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Newspaper
Farmington Enterprise
Location
Farmington, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
1
Hans Bayles reports Bluff City Utah celebrates a great oil well flow at 200 feet. The company faced difficulties yet is rewarded for perseverance amid town wide excitement and hopes of further discoveries spreading optimism through the community.
Superintendent James E. Clark issues circulars to county superintendents about the April 6, 1908 school director elections. Notices, voter qualifications, hours, polling places, oath forms, and reporting requirements are outlined for districts with terms set to begin May 4, 1908.
W. H. Harrington has applied to the government to establish another National bank at this place. He plans to rent temporarily while preparing a building, a move described as boosting the forward momentum and extending the path toward a larger enterprise.
The San Juan County Republican convention at City Hall elected four delegates Leonard Boat Aztec Taylor Cedar Hill A M Edwards Farmington and Jay Turley Blanco. They endorsed Roosevelt Taft Curry Walters Williams and supported New Mexico Statehood efforts while criticizing Democratic policies. The body called for a three member committee to improve county organization and urged strong turnout for the Silver City convention and the National Irrigation Congress.
New project on the Citizens ditch starts with C E Spith and Walker McClure of Aztec buying horses to begin dirt work. Farmers will handle dirt tasks while flumes and the tunnel are let to outside parties. Completion marks an epoch in San Juan county, enabling mesa land to become a garden spot with water as the key resource.
Citizens rush to the scene after a rumored fire causes a frantic early chase toward the river. They discover only brush burning and vow to punish the prankster who triggered the alert. The crowd disperses to the Red Apple after resolving to extinguish the blaze.
B F Crocker, 84, longtime Justice of the Peace at Martinsburg Iowa, reports severe sciatic rheumatism in his left arm and right hip. He says three bottles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm gave him much relief. Farmington Drug is selling it.
Farmington Meat and Produce market advertises buying poultry for cash, inviting locals to sell fresh poultry to the market.
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