Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1899-09-22
LAKE VALLEY NEWS.
Goat and sheep shearing is
now in order.

j. II. Latham returned from
his trip to San Antonio, n. M
Mr.. Latham has made trade witt
r. G. MoLtoya, which consists oI
cattle and sheep. Mr.. Latham
will trade $50 head of cattle fol
1900 head OF sheep. The trade
will be closed Oct. LIST.
&C. n Titus spent two days
last week, visiting friends aud rel
atives in Hillsboro.
e. H. Jobson and wife spent
two days OF last week, visiting Mr.
Gray, on the Terra Blanca.
H. l., Roper has left for Arr
zona, where he Intends to make his
future home.
Mrs. John Jobson will leave
for Clifton, Arizona, this week also
Mrs. Roper will leave for Tucson.
The goat men of this section
cf the country have been troubled
very much Of late by mountain
lions, and E. II. Jobson has
started subscription list among
the goat men to increase the boun-
ty on lions and lynx. Nearly
everyone knows what the county
bounty is (lions S. 90, lynx ~ 00).
The result Of e. h. Jobson's sub
scripiion is not less than W 80
additional on lions aud ~ rs addi
tionnl on lynx making total OF
slO.50 for lions and 81 rs for lynx
This additional boaniy will apply
only on animals killed within a.
radius Of 10 miles from B +
Parks ranch on the BereDda
This is a good opportunity for q
lnnter and couple Of dogs. Any
one hunting in this district will
always he welcomed at the follow
ing ranches, to stay as long AZ they !
are pursuing any of the above
mentioned animals. or any other
animals which destroy goats.
jas. w Gray, JDo Gavin, Ed, Pat
ton, D. G. Taylor and g. M. Beals.
M. e, FL. Jobson has been chosen
to pay for all hides brought to him
from the above mentioned district.
Oar school opens on Monday,
Oct 2nd. Miss Emma G. Quick,
of this town, will teach. She ls the
young lady who received the high
est grade certificate at the late
Institute examination in Hills
boro, and is a teacher Of experience
10 graded schools.
Hon. w. II. Andrews, our
benevolent citizen, is about to intro
duce new feature in the way OF
prospecting Mr.. Andrews has
had shipped here, two cars Of arte-
sian well machinery, from Pitts
burg. Pa, which he intends to set
up at Andrews, N. NJ, and drill for
water. This is something that has
never yet been tried in this
county, and should Mr.. Andrews
attempts prove successful 1t will
open channel for Investment that
will greatly exceed mining invest
ments. Why? Because we have
hundreds of thousands of acres of
|andi that will produce the finest
wheat and corn that the world ever
ssw. if water can be obtained in '
sufficient quantities to irrigate it. s
We have no severe winters to freeze g
The spring crops, nor do we have q
hose fearful bot spells that are 80
destructive to crops; and in fact, y
our facilities are second to none If i
We could only have An abundance {
of water. If an artesian we'll t
could be sunk, say in the ne,ehhor- n
,ood of O-ceola, there 10 enough S
and in that valley (which extends :
rom the river TO Deming) to work e
many hundreds Of farms, and two
,r three wells at different points n
Eonld be sufficient To irriga,e the $
'ntire country for 25 miles around
And another great feature we have
I Mr.. Aodrews does strike vein {
II water. it will no doubt come M