The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-10-17

snce fraxn Chlonde Tbs keIahiioan is
requested 10 give NE faciA
The RAxuE has leausrd that cauuif
warrants aHv not acoepted ~ sheriff
Murray IL psymrnt Of cauniy LAKES
unle-s the size Of The uEuaut IRE
scented = less or exactly equai
90 lalf lie levy against each Ind
vidual tax-payer. In other words the
county tx q several Tenuns can
net Dc summed up together and half
The total ainaunt paid by ~ var
rant OF sufficient slzs. To he sun
sheriff Murphy settles with the county
by summing az bis Indebtedness on col
leciions aud paying the total amount
into the county treasury without re-
gard 10 whether hts warrants 10 the
cases Of each taxpayer personally OF
not but lie Is 80 lacking in the spirit OF
accommodation that be will not use the
same methods Of business with the
people. II Is no concern Of the county
~ hong rs Il gets It's just dues whether
the amount Is In One warrant or In one
thousand. II asks no questions of the
collector on the subject and the eollec-
tor has no right 10 demand more
Of the taxpayer. Tie RANGE does not
know that the sheriff will take ceiti.
lied checks or would trouble himself TO
change a bill-certainly the law doesn't
compel him to-but Il has reason 10 be-
lieve from the action above noted that
the spirit Of accommodation II It ever
existed within him has died since he
came into Office.
There Is a claim made that the cat.
tie which have died on the Rio Grande
Gna Membres. san Simeon and other
streams in southwestern New Mexico
aud adjacent portions Of Arizona were
an .cted with Texas fever, but w. 5
IIolewell thinks the belief Is an error,
lie believes that the mortality Is caused
by the stock drinking the strongly inn
p%regnated alkali water. All these
streams overRowed their banks this
year and the water In retiring left
pools and lakes along their margins
which soon became stagnaRt and per.
feet I've flDm the alkaii OF the soil
Where cattle had access 10 these pools
Mr.. HOpewell noticed that they died
rapidly but where they run IN the
mountains or drank from the running
streams they were healthy and strong,
On the range Of the Lynch Bros, at
Colorado. who have been the heaviest
losers of this section there is a chain
of lagunas along the river from whicl
cattle drink instead of going to tn,
running streams. q. W. Gregg OF
Kingston lost some thirty head of work
oxen which run on the ella but when
he took the remainder of his herd from
the valley and drove them into the
mountains the mortality ceased. Texas
fever would not have observed th,
pe~culiarities that ere here noted bu'
would have worked IN the hills as wei
as along the river. This theory 1
seems to the RANGE is worth attention
and experiment
Ed. Fest Of Cuchillo Negro has q
grievance against Bond Of Mesillj
News which has considerably imbitler
ed his mind. Every one who has don,
business with the News has LEARNED
that while 1t is quite easy to get an nd
vertisment put in the paper so called
1t is simply impossible to get 1t on
without using extreme measures
} Ed. while engaged In the stock bust
ness. published his brand in the News
which was then the nearest paper. AM
in connection with the brand was al
a.. offer OF two hundred dollars reward
) for the apprehension of any one Wit
/ should be found guilty of stealing an.
} of his cattle. When Mr.. Fest, abou
! eighteen months ago sold his herd, h,
! wrote 10 Bond to discontinue his nd
vertisment and Fond agreed 10 do st
| But he didn't do II and the two hun
! bred dollar reward notice continued T.
$ appear In the News, once in a Ion
while readable, until a short time sine
e when Ed. became enraged and threaten
ed vengeance il he saw anything NOR
4 Of It. When Fest sold his herd every
thing went excepting three or fou
] stage. which, not being considere
I worth anything were left alone. Ate
5 a time one of these animals was sol,
to Toppy johnson fer a small sum. an
D Mr.. j.. when he drove off the one h
bought took one he didn't buy. Ed. kne'
of the theft but did not eonside
2 IL worth troubling himself about. Blu
! now, when Toppy is in Jail for stealin
/ and the parties who captured him ar
looking about for their rewards, Fest
: two hundred dollars offered In til
News up against him and ma
make his stays expensive prupert,
HENCE his wrath.
Y Charley Lewis took fourteen tons {
z Palomas Chief ore to the Billing SINE
ter and viewed Coles circus at SocorI
on Monday of last week. Charley say