Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-02-21

The Mimbrcs ON Saturday last ia
company with p. }. Flynn, the
irrigation engineer from Los An-
geles, who has been acting as con-
aulting engineer with Mr.. Clapp
in preparing plans for the con-
s~truction Of a submerged dam
across the Mimbrcs valley at
Kings ranch. The dam will be
$500 feet long, and is intended to
cut off and raise the water which
flows along the bedrock about IL
feet from the surface. The water
thus developed will be sufficient
70 irrigate from 5000 to 10000
acres. While Mr.. Smith was in
Chicago some three weeks since,
the Rio Mimbres Irrigation Com
pany was organized under the
laws of Illinois. The officers of
the company are: A. G.. S~palding,
president; Frank w. Smith, vice
president and general manager;
II. +. Grierson, secretary and L.
II. Andrews, treasurer. The gem
eral Offices of the company are in
Chicago. The construction of the
dam and bitches will be rapidly
carried to completion and the
company ready to deliver water
in a short time. A much larger
project is under consideration
by this company, bnt will not be
pushed until more thorough in
vestigations regarding water are
made. Rio Grande Republican.
The authorities Of the Agricult-
ural College at Las Cruces intend
to adopt strict measures with re-
gard to infectious diseases, and
for the future all students who
may he absent through sickness
will be obliged to bring a doctors
certificate upon their return.
The Lawn Tennis Club Of Las
Cruces has challenged the Dem
ing club to a friendly contest.
Another big lot of machinery
was loaded at Carthage last week,
including a sixteen thousand
pound boiler. All for the Old Abe
mining company at White Oaks.
The well boring machine of Rev.
Bush, who has the contract for
boring for the Artesian Water
company at Albuquerque, has
arrived. The location of the well
has not yet been selected by the
company.
The enlargement of the Harvey
eating house at Albuquerque is
in prospect.
Hon. Anastacio Barela is secur.
Jug the names of many members
of the Legislature and other prom
inent persons to a petition for the
appointment of Hon. John Ryan,
to the position of receiver of pub
lie moneys for the land Office at
Las Cruces.
G. A. Robinson, ex-sheriff Of
Socorro county, has gone to his
new home in Florida, and by the
first Of March he will be followed
by his wife and children.
Martin Wegmann, Of Hermosa,
has gone to Lexington, KY, where
he has entered a medical college
for the purpose of perfecting him
self for the practice of medicine.
The Standard smelter is run
ming economically and successful
ly at Hillsborough and turning
out large quantities of very rich
matte. A feature of the week has
been the smelling of silver ore
from Kingston in conjunction with
sulphide concentrates from the
Hillsborough mines.
About a hundred M~exicans with
teams are engaged in building a
colony irrigation ditch from a
point a few miles below Rincon
to Dona Ana.
Supplies for the Inter Republic
Company's headquarters at the
Placers ARE arriving every day.
Big operations are contemplated
for this season.
Capt. Paul and j. P. Massie
returned from Louisiana with 80
people whe will locate in the
Pecos valley, mostly near Malaga.
A large part of the colony were
compelled to remain behind on
account Of the prevalence of the