The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1914-03-20
STATE NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL
NEW. MEXICO
PEOPLE

reported eNcelent.
Gallup is asking bids for nearly
100000 of Improvement bonds.
San Juan county is the first county
in New Mexico to go entirely dry"
The Colfax county commissioners
have accepted the bridge across Red
river.
Parties from Denver are In the state
on the lookout for ores likely to FRO
duce radium.
The national guard in Santa Fe may
install a bowling alley in the base.
ment of the armory.
The selection of state flower will
be submitted to the school children
of the state Arbor Day.
Frank Johnson is perfecting ar
engagements to reopen the San Marcial
bank, which recently closed.
The residence of Dick Mattox of
Gallup was completely destroyed by
fire while the family were absent.
There will be public land sale by
the State Commissioner of Public
Lands at Tucumcari, Quay county,
May 81.
Inspector ]. II. Fleming of the
Treasury Department, has selected
the site for the new federal building
at Las Vegas.
Hay is moving out of the Carlsbad
Project as rapidly as cars can be OBJ
tanned About forty cars have been
shipped the last few days.
The San Marcial bank reopened for
business with no harm done by rea-
son of the suspension according to
Travelling Auditor Howell Earnest.
The grounds around the executive
mansion are to be beautified. Capitol
Custodian Andrews was busy placing
stakes where trees are to be planted.
The total number of land entries In
the Santa Fe U. s. land office for Feb
ruary was 155, representing an acre
age of 245SS4S and bringing in the
sum of $1,9OO69.
The department of education
MAR of East Las Vegas. A five-year
teachers certificate was granted to
Miss Mae Murphy at Carlsbad.
Albert Smith was arrested in the
Bad Lands east of Tucumcari by Sher-
if Frank Ward. Smith had in his
possession fourteen head of cattle
which he was driving east toward the
Texas line.
The Hagadorn Investment Company
of Denver will build reservoir on
the land at Rayado this summer, bids
for which are now being received.
Several thousand acres will be irri,
gated.
John Cabodi, convicted murderer, OF
Gallup, who was sentenced to be
hanged March and who was declared
insane barely in time to escape the
rope. was taken to the state asylum
at Las Vegas.
Jack O'Neil of Syracuse, N. Y, and
Butch Grunhoff, of Brighton Beach, N.
Y, were badly hurt when their motor
cycles, travelling at a high rate of
speed collided in the motordrome at
Deming
Washington Gardner of Albion,
Mich, national commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, was in
Albuquerque attending the annual
New Mexico encampment of the vet.
Grams of that organization.
The contest between George E.
Priest. on one side, and the city of
Las Vegas on the other, over title to
portion of the so-called Las Vegas
land grant, was decided by the U. S.
Supreme Court in favor of the city.
Henry C. Roehl has been appointed
postmaster at Albuquerque.
The State Corporation Commission
has been notified by j. r. Koontz, gen.
eral freight and passenger agent of
the Santa Fe railroad that he has re-
duced the rate on pnion nuts from
Santa Fe to New York City from 81. 52
TO $1.40.
Fire caught in some unknown man.
ner In the old City Hotel on Railroad
avenue at Tucumcari and completely
destroyed the building. The city hall
just east of 1t on the corner of Sec
ond street and Railroad avenue was
badly burned.
Tucumcari parties filed papers of
Incorporation at Santa Fe that calls
for a company that will manufacture