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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1917
Page
2
The Evening Current announces Wm. fl. Mullane as Editor and Manager. W. F. E. Washington and Ed. Carr arrived from Black River on Saturday planning a hunt to the Guadalupe Mountains.
Farmers and stockmen from Eddy County gathered in Carlsbad for the Eddy County Farm and Livestock Improvement Association meeting. Over 200 members attended as County Agent J. Knorr reviewed 1917 work and a new 1918 program emphasizing prairie dog control and pasture management.
Oliver and Ovie Reeves went to Roswell on Saturday and returned yesterday with two new Dodge cars. Chas A May departed Saturday night for Santa Fe. The Cemetery Association plans a meeting tomorrow afternoon at Thorne's Furniture Store. full attendance is requested.
John Skelton recalls a quick Mexican justice example from a Douglas visit. A Mexican船killer killed her mother, was seized by the judge, and executed within hours without a jury or lawyers. The account contrasts swift punishment with American legal process.
Eddy County leaders discuss reducing losses from prairie dogs and jackrabbits, aiming to move stock into pastures and seek help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Speakers note increasing pest numbers and urge feed support for livestock, with early plans and remarks by local officials and visitors. Also mentions church notices and a government crop report from Washington dated 1917.
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