Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-07
SHEEP SHEARING
A Sheep Shearing Machine Run by
a Gasoline Engine in Socorro
County.
A BURRO'S TOUCHING DEED
Property Owners fSooorro Combine to Raise
the Rents-A Telephone Company Or
ganiaed in Grant 0ounty-Miners'
Hospital at Gallup.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.

Hospital at Gallup.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Chicken thieves are numerous at Gal
lup.
Three coal companies maintain hospi-
tails at Gallup, or rather the coal miners
maintain them," paying the freight
cheerfully.
The San Juan county fruit growers
have JstablaShed acommission house at
Gallup, and make regular shipments
overland to that point.
An air motor for saving lumber has
been added to the machinery at the Gal
lup railroad shop. They have used air
in painting cars for several years.
The Crescent Coal company's property
at Gallup was formally transferred to
the American Fuel company through M.
W. Flournoy,of Albuquerque. Considera-
tin, $23O,OOO.
A man calling himself w. A. Clark,
succeeded in getting two fraudulent
checks cashed at Gallup. The checks
were drawn by him on the Arizona Cen
tral bank of Flagstaff for $95 and $37,
and were signed W. A. Clark by James
Kirk.
A notice for the election to be held in
Mckinley county will be issued ten days
prior to November 9th. The following
members of the board of registration
have been appointed: d. C. Russell, b.
B. Borden, Theo. Maxwell, A. +. Ries,
I'd du,a I'd Onipp nrd Do Ko+noc
A hobo who called himself John Smith
was found rifling the stock of liquors in
a Gallup building, formerly occupied by
Peter Noci. The stock and fixtures
have been In charge of Mr. L. L. Henry
as trustee in bankruptcy. Smith was
given sixty days In the county jail.
The Casna coal mine, two miles west
of Gallup, is showing up in fine shape
The vein is seven feet thick and free
from bone, and only about half mile
from the railroad track. Mr. Casna has
been doing development work for the
past two years. A prominent mining
company has an option on the mine, and
the chances are good for sale. The
town of Gallup will be largely benefited
by the opening up of this mine.
GRANT COUNTY.
P.S. Hall has purchased C. R. Temple
residence In Silver City.
c. B. Long and family, of Indian Ter
ritory, have located In Deming.
The delinquent tax list of Grant coun-
ty, Is columns long, is being published.
A. Witzel has bought the ice plant and
is now looking for water at Silver City.
w. D. Murray, OF Central, has been
elected director of the Silver City
bank.
The Pullman service between Deming
and Rincon has been discontinued by the
Santa Fe.
Julius Wagner has resigned as men,
ber of the Silver City council and will
remove from the city.
"Broncho" Mitchell, of Deming, has
been pronounced insane and confined in
the county Jail for safe keeping.
The grand jury now in session is ex
pected to do some work that will sur
prise the cattle rustlers and outlaws.
The work of getting the new depot
grounds and yards south of Silver City
into something like shape is progressing
slowly but steadily.
At Silver City the RED Onion" saloon
was sold by Charles L Ashton, to Will
lam H. Kilburn. Mr.. Ashton will devote
his time and energies to his mining in
terests, he being interested in number
of valuable properties.
Deputy Sheriff Phillips went to Wilcox
after fellow who burglarized the Lords
burg barber shop, missed him, but caught
Charles Adams, who is wanted for shoot
ing up the Redrock school house, Phil
lips took him to Silver City Jail.
Chairman Newcomb, of tho Grant
county Republican central committee,
has issued call for county convention
to be held In Silver City Thursday, Sep.
tember 9th, for the purpose of electing
four delegates to the territorial conven-
tion and also for the purpose of nominat-
ing regular county ticket.
The Grant County Telephone COM
pany, controlling the new telephone sys-
tenn in Silver City and extending to Cen
have organized and elected the following
officers: President, w. d. Murray; vice.
president, Edward A. Blanton, jr.; secre-
tary, P. 7. McGrath; treasurer, Adolph
Witzel; manager, ]. w. Bible.
A reporter was permitted to take a
peep at a letter recently received by a
gentleman in Deming from the promoter
of the G. s. N. railway in New York, and
which said among other pleasing things:
"The mortgages will be here the Goth,
so hope to close up the contract on the
construction of the G. & N. next
month"
SOCORRO COUNTY.
Owen Rice and family, Of Socorro,
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