The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-06
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
NEW MEXICO
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Parsnips Weighing five pounds,
were raised by e. II. Ayres of Estan-
cha.
The fifty elk from Montana for New
Mexico are expected to reach Santa
Fe soon.
The bee industry in the Pecos val
ley has already become one of i'm
portance.
The Baptlsts of Artesia, have Sc
cured a building and will open col
lege this fall
There are rumors of removing the
internal revenue office from Santa Fe
to Phoenix.
Edward Beasley, the four year old
son of w. H. Beasley of Artesia, was
hooked" by a COW.
T. Y. Moorhead, Pecos' city mar
shal, was shot and killed almost in
stantly by Fernando Subio, a Next
can.
p. j. Reynolds of Fort Bayard and
Martin q. Hardin of Lordsburg have
been appointed and confirmed as post
masters.
Fire of unknown origin caused con-
siderable damage in the spacious res
idence of Captain French, one mile
east of Cinarron.
While visiting at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Anderson one mile
west of Flora VISTA Miss Edith Chit
tondat, vroc aOai1ontaIIv chOt
The practical application of parcel
post is illustrated in the shipping N
500 pounds of beans to the mining
town of Mogoilon by firm at Dem
ing.
The Big Burros Copper Company,
with a capital of $1,5oO,OOO, was in
corporated and the incorporation pa
pers filed with the secretary at
Santa Fe.
The Pythians of Roswell and vicin-
ity in the rooms of the Damon Lodge
No. Is, Knights of Pythias, of Roswell,
celebrated the 50th anniversary of
their order.
County School Superintendent R. S.
toned the county school fund of 49,
$3.50 among 1859 school children at
| $3.50 a person.
Water application $50 was filed by
Ralph e. McNicholl of Hagerman, for
six-tenths second feet of the Pecos
river, for pumping purposes, to irri-
gate 42.7 acres.
Cashier w. J. Joyce of the Bank OF
San Marcial, which closed its doors
recently, submitted three tentative
plans to Travelling Auditor Howell
Earnest to straighten out the banks
affairs.
County Superintendent of Schools
A. E. Bailey of Eddy county, resigned
his position. superintendent Poore of
Carlsbad was elected to fill the va
cancy. Mr.. Bailey's term would have
expired in 1916.
Peter Mack of Columbus, received
from Ell Paso an assay of some Of the
mineral taken from the mine in the
Tres Hermanas mountains that is
being developed by Peter Mack, Chas.
Keenum and Mr.. Stewart. The min
eral is sufficiently rich in silver and
gold to yield a good profit to them
after paying the expenses of shipment
and extraction at the smelter
Hon. Nathan Jaffa of Roswell is
now thirty-third-degree Mason.
The honor was conferred on Mr.. Jaffa
at Denver There are seven thirty
third degree men in the state. They
are: Cony r. Brown, Socorro; e. A.
Cahoon, Roswell; James G. Fitch, So
zorro; Richard II. Hanna, Santa Fe;
Nathan Jaffa, Roswell; John w.
Mayes. Santa Fe; John w. Poe, RIOS.
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Mrs. ]. d. Bright of Silver City, was
painfully injured in a runaway.
J. H. Fleming, postoffice site in
spector Of the Treasury Department,
Of the United States, arrived in Las
Vegas from sRaton for the purpose OF
examining proposed sites and select
ing the location for the--federal build
ing.
Land Commissioner r. P. Ervien
stated that there will likely be much
interest on the part of home seekers
of other states in the forthcoming land
sale, scheduled for April 81, in the
town of Deming, Luna county. The
land to be put up at auction is about