Alamogordo Cantaloupe Growers Hear Lyon Plan
L M Lyon of Lyon Bros & Co New York spoke to about forty prospective cantaloupe growers at the Business Men's club last Saturday. He warned against over irrigation, urged land preparation, noted high freight rates to Chicago and New York, and suggested Interstate Commerce Commission action. He predicted Alamogordo melons would dominate with Sacramento Mountain naming proposed, and praised the community for an upcoming strong cantaloupe reputation.
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L. M. Lyon
Lyon Bros. & Co
New York City
Business Men's Club
Chicago
New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lyon
Rocky Ford
Colo
Sacramento Mountain
Alamogordo
Hogs Gain 776 Pounds of Pork Per Alfalfa Acre
Kansas Experiment Station reports alfalfa hay and kaffir corn meal rations yield 75 percent higher gains than corn meal alone. One bushel kafir corn meal with 7.83 pounds alfalfa hay yields 10.55 pounds gain, vs 7.18 for corn meal alone. An early cut hay and summer grazing with light grain showed 776 pounds of pork per acre from alfalfa pasture.
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Kansas Experiment Station
How We Live and the Trusts Theme
A fragment describing various trusts that shape daily life: pin, ice, coal, soap, steel, drug, paper, beef, oil, corset, and a damaged reference to prekiU. The piece critiques economic powers over individuals, using provocative phrasing to convey constraint and dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pin Trust
Ice Trust
Coal Trust
Soap Trust
Steel Trust
Drug Trust
Paper Trust
Beef Trust
Oil Trust
Corset Trust
Prekiu Trust
Mrs Parker Hosts Bridge Whist Event At Her Home
social note describes Mrs S M Parker hosting a Friday bridge whist party on February 28 with luncheon at 5 30. assisted by Mrs J E Wharton and Miss Georgia Condon. prizes included Feldman handpainted china for top players and divinity candy for consolation winners. list of guests follows.
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S. M. Parker
Parker
J. E. Wharton
Georgia Condon
Feldman’s
Mesdames Clements
Stmouse
Mesdames Mann
Grant
F. Rouseau
Mesdames Lawson
Foss
Bowman
Smouse
Annan
Major
Rolland
Mann
Jackson
van Arsdel
Clements
al Rousseau
FP. Rousseau
Saultzgaber
Wharton
Waldschmidt
Tompson
Wiss Condon
Warren
Wolfinger
Garrett
Buck
Loomis
Gordon
Raise Crops With Seven Inches Of Rain
A Colorado farmer with thirty years experience advises fifteen inch plowing and deeper tillage when rainfall is scarce. He asserts crops can succeed with ten inches of rain and cites ISS8 seven inches and ISML nine inches as examples. Deep plowing kept crops within ten percent of normal. shallow tillage caused crop loss. His fruit trees and alfalfa fared well. Sacramento valley receives about twelve inches annually.
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Colorado
Sacramento Valley
Real Estate Sale Near Gore Fruit Farm To Bourbon Buyer
The I. N. Smith Real Estate company sold eighty acres across from A. K. Gore's fruit farm to J. F. Fribley of Bourbon Indiana. Fribley, a man of means, plans to plant alfalfa, an acre of cantaloupes, a crop of apples and other fruit trees, and to stay briefly before returning to the east.
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I. N. Smith Real Estate Company
A. K. Gore
J. F. Fribley
Bourbon
Ind
Fribley
Team Ag
Open Air Concerts In Alamogordo Park This Summer
Alamogordo prepares for open air concerts in the park this summer. The senior band has about twenty pieces with strong junior players who can be drafted into service. Citizens are urged to support the effort as a credit to the town and an investment in its future.
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Alamogordo
Honor for Miss Pearl Watson by Miss Quinliven
Last Friday evening Miss Ellen Quinliven entertained a group of youths in honor of her friend Miss Pearl Watson who left earlier in the week for Tucumcari where she will reside for a time. Refreshments were served and guests praised the hostess.
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Ellen Quinliven
Pearl Watson
Tucumcari
Juinliven
Alamogordo Firm to Test H. H. Major Well for Irrigation
Alamogordo Construction and Development Company will soon conduct a thorough test of the H. H. Major ranch well just north of town. After determining water output a complete pumping plant will be installed to assess irrigation viability with well water.
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Alamogordo
The Missourians Have a Picnic
A Missouri colony group from Alamogordo took a mountain day outing with Ed and Will Boyd families Will Netherby of El Paso Larry Underwood Harry Norris and others. Orogrande’s Mr Brown serves as a tit juror and praises his cow. The local smelter now handles about eight tons of ore daily.
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Missouri
Alamogordo
Will Boyd
Will Netherby
el Paso
Larry Underwood
Harry Norris
McDaniel
H. D. Green
Lasher
Viola
Bird Smith
Young
McElroy
Birdie Evans
Mr. Brown
Orogrande
Church Service Schedule For Several Denominations
The notice lists Sunday school times and regular services for Baptist Callaway, Methodist Episcopal, Christian at the opera house, M E South, Catholic at St Mary's, Presbyterian with 10 a.m. Sunday school and 11 a.m. preaching, and Episcopal noting no services. It invites public attendance across multiple churches and times.
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8. B. Callaway
Methodist Episcopal
Epworth League
Christian
Opera House
SOUTH
St. Mary's
Presbyterian
Believes in Irrigation With Well Water
Hr. Watkins of Tularosa reports neighbor Spillman irrigating about four acres of fruit trees with a well and gasoline engine. The 75 foot well uses a five inch cylinder and 45 minutes needed to bring water to the surface. They plan to deepen the well hoping to match the pump output and deem well irrigation cheaper than reservoirs and ditches. Watkins, from Kansas, praises the valley's natural advantages and future potential.
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Spillman
Watkins
Kansas
Obituaries Notice of C M Abbott and Mrs Willie Reicher Stepp
C M Abbott, a city contractor and longtime resident, was found dead in his Summit house room. A coroner's jury found heart failure. funeral held Monday at Alamo Cemetery. Eddie Carter died after moving to El Paso. body sent to Joplin with brother John Carter. Willie D Reicher Stepp, born June 17 1878, married Joseph W Stepp May 29 1901, died February 25 1908. She leaves a husband, two children, and Tennessee relatives. laid to rest in Alamo Cemetery by request.
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C. M. Abbott
Summit House
Eddie Carter
el Paso
Alamogordo
Joplin
John Carter
Kansas City
Willie D. Reicher
Embreeville
Washington County
Tennessee
Joseph W. Stepp
L Baptist Church
M. BE. Church South
Alamo Cemetery
Roosevelt Hotel Relocation Planned to Michigan Avenue
This week the improvement company will move the Roosevelt Hotel from Eighth Street to Michigan Avenue between Twelfth and Thirteenth Street. It will be remodeled into a convenient dwelling and offered for rent.
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the Improvement Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Eighth Street
Michigan Avenue
Twelfth
Thirteenth Street
Farmers hear wind power irrigation plan at meeting
Last Saturday farmers met at the Business Men's club rooms where John Minns described wind mill water lifting and irrigation for half an acre of garden or five acres of trees. Professor Walters outlined ground layout and costless grading methods, noting new members and attending women.
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John Minns
Association
Minns
Professor Walters
Walters
Republican Convention Called in Otero County at Alamo Gordo
A Republican convention for Otero county is set for March 15 1908 at 2 p.m. in Alamo Gordo to choose four delegates for the territorial convention in Silver City March 21 1908, which will elect six delegates to the National Convention in Chicago June 16 1908. Artesia voters approved prohibition 147 to 66, making the town among the earliest in the territory to ban gambling.
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Otero County
Alamogordo
Silver City
N. M
Ios
Chicago
Artesia
la Luz
Tularosa
Three Rivers
Mescalero
Weed
Mayhillee
Orogrande
Avis
O.G. Cady
J. D. Clements
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Mrs. Parker
Miss Pearl Watson
Hr. Watkins
Prof
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