Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-09

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ceased brother. George Starcevich. who
was accidentally killed at Gibson some
time ago.
| The improvements contemplated for
the Catholic church at Gallup will re-
quire about $500. The front of the
church will be changed to Hill avenue,
some rooms added for Father Julliard,
cellar will be excavated, and a new
heating apparatus put in.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
The Rosebud dramatic club gave the
play. Murder viii Out" at Fruitland
Tuesday night last.
| M. G. Picken has sent crate of
| Pennington cherries to San Elizario.
Tex, to friends. Nothing like such to
advertise a country's products.
| Last week the San Juan Times be-
came the Pennington Times. Having
successfully accomplished this change
| in name it proceeded also to change
editors, Lawyer Whitehead retiring and
C. E. Starr announcing himself as edit
or and publisher.
D. X. 3. Sellers, now of Albuquerque,
but late of California, has been in
Pennington several days looking over
the field and considering the advisable
ity of building a creamery and fruit
evaporation. He met several farmers
and fruit growers, and was assured by
them of hearty cooperation in his
plans.
In order to accord with the arrange
ments for the farmers institute and
pioneers association, the San Juan
county fair will be held on the 18th,
18th, 14th and 18th Of September George
E. Allen was elected president and Joe
Prewitt secretary. The vice presidents
elected were: D. B. Ross, Pennington;
G. w. Mccoy, Aztec; L. C. Burnham,
Fruitland; J. w. McDermott, La Plata;
c. S. Cameron, Flora Vista; Charles
Carter, Bloomfield. F. M. Pierce, treas
| urer.
CHAvES COUNTY.
After three months in the field the
Hagerman railroad surveyors have run
the proposed line from Roswell to Ell
Paso.
| H. Arlington, of New York City,
president of the Ell Captain Land and
Cattle Company, Is visiting the big
ranch at Richardson.
| Henry Selleck. who was captured In
the act of burglarizing the postofflce.
waived examination before Judge Lea
and was remanded to Jail in default of
a $1,000 bond.
New Mexico breeders bought thirty
| four head of high-grade bulls at the
pedigreed cattle sale in Kansas City re-
Gently. Thirty-six states bought stock
and New Mexico ranged tenth in point
of purchases.
| Mr.. A. M. Selleck, who has charge of
the music in the Methodist Sunday
school at Roswell, has a juvenile or
| chestra Of twenty-one members, which
| has become quite proficient, consider
ing the ages of it's members, ranging
from to 12 years.
Wonder what the Roswell Register
means? Hear this: ~. W. Caraway got
his left foot fast in a crack in the side
walk one day last week. and tore it off
at the ankle He got piece Of oak and
made new one, put 1t on and had no
further trouble"
Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Miller started from
Roswell for New York City, to which
market he has shipped his wool clip Of
this year. aggregatng $4,000 pounds.
The best offer he could get here was
12h cents, and he thinks he can do
much better in New York after paying
the freight.
Willie Olmsted, the 11-year-old son of
B. 8. Olmsted, of Roswell, fell through
the floor joists of the second story Of
new dwelling to the floor joists below
and fractured his spinal column near
the base Of the brain. There were sew
eral boys climbing about the building
after the workmen had left. and 1t Is
supposed that Willie stepped on the end
Of a short loose board. He lived but
short while after the fall.
COCHITI.
oliver Marsh and wife sold their resi-
dence in South Bland to George Reed,
and left for Riverside, Cal.
Ed Shaw, bookkeeper for the Cochlti
Store Company. has gone down into the
Black Range country on a prospecting
trip.
Citizens of Bland by donation built a
house and presented 1t to Mrs. Sarah
bravo. In cash, $46.75 was raised, and
carpenters donated their labor.
| J. D. May, vice president of the Crown
Point Mining Company, and largely in
terested in other valuable properties in
the Cochiti, came in from Albuquerque
last Friday via Jemez Springs.
1t having been decided to incorporate
Bland, the campaign for Office has
opened. John Hart announces his can
ddacy for the town marshalship. Sam
uel Sayer Is also a candidate for the
place.
I J. f. Clement and r. M. Weimer.
prominent young business men OF Port
Lavaca, Tex. are among the new ar
rivals in Bland. They will locate, and
eventually expect to engage in the mer.
camille business.
J w. B. Creager, a former instructor In
the government Indian school at Albu-
. querque, and for the past three years
city superintendent of schools In Phoe.
nix, Ariz., came in on Sundays stage
, on a visit to his brother T. a. CreaRer
and family.
| Sparks from the smokestack at tbs
, pumping station in Peralta canor