Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-22
PortaleS

Charles Greathouse and q NJ. vii
hanson have leased The Greathouse
ranch and purchased their cattle, con-
sisting of several hundred head. The
ranch is twenty miles from Portales,
and consists of several sections of fine
pasture land.
Or. ]. II. jenkins of Roswell. y. NJ.
stock inspector for this district was
in town one day the past week. in
specting d carl load of mules that J.
Il. II. Young was shipping to Texas,
Miss Montana GunsJead is stil
sick, but is much improved. Her faith
er and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Grin
stead of Elida, n NJ, are with her,
Mrs. Ben Nash mas been quite sick
for the past several days with FLU"
Miss Fannie Finsley is back in the
Warren Foochee store, helping with
the Christmas rush.
GLADYS stone. Bessie Warnica and
Heck Harris returned home Hast week
from Clarendon, Texas where they
were attending school ON accounbof
Influenza being so bad I'm the dormi-
tory the teachers rushed through with
examinations and closed school one
week earlier than is their custom.
Heck Harris was taken with the
influenza the night otter he arrived
home from school.
Mrs. c. w. Carroll has had bake
oven and equipment installed in their
dwelling and will bake bread, pies
and cakes for sale.
Mrs. O. S. strickland and Mrs. Fow-
Ter of Portales, spent u day in Clovis
the past week.
Under the leadership of Rev Leon
Gamhrell the BOY Scouts meet every
Thursday night and drill They are
also preparing for their anniversary,
which will be in the near future. Rev.
Gambrell is doing a great work. He
is reaching the hearts Of the boys of
Portales as no one else has ever done.
Miss Riola McMinn, clerk in the dry
goods store of Joyce Print Co. has
been i'll at her home in Portales for
the past several days.
Albion Ritchie son of Mrs Frank
Smith arrived in Portales the past
week to spend the holidays with his
parents here He has been in camp
Travis, near San Antonio, Texas, for
the last eight months, and was re-
Gently discharged from service.
Retha Anderson, second daughter
of Louis Anderson, died last Saturday
She was visiting with her aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim May. near
Portales, when she was taken very ill
with orysipelas. which terminated in
blood poison. She was sick only a
few days. The funeral services were
held in the church at Bethel on Sun
day afternoon, at 3 o'clock, and were
conducted by Rev, Smith Of the Chris
tan church
Judge and Mrs T. Il, Mears and
little son, Eldridge, were all stricken
with Influenza the past week.
r. +. White, son of Mrs, Wood. who
lives near Portales, has been honor
ably discharged from service in the
United states army, and has return
ed to his home here. Mr. White is
the only boy from Portales that has
returned from overseas. He has been
confined in, the different hospitals
in France and the United States for
many months on account OF q wound
in The arm nnd he will always carry
an empty sleeve
One other boy from here, Mr. Nc
Dermott, lies buried in France Many
other Portalcs boys are still in France
but SO far4as has been learned, no
ntore..of tlnn4 have been killed or.
wounded
Ed Herndon is the efficient man
ager of the Red Cross drive for Roose-