The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-05-09

The second annual cleanup day in
Carlsbad was an unqualified success.
A peach orchard, near Hudson in the
dry farming belt presents a pleasing
sight.
The next meeting of the cattle san
itary board will be held in Silver
City in July.
Stockmen have been losing cattle
from loco weed in Gerhardt valley,
Roosevelt county.
There will be considerable land near
Pennington seeded to alfalfa in the
next few months.
w. A. Heather of Silver City shipped
fifty sacks of mohair to Boston, the
product of his spring clip.
Hurley people, in Bailey county,
Texas, about forty miles southeast of
Rock Island are prospecting for gas.
Seven cars of wool were shipped
from Aztec, handled by the wool grow
ers association of that section of New
Mexico.
Frank Carney, carpenter of Colum.
bus who is working on the Young
building, lost his house and all its con-
tents by fire.
j. G. Woodward, whose assay office
at Silver City was destroyed by fire
several weeks ago went to Denver to
buy new outfit.
Clovis has invited Texico, Bovina,
Portales, Roswell, Melrose, Fort Sum-
ner and other towns to aid it in cele-
brating the Fourth of July.
G. d. Rice recently received q car
OF registered Red Polled cattle from
Iowa, which he has placed in charge
OF j. r. WATSON, near Hudson.
Frank Pullen of Revuelto recently
purchased forty-two head of cows from
Mcfarland brothers of Logan and
hopes to establish dairy.
Attorneys representing the Hope
Community ditch, have filed suit in
the District Court at Roswell to adju-
dictate the waters of the Penasco river.
A special term of court will con-
vene at Carrizozo May 26th to dispose
Of the Ascarte murder trial and, pos
sibly the Las Cruces townsite trustee
case.
Mrs. Bessie Owen wife of John
Green Owen of Santa Rita, died in the
Santa Rita hospital after an illness of
less than a week of acute Bright's
disease.
There is on the way from Washing
ton to Silver City one of the latest
models of stamp cancelling machines
which will be installed in the post.
office.
Former Chairman M. U. Finley of
the artesian well board of Chaves
county rendered his resignation as a
member of that board to take effect
Immediately.
Burglars entered a store in rucum-
carl and secured 81 in silver, num-
Der of pennies, some cigars and tobac-
co and few other articles. 1t is pre-
sunred that the parties were hoboes.
Manager Turnbull of the newly or
ganized Roswell Fruit Growers Ex-
range has about completed arrange.
ments for the shipping of fifty car
loads of Roswell apples to Australia
this fall.
William Hite, aged twenty-one
years, who had been resident Of Sill
yer City for nine months, died at his
residence, the cause of death being
tuberculosis. He was a native of WAY
erly, KY, to which point the body was
shipped for interment.
More than sixty representative bust
ness and professional men of Roswell
gathered around the festive board to
enjoy the third annual banquet of the
Mems Bible class of the First M. e.
church, an event looked forward to
each year with great expectation by
the men of this church.
New Mexico has 100000 to spend
on its roads. A meeting was called
for the eighth and ninth of this month
to map plan for the disposal of such
large sum of money. The twenty
six counties of the state will be rep
resented at Albuquerque; that an
equitable division of the amount be
made.
The Daughters of the American Rev
olution, who will hold exercises over
the marking of the Santa Fa trail at
Franklin, Mo-, May II. are forwarding
the movement for good roads, and be-
long to what is known as the d. A. r.