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Newspaper
Alamogordo News
Location
Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1908
Page
7
Mr Eidson announces the Roswell Alamo Auto Route will be inspected on November 5 with parties from Roswell and Alamogordo meeting at the reservation. The company has secured incorporation papers and is ready to begin business, promising growth for Alamogordo and Roswell through regional traffic.
Mr. E. E. Bryan and family from Paonia Colorado arrived this week and rented the old two story building on the east side of Pennsylvania avenue for one year. The owner plans to run a first class clean moving picture show six nights weekly with three changes a week, aiming for townwide approval.
Lumber Co officials led by President Douglas toured Alamo to inspect the mill. He said operation would resume once court title questions are resolved, noting a $20,000 payroll tied to the mill region and urging quick government access to justice in the case.
Editor S. L. Cloudcroft, Elk NM, Oct 19 1908, reports 75 lb box of Huntsman favorite Ben Davis Winesap apples from irrigated orchard. Year to Oct 12 total 47,150 lb picked, 5,800 lb first class from five Ganorees, average 1160 lb per tree. Ben Davis 761 lb per tree. overall 906 lb per tree including fallen fruit. Hassett buys land, plans to move.
A three story structure under construction will house the agriculture department. The first floor will include a dairy laboratory and classrooms with farm mechanics space. The second floor holds an assembly room and offices for Professors Simpson Hummell and Fleming with a departmental library. Corrals will be built across the road for easy stock access. The third floor dedicates space to the horticultural department with Prof Garcia in charge.
A new structure allows improved judging of grains and stock, enhancing accuracy and efficiency beyond prior capabilities.
Crews doubled on the Dawson branch and thirty shop workers added this week. Parker of Phelps Dodge says by January 1 Dawson mines will ship more coal than since opening. Southwestern and Rock Island lines in New Mexico foreseen to double business in sixty days. Tucumcari gains from railroad payrolls of 50 to 60 thousand dollars monthly. University of New Mexico Library adds one hundred dollars in books and hundreds more volumes on New Mexico, boosting a major regional collection.
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