White Oaks golden era. (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 188?-18??, 1884-07-03

O. D. Kelsey has taken stock o
goods to the Bonito.
Mr. G Schaefer will spend IT,,
fourth with his family.
c. a. Buford came in from the o.
curas to spend the 4th.
Mr.. A. Ozannc is painting the from
of NJ. Whitenan's new building.
Mr. L. Hale, who has fine farm OIL
the Ruidoso is in town for supplies.
Mr.. Nat Sutton, has left Soc,rro
and aiken up his r sidence at Riucon.
Some f the best prospects in Lin
coin couniy,are about to change hands
Mr.. Wm. Frost who is interested ii
the GalIinas district, will soon return
to his first love.
A. P. Lacy, arrived this morning
from Las Vegas. lie was loaded with
goods for w. Ii, Weed.
One of our citizens was told "to GO
and fix himself" which he did by get.
ting double barrclcd shot gun. The
other fellow failed to show up, there
by causing US to lose first class item.
Mr.. Derbyshire, from Indiana, ar
rived on last Monday Morning. Mr..
Derbyshire is largely interested i'll the
Bonito district. The well known
"Baby Minc," is partly owned by this
gentleman.
On the third page appears cut and
Advertisement. The cut represents the
Racine road cart No. l. 1t is manu- fac.
tured by the Mitchell & Lewis Co..
Racine, Wis. We believe they arc just
the thing for this country, and expect
to sec q number of them i'll use by fall.
Prof. Bry an, whose home is Grand
Rapids, Mich, has been in White
Oaks several weeks. Mr.. Bryan has
suffered with the asthma for number
of years, and is here for his heal IL.
He informs us that he is recovering
very rapidly and without the use of
medicines.
Lieut.. II. &. Benson was examined
before Justice Blanchard, one day last
week, for opposing an officer who had
warrants for two soldiers belonging. to
the Lieuenant's command. For his
appearance at the October term of the
district court, he was rlaced under
$1,000 bond.
C. A Mariner and J. e. Allyn ar
rived in White Oaks last Sunday from
Albuquerque. They are viewing the
landscape DER" and will return to the
northern part of the territory soon.
Mr.. Mariner is not stranger in Lin
coin county, and would not be surprised
to learn that his visits will result in
good,
Mr. 0. B. Scott, was in town tlc first
of the week. Mr.. Scott, came from En-
gland, little more than q year ago,
aud went to work on the Carrizozo
ralch, in which his uncle is largely
interested. He started in with the de-
termination of learning the cattle bust,
ness, aud from the way he has gone to
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When we tackled the hog questcr
we were not aware Of the magnitude
of the Undertaking. In other words
we "bit off more than we could chew"
In spite of the cursing, clubbing and
scaldings by nine-tenths Of our citizens,
the hogs are increasing, However, we
are certain of one thing and that is
that New Mexico can beat the world
raising hogs, and White Oaks is the
best locality in the territory for the
business.
Ono Of our correspondents, sometime
ago, in speaking of "Chcrokee Bill"
used language that might cause one to
suppose that William was a horse
thief. We were informed by Maj
Llewcllyn, that Cherokee Bill's name
is William kcllum, that lie is one-quar-
ter Cherokee, harmless, inolfensive
aud had rendered valuable service to
the government. Mr.. Llewellyn also,
says that Bill has brother at Waco,
Texas, who is merchant CORES.
pondcn;s must be careful about making
assertions, especially, of this character.
The following named gentlemen
visited White Oaks, since our last
issue. They arc from all points Of our
county;
Maj, LlewelIyn, Geo. Cans, Capt.
Stevenson, Lieut.. Benson, j. o. Ma.
bours, J. W. Phillips, Frank Lcsnct,
Billy Gill, Walter Church, Deputy
Sheriff Brent, Isidoro Chavez, Juan Nj.
Baca, DR.. Buckner, D. B. Hightowcr,