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Newspaper
The Socorro Chieftain
Location
Socorro, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
1
Mrs. C. Sickles is visiting her daughter Mrs. W. L. Vana in San Antonio Texas and will not return home until about the first of January.
The Regular Fall Term of district court for Socorro county began Monday at the courthouse with Judge Frank W. Parker, District Attorney Elfego Baca, and court staff present. Jury bailiffs, court crier Elias E. Baca, and other officials were appointed. Proceedings covered civil and criminal dockets with several cases dismissed or continued, and numerous criminal matters entered as nolled or continued.
The bazaar and supper drew strong local and outside support with the School of Mines attendance and court attendees. Decorations featured Indian blankets and evergreens. sales offered fine articles. Net receipts reach 176.90 though expenses will reduce the total. Rev. Joseph H. Darling to conduct Epiphany church services. Max B. Fitch recently traveled to Albuquerque and works on Engle mining plant.
Mr Bartlett improves properties here. Don José Yanacio Aragon visits from Mangas en route to Socorro for court matters. Frisco freshet nearly floods residents. School holidays planned with entertainments as children rehearse daily. Pancho Landavazo to wed soon, threatening a birth order. Punch Lode Mining Claim near 18 miles north to be patented to Don Jesus Landavazo. Porfirio Sanchez digs a deep water well at home to address underflow. Gila Forest Reserve extension rejected by local stockmen as weak. Hon. Benjamin Sanchez of Mangas, bookkeeper for Baca & Pino, to leave his county post and make his mark elsewhere. E V Chavez of Albuquerque held business in Judge Parker’s court. welcomed by So corro friends.
Unavoidable delays in arranging preliminaries for a Socorro electric light plant are easing. Poles contract awarded and other materials soon to be ordered. General Manager Frank Owen and Engineer G A Collins inspected grounds, gathering data to base estimates. The company notes thorough work and is poised to proceed.
Delegate Andrews remains active pushing reform. He introduced a joint statehood bill shortly after Congress convened to blunt statehood advocates. A Washington dispatch notes the measure may become an omnibus bill with a split park proposal, while Andrews holds a prime floor desk. J W Medley, noted Socorro County stockman, has been in the city on jury duty.
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