The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1884-03-07
LOCAL NEWS.

hlODudy Will ullttH SCIOldfS.
The Silver Monument is steadily i'm
proving. so the RANGE is informed.
Mrs. Pitcher, sister of Josie Montoya,
died suddenly at Socorro last week.
Tom Scales and Burt Mason were
down from Grafton last Saturday.
Its thought by many that the Blue
Dandy will prove a Joe Dandy mine.
The drift on the Monte Christie lead
1t is said is showing a fine body of ore.
George Turner will commence work
on the Vulcan, the Monte Christie ex-
tension.
j. r. Vance of Marshall, Mo, writes
he has a longing to get back to New
Mexico.
The mail goes to Las Palomas now
direct from Engle instead of via Gu
chillo Negro.
Hope Kee maketh a fence around his
lot. Good for strong, though not much
of a thing for beauty.
Mrs. Bllnn, so the RANGE is inform
ed by the Dr., will protract her visit
east, another two months.
Joe Bushby came up from the Iron
Reef Saturday night. He thinks the
Equator a whale on dry land.
Miss Fanny Mayer, of Falrview, spent
several days in Chloride this and last
week, as a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ.
Smith.
L. COrson donated a bell to the school.
The children must now be prepared to
get licked if not on time when the bell
rings.
The whistle at theANbcentrator and
the ringing of the scSsS0f bell are two
sure harbingers of a better day for
Chloride.
Sixty thousand pounds of corn is Of
fered for sale at two and a half cents
per pound by AlphOnse de Bourquet,
at Canada de AlamOsa.
Bond, of the Mesilla News, was taken
for a cowboy, by the daughter of Col.
Ingersoll, on his late visit to Las Cruces
with his family.
Morrison, McGeary ct al have thrown
up their contract on the Colossal as a
bad job. Took it too low they say, to
make money out of it.
Rumor has it that the American
Flag mine at PalOmas, is looking fine.
The RANGE has never faltered in It's
good opinion of the Flag.
The work on the st. Cloud road was
completed last Saturday. Now you
will hear of ore coming in to the con-
centrator from that mine.
The ladies of Chloride, through their
society, have raised by subscription
and through their sociables, the sum
of 1910 for school purposes.
The public debt during the month of
February was reduced $2,5S2,5S7. The
handsome sum of $145, 534,2S1 remained
in the treasury March list.
NoTICE.-All persons indebted to me
are respectfully requested to call at
once and settle the same with my broth
er Jeff SAMSON at my store in Fair
view, n. NJ. JOHN w. SAMSON.
Saucier's teams left Monday for the
Silver Monument ore. for the concen-
trator-the beginning of his hauling
contracts of the concentrating ores.
Jim Moody has heen heard from, in
New York city. He is visiting friends
there. Tom Kittrell is in the Black
Hills, and will 60 to Couer de Alene in
the spring.
On the first of July a mail line will
be put on from Engle to Ojo Caliente
direct. The RANGE is not informed if
the line from FairvIew will be coutin.
ued or not.
Jim Wilson has returned from King.
ston. Says he has work in motion on
the Solitaire and is nov ready to push
the development work on the st Cloud.
vigorously.
Winters and Turner have moved
their sleeping quarters from the store
to their room on Terrace Row, where
they will put on style as retired mer'
chants, now that they have sold Out
their business.
Fred Stevens informs the RANGE
that the breast of the drift in the White
Signal is looking better than at any
time in the past. Came on to the ore
last Tuesday, clear across the breast OF
the drift,
The owners OF the American Flae
mine have received from the land Office
the lreceiver's certificate for the pur
chase price of the pSopGty. The pat
ent will issue limits nIniencar de
from the department at Washington.
M. H. Chamberlin has a most favor
able offer to go to Kansas and taxi
charge of working up a railroad project
IN that state. He says however, tina
he prefers to stick to the range, and thu