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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1916
Page
8
A chaotic collage of names and places centers on Geo L Urick a Santa Fe visitor and Mrs St Randall of Randall with notes on Interstate Commerce Commission rate debates. The piece mentions state treasurer elects meetings in the capital city and a wide range of officials, briefings, and preparations for hearings as a coast inspection trip unfolds.
Railroad passenger agents from most lines in New Mexico attended the New Mexico State Corporation hearing this week. They challenged a proposed three cent intrastate passenger fare, arguing the rate would cause a loss per passenger. The Santa Fe Railway cited rising operating costs and taxes, noting 1915 and 1916 per passenger costs to intrastate business at 3.16 and 3.08 cents respectively, with no allowance for return on investment.
Thomas J Sanford longtime state corporation commission clerk and prominent Mason died at his Santa Fe home after a heart ailment aggravated by Brights disease. He was about 65. He came to New Mexico from Oklahoma, practiced law briefly, then ranching near Malley. Survived by a widow. his first wife died years ago. Funeral held with Masonic rites at Santa Fe, interment at Font View Cemetery. past grand master and prominent in Roswell and New Mexico Consistory circles.
Ruperto Armijo, longtime Santa Fe resident born near the end of the War of 1812, died last Saturday night at his Agua Fria home of old age. Funeral services were held from Guadalupe church with a large crowd. He leaves a widow and a son aged about 75, both residents of the city.
Belle Luise Taylor recounts a Walker County Texas school garden project suggesting rural New Movien schools could use a small plot near the building to teach soil cultivation. The program aims to foster hands on farming skills, encourage soil stewardship, and reduce living costs through student labor and experimentation.
A page of society items from Santa Fe reports Mrs N B Laughlin returning from Texas, the Presbyterian Ladies Aid meeting at Montezuma Hotel, Mrs Arthur Seligman and daughter visiting Coronado Beach for winter, and numerous club gatherings. Also notes on Christmas seals, a cabaret at Library hall, home and foreign mission work, Eastern Star officers, and social visits by Mrs Winter and others. The piece blends poetry verses with field notes on local clubs, hospitality, and community events.
Vic Chamber of Commerce held a large meeting at the Pike lodge rooms Tuesday evening. President Sidee Hanna urged cooperation with all town citizens for the next Trade Convention and discussed plans for a new Santa Fe museum landmark. The group considered consolidating with the Retail Merchants Association and reviewed road and water needs with a committee report.
Denver reports that Colorado voters approved three amendments concerning medicine practice humane care for the insane and school funds investment, while five were defeated including the beer amendment the civil service bill tax commission abolition and a constitutional convention. The beer amendment drew the largest tally at 240,479 and the constitutional amendment the smallest at 123,109.
Prohibition activists press for a spring 1918 local option election in Chicago to decide on a dry measure. Campaigns hinge on petition signatures within a year, with efforts led by figures such as Richmond Tohsen and William Jennings Bryan's campaign visits. Chicago faces more saloons than surrounding states, and campaign costs cited include a $100,000 goal. Also noted: Dunn resigns as bank cashier and will move to Las Vegas to run a cattle ranch with his family.
An old remedy promotes Hamburg Brust Thee as a safe vegetable cold cure. A tablespoon of the tea steeped in boiling water is consumed as a tea cup full several times daily. It is claimed to open skin pores, relieve congestion, loosen mucus, and hasten recovery from a cold or grip.
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