Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-13
CHAYES AND GRANT.
Two Prosperous Counties of Southern New
Mexico.
CHAVES COUNTY

CHAvES COUNTY.
DR.. Pierce lis building a residence a
Portales.
DR.. George T. Veal and family, OF Jef
| ferson, Tex, have settled ait Roswell,
r. l.. Moulden, Of Mckinney, Tex, 1aA
settled ait Roswell, and will go inut
business there.
c. M. Bird has let contract for 8
six-room dwelling to be built ait Ros.
WE'LL.
J. H. Charles, of Wichita, and F. 8
Gamble OF Wellington, Kan, will In
the future make their home ait Roswell
Benjamin Leggett is putting up sew
eral windImills ait the Horseshoe ranch
near Porttailes.
w. 0. Dunlap bored 300 feet ait Por-
tales for water, but failed to find the
precious fluid.
The Pecos Valley & Noruhea stern
railway will erect sllesaaing pens and
dipping watts alt Portales.
Fred Fl. Miller and bride (nee Miss
Mintie B. Miller). who were married at
AraheSm, CAL. have taken up their res
idence ait Roswell.
c. G. Richardson has bought half
acre tract i'm Roswell from Chief Dis
patcher Winkler, Of the Pecos Valley &
Northeastern railapad.
c. r. Echols, who HAS been in the
employ of the Roswell Telephone AMI
Manufacturing Company since they in
stalled the system last May, has re-
moved Ito Carlsbad ito take charge OF the
electric lighting plant of B. G. Siegma n
at that place.
The Roswell board Of education is ad-
ve11tisling for bids for the NEW school
house Ito be erected i'm that city this
year. The building liz Ito be two stories
high, with a 7foot basement The base
ment is to be built OF stone, THE outside
wallis OF the mIain structure of pressed
brick, and THE inside wallis of Roswell
brick. The PLAINS are to include a heat-
ing system. The school is Ito contain
sixteen r1doms, and to cost, outside Of
furniture, $4,000 Ito $4,000.
GRANT COUNTY.
A SNOW storm which struck Fierwo for
a time put an end to ore hIauling.
The SANTA Fe Railroad Company has
AZ tank and a windmill at
Hanover.
On Washingtons birthday q Martha
Washington BALL will be given at Silver
City.
The Republican central committee of
Grant county met alt Silver City on
Thursday Of this week.
The spring term Of district court for
Grant county will convene at Silver
1ity March 5.
Mine Foreman M. Riney and Chief
Engineer John Foley are erecting cot
ages at the Gillette mine at Pinos AL
oS.
Manning M. Kahnwiler and John
Of Silver City have been ap-
,nsrsad ranwa r'iszets under t.MntrrlssioR-
II Mulhall.
Miss Viola Dyer, te1cllen' of elocution
~ DCHmiASy ulR1S IcSi6Ileu lp5E pOSlulOIl III
he public SCHOOLS ON account Of failing
.yesight and has gone home to Mem
,his, Tenn.
Col. Richard Hudson, while attempt
ng to climb coal CAR ait Deming, Slip
,ed and was thrown against passen-
'er' coach. His skull was SLIGHTLY frac-
ured, and he cut quite a cash in his
ace.
Burglars broke into the store Of e. B.
BOLTON alt Hanover and stole $40 in cash |
md SO In meat tickets. A gang OF
hieves seems to be operating In the
amp for Ialtely saddles have been sto-
en- as we'll ais two horses. The saddles
we're found hidden in a cave near the |
own.
A slight fire occurred i'm Abraham |
Bros. barber shop at Silver City, caused |
" the explosion of a gasoline lamp.
King Wade has resigned as TALLER ct |
he GRANT county Jail, and has accept
d position ais range rider on THE for
st reserve. Andrew Alexander was APP
'ointed to succeed him ais failer.