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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
1
The Democratic primary tally shows eight candidates with counts across reported precincts. Kenna precinct adds fragments from Finley Gibbany Hinkle Kirby Patterson Patton Richardson Urton, with 3 precincts remaining unreported.
Finley 81 Gibbany 132 Hinkle 155 Kirby 74 Patterson 147 Patton 140 Richardson 139 Urton 38 recorded for Roswell Second Precinct totals.
Basketball score roundup lists Hagerman led by Finley 18 and Patterson 97 while Hinkle 100 and Kirby 16 helped Hagerman with key tallies alongside Gibbony 38 Richardson 68 and Urten 15 in a regional game.
Dexter Finley leads with 37 points and teammates Urton 38 Patterson 38 Patton 28 Richardson 20, Kirby 7 Gibbany 7 Hinkle 27 contribute in a high scoring game. The lineup shows multiple players scoring in double digits and balanced offense.
Lake Arthur game sheet lists Finley 29 Gippany 7 Hinkle 20 Kirby 2 Patterson 30 Patton 37 Richardon 26 Urten 10 in a scoring pattern.
A partial game score note lists Finley 5 Gibbany 4 with player tallies Kir by 15 Patterson 15 Patton 11 Richardson 1 Urton 6 and a stray rinkle 29.
Finley and Urton led with 4 points each while Patterson and Richardson posted 5 and 6 respectively in a short athletics summary listing individual scores for South Spring.
The report lists players Finley Gibbany Hinkle Kir by Patterson Patton Richardson Urton with scores 8 1 6 4 8 4 3 6 at Ranger Lake.
Finley 60 Gibbany 2 Hinkle 18 Kirby 2 Patterson 47 Patton 52 Richardson 5 Urton 55 lead Kings in a strong scoring showing across the lineup in a decisive victory.
Finley led with 18 points and Patton added 27 as Patterson and Patton topped opponents. Gibbany scored 9, Kirby 11, Urton 28, Hinkle 1, Richardson 0, contributing to a high scoring local game.
In Ogden McAlester Aug 11 the congressional inquiry into Gore bribery charges reveals that Indian infants and children were listed on the McMurray contracts selling land valued at thirty million dollars with a ten percent attorney's fee. Parents or guardians signed the papooses names, with Choctaw leader J M Perkins saying they believed the contracts were beneficial and trusted McMurray over lawmakers.
Official weather records indicate Roswell received 1.81 inches of rain from January 1 to August 11, with 5.45 inches for the year starting August 1, 1909. Ten year calendar rainfall figures are listed, reflecting varying totals by year.
Joseph Wendling, charged with killing Alma Kellner in Louisville, resisted transfer from a train at Olney Illinois. Detective Carney, with J R Clements and two reporters, aided by Col John H Whalen, shoved Wendling to a car and sped him to Louisville, while authorities seek to obscure arrival time.
Mr. Forrest E. Levers and Miss Myrtle Owens, well known city residents, were married at nine o clock last night in the home of Rev. George Fowler on North Kentucky avenue. Only Solon M. Owens and his wife attended as family witnesses.
Restless New York dispatch reports Mayor Gaynor's condition improving after bullet wound. Bullet fragment risk feared. doctors announce stable vitals and normal temperature. Separate note says arrest of Garner for horse theft connected to the incident and a later horse recovery at Clayton.
A Roswell couple wed quietly at the Owens home east of Roswell before moving to North Richardson Avenue. The bride, daughter of the late S. B. Owens, wore a white mousseline gown with gold lace and satin slippers. The groom, a Roswell real estate man, is linked with the Roswell Land Company. The couple received generous gifts including a $2,000 Creek from the Owens estate. the bride’s dower will total between eighteen and twenty thousand dollars.
Will R. Stephenson of Sweetwater Texas visits here to manage business matters. Former Carlsbad resident, he is well known in the area and connections from his past remain evident.
Washington Aug 11 The Forest Service asked the War Department for aid to fight Montana forest fires. General W C chief of staff ordered a battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry now in maneuvers at American Lake Oregon to be sent at once to Missoula Montana.
In Tucson on August 11 Alfred Villa drove with one hand a buckboard team for ty miles on a stormy night to deliver his brother's corpse to their parents. The younger boy was killed instantly when lightning struck the vehicle, while the elder son later steered the team into town after regaining consciousness.
Sheriff Ballard received a telegram saying Deputy Young had Charley Garner alias Charley Collins at Clayton and that he was the man wanted for stealing eight horses from Ed Winkler and brother east of Dexter. The horses were stolen July 12 and seven were later found at Hernandez.
Chicago Aug 11 report on the Triennial Conclave shows Eminent Sir William B. Melish elected grand commander. A committee favored Denver as the site for the next Triennial Conclave with New Orleans San Francisco and Chicago also under consideration.
W. G. Meyers of 29234 Cottage Grove avenue killed his wife, his brother-in-law and his father-in-law before shooting himself in Chicago. The killings occurred on August 11 and left three family members dead and Meyers dead at the scene.
Chicago August 11 Thomas G. Lee of Armour & Co dressed beef department was indicted on perjury by the grand jury probing the alleged combination of packers.
Washington August 11 Mrs Judith Horton Foster a nationally known temperance lecturer and advocate of missions and prison reform died at a hospital here after an operation. Born in Lowell Massachusetts in 1840 her death ends a long career in reform work.
Cheyenne Wyoming August 11 no trace of a safe stolen from the United States army maneuver camp on Cram Creek four guards deployed in charge arrested on suspicion of collusion with the robbers who took six thousand five hundred dollars in cash
Seattle August 11 The conference of western governors called by Governor Hay of Washington will meet at Salt Lake City on August 16. Governors from Montana Wyoming Utah and Oregon may attend in person or send representatives. Hay says the meeting will be non political and seeks a western approach to conservation while preserving state sovereignty and avoiding hindrance to development.
The case against the mayor and Amusement Association managers, heard in Justice A J Welter's court, was continued until ten o'clock Monday. Prosecution witnesses Walgamatut and others failed to appear as they had not been subpoened or notified of yesterday's session.
Meziers France Aug 11 Leblancs continue leading the cross country aerial race finishing the Nancy to Meziers leg in 1 hour 58 minutes 3 seconds. All aviators faced the toughest sailing yet as the field pushed toward the final leg.
U. S. Weather Bureau local report Roswell New Mexico shows a maximum temperature of 83 degrees, minimum 68, mean 76 with 0.27 inches of precipitation and a north wind of four miles per hour. Sky cloudy with forecast partly cloudy conditions and chances of local showers tonight and Friday.
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