White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1884-06-05
CAMP and COUNTY.

the Jicarillas Sunday.
Jake Miller still keeps the best that's
going. Jake let's 'licker."
Geo. r. Bcall and family have gone
TO the Penasco to visit their ranch.
Col. lIcman will occupy the room
recently vacated by Mr.. Helphing gstine,
as an Office.
L. w. Stewart went to the railroad
Tuesday and will be back the latter
part Of the week.
'Tis very chilly day. when White
Oaks people won't turn out to a first
class entertainment.
Mr.. James Dolan and family, of
Lincoln, spent Sunday with Pr. and
Mrs. Bolton, of this city.
Many rains like that of last Monday
W i'll make the grass as fine as the most
fast:dious could wish for.
Charley Kelly, the great bar man of
the White mountains came i'll to sec
the boys Monday Afternoon late.
The foundation for a granary, at Fit.
Stanton, is completed. The building
will be ll0x30 feet; capacity 100000
pounds.
DR.. Buckncr started for Cartha &c
Saturday, to be gone some ten days
lie will proba bly, visit Socorro before
he returns.
The performance at the hall Friday
evening was fairly well attended, and
was the best entertainment ever given
in the Oaks.
W. G. Mcdonald came in from the
lower country Saturday where he has
been survey ing for w. T. Holt for the
past week or ten days.
Tom Wallace, the good naturcd,
good-humored, honest, jolly, Tom, who
has been stopping at Vera Cruz, was in
town Tuesday. Tom was.
The bids for furnishing 100000
pounds of corn for TT. Stanton, were
opened Tuesday last. We have not
learned who got the contract.
Sam MCPHERSON and Frank Congcr
started for their ranch, in the lower
country, Sunday. Jones afcrro ac-
companying them as far as Lincoln.
G. 7. Clark camc in from the CALI
mas, Thursday, after load of lumber.
IT'S no fun riding forty miles on the
running gears of o wagon says Clark
Billy Robson, The ilouriahing ranch
man, Crives rafting fine team when he
comes to town. We'll, Billy is a rafting
nice fellow and should drive q nice
team.
Mrs. Samuel Wells and daugfter,
Mrs. John Forsythc, arc making quite
u visit at Nueccs Canon, Texas.
Messrs. Wells and Forsythc arc
keeping bachelors quarters in their
absence.
The fellow that canned Charley Bulls
dog, Jch, Monday, was ashamed of
himself we know, JEFF didn't run one
bit, but walked leisure!y along until it
found its master, then deliberately
turned around TO have it cut Off.
Smart dog, jeff.
w. r. Thornton bought the John
Booth ranch-Agua Chiquito-whiIe
on his recent trip to the lower country.
The ranch is across the divide, south
of the Pcnasco, Sam aud Ed McPher-
son will make that their headquarters
during the summer.
The walls of Whiteman's new store
room will be completed this week, and
in the course Of ten or twelve days the
building will be under roof. When
completed, he will have @ water, dust,
fire 0nd burglar proof room, worthy
of any town in the territory.
Mr. Geo. Drake of tho Jicarillas,
made US n pleasant call last week. lie
reports the Albuquerque parties salts
. fed with their recent trip to that camp
and says they mean business. Mr..
Drake is confident as to the richness
Of the Jicirillas, and thinks great
deal Of work will be done the present
season.
The waters Of the Rio Grande are
on the war path yet and the mails arc
still very irregular. Mr.. r. II. Hills
in letter to this paper a few days
B. ago from San Antonio, has This to say
"1hc trains are running very irregular
and only by daylight in the Ric
Grande valley. The bridge here is il
very dangerous condition now, anC
getting worse every day. Some o.