Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-04-30
TERRITORIAL NEWS NOTES
Happenings in Different Sections
Fifteen Million Pounds of Fruit
in San Juan County.
San Juan Placer Fields--Livingston s
Alameda at Las Cruces to
Be Leased.
DoNA ANA COUNTY

Be Leased.
DoNA ANA COUNTY.
i A Mexican circus struck Las Cruces
last week.
It is reported that the neesssary funds
to finish the Selden dam reached Ell Paso
from London on Monday.
Mr.. A. M. Rowland, of the Shalam COL
ony, has gone to Kansas City to bring
out number of children for the waits
home. s.
Thirtaan wagons from ne Mescalero
4 agency hauled 81 600 pounds of freight
out Of Las Craces on Wednesday morn
ing,
Erwin Yost, boy living on a ranch
near Rincon, was bitten by rattlesnake
one day last week and narrowly escaped
death from the poisonous wound.
The county jail is almost empty, and
onless more arrests are made this week,
will not have an inmate by Saturday
night, as the terms of the prisoners expire
by that time.
The Rio Grande is causing trouble.
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damaged by the high water, and the river
has left the channel, flooding the lowlands
badly.
The people along the Rio Grande are
preparing for the expected high waters.
bikes are being strengthened and ditches
placed IN shape to withstand the pressure
of food.
1t is reported that the Alameda resort,
one mile north of Las Cruces, will soon
pass under the management of Mr.. W. E.
Baker, who will add many attractions to
that already attractive resort. Mr.. j. K.
Livingston, proprietor of the place, is
arranging to move to Old Mexico in the
near future.
The Women's Improvement association
of Las Cruces, gave phantom party last
Friday evening, which was well attended
and netted $45. This money will be used
IN finishing the work on new park on
which the ladies of the town are spending
considerable time and money.
The Rincon Weekly makes the claim
that the climate and sanitary conditions
at that place are so nearly perfect that
resident physician is not needed, and the
only time the citizens ever need doc
tors services is in case of an accident,
and then medical assistance can be had
from either Las Cruces or San Mariaal.
LAS VEGAS ITEMS.
Mr.. Pablo Chaves and Miss Margarita
Rivera we're married Wednesday, morning
by Rev. Father Defouri.
DR.. Felipe B. Romero Of Las Vegas,
graduated from a st. Louis medical COL
lege Wednesday, with high hnnors.
| Mayor Olney has made The following
appointments for city ofiDials. for the,
! ensuing year: Marshal, Jsnes W. Christal;
deputy marshal, John Steward; police
officer and street commissioner, Eli Cald
we'll; police Judge, H. s. Wooster; city at
torney, E. V. Long; city physician, M. ".
Robbins; city engineer, F. Meredith
Jones; chief of fire department, R. Q.
Larrimore; park commissioners, Lewis
Lutz, Chris Sellman and @. Hollings-
worth. The appointments were all con-
frmed by the city council.
| GRANT COUNTY.
Ore from Bland ls being received at the
Silver City smelter for treatment.
Editor Norton, Of the Silver City Inde-
pendent, returned from San Francisco on
Sunday, where he had taken a Chinaman
for deportation.
Shipments Of cattle from Grant county
continue heavy, and 1900 stock cars have
been ordered to Silver City and Deming
for use in the next few days. The sales
we're made at good prices, and it is esti.
mated that nearly half million dollars
will be paid to the cattlemen of the coun-
ty in exchange for livestock.
sOcoRRo COUNTY.
P. @. Faddis has commenced work in
his rock quarry on the west side of the
Socorro mountains, and will ship the out
put to Ell Paso.
The Santa Fe road has several large
forces of men at work raising the track
near La Joya and also just north OF San
Marcial. The work is done in anticipa-
tion Of floods the coming summer, and
washouts will be prevented If possible.
A small tempest is raging in Socorro
over the result of the examination of ap-
plicants for the cadetship at Annapolis.
John B. Terry, Socorro boy, passed the
mental examination with high markings,
but the people at his home claim that AL
buo uerdue persons are trying to turn
him down in order that an Albuquerque
boy, who passed much inferior examin-
alton, may be appointed. A small sized
row is the result.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
| Ira Fuleher, on the La Plata, is putting
in dam across dry canon to form
reservoir in which to store water during
the food season. A number of other
ranchmen along the La Plata will follow
this example.
| Professor Warren H. Morehead, of the
Smithsonian Institute at Washington
City, is in Pennington for the purpose Of
making archaeological Investigations and
collecting relics Of the prehistoric in.
habitants OF northwest New Mexico.
Never before in the history Of San Juan
county have the fruit prospects been so
bright. Rain has fallen in abundance,
the weather has been favorable in every
way keeping the buds back until danger
from frost has passed. Two years ago
the orchards in the vicinity Of Farming
ton produced 100000 pounds Of fruit,
aud tie crop for 1897 is estimated at 49,
| 100000 pounds, two.thirds of which will
be fall and winter apples.
The placer fields Of San Juan county
are said to be the richest and most exten-
sive Ia the southwest. The gravel bars
| in the San Juan river show from fve to
| so colors to the pan, while with pros
| pector's rocker from 40 to 76 cents per
| cubic yard is saved. The placers are all
hydraulic propositions and will require
capital to work them, but an investment
will bring large feturns.
A two horse wagon, ono horse and q va
lise were seen floating down the San Juan,
| inat h0aV the mouth Of the La Plata. the