White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1883-12-27
Want to see wheels go wound.


Dan Mckinley is in from the Torto.
lits ranch.
Ye editor and his wife ate an elegant
Christmas dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sigh.
The wife aud daughter of Sam WI
liams arrived last week, and Sam is
now happy.
Capt. e. A. Morris, of Lamed, Kas.,
arrived by Fridays stage, and will
spend some time with us.
New Mexican onions are attracting
attention in the east by their massive
elegance and fir ish of design.
New Years books, suitable for en-
crossing good resolu ions, also for
turning over new leaf, for sale at this
office
The revolvcrs came out OH Christmas
eve, aud those who love their fretfui
music might have heard several hun
dred of it.
Mr.. Samuel D. Kisor and Mr.. Aaron
are visiting our town looking after
their property. aud will spend some
time with us.
yUncle John Brothers spread spltn
did Christmas dinner. Turkey. oysters
aud u string of and sn-forths. He and
Mrs. Brothers savey este, sure.
The man with the big, big boots and
the white, white hat is not the cow
boy nor the westerner he is the tender
foot. lie has read the books.
The plates of the Glass mill, running
on Solitaire ore, arc showing up splen-
didly. The boys feel encouraged.
They certainly deserve the best reward
for their work, and we want to see
them get it.
All experienced observer of New
Mexican manners and custums saws that
whenever yon see an American who
smokes cigarettes and tries to talk
Mexican, or Mexican who smokes a
pipe and tries to talk American, you
want to keep away from him, for lie is
no good.
An exchange says that dogs howl at
night because they are cold and I'M
coi..fortable. Poor little doggies
Was they cod, the dearies? May be
we'd better build a public hospital,
with steam register in it /; or may he
we'd better buy f.w pounds of buck
shot, and fire it into their rear. Thatll
warm 'cm, too.
We hear that Pete Lanum lately
met with serious and nearly fatal ac-
cident while ut work in the White
mountains. He was engaged in warm
ing a stick of giant powder in hot
water, when il for some reason ex.
ploded, inflicling painful and danger
Gus Injuries. Pete is new at the hos
pital in Stanton. and it is hoped his
hurts will soon be meudcd.
We hear that Mr.. Fletcher, the gen
tleman who erected the Nogal stamp
mill, will be instrumental in putting III
another mill provided with Cornish
rolls and concentrators in Dry gulch
aud that operations will be commenced
at an early date. Part of the MACHINERY
is now on the ground. Speed the goot
work, Lincoln county will be wei
heeled before long, with mills.
On the 18th inst, the necessary STEP
were taken for filing seven diffrren
liens upon the Rockford mine, in tn
|, Nogal district. 1t is to be regretted
that thi' property is lying idle; i
and many another in Lincoln county
needs only little more capital to put j
in running order and in position Il
help the county. As it is, the lega
, complications are going to stop it. A
outfit that can't pay its miners, how
ever, ought to stop, or be stopped.
No Indian news since Fred Mayer
episode. IL there had been two o
three mere of Fred there would prob
ably have been two or three less D
the Indians. They reported themselve
Jicarillas, aud gave conflicting account
of themselves, saying they left the res
ervation because no supplies were is
sued to then. They made very it'll
trouble. They usually begin with som
minor outrage Of that kind, We wi
next hear Of somebody's horses bein
y stolen.
:, When young man in this countr
: wants gold breast pin, or fingt
9 ring, or anything Of that kind, he nee
II pa only for the workmanship, for wit
o cradle Or pan he can 90 out into I'll
u hills and secure all he needs of pu,
II fine gold. We should think that Il