Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-02-02
new MEXICO SIFTINGS.
san Juan County.

Pennington Is ENJOYING vcritable
building boom.
Mr.. Dallas Branch, of Branch Bros,
proprietor of the stage line, and Miss
Della Hughes, were united in marriage
at Cedar Hill recently by Judge Graves.
E. D. Sharp announces that he has
leased the San Juan County index to L.
c. Grove, an experienced newspaper
man of Denver. Mr.. Sharp bespeaks
for his successor continuance of the
liberal patronage heretofore bestowed
upon his excellent paper.
The receipts of San Juan county dur
ing 1897 were $7,774.5O, and the expendi-
lures for same year, including 81, 800 in
terest, amount to $7,721.ss. The cash
balance in the county treasury on Janu-
ary i, 1898, was S3,s49.2l. Rather a
satisfactory showing.
Mr.. j. Fl. Holmes. manager of the
Animas Valley Land e. Irrigation
company, has gone to Denver on busi-
ness connected with the big ditch enter
prise. Mr.. Hitchcock has charge Of the
company's affairs during the absence of
Mr.. Holmes, says the Index.
The Animas River Land & Irrigation
company had number Of visitors the
first OF the week. Among them was w.
B. Lawson and L. c. Grove, OF Denver;
I. c. Mather, w. E. Carry, and G. r.
Albright Of Boone, Ia; Mr.. Stanley and
son, and Mr.. Miller, of Salida. Colo.
They come to the fruit belt for the pur-
pose OF looking the country over and to
locate land under the great canal
Now is the time to haul the lumber
for the new Touring mill. Mr.. Trew
has his order for the machinery placed
with the manufacturers and it Is now
awaiting shipping orders. Mr. Trew
says that as soon as the lumber for the
mill is on the ground the machinery will
be shipped. reports the Index.
Gallup Gleanings.
1t was 20 degrees below zero in Gallup
one day last week.
Gallup coal is being shipped to Phoc-
nix and other Arizona cities.
About 800 men are employed in the
different Gallup coal mines.
Nearly 100 Of our miners were taken
out to Johnson's tunnel on Sunday night
to assist in the work of clearing and
timbering the tunnel. Fifty cents an
hour was offered for workers and quite
number were soon secured, and left on
a special for the tunnel. Carpenters
have been paid $40 shift. says the
Cleaner.
Eddy County.
1t is a mighty dull day that does not
witness the birth Of more than one baby
in Eddy.
J. r. Beals and wife, formerly Miss
Eva Webster and for some years one Of
the school girls Of Eddy, came in from
Tempe, A. T., last week and will make
Eddy their home.
A party OF neighbors and friends met
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. E. +.
Draper, on Wednesday evening, to cele-
brate the 18th birthday Of Mrs. Diapers
father, Mr.. Shields. who resides at the
family home in La Hucrta. A very
pleasant evening was spent.
Chaves County.
Geo. N. Buss struck a 25 gallon flow
some time since In the artesian well he
has been boring on his place. at Roswell.
and hopes to enlarge 1t soon.
Ben Duncan has purchased for G. $.
McCarty, of Roswell, four thoroughbred
Hereford cows from one Of the best
breeding farms in Missouri; the price
for the four was 81 900.
On Wednesday night some one entered
the postoffice building at Roswell and
stole about SIS out OF the drawer in the
store and q lot OF cigars. No attempt
was made to molest the safe In the post
Office or the stamp drawer,