Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-28
BENEFICIAL RAINS
The Ranges in Southern New Mex
leo Are in Splendid Condition
for the Winter.
ATTEMPTED JAIL BREAK
A Looomobile Stage Line in Grant County
Former Residents of Hagerman Per-
ished at Galveston Items of News
Throughout the Territory.
(DONA ANA COUNTY.

| NboVNA ANA COUNI4.
Wandering home after the rain OF
Saturday night, Dan Achenbach, of La
Cruces, fell in a dry open well. He wa
not seriously hurt, but was soon rope,
and drawn to the surface by neighbors
Every house in Las Cruces is takel
for the winter and students at the ag
ricultural college find it hard to ge
boarding places.
Marcos Medina, Of Las Cruces, who i
confined in the county Jail at Ell Pas,
without bail to await the action Of tn,
grand jury on the charge of killing Jos,
Alvarez at La Union about a montl
ago. has brought suit through his attor
ney, Judge Wilcox, against the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad fo1
lamages in the sum of SIS for killing {
cow. The company does not dispute the
killing of the COW, but differs from him
as to the value. A continuance was ta
ken and the case will probably be set
| tied out Of court.
A few days since the boarders at Ho
tel Garrett, in Las Cruces, undertook
to make an exit from the Jail witt
knives, attempting to cut through thu
wall. They were discovered, however
| and disarmed. At last accounts they
had concluded to board while longer
Mesilla had plenty of rain, which, with
| the irrigation lately, has started vege-
| tation again, and many of the ranchers
| will get another cutting of alfalfa, but
| corn and beans are almost an entire
| failure. The fruit has been badly dam
aged by the long spell of dry weather
and many trees have died. The peach
| season has closed, but was not as large
as usual. Apples are better than last
season. Mr.. Faulkner and DR.. Bailey
are now gathering their fruit, and Mr..
Faulkner expects to have about 1900
boxes of apples. while DR.. Bailey ex-
poets to have 1,5OO.
EDDY COUNTY.
c. w. Cowden, of Carlsbad, sold to
Manager Mcintosh, of the Bolles farm,
$50 old cows, in excellent condition, at
ST each.
Fine general rains have fallen that
assure the stockmen all the water that
they will need. Shearing is under way
with the tiocks all fat.
The fruit crop Is all marketed. r. D
ransill, Of Carlsbad, made an exhibit
at Colorado Springs Of 100 cases, and
captured first and second prizes.
In general the season has surpassed
expectations. Nearly all of the crops are
natured; the corn and cane crops are
ready for harvest, and the whole crop
IS the largest ever seen in the Pecos
valley.
Mr.. Osburne, of Carlsbad, has been
threshing alfalfa seed, having 400 acres
of alfalfa to thresh. He is thinking OF
starting a stock feeding ranch with 500
mead, which will be big improvement
Tor the lower valley at Otis.
George H. Webster, the Carlsbad
sheep dealer, stopped in Roswell with
two car loads of fine registered Shrop-
shire bucks from Canada, and sold
lwenty-one head to Charles de Bre-
mond, and twenty head of registered
Lincolnshire bucks to w. H. Hamilton
for Otis Bros sheep farm. The remain
ing eighty-two head Of Shropshire
Ducks Mr.. Webster kept for himself.
Mr.. Webster was offered $35, $40 and $50
each for those he selected for his own
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CHAVES COUNTY.
Several new cOmers are showing up
every day, looking over the lower Pecos
valley and negotiating for property,
which speaks we'll for the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elford, who for
merly lived near Hagerman, together
with their little 5-year-old grandson,
were among those who lost their lives
at Galveston.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Lincoln county has the finest apple
|crop this year since the Organization OF
the county. The fruit is practically clear
of defects, and is of exceptionally good
flavor.
In Lincoln county all the lakes and
water holes are full, and the stock is
just as far out as it can get from the
used-up range around the permanent
water, where it has been compelled to
stay during the drouth.
GRANT COUNTY.
The horseless carriage has made Its
appearance in the Pinos Altos district,
and the proprietor Of one stage line will
put locomobiles on his route within six
months, and will run them regularly. 1t
will no doubt prove an agreeable inno-
vation, particularly so by comparison
with some of the pokey loco means OF
transportation with which the travelling
public have to content themselves in
less up-to-date regions.
In answer to Clara Barton's appeal
the Christian Endeavor society at Lake
Valley has started relief fund for the
benefit of the Galveston flood sufferers
The society is small, but desires to helr
these stricken people all it can. The So
Clety mas Deen III exiSteif(e loi 'ohe
time, and now owns its own building
which is well lighted and provided with
good comfortable chairs.
COLFAx COUNTY.
The surveyors Of some railroad com
pany are now in eastern Colfax county
headed toward Maxwell City, according
to reports.
The convention Of municipalities OF
New Mexico called by the city council
OF Ration Is scheduled to meet In Albu-
querque on october %.
The Belgian hare IL becoming quite
popular at Ration, and Is now mentioned
almost as frequently as horses ant