Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-07-08
De MING DOINGS.
A Small Sized cyelone-Fourth Of July
Ceiebration-Other Items.

~ small SIZED Cyclone-F curtin OF JUL
Celebration-other Items.
Special Correspondence.
Deming, July County Commits
sioner William Taylor. of Allison, was
in town last week attending the com
missioners' meeting.
The bill for those new steel cages
for the county jail has been received
and ere long they will be in place.
Earnest Roundtree has returned t.
his old stamping ground after quite q
lengthy stay in other parts.
The Pachecho and B~irchfeld cattle
were loaded out of the Deming stock
yards last Monday. They were billed
for Denver and S. a. Blrchleld wa.
in charge of the train.
The stock yards have been in de
mand of late. Last Monday the COW
boys we're compelled to keep one
bunch under herd on account OF the
lack OF room in the pens.
w. y. Birchfeld left for Colorado
on Tuesday evenings passenger foi
Colorado. where he will attend to the
sale Of his cattle which preceded him
one day.
The Bank hotel under the new man
agement Is doing a fine business. Or
almost every day since Mrs. Rattle
has been In charge she has been com
PEELED to turn away custom because al
of the rooms were filled.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Letter came IL
from Cooks to spend the Fourth In tn,
town from whence many go but always
return, even though sometimes II b,
for only n visit.
Mrs. Il. X. Num-, after spending
the Fourth with relatives in this city
vas accompanied to her home on tn,
Cow Springs ranch by Miss Rose Con
molly, who will spend a week with
her.
Henry Meyer, the well known
butcher. has purchased the building
I'm which he Is now located, and in q
short time will erect n store building
thereon which will be worthy OF the
location.
A big storm. or rather a Young cy
clone. struck Deming at about II
O'Clock last Saturday evening and Ger
tainly made things hum for q few
minutes. 1t took the roof off Of quite
a number of the smaller sheds in town
and played havoc generally with the
high board fences, arbors, etc. Nc
serious damage was done, however
and In a little time everything looked
the same as before the storm.
Luna county celebrated the Fourth
in grand old style. Not only did the
county seat do herself proud, but the
whole county. away up on the Mimbres
and even to the south, was in on the
fun. In Deming the program was a
good one and was well carried out
VIII Deemer was the winner of the
sack race: Wallace Wamel and
Wheeler Goodfellow OF the potato
race; Gilmore Keith and Lee Upton OF
the foot race; Wright Lawhon ant
Emmett Connolly of the obstruction
race, and Hays Wharton and Dave
Weaver of the burro race Wright
Lawhon's extraordinary agility and .
remarkable vault over the high oh
struction won his money for him
Aleck Wilson, the winner Of the ropini
contest, did very pretty work, anC
Chas. Hinyard, the second money man
deserved better luck than he had. The
horse races might have been better
but were good as they were. Tn,
Deming horse took the laurels from
the man with the rag.time walk" ant
consequently all were satisfied. Their,
were several good horses on the trach
which were not entered In the raceI
for reasons unknown. Altogether
Luna county had a very enjoyable
Fourth.