The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-08-16
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Minor Occurrences Of More Than ordl
nary Interest.

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San Jose.
Silver City is to soon have large,
new hotel.
August "a a civil service examina
ton will be held in Artesia.
An effort is being made to organize
a justice precinct for Nolan.
Commercial law and bookkeeping
are to be added to the high school
courses at Roswell.
The assessment rolls of San Juan
county this year show total of 1,15S
acres of bearing orchard.
San Simon valley has been visited
by heavy rains recently, the total pre-
ciptation being Al inches.
The entire plant of the Artesia
Light and Power Company is being
overhauled by expert machinists.
Drilling for oil in the Bad Land re
gion, near Tucumcari, which was
abandoned some days ago, has been
resumed.
The fire loss in the ella National
forest during the past year has been
very small, according to the report OF
the forest supervisor.
1t is quite possible Socorro county
will hold fair this fall. At recent
meeting of the association officers
were elected for the ensuing year. q,
The Portales Valley Gas and Oil
Company has been organized with a
capital stock of $25O,OOO. The purpose
of the company is to drill test wells
in the vicinity of Portales.
Walter Hotchkiss, nephew of Hank
Hotchkiss, the well known bear hunt
er of the Black range, and Jake Mitch
ell killed an enormous grizzly bear in
the Black range near Silver City.
No trace has yet been found OF
Pedro Madrid, alleged slayer of VIII
liam Alonzo Beall, the north plains
rancher, whose body, riddled with bull
lets, was discovered on his ranch near
Roswell.
Santa Rita.-An unusual number oil
mountain lions are reported this year
from the Santa Rita and Black ranges
AS everyone familiar with the habits
of the lion knows, these animals are
exceedingly wary and are rarely seen
The rate of $50 per annum for
wholesale liquor licenses, which has
stood for so long in Albuquerque, will
shortly be much increased as a result
of the action taken recently by the
City Council.
Negotiations are now being conduct
ed with the Selig Moving Picture
Company of Chicago, with a view tc
having a company of actors and photo
graphers visit Roswell during the com.
ing Pecos Valley fair.
The state engineer is figuring on
plan whereby the Rio Grande may be
confined to a narrower channel at
Barelas, thus doing away with the re.
building of that portion of the large
steel bridge spanning the river there,
which recently was destroyed by high
water.
The rains which have fallen in Co.
lumbus and vicinity during the past
two weeks are certainly very accept
able. Farmers are now busy getting
in feed crops, large acreage of which
is being planted, and the many acres
planted before the rains came are
now all in a furnishing condition.
Actual work of drilling for oil in
the country near Palomas Hot Springs
will be started in the near future. The
machinery has arrived and is now be-
ing put in shape for operation. Most
of the land has been filed on by Sierra
county people, but the drilling will be
done by Pennsylvania capitalists.
An interesting feature of the new
road being built north from Old Albu.
querque to Los Griegos is the great
height to which it is being carried.
The road is built up above the sur.
rounding country four or five feet in
many places, and should the Rio
Grande ever overflow to such an ex.
tent that the existing dykes will be
useless, it will act as a dyke.
Esquiel Orozco, better known as
Mike" Orozco. was murdered in the
Palace saloon at Deming. A number
of Mexicans were drinking and in
quarrel, Orozco was stabbed in the
heart with pocket knife. Melaqulas
PONCE is alleged to have done the
stabbing. Orozco was stabbed three
times. He was cousin of Gen. Orozco
The orchardists of Belen are now
marketing their fruit in large quaint.
ties, shipments being made almost
daily to various points. The quality
of the fruit this season is excellent,
and consequently the market has been
very good. Among the best varieties
now on the market are some excellent