The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-01-07
NEW MEXICO NEWS
Gathered From
All Parts of the State

Surveyors are engaged around
Byzantine making surveys Of unsur.
vcyod lands.
The Postal Telegraph Company has
dismissed It's suit against the Mountain
States Telegraph Company.
L.. Pasquai Martinez. formerly sec.
rotary TO Congressman II. II. Fergus.
son, has been named as postmaster
for Taos.
Twenty-Five ~one.yearsold mules.
ra'sed near San Jon. recently changed
ownership, the owner realizing s55
per head.
a dispatch from Washington states
that President Wilson has nominated
Adolph p. lin for postmaster OF
Santa Fe.
The Supreme Court at Santa Fe
handed down an opinion In the habeas
corpus from Colfax county. The writ
was denied.
! Tony Leak. a rancher who resides
ut Mineral Hill. displayed In q wire
cage the largest eagle ever brought
TO Las Vegas.
Kelly was visited by a fire which
did damage TO the extent o. $4,000 and
destroyed three OF the business build.
lngs Of the iowa.
An apple with the flavor Of a peach
and grown in Santa Fe county-vas
exhibited in the windows OF a bank
building In Santa Fe.
While trying to arrest Carey Van.
sickle rear San Jon. Douglas Ander.
son, the constable OF that place. was
slot and instantly killed by Vansickle.
Information was given out at Ration
that the st. l.. II. NJ. & p. ny. Com.
pany will again take over It's holdings
and operate the road as 1t did up to
August l..
J.. d. Violet completed n deal
whereby he disposed Of 2.449.49 acres
OF mesa land for n consideration OF
100000. This land Is east Of Las
Cruces.
The Jaralcs Trading Company OF
Jaralcs. Valencia county. has filed In.
corporation papers with the state Cor.
poration Commission. The capital
stock Is $4,000.
State Treasurer o y. Marion won
the suit In the State Supreme Court
brought TO compel him to invest state
funds In the bonds OF the state high.
way comn..s9ion.
j. J. Weiman Is forming q new com.
pany M Fort Sumner to put In 200
acres of cantaloupes next season. to
be grown. picked and packed under
or management.
Sheriff Emil James of Socorro took
J. W. Harris, alias J. w. Wilson, and
Jose Parras to the pcnitentlary. the
former to serve from one to two years
for forgery and the latter 20 serve q
year and a day for embezzlemcnt.
II was reported that constable
Douglas Anderson Of San Jon was
shot while attempting to arrest Carey
Van Siekee. charged with perjury. the
man resisting. shooting and killing
the officer. The murderer made his
escape.
A new low temperature record for
December was made at Albuquerque,
when the official Thermometer record.
ed 10 degrees below zero. At Las We.
gas the Frost King put In a few extra
ticks and made IL ~ below. the low
record for the winter.
Old and homeless. Is the pitiable
plight OF Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Hal.
lager. who live on a homestead two
and one.half miles from Rodeo, and
who have just lost their home by fire.
Mr.. Ballager Is seventy.six and his
wife sixty-five. They have lived on
their homestead for the past five
years.
Quay county has n total OF 3,5sS per.
sons OF school age.
DIR. George w. Montgomery of Chi.
cago Is said to he investigating condi.
lions IN the state with the view of es.
tablising n sanatorium to be support.
ed by John ID. Rockefeller and Mrs. J.
Pierpont Morgan. Deming may &c.
cure the place owing to the abundance
OF pure water to be found In that sec.
tiCn OF New Mexico.
Frank W. Zern. Denver representa-.
tive OF The Rock Island Tribune. has
been appointed chairman OF the press
committee OF the Colorado Pioneer
Printers and Writer'S Society. The
annual banquet scheduled for Jan. 20,
It In believed will rival that Of last Jan,
uary, when the attendance was large,
recurring extra accommodation for
the guests.
The stockholders OF the Hagerman
Irrigation Company held their annual
meeting and elected directors for the
ensuing year as follows: Harry
COwan. @. l.. Truitt, Geo. W.. Losey,
Sam McKinstry and N. s. West. The
newly elected directors met and elect.
ed Harry Cowan president; Sam Nc.
Kinstry. vice president. and w. A.
Losey. secrctary.treasurer.
owen W. Lasater OF Estancta was
appointed county clerk Of Torrance