The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1913-12-31
NEW MEXICO NEWS
Gathered From
All Parts of the State

the public school OF San Jon.
The state sale OF lands at Deming
resulted In disposing OF 1901 acres for
sl36,iSs.
The drys won bv fifteen votes at
Nara Visa at the recent election on
local option.
Active work on a road from Taos
to Caliente switch on the ID. h Il. g.,
is IN progress.
The Quay County Development AZ.
sociation has filed incorporation pa
pcrs with the corporation commission.
Figures compiled by the state edu.
cational department show paid mem.
bership in the New Mexico Education.
nj Association OF l.2is.
During the recent heavy snow
sheepmen Of Taos county were heavy
financial losers with their sheep.
Adolph p. Hill OF Santa Fe. NJ. Nc
Clereary OF Magdalena and l.. Pascuel
Martinez OF Taos have been appointed
postmasters by President Wilson.
New Mexico farmers are beginning
to receive their allotments OF farm
and garden seeds from the Depart.
ment OF Agriculture at Washington.
Three men were buried by cave.in
while working In a trench laying drain
tiing near the w. II. Wilson place,
south about seven miles from Carls-
bad
John Knoblock, eldest son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Knoblock, old residents OF
Magdalcna, was almost instantly killed
when his gun was accidentally dis.
charged.
Endee would seem to have corner
on the rabbit market. II recently
made a shipment OF i.5O0. One hunter
claims TO have succeeded in securing
3l5 In n day and half.
John II. Hartley. blacksmith, aged
thirty.four years and 'esidont of Sill.
vcr City and vicinity FOR five or six
years. was found dead IN his bed at
Lowell. near Bisbec. Ariz.
rhe Calumet Commercial Company,
an Arizona corporation. capitalized at
S2.000,0O0. has been granted permis.
sicn to enter New Mexico. The con.
Germs agent In this state Is Vance
CarrOthers Of Florine.
Fire completely destroyed the sheet
iron cottage and contents at the cor.
ner Of Pinos Altos and Broadway
streets In Silver City. The house was
,,.I
owned by Mrs. Lettic u. Morrill,.
Charles Epps of Cuervo Is reported
to have paid $4,000 for the Charles
Sumner ranch southwest of Cuervo. It
and $500 acres of leased land. II Is
extensively improved and stocked.
The following postoffices will be dis.
continued after December 81: Chape.
/ rito In San Miguel county. mail to La
| Licndrc. iiilario In San Miguel county.
mail to Tremcntina: Mountainview In
/ Lima county, mail TO Deming Sapello
In San Miguel county, mail for this
place to be sent to Los Alamos.
II. Capcrs of Endee. who n month
] IGO lONl Din Ufdu VI tbOu UpIStS OIi
his ranch six miles north OF Endee, by
what was diagnosed by Drs Corbon
and Owens (who held post mortem
eXamination) as forage poison" mas
during the past few days lost nineteen
head OF thoroughbred Hereford cattle.
Tho Santa Ft railroad has rendered
~" sum of sl,T53.45 to the collector OF
= luan county In payment of that
cOmpany's taxes for 1912 In that coun
". but the tender has been refused
since the 1912 assessment was sup
posed 10 be made on full valuation
and It Is contonded that the amodnt
should be something like $1,000.
organization OF the cantaloupe dl
vision of the Bcrrendo Growers Asso
ciation was effected at Roswell at q
rooms. A. -. Grille was reelected
manager for next year. and all busi
neg 9od mp for the year just clos
ina ~ 200 acres have been signed
VI tor next year.
a posthumous son was born to Mrs
A. s. Brookes, widow of the late adju
tant General Iirookes. whose death
occurred sevor"l weeks ago after q
brief illnee' pneumonia. Mrs
BIookes Is ~ 'ghter OF Col. Georg,
r.. Bushnell, commanding officer n
Fort Bayard. where the United States
military sanatorium Is located.
q. G. Dero OF Pennington took Z
box Of apples with him to the Home
Mission convention at Washington, u
C. He and Mrs. Bero told the con
vention of the needs of the mission u
Pennington and decided TO sell tn,
apples. One apple brought 81 and sew
eral sold for 81 apiece. and then ,
woman said she would take the re
maindcr OF the box for 5000, makinI
tho total receipts for one box owe
5000.
Enoch A. Cam. a brakeman. slipped
and fell from car that was beinJ