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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
2
In Carlsbad a drunken Mexican sought refuge in the White Man Bros wareroom as two shots rang out. Charles Whiteman seized a revolver, found the intruder alive and fled to call the police, insisting he did not kill the man who seemed to have shot himself.
The article notes sellers in Curry County are moving cattle to market as prices rise and rope and fare tighten. Raisers expect high costs and possible shortages, leading to cautious handling of stock while shipments were common in prior years. Local cattle movement appears stagnant for now in Clovis News.
The four year old daughter of Ira Naylor wandered from home in Carlsbad on Saturday afternoon. She was found around 1 am near Walnut Canyon, apparently calm, having worn shoes and traced a path from the house to a canyon mouth and back toward the Grammer home before continuing away from home. Her mother Mrs. Taylor was distressed. the child slept under a bush and showed no signs of thirst or hunger.
Dr C E Price reports three boy babies born to Mr and Mrs T M Beckham near Alto last Saturday night. The triplets are described as fine lusty fellows with promise of rapid growth and development. The Beckhams have four sons aged under three, making their Capitan Mountain home notably lively and promising.
Scarce fruit supplies push Alamogordo into the limelight with good prices and new markets. A desertion case involves Don Hoodoyner taken into custody after checks bounced and a plan to ship goods to Chicago via El Paso surfaces. Taos Game and Fish Protective Association meeting drew a large crowd with a lively debate on predator extermination and the bounty system.
R N Maxwell of Torrance reports his well fell about 30 feet with a small water supply. After twenty days drilling through granite to forty feet of sandstone, the flow remains untested. The piece condemns theft of melons and praises stricter enforcement to deter petty criminals who misuse honest labor.
The Ozark company's mill, one of the largest in the Kelly camp, was totally destroyed early Thursday. Origin suspected to be from an exhaust pipe of an oil engine. Loss about 175000, well insured. Payroll about 12000 monthly, many workers to be temporarily laid off. A bigger mill will be built at once.
Reports say the 99 Mining Company will soon begin erecting an ore treatment plant three miles south of Lordsburg Texas. J W Crowdus heads testing of flotation and wet methods at Fort Griss Texas with several flotation experts visiting ore shipments to test plants. Community notes mention old Abraham building demolition beginning with Centennial block updates.
A Taft area farmer recalls children spotting a monstrous snake near a maize field. He followed a six inch broad trail through soft ground to its source, describing an unusual serpentine trace with no clear conclusion.
Quay New Copper Vein Wisconsin mining party led by M Christi reported a successful locate of a large copper deposit in a canyon. Geo Murray, a mining engineer with sixteen years’ experience, joined to assist locating the main deposit while working in the Pintado district and Conant spring camp.
A boy named Howard Arnold fell between two railroad cars last Thursday in the yards. He sustained a gash near the temple requiring three stitches and faces careful recovery at the site. The incident highlights dangers posed by playing atop rolling cars near rail lines.
Jersigned appointed to execute state affairs and notify all claimants to present within lawful time. Johanna Uhlfelder dated August 10, 1916. First publication August 1, 1916, last publication September 1, 1916.
Public observal sale announced by New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands under June 1910 act. Sale to start 9 AM October 2 in Deming Luna County with multiple tracts described, no improvements on most parcels, and detailed land lots listed. Sale No. 48 and others referenced with varying sections and lots, both state land parcels and improvements valued.
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