Licenses and taxes for saloons and gaming in territorial towns
Attorney General George W. Prichard issues an interpretation on liquor and gaming licenses in the territory. He states uniform license prices based on population, how license revenue is shared with schools, and that incorporated towns may issue licenses and collect taxes, with funds not restricted to school use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram Hadley
George W. Prichard
Santa Fe New Mexico
Tam
Geo. W. Prichard
Some Things You Ought to Know
A fragmentary opinion column lists curious facts and notes from history. It mentions lifeboats first used in 1777, the Latin origin of cancer, heavy rainfall implications, Europe’s market items, and various social observations.
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Brigham
Buda-Pesth
France
Boston
Farmington Falls to Durango Stars in Slim Opener
Farmington lost last Sunday as Durango’s stars dominated after a slow start. Will Locke and Jim Pierce were absent and Joe Carson was injured, leaving three players out and dampening Farmington’s defense. Bates sparked a seventh inning rally while Kline Hempton and Carson contributed timely hits as Durango posted sixteen runs.
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Stars
Durango
Farmington
Will Locke
Jim Pierce
Joe Carson
Bates
Carson
Kline
Hempton
Kine
Revival of the old question on the good old days
The New York Telegram pokes fun at nostalgia comparing past hardships to today. It notes a bald man once depended on bears for aid, but now buys a wig and joins the American Newspaper Humorists' association, moving on with humor.
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New York Telegram
Humorists’ Association
China shifts to modern exam system for government posts
The article notes China replacing the ancient Confucian civil service exam with a modern schooling system. Aspirants will be recruited from graduates educated under the new framework in schools nationwide. The piece comments on this as part of the expansion of the yellow peril.
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Boston Globe
China
Confucius
Social change and crime in old days and now
The Washington Star quotes a bookish man contrasting past robberies with today’s mail money payments. He notes that in earlier times a pistol was shoved into a victim’s face and discomfort followed, while now money is sent by mail and an engraved receipt is issued.
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Washington Star
Letter from sister notes golf coat parcel with buttons cut
A New Yorker on a visit receives a sister's letter reporting she mailed a golf coat and cut off heavy brass buttons to save postage. She adds the buttons are in the coat’s right-hand pocket. The quip ends with affectionate signoff from J. P. 8.
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Slater
Harper’s Weekly
The Commercial Factor
Plants can be raised and forced to bloom by acetylene gaslight without sunlight. Experiments show favorable results versus sun, but the sun’s low operating cost keeps gaslight from dominating. Look to your works and your wings will take care of themselves.
New Mexico Power Talks and Sheep Trade Highlight Frontier Roundup
Rock Island surveys a Tucumcari to Las Vegas route while power line plans from Gallup to Clifton promise cheap coal to energy. Solomon Luna ships lambs to Kansas City as Navajo Jim faces murder charges in Gallup. statewide sheep shipments surge. Albuquerque Football and Estancia board form, Las Vegas streetcar upgrades underway. Ducks migrate to New Mexico wetlands as hunters rejoice.
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Tucumcari
Rock Island
Laas Vegas
Itas
Mora Country
Pacific
Solomon Luna
Los Tunas
Territorial Sheep Sanitary Board
Estancia
Torrance County
Kansas City
Luna
Magdalena
Socorro County
Western Union completes Denver to Albuquerque wire
Eastern supply houses delivered heavy copper wire and three cars of steel rails valued at 25000 dollars to enlarge and re equip the lines. Frank Mestas reports the best lamb sale in Union county at two dollars per head with seven percent cutback. County Clerk A A Sena notes water rise at Guadalupe station after a seventy foot well drill. A government sheep dipping plant is built at McCarty station for Acoma Indians. John Burns loses irrigation water and so yields six alf alfa crops near Carlsbad.
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Eastern Supply Houses
Frank Mestas
Union County
A. A. Sena
Guadalupe Station
Mr. Sena
McCarty
Santa Fe
Valencia County
Acoma
Poolroom Raid Provokes Cautionary Cue
An instructor at a city high school recounted a morning news item about a poolroom raid. She dramatic ally warned the students with the line Boys, never, never touch a cue, underscoring the day’s lesson.
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Harper’s Weekly
Mass Meeting Called on Reservoirs for San Luis Valley
Alamosa Independent Journal notes a mass meeting set for November 15 at 10 a m in the Oliver opera house. An executive committee led by Judge Holbrook with R B Walace Horace B Means J D Pilcher M Ball and E A Newton will organize a gathering of all interested in building reservoirs in the valley. I J Bradford and E A Newton join the publication committee.
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I. J. Brardford
E. A. Newton
Garter Customs Through History Across Regions
In Tuscany the garter is worn with a dagger, in Mississippi a lost garter signals a lost sweetheart, and a bride’s garter foretells long happiness. Austrian court ladies wore bells on garters in 1872 and Queen Elizabeth’s garters featured cloth of gold with diamond and pearl buckles.
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Tuscany
Mississippi
Coppers Buys Statuary in Rome for Fifth Avenue Palace
In Rome, the Butte billionaire Coppers checks a dealer on a genuine Michael Angelo statue for his Fifth Avenue residence. A workman from the studio confirms the attribution after a dramatic reveal, and Coppers prepares to pay with his checkbook.
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Coppers
Butte
Rome
Fifth Avenue Palace
Michael Angelo
Mike
M. Angelo
Forgiveness for Men Who Wronged Others
A brief reflection notes that it is easy to forgive the men who have wronged the other fellow, emphasizing benevolence and moral restraint in social conduct.
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Martinique
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Charles Chadwick
Sheep Commission
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Las Vegas
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Western Union
Associated Press
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Carlsbad
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U. S. Evang
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J. F. Wenborne
Contractor & Builder
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Neocon
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San Juan County
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Durango, Colo
Garter
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A. Rosenthal
Engleman Block
Brest Baru
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Attorney AT Law
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