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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
4
Attorney General Patton declares in a Star-Ledger opinion that adding deputies to county clerks’ offices effectively increases salaries. The law allows one half of excess receipts to fund additional deputies, with county commissioners fixing the amount.
List of claims paid by the Board of County Commissioners of Eddy County from April 2 to July 2, 1917. Names include John B. Harvey stamps for the county, office salaries, printing costs, insurance, constable fees, janitor and interpreter, polling books, surveying, and assorted petty expenses across Carlsbad and surrounding areas.
Dave Johnson of Republic Kansas says a cow he kept for twenty two years netted him $18.57 from selling its hide after a 1200 pound animal produced a $15 investment. The find underscores the animal’s overall value beyond its meat.
President Daniel Willard states 693 railroads operating in 48 states with 203000 miles of track have voluntarily assisted the war effort. They redirected troops and supplies, increased coal car supply, and moved agricultural and industrial goods while reducing car shortages from 148027 to 108000 by June. Traffic surged in April with a 16 percent rise over 1915, and railroads cooperated with the Council of National Defense to prevent congestion and support cantonments and allied shipments.
Fragmentary text lists A. H. O Quinnt dist attorney ographher and R M Thorne burying Indi et persons with figures 905.04 and 51.40. Details are unclear but indicates official names and monetary amounts in a legal or probate context.
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