The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-06-07
LITTLE NEW MEXICO ITEMS.
Minor Occurrences Of More Than ordl.
nary Interest.

A new fence is being built around
the court house at Albuquerque.
The Loyal Order of Moose is Silver
City's latest fraternal organization.
The Portales alfalfa crop is now
ready to cut and 1t will be bumper
Sheep men in the Cabezon section
report the lamb crop large despite the
cold spring.
Reports are to the effect that The
recent cold failed to materially injure
the fruit crop.
The House passed the bill authoriz,
ing the employment of convict labor
in road building.
Water at Elephant Butte is the
highest for many years and serious
damage is feared.
The new bridge over the Rio Puerco
at Cabezon has been finished and is
now open for traffic
An effort in the Senate to get the
anti-prize fight bill out of committee
failed by vote of II to z.
At the Herndon WELL near Willard,
water is flowing from the pump at the
rate of 900 gallons per minute.
Paul Kruger, one of the pioneers of
Eddy county, died at his home west of
Lakewood from blood poisoning.
At the Shiprock agency, Navajo
reservation, Joaquin Chit Sonee, well
known Navajo chieftain, shot himself
fatally.
Jack Johnson began training for his
fight with Jim Flynn at Las Vegas on
July 4, by taking long runs into the
surrounding country.
Senator Catron has introduced a bill
in the United States Senate to appro-
pirate $4,000 to dig public well at
Montoya, Guadalupe county.
The Thomas department store, the
largest in Las Vegas, was destroyed
by fire. Loss on the building and
stock, $GSOOO; insurance, $4,000.
]. A. Johnson, a brakeman in the
employ of the Chino Copper Company
at Santa Rita, was run over and killed
by an ore train on which he was work
ing.
The main dyke protecting the town
of San Marcial from the Rio Grandc,
broke recently and two feet of water
flooded the streets, doing considerable
damage.
An unknown man was run down and
killed by the south bound Santa Fe
passenger train near Las Cruces. The
body was taken to Las Cruces for in
terment.
House substitute bill Al, better
known as the Speiss bond bill, has
been passed by the House and Senate
and is now awaiting the governors
signature.
During the past week every crop
which is grown in Belen section of the
Rio Grande valley has received a de-
cided forward impetus, on account OF
the extremely favorable weather
The first Lutheran church of Belen
Valencia county, is to have a new pas
tor, Rev. John A. M. Zeigler, d. D.
who was at one time pastor of large
church at Ann Arbor, Mich.
State Engineer Chas. D. Miller has
returned from a trip through the
northeastern portion of the state and
reports that the road from Las Vegas
to Mora, will be put in high state Of
repair.
The bill appropriating 100000 for &
state industrial school at Wager
Mound passed the House by vote o.
80 to II Wagon Mound agreeing t.
donate land and building valued a
$4,000.
Plans are being considered by the
Columbus Chamber of Commerce TO
installing at that place a plant for thu
making of ice, furnishing of water
electric lights and transmitting irrigat
ing power.
The wages of all laborers on 9Th
extra gangs on the Santa Fe has beel
increased from $1,25 to $3.50 per day
= Silver City.-The summer term o
the New Mexico Normal school Opene
, in this city with three hundred teach
; ers present from all parts of tn
Southwest. Owing to the wide repu
tation and popularity achieved by tn
school in former years successfu
, term is looked for.
Roswell.-Santa Fe railroad official
I, have officially announced that it wa
positive they would build the Clovis
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