The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-31
GENERAL LOCALS

LuoJ NV iheOhd " nave " clcCIcu d an
enduring monument 10 his memory
although frequently it Is good fer moth
ing else.
The filing Of the survey piats of the
land on the east side of the Black range
will enable The settlers of these valleys
to get title TO their lands. Many of
them were ready and waiting for it.
Frank Armstrong has located and
moved out to the Cottonwood springs
east of the Cuchillos. With the Will
low and Cottonwood springs, Arm.
strong brothers have ms fine a stock
range as there isin this country.
A good many residents of the range
lost heavily by Alex. Rogers fire at
Engle owing to his books not burning
up. They realize that life is filed with
uncertainties and that providence can.
not be depended upon to assist the
worthy.
Everybody. who fails to get an ex-
pected letter this week says it was dis.
froyed by the fire at Engle. Mr.. Rowe
says there was a good deal of register
ed matter which went up in smoke at
that c~onhagration, most of which was
intended for the range offices.
Socorro Sun: ."The first furnace of
fh.. cpnnltar llnu.o IN Vayt CN,,ln,
night. Mr.. Billing is satisfied with the
way in which ore is snow coming. About
5000 tons of ore are on the ground.
More than one hundred tons a day ilaxe
been hauled during the past week. At
this rate both furnaces can be kept run
ming"
Sheriff Simpson returned to Socorro
the first of the week leaving his uncol-
lected tax warrants in the hands of his
deputy j. NJ. Smith. Mr.. Simpson is
doing a better job of collecting than
has been done heretofore. He has
looked up all the property owners to be
found and put their names on the
books if they were not already there.
'Tile last years assessor made a bad
job of the business. At Grafton only
two persons were assessed, and in other
precincts the work was done but little
better. The tax es collected will be
four times as much as the assessment
here in these districts and the sheriff
says that the assessor did better here
than in most places. The property is
assessed at its full valuation and the
levy is Cne and a quarter per cent.
which is certainly very reasonable.
Notwithstanding this low rate, how
ever, there is no reason why county
warrants may not be kept at par and
money remain in the treasury. All
that IS required is careful collection
of the moneys due the public treas.
uries.
The store building of Alex Rogers at
Engle was consumed by fire on last Mon
day morning, with its entire contents
including some two hundred pounds of
mail. The fire was discovered shortly
after the mOrnirg tram had passed
and it is supposed that a spark from
the engine was incendiary. When dis
covered the fire had made such head
way that nobody could approach the
fire and nothing was saved. The
cracking of exploding cartridges and
the proximity of the blaze to the pow
der made the blazing building a dan
gerous place for ~bystanders. The safe
containing the books and papers per.
tanning to the business was opened by
the blacksmith on Wednesday and its
contents found to be intact. This will
render the settlement of his business
comparatively easy. The safe was pro-
tected by reason of having fallen upon
its face and been buried in six inches
of soil. The loss is estimated a
fifteen or sixteen thousand dollars with
the exact amount of insurance
unknown to the writer, but the
Las Vegas Gazette says that
agents of Las Vegas have taken $14,-.
500 risk on the total valuation. If this
is correct it will let Alex. out not much
the loser, but the RANGE fears that it
is not true, 1t is likely however that
the insurance is sufficient to the
Indebtedness On the business so that
Alex can go back to the road or to his
ranch with no burden of debt upon
him. The many friends of Mr.. Rogers
In the range will be glad to see him
start up again for it is a pleasure to do
business with him.
GRAFTON.