Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-06-22

Work is being pushed forward on th
new telephone system. All of the pole
have been hauled and are now beint
dressed and placed in position. TIL,
Silver City exchange will be in opera
ton within sixty days, and the line t.
santa Rita, Hanover and Fierro b,
July /.
Sheriff Max. L. Kahler, of Sierre
county, reached Silver City, having IL
custody Cosme Zapata, remanded tt
Grant county for trial for murder al
the next district court.
GRANT COUNTY.
There are nineteen prisoners in the
Grant county Jail, the majority being
short sentence men.
Reports from all over southwestern
New Mexico indicate that rain Is very
badly needed
C. F. Grayson left Silver City on an
important business trip to New York
City. He will be absent about month
1t is said that nearly half of Silver
| City's population is booked for a visit
| to the California seaside resorts this
summer. Another sign of prosperous
times.
| The following school directors were
| elected at Deming: Seaman Field J. A.
Mahoney and w. r. Merrill. The usual
three mill levy was voted in this pre-
cinct.
The school directors election at San
LoronZo, Redrock and Hanover is in a
tangle. At the latter place there were
two polling places.
The Western Union telegraph line has
been completed from Whitewater to
Hanover, the construction from that
point to Fierro being delayed by reason
of the non-arrival of poles. The White
water Fierro line will be open for pub
lie business by July l.
Supt. Fl. ]. Simmons, of the Arizona
& New Mexico road, was present at a
meeting in FL Paso. He said that were
bonus raised of as much as $50 900, he
was almost absolutely certain that his
road would be willing to build from
Duncan, Grant county, to FL Paso. The
Ell PasO club has the matter in hand.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
Notice is given that s per cent bonds
of Lincoln county, amounting to 81, 500,
numbered respectively II, 26 and q, are
now due, and the same must be pre-
sented for payment by the county treas
urer, Henry Lutz prior to July l.
The recent hail and rain storm in Lin
coin sent flood down the Ruidoso
which did great damage to many farms,
especially young orchards. Frank Coe
sustained the greatest damage. His old
orchard stands on very low ground, and
much of the rubbish going down finds
convenient lodgment, requiring much
labor and expense to remove, and be-
sides losing three or four fine blooded
colts, plows and other machinery, his
large alfalfa crop, just ready to cut.
went to destruction in an hour.
BERNALILLO COUNTY.
The dry season at Gallup has left but
2 feet Of water in the town domestic
supply tank.
The Albuquerque ball team played at
Gallup June II and at Fort Wingate the
day following.
John Keegan now makes his home at
Globe, Ariz., where he is a member of
the school board, just the same as If he
lived at Gallup.
William Everitt is at Gallup from
Iowa, under contract with M. w. Mills
to carry the mail over one-half of the
Defiance route for $50 per month.
Gen. E. A. Carr came into Gallup
from his Box s ranch last week and
remained a couple of days looking up
the lines of the ranch, of which he is
now sole owner.
Gallups latest Improvement is the
sprinkling cart. John Osborn runs it.
He Is paid by the merchants, or at least
by some, and the driver turns off the
water in front of the business places
which do not pay.
A. F. Stone started out to help take
the census of the Navajo Indians. His
horse became frightened, threw him
and then kicked him on the leg, and so
Mr.. Stone abandoned his government
job.
- Prof. d. M. Richards has been re-
elected principal of the Gallup public
schools at a salary of $120 per month;
Misses Clayton, Mcintyre,
Brown, Mable f. Anderson, Of Albu-
querque. and Sarah Martin, of Stewart,
Ia. Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Conn.
Grand Chancellor c. c. Clark and
Gallup lodge, No. 13. installed a new
Knights Of Pythias lodge, known as
Cloverdale Lodge, No. II, of Clarksville,
on Wednesday evening of last week at
the X. P. hall. Some sixty members
were in attendance, and there was a
banquet. The officers of the new lodge
are: c. c., George X. Bretherton; V. c..
Robert Nichol p, John Hodgson; M.
of e., Sidney Bretherton: X. Of r. and
s., W. Il. Webber; M. of F.. Harry L.
Fenton: M. at A., ]. H. Roddy: NJ. of
W., J. r. Shorten; I. G., A. J. Martin;
O. G.. Daniel Mckay; trustees, Matt.
Eppich, George Hodgson, J. Thomas
Tongue.
TEXAS DEH0CRATS.