New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-08-20

WhiCn they are languiShing IN the
county Jail.
l.. D. Hullum, of Fl Paso. Texas
arrived in Ration a few day, a1c
to take over the superintendent OF
the paving. The work of paving
has been unayoidably delayed ON
account of shortage of material,
but they have a guarantee OF thr-,
car loads OF sand each week and
the work will be pushed rapidly
forward, the weather permitting
Ration Reporter.
An extremely interesting meeting
Of the Ration Rotary Club was h.lI
Thursday noon, which was ieatur-
ed By a round table discussion oi
the plans OF the club along be lines
of bows welfare work 20 which the
club has pledged is efforts during
the coming year. The four main
points upon which ,ires, viii be
laid during the year are education-
al dey lopment among the boys OF
the city and county Boy Scout
work, and public paywouuds
A handsome big White truck pas
sed through the city en- route to
Baldy, where il will be employed b9
the Aztec mine for heavy work. It
is OF the type known al 20-45, -
to ? tons capacity and is the fourth
truck OF this make aud type to be
put into commission by the Aztec
management II has value Of
5000
A heavy hail storm, covering but
narrow strip and moving from
northwest to southeast, passed over
the central and eastern portions OF
the city Tuesday evening Hail
stones as large as hickory nuts fell
very numerously in the center OF
the storm doing considerable dam
age to gardens and fruit trees The
Ration Greenhouses were hit ra-
ther severly: losing about 400
panes of glass at an estimated cost
to replace OF about $ls0-Raton
Range.
The shortest and least expen ,ive
term OF district court ever held in
this county concluded Thursday
when Judge Sam G. Bratton ad-
journed the regular August sitting.
The session Of court occupied but
four days. Only three cases
reached at this term were tried be-
fore jury, one Of which was a
criminal case.
The entire ession cost but $500
This is the smallest amount a scs.
sion Of the district court has ever
cost the county.
The contract for the new elevator
OF the Cramer Mill & Elevator CO.,
was let Thursday night at a meet
ing OF the directors of the company.
The contract was awarded to the A.
r. Roberts company OF Sebetha,
Kansas.
The contract calls for O0O0 bush
els capacity. The building will be
Of steel, iron clad All modern
elevator equipment will be installed.
il was stated by officials Of the
company this morning Clovis
Journal.
The elevator OF the Western
Trading company now under con-
struction will be made 10000 bush
els capacity instead of 5000 as had
been originally planned and the ele-
vator will be completed and ready
for use within twenty-five days.
Harry Highfill and ]. r. Rice have
purchased two lots on North Main
Street. They are planning to let
the contract for two brick buildings
that will be 50xla0 feet.
These lots were purchased from
Jones & Endley at a cost OF 5000
per lot.
The new building for the Noun
tain States Telephone Company on
Grand Avenue has been completed.
but il will not be occupied until
about Dec. lst as the company is
waiting on equipment to rebuild
their lines here, and the old build
ing will be occupied until all the
construction work on the lines has
been oompleted.-Clovis News.
Lorenzo Perez, the native who
stabbed w. T. Hightower at the
Santa Fe freight depot at Clovis
last week following an alteration
over a drinking glass was bound
over TO await the action of the
grand jury. Perez was arraigned
before Judge J. P. Noble under a
charge Of assault with a deadly
weapon. Perez's bond was fixed
at $50 which was furnished by
several natives and he was released.