Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-03
GOOD STAR ROUTE
SERVICE FOR
CL0UDCR0FT
~AIamogordo Man Gets Con-
tract County Teachers in
Session. District Court Starts
at Carrizozo,
Especial correspondence to Morning Journal

Especial correspondence 10 Morning journal
Alamogordo, \. NJ, Nov. 1.-The
postoffice department has awarded to
John q. Grant of ~Alamocordo the
star route" contract for carrying tho
mail between Alamosordo and cloud
croft. by way Of La Luz and Noun
tain Park. The service is 10 be tri-
weekly. leaving A~lamogordo at 8
4. m, Wednesday. Friday and Satur-
day, arriving at ~Cloudcroft at / p. m.
same day and leaving ~ClOudcroft same
days at $50 a. m, arriving at Alamo
gordo at , p. m. The pay IS $3.50
per annum
This service will remain in effect
until next June, when the summer
resorts are opened At High Rolls and
Cloudcroft and the Southwestern re
sumes daily train service on the
mountain. The mail hack will also
carry passengers, and this tri-wcekly
service. together fifth Il train every
Monday. will give Cloudcroft good
mail and passenger service with
AlamoSordo and FL Paso.
The teachers OF Otero county held
| quite an interesting and enthusiastic
meeting in Alamogordo saturday
Nearly every school in the county
was represented, and the program
rendered was a good one, consisting
of the reading of timely papers, reci-
tations m music. Miss Bess Page
Hanks. formerly of FL Paso now
teacher Of music and |clocution iu thc
New Mexico Baptist college. rendered
several selections which were very
much appreciated. The Misses Oliver
also entertained the assembly witt
their violins.
Hon. Afford w. Cooley. presiding
Judge; Charles I. Downs. district
cleric, and W II. Cngles, court re-
porter, left Yesterday for Carrizozo
whore they will open court today. The
building formerly used for Il skating
rink has been temporarily fitted nj
and will be used for the court room.
A small temporary Jail has beer
erected just in the rear Of the court
room. The criminal and civil dockets
contain enough eases To occupy the
court for three weeks. but II is not
vet known whether all the cases viii
be put on trial.
The socialists have been holding .
threenight political revival in Alamo.
gordo which began Saturday night
The speaker is ]. l.. Fits of Atlanta
Ca. Some Of the local men who were
aspirants TOR office on the socialist
ticket I'm the last election are helping
to conduct the meetings. Al of the
rulers OF the earth. and those who
own the earth. are being held up M
more or less horrible examples. And
t,orc than t,agSfpu notice hos heo- /
given to the daughters of the rich |
especially those who marry foreign |
noblemen. \ collection is made az |
each meeting. but the contributions |
do not appear 10 be heavy.
Halloween passed very quietly In
Alamosordo. and without any damage |
whatever as the result Of the pranks
Of the ghosts and eobIins. The smaI
bows. Of ooursc pulled OF the usual
stunts in transferring gates and signs !
and hauled aW-ay every vehicle that
not nailed down. There was
plenty Of work today for the window !
washers in the downtown district
Frank w. Beach has gone 10
Kansas CITY. wherc IA" was summoned
as a witness IN the trial Of several i'm
portant fraud cases. For the last 1
three months Mr.. Beach has been AZ
work in Aiamoeordo ~ the represcn-
tive of Galveston and Wichita Falls \
capitalistS. who are negotiating forf
the purchase of All the property |
owned BY the Alamosordo Improve
tative or Galveston and Wichita Falls
msnt COMPANY This deal j. still 1
pending. and n property may yet BE-
transferred.