El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-24
TUCUMCARI READY
FOR COURT TERM
Only One Murder Case; Girl
Thrown From Horse;
Heavy Rains; Per
SOnalS.

TucumCarl, N NJ, sept. Z4.-In0
regular October term of the district
court will convene in Tucumcari on
Monday. October IT. Judge r. F. McF lie
will preside for the first two weeks
and judge E. r. Wright for the last
half of the term. The Quay County
Bar association has arranged the dates
for the hearing of the cases thus IA
cilitating the work Of the court. Cases
which have not been assigned dates for
hearing, have been tentatively set for
the first week. The second week will
be devoted TO criminal work. Owing to
the fact that so many of the attorneys
will be absent at the constitutional
convention, most of the important
cases have been given dates during the
second and third weeks. There is only
one murder case on the docket, Terri
tory VS.. Irene Kent. Among the i'm
portant civil cases are, Baxter VS.. Tu-
cumcari Telephone company, Ortega VS..
]. A. Ware Construction company, Fox
worth Us. Gonzales ct al District at
torney Harry McElroy will be in charge
of the prosecution
Miss Gertrude Brown. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert z. Brown, was
thrown from her saddle pony and rem
dered unconscious for several hours.
While riding with some friends in The
south part of town, her pony suddenly
became frightened a a calf and threw
her heavily to the ground. No bones
were broken.
A heavy rain reached Tucumcari
from the south bringing great relief to
the farmers and ranchmen. as this COM
munity has had no rain for three
weeks, which it needs to complete the
fall crops. The downpour is reported
heavy south and east of town
The detachment of a gas burner in
the front window of the Emporium on
West Main street. almost caused 4
serious fire. Mr. Faukenberg. the pro-
prietor who witnessed the accident
luckily extinguished the flames before
serious damage was done
W. F. Cozard, traffic manager of the
Bell Telephone company, was in Tu-
cumcari opening up the new Bell line
in this place Tucumcari is now con-
nected by complete copper metallic cir
cults with all points. The eastern con-
nections with Amarillo will be COM
pleted in a few days. The Bell COM
pany through J. R. WATSON president
of the Tucumcari company, extended
the free use Of the connections to points
in New Mexico, to the friends of the
local company
The euchre party given at CaldwelPs
cafe for the benefit of the Catholic
church, was a well attended and an
enjoyable event. About 100 guests were
present Those who won prizes are as
follows: Mrs. r. c. Stubbins. NJ. H
Koch, J. Freeman. Mrs. r. F. Hutch
inson, Miss Lizzie Trope, Miss McElroy.
Miss Krannawitter. Miss Griffin, NJ. N.
Greenbaum and J. Caldwell
Miss Minerva Wheeler. sister Of John
Wheeler, the plumber, who has lived
with her mother on claim east of
town, was adjudged insane and sent to
the asylum at Las Vegas for treatment.
Constable Fred White accompanied
her.
Three appeal cases from Quay coun-
ty before the territorial board of
equalization, were decided for the local
commission in its favor. District at
torney McElroy represented Quay and
Guadalupe counties.
c. l. Justice, OF Santa Rosa, N. NJ.
has taken q position as assistant
cashier at the First National bank to
succeed R. T. Hutchinson, who, IT is
will go to Montoya. n. NJ.
about October 1. to take charge of the
bank of that place Be
fore assuming new duties. however, he
will visit his parents at his old home
at Pittsburg. Pa
Attorney c. c. Davidson will leave
for Santa Fe October to be ready for
the constitutional convention Reed
Rolloman. also delegate. will pos
sibly leave the first of this week
H. L. Boone. who has been ON an ex-
tended visit to his old home in ITli-
nois, is expected home in a few days
Complaints are being made by some
Of the farmers, concerning indiscrfm- |
mate and reckless shooting It Is |
claimed that stock is being injured and |
killed The large number of wild duck |
has led every man with a gun to try |
his luck.
J. A. Phillips. proprietor OF the Ar |
cade theater, is expecting his family |