The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1892-09-23

process Of construction, two more under con.
tract and they arc all engaged and not = va
SAINT house in town.
Johnny Carr, who was resident Of Black
Hawk, Grant county, made an attempt to lar.
lat bronco horse, and In doing so got close
enough 70 receive fatal kick in the stomach
from tho heels of the wild animal.
J. r. Hyland, editor of the Kingston SHAFT,
says that the cattle are in very bad condition
and tho loss will be very large. Around
Defining there Ia no grass Whatever, and the
cattle arc living on mesquite beans.
| The United States Indian school opened a,
Santa Fe, with some seventy-fve pupils.
Superintendent Cart will be running to the
full limit Of 200 In the course of q few weeks.
Pupils are coming In almost daily.
| On the carbonate belt, in Sierra county, n
large body Of heavy manganese ore has been
developed by Strickland & Co. Such ore Is
| In great demand for the Hillsboro smcter,
which so far has been dependent on Kingston
for Its supply Of this necessary huxing ma.
| terlal.
The penitcntlary board at Santa Fe ordered
the immediate construction of large two
story building to be utilized rs hospital, fe-
| male ward and workshop; also, directed hat
the work OF enclosing the grounds with n
twclve-foot brick wall be commenced. The
superintendent reports about 0OO, 600 brick on
hand.
In the rock-drilllng contest at Albuquerque
on the 10th, open 10 Southwestern miners, In
hard granite, the Hadlcy team, comprising
Frank L. Cheney and James II. Barry OF
Cooks Peak, New Mexico, beat the worlds
record by reaching 33iG inches In Is minutes
The best previous record was made at Helena,
Montana, 30 $40 inches.
Thomas Brown, n freight brakeman on the
Atchson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad be-
tween Las Vegas and Albuquerque, was kill
Gu Monday night BY f;tillng from the top of
his train and striking bridge near Fulton.
1t is supposed he lost his footing while round
Ing curve, running at high rate Of speed.
He leaves family consisting Of wife and
two children living at Las Vegas.
The territorial survcyor-general has been
notified that Mark Howell, OF Roswell, has
completed the survey of the boundary line
between Chavez county and the state Of
Texas, having the cooperation Of Mr..
Twtchell, representing the state of Texas.
This line has long been In dispute. As now
definitely located several fine ranches and
farms are shown 10 be situate In New Mexico
Texas.
The first annual convention OF the South.
| western Wool-Growcrs' Association convened
in the opera house at Albuquerque on the
10th with about 400 delegates present. CALI
fornia, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming,
Arizona and New Mexico being literally rep
resented. Hon. Bradford l.. Prince, governor
OF New Mexico, opened the convention with
an appropriate address, after which Hon. r.
L. White OF ColoraCo was elected permanent
chairman and J. +. Daggs Of Arizona sccrc-
tary.
AT Saturdays session the committee on
resolutions reported strong series of rcsolu-
tions leaning toward protection, viewing with
alarm the recent attempt In Congress to place
wool upon the free list MS fatal blow mt the
industry aud states that the present tariff
law Is the best measure for the protection Of
the wool grower and sheep husbandman. The
resolutions were finally adopted, but some de-
bated that they psrtook OF political nature
Mr.. Bachelor Of Colorado, tried to get q sill
yer plank In the resolutions, bu; II was de-
fcatcd. A resolution In favor OF New Mexico
being admitted as state and also naming
Albuquerque the place OF meeting for the
next Interstate Wool Convention was passed
The Pecos Irrigation and Improvement com.
pany has lately commenced work with large
force Of men and teams, on the Iiondo dam,
twelve mile, above Roswell the franchise for
which this company bought from the First
New Mexican Reservoir aud Irrigation com
pany some months ago. The dam Is to be ..
so feet long, 81 feet high, aud In Its con-
s,ruction go, 600 cubic yards Of ~ a,crial will
be used The reservoir viii be six miles long,
one and half miles Wide, with an average
depth Of Is feet, will submcrgc aO14 acres OF
land, and will store nearly zoos, Oj0, 900 cubic
| feet of water.