Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-26
TERRITORIAL
HAPPENINGS
The Long Continued Drouth Of Last
Summer Has Not Materially
Affected Cattle.
GRANT COUNTY TELEPHONE
The Company Does Rushing Business So
That It Had to Add a New Switchboard
News Items from Ohaves and
Other Counties.
GRANT COUNTY.

The 3-year-old son of Mrs. Rose Tyra
at Deming was bitten by a vicious dog.
The general roundup is in progress,
and the stockmen are busy branding
their calves.
The Diamond A Cattle Company ex-
poets to ship great number of cattle
this winter from Deming.
The Silver City normal school base
ball team at Deming defeated the Dem
ing Juniors by score of to 49,
Oracle Davenport and Matte Hunt,
of Silver City, were fined SIS each for
hilarious conduct in the Free Silver sa-
loon.
Henry Green, of Santa Rita, was SEN
fenced to twenty-five days in the coun-
ty Jail on the charge of assault and
battery.
Rev. j. G. Ruoff, of the Asbury Meth
odist church at Silver City, united in
marriage last Sunday Miss Cora Pearl
Fait, of Silver City, and James w. Chill
ders. of Fierro. The Young couple will
reside at Fierro.
The business of the Grant county tel
ephone company has increased to such
an extent that a new switchboard for
100 telephones had to be placed in the
main office at Silver City. J. G. Carlisle
is the manager Of the office.
In spite of the long-continued drouth
of last summer, which threatened to
ruin the ranges, only one herd was
shipped from Grant county. This ship
ment comprised 1000 head. The present
condition of the ranges is good, the late
rains having brought the gramma grass
to maturity and the absence of frost
has allowed it to ripen.
CHAvES COUNTY.
Roswell is agitating for theater.
Roswell will have a dog and pony
show on October 30.
j. d. Lea, of Roswell, has returned
from trip to the City of Mexico.
Two fine specimens of antelope were
captured by J. D. Lea and Frank Chat
fee, of Roswell, on a hunting trip.
G.. M. Slaughter has presented the
premium yearling bull at the Roswell
fair to the Galveston relief committee.
The ball game between Amarillo and
the New Mexico Military Institute re-
suited in victory for the institute
boys.
According to recent estimate fifty
families left Roswell this year because
they We're not able to secure houses in
which to live.
George Davis sold to Haynes G. Wells
the forty-acre tract of land lying on
Spring river, west of the Ovard and
north of the Wright addition of Ros-
well.
While out riding in a pony cart with
Mr.. Prayers little girl at Roswell last
Sunday, little Grace Smith was thrown
from the cart and sustained painful
bruises.
OTERO COUNTY.
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Pantalon Sandoval died at Tularosa.
The young man who was arrested in
Tularosa last week for jumping a board
bill of SIS at Alamogordo, was given
three months in the county jail
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Mrs. Charles Harding will build a
handsome brick residence at Gallup.
EDDY COUNTY.
j. s. Crozier, of Carlsbad, won $3.50
piano in drawing held at Roswell.
Gilbert ONeill has sold his crop of
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plant at Carlsbad.
w. l.. Bobo, of Carlsbad, has been
appointed commander for New Mexico
OF the United Sons of Confederate Vet
and gives him power to establish and
inspect camps of the organization
wherever possible in the territory.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
w. ]. Wright is building new house
at Aztec.
Mr.. and Mrs. George l.. Bailey, of La
mont, OKLA, have located at Aztec.
Elder Dodson, Baptist elder from
Texas, has settled at Animas for his
health.
The Pennington evaporator and
creamery are employing a large num-
Der of hands.
Nathan Linscum and Miss Zoe Rash
were married at the home Of the brides
parents near Aztec.
The Pennington public schools have
opened, with Mrs. Aschbach and Miss
Margaret Kroeger as teachers.
John A. Koontz is building an addi-
ton to his residence at Aztec, at pres
ent occupied by Sheriff Dodson.
The Aztec public school has an at
tendance of seventy-three +. C. Spen-
GER is principal, and Miss Maud War
ing the other teacher.
i J. T. McQuillan, of Flora Vista, has
received an offer from a man engaged