The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-04-18
Pithy News Items
Gathered From Al Opsr
NcW Mexico

. recent meeting IN Captain.
Bonds 10 the amount Of $4,000 for
the construction Of an auditorium 10
supplement the Roswell high school
building were authorized NJ the recent
school election At Roswell.
Sylvester r. Bailey Of vanadium
must hang IN the Grant county jail
April 26th, ~ far NJ the action Of the
local cout goes. Notice has been Civ
en- by his counsel of an appeal 10 the
state suprems Court for a reversal OF
the verdict.
The entire business district Of Clio
Wis was menaced by fire. THE new
motor apparatus was gotten on hand
quickly and proved the worth Of the
Investment by checking the flames
promptly. A. the fire was In the mid.
die Of n Of the big business blocks
Of the town, apprehension was felt
for n time.
The county Jail NJ Torrance county
has been burned Ia the ground NJ e..
tancla. The fire was found afont .
n. m. by parties residing near the Jail.
Tho three prisoners were In grave
danger of being burned Il death hut
were released Just In time. The fire
evidently started from the outside but
other details as to liz origin are I'M
known.
The federal government has decided
to add another regular army officer
To those already stationed NJ the New
Mexico Military Institute. lie will AS
slst Major Barlow In instruction In
military science and tactics. hut his
military rank Inns not been determined
upon. Two sergeants from the regu-
lar army have also been detailed and
are now NJ Roswell.
Interest In oil has been requickened
az Roswell by the assertion ~ the
Seven Rivers on a Gas Company that
In their shallow test we'll south Of
town A. the depth Of only 100 feet
they encountered oil sand. They arr
confident that At a greater depth u
will = a big producing well. The
site Il outside the arteslan belt which
Is said 10 account for the shallow
depth at which the oil sand was found
Two young lads from Brooklyn. "
Y. nEed ~ aud ~. who have been
searched for over the country for n
month past by officers under instruc.
ton Of their parents, were taken from
a train AZ Carrizozo by officer Bet
West and after their families had been
communicated with were tagged and
started for home. They had zone M
far west as Phoenix. beating their vns.
and then had turned and started harh
OF their W accord.
For the first time on record In the
state Of New Mexico n mans dcsirr Ia
lake a bath resulted In his having to
60 To jail. Warren Burton and MARI
Errlng are the precedent breakers
They wen 10 the Aiyamdo NJ Alhu
querque and made use of q bathroom
without wen registering or paying fni
their accommodations Though bath
ing frequently they are charged WIN
vnErancy. which Implies tmmplng AMI
disincllnation for baths
Pablo Gnllegos In the District Court
Of Bernalillo county has filed suii
against the Santa 70 mllroad In whlcl
he asks for 5000 damages from N,
company for the death Of his father
Pablo Gailegos. who was driving %
wagon across the trucks NJ Grants lu
1914 when he was struck and killed
by train No. o The petition nllrgr.
that y string Of empty freight ears bod
been loft STANDING on n siding nrnr M
crossing In such u way rs Ia ohscur
the view Of the approach Of any train
10 persons crossing the tracks
Eugene Conlcy, arrested and fined
on n charge 81 stealing n horse hs
longing 10 n mnchcr near Fort sum
ner, turned out In be- q fugitive lrol
army service NJ Fort SIN. The com
handing officer there sent n guar.
and marshal after him and he was 70
turned to Oklahoma.
The suit o, the land owncrs aloni
the acequin mndre de Las Ncgu
against the Galllnns Canal. Water Sto
nge and Irrigation Company. Las We
gas land grant. H. ~ Storrie and Ian
owners along the asylus ncequin, an,
numerous other acequias has been r.
opened aud lts determination win q
nally settle the water rights from Ilo
Springs 10 a point two miles hcloy
las Vegas. The plaintiffs claim prio'
rights ON an appropriation made De
fore 1913 and they introduced ANON
other witnesses hon Eugenlo Rnmcrn
who came 10 this section In thai yea
md who testified 20 The acqulr r'ru
Il these preferential rights. A dnru
ment drawn In 1912 has been intro
duced which shows that n man named
Maef was granted permission 10 brltd
a min provided he did not usurp rignt'
N waters Of land owners ON the NJ,
qula Inv hvcd.
on men are enthusiastic over what
they declare 10 be the prospect Of
finding oil In the Tulnrosa Basin which
has been officially fixed by the United
States Geological Survey about mn,
milee norfb of Nj paao aud huunaad