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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
4
The New Mexico State Record notes Frank Staplin as editor and lists the paper as published weekly in Santa Fe by the State Publishing Company. It details reception as second-class mail matter and a yearly subscription of $1.50.
A 1919 reflection on the cost of living notes inflation, wage policy, and profiteering. It links currency expansion, gold supply, and government price controls to higher costs for food, clothing, and building. The piece urges domestic focus, road and utility investments, and fair intrastate telecom rate adjustments.
Demand for houses in New Mexico remains strong as people move seeking homes, but actual construction has not expanded this season. Hotel accommodations are scarce with few new hotels completed, despite extensive discussion and planning.
The Deming area reports a large peach crop with five orchard sites on Keel Taylor Strickler and Hernwick ranches selling fruit for over $2000. Prices ranged from 6 to 10 cents as growers like O H Cooper and others harvest up to 1200 pounds from several trees.
Guadalupe Den Terigne Padilla of Mere de lama Wisconsin aims to ship a carload of wool to the Boston market, signaling a push to expand sales and reach new buyers amid a busy trade season.
Multiple railroad labor groups press for higher wages with strikes as leverage. They warn against parley and argue wage gains must outpace living costs, while unorganized workers and related industries anticipate broader price hikes across clothing, candy, cinema, tobacco, and groceries. The piece notes economic pressures, policy references, and a general push for wage-led inflation.
In the Seepole rock mining district the sale of the Hidalgo mine to Joe Hardy of Umucan slowed last week while preparations for hoist installation and essential machinery were set. Lordsbury Liberal notes cowman Mansfield in Stem as impressed with beekeeping profits, claiming 500 honey spring yields and more to come. Two men, Harry Tellis and Jesse McDaniels, were moved from Silver City jail to Lordsburg for preliminary hearings on murder charges and await grand jury action without bond.
Lea Oscor Thompson, W. Catchings, Yadon Heard and others sold yearling and two year old steers to a Texas buyer. Yearlings averaged 480, twos 530, with Heard receiving 400 for his twos. Prices reflect top end for the season, though stock here is in excellent condition as noted by the Lovington Leader.
Henry Lutz bought the Ancho Sheep Company ranch with improvements including 18 sections, wind mills and water tanks. His son Lieutenant Henry Lutz expected home from army around the 18th to join the venture. The ranch holds 1200 Rambouillet sheep and 60 goats, plus two parties of trucks and tanks. The deal totals about 1 000 000 dollars. A separate incident reports a 13 year old boy accidentally shot during a dispute near Capitan Mountain, Lawrence Daw died at home with doctors assisting.
The fragment suggests a local revenue estimate for the year, noting a value around 7500 dollars. It mentions no clear date, place, or organization, leaving the precise source and context unreadable in the surviving text.
A damaged OCR notes multiple New Mexico road hazards. The Gallup to Farting stretch is nearly impassable with heavy mud and quicksand seven miles north of Jess Fontes's store. Bridge approaches near Chita Springe and the steel bridge south of Frouland are washed out or washed.
North of town farmers report thriving crops with abundant grass and dairy. Odell praises rye as best, Manuel Garcia grows corn and cane, Taylor expects high yields, and Woodall, Robt, Otel and others harvest grain with optimism. A dairy buyer plans a new garage on the old site.
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