Republican County Convention in Aztec elects five delegates
The Republican County Convention met in Aztec on a recent Saturday to elect five delegates to the State Convention in Santa Fe. Temporary officers were chosen, credentials announced and proxies debated, with Farmington and Aztec among the represented precincts.
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Aztec
Santa Fe
Santa At Bay
Ana
Thom‘George Bruington
A. A. Ball
Farmington
Apis
Fruitland
Bloomfield
FloraVista
Cedar Hill
Totel
Samuel Johnson
Pet
Taft
J. T. Pay
Burdick
Flora Vista
Taylor
Fay
F. H. Pei
Farmton
Johnson E. Mearty
Noland
J. W. Zamey
Fred Bunker Chrisman
Jank Staplin
Manuel Prado
Largo
Games
Bunker
Chrisman
Braplin
Prado
McCary
Elkaimp
New Mexico Census Bulletin on Agriculture 1910
The Census Bureau bulletin analyzes New Mexico agriculture from 1900 to 1910, detailing farms and land value, livestock, principal crops, and farm expenses. It notes regional variations in farm area, per acre value, and shifts in livestock and crop values, with hay and forage leading in value.
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Census Bureau
New Mexico
Colfax
Roosevelt
San Juan County
Socorro
Dona Ana
San Juan
Contract Awarded For Local Post Office Furnishings
Vitlet Brown has been awarded the five year bid to furnish quarters for the local post office. He will sign a contract after remodeling, new furniture installation, and building changes. The post office will occupy the Brown building, with a vault for the postal savings department and improved convenience.
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Vitlet Brown
Postoffice Department
Coast Office
Brown
Postal Savings Department
Boost Southwest Colorado Campaign To Hasten Growth
A movement emerges in five southwestern Colorado counties and San Juan New Mexico to launch a major boosting campaign. The Denver Chamber of Commerce agrees to host large publicity meetings in Denver to showcase regional opportunities and deploy top boosters to deliver persuasive talks.
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Colorado
San Juan
New Mexico
Denver Chamber of Commerce
Southwest
Hopes Rise on El Paso Southern Route Through Arizona
Globe reporting that El Paso and Southwestern surveyors extend from Tucson toward Bellevue and Miami, tracing a path via Oracle Mammoth Dudleyville Winkleman Dripping Springs to Bellevue. From there lines will extend to Miami and Globe with a northern spur toward Durango, signaling a planned route through the Globe Miami mineral belt.
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el Paso & Southwestern
Southern Pacific
Arizona
Danny Sliver
Globe
el Paso & Southwestern Railroad
Tucson
Bellevue
Miami
Tuscon
Oracle
Mammoth
Dudleyville
Winkleman
Dripping Springs
Durango
Lacson
Douglas
Courtlana
Wilcox
Gila Valley
Winkelman
Gibbe
Holbrook
Arena
Globe-Miami
Railroads eye Globe route through Box canyon to Durango fields
The Arizona Eastern aims to build through Box Canyon to Globe and toward Durango Colorado while the interior department weighs use of the canyon for irrigation storage. Assistant Secretary Adams rejected both railroad and dam proposals but suggested a path to protect interests. The high line could serve rail use and a dam site may be funded to secure capital, with Globe linked to Phoenix and El Paso Southwestern interests active in the district.
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Arizona Eastern
Globe
Durango
Colorado
Department of the Interior
Adams
Interior Department
San Carlos Dam
Christmas Snd
Phoenix
Arizona
el Paso & Southwestern
Tucson
Mammoth
Miami
Paso
Durangoaba Colfax
Rio Grande Plans Colonization Efforts Across Regions
President B F Bush outlines colonization aims for Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific lines to settle families on productive land. Aimed at Colorado and surrounding states, the program includes demonstrations, photos, literature, and a Colorado Agricultural College expert train to assist settlers at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Missouri Pacific
Missouri
Colorado
Kansas City Lane
Wadleigh
Colorado Agricultural College
County seeks bids on county deposits for interest income
County Treasurer R. W. Heflin mails bidding blanks to county banks inviting daily balance rates. The highest bidder wins the county deposits, secured by bond as required by law. This long standing practice should boost county revenues through interest.
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R. W. Heflin
Buchanan Captured In Bank Wrecking Case
Seattle police paid a 200 reward for W F Buchanan a Tucumcari banker captured while being taken to Santa Fe by Captain Fred Fornoff and Sheriff J F Ward to answer bank wrecking charges. Buchanan claims the arrest is a mistake and vows to prove innocence. He formerly led the International Bank of Commerce which closed soon after his sale of interest to E A Carter.
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Seattle
W. F. Buchanan
Santa Fe
Fred Fornoff
J. F. Ward
Buchanan
International Bank of Commerce
E. A. Carter
Judge bars government canal through homestead land
Judge Shackleford of the Anii- States District Court in Delta Colorado permanently enjoins the United States from building a canal through John A Masere’s homestead. He finds government rights of way clauses too indefinite and says due process is required for any ditch through the land. if upheld, this limits government control over homesteads for projects like Uncompahgre Valley.
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Shackleford
Anii- States District Court
Chambers
Delta
Colorado
United States
Reclamation Service
John A. Masere
Ut ‘Co 2
Orchards of Two Kinds for Commercial Plantations
In reply to fruit growing questions from Carnie New Mexico the author outlines choices for commercial orchards with emphasis on limited varieties. He recommends apple types Black Ben Winesap Jonathan Arkansas Black Rome Beauty and pear Bartlett with winter Nelis Colonel Wilder Beurre Easter, notes about grape and peach varieties, and suggests native pecan black walnut and drought hardy mulberry as suitable shade trees. He mentions bulletin No 76 lists current test varieties and cautions on availability of nurseries and propagating seasons.
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C. E. Gardiner
Carnie
N. M
New Mexico
Arkansas
Ite
Jefferson
Imrial Gage
Pond’s
Yellow Egg
Rob de Sargent
California
Thompson
Muncat
Alexandria
Stark Bros
Louisiana
Alexander
Hine
Salway
Crawford
Texas
Crearly
Plan for a feline farming venture near Durango sparks enthusiasm
The Durango Board of Trade is urged to back a proposed cat ranch north of the city. The plan claims 1,000,000 cats to yield about $10,000 daily gross, with 100 workers and a self-sustaining system feeding cats and rats, before incorporation costs up to $1,900 are covered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durango Board of Trade
Southern Pacific
Agere
Farmington
Thin’ City
Van Stone Ousted In New Mexico Quo Warranto Case
Judge E C Abbott announced a decree of ouster in the case State of New Mexico ex rel Owen versus G H Van Stone. The ruling could settle quo warranto procedure in the state and affect Owen’s qualification for the position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of New Mexico
O. L. Owen
G. H. van Stone
E. C. Abbott
District Court
New Mexico
H. D. Terrell
Clovis
State Corporation Commission
Owen
van Stone
Windbreak plant guidance and transplant tips from a historic notice
Advice on selecting smell plants red cedar and arborvitae for windbreaks notes best height under 15 inches for easy transplanting while larger two to three foot specimens are hard to move. Cites Joseph from Little Rock Arkansas and C Reeding from FPresn regarding windbreak effectiveness and timing with orchard plantings starting first for faster tree growth.
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Joseph Oom
Little Rock
Ark
Ako Ee C. Reeding
Fpresn
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San Uan
Mexico
Wiliam J. Taft
Tate
Agricultural College
Fabian Garcia
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