Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-07-26
A NEW ROUND HOUSE
Orders Have Been Given for the
Erection of Another One
at Gallup.
ZUNIS PRAYING FOR RAIN
An Immense Apple Orop:in San Juan Ooun-
ty-Several Cattle Deals in Rio Ar
riba Oounty-No Rain for
Ninety Days.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.

The stage to Durango is loaded down
each morning with peaches for Duran
go and Silverton.
The directors of school district No.
(Farmington) have called an election
for the purpose Of voting on E-miii
special levy for school purposes.
Mrs. K. H. Ball and Mrs. c. E. Pooley,
Of Buffalo, N. Y, are visiting with
their brother. H. T. Hubbard, ST., whom
they had not seen for forty years.
1t is about time the Navajoes were
having rain dance. No rain has fallen
at Pennington In ninety days. yet the
crops are fine. Irrigation thus saves
the day.
Thomas C. Bryan, of Fruitland. has
sold his upper ranch to J. S. Eaton.
late conner from Arizona, who will
make his home In the valley. The price
paid for it was $4,000.
The large cattle deal between ]. M.
Archuleta, Jr., and the Adams Live
Stock Company. Of Alamosa, Colo. has
been concluded by the last delivery of
400 head Of choice cattle.
1t Is reported that j. s. Noble and w.
H. Stevens, both of Chama, who at
present are on the Blanco, while pros
pecting lately found a vein of ore run
ming $50 to the ton in gold.
Pennington merchants are making
preparations for big trade this fall
and winter. Never before in the his
tory Of the county has there been as
bright an outlook as there is this year.
The contractors to build the United
States Indian Industrial school at Dulce
have commenced operations. and for
some time now business will derive con-
siderable revenue from the money paid
for labor and material.
At Aztec, Artie, the 8-year-old son Of
Price Walters, ran a needle into his
DIR. Condit was compelled to cut hole
an inch deep, during all of which pro-
ceedings the boy was game, and never
even cried.
1t is now estimated that the San Juan
county crop Of winter apples will be
, 125, 900 boxes. The price ranges from 45
to 48 cents on the tree. This, with pack
| ing and freighting to Durango. will
amount to 81 box-$l25,000 cash to the
horticulturists. This does not include
the early and fall crop.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
Lumberton has fear Of mad dogs. and
is shooting all strays about the streets.
Chama merchants have agreed to an
early closing movement, fixing the hour
at o'clock, except on Saturdays.
George W. Batters, of Chama, was at
Amargo to inspect 161 head Of cattle
that were being shipped to Omaha.
E. F. Howes branded and vaccinated
100 head of cattle at this place for the
Kinderman- Howes Live Stock Com
pany.
Col C. F. Staltsheimer has just
shipped $4,000 pounds of wool from Rio
Arriba county to Coates Bros, Phila-
delphia.
The drouth which has prevailed in the
vicinity of Lumberton for about six
weeks continues unabated. and the
stockmen and farmers show good deal
of anxiety.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
After August 1 the dog tax is to be
closely collected at Gallup.
A new ordinance in Gallup taxes
nickel-in the slot machines $40 annual
| ly.
Joseph Kuhn and Miss Josephine
Koenig were married at Gallup, Father
Juiliard officiating.
The Southwestern Brewery Company
of Albuquerque has purchased Tom ku-
suner's dead-line saloon at Gibson.
The price Of ice in car load lots has
doubled in the last two weeks in Albu-
querque. Gallup was out of Ice for near
ly week.
Orders have been given to commence
the erection of a fourteen-stall round
house Just east of the present one at
Gallup. The new one will be Of stone.
The rainmakers of Zuni have been
getting in their best licks for almost
| two weeks, but their medium has not
got in his work yet on the clerk of the
weather.
E. Heinrich, of Clarkville, was robbed
of $500 on Tuesday night His partner.
Charles Snyder, disappeared the same
night without drawing his pay due
from the coal company.
Gallup Lodge No. 13, X. of r., In
stalled these officers: c. c., Joseph
Kuhn; v. c., w. H. Show; p. E. E.
Roberts; M. of W., James Moloney; M.
of F., W. T. Henderson; M. Of E., A. F..
Ries; X. of r. and s., T. A. Waring; M.
at A., H. L. Pattee; I. G., George w.
Sampson; o. G., John Sellman.
q. q. weather Bureau Motss.