Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-10-19
THE ROAD TAX
Is ILLEGAL
Chief Justice W. ]. Mills Has De-
clared That Incorporated Cities
Can Not Levy 1t.
SHEEP And WOOL In TAOS
The Telephone Line from Silver City to
Ell Paso Is to Be Completed by New Year
"A Bank Dividend
Territorial News.
SAN JUAN COUNTY,

DAN d IAN COONI1.
w. S. Dalton is erecting a new bust
ness building at Aztec.
B. A. Wilson has purchased the John
A Koontz place near Aztec.
The women of Aztec gave leap-yeal
ball to-day at Knickerbocker hall.
w. S. Weightman, of Durango, has
contracted for 10000 boxes of San Juan
county apples.
p. M. Salmon, of Fruitland, has re-
ceived seven thoroughbred goats from
Hastings, Tex.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Currie, of Farm
ington, went to England to visit friends
They will be absent until spring.
Daniel p. Dale, Edward Thomas and
Edward Thomas, Jr., have made final
proof on their La Plata homesteads
Thomas B. McGee has purchased from
Rev. James Russell a forty-acre ranch
a mile and half north of Aztec, paying
$40 for it,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Morton have re-
moved from Aztec to La Plata, where
Mr.. Morton has purchased hay and will
feed his cattle this winter.
The following is the Republican coun-
ty central committee: Felipe Quintana,
Pine River: Leonard Boat, Aztec;
Frank V. Williams, La Plata; C. e. An
drus, Bloomfield; r. H. McJunkin,
Pennington; J. E. McCarty Fruitland;
M. Pacheco. Largo; A. A. Wagner, Flo
ra Vista; J. Sixto Baca, Blanco; G. J.
Taylor Cedar Hill.
COLFAX COUNTY.
The car inspectors shanty, south of
the Ration depot, was burned to the
ground.
Charles Schalks, of Albuquerque, has
been given a position in the Ration rail-
road shops.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Kennerly have moved
from Johnson's Mesa to Ration.
Mrs. Allie Lilly, of Johnson's Mesa
accidentally cut off her thumb.
Mrs. Jerome Troy has left Ration fol
a visit of few months to Vermont.
Peter Thompson and family, of Ra-
ton, are visiting relatives at Beatrice
Nebraska.
Bert Crawford of Ration, has secured
a position in the railroad shops at Chey
enne, Wyo., and he left for that poin
with his family.
Miss Edith Littrel, of Maxwell City
was painfully injured by falling from
the back seat of wagon while it was
crossing an arroyo.
Mrs. George Hart was seriously hur
at Johnson's Mesa by being thrown ou
ot a wagon. the team Of mules attached
to it having run away.
Captain jerks of the Horse Ma
rines," who was a familiar figure at Ra
ton for many years, died at the home o
his son at Salida, Colo.
John Herrings, of Maxwell City. ha
sold out his business to William Val
Bruggen and leased 10000 acres from
the Maxwell grant company to go int
the cattle business.
The o. X. o. club of Ration, has elect
ed the following officers: DR.. Connect
DTeSlueHl, MlSS Godl dl ANlVIuSi''7oiiii
vice president; Miss Maria Howell, sec
retary; Merton Davenport, treasurer.
The road tax Of 80 levied by Ratol
has been declared illegal by Chief Jus
tice w. J. Mills in a test case brough
before him by Ration citizens. who ha'
held a mass meeting for the purpose o
fighting the tax.
TAOS COUNTY.
]. B. Brooks intends to open a hote
at Taos.
DR.. Il. P. Martin made a shipment o
sheep from Tres Piedras this week.
The sheep and wool owned in Tao
| county are more than double what
was three years ago.
GRANT COUNTY.
The baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs. Whit
ley died at Demng.
| The vote of Grant county will prob
ably reach $500 this year.
T.R. Kerr has abandoned work on hi
well at Cambray, which he had sunk t
a depth of 800 feet.
Anton Keith, of Deming. has accepte
n place on the baseball nine of Tucsol
land will tour the southwest with tn
team.
The Victorio Land and Cattle Com
pany is holding roundup preparator
to shipping it's cattle to Bakersfield
Cal, for the winter.
w. H. Godair has bought from e.
Burdick 500 head of one, two and thre
year old steers, which are to be deliN
cred at Deming on November 13.
The Deming social club has reorgar
lied with the following officers: N. /
Bollich, president; w. J. Wamel, vic
president; Arthur c. Raithel, secretal
and treasurer.
Oliver Zook, of Mogollon, and Nil
Fannie Moore of Silver City, were ma
ried at Silver City by Rev. j. G. Ruo1
of the Methodist church. The weddir
took place at the home of Mr.. and Mr.
Charles Brakebill.
The telephone line from Silver City
Ell Paso is to be completed by Janual
l. The construction of the line, Whlt
will cost $4,000, has been begun. III
line will have stations at Las Cruce
Deming and other places in that part
New Mexico.
A. H. Harllee, w. c. Porterfield,
Bennett, Eugene Cosgrove, Robe
Black, e. J, Franz, Clark Rogers, w.
Ado,,,s nc VIZ m yHy{I,,, ,,s nv ~
Wood and J. ]. Kelly left Silver City
a special Pullman car for Albuquerqu
where they attended the Masonic grail
lodge meeting.
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