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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1907
Page
4
Local note says Majestic service is continually improving and attendance is rising as the crew works on enhancements. Nearby business and residents like R L Casburn and W Gatewood make trips for work, while others travel for errands and family visits. A sale advertisement lists a five room home at 411 S Mo Ave Cor Alameda.
J F Deen of Chicago, who spent the last two weeks in Roswell on business, left for home. W Jones, in Roswell for some time, also departed Saturday evening for his home in Silver City.
George T. Littlefield and his sister Miss Elizabeth Littlefield traveled to Kenna Sunday morning en route to the Littlefield ranch where they will spend a few days.
J. H. Estes, long time Roswell Steam Laundry employee, leaves for El Reno Oklahoma in search of a steam laundry job.
The Misses Pauline Vernon and Jeannette Shelley joined their father Dr. W P Shelley who went down Friday to Hagerman with a view of locating.
A note from J B Herbst financial agent invites offers of 500000 dollars for long term loans on irrigated farms. Interest is payable annually with privilege to pay off the loan before due. Address 303 North Main opposite the Post Office.
An 800 price note states a 110 item can be bought for 800 and sold in the next few days on Main Street. Carl ton and Beil inform readers of the deal as Mrs. C. E. Handiey travels to Artesia with her brother R. E. Muncy to settle home with her parents. Miss Orelia Caffall returns to Dexter after a visit with Miss Sallie Clement, who accompanies her home.
Mrs J H Beckham of Artesia travels through Roswell Sunday morning with her husband en route to Kansas City to visit her parents for several months. He accompanies her as far as Roswell.
Mrs. D. W. Porter and Mrs. R. L. Pope of Fort Worth arrived last night to spend a month visiting their sister Mrs. Quince Cummins. Mrs. Pope, formerly Miss Beatrice Butler, was here last summer and is well remembered.
Mrs. A. C. Swanson and her daughter Mrs. George Fletcher traveled to Carlsbad last night for the funeral of Mrs. D. B. Sutherland who died Sunday morning. Mrs. Sutherland was Mrs. Swanson’s sister. Reverend C. C. Hill also went to attend.
R D Patrick and F H Patrick Jr of Sour Lake Texas J L Patrick of Nome Texas and Lee Thompson of Houston arrived Saturday evening to attend the funeral of the late J H Patrick who was buried Sunday afternoon. The three are sons and Mr Thompson a step son of the deceased.
H. W. Lindley, visiting Roswell for seven weeks, left Saturday for Los Angeles to spend the summer with his wife. They will return to Monrovia Indiana, with possible plans to settle later in the Pecos Valley.
A four member delegation including A. D. Garrett J. F. Matheson Nathan Jaffa and Elza White departed Sunday morning for Denver to assist Western interests in the Public Lands Convention. They aim to counter potential interference by federal officers and presidential appointees.
S I Roberts visits home in Carlsbad after Sunday trip. L O Fullen returns home from Roswell after two days away. Eugene Lohman and Dan Gallegos travel to Artesia Sunday night for game versus Amarillo. F M Jump from Roswell visits ill T A Ezell south of town. Mack Osborne travels from Artesia to pitch for Roswell against Amarillo on Institute grounds.
The funeral was held yesterday afternoon at the family home with Rev. C. C. Hill in charge. Interment followed at Southside Cemetery.
The funeral was held at Mery Undertaking rooms conducted by Rev. F. M. Alexander. Interment took place in Southside Cemetery with the Odd Fellows attending in a body.
L A Munger and wife with their young son from Dallas Texas, who have been stopping at the Gilkeson for two months, depart this morning by auto for Colorado Springs to spend the summer. They are accompanied by Mrs Emmett Packard.
Due to bad weather the meeting moves from the tent to the Baptist church tonight and to Woolverton Business College tomorrow night. A final gathering is set for Wednesday at the Baptist church where the meeting is expected to close, announced by Thos. E. Hilholland.
The Amarillo baseball squad left Sunday evening for Artesia to play three games this week. In Roswell they faced the local team, beating them in three of four games while scoring twenty five runs to Roswell’s two.
Mr and Mrs J L Destree return to Lake Arthur after burying their little boy who died Sunday afternoon. The child, who found a bottle of Lax a cold, swallowed some of the medicine and it is believed to have caused his death.
The Public Land Convention in Denver June 18-20 debates state versus federal rights as to remaining public lands. Governors back a large gathering with delegates from industrial groups. Arthur Williams invites delegate names, Denver Chamber of Commerce.
The Board of County Commissioners appoints Mark Howell Hill and M Reid as a examining committee for June 25 at Central School Building ten o clock. Indigent applicants may file in writing for the territorial school scholarship funded by a 12 000 appropriation. The committee reports to the county commissioners by Ist. W M Atkinson chairman.
Joseph W. McCrory of Hannibal Missouri arrived from the Roswell country where he had spent ten months with Duell and Hocking's sheep shear ing outfit. He plans to accompany them to the northern territory until August then return home for two months.
Duell and Hocking of Phoenix Arizona who held the contract to shear the A D Garrett Co and the Fritz arifik flocks arrived from the Brink camp where they had finished the Brink herd A crowd of twenty five men will depart tomorrow morning for Des Moines New Mexico in the territorys extreme north to shear several large herds under contract.
Thoughtful essay argues that faith underpins all enterprises and nations. Belief drives character, civic virtue, and national strength while cynicism signals personal and national decline. The piece emphasizes living conviction as essential to avoid incoherence.
W S Prager’s beautiful home on South Main is offered for sale for the first time due to business reasons. An exceptionally low price applies for the next 30 days and Carl ton & Bell invite prospective purchasers to view the property.
A letter signed D B Ashley urges subscriptions with a claim that every dollar paid will yield ten dollars more in property value. The note presents a personal promotional pitch and does not indicate a formal organization or event.
Judge Smith McPherson of Red Oak Iowa in federal court in Kansas City says he will decide the validity of Missouri freight and passenger laws including the 1907 amendatory act. He retains jurisdiction while Missouri railroads seek a temporary injunction to block enforcement. He favors letting the two cent passenger rate take effect to gauge profitability by actual experience.
In Chunkey Newton county Mississippi on June 17 Walter and Tom Vaughan Maywood and a boy named Robert Mabrey faced Bill and Hubert Jones in a gunfight using shotguns and pistols. All involved were injured. the Jones brothers escaped. Neighboring parties expect further trouble over stray Vaughan hogs.
Two men and a woman, possibly fatally hurt, were hospitalized unconscious after Santa Fe passenger train No. 8 derailed east of Trinidad. Seven six left the rails, with the smoker crushed. rails spread and the track blocked for hours as transfer routes via Colorado and Southern were used.
The United Railroads executives presidents Calhoun and Mullally and lawyers Ford and Abbott faced a judge in Santee California for a motion to set aside bribery indictments. Local notes mention a jewelry sale, a Cecil visit from Artesia, Heard from Carlsbad in Roswell for a big celebration, and rainfall relief with continuing drought affecting sheep and cattle ranges.
Roswell citizens are urged to join a subscription list to attract the Frisco railroad from Quanah Texas through Carlsbad to El Paso. D B Ashley leads canvassing within ten miles of Roswell. funds due within two years after grade completion. Also notes bank approval at Lakewood and local visits by Rev H C Powell and F G Tracy. Louis Elbert Destree dies after ingesting laxative product.
Miss Maud Merriman of Raleigh North Carolina arrives to spend the summer with Mrs William H Pope. The visit highlights social activity and local hospitality during the season.
By order of the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder a bay horse fifteen hands high eight or nine years old branded 7 ecounter on left shoulder round top A with bar through it on left thigh and lazy V on both jaws. Sale before R D Bells office Main street at 3 p m June 29 1907. L J Richards inspector Dist No 5.
The sale offers a gray mare, fourteen hands, nine or ten years old, branded FA with a half circle on the left thigh. It will be sold to the highest bidder unless sooner claimed by the owner at Main Street at 3 p.m. June 29 by Inspector Dist. No. 5.
Five acres of splendid land within one block of Main Street offered for 800 dollars. An investment here promises about 12 percent interest. Carlton and Bell.
Public auction to the highest bidder for estray horses 16 hands high nine or ten years old branded BE on right thigh and R on right jaw plus a yearling filly unbranded. Auction at 8 p m June 24 1907 before R D Bells office Main Street Inspector L J Richards Dist No 5. Also suit filed in Chaves County District Court to quiet title in Hagerman Cemetery trustees and others against James J Hagerman Martin M Mason and unknown heirs and claimants.
Leavenworth Kansas hosts its annual state meeting of Kansas undertakers and embalmers. The gathering includes a four day program with local members entertaining visiting attendees on an elaborate scale.
The St. Louis market reports wool prices holding steady with territory and western mediums at 20 to 27 cents, fine medium 18 to 21 cents, and fine 15 to 17 cents.
Plaintiffs William R Bureck Josephine Bauslin J F Bauslin W S Greer and Harry Cowan and J B Atkinson trustees join to quiet their titles to parcels in section 14 south range 26 east New Mexico. Defendants must appear by August 8 1907 or default will be entered. Reid Hervéy attorneys Roswell NM. Clerk Chaves County NM. Mon 6 10 to 7 8
The Board of County Commissioners of Chaves County New Mexico invites sealed proposals for a 260 foot metal and concrete highway bridge over the Pecos River near Hagerman. Bids due July 8 1907 with certified checks and 60 percent bond, December 1907 completion, half payment then, remainder June 1908.
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