Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-11-18
TERRITORIAL NOTES.

General Manager j. j. Frey, who is
now in Albuquerque, reports that the
Santa Fe railroad is doing the biggest
business in its history.
The familiar sight of the morning and
evening trains bringing in oars heaped
high with beets Is again possible to all
those with unimpaired vision, remarks
the esteemed Eddy Argus.
The Socorro Advertiser deposes and
says chat recent tests prove that the soil
and climate of its immediate locality are
particularly adapted to the production of
extra saccharine sugar beets.
A. d. Coon, of Socorro, has the cham
pion apple tree. He went to his orchard
the other day and gathered several
baskets of ripe fruit, a number of apples
just formed, and handful of blossoms
all from one tree.
The parties in pursuit of Black Jacks
bold band of bandits are 80 we'll mounted
that it is believed they could make good
their escape if by some fortuitous chance
they should overtake the band aforesaid .
The editor of the La Belle Cresset hun
gers for Thanksgiving turkey so much
that he offers to send his paper for II
months to anyone who will bring him
one of the big, savory American birds,
misnamed turkey.
The Peeos valley exhibit at the Dallas
exposition wes allowed to compete for
nine premiums. 1t won eight of them,
and secured second premium in the other.
Texans must be impressed with the fact
hpf ha ,a n
try. And 30 it is.
Next Monday the big canal will be dry
and will remain SO for period of As
days to give the com pany an opportunity
to clean, repair and otherwise improve it
for another season, says the Eddy Cur
rent.
A band of cattle rustlers is said to be
operating with bold hand, up in the
Red River country. Ten quarters of beef
were taken from one cabin up there the
other day, and it came very near result
ing in Wholesale killing. Look out for
the news from that quarter.
One of the NEW MEx1oAN's fav orite ter
ritorial exchanges bitterly bewails the
fact that the cranberry crop is failure
this year. The gobblers about the terri
tory, both wild and tame, are recommend
ed not to overstrut in view of this an
nouncement. Current jelly answers very
well as substitute for cranberry sauce.
We had in our sanctum this week two
magnificent apples grown in the San
Juan Valley orchard of Mr.. W. s. Dalton
of the firm of Dalton & Daniels. One is
Peewaukee weighing one pound and five
ounces, and the other Ben Davis weigh
ing one pound. 1t was fine sound fruit,
of elegant flavor, certiies the San Juan
Times.
The Pecos Valley Argus says: "Ex-
Sheriff Charlie Perry is reported shot all
to pieces in South Africa, after rszzle
dazzle with the Kaffirs and some other
equally cheerful gentlemen" Doubtless
the defaulting sheriff of Chaves county
sent out this little romance himself for
purposes that will instantly occur to the
discriminating reader.
The botanical editor of the Pecos Valley
Argus INDUCES in this bit of sensible ad-
vice: All the farmers who have raised
sugar beets this year should examine
them very carefully at the time of har-
vesting and note particularly the defects
resulting from any neglect or mismanage-
ment during the year, 30 as to be able to
do much better another season. 1t gen
orally takes about three seasons before
farmers arrive at good degree of knowl-
edge of the proper cultivation of sugar
beets from actual experience.