Auditor Reports Faults in Valencia County Finances
The 1913 exam by E. A. Mossman, assistant traveling auditor, questions the court house and jail repair fund disbursement of 30,095.94 in 1915, notes missing origins for the amount, and flags deficient record keeping, unsurveyed lands, and improper signed warrants in Valencia County. It urges surveys, proper maps, and stricter treasurer procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Mossman
Valencia County
McDonald
Court House
McKinley
Mrs Cobler Wins Piano In Contest
R D Cox and Billy Kennebeck deliver remaining Ben Gooch Ford from Rio Puerco two weeks after it sank. The car shows flood damage from water and quicksand as it is salvaged near the stream. March 4 1914. Obermeyer Sons Piano awarded first prize in the News Piano Contest by the committee.
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R. D. Cox
Billy Kennebeck
Ben Gooch
Ford
Obermeyer & Sons
Personal notices and local moves in Rio Grande valley
Local notices report church group plans for March 11 with Mrs Hall and several residents traveling or ill. Entries mention Mrs Dick Friesen visiting Wichita, Frank G Fischer ill with La Grippe, teachers with measles, families traveling to Chicago and Mountainair, illnesses improving, job changes at Goebel & Sons, and residents relocating to El Paso and Albuquerque.
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Frank G. Fischer
Miss Underworth
Herbert Goebel
Grace Byrd
Goebel & Sons
Lulu Frymeir
el Dorado
Kansas
John Becker, Jr
Albuquerque
Miss Craig
Denver
Colorado
L. E. Lee
Eyrle Baker
Wallace Branch
el Paso
Belen
Charley Clark
Tom Burton
Sabinal
Rio Grande Valley
Wm. Cobler
Pearl Haverford
Martin Gilbert
Helene Hoffman
Frank Fischer
Villa O’brien
Verona LeBron
Eula Gooech
Tomasita Silva
C.L. Baker
New Jersey
New York
California
Wisconsin
Michigan
Georgia
Louisiana
New Mexico
Publishers Music Company of Chicago
H. V. Jones
Porter Veatch Concert Company at Santa Fe Reading Room
Porter Veatch Concert Company presents a varied program on Saturday night March 7 in Santa Fe Reading Room. The company includes Carleton C. Veatch manager and celloist May Wheeler Porter reader and alto Nina Wheeler Veatch soprano and pianist Glenmary Porter dancer Esther Marie Watts violinist. Santa Fe employees and families have eight o clock access before public seating. children must be accompanied by parents or friends.
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Porter
Santa Fe
Voting Con test ends. Obermeyer piano awarded to Cobler
The News Piano Voting Contest closed at 3 PM with Mrs. Wm. Cobler winning the Obermeyer & Sons Piano after 642 075 votes. The nine top contestants receive Merchants Prizes with a cascading prize-choice order.
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News
Obermeyer & Sons
Wm. Cobler
Merchants
Local School Notes Highlight Team Efforts and Health
School notes report Fred Dils missed days after a ball injury and Martha Trimble recovering from pneumonia. A new school baseball team is planned, with hopes of winning like the basketball team. Also, county poultry contest awards go to Willa Mallow first, Pearl Harper second, and Eula Gooch and Elmer Pearson tied for third with state prizes forthcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willa Mallow
Pearl Harper
Eula Gooch
Elmer Pearson
First Annual Luther League Banquet Sailors Bold
The Luther League held its first annual banquet on February 24 at Miss Lucie Becker’s home with thirty three members and helpers. Toasts, readings, and songs celebrated loyalty and unity amid a ship themed program featuring Miss Ruth Ziegler and Miss Edith Ziegler, with praise for organizers Mrs John Becker and Elsa Becker. Mrs John Becker Jr and Mrs Snowden noted.
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Luther League
Lucie Becker
League
Rutz
Mesdames Lane
Becker, Jr
Cotton Dakes
Lutheran Aid
Dr. Ziegler
John Becker, Jr
Lane
Hawthorne
Pineda Becker
Ruth Ziegler
Edith Ziegler
Snowdon
Fred Faulkner
Chris
Altho
John Becker
Snowden
Elsa Becker
George Harper
Sailors
McKinley County Road Plan Aims Immediate Start
McKinley County Road Commissioner C C Manning reports state funds approved for Valencia and McKinley ventures. Camps will be at Laguna and Los Lunas as preparations begin with a bridge project over the Rio Puerco. Work aims to extend Camino Real from Grants to the east and toward St Michaels and the Petrified Forest with Gal lup, urging sustained effort.
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C. C. Manning
McKinley County
French
McKinley
Valencia
Valencia County
Laguna
Los Lunas
Rio Puerco
Santa Fe
Grants
Camino Real
St. Michaels
Petrified Forest
Gallup
McKinsey County
Republican
Local Tome Adeline basketball game ends 20 to 9
The Tome and Adeline school team played the local boys last Saturday in a hard fought game with the locals leading from start to finish 20 to 9. The visitors drew fifteen fouls to seven for the home team and challenged a rematch at home. Girls game followed with spirited plays and good sportsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tome and Adeline
Santa Fe Girls Band Delights Wellington Crowd
The Santa Fe Girls Band of Wellington Kansas drew a crowded house at the Santa Fe Reading Rooms last Saturday night. Every number earned loud applause with Pauline Way’s I Want to be a Janitor's Child a standout. The audience praised the program and the Santa Fe Railway's role in supporting quality entertainment.
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Santa Fe
Wellington
Kansas
Pauline Way
Belen
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the Merchants
Helene Hoffmann
Miss Verona LeBrun
Hula
C. L. Eaker
The
Episcopal Guild
Dick Friesen
Wichita
Adolph Becker
Mountainair
Miss Maurine
Gerald Trimble
Roy Mason
Chicago
Mrs. Mason
Fred Becker
Socorro
Elsie Becker
Louis Becker
Are
Carl L. Watson
Publishers Music Company
Watson
Carnegie
Fred Dils
Maurine Trimble
Crowded House
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