Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-08-03
Clovis

Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wheeler andl
daughter, of Gushing, Okla, and Mrs.
Whealer's mother, Mrs Bowen, OIL
Melrose, spent Monday in Clovis shop
ping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Neal, of LoJI
Angeles, are the guests of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Il. Siegner. this week.
Mrs. Kay Shumate left the first of
the week for La Junta to visit herI
brother.
Hugh Bell returned from a trip toI
Fort WORTH Texas, Monday
j. w. Leafs, the well driller at Tai
ban, was in Clovis on business severalI
days this week.
j. w. SALESMAN and ]. l.. Kennedy,
of Groseman, Texas, recently pur-
chased two wheat farms sixteen miles
northeast of Clovis
Mrs Emily Oliver, Miss Blanche
oliver and Joseph Oliver, relatives OF
Mrs. f. II. Young, are visiting Mr..
and Mrs Young of this city.
Mrs Owens has taken charge of the
rooming house over the Central Meat
Market, and have thoroughly over
hauled the building, also placed new
neat and attractive.
Rev. Culpepper. pastor of the Bap-
fist church, is holding a special series
of morality meetings.
Several trainloads of Russian SOL
diers passed through Clovis Tuesday
ana wednesday this week. The train
was met by the ladies of the Red Cross
who served the weary men with fruit,
drinks, cigarettes, stationery, and
tobacco.
Mr.. Putnam, of San Antonio, Texas,
is in the city looking after his interest
and will attend court, which will con-
vene the second day of August.
Mrs. j, W. Hendrix, of Roswell,
passed through Clovis en- route to her
home after attending the Downing
family reunion at Melrose. Mrs. Hen
dirk is q grand daughter of Mrs. ]. l..
Downing.
Eight carloads of "chinks" passed
through Clovis in bond en- route for
Cuba, where they--will be worked in
the sugar plantation.
Notices of paving ten blocks of the
city streets, were served on property
owners of Main street, Grand and
Monroe avenue this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Hilgartner will
leave in few days for Kansas. where
they will visit his sister who is critical
ly i'll.
C. l.. Arnold, of fabian, was in
the city today transacting land bust
ness Mr.. Arnold is one Of the largest
cattle growers of that section and
recently disposed of some of his stock
on the Fort Worth market at figure
which he reports very satisfactory.
Rodes & Bradley have just complet-
ed an so foot extension, constructed
of concrete and brick in the rear of
their Main street building.
Kendall Dry Goods Co., are building
n 40-foot two story extension to their
business establishment on Main street,
upper floor will be used as an addi-
ton to the Elks lodge room, the lower
floor, for storage for the Kendall Dry
Goods Co.
Clovis Lodge A. F. & A. NJ. No. 40,
are remodeling their lodge room,
which will give them one of the larg-
est and best arranged lodge rooms in
this section of the state.
A. L. Gurley, who for number Of
years has conducted a broom corn
brokerage business in Clovis has left
for Wichita, Kan. where he will be
associated with the American Ware
house Co., in similar work. His inter
est here will he in charge of II. II.
| Hackney and Jack Rawlings.
~ j. Elzey of Fort Sumner, cattle In
spector, was in the city on business.
Graham & Scott, of Clovis, have
purchased the large ranch near the
mouth of the Alamogordo creek. be-
tween Alamogorodo and Santa Rosa
which they will stock with sheep. Mr..
Graham will he manager of the ranch.
Architect H. Walsh returned from
several days trip to Lovington.
Mrs. I. B. L. Osborne, of the firm
Of Osborne & Wright, is in eastern
! markets purchasing goods for their
, store.
L. Sczley oil scout for one of the
large companies operation in Texas
and elsewhere. was back from a trip
of inspection to the Amarillo fields. he
reports another "gasser" was recently
brought in there.
Alecl< Shipley. president sof. 'theI
Clovis National Bank. made a businessl
trip to Amarillo Wednesday.