Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-19


well drilling rig and bunk house.
Operations will be commenced by the
middle of next week.-Farmingto
Enterprise.
DR.. R. L. Downing is breaking
ground for an up to date bungalow
building for his own use. He has
secured plot of ground from the C.
B. Campbell tract on the mesa. That
is where he is going to bmld.-Bay-
field Blade.
Joseph A. Stallings and a group
of five other Kentuckians came in
this week from the Blue Grass state.
Those who came with Mr.. Stallings
were interested here in real estate
and expect to return soon with about
twenty-five other families.-Farm-
ington Times Hustler.
Miss Grace Bruce Knipe of New
York, is visiting with her aunt, Mrs.
L. Koehn. Miss Knipe is now one of
the nearest living relatives of Will
liam Pitt, of England, and MIS-.
Koehn and Miss Knipe are heirs with
a few others to an estate in England
worth 1S0 pounds sterling. 1t is Miss
Knipe's intention to proceed to Lon
don where Lawyer Gun is now clos
ing up the affairs of the estate. Miss
Knipe is also a niece of John Doug
lass Pitt who was buried at Mancos
a few years ago.-Dolores Star.
Ignacio has organized CONNER
cial club, and both factions of the
town have Joined it and have agreed
to bury the hatchet and forget their
past differences. That organization
will work in harmony with the Bay
field board of trade in the develop
ment and advancement of the Pine
River valley and the Cave Basin min
ing section. What helps one of the
two towns is equally beneficial to the
other, and there never should be any
friction between the two organiza-
tions.-Bayfield Blade.
Everything is lovely. can not
conceive of any possible contingency
which can stop the building of the
new railroad from Roswell to Farm
ington," declared Col. W. s. Hopewell,
of Albuquerque, in this city last even
ing before leaving for home. Col.
Hopewell who has spent fifteen years
tirelessly pushing the Gulf, New Mex
leo and Pacific railroad project, is
more jubilant over the prospects
than at any time in the past and can
almost hear the whistle Of the first
train over the new road.--Santa Fe
New Mexican.
W. X. Melton, a former Ignacio
resident, while driving his automobile
on the streets of Denver Monday af-
ternoon accidentally ran over and
probably fatally injured Henry Lee,
one of Denver's oldest pioneers and
leading citizens. The accident oc-
Cured at the corner of Curtis and
Sixteenth. Melton was driving down
Curtis when Lee attempted to cross,
became confused and stopped directly
in front of the machine. Melton was
arrested, but as the accident was
pure unintentional, he will surely be
vindicated.-Ignacio Chieftain.
San Juan county has never been
noted for its corn production, it's chief
products being fruit, alfalfa, general
farm products and coal. That the
fertile soil of this famous section of
New Mexico will also set record for
corn may be judged by the results
obtained by farmer near Flora Wis.,
ia, this county. His name is John
Luther and he plowed up forty-six
acres Of alfalfa land and put it in
corn last year. From this forty-six
acres he sold more than 1000 bushels
at an average price Of SLIP per bush
el-or total Of $2,24O from the field.
His yield was about rs bushels per
acre, and the income somewhat more
than $4S per acre. What would be
fair price for his land d?-Aztec In
dex.
1t was indeed reassuring sight as
the train pulled out for Durango Wed.
nesday afternoon to see the old ia
miliar car tag Of the Sunnyside on
big cor Of concentrates consigned
to the Durango smelter. This tells
the story Of resumption Of work at
the mills following the completion Of