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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
4
Local notes report daily movements of residents and visitors, social calls, travel, and business in Roswell. Emancipation Day celebrations and a baseball game at Amusement Park mark community events, while the Spring River Oil Co well reaches 305 feet with ongoing drilling and ample oil indications.
M. B. Barton and family will depart for Los Angeles to establish a home. Mr On sold his Roswell property interests. Messrs A and O McCully of Ohio Canada, after two months in Roswell, left today for Denver indicating dissatisfaction with Roswell.
Mrs A C Swanson and daughter Mrs George Fletcher return from Carlsbad after attending the funeral of Mrs D B Sutherland. The M Church South Ladies Circle hosts a reception at the church tomorrow night from 7 30 to 10 00. Alma McConnell acts as librarian at Carnegie Library during Miss Lil Nan McCain’s vacation. A D Wallace and family return from Portland after a 14 month stay, deciding to remain here.
E. O. Mathes of Walnut Illinois returns home this morning after visiting with his in law A. G. Ross for two weeks. He is pleased with the country and plans to return and live there.
Mrs W D Bell formerly Miss Emily Bunting and recently married to Mr Bell departed this morning for Ama.
County board appoints Howell Hill and Reid to examine indigent scholarship applicants on June 25 at Central School Building at 10 a m. Applications must be written before that date. Report due to county commissioners by July 1. Also note Prager residence sale on South Main at unusually low price through 30 days.
J D Lea son of Judge Frank Lea and former editor and proprietor of the Record, now a manager of the Chihuahua Mexico Enterprise, arrived in Roswell for a short visit. George Cobean from this city works in the same office with Lea.
Mrs C E Odem had a curious accident Monday evening when she ran a needle into the palm of her hand. A physician was called, and an operation was deemed necessary but not to be performed now. The hand does not hinder her much or cause great pain.
Clarence Allery’s white horse pulling the hearse was badly cut on barbed wire after a trip to his claim south of town. The horse, though severely injured, is not expected to be permanently harmed.
Rev E McQueen Gray of Carlsbad tours the northern Territory and extends his mission field by Bishop Kendrick so he can officiate in any parish with the rector's consent. In July and August he will lead services at St Andrew's Roswell while Rev Lonberg vacations in the mountains.
For sale. My house and three lots at Washington and Fifth. See any member of the Roswell Realty Board or 931 F. E. Brooks.
E. R. Bennett, potato expert, explains the irrigation process for potatoes in western districts. Deep pre irrigation cultivation, ditching, and careful water control use canvas dams to route water along long rows while avoiding top-roof wetting to prevent fungal diseases. Experiments at the Agricultural College support the described method as most uniform for irrigation.
By order of the Gattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder unless sooner claimed one bay horse fifteen hands high eight or nine years old branded counter on left shoulder round iop A with bar through it on left thigh and lazy V on both jaws Sale in front of R D Bell's office on Main street at 3 p m June 29 1907 L J Richards Inspector Dist No 5
By order of the Cattle Sanitary, one tray mare, fourteen hands high, nine or ten years old, branded FA followed by half circle on left hind, is found on Main Street at 3 pm, June 29, 1907. L. Jo Richards, Inspector Dist. No. 5.
An advertisement outlines a quick sale offer at 800 dollars for a 110 item on Main Street. It promotes a $500,000 loan on irrigated farms with long terms and annual interest, offering payoff privilege before due. J. B. Herbst, financial agent, 303 N. Main, opposite the post office.
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