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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1910
Page
1
Santa Fe March 16 The governor has almost decided on a penitentiary superintendent but will delay an official announcement for a day or two to ensure the right selection. Potential candidates are now considered though they are believed to be late entrants.
Rain fell across the lower Panhandle from Childress to Amarillo beginning Thursday night and continuing through Friday, bringing the best moisture in years. Farmers report growers planting corn as wheat and oats benefit from early moisture. plans to protect fruit crops with orchard heaters amid late frosts. In Plainview and Tulsa areas, rains total about an inch, underscoring a panhandle-wide wet spell with expectations of substantial wheat yields and improved pasture.
Swisher County farmers express optimism for a large wheat crop as fields are being plowed despite lingering clouds and forecasts of more rain.
Preliminary fencing bouts at West Point and Annapolis set the stage for the Intercollegiate Fencing Associations championships next Friday and Saturday in New York. Cornell Harvard Yale Army meet at West Point while Pennsylvania Princeton Columbia Navy clash at Annapolis. Top two teams advance to the finals. A new set of rules replaces the Amateur Fencers' League standards. MIT will not be represented in the championship contest.
The International Forest Fish and Game Show opened today at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago and will stay open through the following week. Officials expect strong attendance and interest from exhibitors and visitors alike.
Parson s and Lawrence at 215 North Main Street offer real estate and insurance services. They advertise bargains in improved farms Main Street business property residences suburban homes and acreage. They claim best life and fire insurance on the market and invite inquiries noting everyday bargains.
The interior of the building has been turned into a forest and a large pond created for water sports and trout pool to attract thousands of American and Canadian sportsmen.
The Wool Market in St Louis on March 19 lists dull demand for Territory and western mediums at 23 to 26, fine mediums 18 to 22, and fine at 11 to 15, reflecting a subdued trading atmosphere with limited bid activity.
The crowded Christian Church audience watched the High School defeat N M M S in a second debate on building and maintaining a larger navy. Representing the High School were Cecil Bonney Dillard Wyatt and Willis Anderson while Murray Blodgett and Coulson spoke for the Institute. Judges were W C Reid J M Hervey and A Hanny a splendid musical program accompanied the event.
Roy Parsons who underwent an appendectomy a week ago is reported recovering nicely.
Washington reports the March 19 confrontation over Speaker Cannon and the rules committee ended without agreement as insurgents and Democrats pursue elimination of Cannon from the rules panel. Norris leads the push, while regulars resist, yielding a tense, prolonged House showdown with extensive voting and shifting alliances.
The Dilley Furniture Company awarded the contract to furnish the new Hotel Mont Miller at about $12,000. The items will be of solid mahogany quarter-sawed oak and bird's eye maple with brass beds and the finest springs and mattresses available.
Dr Howard Crutcher speaks on General Jackson in a war heroes lecture for Military Institute cadets tonight at 7 30 in the school gymnasium public invited.
For rent a three room frame dwelling at 303 South Main. Surface price described as cheap. Contact J. W. Dudley via Office Grand Central Hotel.
Mike Hannah was arrested Friday night after residents W. W. Gate Wood and R. I. Graves spotted him loitering near their Alameda Heights homes and mistaken him for a burglar waiting to enter. A gun found on his person led to a $50 fine and costs in Justice Welter's court for gun-toting amid local fears of attempted burglaries.
City ordinance requires shade trees along north south avenues and Alameda street to be planted on the center line within street parks about four feet from the sidewalk edge. Strict observance now avoids later adjustments to the proper line.
Rev Mother Victoria, operated for acute blood poisoning of the hand, is improving and it is believed she will safely recover.
Mrs Lena Williams and Mrs Bertha Gunter, who have been here four or five weeks, left today for Hereford Texas.
Kansas City Missouri notes cattle receipts at 300 with 200 southern, hogs 1500, and sheep 1000. Markets steady with ranges for native and southern cattle, stockers, calves, bulls, and western varieties. hogs selling mainly 10.25 to 10.75, sheep muttons and lambs in the 7 to 10 dollar range.
New York reports indicate Washington Boston Worcester Springfield and New Orleans are among the candidates for the next national regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen. The executive committee meets today to decide likely host city with the Potomac Boat Club backing the event. The regatta, seen as America’s Henley, is expected to draw large crowds from across the country.
Providence March 19 plans to complete a season schedule for the outlaw United States Baseball League. The circuit will place clubs in Boston Providence Brooklyn Newark Paterson Trepteton Philadelphia and Baltimore under a holding company. It aims for a 126 game season from May 1 to Labor Day and will sign over 100 players with gates opened to Black players. Dr G H A Lawson of Wilmington Delaware serves as league president.
Local U S Weather Bureau observation shows a 6 00 a m reading in Roswell New Mexico with a high of 79 and a low of 45 and a mean of 62 degrees. Precipitation is 0 and wind is 2 miles per hour from the southwest. Weather is cloudy with a fair forecast for tonight and Sunday. Historical extremes noted for comparison include last year and 15 years back.
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