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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
3
The Roswell cattlemen announce a riding tournament April 16 17 18 with a $100 saddle prize from R T Frazier Pueblo Colorado for the winner. Riders must lance rings on five posts over three rides with eight rings to avoid elimination.
A. E. Macy is appointed deputy inspector under J. A. Graham to oversee Dexter Hagerman and Greenfield country. The board will enforce a law demanding fumigation of all packing houses and ware rooms used by orchardists, with completion required within three weeks.
About 100 delegates attend the annual session of the Woman's Foreign Mission Society of the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Church in Meredian. The meeting continues through Sunday as officials urge local churches to undertake missionary work.
Six passengers rode in the Red Dragon a Roswell built truck wagon driven by Char ley Sharp from Roswell to Torrance. The vehicle with two extra seats carried A Pratt and C H McLenathen of Carlsbad J J Boyd of Lake Arthur Tom Waller of Lakewood W T White of Roswell and Will Watkins a cadet of the Military Institute.
A reader advertises a selection of apples plums pears cherries shade trees and roses for sale at a shop on South Main near R. F. Cruse.
The piece outlines steps for readying soil before sowing alfalfa in early spring. It covers soil testing, liming if needed, weed control, proper seedbed preparation, and timing to maximize germination and stand establishment.
An article discusses early spring alfalfa sowing with soil preparation and mulch care, warns against nurse crops, and notes seed rates and later disking. It also reports on road maintenance views in Illinois, praising split-log drags over graders and advocating cheaper, effective drag-based road upkeep.
Three Building and Loan Associations in Roswell have loaned $200000 in six years. If you have not secured a home loan, contact R. H. McCune at once for details.
The article explains disking root crowns to promote new sprouts and thicken thin alfalfa stands. After the first crop of the third year, thorough disking enables a second crop in regions where it was previously unthinkable. Regular disking, done in spring and after harvest, yields 2 to 4 tons per acre annually and is key for semi arid conditions.
Des Moines hosts the tenth annual District 13 United Mine Workers convention with delegates from all locals present. Sessions run several days behind closed doors to discuss important state miner issues.
A special election is held today in Los Angeles to decide on consolidating San Pedro, twenty four miles south, with the city. If approved, a general election will immediately follow to fill all city offices vacated by the December election.
Balloon enthusiasts from across the country gather in New York for the Aero Club of America banquet at the St Regis hotel tonight. Prominent St. Louis citizens will speak about plans for the Gordon Bennett International Cup race set for October in Missouri's city.
The twenty fourth annual Y M C A Texas convention opens at First Presbyterian church in Dallas with devotional services by Rev A C Peck of Denver and a welcome address by Dr C M Rosser. Fred S Goodman inaugurates a bible study campaign as delegates gather for a program themed Problems of Men.
The Farmers' union of Georgia launches a drive for 2 cent fares. A formal petition signed by National President C. S. Barrett will be presented to the Georgia railroad commission at its meeting today in Atlanta.
Federal officials in San Francisco report the arrest of 18 year old Frank Mukai a Japanese student in Mill Valley public schools on a mail obscenity charge He allegedly sent vile proposals to 14 year old May Havelock and is held on $1000 bond awaiting next federal grand jury His defense cites cultural differences and a mob threatened lynching for the act.
The governor’s signature is seen as certain after both legislative chambers approve the Adams prohibition bill. Tennessee, with over two million residents, would become the largest no license state, followed by Kansas Maine and North Dakota. The South shows practical prohibition despite political lines, with liquor licenses and local options shaping many counties. New England shifts away from droughtlike habits as Boston becomes a major liquor hub and the South remains abstinent in many counties.
With six weeks to go before the James Town exposition gates open on April 26 the Norfolk area project nears completion. Most buildings are nearly finished and exhibit installation begins. the show aims to be the East’s greatest exposition despite not matching Chicago or St Louis in magnificence.
County officials hear that residents of Acme want a saloon. No license filing yet but likely soon. A citizen asked if approval would require a majority petition and a town population of at least 100, to qualify for a license.
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