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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
4
The State Publishing Company releases the New Mexico State Record printed in Santa Fe. It notes second class mailing status and subscription details, including a weekly rate of $1.90 per year.
The governor credits prominent corporate leaders Charles Springer E C Crampton W A Hawkins and others for swift help and paid support in New Mexico to aid the war effort. It argues corporations show patriotism by donating credit seed potatoes beans and labor and urges government price controls on metals to ease wartime costs for citizens and producers alike.
The text urges the government to set a reasonable price on flour meat and other staple goods while copper producers face higher wage costs. It notes wartime price pressures and argues reducing wages to sixteen cents would be hard with rising living costs, pressing for fair treatment and government action.
A county letter argues against the Fall amendment to a national military bill proposing three or more cavalry regiments for border service. The writer claims the southwest needs such an organization of capable men, ready to act, to secure borders and deter Mexican and German allied raiders, praising Senator Fall and criticizing Senator Jones.
A fragment argues militiamen hold edge in mobilization with officers preferring volunteers. It suggests federal drafts favor regular service but militiamen may be kept for cleanup duties, while volunteers gain recruitment advantages and earlier deployment. The piece discusses timing and state actions to maximize volunteer forces for New Mexico regiments.
The article notes many militia members are volunteers and are preferred for officer commissions in the new army. It mentions Colonel Abbott favoring delaying the draft to improve volunteers' advancement chances, while the draft has not yet been proclaimed and officers seek to fill ranks quickly.
A fragment poem-like plea from the Kaiser boasting of submarines and conquests, threatening war and divine claim. It parodies foreign and domestic powers, mentions Belgium Russia France Italy and Uncle Sam, Edison patents, and a looming button press. The voice imagines a pact with God and a destructive future.
The President is authorized and the Secretary of War directed to call into service three or four mounted volunteer regiments for the present war. Recruits will be men ages eighteen to forty five. These troops may be used to protect property and citizens along the southern border and in any foreign country as directed by the President.
Senator A B Fall has placed one thousand copies and Congressman W B Walton two hundred copies of the department bulletin the Small Vegetable Garden with the State Record for free distribution. They will be given out to anyone asking for them personally or by name. This is a very excellent and useful little book and the suggestions are of a practical nature. Those who have experienced gardening will find it of assistance and to those planting for the first time it is almost a necessity.
An El Paso paper recounts a Paso show of Little Women where audience demand prompted a matinee. The manager Brandon relented, arranging an afternoon performance before the company departs town, amid a run of varied plays and audience reactions.
A mixed report notes a theatre matinee praised for its acting, especially Jane Marbury as Jo, and mentions other performers. It also covers D and R G engineers near Cumbres with standard gauging plans, road work, and bridge widening. Farmington Enterprise reports livestock movements with H Erysen bringing 250 head of steers from Grants and Frank Dain driving six thoroughbred bulls to his ranch.
An early advertisement touts the Denver Record Stockman as the official market paper for the Denver live stock market. It promises telegraph reports from major markets, produce market news, general farming content, and weekly six editions for 3.00 per year plus home making and fiction features to attract families. It invites sample copies from Denver Tab Co, Denver Colorado.
New Mexico sent over one hundred recruits to the navy. A Speckman named U S commissioner. Dr James A Massie appointed surgeon general on the governor's staff. Bethlehem Copper Company of Steins incorporated with 1 000 000 capital. Albuquerque Electric Company authorized 500 000 capital. First National Agency Company of Albuquerque authorized with 50 000 capital. R C Reid named disbursing officer for recruiting funds and possible war emergency expenditures. Life certificates granted to Miss Laura Smiser and Mrs Cora Miller Holland. Reserve Officers named for multiple districts and lists telegraphed of those ordered to the Presidio. Automobile licenses show county totals with Bernalillo leading, plus 233 motorcycles and 129 dealer licenses.
The State Dental Board held meetings in this city early this week at Dr. C. O. Harrison’s office. Five applicants were examined. Members present included Dr. E. J. Alger of Albuquerque president, Dr. Harrison city vice president, Dr. M. J. Moran of Deming, Dr. Hough secretary of Portales, and Dr. Chapin of Silver City.
It is estimated that about three fourths of the wool shipments have been made and up to now 019 pounds have been shipped from this station. At a price of 40 to 45 cents per pound the shipped wool sold for nearly $100,000. One buyer claimed to have purchased $300,000 worth of wool in the basin.
40 acre farm and stock ranch on Mosquero Mesa in Mountainair rain belt. 260 acre relinquishment four miles from Mosquero, town growth, 160 acres good farming land, rest pasture, water well 8 feet, small stone house, 25 acres cultivated, 80 acres fenced. Land adjoining 240 acres under watered land. 200 acres farming land, balance pasture. Priced per acre with terms to suit buyers. for details contact Mosquero Land Co., Mosquero, N.M. No. 26.
The New York Sun editorial lauds William Jennings Bryan for his patriotism and mobilizing influence in support of Wilson's war goals. It suggests Bryan could act as a public officer rather than a private, highlighting his age, past rank, and ability to rally citizens in the West for home-front duties while supporting the war effort.
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