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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1906
Page
2
Discussion on violated confidence and the right to publish private letters. Treats letters as confidential until author consent, warns against vindication through disclosure, notes public figures and posthumous letters. Questions whether death changes the propriety of releasing private correspondence.
New England and New York plan a central power plant to transmit music by electricity via telephone to subscribers. A bank of alternators will send piano tone vibrations through branched wires to receiving phones with megaphone devices, allowing one operator to hear the full orchestra.
A historic comparison shows US annual pension and military spending dwarfs farm budget sums with naval and army costs totaling around 122 million and 77 million respectively, while agriculture received about 5 million last year. From 1839 to now, agriculture spending totals about 65.7 million, roughly 13 million less than the army last year, implying a peaceful economic emphasis on farming amid reports of dust storms in Pierre South Dakota and potato debris damage to a farmhouse.
Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria return to Bag'hind from the Mediterranean. Notables include J Alison Bowen at Paris, Prince of Gaikwar watching U S Senate, Admiral Ro jestvensky resignation, Col W F Switzler obituary, Princess Ena's Spain tour, and other varied reports from politics, society, and international affairs.
The Colorado delegation wins a settlement over Rio Grande irrigation rights. Interior clears the way for reservoir filings based on pre 1903 applications, benefiting San Luis Valley residents. A separate proclamation opens one million acres in the Crow Indian Reservation, Montana, to sale and settlement with registration at Billings Miles City and Sheridan Wyoming. Lands priced at four dollars per acre with staged payments and early homestead eligibility.
The Southern Pacific statistician reports that by May 1 San Francisco had received 1,086 carloads of relief supplies. Oregon and Nebraska led regional gifts, with flour constituting the largest shipment and vast quantities of potatoes and canned goods sent in the weeks after the disaster.
The state game and fish commissioner reports that commissions for forest supervisors and rangers are being mailed. Under forestry department guidance these officials gain the same arrest powers as wardens, with new instructions aligning their duties. They will enforce game and fish laws more strictly on forest preserves, ensuring sharper vigilance and penalties for violators.
Lieut C Baca faces horse theft charge from ranchman Davis. Anthrax outbreak kills seventy of 120 hogs. survivors quarantined. President Ripley offers Y M C A secretary salary at Las Vegas opening new building. Lincoln County teachers institute to meet July 23 at White Oak. Albuquerque death of Heinrich Prong Blueher aged 87. burial in Mascoutah Illinois. Burton B Custer named superintendent at Albuquerque Indian School. Haskell Institute reassigned. Fatal brawl at Mile End saloon leaves Charles Spadder near death. John Webb injured. National Guard promotions announced. Lambing season yields 100 percent increases in central and southern New Mexico. Santa Fe to 20 000 caves road plan urged by a panel including Hewett and local leaders. Valencia families seek land patents. land grant disputes loom. Algodones feud ends with Hovey killed by Madden. Madden held for preliminary hearing.
A Denver company has won the contract to build an aerial scenic line extending from above the Colorado and Southern pavilion at Silver Plane to Sunset Peak, a distance of about 15,000 feet, part of the Denver Georgetown dispatch.
May 21 dispatch reports attorney Charles Gilbert clashed with Van Winkle on Artesia Main Street. Gilbert was knocked down, then attacked with a knife causing severe arm and stomach wounds. Gilbert jailed after a waived preliminary hearing. bond set at 500 and promptly posted at 27,000. E. W. Gilbert, brother of the victim, had filed a $6,000 contest, fueling the dispute.
Commissioner of Indian affairs Fr. E Leupp arrives in Santa Fe and plans a comprehensive tour of northern and southern pueblos in New Mexico Arizona and reservations in Mescalero Arizona and California. He outlines a policy to train hands and develop practical skills rather than force assimilation, aiming to integrate Indians as active contributors to their communities with trust and citizenship.
Roswell ceremony featured a large gathering for the New Mexico Military Institute graduation. Rev G W Read gave the invocation, Noyes Weltmer delivered the valedictory, medals and commissions were awarded, and the band performed including Bits of Remick Hits and New Mexico Military Institute marches.
The corner stone ceremony for the new hall at Raton Lodge No 8 1 O C F was held May 20 with W W Ogle of Roswell as grand master officiating. A large attendance from abroad pledged the event will be long remembered.
In Morocco Indiana three crows attacked a squirrel after a crow call drew attention. The squirrels joined the furor, one barked and backed away as another dashed down a tree, ending the fray with the crowd dispersing.
A London paper argues it is possible to choose a wife with the same care used in selecting a new coat. It emphasizes weighing appearance, suitability, and durability to ensure a lasting match.
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