Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-03-09
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
CHAVES COUNTY.

mOntn NlSlt Win relatives In Call1Ornld.
A. j. Crawford, of Roswell. will feed
1000 head of sheep ON the Garret farm.
Pharmacist Fred Harrington, of Ros-
well, has removed to Amarillo to enter
business there.
Bishop kendrick, Of the Episcopal
church. is giving Eddy and Roswell an
ecclesiastical visit.
w. ID. Hubbard. of Ardmore, I. r..
has removed to Roswell with his family
and household effects
d. r. Jones. bank cashier at Conway,
Ark, will remove with his family to Ros-
WELL for his wife's health.
Miss Bess Leland, daughter of the
register of the land office at Roswell
and Charles l.. Mcdonald, were married
today, March o.
A car load of galvanized iron pipe
fumes for irrigation purposes has been
received by James Sutherland of Ros-
well, for local purposes.
Hagerman farmers are baling. their
alfalfa preparatory to shipping it to
market, and several car loads have been
shipped to Roswell and Eddy.
There is call for more bridges across
the Pecos river, at Roswell and other
points, as the country is settling up
fast, and fording is often attended with
dangers.
Twelve families are expected in Ros-
well from Nevada, Mo-, and II more
from Oxford, Kans., by the middle of
the month. and dozen more families
are anxious to come from Aurora, Ills.
The directors of the Pecos Valley &
Northeastern road elect these etficers for
the ensuing year: President, j. j.
Hagerman: vice president, ID. H. Mich
old secretary, William A. Otis: treas
urer, Percy Hagerman. The Amarillo
pany. The railroad company is to build
a coach house at Eddy 32X1sO feet; and
the machine shops will be 50x104 feet.
A new boiler for the pumping plant has
been set up,and Portales has fine
station, water tank and steam pump.
President Hagerman is pleased with the
extension, and claims it is the best piece
of new work he ever saw.
Harry Daniel hired out to work in A.
ID. CARROTS sheep camps in Chaves and
Lincoln counties recently, and was
sent to Lincoln Center on business by
the herd boss. While there it is al
legged Daniel got several fictitious checks
cashed on Garrett and the Bank of Ros-
well, and cut quite a swell. Then he
claimed saddle had been stolen from
his wagon, and persuaded Sheriff Perea
to accompany him to White Oaks to
find the supposed thief. OF course, the
saddle could not be found, so Daniel
persuaded the officer to deputize him
while he went to Alamogordo to find the
villain, the sheriff remaining at White
Oaks. Ere leaving White Oaks, Daniel,
it is alleged, managed to raise more
funds, and on reaching Alamogordo
raised further cash by drawing checks
Oh the Exchange bank at White Oaks,
on the strength of fairy story and
showing his credentials as a deputy
sheriff. Then the very slick gentleman
skipped by the light of the cold, pale
moon for Old Mexico. Daniel is be-
lieved to be $500 sin" by his little
manoeuvering.
GENERAL ITEMS.
John Lodgbottom, of Grant county, is
out on $500 bonds given at Lake Valley.
on charge of cattle stealing.
Captain A. B. Fall, of the territorial
regiment, has returned to Ell Paso. where
he will engage in practicing law.
Miss Sammie Craig and Charles O. |
Hopping, of Albuquerque, were recently |
married by Rev. Bruce Kinney.
Mrs. Lulu Knauss and John Hogg. of
NInn to1 tod I,a
evening by Rev. Z. L. Lallanee.
The building of the new opera house
in Albuquerque, is threatened with de-
lays because of suits over the site of the
building.
The skeleton of an Indian child has |
been found in the Dona Ana guano
mines; at such depth as to suggest
burial there 500 years ago.
Albuquerque mas some very tough
youths who make it point to congre-
gate about the salvation army tent at
night and make Rome howl with their
blasphemous and obscene language.
The heart of the postmaster at Albn-
querquo is made tired and sad by the
bersistency with which people will use
revenue Stdulps vi tHelI eHFeiopes III
stead of the orthodox article. Such
letters are of course never delivered.
Track laying has begun on the Jarilla
branch of the Ell Paso & Northeastern
road, and the camp ought to be re
this week.
Chief Engineer B. Ruppe, of the Al
buquerque fire department, has turned
over his office to Assistant Chief A. G.
Stockett until the May election, as his
business affairs require all of his at
tentiOn,