Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-02-19
TERRITORIAL TIPS.

Mrs. Rebeccs Elder, aged So died q
heart failure at Albuquerque.
The total taxable value of property II
San Juan county is 1868, 22S79, whiGl
isn't bad.
Eddy town lots have been advancinr
100 per cent in the last few days. Water
does it.
Arrangements are in hand for grand
ball at Pennington in honor Of Washing
toms birthday.
Gov. Slower has convicted the morninG,
sheet of downright SANDER of New Mex
ico's public school system Citizen.
Mr.. j. NJ. May, the Sunday school or
ganizer and colporteur, having finished his
work in San Juan county, is goirg to other
parts of the territory
Jesse" James is reported in Durango,
speculating in real estate and benetitno
greatly by the boom. He is also reported
to have won a big lawsuit that has brought
him a whole pot of money.
Albuquerque note: George Miles, who
for the past fourteen months has had
charge of the Plaza hotel at Las Vegas, is
in the city negotiating to buy or take
hold of one of Albuquerque's principal
hosteries.
A stock man from Colorado has pur-
chased ninety-three burros from the Hub.
hell brothers, at Pajarta, and has also at
their place los mules. They will be
shipped to the gentIeman's ranch in
southern Colorado in few days.
E. s. Clark, at one time manager OF the
now deceased Albuquerque journal, has
been appointed supervisor of the census
for Arizona. Elias is good fellow, and
will fill the place excellently well. He is
now foreman of the Arizona Journal
Miner.
The Denver Republican, after careful
and accurate review of the irrigation pros
poets for this territory, concludes its
article by saying: New Mexico has not
for several years enjoyed anything like a
boom, but it begins to look now as
though its time tor prosperity were COM
ing SOON"
George Krauss, for the past year one of
the valuable clerks at W. G. Leonard &.
Cos, has resigned his position and will
engage in other pursuits in Albuquerque
At first George contemplated visiting the
new state OF Washington, but believes that
young man can do as we'll here as any
where. Albuquerque Citizen.
E. s. Stafford, agent of the American
Building Il Loan association of Mime.
apolis, is still here. He is more confident
than ever that his company will come out
of their troubles all right, and it will be
proven that rival company is at the bot
tom of all the difficulty. --Citizen. 1t was
only few days ago that Mr.. Stafford an.
nounced that he had resigned because OF
The fact that his concern was not straight
The stories don't tally.
A bold attempt at burglary was made
on the west side at an early hour this
morning. About 4 o'clock the private
Waterman employed by Charles Ilfeld te
guard his store houses at night, heard
some one attempting to break in the front
door OF the furniture building, adjoining
Mr., llfeld's three.story building. The
Waterman FASTENED to where the SOUND
OF the blows on the door came from, anG
when he got near the place the would-be
burglar took to his heels. The Waterman
fired four shots at him from revolver but
none of them struck the flying rascal, who
made good his escape.-Uptic.
The shades of night were falling down
as through frontier Kansas town there
passed schooner" long and wide, with
this strange legend on each side: "Irriga-
ton" The people shouted to the man
who was in charge of the strange van,
"Where art thou bound?' The man re.
piled: "My answers on the 'schooner's'
side: Irrigation 20, pause before it is
too late, and tarry in this fertile state,
where you can raise big crops; in fine ~
The stranger pointed to the sign, "lrri-
cation" "Why seek the wild and woody
west? O, listen to our calm request
Stay with us here, take our advice" The
stranger said, "See the device, Irri-
CATION? p" The van moved on, the people
cried, 80, you had better here abide"
Back came voice, sonorous, clear, "I'm
going to try Il hope you hear Irrigation. -
But you will fail, " they all did shout; 'of
this there can't be any doubt" A faint
voice from distance cried, my answers
on my wagons side: Irrigation" He
Travelled on, he travelled far, he followed
the empire star, until he came to this fair
vale, where as farmer he can't fail. IT.
rigation.-( From Irrigation and Other
Poems," by James Fewclothes, of Eddy.