Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-11
A BAPTIST COLLEGE.
Its Cornerstone Was Laid With
Great Ceremony at Alamogordo
Last Week.
MANY new SCHOOL HOUSES
They Are Being Erected in the Vicinity of
Gallup-Weed Will Vote on $4,000
Bond Proposition for New
School House.
OTERO COUNTY.

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On the 10Th Weed will vote on prop
osition to issue $4,000 worth of bonds
to erect new school house.
A new justice Of the peace precinct
has been established at Cloudcroft, and
Will be known aS precinct No. 10 OF
Otero county. The election will be held
on the 18th at Cloudcroft.
On Thursday and Friday of last week
the cornerstone of the New Mexico
Baptist College was laid at Alamogor-
do by Sacramento Masonic lodge with
impressive ceremonies. A large number
of MasOns of high rank from Las Cru
ces. El Paso and other points attended,
and for two days Alamogordo celebrat-
ed The new college will cost $4,000,
and will be one of the best equipped in
the territory.
TAOS COUNTY.
Hunters In this county report plenty
or grouse on the mountain sides this
year.
David Gold has the contract for car
rying the mail between Garland on the
ID. & r. G. and Questa.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Sam Geek, of Dona Ana, has opened
a general merchandise store at Organ.
Attorney ]. F. Bonham, formerly of
Las Cruces, has again located in that
town.
The academy Of the Visitation opened
/ is session last week at Las Cruces with
an increased attendance.
The ladies of Las Cruces are endeav-
oring to arrange for laying a pipe line
from some windmill to carry supply
of water to Union Park to be used in
caring for the trees and flowers.
1t is proposed to establish telephone
in, Nrrlna To ,,,;t -,
the long distance line to Ell Paso. Nc
Clure Bros. are circulating subscrip-
ton list and meeting with success
among the residents and business men.
GRANT COUNTY.
Reports from Stems Pass say that the
mines at that point are producing heav-
lily, and that the camp is very lively.
M. j. Dalton, who has been located at
Lordsburg in the barber business for
some time, has removed to Globe, Ariz.,
to reside.
While getting off car in the yard of
the New Mexico and Arizona railroad
at Lordsburg, w. H. Macdonald fell
and broke his collar bone last week.
Last Friday the knights of Pythias
of Lordsburg gave an American flag
ball at their hall in Lordsburg, each
lady and gentleman in attendance be-
ing presented with an American flag.
j. H. Brown, who has been agent Of
the New Mexico and Arizona railroad
at Lordsburg for some time, has been
transferred to Guthrie, Ariz., and Chas.
r. Temple, of Deming, succeeds him at
Lordsburg.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Last week the White Oaks cornet
band gave a minstrel show at White
Oaks and cleared between $58 and $50.
Tho animal onnfa,,pr1ca nf tho M X,
church south Of New Mexico is now in
session at White Oaks, and many min
listers are in attendance from all over
the territory.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
The Republicans of Socorro county
will hold their convention on the 29th
of this month.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Owing to the fear of a shortage in
school funds, only one teacher will be
employed at the school at Bland this
winter.
At Gallup the public schools opened
this year with an attendance of 2SO pu-
pills the first day. A principal and six
subordinate teachers are employed.
On September new ice plant was
opened at Gallup. 1t is turning out ten
tons of ice day and supplying the
towns along the Santa Fe-Pacitic in
both New Mexico and Arizona.
New school houses are being erected
at Gibson and Catalpa. Miss Myrtle
Decker, of Silver City, and Galbreith
Zuckzinsky, of Gallup, have charge Of
the school at Gibson.
Recently Rev. G.. 8. Madden and J. G..
Creager shot three fine silver tip bears
in the mountains near Bland. From all
accounts the bears are numerous in
that vicinity, and a party has gone out
with q number Of dogs to hunt them.