Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-01-29
TERRITORIAL Tips.

Significant note in the Las Vegas Optic
- Have you had Your arm scratched yet
Better"
Fred. Manchester, Tie jolly, good "a
cured Fred, is sgnil on the Wells Faro
run from Los Angeles With headquarters
at Albuquerque.
"Ihe road to hell is paved with patf',t
medicine men, is the waya New McXiro
preacher writes to agenteman who ask d
him to try his remedies.
An Albuquerque bar tender has found
an lnfalllbl e cure Tor la grippe. Ele pre-
scribes Tom and jerry every dfteen
minutes until the patient is full.
Albuquerque note; George Carson and
Oaky Clifford have returned from their
pursuit OF the alleged postotiice robbers
they caught the men they were after at
San Pedro but again released them, us
they proved not to be the parties wanted.
Prof. Creager, OF the government In
dian school, will leave for Washington
shortly to be absent about thirty days
His mission is in the interest of the well
conducted institution over which he pre-
sides and he will say a good word to Presi-
dent Harrison in favor OF statehood.
In the annual report OF the internal
commerce of the United States for 1889,
Just issued by the treasury department.
Hon. L. b. Mills, of Las Vegas, United
States treasury expert, furnishes an i'll
terestlng and valuable report on New
Mexico. The report makes II pages, and
is carefully compiled sketch of New
Mexico and the industries of the territory
At Las Vegas the following is the cal
endar OF the social sixtyfour" for 1890
subject to slight change January, inau-
gural hop; February, card party; March,
hop at hot springs; April, cards and dane
ing; May, hop; June, basket picnic ;
July, railroad excursion; August, card
party; September, hop; October, cards
and dancing; November, promenade con-
cert; December, annual ball.
In the year 1889 there was paid in
Valencia county for scalps of wild ami
mails $l3l. Twelve bears were slain in
the Sacramentos, which brought their
killers $50, four mountain lions came
from Soledad canon for which was paid
S. each five panthers are booked as be.
ing killed in the Sacramentos, and eight
lynx we're killed near Hatch. Six wild
cats and twenty coyotes complete the
list.
The postal department has authorized
that a mail route be established between
Fort Sumner and Roswell, service three
times week. The people of Roswell
had expressed desire that the route run
from Amarillo, Texas, a Town on the Fort
Worth road, but, on account of the sparse
population that way and the scarcity of
water, it was not considered best to do So
However, so soon as the reservoir system
is in operation and water more abundant
at all seasons of the year, the department
may change to that route.
On Saturday evening about O'Clock
one of the dams of the Aqua Pura COM
pany at Las Vegas hot springs, burst and
let out almost the entire body of water at
once, which went rushing down the can
on, overlooking the ice on all the ponds
below and causing considerable damage
thereto, but the principal damage was to
the dam itself and the ice above it. The
entire pond above the dam was covered
with ice about twelve inches thik, and
very hard and clear. All this ice, which
amounts to hundreds of tons, will proba-
bly, be total loss. A force of men had
just gone to work the day before the break,
cutting and storing this ice, but this acct
dent has put al end to their labors.
John H. Young, of Gerro, N. NJ, was
in town this week or canal business he
is connected with, and which project he
has about consummated. Acanal is to be
taken out of the Red river, which will
carry a volume of water sufficient to irri-
gate over so 600 acres of land. This is
all government lani subject to homestead
and pre-emptlon, it is covered with q
thick growth of sage Brush and is noted
for growing all kinds of cereals and vege-
tables. The elevation of the country is a
little in excess of 5000 feet. The finest
ready apple and peach orchards which
have been bearing for manv years past.
All that is needed now to settle up this
large tract of land is certainty OF water
for irrigation purposes.
A paragraph has recently been going
the rounds of the papers to the effect that
Hon. Antonio Joseph, delegate to con-
gress from New Mexico, was the only
man in that position representing terri
tory of which he was a native. And
now comes Mr.. E. Martinez, of New
Orleans, in a note to the Times-Demo-
crat of that city, in which he says At
the congressional day in our American
exposition, Hon. Antonio Joseph was
with the committee of congressman. l
was presented to him by the commission
er for New Mexico, and finding Mr.. 10.
seph familiar with the Spanish language,
l asked if he was born in Spain. "No,
born right here in New Orleans, but l
would hardly recognize my old home
after the wonderful changes l notice
everywhere since we went to settle in
New Mexico" was his answer. He told
me also that his father came from Por
tugal, married in New Orleans, and after
staying here number Of years, went with
his family to New Mexico.