Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-28
BOUNDARY QUESTION
L. s. Preston Has Relocated the
Clark Boundary Line Between
Texas and New Mexico,
COLFAX COUNTY BREVITIES
Ration Wants to Have Both of the Terri
torial Oonventions-W. W. Bookshelf,
Special Agent to China, Formerly
Lived at Ration.

From the Pinons come reports of good
grass and fat cattle.
Edward Elston is building a new
house at Johnson's mesa.
j. F. Lobdell is again manager Of the
Harvey house at Ration
Miss Mabel Stalnaker has removed
from Ration to Virginia.
half-witted girl at Ration set her
clothes on fire and very narrowly es-
capped death.
Ration wants both of the territorial
conventions to nominate delegates to
congress held there this year.
Col ]. w. Dwyer and wife and her
two sisters and niece and Jud Bum left
Ration on a visit to Taos
c. F. Remsburg and family and J. B.
Schroeder and family have gone on
camping trip to the Rayado.
Miss Pearl Grove was seriously in
jured in a runaway at Johnson's mesa.
She was unconscious for several hours
Mr.. r. Baker has leased the Moreno
hotel at Elizabethtown for his nephew,
who will come to New Mexico from
Springfield. Mo
Professor Jones resigned his position
as instructor Of the Ration band, and
left for Creede, Colo, to accept more
lucrative position.
Mrs. d. L. Collins has sold her half
interest in the Palace hotel at Ration
to her partner, Mrs. M. Linn, and left
Thursday for Denver where she will
probably locate.
DR.. Shuler left last night on a visit to
his parents in Virginia. He will return
in about two weeks, accompanied by
his family, who have been visiting back
there for several months.
Wool merchants at Springer have so
far received a little over 1,0OO, 900 pounds
of wool this season, and the expecta-
tions are that 1,25O,OO0 pounds will be
the total handled.
H. Won Hemert and wife spent the
past week visiting friends in katon.
They are going to Chihuahua, Mex,
where Mr.. Won Hemert has been en-
gagged as manager Of a mine
William Lambert, who came down
from Cimarroncito, reports that Had
ley. McCroskey and Baker struck rich
free gold bearing ore on their claim one
day last week. 1t Is regarded as the
most important strike yet made in that
George Southwell, who came to Ration
several weeks ago from Yoakum, Tex,
o visit his father-in-law, Judge l.. P.
wilson, likes Ration SO well that he has
oncluded to locate, and has bought the
lour and feed store opposite the opera
ouse.
Charles Matthews, II years old, was
brown by bucking horse and lighted
n the back of his head, rendering him
unconscious, in which condition he re-
nained for over five hours. He Is all
light again, however.
w. w. Rockhill, who has been ap-
ointed by President Mckinley special
gent from the United States to China,
a former Ratonite, having lived here
'om 1882 to 1884. He is remembered by
iosl VI lHe Olu-IlnerS.
Fireman William Case, whose home
in Ration, suffered the loss of his left
Dot at the ankle joint at La Junta. He
as about to get on his engine when the
tep turned, letting his foot down onto
ne track, the engine passing over it.
severing the foot from the
nkle joint. He was taken to the COM
any hospital at La Junta, where he Is
.sting easy.
A few days ago a hail storm de-
royed a great deal of fruit and gar
en- truck in the Canadian river canon,
lirty miles southeast of Springer. NJ
Z. Mills, of Springer, one Of the largest
'uit growers In New Mexico. who has
vo orchards in the Canadian canon,
ad the fruit In one Of them almost
ntirely destroyed which will entail
ss Of over $1,000 to him alone.
l.. s. Preston, surveyor for the Max
ell grant, has relocated the old Clark
'undary line between Texas and New
exico. The line was first surveyed
irty years ago, but had been lost, no
i'd Of trouble being caused by t!!s to
e settlers on both sides of the line.
le town Of Texline, by some believed
be In New Mexico, was found TO be
Texas, one mile beyond the bound
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