Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-04-14
TERRITORIAL TIPS.
RATION RANGINGs.


The Maverick is the title of Clayton's
bright new paper. B. L. Appleby is the
editor.
Cattle are looking exceedingly well in
this section Notwithstanding the drouthy
condition.
Col. ]. W. Dwyer and wife are now oc-
cupying their elegant new home on south
Second street.
This is an unusually dry season and un-
less we have rain soon vegetation will be
a short crop this year.
I Mr.. L. D. Bland, brother of Colfax coun-
tvs representative in the 3Oth legislature,
ia practical newspaper man and will be-
come resident of Ration.
Hon. s. W. Dorsey is at the head of a
syndicate that has purchased 10000 acres
of land in this, Mora ard San Miguel
counties, to be stocked with sheep. This
will be the biggest sheep ranch of the
southwest.
BAN JUAN s1FTINGs.
Geo. W. Thompson, good citizen, is
dead.
The Junction City Times is this week
to be removed to Pennington and will
soon come out as the San Juan Times.
The term of the Pennington school
closes this week with examinations and
Friday evening will be devoted to exer-
cises, consisting of dialogues, recitations,
declamations, tableaux and music.
This week will see new newspaper
started at Aztec, under the name of the
old war-horse, "The San Juan County In
dex." Mr.. Gibson, of Durango, recently
with "the Great Southwest" is to be in
charge.
Anthony Miller sold his ranch on the
La Plata last week to H. H. Brown for
$4,000. Mr.. Miller, who spent the winter
in Wisconsin, found the ties of his old
home too attractive, and SO he concluded
to sell out and return.
Gus Miller, Of the La Plata, has COM
pleted the sale of his ranch, buildings
and Improvements including ditch right
to VIM. Paddock for the sum of $2,50O.
devote his time exclusively to his bees.
George Jones has purchased the ranch,
buildings and all improvements, together
with ditch rights. of Dan Rhoades, of the
La Plata, for $2,500, and will enter into
possession It this desirable property at
once. Ahe merchandise store goes to
Bert Carnhan and a Durango party who
will keep on with the business. Mr..
Rhoades and family 60 to California.
The San Juan county bank at Aztec
was opened on Monday, the 10th inst.
The capital is $4,000, and is entirely
taken up by local men, among those al
ready booked for the stock is R. G.
Prewitt, W. ]. Wright, H. B. Stanley, M.
D., w. H. Williams and j. W. Berry, of
Aztec. Robert Roberts, of the La Plata;
F. M. Pierce, of Pennington, and Judge
s. D. Webster. of Fruitland. R. G.
Prewitt and C. V. Stafford will conduct
the business of the bank.
LAS CRUCES LOCALS.
The colored boy Frank who was held
up by Roper in Las Cruces, and who dis
appeared Immediately afterwards, has not
been heard of since. 1t is said on good
authority that trouble about a girl was
the cause of his flight.
The monthly meeting of the Society for
the Advancement of Science was held at
the rooms of the Commercial club on
Friday, the 9Th, instant, when most in
teresting paper was read by Prof. Town
send on the fora and fauna of the Organ
mountains. paper by Mr.. F. G. Barker
on the English form of government pro-
duced an animated discussion.
Work is going on rapidly at the new
concentrating works near the depot and
they will be in running order by the end
of the month. The Modoc mine is also
being we'll worked, from twenty to- thirty
tons being got out daily. There is, how
ever, good deal OF development work
being done and it is estimated that fifty
tons per day can be stopped out whenever
the concentration is ready for it.
There is quite an excitement in our
mining circles just now. Firstly We have
the Modoc that is deve'oping into. big
affair. Then there is the Grey Eagle, be-
longing to Messrs. May and McGinnes,
and that has suddenly shown tremendous
riches. Then there is Col. Fountains
gold mine, the samples from which are
truly wonderful, and now we have this
romantic discovery of the ancient mine
in Dona Ana. The Organs are showing
up.
We hear that the grama grass in tho
fountains has made no growth this year.
Indeed, unless we should have cycle of