Socorro County Fair Puts Sunday Game Use Plan In Place
Socorro County Fair association leaders met in the office of President Aniceto C. Abeytia. They approved allowing the home ball team to use the fair grounds on Sundays with a ten cent admission and 25 percent of receipts to the winning team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socorro County Fair Association
Aniceto C. Abeytia
GC. A. Baca
P. J. Savage
A. Mayer
Metiton ‘Torres
August Winkler
J. J. Leeson
Leeson
Estevan Olguin
A. Winkler
John E. Griffith
Republican Primaries Play Quiet Delegates Chosen
The Republican primaries held Wednesday evening for county convention delegates drew light attendance and occurred quietly. Precinct 1 met at the courthouse with Jose E. Torres as permanent chairman and C. A. Baca as secretary, selecting H. O. Bursum Torres Abran Abeyta Leandro Baca Aniceto C. Abeytia ae Dreyfus Estevan Baca Elias E. Baca as delegates. Precinct 24, in President C. T. Brown’s office, chose W. E. Martin as delegate. Drainage work near the Methodist church has moved to draining the ground, contingent on the town’s $1,000 contribution and $800 county funds not yet available. San Marcial Standard reports Oreste Peragallo and Robert Noble traveled to Albuquerque to hear Paderewski and found it enjoyable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Jose E. Torres
Torres
C. A. Baca
H. O. Bursum
Abran Abeyta
Leandro Baca
Aniceto C. Abeytia
Ae Dreyfus
Estevan Baca
Elias E. Baca
C. T. Brown
W. E. Martin
News From Reserve Highlights Local Travel and Weather
A Reserve correspondent reports good weather and notes illnesses among children. Visitors include Walter Jones of Alma and Mr Cobert. Ed Hudson left to freight for Magdalena merchants. a heavy rain swelled the river making ford danger. Prospects rise with railroad plans and local resources, while a Mexican resident at Kelly loses a horse and belongings during a risky river crossing.
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Reserve
W. H. Hamay
Cobert
W.H. Hamby
Walter Jones
Alma
Jones
Coleson
Whitewater
Pairchilds
Ed Hudson
Magdalena
Gus Grosstett
Ranger Robinson
Patrick McKeefree
Messrs
Terry and
Wilson
Socorro
Togo
J.C. Butler
Stockweather
Butler
Kelly
Cemetery Association in Socorro sets lot prices and plans improvements
The Socorro Cemetery Association met to approve platting and title transfer for cemetery lots with prices 3 dollars for 5x10 feet, 5 dollars for 10x20 feet, 10 dollars for 20x20 feet, and 30 dollars for Masons Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows plots. Prior lots may be deeded for 1 dollar. Planned road grading, arroiyo bridge, and south fence gate costs to be determined. Also notes a death in Santa Fe and a Mining School of Mines alumnus visiting Socorro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socorro Cemetery Association
Dougherty & Griffith
Masons
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows
J. J. Leeson
Association Meeting in Magdalena to Set Cattle Prices
The seventh regular annual conven tion of the Cattle and Horse Protective Association of Central New Mexico will be held in Magdalena on March 25 1908. Stockmen and buyers from the southwest Kansas and Colorado regions are urged to attend Association Day to discuss prices and market outlook for the season. The Magdalena citizens will host guests and extend hospitality. attendance is deemed essential for establishing fair, early season prices and mutual profit. A second item notes a Washington dispatch on the Gallup Durango coal field with an estimated 80 billion tons of coal, railways needed for development, and favorable mining conditions in parts of New Mexico and Colorado.
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New Mexico
Cattle and Horse Protective Association of
Central New Mexico
Magdalena
Southwest
Kansas
Colorado
Band of Good Fellowship
Cosmrny
Washington
Gallup-Durango
Socorro County
el Paso
Gallup Durango
Gallup
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Durango
Rio Grande Southern Railway
Rio Chaco
Mrs Bartlett Hosts Park Street Event With Games
Mrs F G Bartlett entertained about forty guests last Saturday afternoon at her Park street home. In five hundred Lena Price won a decorated pin cushion, and C T Brown took the consolation prize. In thimble a Q and A contest yielded Mrs Alice Waldron first prize, with Mrs J F Cook taking the consolation prize. Refreshments followed in two courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Street
I’.G. Bartlett
Lena Price
C. T. Brown
Alice Waldron
J. Ff. Cook
Card of Thanks from Dr. Charles F Blackington
Dr Charles F Blackington expresses sincere gratitude through the Chieftain to Socorro ladies for many acts of kindness before and after his wife s death, conveying appreciation for communal support during a period of loss.
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Charles F. Blackington
Socorro
Lieu Land Bill Passes Senate to Go to President
A telegram from Washington reports that the lieu land bill has just passed the senate and will go to the president. The law will allow New Mexico public schools and other public institutions with lands in forest reserves to select other lands. The measure is seen as highly beneficial to the territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Bursum
W. H. Andrews
Washington
Senate
New Mexico
Miss Mary Fitch Arrives in Socorro from Summit New Jersey
Miss Mary Fitch daughter of Attorney Jas G Fitch reached Socorro Sunday morning after spending some time at a young ladies school in Summit New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fitch
Jas. G. Fitch
Socorro
Summit
New Jersey
Young Ladies
Probate Court Session Adjourns After Several Claims Read
The Socorro probate court met March 2 with Judge Domingo Baca presiding. Administrators and guardians were named for multiple estates, final accounts approved, adoptions ordered, and a sale of 70 000 shares of Enterprise Mining stock authorized. The court adjourned to March 13 as Morton, a former School of Mines student, planned a move to Etzatlan, Mexico for a mining position.
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T. B. Everheart
Socorro Friends
Everheart
School of Mines
Guanajuato
Mexico
Court House
Domingo Baca
E. H. Sweet
J. A. Torres
Aniceto C. Abeytia
S. C. Abeyta
KE. S. Stapleton
Francisco M. de Baca
Solomon G. Baca
Juan Jose Baca
Flavio Fajardo
Vivian P. de Fajardo
Manuel Jaramillo
Socorro
M.P. Dye
Florence Dye
Roy
Ray McKinney
Esperidion
Juanita Serna de Armijo
Fidel Armijo
Filomeno Olivarri
Gregorio Giron
John E. Griffith
Cynthia Bruton
Henry G. May
Thomas Cooke Silliman
William H. Hughes
Michael Hughes
Amado Aragon
Maria F. de Aragon
Benjamin Sanchez
Cornelio Aragon
Ramon Castillo
Florencio Sanchez
Avelino Gutierrez
C. A. Baca
Mercedes de Baca
Elmer E. Veeder
Juan Sisneros
Cruz Apodaca de Cordova
Emilia Merson
Atanacia G. de Ortega
E. D. Morton
Los Angeles
Etzatlan
Jalisco
Aruparo Mining Company
Morton
Electric Light Sure in Less Than Ninety Days for Socorro
Promoter Dr E L Woods and Mayor Bursum agree on a favorable franchise for a modern electric light and power plant in Socorro. The deal promises one arc light and twenty high efficiency lights free with users paying only for consumed electricity. Stock subscriptions total seven to eight thousand dollars.
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Socorro
E. L. Woods
Bursum
Doctor Woods
New Mexico
el Paso
St. Louis
Chicago
Jas. G. Fitch
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered With 100 Dollar Reward
An old newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal remedy for catarrh and constitutional disease. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises cure or 100 dollar compensation, and lists Toledo advertisers F J Conway and Co. alongside Druggists selling at 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Conway & Co
Toledo
Ohio
District Court in Silver City Trials Under Parker
Grant county regular term of district court sits in Silver City with Hon. Frank W. Parker presiding. The grand jury reports eighteen true bills and numerous criminal cases are set for trial.
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Grant County
Silver City
Frank W. Parker
Also Mentioned on This Page
Socorro County Fair
Oreste Peragallo
Robert‘ Noble
Albuquerque
Paderewski
the Cemetery Association
Mrs. B. Whorley
Santa Fe
Whorley
F. G. Bartlett
Probate
Woods
District Court
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