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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
Local residents and visitors are noted across Knowles Pecos and nearby areas. C Wilthoit and Fd Hollebeke register and visit in town while George Price returns from El Paso. Scout troops plan summer meetings and War Saving badge distribution. Deputy Bratton travels to Dallas to pursue custody of Oscar Holland on forgery charges.
Mrs. Ethel Teeple and her young daughter Alice Louise depart for Houston, after a fortnight in Roswell. The child attended school while Mrs. Teeple remained. Elbert Tedford has joined spruce timber work as a truck driver, with Ceetl Bearup enlisting similarly. placement unknown.
M. C. Thomason and his wife with their baby travel from the C. F. & L. ranch to Amarillo tonight. Thomason has joined the mechanical branch of the Army and expects immediate call to duty. Mrs. Thomason and their son will stay with relatives near Amarillo.
C G Satter and Arthur Salter returned from Carlsbad with the first Farnsworth Ingram and Cauley clip shipment. The load weighed 70 000 pounds and two more consignments are expected.
Carl Johnston and family together with W F Young and family fished in the Delaware near Red Bluff and returned home to Roswell with about 150 pounds of catfish.
R. T. Mellard and family from Hope were shopping when Mrs. Mellard mashed her finger in a screen door. A physician was called to attend to the injured woman.
Messers M W Walters Dock West and Geo R Spencer begin prairie dog elimination under Biologic al Assistant Bateman. They aim to tackle the infested area around Malaga with government support and expect full cooperation from stockmen in the Carl project.
John Lowenbruck spent the first of the week in Roswell. Attorney Hiram M. Dow of Roswell attended to legal business in Carlsbad the first of the week. Sidney Brown returned today from the D. R. Harkey ranch below town with his family. Mrs. Shelby, treated at Eddy County Hospital, returned home Wednesday. Bobby Williamson and brother Dwight were relieved of adenoids at Eddy County Hospital Wednesday morning. J. D. Shannon is visiting from the Bat Caves forty miles out where he has been employed. Copious rain filled stock tanks at Mullane ranch in the mountains. Gladys Summerfield writes from Kansas City of her good time. Mrs. A. C. Heard, Bert C. Rawlins and Miss Mona Heard plan to leave for the Hi-Lonesome ranch tomorrow. Mrs. Rawlins will visit friends in Lea County.
Mee RA L Halley returned from Mayo Brothers hospital after a successful ser to operation by noted surgeons. On the way home she visited relatives in Kansas City. Bill Hudgins Bart Hall Harry Tinney and Carl Cooper came down from Roswell with four Ford cars sold through a local agency to Eddy county. The drivers returned to the Upper Valley metropolis the same day.
Volunteers for the U S P 8 R can secure addresses from the Lick the Kaiser Club office. Write there to apply. The government has not called men through the New Mexico office but may need limited numbers in the San Francisco and Seattle yards.
The revival last night at the Baptist Church attracted growing interest and attendance. A special message will be given to local pastors and ministers wives with reserved seating for them. Men’s prayer meeting starts at 8 PM in church parlors.
S. L. Burkhead has been appointed pound master for Carlsbad with authority to impound all stray animals within the city limits. Citizens annoyed by stock may call the pound master and he will respond to calls day or night.
Walter Glover reports worsening conditions in his region as Mrs. H J Braden is treated at Eddy County Hospital. A six year old child of Mr and Mrs Bob Richards underwent tonsil and adenoid removal at the same hospital on Wednesday.
Scott Etter came back to Carlabad a day or so ago with his daughter Frances. They visited Frances' aunt, Mrs. Garvin Smith, and Frances is likely to stay there for the summer.
Mr and Mrs A E Allen and their three children, who have stayed two weeks at W A Moore home in Carlabad, depart Tuesday morning by automobile for their Oklahoma home. The lady is a sister of Mrs W A Moore.
Carlsbad Red Cross members toil daily to prepare comfort packets for men leaving for cantonments. Ninety packets were assembled by the local women, with H C Kerrhaw contributing twenty eight, including soup towels toothbrushes toothpaste postal cards pencils and chewing gum. Sixty more packets are to be shipped to Denver this week as volunteers press to meet growing needs.
Miller the state labor man is in Carlsbad at the Bates hotel. He conferred with Kaiser Club officials this morning. He will work with County Agricultural Agent A Z Smith to study agricultural conditions as they relate to labor. His aim is to get idlers to work and to find jobs for those seeking work. He visits counties and towns, urging anyone needing help to consult him.
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