Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-04
FORT SUMNER

Miss Clara Olsen of Santa Re Is
in town for a few days LOOKING
after her irrigated fruit farm IN
the Fort Sumner valley, three miles
from town.
Work on the oil we'll which is
being drilled by Oliver & son OF
wichita Falls. Texas. on the hold
ings of Judge w. r. McGill at La
I.ande, nine miles east Of Fort
Sumner. has been temporarily de-
layed on account Of the non-arrlyal
of car load of casing Drilltns
will be resumed promptly as soon
as this casing arrives.
l. p. Briggs, county agricultural
agent of De Baca county, arrived
wednesday from Phoenix, Ariz.,
where he has been for the past
three weeks purchasing car load
of Holstein cows for the farmers in
the Fort Sumner valley. These
cows are among the best that the
Salt river valley of Arizona affords
and will be a valuable asset to this
vicinity.
The chicken dinner served under
the auspices of the Methodist
Ladies' Aid, at the club house last
Saturday, was decided, success In
every way.
The school ground building fund
drive was started last Saturday by
the students and teachers of the
high school and about $500 was
raised the first day of the drive.
This fund will be used for I'M
provements of the school building
and grounds. Hot and cold show
err baths and equipments for the
domestic science room VIII be
placed In the building, and tennis
courts, athletic tracks, concrete
sidewalks and other modern play
ground equipments will be placed
on the grounds.
Miss Clara Bell Lockhart, state
worker in the Y. w. c. A. work,
who has been stationed at Silver
City for the past several months
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Thomas
Kitchener, of Fort Sumner.
DR.. Harold Evans Elliott, ygeolo-
gist and manager of the Petroleum
Exploration company, suffered an
attack of bronchitis last week, but
is now much improved.
III. G, Rowley, president of the
Citizens bank of Fort Sumner, be-
gan the erection of modern six
room house last week. This house
is located in the east part of the
city, near the splendid new homes
of j. H. Elder and A. F. Shopper
son, which are now nearing COM
pletion.
Frank w Woods, one of the pro-
prietors of the Pecos Valley hotel,
is in Wichita Falls, Texas. looking
after extensive oil interests In that
,icinity.
Harry Brown of Sheridan. Wyo.,
left Yesterday after spending sew
eral days in this locality. attending
to matters connected with his stock
interests here. :.
John T. Holman. vice president
Of the Petroleum Exploration COM
pany, made business trip to Las
Vegas and Santa Fee last week.
Thomas Nash of Bozeman, Mont,
returned to his home last week,
after spending several days here
looking over the oil prospects. MT.
Nash made substantial investments
while here and will return in the
near future, when he and his asso-
ciates will incorporate an oil COM
pany, with principal offices in Fort
Sumner, for drilling and develop
ing purposes.
George w. Warren, accompanied
by Mrs. Warren of Warrenton. Ore,
arrived here Wednesday and is a
visitor at the Petroleum Explora-
ton company headquarters this
week.
The Fort Sumner Choral club has
resumed rehearsals again, after a
delay OF several weeks capsed, by
illness of some of its members. and
expects to give a splendid musical
program on the evening OF April
10, at the high school auditorium.