July 22, 1930

Weather officials reported 3.85 inches of rain flooded the business section of Clovis. ... In an advertisement in the Clovis Evening News Journal, Dr Pepper claimed to be “The answer to a maiden’s prayer.” ... Orders to raze the Curren building on Main and Second streets were believed to be an indication that Southern National Hotel Corporation was making way for a new hotel. Hotel Clovis opened at the site in 1931.