The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-05-22
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The state penitentiary at Santa Fe
now has $40 inmates.
Dick Polk of Melrose. lost $4,000
stallion recently Of pneumonia.
The annual convention of retail deal
ers will meet In Ration July o and 10.
The institute of Guadalupe county
will be held at Santa Rosa June % to
July IL.
Five cars of bee cans have been re-
ceived at Roswell for Pecos valley
beekeepers.
New Mexico has increased its popu-
lation $4,000 since the last census OF
1910, or $4,000 year.
Earlier than usual, grass on the
range is assuming a height that now
almost supports stock.
Duff Jones, small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. B. Jones of Kenna, died from
the bite of a rattlesnake.
Something like 1900 acres will be
planted to cRntaloupes in the Pecos
valley and 100 in onions.
W. L. Slate, an oil man, has secured
leases on approximately 5000 acres Of
land in the vicinity of fabian.
Dennis Clifford has sold the Clifford
group of seven claims near Stems to
Thomas Lester of Lordsburg, for $685.
900.
Roy Easley has been appointed reg
ular night clerk at the Santa Fe post
office vice Pablo F. Armijo, who has
resigned.
One carload of copper glance shipped
recently by the Eighty-five Mining
Company of Lordsburg, netted $4,000
at the smelter.
Cary Van Sickle was sentenced by
Judge Lieb to be hung at Tucumcari
on June 26th for the murder of Deputy
Sheriff Anderson.
Governor Mcdonald has appointed
Henry A. Long of Cutler, Sierra coun-
ty, and w. Well, of ocate. Mora coun-
ty, notaries public.
The four-year-old son of Mrs. Rob
ert Mcclellan Of Ration was fatally
scalded when he accidentally fell into
q pot Of boiling water.
Land Commissioner r. P. Ervien
has transmitted to the state treasurer
$28,s41.97 being the amount from the
sale and lease of lands.
George w. Billingsley, of Clovis, by
mistake took some carbolic acid, and
died before his wife could get help
from the nearest neighbor.
Shaarers are the chief desire of the
wool men of Socorro county just at
present, according to reports from that
great sheep growing section.
Senator Catron introduced in Con-
gress bill to authorize the Secretary
OF the Interior to lease allotted In
dian lands for mining purposes.
On the west side OF the Pinos Altos
mountains the Empire Zinc Co. is
pushing development work on the
Cleveland and Utter group and large
bodies of sulphide ore are being
blocked out.
Chaves county has voted an appro
priation of $4,000 for representation Of
the county at the Panama-California
exposition In San Diego. Chaves is the
fourth county In the state to make an
appropriation.
Ernest M. Brumback has been nom
mated for postmaster at Silver City
in place of Joseph z. Sheridan, re
signed. and Dirk E. Seligman to be
postmaster at Las Cruces in place Of
Vincent B. May. resigned
J At Elizabethtown the Gold & Cop
per Deep Tunnel Mining & Milling Co.
! are operating their new air drills II
} the Badly tunnel, making about three
} feet per shift, and expect to reaci
ore in very short time.
The escape of three convicts from
the road gang at Nogal camp. below
, San Marcial in Socorro, Sunday hal
' raised the question of the best mean
, of dealing with prisoners who are pu
out to work on the roads.
Supervisor r. F. Baithis. of tn
Alamo national forest, reports that 81
far this season seven fires have oC
I Cured. four of which were less thai
, one acre in area, the others six, eigh
and ninety-five acres. respectively.
. That some people have killed all o
3 the seven beavers sent up the SAINT
; Fe canon last September and tina
every effort viii be made to ASCERTAIN
- haa ohot tho ltttla aufuooIo mes