White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1884-06-05
RIO EUIDOSO--June /.
Golden Era:

Golden Era:
The new church Gu Ruidoso will be
completed early this fall, aud jour
neyman preacher or bib.c nasher can
get Il permanent situation.
CARPENTERS have about finished the
work on VIM, Slane's new residence,
and it will pass in'o the hands of the
painter aud calGim iuer for final touches.
White Oaks bachelors would do
well to pay a visit to this part of the
county, as families from Texas are
daily arriving and fair proportion or
them are marriag goab!e young ladies.
A Mexican was arrested here few
days ago for shooting a dog belonging
to l.. Htle. He was taken before
chief Justice Joshua Hale, and we UNI
derstand, was sentenced to be hung on
June 10th, unless he is rcprieved by the
govern pr, as there is no appeal from
the supreme court Of the Ruidoso.
Game is very plentiful here. Five
bears have been killed on Eagle creek.
recently. Capt. John S|ane, Oh vSis
here from Colorado, has killed almost
all the Eagle creek turkies. Beavers
are also very numerous and Gliiereht
ones of our cit'z rs have been forced
to take refuge in trees AMI remain all
night.
The sun is "a bright and the sky as
blue as when you last heard from me.
see in an issue of the Ledd6F that
Penasco City, the home of Col. Beu.
Henry, Senator Mayhill aud other
great and ilustrious men, has taken
solid boom. We are not jta.ous OF
Pcnasco's sudden bound to fame AMI
promincn ce, but pride compcls us to
mention our own Ruidoso City. IT,
like its fair sister of the Penasco, mas
its modest littlo boom. II boasts OF a
saw mill, grist aiill, post office, olack'
smith and WAGON maker shops, large
and commodious corral and iced sta
bic, anl good hotel. ~ six hundred
horse power distilery, with capacity
of on1 hundred gallons per hour,
would fill long felt and deeply prc7s-
| inG want in our midst. and company
has been organized with Il S6O,OOO cap
ital, to erect one right away. a
week., newspaper will be started here
on the first Of July. There are only
about seventeen hundred lots lett on
the main business street, and only half
OF them are corner lots. CONTRACTS
have already been let to grade the
road bed Of the Or. ~ i. H., ~
Rough and Tumble Railroad from
this point to Capt, BrazilS, at Eagle
creek. A branch road will soon Dc
built as far as Wm. Slane's residence
On same creek. These roads arc beng
built 10 accommodate the Mutual a.
mirotion society, which is fast gaining
ground in this vicinity. A delegation
of the most influential Apaches, con-
sisting of Go-as.y you-please, Stick-in-
the-mnd, Wal kin .thcwater aud MS
kas ka- doodle, arc now in consultation
with the city fathers in regard TO NOV
ing the capitoi at Washington to this
place, the future metropolis of Lincoln
county. The u,w city hall Is about
flashed, aud Col. Bob ingorsoll and
Bronco Susan will lecture here next
week. Iugorsolps subject will be
Hell and its surrounding" and as the
scenery here is appropriate, there will
be no change or scene shifting. A
limited number of good adobe makers
could do well here, az the company
Is IN need Of q large amount and agree
10 furnish dirt aud water for one-ha'f'
, We shal! probabl! mention our WI
again in the future. |. y. PECK.