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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1920
Page
2
Santa Fe items note a Chamber of Commerce gathering at the library hall with J D Yelverton visiting from Washington. Miss Clara Olson and Mrs. Pablo Delgado are among residents returning from travels. Easter plans and weather jokes appear alongside local civic notes and health department influenza figures.
Farmington High School is accredited by the North Central Association, linking it with seventeen states' secondary schools and colleges. Graduates may enter NC A schools without further exams, marking a major educational advance for Farmington as the county’s sole accredited high school. RK M Wade relocates his family to Castonguay property and joins Farmington Light Plant. local developments include a daily Gallup Shiprock mail effort, a cement crossing project on main street, and a Knowlton Arroyo cement siphon. CE Noble and Frank Sullivan assist. former resident Mrs Wiltbank, now in town for six years, arrives with furniture to join the family business.
The Clayton Lodge of Modern Woodmen celebrates winning the state banner for largest lodge activity and receives permanent gold jewels. The banner, silk 6 by 4 feet, gold and silver lettering, will be kept in an oak cabinet and must be won yearly. The lodge also plans an April 5 banquet and entertainment to mark the occasion.
A long item list details pie suppers and entertainments in San Miguel Carlsbad Lordsburg and surrounding areas with proceeds aiding lighting and school projects. It also mentions dances, church activities, club meetings, and a public land lease notice in Guadalupe County with general civic happenings and social updates.
At a Friday meeting ten citizens signed articles of incorporation with $3 each, others contributed to the fund. The Del Oro plan calls for a thirty room hotel. if $30,000 is insufficient the capital stock will be increased to meet demand.
A Crawford led party including M Odell W E Aldridge E H Warnecke A G Powell and M D Goodpasture of Memphis Texas Bookholders in Magda Mining Company toured the Hard Scrabble Mine in Magdalena area. Norman F Smith of Cillian & Smith Dallas drilling operators planned site selection and move to begin operations once a location is chosen and a Sterdard Rig is shipped into the territory.
Frank Davis reports Pedernal Ranch Co has completed one of the county’s best cement dipping vats while Paul Dean plans a similar vat for cattle. Estancia notes local moves, including a bean crop push at Progresso and busy land ads in Center Point. Estancia boys join Calf and Pig Clubs as officers are elected, with the Rabbit Club boasting 18 members. Agricultural clubs study wheat and tour Ayres flour mill. A petition seeks consolidation of Silverton district with Estancia amid land speculation and club activity.
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