Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-15
TERRITORIAL NEWS NOTES.
Three New Professors for the Normal School
At Silver City.
GRANT COUNTY,

| AAAoo No" A1oiooooio ioI tuo NuiLual DCuool
At Silver City.
GRANT COUNTY.
| Industrial and mining activity OF Sill
yer City has been better than in any
previous season during the last fifteen
years.
| The new board of school trustees
elected on June at Pinos Altos, were
D. c. Harrington, William Watson and
Dr. L. B. Robinson.
| A. j. Clark, of Deming, has become
interested in Ward & Courtney's rail-
road contract on the Morenci Southern
| and spends considerable time on the
ground attending to details.
Lordsburg is elated over its public
! school record. At the school election
| there We're fifty-three votes cast, divid-
ed as follows: H. l.. Cannon, 50; J. r.
Ownby, 81; John Robson, 4S; Jim Lee, 4,
and one each for W. H. Small, John
Kerr and Fl. J. McGrath. There were
forty-nine votes in favor of the special
tax and not one against it. Messrs.
Cannon, Ownby and Robson are the
present members of the board.
At meeting of the knights Of Pyth-
las of Lordsburg the following officers
We're elected for the ensuing term: L.
c. McGrath, C. c.; H. j. McGrath. v,
c.; ]. H. Brown, p; Peter Jochem, M.
of E.; E. C. Belt M. of F.; f. w. Clapp,
X. of R. and S.: o. A. Simpson, M. at
A.. J. A. Leahy, M. of W.; D. H. Ked-
zie, I. G.: w. Blackburn, O. G.; J. A.
Leahy, trustee, E. w. Clapp and D. H.
Kedzie, delegates to the grand lodge.
At the meeting Of the regents of the
Silver City Normal School the resigna-
ton Of the faculty was read and accept
ed, with resolutions of regret and ap-
probation of work done Those who re-
signed were Professors Bennett, Koch
and Miss Garner, Of the kindergarten
department. The vacancies caused by
those designations have been filled by
r. E. P. Thomas, late of Chicago uni
versity, and an A. B. graduate this year
of the A. and M. college at Las Cru
ces; Hugh A. Owen, also of Chicago
and close student of biology. and Miss
Mary A. Schaeffer, noted kindergar-
ten teacher of California.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
Aztec is planning big celebration
for July 4.
Mr.. Ralph Thompson, of Mancos, and
Mrs. Lulu Stephenson, of Durango, ar
rived in Aztec and were married, Rev
J. r. Cooper officiating.
School election was quite we'll attend
ed at Bloomfield. Some strife prevailed
and two tickets were run. P. M. Salmon,
Charles Holly and Joseph Hadden were
elected.
At the election to elect three direc-
tors for school district No. 5, for the
next fiscal year, Messrs. Thomas Fulch-
er, W. A. Hunter and E. s. Whitehead
received the highest number of votes.
At meeting of citizens 1t was re-
solved that in order to accord with the
arrangements for the farmers institute
and pioneers association, the fair be
held on the 18th, 18th, 14th and 18th of
September. George e. Allen was there
upon elected president ana. Joseph
Prewitt secretary.
The Navajoes are the aboriginal shep-
herds of America. They now have near
ly 100000 sheep and 25O0OO goats. OF
late years there has been great troujle
about water. On January the nresi-
dent, by executive order, extended the
reservation so that the Navajoes cou'I
reach the Little Colorado river with
their flocks.
Pennington is abreast of the times
socially. The ladies' aid society Of the
M. f. church, each alternate Thursday
afternoon gives scent tea. There
will be a minstrel show and cake walk
for the benefit of the reading room on
Thursday evening, June 2S, at the pa
vilion. The Rosebud Dramatic Club Of
Pennington will present the play,
Murder Will Out" accompanied by
songs and recitations, at the pavilion
on Thursday evening, June 81.
An exciting struggle for school direc-
tors took place in district No. 10. Two
tickets were in the field, one containing
the names of the old directors, Messrs.
Tinker, Feek and Blackmer, and the
other bearing the names Of Messrs. Pie
per, Mcintosh and Hendricks. The elec-
ton resulted in tie, each candidate
receiving nine votes, and 1t is alleged
that three of the votes cast were from
another precinct. A contest Is likely.
One of the new settlers on the Ute
reservation is Miss Susan Frances Hale
Of Missouri. who has taken up 100 acres
Of land on the big mesa, twelve miles
this side Of Durango, and adjoining her
brothers Joe's ranch. Miss Hale is an
elderly lady, full of spirit, vivacious and
a charming entertainer. She Is an aunt
of the talented Myrtle Hale. society edi-
tress of the Kansas City Times. Wheth-
err "book larnin'" and alfalfa growing
will dovetail is a problem to the solu-
tion of which Miss Hale will bend her
energies and talents.