Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-29

At a recent meeting in Tucum
carl the Public Service company Vote'
a 100000 appropriation for the i'm
%provement Of the city light service
The plant will be moved and enlarged
Tucumcari expresses a desire for
Y. NJ. G. A. and a brick factory. A
far as can be learned Tucumcari nov
has about everything else under TIL
sun.
Another telephone company ha'
asked the city of Tucumcari for {
franchise and proposes to spend $40.
000 in an up-to-datc system. Ions
distance connection is offered with Il
Paso and way stations.
Jesus Valdez lay down the other
DAY to sleep in a little bunk house
on the Phoenix & Eastern at Flor
once, Ariz. The bunk house burned
down and only charred bones told
the tale Of Valdez.
One of the most destructive fires In
Roswell for years consumed the j
b. Russell blacksmith shop the other
night. totally destroying the building
and contents at a loss Of nearly $40
600.
Various newspapers in the territory
are warning the public against q fake
$40 ,nt .., - a. =, ...A l.t. a
and fro seeking whom he may bunco
and who is held responsible for the
deccase of six horses in Carlsbad
alone.
George II. Utter has been working
a force of men on the Cleveland group
of mines near silver City since Oc-
tobor. The first work done consisted
in rebuilding the road from silver
city to the mines. eight miles north.
Then followed the removal of several
tons of waste from the drifts.
William Williams. the negro who
was sentenced to five years in the
Arizona p~cnitcntiary at the last term
of court for numerous burglarics he
in Tucson. escaped from
the stockadc at the new penal insti-
in Florence on Saturday cvc-
ming and no trace of him has as yet
been found.
j. Montenegro, q Mexican laborcr.
in Tucson, disappointed in love an-
nounccd the other day that he intend
ed TO cut his heart out. Flourishing
a razor. he made one small cut and
then changed his mind. He has dis
appeared. Which shows that love is
not always fatal.
Leon Chavez and a bunch of cattle
'ustlcrs surrendered to deputy shcr-
ifs In Clifton the other day after
'hots had been exchanged and the
ammunition had run out on both
'ides. 1t was a lively scrimmage
while It lasted. several rustlers being
Wounded
Dayton. yer in the Pccos valley. !
vas considerably worked up the first
# the week by two successive at
empts to set fire to the Wilson
in that town. But for the
of the bucket brigade
whole place might have been
urned to charcoal.
\ bold bad burglar at : O'Clock in
he morning smashed with his six
hootcr the big front window Of
Browns jewclry store in Flagstaff but
only time To get away with a
NAH supply Of loot before the alarm
given.
W J. Rains. sleeping in the store
{ Frank Swartz on the north side
Z the Rio Puerco near Gallup had
rs hat perforated with q bullet from
he gun Of a THIEF who attempted TO
reak into the store. Rains. not
the wound in his hat. took
nree shots at the fleeing maraudrr
no disappeared in the dim distance.
The work OF closing tho Colorado |
Iver. twelve miles above Yuma. had |
most spectacular finish. The gov
engineers have been engag-
4 there for months In building a
am. the like of which this country |
as seen before On December |