Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-21
TIE BIG JACKRABB|T
EVENT On At
ARTES|A
Net Result, Seven Long Legged
JumperSi Work Begins on the
New High School, New Phone
Company Incorporates,

Especial Correspondence TO Morning Journal
Artesia. n. NJ. Jan. 1S.-The prin-
cipal cvents of the day were the sim
~ultaneous beginning of work on the
new high school and the new city
park, the big packrabbitt drive on the
Eagle Draw ranch a few miles from
the tow nor Artesia, and the construc-
ton OF the Artesia- Plains Telephone
company. The work on the two pub
lie improvements referred to win bc
rapidly pushed to completion. There
Is a regular park making campaign in
progress and everybody Is interested.
The latest suggestion along that line
is another city park car the depot
as soon as ii Is learned where the new
station is TO be located. The Santa Fc
officials were here last week and look
ed over the situation but beyond say
ing that the new depot would be built
IN the very near future they were not
especially communicative. Citizens
generally want the edifico near the
end of Main street in order that the
new electric light system will show up
best to passengers and it is believed
that the railroad officials will make
every effort to yield to the wishes of
the people if they can see their way
clear to do so.
Articles Of incorporation have been
Tiled for the new Artesla-Plains Tcle-
phone company with a capital of s1O.-
goo. The incorporators are d. w.
Runyon. II. w. Hamilton. c. A. Sip
pie. 5. u. Henry, T.. b. Kemp, j. w.
Turkett and U. Z. White. all leading
citizens of Artesia and each incor-
Dorator would be easily able to finance
the whole matter individually; so the
immediate building of the line is as
sured. The line Is practically an out
Of the Artesia Telephone com
pany which has also connecting lines |
With all points west and which
them connects with Alamo
sordo and El Paso. This means thai
the patrons will have excellent serv-
.ce as the local service is perhaps the
best In the territory. The line is be-
ng constructed as a result of the
Of bonds for a bridge across the
pecos river just cast OF town. Here
.ofore the river has been impossible
trade was diverted to other chan
lels. The new bridge accompanied bv
'' htN SNSt'lH VIII 40 mutn TO en- III
lance the importance Of Artesia as a
rading point.
Probably every old settler knows
What n jackrabblt drive is, but for
he benefit of the soft pedals ii may
20 said h II Is carried out thusly
big open corral is made of wire not
ing ana then a number of horsemen |.
q great circle and gradually
onvergc to the center in which tho
Oral is the objective point. The
abbits being started always run Gin
heory) toward the center and arc
radually driven into the corral. In
the rule that the rabbits run
oward the corral is often honorcd as
luch in it's breach as in it's observ-
nee and If the hunters are am%ateurs
good many of the Dummies escape.
he object of the hunt is to catch the
nimals alive and preserve them for
oursing. There were about thirty
qucstrians IN today's drive but II was
OF much OF a day for j%ackrabbits.
the sum total result of the hunt
as seven rabbits, and a lot of fun for
le participants and the innocent by
.andcrs, of whom there were a good
who went out to sec the fun. U