Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-11-22
TERRITORIAL TIPS.


Farmers here are very busy cutting and
stacking their sorghum hay.
Many fields OF rye, wheat and barley
and, also, young alfalfa put in in October,
look very nicely.
There are millions" of ducks on the
Eddy lake. They are not easy of access,
however. There are many fine mallardsD
The splendid Hester orchestra of Ell
Peso, assisted by local vocal talent, gave
a public concert at the court house. under
the auspices of the Eddy club.
The Argus will answer any and all ques-
tions relating to the resources, climate
and products of the Pecos valley country
that may be propounded by mail, and
will do so gratuitiously.
The casing for the artesian well is be-
ing put down. The bottom of the shaft
| is in quicksand. Sand-rock and q big,
+, gushing stream of water are supposed to
be near. If necessary the well is to go
down 400 feet further.
The following are some of the new ar
rivals in Eddy who come to stay! H. Con-
way, painter, f. Snyder, engraver, of
Battle Creek, Mich; H. Dersand health
seeker, Chetopa, Kas.;J. +. Cressy, build
er, Maine; George Baker, farmer, Van
Vert, Ohio; &. F. Strong, planning mill
protector.
The Eddy club gave its first social re-
ception on Friday night. Among the
visitors were W. P, Bonbright, ir., and W.
F. Fisher of Colorado Springs Col. Idus
Fielder, of Silver City, N. NJ. W. S.
Whittlesey, of Ypsilante, Mich. Hon.
Thomas B. Catron, of Santa Fe, N, NJ. W.
l.. Ryan, of Lincoln, n. NJ; W. NJ. Gillian,
of Philadelphia; Geo, B. Barber, of Lin
coin county, N. NJ.
Mr.. Powell, secretary of tho Metro
politan Trust company, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, in writing to order this paper
sent to him, says: IL have heard so much
of that section of country during the
past year from A. W. Holmes, of Chi
cago, that | am becoming inoculated
with the idea that the Pecos valley must
be to this age and generation as was
the promised land to the children of
Israel"
The first homegrown wheat ever sold
in this vicinity was marketed last week
from the Gregory farm, just below Eddy.
The crop was 235 bushels 1t was not
sown with view to wheat raising but
was mixed with alfalfa. The sowing was
done over a considerable tract, but
the harvest was taken from only about
thirty acres. Crops of alfalfa have been
taken from the same land The variety
was the Mediterranean. The crop is bet
ter than the seed used. L. G. Shields
bought the entire quantity to use for
seeding, at 81 per bushel.
vEGAs vAGARIEs,
The Daily Free Press has suspended
publication.
The Optic announces with exceeding
sorrow the death of Mrs. II. P. Brown.
Enrique H. Salazar, school superintcn-
dent-elect, has disposed of his interest in
La Voz, to Felix Martinez.
Chris Sellman has received two wild
geese, young, as a present, from Editor
Sturges, of the Springer Stockman.
DR.. VIM. Sparks and family have
moved to town from the ranch; they are oc-
cupying rooms in the Cochran adobe, on
Zion hill.
Wilson Waddingham, the royal-hearted
millionaire, and R. j. Hinton, the leading
American authority on irrigation, left last
night for San Marcial.
SAN JUAN NOTES.
Antonio Barry, of Pine river, was in
Pennington, Monday, trying to buy hay
for 7. d. Burns, who wants to feed a bunch
of wethers this winter.
County commissioners appointed j. A.
Koontz, j. W. McDermott, S. D. Webster,
C. II. McHenry and l.. r. L. Paulin as
delegates from San Juan county to the
Western Slope congress at Durango.
The Navajoes are bringing fresh veni-
son in every day. Tuesday couple of
them killed two fat bucks across the San
Juan opposite Junction City. A number
are hunting north from Flora Vista q
short distance.
1t is reported that work will be com
menced soon on the LIE Count ditch on
the upper San Juan. We are unable to
trace the runner to any authentic source,
but believe from Mr.. LIE Counts last talk
in regard to the enterprise that it is very
pIoDdDlc'
Some few days before election, Mex-
ican by the name of Navor Montoya was
thrown violently from his horse and in
Iured so badly that he died. Montoya
was resident of Nacimiento. and at the
time was working for Crisostomo Domin-
guez.
Assar Pipkin and wife with two sons
and their wives passed through Farming
ton with their teams, some cattle and
eighty-fve head Of horses. They intend
to settle in the vicinity of Fruitland and
will be welcome addition to that enter
prising burg. Mr. Pipkin has been re-
siding in Cebolleta near Fort Wingate,
but the altitude made it an undesirable
country, the snow being too deep, hence
his leaving it for the San Juan.
ALBUQUERQUE ATOMS
The Commercial club gave the
gllsh colonists an informal reception.