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Not pictured but present was lin ding the Moy, 1949, Coe get·together and on hand at Eleanor and Harvey's mother; David Bonnell; and lin nell, deceased; Eleanor. Bonnell McClendon do McClendon (Mollett). lost Soturday's IOOth anniversary of the Coes settl da McClendon, this time 'in the picture. ., (Shockey); Harvey Bonnell; Kenneth Nosker; Emodoir - ing in lincoln County are, from left to right: Harvey Cae.family celebrates 100years in'Lincoln CauntyliJith reunion , ' .. ",.~ by WILL TURBOW who originally came to tbis area 100 years farming operation' to include'almost 300 "f'm a pioneer. No other woman had ago. Edith spoke fondly of days past, when now run by David Bonnell, a grand StaffWriter acres of farmland and 10 sections of done it," Louise proudly proclaimed. All the CoeS gathered for family affairs like nephew of Frank Coo. Cattle are still rangeland. He also raised five dau@:hters the Coes, past and present, are pioneers. Frank Coo came to LinCOln County from and one son, ,., ". the on& this past weekend. Being a rounded up by ltorse as they were years The Lincoln County War was over, and Edith Coo nigsby will' another esteemed 'musically oriented family, sisters and ago, said David. Frank Coo, partner of Hilly' the Kid, Missouri with his brothers-Jasper and member of tile Coo dynasty present Satur brothers would take up instruments while However, .descendants of the' Coe returned to the land he loved from his eltile George-as a young man, seeking his for· More than 50 descendants of the three day. Edith is one of two of Frank Coo's tune. They settled in the Ruidoso Valley in others sang or danced. brothers, like most families, have spread in Durango, Colorado. Pardoned by the Coe brothers. now bearing different sur daughters still alive. She grew up riding' Dancing and singing was also the main, out. They're now bankers, well-drillers, governor (If New Mexico, Frank Coo came the area of Glencoe <the Coos' glenl and names, gathered at the Shockey residence horses On the Coo ranch while her brother ~latives developed an irrlgalion system' that activity at the Navajo Lodge, which Edith' store owners. The majority of back to Lincoln County with his new bride, Saturday night for a family reunion. studied law at Stanford University. built. It was the only place to go for ,!1m, still JIve in the surrounding area, butsome Helena TUlly Coo. Tbat was in 1882. ' spawned)ertile farm crops. They also Among them was Louise C~, the first th~ raised catlle. said second to yqungest daughter of now JIve In Albuqperque, Texas and The looth anniversary of the Coe woman senator in the state of New Mexico. "I rememher going with my 'Uncle Jap Frank Coo. .' Oklahoma. Sytvia Coo McCord came all Louise served fqur terms in the state (Jasper), my dad and George. f was justa Edith said she has lived In the Ruidoso theway from Bowling Green, Ohio, to be at family's settlingIn the Ruidoso Valley was Frank got caught up in the famed Lin. Semite, from 1925 to 1941. She held the celebrated this past weekend in the home child, and we surveyed the Devil's Canyon area all her life because she loves it. Edith this year's family reunion. coin Coup.ty War and was expelled from chairmanship of the Education Committee , road." Edith reminisced. continues to live in RUidoso, at the care . The tough pioneer spirit f!'Q.lD the past of Ken and EleanorShockey. Eleanor Bon the area as a result. UPQn his return. he nell Shockey is a descendant o{ the Coos and even served as president pro tern of That road Is much the same as it was center. continues to make the Coes a strong, close resumed and expanded his ranching and the Senate <luring her finai four years. when the Coes originally surveyed it. The Coo ranch is still In the family. It is knit family today, 25c PER COpy The , NO. 10 IN OUR 37TH YEAR RUIDOSO, LINCOLN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO 88345 MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1982 " Water program is the result of years"of study (Editor's note: Members of the water board an!! reser. program, has been retained by Ruidoso fell through, because the land wasnoteasl· . Based on lhe 7.3 percent growth rate, It village only luis raw storagti for 2EO acre voir committee llullined the <Ieci!llllrrj1to---sllfce 1974 to study the water system. 1)L.aCl:eIioSib~..l1d·""M:il2,~A'l,llat>l""-js.~~JlIlido.w..wIll-havjl;.w~· I~l,J\IlQ-.L;d<ll, "", .., ,' .. The proposed $8 miiUon water im cess in an interview last week. fn 1974, Boyle .was hired to conduct a volved pumping water tromEagle Creek" oveillieprojcctea nWllberof units by 1984. Alto Lake impounds water from Eilgle provements program will be the sub "I fell like we had a team to approach hydraulic analysis of the municipal water thus making costs too high, Hine S$ld. fn tact, SChuller sent a letter to the Creek. PresenUy, there Is no means of ject of a Ruidoso town meeting at 7:30 the problem for the best benefll of the com· system. Potter said the analysis was a By,1979, Improvements funded 'by the village council on June I that explains storing untreated water from the Ruidoso p.m. Tuesday at the village ad munity," said reservoir committee chair- study of gradient levels in the system, The bond issue were completed. Added to the RUidoso is already committed to more River. ministrative center). man John Schuller. result of \he study was the destgn of an in- system were the number three treatment than the projected 1984 figure. Water from Alto Lake Is treated In plant by DAVID SHEPPARD To understand the conclusions. a look at tegrated system that Includes 28 different plant, which can process two million Schuller, who is chairman of the Plann- number three and stored In the two tanks starr Writer the background of the studies is helpful. pressure zones. gallons a day, and the two five-million ing and Zoning Commission IP&Z), wrote on Alto Crest. The lake is replenished by fnlhemeanlime,a$5millionwaterbond gallon storage tanks on Alto Crest,'The thatthetotalofresidenliatpermitsandap- water from Eagle Creek, lJ'1!m which What led water study groups working for Assistant village manager Frank Polter, was approved by voters in 1974 to improve bond also funded other improvements to proved mulU·famlly units as of last month Ruidoso has rights to 2.606 acre feet a year the VilJa@:e of Ruidoso to decide the village wh~ sits on the wa ter board, s"id that the system and to construct a 3,400 acre the system. will increase family units In the village to (based on the expected conversion from a needs the Grindstone reservoir project? Boyle Engineering. the Albuquerque firm feet reservoir adjacent to the Ski Run But village fathers determined that 7,594. flow right to a volume right>. That.com· The conclusion was the culmination of that designed the capital improvements Road. which follows Eagle Creek. those improvements to·· the .system were The problem is, Ruidoso lacks the pares to 214 acre feet that the vJJJage has efforts by Boyle Engineering, the water Village manager Jim, Hine said not enough. It was only one year following storageand trealmenliacilities toproduce rights to from the Ruidoso River. board, the reservoir study committee and .~--,:-;.:.;-:.:-:-:.~;.~;.;.:b~~:.;.:.:.:.:'-:,:':';';':";-:':':-:--:.;.;.;.;.;.;.;.:.:.;.;.;.:.;.,:.;.:. engineers ror the project, Maon Engineer. the AltG Crest improvements that JJoyle enop;gh water to meet that demand. The damson Eagle Creek were prQposed other village officials over the pasl few ':W·~>" ~ ''''C''' , : ..:§: ing of Roswell. estimated that the dam engineers drew up the capital Im- fn his presentations to local civic groups to ulillze the maximum $mount of rights years. ::~ W'-..Inesday!. ,::: project would cost over $3 million. By the provements program currently under in past months. water board member C. ,~, ~ <': time bids Were ready to be lelfor the reser- scrutiny. Newton Page has explained that the (SEE PAGE 2) Summerowsuffers ~~ f.1i voir three years later, Hine said, actual Boyle determined lhat, based on • ~~ CoJUee Cart ~:i costs had skyrocketed to over $8 million. Ruidoso's 7.3 percent growth rate, the ,F'f""ve~n:ng bodi-e'o ....0 :§ 'TT' :::: Also. Hine noted, due to dam collapses in village would need additional storage and UtI ••loCo 0 1.1 meet' broken leg ~~ ?:i. Wyoming and Georgia, the federal govern- treatment facilities by 1984. :::: Th d (..: ment imposed stricter restrictions on dam As Hine noted last week, "No one con- Ruldoso Downs board of trustees will -Ladies Auxiliary. •<. e Wednes ay Coffee Cart. .<. j hi \vv, ted h tru ti . t is i' t I II th Two riders involved In the 12th race ::< :::: pro ects, w ch """'s costs even hig er.