Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-07-12
He Looked at Several Available Sites for a
Military Post and Was Given Recep-
tion at the Montezuma as Well as
at the Montezuma Club.
Las VEGAS, SANTA ROSA AND MORA
EXPERIENCED A GOOD RAIN
joys Special Daily Service.

| trical engineering in the Kansas Uni
versty and inventor of the water tele-
/ phone, arrived here today on No.
from their trip to Fort Whipple. Ariz
and stopped off until lain No. s to.
night. A committee Of citizens met
them at the train and escorted them tC
the Castaneda, from where the party
and a committee consisting of M. w
Browne, G. p. Money A. II. Whitmore,
| r. c. Rankin and A. A. Jones took a
| couple of carriages and left to show the
general the available military post
sites. The horses drawing the general
and party were gaily decorated with
| flags, four of them, and the program is
as follows: Over the mesa to Sanjuela,
past the proposed post sites and to Hot
| Springs. There the party will be Joined
| by another party from here who will
go up on the train and there will be
dinner party at the Montezuma at Z p.
| m. Ehlers orchestra will go up to dis
course patriotic melody during the din
ner and then the party will return here
Montezuma Club where formal re-
ception will be given the general, and
which all our businessmen are invited
to attend. Ehler's orchestra will serve
up more melody at the club and gem
eral good time will be Che program
from 8 to 1O:S0, giving our citizens an
opportunity to meet the famous, rotund
and pleasant capturer of Aguinaldo.
The general was at Prescott to look af-
ter the establishment of old Fort
Whipple or Whipple Barracks and
spent yesterday in the Grand Canon.
He came from the canon direct to Las
Vegas, not stopping off elsewhere en-
route as he at first expected. II was
his intention when he went down to
give Albuquerque and Santa Fe, possi-
bly, day, but being pressed for time
he came directly here. 1t was the in
tention of the committee to give a big
ball and reception to him had more no.
tice been given. but it had to be called
off on account of the generals brief
stop.
A good rain has at last soaked the
country in the neighborhood of Santa
Rosa The rain began there Wednes-
day night at about 8 o'clock and kept
up most of the day yesterday The
stage reports rain almost all the way
to Las Vegas. In the vicinity of Juan
Paiz, the rain was exceedingly heavy.
Mora, also, enjoyed visit from Jupiter
Pluvius and everybody is happy.
John Pendaries of Rociada took quite
sick yesterday and DR.. Cunningham
made quick visit to see him.
The board of education held a meet
ing last night and transacted lot of |
routine business. The fence question
was up for consideration. There are
1920 feet around the new high school
building that is contemplated to be
fenced, but some of the members are in
favor of waiting a while on the matter;
especially as the best price they have
yet obtained was Is cents a lineal foot,
making the expense inordinately high. |
The infant son of Theodore Chacon |
was very sick with cholera infantum
last night but is reported much better |
today.
Captain A. r. DaCosta has sent in his |
resignation as captain of Company K
to Adjutant General Whiteman at San
ia Fe, to take effect as soon as a new |
captain can be found. Captain DaCos-
ia feels the proper attending to the du-
ties takes too much time from his pro-
fessonal work, and he cannot afford at |
present to make the sacrifice.
Hon. Charles A. Spiess returned last |
evening from his trip to Santa Fe. He |
was there on the suit of the Dawson |
Railroad Company VS.. The Red River
Valley Company.
Yesterdays maximum temperature
was only II, minimum So. The mean
humidity was 65, and rainfall of .0S of
an inch is reported.
Mrs. Hattie NJ. North residing in Las
Vegas, has entered suit for divorce
against her husband, John d. North, on
the charge of abandonment and non
support.
Potatoes have risen 20 cents per hun
dred. There is only one source for good
spuds now, and that is the reason.
At the mass meeting held last night
at ST. Johns hall on the west side to
appoint commissioners to attend to the
work of raising money to repair the
fences and put in general order the
Catholic cemeteries of both the east and
west side, Rev. Paul Gilberton was
made president, and Pablo Jaramillo
secretary The other members of the
board are Benigno Romero, f. Chacon,
Filadelfio Baca, Charles Blanchard,
Fred Desmarais and Gregorio Varela.
The deeds of the cemeteries are also to
receive attention as it is known there
are encroachments on the ground be-
longing to the cemeteries.
Gregorio Varela has gone to San Ger
onimo to look after his alfalfa crop and
look after his cattle interests.
The county commissioners will meet
tomorrow and attend to the tax levy
for 1902.
The Joint installation of officers of
the Odd Fellows and Rebecca lodges
last night was most pleasant affair.
There We're about 60 present to enjoy
the evening and the good refreshments
served after the work of installation
was over. The two lodges have a good
membership here, and many of our best
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