Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-11-03
A NEW MILL
FOR DEMING
The Denver Mining & Milling Com
pany Has Bought a Tract Of
Forty Acres.
HUNTING In GRANT COUNTY
Bear, Mountain Lions, Deer and Wild Tur.
keys Seem to Be Plentiful-Teachers
Examination at Aztec-0ther Ter
ritorial News Items.
SAN M1AN COUNTY.

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the county in fixing up the roads.
w. A. Hunter has begun the erection
of substantial business house at
Pennington.
Il. +. Dalton, of San Juan county,
was married at Denver to Mrs. Mar
garet Suter.
The La Plata school district has en-
gagged Miss Matte c. Henry to teach
the public school.
A leap year dance was given at Aztec
last week, despite the fact that leap year
is still four years off.
Laura, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. G. Taylor, died at Cedar Hill. The
girl was aged years and 10 days. Scar
let fever was the cause of death.
County uperintendent Rosenthal and
Miss Waring, as a board of examiners.
conducted an examination at Aztec.
The following applicants for teachers
certificates passed: Miss Henry, of La
Plata; Mrs. Bryce, of Flora Vista, and
Miss Paulson, of Fruitland.
GRANT COUNTY.
The Episcopal congregation at Dem
ing has organized Sunday school.
Mountain lions are killing cattle and
horses in the vicinity of Cooks.
The Maggie Mine is expected to keep
the mill busy although custom work will
also be done.
Miss Nellie Brenn, a former resident
OF Silver City, died at Deming of con-
sumption.
An Egyptian snake show carrying $50
live snakes astonished the natives of
Deming last week.
Rev. j. A. Mussell and wife of Hanov-
er, have gone to Easton, Calf, to take
charge of a Methodist church in that
town.
Sam Fong, the Chinese merchant at
Deming. and Mrs. Maude Baker were
baptized in the Methodist church at
Deming last week.
At Wamel's ranch, Gilbert Kells un-
dertook to jump from the roof of one
shed to the roof of another. He mis-
calculated the distance, fell to the
ground and had his left arm broken.
Gus Mulholland, of Gallup, has Of
fered to sink 1000 foot well for arte-
sian water at Deming with the under
standing that if he fails to strike ar
tesian water he will not be paid for his
work.
Fred Herman and George Leffer have
returned to Demng from hunting trip
to the Mogollons, and brought several
deer and bear. Thomas Hudson and
julius Rusch returned from the MINI
bres country with a mountain lion and
dozen wild turkeys.
John Woods of Lordsburg, was near
deaths door from ptomain poisoning
last week, but he recovered under Dr.
Swope's treatment.
The Deming Mining and Milling Com
pany has bought the Henry Meyers
tract OF 40 acres at Deming west of the
Santa Fe railroad track for it's mill site
and secures thereby large brick build
ing and a good well. The lumber and
machinery for the mill are on the
ground. The mill is to be ready for bus
mess in about six weeks.
EDDY COUNTY.
The Judgment in the case of Revly
VS.. The Pecos & Northern Texas rail-
way for $4,000 damages, rendered at
Amarillo, last winter, has been reversed
and remanded by the Texas court of
appeals, and will come up for a hearing
at the December term of the Potter
county court, Texas.
The new telephone system for Carls-
bad is almost ready for business. All
the material is there and instruments
will be placed in the business houses
just as fast as the work can be done.
All the town wires have been strung
and some of the phones will be in place
this week.
Judge A. A. Freeman, of Carlsbad, re-
turned last Monday from an extended
trip to Washington and eastern cities.
He learned from headquarters that the
vacancy on the New Mexico bench
caused by the retirement of Judge
Charles A. Leland, will probably not be
filled until after the election.
Hunting and fishing parties are num-
erous and active in the neighborhood Of
Carlsbad. Some fine bass catches are
reported from the Pecos, within mile
of Carlsbad, and big strings are being
taken at Lake Avalon. Hunters report
ducks and quail quite plentiful, and a
number of good bags were made lately.
John w. Rush returned last week to
Carlsbad from q three weeks trip to
Fort Stockton, Texas. His firm, Rush
& Russell of Getser Springs ranch, pur-
chased flock Of about 1900 head of
good grade sheep in that vicinity. The
sheep reached their new range the first
o. this week.
Among the recent visitors to Carls-
bad was j. G. s. Watson, Denver at
torney, who arrived there last week.
He was there looking for location, in
tending to go into some branch Of the
live stock business, being principally in
clined toward Angora goat raising. He
left last Sunday, expecting to return in
the near future.
Miss Louise Blodgett, Mrs. Fenton
and Miss Griff1ths, all we'll known at
Carlsbad, are expected to arrive in that
place in General Manager Blodgett's s
private car en- route for Roswell, where
Miss Blodgett will spend the winter as
the guest of Mrs. D. A. Starkweather.
The party will stop at Carlsbad for a
few days visiting friends.