Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-04
THB GOAT INDUSTRY
Good Prices Are Received for Angora
Goats in Sierra County for
Shipment East.
TERRITORIAL HAPPENINGS
A Suit for $4,000 Brought Against a
Mining Oompany-An Official steno-
grapher Appointed for Grant Ooun-
ty District Court.
SOCORRO COUNTY.


Marcial merchants. the stores there no
longer close at Z p. m.
Cedlaco JoJola announces himself as
candidate for county commissioner
on the Republican ticket.
Rev. w. Arthur Shelton, of San Mar
cial, pastor of the Methodist church,
has resigned his charge and gone to
Texas
William E. Kelley, w. H. Winter, H.
M. Dougherty, A. A. Sedillo, A. A. Free
man, Elfego Baca. S. Alexander, and
other members Of the SOcorro bar held
a meeting and passed resolutions re-
GREETING the resignation of and retire.
ment from their midst of Judge Chas
A. Leland.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Mrs. Mandell has been appointed
postmistress at Meslla Park.
Thirty houses have been erected in
Organ during the past three months.
Hon. John r. DeMier and wife have
left Las Cruces for visit to southern
California.
south Haven, Mich, Is years of age,
died at Las Cruces.
Eighty children Of both sexes of scho-
lastic ages have been enrolled in Or
gan and Black mountain district.
Isidoro Armijo, Of Las Cruces, has
been appointed by Judge Parker as Of
f1cial stenographer for the Grant coun-
ty court.
F. A. White, a farmer at Victoria,
was run over by harrow and severely
injured. He Is under a physicians care
at Las Cruces.
1t is reported that Wesley Culp has
struck 16 per cent copper ore in the
Santiago mountains, about six miles
south Of Rincon.
p. Moreno has purchased the Lane
Bros drug store property at Las Cru
ces, and will improve it. A. Schenke
bought business property from New
York parties for $1,500, and will also
improve it.
Judge J. V. Humphrey, of Junction
City, Kan, has been to Las Cruces and
filed application for patent on the Dixie,
Monometallist and Stonewall Jackson
group Of claims in the Black mountain
district in behalf of his company.
At Las Cruces there seems to be quite
demand for houses as the fall season
approaches from people who come to
give their children the advantage of
school, and those who come to spend
the winter. The demand seems to be
greater for cottages than for rooms in
adobe tenement blocks. There Is not a
vacant building at Mesilla Park for
rent and no desirable ones In Las Cru
ces
SIERRA COUNTY.
The "Silver Democrats" of Sierra
county held mass meeting at Hills
boro.
The wife Of Bonito Rocha died at
HillsborO Of consumption. Mrs. J. M.
Welty died at Greenhorn.
George II. COlyor and wife, of Man
chester, Tenn, have located in Silver
City.
Luther M. Nelis is in Grant county
gathering cattle statistics for the CEN
sus bureau.
Miss Matte Dickson, of Silver City,
has been employed as public school
teacher at Hadley.
c. Amory Stevens and c. G. Collins,
mine experts from New York, are at
Silver City on business.
District court opened at Silver City
yesterday. The criminal docket is light
but one man in Jail Is held on the
charge of murder.
The Silver City firm of Rutherford &
Conant has been dissolved by mutual
consent, j. c. Rutherford retiring. Will
liam Rose having purchased j. C. Ruth
erford's interest.
Mr.. Hale, inspector and register for
the American Angora Goat Breeders
Association of Kansas City, Mo-, re-
Gently visited Sierra county. He is now
doing the country in the vicinity of
Silver City and Pinos Altos.
At FairVieW some good rains fell last
week, but they do not continue, conse-
quently the ranges are fast drying up
again. The outlook for the cattle in
dustry is anything but promising for
the coming winter, and unless rains
come quickly stock will be moved out.
Maj. s. M. Davis, representing the
Hillsboro last week gathering mining
data to be utilized by the commercial
club. which proposes to extensively ad-
vertise the vast mineral resources Of
the southwest.
While on their way from Hillsboro to
Hermosa the other day, Robert Cassidy
and Edward Collard ran across a she
bear and cub on the Saco. The boys
gave chase to the brutes, and succeed
ed in running the cub up tree, while
the old bear escaped. The cub, which
was evidently the mate to the one that
Major Day and Tom Ross stoned to
death recently, was speedily dis
patched.
w. E. Taylor, of Kingston, returned
from Lake Valley, where he and Ed
ward Allen had delivered 300 goats to
FL H. Jobson for shipment. The goats
delivered were bred up Angoras, and
the price paid was $3.50. Prime goats
are bringing IS, and $40 a head has been
refused for choice nannies. Mr.. Jobson
will soon ship out 500 or 600 more goats,
which he has bargained for In the vi
cinity Of Kingston. The goats are be-
ing shipped to the brush lands of Mis-
souri, and Iowa.
GRANT COUNTY.
Bishop J. M. Kendrick, of the Epis-
copal church, will visit Silver City on
Sunday next.
The Pinos Altos base ball club has
challenged the Silver City team for a
match game for $50. 1t will be pulled
off on Sunday next at Silver City.
In the district court at Silver City
Selma Montoya has brought suit
against the Azure Mining Company
claiming $4,000 damages, her husband
who was employed by this company
having died from injuries received in
its mines.