University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository San Jon Sentinel, 1910-1916 New Mexico Historical Newspapers 9-16-1910 San Jon Sentinel, 09-16-1910 J. T. White Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/san_jon_sentinel_news Recommended Citation White, J. T.. "San Jon Sentinel, 09-16-1910." (1910). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/san_jon_sentinel_news/19 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the New Mexico Historical Newspapers at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in San Jon Sentinel, 1910-1916 by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. r ..t San Jon Sntinl. AN AUTHORITY ON ITCCTLY A HCS3 TATZX ; San Jon and tha Valley SAN ON SENTINEL As Ua About lb Vallay NUMBER 1 1 VOL. a SAN JON, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER x6, 1910 BIG DEMAND FOR UNO. POLITICAL WEATERVANE CAR OF WATERMELONS. WILL HOLD COUNTY JC.7 marked Ditsi Homeseekers Coming, See The New Mexico constitutional HAPPEIIII1GS 111 CITY AND VALLEY. Tuesday, September 13, Crop Indications and convention will be a thoroughly f an era in the history of San Jon ness Conditions Jus ing and Locating in representative body of citizens. the peerless little city of the fatuous different and oc San Jon Monday morning New Mexico. Many professions valley. tify Holding Fair cupations are represented, and the the melon raisers of the valley be convention will not be composed W. E. Mundell and familv spent John Dodgion made a trip to Ned Mundell made a business gan hauling in their melons and Mr. Tucumcari last return to started Close to homestead en solely of lawyers by a long ways. Sunday with and Mrs. E. J. Saturday, trip Logan today. loading them into a car for the A movement has been to 13,000 ' ' tries were filed in the five federal The convention will nave among Pennifold. ',. ing Monday. Dr. G. H. Branham finished purpose of shipping them to mar- hold a county fair in Tucumcari at afternoon tbe The offices in New Mexico in the fiscal its members farmers and teachers, "Dad" Martin, the tinner, has See Wilkin & Bebout for School drilling in his crop of wheat this ket. By Tuesday some time during October, best in town at bed last melon of the car load was in 12th have been suggested year ending June 30, 1910. bankets and grocers, mining and been employed at Wilkin & Be- - Shoes; the week. and 13th rock immedi to a table stockmen; and week. prices. place and ready to be shipped as good dates, following cording compiled by the irrigators newspa bout's this G. G. Tye ha9 returned home were loaded 1 Convene oi th bureau of immi- permen, as well as lawyers, and Mrs. C. J. Shaw and little daugh- v After tbe melons ately alter the Territorial secretary Mrs. Moyers and daughter, Miss from trip on the plains with his substan-- the constitution should of are here this crowd gathered at the car and Geo. tton of the I. O. 0. F., which will gration there is evident a , faithfully of Mrs. ter, Bryantine, well machine. Willie, were the guests R. took a xo and and thus tial gain over last year, express the sense of the majority week visiting Mrs. Shaw's aunt, Sale, photographer, photo- meet here Oct. It, showing L. Wilkin last Sunday. Sam . Grange has returned from of car and crowd. The of tbe txcursion that in spite of a record breaking of intelligent citizens. Mrs. E. G. Wilmoth. graph the take advantage and It is to examine the Loyd Johnson, grandson of Mr. Quanah, Texas, where he has been manager of the Melon Growers As rates for the convention. With drought a comparatively poor interesting F. A. Bailey presented this of- of and Mrs. R. L. Wilkin, is staying for some time. sociation, C. C. Reed, had charge the prospects for crops, crop year in New Mexico the influx political complexion the delega staying fice with a tine watermelon last present of homeseekers shows no of tions from the various counties. with them and attending school. R. E. who is road mas- of the loading of tbe melons and which is the best in recent years, signs Monday. It was a dandy and the Daberry, A line on were sent to Tucumcari Wed we should have a number one fair falling off and the average is keep fairly accurate can thus be School started last week at toe force was "full once more. ter the Mexico Southwestern in they one that will be a credit and ing right up to the mark. It is a had upon the general party strength Pittman school, southeast of ban Old Mexico, is here this week pre- nesday. here, Clark Mundell has been in charge This car of melons will make to the Let phenomenal showing for New Mex in the various part of the territory Jon with Miss Adda Elder as paring to move his family to Mex- advertisement county. of Wilkin & Bebout's store San famous as mov- ico and if anyone fears that the and a basis developed for political teacher. during ico. the Jon valley us not delay, bu keep things the absence of the proprietors. melon region. It has and make our 1910 fair the "Land of Sunshine" is not still prophecy. Dividing New Mexico R. L. Wilkin returned growing ing Mrs. Ernest Clem and baby, of Tuesday known the soil of be done.-T- u- regarded as the land of opportuni- roughly by vertical and horizontal Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Owen and been that the best ever. It can Wanoka, Oklahoma, came in the night from a business trip to Elk will him lines into four two-thir- Gore were of valley is peculiarly adapted to the cumcari Sun. , ty these figures cover up. quarters, Mrs. J. 0.' guests City, Oklahoma. He made a land first of the week to visit relatives of melons, but until this The farmers of the San Jon val A significant fact is that this of the population of the territory Mr. and Mrs. Z. T. McDaniel last trade several thousand growing near Tipton. involving we have had no fa should make preparations for year's record shows the largest live in the northern two quarters, Sunday. dollars while year shipping ley gone. have .fine; number of final entries and com- the northeast quarter slightly more R. L. Houston of Revuelto, re cilities. tbe fair. Many of them FOR SALE One span of mares - in turned from the Ned Mundell, Bert Rohrman, There will be more melons ship' and our opinion is that-- the mutations any single year on populous than the northwest quar Sunday morning and harness. of crops wagon Inquire Geo. Sale and Mr. went in few will take a record. The total number of en- ter; here is the republican strong- hospital at Amarillo where he went Boyington ped from tbe valley a days, San Jon country major Henry Bradley, Les-bi- a, tries of all classes made in for the in election to have his mashed foot treated. , to the Castleberry lake near as every tarmer tnat Drougnt in of tbe premiums. the year hold, returns the miles north of San Jon. ity 7 yesterday, to shoot ducks. melons this week has more, and closed was 12,999 as against 12,780 of constitutional delegates show J. M. and wife, of Tope- - Curry of Bard had luck and will HAYING NEAR TECUMCARI. 1908-190- 8. A the choice of Horace and Fred Home They good brought some of them say they have ior the year total 52 republicans, nine ka, Kan"as, ana d. irwm ana j. City, passed through here Monday back some ducks. more in the next car than they have Gene and Ernest ' Her acreage was filed on in the past democrats and six fusionists in this wife, of Harrington, Kansas, who Smyers mil- in with a load of apples that they had had in this one. have 300 acres year of considerably over two upper hall; the southern two have been visiting J. G. Ellis for Mr. and Mrs. Ferrell, Mr. Rat-lif- f ring begun cutting bought in Guadalupe county. of on their farms of Tu- lion acres. quarters, about equally populous, a few days, returned to their homes and Syl Moyers, of Hereford, hay east., final the democrats AMERICAN FURNITURE CO. cumcari. This has all ma- There were 3200 entries and are strongly in the Monday morning. H. Lee Robison and family, J. Texas, were visiting Mrs. Moyers crop commutation;; 3100 entries were majority, for the republicans elect H. and wife and W. B. Rob Read the ad of the American tured since the beginning of the' S. Commissioner Alley this week. They left for home ed six U. Hedgecoke this rains of last month and Jor homesteads of 320 acres under only delegates, the demo erts and daughter spent Sunday this morning well pleased with the Furniture Co., Tucumcari, in speaks of Endee, was in town Wednesday of food the enlarged homestead act, which crats fifteen, fusionists eight. in the brakes of the rock. looks of San issue of the Sentinel. They ate Well for the rapid growth on business and called at the Sen- cap tbe Jon valley. is regarded as another very good Taking another line of division, ready now for the fall trade and stuffs in the county. It is. esti- tinel office. He reports everything 'W. B. Roberts, who is here Clark Mundell was out in the siu that the ontrymen are coming the north and south line, the two have some genuine bargains for mated that the yield will be about in his town booming.