Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-15
The House of Samuel Sproule on
the Sugarite Goes Up in
Flames.
FINE RANCH NEAR ROSWELL
The Maxwell Land Grant Company Sells
5000 Acres of Land to the Raton Water
Oompany-Bonds Issued for
New Railway.
GRANT COUNTY.

honey block at Deming.
Lordsburgs Oldest land mark passed
this week. The Ownby House was torn
hotel which will be erected on it's site.
In the new Fierro precinct an elec-
ton was held, which resulted in the
choice of Julius English as justice of
the peace and Grant Asbury as con-
stable
Miss Essie and Morris Abrahams
left for San Francisco, where they will
spend the fall and winter months in the
study Of music in one of the leading
Conservatives of that city
The bonds of the projected C. & N.
railway, for $1,000 each, were signed
at Deming by A. o. Bailey, as presi-
dent and H. p. Olcott as secretary. Mr..
Bailey has gone to New York city in
connection with the financing of this
new enterprise. Intimate friends say
he is in a fair way to carry the under
taking to an early and successful issue.
j. G.. Hopkins came down from Cliff
The chairman of the board of the Ari-
zona copper company recently died in
Ednburg. Mr.. Hopkins is a member
of the board, and his presence is needed
owing to the death of the chairman.
CHAVES COUNTY.
Roswelrs Presbyterian church has
new Mason G. Hamlin organ, shipped
from Cambridgeport, Mass.
Percy Hagerman, treasurer of the
Pecos system, left Roswell in the gen.
eral managers car '140O" for Colorado
Springs.
Don Biggers, the special agent of the
live stock census, and Joe Champion,
as interpreter, are up the Pecos river.
at work getting information.
Lieut.. C. l.. Ballard has been quietly
at work interesting the young men of
Roswell in the proposition to organize
a military company there and hopes to
be able to get the undertaking into
tangible shape at an early date.
L. J. Caswell, the chief engineer of
the Pecos system, came to Roswell
from his work of verifying the survey
Of the extension from Roswell to Ell
Paso on Monday. 1t is supposed that
President Hagerman sent for him, and
everybody is agog wondering when
work on the road is to begin.
The choir of the Presbyterian church
at Roswell has received a collection of
fine sacred music in octave form from
the Second Presbyterian church of
Cleveland, Ohio, through the kind ef-
forts of Mrs. Frances B. Johnson. of
Pittsburg. Pa, who was visiting old
friends in that city, and received let
ter from Mrs. Cristy of Albuquerque.
saying that the Presbyterian church of
Roswell needed music for Its choir.
Col. c. c. Slaughter the Texas cattle
king. has a fine ranch near Roswell.
The stock yard is covered with i'm
mense ricks of alfalfa (over 700 tons in
alD, arranged so as to make shelter
for the live stock in the winter. Peach,
apple and plum trees in bearing water
melons, canteloupes, cabbage, tomatoes
and other vegetables growing in the
garden, all show care and cultivation.
There is a big herd of fine Hereford
cows with Sir Bredwell, the $500
Whiteface bull, heading the herd
Among the cows is one for which Col
Slaughter paid $S75. Perhaps the pret-
tiest animal in the herd is Roswell
ail hn Ave Lcs al
of Sir Bredwell-his first calf dropped
in the 'Pecos valley.
COLFAX COUNTY.
c. C. Forester, of Denver, is at Eliza
bethtown looking after his Golden Ajax
mining interests.
VIM. p. Strong, prosperous sheep
aged father at Ocate.
James Walker and family, Joe Brack-
ett and wife, and Fayette Gillespie and
family left Ration on an outing trip up
in the Cimarroncito country
j. j. Robinson of Homecoming. Md.
is in Ration on a visit to his father, IT.
Robinson. Mr. Robinson is editor of
the Homecoming Star, one of the most
influential Republican papers in Mary
land.
The Union fair at Springer will be
held September 25 to 2S inclusive. For
the ensuing year Capt. Sturges was Sc
lected as president: NJ. M. Salazar, Sec
retary; A. Morton, treasurer; and J. W.
Eshenour. vice president
The Springer public schools open
September II. with H. f. Neese as
principal, Mrs. D. ]. Lockard and j. T.
Baca as assistants.
Elizabethtown and the Cimarron
country have their ear to the ground
listening for the tread of the Rock Is
land railroad surveyors.
E. A. Ray, of Matamoras, Ills, died at
Pierce's cabin. Red River aged so yrs.
Samuel Sproule's residence on the Su-
garite, about six miles northeast of Ra-
ton, was burned to the ground every
thing being destroyed, the family bare
ly escaping, with very small supply
of their usually worn clothing.
The Maxwell Grant company is hav-
ing surveyed about 5000 acres of land
comprising the entire watershed from
rim rock to rim rock, of the upper Chi
corica, from mile and half below
the reservoir. which has been purchas-
ed by the Ration Water Works COM
pany. The company has also bought
the small ranches scattered over this
tract Of land. The company Is still fur
ther improving the reservoir and its
surroundings. They have had employed
for weeks, 20 men and 10 teams.