Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-06-29

Mrs. w. H. Chandler returne
from Texas Thursday of las
week.
; Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Rapkoc
have moved into the Van Ston
house.
M. H. Senter and family mad
a trip to Santa Fe the first O
the week.
Baptist Aid Society will NEE
with Sister Wood at 2:30 Thurs
day, July 9th.
J. H. Dennis has returne
from Albuquerque. having re
covered from his injury.
Bishop Howden of Albuquer
que came last Monday and spen
a few hours with j: T. Blaney.
Marriage license was grantee
at Albuquerqe to Clarence M
Dyer and Maud Harris, both o
Mountainair.
All children who will take par
in the Tom Thumb wedding ar,
requested to meet at the Clul
room at 8 o'clock Saturday after
noon.
Mrs. Sorsby, who lived herr
twelve years ago, was here las
week visiting Mrs. Hawkins, ane
went out for a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. George Pugh.
Ben Young says he has the
best crop prospect since he has
been farming in the valley. He
has a perfect stand of all crops
and a particularly fine stand Of
Sudan grass.
The report is current here that
Arthur Brashears, who some
time ago enlisted in the regular
army, has been killed in one of
the Mexico border skirmishes
We have been unable to verify
the report.
O. C. Loveless reports himself
as perfectly happy over his crop
prospects. He has a good stand
of all crops, including Sudan
grass, and has moisture enough
to last for some time.
N. D. Meyer and family came
in last week for a visit with their
parents and families. Immedi-
ately after going to California
Nick began studying law, and in
due time was admitted to the
bar. He now lives at Santa Ana,
where he has a good practice.
George Pugh reports that the
worms have not been good to
him. They have taken half his
crops, so that he has just about
half a stand left. He says his
ground was we'll cultivated last
year, but the worms came just
the same.
Harlan Matthews reports a
few fea-beetles working on his
beans, but doesn't think they
will do material damage. He
has the finest prospect for beans
he ever had. The cutworms got
about half his corn, but what
remains is very fine.
S. B. Joyce, Texas man, has
bought Dean Bros. ranch eight
miles west of Moriarty. and part
of their cattle. Possession is to
pass August 1st. We under
stand that Dean Bros. have no
intention of leaving. They will
shape up ranch elsewhere in the
valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ayers and
children returned from the east
Wednesday of last week. Mrs.
Ayers and the children had been
absent about five weeks visiting
in Kansas and Illinois. While at
her old home in Illinois Mrs.
Ayers attended the celebration
of her grandmother's one hun
dredth birthday anniversary.
Mr.. Ayers had been absent about
a week attending to business and
visiting in Kansas and Nebraska,
getting as far east as Omaha.
He met Mrs. Ayers and the
children at Stella, Nebraska. He
reports wheat looking rather
poorly in western Kansas, but af-
ter passing Hutchinson crops
looked we'll during the remainder
of the trip.
A meeting was held last Fri
day evening at which the ques-
ton of choosing a new site closer
in town for the school house was
discussed. 1t developed that
there was a strong sentiment on
the subject both ways. A num-
ber of sites were proposed, some
of them in derision. Those who
contended for a new site finally
agreed upon a site just west of
the Speckmann residence. and in
the election held Tuesday the
question was put, Shall the
school house remain in the pres
ent location, and Shall the
school house be located between
the Speckmann house and the
McGillivray pasture The pres
ent location got lis votes, and
the proposed new location 60. Sc