Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-08-07
NEW MEXICO NEWS.

In the Pecos valley, potatoes and beets
will keep all winter perfectly in the
ground.
The Albuquerque Citizen officially an
nounces: Delegate Catron hasn't dol
lar invested i'll New Mexico news
paper.
Gov. Richards, of Montana, who is we'll
known to several Las Vegans, was at one
time Methodist minister stationed at
Trinidad, Colo.
Gus Mulholand, who has been putting
down nine-inch drill hole in the town
well at Gallup, struck n strong flow of
water yesterday afternoon.
The farmers of Lincoln county are just
now busily engaged in harvesting their
second crop of alfalfa, which is one of
the best ever grown in Lincoln valley.
Interesting mineral prospects have
been discovered along the Gallinas river
and its arroyo branches below town; also
there has been a mineral find at Robida.
Examiner.
Word has been received from Santa Fe
to the effect that two Presbyter min
listers will shortly be sent to this county,
one to be located at Aztec and the other
at Farmlngton.-San Juan Index.
Father Defouri is trying to purchase
the lot in the rear of the church of Our
Lady of Sorrows, at Las Vegas, in which
event it is proposed to grade the ground
about the church and cultivate lawn.
Albuquerque Citizen: Day before yes
terday Juan Pablo Sais, of Bernalillo, was
kicked to death by horse. He resided
with his family in Bernaillo. He was 46
years old. and leaves wife and several
children. His remains were buried at
Bernalillo.
The Montezuma hotel at the hot springs
gives notice: 1t is our intention to keep
open until the 1st of October, business
warranting, and at least until after the
Hand musical contest. The Mountain
house will remain open all the year round.
White Oaks furnished Lincoln county
another prisoner to care for, Thursday,
in the person of j. S. O'Neal, who is
charged with too freely using a gun in
public place. Senior O'Neal will have
ample time between now and next court
to repent Of his folly.-Lincoln News.
Las Vegas business men have sub
scribed for 500 3,OoO] copies of the
weekly issue Of the Optic, which arc to
be sent east to advertise the resources of
that city and county. The scheme is
good and profitable one, and should be
adopted in every town whose citizens de-
sire to see it grow.-Pueblo, Colorado,
Adviser.
At the rnte San Juan county ranches
are producing this year, increased immi-
grafton will be necessary in order to pro-
vide market. We are informed that
there is little or no demand for fruit or
produce at Durango and at present prices
it hardly pays to travel that distance with
a load. canning factory in this county
is next in order and a railroad would be
acceptable--Index.
San Juan Index: Messrs. Snead and
Darling, of the Denver & Rio Grande ex-
press and freight departments, spent
several days in town this week. Their
visit to the valley was for the purpose of
ascertaining the probable amount of
fruit to be shipped out this fall, and will
make arrangements accordingly. Yes
terday afternoon, in company with X. O.
Prewitt and j. W. Berry, Messrs. Snead
and Darling visited the Aztec ruins.
Col. j. S. Van Doren, of the Bluewater
Irrigation and Colonization company,
was in the Coal City, Thursday, in the in
forest of the territoril fair and irrigation
congress. He informed Cleaner scribe
that everything at Bluewater was splen-
did; plenty of water for irrigating pur-
poses; that all grains and vegetables put
in this year--the frst--were doing ex-
ceedingly well, in fact, far ahead of their
expectations. This company has fully
demonstrated that with proper system
of irrigation land in any part OF New