The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-03-29
LITTLE NEW MEXICO ITEMS.
Minor Occurrences Of More Than ordI
nary Interest.

Albuquerque is to have an election
this spring.
East Las Vegas, during the past six
months, had 81 deaths and only 36
births.
J. p. Ainsworth was fined $50 and
costs at Roswell for giving whisky to
a minor,
L. X. McGaffey was fined s25 for
permitting his auto to stand on the
streets at Roswell.
The modern sewer system for East
Las Vegas has been completed at a
total cost of $22.62412.
A plan is being pushed to create two
new counties out of parts Of Roose-
welt, Curry, Quay and Guadalupe coun-
ties.
A splendid soaking rain relieved the
unusual dryness which has prevailed
in the Silver City section during the
past two months.
In the District Court for Valencia
county, at Los Lumas, Toribio Greigo
was indicted for the murder of his
wife at San Rafael.
The body of Dionicio Sanchez, of La
Cueva, was found near Azul, San Mig
uel county, in a snowdrift. Death was
caused by the cold
The women in the Roswell school
district No. may vote at the coming
school $4,000 bond election, April g.,
if they have registered.
A mass meeting was held in Vaughn
recently in the interest of proposed
new county to be carved out of Quad
alupe, with Vaughn as the county
seat.
Among the new enterprises recently
started in the Mesilla valley is the
bona Ana Fruit Company. The pur-
pose of the company is to develop a
tract of land near Dona Ana
Louis Veilstitch, who recently jump
ed into the limelight when he broke
the worlds record in two-man bowl
ing contest at the annual American
Bowling Congress at Chicago, rolling
the marvellous score of 2SO in single
game, is Belen boy, having been
born and reared there.
Natividad Rivera, the 2O-year-old
daughter of Thomas Rivera, met
death in a horrible manner at Hills
boro. The girl was subject to cpl
leptic attacks and while suffering from
one Of these she fell into the open
fireplace, where she was building a
fire, and was fatally burned
Farming in earnest has once more
commenced in and around Belen. AS
result of a very good winter. the
ground is now in excellent shape for
every kind of crops, and the agricul-
turists and fruit growers are getting
everything into shape for the seasons
work.
Before a crowd of fight fans which
literally packed Elks theater in Santa
Fe, John Floyd, better known as
Lefty" an albuquerque welterweight
of considerable reputation as a boxer,
made short work of Kid Russell, a
much heralded fighter of Ell Paso,
knocking Russell out in the first round
of what was to have been a twenty
round bout.
Fourteen carloads of assorted lum-
Der and several carloads of lime and
cement have been unloaded in Gallup
and there will probably more arrive
in a short time. This material is the
property of the government and will
be transferred overland to the site of
the new government school at Grown
Point, about 40 miles northeast of
Gallup.
The orchard irrigation district of
San Juan county, which recently au.
thorized the issue of half a million in
bonds, forfeited the bond of $1,000 il
filed with the state irrigation engineer
and the state treasurer has been asked
to collect on it. The district has been
granted another extension of time and
has awarded the contract for construc.
ton of large irrigation system on
the San Juan.
At Santa Fe Elias Herrera, who &C
cidentally killed his sweetheart, was
sentenced to two years in the reform.
atory by District Judge Abbott for
manslaughter. Adolfo Quintana was
given two years in the reformatory for
burglary. Donaciano Crespin was sent
to the penitentiary eighteen months
for larceny. Petra G. Quintana and
Pillar Padilla were committed to the
state asylum for the insane at Las
Vegas.
From all indications the season Of
1912 win yield bountiful crops in the
great Mesilla valley. The alfalfa fields