Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-02-22
GALLUP KNIGHTS
CELEBRATE WITH
BRILLIANT BALL
Golden Jubilee Is Made Biz AZ
fair In Social Circles Miner
Meets Tragic Death Falling
Down Shaft

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GeiiHp. M Feb The gE
ucth anniversary of tho order 0f
knights of pythiaH was celebrated
here Thursday ulght by q grand hHll
given hp Me local lodge, so t3 THE
hNil $500 uu ulNAuhliy brilliant affnir.
Mpmb6rF ~ tho order spared mo- cf-
forts or expense 90 make III ono -
hc long remembered hy thr mfnbcrg
ana hy 400 vino attended Tho dance
Wla give "a tho opera house. which is
thr largest bah loo town. but 10 waa
Ail foa small o. accommodate the large
crowd, many az whom claim thnt the
affair was ono thnt nos never been
cquufed surprising even the train-
mems hal which rs given annually on
thn iith ~ March
Tho Snyder Hichl four-piccc or
chostrU of Albuquerque furnished tliu
music 0n this occasion The grand
march which started nt . o'clock
vas lel hy Dr and MIS- George ~
Fleming After leading The guests
tlnaeeh pn nirlrate mHgo ~ winding
w1ya the orchestra struck into che
lrB tw0-alop rnd The ban WAS oa
Tho merry Ounce continued until the
carly hours OF the morning
Miner Falls 10 Death.
Ono 0f ihe most tragic deaths That
bar occurred hero Tor some tlmo was
that of George nall0aIfn. who met
death here Friday by falling down II
mine shaft g18 foot deep linllngtrh
was Eta Italian who resided ON West
Aztec avenue he had been a rosie
dpbt Of Gallup for many years, ana
was married, leaving O large family
ma Wun employed nt the Coal Basin
Fuel company mime which o. about
three miles aui uf town This mine ia
owned hy The Diamond Coal company
Tha accident occurred early in the
OHy. There were several men at work
rn the surface 90 the mouth of the
SHAFT The mBn was carrying "a heavy
load of some Kind Of material and
slipped ana fen into "a small opening
tii fho Ell n If the shaft which la about
eight feet deep, and from there
branches oG into the main shaft To
the mine the bottom uf which is 2f3
fpct below
There were four other men al work
af the Sumo pluar ana when they Faw
the man FAN thny rushed 90 the spot
md were greatly relieved to see thai
~ bad truk the ledge below, aud
wHs apparently FWfr 'lhe man must
nase been aanrnhHl daeed hy the
fgii. Tor be- aruac and deliberately
walked off ihe edge and fell head
long into Tho shaft iila body struck
humorous Obstacles and side prulee
il.Ha before 10 reached the bottom
an examination 0f the body at the in-
quest which WaH held q che unlcriak
inn parlure here short timc later
revealed That there uus scarcely "a
bone boz the mans body that was NOT
broken
Funeral eervocs FOR the unfortu-
mite man viii Dee held from the
church of the 30 cred Heart Thcy viii
ho under tho direction Of the local
ilaiiHn society
Nntcr supply Hunung short.
a contract WHH recently closed hA
the town council III Gallup for the
drilling of an additional we'll for the
uso 81 tho town in supplying the citl-
9rna with water Two years ago a
wou waa 0lillcd near the site of thf
c.tH pNmpine stntlen whore one we'll
lnd Been furnishing sufficient water
f1r lhc town for seafa. This WnN dN
MOI prove aH great water producer
na The old one. but for q tlme ihc ua.
dIH0nal supply was sufficient; but
again ou account of the rapid growth
uf ihr town .ho water supply hna be
come Insufficient Work on the new
VEGA haH already hepn started