Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-12
GALLUP OIL FIELDS
Several Square Miles of Prospective
Oil Lands Have Been Located
by Prospectors,
A CRUSADE AT CARLSBAD
All Women of Questionable Character
Are Ordered to leave Town-New In
structors at the New Mexico Mill
tary Institute.
SAN .JTJAN COIINTv

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The roller mills at Aztec have started
up for the season.
The Democratic county cor ,4si. Z, on
VIII be held in Aztec on the 10th inst,
The road gang has been at work in
Aztec precinct endeavoring to get the
roads in shape for the heavy fall travel,
The county fair is being held at
Pennington this week. In a voting con-
test for the queen, Miss Josephine N.Y.
ers, of Pennington, was chosen for the
honor. She received 1,OS4 votes, and her
next highest opponent 1,062.
Experiments with winter wheat at the
agricultural experiment station at Az
tee gave yields ranging from 1874 bush
els per acre to 74.9 bushels per acre. The
Defiance variety gave the largest yield
of the twenty-four varieties planted.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
After a long dry period rains are
reported all over the county, as else
where in the territory.
Miss Ruby Berry is conducting a very
successful private school at Socorro
with about fifteen pupils.
John A. Balm has resigned his posi-
ton as bookkeeper for the Becker
Blackwell company at Magdalena, and
has gone to Silverton to engage in busi-
ness.
At Chloride Ed James, having a COW
killed by bears, set trap for them with
the carcass for bait. On the third
morning he found large silver tip
bear caught in the trap and shot him.
Next morning he caught yearling
bear.
Last week deed was filed at the Of
flee of Probate Clerk Hermene G. Baca,
dated May 7, 1929, by which Diego Ben
avides transferred to Salvador Gyron
his interest in the La Joya grant for Il
mare, 10 goats, II blankets and 50 in
cash.
EDDY COUNTY.
At Carlsbad last night Sam McDon-
aid and Miss Beulah Grisom were mar
ried.
At Carlsbad there is considerable
complaint as to the condition of the
streets in the western part of the city.
The city council of Carlsbad has in
structed the city marshal to remove
from the city all women Of questionable
character within two weeks from the
Sd inst.
Carlsbad is to have sixteen electric
lights on the streets, which will be do
mated to the city for one year in return
for donation Of $100 for repairing the
power dam near the city.
Charles H. Klauder has been granted
a franchise for telephone system at
Carlsbad, and has already placed an or
der for the necessary material. Phones |
will cost So a month, and S. If used both
for residence and business houses.
CHAVES COUNTY.
r. J. Poole, who has been resident
of Roswell for number Of years, has
moved to Jonesboro, Ill.
Rev. Volney Johnson, who has been |
pastor of the Christian church at Ros- |
we'll, has accepted call from Amarillo, |
Tax and will locate there
The contest is now on for the selection
of the most popular young lady in the
three counties Of Lincoln, Chaves and
Eddy, who will be queen of the flower
parade and off1ciate at the coming fair
to be held in Roswell next month. Votes
cost 21a cents each.
Capt. Claude Lowry and Capt. e. Nc
Donnell Moore have been elected in
structors in English and military sci
ence respectively at the military insti-
tute at Roswell. Capt. Lowry is from
Tennessee and Capt. Moore from Vir-
ginia.
Thomas Hart, of Taos, has several
fighting cocks, and has issued a chal-
lenge to all comers for the 1st and "a
Of October.
Fifteen or twenty travelling men, who
visit Taos periodically, are arranging
to attend the fiesta of San Geronimo
and bring their wives and families.
The school at the pueblo of Taos
opened on Monday, Sd inst, with an at
tendance of twenty-eight Mrs. Dwire,
the teacher, has an assistant this year
in a Pueblo named Lorenzo Martinez,
who attended school at Carlisle, Pa.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Several very suspicious LOOKING
strangers from Mexico have been ON