Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-04-09
ELECTION DAY IN
CARLSBAD PURELY
MATTER Of FORM
Contests Had Been Decided in
Primaries Saturday, Which
Were Spirited Armstrong
UnoppoSed for Mayor


Carlsbad, y. M April S-The city
election 10 Carlsbad Tuesday was d
mild and merely formal affair. Tho
real issues were fought ont i'm the
Democratic primary ON Saturday
when q satisfactory city ticket was
named that was ratified ON election
day by comparatively Hght vote,
only llG ballots being polled The
following Will serve as town officers
for the next two years. John W.
Armstrong, mayor C. j.. Church Mil
ton r. smith, D. C Grpnnam ana
d. T. Flowers, trustees, j. c. Buneh,
recorder being elected by unani-
moas vote.
Tho contest IN the primary was
lively Scott Ettor was ON the ticket
for reelection, opposed be- Attorney
H. w Armstrong who won out over
Euer by 141 votes to Sc. For trus-
tees there were three tickets, but the
one backed by the fire department
Won with good majoritics except Mr..
Flowers who tied VIII Purdy who
later withdrew. II $ a new set o.
officers but an are public spirited
and the progress Of the town viii con-
unue along the lines already markeo
out
Tho marked increase In taxes for
1913 has set people to thinking ano
though this was not made an issue,
1t helped to bring ont the unusually
large vote cast at the primary 230
ballots being counted The registra-
ton for the election was about $40.
school Elections spirited.
The school elections I'm the Carlsbad
project yesterday were spirited. In
the otis district sixty-seven votes We're
cast and IT, r. Little won out over W.
+. McIlvain with enc majority for
school director for three years
At Loving scventy-one votes We're
cast: j. w. Tanning and c. " RIOS
son barely won over ii. II. Chilcoat
and G. Wallace, The first for one year
and the second for thrce-year term
At Malagc fify-nino votes were
cast. j. c. queen was elected for "a
cne-year term without opposition j
II. Reed defeated G. w. Heeman foI
the regular term by eleven votes.
The women took a marked interest
In these elections and they ware
largely responsible for getting ont
the large vote in every district
These three districts have made graf
,fyns advance the last year and the
women deserve the credit
Singular Wei at Dayton.
The Brown OH wen at DAYTON Is
singular I'm that it is q triple com
bination. Drilled originally ior irri-
CATION it has become ga producer Of
OH as well as gas. To-day IL FUR
rishes water for IRRIGATION. enough
gas 10 supply the only natural gas
engine i'm operation i'm New McNleo
and this again pumps about iiity bar
rcls of oil day. The original wen is
eight inches A six-inch easing with
packer below the artesian flow goes
down 10 the gas and OIL tWo-ihcn
pump brings zap the oil
In other words the Brown well IS "a
thrce-in-cue affair and IS a'monr.
maker. Charles S. Brown, the own.
or. is i'm Carlsbad en- his way home
from Nj Paso He says that money
4. being raised 90 continue develop
mcnt of the Dayton field. Tie is fully
convinced thll the PecCs valley is tuI
of oil and that with capital 30 can Dr.
located and developed. Mr.. Brown is
much Interested iu tine work eoine "n
around Carlsbad and on S@on Rivers