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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1919
Page
5
New Mexico News Review notes a grader program in Tucumcari improving street maintenance at lower cost than teams of five or six workers. The item highlights the shift to mechanized labor as an efficient public works method.
San Juan reports Harry McWilliams bought the Ricketts lot in South's addition via Aztec Realty Co and will build this summer. A R Tatman bought two acres above the Sanitarian for a sheep headquarters, with existing cistern and shed. Local farmers praise improving road from Ragland to Tucumcari as Tom Finch buys land and Shope advances road projects. Geo Jenkins acquires 100 acres partly improved for farming. Dave Martin develops 160 acres on the Mesa. Jas Shultz and sons invest and improve properties in Aztec and Quay areas.
Reports from Rana Valley in Quay county describe thousands of acres leased and a major prospect led by C Reid of Pittsburg. Reid plans a 4000 foot well or deeper if oil is found, with materials bought and work to begin promptly. He will fund privately, no company stock exists, and field activity includes Newby of Texas pursuing 30000 acres for potential oil.
The Portales News notes Roosevelt en Wheeler bought the 2A Saylor dwelling near Portales and moved in from the ranch west of town. A fire destroyed the home of Mrs Mery FE Potter a mile north of Portales along with the contents, with about 2000 dollars insured. Oil prospects in the area promise activity, but drilling could leave the country full of holes, affecting range cattle and supply.
Sheriff G. Marirano Montoya of Sandoval County left Bernalillo Saturday with a posse of ten cowboys in pursuit of Wenceslao Valdez. Valdez, sentenced last Friday for five car thefts, escaped from the county jail aided by outside parties. The jail door was broken and locks cut. Valdez’s attorney has filed a motion for appeal. the prisoner remains in county jail on a $300 bond awaiting decision.
The complainant alleges the defendant company is indebted on notes including three for $25,000 maturing Jan 27, 1919 and a year six percent gold note due May 1, 1919 plus a separate $28,000 injury suit by Dennis E ae. It claims the company cannot meet principal or interest and requests a receiver be appointed. Attorney James Royall Jr. is solicitor for the complainant.
Silverton farmers report ground too frozen for full plowing with several able to work part of days. Z V Gordon leads after breaking most ground before snow. Fairview farmers plan more corn and grains as high feed costs bite. Reports also cover livestock losses, railroad tie work, bank construction in Aztec Estancia area, and influenza affecting the county.
Charles Risky pleaded guilty while casting suspicion on others as Distric Judge ties up the case in Mechem's court. Mountainair Independent and George Noe of Socorro are linked to horse larceny from a cattle hoard. Risky received one year in the state penitentiary.
Alvin Alford and Guy Good were arrested on a charge of stealing a barrel of whiskey from a local owner. District Judge Neblett and others face related legal actions over alleged mismanagement, appointment as receiver, and liquor sales. Sam W. Agee claims the company owes him money, while a Boys and Girls Club livestock sale is noted with a $19.50 transaction to C. A. Howell.
A mass meeting at Roswell premised by the Chamber of Commerce and county bodies drew leaders including Senator J. Tully of Glencoe and Dr. S. M. Jim to discuss future plans for retaining all water within the Hondo drainage system. The session, held at the Armory, covered artesian wells and water users across Pecos Valley and Hondo and Ruidoso valleys.
Monero Fuel Company forms as a no stockholders liability corporation in New Mexico with Ar Luchetti A E Cart and Frances E Carr among incorporators. The charter specifies Santa Fe address, agents for service, and a fuel business scope including coal mining and sales. The board of directors to consist of seven named individuals with initial officers listed. The charter fixes existence for fifty years and outlines capital stock as blank.
Public sale notices issued by the New Mexico Commissioner of Public Lands announce land auctions at Roswell Fort Sumner Lovingitos and Raton in 1919. The notices describe tracts with sections and townships in Chaves Santa Fe Grant Colfax and Colfax counties, terms include down payments four percent interest in advance, annual installments, and forfeiture provisions for nonpayment.
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