Carlsbad current., 1901-01-26

W. L. Nelson was IN Carlsbad Tues.
day.
W. T.. bass is reported to be quite III
at his home.
Mart Tanning of Seven Rivers WIS in
town Sunday.
-. II. Cssery of Black River, was i'm
town Monday.
G.. Llewellyn was in town Thursday
from Black River
Will Vest Is able TO be ont after an
Illness of several days.
e. II. klaudernow occupies the house
vacated by y. :. Goetz.
Cicero Smith and Gilbert Oneal were
in Carlsbad Wednesday.
Jim Williams, manager of the 81
ranch, came In yesterday.
Chas. Ballard, of Roswell. was in town
Thursday on his way to I'ecos
Miss Ellie Lyons left "Wednesday for
Portales, y. Nj, for a visit of three
months.
The infant son of George Beckett
died Tuesday, and was buried at Hope,
Thursday.
Benjamen Fisher, of the firm of
Fisher Bros, ut Florence. was in town
Thursday.
W. L. Dannelly and j. II. James
each bought line bull at the auction
sale Monday.
Mrs. John Beckett of Hope, who has
been visiting in town, returned to her
home Wednesday.
Judge Gatewood is again IN his Office
after being absent on account of illness
for about ten days.
The SWEETEST entertainment in Carls-
bad's history Tuesday night. All lovers
Oft the refined will be there.
Mrs. V. o. McCallom stopped over
night in Carlsbad Monday. on her way
to Texas TO visit homefolks.
Frank l'areiied. after an absence of
severed weeks, spent in various Texas
towns, returned home Thursday.
Clay McGonagill, well known here,
won the roaping contest ut III laso
Texas, in ~ seconds. Purse $3.50.
Hon. L. :. Bateman. left Tuesday
for Santa Fe. toattend the session of
the legislature, II being now in session.
Joe II. Simpson. well known in carls.
bad. is now editor of the Corslcana
Morning Tines, published at Corsicana
Texas.
Albert Johnson took advantage of
the CURRENT clubbing rates and sub.
scribed for the New York Tribune.
this week.
Hon. A.,J. Nesb;. district attorney,
was IN consultation with Commissioner
James and Collector Walker in Carls.
bad Tuesday.
+. J. Fletcher was in town Friday
and saturday of last week, while here
he ordered the CURRENT to continue
its weekly visits TO him.
Mrs. J. ". Stockard,. the better half
of the mine host of the Central Hotel
in Roswell passed through Sunday, en-
route home from III Paso.
Bill, Tom. sam. Frank and Nib Jones
in company with Haskell Jones the
father of all. apd Prof. Cawthorpe, all
Rocky Arroyo, were in town Monday.
W. T.. Thayer, and John Dearbon
were in town Monday, Mr.. Thayer
drove home swell surrey purchased
from the new saddle store of which !.
I. Cooper is manager.
George Newton made trip to Hope
last week In company with W. +. Bow.
man; he was much pleased with what
he saw and thinks that the Hope coun.
try is about as good as New Mexico
can produce.
Mrs. Laverty who has been very sick
in Midland, Texas is improving and is
expected home any day. Miss Berta
Is with her having been called from
school by the illness of her mother and
will probably accompany her home.
Read the proceedings of the territor.
ial board of equalization, on the first
J and last pages of this issue and you can
tell exactly what your property is to he
valued at for taxation this year.
Last week at the fire the water pres.
sure was as usual init" At nine o'clock
that night, when some Of the fire lad.
dies took cart back to the scene of the
fire, for the purpose of extinguishing
some live Goals, there was line pres
sure, sufficient to have pat ont the fire
of few hours before. Why is thisy
Gus +. Raffock Of Independence,
Iowa, died in Carlsbad, at the home OF
Dave Blocker last Saturday morning