New Mexico state record., 1921-04-29

Paso They were taken to Carls-
bad and lodged in jail and will be
taken to Fl Paso for trial by the fed
eral authorities of Texas. The two
cars captured are Cadillac and
Buick
In the two cars was found IS cases
of fine Canadian whiskey, worth $50
a quart and there was 420 quarts in
all This would make the whiskey
cars which brings the total to at least
$1,000
The booze was taken over by the
sheriff and placed in safe keeping
in the vault in his office. There
were three cars and three bootleg
gers, but one of the men with his
carload of fire water managed to es-
cape.
s. D. Stennis, Jr, as agent for the
I state land office, sold the two sec
tons of lands in section ? and SO, to
} A. NJ Edwards, of Santa Fe, the lat
/ ter acting as agent for Alfred K
] Mock of Buffalo, New York. the lat
( ter being president OF the Beaver
Board companies Of that ciry. and
( having branch houses in several east
ern and central cities
The land sold is located lust north
! of Carlsbad, and are said to contain
valuable mineral paint for use in
the tinting of walls, particularly
those OF beaver board This mineral
product is also used for making a
product similar to plaster of paris,
and is used extensively in the east
for treating the walls of buildings
Mr. Edwards said it was the in
tention of the company TO erect a
manufacturing plant at some poin,
on the railroad near the land bought,
and as Carlsbad is the nearest point
it is presumed it will be located here.
The plant will cost about $2s0,0U and
employ nearly a hundred men.
The land sold by Mr. Stennis EN-
braces two state school sections, and
sold for the annual rental of Sl00
per section, with a royalty OF two
cents per ton for the finished product
OF the company which utilizes its
minerals.
Gray & Hickman have shipped six
cars of cattle to pasture At Bazaar,
Kansas, and Green Usery two. Both
gentlemen went along 10 look alter
the cattle and make a visit TO Kansas
City.
Nichols & Pat of Carlsbad were the
successful bidders for the furnishing
OF hay for Troop b horses until
August 10th, involving an expendi-
ture of about $500 The Peoples Mer-
camille company secured the contract
for furnishing the grain for the
mounts, amounting TO about 500. /
s. S. Ward will ship 3 cars OF /
cattle TO Kansas pasture, from Red
Bluff aud four from Artesia, on the
10th Carlsbad Argus.
B +. Sanford has purchased the
store room directly east OF his pre- /
sent location and az soon as the |
building is remodeled the Sanford .
store will move there
New shelving and a complete new
line of fixtures will be installed at
once and Artesia will then have an
other fine store that viii do credit
TO the community.
Drilling has been begun on the
new well on what is known as the
Duncan Dome. This location is four
miles east of the Duncan post Of
flee and about forty miles due west
{ rom Artcsia. w. A. Nicholas of
Roswell is in charge of operations
and he is the dominant man in the
financial end OF the entcrprisc-Ar-
tesla Advocate.
The City Council has purchased
one of the large transport trucks
from the government and will i'm
nedately begin repairing the streets
Of Artesia.
Eliza White shipped from ATtesia
fifteen car loads OF cattle to Kansas
to fatten. Eliza White Jr, accom-
panied the shipment. +
The Methodist church at Carlsbad
is to be renovated and repaired to
some extent, the congregation hav-
ng abandoned the idea OF building
a new church for the present owing
10 the financial stringency