The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-02-28
NEW MEXICO
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bus contemplate raising cotton this
season.
An effort is being made to have sa-
looms in Roswell at an annual license
of $1,000.
Governor Mcdonald was invited to
attend the mask ball of the Las Vegas
Hose and Fire Company.
Gabino villanueva, aged twenty, was
shot to death at the Depot Exchange,
near the Santa Fe depot in Belen.
The Civil Service Commission will
hold an examination for fourth class
postmasters at Columbus on March g..
Arrangements have been completed
for the development of the ten thou
sand-acre tract ten miles east Of Dem
ing.
Track laying on the Lubbock Texicc
cutoff will begin not later than March
1 and possibly earlier, according to
late reports.
Deputy Sheriff Jim Johnson arrest
ed George Pugh, who resides near Ros
well, on the charge of having passed
several worthless checks in the city.
New postoffices established in New
Mexico are Bellview, Curry county;
Bryan, Grant county; Juan de Bots,
Guadalupe county; Odon, Grant coun.
ty.
VIM. Scott was the victim of a seri
GUS accident at the Mahoney-Scott
sawmill in Burro canon near Roy,
when his hand was caught between
the discs and badly mangled.
Jose Garcia of Questa and former.
ly an inmate of the state prison in
Santa Fe, shot and killed his nephew,
Teodoro Garcia, at his brothers house,
three miles north of Taos.
At his hcme on the Sweetwater a
few miles west Of Colmor, Juan San
chez, committed suicide by shooting
himself in the forehead with IA calf.
Der revolver, the bullet nearly tearing
the top of his head off.
The First Church of Christ Scientist
was incorporated, papers having been
filed in the office of the state corpof-
alton commission. The church Is To-
Gated in Albuquerque and its statutory
agent is F. B. Schwentker.
The Aztec Club has been formed
with thirty-eight charter members and
the officers for the ensuing year are:
Fred Bunker, president; DR.. Taylor,
vice president; r. M. Jackson, secre.
tary, and T. A. Pierce, treasurer.
The Silver City Normal school has
sent its banner to the office of the
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton at Santa Fe. This makes the fif
teenth banner received from educa.
tional institutions in New Mexico.
That there is every possibility of Sc
curing a government built road from
Fort Bayard to Silver City was the re
port made by Councilman w. P.
Thompson at the regular meeting of
the Silver City Business Mems Asso
citation.
r. r. Gale, a freighter, arrived at
Silver City from Lordsburg, bringing
with him twenty-five draft horses. II
is stated that he has been awarded
the contract for hauling four fuel oil
tank wagons to and fro between Sill
yer City and Mogollon.
Among the prisoners recently taken
to the Santa Fee penitentiary by Har-
ry Carder Of Artesia was Valencia, the
Mexican who was convicted of muir
der at the last term of court and sen.
fenced to hang Feb. %. Valencias
lawyers will take the case to the Su.
preme Court, and in all probability by
that time the proposed law for life i'm.
prisonment will be in effect and he
will not be executed.
The Highland Cattle Company, a
Nevada corporation, was admitted to
do business In this state by the State
Corporation Commission, naming ]. c..
Dodson statutory agent with offices at
Lordsburg. The company is capital
lied at 100000.
A. II. Hilton of Socorro has had Zim
Gibbons employed for several days
drilling a we'll at the formers new
home in the south part of the city. A
good flow of water has been developed
and Mr.. Hilton expects to use it for
domestic purposes and also to irrigato
an orchard which he is preparing to
plant. He will put in concrete gut.
ters to convey the water between the
trees, thus effecting great saving.
The House Of the New Mexico Leg.
islature has passed bills providing sal.