The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-06-27
NEW MEXICO
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


october.-Pumpltin Pie Day at Max
we'll
Santa Fe will have a 4th of July
celebration.
The banquet given in Albuquerque
to Hon. A. A. Jones was a great sue
cess.
The Tucumcari creamery is said to
output 1000 pounds of butter per
week.
A movement is on foot to complete
the organization of G. A. r. associa-
ton at Roswell.
Bert Levy of Alamogordo was dis
charged from bankruptcy by Judge
Pope of Santa Fee
A car of broom corn, another of
soap weed and a third of hides were
shipped from Logan.
With impressive ceremonies Flag
Day was observed by the Las Vegas
lodge of Elks at the Elks' home.
A petition for a special election on
the liquor question is being circulat-
ed at Roswell, and also at Dexter.
S. J. Blackburn, thirty-two a ranch
man, living FIFTEEN miles south Of
Trinchera, was instantly killed by
stroke of lightning.
William Reinsch, aged eighty-six
years, died at the residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Richard Hays, in Las
Vegas.
New Mexico's Normal summer
school at Silver City began it's sew
ond week with an attendance of 29S
students.
The Royal Arch Masons of Farm
ington completed the organization of a
new chapter of that body after three
days session.
The Texas Fidelity and Bonding
Company, which made application to
do business in this state, has with
drawn it's application.
The American Bank and Trust Com
pany is in the hands of the state bank
examiner. The assets are given at
$4,000 and the liabilities 100000.
Aaron M. Adler of Las Vegas has
filed suit in bankruptcy in the Fed
eral Court, He gives his liabilities at
$1S,965.71 and his assets at $2O,55O.
The Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany has come across with $3.50 back
taxes on return premiums, which
helps swell the state treasurer's &C
count.
An agreement to cooperate with
the state of New Mexico in the pro-
tecting of game on national forests
has been entered into by the United
States forest service.
During the past three or four
months Silver City and Deming have
shipped about $4,000 head of cattle,
destined mostly for Colorado points,
which were valued at $1,000,000
Ernest Carper was chosen artesian
well inspector to succeed Byron o.
Beall at a meeting of the Artesia welt
board in the office in the court house
at Roswell.
The first green peas were shipped
from Pennington last week, and cher
ries are beginning to be placed on the
| fruit ranches.
Arrangements are being made for
the organization of the thirty-fourth
annual Pennington fair. Pennington
has the oldest fair organization in the
state of New Mexico.
A fire at Clayton destroyed the NJ
G. Tixier building, facing the c. & s.
depot. A building adjoining, occupied
as saloon, was also destroyed. The
$4,000 insurance will not cover the
loss.
A tract of $4,000 acres of land in
Otero county was recently secured by
syndicate from the state. The-prop
erty is near Tularosa and will be cut
up into tracts for colonization pur-
poses.
Four hundred and fifty pounds of
cream was shipped from Montoya in
one week, which means about $3.50
In cash distributed among a few men
who have decided to try this branch
of farming.
According to information given at
Roswell before Justice of the Peace r.
d. Bell, by Mrs. Fannie Landau of
Lake Arthur the lower valley town is
the home of a brigade of window
smashers.
The convention of the Disciples of
Christ at Roswell was well attended.
The Disciples expect to build a sani-
tarium in New Mexico the coming
year. The next convention will be held