Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-08-13
INTERESTING NEWS
FROM OTERO COUNTY
Teachers Institute at 0loudcroft Begin.
ming August 28- Prominent Educa'
tors Of the Territory Are Sched-
uled for Addresses.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES ARE LOOM
ING UP ALL OVER The TERRITORY


1t is reported on good authority that
there will be rs men at work on the
Tularosa reservoir site, eight miles
from town, inside of go days.
There can hardly be any doubt that
| there is a band of horse thieves operat-
| ing in this and Lincoln counties. Own
ers of stock and officers of the law
| should be on the lookout
1t is said that e. H. Miller, candidate
for sheriff in this county, has a large
following in the mountain country and
in Alamogordo.
| The new school house at Tularosa will
| be completed by the first or middle of
October. The dimensions of the build
ing are 2Ox4O feet
Emetrio Prado is announced as can
didate for the office of commissioner
from district No. 2, and Rosalio Lopez
for the Office of probate judge of this
county, both subject to the action of
the Democratic convention.
Rain or no rain, the sheepmen are
having most prosperous season. They
are receiving about three cents per
pound more for their wool than they
We're paid last year and they have
larger amount for the market.
A force of workmen are now engaged
in erecting poles for the Alamogordo
telephone system and in a short time
the town will enjoy the advantages of
telephones.
Contracts will soon be let for the eX-
tension of the Alamogordo and Sacra-
mento Mountain railroad to the head
of Russian Canon. Several contractors
have been looking over the ground.
Work has been resumed in the rail-
road shops here, and good machinists
can be obtained.
The knights of Pythias of Alamogor-
do have decided to build and have pur-
chased a lot 5Ox25 feet opposite r. H.
building will be two stories, of brick
and will cost from $1,000 to $4,000.
A subscription is being circulated to
build a parsonage for Grace M. e.
church. Sufficient donations have been |
made to insure the erection of a neat
little residence
Beginning August 2S, and. continuing
until August 30, inclusive, teachers |
institute for Otero county will be held |
at Cloudcroft. Several prominent educa-
tors of the territory are scheduled for
addresses, and altogether this promises
to be most interesting and instructive |
institute.
w. B. Bates, the well known Jarilla
mining man, shot large mountain lion
between Jarilla camp and the station.
Mr. Bates says that when the animal
first hove in sight it looked as big as a
Jersey COW with tail 40 feet long, but
it sufficeth to say that one shot from
his trusty rifle brought the brute to the
ground to rise no more.
Station Agent Palmer of Tularosa,
and family, will leave in short time
for California where they will make
their future home.
Candidates are looming up in all di-
rections. Besides those already men,
toned, J. E. Ellington stands for re-
election to the office of superintendent
of public instruction; J. C. Tucker is a
candidate for commissioner for the Sd
Andelecio Padilla for commits
sioner in I'd district; I. N. Jackson an
nounces himself for reelection to the
office of treasurer and collector; w. K.
Stalcup is for reelection to the office
of probate clerk and recorder; T. F.
and William O'Reilley are can
didates for assessor; and James Hun
ter is pitted against e. H. Miller for
sheriff. All these candidates are sub
ject to the expression of the Democrat
ic primaries.