El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-16
SOCIAL DOINGS IN THE SOUTHWEST
CARRIzOzO. n. NJ

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Carrizozo, N NJ, Nov. 16.-This sea-
son the crop of pinOn nuts in the for
ests of Lincoln county has been one
of the most abundant ever known, and
for the past week or two "nutting par
ties" have been quite a fad. During
the deer season there were % or 80
hunting parties and a dozen or more
camps of those intent on gathering a
supply of the little nuts, the chestnut
Of this section, all camped at differ
ent points in the foothills and on the
wooded sides of the ranges surround
ing the CarrizOzo valley The guam
tity Of nuts gathered will probably run
into the hundreds of bushels and sup
plementing the splendid crop Of ap-
pies and other fruits, viii add ma
terially to the cheer Of many social
gatherings in the country homes dur
ing the coming winter evenings. 1t IS
hard to get a definite estimate OF the
number of deer killed by the various
hunting parties over thirty have been
secured by local nimrOds, and in ad-
dition to the deer. a very large num-
Der Of wild turkeys have been shot
Mrs. Cummings has returned from
weeks visit with Mrs D. d. Elliott at
Parsons.
H. S. Fairbanks has returned from
a visit with friends in FL Paso.
Ira. o. Wetmore, a Deming booster,
Inspector C. H Wegeman, OF the
United States geological survey, with
headquarters at Washington, d. C., was
a visitor here on his way to the
RuidOso section. 1t is understood the
government is making Investigations
as to the coal deposits in that part OF
the county.
]. l. Polly, of Ruidoso. one Of the
successful fruit growers Of Lincoln
county, was in town with some OF the
choice products Of his orchards.
Dr. J. w Laws. of Lincoln, was a
CarriZOzo visitor with Miss Jones, one
OF the trained nurses, on his way home
from White Oaks where he was called
to make a surgical operation.
Thomas Keehn, and two sons, W H.,
and Frank Keehn, all prominent farm
ers Of the Oscura section, were CARR
zozO visitors to attend the boost meet
ing.
Allan Johnson, OF Captain, was
business visitor
s. N Crockett. Of the NogaI Mesa
was in town on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Sager are
spending a few days this week in the
CarrizOzo mountains.
Elbetr T. Collier, Of the Coyote dis
trict. was in town making arrange
ments to market his crop of broom
corn
James H. Kinney. forest supervisor
of the Lincoln forest. with headQuar-
tiers at Captain, who has been on
visit Of several weeks at MS old home
in southeastern Kansas, has returned
TO Captain.
Mrs. J. E Farley and Mrs II. S.
Campbell entertained a large number
of their friends at whist at the Camp
bell home.
There will be a special meeting OF
the CarrizOzO WOmen's Civic league on
next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
The members Of the civic league have
been active in securing clean streets
and better lighting OF the streets OF
the town, and now have several other
local Improvement matters under con-
sideratiOn, which are to be considered
at the coming meeting.
Mrs. FliDpen- of AnchO. was in town
and secured a house, intending to move
here soon
Nj and Mrs. J. F. KimbaH Of the
local Z. p. & ). W. office force, spent
a day in FL Paso this week.
Father C. c. Friend, the Catholic
priest recently assigned to the Fort
stanton parish, came in this week
from Washington, D. c.. and LETT to
take up his work at the Fort.
. Thomas Mcdonald was in from his
ranch near Salinas peak in the san
Andreas for a day or two this week.
James p. Walker sprained his ankle
badly and IS compelled to use crutches.
AIRS. Martha CHANNEL and family
have moved into the old Wetmore res
idence
A h Hudspeth, chairman Of the New
Mexico state Democratic committee,
has returned to his home at White
Oaks, stopping over a few hours to
call on friends here.
John J. McCOurt. Of FL Paso. was
the guest of CarrizozO friends and rel
atives q couple Of days the past week.
Judge G. B. Greer was in from his
ranch on the BOnito.
l. r. Lamay, of the Nogal Mesa was
d Carrizozo visitor.