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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1905
Page
3
The Roswell Automobile Company continues a tri weekly service to Torrance with steady patronage. Cars bring three passengers last night and again this morning. travelers include Paul Heermans of Galveston and A. E. Blackmar of San Francisco. Trips run Mondays Wednesdays Fridays to Torrance and return Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays.
A Texas crowd including J O Payne W A Polly S J Wiggins B A Thompson and J T Moss stay in Roswell several days with Pecos trips planned for some. The Old Settlers Society notes members unregistered worries about revealing real names and past ties while a local reader warns against personal disclosures and weed patches in town.
Judge Daniel H. McMillan of Socorro and his nephew Albert H. Jackson of New York traveled by car from Roswell to Torrance, about one hundred miles, in eight hours on a smooth road. They praised the landscape, noting rolling prairie and grama grass, with scarce water for grazing and potential for cheap railroad development.
The Roswell Lumber Company through its attorney filed suit in district court against J. M. Dickson on an account for 100 dollars. Judgment previously given in Justice Bailey's court for the same amount, but plaintiff seeks district court judgment to affect real estate.
The Bloom Cattle Company transfers a water right in the Hondo Ditch to J E Bloom for 250 dollars covering land in section 27 township 11 south range 21 east. Aztec Land and Cattle Company sells to Riverside Irrigation Company for 5000 dollars a 1440 acre tract in sections 1 4 5 11 19 12 township 5 south range 25 east and sections 1 2 11 township 11 south range 24 east. Stockard and Deen advertise driving horses for sale or rent.
J G Welsh about 45 died this morning at four o'clock at his Artesia home after typhoid fever and heart trouble. He leaves a wife and two children. The remains may be shipped to his Ohio home. He was a partner in Higgins and Welsh and well known in Roswell and Artesia.
In the District Court Chaves County First National Bank of Roswell New Mexico sues Co C Walker and Ss R Walker as defendants in a civil action.
W. G. Hamilton of Roswell New Mexico says Pecos Valley is seeing an unprecedented tide of immigration as visitors arrive to view the country. He notes excellent fruit yields especially apples and peaches. Orchardist Hagerman expects 100000 bushels from his orchards. Alfalfa remains the leading grass crop with livestock in fine condition.
Drillers at Lakewood report the second town well has reached a depth between one hundred and a thousand feet and struck a water flow stronger than any previously found though its strength has not yet been tested. A 240 acre farm is for sale at 20 dollars per acre or rent on a five year cash lease. The property includes 160 cultivated acres that yield about 40 bushels of corn per acre this year with ample irrigation water and good pasture for sheep or cattle. A four room house is nearby, located 16 miles from Roswell, New Mexico. For details see Alert Lee at Sacramento Meat Market, Roswell, phone 426. Also advertised are Morse School of Telegraphy programs with salaries 50 to 100 dollars monthly for graduates, with catalogs from multiple U S locations.
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