Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-19
CHAYES COUNTY POINTS.
Roswell and Hagerman Property Changing
Hands-General Items.

AUbAo NoAo1bA ASSAA5s
F. P. Lea has built new barn a
Roswell
W. l.. Amonett has opened hote
and restaurant at Roswell
There is scarcity of houses for rent
ing purposes at Hagerman.
The Roswell Telephone company put
in 95 new telephones last week.
H. C. Petty of Midland, Tex, bought
some Roswell real estate last week.
Mrs. S. Madsen has removed from
Hagerman to her old homo in Iowa.
Mrs. Mary E. Henry bought the J. H
Hampton property at Roswell for $3.50.
G. D. Bonney has given out the con.
tract for building four-room cottage at
Roswell.
Many tomatoes are being shipped from
Hagerman, the crop having been sue
cessful this year.
Mrs. Lille James, engaged as a dea-
coness at Denver, has taken up her resi-
dence at Roswell.
j. R. Ray purchased small stone
house and two adjoining lots at Roswell
from E. L. Wildly for $1,000.
The young child of Jesse Kilgare, al
Hagerman, swallowed some concentrat.
ed lye, but his life was saved.
The school election held in district
No. II, resulted in tie election Of A
Stinson, c. c. Martin and A. R. Levi.
as directors.
R. F. Barnett picked $4,000 pounds o.
apples from his 35-acre orchard neal
Roswell, the oldest tree of which is only
four years.
/. r. Rose. of Midland, Texas, bought
half block of lots at Roswell for 81 ,00(
from E. l.. Wildly. Mr.. Rose will build
a nice house on the property.
The school at Hagerman has become
so crowded that the board of education
opened primary department and PLACED
Miss Edith McGuin in charge.
A new we'll has been sunk at the
store of Stanford & Langford at Hager
man. A windmill has been erected ovel
it and the water piped to the street.
Sheriff w. M. Burnwell OF Catula,
Tex, accompanied by w. Sanders and
John r. Hughes, two Texas rangers
came to Roswell with requisition papers
for Valley Musgrave, whom they took
with them to Catulla.
Louis & Wells of Roswell, the lowest
bidders for making the improvements al
Fort Stanton, have received advice
from Washington that there are no funds
available for the Improvement and that
no contract will be let until after con
gress meets.
At the District court Hampson 4
Smith were given judgment against the
town of Roswell for $3,230.4s. The
court appointed John Shaw, John P
White and j. F. Hinkle jury commits
sioners, to select grand and petit jurors
for the next term of court. Deputy
| District clerk Wetmore drew on the
Eddy county court fund to the amount
of $3.50. SO, as the cost to Chaves county
of trying Charles Ware on a change Of
venue. Ware was found guilty of steal
ing horses.
| f. Anderson and family have moved
from Hagerman to the old Green ranch
north of the Feliz. A large acreage of
alfalfa has been put out this fall in ad
dition to that already growing. Here
ford cattle will be put on the farm.
| A. West, who recently left Roswell
for Brooklyn, N. Y, died of consumption
two weeks after his arrival In New York
Craig & Co. are building 1000 gal
lon galvanized iron tank for A. G. Mills
at Roswell.
G. C. Martin is building an addition tt
his home on his sheep ranch 35 mile!
north of Roswell.
| A test has been made Of the flow from
the artesian we'll at the Pecos Valley &
Northeastern railway machine shoI
which proves the well the largest II
New Mexico. For that purpose c. M
Stansbury, superintendent of motive
power and machinery Of the company
constructed an undershot wheel, ant
made the test. The result showed {
discharge velocity from the six and five
eighth inch casing Of 2,644 gallons o
water per minute.
R. P. Bean, of Van Horn, Tex, bough
80 acres of land from R. F Barnett q
$35 an acre. As the papers were beinl
signed, Mr.. Bean was offered $50 an acr
for his purchase
Portales, at a special election, vote'
unanimously to issue bonds to build
lschool house.
| G. H. Galloway Is drilling an artesia1
well at Hagerman to irrigate 100 acre
of alfalfa.
w. H. Graham, Of Texas, has filed o
a homestead at Hagerman and will star
a stock ranch. He will drill an artesia
well.