Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-01-13
Citizen
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plcase) would form the groundwork fnr
column letter, bu, Ia Difference 10 the
health and comfort Il THu CITIZEN read.
crs, few remarks will ruific. Ia tell the
story u how ] lu~t an opportunity IA
spend . day In socorrO. Missing pas
seneer No. on Saturday, advantage II
No. 30, thru class local. leaving Al TAO
q. m was taken. switching anil wait.
ing for passing trains on side tracks. nc
cupied the major part II the eleven and n
half hours taken up ia making socorro.
Conductor Clifford. who kindly divided
his dinner with myself and fellow pas
senger. said u similar trip would not &c.
cur again in year For his sake. a,
least, I hope not.
LIS LUNAs,
Twenty miles south ~ Albuquerque on
che santa fc are the famous hunting
grounds, or lakes mnI'' properly speak.
ing, In the vicinity II Lps Lunas. Scarce.
ly q hunter who starts fun the metrupo
liz has failed ,o strike these lakes, where
The town II lna Lunas contains some
three hundred souls. IT whom scarcely
two dozen arr English speaking people.
The hrs, query n stranger pu,s, iS NJ Ia
the origin If th" name II the place. Col.
]. fancu Chavca, the republican war
horse ~ Valencia county, IN answer Ia
L.. a L. \ \
ell it's name from the fact that II was the
early settlement, IL IL. LunaS LITERAL,
translated. Les LunAs means "thr
moons" Referring Ia the Lunas, the
elder Mrs Luna resides opposite the de.
pot in u conui"iiuus aud attractive one
story adobe, while IN the only m~i"rn
dwelling, elaborate VI design. northwest
Of the station, lives solomon Luna, who
pucceeiod the lat" Tranluiluo Luna ~
sheriff Of Valencia. This N'sidcncr mus,
have cost fully SG,"il. perhaps morr.
A NJ Bergrre. formerly merchant. il
now retired and waiting disposition ~
portions of twu land grants s"nth If Alhu
querluc. lie draws $1,000 annually. !
am told, fer locking up his girls, mil
southeast of Lns Lanas, through John
Becker, the Bclrn merchant aud mill
owner, who IAyr u like sum 10 Louie
Huning for similar service. Mr. lIerg"r
IL well known IN Albuquerque and has II
comfortable home ia Los l.unns Col. j
Franco Chavez, Louis liuning. Mrs. Trim.
ida,l Jaramllo AMI Mr. Srna ARE among
the other prominent residents
Simon Ncus,adt aud Leon lirrtzog
manage the larg" general mc'vhandlS,
store. known as the Los LunnE Mcrrantil,
Co.. SUCCESSORS I" Louis Huning, the lat.
ter combining h- tim" Ia making wines
brandics, raising alfalfa. etc.
Three saloons provide for the thirsty
billiards AMI carls for amusement.
A few steps from the drpo, is Ia,
church. uhr TOW pNper being u hal
mile eastwarNlj and back OF i, the bura
ground. whcr Ices many prominent PEG
pile IL the pl.c,. among the latter Mis-,
Jaramillo, who was bra,ally murdered il
the depot. abou, year ago. the ASSASSIN
escaping Justice. some Of the monu
ments cos, fully $1,000
Passing through the town walked nm
der ths cottonwools near the court house
upon one Of which dangled early on th'
morning Of May 9Th last, three bodies
These three men had been taken out -
the county Jail. pulled NJ and len To hans
for hours. They had been held for tn,
murder Of two women M, many days he
fore In the town and neighborhooi, AN,
swim Justice was carriel out in this in
stance.
Tome, seven miles southeast. yalrncu
three miles due east, and Perslta fou
miles northeast, are tributary Ia Lou
LunAs, each II the towns heing largely
In fact almos, wholly. inhabited by th
native element.
J. Franco Chaves went Ia socorro tn
day IN look aft"r his ass-ssments Solo
mon Luna, the sheriff, came Ia the ssm
place on Sunday and will watch the pr'
ceedings brfor, the united States com
missioner relative Ia two men held IN th
charge Of numbering his cousin, jose Re
nero, who was mail carrier.
Louis Huning AMI Jose Chavez lief, las
night for Albuquerque
Agent wcsterv,lts family are sicl
with the grip at Las Cruces.
The substantially constructed bridg
across the Rio Grande has been lackin
for some time in fulfilling i,s duty M
bridge. the change in the channel nece'
stating ior,iing for = distance.
Mas LunA, county clerk. was in tow
yesterday from Pealta. HE visits To A
baqusrylue are not ~ frcquen, Of late.
Dr. Harrington movei 10 socorro n
long ago.
Ten miles farther south, has come In
prominence nom the fact that John Becl
or. the extensive miller. 20, the highe
premium ON wheat at the world's Fai
This notable event has brought not on
BeIen 10 the front, bu, New Mexico
well. Tie vicinity Of the little town ID
garden spot, aud like that 81 Los Luna
4 .s..hl. ~ eaiainsr tina 0naat era tls.a