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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1907
Page
1
City council and ditch owners meet over the Pierce Cunningham ditch case with Honda Company invoices in question. A three member executive panel is formed to study tiling costs and who pays the balance while a separate wage withholding resolution is approved.
Dispatches from Highland and Greenville Illinois describe severe earthquake shocks last night. The report notes Harry Lenox sold his residence on South Main Street to E A Finnegan for 1500 dollars and plans to move next month to a ranch in eastern El Paso County.
A man linked to a crime was captured by Deputy English in Mal Pais and later sentenced. The arrest followed a manhunt supported by local authorities and reported gang activity in the area.
Deputy W F English captured A M Boykin in a Carrizozo dugout after a tip led to a buggy sighting with an old man and others. Boykin, held on a 12 year sentence for killing his brother-in-law, feared the supreme court would affirm. he is jailed in Chaves county and to be returned to Portales tomorrow.
Col Charles L Ballard reports the fight over the district attorney bill as a contest against Governor Hagerman. He predicts a compromise may emerge and notes Solomon Luna’s arrival as a peace-maker. Ballard mentions division of Pecos Valley counties and opposition to Artesia county creation.
Large attendance at the Woman's Club as Mrs. J. J. Hagerman led a study of French literature. She covered the language's formation to Louis XIV, delivering a well organized, detailed talk. Mrs. Percy Evans hosted the session.
Massillon Coal Mining Company files suit in Federal Court claiming the Ohio Railroad Commission order directing general distribution of all freight cars is illegal and unconstitutional. The Wheeling & Lake Erie railroad named as a party because its lines and cars are affected by the order.
The Record seeks live energetic agents in Pecos Valley towns to manage circulation advertising and correspondence. Opportunity for the right young man to join the newspaper sales network and boost regional reach.
Owners of the Pierce Cunning ham Ballard ditch appoint a committee to work with the city on paying for tiling ordered from Honda Stone Mfg Co. Dr. G. T. Veal J. P. White and Charles De Freest to meet tomorrow with the city committee led by Will Robinson G. L. Wyllys and W. E. Wisely.
Count L Martini Mancini, language teacher at the New Mexico Military Institute, has been appointed by the Esperanto Society of America as a delegate to the World Congress of Esperantists in Cambridge England this August. The report notes Esperanto as an international auxiliary tongue with a universal grammar and mentions Martini planing a three month summer trip through England France and Italy.
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Z Special to the Daily Record Santa Fe January 31 1917 Cameron introduces a bill to commission NM Military Institute Roswell faculty as National Guard officers serving without pay Beach proposes that no member elected to NM legislative assembly may hold an appointment in government during the term Holt seeks to bar territorial officials from influencing votes by appointments and would deem such acts as bribery attempts with penalties for those attempting to sway lawmakers.
A tax payers petition from Elk precinct No 7 to the 37th Legislative Assembly protests any legislation that would detach this precinct from Chaves county. Boomers for Artesia county failed to get a signature here. The precinct is unanimous against new county schemes changing county boundaries. Argument is unnecessary.
Promoters of a proposed Kansas City Short Line visit Roswell seeking local backing. They outline plan, route, and potential service improvements while gauging community interest and investment.
A party led by H. P. Stevens Z. T. White and R. J. Owen plus El Paso Herald editor H. D. Slater arrived in Carlsbad to discuss a proposed Kansas City and El Paso Short Line. They toured Pecos Valley routes, praised Roswell and Carlsbad, and outlined preliminary funding goals with El Paso at risk capital of 5000 dollars and up to 200000 dollars for initial work.
Riverhead N Y January 31 The murder trial of Dr James W Simpson for killing his father in law Bartley Horner is at a peak as the wife and mother in law of the defendant are expected to testify today Their sister in Virginia Mrs Bowman has supported him throughout the proceedings and is at his side during the trial
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