Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-13
TERRITORIAL NEWS
A New Newspaper Is to Be Launched
at Red River City This
Week.
A new LODGE FOR AZTEC
Prudencio Trujillo, of Largo, Is Arrested
Charged with an Awful Orime-Ths
First Shipment of Peaches from
Carlsbad, Eddy County.
TAOS COUNTY.


Wamsley's hot springs have had
many tourist bathers this summer.
Mrs. w. P. Gardner, of Red River,
suffered stroke of apoplexy, affecting
her left side.
T. D. Lieb,. w. A. Chapman and a
party of Ration people are camping in
the Taos mountains.
Lawyer Pierce, of Taos, has gone to
Del Norte, Colo, to represent Antonio
Trujillo and others in the sheep dam
age suit brought by John M. Staley
J. d. Parker has reached Taos with
several wagon loads of merry go-round
paraphernalia, which he will have in
place for the San Geronimo festivities.
Eugene Gordon, working leasers on
the Iron placers, is alleged to have fled
with bag Of gold, and Red River mer-
chants are holding the bag"
F. G. Stevens will issue the first num-
ber of his new paper at Red River on
the 18th inst, calling it the Red River
Prospector. L. w. Browns new paper
the Mining Bulletin, appeared on the
4th inst.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
The normal school project is progress
ing satisfactorily.
w. S. Dalton is erecting new busi-
ness house in Aztec.
J. c. Olvey's new distillery at Aztec
commenced making peach brandy this
week.
Aztec church-goers threaten to have
a few young folks arrested if they don t
behave better at church services.
The Aztec baseball team has re-
ceived invitations from the Durango
and Silverton clubs to play ball with
them.
Old timers declare the San Juan and
Animas are lower than at any time
since 1882. There's plenty of water at
all times for irrigation. however.
Little Willie Hateley upset coffee
pot of boiling coffee upon himself at Ri
ley Williams house at Aztec one day
last week and was very badly scalded
William Bluck, of Flora Vista. having
recently disposed of his big ranch in
Washington state, has centered all his
interests in the Animas valley. Sar
Juan county suits him best.
A meeting will be held at Aztec on
y,,f, 1axr 20, fHa nj
organizing branch of the Woman's
Relief Corps, auxiliary to the Grand
Army of the Republic, and also to con-
slider plans for the organization of a
camp of the Sons Of Veterans.
One Prudencio Trujillo, from Largo
precinct, is in the county Jail at Aztec,
charged with criminal assault upon a
9-year-old child, the daughter of Jose
fita Manzanares, of the upper San Juan
and the assault alleged occurred at the
Martinez settlement, above Largo, or
the 9th day Of July. During the pre-
liminary examination at Largo the
prints made by pair of boots WON by
the guilty person were carefully meas
ured, and it is claimed they correspond
ed exactly with the boots worn by Tru-
jillo at the time of arrest, several rows
of heavy tacks in each case clinching
the resemblance. Trujillo had on the
boots when he was lodged in JAIL but
1t was found later that the tacks had
all been drawn from the soles, ard by
h, ohn l1
said he pulled the tacks or nails be-
cause they made him slip on the iron
floor.
EDDY COUNTY.
County Collector J. F. Matherson IL
a candidate for reelection.
Miss Josephine Brown, of Sedalia
Mo-, has taken a position in the office
of McLenathen & Tracy at Carlsbad as
stenographer.
A. 7. Gunter, the Penasco sheep man
last week purchased of John Byrnes
about 1900 head Of yearlings, ewes anG
muttons. The price paid was $3.50
head.
The Carlsbad sugar factory has re
sumed operations for the season. Th
campaign will last about three weeks
and the total output Is expected to b
about 100000 pounds. Forty men ar
employed, and the machinery Is max
| ing one of the smoothest runs in tn
factory's history.
At Carlsbad J. A. Law sold his plac'
on Main street to s. T. Biting for 1915
The Krause building, on Canon street
to the city, for city hall; consideration
81. 200; house belonging to the Colora
do Building and Loan Association, cor
ner Greene and Halagueno streets, t.
w. G. Woerner; terms private.
Most of the Eddy county stockmel
are engaged in tearing down the drift
fences erected by them on public land
United States Deputy Marshal Coding
ton was in Eddy, and said that some o
the ranchmen were ordered almost
year ago to remove their fences. an
those who have not compiled will Sc
their fences demolished by the author
ity of law.
A. c. Boyce and family, Of Charming
Tex, have been visiting Carlsbad. MI
Boyce enjoys the distinction Of bein
the manager Of the largest cattle rancl
in the world-the famous Syndicat
Cattle Company, of Texas. The ranc
embraces over 100000 acres of lane
and the cattle number over 100000 head
Forty-two thousand calves were brand
ed this year.
The Carlsbad district is forging ahea
as fruit producing region. The frs
car load of peaches ever going out @
the valley went north last week, con
signed to Kansas City parties. Th
peaches were from the Rio Pecos OF