Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-05-12

1t is expected that Geo. Miles, an ex-
resident of Las Vegas, will take the man
agement of the Plaza hotel.
Pinos Altos Nugget: There are at the
present time altogether too many buns
in this town for the community's good.
Plans and specifications have been
drawn for the building of new Meth
odist church at probable cost of $4,000
at La Mesa, Mesilla valley.
The Black mill on Cherry creek is kept
busy saving ties, plank and timber to fill
the contract the Scott-Black Lumber
company have with the new railroad
Pinos Altos.
"The Chas. W. Greene excursion
party" a wealthy crowd of New Workers,
travelling in special car, are doing the
Pecos valley country with view to max
ing extensive investments.
Significant remark by the Las Vegas
Optic: "Ten years ago at this time of
the year, also seven or eight years ago,
there were heavy falls of snow in this
vicinity"
Stock owners OF New Mexico should
not fail to register their brands with the
secretary of the sanitary board. Only by
such record can he determine the own
ership of strays and illegally butchered
cattle.
Messrs. Nelson Morris, jr., and l.. H.
Swift, two of the Chicago "Big Four"
were in the city to-day, and left for the
east. Their visit to the Meadow city
bodies matters of importance, which no
doubt will soon be made public. Las
Vegas Optic.
The name of G. L. Brooks, of Albu-
querque, secretary of the Cattle associa-
citation, is now connected with the pro-
prietorship Of the Las Vegas Stock
Grower. There is talk of removing the
establishment to Albuquerque.
Rye, millet and oats on the Blanken-
ship and Scoggins places, near town,
measures from five and half to six feet
in height. The first crop has already been
cut for hay. Irrigation and industry
works wonders in this county.-Eddy
Argus.
Something not until very recently
known is salt lick between Ready Pay
gulch and the county road. 1t shows
signs of frequent use, and probably is a
favorite resort for deer and other animals
which like seasoning in their vegetables.
-Hillsboro Advocate.
Thursday night last in passing through
the Ration tunnel, cattle train pulled
in two and the hind end ran into the
front end. The accident was not known
till the train reached Wooton's, then it
was found that one Car had impinged on
another and five head of cattle had been
killed.
At La Mesa the Rio Grande is still ris-
ing and the approaches to the bridge at
Earlham on the west side are being wash
ed away. Not less than $4,000 or $1,000
will be rquired to make permanent road
bed and to keep the channel of the river
in place, or in the near future the bridge
will span nothing but dry land.
One of the most successful farmers in
San Juan county is woman-Mrs. An
derson of La Plata. She is business like
and energetic, her place is always in the
best of order, everything is just as it
should be, and she makes farming pay.
San Juan Index: On the La Plata
good deal of land is being cultivated on
the high mesa above the Hillside ditch,
and will be planted in small grain. Frank
V. Williams will plant forty acres, G. E.
Magraw forty, j. w. McDermott forty
j. w. Hopkins forty, @. H. Hornbogen
sixty, John Real thlry and August Miller
twenty-five.
Last week Rappal, Lamb & Co., of
Chicago, had on the Kansas City market
200 head of New Mexico stockers, which
they had shipped from Deming, N. M.
They were from the Diamond herd of
Head 4 Hurst; 181 of the lot averaged
1872 pounds and sold for $500 per 100, and
rs averaging 093 pounds sold for 50. rs per
100.
A patrol is being kept up aleng the
railroad track north OF San Marcial, not
for fear OF the river, but to guard against
the cutting of the railroad embankment
by maliciously disposed persons. The
Valverde side Of the valley is under water
and the people there, it is claimed
threaten to relieve themselves by cutting
the opposite bank which would food a
big region of country now comparatively
safe.
Las Cruces Republican: Hatton Bros
broom factory is turning out lots of
brooms, having used up all the broom
corn raised in the valley last year. They
are now receiving baled broom corn from
Kansas. A very large acreage of that
article will be planted here this season.
Messrs. Perry, Gibson and Shrader have
already planted 100 acres, and many
others will put in large crops.
The Deming Headlight learns that there
is likely to be general failure of the fruit
crop, more especially OF the earlier varl-
cites, in the Mormon colonies south of
Deming, in Mexico, from late frosts. This
is the first time so extensive destruction
of fruit by frost has ever occurred in those
localities. The grain and vegetable crops,
however, all promise an abundant yield,
the best that has ever been known.
Miss M. E. de Settle, one of the Pres
byterian lady Indian teachers at the Zuni
pueblo, her assistant being Miss Carrie
Pond, was passenger from the west
last night. Prof. Goldman, of the Pres
byterian Indian school here, called on the
lady at the San Felipe this morning, and
during her vacation of a few weeks she
will enjoy portion of the time at the
school and the remainder with Miss Con-
nelly, of the city.-Albuquerque Citizen,