The state herald., 1897-06-11
WESTERN NEWS NOTES.


tana line to the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific to compete for Utah business.
scasonabie rains have covered every por-
tion OF New Mexico. and the most prosperous
ranch year In fifteen years Is now assured.
New Mexico's six national banks have
total resources Of 81. 75O, ,3o5: loans and dis
counts. Sl,47O,52s: deposits. S252I,56 re-
serve, Sss2,Gi4.
Passengers on stage for Red River City
lost their money and valuable effects and
narrowly escaped drowning by the stage
being swampcd In the Red river,
The trustees OF the new Methodist church
Mt Lordsburg, New Mexico, have rendered
the use of their new building, on the Sun
days they are not using 1t, to the members
OF the Christian church.
The Huntington mill at the Helen Rae,
White Oaks district, is running on full time
and with abundance of high grade ore. A
portion OF the value Is saved on the plates
while frue vanncr catches what remains.
The results of the operation nrc gratifying
To tie management. The development work
on the mine Is progressing and conditions
improving.
The executive committee of the New Mex
leo Territorial Fair Association have decid-
ed to give $4,000 IN premiums and mum.
Der of trophies For running races, s2,0oO:
for baseball tournament, open to the world,
SlJoo; for bicycle races, 5000; other sports,
S2wco and $1,000 appropriated for the re-
sources of the territory. A thousand dollars
VIII be expended for securing the Moqul In
dian snake dancers, and about that much
more will be appropriated for parade pur-
poses. The fair will be held in September.
commencing on Monday, the 18th, and con
Timing for six days.
The New Mexico woman's Christian TEN.
perance Union closed four days convcn-
tion at Albuquerque on the 9th, and 1t was
the largest g-.thrring OF temperance work
ers ever held In the southwest. After the
adoption OF series of strong resolutions
against the liquor traffic and the drafting Of
memorial TO the attorney general OF the
United States on the subject, the following
officers were elected: President, Rev. Mary
j. Borden OF Gallup: vice president. Mrs.
j. A. Carruth Of Las Vegas; corresponding
secretary. Miss Eva NJ. Tucker Of Las We
gas recording secretary. Miss Lulu Hamll.
Ton OF Socorro; treasurer, Mrs. Abbie l..
Jones Of Albuquerque.
A dispatch from Deming, New Mexico.
says; At no previous time has there been
snch activity In the Mexican cattle trade as
now. In the ir.t f,mr months OF the year
SO ears have been loaded and shipped from
the pemlng yards. containing a total OF 3a.-
600 head, In March 1860 head were
shipped out of Mexico at this point. For
April the Mexican cattle shipments from
here amounted to about ~ 100 head Thou.
sands OF cattle south Of the Mexican border
line are still on their way TO United States
markets, The prospective duty on imported
cattle Is largely responsible for this condl-
Il..U of TT..N.
felt 1t was now or never.
The force on the Immense gravel pits of
the Union Pacific on Sherman hill. near Lar
annie, Wyoming. has been doubled by the
addition Of another big steam shovel. the
capacity Of which is ffom 300 to 1890 yards
Of gravel per day This will Increase the
output from 20 to 40 ears per day. A large
quantity Of this gravel is now being sold In
Denver for use on drlvcways In parks.
Omaha has sent In orders for many ears Of
the output for use In Its parks Il is the
Intention OF the Union Pacific TO ballast Its
entire Nebraska road bed with this gravel.
which, according to experts, is the finest
known for railroad purposes Of this descrip.
uoh' as II not only makes the road bed per.
fectly solid. hut is entirely free from dust.
About 1000 carloads Is to bc used on the
Wyoming divisions
Professor W. X. Morchcad, curator Of IN.
state museum, Columbus, Ohio has lust left
Pennington. New Mexico for the East,
after spending the past hve weeks In the
vicinity In archaeological research. Pro.
fessor Morehcad paid particular attention
TO the famous Aztec ruins In Chaca canon,
south Of Pennington which are very extcn.
slre and ns yet almost untouched. After
digging there three weeks he returned with
two lnrr. wagon loads of relies. which
proved To be the finest single collection ever
brought In. Among the nnd were several
w"ll'prescrrcd muInmes. one Of them
wrapped In finely woven feather robe, a
number Of skeletons i've reed mats In good
condition, several hundred pieces Of pot.
terry In the best OF preservation. together
with a lot Of small trlnkets and jeweiry. as
well as stone grinders. mortars. axes. ete.-
the whole representing a value OF several
thousand dollars, Most of this collection IL
now being shipped To the ohio State Uni.
yersity museum. and the balance will go to
Philadelphia.
dispatch from Laramie says: The corps
Of government surveyors finished the work
~ making contour survey and are now at
work testing the character Of the bottom
and walls of the site II the proposed gov.
crninent reservoir. This Is being done To
determine whether the basin Is protected
by walls that will hold the water when the
Biz and Little Laramie rivers are turned
into II. The government engineer is anxious
to md out N ih" rocks surrounding the
basin are filled with great assures. such A.
have been found In many places of . sim.
liar character when subjected 10 the action
u water. II is believed by the expert that
l.arnmie's basin will prove all right In this
respect. The soil. far has been found 10
he NJ an nlkali nature aud the side walls
have proven to be solid aud unbroken. In
fact. e,iienc. goes 10 show that the basin
lies In an almost solid body ~ rock The
surrounding walls are even henyler than nt
nrst supposed. After lhe present work IL
practically complete two immense bitches
viii h, surveyed from the Iiig and Little
Laramie rivers Prom recent developments
II l. believed that this site will be among
the nrst selected by the government. as Its
ndhptnlhlity asa r"srrNolr lit" II now beyond
All doubt.
rrof. william Libby Ir,, ~ Princeton Uni
yrrsiiy viii leave for Albuquerque, New
Mexico early In July with party ~ sin eN.
piorcrs Their plan il 10 attempt To scnle u
rectangular table shaped III. q nRure eight
with perpendicular sides 1,p feet high, Tn.
ouirroppinsr ~ red sandstone proj-et from
the face ~ the walls making Il almost inhe.
ecssihlc, Their" ar. Indications ~ Its occu.
pnncy by prchlslorr race In the fragments
~ pottery ht the has. ~ ~. formation, Prof.
Libby has arrnnEnd io throw n line over this
table lnnd, which l. several acres In extent,
M top, by means Of the tandem Kites, with
which experiments were conducted there by
william 4. Eliy who sent up three inrRr
Kites which were maintained for some time
La tile air ulfNUuHh the wind fVg mtftf
for satisfactory experiment fruf Libby