Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-03-15
MINOR CITY TOPICS.

Clean cotton rags for machine pur
poses wanted at this office.
At the Exchange: T. F. Smith, Mon
| ticello; c. Weidner, Pojoaque.
| Take your friends to the librar,
| Monday next for afternoon tea.
The train from the south on the Santa
Fe railroad was an hour late this after
noon.
S. r. Hinckley will erect nice resi-
dence on lots he has bought on johnson
street.
G. w. Schoch intends to build himself
fine residence on the south side this
summer.
Another mild, sunny, delightful San
ia Fe day. 1t is positive physical
pleasure to live in such climate
There will be the regular meeting OF
Aztlan lodge, No. 3, I. o. O. f., this
evening at 7:30. Work in the degrees
You will miss a great treat if you
fail to attend Prof E. L. Hewett's lee
ture at the supreme court chamber this
evening.
Are you patron of the public libra
ry? Patronize their sale at the rooms
Monday afternoon and help to purchase
new books.
Every good citizen is proud of his
right of franchise. He should, there
fore, see to it that he is registered and
in position to give Santa Fe a good city
government.
There will be "a Breezy Time" in the
opera house on Saturday evening and
all the wise people will do well to take
shelter in the opera house on the date
the breeze is announced.
Meet your friends at the library Mon
day afternoon and enjoy the delicious
ice cream and cake furnished by the
woman's board of trade Tea and cake,
15c; ice cream and cake, 25c.
Prof. e. l.. Hewett's lecture on ar
chaeology in New Mexico is said to be
a very interesting one, and since it is
to be free lecture, it is to be hoped
that the court chamber will be full to
overfowing with the good people in
Santa Fe. The lecture begins at 7:30
this evening.
At the Palace: F. B. Sanford, Los
Angeles; l.. d. Getten, Beloit, Wis; H.
H. Lobdel, Chicago; Max. Ketcham,
Gertrude Duhrsen, Espano-
la; J. X. Mcclure and wife, Syracuse,
N. y; George w. Kephart, Bland; r.
NJ. Carver, st. Louis; L. Mauheimer,
Chicago; e. w. Fox, Clayton; o. T.
Toombs, Clayton.
H. l.. Ortiz, as chairman of the exec
utive citizens committee, notifies all
the members of such committee to be
present at his Office at 1:S0 p. m. Satur-
day, March 16. The members of these
committees are: First ward Epitacio
Gallegos; second ward, Canuto Alarid;
third ward, Santiago C. de Baca; fourth
ward, vacant.
Since the president issued his procla-
nation after the death of General Har-
rison, and therein ordered flags on all
government buildings to be lowered to
half-mast, many persons wonder why
The flag on the federal building in this
city has not been lowered to half-mast.
Custodian A. L. Morrison informs the
New Mexican that as yet the treasury
department at Washington has not no.
:ified him of this observance, and direc-
ions for such observance must come
10 him direct through that department.
The first step toward good city gov
ernment for Santa Fe is that every
good citizen goes to the place of regis
tration in his ward in person and sees
10 it that his name is placed upon the
registration books.
Voting Is not a privilege alone that
every American enjoys, but 1t Is a duty
rs we'll that every patriotic citizen
should cast his ballot in municipal af-
airs as we'll as in national elections,
and it Is to be hoped that every good
government loving citizen will regis
.er that he may have the privilege of
helping to elect good officials to man
age the city affairs.
Building operations in Santa Fe this
year will be quite active. With $4,000
10 be spent in improvements at the gov
arnment Indian school, large addition
TO the Presbyterian mission school, ad-
1itional buildings at the deaf and dumb
asylum, the completion of the cellhouse
at the penitentiary, and the erection of
a number of pretty private residences
and improvements to residences, 1t
does not look as If Santa Fe was going
backward.
Word was received yesterday after
noon that Hon. Pinto Pine, Of Las
Cruces, an ex-member of the legisla-
ture and editor Of Tl Labrador, at Las
Cruces, is seriously i'll. and thought to
be dying. He is a brother-in-law Of
of Public Instruction
NJ. c. de Baca, and Mr.. and Mrs. de
Baca left for Las Cruces last evening
10 be at Mr., Pino's bedside.