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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1939
Page
6
The piece discusses American neutrality law amid Roosevelt's objections, arguing public confusion about neutrality and global links. It also covers Roswell’s upcoming $1,450,000 institutional bond election, noting tax impacts, state debt, and the constitutional framework for public financing.
The Lake McMillan bass fishery has declined as silting reduces water storage and crowds predators like mergansers pelicans and carp. Ducks and birds devour hundreds of bass annually, protected by federal laws, prompting calls to press Washington for listing them as game birds and to offer bounties locally to restore fishing.
Across New Mexico drivers encounter roadside signs at fatal accident sites. The piece notes July statistics showing eighty eight accidents with nineteen deaths, urging caution and signaling there is much to improve before highway safety is achieved.
The Artesia Enterprise notes a housing shortage as twenty families struggle to find shelter in Artesia. Editor Blackburn argues that without accommodations town growth stalls. Roswell could reach 15,000 population with housing. High building costs deter investors, freezing funds in banks and widening the local housing crisis.
Thomas H. Tucker, 50, of Mesilla Park and a well known rancher from the Magdalena area, died after an extended illness at Hot Springs. He will be buried in Las Cruces tomorrow morning.
An opinion urges residents to adopt a one person committee approach to maintaining vacant lots beside homes. It cites weeds and dust as lowering property values, notes city ordinances allow municipal removal at owner expense, and praises local examples and the Blue Card district’s possibilities. It mentions drought, water works needs, and Mosquitos in New Mexico.
An efficiency expert at La Tuna prison near El Paso replaces the former hennery with 250 Indian Runner ducks claiming they lay larger eggs. Report notes no pullet ducks and no size difference between matron and inmate eggs, a detail some readers may find odd.
A pamphlet titled Land of the Navajos was given free to patrons at the Mesa Theatre Lovington as part of Appreciation Week. Edited by Billy Felter it included poems like The Navajo Reservation The Legend of Shiprock and The Legend of Los Animas. The columnist doubts more than a dozen patrons valued the gift.
In Clovis New Mexico on August 30 supervisors of the Soil Conservation Districts in Eastern New Mexico are signing five year agreements with cooperating farms to implement a full Soil and Moisture Conservation program. Thirty agreements have been signed in Central Curry District since April 18 1939. The plan addresses erosion and economic social issues, seeking cooperation from the Soil Conservation Service and other agencies. Practices on wheat land include crop residue tillage contour farming terracing tree plantings range and pasture management and furrowing to control erosion and conserve water.
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