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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1905
Page
2
The Record outlines no statehood bill this year as the house and senate failed to agree deeming joint statehood for Oklahoma and the Indian Territory likely. It notes Roosevelt favors joint NM and AZ statehood but hints a veto possible for separate NM and AZ. Also mentions local visits by Mrs Malone, Miss Glover, and J E Wallace from Riverside Stock Yards.
The institution outlines its actions and plans in New Mexico, detailing programs, partnerships, and objectives aimed at expanding training, education, and community engagement within the state.
New Mexico Military Institute at Roswell is praised as a model school that trains boys in health and education under Colonel J W Willson. Its sunny Pecos Valley location, year round outdoor exercise, and strict physical exams sustain a thriving campus with strong math English and Spanish programs and prudent administration. The piece urges expansion to admit more boys and notes modest public funding.
City Engineer projects twelve hundred dollars to render the town safe, with sidewalks to be built per specifications. The article extols the Institute's facilities for chemistry and technical studies, praising graduates for immediate entry to university or business work and for cultivating self-reliance, morals, and citizenship. It compares the New Mexico Military Institute’s potential impact to England’s Eton and Rugby with more public support.
Mrs J A Klasner reports the Hondo river project near Klasner place fifty miles west of Roswell, a 75 foot long 6 foot wide 24 foot high flume. In Roswell city matters, Mayor Hinkle presided over March council with aldermen Wyllys Ogle Ulery Kinsinger Church Brooks Burns and Johnson present. A new liquor and gambling ordinance was proposed with high license terms and penalties, to take effect July 1. Council debated street limits trenching ditches and fire limits amid tight funds.
A local lumber yard promotes a wide stock of seasoned timber including poplar pine oak and redwood in various lengths and widths. The ad claims their joists will outlast the homeowner and that having work to do is preferable to idleness.
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