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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1906
Page
2
Local Roswell news notes politics and civic issues. The Record highlights Roosevelt as a sportsman and mentions the Boxer movement, waterworks debates, fire danger, Main Street dust, and Albuquerque park land bills with Congressional prospects.
Local residents in Roswell face rising concern as airborne dust enters Main Street areas, linked to infection risk from tuberculosis. Health authorities urge vigilance and improved air control to curb spread.
The first alfalfa crop of the season is now being harvested in the Pecos Valley. Four or five fields are noted as progressing, with growers awaiting yields and market timing.
A heated town talk proposes more crops before frost with two tons per acre at each cut and ten dollars a ton. voters reject the water works plan and plan to stop street sprinkling. A push to abolish the occupation tax urges individuals to sprinkler in front of their homes and fight fires themselves.
The passage notes Count Witte resigns from efforts to reform the government and predicts the Czar will form a new cabinet of colorless bureaucrats, signaling a shift in Russian policy and leadership.
Residents argue spending over two years could have macadamized Main street making it permanent. A flood may wash it out now, but macadamizing would limit future damage.
A yellow magazine critique of the Senate draws Tillman into a defense piece. A merchant predicts many will refuse occupation tax payments unless street sprinkling petitions are heard in court.
In a playful note the paper recalls a dust filled day when a sprinkler finally appears at about eleven, cooling the streets and briefly interrupting editorials. The humor ends with dedication to publishing despite the disruption.
The text argues New Mexico or the Southwest may support a large city, emphasizing that a stable surrounding country rich in money making crops provides the solid foundation for urban growth.
The Roswell Daily Record warns that Roswell faces rapid destruction by fire, likening it to San Francisco's fall. It urges stronger fire protection and stricter enforcement of building ordinances to keep frame houses to the suburbs and note high insurance costs.
Roswell businessmen plan a $5,000 bonus to secure a location for a $100,000 pickling factory and preserving works. The plant will employ about 150 workers and pay around $15,000 monthly in summer. It would handle surplus Pecos Valley crops and experiment with sugar cane and syrup making, boosting farm markets and agricultural wealth in Chaves county.
Col Leo B. Jacobs supervises construction of Acme Cement Co new Roswell mill with Col O Bryan from Chicago in charge. Planned capacity 200 tons daily 3 650 car loads yearly 375 000 feet lumber stored. Main building 52 by 262 feet includes worker housing and employee supply store. Office at St Louis.
The Elks lodge pledges strong interest in the Denver Colorado reunion next July. A large territorial delegation will travel, with plans for a special train. Denver reports over 146000 dollars to be spent on hospitality and a major wild west snow show for visitors.
The Roswell Democratic platform adopted March 17 1906 pledges support for continued progressive municipal policies. It backs high saloon licenses gambling suppression irrigation ditch tiling sidewalk extension street grading and cleaner city efforts. It also favors municipal ownership of public utilities and fair terms for future franchises with city purchase rights. Carlton Bell advertises rooms and houses for rent at 303 North Main Street.
The San Francisco rebuilding highlights the cement industry's importance. Cement, with steel, dominates modern construction from skyscrapers to bridges and dams. US production now surpasses imports, and cement plants expand across eastern states and Colorado, with New Mexico developing at Ancho and Springer and artificial stone plants in multiple towns. The state has vast shale and lime beds that could meet national demand, promising strong future employment in cement.
P. W. and N. E. railroad time table lists daily south bound arrivals at 10 50 a m and departures 11 16 am for M D Burns agent, with north bound times shown as arrive and depart daily.
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