Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-07-14
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
Copious rains in Grant county.
Sierra county's debt is 81 900.

Copious rains in Grant county.
Sierra county's debt is 81 900.
Las Cruces is exporting burros to Ken
lucky.
The population OF Ration is abou
1000.
1t has rained at Springer daily during
the past week.
The valuation OF lands in Colfax coun
ty, for taxation, has been fixed by the
county board at $l.25 per acre.
No less than six men have met with
violent deaths in this territory within
thirty days. Is it not time to call halt
Black Range.
G. r. Eykyn and G. N. Northup, Of
Laramie, Wyo., last week purchased q
500 2-year old weathers from T. D.
Burnes and $500 from W. F. Burnes.
The copper property of the Humboldt
Mining company, situated at Shakes.
peare, was sold at sheriff's sale last week
E. G. Montgomery, of Lincoln, Neb., be-
came the purchaser. Consideration, $22,.
900.
|. M. Mckinney, OF Kingston, is cultivat-
ing the largest garden in southern New
Mexico and dug from it the other day
three beets which weighed seventeen
pounds. Pretty good beets for this time
of year in mountain country,
Miss Alice Cass was rendered a COM
plimentary dance and supper by her
Chloride friends last Wednesday night.
The dance was given in Blain & Cam
eron's hall, and the sumptuous supper
served at the residence OF Mrs. Don Cam
eron.-Chlorlde Black Range.
The Commercial club Of Albuquerque
is about erecting $4,000 structure. The
enterprising business men are alive to the
interests of that city. The Commercial
club is composed of its leading citizens
and its aims are not alone social, but to
advance the material interests of the city
as well.
w. G. Waring, of Silver City, is en-
deavoring to have complete geological
survey made of Grant county. A num-
Der of mining men have already expressed
a willingness to assist in this matter,
which will undoubtedly be of great benefit
to the mining interests of the county.
The estimated cost of the work is $4,000.
The bonds now being printed by the
American Bank Note company, as the
first mortgage on the first ten miles, now
graded, of the Silver City, Pinos Altos
and Mogollon railroad have all been sub
scribed for and will be issued immediate
ly. The selling price was but trife be-
low par. The traffic OF the baby road
will pay handsome profit over and
above all operative expenses and the
benefit the country will derive from this
enterprise will greatly aid and stimulate
the settlement and development of the
regions through which the road will
traverse. Contracts for ties, lumber, etc.,
will soon be advertised, and as soon as
delivered the work OF laying the rails will
be begun.
Ration Range: For several months past
the Maxwell Cattle company and other
cattle owners have been put to the trouble
of looking up the financial standing of one
Benjamin Hodges, who offers to buy steers
without putting up sufficient collateral.
He lately deposited his note for $4,000
in the Bank of Cofey, Smithley & Co., Of
South Omaha, offering as security deed
to the Corpus Christie grant, description
of which showed it to be located few
miles southwest OF Ration, in the very cen.
ter Of the Maxwell grant. This man is
no doubt one of the cranks who two years
ago addressed the assessor of Colfax
county under the name Of Hodges Bros,
inquiring how much their taxes were on
their grant, which was then described as
taking in Folsom