Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-02-17
TERkIrORIAL TIPS.
SAN JUAN sIFTrNas.
Junction City has q literary society.


I. G. True, mining expert and cores
pondent of the Mining Age and Denver
Sun, is writing up northeast New Mexico.
Mrs. W. L. Cole, of Pennington, was on
the D. d R. G. car that went down Toltec
gorge with snow slide, and escaped un-
injured.
Ex-Treasurer Juan N. Jaquez' shortage
as shown by thorough examination will
amount to $l,7OO. This amount is given
us by the retiring clerk, John W. Berry.
His bondsmen will investigate the matter
and make it good.
Last Sunday in meeting of the San
Juan cattlemen which occurred at Largo
simple course of procedure was agreed
upon where deemed advisable in order to
retain the rights of the ranchmen and
stockmen upon the San Juan.
The Model Ditch company held it's an
nual election of officers last Saturday.
The following are the officers named for
the ensuing year: President, C. j. Brewer;
Directors, Dan Sullivan, D. F. Daniels
and Ellsworth Wise.
| On the upper San Juan above Largo
nearly every feilily has sickness among
the children. 1t appears in the nature of
a severe cough and sore throat, and in a
number of instances has proved fatal. It
is also equally prevalent throughout the
Mexican settlements in Rio Arriba coun-
ty, as well as our own, and a large num-
Der of the little folks have died from the
malady.
EDDY ECHOES.
Chas. Bornand, of Vaud, will set out g.
600 grape vines this season.
j. B. Reed, en- route from Eddy to Ros-
we'll, was killed by his team running away.
The Pecos Improvement company has
been organized and incorporated at Pc
cos city. Capital $4,000.
Engineer VIM. Moore, in charge of a
party of surveyors, started for the Feliz to
survey the new town of Hagerman, which
is to be located near the river. City En-
gineer Church will look after the work.
E. Mcqueen Gray, from England, pur-
chased last Saturday 120 acres of land
near Vaud, Of the P. I. e. I. company, and
will at once commence the erection Of
buildings thereon, and also have it cleared
and put in shape for cultivation this
season.
A car load of pipe arrived for the
new water service on Hagerman Heights.
Another car is expected in few days.
These two cars have been over six weeks
on the road. Teams are hauling the pipe
on the Heights and the work of laying
them will take place at once.
SPRINGER ITEMS.
Mr.. James Lynch, the we'll known mine
owner of Elizabethtown, reports increased
activity in that district and looks for
lively time around Baldy mountain in the
spring.
Jay Wartenbe had the misfortune to
lose fine year old mare. The animal
was apparently in good health when put
in the stable at night and took her feed as
usual, but in the early morning was found
dead.
The cement now being made at the
cement mills here by the Bourne process
is very great success, especially for
plaster, where it has been found to adhere
to ali kiudb and descriptions of surface,
and takes finish as smooth and hard as
marble.
MEsILLA VALLEY BITS.
All the unoccupied land on the ditch
now being taken out from the American
Bend is being taken u p rapidly
Mr.. j. H. Wildly is, SO it is said, now
in the Panhandle, Texas, looking for
location for all the cattle under his con-
troll.
Mr.. Geo. T. Preston has taken up 16O
acres of land on the new ditch and will
seed it all in alfalfa, as expeditiously as
possible.
Messrs. Stafford and Swarts have fin
ished the survey of several tracts of land
which will be irrigated by the new ditch
taken out from the American Bend, above
Dona Ana.
Messrs. E. R. Stafford and J.. G. Swarts
were to leave on Saturday morning, under
orders from the county commissioners,
to survey road north of Dona Ana to
the Sierra county line.