The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-11
GENERAL LOCALS.

fortably cold.
The Rio Grande is up and booming
which gives notice that there is a mod
Grafton to the weather up north.
There are, at the least calculation one
hundred mines in the range which
would furnish good ore to a concentra-
tor and which would be worked if there
was a~concentrator In the range TO treat
it.
Every tree along Wall street that is
now alive should have boxing put
around it. This will be a handsome
avenue in a couple of years more if
these trees are preserved. 1t will be a
shame to have them killed now.
Alex Rogers the solid mar of Engle,
visited the rarge this week making his
monthly settlements with the local
agents of the stage line. The RANGE
printed him tickets and posters for the
use and benefit of the ferry company.
Over on Canada de Alamosa creek a
lesson is written which can be proita.
bly, needed by the "early bird, etc" phil
osophers. The vegetation was nicely
green, leaves and buds on the trees be-
ing full fedged two weeks ago when a
cutting frost came along and blighted
the tender growth completely. Trees
and ~shrubbery have a curious look now
in their mourning garb which their
great haste to be out early gave them.
Cuchillo Negro creek vegetation took
life easier and as a consequence is now
healthy and bright.
The homestead patents which Jose
Sanchez and others are trying to secure
on lands lying on the ella north of
Detwiler's are being contested by
Burt D. Mason and others. 1t is claim
ed that there has never been a house
put upon most of the claims and no
sign of settlement made; that the Mex
leans who are trying to get possession
of these lands are poems of Tranquilina
Luna's and that he is backing them in
this crimlnality. If he is and it can be
proven he should be punished 10y law as
the instigat0r of attempts to defraud
the government. Too much Of the
land Of New Mexico is being secured
by means of just such rascallty.
The ferry across the Rio Grande on
the Engle road is now owned and OPP
Grated by Ed Fest, Alex Rogers and
II. l.. Tisdale. The raging waters now
make it a necessary institution. The
rates of fare charged for the crossing
are: Single person, 25 cents; one loose
animal, % cents; One horseman, so
cents; one horse wagon, $3.50; two
horse wagon, $500; four horse wagon,
$500; SIX horse wagon, $3.50; heavy OK
wagon, $500. Passengers in the coach
will buy their tickets for the ferry
crossing at the same time that they pay
for the seat in the coach. The ferry
should be made to pay Its running ex-
penses but it has not done so in pre-
vious years.
Mexican hunters set fire to the grass
on the ella side of the Black range and
the winds of the past few weekskept the
blaze alive and moving until at pres
ent the major portion of the range has
been burned off and the fire has come
over to this side in some places. How
ever the grass is not strong enough in
growth to permit of much damage on
ihis side of the summit. If the chaps
can be found who are guilty of setting
this fire they should be severely dealt
with. 1t will be a great Inconvenience
and the occasion of some loss to the
ranchmen on the ella to have theil
stock feed SO disasterously destroyed
for the grass now burned over will moi
start again until the rainy season be
gins nearly two months hence.
The residents of Canada de Alamoss
town are in a peck of trouble. Messrs
Kelley and Dodds above them on the
creek have taken what water they need
for the cultivation of their land from
the stream, and this has left the Mexi
cans without water for their crops
The residents of the Canada are up il
arms and nightly meetings are beins
held to resolute against this, to then
death dealing innovation. Five hundred
dollars have been assessed upon thu
water rights with which to fight th,
matter in the courts, and in the mean
time they have already, or intend to, en-
Joined Kelley and Dodds from using tn
water. There have been certain priv
leges granted. so 1t is claimed, to tn,
town by legislatures in New Mexic'
which gives them exclusive control o
the water privileges of Canada de Ala
nos and on this they rest their cas-
with the additions of the common
law which e~njoins people turning TIL
waters of any stream when such &C
tion may be detrimental to other pee
pie. If Messrs. Kelley and Dodds viii
it will render the lands at Canada d
81 Alamosa utterly worthless and th
jewellers there Will be compelled toseeI