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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1917
Page
8
Local figures including Attorney Howard L. Brickley, Chas L. Ballard, and WH Greenwater visit Capital City as teachers, officials, and reporters pass through. State figures like Judge John R. McFie and Dr. E Hewett are noted with museum and university ties while preparations for a new federal post office site and bank expansion unfold amid regional business travel and canal zone plans.
The Chicago Cubs arrived in the morning and were greeted by Chamber of Commerce officials. They played a three inning game at the Penitentiary with a inmate squad, then faced Santa Fe at College grounds with Cubs providing key positions. The visitors won but the locals gave a strong showing, and the city valued the Cubs visit.
Seventeen wagons arrive to discuss a bond issue of one hundred thousand dollars for school improvements and public works. The Santa Fe area hosts society events, dances, and club meetings as Missionary, bridge, and youth activities continue with remarks on soldiers at the border and local entertainments.
The railroad used for dam supplies has been torn up and rails hauled away. All construction buildings except the hotel mess hall office hospital and officers cottages are wrecked or leased to C. Crow for hotel use. The dining room and hotel operate. Crow has permission to convert part of the old railroad bed for automobile access, shortening the route to the dam and removing a rocky road. Conversion work starts immediately.
Socorro Magdalena High School expanded facilities two weeks after opening the new building to house overcrowded primary and intermediate grades. Two new teachers were elected, Mrs. Clarence Stuppi and Miss Marion Brown, with Miss Sarah Ackerstman joining as high school assistant. a yearbook with department photos is planned.
Fragmentary text notes Western area of the county poised to become an educational hub. It recalls a previous vote in Orro County favoring a second high school and predicts increased student inflow from the region.
Harry Weir, a Denver visitor and laundry expert with ten years in government service, plans a modern steam heated laundry in Clayton. Building contract awarded, construction to start soon with top machinery. The letter urges development and notes a county canning factory for local frijoles.
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