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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1905
Page
2
A Clayton New Mexico page riffs on humor and headlines about famous figures. Jokes target a circus press agent, editors, senators, and royalty while noting weather, photography plates, and a New York judge. Snippets mention King Alfonso, the sultan of Turkey, and a New Jersey widow’s tale.
Records from the United States Land Office Santa Fe district show July homesteads at sixty nine covering about 10 000 acres. Estimated year entries 800 900, with two thirds new immigrants, totaling 2 500 to 3 000 newcomers. Eastern New Mexico leads in settlers. by 1910 census town and rural population should rise significantly.
A Raton man named Furney fled July 29 after leaving as assistant secretary of the Raton Electric Light and Power Company to take a higher paid post with the Raton Coal Company. Friends and relatives, including Chicago relatives, recall a prior two year disappearance. The secretary holds $10 in trust and Furney left with a suitcase and clothing, leading to speculation he may have moved on.
Hale Hortenstein of Roswell New Mexico was declared insane after examination in the County Court before Judge Mirick this afternoon and committed to Woodcroft sanatorium He is a young man recently married and was brought by his family physician and wife Mamie Hortenstein a wealthy young woman The husband claimed the insanity charge was a setup and said he had been to Denver intending to buy laundries and cleanse the city The hearing featured many poignant moments
In a single bolt during a heavy thunder shower on the thinet, about one hundred head of sheep were killed in the Jemes mountains twenty five miles from Jemez hot springs. The property of Francisco Montoya of Bernalillo, New Mexico, this marks the largest stock loss reported from hail and lightning in the region amid frequent recent storms.
Charles Cloxson and deputies returned to Santa Fe from the Redhouse on the upper Pecos with Miguel A. Otero to seize a boy from the summer cottage of William B. Childers, former U S attorney. The armed men searched buildings but found no child and rode away after learning he was absent.
Financial totals for February 1 1904 show combined county treasuries at 668486.08 with year add 1678.39, disbursements 1803019.12 leaving a balance 54244.35. San Miguel led receipts 194849, Bernalillo led expenditures 262285, with San Miguel top in incomes and Bernalillo least.
A Boulder Colorado special reports five pistol shots in the Boulder county courthouse basement. Louis Cinkus was killed, James Bunyan and Charles Schrode wounded. Sheriff Bartell and Deputy Madeira fired in defense as inmates tried to ambush them during a jail break. Coroner to hold inquest. Cinkus from Louisville charged with robbery. Bunyan and Schrode awaiting trial on other charges. Peruna ad follows.
Telegraphy experiments on Chicago & Alton engines prove successful and lead to equipping all locomotives with wireless signal apparatus. Each engine becomes a movable block center with in cab indicators guiding rear and front train signals via green and red lights and bells, delivering instantaneous reciprocal alerts.
Dr. Charles G. Lamb state veterinarian reports fewer mange cases among Colorado cattle after an eastern state survey. He found some affected herds but many reported as healthy. The dip law and stock inspection authority, with costs charged to negligent owners, plus stricter enforcement, are helping stamp out the disease.
East Lake City reports that President Roosevelt will be asked to set aside a tract about fifty miles square in northern Arizona as a national game preserve. Senators Smoot and Sutherland, Congressman Howell of Utah, Delegate Smith, and other Arizona leaders back the plan.
Mrs Bridget Mangan of Minnoks near Wilkes Barre coughed up two frogs after weeks of illness. A doctor applied emetics and expelled a four inch frog yesterday. He suspects swallowing tadpoles in drinking water. Frogs to be sent to New York Medical University.
A Colorado man credits quitting coffee and using Postum with curing heart trouble, indigestion, and nervousness. After being rejected for life insurance, he stopped coffee, began Postum, and his health improved. he was later accepted by a life insurer. Postum Co. promotes the “There’s a reason” claim in its advertising.
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