Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-08-25
A CEHEh | TALK.
Col. J. Franco h,s Talks On
Severed So 'Ts
YEw WORKS ABOUT pol, &c,

Noi, - rfhuco thhNes, ~ taFnch
locally mentioned In Tas Cirisss
Of yesterday, still fingers In the terrific
rial metropolis, and was . pleasant cali
or al this ofiice this morning.
corhrRy L'pss Goup
eyes" remarked the colonel. "vHlcu.
cha county, along the valley, in III. moua-
tAins and On the plains lDks fine fiou
the copous rains which have visitri u
during the PAS, tea days am . elc~
observer ~ thingr territorial that II, d
the country as Ia agriculture. sLckrsa
ing. etc and mus, say that never sAs
the people feeling ~ good over the fatuv
pro-pects As now. II IL wonderful The
effect = few rains--good onss ~ that
have upon the psoplr They make eli q
us feel kind toward each ether"
TALKS ABnur sisisa.
"As 10 mining" continued the colonel,
"a number IL the citizens of Lee Lunss
have got the fever, and almost daily out
ats can b- seen moving In the directos
81 the He'll canon mining district and u
the drsn Quivera country. am in,-r.
ested In Hell canon, with half du@u d
my friends, and rom the returns 81 -
says made from samples u ore beli-v,
We have just a. good . mine a. ,hs
ne., party in central New Mexico. Ten
6reen, twenty. twenty-five AMI thirty
dollar gold nugg-ts. which have b--,
taken out Of the placer claims ownei h
M.ssss. Kent. Strickl-r, Hunt, Slaughter
Hyde aud Others. have not fallen In pl.as
ant plac.s Tor ia, but still we have ~
the mine, In my estimation, on furths
development, that will bring He'll cana,
10 the front a. one Of the safest and mod
substantial mining districts in the tern
tory. predict for the district In Id
event that the aforesaid mine CONS
up IA my expectation, . bright fu'
ture, for thcre 10 undoubtedly gold In Hell
canon. and some Of 1t Ia being taken nd
in very gratifying chunks. believ
that there In mineral al aud around Id
famous ruins 81 Gran QuivsrA, but only
. little prospecting has been dons, no Dc
vslopmen, work at all. Scores Of peO
pie visit these ruins yearly, drawn th,h
err by the mythical stories told In length,
articles by sensational and untruthfu
writers about them, but their visits dcs'
amount 10 anything when II refers 70 de
veloping the country. The articles
which have been published from time I
time about the ruins and Of the discovs,
Of water thsre-none Of which were ova
drAwn--in the columns Of the CIruu
are correct In all details"
RxYxas To POLITICS.
"Now for politics, seeing that you ban
got me started" continued the poiikssl
sffable republican politician Of valssal
county, I'VE republicans will have II 4
our way this fall tell you the dsm|
Gratis down my way. and they 4
scarce an hens teeth Ia Valencia count
have grown exceedingly sour on U
present administration and will help .
70 make the majority in Valencia bigsJ
this fall than ever before. II the demo
Gratis, or for that matter Col. StamnI
and Col. Brady's populist party. 70,
angle vote In Valencia 10 the coming NJ
vember election, will be very mistsA
On man. The present administering
lowered the price Of wool-one Of "
greatest staples Of the territory--And ID
people know IL; the cattle became pos
sll Of . sudden, many starved and tha
that survived were sold at ridicuioas}
low prices--these disa stsrs are laid
the door Of Cleveland's administra,is<|
silver took q leap downward from I
cents 10 81 cents, all on account Of n
democrats. and naturally the good d
Bourbons Of few years ago arc tselH
thsss declines In their pockstbooks q
are dead set 70 redeem the country
prosperity once more. Any person
republican party nominAtes tor dslsss
10 congrcss. at the convention 70 b 81
soon In socorro, will be elected with
whoop."