El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-29
LAKE VALLEY, N. M.
Arizona Goats Growing In Favor
Their Value On Farm Or Ranch
An Orderly County-Senator
Andrews PdldCe-A Tale Of a
Tenderfoot And a Burro.

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Hale, representing the Kansas City
Live Stock Commission company, is in
this vicinity, trying to buy several
thousand Arizona goats. The Arizona
goat is forging to the front with WON
derful speed. They are proving to be
one of the most desirable animals
with which a ranch can be stocked in
this country. There is estim ated to be
something like 40, 600 of them within
twenty miles of Lake Valley. The
farmers of other states, especially
Missouri and Iowa, are awaking 20 the
fact that this animal is most desirable
on their farms, for the reason that in
addition to being profitable for its hair
and flesh it is of almost inestimable
value IS n destroyer of undesirable
grOwths of under brush aud weeds, aud
to save the labor of sprouting newly
cleared brush land, which is one OF the
hardest tasks many famers encounter
in those states.
RICH ORE.
Messrs. Rickerson, Slease and
Knight, of Lake Valley, lessees of the
Lookout mine near Kingston, are get
ting out ore that assays 2540 ounces in
gold, and over 5000 ounces in silver, q
valuation of about S55, 900 per ton.
The above is what their last assay
showed. They are good men, and we
are glad to see them prosper.
District court will be in session at
Hillsboro during next week. 1t will
probably be short term. Sierra is Q
banner county for good behavior, and
most of the time at our terms of court
is put in on cases coming here from
other counties on change Of venue. 1t
seems a majority of the cases this term
are the result of mistakes (?) made by
cattlemen in branding cattle. It is too
bad they are not more proficient in
identifying their property.
Hon. w. 81. Andrews, manager OF
the Philadelphia M. g. M. company, is
just completing the largest residence
building in this part of the country, at
the mines at Andrews, about eight
about three car loads of the finest fur
niture ever brought to the country in
to the house. 1t will be veritsble
palace for New Mexico. The senator
Ia a wide awake business man, and is
not afraid to spend money in the de-
velopment work of mining property.
Such men are needed in our mining
districts.
If jack rabbits were dollars and cot
ton tails fractional currency, this 10
caiity would be the greatest money
center in the world.
THE PHANTOM BURRo.
A remarkable tale of adventure Is
related, which happened to a party of
hunters who were on their way to the
head waters of the ella river. They
tains, and used pack burros to trans
port their outfit. One young tender
foot who was of the party, had been
told that bears were hard to get.
because OF the numerous caves that at
fOrded them safe retreat from the
sportsman. He conceived the brilliant
idea that this difficulty might be over
come in many cases by the use of
giant powder to blow up the caves. He
pounds of the explosive, which he
bound on top of his burro.
The party was traversing narrow
pathway on the verge of canon so
deep that in the gathering gloom of
the night which was Overtaking them
no bottom could be seen. Anxious to
reach safer footing. before it became
too dark to travel such a road in safety
they urged the burrOs forward with
the dynamite stun bled and in an in
slant Was over the precipics with
nothing but the unsu bstautial air be-
tween himself and the rocky bottom
of the canon. 1t Is averred that he
commenced to bray and continued the
bray in all its variations while in mid
air.
AS the last note of his dying song
went echOiug up and down the cauon,
a tremendous explosion was heard that
fairly shook the rocks to their very
foundation. No effort was made to
secure salvage from the wreck. It is
said that at the came time every even
ing phantom burro can be seen
traversing this trail and falling over
the precipfce az the same point. and can
be heard to utter bis bray in weird
tones, followed by the sound of an ex-
plosion. This story may not be true,
but 1 do not see what object anyone
could have in lying about it.