Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-08-03
Mrs. Ben Young has been on
the sick list for the past week.

the sick list for the past week.
Neal Jenson and family re
turned last Friday from a trip
Santa Fe, having been abser
several days.
Joe Anaya and his gang 0
. track men have been busy tn
past ten days building cemen
| foundation under the railroa
water tank.
The Socorro Chieftain report
that Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Stub
blefield and son Ralph visite,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. E. Pickens il
Socorro recently.
Mrs. J. H. Crawford cam,
down from Moriarty yesterday Il
visit w. H. Crawford, who ha'
been ill for some time and VIII
has been reported worse lately
Conrad Riley, Elmer Dial, Lon
ME McClintock and Jim Birkes
had supper Sunday evening with
J. T. Blaney. in celebration o1
the passing of Mr.. Blaney's 79tt
birthday, which fell on the pre-
vious day. Mr.. Blaney was
quite pleased to have the boys
remember him in this way.
Miss Hebe Whitman returned
Saturday night on the teachers
special from Las Vegas, where
she attended the summer school
at the state normal. She got
along fne-made her grades, and
is feeling jubilant over her sum-
mer's work.
Walter Pace returned from
Oklahoma Tuesday, coming by
auto through Colorado and via
Ration Pass. He was accompan-
led by Mrs. J. w. Huffman from
Kansas, and a cousin, Roy Nc
Cartney from Oklahoma. He
says the heat in eastern Oklaho-
ma is terrific, and crops are very
poor-corn badly damaged, wheat
making about eight bushels to
the acre and oats twenty.
We have not been officially in
formed, but have it from other
sources that a Republican county
convention is to be held in Estan-
cia August 10Th, to elect dele
gates to the state convention.
The convention will be held in
Goodin's hall, the use of the
building for that purpose having
been donated. A committee
meeting was held at Manzano
last Saturday, at which action
was taken calling this conven-
tion.
Stella Rebekah Lodge met
Aug. 2. with several members
present. Quite a lot of business
was transacted. Among other
things plans were made for a
bazaar to be held the last Satur-
day in September. All kinds of
fancy articles, plenty of cakes,
pies, salads, dressed chickens,
ETC., will be on sale, 80 come and
buy something nice for your Sun
day dinner. After the meeting
a splendid hour was spent in So
cial friendly intercourse, and all
felt it was good to be there.
Apropos of the rain falling in
spots and streaks this summer,
a story is told of a farmer who
stopped in the road to talk to a
neighbor. He sat in the spring
seat and talked for some time,
when glancing down he found
his feet in water, and looking to
the rear discovered that it had
been raining in the back end of
his wagon until the box was full
of water.
Mrs. W. H. Ligon from west
of Mcintosh and Miss Azie Mat
thews were in Estancia Tuesday
and paid this office pleasant
call They were here to meet
Miss Nettie Grassham, of Caddo,
Oklahoma, sister of Mrs. Ligon,
who came to make her annual
visit. Mrs. Ligon reports that
there was a copious rain in the
foothills country west of McIn-
tosh Monday.
The teachers and those fitting
themselves for teachers who at
tended the normal summer school
at Las Vegas, returned Saturday
evening on the special train run
by the N. M. G. for their accom-
mediation. AS far as we have
been able to learn those who at
tended from this county were
Mrs. Stella Palmer and Mrs. Ora
Conwell of Estancia, Eloyde
Neel of Moriarty, Flossie Bigbee
of Encino, Hebe Whitman of Ia
jique, Mr.. and Mrs. Joiner of
Willard.
J. P. Porter says that section
of his windmill wheel and parts
of the pump on his ranch eight
or ten miles northeast of town
has been stolen, and he must rig
up a makeshift for pumping wa
ter until he can get new parts.
A subscriber of the News-He
aid writing from Willard COM
plains bitterly of the same sort
of work, and mentions specifical-
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