The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1883-07-20

The Black Knife has at last let a con-
tract of fifty feet to j. c. Hubbard.
The result of the last meeting Of the
company was to contract one hundred
feet but the treasury falling short of
the required funds fifty feet was let
with the understanding that should
sufficient money be paid into the treas
ury by the time of the completion of
this contract the additional work will
be done with a possibility of still con-
tinuing work if anything warrants it.
Mr.. Hubbard is already to work with
three men. and more to be put on il
they can be worked to advantage.
Tom Butler brought a hawk into
Fairview Wednesday evening which
he caught under rather peeulIr circum-
stances. The idea runs that bis hawk
ship getting hungry ran across a bull
snake about five feet long and expect
Ing the snake would make just as COOL
a supper as spring chicken descened on
his prey, and in rising with it made no
particular allowance for the surplus
snake that was hanging overheard.
Mr., Snake objected to being hung out
like a banner in the summer sun and
soon commenced to wind his slack
around the hawk getting n good fold
around the neck and evidently another
over the wing, this of course brought
Mr.. Hawk to terra irma, and they
commenced rolling over and over
toward the foot of the mountain when
Mr.. b. made the capture. p. S.-This
IS not a snake story.
Athletics are taking quite a hold on
the sporting inhabitants of Fairview.
An afternoon matinee was engaged in
last week and the general ability of the
loose portion of the population was
fairly tested. One gentleman treated
the crowd to a series of hand-sprlngs
b~ack-springs, head-springs and feet
springs. Others lovingly entwined
their arms around each other and
!. started off wagon wheel fashion for
some other country generally con-
GLIDING to stop before they had got
fifty miles. Ismitations of the feats
of these great artits were freely in.
dulged in and many attempts were
vociferously cheered especially when
some n a little spryer than the rest
would manage to come in contact with
a rock on that part Of the anatomy
which causes such contention among
the disciples of Darwinism. One
:, gentleman treated the crowd to "what1I
We have" which was by far the best
part of the performance.
, One of the greatest a%nnoyances to
this mountain region and its Bohemian
inhabitants is the obnoxious land law
This Is not essentially an agricultural
, country and the conditions Of the law
make it obligatory to the inhabitants
to look after their small amount of
stock or to stand the periodical assess
ments of the native ~ranchmen who cul
tivate a small patch in the vicinity OF
towns and mines and levy taxes on all
stock that passes them. Herd law is
very good for prairie countries where
: fencing is scarce and some such law j:
a necessity, but in a mountain regior
where timber is plenty and only small
patches here and there can be cultivat,
, ell, and where the interests of tn,
country are dependent on other indus
tries. Those other industries ought tt
be protected and the small garden
spots made to take care of themselves
A man prospecting in the neighbor
I hood of one of these ranches which il
essentially on mineral land, having {
jack or a horse would find it rather ex
pensive to herd them and the rope ant
a stake are both anuisance and cruelty
g yet he Cannot turn them loose without
t expecting to pay bounty money to re
deem them. Nine of Tom Long
e steers passed down Cuchillo creek anC
were gobbled by some MexicaDs ranch
b men two or three miles below. MI
ranchman claiming three dollars pc
head or twenty-seyen dollars damages
:, w. Ensley who has charge of the cattl
got these with the understanding tina
whatever damage he'd been done woulC
be paid for,but he offered five dollars t.
settle the matter. This was refused. S,
0 the matter went to arbitration and MI
y ranchman was allowed three dollar
and sixty cents as the market price o.
one bushel of beans which was adjudg
ed to be about the amount of vege
tables DESTROYED.
. CHLORIDE.
A new stock of ladies' and children
shade and riding hats are Just receive