Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-10-22

J. P. Bracket, of Ration, present pro-
bate clerk and recorder OfaColfax Coun-
ty, has been re-nominated as the candi-
date for that Office by the Republican
party of his county He is a.native OF
'East Tennessee, where he was born IN
1869. At an early age he became res
ident of New Mexico, his family hav.
ing removed to Colfax County in 1874.
He was early thrown upon his own re-
sources, his father having died before he
was twelve years of age. He commenc-
ed work on a farm on the VermlJo Hlv-
er in Colfax County and thereafter on
a cattle ranch. He attended the pub
| lie school at the .Vermijo settlement
and when older, went to Ration. where
he attended the Ration High School and
graduated therefrom in 1888. While q
pupil at the High school, he studied at
night and became an expert stenog-
rapher and typewriter. He worked for
| a while in the shops of the Santa re
Railway at Ration, during which time
he earned money to enable him to go
to Lawrence, Kansas, and to complete
q course in the business college in that
city. Thereafter he returned to ia
ton, where be again took service with
the Santa Fe Railway at the depot. he
remained there for year and was Of
fered a responsible position with a
wholesale grocery firm at Trinidad,
Colorado, which he accepted After
some time with that firm he was Of
fered a position as stenographer with
W. A. Drake, western division super
intendent of the Atchison, Topeka q
Santa Fe Railway, which he accepted
and after three years service in that
Office, went to Wichita, Kansas, III a
similar position, where he remained
for ten years, giving entire satisfaction
and making an enviable reputation as
an energetic, efficient and trustworthy
.employe. He severed his connection
with the Santa Fe Railway and return
ed to Ration, making that city his per
manent home, where he held positions
Of trust and honor with the First Ma
t;onal Bank and the Maxwell Lane
Grant Company. In 1902 he was unan
itnously nominated on the Republical
ticket and elected by very gratifyint
, majority as probate clerk and exon
c,o recorder of the county OF Colfax
: which position he now occupies.
Mr. Bracket is in every sense OF tn
word. a self-made man, He worKe'
himself up by his honesty, ef1cienc'
: his own strength Of mind and MS az
! Termination to succeed to his 'presen
respected position; he had to. wor
hard to get Sufficient money TO eoucal
! himself. but he succeeded. In ever
nosition in which he has held since Tn
: age OF twelve years, he has made
. f,rst.class record and his employer
were always 10th to let him go. =
d commenced at the lowest rung OF tn
p ladder and is working right along
, the top. He is fast and correct ST.
4. nographer and typewriter, q nrst-clas
$. hookkeeper and especially competei
n and we'll fitted for the duties OF prona'
n clerk which he has since the nrst
d. January. 1903, performed to the gre'
e s.tisfaction of and with much penel
to the people Of Colfax County n
t. Office is one Of the neatest and De
u rant in the Territory and his recor'
e. ore models of neatness and corret
g ness Upon assuming the duties OF
n. aco ba fnhnd that many improvement
could be inaugurated, which wou
to serve the convenience Of the peop
er and make the books and records mo
to available and more useful in every
Or spect.
He got up q new index system viii