Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-17
Farmers and Stockmen from Albu-
querque South Suffering from
Lack of Water.
SEVERAL INDIAN FESTIVALS
The Zuni Indians Are on a Witch Hunt
A Good Fruit Crop in the Me-
silla Valley-The Drift
Fences.
TAOS COUNTY.

mill. ...
An effort is being made to have the
Eizabethtown brass band supply Taos
with music on San Geronimo day.
Melquiades Rael has been appointed
sheep inspector in Taos county. Mr..
Rael Is a resident of Questa.
Patrick Lynch, of Elizabethtown,
was in Taos on his way to Ojo Caliente,
where he will spend few days resting
up.
About twenty Ute Indians spent
Monday in Taos and left on Tuesday
for their reservation in southwestern
Colorado. They had been in Oklahoma.
DR.. VIM. Brandreth, the principal
owner in the Rio Hondo Copper Com
pany. the purchaser of the Fraser prop
erty, is expected out from New York
City again in a few days.
SOCORRO COUNTY.
socorro county is still suffering for
want Of rain.
Abran Abeyta paid Solomon Baca
$4,000 for his cattle.
Prof. F. A. Jones, of the school of
mines. is visiting in Colorado.
August Winkler has purchased the
Fuchs property at Socorro for $4,000.
Fruit is growing scarce in Socorro-
owing to the depredations by the birds.
A. T. Harrison. late of Socorro, has
l. at
figure.
Miss Margaret Fitch has returned
to Socorro after two months absence
at Cleveland, Ohio.
Capt. NJ Cooney and son Charles ar
rived home from a months outing in
the Mogollons. The captain reports
the mining outlook good for the Mogol-
lon district.
Mrs. Candelaria Hutcheson of Mag
dalena came down to Socorro to take
care of her grandson, the eight-year-
old son of Frank Knoblock, who is in
town for medical treatment.
Butte Weaver and Charlie Leggett
wrenched an iron bar from one of the
Jail doors and using this as an instru-
ment were digging their way to lib
erty when detected. In five minutes
more they would have accomplished
their purpose when they were discov-
cred. Jailer Baca deserves credit for
his watchfulness.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
Gus Mulholland and Ben Hulsman
have left Gallup for prospecting tour
through the oil regions of California,
especially Bakersfield
The country east Of Gallup was fav-
ored with a good rain on Sunday last,
but it came too late in the season for
the grass to make a start.
A number of Zuni Indians are out or
hunt for the witches who are holding
back on the rain. There are hard times
in store for both the witch and the In
dians.
The whole population of Canon Vale
Cieto and San Ysidro together with the
Jemez parish priest, Father Celier, at
tended on Friday last the feast of st.
Lawrence, at Bernalillo.
From Albuquerque south, the Rio
Grande is dry, the drought continues
and farmers and stockmen are not
pleased with the outlook. However,
early crops were good and the wheat
harvest is finished.
Messrs. Page and Wolff, two enter
prising business men of Gallup, will
have their new ice plant in operation
by the first Of September. A new two
story building 5Ox3O feet has been built
adjoining Pages bottling works. The
capacity Of the plant Is ten tons per
day.
The feast of st. Persinqula. which
was grand affair from an Indian
point of view, and which was we'll at
tended at Jemez by Indians and Am
orleans in the neighborhood, Is thing
of the past, and the Indians are now
devoting their attention to finishing
harvesting and threshing their grain.
School Superintendent Hubbell ha.
appointed following directors for thu
new school districts organized at Glib
son and Catalpa: Gibson: Hugh Nc
CHM. John L. Pitts and Michael Ma
gila; Catalpa: Thos. Ramsey, John NC
Lean and Josiah Story. These officers
will serve until next June when new
ones will be elected.
Parties in from the valley of the Rit
Puerco report fair rain Of about ont
| and one-half inches on Sunday from
the Miller postoffice to Nacimiento, thu
breaking the long-continued droutl
and coming in time to make some corr
and a fair crop of beans. There were al
SO showers throughout the Jemez val
ley, In some places in such quantitie
as to wash out the roads and acequi
breast works. Considerable hail ais
fell at San Ysidro.
| DONA ANA COUNTY.
The Mesilla valley Is shipping alfalf
to Silver City.
Visiting mining men are numerous a
Las Cruces.
F. A. White, apple grower at Victor
la, last year sold $1,5O0 worth of frui
in Ell Paso, and counts on going 'er
$500 better this fall. Mr.. White has fiv
varieties of apples only, including sue
standard kinds as Ben Davis, Gano an
Missouri Pippin.
G. c. Hopkins, manager Of the Me-
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the statement that the Santa Fe raj