Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-04
FAILRDFOR$SO,S31.59
A Chicago Lawyer Became Involved
in an Extensive Land Deal in
Colfax County.
SIX INCHES OF HAIL STONES
Several Weddings at Raton-Orops in the
Chilli District Need Rain-An Old
Settler at Dow's Mill-Other
Territorial Items.
MORA COUNTY.

M. f.. church pastors have just closed
a highly successful series of revival
meetings at Ws4trous. Rev. W. D. Clay
ton was assisted therein by Rev. Nc
Clure, of Albuquerque.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
| Milton Dow, of Chilli, is running his
sawmill to its full capacity, supplying
large quantities of lumber to San Pedro
and Albuquerque.
William Mcintosh has just received
at his ranch an exceptionally fine lot of
| California bucks. They are considered
| to be the best lot Of bucks ever brought
to the Chilli country.
Angus McGillivray has just built the
best house in that part of the country,
and is now making other good and SUBJ
| stantial improvements on his big sheep
ranch.
Calvin Hyder, one of the first Amer
| lean settlers in New Mexico, Is living
at Dow's mill. He came to this country
when boy from the state of Missouri.
At that time he was dying with con-
| if he could stand the trip across the
country with an OK team he might live
for several years. Uncle Cal is one of
the strongest old men in the territory.
In the Manzano and Chilli regions it
is very dry all over the country except
here and there, where partial showers
have fallen. In the hills where the
farming is done the crops are generally
late. and IL rain would come soon there
is time for fairly good crops to be made
yet. ]. w. Harling has returned from
a four days trip east of the Piedra
Reales in quest of water and grass. He
found the range very good east Of the
mountains, and will proceed to remove
his herds there from Chilli.
COLFAX COUNTY.
Ernest Ruley, aged IS, died Of con-
sumption at Ration.
Jerry Fitzpatrick, of Ration, Is a can
didate for nomination for sheriff on the
Democratic ticket.
Col. J. w. Dwyer and wife, Mrs. B. J.
Knapp, Mrs. s. Hoover and daughter
and Judd Bum returned to Ration from
trip to Taos.
John c. Burnam, of Ration, and Miss
Margaret Hunter, of Los Angeles, were
married at Ration July 20, Rev. Mr..
Reddick, of Denver, officiating.
The white clover sown in the Front
street park at Ration is coming up nice
ly, and 1t will not be long until the en-
tire park will be covered with bright
green lawn.
D. s. Sprouse, electrician at Gardiner,
has resigned and will leave for Denver.
F. w. Paget and Miss Kathryn e.
Bancroft, Of Trinidad. took trip to
Ration and were united in marriage by
Rev. F. Lonsdale.
Last Sunday hail storm swept from
Vermejo to Crow creek ranch. Hail was
on the ground over 6 inches deep, many
of the stones larger than mans fist.
The territory covered was about two
miles wide by twelve miles long.
Judge William Tewkesbury, a Chica-
go attorney, quite we'll remembered in
northern New Mexico, filed a petition in
the United States district court the 9TH
er day to declare him bankrupt. The
lawyer places his liabilities at $S0.S3159,
of which $61,S25 Is secured. No assets
are given. The principal cause Of the
tangle in the lawyers affairs is land
deal in Colfax county, involving 100000.