The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-20
NEW MEXICO
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More school teachers are needed,
says State Superintendent White.
J. ]. Snow is contemplating moving
his pickle factory from Fierro to
Deming.
Since the fatal shooting in the Clay
ton saloon, the lid has been put on
effectively in that city.
]. w. Maxwell of Three Rivers, Lin
coin county, lassoed and dragged to
death lynx near his home.
Walter Van Meter, a well driller
of Gage, while riding his motorcycle
at Deming, fell and broke his leg.
I'D. Meeks of Logan is improving
his herd of cattle by selling off his
range stuff and adding registered
stock.
]. M. Ferguson was thrown by a
mule and instantly killed while riding
into Deming from his home, four
miles east.
Arrangements have been made for
the expanding of 100000 in the per
fecting of the Artesia light and irri-
cation plant.
An interurban electric line is con-
templated to connect the towns and
valleys of the Sacramento mountains
in Otero county.
Judge Drake Bell, of Roswell, mas
thrown his hat into the ring as an
aspirant for the United States mar
shalship of New Mexico.
Superintendent McManus of the
state penitentiary, is already at work
preparing the Christmas program for
the 300 or more convicts.
Ricardo Alva was found guilty Of
rape in the District Court at Ration,
while Phoenix Aguilar, who was
charged with murder, was acquitted
The papers in the Gales extradi-
ton case are completed as far as New
Mexico is concerned and have been
sent to President Taft for his sigma
ture.
The McClanny home, located in the
river road back of Old Mesilla, took
fire and burned to the ground, moth
ing belonging to the family being
saved.
Paul Owen, the escaped convict who
was arrested at Lincoln recently, was
brought back to the penitentiary by
Mounted Policeman Gus Hunter, who
went after him.
The Susquehanna Mining Company,
a million dollar concern of Arizona,
has been admitted to New Mexico It's
office is ION Property" Grant county,
with postoffice at Lordsburg.
The health officers at Fort Sumner
report that no new cases of smallpox
have appeared in that vicinity and
the original cases are all under quar-
antine, and the patients recovering.
After three weeks of the heaviest
traffic ever known in stock shipments
in New Mexico, the Santa Fe yards
are crowded daily with stock ship
ments, held at Ration for feeding pur-
poses.
The dog poisoner has been getting
in his work so well in Albuquerque
that dog owners have raised a fund
of more than 500 as a reward for
the capture and conviction of the
culprit.
The Democrats of Chaves county
spent 5000. the Republicans $500 and
the Progressiyes $3.50 in the recent
election campaign, according to state
ments which have been filed with
County Clerk r. F. Ballard.
The board of trustees of the town
of Las Cruces has brought suit against
the National Surety Company of New
York for $4,000 for alleged failure of
Bash & Gray, contractors, to fulfill
contract for a sewer system and
water works.
In the District Court at Las Vegas.
Judge Leahy sentenced Narciso Du.
ran to not less than twelve nor more
than eighteen months at hard labor
in the state penitentiary, and Pedro
GaIlegos to from one to three years.
Duran plead guilty to assault with a
deadly weapon, while Gallegos was
convicted of horse stealing.
The corporation commissions Of
fees at Santa re are not sufficiently
numerous or large and 30 a new room
is TO be added. Strange to relate It is
being made from a staircase leading
up to the offices on the third floor OF
the capitol building. The room will
be used for the storing of stationery
and no ladder will be needed, as the
stairs will remain.
Superintendent OF Education Alvan
N. White said that he was well i'm,
pressed with his visit TO Aztec San