Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1889-08-23
tion. Those nov on the outside are
growing more demoralized daily,
aed are nnmitigated nuisances.

aed are namitigated nuisances.
1t is reported that the Atckison
Topeka & Santa Fe Company il
negotiating the purchase of Oj'
Caiiente. III there is any truth il
this report, the feasibility of whlcl
is excellent, the people of the Blac!
range may expect to see a railroad
IN the near future.
Santa Fe New Mexican: Hoa
Justus Clark is the city en- route ts
his home in Iowa, from his Socorro
county ranch. He has shipped SOC
rolling fat three. year-olds, which
he will put on the Omaha market
at 1000 pounds each, about Christ
mas. A third shipment will be made
IN few weeks. He counts his New
Mexico breeding farm success in
every respect II costs 81 per head
to gather these steers and put them
on the market. This is the 47th
annual sale of farm products which
Mr.. Clark has put into the market
The Socorro Advertiser says the
examination of w. d. Burlingame,
ex cashier OF the Socorro County
Bank, made some startling devel-
opments, and fully disclosed the
rotteness Of that defunct institu-
ton; that it was conciusively shown
that from the beginning to the end
the law had been violated in every
particular. From the evidence 1t
appears that the So called bank was
organized in 1884, with an alleged
capital of $4,000 From the atli-
davit on file in the office of the
Probate Clerk, it appears that the
sum of $4,000 was put up, but.
from the evidence 1t appears that
the capital at that tine was paid
by the individual notes of the stock
holders, ard these notes were car
rled as loans and discounts or bills
payable.
Albuquerque Citizen: A Chicago
lime museum is trying to get hold
If Geronimo and Sitting Bull.
They can have 'em.
1t appears to be settled fact
hat Judge Axtell will be appointed
Chief Justice of this Territory.
iood enough.
The people of Anton Chico In
San Miguel county have met with
evere losses from bailstorms and
lrought, and appeal to the Govern
e for aid.
They captured Cronin, the chan
nan of the Lincoln board of county
commissioners, at Silver City.
Sheriff Whitehill smelt his breath,
nd turned him loose. He is still
t large.
The Tombstone Epitaph is moths
~ it not polite. 1t says; The
Governor of New Mexico has ap.
ointed a lady as notary public.
las it come to this that gentle-
ian must swear in tho presence OF
lady?
g. b. Eddy In the Denver News:
We will place under water about
10000 acres of the finest fruit
nd in the world, and will settle {
le Pecos valley with farmers,
I'd turn it into a perfect paradise. !
! Southern New Mexico there is q
beautiful valley along the Pecos I
yer, which is a river four times '
large as the Platte. We place a =
m in this river thirty-six feet 0
gh of solid masonry, which backs o
e water up for seven miles from s
ch side of this dam. We start our U
nails, which will be at this point a
nety feet wide and about seven II
It deep. All the water is taken u
,m the river, carried up on the N
lis, and the whole valley thus o.
,ced under irrigation. We expect tc
have enough water for 100000 .
res of land; aud since we organi- N
last October, over 1850 acr es Fl
government land have been filed
on. The land is all government VI
ID and open for settlement We q
Ike our money by selling the |