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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1905
Page
1
A daily running plan targets Torrance with a rest on Sundays, outlining consistent exercise while skipping one weekly break. The routine emphasizes building stamina, pacing, and staying committed to a steady schedule.
Stockholders in the Roswell Mobile Company approve a plan to expand and daily operate the Roswell to Torrance auto service. Manager Stockard will add a larger car and, with outside capital, a second vehicle to reach five cars total. Tickets issued to stockholders equal to stock value, with non transferable rides.
Commemorative exercises in the government park adjacent to the ship canal marked the second day of the semi centennial celebration in Sault Ste. Marie. Vice President Fairbanks delivered the feature address as part of the event in the park.
A program marking the ship canal connection between Lake Superior and the lower lakes featured three addresses, highlighted by an address from Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks. The event emphasized the canal project and regional commerce.
The British fleet's planned Baltic tour is seen as likely to ease tensions with Germany, though some fear it may raise friction. The foreign office long considered the visit, with German objections reportedly unfounded.
Reports from St Paul Minot Denver and Denver and Rio Grande detail varying strike impacts on rail traffic telegraphers and track workers. Northern Pacific Great Northern say operations near normal trains delayed by strike. Union says widespread paralysis. War Office maps and estate books prompt billing notices from Record Publishing Co.
Wanted partner, lady or gentleman with small capital needed. Contact Miss F. D. Robbins at phone 138, 314 N Richardson. Also notes train from the North six hours late due to bi weekly excursion. G A Bush and I M Earle travel plans, J W Crawford to return by auto. Mrs J W Amis now manages Park Hotel dining room. Park to offer first class meals and Sunday dinners. 313.
Washington August 3 The Cotton Crop Report issued by the Department of Agriculture notes the crop's average condition on July 25 was 74.9, down from 77 on June 25 and 82.6 as a ten year average, reflecting a weaker outlook based on reports from bureau statistics.
While driving Wednesday evening in J. F. Patterson’s buggy, Miss Carlyn Shaver and visiting Miss Conley held the lines as their horse bolted at high speed along North Main Street. Spectators watched as the horse broke shafts before finally halting near North Hill. Both women escaped injury, though the town was frightened by the incident.
William J. Bryan III of Chicago reports his son William J. Bryan Jr., sixteen, underwent knee abscess removal at Presbyterian Hospital after a corn cutting infection. He was brought from Winona Lake Indiana where he studies at the military academy. Doctors say condition is not dangerous.
J. C. Maxwell and his mother, who had been visiting Kansas and Texas for a month, were seen in Roswell last night as they traveled on to Artesia.
Hagerman and Artesia real estate firm W S Davisson & Sons arranged the largest land sale in the Valley sale of 920 acres to Dr R L Casburn and R T Camp of Carthage Illinois. The price surpassed twenty thousand dollars and included an artesian well. Davisson said Valley prospects look bright as prospectors flock in for fall and a second excursion is planned.
A meeting of artesian well owners in the Pecos Valley will convene in the district court room to discuss water rights and shared management concerns. Local officials urge attendance to address common interests and potential regulations affecting the wells.
Whiteman Brothers purchased a wild cat with plans to tame it for their store as a pet. The brothers previously owned a menagerie but a fire destroyed their collection and their store.
The best authority praises crushed rock as superior to prior materials for Roswell concrete and cement sidewalks, a standard likely adopted by leading contractors. Fred Miller heads to Albuquerque this morning with L. K. McGaffey and Albert Hanny, forming a trio for a three week vacation to Grand Canyon and Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bellar and their daughter Miss Onie left this morning for Beaumont Texas. Mr. Bellar will return after accompanying land buyers and plans to leave Beaumont on the 15th. Mrs Bellar and Onie will travel to Beaumont San Antonio and other points and stay away until September.
Lieutenant F P Jackson, camped at Lakewood, is preparing a war map of the Pecos Valley and Eastern New Mexico. He traveled from El Paso to consult with W M Reed of the U S Geological Survey Office. The map will show roads, bridges, fords and other standard map features for the war office file.
M. Phriendable and sister Miss Margaret Phriendable who came from Billings Oklahoma Territory are visiting the country with hopes of buying. They left for Hereford with four other prospectors and will return to Roswell in a few days. James Sutherland headed to his sheep camp for several days.
Mrs. A. W. Reddersen departed last night to join her husband Gus Reddersen in San Francisco. He holds a fine position there and the couple plan to reside in the city of the Golden Gate.
Bandmaster Jack Fletcher heads for Pecos to reunite with his wife and children after five washout days in San Angelo. Sheep dealer Arthur Ingham departs for Kansas City and Lincoln to join his wife, planning to return in about three weeks. C. S. Masters leaves Roswell for El Paso, home in Tennessee, with indefinite stay. R. E. McNichol returns to Hagerman after a day in Roswell. Harry Jaffa journeys to Chicago and New York to buy goods for Jaffa Prager for about thirty days. Earl Patterson departs for USGS mission duties. Local help wanted for day operators and a gardener at McClenney Farm. L. S. Terhune leaves Iowa Park for Dexter for visits and prospecting.
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