stand it?” '.* ~~”
"Now, doctor, dear, hard words just
leads to bad feelings among nei^L.- v. HOCAN
bors, and that ye know r.s well as I
do; and it’s not me that would be
using them. So I only said to her, !
'I hope I'll live to see the lioods flow-
ing over your grave as your ditch- I
waters have flowed over me garden,” '
and 1 let it go at that.”
g Store*j
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Toilet Articles,
School Supplies
and Stationery
Candies and Post
Cards. The Lates
Magazines^ Books
LIST OF DUINK8
--i*t, Hit*---
WHITE
IceCream Parlor
IVoxt Woolf
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UNION DI1UU COMPANY.
Crushed Fruit; Straw Berry;
Sundae and Nut Sundae;
Stuidae Monday; Parisian Punch
Combination Grape;
Panama Cooler; Square Meal;
Pineapple Frappe; Parisian Kritppe;
KrB PlKwphate. Klilorailo Kit!nine; Exit
Lemonade; Kivncli Sim iae; (i ddenade;
Siiveliule; Kgi! sunt Milk; Cream Puff;
lee Cream; lee Cream Soda; Egg Drlnkx
Claret Mist ;Pepsin Pmieli j.lerscy Cream
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Strangs Occurrence ii C-'.'ivh.
A peculiar accident fcappui 'd in f
Church at Ilford. Eng., cn • S .d i re
cantiy, whl-h created no ilttlo ft'-
amongst the congregation. White Mr* .
Isabella Lucas, was sitting with
friends in a pew near the end of the
organ, one of the massive pipes fell
out and struck her on the head. i:i
flirting severe injur!:-.. The doctor
who attended her said tha' hut !' »
the force of the blow he'.: • broken
by a thick h; nnet which The wa*--
wearing the lady would cerialn'.y have
been killed.
APPRENTICE WANTED
Will bp pleased to have some
young lady to learn Millinery.
Small svlnrv.
Miss \\ it,.ME I' I.I,ISON,
Marfa, Texas.
HOGAN & ROBERTS
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Hat ches and Large Tracts of Land
Correspondents Listed
Office at Court House
Af ter August 31, 1910
R. O. Bo* T
Marfa, Texas
—J. C. Peyton, Postoffice box
106, El Paso, Texas, is at till
times in the market for cuttle
sufficiently fat for immediate
slaughter. Anyone with cattle
of this description for sale, will i
do well to communicate with him. i
6t-7-2.:
Wanted--Fat Cattle.
Sherw/nWilliams
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For ail Kinds of
Good Pa fati ng ^
We Make
a leader of THE SHERWIN-
WILLIAMS PAINTS because
they represent the best
paint value on the market.
For durability, spread-
ing capacity, beauty, easy
working qualities, and
economy no better paints
can be made.
They come in but one
quality—the best. They
are economical, always.
Ask for color cards.
SB SOLD BY
W. (i. Moore.
THE possessor of lands in fee
simple i« said to own the same
down to the center of the earth
and up to the sky. Now since
tqe advent of tho aeroplane there
will arise some interesting ques-
tions in aerial navigation.
H0PPITY HOP
I am in the market for all kinds
.... .... ... i of fat cattle from one to n train
are visiting at the homo of their i ,oa(, Hij>hest market prices paid.
father, Cook Moore. 1 ” .....
Mrs. H G. Mayfield is visiting1
Mr*. M. E. Waldron.
Miss Kate Scanned and Henry
j Elum were married in Marfa.
They will make their home at
Clint, Texas.
G. C. Robinson Lumber Go.
(0) u no Lahore-
PHONE 43.
MARFA, TEXAS.
And the slate of Maine has
Are you Just barely getting j
around l#y the aid of crutches or j
a cane? Unless you have lost a |
limber have a defority—if your!
(rouble is rheumatism, lumbago,' j
•tprnin, stiff joints, or anything ' °
of like nature use Ballard’s Snow
A BURGLAR IN TOWN
his name
is “bad coiisrh’’. lie
care for gold or silver
yenr health
in
but he will stenl
gone Democratic, the first time throw away your crutches nnd
in thirty years. It is well for a| be as well as anyone. Price 25c,
Liniment and in no time you can away. If he appears in your
house arrest him at once with
state to be rational once in a
generation at least. Now here is
Texas which has been Democratic
since the beginning of time, if
she would only go Republican
once in thirty years we would
SO • and $1 00.
Sold by the Union Drag Co.
—For Flour, “Wichitar Best”
and *4M00NLI0HT, ”
‘•MURWACO,” ,
Ballard’s Horehound Syru,, it
may mean consumption if you
don’t. A cure for all coughs,
colds and chest troubles.
Price 25c, 50o and §1 00 per
bottle.
Sold by the Union Drug Co.
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For Sale by
Marfa Isrcmtils Company
A. WILLIAMS & CO.
Saddles, Boots and Spurs
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