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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1906
Page
3
Local Roswell notices itemize Ordinance No 87 licensing amusements with fees for rides and shows and penalties for violations. Also included are a sidewalk rebuild order for Grand Central Hotel frontage and adjacent Lots 7 and 8, with 10 day repair deadlines and potential special taxes.
City council orders cement sidewalks on the east side of South Lea avenue between Walnut and First streets. Notices must be served to owners of lots 11 through 14 in block 44 West Side Addition within thirty days, per Ordinance No 30. Mayor Fred J. Beck certifies the copy dated December 8 1906.
Local lines advertise Wyatt Johnson for Stark trees and a wanted inside wireman position. Other items include a part time bookkeeper, a buggy painting inquiry, and a cattle shipment by George M. Slaugwater with 1,400 steers sent to Bo vina.
A newspaper pitch explains that $20 monthly for eight years with 10 percent interest could total $2,688, enough to buy a home. It cites many who have used Southwestern Savings Loan and Building Association plans to own homes, paying $15.60 to $20 monthly with up to eight and a third years to payoff and option to prepay.
Multiple brief items report on residents and visitors in Roswell with mentions of G. R. Prunty buying a half interest in Casa Grocery, Rev. C. E. Lukens returning from Portales Texico, and various trips to Yellow House ranch Hagerman Shenandoah Paris. Includes business notes Hess & Co. studio and Ingersoll's Book Store promotional lines and local construction plans at Texico.
Room and board available at 127 South Pa with contact by phone 503. Incomplete text suggests a small classified brief for housing options.
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