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Newspaper
Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1906
Page
6
At Albuquerque’s Agfair the 2:09 pace the Mitchell wagon stake drew four entries: Daniel J owned by Charles Closson Kiowa by T G Peck Shee an by Jacob Levy Ginger by O A Adamson and Stranger O by Joseph.
Traveling Auditor Charles V. Safford reports Bernalillo County remains the territory’s wealth center with 1906 assessed value at 4,010,639 up from 3,593,454. Exemptions rise to 309,990, subject to tax 3,700,649, driven by gains in city lots, real estate, and new property types such as electric and gas plants. Major increases appear in railroads, machinery, and livestock shifts, with cattle and sheep showing declines.
The Cavanaughs Brownies depart by train for Las Vegas to compete in the Northern New Mexico fair baseball tournament. Jimmy Durham leads the squad with Walter Frantz as financial secretary. players include Perrine Pet s Gallegos Clancy Corhan and Hale McDonald unable to travel. Corhan negotiates with manager Selee about joining Pueblo Indians, weighing options while staff promote King’s New Life Pills as a health note.
Colfax County Republicans met at Raton and selected delegates to the territorial convention in Las Vegas led by Walter Kerr H C Abbott and other nominees. The group endorsed statehood with debate on the issue and set a county campaign committee to coordinate efforts with J. Leahy J W Farmer and others.
Socorro experts report earthquakes in the region are caused by slipping along a distributive fault near the Socorro Hemitar ranges. Professor H Fielding Ried and Dr. C R Keyes found a long fault line, with a 100 foot total displacement in 200 years, and see no increased danger or more severe quakes ahead. The belief that gas explosions from an extinct Socorro volcano caused the quakes is dismissed as false and harmful.
Portland headlines reveal Mayor Lane declaring war on graft and loafers. He sweeps the detective department, vows to discharge heads who fail to deliver results, and extends the purge to other city offices amid civil service clashes. He also vetoes fringe franchises, moves oil tanks, closes concert halls, and curbs gambling, while tending to medical practice.
Land Office notice from Santa Fe dated August 23, 1906 states Juan Garcia second for NW 14 Section 8 Two 11 North Range 8 West will file final proof October 5, 1906 before U S court commissioner at San Rafael, with witnesses Masedonio Ramirez Ramon Serna Jose Rafael Chavez and Bidal Chaves y Montoya all of San Rafael New Mexico.
Department of the Interior announces Juan Pablo Montano of Hagan New Mexico filed for final five year proof to support Homestead Entry No 212 dated April 22 1901 covering multiple parcels in township 12 north range east. Proof scheduled before Probate Clerk in Bernalillo NM on November 5 1906 with witnesses Nestor Gonzales Jacobo Gutierrez Jose Gutierrez and Andres Armijo. Ask for JAFFA S KRACK KREAM SREAD and take no other.
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