The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1882-12-29

tons civil engineer has
two ranches whicha this
town, and he still zen jobs
of that kind =
rider bal Fixtures to cor
respQU pased very cheaply
of ERobirson.
Erafton who attended
Fball at Chloride pro-
incest party they have
tfded in the range. There have
Bveral nice dances in the range,
christmas passed quietly. Partakers
IL tangle-foot gQe~a tife ~boisterous,
Pbut the demonstration showed no par
ticular peculiarly, and would have APP
piled as well y st. Patrick's day or the
second day of August.
Extra select oysters only SIS cents
a can at the Chic ide hotel restaurant.
Se~venty-fve or more assessments have
been worked in the immediate vicinity
of Graftolexthin'ths past six weeks.
There is aA afheRst universal tendency
among owners of Mssging CLAIMS to put
no more work upon their properties
than the law colnpels, andtesfo this at
the eleventh hour. That is what ails
the country.
Grafton is likely to he the first town
in the range in which warranty deeds
can be issuedto holders and purchasers.
It's site is cIered by mining locations
and mIll-sitfs and steps are being taken
to secure PATENTS. This will help in
the work OF building up and improving
the town more than any one thing that
could be done.
Grafton is getting a large trade from
the ranchmen on the ella and Canada
de Alamosa streamss When these Sec
tions are stocked, aythey will be short
ly, they will be important adjuncts t.
this town to which they are tributary
This is particularly true of the ella
which is the most important Of the
districts.
Detwiler brothers have sold one thou
sand of the twentyeight hundred head
Of cattle lately purchased by them IL
Mexico, and have )he rest at present or
the Rio Grande MAR Fort Selden. The.
think that they Twill sell all of them
and buy a bette4grade for their ranch
on the CHA. THey were not very wei
satisfied with fhe Mexican stock afteI
they got it.
The machinery on the Alaska min'
is in place ready for busineAs and thu
engine blowed Its whistle of Wednes
, day. To the Alaska will belong tn
honor (f it shall prove to bg an honor
of putting in motion the frst mining
machinery of this section of the Blacl
range. Timbers for the mine are beinI
, framed and operations In the shaft will
be begun at once.
: About five weeks ago Nat Gilber
= left Grafton for Honduras. The boy
: whom he left Clipped in and PRESENTS
t him with something over a hundre,
r dollars In consideration for which h
was to write them his opinion Of tina
3 country from a metallurgical point o
view. From New Orleans he send
word that be has been robbed of hi
cash. This is a wicked world.
George Weber has a blacksmith shoI
K on the mesa. For some little time pas
he has been trying to ACCOMMODATE tn
d public with q set of tools1nadequate t
d his needs, but he has a fpA outfit on tn
e road which we're expe&ad this weel
\ and when these arrive he Will be abb
e to accomplish satisfactorily any piec
of work in his line which may b
brought to him. He has the reputatio
of being a first-class workman.
d Grafton has ten children Of schoC
5 age who are deprived of an opportunit
8 Of acquiring an education from lack Q
facilities. 1t ought not to be. If eac
s citizen of the town interested-and a
$ are interested whether they have chi
p dren or not-would contribute MONTH
s to the cause, the result could be obtair
ed and nobody be the poorer for 1t.
somebody would take hold Of the ma
8 ter there is little doubt that 1t could /
worked up.