Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-08

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a number Of important cases to come up
OF this term.
There yet remains more than $4,000
OF taxes Of last year uncollected in this
County. This Is about one-ffth OF the
entire tax roll.
The Silver City Musical Union had a
meeting last Tuesday evening and elect
ed officers. The meetings of the union
will be held on Wednesday evening of
each week at the Methodist church.
There was an egg famine here last
week on account of the shipments being
delayed on the road. Ranch eggs were
in brisk demand for a day or two but the
supply was not adequate.
Silver City people who have been
spending the summer out Of town are
beginning to return. There is no place
where dog days can be spent quite so
comfortably as in Silver City.
Fruit is being brought into town in
large quantities and it is being sold at
reasonable prices. The crop in this
County this year is larger than ever be-
fore and the quality of the fruit is con
siderably above the average.
About a month ago would have been a
splendid time for a rain maker to have
visited this place. He could have made
a reputation for himself that would have
insured occupation for the remainder Of
his life,
Frank Jones has been wearing a look
of anxious expectancy for some time past
but last Thursday it gave way to an ex-
preston of serene satisfaction. The
cause Of the change was the arrival Of a
boy at his residence.
There was another big flood last
Thursday afternoon, but it was not quite
30 high as the big flood Of last summer.
There have been more floods down the
streets Of this city this summer than
there have been in any previous summer
OF recent years and most Of them have
been pretty big floods.
If there are many more rains in the
mountains this summer there will be
enough water to make the Mimbres river
quite a respectable stream. People who
purchased lots in Mowry City a number
of years ago with the idea that the MIN
bres was a navigable stream and that
cotton boats made regular visits to Now
~ City may yet live to see their dreams
realized.
Heavier rains have fallen within the
past five weeks between Deming and
Ri Paso than have been known in that
section for several years. There have
been more serious washouts between
these points this summer than have been
known before since the railroad was
built.
Grass OF the ranges in most parts Of
this County is from three to six inches
in height and looks better than it has at
this time Of year FOR many years. There
will be ample time for It TO ripen before
the early frosts and an abundant supply
of winter feed for stock is assured. It
was only a few weeks ago that cattle
we're eating oak brush and anything else
they could get on the ranges and many
Of them we're suffering from want Of
water, but now there is feed and water in
plenty and all kinds Of stock on the
ranges are improving in flesh rapidly.
George Regli, who has furnished many
Of the residents Of this city with water,
has gone out Of the business. His wag-
on was a familiar sight on the streets
before the water works we're thought Of
and in those days he did a thriving BUSH
ness. When the water works we're put
in he lost many of his customers, but
quite a number Of people still bought
their drinking water Of him. During
the present year there has been a steady
falling of in the number Of his custo-
mers and the first Of this month he de-
cided to quit hauling water and go to
prospecting, 30 last week he notified his
Suhtoucib tuhb no WOuAA N~Apcoutlnu6
furnishing them with water and the
water wagon IS seen on the streets no
more.
The frequent foods which have come
down the streets within the past few
weeks have done considerable damage in
the upper part Of town. In some places
the streets are hardly passable and will
have to be repaired as soon as the food
season is over. There has been little OF
40 damage done to that part Of the
streets which was repaired last year by
Supervisor Durkee. This goes TO show
that there is no other way to keep the
streets from being washed out than to
lay the surface with rock in such a man
ner that the water cannot get under it
and wanh it out