The sun., 1893-08-07

would como. he said. and guide the clerk 70
Patser:o1 % heard ths. S nS story witt with wild inter
est There were rinstesn IN the Adams party,
plat. OF the iocationa He wonid II Patterson son
would stake claims for him. Patterson would
do that. and he made copy Of the Mat Then
So %iss Of % Fort % %nsae S stsr sl'n Which Rs
searched many other square miles beyond the
lie reached the San Juan Valley at last, and
followed Il through the ,,, ,MayHo reservation IN
he found tho gold that som months ago Great.
ed q Juror In the mining camps Of Col2rado;
enough gold for q poor man anywhere In II.
cent ssyS hSd besn spen Se wh'n every
I'D like to see Adams, I'd talk Sunday
Shss to sngs5dy n5 ss Io
there s rich dggnss vsst q tPS Rio
ANYTHING i aim to carry i through: ana pros.
Patterson may, be heard from again. He is
chasing the dollar through n flock ot sheep
nov as a number OF other men of the region
destroyed IS per cent OF the capital Invested
cally those having small herds, hate the sheep
men. They say sheep drive cattle OF the range
s1 SSs shs s'Es damage hss don 1ossfn time G
dozen cowmen told me that trouble Is sure
to come. Trouble means q fight in which
Patterson and Harry Delear OF Joseph. who
represent the sheep interest said that the
cowmen might make trouble. but they guessed
Then Patterson may yet be heard o., as the
taass 81 in spite his SSo e the
@ faae faf sad
Socorro county. In the Carrizo Valley are some
Of the most remarkable coal beds Of the Rocky
Of tEs Son
worked at Gallup. In any event. Now York
party Of capitalists are said to have the titles
through the Interior Department at Washing.
ton; When tho titles are perfected q railroad
the Snd
zona region. now supplied at great eN-
n nd s9So s GsHe WD 0Tt he 9t ssSn ssSn
on this new railroad--the station for repair
shops, naturally. and because OF the, saw tim
Patterson. The artificial lake. built at the ex-
The % town VI re reseryor The vide brsSdths oi arid
gravel round about will become town lots that
viii rank in value as s sl town o. lots I, do IN a.!
1000 feet above tho sea level. Patterson once
refused $4,000 cash for his ranch. and has re-
only had that money he, could find a home
where there never would be any neighbors
living within hundred miles OF him. but II
Pattersons ranch becomes a railroad town he
will cease to regret. The sale OF town lots will
enrich him until he can seek seek q home hon where
Being q man OF positive opinions and Of
tenacity OF purpose as we'll there is now and
then some friction between Patterson and the
other residents OF the region. Mr.. NJ. Stevens.
the manager Of the s. U. cattle ranch. is an
Englishman. and likes dogs Patterson
thought Stevens dude cowman and his pet
dog dude dog. Stevens stopped over nigh.
with Patterson for q time. but disgust with the
dude doE.s hug-overcame even frontier hos;
talk with the owner OF the dog.
Sometimes able bodied cattle break through
the fence and r ach the lake. In such cases
they are not unlikely to die from a bullet fred
by Patterson. Naturally the owners don't like
1t. and 1t creates q little feeling.
Then one Of the 70! licking eowboys who
lived In Dark Canon. only ten miles from Pat
the sporting resorts in Magdalena, and Pat.
not hesitate to 60 over to Dark Canon and ex-
press his opinion OF such doings.
Patterson does have his ways" said one
who lived over in the Tulerosa- I'm some
communities he'd get killed. but not here.
We know him. and even when We don't agree
with him we let him do as he pleases. because
We know he thinks he's right"
I repeated that sentiment to a man In
SocoIro who also know Patterson. and 1t made
Y guess they do let him have his way"
said the man Well. rather. He might get
killed in some communities. that's so. but not
within sight Of his Apache burying ground
no. not whore they know Patterson"
JOHN r SpEARs