Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-05-04
LOCAL MATTERS
Of INTEREST

VI InILIlLUl
Bob Burrus has bought the OLE
H. G. Cobb homestead northeas
of town.
Fine Clothes. For an up-to
date suit, and guaranteed fit
see S. N. Jenson.
Tony Bocklett was called tt
Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, by the
serious illness of his brother.
For sale, 16O acres decided
land, 6 miles west of Stanley, N.
M. Write Box 26, Alamogordo,
N. M.
Mrs. Kooken departed Wednes.
day for Butler county, Kansas
to visit her son, l.. J. Kooken,
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Crawford
and son Wood and Mr.. Berry
Hues motored out east to the
foothills Sunday and spent the
day with R. N. Maxwell and
family.
Misses Duanna Johnston. Hazel
McClintock and Ruth Crawford,
Messrs. Carl Moore, George En-
gle and Raymond Spruill formed
a motoring party to Cedar Grove
Sunday.
Capt. Fred Fornof and family
loaded up their household possess
sions and departed the first of
the week for Albuquerque. Miss
Dorothy Bowman will remain for
a week visiting friends.
E. L. Smith came up from c.
darvale Tuesday morning. At
that time the snow had disap-
peared from this vicinity, but
Mr.. Smith said there was still
four or five inches on the ground
at Cedarvale when he left Tues
day morning.
Rev. j. S. Moore returned Sat-
urday from California. Mrs.
Moore and daughter, Mrs. T. L.
Gunter, with the new baby came
from Belen with him. Mrs.
Moore went to Belen a month or
so ago to welcome the new ar
rival.
Rev. J. S. Moore and his sons
will farm 200 acres this season.
They will SOW a few acres of
sweet clover and a little broome
grass, the balance going to corn
and beans. Mr.. Moore says that
some sweet clover grows along
the fatigue draw where it
traverses his place, and the stock
eat it with great relish.
There still lacks any announce
ment of a session of district court
to be held here in May. Court
will convene at CSrrizozo next
Monday, and as there are several
important cases it does not seem
probable that the work can be
concluded in one week. The
cases of A. W. Shartzer and
John T. Kimmons have been
transferred to the Lincoln coun-
= ty court.
County Agent Harwell has re-
ceived his seed of cowpeas and
Sudan grass, and it has been GO
ing out rapidly. He gives it out
in stated quantities to anybody
who will agree to give it atten-
ton and report results. He is
particularly enthusiastic on the
cowpea question, and fully ex-
poets the introduction of this
plant to prove of great benefit to
the county.
A son of the travelling hat shop
man who has his bench set up on
the street adjoining Fred H.
Ayers office, yesterday found g
torpedo, and in the course of his
Investigations the thing exploded,
inficting a severe lasceratior
near the eye, by which token the
youngster narrowly missed los
in, an eye. He explained tha
he was convinced there was
something inside of it and ht
wanted to see what it was.
The New Mexico section of tn,
weather bureau report for Marcl
ia lust out. From it we learl
that the snowfall for Marcl
at points in this county where
record was kept was as fol
lows; Rae's Ranch AZ inches
Estancia 81 inches, Willard Is
inches, Bigger's Ranch 13 5 inch
es. and Torrance 10 inches
mis- makes the snowfall at thes!