The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-04-24
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
NEW MEXICO
PEOPLE

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The Uplift Society is doing good
work in Pennington.
Ration had a cleanup day that added
materially to the appearance OF the
city.
Deming soon is to have park that
will equal any in the state as a beauty
srot
The collection Of the road tax has
been successfully started in San Miguel
county.
The federal grand jury at Santa Fe
returned nine true bills and two no
true bills.
The sheriff's force is hunting for a
fellow who passed two worthless
checks at Roswell
A big job OF road improvement is
to be done on the sandy highway en-
tering Yeso from the south.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Charles G. Given of Silver City.
Grant county, notary public.
The total wool shipments from the
Pennington section in the present sea
son, it is estimated, will reach 100000
pounds.
The big Goode hay warehouse at
Lake arthur was destroyed by fire.
The loss, which is about $500, was
covered by insurance.
A large deposit of asbestos has been
found near Las Vegas and strong
company Is to be organized to place
the valuable mineral on the market.
The man found dead two miles
southwest of Dayton was identified as
E. ]. Fox, brother of ]. II. Fox of Day
ton. Paralysis is given as the cause
Of death.
Miss Mannette Myers, supervisor OF
industrial education, has received for
ty more reports on the vote for the
state flower. So far, the cactus leads
In the race.
Governor Mcdonald appointed Mrs.
Felix II. Lester of Albuquerque one of
the delegates to the Third Information
al Congress on Child Welfare, meeting.
in Washington.
A cattle sale negotiated at Deming,
involving the transfer of 1000 head,
brought several dollars head more
than the prevailing market price and
established record.
M. o. Bixler, while loading lumber
at Deming fell from scaffold and
was severely injured, having had his
right leg broken and several bones in
hie foot mara also hrOlxan
Houston Beasley of Oregon is proud
ly displaying the pelt of mountain
lion which he killed on his ranch. The
animal was little over eight feet in
length and a fine specimen.
The women of Las Cruces have TAX
en- up the spirit of identifying Las
Cruces. Some of the yards have been
planted almost full of plants for sum-
mer and autumn boomers.
While running drill at the electric
plant of the Roswell Gas and Electric
Company, Mike Neidercorn allowed
his gloves to get caught in the drill.
The tip of the little finger of the right
hand was nipped off.
The Miesse Townsite Company filed
incorporation papers in the office OF
the State Corporation Commission.
The office is at Deming, Luna county
and the statutory agent is Amos w.
Pollard. I've company is capitalized
at $4,000 divided into $50 shares at
800.
Ray Scriven, twenty-six, alias Thorn
as Bracken, wanted at Fairbury, ILL.,,
for the murder of the city marshal at
that place, was arrested at Las Vegas.
He was arrested on descriptions sent
out by Illinois sheriffs. He will be
taken back to Illinois as soon as off
GERS reach Las Vegas.
F. e. Kelly of Las Vegas, has been
selected to conduct the teachers I'm
stitute at Mora from June is to July
IL and Principal Byron ]. Read of the
East Las Vegas high school. will be
instructor.
The Santa re railway was assessed
fines aggregating $4,000 under the
twenty-eight-hou law and the sixteen
hour law or "hours of service act, ("
by Judge William II. Pope in the Fed
eral Court at Santa Fe when the allie
cations were admitted by the COM
pany.
United action by state and federal