Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-08-05
TERRITORIAL TIPS.


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The FL Paso Bullion prints an excellent
wrlte'up OF White Oaks and the splendid
resources of that region.
The food in the river near Deming had
the effect of totally demolishing the stone
dam at the ranch of J. 2. Byron.
A passenger train made the run from
Ration to Las Vegas, a distance of 1l0,
miles, in two hours and fifty minutes,
making four stops on the trip down.
Fred Faulkner wanted to show fight,
yesterday, when they put him into a
guarded cell. He had to be overcome
and put into the cell by force. Las Vegas
Optic.
Jos. L. Saint sold to W. s. Hopewell,
OF Sierra county, his trottng mare Span
ish Maid, and his team OF blacks for $5,-
600. Mr.. Saint has invested the proceeds
of the sale in mines at Hillsboro -Albu
querque Citizen.
5Parcho GARLIC, recently an inmate of
the penltentlary, got into difficulty at Las
Cruces with Pancho Samora. GARLIC
shot at Samora, missed him and struck
bystander in the arm. GARLIC was prompt
ly arrested and lodged in Jail.
Last Sunday W. II. Jack and J. S.
Daugherty shipped from Ration eleven
cars of splendidly conditioned cattle, to
the Kansas City market. These cattle
were from the Dry Cimarron range and
indicated plenty of excellent feed in that
sectlon.-Raton Range.
Denver, was at Ration on Saturday TO in
vestigate the feasibility and practcabilty
of an electric road to Dlossbnrg and cleo
trio works to Blossburg. He was favor
ably impressed with the outlook and will
make detailed report Of particulars in a
few days.
Albuquerque note: County Surveyor
kilbourne, with corps of surveyors, left
last evening, per buckboards, to COM
mence the work OF surveying the extern
sion of the Fourth street boulevard. 1t
will be several weeks before the work is
completed, as the survey will be made
probably as far as Alameda.
The rate from Denver to Albuquerque
Tor the territorial fair, will be $l4 40 from
Colorado Springs, $ll.50; from Pueblo,
$40. From all points in New Mexico,
including Trinidad and Ell Paso, l cent
per mile, round trip mileage. Tickets
will be sold September 10, to 1G inclusive,
retu m limit September 10. From points
with i'll eighty miles of Albuquerque,
tickets will be sold on September II.
Roswell Record: Two Swiss gentlemen,
Peter Brine and John Fiuson, has pur-
chased ten acres of land west of town,
from Nathan Jaffa, for the purpose OF
truck farm and vineyard. |
They are now at work building houses,
fencing, etc. Since
the tanks on the plains, and those in the
hills to the west of the Pecos, have been
filled by the recent rains, most of the
cn.tlf hSvo left the valley, and are looking
very well.
Las Vegas public school finances
Amount III district treasurer's hands
$2,1l5; amount in county tressurer,s
hands, $275; estimated receipts from
gambling licenses, fines, etc., $4OO: from
of school funds. $500
total, $4790. Estimated expendtpseS
Principals salary, 81 900, nve teachers
salaries, ut $685. each, F2,925; one teach
er's salary, at $3.50, $3.50; one janitor, at
s4S0, $3.50; one secretary's salary $l20;
legal expenses, 800; treasurer's salary
$50 fuel, supplies and incidentals, $500;
interest on coupons, $l,05O bills unpaid,
S239; total, 1864; deficiency as per
above estimate, $2,774, The committee
recommends tax levy of not less than
3 mills, to make good any deficiency.
Last Tuesday the Raton Water Works
was served with injunction
papers enjoining the company from taking
water out of the Sugarite. The spplca-
ion was signed by L. Sproule and Harry
Smith, but it IS generally understood and
believed that they were advised to take
his step by enemies of the town and its
prosperity. The court has
modified the injunction against the Ration
Water Works company 30 as to give the
half the water flowing down the
creek. As the water company does not
require one eighth of the water, this is
rather liberal concession. Had the
court understood the situation the injunc-
lion never would have been issued
Rstoh Range.