Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-08-14
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
CHAVES COUNTY.

}. G. Sheridan has resigned as q mem
Der of Roswell board of town trustees,
and c. w. Haynes has been chosen to
fill the vacancy.
The Pecos Valley & Northeastern
railroad has inaugurated a refrigerator
car service from Kansas City to Pecos
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Volney johnson have
started a dairy at Roswell. They came
to New Mexico for their health and take
this means of having outdoor exercise
and to make a living besides.
Mrs. Mcdonald and two children and
Mrs. Turner, of Upton, Ia, have settled
at Roswell for their health.
G. W. Haynes has put up a 1000 gal
lon water tank over his we'll at Roswell.
W. H. Seamon, grand lecturer of the
Masonic lodge of New Mexico, spent
several days in Roswell i~nstructing the
members of the local lodge. From Ros-
well he went by stage to Lincoln.
c. w. Haynes and w. T. Wells bought
80 acres of land from the Roswell Land
& Water company. The land is situated
near the Hondo.
Charles de Bremond, of Roswell, has
harvested 100 tens of alfalfa. Ten tons
which got wet he threw away only to
learn when it was too late that black
alfalfa makes excellent winter feed for
cattle and sheep.
Miss Grace Adcock has been employed
to teach the Farms school in Chaves
county. The term is eight months and
the salary $50 per month.
G. f. Billings has bought an acre of
land in the suburbs of Roswell and will
erect thereon houses for tenants.
Sylvester Johnson has commenced
work on a fine dwelling house at Ros-
well.
b. G. Anderson of Anderson, w. Va.
and Miss Martha Parker, of Warrens-
burg, Mo-, who will teach in the Ros-
well schools next term, have arrived
there.
l.. L. Lester and wife of Hale Center.
Texas, have moved to Roswell because
they want to place their two sons in the
New Mexico Military Institute. Mr..
Lester owns a cattle ranch IS miles
southeast of Portales.
G. M. Stansbury, master mechanic of
the Pecos Valley & North Eastern rail
road has removed from Carlsbad to Ros-
well with his family.
s. p. White, manager of the Little
field Cattle company is having ten more
wells drilled on the ranch and will put
up a large new wind mill at each.
L. Walters. while drilling a well at
Roswell had the misfortune to break the
drill and although he offered $500 to any
one who should be able to get the drill
out OF the rock it could not be done and
had to abandon the work and start
anew.
COLFAX COUNTY.
W. 0. Morrison, of Ration. has gone to
San Carlos Indian agency in Arizona.
where he and his brother have a CON
to put up government Indian
school buildings.
Clyde j.. Gainsley and Miss Rose Ber-
nard were married at Ration at the home
the brides brother-in-law, William B. |
Thompson, by Rev. Frank Lonsdale. /
s. Yarnell of Ration has purchased six
wiz Wo NUIuCutIIJC, SCUM OF |
Ration, and will erect a house thereon. |
E. j. Love has purchased two lots at
Ration and will build a fine house there
IN.
W. A. Chapman, superintendent of
Jolfax county public schools, and Miss
Manville, were married at
La.
A lodge of the Fraternal Brotherhood
vas organized at Ration. Peter Nor
,enson was elected president, Charles
1~llicott, vice president, and John G..
)rin, secretary.
The Ration encampment of Odd Fell
ows has installed the following officers:
thief patriarch, Edwin Stahlnecker;
Ugh priest, John Grin; senior warden.
Ohm Dundas; junior warden; John
lloyd: scribe, Charles Howell; treasurer.
ohm Jelfs; trustees. N. X. Oldham.
Alfred Jelfs and John Grin.
M. M. Chase has three thousand
ushel OF fine apples in his Cimarron
richard.