Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-09
TERRITORIAL NEWS
Work Has Been Commenced at the
Alamogordo Baptist College and
School House.
A Big FIRE AT ALAMOGORDO
A Fugitive from Justice Arrested in Otero
County The School Population Of Las
Cruces Shipment of Peaches from
the Mesilla Valley.
OTERO COUNTY,

Nancy M. Pope, aged II years, dice
Thursday last at Alamogordo at thu
home of Rev. r. P. Pope, her son.
The dynamo and other machinery fo1
the electric light plant at the MescalerC
agency has arrived, and will soon be il
operation.
Lloyd Blair, supposed to be fugitive
from justice, was arrested at Alamo
gordo by Sheriff w. r. Baker. The
man Is wanted on a charge of horse
stealing In Edwards county, Tex
Two serious accidents have occurred
at Weed. Miss Jackson. Of Penasco
canon, suffered from fracture of the
leg near the knee joint; then a son OF
Mr.. Ingram, of Wills canon, a disloca
ton Of elbow. Both were thrown from
a horse.
The streets in Alamogordo are being
put In good order, so as to carry off the
waters from the expected heavy rains.
The thousands of shade trees are grow
ing rapidly, and in a few years the
town will have more shade trees than
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L. j. Parks, general passenger agent
and H. M. Mayo, chief of the literary
bureau Of the Southern Pacific, Atlantic
system, in the private car Morgan"
were in Alamogordo Saturday en- route
to Cloudcroft as guests of the officials
of the White Oaks route.
In Otero county the Gospel is being
well spread by the Methodists, first at
Weed some four weeks since: then by
the Christians at Cox canon. Both seem
to have been very successful. Now Up
per Penasco is being preached to by
Elder Burnet, of the Church of Christ.
At Alamogordo the frame building
occupied by A. w. Meehan & Co, fur
niture dealers, with their stock, and
several small buildings used as ware
houses were almost totally destroyed by
fire, resulting in the loss of about Sc, 500,
on which they have insurance to the
amount of $4,000.
Work has commenced on the South
west Baptist college at Alamogordo. An
outfit Is on the ground to bore for arte-
sian water, and the man who has
charge Of the drilling machine says he
believes fine stream Of artesian water
will be found at a depth of 400 or 500
feet. Mr. Waller says there Will be
about $4,000 turned loose for buildings
in Alamogordo within the next ninety
days, as there will be a fine public
school building erected there, the cor
ner-stone of which is to be laid at the
same time as that Of the college. 1t Is
the intention of the citizens Of that en-
terprising little city to have grand
blowout on the occasion Of the laying
of these cOrner-stones. Reduced rates
will be given from both ends of the
White Oaks route, and big crowd is
to witness the ceremonies.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
Mrs. N. Raymond Miss Frenger and
Charles kirchner returned to Las Cru
ces from their visit to Cloudcroft
Ramon Jaramillo, who attempted to
murder William Lynch at Rincon, is
the same individual who cut a man
with a knife very dangerously at Iona
Parde. He is in Jail.
The town of Organ will have an
abundance of water for all purposes.
The flow Of water in the new working
shaft Of the Torpedo proves to be very
large vein. The new pump will be in
order in few days.
For the past four weeks the Organ
region has had regular rains every few
days. The mountain sides, hills and
mesas are now beautified with that
mantel Of nature that gives life and
energy and comfort to all creatures be-
low.
At the meeting of the Las Cruces
school directors the following teachers
were selected to teach in the public
school for the ensuing year: Prof. s. c.
Pandolfo, of Brownswood. Tex. for
principal, and Miss Ivah Mead. Sisters
Vestina and Albertina and Miss Lizzie
Etrich.
Tuesday evening Of last week. as
Mrs. Lapoint was sitting on the front
porch Of her residence near the park in
Las III uCcS, SIlc w do very Suuucply
prised by the advent of large wild cat
at the front gate not over a dozen feet
away. 1t stood and looked at her for
few minutes until it's curiosity was sat
SIZED, when 1t trotted off. 1t had prob
ably been driven by hunger to leave the
river lands. There are a great many
wild cats in the Mesilla valley.
The Woodland orchard in the Mesilla
valley has shipped seven car loads Of
peaches in all; one to Sioux City, Ia:
two to Chicago and the remainder to
Denver. They got satisfactory returns
from all except the cars shipped to
Chicago. This Is explained in the fact
that no personal representative was
present to look after the consignment.
and the commission men turned their
same old tricks. DIR. R. C. Caldwell.
who recently purchased the Woodland
fruit farm attended to the delivery of
the Denver and Sioux City shipments.
and everything proved satisfactory.