Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-12-02
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
GRANT COUNTY.

GRANT COUNTY.
Rev. John Gass and wife, of Green
field, Mo-, have removed to Deming,
where Mr.. Gass will take the local Pres
byterian pastorate.
Apple buyers are reported thick as
h~uckleberries in the county. They are
| paying 2 cents per pound, and shipping
| the apples to Colorado for the most
part.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
A fair share of the San Juan county
| apple crop is yet to be shipped.
The new roller mill is running at Az
tee Is hours per day, and is turning out
a superior article Of flour. The capacity
of the mill is 40 barrels daily.
The storm of last Sunday was the first
precipitation Pennington had since Jul
ly, according to the a Juan Times.
CHAVES COUNTY.
Roswell has a woman's club.
Garrett & Godair will ship 200 sheep
to Kansas City from Roswell as soon as
the cars can ne got LIeTe.
Henry Gaullieur, a well known sheep
grower and business man of Roswell,
has died suddenly in New York, at the
age of 5S. The deceased was long prom
inent in Pecos valley enterprises, and
an active pushing man, so that his loss
will be very much felt.
ALBUQUERQUE.
The recent cold storms sent squads
of hobos shivering into town. and the
police have had their hands full in look
ing after these itinerant gentry.
Telegraph Operator j. P. Cantrell has
been transferred to Kansas City; a de-
served promotion.
George Stevens, a blacksmith in the
Santa Fe shops, is laid up for several
foot by a sledge hammer.
Mrs. M. s.. Otero and daughter, Miss
Dolores Otero, have returned home
from their Chicago trip.
A suit involving $500 0 worth of
sheep, between Barbara Barela de APP
odaca and Thomas A. Gurule, has been
settled by an equal division of the prop
erty.
The city is troubled now with carpet
thieves, the latest loss being a 500 in
grain carpet taken from w. T. Darrow's
clothes line, where it had been hung out
to air.
The Albuquerque glee club has been
organized, with C. e. Burg as presi-
dent.
Albuquerque is agitating again the
question of a big hotel for the accom-
mediation of winter guests. Ell Paso has
been a~gitating this sort of thing for
some years, and after a great deal Of
hair pulling and keel-hauling, has ac-
complished nothing.
The lcal firemen gave Delegate Fer
gusson a banquet before his departure
for Washington.
George A. Weightman and Miss Mary
T. Lambden, of Brantford, Ont, We're
married Wednesday evening and will
remain in town.
Three citizens played holding up a sa-
loon for fun" the other night. 1t vas
their idea of a joke, and the saloon
keeper was a friend of theirs. The po-
lice, however, viewed the matter in a
more serious vein, and fines of $40 to
S25 each were imposed by the justice.
This sort of fun will not be tried
again.
w. G.. Travis is the new principal
teacher of the Indian school heal this
city. He came form Arizona.
The books and papers of the local
land office of the Santa Fe-Pacifc have
been shipped to Los Angeles, followed
by Agent C. H. Fancher and family.
This move is in accordance with an Or
der from Topeka consolidating the AL
buquerque and Los Angeles offices.
GENERAL ITEMS.
Smallpox is on the decline in the
southern counties, thanks to active and
energetic methods of treatment.
Jacobo Flores, the slayer Of A. j, De
Mules, has been bound over at Las
Cruces without bail, to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury.
Eddy calls for a common pasture,
where horses and cattle can be held,
pending shipping and transfer transact
tons.
The Pecos valley beet sugar industry
has increased 100 per cent over that of
last years business. 1t is no trouble
now to dispose of sugar by the car load
within 100 miles of the factory.
Taos has become the center of a large
trade, and the business situation up
there is very gratifying to residents.
Professor Jordan, of the Agricultural
college, says it is now the policy of the
government not to spend any money on
agricultural substations, and thinks the
territory had better maintain them, as
stations are of value here.
Taos citizens want to memorabilia the
destruction of the Maine by a public
monument in the local plaza.
A herd of 5000 sheep purchased in
by the Cimarron Cattle Company
of this territory, has been shipped up
the Pecos valley for feeding In tho
northern part of the territory.