Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-20
BITTEN BY A SNAKE
A Navajo Indian Girl Not Far from
Gallup Was Bitten by
Rattlesnake.
A PROSPEROUS COAL CAMP
Eighty five Houses Are in the Course Of
Construction at Gibson-Almost 5000
Persons Of School Age in
Oolfax County.
COLFAX COUNTY.

COLFAX COUNTY.
There are 1880 persons of school age
In Colfax county. The recent quarterly
apportionment gave them 30 cents per
capita.
y The marriage Of Miss Helen Lonsdale
to Harry l.. Thomas, Of Denver, took
place at the home Of her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. F. Lonsdale. at Ration.
At Ration the Investment Block base
ball club defeated the postoffice block
nine in an exciting game, which aroused
the whole town to fever heat. The
score for eight innings was % to 1S.
An entertainment was given at the
Ration opera house for the benefit of the
relief society. 1t was success musical
ly. as well as financially. The chorus
consisted Of fifty voices.
J. Van Houton and T. A. Schomberg
returned to Ration from a trip up the
Vermejo, and report crops along the
valley Of that stream In a most -four
ishing condition.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Mrs. Theodore Maxwell is critically ill
at Gallup.
Mario Presto was fined $25 at Gallup
for assaulting Charles Martinelli.
Charles Vidal bought the Keegan
property on Railroad avenue, Gallup,
paying $1,000 for 1t.
There are eighty-five houses in course
Of erection at Gibson, near Gallup, and
1t also has three saloons selling scent
beer.
There are at present nine insane peo-
pie in the Albuquerque jail. There is no
room for them at the territorial asylum
at Las Vegas.
Alexander Bowie started east on Mon
day. He will be away several weeks.
Before his return he will visit Montana,
Alabama and Virginia.
Jake, a well-known Navajo washer
man, brought his little girl to DR.. Ed
mondson, at Gallup. to have her treat
ed for rattlesnake bite. The child's
arm was badly swollen up to the shoul-
der.
In March last William Strickland, of
Kansas City, who was beating his way
west with one Ed Norris, disappeared
at Gallup. His relatives are very
anxious to get word from him.
Five-cent beer was sold for twenty
four hours by Casna and Brown Bros.
At the end Of that time the two whole
sale beer companies refused to sell any
more beer to them, and the price went
back to the old figures, two for rs cents.
A farewell dance was rendered Mrs.
Keegan, her sister, Miss Lou Bolton,
and Miss French, by number Of their
Gallup friends at the opera house. The
Keegans go to Globe, Ariz.
Wilderness Camp, at Gallup, installed
nior warden. e. Wilmunder; treasur-
er, w. T. Henderson; G. H., A. Ste
phens; I. s., o. Neal; second w., F.. F.
Kenney; fourth w.. D. Vennetti; Sec
ond G. T., w. F. Kuchenbecker; trustee,
]. M. jacobson; H. p. l.. Beckman;
scribe. w. A. Kramer; junior warden,
j. H. Young; o. s., E. L. Watkins; F.
W., P. A. Simpkin; third W., N. Ketch-
um: frst G. T., R. w. Wypor. The en-
campment is growing rapidly, and is in
a very healthy condition.
TAOS COUNTY.
Mrs. Helphenstine and daughter Ada
have returned to Amizett from Bland.
Gerson Gusdorf has returned from
Bland to Amizett. and has gone to work
N the Shoshone group.
DR.. T. P. Martins automobile has ar
lived. and Ia the wonder and admira-
ion Of the Taos people.
Kansas City parties have taken
bond and lease on the Homestake mine
IN Black hill at large figures.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Mennet, Of Las We
gas, were in Taos, and went to Ojo
Caliente, where they will spend a cou-
pie Of weeks before returning to Las
Vegas.
The Misses Craig left Ell Prado to
spend their vacation at Denver, Colo
RADIO Springs and other resorts. Miss
Alice Hyson will accompany them for
part Of the summer, when she will re-
turn to her duties at Ranches.
A. Clauson, founder Of the Ration Re-
porter and one or two other western
newspapers, and at one time the cham
pion rapid compositor west Of the Mis-
sissippi. left Taos for California, en-
route to Manila.
A. G. Stevens will move his artesian
we'll machinery to Cerro, where he has
taken q contract to put down well for
Henry J. Young on the prairie north
of that place. There is large amount
Of very fine land in that part Of the
county which is without water, and II
the artesian well proves a success to
such an extent as to furnish water for
Irrigation, It will be a matter of much