The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-12-13
NEW MEXICO
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper union News Service


education.
Arthur M. Wright of Waterville, N.
Y. died at the home of his son, Judge
Edward r. Wright of Santa Fe.
Frank A. Chavez, son of Manuel
Chavez, seventeen years of age, died
at an Albuquerque hospital, after an
operation for appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Mandell of Albu-
querque celebrated their silver we'd
ding by entertaining number of
their friends in the Masonic temple.
The State Board of Equalization
has sustained the raise in the assess
ment of coal lands in San Juan coun-
ty, owned by the Santa Fe and Frisco
railroads.
The Guardian Casualty and Guaran-
ty Company of Salt Lake City, was adj
mitted to do business in this state.
Reed Smoot is one of the directors
of the company.
Cssrles l.. Belts has filed with the
state engineer application for six and
seven-tenths second feet water rights
from a dry arroyo in the Mimbres sec
ton to irrigate 4S0 acres of land.
The Santa Fe is calling for bids for
the repairing of the Albuquerque de-
pot which was Quilted by fire some
weeks ago. The improvements are es-
timated to cost between $4,000 and
$1,000.
The State Board of Water Commits
sioners, consisting of ]. M, Casaus of
Santa Rosa; Scott Ettcr of Carlsbad,
Charles Springer of Cimarron, and
Charles A .Rathbun of Santa Fe, held
pa meeting at the capital.
While engaged in tunneling under
the Rio Grande roadbed near Flora
Vista, preparatory to placing culvert,
j. D. Moore, one of the section crew
was caught in cave-in and sustained
serious injury to his back.
A. ]. watkins. one of Luna counties
| Oldest cattlemen died at Deming as
the result of having been thrown from
horse, the animal falling upon him.
For quarter of century he has been
engaged in the cattle business in that
portion of the state.
Four mon called at the home of ST.
mon Rodriguez near Lakewood, Eddy
| county, and while one engaged him in
conversation, another shot him in the
back. the murderers escaping. Rodrl-
| gusz was taken to the hospital at
Carlsbad, where he died
The Non-Sectarian Benevolent So
ciety of Albuquerque distributed fifty
dinners the day before Thanksgiving
to families where Thanksgiving woull
otherwise have been nothing more
than farce Additional supplies were
distributed on Thanksgiving Day.
In the District Court of San Miguel
county L. Blair pleaded guilty to an
indictment in which he was charged
with having carved the face and neck
Of Anderson Taylor recently. He was
sentenced to not less than twelve nor
more than eighteen months in the
state penitentiary.
President C. C. Tannehill and other
members of the Roswell Commercial
Club returned from an important trip
down the valley on which they secured
pledge of $1,000 from Hagerman,
Dexter and Artesia and other towns
towards making a fight for lower
freight rates for the Pecos valley.
Deputy Sheriff Hipolito Lucero Of
Sandoval county and Manuel Archu-
leta, sheep thief, are dead and Noses
Abouselman has a badly shattered
arm as result of the deputy sheriff
and Abouselman and a posse trying
to locate and arrest Archuleta and a
fellow thief whose name is given as
Daniel Garcia. The thieves had gotten
away with 300 sheep from Abousel-
mans herds.
November, 1912, will go on record as
the warmest November in New Mex
leo for thirty years, and also as one OF
the driest months ever recorded by
the United States weather bureau.
The State Board of Equalization has
been recognized Attorney General
Frank w. Clancy succeeds Governor
Mcdonald as its chairman and Travel
ing Auditor Howell Ernest succeeds
Auditor W. G.. Sargent as its secretary.
These changes were made because the
governor already is overwhelmed
with work at board meetings and Mr..
Ernest has all the tax rolls in his Of
flee and therefore can keep up with
the work which falls to the secretary
F. F. Mccormick OF Artesla has
solved the problem of high freight
rates as regards transportation of tur-