The past 100 years

From The Santa Fe New Mexican:

Aug. 29, 1917: Manuel Ortega, a newsboy, aged 12, and son of Mariano Ortega, of Galisteo street, was run over by a Ford car on Water street near Ortiz street at a few minutes before 6 o’clock yesterday evening. The boy was bruised and scratched and for a time it was thought he was seriously injured. He was taken to the office of Dr. J.M. Diaz where he received medical attention.

The car was driven by J.A. Anderson, of Des Moines, N.M., who took the boy to the doctor’s office, paid the physician for his services and handed the boy a $20 bill. It is said that the accident was not Mr. Anderson’s fault as he was running his car at about four or five miles an hour.

Aug. 29, 1967: DIXON — The value of a marijuana find here continued to rise Monday, according to Rio Arriba County Sheriff Benny Naranjo.

He said he found an additional 159 plants along a fence row in the field where officers earlier pulled 466.

The total of 625 weeds, using the formula of $500 value per plant, would bring the haul to a value of $312,500 on the retail market where a single cigarette brings $1.

Aug. 29, 1992: At least eight Santa Fe Public Schools have enrolled fewer pupils than expected, a situation that could result in a loss of more than $500,000 in state funding if those children don’t materialize.

Santa Fe Public Schools officials declined to release official enrollment figures until after the Santa Fe Board of Education sees them Tuesday at its regularly scheduled meeting.

But a survey of 19 of Santa Fe’s 24 public schools conducted Friday by The New Mexican showed that low enrollment might become a serious problem.