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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1905
Page
2
The Record lists subscription options and rates and announces advertising deadlines by 11 am. It notes Alamogordo Daily Journal suspending daily publication to become a weekly paper, citing poor business viability. War updates claim the Russian army faces a serious danger of destruction by Japanese forces, with a severe defeat and pursuit continuing.
The Record argues against granting another city telephone franchise citing likely monopolistic effects, higher costs, and urban clutter from extra poles. It supports current system as satisfactory and warns competition would not benefit citizens. The paper also endorses the saloon license ordinance, praising its stricter Sunday observance and gambling controls.
Roswell reports W. S. Prager C. L. Ballard and J. F. Hinkle named to Territorial Sheep Sanitary Cattle Sanitary and Equalization boards. Nearby, residents depart for Kentucky. Meteorological summary records February 1905 readings and city licensing rules for saloons gambling and liquor, with fines, licenses and enforcement details.
City officials push a reform ordinance aimed at limiting saloons to curb growth and improve conditions. The editorial urges readers to study the measure and influence its passage, noting opposition is likely but that regulation serves the public interest.
Ordinance No. 238 fixes fees for wholesale and retail liquor dealers and gambling, setting a $400 annual license for selling more than five gallons to a single person and clarifying licensing for sales under five gallons in Roswell city. The act also confines gambling to saloons beginning July 1, 1905.
Railroad men report eight feet of snow at Bovina clogging cuts on the line. Double headed trains are being used to push through, with two engines operating to clear and move cars.
The text specifies penalties of ninety days imprisonment or fines up to that amount, with concurrent options, and states that each day of continuance or conduct of the business constitutes a separate offense, to be determined at the court's discretion.
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