Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-08
ArteSia

During the past week boy ar
rived in the family of Mr.. and Mrs.
| j. c. Floore, and another in the fam
/ lily of Mr.. and Mrs Kenneth Rowan.
| The place seems to be holding it's own
in point of population notwithstand-
| ing the moving away of several tami-
| lies recently.
Miss Lura Moore, who recently went
| TO Dallas. Texas, to be present during
an operation on her mother writes
that her mother is not expected to
survive, and that she Will not return
| to Artesia until the crisis is passed.
The depth of mud IN the streets
since the recent snowfall has put
automobiles out of commission, and
whether farmer can come to town
in wagon or not depends upon the
strength of his horse.
Lieut.. Frank Newkirk, who is in a
hospital in France recovering from
contact with Hun gas, writes very
interesting letter describing his eX-
perence in going over the top. He
says he was paralyzed with fear
when the first shell burst near him,
and that any one who says he was
not frightened from the same expert
ence is an unmitigated liar. He re-
ports that he was not severely gassed
and that he hopes to be out of the
hospital soon.
Some of the local nimrOds, includ-
ing Postmaster McCrary, who were
hunting in the mountains when the
recent snow storm came, had a severe
experience in getting home. 1t was
not only severely cold, but impassa-
BILE snoWdrifts We're encountered MAX
in IN aSlg
several times to seek new road
They were three days in coming a
hundred miles. But they brought
some game with them
M. H. Horn, an experienced oil OPP
orator from Houston. Texas. is here
surveying the oil situation. He is to
meet $. G. Humphreys of Ell Paso and
is in hopes to taking over the latter's
interests, including derrcks and drill
ing equipment near Dayton, in which
event he announces that he is ready
to begin drilling at once. If he fails
in this project it will be because Mr.
Humphreys prefers to begin opera
tons himself, and in that event Mr..
Horn will try to procure some leases
to add to tract of land already pur-
chased, and start a well as soon as he
can get the equipment here. This is
Mr.. Horns third visit here and his
confidence in the oil prospects in this
vicinity knows no limit. Mr.. Humph-
reys is expected to arrive next Sun
day, and some very important matters
will then be settled
The owner of the dormant electric
light plant here has telegraphed from
Lawton, Okla, that two new engines
are on the way and that they will be
installed and the plant put in opera
ton as soon as possible. Owing to
the breakdown of the engines, and
the impossibility of getting new parts
during the war, the plant has been
out of commission several months,
much to the annoyance of people who
depended on it not only for light but
for power to operate industries.
All the little odd pieces of land be-
tween Artesia and Lakewood are be-
ing rapidly picked up. A man who
has not bought few acres some
where in the oil belt is considered
either improvident or sleepy, and the
most of the land from Lake Arthur
to Lakewood is plastered with oil
leases. The oil Is here. and some day
there will be such commotion in this
valley as no other portion of this
state ever witnessed. When the big
operators begin they will come like a
flock of blackbirds