04 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1907
Page
1
Cripple Creek district hosts a river drainage tunnel plan backed by a million dollar deed and dividends. The effort ties mills smelters and railroads to support long sought drainage works. Meanwhile rumors of a baby murder plot and other sensational items are noted as unproven.
An archaic poem fragment praises a sacred place of peace and hope. It describes a home-like space where laughter and spring flowers bring joy, faith endures amid doubt, and sorrow is blessed by benediction. It hints at a cherished realm beyond explanation or art.
Napoleon Bonaparte confronts a humiliating moment as he becomes unable to sign a bond without a legal power of attorney. A notary, witnesses, and Peyrusse press the issue, forcing the former emperor to bow to state law and sign with a truncated version of his name before discarding the document. The scene underscores his fall from power and shapes later criticisms of Peyrusse.
Kansas City appears in police court where Jesse James J a son of the outlaw and an attorney prosecutes his brother in law Luther McGowan for taking a horse. McGowan pleads guilty confessing drinking and Judge Kyle fines him $100. The piece notes the family ironies and mocks the James legacy.
The former ambassador to Austria Bellamy Storer, dismissed by the president last fall, publishes his and his wife’s letters with President Roosevelt. The disclosures reveal diplomatic maladroitness and meddling abroad, provoking sharp exchanges and harming the administration. The piece labels the Storers as seeking misplaced prominence and notes the publication is undignified and harmful.
The William Sampson renter north of Montrove cultivated six acres of Leets this year. He paid $10 an acre rent and $80 for help, marketed the crop, and received a $266 factory check, yielding a $520 net profit on six acres, or $86.66 per acre.
Pay your Enterprise subscription in full to January 1 1908 and receive a free one year premium choice among listed papers and magazines. The offer includes those in dark type and various monthly publications such as Amateur Naturalist Nature and Agricultural Religious titles among the options.
Listing of state and federal officials across New Mexico including Revenue Collector, Surveyor General, U S Marshal, Santa Fe Land Office, Auditor, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney General, Public Printer, Supreme Court, District Court, County officials for San Juan Rio Arriba Taos and Santa Fe. Names include Bradsaar, Kiewelbyn, Al Otero, Andrews, Hadley, Safford, Hall, McNary, Parker, Abbott, Pope, Baldwin, Read, Williams, Smith, and Farmington trustees.
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