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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1910
Page
2
The Record endorses J. O. Z. Finley as a Sheriff candidate in Chaves County subject to Democratic primary decisions. Territorial politics, tax delinquencies, and saloon licensing impact shape the race. Obscure references to Roswell Sembrich and local weather and utility notes appear in the same column.
The Roswell Land Office ranked third in the United States for entries received this year, surpassed only by two offices in South Dakota. The local office processed a high volume of applications and entries during the period.
The passage argues first energies to conserve morals of the people across states. In Oklahoma, achieving this through prohibition enforcement will safeguard sober minds and high intelligence, fueling conservation, progress, and prosperity.
The article notes 615,776 acres and office receipts of 276,218.58 with expenses of 13,571.25. It quotes Governor Haskell and discusses why House members did not vote on the statehood bill, blaming Senate delays. It mentions a Boston member proposing English-only juries, later retracting after being reminded Boston is 35 percent foreign born.
Senate sidelined New Mexico and Arizona to press Alaska issues. Spe interests push for territory gains and efforts to redeem fifteen thousand acres of fertile land, revealing moves tied to Melrose arrangements.
A Chicago show feature on the New Mexico display from the Western Land Congress highlights irrigation and dry farm lands, portraying New Mexico as the land of sunshine and opportunity. The exhibit, organized by the New Mexico Bureau of Immigration, notes 40 000 original land entries in three years and 30 000 000 acres still open for entry under the 320 acre law, with several reclamation projects underway.
The third, the great Elephant Butte storage project, is well under way with about fifty private irrigation enterprises reclaiming 2,000 to 60,000 acres. New Mexico has 2,500,000 acres of irrigable land that could be reclaimed by practical projects, though only about 500,000 acres are cultivated. The territory show highlighted profits from irrigated and dry farm lands, drawing strong interest in the far southwest’s development.
Certificate records the 1910 change of the Roswell New Mexico company name from Shepherd and Company to Gross Mill er Grocery Company with stockholders meeting actions, board resolutions, officer appointments, and notarial attestations. The document includes a sworn affidavit confirming two thirds stockholder representation and the minutes of January 14 1910. Also notes census enumerator pay rates under Thirteenth Census.
Public notice records the formation of Shepherd and Company in Roswell New Mexico filed with the Secretary of New Mexico on January 22 1910 at 10 A M. The Secretary compared C F K to J O.
Washington January 25 The Census Director Durand adopts a uniform plan to standardize enumerators pay across districts. Per diem rates will apply in sparsely settled rural districts in eight states with daily wages from 5 to 6 dollars, while many districts will receive per capita compensation to ensure fair earnings. The aim is substantially uniform annual pay with higher averages than in 1900, reflecting local wage differences and district difficulty.
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