Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-03-14
Notes Of Prosperity and Progress
From Every Part Of the
Territory.
DOINGS IN SOCORRO COUNTY
Happenings In Ohaves, 0tero, Grant, Lin
coin, Dcna Ana, Eddy, Rio Ar
riba and 0olfax Counties s-An EARLY
Spring Is Predicted,
sOCoRRO COUNTY.

! at La Joya,
Delinquent taxes are being paid freely
| in the county.
Joseph Hilton, of Magdalena, will WIS.,
| 1t the Paris exposition.
The baby girl of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Finney died at San Marcial.
A. Schey has leased the Waddingham
pastures near Magdalena.
A. T. Harrison and family, Of Water
Canon, have removed to Socorro.
Curtis Durnford and Miss Marguerite
McFail were married at Mogollon.
Miss Mary Glasson has resigned as
teacher in the public school at Socorro.
The engineering class Of the School of
Mines at Socorro has determined that
Socorro mountain is 2,640 feet above the
campus.
Mrs. Ethan McCuistion has left So
corro to join her husband, who is su-
perintendent of mine at San Pedro
Chihuahua, Mex.
Antonio A. Sedillo has been elected as
teacher in the public schools of Socorro.
Wild ducks are plenty around Socor-
ro at present.
Juan Jose Baca and Candelario Gar
cia have been appointed administrators
of the estate of their mother, Guadalupe
T. de Baca. recently deceased.
Robert Lewis, of Socorro county,
bought three ranches in the Black
range from Slater & Eckleman. The
ranches are on the Gila forest reserve.
Philip LIE Page and family will re-
move from Socorro to Montreal, Cana
da. LIE Page Is an old-timer in the serv-
ice Of the Santa Fe railroad as operator.
CHAvEs COUNTY.
The district court convened at Ros-
well yesterday.
Live stock of all kinds is reported do
ing we'll throughout the county.
The concerts of the Roswell brass
band are praised by the local press.
DR.. r. L. Bradley, formerly Of Tioga,
Tex, will hereafter practice his pro-
fession at Roswell.
H. P. Hobson has secured 400-gallon
flow Of water on his ranch six miles east
Of Roswell at depth of 800 feet.
The raising Of choice, nutty-favored
celery is coming to the front as an i'm
portant industry about Roswell
The great orchards of Chaves county
are spreading across the broad valley of
the Pecos, and even to the slopes Of the
mountains.
oTERo COUNTY.
All kinds of fruit trees are in full
bloom at Tularosa.
The Alamogordo News has establish
ed news and information bureau at
Ell Paso.
Alamogordo seems likely to become
famous as a producer of marble as well
as lumber.
The opening of the new public library
at Alamogordo is said to have been "the
SWEETEST event of the season.
James Bullard, of La Luz, suffered a
fifth stroke of paralysis a few days ago,
and has since been unconscious.
Sidney Stern recently left La Luz in
response to telegram offering him
desirable position in Albuquerque.
Mrs. D. M. Sutherland, the first
American woman in La Luz, recently
went to Alamogordo to join the wom-
ans club there.
The cattlemen in the vicinity Of the
Mescalero Indian reservation complain
Of Indians who drive off their cattle and
kill them.
Conductor r. Beam, running on the
mountain railroad, has resigned, and
has accepted position as trainmaster
on the Mexican Central.
w. M. Wharton, of Three Rivers, died
at White Oaks, the result of an oper-
alton. Mr.. Wharton taught school for
one year at La Luz, but lately has been
in the mercantile business.
GRANT COUNTY.
Freight business has increased so rap
idly lately over the New Mexico & Ari-
zona railroad that there are 300 loaded
freight cars in the yards at Lordsburg.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Philip and William Blanchard pur-
chased the Leslie Ellis place near Lin
coin.
A large refrigerating plant Is to be
erected at Captain.
H. A. Nelson has removed from Capt.
tan to Cripple Creek.
The 2-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
]. F. Kraut died at Captain.
A daily train is to be put on this
month between Captain and Ell Paso.
Water has been obtained at Captain
in sufficient quantity to supply a large
town.
r. Michaelis, ex-treasurer of Lincoln
county, has returned from visit of
several months to Germany
Private car No. 118 of the El Paso &
Northeastern railway was damaged
considerably at Captain by the BURST
ing of porcelain tub full Of hot water.
DoNA ANA COUNTY.
Cosme Prieto and Astanislada Bus
tillos were married at Chamberino.
Jesus Ochoa was arrested at Anthony
for defending his water rights with a
gun.
The students Of the agricultural COL
lege at Mesilla gave minstrel per-
formance at Las Cruces.
The agricultural experiment station
department has commenced the issue
Of press bulletins on agricultural sub
jects.
A. M. Coe. of the Soledad. is sinking
well ten miles from Earlham. Mrs. L.
Q. Hagen. an old resident Of Dona Ana
county, died at 81 Paso.