Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-28
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New Mexico News Scissored Bodily
From the Newspapers.

The house Of l.. w. Martin, super
intendent of schools in Roswell,
which is being built about two and
a half miles northeast of that town,
is rapidly nearing completion.
The surveying class at the N. M.
NJ. L., in Roswell are o using the
new GUr1ey transit which arrived
the other day. 1t is a fine instrument.
and the class car now do some good
practical work.
On Saturday, the 4th of April, Ration
Peak Camp No. 81, w. o. w. will give
a smoker, at which all members are
expected to be present with a pros
pective member. A choice program is
being prepared.
The young and old men OF naman
played a game of ball on the 18th. The
young men were wonderfully put out
because they were beaten by the old
stjfs. OF course it may not always
happen that way.
DR.. j. T.. Bills was called from Rat
or to see Mrs. j. A. Douglas, who Is
seriously i'll at her home on Johnson
mesa. The neighbors are very kind
and attentive. but at this writing
Mrs. Douglas has not improved.
Nicholas Carroll, chief quartermas-
ter in the United States navy, is in
Santa Fe. New Mexico, to
make arrangements for the recruiting
party that will be in that city from
March 30 to April LIST inclusive.
The examination papers of the past
term have just been corrected at
the Roswell military institute and 1t
is found that Bernie Pruit leads In
the Academic course, with w. H.
Seeman, Jr., Of Ell PasO, second.
The following parties were arrested
in Santa Fe and fined 1915 in Justice
j. M. Garcia's court for being drunk;
Felix Griego. Paulin Garcia. Leopold
Baca, Thomas Baca, Primitive Lopez,
EleciO Trujillo n Luciano Romero.
Rev. Armstrong and Rev. Kennerly
of Ration spent last Tuesday right at
John Utton's. They were on their
way to Mr.. Neish's. where they per-
formed the marriage ceremony of Miss
Agnes Eeish and Mr.. Gardner, both of
Colfax.
Frank Preveda1, an employee at the
Clarkville mine, had a leg brc.cn by
a rock falling on him. An ampa alton
was performed by DIR. Mayne, assist
ed by Drs. Clayton and Harper. The
patient could not survive tho shock
and died.
The Flora Vista Cemetery Associa
ton. of Flora Visit. Gan Juan county
has been incorporate. The existence
is perpetual. and IL incorporators
are C. NJ. YOrkinson, r. w. Heflin,
Cyrus s.. Cameron, G.. w. Shook and
w. II. Crouch.
A meeting of the Rough Riders of
albuquerque and New Mexico has
been called to be held at Zeiger's
cafe in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The object of the meeting is to
make arrangements for the reception
of President Roosevelt.
There seems to be ar epidemic of
breaking windows or de- rOying pub
lie or private property IN Santa Fe.
The Guadalupe bridge is the last to
suffer and vandais have torn down
large section of the railing and have
otherwise damaged that structure.
On Monday t'itzler was placed on
bail in Ration fer assault with attempt
TO murder. II will be remembered
that he was the brakeman who shot
at Marshal Kruger and a colored man.
He was found guilty. The maximum
punishment Is five years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Territorial Treasurer J. Fl. Vaughn
Is advertising for bids for $1O1 800 OF
four percent casual deficit bonds t o
take up an equal amount of the same
class of bonds bearing six percent.
The new ond are to be dated June
/. 1903. and are for thirty years, but
are optional after twenty years.
Col. J. Frank Chaves, superintend-
ent of public instruction. was an AL
buquerGs,e visitor on his way to his
home in Progresso. the county seat of
Torrance county. Col. Chaves was
named by the late lamented legisla-
tarc 10 write the history of New Mex
leo and will soon begin the work.
At u meeting of Santa Fe Lodge
No. 5f2, Is. Il. o. E.. officers for the
ensuing term were elected as follows;
#. r. Gable. exalted ruler; A. L. Nor
rison, Ir esteemed lecturing knight;
N. T.. Eng, esteemed loyal knight;
j. II. D<sis. secretary; Charles Has
pelma Il. treasurer; R. H. Mckenzie.
tyler.
On Tuesday evening. the cath inst.
Redwang Tribe No. 2. /. o. R. NJ.
of Gardner. New Mexico,
gave a ball which was largely attend
ed. About thirty-five members of Ge-
ronimo Tribe No. 1, of Ration, attend
ed. accompanied by their band. The
music for the ball was furnished by
Mack's orchestra. of Ration.
Miguel Silva died in Santa Fe at
his home on Galsteo street, aged 81
years. Death was due 10 pneumonia.
Deceased was a w~ell-knOwn citizen OF
Santa Fe. and was at one time prom
inep. in the ranks of the Democratic
palty. During his life he was elected
to several Offices on that ticket. He
leaves a widow. Mrs. Benina Baca de
Silva.
w. ]. Purdy of New Brunswick, left
Albuquerque for his distant home un-
der the care of a physician and train
ed nurse. The gentleman came to st.
Joseph's sanitarium several week
ago from San Antonio. Texas. in the
hope that the change of climate
would save his life. The change was
made too late, however. and it is now
the hope of his friends that he may
reach his home before the end.
There is a petition being circulated
among the people of Felix and Elk
to open up 4 public road from Ell
via, <Fclsx. thence down the Fellx
To where il in~tersects the Penascc
and Weed road. The commissioner
should see to it that this be declared
the public road of the second grade,
Al least. as most of the travel from
Elk and upper Penasco, Sixteen
Spring canyon and Elk eahyen now
go that way.
The finance committee of the
Roosevelt reception committee at Al
buquerque has already collected scv'
eral hundreds of dollars for the pur
pose of beautifying n decorating
the streets Of the Duke City during
President Rooseyeit's visit there
In Santa Fee the men having charge
Of the reception are not only asleel
hut seem to be so, very soundiy, al
though they should know that the
"manana policy" always hurts tina
town.