Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-06
TULAR0SA CANNBRY
A New Industry That Has Been
Successfully Started in the Tu-
larosa Valley.
THE DRIFT FENCE ORDER
Another Ohaves County Man Arrested for
Fencing in the Public Lands-A Big
Demand for Residences at
Silver City.
OTERO COUNTY.

Some time ago Tuarosa raised a
purse of $500 toward sinking an arte-
sian WE'LL but the we'll has not yet been
commenced.
The Crosby boys and Bud Smith are
driving their cattle from Three Rivers
country to the southwest on account of
the drouth in that section
The board of county commissioners
has appointed J. s. Welch county su-
perintendent of schools of Otero coun-
ty, vice F. A. Beidleman resigned.
Saturday evening, at about o'clock,
j. P. Whitney shot and killed a wild
cat in the yard Of mill No. 2 near Ala
mogordo. The animal was large and
beautiful specimen, Weighing about 80
pounds.
C. P. Kettle has opened cannery in
the northeastern part of Tularosa, and
is doing flourishing business He is
practical timer. and turns 100 cans
lay, and they are filled with peaches
and other fruits and sealed. He has a
force OF people working-gathering cut
ting and canning, and as the fruit crops
in this section are generally abundant,
there is no reason why it will not grow
into large and profitable business.
CHAVES COUNTY.
Col. C. c. Slaughter and family have
spent the past week at Roswell look
ing over his ranch interests, and has
decided on several Improvements for
his ranch, among which will be 200
acres additional alfalfa.
Charles Ballard has completed the
purchase of George Urton's ranch near
Roswell. He paid $4,000 for the ranch,
and $3.50 each for between 500 and 600
head of stock cattle.
r. F. Barnett, of Roswell, is complet-
ing a private irrigating canal on the
n1i0 L ial, vryil
ter 1000 acres of fine land. He has a
forty acre apple orchard near Roswell
which he values at $20000
r. L. Smith, of San Angelo, Tex, is
buying sheep at Roswell. He purchased
900 head from Walter Chisum at Ros-
we'll at $2.25, stock sheep. And he has
several other trades now under way.
Mr.. Smith will keep his sheep in the
Pecos valley.
A shooting affair occurred last Sat
urday at the Block ranch. Jap Clark,
colored, twice. One ball entered the
wrist and the other the side. Both are
flesh wounds, and not serious.
Col. Parker Earl shipped from Ros-
well his seventh car of cantaloupes.
The returns SO far are very satisfac-
tory, the pricss rec ai4ea averaging
about so cents per crate over the
ROCKY Ford CantalOupeS.
Labor day was elaborately celebrat
led by the people of Roswell and vicin-
ity. There was a big parade, and ad-
dresses by Rev. Volney Johnson, Judge
]. T. Evans and Judge w. H. CoWan,
followed by races and other sports.
Miles Stone, who owns cattle ranch
on the east side Of the Pecos, was be-
fore United States Commissioner F. H.
Lea, charged with fencing in the pub
lie lands by erecting a so-called drift
fence. He was held in 5000 bonds to ap-
pear before the United States grand
jury at Socorro in November.
GRANT COUNTY.
The Silver City normal opened on
Tuesday with an attendance larger
than ever before.
At Lordsburg Mrs. DR.. Bass present.
ed her husband with twins Friday
night--boy and girl
Fred Stenck and William Kiddie are
going from Lordsburg to British Co.
lumbia prospecting.
Wagon loads of excellent fruit are
arriving in Silver City from the MINI
bres and Gila sections.
Deming boasts of $4,000 worth OF
church and fraternal order property.
Close to the frontier, too.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Temple have
sold their Deming residence to Peter
Hall and gone to Lordsburg to reside.
Max. Meyer, long sick at Deming,
died suddenly on the 1st. His only
known relatives reside in the City of
Mexico.
owen Wilson announces himself as
candidate for sheriff, subject to the
Democratic convention. John B. Hodg-
don, of Deming, is candidate for as
SCISSOR.
The demand for residences is SO great
in Silver City that it is estimated that
if fifty new houses were to be con-
structed they would at once secure de-
sirable tenants.