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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
4
Santa Fe publication dated Friday October 3 1819 offers notices and remarks by editor Frank Staplin with subscription details and publishing office in New Mexico capital. Receiver Frank Staple listed in the text alongside a postal classification note and pricing.
The article surveys labor support for government ownership of railroads under employee control, noting the Plumb plan and Simms bill. It argues nationalization could threaten private initiative, discusses price pressures from wartime profits, and references housing costs, labor wages, and New Mexico building activity alongside royal visits and marketing concepts.
A lengthy letter from Harry Jaffa and broad public input shape the telephone rate controversy. The commission insists rates reflect high operating costs and will not bow to pressure to cut prices prematurely, aiming for a merit-based decision with full hearing.
A grand campaign by the Southern Baptist Convention aims to raise 75 million dollars over five years to fund Christian education, relief, hospitals, and other denominations programs. Each state forms a directorate and local churches mobilize to recruit donors across the region.
Local quarrel over weed control in Santa Fe heats up as claims of weed abundance clash with forestry plans. The Forestry Service is said to mark flowers for lumber and weeds for railroad ties, with logs shipped to the mill at Miubuquer Ave after a five year shutdown.
A terse shouted warning mixes slang and bravado as a speaker demands someone remove a sack, threatening consequences for any rival seeking to trade or take substance. The voice hints at a rough subscription dispute and a looming standoff.
The state land office sold three tracts in Roosevelt county this week, led by John W. March at Portales. Two 160 acre tracts south of Portales valued at five dollars per acre, plus a 640 acre tract southwest of Portales appraised at one thousand dollars plus improvements at four hundred seventeen dollars. The tracts were sold separately.
Lakewood suffers an old fashioned flood as the North Seven Rivers surge from Sacramento source rains. Main street floods inch to feet, crops damaged with tomato growers hit hardest. Car shortages feared as canneries brace for impact and listed names mention residents affected across Lovington Monument Knowles Tatum and Tatum area.
Harry Strong formerly a barber in Carrizozo was arrested and sent to El Paso. He awaits trial in the coming court term on Mann Act charges for trying to lure a young girl to Carrizozo by claiming the town has no laws, per Capitan Mountaineer.
Luna county residents held a three day fair at Deming with displays of farm products and livestock. Automobile parades, sports, pageants, music by a military band, and a community gathering at a Dickenson ranch contributed to the lively event this week. Four men, Hector Hubert, Philip Kerr, Ed Wolff and Robert Tucker, were arrested after fleeing east on a freight train near Camp Boyd following a confrontation with Conductor Mounts. Kerr and Hubert admitted desertion from the Presidio army, while Wolff and Tucker are civilians. all are held for processing. A civil suit resulted in James B. Carragien winning $200 against Unified Land & Water Co. for water shutoff damage to his Deming residence. Dr S G Van Almen, eye ear nose and throat specialist, will open a new office in the Swope Building in Deming for regular monthly visits.
McKinley deputy R M Johnson and Gallup city marshal Charles Christman with detective C J Gallatin tracked and arrested two alleged top crooks, Jack Parker and May Parker, linked to an August murder attempt on John Stalick of Gallup. A San Francisco link arose from a trunk addressed there. The trio reportedly visited the Black Cat Cafe in Frisco where a diamonded woman performed on stage. Prisoners in Lordsburg cases and hospital train for Fort Bayard are noted, with multiple sentences and appeals mentioned.
Mr Martyn of Montana has purchased the Salado Livestock Company holdings at Salado. He intends to engage in the cattle industry, expanding operations in the area.
The article notes an enrolment of 260 pupils at the public school, up from last year, with expectations of a banner year. It praises Superintendent Foster, a Santa Fe migrant now in Lordsburg, and his wife, predicting social impact and strong character. Also mentions cattle sales by Van Meter Bros, Lovington barbecue and rodeo events, and local civic notes.
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