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The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1899-04-19

that many others are looking
this way with a view of locating
in the far-famed lower Rio
Grande valley. There are also
excellent prospects Of The early
constructions of railroad con-
Meeting Brownsville with San
Antonio, and it will probably
not be long ere that magic de-
VeIoper will turn a mighty tide
of immigration this way.
BROWNSVILLE.
There is probably no other
town I'm the United States as
large as Brownsville and pos
sessing sucb numerous natural
advantages which is as yet
without rail communication
with the outer world. With a
population of nearly 1000, sur
rounded by lands fully equal in
fertility to the famed valley of
the Nile and blessed with a
most salubrious climate, this
place lacks only a railroad
outlet to make it one of tue
E<ast important cities in Texas
And there is every reason why
railroad should be construct
ed TO this point. BESIDES the
city Of Brownsville itself, there
lis located here the important
army post of Fort Brown,
which, with the constant chang
ing of troops and transporta-
ton of baggage and supplies
would pay a large sum annually
to the support of railroad.
The towns of Point Isabel, San
Ia Maria, Hidalgo. Rio Grande
City and Roma would also re-
ceive all of their freight over
such a line, while several i'm
porIant up river towns and set
Elements OH the Mexican side
of the river would likewise be-
come It's supporters, as nearly
all freight Tor these points now
comes via steamer 10 BRACES
Santiago and through Browns
Vile whence il goes to it's des-
Iinalion either by river or by
carts. And, better than these,
just opposite Brownsville lies
the important Mexican city of
Matamoros, with population of
over 10000, which also receives
all Of its freight via Browns
VILE. Here We have then a pop
citation of upwards of twenty
thousand isolated through lack
of rail facilities, and ready to
ponr rich, coutri6uIions TO-
wards the support of the
railroad, which there is every
reason To believe will soon
reach here. Nor is this oil, for
it should be remem berpd that
Brownsville lies directly in the
line of the shortest route con-
necting lbe North with Mexico
City. Ii is the 0ataral gateway
feading TO that great capital,
and would at once become the
greatest thorough fare for the
transportation of freight and
passenger traffic, which always
seek the shortest roRte.
OF the advantages IF the city
of Brownsville itself much may
be said. Fl has one of the I'm
est public schools in HE state
with a building which for hand
some appearance, siz- and eS
rpHrncr Of equipment would b.
u credit to 'lts largest City IN
the state.
It employs a corps al %
teachers. ana over 800 pupils
receive free tuition here for ten
scholastic nohIhs each year.
fbrIe are also exselleHt private
here. Tue United SIaies
hntASs es,d nosfnfioa nm
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. Few
Facts
ABOUT CAMERON COUNTY

II the extreme southern tip
IF she great state of Texas lies
Cameron county, itself a small
principally IN extent. In area
IL covers no less than 3,3O9
square miles. It's southern ex-
tremity lies about the sixteenth
of a degree below the 26ih. par
afei, while it's northern latitude
is about Pr 20. It's greatest
width from east to VESTS some
thing over farty miles and from
north to south 100 miles.
CLIMATE.
Though so near the tr op e
yet the climate of this county
is comparatively cool ia sum
mer. It's entire eastern front
OF about one hundred miles, be
ing laved by the cool waters Of
The Calf of Mexico, which great
iy tempers the heat natural to
southern latitudes. The pre-
vaiIing wind throughout the
greater portion of the year is
from the Southeast and comes
directly across the Gulf. The
winters are also extremely Eiid,
and make this an ideal place
for any who seek escape from
the rigors OF a northern winter.
Indeed, no place in the United
States enjoys a more solnbrious
climate during the winter sea
son that Brownsville, the coan-
~ seat of Cameron county
Here the average temperature
for thirty-nine years was 70 de-
gress.
The land lies nearly level the
altitude at Brownsville being
only 43 feet. The soil is rich
with the alluViaI deposits OF
endless years, and its treasures
Of fertility are as yet almost
nutouched only a limited paE
tion of it's surface ever having
been disturbed by the pillow.
10 many places The soil lies
from six to twenty feet deep.
being practically inexhanstiblr.
and this of the fnist and richest
soil known, ranging from a rich
dark ailu7ial TO a sandy loom
The county is watered by the
Rio GraDde, which skirts lis
entire southern boundary, a.
distance Of seVenty-five miles
Besides this there are numerous
small streams, called "Iesacas"
and "arroyos," throughout the
county:
PRODUCTIONS.
The leading industry of this
Eegion at present is stock grow
ing, cattle, horses and sheep
constituting the lie adj ngI
export product. But its
agricultural resources have
been proven to be almost end
Jess in variety. FITS semitrnpi-
cal climate permits such fruits
so the orange, lemon, citron
guaVa, fig and BANANA To
aourish, while peaches pears
and other fruits also do we'll,
and grapes grow and jirld in he
greatest abundance. The chief
products of the soil, however,
are corn, cotton aud sugar cane.
Besides these sorghum. hrooml
corn, and all varities OF vegeta
bIes yield most abandanily
Fl may be- said without seal of
contradiction that all OF these
will yield more per acre thar,
any other portion of the state
Experiments with Havana TO
bacco aud ramie have also
proven most successful. The
latter, once planted becomes
aiinst perennial. The culture
0f sugarcane in this rich valley
hnd deserves special menlio
Fonr thusand pounds OF sagar
Per acre is rhe return made
from land planted in cane, aud
this sugar is pronounced by
government experts te BE- equal
To tie finest houisianw pro
duct
PoPULATroN AND TOWNS
Cameron county. according
tt, lilrrpnsHs of 1880. c9maiusI
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PoPULATroN ANDs TowNs

Cameron county. according
tts lils.-rpnssls of 1880. c9ntaius>
a~prpuIaliua of 1920. The
county seat Is Brownsville
with ahoat 1000 i.hahilanrs
Point F,as1ei, a. seaport. %
miles FROM Brownsville, on the
Llg.Fna del MadFe, has about
300 Inhabitants and Santa
Maria, 3 growing lille river
ssfsS- aseni. ahoat 80 These
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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-20
A new MINING DISTRICT.
socorro County Has Another Candidate fo1
Attention.

Jenkins district is in Socorro county
situated four miles northeast of San
Acasio and seven miles south of La
Joya, within two miles of the Santa Fe
railroad. There are q number of well
defined leads in the district, notably the
W, J. Bryan claim which carries a vein
in place that can be traced across the
country without a break for over q mile.
On the Bryan ver $50 feet of work has
been done and every foot shows pay ore,
the value running in galena, gold and
silver, with copper stains and amounting
to $42 in gold with some silver and
nearly 35 per cent lead.
E. A. Levy of Sabinal, is interested in
the company which owns the Bryan and
some fifteen other claims the most
notable of these being the Sixteen to
One and the Hermit. The company Is
pushing development work as rapidly as
possible and putting in machinery. The
Hermit is considered one of the best
copper prospects and promises to develop
into valuable property. 1t is a high
grade proposition and can be handled
for very little money. The company
has just completed q tunnel $50 feet
long which taps the vein at q depth of
about 100 feet and which shows good ore
ut the crosscut of the vein. A spur
rom the Santa Fe railroad will be laid
his fall.
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SUGAR BEET FARMING.
How the Men Manage It Who Will Build a
New Mexico Factory.

1t is an open secret that the expert
sent to Santa Fe recently to look over
the valley, and who visited other points
in New Mexico with a view to choosing
a location for a large sugar factory, is
in the employ of the Oxnards. They
usually seek to have farmers contract
to grow the beets, but do not depend
entirely upon them. In California the
Oxnards have built another factory,
and own the land on which the sugar
beets are to be grown. They have ac-
CURED about 10000 acres in the immedi-
ate vicinity of the factory. The land is
to be tenanted, and the beet culture
will be supervised by the owners of the
land. The land will be subdivided, and
a certain portion Of it used each year
for the cultivation of sugar beets. The
next year something else will be raised
on that land, and the third year it will
lie idle.
If n crop is planted on the same
land year after year the soil will soon
become exhausted, and the crop worth
less. This is especially the case where
sugar beets are cultivated, as they ex-
haust the soil in a most remarkable
manner. While the first years crop may
turn out all that is expected, the second
year it will be less so, and the third year
a failure. The California factory, in or
der to secure a constant supply of raw
material, has taken the precaution to
direct the cultivation Of the land.
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NEW MEXICO MINES
DONA N COUNTY,

John Foster, Edward and George
Rage have struck a mica mine in the
San Andres mountains, which promises
to turn out well.
Fifty tons Of ore were shipped in one
shipment from the Silver City smeltel
from Price & Patrick's mine in the San
Andres mountains.
Pat Breene, the original %discoverer OF
gold in Gold Camp, is working a new
prospect at the camp, which promises
well.
GRANT COUNTY.
The first payment on the purchase
price of the Modoc group of mines at
Hanover has been made. The company,
under the general management of w. A.
Tenant, with w. w. Clifford as SUPER
intendent, will Immediately increase the
force Of workmen. Samples of the ore
assayed IA per cent copper, 81 in gold,
81 in silver, and a large excess of iron.
Gilchrist & Dawson have two shifts
of men on their copper properties leased
from the c., F. & I. company, at Han
over.
William Swancoat is working a force
of twenty miners on the various zinc
properties belonging to the Mineral
Point Zinc Company of Wisconsin.
Eight car loads Of ore is shipped
monthly.
Gilchrist & Dawson have set up a big
pair of Howe scales, to be used in
weighing copper ore from their lease on
the Jim Thayer at Hanover.
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Messrs. Mcintyre, Davis and Spur
are sinking a shaft on the Bobtail ex-
tension for the Smithfield company. The
ore was found on the surface, and the
shaft was sunk on the vein.
Messrs. Johnson, Larson & Mckay
are operating the Rebel Chief No. 2, sit
uated on the Ute creek side of Badly.
The property contains some high-grade
ore.
j. c. McCullom is doing good work on
the Ruby King and the High Five on
the Red river. Assays running $35 and
$40 We're recently made.
DR.. M. r. McCrory and w. o. Temple,
of Springer, part owners of the Empire
mine on Comanche creek, have COM
menced work on their property. They
will furnish ore to the Confidence mill
at Elizabethtown.
The Edison mill at Elizabethtown ID
now in full operation.
The Confidence mill is the best-equip-
ped mill in the Elizabethtown district.
1t has a sixty horsepower engine and
a fifty horsepower boiler. An Elspass
ifty-ton capacity per day mill is used
for reducing the ore. The mill is we'll
| supplied with modern plates and Will
fey tables. 1t will be a custom mill, but
I is at present running on ore taken from
the company's property, the Imperial,
on Grouse gulch.
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Joseph Schlosser has commenced TAX
lg out ore from his Humboldt and 9TH

| Joseph Schlosser has commenced TAX
ing out ore from his Humboldt and 9TH
er properties at Hanover.
The machinery of the Arson S., at
Hanover, is again in good shape after
several years idleness.
Rufe Bennett is doing good develop
ment work on the Bennett group of
mines at Hanover.
The first installment of the purchase
money for the Bragaw-Potter group
has been paid to the wners. 1t amount
ed to 10 per cent of the purchase price
of $4,000. w. w. Clifford has charge of
the mines.
Thomas Atwood is working a few men
on the Rather at Hanover. All the wa
ter has been taken out of the mine, air
pipes are in operation, and a drift has
been run rs feet from the bottom of a
50-foot shaft.
Three shafts are being put down on
the Hanover mine at Hanover. The wa
ter has been lowered to the top of the
drift, 80 feet from the surface.
SOCORRO N
Captain J. N. Sawyer, of Galveston,
Tex, who was heavily interested in
mines at Mogollon, died in Connecti-
cut.
Thomas Cooney and George Schaible
have a lease upon the Old Silver Bar
mine at Cooney. They have repaired
the pipe line which feeds the water mo-
tor at the mill, and have put all the ma
chinery into good working order. The
mill is now running on rich concen-
trates. The ore is mined from a winze
80 feet deep at a point about $50 feet
from the mouth of the main adit level.
The ore is rich in gold and silver, and
the concentrates run high in copper.
The Last Chance mill at Mogollon is
running ten stamps upon a good grade
of ore from the Last Chance mine. Ten
new stamps and a lot of other machin-
cry have been ordered for the mill.
On the Confidence mine at Mogollon
the work is now being confined to de-
velopment, which is being done by sink
ing shaft No. 2, located about 600 feet
from the mouth of the main adit level.
This shaft has attained a depth of 40
feet, and it is intended to sink to a depth
of 600 feet when connections will be
made with the main working shaft,
which is. equipped with big electric
hosting machinery. When the n
tons are made there will be large ore
reserves opened, which will insure a
long mill run. Several thousand tons of
ore is in the bins at the mine.
COLFAX COUNTY.
The Red Bandana mill is having a
fine run of ore from Canby's Iron Mask
mine at Elizabethtown.
Philip Mould has returned to Eliza
BEETHOVEN from Leavenworth, Kan. He
has resumed work on his Erie lode,
There is a 1OO-foot tunnel on the Erie
on a good strong vein that shows values
from $22 to $45 per ton.
Many Elizabethtown properties are
receiving expert investigation, and a
of sales will be made this fall.
Thomas Pulliam has struck the lead
IN the tunnel of the Rosita at Elizabeth
town, on the east side of Old Badly.
Two Barr patent matchmaking sluice
have been placed by H. H. Argne
the Moreno placers.
Hon. j. w. Pearce has again com
menced work on his Mountain Queen at
Elizabethtown.
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At the Hotels,

AT the Exchanges: Mrs. M. A. Files
La Monte, Mo-; Mrs. C. W.~Weideman
Knob Noster, Mo.
AT the Claire: E. S. Strouse, New
York; d. Frank, Espanola.
At the Claire: Mrs. H. Grant, abb
quiz; w. F. Taliaferro, Los Angeles.
At the Palace: Blakely Graham, Den
Yer; w. c.. Wynkoop, Denver; M. S.
Otero, Albuquerque; Hugo Scharwem-
ka, New York; Albert B. Fall, Ell Paso;
]. D. Wilson, St. Louis; l.. L. Lyon,
Denver; r. M. Bachelor and wife, st.
Joseph; A. Mennet, Las Vegas; J. B.
Gillespie, Albuquerque; Dan Warren,
Denver.
At the Palace: Mrs. S. J. Mauger,
Martin M. Mauger, Washington, d. c.;
G. F. Blackington, Socorro.
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SANTA FE BUSINESS.
superintendent Dyer Promoted-Dea Made
With Colorado Southern.

Charles Dyer, who has been division
superintendent on the Santa Fe between
Colorado Springs and Pueblo, has been
made general superintendent of the
Western division Of the Santa Fe, his
authority extending from Dodge City,
KAN, to III Paso, and to Denver.
The Colorado and Southern and Santa
the use of Santa Fe tracks between
Denver and Pueblo, and the interchange
of tickets between the two places, the
construction of connecting switches and
other details were arranged.
The Santa Fe will not use it's engines
on Colorado trains. The Colorado will
use it's own engines, the Santa Fe, how
ever, sending pilots on each train for a
few days until the Colorado engineers
learn the line.
The change results in q new schedule
of Texas trains on the Colorado. The
new time is a reduction of more than
live hours under the time formerly made
between Denver and Fort Worth.
All through freight and passenger
trains of the Colorado will run over the
o"ioU Ec UluChS w DcuNtT dIu
Pueblo.
The Santa Fe trains will run through
to Trinidad without break, putting La
Junta off the main line and possibly
leaving it without trains. The big pull
over the La Junta hill has always been
a drawback and the Santa Fe will not
now need to 60 to the town at all.
BY the agreement the Santa Fe will
use the Colorado & Southern round
house and terminal facilities in
Denver. All trains will be made
up at that point and all will be received
there. The Santa Fe sidetracks and
round houses in west and south Denver |
will be abandoned. All the night offices |
on the Colorado & Southern road on the |
territory covered by the new agreement
will be closed. The saving to the two
by the consolidation agree
is estimated at $12, 1000 month.
The Santa Fe offices at Pueblo and Co.
dorado Springs will handle the business
the consolidation at these points.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-20
ANOTHER TWIST
The Supreme Court to Be Asked for a
Rulinp,

Ex-Treasurer Samuel Eldodt has
served a protest upon Territorial Treas
urer ]. H. Vaughn. The protest states
that Mr.. Eldodt had filed a writ of err
ror to the supreme court, and had given
5000 bond, and was therefore entitled
to a stay of judgment, but that the
clerk of the supreme court refused to
issue a writ of supersedeas, and the
protestant will apply to the supreme
court for an order upon the clerk to is
u the writ of supersedeas. Mr.. Eldodt
says he turned over the office only be-
cause of fear that he would be adjudged
guilty of contempt, and claims hat he
was compelled to give up the office
without authority of law. The appli-
cation for the ruling upon the supreme
court clerk will be heard at the session
of the supreme court at it's August SEES
sion.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-20
Nambe Pueblo Suit.

The case of Simon Romero ct al. VS.
the Pueblo of Nambe ct al. has been ap-
pealed from the district court to the
supreme court. The defendants are the
appellants, and are represented by At.
torney B. M. Read. The plaintiffs are
the appellees, and are represented by
District Attorney r. c. Gortner. The
case involves the possession Of over
LOO acres of land situated in the Nam
be Pueblo reservation or grant.
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Walker makes good bread. Try it
RENTING COLLECTIONS.
The Collectors of Eddy and Lincoln Counties
Send Funds,

Territorial Treasurer Vaughn yester-
day received remittances of tax collac-
tions from j. F. Mathewson, of Eddy
county, and r. Michaelis, of Lincoln
county. Mr.. Mathewson sen 81, $780, AZ,
of which $337.0 4 was for territorial our
poses, from the taxes of 1895, and
$2,465.26 for 1898, and $9S.63 for terrific
rial institutions from the taxes Of 1895,
and $72O.S5 for 1898. Mr.. Michaelis re-
mitted So, 2S4. rs, of which 1921 was for
territorial purposes for 1895, 81, $685. 3 for
1898, and for territorial institutions, s9.56
for 1895 and $529.51 for 1898.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-07-20
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. S. j.. Mauger and Martin M
Mauger are visitors in the city.
District Attorney R. G. Gortner lief
| this morning on a ten days trip to hi
old home at Goshen, Ind, which he hat
not visited in ten years.
H. S.. Lutz and family and Miss Jone,
returned home last night from a visit tt
Pennsylvania and Kansas. Mr.. Lut,
also went to Washington and other cite.
of interest. Mrs. Lutz and children ant
Miss Jones spent their vacation with
relatives in Kansas.
Harry Call, of Denver, inspector Of
depots of the Denver & Rio Grande, is a
guest of his brother, Albert Call, of Pal.
ace venue Mrs. Lucy E. S%tinson, OF
Denver, sister of Mr., Call, is also in
Santa Fe on a visit. This is the first
time in 81 years that Mr.. Call has met
his sister.
Hon. M. r. Otero returned home this
morning from a very enjoyable visit to
Los Lunas and Albuquerque.
John E. NOLAN of st. Louis, is a visi-
tor in town waiting to 90 to Denver
over the Rio Grande line.
Hon. Mathew G. Reynolds, United
States attorney of the court of private
land claims and son Matthew will ar
rive this evening from st. Louis to
spend the summer at the sa~nitarium.
Mrs. M. A. Files, a tourist from La
Monte, Mo-, is a visitor in the city.
Mrs. c. w. Weideman, a tourist from
Knob Noster, Mo-, arrived in Santa Fee
last evening.
d.. Frank, of Espanola, came to Santa
Fe yesterday afternoon by the overland
route.
w. c. Wynkoop, of Bland, is a visitor
in the city.
Hon. M. S. Otero, of Albuquerque, is
visiting in Santa Fe to-day.
Hon. A. B. Fall, of Ell Paso, arrived in
Santa Fe last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Bachelor, of St.
Joseph, tourists, are visitors in the city.
A. Mennet, the Las Vegas CONNER
cial agent, is calling upon local mer-
chants to-day.
j. B.. Gillespie, of Albuquerque, ar
rived in Santa Fe last evening.
John w. Catron went to Ell Paso yes-
terday afternoon.
Miss M. L. Muse, who has been visit
ing in Santa Fe the past few weeks,
for Glenwood Springs this
morning to join her mother.
Governor Otero returned home this
morning from Las Vegas.
Sheriff Blackington, of Socorro coun- |
Ly, is a visitor in the city, and this aft /
had a conference with Governor |
Otero.
Mrs. Fl. Grant, Of Abiquiu, is a visitor |
n the city.
john II. McCutcheon, the w%ell-known
newspaper maj of Ell Paso and Socorro, |
S a visitor in Santa Fe.
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MINOR CITY TOPICS.

The city council will hold a meeting
tomorrow evening to discuss and act
upon the firemen's dispute.
Santa Fe was like itself again this
morning. The %unclouded dome rivaled
the famous Italian sky in depth and
color and the crisp mountain air was a
welcome relief to the thick humidity of
the past II days.
The first train from the south over the
Santa Fe since Monday night came in
this forenoon. Passengers, however,
were transferred last night across the
washout and brought north on a special.
A regular meeting of the guild will be
held tomorrow afternoon, at half past
two at the residence of Miss Simmons.
The annual meeting of the Santa Fe
fire department will be held tonight
at 5 p. m. to elect inc chief and one as
sistant chief and a %janitor forthe ensuing
year. J.. L. Van Arsdell, Chief.
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RAILWAY WASHOUTS.
Both Lines Are Sufferers and Trains Are
Delayed.

0obn 1luoS AIT Dul6IoIS duu IIdluo AlS
Delayed.
The washouts which are delaying
traffic on the Santa Fe and the Denver
& Rio Grande railroads are extensive,
The Denver & Rio Grande trains have
been tied up at Espanola since Monday
night. The washouts are all below Els
pamela and are many in number. One
of them is reported to be rs feet long
and parts of bridges have been swept
away. A work train has been dispatched
to the washouts and is repairing the
damage. The trains from Espanola are
expected in this afternoon or evening.
On the Santa Fe railroad about 10(
feet of a high bridge at Thornton was
washed away. 1t may take several days
before a train can come through to Lamy
from Albuquerque. In the mean time
transfers are being made.
Twenty miles Of track on the Pecos
Valley railway was damaged by the re.
cent rain storms, and traffic is well nigh
SuSnendad
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Cleaning and Repairing.
THE CLAIRE.

Under the management Of Fred D. MI.
chael, will be kept strictly first-class
It Is the only brick hotel in the city, alb.
solutely fireproof, most centrally locat.
ed, new building, elegantly furnished,
free sample rooms, and rates moderate.
When in Santa Fe stop at the Claire