The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-09-05
Local and Personal


pcrlntcndcnt, lett Wednesday to
spend a few days at his ranch, east
Of town, aud will return not later
than Monday.
Mrs, w. ;. Hopkins and daugh.
tcf, passed through here this week
cn route To- Dawson where she will
spend q lew weeks visiting friends.
Mrs. Hopkins Is now a resident ol
Douglas, Arizona.
Mr.. ". y. Cronord entertained
a l"w friends informally ut tea on
FRIDAY, IN honor OF Pierre DuBosc,
Ut Somehow, China, who lett Sat.
urday morning Tor Sherman, Texas,
where he enters school.
Mrs. \. -. Gaudin and little
daughters, Madeline and Clodic,
went to Cimmaron Tuesday to at.
tend the wedding ui Mrs. Gaudin's
sister, Miss Clodic Hunter, which
will occur On the 9th Of this month.
DR.. Mac Stanhl will move into
the offices vacated by Alldrcdgc *.
Saxon, IN the Israel building. The
offices are being fitted up and when
completed will he one OF the most
attractive quits Of rooms IN the
city.
Mrs. DR.. Russell and her sister,
Mrs. \. X. Patterson, are visiting
IN Chicago, and will sail from New
York, September Ist, tor Europr;
Mrs. Patterson to he away Tor one
year, and Mrs. DR.. Russell three
months.
Miss Ruth Abcr, one OF Tucum.
CARTS most popular Young ladies',
will leave tor Lexington, Mo-, next
Tuesday, much to the regret OF a
host OF ndmiring friends. Miss
Ahcr will attend college at Lcxing-
ton this fall and winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. -. lIamil.
ton and little Bessie Bonny came
IN last FRIDAY from kentucky
where Mrs. Hamilton has been
spending the summer. Mr.. Ham.
iltOu loinrd them several weeks ago
and has sine, suffered a sad be-
rcaycmcnt in the death Of his faith.
Ell.
Judge and Mrs. Saxon entertain.
ed the Young people oi the PrcsbN-
terrain choir on Thursday evening
At their pleasant home IN the SUI
burhs. 1t was the regular choir
practice and the YOUNG people en-
loved very much combining duty
with pleasure especially with such
4 delightful hostess.
Rass and Jeff Harrison lett yes
tcrday Tor Mcsilla Park where
they will attend the Agricultural
college the coming session. Mt.
and Mrs. Harrison will accompany
the boys as Tar as III l'aSu, aud
will spend a few weeks visiting
cities Of New Mexico and Texas
before their return.
The Famous have Just completed
remodcling their millinery depart.
meut and have RENTED up IN an up
to-datc style. Miss Eta Daniels,
Of 81 Louis, is expected to arrive
in a few days to take charge OF
this department WI she will show
the latest IN this season. millinery
creations.
+. Z. Brassell living three miles
south OF Quay, brought load OF
large water melons to Tucumcari
Friday Tor which he found ready
sale at prices running from 40 to
IS cents each. lie told the News
that his crop would WELD over 500
melons To the acre, he also has 40
acres OF Indian corn that will make
. as to 40 bushels to the acre, and
so acres OF cotton that looks fine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judge Saxon en-
tertained some OF Tucumcari's
, young people Thursday evening
4 and one ul the features was a
/ musical guessing contest, IN which
4 the capital prize vent to Miss
Ruth Aber, and the Booty prize to
W. W.. Hicks. Those present
r were: Misses FIRTH, Lindsey, Aber,
Moser, and Messrs Hicks, Du-
, Bose, Gamble, NonSchriltz.
\. ID, Capps, a farmer living
near Quay, brought to the News
a office Thursday, a fine watermelon
grown on his ranch, that weight
y hlty.lour pounds, The melon i,
on exhibition at the News office,
Mr.. Capps has already sold iron
the same vine that grew this larg,
melon, one that weighed nor thar
s the one he brought here, Tor which
he received SI.oo.
Mrs. Ida Waller, wife OF w. L
II Waller, aged thirty years, dice
Yesterday at five p. M, in Thu
city. Her remains were shippcC
n to kigman, Kansas, accompanied
by a brother and sister who arrived
here the DAY before she died. Mrs
" Waller was kicked by a horse sev
y eral years ago, receiv lng inlurie'
u in the lett lung, which developed
IS tuberculosis from which she died
Mrs. X. T.. Severe has Just re