The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-12-26
NEW MEXICO NEWS
Gathered From
All Parts of the State

s. Price Henry has. 10000 sheep in
Chavez and Eddy counties.
A man from Gallup claims to have
exterminated 90 rattlers in two days.
The school census shows 1902. 163
persons of school age in New Mexico.
Three New Mexico ex-convicts have
fallen into the tolls of the law in Colo
RADIO.
Maxwell is making a bid for the es-
adjustment Of flour mill for that
section.
large number of fruit trees have
been received and set out by farmers
near Deming
Burglars entered store at Alamo
gordo and took between $3.50 and 5000
worth of goods.
Prompt work by the teacher aud
pupils saved the Torreon school house.
from being destroyed by fire.
For the first time in the history of
the state penitentiary, school for
convicts will be held this winter.
The Santa F6 federal land office
shows that 57,179S4 acres were filed
upon in that district of the state in
November.
The latest slogan in New Mexico
Raise hogsl Robert Johns of Lower
ella valley sold $500 worth this year,
fed on alfalfa and corn.
The frijole or Mexican bean is ex-
-tensively grown in New Mexico. 1t is
staple article of diet among Mexican
and Spanish-American people.
Elk Governor Hagerman recently
purchased a number of Durham cows
at Roswell, paying 500 head. He
Will add these to his dairy herd.
Quay county farmers did good
business in turkeys prior to Thanks
giving and many more will find their
way to market during the holidays.
A number of Eastern capitalists
have Joined with several business men
OF Quay county and organized an i'm
provement association with a capital
ization of $250,OO0.
Southern Colorado and northeastern
New Mexico were isolated as result
OF the heaviest snowstorm in the his
tory Of that section, which ended late
Friday night.
Miss Fay White, young lady from
near Rama, is reported to have acci.
dentally shot herself in the foot while
out hunting. She was taken to Logan
for treatment.
The treasurer of Mora county col
lecteG during November the sum of
$6S9.s1, for 1910, 1911 and 1912 taxes,
and the same will be forwarded to the
state treasurer.
Forty cara of lambs, mostly feed
ers, left albuquerque for Colorado.
The state to the north is a heavy
buyer in New Mexico. This shipment
numbered $4,000 head.
Just ten minutes was required by
the jury in the District Court at Cal
lup to decide that Otto Buchanan was
innocent of manslaughter in the kill
ing of Luis Benavides.
Government ranges in the third dis
include parts of New Mexico and Ari-
zone, and during the year FAC, 1888 head
of cattle and horses, 913,3S9 head OF
sheep and goats and 52S hogs were
herded on these waste places, large
increase over last year.
Bruce Fl. Marsh of Roswell recently
sold his ranch and stock to Howell,
Sears & McCombs, local cattlemen of
that place. The sale included 1000
head OF stock and lease on so Sec
lions of land 65 miles north of Ros-
well. Consideration $4,000.
The State College OF Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts at Las Cruces will
give five short courses to the farmers
and ranchers of New Mexico this win
ter.
After a countrywide search, extend |
ing over eight years, Wallace Peters,
ten years old, son of Mrs. f. A. Focks !
OF Crane, Mo-, was found in Albuquer-
que by his mother. Though the child |
was but two years old when his father, |
Ebert B. Peters, is alleged to have kid
mapped him. the mother positively
identified him by means of birth
mark. Mrs. Munger has employed
lawyers to resist the mothers efforts |
to regain possession of her child.
After resting in the tomb since |
April 9, 1912, the body of Mrs. Chris
tina Major has been exhumed at Ala
in a search for evidence