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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1906
Page
4
The piece critiques a propaganda push for a ship-subsidy and contrasts it with irrigation reclamation funding. It argues irrigation loans are repaid from land sales and not taxes, while calling subsidy rhetoric misleading and to be judged on merits, not slogans.
The Land of Sunshine handbook on New Mexico resources industries and climate has a second edition edited by Col Max Frost and Paul A. Wailer. It is a compendium with 446 pages and 200 full page photographs, issued with Bureau of Immigration support and by the New Mexican Printing company. The book seeks to counter misrepresentations about the territory and extols its growth and attractions.
A New Yorker argues against the bill to remove deadly railway tracks from Eleventh Avenue amid protests by clergy against child deaths. The piece notes national trust tensions, Roosevelt era politics, and varied opinions on etiquette in correspondence and public life.
Article argues for public ownership of Albuquerque water works and questions paying $250,000 for a plant. It weighs costs, interest, and fairness to ordinary citizens, noting some favor, some oppose, and urges impartial evaluation regardless of party politics. It highlights prior sale offers and inflation in plant value and warns against reckless taxpayer burdens.
Bernalillo County District Court heard two cases where decoys funded by government agents were used to trap saloon operators. In one, Walter Gray is accused of illicit liquor sales. in the other, Joe Padilla of Ketner faces similar charges. Witnesses include Navajo decoys and Special Agent Jesse E H Flanders. The jury urged clemency for Gray. Padilla’s defense argued an alibi. Proceedings continue with grand and petit juries to finish this week and a recess planned for April 9.
J R Riley of Springfield Mass unveiled a comparison of 1846 spelling test words with modern results from Kansas City and Springfield pupils. The Springfield high school average in 1846 was 40.6 percent, while Kansas City seventh graders reached 27.4 percent and sixth graders 51.8 percent, highlighting shifts in spelling proficiency across eras and schools.
The article notes spring arriving in New Mexico with trees budding and blossoms forming as yesterday’s general rain spurs vegetation growth. It describes a rainbow after a shower, discusses spelling tests among children, language learning, and a political convention notice for Tenham with details on local officials and venue.
Local paragraph reports T B Walsh and Thomas Casey of Boston touring with Raymond Whitcomb excursionists, visiting the city before an Arizona Grand Canyon stop. Major H R Whiting hosts Col Charles H MeConnell, en route to Grand Canyon from Mexico and Cuba. Albuquerque Shriners plan a May 5 special train to Los Angeles for the Imperial Council meeting, with Nobles and Indies aboard, costing about 95 dollars round trip, and lodging arranged in LA.
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