Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-18
TERRITORIAL MIRROR.
General Territorial Items,

The ponds, sloughs and Rio Grande
in the southern part of the terri
/ tory are at present the haunts of large
numbers of wild ducks. Hunters are
numerous and duck-shot fly about III a
promiscous manner not altogether pleas
ant for the unwary traveller.
| The mistletoe in the lower Rio Grande
valley is proving a serious nuisance in
the groves. The parasite is playing
havoc with the cottonwood trees, neces-
stating the cutting back of all that have
been attacked in order to save them
| from destruction. and even some varie-
ties of fruit trees are suffering from the
foreign growth.
The recent sale of the cattle and water
rights belonging to the Detroit Cattle
company, having ranges in eastern 81
ezra, southern SocOrro and northern
Dona Ana counties, is said to have in
volyed the sum of 100000. The pur-
chasers of the property rights will in
crease the number of cattle on the
ranges and in addition will put thou
sands of sheep on their territory in the
spring.
Track layingo on the FL Paso & North
eastern railroad has reached a point %
miles north of the Texas city, and the
contractors hope to have the line of road
into the Salado coal fields by the first of
June. The building of the road has
brought about boom in real estate in
the section of the country through which
it passes, and the towns along the route
are growing like the green bay tree.
Shipments of cattle from Mexico
through Deming will not be so large or
numerous this spring as last This
change has been brought about not by
a scarcity of cattle over the line as has
been given out in the telegraphic dis
patches. but by the completion of the
Corralitas railroad, which passes through
the cattle ranges of northern Mexico,
thus rendering transportation facilities
of easy access and avoiding long drives
across the country.
The warm weather of the past two
weeks has pretty thoroughly cleaned
out the smallpox in southern SOcorro
county, and at San Marcial the disease
has entirely disappeared. At one time
the past winter the situation was SO
serious that towns to the north and
south of that place quarantined against
it, but all restrictions have been re-
moved since the danger of any further
spread of the trouble is considered
past. ef
Sierra County Items.
c. L. Reinbold and family, of Hillsboro,
have removed to Kingston.
L. A. Robinson has purchased j. p.
HOpper's merchandise stock at Kingston
and will occupy the Walters building in
that town.
Alexander Story, formerly sheriff of
this county, who has been mining in
Colorado for some time past, has gone to
Alaska to seek his fortune.
County Clerk Hall is inspecting his
silver-lead bonanza in the San Andres
mountains, and during his absence Geo.
T. Miller acts as his deputy at the court
house.
Hon. N. Gales has returned to Hills
bOro to again take up his residence. His
friends welcome him back. Mrs. Gales
and little daughters are at present visit
ing relatives in Minnesota and will not
return to New Mexico for some time.
Concerning the appointment OF j. p.
Mitchell as clerk Of the Third judicial
district court, the Sierra County Advo-
cate says: Mr.. Mitchell is one of our
earliest and best citizens, and strong
Republican party man, and his appoint
ment by Judge Parker gives general
satisfaction in this county.
Grant County Notes.
At the annual meeting of the Grant
county Charity hospital held recently,
the following officers were elected: Mrs.
Theresa i. White, president; Mrs. M. |
G. Laizure, vice president; Mrs G. Cos
grove, treasurer; Mrs. L. Lorenz, secre-
tary: Mrs. L. Bantx, Mrs. F. Muse, and |
Mrs. Dr. Lane, directors.