El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-29
Neighbour
hood Notes
New Mexico

New Mexico
The New Mexico crop of tourists is
now ripe for picking, and it is being
plucked all right.
All New Mexico papers contained
full reports of the Elephant Butte
dam case at Las Cruces.
The Catholic fair, which was held in
Gallup during the past few days was
success in a financial and social way.
The Ysleta Indians celebrated one of
their religious dances this week and
many Albuquerque people drove down
to witness the event.
Garrett & Llewellyn have been en-
gagged in forming a company to work
the Alamo claim in the Jarillas. They
have q feet of rich copper ore within
one-half mile of the railroad.
An Albuquerque paper seems to be
trying to corner the market on its own
output, for il says: The Journal Dem
ocrat would like to purchase dozen
copies OF yesterdays issue. We pay
cents copy.
The Torpedo mine, situated in the
Organs east of Las Cruces, has again
the 100-foot level and there found a
body of silica of copper much richer
than any heretofore encountered.
Judge N. B. Lauehlin and Hon.
Chss. Easley, of Santa Fe, have closed
a deal whereby the Union mine at
Bland passes into the hands of the
Union Mining company, q Milwaukee
organization. The price is 800, GOO in
cash.
The tailorshop of Mr.. Richter, at
Gallup, seems to have been an easy
mark during the past few days for the
thieves. In the absence of the pro-
prietor an Indian walked in and picked
up four pairs of psntaloons and a suit
of clothes.
If the government desires the preser-
walton of forest reserves in the Rocky
mountain region, sheep should not be
allowed to Craze In the limits of the
reservation. Sheep destroy forest
growth more than any other animal
Albuquerque Citizen.
Several merchants of Santa Fee are
making arrangements with four
Itslians from Colorado to start truck
garden in the vicinity Of the city early
next year. There was much difficulty
experienced this year by merchants to
secure vegetables when they wanted
them.
A prominent stock owner of the
western part OF the county writes the
Socorro Chieftain that number of
cattle have been found dead on the
range, apparently having been killed |
for their bides, as the animals were
skinned and the carcases left intact. |
In each case the animals had been |
shot.
The Las Vegas city council has been |
approached with new electric light |
plant proposition. The city by grant |
ing the franchise will not only effect q |
saving 10 the present cost of lighting, |
but will be q shareholder in |
the profits of the company with :the |
privilege of acquiring the plant at any |
time 1t sees tit.
Judge S. E. Booth, of Elizabe thtowu,
was in Las Vegas the other day, and in |
connection with his visit the Review
says: when Judge Booth left the |
mountain camp near Las Vegas, two
feet of snow covered the ground clear
to the base of the mountains. Pros
pecting has been effectually stopped |
for the time being, although under
ground work is still in progress and all |
the mines are showing up nicely.
A. E. Vincent, who has been drilling
an srtesian we'll on Col. G. G. Slaught-
er's Hereford farm, two miles east
of Roswell, struck a strong flow at the
depth of 275 feet few mornings since
and by evening it had developed into
q discharge fully equal to that of Mr..
big well at the Chisum
ranch. A joint of the 81 inch casing
vas fastened on top of the well and the
water at once rose % feet above the
ground.