Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-02-28
TERRITORIAL DOINGS
Items Of Interest from Colfax, Dona
Ana, Rio Arriba and Other
Counties.
A HOTEL FIRE AT SPRINGER
A New $4,000 School Building Com
pleted At Raton-Early Spring In San
Juan County-A Young Man
Fatally Injured.
COLFAX COUNTY.

DlStrlct court tor ColfaX county Will
convene at Ration March IT.
Elizabethtown experienced 20 degrees
below zero weather last week. 1st"
The wife of John McLeary, Of Ration,
eied last week at Anaconda, Mont.
Ona and Samuel Nanta were arrested
at Maxwell City on the charge Of cattle
stealing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Seaberg of
Springer, have gone on pleasure trip
to New Orleans and Havana.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowen, of Raton
have removed to Pueblo, where Mr..
Bowen secured good position.
A young man named Pothoff was
thrown from his broncho at Maxwell
City and had his skull fractured His
injury is fatal.
William French, of the w. S. Cattle
Company in Colfax county, is broth
er of General French, of the English
army in the Transvaal
While driving across the Red river
bridge at Catskill with wagon load
Of ice, Joseph Hazen broke through the
bridge He escaped serious injury.
P. M. Davenport has purchased 150-
acre ranch from the Maxwell grant
company. 1t is situated east of Maxwell
City, and is under the Red River
bitches.
De Smith brothers have leased for
five years 1000 acres of pasture land
and 200 acres Of agricultural lands un-
Grant Company.
The new $4,000 school building at Ra-
ton has been accepted by the board Of
education. It Ia a six-room building,
built Of brick and stone, and is thor
oughly modern in every respect.
The other night fire was discovered at
the Montezuma hotel at Springer. The
mattress of a bed had caught fire, and
the flames spread over the whole room.
The fire was quickly extinguished, pre-
venting serious conflagration.
It is now maintained that the body of
Juan A. Valerde, Of Gladstone, who had
ty, has not yet been found, previous re-
ports to the contrary notwithstanding.
One theory is that Velarde merely
skipped the country.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
7ir., and Mrs. C.. p. Rogers. Of El Paso,
have removed to Las Cruces.
Mr. and Mrs. Celso Ancador, of Jua-
rez, Mex, have located at Las Cruces.
c. Post has been elected president of
the senior class at the agricultural COL
lege.
r. r. and A. e. Anxier, of Pikeville
KY, who located at Las Cruces for their
health have moved to Ell Paso.
The Dona Ana county commissioners
voted $50 toward defraying the expenses
of Prof. ]. c. Carrera at Paris.
James Robson has placed gasoline
engine at his we'll at Organ and a metal
tank, from which the camp will be fur
nished with water. Mr.. Robson has al
so purchased span Of good horses and
a wagon and will open dairy and poul-
try ranch
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A tribe of the Improved Order Of Red
Men was instituted at Captain, with 113
members. Blazing Star Is the name of
the camp.
RIO ARRIBA COUNTY.
o. J. Forress, of Denver, has settled at
Chama.
]. v. johnson sold his house and lot
at Chama to Joseph schakel for $1,000.
along the Denver & Rio Grande railroad
at Monero.
The new lumber mill at Edith, built
by E. M. Biggs. is in operation. Its ca
pacity is 100000 feet of lumber day.
The lumber comes from Rio Arriba
county.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
Work has again been started on the
placers in the San Juan river.
A horse race for a purse Of 5000 took
place at Pennington this week.
William Modden, Of Vernon county,
Mo-, has located near Pennington.
Gustave Bero is erecting a f1ve-room
brick dwelling house at Pennington.
]. K. P. Pipkin has been appointed
constable in precinct No. 4 by the coun-
ty commissioners.
Harvey Townen. Of Telluride, Colo,
has settled near Pennington, and will
engage in horticulture.
The Durango postmaster is working
to secure rural delivery system for
Aztec and Harrington.