Artesia oil fields boom with new refineries and pipes
Roswell New Mexico December reports a surge in Artesia oil activity as Continental Oil refinery begins operations alongside five other refineries in the state using Artesia crude. Phillips Petroleum plans a 1 million dollar casing head gasoline plant with two new pipelines, boosting production and profits for local operators.
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Mexixeco
Texas
Artesia
Continental
Roswell
Clovis
Albuquerque
Dayton
Rio Grande
el Paso
Phillips Petroleum Company
Artesia Field
Pecos
Ohio Oil Company
Toomie-Allen
Twin Lakes Company
Texas Production Company
Ohio Company
Santa Fe
Searchlight and tallow candle moral teaches self improvement
A 12 year old writer from Mescalero contrasts tallow candle intelligence with a searchlight mind and cites Abraham Lincoln to urge study and training. The piece ends with a moral about choice. Also a for sale ad notes a fine old violin at the News office for 50 dollars.
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Lucile Prude
Andrew Prude
Mescalero
Brownwood
Texas
Abraham Lincoln
Alamogordo Jury List January Trial Panel
The document lists summoned jurors and talesmen for Alamogordo on January 4. Names include Joe T. Chavez and D. L. Morrison with precincts, plus many others such as R. D. Champion, Frank Phillips, Oren Baird, Will Henn, and J. R. Vigil. Talesmen include R. W. Turner, Geo Nimmo, John Fleming, Joe Miller, and others with precincts.
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Petit Jury
Alamogordo
Joe T. Chavez
D.L. Morrison
R. D. Champion
Frank Phillips
Fred Marquez
Oren Baird
Will Henn
James Netherlin
J. A. Tatum
George Daughterly
Teen Clayton
Louis Montes
Joaquin Duran
Geo. P. Robertson
W. D. Lewis
J. R. McCorkle
Emery Joy
Mal Walters
Albert Lewis
Oscar Shenfield
A. L. Goakes
Mark Brantley
F. Shelton
J. R. Vigil
Talesmen
R. W. Turner
Geo. Nimmo
John Fleming
Joe Miller
L. G. Lilly
J. L. Green
Doss Bradford
Antonio Pedraza
R. Miller
J. A. Wootson
K. H. Stone
D. C. Woods
Christmas Morning Program at New Mexico School for the Blind
The usual Christmas morning program is set for Friday at the New Mexico School for the Blind. It will begin at 9 30 AM and friends are invited. The pupils, under the teachers and superintendent, typically present a most interesting program.
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New Mexico School For the Blind
N. M. School For the Blind
Tularosa and Alamogordo High Schools Publish Notable Papers
Tularosa issues The Reflector and Alamogordo publishes Sacramento. Both papers circulated Tuesday morning with frequent monthly and six weekly schedules respectively. Local merchants supported the ventures with generous patronage.
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Tularosa
Alamogordo
Tudarosa
Reflector
Sacramento
Henry Ford backs polar flight plan rumor grows
Reports claim Henry Ford will back a spring non stop trans polar flight from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitzbergen. Promoters Vilhjalmur Stefansson Isaiah Bowman George Wilkins and Malcolm Alexander Smith are named, with Wilkins and Smith departing for Detroit.
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New York
N. Y
Henry Ford
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitzenbergen
Detroit
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Isiah Bowman
American Geographic Society
George Wilkins
Malcolm Alexander Smith
Wilkins
Smith
No Grand Jury Called for District Court
Alamogordo district court opens on January 4 with no grand jury due to funding limits and a prior term’s surplus true bills. Murder cases headline the docket including Hunt Hobbs and others in Hurt and Wilburn disputes, with bonds set at $10,000 each. Petit jurors are summoned by the sheriff. names follow.
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Otero County
Alamogordo
Crand Jury
Hunt Hobbs
Lincoln County
Will Tittsworth
Tom Siner
Robert Hurt
Sttockman
Capitan
Hurt
Carrizozo
Sam Lewis
Pinon
Dee . Wilburn
Dempson Lewis
Lem Tanner
Orange
Tanner
Lewis
Probe of Crude Rubber Prices to Start Soon
Washington D C December 21 1921 a charge of bad faith was leveled at Great Britain as the house ordered an investigation into alleged manipulation of crude rubber prices by English colonial governments Representative Hull Tennessee former DNC chairman said England aims to collect four billion dollars in higher rubber prices to pay its war debt. Chairman Parker announced hearings would begin January 5 with Hoover’s cooperation sought and the scope to include other raw materials such as coffee silk nitrates potash quinine iodine tin sisal pulp wood and more. The pulp wood issue centers on Canada and a proposed export duty to the United States.
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Washington, D. C
Great Britain
House
Hull
Tennessee
Democratic National Committee
England
Parker
Tilson
Connecticut
Hoover
Canada
United States
Christmas Program at New Mexico School for the Blind
A Christmas program from the New Mexico School for the Blind features multiple performances including an orchestra pantomime The Christmas Merry Makers kindergarten readings reads The Lookout Man and a saxophone solo by Ramoncita Salazar The program also includes vocal solos piano pieces violin and cello selections and choral readings from Rosa Lopez Placida Gonzales and others with festive titles like Silent Night and The Robins Return.
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The
Ramoncita Salazar
Methodist Church Notice for Worship Times
Pastor W A Fulbright D D presides at Sunday services at eleven in the morning and seven thirty in the evening. Sunday school starts at ten o clock with a children's service at two thirty in the afternoon. Prayer meeting is held each Wednesday at seven thirty in the evening. You are cordially invited to attend these services.
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W. A. Fulbright
Advertising Slump Hits Alamogordo News This Week
The Alamogordo News notes a sharp drop in advertising as the holiday season ends. The paper spends more to publish this week than receipts, but expects to balance out in monthly averages and thanks patrons for past and current support.
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Alamogordo
Waffle House Christmas Dinner Price at 75 Cents
Advertises Waffle House Christmas dinner priced at 75 cents. Note lists highest prices paid for beef pork turkeys chickens and hides by Joe W Jackson.
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Joe W. Jackson
Death of Frank Allen at Tularosa
Frank C. Allen a Las Cruces and Tularosa resident died at his Tularosa home after months of illness. He was 68 and buried in Blazer cemetery at Mescalero. A nephew of Julia Blazer he was born in Wisconsin and long worked at Fred Bascom Hardware Co and as head carpenter at Mescalero agency. He never married and left substantial real estate assets.
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Frank C. Allen
Las Cruces
Tularosa
Mescuiero
Rev
Elmore
Mr. Allen
Rousseau Hospital
Julia Blazer
Blazer
Wisconsin
Fred Bascom Hardware Co
Allen
Frank Allen
Mescalero
Julia M. Blazer
Alamogordo
Mongolia oldest dry land in world says Chapman
Chicago December 19 The third Asiatic expedition of the American Museum of Natural History led by Roy Chapman Andrews reports Mongolia as the oldest continuously dry land, with evidence of early stone age cultures in the Gobi and a giant Baluchitherium fossil. The team notes Paleozoic seaways, repeated aridity, and a redwood forest in Manchuria.
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Chicago
Central Asia
Roy Chapman Andrews
American Museum of Natural History
Europe
Gobi Desert
Mr. Andrews
Mongolia
Central Asian
Caspian Sea
Pacific Ocean
America
Manchuria
California
Woman's Club of Alamogordo Hosts Dorcas Day Charity Ball
The Woman's Club met Friday December 18 with a Dorcas Day program led by Mrs Geren. Members donated toys and fruit for needy children and decorated the clubroom for Christmas. Hostesses were Mesdames Dowdle Frasier Garrett and Folsom. January 7 was set for the next meeting and officer elections. A Charity Ball will be held New Year’s Eve at the pavilion.
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Woman's Club of
Alamogordo
Geren
Mesdames Dowdle
Frasier
Garrett
Folsom
Charles
Boy hunter claims large local buck killed
Walter Nichols age 17 of La Luz Canyon reports he killed a very large buck this year in the area. The deer, known for raiding orchards, had several horn points broken and appeared to be an old timer in the region.
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Walter Nichols
Irvin Nichols
la Luz Canyon
Tax Reduction Bill Clears House With Senate Doubt
The $325 million tax reduction bill passes the House 290 to 25 and seeks to cut personal exemptions and tax rates. President Coolidge urges quick action as Smoot set to study the measure in the Senate on January 4. The bill would raise single exemptions to 1500 and married to 3500, cut top surtax to 20 percent, and reduce rates across brackets.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
Coolidge
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
House
Vivian says New Mexico Prohibition remains workable
Denver federal prohibition chief John F. Vivian arrived in Albuquerque to meet NM officials and oversee a prohibition agents school. He said the 1919 law remains effective, with strong state cooperation, and dismissed fears NM will become a bootlegging hub after the 1923 statute's invalidation.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Johin F. Vivian
Denver
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
C. H. Stearns
Vivian
State Supreme Court
Sacramento Park Notes and Community Happenings
Mr and Mrs Nelson Pender from Las Cruces have moved in for the year and Mrs Kay Pickett from Las Cruces is visiting during the holidays. A school entertainment directed by Mesdames Virden and Zelner featured music songs and recitations. G F Russell Sacramento Park custodian is on the sick list. The Civic Improvement League of Sacramento Park was launched at the school house last Friday night to aid community betterment. The Town of Alamogordo markets apple crop of 800 boxes on the Carl place in El Paso, with Standard varieties. Walter Nichols and son in law Edgar Poe have bought the Bridgford place and Pender are in
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Nelson Pender
Las Cruces
Kay Pickett
H. H
Sacramento Park
Civic Improvement League of
Alamogordo
Carl” Place
el Paso
Walter Nichols
Edgar Poe
Bridgford Place
Pender
New stamps show Wilson and Harrison portraits
On December 28 1925 the post office department will issue a 17 cent stamp with President Wilson and shortly after a 13 cent stamp with President Harrison. Orders for the stamps will be filled only after both designs arrive to avoid duplicating work and to permit the philatelic agency to close for quarterly stock inventory.
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Post Office Department
Wilson
Benjamin Harrison
Philatelic Agency
Statewide fund drive for Willard School at Santa Fe
The Frances E Willard School in Santa Fe plans a statewide campaign to raise 50000 to reopen the orphanage and school after four months closed due to bank crop and cattle failures. Tuition will rise from 1250 to 20 per month and funds will support operations from Santa Fe to other communities.
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Santa Fe
Christmas Forests Supply Yuletide Decor From National Forests
Albuquerque district forester F C Pooler explains mistletoe Oregon grape and evergreen boughs make popular holiday decorations. He stresses careful harvesting to protect forests and notes the program aims to provide each southwestern family a Christmas tree and trimmings from national forests.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Oregon
F. C. Pooler
Forest Service
National Forest
Joint Masonic Installation for Blue Lodge and Eastern Star
A joint installation of officers for the Blue Lodge and the Order of Eastern Star will be held at the hall on Saturday December 26 at 8 00 p m. All Masons and their families are invited to attend.
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The
Blue Lodge
Order of Eastern Star
New Fruit Ola Nut Bread Boosts AlamoGordo Industry
AlamoGordo begins manufacturing a new product, Fruit-Ola-Nut Bread, by Liberty Bakery on December 23, now sold in local groceries. The editorial notes home production boosts wealth, urges reader feedback to tailor bread quality, and discusses local preference versus El Paso brands.
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Alamogordo
Liberty Bakery
el Paso
Rodgers
Pastor Preaching at 11 and 7:30 Sundays
W A Fulbright D D the pastor preaches every Sunday at 11:00 a m and 7:30 p m Epworth League meets at 6:45 p m Children’s Service each Sunday at 2:30 p m and prayer meeting is held Wednesdays at 7:30 p m.
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W. A. Fulbright
D. D
Epworth League
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Jesus M. Baca
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the Flames
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the Robins
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Virgil Garcia
George Peck
Berceuse
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Placida Gonzales
Chapman
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Tucker
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Wayne BK. Wheeler
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