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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1908
Page
5
The News requests readers in Alamogordo New Mexico to answer twelve questions from the Washington commission on country life. Respondents may be farmers teachers homemakers or businessmen and send replies to The News.
A resident on Ohio street sent a giant pear to the News office. The fruit grew on her own trees this season and is described as as big as a pumpkin. It weighed 26 1 2 ounces and was so heavy it pulled itself loose before full growth.
At a Thursday night meeting, about 75 business leaders endorsed incorporating Alamogordo. They discussed health, notably typhoid fever control, and securing a top milk and butter supply, arguing incorporation would enable essential city services and oversight.
The speaker says the main move is to secure incorporation and then address subsequent tasks as they arise. This framing positions legal establishment as the priority before tackling remaining issues.
Mrs E Kreamer died Tuesday morning after a long illness. She was 63 and leaves seven children and a husband. The funeral was held Thursday with all children present except Frank who lives in California. The Kreamers moved to New Mexico 28 years ago and left many friends to mourn her loss.
Professor B. P. Fleming head of irrigation and assistant Jay B. Stone king travel to Deming for two to three weeks to test the cost of pumping irrigation. The study, by the New Mexico Experiment Station under the USDA, aims to report on costs of equipment maintenance and operation.
An evocative portrait of autumn's bounty in Kansas. The piece paints harvest air, corn shocks, and rural scenes with birds, livestock, and tranquil fields. W. C. Blackburn signs the reflective address from Kansas, recalling peace, plenty, and a wary eye toward coming winter.
Hon W A Hawkins, who secured New Mexico legislature support to place the Blind Institute at Alamogordo, is appointed by Governor Curry to join the board. Hawkins accepted. He previously secured penitentiary warden Bursum to supply brick and railroads to haul it at little or no cost for institute buildings.
A massive blaze in Amarillo Texas destroyed the entire locomotive shops round house and coal chutes along with 12 engines causing a heavy setback to the railroad facilities and likely to be a severe blow to the city.
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