Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-04-29
NEW MEXICO NEWS,

The Dem ocratic committee of San Juan
county met at Aztec ON Saturday.
R. s. Ridenour's house at Cedar Grove,
San Juan county, burned on Wednesday.
The News boasts that Lincoln "hasn't "a
single dude" Wonder how many mar
ried ones live there.
The News intimates that regularly
organized gang of sheep thieves main
tain headquarters near Lincoln.
John A. Haley, of White Oaks, has en-
tered upon the discharge of his duties as
office deputy for Sheriff Fritz at Lincoln
The old Mexican found dead out at the
Wier ranch, near Chico Springs, was Juan
county.
DR.. W. R. Upton, of Las Vegas, has
gone to Denver to remain By the bedside
of his wife, who is in the Saint Anthony's
hospital there.
Almost every day the Springer Stock
man is in receipt of requests from parties
in the east asking information in regard
to the rich mineral fields and rapidly i'm
proving cattle industry.
A report has reached Albuquerque that
G. E. Van Fossen, formerly the water
service foreman on the Atlantic & Pacific,
is missing from Winslow, and grave fears
are entertained for his safety.
The recent cold snap injured to some
extent the fruit crop in this county,
Some orchards were injured much worse
than others. Budded peaches, pears,
apricuts, etc., were nearly all killed, but
il there should .s nc more wintry nights
San Juan county's fruit crop will be e1--
cellent. Geo. Brett's peach orchard Is
all right thas far and Will Mccoy says
that at the present time his orchard
promises an abundant yield of several
kinds of fruit.-San Jnan Index.
The News returns thanks to ex Gov.
L. G Ross, secretary Of the New Mexico
bureau of immigration, for copies of a
neatly printed pamphlet the title page of
which reads: "The mines Of New Mex
leo. Inexhaustibln deposits of gold aud
silver, copper, lead, iron and coal. A
mineral area unequaled in any state or
territory for the extent and value of it's
The contents of this little pam
phlet are admirably arranged, and the
PEN pictures of New Mexico's mineral
wealth are not in the least overdrawn.--j
Lincoln News.
Capt. George w. Cook entertained the
G. A. r. boys at his ranch, about five miles
east of Ration, on Saturday last, most
royalty. The captain's ranch consists of
4 900 acres of land and many improve
ments Of modern eastern farm. He has
a fne family and it seems everything else
that heart could desire. Conveyances for
the boys to and from the ranch were kind
ly furnished by the citizens of Ration, who
spared no trouble or expense to make the
G. A. r. encampment Of 1896 most pleas !
ant occasion. Las Vegas Optic.
VIM. Sanguinette, Ed Dodd, ". L. Trim |
BILE, Chas. Pilkey and David Rudolph,
who have been doing assessment work on
claims down in the Ladrone mining dis
trict, returned to Albnq on Sunday
night, and brought with them sam
Piles of rock that they will have assayed |
at once. They report work being vigor-
ously prosecuted on the Lucky Jim mine |
and stated that James McCorriston is on
the ground sacking ore for shipment to
the smelter. They also stated that tho !
United States Gold Mining company is |
pushing work on it's mines, especially on |
the Illinois, and, taking everything into
the mines of the Ladrones
are showing up splendidly.