Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-01-31
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New Mexico News Scissored Bodily
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tliul home in Roswell
Miss Nellie Burch and Mr.. James
Floyd were married at the home OF
the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs E.
n Burch on Johnson mesa, Jan. 2S.
Rev. f. Burch officiating.
David Cole, a resident of San Juan
county 20 years ago is visiting old
time friends. This being his first
visit for 10 years. he finds the coun-
try SO changed thai only his know
Edward Terrell of Flora Vista was
in Aztec and reports his section pros
porous. Mr.. Terrell is a good farmer
and shows his faith in San Juan coun-
~ by adding a forty acre tract to
his holdings.
A dug-out in the side of a hill. with
a southern or eastern slope with good
ventilation at the top is an admirable
place for a hen house. Now is the
time to cut some cedar posts and pre-
pare UGH a house.
A letter has been received in Santa
Fe stating hat William D.. Pattie is
wanted at heIae by. his sister. Matte
Bowman. The letter is sem from
G~entryville. Mo-, and Pattie is sup
posed to be in Santa Fee.
The numbering of the houses on
Palace avenue and the Plaza in San
Ia Fe is complete. The numbers are
arriving rapidly and the work of num-
bering the entire town will be com
pIeted within a short time.
Belen is booming. A new bank is
about to be established aud q news-
paper is spoken of. With a bank and
a newspaper not to speal. Of the new
railroad, Belen's future as n of the
towns OF New Mexico is assured.
Mccoy & Rathjen of Aztec nave
purchased the stock of hardw- , and
furniture of F.. n. Frakes and added
it to their already complete stock
of goods, which gives them one OF
the best stocks of goods in San Juan
county.
ledge of the location is all that serves
A crowd of Mexican boys lay in
wait for the boys of the north side
school in Ration and attacked them
with clubs and stones. The school
boys tried to protect themselves and
the skirmish was continued until the
Santa Fe shops were reached.
There are five prisoners in the coun-
~ jail at Gallup two of them are
United States prisoners held as wit
nesses on whiskey cases, two are
held for the grand jury for highway
robbery and burglary and n is serv-
ing a jail sentence for carrying arms
and resisting an officer.
Governor Otero has appointed as
notaries public: A. o. Railey of Col
umbus. Luna county; Frank Avkermal
OF Albuquerque, RSr ..i,lo county;
j. s.ia,x Smith OF Ai.hesia. Chay IS
county; James S. Fielder OF Deming,
Luna county: and j. s. Pine of San
Antonio, Socorro county.
Harry o. Robertson, of 1431 Michi-
gan avenue, Chicago. died in Albu-
querque from the effects of pulmon-
airy tuberculosis Mr.. Robertson, who
was a highly valued employee of the
Santa Fe offices in Chicago. came to
Albuquerque December 16, too late
Il receive the benefit of which he
hoped. Deceased was an Englishman
about 35 years of age and unmarried.
Forty years ago or more where
Flora Vista now stands rOamed the
wild buffalo. the elk, h deer and
the antelope, and soil was as cheap
as air, but civilization a changed
all this, and now land is worth one
hundred dollars an acre, and cannot
be had at that. Flora Vista has not
grown any smaller and all this great
change has been made in so short a
time.
Deputy Sheriffs Closson and Huber
have returned to Santa Fe after fol-
lowing lose Telles south of AlbuQuer.
que. Other men are still out after
him and deputies are well scattered
through the southern part of the ter
ritory to intercept him. Sheriff Kin
sell has offered a reward of $50 for
hi capture, which he will pay out
of his own pocket, as no action has
been taken by the county.
A request has been received from
the citizens of Texico for the creation
of a new schol district. The resi-
dents of the town have raised $500
among themselves for the erection of
a new school building which will be
built at once. A colony has moved
to Bethel from Portales and has
brought with it all the members of
the faculty of a Christian college
which was formerly here.
A certificate of Incorporation under
thel was of Colorado was filed with
Territorial Secretary Reynolds of the
Bo~naventura Mines and Realty COM
pany. The i~ncorporators and direct
ors r p. b. Tolles, T. D. Cobbey
and David Street. The company is
authorized to hold, own, lease, buy
and sell mining property n real es-
tate of all kinds. The capital stock
is 500. 600 divided into 100000 shares
of the par value of 81 each and the
term of existance is 90 years. The
New Mexico Office is Albuquerque and
the representative is S. b. Giilett.
Upon the report of the efficient and
hard working United States coal mine
inspector for New Mexico. 10 E. Sher-
idan Of Silver City, a suit has been
filed in the United States district
court for the first judicial district of