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Newspaper
The Evening Current
Location
Carlsbad, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1917
Page
2
The article notes the range horse trade has largely ended as even 1 200 pound animals are hard to sell. It discusses irrigation shortages forcing an alfalfa seed harvest boom with 300 to 500 pounds per acre and weed prices around 16 cents. It highlights Pecos valley farms yielding over $100 per acre and questions what business can beat that.
Tom Gray and wife with Miss Lucile Farrell arrive in town for a ten day journey visiting relatives in Hamlin Knowles and Lamesa. They toured Chester Gray and George Gray in Knowles, called on Mrs. Cowden, and planned to proceed to the ranch this afternoon. Mrs. Gray reports she enjoyed the trip and seeing everyone.
Extract from a Lovington letter by Bert Rawlins notes the difficulty of new enterprises and homes while criticizing the road through Exidy County. The writer laments the poor condition of the road and its impact on linking the town to the outside world.
Dolph Shattuck of Queen visited last night to see Mrs B D Wright whose husband had surgery at Anderson sanitarium earlier in the week. Shattuck reports Mrs Bifford is much better now after a fever lasting forty eight days broke recently.
Local note: Knowles resident Knowles Old Boy Missisaippi with a load of fodder heads west seeking better land opportunities. Reports say a squall toppled the Miller place windmill northeast of Knowles last Saturday, with the tank carrying a load now. Community updates mention railroad progress toward Seminole Texas, weather forecasters, and a large Lovington picnic drawing attendees from Carlsbad and Roswell amid county division talk. Regular local names appear including W. W. O Neal Theo Mosley Gip Cowden Joe Chance and G O Chance.
The Walterscheid family and the Sisters spent yesterday at the flume and above catching nice fish and enjoying a splendid dinner. Miss Iella Ross went to Loving in the afternoon and Miss Bertie Adams visited Mrs Weeks, with everyone at the Sisters sanitarium able to get away for the day.
A Thursday afternoon social at the J. R. Boyd home featured a well spread picnic on the lawn hosted by the Haptist ladies. About thirty women and their children attended enjoyed fried chicken, games for the children, and lively conversation amid a long lawn table of foods.
Marvin Livingston and his wife report a good rain at their Lone Tree draw ranch while cowmen plan to lease the Jernsa Proposition for cattle grazing. Livestock fear losses if rain does not come soon as cattle feed on sage brush and turpentine in the brush is not good.
License to wed issued yesterday to Bassio Gonzales and Juana Bustamente, both of Artesia.
RK H Judkins moves 150 head of cattle to Pinon to fatten them. Grass reportedly fine there. Johnnie Hewitt Jr went to Queen to summon jurors for the coming term of court, with Misses Lillian Bearup and Virginia Thayer accompanying.
Mrs. Mabel Polk arrived from Las Vegas and Portales to take a job as primary teacher at the Grammer school after three months at the normal in Las Vegas. Inquiries regarding the property are to be made at this office.
Miss Clyda Cook and a younger sister, Miss G Cook, join Carlsbad High School staff this term. They board with Mr and Mrs T J Day. The Cook sisters are daughters of Mr and Mrs F T Cook of Loving.
Mr and Mrs J F Fulbright report a four week Oklahoma trip visiting two married sons and their families. They then spent two to three weeks in Dewey county with relatives and old neighbors, trading property and exchanging furniture and implements with Mr Young of Cammargo Oklahoma. They will stay here until November first before any move back.
A pleasant dancing party last evening at the Smith home featured Mrs. T A Wood on piano and Victrola accompaniment. Guests included Issex Lillian Crawford Helen Walace Helen Wright Mary Mize Helen ellwain Mary Ashery Grace Jones Grace O Quinn Nelly Linn Ethel Nettie Hattie Smith Messia Blythe McCollaum Elmore Leonard Jones Hert Gerrells Charlie Walker Charles Fred Rarey Virgil McCollum Mason Dillingham from Plainview Texas John Snow Fred Pate and Arthur Breeding.
Mr and Mrs L E Hayes and children Baxcoib and Lucile arrived home yesterday after a pleasant tour through Kentucky and Tennessee detailing stops along the way and friendly greetings from relatives and neighbors.
A brief notice lists Mrs G Blevens selling her collection of house plants at the Rightway hotel for a few days only. Plants include various common house varieties, with no prices stated.
Mrs JF McClure and her family, who recently ran the Carlstad bakery and moved to Lakewood, visited yesterday to oversee business affairs and check on operations after the relocation.
Mrs Canfield writes Mrs McClure about their home being built in Bloosbury Texas where they will spend the winter. She notes she is still improving in health.
Wilks Glasscock arrived from the ranch this morning and commented that it is now easier to come to town since he has a car. The report notes Mrs Burns will undergo surgery tomorrow at Eddy County Hospital.
Frank Pompa and his wife celebrate the birth of a nine pound baby boy delivered Tuesday August 28 at their home.
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