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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
4
El Paso visitors stop by as Miss Katherine Dale undergoes minor surgery. The Alamo team heads to Roswell to face Roswell High. The New Mexico School for the Blind opens Monday October 5. Community dances, hospital sews, and travel notes fill the week with multiple local residents visiting, moving, or returning from trips and illnesses.
A kindergarten class will open Monday October 5 at the East school building under Mrs. Marie Rixey. Tuition is four dollars per month per pupil, payable in advance. Several local notes follow, including travel for O F Walton to Huntington Alabama for a Heralds of Liberty conference, and updates on Harvey Boucher and Ralph Morgan recovering from leg fractures. Mr and Mrs W H Holmes of San Diego visit Alamogordo friends, and Wentworth Mann returns to Providence to attend college with football interest.
Miss Beatrice Lawson prepares to wed Mr. Thomlinson Fort Jr of Roswell with several preludes. Mrs. F B Evans hosted a luncheon while Mrs Lawson hosted a party and other relatives entertained Miss Lawson's friends. The wedding is set for October 10 at the Episcopal church with family and friends attending.
Supt Murphy of the New Mexico division of the Southern Pacific arrives for a day or so to study local resources. He tours Cloudcroft and Mountain Park and plans a White Sands Artesian well trip with Mayor Jones. He has visited recently for undeveloped resource research. Mr and Mrs Allison from San Marcial brought their son home after a month with grandparents then toured the Northwest.
Washington Oct 19 duress? Actually Sept 19 Treasury weighs reducing money size by one third. Eight bills per sheet silk paper now would be twelve, saving 33 percent in production at the bureau of engraving. Twenty experts study currency. report to Secretary Mellon early next year. The $2 bill faces color changes to curb superstition. Currency output this year stands at about 1.6 billion in national notes and 3 billion in federal reserve notes. Costs run about nine tenths of a cent to print and eight tenths to issue each bill.
Kodak finishing rates are advertised at 3 percent and 4 percent in a Ward's Studio display. The ad promises better results and lower costs, urging customers to choose Ward's for developing needs.
State Geologist E H Wells issues rules to govern drilling and production in New Mexico under 1925 laws. Two inspector classes created county and state lands inspectors with broad powers to grant wells access, shut water, or plug wells. San Juan County's L R McFann serves as county and state northwest inspector. Reuben Paine named state lands inspector for southeast. Operators to send forms and addresses to the state geologist, Santa Fe land office, or inspectors to obtain copies.
The office of the state geologist will issue regulations forms and related matters from time to time. Regulations become effective on September 15 1925. The office aims to collect all available data on wells already drilled and requests those with such information to send it to the office.
The New Mexico Methodist Episcopal annual conference at East Las Vegas voted 16 for and 3 against unification with the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Lay delegates approved, with 17 for unity. A motion to admit laymen to the general conference passed unanimously.
Colorado Springs reportage says Ranger a cow horse owned by Ed Price ridden by Ted Flynn won the fourth annual Colorado endurance ride with 97.5 points. Condition counted for 60 and speed for 40. Ranger is a half thoroughbred. The piece also notes a local event promoting a charity play at the Alamento Theatre on October 6 and 7 with admission 15 and 35 cents.
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