Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-21
TERRITORIAL N8WS
Although Colfax County Is Appar-
emily Prosperous Its Tax Valua-
tions Are Decreasing.
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS
An Excess of Boy Babies Born at Las Cru
ces-Union County News Items Hap
penings in Oolfax and Dona
Ana Counties.
UNION COUNTY.

| "A drenchlng rain VISITED Union county
last week.
District court ejl convene at Clayton
on Septeu
Frank Maesta= sold his lambs TO
Colorado feeder at $l.70 per head.
The recent horse races at Clayton
earned expenses, and little ate.
A teachers institute is in progress at
Clayton and will continue to September2.
p. l.. Huber has gone to work on the
Clayton Enterprise and the paper shows
it in its news columns.
George E. Hosmer has been visiting
in Union county. He now prints the
Trinidad Monitor and aspires to run for
the Legislature of Colorado on the De-
mocratic Populistic ticket,
Georgia Pryor, the woman who was
shot by Victor AIarid few days ago, at
Clayton is recovering. The justice of
the peace Alfonzo Padilla, has issued
warrant for her arrest to be held as a
witness, and her erstwhile paramour
still Ianguishes IN Jail.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
William Hayden, who recently sold
out his interest in the hotel business at
Ell Paso, has located at Organ.
At Van Patterns Dripping springs
resort, which is crowded with visitors,
extensive improvements are soon to be
started.
-Mandell & Casad, who are boring for
water at the Modoc mine, have struck
flow of water which is gradually in
creasng. This insures a large concen-
trating plant at the Modoc.
Theodore Rouault, the Las Cruces
canning factory man, received car
load of cans the fore part of the present
week. This year Mr.. Rouault pays S3, 300
per car for his cans, where the same
quantity last year cost 81, 700,
c. l. Grugan, representing the Foote
Mineral company of Philadelphia, who
has been making collection of ores in
the Organ mountains, started east last
| week by way OF Denver and other
Colorado points. Mr.. Grugan stated
that this camp produced more varieties
of ore and crystals than any other camp
on record.
| 1t Is an old saying that in years of
war, all babies born are boys. This
seems to be substantiated as far as Las
Cruces is concerned, for it is note
worthy fact that about nine-tenths of
the children born this year and last are
| boys The record last week was three
boys and no girls
COLFAX COUNTY.
Felix Martinez, of Ell Paso, is visiting
points in Colfax county.
Winter wheat is being cut on johnson
mesa and is reported first-class.
Ration merchants subscribed $3.50 to
improve the highway leading to Johnson
mesa.
John Hlxenbaugh announces that he
is n candidate for assessor on the Demo-
cratic ticket.
Some of the later outing parties are
meeting disappointment. The streams
are pretty well fished out and game is
scarce and wild.
Harry LIE Roy, of Ration has issued
challenge to any man in Colfax county
to a matched race of SO yards for 500 a
side; Carleton Plumb, of Gardner, pre-
ferred.
C. j. Calvin and John Hixenbaugh left
Ration for Colorado Springs Monday,
where they will attend the national far
mers convention. Mr.. Gavin is a wide
awake rustIer and goes as delegate.
Hugh II. Woods, an old timer in Colfax
county but now representing the Drov-
ers Live Stock Commission company of
Kansas City is at Ration for couple of
weeks visiting his cousins, Tom and AL
bert Shaw.
h,,ot OF i'm.
proving and the county constantly grow
ing, the Ration Range wonders why the
assessed valuation of the taxable prop
erty of Colfax county is steadily decreas-
ing. 1t is $l33, ,637 80 less than last year.
and has been thus dropping for the past
several years.
Frank Spears, superintendent of the
Smithfield company's mines, while show
ing some eastern friends over the camp
| last week routed up mountain lion
which took refuge in tunnel on "Old
Baldy." They closed the door on his
Iionship and at last reports the animal
was still confined. 1t is the purpose of
these parties to capture the beast alive.
The Ration Range states, anent the
improvements lately inaugurated by the
Santa Fe route, that there is to be built
a new tunnel over the Ration range sew
eral hundred feet below the present one,
thereby reducing the grade between
Ration and Trinidad. 1t seems the man
agement is satisfied by improving the
present roadbed by Strengthening cut
curves and reducing grades. more and
better results can be obtained than
building any proposed cut-offs,