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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
4
Oil Inspector Duncan appointed Cr. A. Baker deputy oil inspector for Chaves and Eddy counties and J. M. Reid for Roosevelt county with headquarters at Texico.
John Talbot of El Dorado Oklahoma is in the city prospecting and says he likes the Pecos Valley, considering locating there.
Boellner the jeweler offers savings while Captain E P Bujnc of Carlsbad arrived in Roswell. Postmaster Mose Schloss of Dexter spent Sunday visiting. District Attorney Hervey departed for Dallas on business. Several locals travel for work and land viewing in Portales Melrose and Lake Arthur areas.
Wanted a boy or woman to do tent work at Roswell Tent City. Good wages for right party. Phone number 249 8613. Also notice of poultry for sale at the Poultry Yard corner East 11th and North Main by W H Ferguson.
C W Dickson traveled to Dexter Saturday evening to preach at the Baptist church on Sunday morning.
J. M. Pulliam and wife returned to their Hagerman residence Saturday evening after spending the day in Roswell shopping.
Miss Mabel Wilkerson of Harrison Illinois takes a post in the dry goods department at the Jaffa Prager store. W R Smith traveled from Carlsbad this morning en route to Peoria Illinois to attend Bradley Polytechnic Academy.
Reverend Edwin Emerson Davis departed this morning for New York to sail for Europe following prior notice in the Record.
City Marshal J. J. Rascoe traveled to Brownwood on Saturday to be at the bedside of his sick sister Mrs. Hicks who resides there.
Major Martini Mancini left this morning for Europe. The Record notes the trip and references a prior report. Prof. C. D. Thompson returned Sunday from several days in the valley, reaching Carlsbad in the south. E. W. Mitchell and wife visited Hagerman Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Teeple, returning this morning. F. D. Prater and brother How ard Prater left for Carlsbad Saturday to seek that climate, after three weeks here. Mrs. J. Huttenerson of Hollis Oklahoma, visiting with her sister Mrs. J. S. Bowers, left this morning for home.
Archey sprains wrist and wears a bandage after a fall. Mrs. S Uhifelder and baby depart for Trinidad Colorado with Mr. Uhifelder joining to Amarillo. A C Klyng Fred Carson and Julinus Peterson travel to Elkins to scout land investment opportunities.
Mr and Mrs J Odd Hamilton traveled to Kenna this morning to begin a several month visit with old friends in Kentucky and Tennessee. Mrs Harry H Burt joined her husband in Canadian Texas where he leads the Aetna Exploration Company. P T Lacklin passed through on Saturday en route to Artesia after returning from Owensboro Kentucky. B G Wilson, Continental Oil general agent for the territory, left for Amarillo and points north via the Santa Fe. He will return to Roswell in a few days. Miss Kite of Jaffa Prager Co dry goods Dept visited Hagerman Saturday evening for a stay.
J J Oberlin of Butler Indiana departs after a prospecting visit reports being greatly pleased with the country and valley during his stay in the city.
Fred D. James and wife arrived on Saturday evening’s train from Nelson Nebraska to look around for suitable property and may locate. Sam Butler passed through Roswell Saturday on the regular train from the north to Dexter. ten days ago he went to Everat South Dakota with cattle for Bloom Cattle Co.
The Milne-Bush Land and Cattle Co. left Sunday morning for New Orleans by way of Chicago. Mr. Bush has been in Peswell for two weeks examining property of interest. Cc. S. Bush, 71, part owners of the venture.
Mr. A. Wilson of Amarillo and Miss Lessie Day of Roswell married here last night and left on the morning train for their new home in Amarillo. Friends extend congratulations and best wishes for their future.
Mrs J W Ane and her family left Sunday evening for Las Cruces via El Paso. Mr Amis works on the Elephant Butte project with the Reclamation Service and is currently there. Mrs Amis will join him at the site near Las Cruces.
Mrs Edward Bilis Mrs R S Cook and Miss Morgan form the Mendelssohn Trio and start a ten day concert tour from Amarillo to Roswell. They will perform in Amarillo and towns along the way and on return to Roswell.
Yesterday near the Pecos river Mrs. A K Mott was thrown from a carriage after the double tree broke during a frightened horses incident. She suffered a leg fracture and was taken to town then St Marys Hospital for treatment and care.
In a sly editorial note the writer urges diners to slow down and savor properly cooked food. They claim surroundings shape the meal and that haste and ordinary settings can harm health, urging patrons to take time at the GRILL for a better dining experience.
A few scratched sewing machines can be leased at 2 dollars per month or bought for a low cash price. Call early for SINGER SEWING MACH CO at 110 North Main Street.
Real estate advertisement offers desirable lots and a first time sale of W S Prager’s residence on South Main. Business reasons prompt sale at exceptionally low price for the next 30 days. Carl ton Bell to show property to prospective buyers.
The Western Federation of Miners met in Denver at Odd Fellows Hall with about 200 delegates. William D. Haywood, on trial in Boise, is secretary. James Kirwan reports 16,000 new members this year, bringing total to around 60,000 across multiple states and regions. The union notes wage gains for nearly all members and successful strikes, with potential disentanglement from the Industrial Workers of the World being debated.
In Norfolk Virginia players begin the annual state championship at the Norfolk Country Club as Jamestown exposition draws crowds. In Philadelphia the Pennsylvania state championship opens at Merion Cricket Club with top local players competing for the title.
Representatives from around the world attend an International Red Cross conference in London for a week to adopt relief methods for war pestilence and calamity. The event aims to present recommendations at the Hague peace congress and features Ernest Bicknell of Chicago and Miss Broadman among noted delegates.
The National Conference on the education of backward, truant and delinquent children meets in Minneapolis marking its annual session today with sociologists and educators from across the country. It is an auxiliary of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections. Archbishop Ireland will deliver the sermon next Sunday.
A fragment notes an offer of 800 dollars to sell an item described as 110 it on Main Street within a few days. Carl ton and Befl.
Secretary of War Taft arrived in Milwaukee and received a cordial welcome. He will speak this evening to the Milwaukee Merchants and Manufacturers Association and then depart for Davenport Iowa. In Davenport the Tri-City Press Club plans a public meeting at Rock Island arsenal golf club after Taft inspects the arsenal with General Crozier. Colonel Stanhope will host luncheon, followed by the press club banquet where Taft is to give a major address.
See the stage robbery scene in The Cowboy at Majestic tonight. Eye tests offered at L B Boellner Jeweler and Optician.
W T McGlashan once again operates at his old Makins stand with his work titled The Key Man. The short note marks the return and location, referencing 8513 as a listing or identifier.
To the Ladies. Friday June 14 will be Ladies Day at the shooting gallery. A valuable silk umbrella now on exhibition in Price & Company's window will be awarded to the lady with the best score. Two scores will be given free to each lady.
W T Coward died last night of tuberculosis in Roswell at age 31. He came to Roswell last March seeking health benefits. He is survived by his wife and her brother H Cox. The body was taken to U Nery undertaking rooms for burial in Knox ville Tennessee with his wife and Mr Cox accompanying to the old home.
County Commissioners W. M. Atkinson and T. D. White sit as a board of equalization to review assessment returns and handle other business. The road grader has moved to grade the east side of Sec 36 in 1024, from East Second Street toward Bremond’s place. Taare Norvell hosted an eight course dinner for friends Mr and Mrs M Parsons at the Grill Cafe in Joseph W Bank Colorado Brings.
Sheridan Wyoming June 16. While pursuing two Montana horse thieves, Sheriff Guy and a Johnson county posse killed one robber who had held up the Northern Pacific passenger train at Welch Springs. The second outlaw escaped. the posse continues the chase.
New program Majestic tonight describes a sale for a comfortable five room home with porch shade and artesian well. The property at 211 South Missouri Ave corner Ala meda includes a stable and is offered under S614 terms.
By order of the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico and Sec 223, 1 will sell at public auction to the highest bidder a brown mare sixteen hands high nine or ten years old branded lazy E on right thigh and R on right jaw and one yearling filly unbranded. Sale in front of R D Bells office on Main street at 3 pm June 24 1907 L J Richards inspector Dist No 5.
Chaves county New Mexico invites sealed bids for a 260 foot metal concrete bridge over the Pecos River near Hagerman. Bidder supplies plans at own expense with 1000 dollar certified check. Completion expected December 1907 with partial payment then and final in June 1908. Bids due July 1 1907 with right to reject all bids.
An advertising notice offers a hotel proposition described as a money maker on the first day and every day. It instructs readers to see Carlton and Bell for details.
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