Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-15
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II. L. Mabley, cisco, Tex. S. stage
West Virginia. S. G.. Humphreys FL
Paso, and Frank Nutler, Robinson, H.,
were in town several days last week.
Their business relations were entirely
separate, but their mission was related
to the oil situation in this vicinity II
is a conservative statement that three
out of every four strangers who come
here come o investigate the oil pros
poets. All of them are very favorably
impressed. but it is d difficult matter
tor any of them to secure leases on
as much land as they seem to want
before they will undertake TO put
down a well,
DR.. II. A. stroup, who has been for
month or more at the medical train
ing camp at Waco, Tex, writes that he
has been released from service and
that he will reach home the last of this
week.
j. f. Joyce of Carlsbad was in town
over Sunday the guest Of Rex Wheat
ley
1t is reported that Earl S. Bigler,
who resigned his position and enter
| ed the government service at the
| Waco, Tex, training camp, will resume
the management of the local telephone
! office. This will be good news to the
| people of Artesia who were we'll sat
! isfied with Mr.. Bigiers manage
/, ment.
| Rev, W. A. Tippitt, the new Baptist
minister, and wife have arrived and
/ will occupy the furnished residence of
| W. NJ Todd, on Rose Lawn. Mrs.
| Todd expects to so east about the mid
i die of the month to spend the winter.
! The crowding and scrapping be-
| tween owners of oil lands and leases
/ in this vicinity when an oil operator
comes and tries to acquire property to
! drill on is amusing And as 10 jock
! eying, the oil operators probably
! taught the turfmen all they every
/ knew about that art
! The airplanes which flew over this
place while on their way from Carls-
bad to Roswell and back. furnished
/ much amusement for the men, women,
| children and dogs. Some of the latter
actually jumped as high as they could
| in trying to intercept them. But while
| it was grand sight no one was heard
] to say he would like to be the 'shofer."
! As the old lady said Most people
/ would rather be down on vice versa
Artesa people are congratulating
J themselves on the comfort with which
/ they passed through the war period so
far as actual necessities of life were
| concerned. At no time was there a
scarcity of "Hogg" cigars. which are a
fair substitute for tobacco.
/ Some young fellows about here who
| didn't get into any branch of the mill
| tary service are afraid they are going
to lack little in popularity when the
| soldiers come home. They are already
beginning to realize that army service
| was a good business investment.
In this place, as in all others, the
| word "hell'' is very commonly used
| when talking about the eX-kaiser.
! There is something about one that
{, seems TO suggest the other.
i The proposition to build a hotel
| sanitarium here to be known as Hotel
| New Mexico was placed in cold stor-
| age during the war; but now that the
4 war is over the effort to sell the
i amount of stock necessary to carry out
| the enterprise has been revived with
/ good prospects of success. The men
i behind the project are confident that
work will tegn in early spring
Farmers in the Pecos valley are re-
/. joicing over the amount of moisture in
4, the ground. There has not been Sc
much before in three years. With the
I additional amount naturally expected
before spring the land will then be In
prime condition for both grass and
grain.