The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1894-10-19
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NEWS.

RaNookAASA ~
is on a visit to bis cousin, MIR. W. j.
Hill, of Fairview.
The many friends of Cash Wood
house, who has been quite i'll with
mountain fever for the past two weeks,
will be grati6ed to know that he is
now convalescing, andaiopes TO be out
in aSew days.
We learn that John b. Saucier has
gone to Engle to superintend the load
ing of the first installment Of the
machinery for the stamp mill that is to
be erected on Mineral creek to work
tho ore from the Excelsior and Omega
mines.
Messrs. James and Allen Burson, of
Frederlcktown, Ohio, arrived this eve
ming. The latter-named gentleman, on
the recommendation of DR.. Charles
Blinn, Is here for the purpose of being
benefited by the unlimited quantities
of pure, mountain air that is to be
found in this section of the country.
At the populist primary held in this
precinct last Saturday evening, Maj. Jas
z. Blain, Henry Patrick, and George
Richie were elected delegates to the
convention held at Hermosa on
the 18th. Messrs. Blaip and Patrick
left Chloride Wednesday morning
with their credentials safely slowed
away in their inside pockets.
The pops are making a great many
converts in the gulch running from
the mill site on Mineral creek to the
Excelsior and Omega mines. This is
not to be taken as having any bearing
on the political situation, but to the
boulders the boys are converting into
a roadbed for the wagon road they are
making which, under their combined
efforts, is fast assuming completion.
The editor of this paper is indebted
to Hon. A. f. Childs, ex-chief clerk of
the government printing office and
later chief clerk of the ensus office at
sWashi ngton, D. c. who pulled off bis
coat and kindly helped us out with
this issue of THE BLACK RANGE. Mr.,
Childs is not only a practical printer
of the highest grade, but is also a
sterling and logical writer.
1t is largely in evidence that the de-
mocratic wave of prosperity has
struck Chloride, as citizen Brown has
built an addition to his adobe resi-
dence. We are a little late in making
this announcement to the outside
world but our reason for the delay was
a desire to be assured that the afore-
said "wave" would not go back on us.
We are now confident that the boom
has come to stay.
Our t~ownspeople are being bounti-
fully supplied with peaches, grapes,
ounces, tomatoes, melons, etc, from
Monticello. For size and delicacy of
flavor, the California products, as COM
pared with those of New Mexico are,
to use a common expression, mot in
it,: and when they are delivered at your
door and sold at 2 cents per pound, as
they were during the past week, there
is no reason why anyone should go
fruit hungry.
Westy Peterson, the leading citizen
of Watson's Gulch, was in town last
Thursday and reports the political stu
alton, in that otherwise quiet burg, at
fever heat. He says the entire vote OF
that section will be cast solidly for the
republican ticket. Westy stoutly as
,serts that this statement is thoroughly
reliable tor, on political matters, like
George Washington. he cannot tell a
lie. If bis predictions are true, Wat
sons Gulch will be entitled to the
banner.
There are rumors afloat, and We sin
cerely hope they may be true, that the
principal stockholders OF Inc fairYle"
Smelling Company haye succeeded in
raising sufficient funds to pay off their
indebtedness, and that Mr.. Unangst
would shortly be here to make glad the
hearts of the creditors by liquidatine
all the obligations. Our informant
furthur deposes and says that when
this is done the smelter will again start
up under better auspices than ever be
fore. 1t is said that experience is q
good teacher, but oftentlmes demands
high wages. We are also aware thai
"mistakes will happen in the best regu
lated families. There is no question
but that there is plenty of good ore ii
Ehis camp that can be successfully treat