Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-05-11

80 beohiSoEs
- Ray Burrus is home fror
| school for the summer.
] Mr.. McClintock has rented tn
Brown place west of town.
q B. L. Fielder, Mrs. Pear
Richards father, is very sick.
d Mrs. A. A. Hine, who has beel
very sick, is recovering slowly.
DR.. Ewing returned Wednes
day from business trip to San
ia Fe.
A good four room cottage ir
'Estancia for sale.-Mrs. M. M
Olive.
| Mrs. Grace Goodin left Wed
nesday for Albuquerque, where
she will make her home.
The Pace families and Miss
Mamie Marsh spent Saturday
and Sunday in Albuquerque.
Dorothy Bowman, who has
been visiting with friends here,
will leave for Albuquerque Fri
day.
Three or four parties of land
seekers from Texas were here
last week looking over the coun-
try.
Richard Crawford, who has
been in Texas for some time, has
returned to the Crawford ranch
west of Estancia.
Mr.. Clayton, a cattle buyer,
was here the first of the week
! looking at cattle, but left with
out buying any.
Mrs. John Lasater, who went
to Santa Fe last week for an op-
GRAFTON on her throat, returned
to Estancia Monday evening.
H. Swayne and family, of
Shawnee, Oklahoma, came last
Thursday to visit the Crawfords
west of town and at Moriarty.
Bert Ladriere,, a member of
the National Guard who has been
in Estancia several months, has
been ordered to report for duty,
On last Friday the Milbourns
shipped to Kansas City the cattle
they had been feeding during
the winter. There were fifty
five head, and they were loaded |
in two cars. The cattle had |
been fed principally on silage,
but had some grain toward the
end of the period. Most of them
looked very fine, and it was ex-
pected that they would sell we'll.
The largest one weighed 1910.
The contractors who are drill
ing the wells on the state land in
the northeast part of this county
were in town yesterday. 1t will
be remembered that the first
well, which was put down 800
feet, was a dry hole. They are
now at work on the second we'll
and are down between 700 and
300 feet. They have struck a
little water in this one, about two
and one-half gallons per minute.
At present they are hung up be-
cause of the loss of some tools in
the hole.
Mr.. Senter's accident with a
last Thursday morning,
briefly last week, was
pretty serious. He lost the mid
die finger of the left hand at the
joint, the end of the first
finger, and the other fingers are
badly lacerated. He will not be
able to make a full hand climb
ing poles for some time to come.
]. F. Lasater and H. G. Keene
sold two hundred head of two
year-old steers last week, to be
shipped to Denver. They got
S42.50 per head. The steers
were driven to Willard to load.
The shorter haul would have
been to load here and transfer to
the Santa Fe at Kennedy, but ;
the Santa Fe and N. M. c. do not
seem to work together.
N. A. Wells invited a few
to dine with him at the
Valley Hotel May 9th to cele-
brate his four score birthday. .
He urged all to come as they
might not be here for his fifth
score. After dinner speeches
were made by all present. 7.
5. Smith and Mrs. j. j. Smith
excelling. Some good stories {
were told and very enjoyable
time was had. A letter of con-
graduation from Mrs. Minnie
Brumback was read and very
much appreciated by all. |
Eighteen cards of congratula-
ions were received from the