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Newspaper
The Clayton Enterprise
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
2
A stream of quips on life, politics, and society. Notes on taxation, fashion, and manners appear alongside observations about liquor laws, education, and public figures. The piece blends humorous maxims with brief social commentary, featuring reflections on politicians, judges, authors, and cultural trends.
A Nebraska woman learned that an error of the court had separated her from her infant son and placed custody with her husband. She questions the fairness and contemplates actions, noting the husband’s perceived faults and the opportunity for public reproach.
The Santa Fe to Torrance to Roswell automobile line begins regular service with eight hour trips and ten dollar fares. Officials expect faster travel with road improvements and plan stopping points for meals and emergency use. The service could expand to mail and express routes in the Pecos valley. Governor pushes for separate statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, opposing joint statehood. In Alamogordo a jury acquits several railroad strikers under an ancient Ku Klux law.
Commencement exercises for the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell concluded May 24. Cadet R. H. Crews of Hillsboro NM gave the valedictory. Judge William H. Pope spoke on Opportunities. Gold medals went to A. Brownell Ely MN for college, John C. Arrington Canadian TX for prep. Diplomas awarded to cadets including W. M. Bell Ratton NM and R. H. Crews. Cadets R. A. Crows and C. B. Kane received commissions as second lieutenants.
The crop bulletin notes May 23 conditions with showers needed in upland and eastern plains while moisture is generally abundant elsewhere. Range grass shows fine growth and stock is improving. Lambing up, calf crop light but expected rise. alfalfa harvest progressing. frost reduced fruit in northern counties. strawberries marketed in Pecos valley. range weeds causing sheep losses.
A. R. Appointments Jacob Weltmer department commander of the New Mexico Grand Army of the Republic laid out department appointments in Santa Fe. J. P. Victory was named assistant adjutant and assistant cashier for general, C. H. McHenry inspector general, Elmer A. Chaffee chief clerk, with Roswell and Farmington named for key posts.
El Paso Times reports a State Department plan for a treaty with Mexico to settle Rio Grande water disputes. Mexico would receive water from the Engle dam to irrigate lands formerly watered on its side, with Mexico renouncing other dam damage claims against the United States.
Daude Patrick, a noted Pecos valley wells man, was arrested on a Hillsboro Texas warrant for perjury in the 1901 Bennett murder case. He vows to fight extradition, cites cost, and has sent affidavits to Governors Lanham and Otero claiming persecution. Patrick, who married six months ago to Miss Menn of Dexter, has circulated character affidavits among Pecos residents.
Drowned in a ditch near Albuquerque, three year old Tgniclo Lucero son of Joxe Lucero of the county jail staff, was found hours later about 300 yards downstream after falling from a small bridge over the Acequia. He had been visiting grandparents nearby. A Roswell note reports nine year old Mark Smith killed when crushed between two freight cars while helping load hogs. Engineer Dad Archey suffered a severed thumb in an accident at Guadelme. Maxwell Supply Co incorporated May 22 with offices in Maxwell City, Colfax county, capitalization 26000.
An Albuquerque dispatch reports the Territorial Board and government inspectors will dip cattle to eradicate mange in southern counties near the Texas line. Vast vats are being built at ranches as the campaign begins at once, with losses noted in northern cattle after a harsh winter. Barnes notes most cattle are in good condition and predicts thousands will head to Kansas and Nebraska soon.
Denver on May 25 reports a man named Merritt Walley killed by a blast on a vacant lot at Colfax Avenue and Emerson Street. His wife and children witnessed the dust cloud as police and the coroner investigate whether the blast was accidental or a planned act. Walley had recently moved from Ward to Denver to work as an engineer at the Tabor block. he owned property in Leadville and had no evident financial motives.
Denver May 25 The commission in charge of Colorado Civil War veterans monument meets after Memorial Day to set work details. Governor McDonald Geo W Curfman and artist John D Howland lead with 15000 dollars legislated. Site on capitol grounds to be chosen and designs invited. Likely site may replace the existing Spanish War flagpole memorial.
A Washington dispatch reports that if Secretary Hitchcock proceeds with a Gore canyon storage reservoir on the Grand river in Colorado, pressure will grow for a clash in Congress. David H. Moffat expects a special law to grant railroad right of way through Gore canyon despite Interior Department opposition. Hitchcock reportedly favors the reservoir plan, complicating the railroad issue.
E Lyman White Portland Fair commissioner touring Colorado seeks 15000 to back a state exhibit at the Exposition. He met Summit Lake Pueblo and El Paso county officials, all but El Paso favorable. White hopes each county subscribes 250 with private funds to educate the public on Colorado resources and advantages.
A reader describes years of backache and cabin fever until taking Dean's Kidney Pills. The remedy is sold for 60 cents a box by Foster Milburn Co in Buffalo, New York. The piece also notes a sympathetic strike as a humorous aside about workers quitting bricklaying to throw bricks.
A fragment cites tea cost tied to the tea and coffee pricing, noting grocer refunds money if payments are disputed. Mentions Sobiling and Bes in a quirky line about religion and whimsy.
Cure fevers and headaches and stomach troubles for teething infants. Used by a nurse at a New York children’s home. Breaks up colds destroys worms. Sold by druggists for 25 cents. Free sample by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy N.Y.
A Brooklyn Eagle item praises a doughnut vendor near Bouton who seeks a license to sing while selling. He evangelizes with brief talks and hymns, stressing honest weights and cleanliness. The piece imagines other figures like Rockefeller and Carnegie adding hymns to work.
An Oakland woman recounts her eight year coffee habit causing nervous tension and weak digestion. After reading The Road to Wellville and switching to Postum Food Coffee she notes rapid improvements in nerves and stomach, and lasting energy during a San FranciscoClave parade.
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