Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-05-28

CT. Lummis, the graceful writer of
western sketches, who is also postmaster
at lsleta, Valencia county, this territory,
has prepared series of letters of bis
recent pedestrian tour from Ohio to Cali
fornia. A Chicago publisher will issue
the book.
The government report on irrigation in
the United States, says that even ten acres
of land, capable of irrigation, IN New Mex
leo, Arizona or southern California, may
form more valuable homestead than 16O
acres of open prairie in the humid Sec
tons. The governments statement is
correct.
A petition is being industriously circu-
lated about the streets, asking the town
authorities to call an election to vote on
the proposition for the erection of new
water works. The people would seem to
be in earnest about the matter, although
some citizens may have axes to grind at
the expense of the tax payers. Vegas
Optic.
The posse under Deputy Sheriff Barney
Clark which left here Thursday evening
for the upper Vermejo, to relieve Pedro
Chaves and others, " no were surrounded
! by Mexicans, and believed their lives to
be in danger, were successful in their at
tempt, without any bloodshed, and
brought the families who were threatened
in safety to town.-Raton Reporter.
Ration Reporter: A party of gentle
men from Lexington, Neb., consisting Of
J. G. Barnes, W. w. Leek, F. P. Kreitz,
J. W. Smith, G. L. Erwin, S. B. Carr, w.
O. Stewart and W. T. Huey, were in the
city Saturday with view to purchasing
land from the Maxwell grant. They left
for Maxwell City Oh Sunday morning to
look over the field, and if favorably i'm
pressed will return to Nebraska and make
preparations to locate here. They will
return next month when the party will
be incr eased to twenty-five.
The Navajos, at Fort Wingate, are
greatly exercised just now over the at
tempt to take their children to school at
Grand junction, Colo. They say they
want their children at home, and, further
more, that those who have formerly gone
to this school have been cruelty treated
and abused. A school agent who recent
ly attempted to remove party OF children
to the school was unceremoniously hus-
tied off the reservation it is said and
warned not to return if he valued his life.
Las Vegas Optic.
A public school building, a city build
ing, Masonic building, and CONNER
cial club building, are among the neces-
sites of the near future. The school build
ing is approaching completion. The
bonds for the city building have been sold.
The stock in the Masonic building is be-
ing rapidly applied for. The Commercial
club rooms will be matter of future con-
sideration. 1t will thus be seen that the
only one of these public enterprises, now
before the public, is the Masonic Temple.
Las Vegas Optic.
No one passing through Box canon be-
tween Hillsborough and Kingston forgets
its grand and wondrous beauty. The
Irishman looking at Niagara and asked if
it wasn't really wonderful to behold the
huge volume of water go tumbling and
seething over the falls, said he didn't
think so because "Phat the devil was to
hindther - but even Pat would be I'M
pressed with the wonders of our Box
canon, and the man who will take it to
the Worlds fair will make a fortune
Sierra County Advocate.
Silver City Enterprise: Ex.Sherif
Whitehill was arrested Saturday last fol
allowing Sid Mullen, who was under ar.
rest as an accomplice in the killing Of
Huey Fox, to escape. 1t was generally
supposed that Sid was out on bond, but
if bond was ever given it can not be
found. Sid loafed around town until the
grand jury met, when he turned uE
missing. Whitehill's bond for appear
ance was fixed at $500, which was given
He informs the Enterprise that he has
men out after Sid and thinks that he will
get him.
Angus Campbell brought to the Enter.
prise office yesterday bunch of altilera
the native grass of California, which was
grown this year on the Pipe Line ranch,
without irrigation. The grass resembles
alfalfa. The stalks brought to this Office
were eighteen inches in length. Mr..
Campbell thinks the grass will grow any
: where on these plains and mountains
without irrigation, and will produce two
crops per year. 1t makes splendid feed
Silver City Enterprise.
Charles Campbell, who has a ranch
about mile above A. Bush's place on the
Frisco, Grant county, was found dead in
, his cabin few days since. 1t was sup
posed that he had been dead seven O,
eight days. He had been shot through
the back, from which it is inferred that
he had been murdered, although no
motive can be assigned for the crime
Some few things were missing, and it i:
said that Indian signs was found in the
neighborhood. 1t does not seem to BIZ
the impression of people from that sec
ton that he was killed by Indians.