The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-01-02
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The state sale OF lands at Deming
resulted in disposing of 1901 acres for
$13e.4Ss.
The drys won by fifteen votes at
Nara Visa at the recent election on
local option,
Active work on road from Taos
to Caliente switch on the d. & r. G.,
is in progress.
The Quay County Development AS
sociation has filed incorporation pa
pers with the corporation commission
Figures compiled by the state edu-
cational department show paid mem
bership in the New Mexico Education
al Association of 1,24S.
During the recent heavy snow
storms and severe cold weather, the
sheepmen of Taos county were heavy
financial losers with their sheep.
Adolph P. Hill of Santa F NJ. Nc
Clereary of Magdalena and l.. Pascuel
Martinez of Taos have been appointed
postmasters by President Wilson.
New Mexico farmers are beginning
to receive their allotments of farm
and garden seeds from the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington.
Three men were buried by cave-in
while working in a trench laying drain
thing near the W. B. Wilson place,
south about seven miles from Carls-
bad.
John Knoblock, eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Knoblock, old residents of
Magdalena, was almost instantly killed
when his gun was accidentally dis
charged.
Endee would seem to have a corner
on the rabbit market. 1t recently
made shipment of 1,5OO. One hunter
claims to have succeeded in securing
315 in day and half.
John H. Hartley. blacksmith, aged
thirty-four years and resident of Sill
yer City and vicinity for five or six
years, was found dead in his bed at
Lowell, near Bisbee, Ariz.
The Calumet Commercial Company,
an Arizona corporation, capitalized at
$2,000,000, has been granted permits
SIGN to enter New Mexico. The con
GERMS agent in this state is Vance
Carrothers of Florine.
Fire completely destroyed the sheet
iron cottage and contents at the cor
ner of Pinos Altos and Broadway
streets in Silver City. The house was
occupied by DIR. Hunsberger and
owned by Mrs. Lettie B. Morrill,.
Charles lSpps of Cuervo is reported
to have paid $4,000 for the Charles
Sumner ranch southwest of Cuervo. Tt
consists of 1900 acres of decided land
and $500 acres Of leased land 1t is
extensively improved and stocked.
The following postoffices will be dis
continued after December 81: Chape-
rito in San Miguel county, mail to La
Liendre; Hilario in San Miguel county,
mail to Trementina: Mountainview in
Lima county, mail to Deming; Sapello
in San Miguel county, mail for this
place to be sent to Los Alamos.
H. Capers of Endee, who a month
ago lost six head of good horses on
his ranch six miles north of Endee, by
what was diagnosed by Drs GORDON
ard Owens (who held a. post mortem
examination) as forage poison" has
during the past few days lost nineteen
head of thoroughbred Hereford cattle.
The Santa Fe railroad has rendered
the sum of $1,733.45 to the collector of
San Juan county in payment Of that
coInpany's taxes for 1912 in that coun.
ty, but the tender has been refused
since the 1912 assessment was sup.
posed to be made on full valuation
and 1t is contended that the amount
should be something like $1,000.
Reorganization Of the cantaloupe di
vision of the Berrendo Growers Asso-
citation was effected at Roswell at a
meeting held in the Commercial Club
rooms. A. ID. Grille was reelected
manager for next year, and all bust
ness closed up for the year just clos
ing. Nearly 200 acres have been signed
VI for next year.
A posthumous son was born to Mrs
A. s. Brookes, widow of the late adju
tant General Brookes, whose death
occurred several weeks ago after a
brief illness of pneumonia. Mrs
Brookes is the daughter of Col. George
e. Bushnell, commanding officer al
Fort Bayard, where the United States
military sanatorium is located.