Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-18
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

Better" is the enemy of Good at
Goebel's.
Manager Sparks of the local telephone
company, today placed telephones in
the offices of Secretary Wallace, Treas
urer Vaughn and Solicitor General
Bartlett in the new territorial capitol.
Miss Efie Jones, sister of Mrs. H. s.
Lutz, went down to Cerrillos this after
noon to attend the wedding of a cousin
tomorrow. The New Mexican will give
an account of the pleasant event in due
time.
The paintings and the fancy needle
work of Loretto pupils will be on ex-
hibit at the academy, from Wednesday,
June 20, at 3 p. M, until Thursday, FL,
at the same hour. Parents and friends
are invited.
H. s. Lowitzki and other Rough Riders
of this city have received letters from
E. l.. Marshall, of Washington, a mem
Der of troop X, asking them to do all in
their power to further the boom of j. l..
Torrey, of Wyoming, for vice president,
For many years General Agent Helm
has successfully conducted excursions
over the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
to the annual Indian feast at San Juan.
| The feast this year will occur on next
Sunday and present indications are that
the attendance from this city will be
larger than ever before.
The enterprising and energetic mem
bers of the local fire department con-
tinue hard at work making preparations
for the territorial firemen's tournament,
scheduled for July 3, 4 and S. Enough
is now known to make it certain that
the coming tournament will be one of
the grandest events in the history OF
Santa Fe.
Thanks to the wisely directed efforts
of Superintendent Sparks and Assistant
Superintendent Griffin, of the Santa
Fe Water and Light company, the sum
mer water supply of this city was never
so cool, pure and satisfactory as it is a
present. 1t is above and beyond crili
cism. The same may be said of the
present electric light service.
The Santa Fee baseball team, organ
lied by Manager Conway to play the
Meadow city team in this city on Jul,
4, went to the United States Indiar
the Indian boys. The team includes 9
number of players who have made fint
records on the diamond in past con
tests at Las Vegas, Albuquerque ane
Santa Fee.
The work of laying a broad vitrifie(
| 1,;,J ,tJou-ol1y II, f,,npt ,f tho Gan.
property on Palace avenue is rapidly
nearing completion. This substantial
Improvement will add materially to thu
value and attractiveness of the prem.
ises indicated. 1t is hoped that severa
miles of such walks will be laid in the
capital city before the year closes.
This is commencement week at the
United States Indian school in this city
The baccalaureate sermon was preach.
ed at the school by Rev. E. l.. Eustis
rector of the Episcopal church, yester'
day, and those who heard it say it wal
exceptionally fine.
The sheep men of this locality have
forwarded a strong petition to the prop
er authorities praying for permission t.
Craze their f1ocks on the Pecos forest
reserve during certain months Of each
season. The petition only applies to
sheep. Goats are not included.
Several prospecting outfits for explo-
ration work in the Santa Fe range are
being quietly organized in the city. and
| will take the field in a few days. This
sort of work is certain sooner or later
to result in discoveries that will prove
substantially and permanently benefi-
| cial to Santa Fee.
At the Exchange: Michael Connolly,
Monument Rock; Charles Hami ton
| Omaha; William Murray, La Junta;
Oliver Jackson, FL Paso: James Wat
son, Kansas City; s. Lyon, New York;
J. M. Green, Madrid; T. N. Reynolds,
Denver.
At the Bon-Ton: William Ash, Ger
rillos: w. H. Mullen, st. Mary, o.; A,
| Coleman, Durangoo; ]. N. Mcdaniel, La
lara; s. w. Bowen, Omaha; J.. T. Clark,
Amargo.
Ripe homegrown French cherries,
luscious and juicy, have appeared In
the local market. Possibly God might
have produced finer fruit than these
cherries, but he didn't do 1t.
Both west and south bound trains on
the Santa Fee railroad are reported on
time this afternoon.