Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-24
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New Mexico News Scissored Bodily
From the Newspapers.

Ladies' days at the Ration bowling
alley are Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons of each week.
Miss Ida Caldwell, who has just
finished the winter term of the Cats
kill school, has returned to Ration.
The A. o. u. w. lodge of Ration took
in about forty members the other
night and after the initiation had a
big banquet.
w. w. Jones of San Marcial is at
present In the vicinity Of Carthage,
engaged in surveying coal lands for
Las Cruces parties.
Miss Greig is now acting as as
sistant postmaster at Santa Rosa, fill
ing the vacancy made by the resigna-
ton Of Page Lawrence.
There has recently been increased
activity in the mines in the Black
Range, N. NJ, and severa new pros
poets are being opened up.
Mrs. Gus Peterson and daughter
Miss Bessie of Las Vegas are visit
ing with Mrs. Roy Fugate, Mrs. Peter
sons daughter in Ration.
Mrs. P. b. Abreu returned from
Santa Fe to Springer where she nae
been for several days at the bedside
OF Mrs. Sena. mother Of Mrs. c. F..
Abreu.
Jack Mcdonald came to Santa Rosa
from the oil well on the Salado and
reports the drill fastened in the well.
He says they will get it out in a few
days.
Gregorio Gallegos. of Ell Yeso, is in
Puerto de Luna for the purpose of
putting himself in the hands of DIR.
F. Ynclan t be treated for an affection
of the kidneys.
The st. Valentine ball by the Spring
er Military Band at the opera house
was a very pheasant affair and all
who attended it. express themselves as
having a good time.
There was not a train from Ell
Paso to Santa Rosa for four days last
week. The E. p. & N. e. will probaD-
ly in the future prepare themselves
for such emergencies.
Claude Redd, a son of A. C. Redd of
Catskill, died at the home of his
uncle, J. A. Gise in Ration, death be-
ing caused by appendicitis complicat-
ed with several other diseases.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larkin entertained
the entire force of Gallup school
teachers at the Harvey house. by IN
elegant supper; they then went to
their home where they spent the eve
ming.
The spring term of the district court
for Colfax county meets on the 10th
of next month. The docket, both civil
and criminal is said to be small and
two weeks will probably be the length
of the term.
j. ID. Eakin, of the firm Melini &
Eakin wholesale liquor dealers of AL
buquerque. arrived in Santa Rosa and
packed their entire stock Of liquors
and shipped them to Belen, the new
town on the Santa Fe Central.
The report circulated concerning
the losses of Ration people through the
failure OF Arnold & CO., the st. Louis
get-rich-quick corcern we're greatly
exaggerated. Perhaps $4,000 would
cover the entire loss of the city.
Rev. George Ray of San Marc;al.
made a trip to San Antonio and Garth
age. and in the latter place had the
tt-ocr~ 1~oorsnoo 80 rlcstsr- tha
coal mines. In the evening he preach
cd to the people of San Antonio.
There is much talk of adding two
more years to the present high school
course in Gallup. This would make
the high school second to none
and would permit the young people to
prepare for college right at home.
Jack Meyers arrived at Santa Rosa
from Tucumcari in charge of two
Mexican prisoners whom he was tax.
ing to the county jail at Puerto de
Luna. The prisoners were arrested
for being drunk, d~isorderly and carry.
ing guns.
Rev. Geo. L. Patterson, pastor OF
the Congregational church in Gallup
is nothing If not ~enterprising. He has
succeeded in organizing a strong ath'
letic club to which most of the sub.
stantial men of the community have
given hearty support.
At a directors meeting of the First
National bank of Ration it was decid.
ed to m al an early date the
construction of a new bank building
to be erected on the site of the old
Letton property which has lately beer
purchased by the bank.
DIR. c. G. Cruickshank of San Mar
ciai spent several days in Santa Fe
attending to business matters before
the irrigation board, anc rocking after
the interests of Socorro county sc
far as they may be affected by legts.
lation in the 355th legislative Assem-.
bly,.
There are seven prisoners in the
Colfax county Jail at Ration, three
charged with burgerly of railroad cars
n with robbery, one with abduction
(Oretga from Springer). one with
horse stealing and the other a minor
offence. The one with horse-stealine
is Macs.
Frank Dericks of Elizabethtown
came down via stage to Springer. He
went to Ration this evening and the
next day to Belen, New Mexico
where next week he will open a first
class saloon. Frank will retain his
business interests It E~lizabethtown