The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-06-26
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Sept 9-ll.-San Juan county FAR AT
Sept. 16-1s.-county Fair at Farming
Nov. 2s-25-Meeting state Teachers
Association at Albuquerque.
Lakewood now boasts Of an auto ice
wagon.
The Scottish Rite Masons held a
Meeting at Santa Fe.
Ration will spend 100000 for new
municipal water plant.
Levy, optimo and Wagon Mound
have voted to be dry"
Ella B. Taylor has been appointed
postmistress at Aztec.
Young rabbits as we'll as quail are
reported plentiful in Quay county.
Grizzly bears killed forty bucks for
Hon. Malaquias Martinez, of Taos, re-
Gently.
Two horses belonging to Mr..
Smith, near Dexter, were killed by
lightning.
Tucumcari, the capital of Quay coun-
ty. will celebrate the 4tbaof July in a
fitting manner.
In saloon at Wagon Mound Jacobo
Lucero stabbed S. Pachecho, who died
in short time.
The concrete work on the gap about
seven miles south of Las Vegas has
been completed.
The shipping of the first crop of al
falfa from the Pecos valley is under
way at Carlsbad.
Tucumcari hopes to handle the $780,
600 bushels of wheat raised In Quay
county this season.
With $50 acres in cantaloupes in the
Fort Sumner section; indications point
to an immense crop.
An artesian flow has been tapped in
we'll on the Cowen place ten miles
northwest of Tularosa.
Sheep men of Chaves county recent
ly disposed of 100000 pounds of wool
to Boston representatives.
Material was unloaded in Rock Is
land by the railroad for steel water
tank of 3,437-barrel capacity.
A total of 2S,s00 cans of tomatoes
have been shipped from Lakewood to
FL Paso for use by the U. S. army.
N. F. Thompson is baling bear grass,
which he cut during the winter, He
will have about three cars Of fibre.
Some six thousand head of cattle
were recently shipped from Lordsburg.
The price paid was little over $780,
600.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Alberto Garcia of Santa Fe and Wal
ter M. Danburg of Farming notaries
public.
The Presbyterians of Clovis have
plans made for the erection of a $4,-
600 church, to be ready for use about
Oct. 1.
Tucumcari received $4,000 worth Of
damage by the destruction by fire OF
the residences of e. v. Newman and
A. L. Walker.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
George H. Corey of New York City
commissioner of deeds for the state of
New Mexico.
A gravel pit is being opened up
near Bard, eleven miles west of Rock
Island, from which the railroad will
ballast roadbed.
The United States experiment farm
at Tucumcari had silo demonstra-
ton day which drew the farmers from
all sections Of the country.
The creamery at Tucumcari Is said
to have an output of 1000 pounds
daily. A single shipment of 10000
pounds of butter was recently made.
Up to date the fly swatting and fly
trapping campaign in Artesia has re-
suited In the death of three gallons of
flies. William and 10y Bush were
awarded first prize of SO.
There are 200 men on the pay-rolls
of the Phelps-Dodge Company at Ty-
rome, and when the work OF construct
ing the 1000 ton mill starts, which will
be soon, the force will be greatly en-
larged.
U. S. Commissioner Melvin T. Dun
lazy, at Santa Fe, held Mona Bell for
the action of the federal grand jury on
the charge of violating the white
| slave" law. She was admitted to $500
bond.
T, M. Hawkins. prominent horse
| and mule raiaar was found dead ahouf