Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-21
1t Was Opened by the Queen Of
the Fair, Miss Josephine
Myers.
PETROLEUM AT LAS CRUCES
Many Improvements That Are Being Made
at That Oity-Raton Selects Delegates
toRepublioan County Convention
Other Territorial Items,
SAN JUAN COUNTY.

county and the southern border Of Col
orado. On Thursday the first event on
the program was the queens parade.
ing the queen Of the fair, Miss jose
phine Myers, the president of the fair
| and the ladies Of honor and an escort.
Following this were the wagons bear
| ing exhibits and citizens in carriages.
| AT the display tent the queen was es-
| corted to a high throne draped with
| Navajo blankets, where she made an
| address of welcome and declared the
| fair open. In the evening was held the
| lueens ball and the old timers reunion.
The exhibits made are very extensive
for such an occasion, and included all
lines of products of the county
COLFAX COUNTY.
| The district court of Colfax county
| convened at Ration Monday, with Chief
Justice Mills presiding. The grand jury
was empaneled but so far has found no
indictments.
John Cook, round house foreman of
| the Santa Fe at Ration, has been trans
| ferred to La Junta, and is succeeded at
Ration by Harry J. Bennett, late of the
Illinois Central at Chicago
The Republican primaries for the two
precincts in Ration were held on Friday
and Saturday Of last week. The follow
ing delegates to the county convention
were chosen: George Carter, Pedro
| Charette, Celso Chavez, T. R. Smith, F.
| Gauna, M. Narvis, A. C. Voorhees,, Flo
memo Mestes, M. Archuleta, Eliseo Roy
bel, ]. E. Peyton, w. M. Oliver, c. A.
Whited, D. G. Dwyer, w. D. Kershner,
James Sweeney, w. Van Ness, E. O.
Jones, A. H. Butler, G. B. Woodward,
James I. House, Henry Jones, C. B.
Thacker. In precinct No. 2 the dele
gates were instructed for Francisco
Gauna for probate clerk.
| MORA COUNTY.
Wagon Mound is having quite build
ing boom at present, and new houses
are going up everywhere. In spite of
this fact, there isn't a vacant house to
be had.
| DONA ANA COUNTY.
Fourteen boys and girls have gone
from Las Cruces to the Indian school
at Albuquerque. and one girl to the
Carlisle Indian school.
E. A. Chaffee has been out prospect
ing, and reports fine prospect for pc
troleum. If he is right the field is ex-
tensive. and the oil can be run in pipes
to the railroad without pumping. He is
now trying to induce capital to sink a
test well.
There has been quite an Improvement
in the appearance of Las Cruces in the
past two months. The fire in the Dona
Ana Republican office started the i'm
provements on Main street, although
some Of the other improvements had
been started before. The printing office
was remodeled and rebuilt. Then Bow
man & Son put in glass front and
bank fixtures; Mr.. Raymond rebuilt the
old Commercial saloon, which had been
known as the "only second-class saloon
in the United States" into a store
which now presents fine appearance.
The houses Of Lawrence La Point, Sr.,
built. The cottage of e. C. Wade is
nearing completion, and Frank Ysls is
building him house.
EDDY COUNTY.
1t Is estimated that the fall wool clip
in Eddy county will total over $50, 900
pounds.
A week ago last Saturday night two
horse thieves named Juan and Pedro
Salazar broke jail at Carlsbad by saw
ing through the bars Of the cage and
the windows Of the Jail, from which
fact it Is thought that they have had
outside assistance. Sheriff Stewart an6
la posse pursued them at once, and they
were last seen near the Hess ranch, IL
Dark canon, headed toward the Mexi
can border. Leaving the other member
Of the posse to continue the immediate
pursuit, the sheriff took the train t
Van Horn Tex, on the Texas & Pacific
where he will endeavor to head then
off.
The public schools Of Carlsbad opened
on Monday the 18th. with an entirel.
new faculty. The staff Is as follows: H
E. Berner, superintendent; G. F. Ellis
grammar department; Miss Emerson
intermediate department.; Miss Will
, liams, primary department.. A numbe
of improvements have been made in tn
school building, and several importan
changes in the scholastic curriculum
The principal Of these are the addition
, l. of course in bookkeeping and one Il
stenography and typewriting will b
added as soon as the necessary ma
chimes can be procured.
coLFAx COUNTY.
. Hard frosts are reported from differ
ent parts Of the county.
Miss Alice Thomas left Ration Mon
day evening for Wabash, Ind, to atten
school.
F. M. Darling and wife have come
: from their ranch near Folsom, and wi
8 live in Ration.
!. There will be meeting of the Colfa
4 county pioneer association at c. n
o Baynes Office at Ration on Wednesda
q evening. September 26.
Q Mrs. M. A. Talbot, of Ration, went
n Catskill few days ago. Soon after sf
started home her horse ran away. St
was thrown out and one Of her limt
was broken. She was brought to IL
!. home Of her sister, Mrs. J. B. Rouse.
d Ration, and is Improving as fast I
could be expected.