04 Feb 1910
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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1910
Page
1
The I. N. Ball Furniture Company advertises an elaborate line of furniture described as the very highest quality. The catalog emphasizes stylish pieces and premium materials.
Engineers Griszard and Sparke completed cross section work between Farmington and Gallup for the Southern Pacific. Trains could reach Farmington in fifteen months, with plans to secure right of way from the reservation line to the Rio Grande tracks. A Farmington meeting of the Commercial Club outlined options and funding to entice railroad entry and a 1 percent grade was noted as favorable.
G F Blick of Capital Securities confirms securing Jay Turley water rights in San Juan County including plate and field notes. Plans call for development, bond financing, and colonization with 20 000 acre units under the Carey act. Holliater and Turley to transfer interests. critics blame territorial officials amid hopes for rapid development.
Washington reports a Senate Statehood bill introduced by Senator Dillingham for Senator Beveridge skips land grants for educational penal and charitable institutions and the Hamilton plan debts. If approved by the President and Congress the state enters with 100 delegates to the constitutional convention and a $100000 budget for the convention. County legislative and state officer elections fall in 1910 with a possible restoration of land grants as talks continue.
Southern Pacific files articles of incorporation in the Territory for 1 877 miles of lines in Arizona and New Mexico with 400 000 shares worth 40 million dollars. The directors include Robert Lovett Epes Randolph and Eugene Ives. The plan covers routes through Globe San Carlos Clifton Farmington and Aztec with Durango as the goal and multiple branch lines to key towns and mines.
The Farmington teachers meeting on Saturday February 5 1910 features an afternoon program with sessions on School Punishments Ethical Teaching Literature in the Grades The Recitation Spiritual Development of the Teacher and a roll call civics health the art of the schoolmaster and a motto reading Our Motto Non quis sed quid Evening programs include musical numbers and talks by Rev Mr Jackson Rev Mr Mayne Supt M F Fifield and Miss Powers Weborg Sarae and Rnasel are also listed among presenters.
The article argues Delta County Colorado produces more fruit than any U S county and almost any state but predicts San Juan County New Mexico will surpass it once irrigation and a railroad outlet expand. It praises North Fork Valley land and compares irrigation prospects and future competition.
H R Elliott, key founder of the Enterprise, resumes duties as assistant editor of the moral and religious weekly after two years in the North Fork Times office at Hotchkiss Colorado. He and his wife with two babies plan to arrive around February 20 and stay with Mrs Bihott's father while seeking a small home in San Juan County.
The funeral of Mrs. Wm Ivy, killed near Silverton last Saturday, was held at the Methodist church and she was buried in Farmington cemetery. She died from injuries after a fall in the compressor building at the telescope mine near Chattanooga, aged about twenty five, leaving a husband and two children.
Public auction at P Arrington Ranch one mile above the mouth of Laplata River at noon February 12 1910 features a work team two year colts a sad die pony six head of stock cattle four good milk cows one large new tent two other tents goods wagon buggy and many farm tools. Terms: under $10 cash over $10 nine month bankable notes at 10 percent. Wea Noland Accea AM Apeten.
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