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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1908
Page
1
John Miller was found by Tom Hunter and Andy Joplin with a fatal neck injury after a morning ride to roundup milk calves. Doctors said death was instantaneous and the coroner's jury recorded the cause. Miller left a wife and son, with $3000 insurance. burial at Alamo cemetery followed.
M L Oliver plans a fourth large order for Christmas toys and will stock Toy Land for all of Otero County with wholesale and retail selections. He bought in quantity for low prices. Miss Hazel Hansen visits Cloudcroft for a couple of weeks.
The Lincoln county Republican club aggressively backs Edward A. Mann of Alamogordo for delegate to Congress, claiming strong local support and unity. Mann, Sixth Judicial District judge, is well known in Lincoln and widely regarded as a leading candidate for the Santa Fe convention.
A committee of leading AlamoGordo citizens asks pedestrians to be cautious on the streets for a few days as R. H. Pierce prepares to make his first appearance as chauffeur.
The county Democratic Convention at the courthouse elected S E Moffett as temporary chairman and J M Walker as secretary. Debates over a secret ballot surfaced during ballots for sheriff, probate clerk and other offices. Resolutions backed the national and territorial platforms led by William Jennings Bryan and statehood for New Mexico.
Members urged to attend the Tuesday August 4 meeting to approve Otero county exhibit plans for the Irrigation Congress and Territorial Fair in Albuquerque in September. The group will discuss a canning plant, voting on new members, and attracting prospects to strengthen the organization. Guthrie Smith, Secretary.
This week Thomas P. Keyes of Chicago leased the Wilson block in Tularosa for one year to establish a bank with $30,000 capital. One third of the funds will be local. The bank hopes to open by September.
M H McKellar of Mobile Alabama visits Alamogordo to tour the region and view the countryside.
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