Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-13
RAILROAD BUILDING
The Black Range Railway Is to Be
Finished This Year Before
the Snow Flies.
ROAD TOORGAN AND BEYOND
1t Is to Gross the Black Range to the Sacra-
mento Mountains-Varied News
Items From New Mexico
Counties.
COLFAX COUNTY.


Grass Is growing fine at Ponil now.
Stock is fat enough for beef.
So far old-timers claim that this Is
the finest season ever known in north
ern New Mexico, and, of course, all are
pleased.
At Eizabethtown there was a very
lively school election, 152 votes being
cast, resulting In the election of Her.
man Froellch, Joe Lowery and Peter
Perry. DR.. Cahill also had ticket in
the field.
1t is even difficult now in some Sec
tions of Colfax county to find out your
own neighbors political complexion, so
little attention being paid to politics.
Too much business on hand.
Last Wednesday evening Prof. Edgar
L. Hewett, president of the normal uni
versity at Las Vegas, delivered an in
teresting and instructive lecture to the
Springer high school class and citizens
in the opera house on Life and its
various phases.
The candidates for school directors at
Springer were John Granger, j. d.
Fresquez and d. A. Clouthier. Eighty
seven votes were cast. Clouthier and
Granger received the full vote, and
Fresquez eighty-six. For the levy of
5 mills on the dollar there were four
votes against, some not voting on the
question, and seventy-three for. The
largest vote ever cast at a school cleo
ton was polled.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
Colonel Broad's family have gone to
spend the summer in Denver
The Chama Tribune will be one year
old on the 18th inst. 1t merits success.
The Brazos and Chama baseball
teams will cross bats at the latter place
July 4.
Wool is coming into Chama rapidly,
and is being stored away until buyers
put in an appearance.
The school election last Monday re-
suited in the election of Mike Hurley,
John Owens and w. H. Hildreth.
Chama has new brass band, and the
other night fifty persons turned out to
hear them practice. Must be lovers Of
music up there.
Sheriff Amado Ortiz came to Chama
recently with load of wool from out
in the country. He reports good crop
of lambs, and says the percentage will
be 100. That means we'll for us all.
Chama lodge. knights of Pythias,
elected the following officers: j. l..
Jones, C. c.; j. H. Hurley, v. c.; Chas.
A. Daggett. p; Alexander Dean, M. of
W.; w. H. Hildreth, X. of r. and S.;
F. ]. Barnes, M. of F.; George w. Bat
ters, M. of Ex.; L. M. Gilliland, M. at A.
Conception Salazar Is in trouble. His
little daughter on the witness stand
swore that he knocked her mother down
and kicked her on the side of the face
making an ugly wound. Justice Mar
shall told him that if he would pay the
costs and furnish $3.50 bonds to keer
the peace he could CO. but the prisoner
said he would prefer to go to JAIL and
W jail He went, anu VIII leiHoih IiSie
until the next term of court. The citl-
zens of Chama have made up their
minds that If he returns and renews
any OF his mulish didos they will give
him a little tar and feathers.
sOCORRO COUNTY.
DR.. c. G. Duncan stepped on a match
and set fire to his window curtains and
lounge 1t was smothered with rags and
extinguished. There was no water
available, as "the fire plug" was in use
or irrigation Of a garden patch.
There is good demand for all classes
of vegetables this season, and those
who planted will realize a good profit
per acre.
Twenty cents pound charge, from
Las Vegas to Socorro, Is what the
| Wells Fargo Express Company charges
on empty ore sacks.
There has been scarcity of watel
the past few days at Socorro owing te
breaks in the mains. The fire clay com
| pany is working only half time owint
to lack of water.
j. z. Griffith. the district clerk, ha
returned with his family from Califor
mia. He says in all his travels ther'
was no climate like New Mexico.
Over 800 tons of alfalfa was harvest
ed on the first cutting in and arount
Socorro the past tive weeks. There will
be two more cuttings, and in some in
stances three.
Judge w. E. Kelly, as master. solo
the Puebloita de Paridi ranch, on tn
east side of the river, about two and ,
half miles north Of the city, Hon. Sila
Alexander being the purchaser. Con
sideration. $500.
Col. r. e. Twitchell, while at Socorr
last week, said there are no Ifs an,
ands about the building of the roat
from Magdalena to the Black range; /
is a sure thing, and that very SOON
in fact, the road will be completed be
fore snow flies again.
Coloradoans are buying up all tn
visible COW ponies about San Marcial.
At a meeting of the Socorro count,
board, Leo Wattellet was reappointe'
to the New Mexico Military Institut
as cadet. This was in compliance wit
request from the officials of that in
stitution.
The wheat across the river from Sa
Marcial Is taking on a nice bright color
and in two weeks the harvest will be 1
full blast, with prospects Of an excel
lent yield. A great many Of the field
were sown In December, and this earl
sowing is proving an advantageou
move.