Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-14
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who are engaged in the Hondo survey
were in Roswell: LIS 2sts
Don Faustin Gallegos, editor OF Ell
Fenix at Clayton, acted as interpreter
OF the district court. s- 4 ~
One Roswell firm during the last
thirty days has closed sheep deals
amounting to $4,000.
Miss Carrie Moore entertained the
w. Nj. b. Society very pleasantly at
her HON in Tucumcari.
Mrs. r. p. Ervie entertained a num-
Der of the visiting members of the
court in Clayton Wednesday.
Walter Brandon, formerly of the
Roswell Register has purchased q pa
per at Canon City, Colorado. :
The citizens Of Portales have about
completed a voluntary subscription of
$1,000 to sink an artesian well.
Mr.. Andrew Youngblood of Tucum-
carl is again able to be about, having
just recovered from a case of mumps.
A select dance was given atsthe Ros-
well Club rooms in honor of Misses
Pauline Franklin and Nancy Mont
gomery.
DIR. Kipling, who has been very sick
with pneumonia for the past three
weeks. at Roswell. Is on the road to
recovery.
c.. b. Olmstead, of Kansas City, who
has. been visiting the family of MRS.
Sarah Hunt at Roswell. has returned
to his home. -
A. J. Knowlin, a w%ell-known sheep
man OF near Roswell, who has been
seriously i'll in Kansas City, Is now
convalescing.
The new county of SandcraI- will
have within its borders about 5000
people, where a few years ago it had
only about 400.
There is quite an epidemic Of sore
throat in Tucumcari. Five members
OF Mr.. Buchanan's family are just re-
covering from It.
Snow drifted in Portales during the
late storm 1--WE or six feet against the
houses and buildings. 1t was an I'M
p~recedented storm.
Frank p. Morgan wires to Roswell
from Wellington. Kan, that an opera
ton was performed on his wife and
that she is very low.
The remains of the late Petrita Mon
toya de Baca, wife of Sheriff Pablo
Baca Sanchez, of Union county,
were taken to Gallegos for burial.
Walter Lang came down to Roswell
from his ranch and reports that dur
ing the late storm about 400 of his
sheep got away from the herders.
Hon. Jose Manuel Gonzales, county
collector OF Union county, went to
Bueyeros from Clayton, where he was
called by the serious illness of his
daughter.
A. s. Price is organizing a base ball
nine among the boys Of Roswell so that
they may be in shape t ontest with
the Military Institute boys commence
ment week.
Mr.. Alfred of the New Mexico Mer-
camille company at Tucumcari, is again
able to attend to business, after hav-
ing been confined to his room on ac-
count of Illness.
George Macowsky, of Eldon, Mo-,
who has been in Roswell about a month,
die at the home of John De Arcy ON
Military Heights. where he has been
boarding. His remains were shipped
to his home.
Two marriage licenses were filed
In the clerks office at Roswell from
Portales. Rev. NJ. D. Hill oficiated at
both services. The contracting parties
were Robert e. Jones and Miss Mar
tina E.. Womsch; and John Howard ana
Miss Keys McKermick.
We are informd that Mr.. Phil. Den
itz has sold out his business at this
place to a new company, recently or
ganizcd by a number of welLknown
citizens of this county. says the Clay
ton Enterprise. The new company will
be known as the Union Commercial
company. Mr.. Paz valverde will be
PRECEDENT and general manager.
Pig wells seem to be coming In rap
idly at Roswell. The sons of w. G.
Triton. Cooley and Ben. have just put
down a we'll on their place that Is a
sure enough spouter. 1t is an eight
inch pipe and Is gushing out at q great
rate. They are now down about 420
feet. They have just ordered 1000 ap-
pie trees on which part Of this water
will be used.
Supervisor O. A. Wright. Of Sioux
City. Iowa. arrived in Albuquerque to
offciate as superintendent Of the In
dian schools. in the place OF Ralph
Collins. until the new man arrives to
fill the vacancy.
Ellsworth Ingals, special United
States attorney. has returned to Albu-
querque from Ell Paso. where he was q
visitor at the stockmen's convention.
Archbishop p. Bourgade. of Santa
Fe. arrived In Albuquerque from Cali
fornia and is a guest Of Father Manda-
lari. Rev. Bourgade is much improved
in health since going to the coast. He
will leave after Easter for q visit to
Europe.
In police court at Albuquerque
Patrick Killbain and Richard Walsh
were each fined IS for being drunk
n disorderly Being unable to pay
the required fine they were put to
work on the treets.
Deputy United States Marshal Y
r. Forbes returned to Albuquerque
from Silver City. While there Forbes
took charge Of and placed in the Grant
county jail three natives who are
charged with having broken into q
bonded al loaded with merchandise,
at Silver City, about q month ago.
Pedro Montana and family, from
Holbrook, Arizona, are in AlbuQuer-
que. on their way to Las Animas, Bent