Roxswell Fair Time In Eastern New Mexico
Community celebration at the Eastern New Mexico State Fair invites all ages to four days of exhibits parades and entertainment. Riders, shoppers, and visitors dress in carnival fashion with cowboy attire as the region enjoys the festive atmosphere amid wartime tensions. The piece also reports audit figures for the Insane Asylum at Las Vegas covering 1938 and 1939, with daily populations and per capita costs.
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Claude Simpson
Insane Asylum
Las Vegas
Recreational Area at Conchas Dam Outlined
Regional Park Service official M R Tillotson described plans for a large development at Conchas Dam in San Miguel County. The program would include overnight cabins bathhouses beaches docks picnic units camping and roads with CCP state cooperation pending legislative approval.
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Conchas Dam
San Miguel County
National Parkervice
Civilianservation Corps
State of
New Mexico
M. R. Tillotson
Theational Park Service
Park Service
State Park Commission
State Receives 13 Million in Six Months Time
New Mexico received an estimated 17,966,136 in Federal loans and expenditures from July 1, 1939, through December 31, 1929, per the Office of Government Reports. Loans repayable totaled 2,936,009 while expenditures reached 15,030,127 in grants and non repayable disbursements for public works and conservation. FHA insured 1,148,035 for housing notes and mortgages. Agricultural loans were 2,539,230 with 396,779 from the Federal Loan Agency.
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New Mexico
Office of Government Reports
Federal Housing Administration
Cotton Crop Is Money Crop For The Valley
Cotton dominates farm income in Chaves County with average lint yield of 510 pounds per acre and returns of 53 dollars per acre last year. Alfalfa and livestock feeding support the valley economy, with lambs, cattle and sheep marketed from Roswell. Livestock returns total near three million dollars. crop returns exceed six million when combined with livestock.
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Pecos Valley
Chaves County
Roswell
Federal Department of Agriculture
Roswell Businesses Optimistic On Strong Year Ahead
The Record surveyed Roswell business men including bankers, merchants and contractors who predicted a better year ahead. Gov James F Hinkle cited strong local conditions due to a good season and stock prices. Range livestock and oil activity boosted the area with rising tourist traffic and new camps along Roswell and Carlsbad Cavern routes.
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Roswell
James F. Hinkle
First National Bank
Hinkle
Chaves County
Eddy
Lea
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Othe
Roswell Sees Strong 1940 Growth in Business and Population
The 1940 year is proving very favorable for Roswell and southeast New Mexico with booming oil activity, crops, weather, and prices, plus heavy tourist traffic and population gains noted in recent months. The Record highlights climate, amenities, modern conveniences, and city life drawing new residents.
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Roswell
New Mexico
Ben
Chaves County
Eddy
Lea
Guard Service Will Lift Big Load From States
Washington reports that in fiscal 1939 the 48 states plus District of Columbia and Hawaii paid 11.96 million dollars for guard pay and maintenance while the federal share reached 43.22 million. The guard bureau estimates the 1940 burden will be removed when units go federal, with only possible salaries for staff officers remaining.
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Washington
National Guard
District of Columbia
Hawaii
National Guard Bureau
Oil Industry In New Mexico In Its Infancy
The New Mexico oil industry began in 1924 with 98 000 barrels produced. Today over three thousand wells operate mainly in Lea and Eddy counties with San Juan McKinley Chaves also producing. Yearly output rose to 37 323 000 barrels last year, reaching a peak of 38 854 000 barrels in the record year.
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New Mexico
Lea and Eddy
San Juan
McKinley
Chaves
Lea
Eddy
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Roxswell
New Mexico State Hospital
Dam
New
Federal Loan Agency
Eastern
Roswell, N. M
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