The St. Johns herald., 1896-10-10
ON THE ROAD.
Interesting Letter from a Citi.
 zen of Apache County.

GRANTS. N. M., Sept. 28, 1896.
 EDITOR HERALD-Since the 22d of September l have been travelling slow. ly, Tn a anorthessterly direction through & portion of Arizona and New Mexico, on my way to Las Vegas. found some water and grass m abundance until came in the vicinity sf Jaralosa, and there l found it very dry. There had not been rain sufficient to start che grass until within the last few days, and the result will be very little grass the coming winter. This being the case, we may reasonably expect 8 rush of sheep on to our winter range. and deprive our own stock. tu a great ex- tent, of that which rightfully belongs to them. Last winter, if the sheep men of our territory took their sheep across the line into New Mexico, the officers of SocOrro and Valencia counties, com pelied them to pay their proportion of taxation with the sheep men of the re. spectivs counties. and also enforced the quarantine law to the very letter, which WAS p 'rfectly right a.. d just and showed they were trying 10 fulfill the duties of the offices. and also that they were trying to protect the rights of their citizens.
 We should endeayor to be as ener- geiic as they this coming winter, and compel them to pay their proportion of taxes with us, and also by enforcing the quarantine laws not allow them to come into our county with scabby herds, as they have done heretofore.
 l believe the citiz-ns' of our county are beginning to realize the benefits of these laws. and, will take steps to en- force them more thoroughly than they have done heretofore.
 l reached Grants to-day, and find the country from here on east Laying 8 more cheerful appearance than it lad in the sections passed over from Jar. sluss this way, the rains having come earlier in the sesson and grass has had mere time to mature. Crops in this section of the country are very poor. fIom the effects of spring drouth. There is & rush for work to obtain winter sup. plies. and there is none tO be found. 1 met many men going to Arizona, and more getting ready to go, in hope of finding york in that country. When a man has hls bread on hand for the con- ing year he can curtail expenses of liv- ing and get along very well. hut when he has everything to buy, and nothing to buy with nor any way of obtaining means, then he has good reason to cry "hard times !" Such is the condition to quite an extent in this part of the country.
 Imet our old friends Nathan Earth and Harry Scorse. They are still en- gagged in the sheep business, are wear ing Mckinley and Hobart badges, and looking forward with great anxiety to he results of the coming election. Mir. Scorse is going to start for Las Vegas. with herd of weihers in 8 few days. He is going across the country by way of Bernalillo.
 Mir. Earth is intending to shear his sheep in 8 few days. at Grants. He wishes the Herald to remember him kindly to his old friends in Apache | 
 There is quite an excitement here ,ver an attempted robbery of the ex. press ear, east of here, last night, by hree desp+radoes. While they were attempting to uncouple the exprt ss .ar from the train, one of he hold ups yas,kilIed by United States Marshal -ummis. The other two robbers made heir escape. Sheriff Hubbell, of AL ,uquerque. and posse are on their trail. They also have Isleta Indians to assist hem in trailing, an the chances are hat the robbers will not be successful n making their escape. A few more nsucc. ssiul attempt of robbery like hs will put stop to such rascality.