Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-08-01

about month. The yield will be large
for vines that were planted but a year
and half ago.
Under the heading of Suburban
Sheaves," in the Ell Paso Times local col
umns, is an Eddy item. Next thing, the
Times will be claiming that Alaska is a
suburb of Ell Paso.
The first load of ripe watermelons of
this seasons growth in the Pecos valley
came in last Monday from one of the
Swiss farms on Black river. They were
of excellent quality and sold at from 25
to 90 cents each.
Charles Bornand, one of the Swiss set
tiers, has 5000 fruit trees growing upon
six acres in alfalfa. He also raised twelve
acres of rye this year. His place is
named ''Santa Fe farm" All the Swiss
settlers are doing we'll.
The new reservoir will be finished by
the middle of September. The dam is
1855 feet long, 305 fest wide at the base
and has height of tifty-two feet. The
crown of the rock dam is seventy four
feet and of the earth dam six feet. The
reservoir has capacity of 8,000,000,000
cubic feet, and the water will submerge
8,10O acres.
From the Guadaloupe range down on
the Texas line, up through the Sacra-
mentos, the White mountains and the
upper Pecos, rains fall almost daily.
The hills now furnish excellent grass for
sheep and cattle. There is scarcely day
that rain does not fall somewhere along
the line of railroad from Eddy.
There is under consideration plan to
effectively advertise this valley by means
of travelling car of exhibits. Tho col
lection in the immigration office can east
ly be made quite the equal of the Califor-
MIA collection that has been wheeled over
the east. If arranged, it will go first to
Chicago and then make tour of agricul-
tural states. The Santa Fe railway COM
pany has agreed to haul the car free of
charge.
SPRINGER SPRAYS.
Somebody stole one Of Mr.. Cureton's
stage horses out of his corral at Springer.
H. Fischer, German shoemaker who
had been in Springer few months,
turned up missing Sunday morning and
several of his creditors are wondering
"where he is at"
Notice is given that there will be
meeting of the board of school examiners
of Colfax county, N. NJ, for the examina-
tion of teachers, at Springer, on the 22d
day of August.
Johnny Burnett, a boy of about 1G, who
formerly lived in Springer with his
mother, hard working honest woman,
was brought here Saturday from Catskill,
The Spanish ladies of Springer gave a
dance at Cowan's building Tuesday night.
1t was real nice affair, attended by
large party, and its successful manage
ment was due to Mrs. Robt. Cowan.
Capt. Sturges, editor of the Springer
Stockman, is rich man. He has fine
newspaper, a lovely, intelligent daughter,
and this daughter has brought him SON.
in-law who is one of the rising young men
of New Mexico.
Robt. Stepp's barn and two pigs and two
horses went up in smoke and Rev. Hyde's
barn also. The Stockman says: The
origin of the fire is understood to be from
the children of Stepp smoking cigarettes
in the barn and loss of about $1,000 Is
the lesson taught the parents.
SAN JUAN SETTINGS.
Fresh peaches are coming into market.
James Laughren's hotel in Pennington
is nearing completion.
B. NJ. Prewitt, of the San Juan, talks of
buying property in Aztec and becoming
resident of this growing town.
Three families passed through Aztec
Wednesday seeking favorable locations.
They came from Kansas and Texas.
Nesh-kai Hay, the Indian murderer, is
considering the feasibility of turning up
his toes before swinging time comes.
An agent for the government, accom-
panied by an Indian policeman, was in
Pennington Saturday on the lookout for
horses for the government service. The
horses desired must be 1900 pounds and
upward in weight.
party of movers passed through town
Wednesday, and when asked by guile
less reporter whittier bound, one of them
unrolled ten or twelve feet of himself and
replied that they didn't care d--m so
they got work.
Last Friday night the court house at
junction City burned to the ground dur