The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-04-12
LIrrLs nav MExoo IrEMs.
Minor Occurrences OF More Than ordI
nary Interest.

the Riddle restaurant burned, causing
a loss OF $4,000.
Artesia has twenty-five miles of
beautiful shade trees and ten miles OF
cement sidewalks.
The Roswell Wool and Hide Compa-
ny has started their 4O,OOO-pounds-a-
day alfalfa meal mill.
In raid on Joint at Roswell,
Charles Thompson was arrested and
four cases of whiskey were seized.
The Pecos Valley Mutual Telephone
Association has raised telephone rates
from 90 cents to $1.25 month.
The State Federation OF women's
Clubs at Roswell selected Albuquer-
que for the convention city next year.
D. X. B. Sellers. Democrat, was
elected mayor of Albuquerque over P.
Hanley, Republican, by majority of
6O9.
During the past few months Las
Cruces has made more city improve
ments than it has in any period Of its
growth.
The tax payers at Carrizozo, by
vote of rs to 10. again added an extra
five mills to the tax levy for school
purposes.
A. H. Morley killed a diamond rattle
snake near Dexter. 1t measured seven
feet and three inches and had four
teen rattles.
Thieves have hoo, % ,rorI, q, Doc
well lately. While he and his wife
were away from their home Harry
White lost SITS diamond.
The six-year-old son of ]. M. Reed,
who lives west of Clovis, was perhaps
fatally wounded by gun in the hands
Of his ten-year-old brother.
Miss Clara Belle Walker, trained
nurse of Carlsbad, was burned to
death accidentally at San Antonio,
Texas, while nursing a small child.
The State Senate passed e bill sub
shutting electrocution for hanging,
and changing the place of execution
from county jails to the penitentiary.
The construction OF the new bridge
over the Rio Puerco at Cabezon is now
in progress and work is being rushed
to completion as rapidly as possible.
Johnny Murphy, the Denver whirl-
wind and young Abe Attell Of Dallas
boxed fifteen fast and furious rounds
at the Elks theater at Santa Fe. to
draw
Thirty-one Jicarillo Apaches from
Dulce appeared in, Federal Court in
Santa Fe to testify before the federal
grand jury as to the''sale Of liquor to
Indians.
The Silver City Electric Power Com
pany has perfected arrangements to
add to its plant large ice factory
and the necessary machinery has been
ordered.
The first bales of bear grass to be
baled so far in -the Elkins section of
the country was baled recently by Da.
vid Smith who has ben cutting this
new crop all winter.
Arrangements have been completed
for the expenditure of 100000 by the
TETON Oil & Development Company In
exploiting lands owned and leased by
the company near Algodones.
The new state normal school for
eastern New Mexico is practically Ger.
tain TO be located in Clovis. That town
is putting forth every legitimate eff
fort to land the new institution.
The body OF man drowned in Salt
creek near the stockyards bridge at
Roswell, while swimming, was dyna-
mited out of the bed and foated to the
top not far from the hole he drowned
In.
A rich gold strike is reported in the
81 Orc mine near Stems. in the ex-
treme western part Of Grant county.
The vein is said to be fourteen inches
wide and carries values UP to 5000
per ton.
Senator Mccoy introduced an
amendment to the constitution for
statewide prohibition, and also bill
for instruction in all public schools on
the evil effects of alcohol on the hu.
man system.
The second annual convention of the
New Mexico Federation of Woman's
clubs met in Roswell, The federation
decided to petition the Legislature to
enact law against holding prize
fights that all property held in COM
mon by man and wife be disposed of
only by the signatures of both; that
woman be placed on each educational
and reformatory state board; and that
bill boards and unsightly advertising
be prohibited In cities.