Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1892-08-30
Territorial Items.


1t Is rumored that Albuquerque
is to have another democratit
daily.
A ffuit car has left Las Cruces
and Mesilla Park daily since the
9th instant.
Carpenters viii begin work on
the concentrator at the Bennett
Stevenson mine on the first Of
September.
The Laks Valley Silver Mining
company are now working fifty
men on their properties, taking
out from six to seven tons of high
grade ore per month.
The election at San Marcial for
the purpose of voting on propo-
sition to levy a special tax for
school purposes, carried with but
two dissenting votes.
Frank E. Lester, librarian and
clerk at the agricultural college,
has returned to Las Cruces from
his Eastern trip and is attending
to his duties at the college.
A contract has been made by
the Territorial fair management
with one of the finest bands in the
Southwest for music during the
entire week Of the fair.
Engineer J. P. McMurray, who
was among the New Mexico
Knights Templar at Denver, is
home again. He looked as if he
had been on a crusade to Jerusa-
lem, like a sir knight of old.
The Miles Standish mine at
Lake Valley, bonded to Eastern
parties, is working four men, tax
ing out ore. Their first car of ore
was shipped last week by Kelly &
Miller.
Corporal J. NJ. Tanner left for
Wichita, Kan, Monday afternoon.
He was much pleased with his
visit to Chloride, and while there
increased his investments and let
contracts for important develop
ment work.
]. F. Cook claims the distinction
of being the only living man who
served in the confederate army as
a private, and the still greater dis
tinction of being the only man in
Socorro county who is not candi-
date for some Office.
At TERRA Blanca district the
Copper Bell mine is working under
lease and bond, a renewal of which
has just been secured. The Cop.
per Bell is working BhFee men
and regular shipments of $400 and
$500 dollar ore is being male
through Kelly & Miller of Lake
Valley.
The educational department o.
the fair has heretofore been neg
lected, and though the schools arr
not in session at present, it is very
desirable to make a beginning thi
year. Prof. G. e. Hodgin ha
been appointed to take charge o
this work, and he hopes that edu
Gators oil over the Territory will
take an interest in this exhibit
preliminary to the worlds fair.
Samuel Hughes, manager D
the Transill farm. took into Edd,
a sample sheaf of oats that stand
about waist high. 1t has remarka
bly, large heads well filed wit
solid grain. He has forty acres @
: this, which he will save for seec
He has a lot of Egyptian corn tha
stands about FIVE and a half fee
high, and promises to yield
splendid crop.
The Atchison, Topeka and SAINT
Fe and Atlantic and Pacific raj
g roads will transport stock at ha
! rates and passengers at one cent
mile from Trinidad, El Paso, ST
q YER City, Needles and intermediaf
J points to Albuquerque, for Il
! fair. From Denver to intermed
ate points to Trinidad one fare {,
. the round trip, then one cent p,
!. mile 70 Albuquerque and return
Trinidad.
The date of the Southwest silt
q convention, to be held in RI Pas
Il has been fixed for December
y 1892. Professor Longuemare, e
2 itor Of that excellent mining wee
q ly, the El Paso Bullion, is int
N esting himself with his accustom
a energy to make the convention
D. success, and as there is no such
rs word as fail in his vocabulary,