Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-04-18

The Sisters of Loretto ma leave Mo-
ra, owing to lack of means for their sup
port. Their removal will mean the clos
ing of the Roman Catholic school at
that place.
COLFAX COUNTY.
The school fund of Colfax county
available for apportionment is $ 1907. 40,
or 81. 10 for each of the 2,734 pupils in the
county. OF this amount, Ration, with
S13 pupils, gets $S94.30 Blossburg, with
220 pupils, $242; Elizabethtown, with
1911 pupils, $210.10; Cimarron, with 40
pupils, $1S7; Springer, with 1879 pupils,
152. 80; Catskill, with 80 pupils, 500; and
Maxwell City, with u pupils, 1920.
Machinery continues to be hauled
from Springer to the gold mines of
| western Colfax county.
E. A. Littrell has purchased a half in
terest in the harness and saddlery es-
adjustment of c.. A. Moore at Ration.
Martin O'Connor and Miss Annie Ar
mold were married at Ration by Rev.
| Cooney.
A. Buskirk, one of the purchasers of
Captain G.. W. Cooks ranch, has re-
turned to Ration from Missouri with two
| car loads of CATTLE.
Frank Briggs has left Ration to en-
gage in business at Bisbee, Ariz.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Taylor died several days ago,
Thomas Stewart and Jessie Under
down, of Ration, bagged 100 ducks on a
two days hunting trip to the lakes neal
Maxwell City.
Abraham Loeb, of Ration, has gone to
Silver city to engage in business.
The Methodist parsonage at Ration
has been repainted and repapered. A.
verandah has also beer built around the
whole edifce.
Huber & Markle, druggists at Ration,
have purchased the drug business Of
Fisher & Gilchrist at Ward, Colo.
Charles Miller and George Hawks
worth, of Ration, shot 105 ducks in a
one-day hunt at Maxwell City.
J. S. Bowdry has been placed in
charge of the Ration cemetery.
The total enrolment of the Ration
schools up to last week was 626, or
about 200 more than hat of the Santa
Fe public schools.
Springer has ambition to be incorpo-
rated as a town.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
A water power mill is being built near
the E. C. Martin ranch at Garfield.
William Palmer, Jr., Of Iona Parda,
has invented a retaining valve for air
brakes. The valve will be tested on the
Santa Fe and the mountain railroads in
| Colorado.
At the masters sale of the Price prop
erty, L. Clapp, of Hatch, bought that at
Hatch, consisting of orchard and two
store buildings, for $3.50, and F. Johns,
who held a mortgage, bought the Price
homestead at Iona Parda for $3.50.
There were nine cases of smallpox at
Las Cruces last week.
The Las Cruces broom factory, con-
Quoted by Hubbard & Cowan, is in full
operation.
Palma Camp No. Z, Woodmen of the
World, recently gave a ball at the rink,
Las Cruces.
Las Cruces is organizing a baseball
team.
DR.. 7. B. Nichols has moved from Las
| Cruces to Ell Paso.
OTERO COUNTY.
Eugene Courtney, The railroad con-
| fro afop Of Pncvvoll with n fr,11 forao Of
men and teams, Is building a two-mile
extension Of a tramway about rs miles
from Alamogordo to be used for bring
ing logs down to one of the mills there.
The tramway will reach 1000 feet
above the sea level in the mountains.
| When finished with the tramway Mr..
| Courtney will excavate a pool 15Ox14O
feet and 5 feet deep, at Alamogordo, to
be used for floating logs to the mill.
]. F. Megargel and son, of Scranton,
Pa, are at A~lamogordo, investing neav-
lily in real estate. They will put up this
summer a three-story, 50x120-foot stone
building, to contain store rooms, offices
and lodge rooms. Mr.. Megargle will all
so build a number of cottages.
Michael Donahue broke his right an
kle while loading bridge timbers at thu
Alamogordo sawmill. Mr.. Donahue
came to Alamogordo from Austin, Pa.
Captain A. B. Fall, of the 1st terrific
rial infantry, will open a law Office at
Alamogordo.
DR.. w. B. Garrett, an experienced
dentist, has located at Alamogordo.
George Smith and Mrs. Weber vera
married at Ell Paso, and went to the
Solado coal fields to live.
Mrs. L. W. Wallace has opened a mill
linery store at Alamogordo.
The Alamogordo Improvement Com.
pany is laying out a new townsit. at
Tularosa. An avenue 100 feet wild is
being graded, and two rows Of trees will
be planted on each side of the avenue.
DR.. ". B. Henwood, a dentist from
Scranton, Pa, has opened an office at
Alamogordo.
The Presbyterians at Alamogordo are
discussing the building of a church and
securing a resident pastor.
Only 2s Cents
Is all they ask you fol- the best meal that
you ever saw. If you don't believe it
call at tho Ron Ton Restaurant and ha