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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1906
Page
3
Dexter Public School records show 75 pupils enrolled with 63 average daily attendance for the week ending December 21, 1906. The document also includes lengthy remarks on New Mexico sheep production, including counts of sheep and ewes, rising breeding numbers, strong demand from packers, price ranges per head, and Governor Hagerman's note endorsing the territory as a premier sheep and wool area with extensive government figures.
An advertisement touts investment through real estate with strong claims of bargains and safety. Carlton and Bell urge readers to see their offers in the Valley as the best way to make money.
A compilation of sale and rental listings including land scrip, drilling equipment, bowling alley, hogs and poultry, farm for rent, books and collecting, a six room house, Merino sheep remark, lost items such as pins and a telescope, plus a note on New Mexico sheep production and a second hand goods store advertising high prices.
Wanted notice notes the importance of the industry in New Mexico and directs readers to contact R. R. tickets at 222 Main for further details. The fragment references a recruitment or promotional appeal and provides a contact point.
The notice lists farm and residence exchanges near Clarksville Texas including a 126 acre farm with multiple out-buildings and 5 room residence, valued at 500 per year rent, plus two city residences for exchange toward Roswell. It also notes demand for 300 White Leghorns young hens and 1,000,000 old ewes and lambs shipped in 1905.
Earnest Carper describes the Pecos Valley near Roswell New Mexico as a healthful thriving region. He extols dry air, tuberculosis cures, Tent City treatments, lush orchards, alfalfa fields, beekeeping, artesian wells and scenic drives along Willow Lane.
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