Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-13

Six empty box ears got loose from the
Ration yards last week and ran down to
Maxwell City, where they were side
tracked. Luckily, there were no trains
on that piece of track at the time.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
j. l.. Vance is building a new house at
Blooming.
j. A. Palmer will put il a meat mar
ket at Aztec.
Mrs. Della Allen will build a new resi-
dence at Fruitland.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. Con-
nor at Aztec last week.
Miss Maud Waring, of Aztec, is visit
ing friends in Pennington.
Charles Baker and Tilda Blancett were
married at Aztec last week.
James Bryant will occupy the Mccoy
house at Aztec in the future.
John Morgan is building a four-room
brick cottage in Pennington.
Mrs. c. V. Stafford and children have
moved from Durango to Aztec.
An heir was born to Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
7. Bolinger at Bloomfield last week.
Joe ~Stonebarger and Minnie Stratton
were married at Flora Vista last week.
DR.. e. &. Condit and family have
moved into the Koontz residence at
Aztec.
Colonel Schuyler Smith has set out / 200
choice grape vines on his Fruitland
place.
Grass is growing nicely and the range
about Westwater is in fine shape to run
stock on.
Chas. Holly has placed Il new ferry
boat on the San Juan at the Faucet
crossing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray johnson, of
Pennington, have d new daughter at
their home.
John A. Palmer will build "A store
room at Aztec and occupy it with a
butcher shop.
H. O. Willis, of Pennington, has gone
to Espanola, where he will work for
Biggs & Pollard.
Payton Skidmore, wife and daughter,
of Osborn, Kas., have moved to the
Graham ranch near Aztec.
Lee Hobbs and wife, of La Plata, have
gone to Sheep Springs, Colo. They will
conduct a dairy at that place.
C. E. Stivers, wife and son, of Farm
ington, have gone to Los Angeles, where
they will reside in the future.
w. II. Watkins, of Cedar Hill, sold hi!
cattle to Mr.. Timer, of Aztec, last week
receiving $35 per head therefor.
John G. Hubbard has taken out letters
of administration on the estate of hi
Y brother. Amos Hubbard, deceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. Haynes, of Aztec
have gone to Grand junction, Colo.
where they will spend the summer.
The board of trustees of the Azte'
Presbyterian church have asked thu
board of church erection for $500 to ali
, in building a parsonage.
Oscar johnson, c. Hudson, Sam Low
den, Lew Barnett, Perry Hayden an
\ Ralph Warden were in Pennington las
week looking over local conditions witt
a view of locating there.
) j. l.. Nickel and Henry Peck, of Du
!, range, have received the contract TO-
! carrying the mail over the Durango
Pennington route. They will do a pas
senger bushes. in connection.
Professor H. H. Griffin, formerly su
> perintendent of the agricultural eX
:. detrimental station at Aztec, has gone t
: Rocky Ford, Colo, where he will have
position with the experimental station
q Rain, rain, more rain! 1t has beel
years since there has been so much raj
: at this season of the year, the ground
/ thoroughly soaked and the unusna
precipitation at this time will be of in
~calculable benefit to this community
D San Juan Times.
: EDDY COUNTY
The public school of Eddy closed Fri
: day, May 6.
f M. Phillips and w. X. Stalcup, o
Q Eddy, have moved to ~Alamogordo.
: MI. and Mrs. Tom Gray, of Rio Vista
have a new daughter at their home.
Ira Wetmore and Maggie Bennett
were married at Weed, Sunday, May
w. Kathel, a beet sugar machiner
S engineer and machinist expert, fror
New York City, visited the Eddy plan
last week.
W. r. Anderson, a Black river stock
J. man, has purchased the McLanath6
residence at Eddy, and will reside ther
in the future.