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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
3
The Child Labor Association is in session as officials review new measures and enforcement guidelines. Representatives discuss worker protections, age verification, and factory inspections amid ongoing calls for stricter compliance.
Cincinnati reports the National Child Labor association's annual convention with delegates from every state. Dr. Felix Adler urged abolition, noting 1.75 to 2 million children under 16 in gainful work. Governors Folk and Deneen spoke. resolutions urged federal action on child labor. Convention runs through Saturday.
Reports from all sections say deer elk and mountain sheep are more plentiful than many seasons. Improved game law enforcement is credited. Wild duck is early and birds have moved south from Red Rock Lake and Highlands waters. Prairie chickens are scarce but antelope and elk numbers rise near Yellowstone and black tailed deer are shot near Butte.
The quarterly statistical report shows the United Kingdom now milking the largest number of cows in its history, yet imports of butter and cheese do not decline. The reason given is farmers favor selling milk over processing it into butter or cheese. Milk production still lags demand.
Sporting men from across the country attend the Wichita and Southern Coursing association events in Wichita Kansas with keen focus on the sapling stake race for dogs born in 1906. Judge H Wilhite presides and B A Fisher handles the slipper duties as a large field competes for a valuable prize.
London December 14 Sir John Colomb at the Royal Society annual meeting extolled US achievement noting the nation accounts for five percent of the world population yet yields 22 percent of wheat 30 percent of gold 32 percent of coal 33 percent of silver 44 percent of manufactures 35 percent of iron 36 percent of copper 76 percent of cotton and 80 percent of corn He said the US holds a fifth of world money and a fourth of coin and bullion with two thirds of global banking power Colomb a renowned statistician and MP.
London December 14 The International Horse Show association was incorporated with a capital of 100000 dollars. One quarter of the amount has been paid up and directors have subscripted 25000. The first show will open at Olympia on June 7 with prizes totaling 135000 dollars. An American committee to arrange for horse selection includes A G Vanderbilt R C Vanderbilt Tabor Willets J A Cochran and Adam Beck M P Canada. A continental committee of leading European horsemen has been appointed. The show promises to be the largest of its kind.
Notaries public appointed by Acting Governor J W Raynolds include Lorenzo Gonzales Corazon San Miguel county Nobar Ortiz Corona Lincoln county A territorial board of education meeting set for today and Saturday December 14 15 at the superintendent of public instruction office in the capitol Santa Fe Officials listed include Governor Hagerman Hiram Hadley W G Tight C M Light J B Clark Edmund J Vert and others A Holy county commissioner appointment fills vacancy caused by death of George W Wilcox Postmaster removed at Ranchos de Taos Taos county Adolpho Espinosa appointed to fill vacancy Postmaster appointed at Chimare Santa Fe county Jose P Trujillo denied reappointment Miraculous Cure claim praises Apout Electric Bitters for a child with eczema Parents report rapid improvement after seven bottles Guarantied blood medicine and body builder sold at druggists The Citizen Print Shop advertises services
New York dispatch reports Deputy Ongraham and J. B. Geaman arrest Cary and Masterson for publishing a "false" article headlined Style of Lynch Law in Northern New York during the Herkimer Supreme Court term from November 12 to December 4 1906. Elihu Root warns in New York on state power versus national control. A Milwaukee reunification tale follows, recounting a wife and husband long separated since the San Francisco quake and a tragic child loss.
In Baltimore a hunter Henry A. Smith died after a revolver shot. three dogs saved his body by guarding it and guiding a search. One dog kept vigil over the remains for three days and two nights while others returned home to alert Smith’s family. Oliver H. Wallop renounced English peerage to become American, seeking naturalization and a claim to the Portsmouth estate. The trio petitioned to break entail. estate is a historic English seat with London house.
In Santa Fe, November through December activity shows 21 original homestead entries, 7 final, and 4 desert land entries in the first ten days of December. Totals since January 1 include 1,032 original, 284 final, and 204 desert entries with cumulative acres. A Western Wonder: Bowie Texas feature touts W L Hill’s weight gain after using Dr King’s New Discovery with claimed full cure for coughs and consumption.
Tonight at Ellis' Opera House the four act Yankee Doodle comedy The King of Tramps promises wit and lively dancing. Also staged is A Royal Slave, Clarence Bennett’s drama at Bike Opera House Monday and Tuesday, drawing on General Wallace's The Fair God with added romance and heart interest.
Greeley Colorado dispatch dated December 12 reports C H Ford of the La Grange district returning from New Mexico with 2000 head of sheep. Detained two months without rail cars, he searched a small loading station with scarce feed, feeding sheep on browse and guarding the flock as a sole herder with many sleepless nights. Also notes cures and tonics including Dr King’s New Life Pills for epilepsy and various beauty and health preparations offered by Mrs Bambini at 209 West Railroad Avenue.
An advertisement lists nursery stock for sale including fruit and shade trees shrubs vines and flowers. It mentions N W Alger at 124 South Walter Street and promotes Chamberlains salve for sore nipples used by trained nurses with a 26 cent per box price. It also touts JAFFA'S KRACK KREAS BREAD as a product to seek.
Special correspondent describes a sugar beet boom in the Arkansas River valley, with plans for fifteen factories, a $10 million annual farmer income, and large land gains. New plants, irrigation, and company systems aim to standardize production, employ workers, and transform the region from quiet farmland to a thriving, industrial beet district.
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