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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1917
Page
2
The Carlsbad Printing Company publishes Frevening Current daily except Sundays with editor Vin H Motlone and manager as listed. The paper is a second class matter at the post office in Mexico under March 4 act and participates in Associated Press news for republication.
The article notes B A Christmas and other ranchers near Eunice wrestle with drought and low cattle prices. Stockers remain scarce with cows bringing only five cents per pound in fair flesh, while feeding prospects and range conditions look bleak across Lea County and West Texas.
Amarillo Texas October 1 the UTA and US authority warn railroads and grain men to remove fire hazards in grain storage walls and elevators. Parker Western Lines Santa Fe says workers must take extraordinary precautions to avoid spark and grain fires along railways with grain dealers and elevators urged to sanitize storage areas and sidewalks.
The University of New Mexico faces wartime impact on athletics as enrollment shifts reduce the number of male students by about twenty five percent. Coaches BE Wood and Muteh oversee fall sports. despite lower turnout, student athletic spirit remains strong and creditable.
The State v Crosby preliminary hearing in the J.C. Sh case adjourned with Crosby remanded to the county jail without bond. Clyde Roberts was released from the case, and Crosby must post 5000 bond for grand jury appearance while M Graves posts 1000. Several witnesses face 100 bonds for grand jury appearance.
A partial roster notes former players entering various military roles this year. Drorein, ex captain and end, serves as Marine lieutenant en route to the Atlantic. Lath Noh, left end, is a corporal in France. Floyd Kle and Glen Em in Springs are in Navy and Army units respectively. Adlai Featherward is a yeoman at Fort. Upton is a second lieutenant from Presidio. Howell substitutes at quarter in artillery at Fort Mine. Lyman Thackery backs in Annmpotia. Carl Meies, end, serves in Navy. Rastue Dunlap in forestry regiment.
A wartime appeal urges readers to sacrifice for liberty bonds, likening the nation to a father and soldiers to sons. The piece emphasizes duty, patriotism, and communal sacrifice to support troops shipping out, with a community effort raising funds and supplies as 1400 men and 48 officers depart by train in a multi-section convoy.
Albuquerque crowds bid farewell as the first regiment begins its trek to Linda Vista California for division training. Thousands gathered at the station with a union band adding to the emotional sendoff as the train finally pulled away after delays.
Abdullah ben Deb and her husband, a dancer and drummer, were aboard the Al Barnes special train when the baby fell beside the track in a railway yard Monday. Capt. Pat O Grady found the child and the mother consented to keep it, though the husband denied dropping the infant. He remains jailed as authorities investigate the incident.
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