Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-05-29
NEWS NUGGETS.
Various Itenas Of News Gathered from Cur
Exchanges and other Sources.

Shaft: There is no excuse for not
mine because you're not
able to hire a man to help get the
dirt out of the way. Ben Pears, of
Hermosa, and II. Hickox, have now in
operation a rig with which one man
can take the dirt out a depth OF 100
feet easier than it can be done by two
men with a windlass. It is very sim
pie, easily operated, and to see it is to
adopt It at once. In the first place
you erect a frame as you would for a
.vhim, put in high stationary wheel
to draw the bucket up close to one
side Of the shaft on top have a trap
door to cover one-third OF the shaft so
that the bucket when hOisted viii
catch and rise and fan so as to empty
itself A small cord attached to the
bottom OF the bucket so as to swing IL
over the trap door is all one needs,
and one man alone can easily sink a
shaft to almost any depth, provided
he has pluck to go ahead. Any one
can see the process in operation at
Pears 81 Hickoxs mine in Hermosa.
Try it. 1t is simple, bun true all the
same.
Gazette: The Kid, the noted Apache
leader, who is now off the reservation,
and engaged in hissnefarious work is a
young, slim Apache. as quick as
tightening and as cunning as a fox.
The Kid speaks English fuently, and
in many ways he is a surprisingly
bright fellow. Accompanying him
selfand band of ten is a white man
who is well known in Arizona as
TEX, desperate assassin. Tex is
is an out and out renegade and has
linked his fortune with this rowing
band Of Apaches. The Kid returns
frequently to the San Carlos res
ervation for recuits and always man
ages to steal few young squaws upon
each Of these visits. The military
have a party of Apache scouts after
the Kid now, but it is no secret to the
people of Arizona, that they assist
nina by every means at their command.
Thus this farce continues.
Between Ration and Springer some
thing like 100 miles Of irrigation ca
nails have been built by the Maxwell
company and $1,000 acres Of the
choicest fruit and alfalfa lands in
New Mexico have brought under these
several irragation systems.
There is seine prospect now that the
celebrated Cole collection OF native
curios, so long packed up and await
ing payment for by the Historical
society, at Santa Fe, will soon be
opened and placed on exhibition at
the rooms of the Historical society.
The carrfully-conducted census bu-
reau makes public the statement that
in New Mexico there are 3,OS5 farms
irrigated out of a total OF Of All not
including those Of the Pueblo Indians.
Stockman: Thirty Indian recruits
for the regular army, enlisted at San
Carlos, arrived Sunday evening In
charge of Lieut. Dodge, twenty-fourth
infantry, and three colored soldiers,
en- route to Mt. Vernon barracks, Ala
bama, where the remaining vacancies
will be filed from Geronimo's band
and the company assigned to the 18th
infantry. They we're a military look
ing set Of Indians when they came in
town, but from Fort Grant until with
in mile Of town they peeled every
thing except the gee string and a red
bandana around their brow, and even
then took turns in riding a govern
ment wagon. A halt was made tC
rest and make their toilet outside OF
town and all appeared marching down
Main street in full field uniform, but
toned up to the chin. and quite mum
Der Of them had their raven locks Cut
short in camp, to give the cap better
ft. They are sturdy lot Of young
men and are anxious to learn the way
Of soldier.
Tungstate of lime has been dlscoy
Grad in the Chiricahua mountains
seven miles south from Bowie station
1t is employed in the arts to harder
steel tools when required for specia
purposes where special hardness is dc
sired.
The states of Colorado, Montana
and Wyoming have located stock in
spector at Ration, who lnspects all cat
tie destined to those states.
Maxwell City will have a pickle fac
tory with a cunning establishment
for vegetables in OPERATION in time 70
this seasons crop.
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A Ray Of Hope
For all who are held by the chains o
scrofula or other diseases Of the bloo'
comes from Hoods Sarsaparllla, whicl