Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-08-09
THE DAILY OPTIC.
East Las Vegas, New Mexico,
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY.
PHH TERRITORIAL PRESS


lVI Huul pIuOt uoWn NJ Las CTucef, o.
his homestead in Soledad canon.
@. w. Smith, q farmer OF the F1os
ence district. ia the latest candidate :
%nou for the Eddy postcfi ae.
Local wheat Is coming into Sal
Mercial rapidly. The ruling p,ico is
trins above sixty cent per bushel.
An expert bee keepar can get seven
~ stands Of bees. on shares, BY cali
ing 90 J. II F.lter, of Las Cruces.
Both the i,uring mills Of Socorr,
are kept running to their full capacr',
on pew wheat and are turning u first
class flour.
Edwin, the nine year old eou O
Dave Wood, Of Las Cruces. had th,
misfortune to break his arm a few
days since.
The ,hreshing machInes sJong the
Ria Grande are still very husv thrnshine
~ immares crop Ct wheat raised II
thu v nes ~. wear
The Q llep regaa's. aL~rrrac $
hAvs ~purchasaH, for one hnn tr.t
dollars, h cent farmpr's ,er. = nv
Meridetb & Altman, III n
AN "A| .m i."
Repairs which are peiog made on
Mrs Frauk 4scarate's Main street
dwelling, IN Las Cruces, greatly i'm
proves Its appearance.
Died, In Eddy, Wednesday morning,
Mrs. Fastino Ootibens. Funeral SER
vices were held in the Catholic church
Thursday afternoon.
The Bernalillo county normal insti-
tute will be continued this week and
an interesting series of lectures will be
arranged for each day. a@5r
E.. G. Van Diest came in Monday on
business pertaining to the erection OF
the mill at s.Midnight,n which is now
on the road to La Belle.
Eddy is to have the muchIy desired
tailor. A gentleman skilled in that
trade will arrive from Listowlell,
Canada. about September 1st.
Ths framing for the beet sheds at
Eddy is completed. The two sheds on
either side of the main track have an
cstimated capacity of 1000 tons of
beets.
A social dance was given at the Elk.
change hotel in La Belle, Thursday, in
honor Of Louis johnson and party,
which proved to be a very enjoyable
affair.
The trail wagon Of the WinGsll |
Scott outfit was in E Idly. being fitted
out by joyce, Pruip& Co. They are
now working the range and came in
there for supplies.
4
Ed Kealer, OF Socorro, who has been
laid up quite seriously sick for some
time, hes again taken charge of the
work in his shop, though he is still far
from being a we'll man.
Some fow ashou.s bavo boon re-
ported from the Magdaiena branch
within the past few days, but they
were speedily patched up again with
out any serions delays.
In the injunction suit of Cox against
Coehlan in Las Cruces, the court re-
s,raining Coshlan and Lobman. and
ordered the sheriff to act as trustee
and to sell the property.
Modesto Ortiz. the Old Town Albu-
querque attorney, who has been con-
fined in the county Jail down there.
charged with assault with words, was
released on a bond Ct 800.
Royal Wesley Bullock will be mar
ried to Miss Katie Cnrinth Creager at
Bland on August 18th. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ballofk will then 90 to Boulder,
Colo, where they will reside in the
future.
PA bicycle race between Bert Leck
and Phil Kircher, for 500 q side, is
an event announced for August 10Th IN
Eddy. Considerable interest in
wheeling is being taken just now By
Eddy enthusiasts.
The two Savedra boys, Pablo G llle-
gos, Lucero end Padilla, who have
been in the BernacilIa county jail,
charged with resisting an officer at
Nacimi-nto, were released on furnish
ing bonds yesterday. |,
Jared G. Smith, representing the
United States department of sgricul- I
fure in Washington, arrived in Eddy.
He Ia in that section for the purpose of
investigating and reporting upon the
grasses and iorsge of the southwest.
George Starkweather, John Wine
Low and Sheldon Humphrey. OF Eddy,
went down to the famous fishing hole
near Red Bluff. Almost anybody can
catch fish there, SO it is a safe supposi-
ton that they did.
Socorro was without water for a
part OF the day last Thursday. the pipe
line across the arroyo having been
broken by the water Wednesday even
ing. Prompt action uoon the part OF
the watermaster prevented any great
inconvenience.
The county commissioners, Of Eddy
county, were IN session Monday and
Tuesday. attending TO the bond issue
II will probably be the middle OF the
moth before the bonds are delivered
to creditors, as each bond requires the
signatures OF both The chairman OF tho
board and the county clerk f%orty-one
times. This will require time, and
then all the bonds must be compared.
to check possible errors.
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