Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-11-09
ArteSia

The seriousness of the accident
| which recently befell s. S. Ward il
| attested by the fact that he is still
unable to walk without crutches.
/ A recent hunting party headed by
/ Postmaster McCrary returned from
! the mountains with nine wild turkeys.
| The hunters all report turkeys more
/ numerous than usual
! Rev J A. ChenauIt and family.
! who spent seven years in missionary
work in Japan held forth at the Naza-
| rene church last Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Chenault both gave graphic de-
scriptiOns of Japanese people and GUS
| TOMS while the children, attired in
japanese costumes, sang Japanese
songs in the native tongue.
DR.. j. J. Clarke has returned from
a trip to New Orleans, New York and
other large eastern cities. AT New
Orleans he attended the annual meet
ing of the National Dental associa-
ton.
Misses Julia Runyon and Title
Martin have gone to Waco, Tex, to
attend school
Clifford Hull of Maryville, Mo, has
been in the city, the guest Of his
nephew, ]. =. Robertson.
Miss Margaret Mathes has returned
and will teach music in the Artesia
schools.
The dramatic talent of the place
gave a very enjoyable farce at Car
rington hall entitled Peck VS.. Peck"
for the benefit of the city library.
Dr. II. A. Stroup and Harvey
Muncey, with their families, had a
successful hunting trip in the noun
tains, of nearly a weeks duration.
owen McClay spent a few days of
last week on his Texas ranch.
Frank Linell and Mark Corbin have
been appointed game wardens for this
portion of Eddy county
Mr. and Mrs II. C. Rohrbough
have returned to their home at Long
Beach, Calf, after a visit of two
weeks among old Artesia friends.
George Anderson, who returned re-
Gently from a trip to Fort Worth, re-
ports that New Mexico is more talked
about by the oil operators in Texas
and Oklahoma than any other state
with the possible exception Of Louis
lana.
Mrs. Mark Corbin has returned
from an extended visit to Chicago and
other points in Illinois.
Theodore Cady is home again from
a business trip which took him to sew
eral southern states.
The population of Artesia has in
creased fully 10 per cent in the last
month. This is due in part to the
farmers who have moved in with their
families to place the children in school
and in part to the families that have
come from other states to spend the
winter in a less rigorous climate. The
influx from both sources is greater
than ever before.
Harold Keinath is attending the
state university at Albuquerque;
Clyde Fatherree has resumed his
studies at Norman, Okla, and William
Writ has returned to Ann Arbor.
The Artesia Advocate suspended
publication last week in order that
the whole force, from double-leaded
editorial writer to devil, might have
hunting vacation. Sundays Morning
Journal will be eagerly sought for as
it will be the only source of local
news for the week.
On the morning of November l the
first frost appeared in tins Ylclnlty'
1t was light but sufficient to kill the
tomato vines, which were yielding
right along as we'll as they had been
a month ago.
DR.. A. W. Huff. who after thirty
years practice in Des Moines, la
came here to engage in farming, has
disposed of his farm and effects ana
gone to Kansas City to. i've.
Geologist Hale, of the National EX-
ploration company, the company that
recently purchased the holdings of
the Roswell Oil Development com
pany, was in town the first of the
week with some of the heavy stock
holders of the former company. Ac-
companied by Martin Yates, the
noted local oil scout, they procured
samples of oil from some of the wells
about here.
H. w. Schuster, who spent the past
season in Pennsylvania, has returned
and will spend the winter here.