Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-22
GARDENS AT San MARCIAL
A Large Angora Goat Ranch to Be Estab'
lished in the White Mountains by B.
F.Brown-0 Others Will Follow
the Example.
EDDY COUNTY

The Joaes broihers OF Rocky Segris
| a4id Rrog3on and several other cattl
outfits were rounding up stock nea
! Carlsbad.
/; ..ludge w. ". Gate~o God, tiIe Roswell
lawyer who threw such hot speecl
into the recent Democratic meeting
turns out to be native of Missouri!
R. F. Smith, the San Angelo sheep
man, is in the Pecos valley looking fol
mutton sheep. He took a trip through
Lincoln county last week. but could no
ind anything to suit him.
Geo. w. Larrimore has sold his sheen
focks, something less than 10000 head
tSS s. T. Biting and w. F. Dangherit,
Of Carlsbad at $2.25 around. This i.
one of the best sales of the season, anC
all parties to the transaction are wei
satisfied.
d. L. Kemp, of Carlsbad, is engaging
in the live stock business quite ex-
tensively. He has purchased from R.
w. Tucker two wells, one 400 feet deep
and one $50 feet. Mr.. Kemp will put in
gasoline engine to pump water at one
of the wells.
A large cattle deal, involving some
$50, 900, Is now in progress at Carlsbad
and will probably be consummated soon
a deposit of $50, 900 at the S. T. Biting
bank, in case the trade is completed, is
pretty good guarantee that the parties
mean business.
Fisk & Co., the noted Kansas City
commission men, write to F, G. Tracy,
of Carlsbad, on receipt of his first car
load of peaches at St. Paul, Minnesota:
ITO say the least, this was the finest
car of peaches have ever received in
my 80 years experience"
AS stated last week in the New Mexi-
can Sheriff Higgins arrested Sol
Schoonover at Carlsbad and relieved him
of diamond stud worth from $3.50 to
$3.50, on the strength of information re-
ceived from VIM. M. Rhea, chief of
police of Fort Worth. The diamond
was stolen from F. e. Walden, a wealthy
cattleman residing near Sherman, Texas,
last spring during the cattlemans con-
.Nention In Ft. Worth and previous to
1896 was the property of Mr.. Tinsdal,
Il sermSn, who died there last year
oCIDCNiyCT "dS SIOWEu 6Lo
states that his partner, Dave Mccoy,
gave Dr. J. B. Crutcher, of Lott, Texas,
$4OO cash on the stone, lawyer draw
ing up contract which allowed DR..
Crutcher an opportunity to redeem
within six months, the stone being the
property of his wife. Mr.. Schoonover
came in possession OF the stone by CIV
ing his partner $4OO cash. He is conf
dent the stone cuts no figure in the
proceeding but believes it is scheme
to return him to Texas, several persons
desiring to prosecute him for spite under
the famous gambling law OF Texas. Mr..
Walden has been sent for to see If he
can identify the gem. Governor Otero
has signed requisition of the governor
of Texas for Schoonover.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
Mrs. J. M. Hill will soon reopen the
Park house at SocorrO.
Despite the drouth good many thrifty
gardens are to be seen about San Mar
cial.
Manuel Franco, formerly of Socorro,
died suddenly at the Ell Paso smelter
last Tuesday.
Abran Abeyta has sent his goat tlocks
to the east side of the Rio Grande, where
range grass is good on his ranches.
w. H. Sanders is making arrange
ments to ship all his cattle to Texas, the
grass In his section failing on account of
the drouth.
Captain M. Cooney claims that there
are at least !, ZOO, 900 head of sheep in
the Mogollon range of mountains, and
but 23,60O are paying taxes.
Albert Garcia, of Lopez, was operated
on for stone in the bladder and single
stone weighing over two ounces was the
result. The patient is recovering.
Jose Miranda, full of fighting liquid,
made an assault near Socorro upon a
daughter Of Mrs. John Ryan and beat
her. He was arrested and arraigned be-
fore Judge Camilo Baca, who gave him
80 days In the county jail.
H. B. Morgan came into San Marcial
from the Armstrong ranch a few days
since and presented the Armstrong Bros.
with very young bear cub, left behind
BY its mother, who had been target for
Mr.. Morgan's rifle while he rambled in
the mountains.
E.,S. Young, the porter at the San
Marcial Harvey house, lost the greater
portion of his left hand Tuesday night.
He was walking on the grade close by
the track, coming from the bridge, and
and stumbled as a freight train was
moving out. His hand fell across the
steel rail.
A great many people on south Cali
fornia street, SocOrrO, claim to have seen
a ghost. 1t is said to rise up out of the
ground at q certain place, its favorite
time for appearing being between mid.
night and dawn. The editor of FL Re-
publicano promises to sift the matter to
the bottom and advise his readers fully
on the subject.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
White Oaks Is relishing and revelling
In scent beer.
There are now ten families housed at
Jicarilla camp.
The American Placer company en-
ploys 15 men at Jicarilla.
Jones Taliaferro arrived at White
Oaks from the Galllnas mountains with
o fine lot OF lead carbonate ore which he
shipped to the Ell Paso smelter.
The Bonito country, which is the agri.
cultural district Of Lincoln county, Is
experiencing an of year. The ordinary
yield will be cut short nearly one-half
this season.