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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1905
Page
4
Local Roswell residents depart for El Paso Texico and Missouri while others visit Artesia Lake Arthur and Dexter on business. Notables include W H Wishart J L Edge and J D Whitton as bustling activity centers around personal travel and real estate interests in Pecos Valley communities.
A moonlit picnic near the Urton place drew Misses Rabb Totzek Bailey Shaver Wood of Sterling Kan Cobean Smith Hin son Ogle Littlefield Audrain Bean and Messrs Mathews Campbell Hamilton O'Brien Cobean Jones Smith Davidson Price Bender Cummins Sherrell Patterson Denning Malone McCain and others. An informal dance followed on the bridge floor with chaperones Quince Cummins and Percy Evans.
The Roswell Automobile Association left Roswell at 7 45 am heading to Torrence with J P Church bound for Santa Fe W H Wiggins and S F Ballin on business trips to various points in the Territory They took advantage of the auto route saving time Charles Sharp made a quick 200 mile Roswell to Torrence and back in 18 hours Tuesday afternoon after starting Monday night at 10 pm.
Wm Mulligan a Texico contractor reports the Texico Belen Santa Fe cut off is progressing but hindered by a shortage of men. He says track laying will start about the first of the month as the big project moves forward with crews being recruited locally.
Deeds filed in the Probate Clerk and Recorder office show Wiley Lea and the Roswell Canning Factory transferring lot 7 in block 7 Thurber's addition to Roswell for 250 dollars. Wm J Ratliff sells 160 acres in section 2 township 13 South range 25 East to George W Turner for 4650 dollars.
The City band performs Friday night in the court house yard. The juvenile band boys will meet Thursday night at the court house for practice.
Good new five room house with corner lot of 100 feet frontage. Artesian belt available for a few days at 1250 dollars. See J. T. Carlton in Room 12 Oklahoma block for details.
J A Simpson traveled from Carlsbad this morning to spend the day in town.
The Lakewood Townsite Company plans a banquet in honor of J. B. Michener proprietor of the Lakewood Inn to be hosted at the Inn on Saturday night July 22. Invitations are issued and details are being arranged for a swell affair. The Record gratefully acknowledges the invitation.
J Franks received a carload of horses and mules from Carlsbad yesterday after the race meet on the Fourth. He will reserve them for shipment to the Louisiana market.
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