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Roswell Daily Record

Location

Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1939

Page

3

Prizes In City Beautiful Contest In Roswell

The City Beautiful Contest hosted by the Roswell Advertising Club lists prizes for entries received at the Chamber of Commerce. Awards include five dollar trades from local businesses for flower bouquets, landscapes, lawns, and display projects, plus cash, subscriptions, and in kind donations from firms such as Yucca Pecos Theatres, Hall Poorbaugh Press, and Pecos Valley Trading Co. Various categories honor bouquets of daisies, dahlias, lilies, and annuals, along with best beds, screens, and outdoor living displays.

City Beautiful Roswell Advertising Club Chamber of Commerce Yucca-Pecos Theatres Hall-Poorbaugh Press Price & Co Huff's Jewelry Store Roewell Floral Co Pier Rubber Co Southwestern Public Service Co McNally- Hall Motor Co Kemp Lumber Co F & F. Auto Service Sunset Creamery Glover’s Flowers Elmore Printing Co Busy Bee Cafe Household Supply Co Pecos Valley Coca Cola Bottling Co Merritt’s Safeway First National Bank Johnson-Lodewick Inc Central Hardware Co Pecos Valley Lumber Co Equitable Building & Loan Assn Wilson Furniture Purdy Furniture Store Gross-Miller Grocery Co Roswell Seed Co J. C. Penney Co Roswell

Deepest Holes on Earth Stir Curiosity and Speculation

D. H. Galloway recounts the world’s deepest boreholes and mines, noting a California well at 15,004 feet with 270 F bottom heat and a South African gold mine reaching 9,000 feet. He discusses drilling attempts in Virginia, prospects of platinum and layered metals, and the impracticalities of reaching 10 miles due to heat and rock viscosity.

California D. H. Galloway

State Bar forum speakers named for New Mexico meeting

Chief Justice How ard L. Bickley and W. C. What ley of Las Cruces were announced as principal speakers for the State Bar Association annual meeting in Santa Fe. Also on the program are H. A. Riker Pearce Rodey George L. Reese and A. M. Fernandez. A bronze relief of former Justice Frank W. Parker will be dedicated Saturday at the State Supreme Court building.

Associated Press Santa FE N. M New Mexico Howard L. Bickley W. C. Whatley Las Cruces State Bar Association H. A. Riker Association Pearce Rodey Albuquerque George L. Reese Carlsbad Ross L. Malone, Jr Roswell A. M. Fernandez Frank W. Parker State Supreme Court

Dry ice crew tops Harding county gas well

Attention of New Mexico dry ice men focused on the Harding county carbon dioxide producer E. D. Reynolds Mathis No. 1. The State land office weekly oil and gas report named it the week's outstanding development for developing outside the southeastern New Mexico belt. The well reached 2,460 feet with no reported gas quantity.

New Mexico Harding County E. D. Reynolds Mathis The State Land Office New Mexico Oil Belt

Hatch Cooperative Cotton Gin Chartered At Hatch

The Hatch Cooperative Cotton Gin company was incorporated on Saturday by W. H. Garey F. R. Archer W. P. Archer all of La Mesa F. M. Hayner Las Cruces and Coke Johnson Hatch seeking local business growth and cooperative processing facilities.

Hatch Cooperative Cotton Gin Company, Incorporated W. H. Garey F. R. Archer W. P. Archer la Mesa F. M. Hayner Las Cruces Coke Johnson, Hatch

El Paso Boy Earns Second in Derby Heat

El Paso Texas entrant Joe Cook placed second in the first round 33rd heat of the Sixth Annual All-American Soap Box Derby held yesterday in Akron Ohio. Ten year old Clifford Hardesty of White Plains New York won the title.

EL Paso Akron Joe Cook Tex Clifford Hardesty White Plains N. Y

Earl P Saunders Found Dead in Car in Alamogordo

Earl P Saunders 51, WPA supervisor and former Otero county Democratic chairman, was found dead in a gas filled car near Newman yesterday in what deputies say was death by own action. A note at home said he was going for a ride because he was worried and bothered, and another note was found in his car.

Alamogordo, N. M Earl P. Saunders WPA Otero County Democratic Newman

Oklahoma City 15 year old Viola Underwood Missing

Viola Underwood a Sunday school teacher in Oklahoma City, 15, has been missing since July 31 after leaving home to attend church services next door. Police say she disappeared from her residence and search efforts continue with no clues yet.

Oklahoma City Viola Underwood

Pioneer Alamogordo figure dies in car incident south of Newman

The deceased, a member of a historic Alamogordo family and former Otero county treasurer and Tularosa CCC Camp superintendent, was found in a parked car three miles south of Newman after exhaust fumes filled the cabin. Survivors include his widow, four sons from a prior marriage, and his parents. The notice ends with local business ads.

Newman Here Alamogordo Otero County Tularosa

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