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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1907
Page
3
The Joyce Pruit Company advertises as the largest supply house in the Southwest offering dry goods clothing and groceries with wholesale and retail options for customers.
Roswell notices list two businesses: The Dollar a Day Roswell Hotel and the Roswell Second Hand Store. Day House is located 300 feet west of the depot. New and second hand furniture offered at 100 02 N. Main by Hills and Rogers, proprietors. Phone 69.
Territorial Traveling Auditor Charles V Stafford arrives to examine penitentiary accounts as part of the Bursum authorized review. Earlier payments by Bursum and missing books are noted. contracts split among Santa Fe and Las Vegas firms. prison deemed in excellent condition with inmates content. Members leave the meeting and plan to adjourn subject to chairman call.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that during class day exercises the class of 1907 unveiled a large sun dial on the university campus as a memorial tradition for graduates. The device stands as a memorial and is set to become a landmark of the campus.
A sun dial memorial on the college green honors this year’s graduating class. A rockery cone eight feet high uses native Sandia stone with cactus and amole. Brass horizontal dial faces south with Roman numerals Pueblo weather symbols and inscriptions including Sun is the Heart of the Sky and two English mottos.
The notice states that Dr. F. N. Brown will be out of the city until May 20. No additional contact instructions or details are provided.
Westbound Southern Pacific train No. 7 collided with runaway freight cars about five miles from Lordsburg New Mexico. Five people were killed and many injured. Engineer Neal B. McGinness of El Paso is missing likely under the engine. A wrecking train with surgeons was dispatched from El Paso and a hospital car and rails were sent to the scene.
Raton expects potential rail expansion as surveyors map a Texas and Pacific extension from Mineral Wells Texas northward toward Clayton New Mexico. The plan reportedly targets Raton or Trinidad and aims to connect with the Rio Grande at Weston Colorado with prior contracts having been issued in St Louis by George Gould.
Granville Pendleton states he will not appear at the May 15 hearing before Probate Clerk L G Eblin on malpractice and fraud charges. If proven, the case could permanently bar him from practicing before interior department bureaus. Pendleton claims bias and an unfair process.
In Santa Fe on May 10 at 9:00 p m Territorial Auditor W G Sargent and Traveling Auditor C V Safford fought in the Claire hotel office. The clash stemmed from long standing differences with the auditor striking Safford on the head with an umbrella causing damage to the umbrella and scalp. Night Clerk Marcusse separated them citing adherence to a Marquis of Umbrella code.
The Crouch System Stone Machine company filed articles of incorporation in Santa Fe with Territorial Secretary J W Raynolds. Principal office in Chaves county New Mexico. organized in Arizona with amended NM charter. Capital stock $100000, issued $80000, 100000 shares at $1 each. Purpose to manufacture stone blocks by a patented process. Duration fifty years. Directors include Prof Rob bins of Roswell.
The Albuquerque Journal reports at a May meeting the immigration bureau ordered immediate publication of bulletins covering eleven New Mexico counties and discussed broader coverage later this year. With $1,300 spent of $4,000 for the current year, the bureau plans to push its campaign aided by local commercial groups and individuals.
The bureau plans up to date bulletins for San Juan Carlsbad Roosevelt Quay Guadalupe Lincoln Otero Colfax Mora Union Grant Luna and Rio Grande Valley counties. Local supporters fund data and photos while printing costs are cut by competitive bidding and syndicated ads.
Henry Romero and Trinidad Olguin of Santa Fe confessed to killing Juan Archuleta at Chama. They described Olguin restraining Archuleta while Romero crushed his skull with a rock. The pair were in Tierra Amarilla with Justice of the Peace and District Attorney Alex Read and will be moved to the penitentiary for safekeeping.
Unprecedented attendance marks the grand lodge gathering in Hattiesburg Mississippi with several days of sessions. Vicksburg competes to host next year and is seen as likely to succeed.
The $1000 stakes for the 2:25 pacing class and 2:11 trotting class at the Overland Park racing meet opening June 15 will close tomorrow. Harness horsemen show strong interest and entry lists are expected to fill. Running stakes close June 1.
Judge Wm H Pope appointed Alexander J Nisbet to fill the United States Commissioner vacancy in Roswell after Karl Snyder tendered his resignation last week. Nisbet qualified for the office at once.
Legal blanks of all kinds available for purchase at the Record Office with varying sizes and formats. Buyers may obtain standard forms for notices deeds and other legal filings along with guidance on usage.
Frances Madrid and Anna Lyons were found guilty of first degree murder in Hillsboro district court and sentenced to hang on June 7. Alarid, accused accomplice, was not tried this term. Madrid allegedly ordered rat poison used to kill Pedro Madrid. a post mortem confirmed arsenic poisoning. District Attorney Wolford and Elfego Baca led the prosecution.
In Memphis Tennessee on May 14 over 500 delegates and hundreds of visitors attended the opening session of the 31st biennial convention of the Order of Railway Conductors. The event gathered members and dignitaries for the kickoff of the gathering.
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