Fair a grand success at Socorro County fair and parade
A long, vivid letter extols Socorro county’s seed annual fair in 1908, praising the grand processions, floats, and exhibits. It lauds 4,000 attendees from across the county, the queen of the fair, and the absence of alcohol or disorder. References to Judge A L Morrison and local figures appear with enthusiastic patriotism and dry farming praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Morrison
Santa Fe
Socorro County
New Mexican
Sam
City of
Socorro
Sweet
Billy' Martin
America
Illinois
How Socorro Does Things in Prompt Resolve
Socorro residents demonstrate efficiency as the fair association raises nearly the remaining funds to cover last week’s debt in a day and a half. Local business men Savage Leeson and Meliton Torres organized the stock sale, while the Sunday school plans continued with July to September attendance of 76 and October to December Sundays slated for hearings. A full moon midweek prayer and praise service is proposed at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socorro
The
Fair Association
Billy
Savage, Leeson
Meliton Torres
Job
Episcopal Services Announced With Reverend Pratt
Reverend Pratt will conduct morning services at 11 o'clock and evening services at 7 30 tomorrow at the Episcopal church. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Attorney H M Dougherty has been in Denver this week on professional business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pratt
Episcopal Church
H. M. Dougherty
Denver
Pumping plants eyed to reclaim Rio Grande valley
An Albuquerque Citizen report quotes Judge Frank H. Short of Fresno California advocating irrigation by pumping in the Rio Grande valley. Short, a noted irrigation lawyer and representative for Fresno Valley companies, cites practical depth pumping for citrus and foresee reclamation of more land by pumping than by stream irrigation. He notes his California client Fresno Canal Co irrigating 50,000 acres and marketing millions in raisin revenue. He spoke at irrigation congresses and characterized pumping as simpler than river methods.
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Albuquerque
Rio Grande Valley
Frank H. Short
Fresno
Cal
Fresno Valley
National Irrigation Congress
Judge Short
Fresno County
California
Sacramento
Fresno Canal Company
Comrade Patrick Higgins of Socorro Dies in 1908 Remembrance
An obituary from Socorro New Mexico notes Comrade Patrick Higgins a Civil War veteran born in Limerick Ireland on March 17 1836 aged 72 years 6 months and 12 days. It traces his service from California recruitment through the early Civil War campaigns and his long life as a veteran remembered by old comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First
Veteran Infantry of
California Volunteers
R.C. Patterson
R. C. Paterson
Patrick Higgins
Veteran Infantry
Patterson
Los Pinos
New Mexico
Higgins
Fort Wingate
Santa Fe
Dick Patterson
Valley of Eden
Pia Hareylog
Samson
Limerick
Ireland
Tie
Canada
California
Los Angeles
Dowerey
Presidio Barracks
San Francisco
Sibley
Arizona
Nevada
City
K Company
B Company
Miguel Olguin Runs Amuck on Plaza Crimes
Miguel Olguin, recently convicted of burglary and larceny, broke loose at three in the morning. He seized reins on a bus team, robbed a restaurant of thirty cents, smashed a window at Winkler’s grocery, and broke front windows on Manzanares avenue and the plaza before City Marshal Alderete captured him. Mrs. R W Lewis thanks neighbors for support near her father Patrick Higgins’s illness and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miguel Olguin
G. KE. Cook
Foster's
Olguin
Winkler’s
Avery
Lou Gatlin
Manzanares Avenue
Plaza
Alderete
County
Hastile
Territorial Penitentiary
R. W. Lewis
Patrick Higgins
School of Mines Exhibit At National Industrial Expo Albuquerque
The New Mexico School of Mines exhibit at the Albuquerque International Industrial Exposition draws strong notice. Capt. C. T. Brown and Professors R. V. Smith and A. K. Adams present a display from Socorro and nearby mines, including Kelly and Graphic zinc and lead mines, Magdalena’s zinc district, and copper ores sent to Coffeyville for processing. Rosedale and Mogollon district properties are featured, with a stamp mill at Rosedale treating about fifty tons daily and copper prices aiding development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico School of Mines
C. T. Brown
R. V. Smith
A. K. Adams
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Journal
School of Mines of New
School of Mines
Socorro
Rosedale
N. M
Mogollon
Correction to Premium Award Attribution in Fair Fancy Work
The Chieftain corrects a previous listing in the fancy work department from last week’s fair. The waist work credited to Mrs. Jos KE Smith was completed by Miss Mary Jackson, and the premium was intended for Miss Jackson.
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Chieftain
Hall's Catarrh Cure advert and Toledo visit
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County. Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh uncurable by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials free. Sold by all druggists 75c. Mr and Mrs Frank Knoblock of Magdalena visited Socorro for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Socorro County
Garden of Eden
Oro
Bursum
Martin
Savage
Sweet
Abeytia
Brown
Griffith
Drake
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Frank J. Canney
A. D
A. W. Greason
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Gem City
Sharon
of Fair Association
Cuerpo DE Registracion
el Cuerpo de Comisionados de Condado
Ley
el Cuerpo de Comisionados
Preciato No
Miembros
Demacio Baca
Francisco Padilla Y
Richard Stackpole
Lorenzo Vigil
Maximo
Baca
Meliton Gonzales
Clemente Chavez
Augustin Paiz
Geronimo Padilla
Jose Paiz
Lazaro Fajardo
Amador Abeytabours
A. C. Mills
David Baca
Ed. Jaramillo
B. A. Pino
Jose Ma. Lopez
Estanislao Baca
Renses Garcia
John Rouillier
Rafael Mendoza
Simon Chavez
Lewis Jones
Wm. Anderson
Geo. W. Rowe
L. R. Babcock
Teodoro Gonzales
C. C. Clarke
J. R. Foss
M. M. Torres
Adolfo Torres
Joseph McQuillan
Pred Baldwin
Tomas Martinez
Harry M. Ward
Dan Higgins
Matias Jaramillo
Encarnacion Garcia
Faustin Gonzales
Cenon Martinez
Patt Gann
Florencio Sanchez
Precopio Chavez
Jose Marquez
J. E. KE. Baca
Marcelino Alderete
John Greenwald
Isabel Padilla
C. V
Episcopal Services
Comrade Patrick Higgins
Samuel C. Meek
AMUCK
F. J. Curnng & Co
Frank Knoblock
Magdalena
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