Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-26
THINGS HAPPEN
IN HURLEY JUST
As ELSEWHERE
Delightful Hospitality of Peo-
pie of Grant County Mining.
Town Makes Living There.
a Pleasure.

SPECIAL coRREseoHpuscu 10 noHnlso JOURNAL
Hurley, n. NJ. April 26.--ln the
larker centcrs of population there
exists an impression that in so small
place as Hurley nothing worth men,
tioning ever happens. but really. !
believe there dre some things happen
Ing In this camp just as interesting
and just as important as some OF
the items that | have read in the col
umns Of the Morning Journal. For
instance, we happened; happened
right in here last Saturday about
noon, and isn't that worth mention
ing2 We happened right into cozy
little home which was awaiting MS,
with a dainty little dinner all ready
and some very entertaining people to
knows Mr.. Anton, the trainmaster
and Mr. w. VI. Jourdin. of the re-
ducing plant, with his charming wife,
will appreciate the truth of my re-
marks. Mr.. Jourdin, who has been for
some years superintendent of the
power department here, is soon to
leave for Miami Aris., 10 accept a
similar position there, only about five
times as big. Hurley Is plunged IN
grief at losing him. but we are glad
to know he is about 10 tackle a job
fitted to his size.
Trainmaster Anton was much in
terested in what we had 10 tell him
about the expected visit of Miss Ray
nolds to Albuquerque, and the con
cert she was TO give. Like other old
residents of Las Vegas, he feels a
sort of family interest in her career
as fellow townsman of days gone
by.
Sunday we went TO church. | mem
ton this TO give myself a chance to
tell you something about the church
here, In some WAYS il has started to
he just the sort of church That many
of our small towns ought TO have.
It is a union organization, made up
of members from about a dozen de-
nominations. In uniting with this
church, one does not necessarily sep
aratc himself from that of which he
was formerly member. but pledges
himself to support its interests and
activities LOCALLY so long as he is a
resident of this town. With so small
and so variable a population as is
usual in our mining camps, this is
almost the only kind of church work
which is feasible and likely to sue
coed. OF course, such an organization
needs to be under the auspices or
some denomination; in order to guard
against disintegration; this particular
church is affiliated with the Congre-
gationalists, and loked after by their
state superintendent. Since / have
seen this church in operation, Won
der that there are not more such.
Monday afternoon We went to a
bah game, the first of the season.
Some khaki-clad boys from Fort
Bayard rode over to play with the
Hurleyites. A band came with them
to encourage and to soothe, for 1t
turned out that both offices were
necessary The soldier boys looked
light beside some Of the big miners
but proved themselves the equals in
skill of the heavier men. At the close
of the first half of the ninth inning,
the soldiers were two ahead, so when.
on the last half Hurley brought in
three scores, ii seemed very appro-
pirate to hear the band drone out
mournfully, TITS Lo-o-ng Way to
Tipperary,p while the small boys in
sympathy with the home team did
their best to drown the music with
their shouts and shrill whistling.
X T.. H.