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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1907
Page
3
Local jeweler Feingberg Roswell advertises a new jewelry line and watch repairs at 203 North Main Street. Watches repaired with all work guaranteed and a swell selection offered.
Legislative resolution introduces a Board of Control to honor F H Newell B M Hall and W M Reed for overseeing Rio Hondo Carlsbad and Elephant Butte projects. It provides a $1500 appropriation from territorial funds, sets bond and reporting requirements, and invites federal and territorial leaders to the celebration.
An informal ad offers apples, plums, pears, cherries, shade trees and roses by a shop on South Main Street. R. F. Cruse invites responses by card. Includes a contact line with phone 176 and a mention of a burger painting figure with B. F. Smith.
The Thirty seventh Legislative Assembly resolves to thank F H Newel B M Hall W M Reed and other U S Reclamation Service officials for securing funds and expediting irrigation works in the Rio Hondo Rio Grande and Elephant Butte projects. A celebration is authorized to mark the first season water is supplied under the 1901 Reclamation Act.
C H Bell was arrested at Portales on a warrant from Justice A J Welter Roswell for cashing two checks while having no bank funds. It is alleged he earned a $5 check at Elrick and Jacoby's and obtained $35 from Ed Poteet with worthless paper. He was brought to Roswell by Special Agent Howard Booth for a hearing Tuesday. Mrs Tomas Prieto left for Artesia with her 18 day old daughter for a visit with her mother.
Territorial legislation requires fruit tree owners to spray when diseased or pest infested. Violators face a misdemeanor fine from five to twenty five dollars and confinement until paid. Provisions direct county boards of horticultural commissioners to prescribe methods and timings. The act repeals conflicting laws and sets its effective date.
Twenty touring cars arrive at the House of David near Benton Harbor to carry Flying Rollers missionaries across the country in spring and summer. Benjamin and Mary Purnell lead a sect with about a thousand members, who surrender worldly goods and follow strict rules including long hair, no marriages, and separate quarters for genders.
The Dead Rat caf, a Paris bohemian hotspot once frequented by Daudet and Coppee, is discussed in Evelyn Thaws testimony. Society circles joke about her visits as privileged tourists seek scandal, with DA Jerome suggesting her visit lowers her status.
A party of Zionists and church officials depart by special train for New Mexico to consolidate plans for a major agricultural settlement on the Vegas Grant. A 50,000 acre tract has been offered to Zion City Farmers with a year to attract 10 families to qualify for more land. The site lies east of the Gallinas River in the Las Vegas grant amid reports of strong Zionist interest. A. C. Wilson travels to Lakewood to handle real estate matters.
C O Taylor went to Hagerman last night to pour a concrete floor in a building. J A Grant traveled to Lake Arthur last night to finish drilling a well.
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