Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-12-21
LOCAL MATTERS
OF INTEREST

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For Sale, Yearling Herefor
bulls.-The Ellsworth Company
Captain, N. M.
For sale. a 4-room cottage il
Estancia.-M. M. Olive, a mile
south of Estancia.
Fine Clothes. For an up-to
date suit, and guaranteed fit
see S. N. Jenson.
We havea fine line of Christ
mas toys. Come and look the
stock over. .-Estancia Lumber
Co.
H. F. Shelton has bought the
Mrs. Pearl Richards place in the
Silverton district. Mr.. Fielde,
will occupy it for the present.
Bean and corn farm of 32e
acres, 65 acres in cultivation, 1C
miles west, l mile south of Es-
tancla, joining my place, for
rent.-A. w. Lyttle.
E. M. Tatem of the Butler
Auto Co., Albuquerque, was here
last week and will be back again
Saturday. He has lot of auto
bargains for sale at the Overland
garage, opposite DR.. Amble's Of
flee.
Lost, strayed or stolen, one
pair small mules. about Ia hands
high, branded FGG left hip,
black and brown; black has whip
scar on right hip. Both horse
mules. Liberal reward. Notify
Abe Conner. Encino, N. M.
Superintendent Burt was here Mon
day from Mountainair.
G. H. Hatcher of Willard was here
last Friday on business.
George Freilinger came in from his
Pacific coast trip last Saturday.
We hope your Christmas will be a
merry one, and the new year prosper
Gus and happy for you.
j. ]. White of Mountainair was here
Monday unloading couple of cars of
beans which he had previously loaded
Fred Belzer, the Cedarvale merchant,
and @. B. Smith, cattle man of that
vicinity, were in Estancia last Friday.
Two ranches for sale, l60 acres each.
well improved, running water and
springs, permanent, on each.-Wm. d.
Dow.
Catherine Garvin, who is attending
school in Santa Fe, came down yester-
day to spend the holiday vacation at
home.
Raymundo Romero's mill near Tor
reon was destroyed by fire Thursday
night of last week. There was no in.
surance.
George Pugh calls attention to the
fact that in most cities they pay out a
lot of money for street sweeping, while
in Estancia it is done free of charge.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Cole came
down from Moriarty Monday and will
remain here till tomorrow, when they
will go to San Bernardino, California,
to visit daughter.
$40 reward for return of stray iron
gray work mule, unbranded, slight
wire mark on breast and one foot,
weighs about 900, GENTLE C.
Barker, Estancia.
John Block has recently returned
from visit with Mrs. Virgie Block in
Lincoln county. He had great trip,
visiting a number of towns in Lincoln
county. Cora returned with him to
spend the holidays.
C. B. Cotton, who came out from
Oklahoma last spring and filed on
homestead east of Moriarty and re-
turned to Oklahoma, is now on his
claim and making improvements. He
was in Estancia recently on business.
Mrs. VIM. Dow was down from Ia
iique last Saturday. About the 28th
Mrs. Dow will go to California to visit
a daughter for a month or more. She
will be accompanied by her son Gerald
Whitman, who will remain in California
to attend school.
Mrs. Fred H. Ayers is laid up with
broken leg. In alighting from an au-
tomobile Sunday one foot caught in a
robe, throwing her whole weight on
the other as it struck the ground, re-
sulting in broken bone. She is re-
ported to be getting along all right.
August Kayser and Dee Robinson
went to Santa Fe last Friday, where
Mr.. Kayser applied to the supreme
court for release from his imprison-
ment for contempt on writ of habeas
corpus. 1t was understood that the
case would be taken up yesterday
The Oldest inhabitant-in fact all the
Oldest inbabitants-s this has been
the worst December for high winds
they have seen III the valley. At pres
ent there is,some snow in the noun
tains and foothills and extending few
miles into the valley, but there is none
in Estancia.
A mistake has been discovered in the
tax roll--omission of levy required
by law to be made. but which escaped
the notice of everybody-the county
commissioners, the state tax commits
sion and the assessor. This viii, neces-
state going over the roll again, and it
will not be ready before the, first of the
year.
On Tuesday the 18th of December the Ladies'
Aid of the Methodist church held it's regular
meeting at the nOspltable nome OF MRS, Mason.
Despite the wind a goodly number were pres
ent, and the aid quilt was made ready for the
erously offered to do Mrs. Elgin and Mrs.
Amble gave the lining and Mrs. Brannen the
thread for this purpose Several motions for
Christmas donations were made and carried,
and arrangements were made for the Aid pres
ents. The meeting adjourned to meet with
Mrs. Ample on January 23nd. Then came the
social season and the refreshments, The
epicures of old were not more daintily and Law
ishly served. For modern Ladies Aiders 1t
Beat by odds the food once served TO ancient