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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
4
Jim Hockaday of Oklahoma arrived last night as a prospective locator in Roswell, signaling potential inquiry into local development prospects.
Peyton Irving and family arrived from Cleburne Texas for a prospecting visit and may locate in Roswell near the Real Estate Uni on Trust Company at 511. The visit signals potential relocation and business ties in the area.
Mrs. E. E. McNatt and her daughter Charlotte of Artesia arrived this morning for a week long visit with Mr. and Mrs. S. Totzek and their family.
A home cooked supper will be served at the Christian Church Friday from 5 to 8. Supper cost 25 cents, ice cream and cake 10 cents. Dr P H McDowell new pastor of First Baptist church and his family have moved to 5153 North Sea and will be at home to friends.
The Palace Livery Stable offers tickets for a big piano and Devon port couch contest. Visit to obtain voting tickets. Also advertised are rigs and service by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McInnes of Lake Arthur who passed through after a week’s visit. Tickets for Bob Smith entertainment at the Armory Saturday evening on sale at P. V. Drug Store priced 75c 50c and 25c.
Dree Presley and her family move from a rural Iowa country home to a residence on South Main Street just south of St Marys Hospital, updating the local community on their address change.
E. L. Love, manager of Pecos Valley Lumber Company's yard and hardware store at Elkins, is spending several days here before the grand jury. He arrived Tuesday night and will stay through the rest of the week.
Frank Bloom of Trinidad Colorado treasurer of Bloom Cattle Company leaves for White Deer Texas where the company ships cattle then to Trinidad and back to Roswell next week. Mrs E W Wright and son Monroe Wright arrive from Leon ard Texas to stay this summer. Monroe Wright to try out as Roswell baseball pitcher. They are mother and brother of F Wright of this city.
Mr and Mrs John Burger depart this morning for Brown City Michigan after eight months with their daughter Mrs E Harrenden. They hoped to settle in Roswell but Mrs Burger’s health worsened by altitude, ending their stay.
J. G. Sutton a Denver capitalist staying several days explores the Utton Lake project under the Carey Act. He travels with civil engineer F. H. Whiting and is allied with ex Governor Miguel A. Otero and associates in promoting the proposition aimed at developing the lake region.
W P Wood has fitted up a neat and attractive cleaning and pressing house and tailor shop behind Julius Peterson's barber shop near the Merchant's Hotel on Main street. The place is gas lit for pressing and lighting and will include a reading and writing room for patrons.
The Record notes Artesia High School will hold graduation exercises Friday night May 1 with Chief Justice Wm H Pope delivering the address. Roswell also selects May 1 for its graduation exercises and Dr W C Alexander of Roswell will deliver the baccalaureate sermon on Sunday May 2 at 11 am.
A brief note asserts that placing wants in the Daily Record will fulfill them. It highlights the paper as a resource for locating goods services or opportunities. The item emphasizes practical utility and community utility of the classifieds.
Kansas City May 5 defense in the Hyde murder trial opened with claims Colonel Swope died of natural causes due to illness. Sylvester Spangler testified the colonel weakened a year before death and fainted several times. Dr Froehling suggested uraemic poisoning, typhoid or meningitis could explain the convulsions, noting attacks resembled strychnine poisoning in cross examination.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet tomorrow at 2 30 PM with Mrs James A Gilmore at 500 North Richardson to discuss club affairs and planned activities.
London news from May 5 reports King Edward suffering a severe bronchial attack and confined to his room for two days. He was not able to meet Queen Alexandria at the station as she returned from the continent this afternoon.
On the streets Saturday afternoon an excellent milk cow fresh in two months, horse and buggy and household goods offered by Mrs RB M Simpson.
In Danville on May 5, seven to eight hundred miners mainly Slavs and Italians gathered, saying their wives and children are crying for food. They marched from Westville toward Kelleyville and neighboring mines armed with stones and clubs, driving repair crews from pits. At Kelleyville a number were bruised in a clash as some mines opened.
The congregation of the baptist church will host a reception tonight at the church in honor of their new pastor Rev. P. H. McDowall and his wife. All pastors in the city and others are cordially invited to attend.
County Superintendent C C Hill and J W Snyder conducted eighth grade exams at Roswell and Dexter for certificates enabling admission to county high schools. In Roswell fifteen tested, ten passed. in Dexter ten tested, all passed. Successful pupils will receive certificates signed by J E Clark, C C Hill, and the examiner. Dexter to host exercises likely May 29.
New York May 5 Miss Lily Price longtime treasurer of the United Press resigns to become matron of the Jewish Orphan Asylum Cleveland Ohio on July 15. Price began in Cleveland journalism eighteen years ago at the Cleveland Press and later joined the Scripps McRae chain before serving as United Press treasurer. Orphaned young she had lived at the Cleveland Asylum since age seven and will take a smaller salary at the asylum than she earned with the press association.
Major Theodore C. Lister of the army medical corps, a yellow fever expert in the Panama Canal zone, sails from San Francisco today on the transport Sheridan to Manila to study conditions that permit yellow fever in the Philippine Islands.
Walter Billiott, W. J. Chance and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stanley traveled from Dexter by automobile today, stopping briefly in town.
Chicago May 5 Former Vice-president Fairbanks and more than a hundred delegates to the Men's National Missionary Congress were routed from the Congress Hotel lobby by an unknown person who scattered oriental snuff. Sneezing and coughing followed as dignitaries fled for fresh air before resuming the meeting. Stephen J. Corey opened the congress urging a worldwide missionary spirit to sustain the church.
160 acres improved with house, well and windmill, stock sheds and corrals. Enclosed by wire fence, adjacent to open range with plenty of free grass, near Ros well. Suitable for dairy ranching and poultry. Cash sale or trade for property in Oklahoma, Kansas or Missouri. Price $1600. E L Wildy 222 North Main St.
Reports detail a good shower at Bikins yesterday morning with local showers further north and east yesterday and the day before. Artesia Carlsbad and points along the road saw rain last night and showers continued from Amarillo to Portales. Roswell had a drizzle but benefited vegetation, trees, and grass.
U S Bateman and W T Wells appeared before the council on Tuesday night representing Main street property owners to suspend the sidewalk widening and awning changes for twelve months citing tight finances, staggered tax timing, concurrent needed improvements, and potential outside capital plans to share the cost.
Albany May 4 Following a conference with Governor Hughes Senator Newcombe succeeded in striking out his amendment to the anti bookmaking bill and the measure passed in a form prohibiting bookmaking with or without writing.
Kansas City reports cattle receipts of 2000 with strong demand and varied classes. Native steers bring 6.25 to 8.10, southern steers 5.25 to 7.65, western cattle up to 7.70, hogs at 9.10 to 9.55, and sheep with muttons 5.50 to 7.75 and lambs 7.25 to 9.00 amid active markets.
The Record offers a fine collection of engraving and embossing specimens for visitors. Potential buyers can inspect a range of items before purchasing, with prices approaching 100k at select pieces.
Judge W W Gatewood was telegraphed to defend Rev J C Trapp and son on the killing of Constable McAdams of Corona earlier this year. The case may be continued to next term due to a crowded Lincoln county docket. Gatewood, with son Boyd and L B Dudley, travels by car. Judge Pope may finish grand jury work at Carrizozo today.
Mary A. Cobean serves as notary public at the record office handling authentication of documents and witnessing signatures for county records and legal filings. Her role includes administering oaths and confirming identity in transactions requiring official notarization.
San Francisco May 5 Local followers of the ring express disappointment over officials failure to agree on a referee for the Johnson Jeffries battle after yesterday’s conference. A decision on May 16 seems unlikely, with Californians out of running and an Easterner favored. Johnson said training will not start until a week from Saturday. Betting odds have shifted from ten to six to ten to seven since the rival’s arrival.
Two freight trains collided head on near Santa Rosa New Mexico at 12 30 this evening killing 150 cattle and injuring three crew members. Tom Gustain and D K Evans are fatally injured while L G Marchand is seriously hurt. All wounded live at Tucumcari. The crash followed a dispatch error by an operator who fled the country.
A freight train collided with a stock car in Canadian Texas, injuring two men including George Francis of Oklahoma City and lightly injuring P. J. Quigley of Harper Kansas. Several cattle were hurt and about seventy goats were killed. four cars derailed but traffic remained uninterrupted.
In St. Louis on May 5 a new body named the National Farmers Scientific Co operative Society is expected to emerge from a federation meeting of labor and farming groups. Officers plan cooperation to end middlemen speculation in farm products with input from grain and produce exchange representatives from major cities.
The Wool Market at St Louis on May 5 reported quiet trading with territory and western mediums at 22 to 24 cents, fine mediums at 18 to 20 cents, and fine at 11 to 14 cents per pound.
The Regents of the New Mexico Military Institute will receive bids for plumbing and heating Lea Hall per plans on file at the Institute and at the office of architect I H Rapp until 12 o clock noon Saturday May 14 191. James W Willson Superintendent.
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