Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-27
G. M. Barber, Of Las Cruces, Had an
Exciting Experience with
q Bear.
PLENTY FISH AT LAS CRUCES
Several Big Wool Sales Made at Clayton
A Train Wrecked Not Far from
Raton-A Mean joke on
Springer.
UNION COUNTY.

ohioii SouAty VIII HiCcl dl Sidy IoA ocp-
tember 3.
Rev. Thomas Harwood, superintend-
ent of Spanish missions for the M. E.
church, recently made visit to Union
county points.
A party composed of w. A. Miller and
family, Miss Addie Goodie and Ethel
and Vest Guyer have gone from Clay
ton on pleasure trip to Taos.
W. E. Monger, of Philadelphia, has
been buying extensively Of the wool
producers of Union county, paying 12k
cents per pound. He made purchases
last week Of Max. We'll of 5000 pounds;
We'll & Pinard, 5000 pounds; Tranquil
ion Garcia, 10000 pounds; Jose Apodaca,
10000 pounds.
DONA ANA COUNTY.
The directors of the public school at
Mesilla Park elected Miss Myrtle Bailey
as teacher.
I. N. French, a Las Cruces war vet
eran and farmer, has gone to Chicago
to attend the G. A. r. encampment.
Rev. H. Clinton Strong, the Baptist
pastor for Deming and Las Cruces, in
tends removing from Deming and TAX
ing up his residence at Las Cruces.
L. Y. Baldwin & Co. have taken about
800 head Of cattle to Aleman. They are
now on another roundup, and hope to
get about $500 head this time.
H. R. Steele, who went to Denver
about two weeks ago, has returned, and
will now prosecute work on the Price,
Patrick mine in the San Andreas.
The new owner of the Woodland or
chard tract, DR.. Caldwell, expects to
take possession and found sanitari-
um. He halls from Denver, and will be
a valuable acquisition to Las Cruces.
Capt. w. r. Fall left Las Cruces for
Organ. He expects to construct a house
out there in which ne and Mrs. Fall
will reside this winter. Mrs. Fall has
been engaged again to teach the Organ
school.
M. Lohman has returned from Kinks
vile, Mo-. where he. in company with
Mrs. Lohman, went some two months
ago to benefit the health of their young
son. Their friends are glad to learn
that the little boy Is improving under
treatment. Mrs. Lohman will remain
probably six months.
Theodore Rouault has a natural lake
on his chile and tomato ranch near Las
Cruces, which he fllls from the ditch
when water is plenty, and pumps there
the water was pumped out, leaving
thousands of fish stranded in the mud.
They were Of the carp variety, and as
Mr.. Rouault had never stocked the lake
they appear to have come in from the
river. For several days fish were at a
discount in Las Cruces.
great success in taking orders for
with Hoops of Steel" from the pow
erful pen of Mrs. Allen Kelley, for
mer resident of New Mexico. In her
happiest style Mrs. Kelley has por-
trayed many thrilling incidents, includ-
ing the trial, conviction and execution
of the Borregos and others. and the
trial and acquittal of o. M. Lee, the
Dona Ana county cattleman, charged
with the assassination of Col. Albert ].
Fountain.
Prof. Z. o. Wooton, professor Of biol
ogy in the agricultural college, and c.
M. Barber, of Las Cruces, are on an ex-
pedition to southwestern New Mexico.
Mr.. Barber writes: II went up the can
on one morning, and was sneaktng
along to get shot at any game that
might show up. Suddenly heard con-
siderable noise ahead and walked on
about 20 feet, when bear hove in
sight, coming down the mountain side
to the creek. He was about SO yards
away, and just entering some brush, so
there wasn't much time to calculate his
size or anything else, so let drive at
his shape in the bushes. He fell,
growled, got up and started down the
hill again-right toward me. I gave
him three shots without taking the gun
from my shoulder. He was coming my
way right along; it was about 20 feet
across the creek, and as he started up
the bank toward me I let him have an
other ball. which dropped him not over
Is feet away. There were just nine
holes in his hide, as every shot struck
him.
COLFAX COUNTY.
A. L. Hobbs, of Ration, wants 1t dis
tinctly understood that he is not in the
mountains hunting bear.
Nat Oldham and wife and Miss Essie
Stevens left Ration for a three weeks
camping trip on the Costilla.
James Fegan left Ration for Red Riv-
er Tuesday morning to pack the print
ing plant in that city belonging to
George Beringer.
A car Of ties and one of sheep flew
the track and were badly wrecked from
train "a at the first iron bridge north OF
the Ration tunnel.
Colfax county mining lands are quite
active, many valuable claims having
changed hands and been staked recent
ly.
Miss Agnes Rivon, formerly Of Ration
but now Of Pueblo, Colo, and ]. T. Rea
also OF that city, were married by Rev
Mr.. Armstrong in Ration.
The story Is told that letter wa:
sent to the postmaster at Springer with
the request that he hand 1t to some