Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-15
THROUGHOUT The
TERRITORY
A $500 Foot Well for Coal Oil to Be
Drilled in the Vicinity of
Gallup.
A new PAPER A? ROSWELL
An Italian at Gallup Shot Himself Acct
dentall y-Some Fine BUILDINGS Being
Erected at Roswell-A Business
Change at Jemez.
COLFAX COUNTY.

| COLFAX COUNTY.
| The literary society of the Ration
schools elected the following officers:
Evelyn Shuler, president; Ruby Grey,
| secretary; Nellie Scanlon, vice presi-
dent; John Boyle, warden; Anna Cor
man and Eugene Reynolds, captains.
| James Livingstone and J. E. Lane
We're given the contract to repair the
| Cimarron and Ponil Park road by the
board of county commissioners. J. K
Hunt was appointed inspector by the
| board to receive the road when COM
pleted.
CHAVES COUNTY.
The carpenters and joiners' union
built the grand stand for the Roswell
street fair free of charge
| The new school building at Roswell,
| which will cost over $4,000, is to be
| ready for occupancy by March l next.
A number of Improvements have been
| made at the race track at Roswell A
| new judges stand grand stand and
stalls have been built.
Eighth and Sixth streets at Roswell
have been graded by private enterprise.
The new bridge across the Spring riv-
er at Roswell has been completed.
The Citizens Bank and the Godair
buildings are nearing completion at
Roswell, and are the handsomest build
ings in that city OF pretty homes.
A temporary thealer building has
been built at Roswell for the street fair.
j. l.. johnson has Purchased the Pc
cos Valley meat market at Roswell
from +. +. Roe & Co.
II. r. Webb is building tive-room
dwelling house at Roswell.
Four big street arches were erected
at Roswell for the street fair.
William d. Slease, ut Roswell. has
bought the w. NJ. Smith transfer busi-
ness.
The Pecos Valley railroad now runs
d weekly stock train TO Kansas City,
leaving Carlsbad al 10 clock on Sun
day evening.
The band stand at Roswell has been
removed from the court house square 10
the corner of Main and Second streets,
at Roswell.
The Littlefield Cattle Company has
shipped several car loads of cattle to
Kansas City. The first train load
brought $37.55 per head.
The Pecos Valley Stockman now
makes it's weekly appearance at Ros-
well instead of at Carlsbad. Lucius
fN,l 4 ~
tors.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Gallup had baby show last week.
Two new side tracks are being put
down by the Santa Fe-Pacific railroad
at Gallup.
Y. n. Harburt and family, of Kansas
City, have taken up their residence at
Gallup.
The Indians at Jemez last week cele-
brated their secret masked religious
dance.
George Krum, of Kansas City. has ta-
ken up his residence at Gallup, where
he has secured work as car foreman at
the railway shops.
The Gallup Odd Fellows were repre-
sented at the meeting Of the grand
lodge at Ration by w. L. Henderson, P.
A. Simpkins and j. Spears.
An Italian at Gallup was accidentally
shot in the arm last Sunday at Gallup.
He was in the act of laying his pistol
into a drawer when it was discharged
and the ball entered his left arm.
r. J. O'Kelly left Gallup this week to
get machinery for the Winslow Oil
Prospecting Company. 1t is the inten-
ton to sink a 2,500-foot hole on the
company's property east of Gallup.
A. Miller has sold out his stock of
merchandise at Jemez to Charles F.
Spader. Mr. Miller has been at the
pueblo for twenty-six years, and will
retire to his ranch at the hot springs
GRANT COUNTY.
L. r. Kline, a telegraph operator at
Cambray, and Miss Ella Faust. of Ell
Paso, were married this week at the
home of the brides parents. They left
on a wedding trip to Denver.