The copper era., 1901-02-14

Ia l-c ana Is t2dlH very aiIh uioi a.
Deming.
The first run Of ore was passed
through the Deming concentrating
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be possibly desired.
W. =. Wcatherwax, Of Deming, has
invented device which can be attach
ed to any bicycle, which it is claimed
will double the speed Of the machine.
Some one broke large plate glass
window in the front Of the L0rdsbur9
po,toliice, and the Liberal editor is
warm in the region Of the collar about
II.
THE Citizens Water and Improve
mcnt Company ha, filed articles Of
Incorporation It is a local company
Of silver City, aud proposes to bore FOR
ur-csian water.
There is an enrolment Of lO2 pupils
at the normal school at Silver City.
The regular attendance. however, has
suffered to some extent from the pre-
vailing epidemic Of grip.
w. /. Conant, former business
man Of Silver City, left the latter of
the week to enter upon his new duties
as ranger in southwest Grant county
with headquarters ut Duncan, Arizona.
J. VI. laugford has made It contract
to sell his ranch aud cattle to Gladney
~ Gray Of Gainesville Texas. Mr.
Iangford expects to return to his old
home in Uvaldc county, Texas.-Lib
cral
Misses Myrtle and Nellie Wade left
Dcming last week for Morenci, Ariz.,
where they will take up their residence.
The Misses Wade made many friends
while in looming who will miss them
greatly.
Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock
has approved New MeXico's public
lands rs selected, rs follows, to-wit:
For the reform school. 1850 acres for
the deaf and dumb asylum, PSF acres
for the penitentiary, 2,720 acres; for
the normal schools, 5,440 acres; and
for the insane asylum, 3,07l acres.
Attorney Pine, Of Las Cruces, was in !
Deming Friday buying mining location
notices, in order to locate few claims |
in the new gold placer fields in the |
Portfolio mountain district, 10 miles |
southeast Of pcming, says the Herald.
Bob lIattOu. Louis Goodwin and Frank |
Oliver of Las Cruces have located sew
al, Il j.. 4
to be quite rich, but water is very
scarce.
The special meeting OF the stock
holders Of the Dcmiug Mining IL Mill /
ing company called by the president,
was held AT their Office in Deming on
tho LIST, at which they decided to issue
10000 shares Of additional stock. On
Investigation they found that the
affairs Of the company were in good
order and that the holders of stock
might soon expect some returns from
the same
On being sworn in As justice of the
peace at Silver City, Judge William
Henry Ncwcomb, gave some most ex-
cellent advice to Constable McCarty. /
as follows: ITO be sure when attach
inc poker chips for debt. to size up the
mans hand and il he thought it 4 good .
one to let him bet and grab the chips
afterwards. But if he deemed the hand .
not winning one to be sure OF the
chips before they went into the pot.
The contract for the extension of the
FL Paso * Northeastern railroad was
let at I'll Paso, Texas, to Good & Co.
Mr.. Good is large stakeholder in the
road and his company built the present
mileage. Their contract calls for l39
miles and will begin ut Carrizozo and
extend to the crossing at the Pecos
river in the vicinity Of Santa Rosa.
Work will begin at once aud be pushed
to completion with all possible dis
patch. The extension will meet the
Rock Island extension. Herald.
Chinese Inspector Me han had num-
Der of native born Americans rounded
up, claiming they we're natives of
China, and in this country contrary to
the laws. Deputy United States At
torney Money. and Deputy Marshal
Mckeehan were here Monday with Mr..
Mehau, and it was expected that these
men would be bauished from their
native land. Fortunately for them
they were related to Tom Tong. and he
sent to FL Paso and hired Capt. T. J.
Beall to come out here and defend the
men. Captain Beall had no particular
trouble in proving the men to be
Americans, and they were dismissed,
although as a matter OF form the
United States attorney appealed the
case.-Liberal.
The following mining items are from
the Silver City Independent:
HANOVER.
While doing assessment work on the
Notion claim, a property situated near