Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-27

securing plant, was in Roswell and Dur
chased some 10000 pounds of woo
lstored in Ed S. Seay's warehouse.
I'll l.. ]. Caswell started out from Ros
well with a force of ten men to tn
summit of the Sacramentos to see wha
improvements can be made in the lin
of railroad for the FL Paso branch.
DIR. j. Il. Musselman, a surgeon of tn
Big Four railway, of Paris, ILL.,, was II
Roswell last week looking for a Location
for sanitarium. He was accompanied
by his wife and two nieces.
E. l.. Wildly and w. s. Prayer have
purchased forty acres of land from the
Roswell Land and Water Company
west of North Spring river addition tc
Roswell. They will plat this land in
acre tracts for the market
An effort made by some of the cattle
owners Of the Pecos valley to induce
the interior department to modify the
recent order to the effect that all fences
must be removed at once from govern
!. ment lands has proven a failure. The
department insists that the ruling must
be observed strictly.
Artesian irrigation is fast adding to
its great Importance as an active factor
, in the development of the Roswell re-
gion. The region has now in the neigh
borhood of $50 flowing wells, and the
number is being steadily increased, the
water production ranging, per we'll,
from 200 gallons per minute upward,
from 400 to 500 gallons per minute being
probably fair average. These wells
cost from $3.50 to $3.50, and, with reser-
voir attachment, will irrigate, respect
lively, from forty to 100 acres.
One of Roswells latest enterprises Is
a cold storage plant to be erected by
Messrs. Cottingham, Of the Roswell
steam laundry, and Roe, of the p v.
meat market. Their plant will be locat-
ed on the south side of the laundry, and
the rock for the building is being placed
on the ground. The machinery, includ-
ing forty horsepower boiler, has
been ordered, and will cost from s.. 900
to $4,000 They hope to have their plant
in operation by September /.
GRANT COUNTY.
Conservative estimates now place the
population of Silver City in round num-
bers at 2,750 people.
Good rains are reported from the
Lone mountain section, sufficient to
start the grass in good shape.
The Silver City baseball club Is ar
ranging to go down to Ell Paso and play
match game in the near future.
The management Of the telephone
system expects to have the Silver City
end in active operation by August Is.
Saturday was the fifth anniversary of,
the big food of July 21, 1900, which de-
stroyed so much property in Silver City.
Assessor G. w. M. Carvil announces
his candidacy for denomination, subject
to the action of the coming county
Democratic convention.
The name of the hotel Casa del Con-
suelo at Hudson Hot Springs has been
changed by Manager McDermott to
Haywood" and will be so known in |
the future.
The Central neighborhood has been
highly favored the past week by sew
eral fine rains. Grass is very green in
places, the rains having been quite To-
cal in character.
Travelling in a special Pullman, Mr..
and Mrs. L. Waterbury and Miss Hall
and maid arrived in Silver City from
New York City. Mr.. Waterbury is the
new owner of the Golden Giant mining
property at Pinos Altos, and his party
will remain in this vicinity for some
weeks, spending portion of the time
in Pinos Altos. where comfortable
home has been fitted up, and the re-
in Silver City.
Many ranchmen in Grant county will
sink wells on their ranches this fall and
be prepared to pump water in dry sea- |
sons by means of small gasoline en-
gines. The price of few head of cattle
thus invested will save the lives of hun {
dreds.
Showers have been falling in different
portions of the county during the past I
few days, but as yet there has been no
general rain. To date the Mimbres Sec
ton has been more favored in this re-
gard than any other portion. There has :
been very little rain in the immediate !
of Silver City.
The continued dry weather causes u
apprehension among
Grant county stockmen. In 1886 the
first rain of the season occurred about
the middle of August which was fol-
lowed up by good rainy season. As {
history repeats itself there is every rea-
son to believe that this country will
enjoy bounteous rains. The drouth-
sections of Arizona have been
relieved by rain in the past few days.
Grand Chancellor C. c. Clark paid an u
official visit to Silver City Lodge No. IL, a
knights Of Pythias, last week, special +
meeting being held to welcome him. A A
business session was first held, during c
which the rank of esquire was con- u
erred and the secret work exempliaed 8
~ the grand chancellor for the instruc- y
ion of the lodge members. At the con- u
,lusion of the work the knights partook n
If lunch at the st. Louis restaurant. 4
Mr.. Clark visited the mining camps of d
Santa Rita. Hanover and Fierro while 81
n Grant county.
MORA COUNTY.
Francisco Basquez and Miss Amelia
)rtega were married at Ell Rito by Rev.
Manuel Madrid. :.
Last Friday the Presbyterian church %