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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1925
Page
2
Alamogordo News published weekly on Thursdays with a subscription rate of 2.00 per year. Editor and business manager is W. Morgan. Entered as second class matter at the Alamogordo post office under the 1879 act.
A local discussion notes Alamogordo schools cost about 4200 dollars monthly including salaries and bonds. Operating daily costs reach around 280 dollars per school day with efficiency losses costing taxpayers roughly 140 dollars per day if disruption doubles.
In a royal tomb study tomb robbers face criticism as jewels and traps illuminate the site. The young king Tutankhamun, died around 18 from tuberculosis, and despite wealth, power, and possible sunshine therapy, could not escape death.
A new La Luz civic group formed last Saturday plans a broad program of improvements. They will oversee electrical lighting, and already started a public camping ground with water, camp houses, lavatories and showers for year round use near Alamogordo.
A local voice argues that La Luz and Alamogordo form a single community with shared interests and social ties. The writer criticizes past policies and insists Alamogordo has erred in dealing with La Luz, offering to present evidence from the News.
Residents report varied views on the road from here to El Paso with one calling it good and another bad though traffic shows it is passable daily. A Memphis bound traveler notes alleged ulterior motives to divert tourists and suggests local action with El Paso to investigate possible misinformation and future profit.
The Alamogordo Town Board faced a knotty decision for weeks, weighing whether to buy a new fire truck with pumping gear or rely on the old unit. They considered chassis options such as Ford, Dodge, Buick, and Chevrolet as part of the purchase debate.
The board plans a new truck and rotary pumping apparatus funded by yearly state fire department payments between six hundred and nine hundred dollars for fire protective use. The old truck will meet needs temporarily while the Dodge (Graham) truck is acquired. The News notes no staff expertise but believes the deal should not affect bondholders or taxpayers.
Farm Bureau News discusses reasons hens may not lay in winter and offers practical steps to boost production. It advises feeding a laying mash, adapting feed to available ingredients, and using simple troughs rather than costly feeders to reduce waste. It also notes improper housing as a second major factor.
A farmer urges simple housing for flocks, noting older ramshackle structures can succeed with windwalls and cane thatching. He highlights immature pullets from late brown Leghorn stock as costly misses and insists planning ahead to hatch or buy chicks earlier next year to meet family egg needs.
The article explains how to tell hard from soft wheat flours and when each is best. It notes higher gluten in hard flour, convenience for machine bakeries, but soft flour suits home needs like tender cakes and flaky pie crusts. Three tests are offered: texture, finger mold, and weighing a sifted quart to compare density.
Fifteen additional wells in the Artesia field northern area will start production within days. Tests near the sand are in the Danciger and New State pools, pushing total field producers above one hundred.
A historical ad outlines a two part remedy for catarrh and deafness. It describes an ointment for topical relief and an internal tonic that purportedly works through the blood on mucous surfaces to restore normal conditions. Distributed by I J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio for over 40 years.
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