Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1893-08-22
A False Report.

A False Report.
A message was sent from Colorado
Springs to one Of the Denver papers last
week stating that Col. H.. L. Pickett had
been appointed on the supreme bench Of
the Territory. The dispatch was given
to the associated press and was widely
published. The authority gwen was
Col. Pickett himself who, tho dispatch
had received a message from
Washington informing him of his APP
pointment.
1t is difficult to surmise the object in
sending out the dispatch as there was no
foundation whatever for it and Col.
Pickett was not in Colorado Springs
when the dispatch was sent.
Since the appointment Of a judge for
this judicial district, Col. Pickett has
not been seeking an appointment and
although no bad tho endorsement OF
nearly all the lawyers in New Mexico
and the support of many prominent pol
iticians in different parts of the country,
he will probably not press his claims for
appointment to any Office under this adj
miuistratlon, He has a lucrative law
practice here which is much mor remu-
lucrative than a judgeshlp and, from a
financial point of view, an appointment
of this kind would not be desirable.
If the report had been true, and the
appointment had been made, it would
have given universal satisfaction; In fact
President Cleveland could have made no
better selection for the position.
Contracts with two teachers have been
made to teach the Lordsburg school the
coming school year. This state Of affairs
is due to the controversy over the quail
Hcation of n of the members Of the
board Of that district, Mr.. Marble. Mr..
Marble states that he sent his oath Of
Office to the County superintendent by
mail and the County superintendent
says that he did not receive the docu-
ment. He consequently appointed an
other man to fill the vacancy which he
declared existed. Two Of the men who
we're elected at tho last election hired a
teacher for the school, but the remain
ing member of the board as elected, to-
gether with the member appointed by
the superintendent, hired another teach
er. There is a merry war going on over
it, with the County superintendent on
one side and the editor of the Western
Liberal on the other.
A report was given general circulation
in the Territory last week that several
buildings here had been washed down
by the Hood Of last Tuesday and that
most Of the railroad between this place
and Whitewater had been washed out,
just where the report originated is diff
ficult to ascertain and it is needless to
contradict it. While it is true that
there was a bad washout between this
place and Whitewater, there was nc
foundation Whatever for the statement
that any buildings had been washed
down in this city. The report might
have grown out Of the fact some of the
buildings referred tn were surrounded
by water during the big food here a lit
tie over two weeks ago and, for a time,
they were thought TO be in danger.
The effect Of the good feed on cattle is
plainly to be e in the meat markets
OF this place. Better beef is being cut
up on the blocks now than has been cut
for months. Cattle will continue to i'm.
prove in flesh for fully two months yet.
Our merchants Still have a very good
trade with the camps in the Mogollor
mountains and all indications point 20 an
improvement in the business relations
between the places.
Dams and ponds which we're built FOL
fish in this County have suffered con
siderably from floods within the pas
four or five weeks. Most Of them hav,
been washed out.
There will be plenty Of quail in thiI
County this fall and it will not be lonl
before they may be killed without violat
ing the game laws TO the Territory. The
penalty for killing quail now is quite
severe.
There win be one less teacher in the
public schools Of this city this year thar
there was last year. The primary sohoo
in the building near the fremont haI
been discontinued and the pupils Wit
attended there will bs provided for il
the main school building.
During the past three weeks the hotell
here have had very little transient bust
ness on account Of the numerous wash
outs which prevented trains from get
ting M, but for the past two or tire.
days travel has boon picking up conaid
lerably.