Words of Praise for New Mexico Schools Visit
Superintendent J B Clark reports on his school tour from Springer to Roy, Mills, Pleasant View, and Solano. He commends teaching staff like Miss McClure, Miss Collins, Mr. Johnson, and Miss Jardee, notes multilingual progress, and highlights orderly classrooms, modern methods, and a strong sense of local pride.
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J. BE. Clark
Department of Education
Rupert B. Asplund
Springer
Springer-Roy Camino Real
Mills
Roy
New Mexico Home Promise on Rich Mesas and Dawn of Mexico
Poem extols New Mexico as a future state with wide mesas and fertile land. It contrasts humble bachelor life on beans and doughy clothes with prospects of wealth from a growing rural settlement. The speaker urges readers to abandon city life and relocate to Mexico for a hopeful frontier future.
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State of
Mexico
Uncle Sam
Kidnapping Probe Spurs Las Vegas Search Party
A Las Vegas kidnapping triggered a posse from the area. Deputy Sheriff E J H Roy led a party in a car with Al Hanson Bud Tyndall Bob Grunig and others to patrol canons and the mesa for two chilly nights without results. J W Jenkins R J Cowan Frank Dacy and Neal Conley joined from Springer to aid the search. Local reports suggest Las Vegas kin may be involved and officials face pressure over disclosure.
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Las Vegas
Mesa
E. J. H. Roy
al. Hanson
Bud Tyndall
Bob Grunig
J. W. Jenkins
R.J. Cowan
Frank Dacy
Neal Conley
Springer
Kimball
Trial Ends With Not Guilty Verdict in Wells Fargo Robbery Case
Raton New Mexico April 4 After a sensational trial the jury absolved J H Humphries alias Nigger Arkansas and Henry Farr of robbery of 35000 from Wells Fargo Express Company The robbery at French Colfax county occurred in May 1908 payroll funds from Dawson coal mines were involved Evidence deemed purely circumstantial
Mrs Fletcher Lumsden Visits Roy on BusinesS Call
Mrs Fletcher Lumsden was in Roy on Thursday and conducted business at the office.
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Fletcher Lumsden
Roy
Soleno Board Passes $2500 Bond For New School House
The Soleno board won a favorable vote on a 2500 bond issue to fund a new schoolhouse. Construction will begin once bonds are sold. Teachers note high student interest as a quiz under Mrs Guil Matte stretched the testing period at Canyon School ten miles away.
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Soleno
Canyon
Guilmatte
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Mr. Russell
T. Cress
Chisago
New Mexico
Romine
Gollins
Pleasant View
Sanchez
Solano
Elder
Rocky Mountain Range
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