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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1907
Page
2
Entry dated May 19 1903 in Roswell New Mexico under the 1879 act. Advertisers must submit insertion requests and all standing ads to the printers by eleven o'clock in the morning to appear in the same day's Record.
The piece notes Dexter and Hagerman gain nothing by a new county with Artesia as seat. New Mexico would not surrender Bailey to Texas. It cites Andrews, praises the Immigration Bureau only for being out of date, and quotes a man who admits working against his town over county division.
The Record argues Hagerman is a mere dreamer who endorses high license as the most probable method to curb the saloon evil.
The New Mexico governor, like Roosevelt, confronts opposition from his own party while Democrats support reforms aimed at public benefit. The division signals tension over progress likely to affect policy direction.
Governor Hagerman proposes abolishing the Immigration Bureau and cutting off Territorial printing graft, indirectly suggesting Col. Max Frost of the Santa Fe New Mexican be abolished.
Governor Hagerman says territorial educational institutions should be supported in Washington and warns against delaying by preparatory work. He emphasizes finishing essential tasks in district schools rather than centralizing effort.
Gov Hagerman lauded local groups like the Roswell Commercial Club for attracting immigration better than national agencies. He ties the Roswell county division dispute to Hagerman’s broader effort and predicts Hager man will thrive in Chaves county outside Roswell, warning against being a sideshow to Artesia real estate interests.
Kentucky Senator Blackburn says the South will face a race question probe soon whether Republicans push it or Democrats defend the President. He adds impeachment efforts by Republicans spur debate over constitutional rights amid national politics.
Rumor says Dexter will not assist Penasco Lake Arthur and the Plains against county division arguing that any cut will harm Hagerman. If true it’s seen as ingratitude and prompts calls for residents to unite to resolve the bridge issue as the contract is let but location can still be changed by the Commissioners.
Speaking for its 650,000 Negro members, the grand council of the National Industrial Association of America adopted a resolution. The text notes a formal statement of position on a major labor or civil rights issue, reflecting organized minority leadership and collective intent.
An article argues that dismissing negro soldiers at Brownsville shows the need to guide the race toward industrial schooling exemplified by Tuskegee. It claims idle negroes are a menace and urges work along those lines.
A Santa Fe dispatch reports that legislators and leading citizens view Governor Hagerman’s state document as strengthening his position. The message offers many major recommendations worth careful reading and signals a tough two months ahead as reform efforts face party resistance from within his own Republicans with Democrats aligned for the public good.
The governor urges broader tax fairness with equal assessments, cuts to county salaries, consolidation of public institutions, and opposes a constitutional convention while backing abolition of the Territorial printer and the Immigration Bureau. He favors rail shipping rules for livestock, higher salaries for mounted police, revised election laws, anti gambling measures, liquor licensing limits, improved divorce laws, and codification of statutes.
The Carlsbad Argus reports editorials in Artesia Ad vocate and Lakewood Progress attacking plans for Eddy county division and a new county seat. Officials say a north or south end bridge will be built after investigations, with Artesia’s bid rejected and other towns warned to not be promised a bridge.
The Young People's Union of the First Baptist Church of Roswell asks the postmaster to shift opening time from 11 a.m. to the afternoon to avoid clashing with services and to publish the resolutions in local papers and mail a copy to the postmaster. The text also advertises Carlton & Bell property listings near Cedar Brook, offering various residential and business lots for sale.
Special bargain offers five acres a quarter mile from the court house featuring a five room house alfalfa and a water right.
Auction type notice lists a rotary and drop drilling machine for sale with contact Oasis Ranch. Also offers Scotch collie puppies from registered stock located half a mile northeast of Military Academy with address F. H. Patrick R. F. D. 66. tf
Classified note offers painting of a buggy by B. F. Smith and provides contact via phone number 176 for inquiries.
Northbound arrivals at 10 10 a m depart 10 25 a m. Southbound arrivals 4 50 p m depart 6 00 p m. M D Burns agent Brayer Oriental.
Unfurnished two rooms on the first floor front at 106 South Kentucky Avenue for rent. Also notice of a room occupied by Lee and Hampton after February 1st and a furnished room close in with modern conveniences at 102 South Pa Avenue with phone contact 147.
Eight room house with six lots and shade trees near courthouse frontage on railroad and 2nd Street. Artesian well $5 560. 16 acres unimproved land near town with 100 feet frontage Two blocks from court house. $1 000 cash balance on easy terms. 26 acres alfalfa in artesian belt with ditch water right. Adjoining 40 acres yielded over 15 percent net last year 1906. 160 acres Hondo land with water right. 40 acres alfalfa with good house and fenced. Carlton & Bell 303 N Main St.
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