Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1901-12-26
and There
In The Territory

cessful in that effort. to persuade Pres
ident Roosevelt to dispose of the Fort
Marcy reservation.
Judge n. b. Laughlin has filed an
intervening petition for Alexander
Gusdorf and ten others in the suit Of
Niucente Fresquez against Jose A.
Marival to quiet title and partition the
Rio Grande grant of DISCO acres in
Taos county. He also completed pro-
ceedings in the Santa Barbara grant
partition suit of ~NepomucemO Martinez
against Julio Rodart. Special Master
Charles +. Easley viii order this grant
partitioned December Both. 1t in
cludes 10000 acres in Taos county.
There are 3T4 plaintiffs and ninety de-
PENDANTS to the suit. Settlers on the
grant We're given title to claims with
out contest. the area thus set aside be-
ing over 5000 acres.
More health seekers are coming into
New Mexico this fall than ever before
came into the territory, and it is GER
tain that this number of health-seekers
coming into New Mexico will increase
from year to year. 1t is reported,
however, that health-seekers find it
difficult to find suitable houses to tent
in New Mexico towns. This deficiency
should be remedied. Investments in
real estate and substantial houses are
the most profitable and least risky in
vestments that n man with money can
make in New Mexico. One-half of the
fortunes of the East were made by
people who bought real estate in the
days when real estate was as cheap as
it is to-day in New Mexico and held
on to it until the present.-Santa Fe
New Mexican.
1t is said that one or more capital
lists are about to try to reclaim a large
area of land in the vicinity of Albu-
Querque by sinking artesian wells on
a mesa when forms the more elevated
part of the Rio Grande valley in that
vicinity. They have. it seems. obtained
sufficient evidence of the existence of
n good supply of water to encourage
them to make the venture. There is
no doubt that in a large measure the
valley of the Rio Grande is underlaid
with water, for although the river mt
times sinks beneath the surface. the
presence of water is always disclosed
when bedrock is reached. Probably
the quantity is great enough to re
claim a large area Of land, although
it may not suffice to irrigate the whole
valley.-Santa Fe New Mexican.
A Laramie. Wyoming, dispatch says
the people of that place regret the de-
parture of Professor Luther Foster of
the State University, who has been in
charge of the Wyoming experiment
and who has just been elected to the
presidency of the Agricultural Col
lege at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Pro-
lesser Foster came to Wyoming over a
year ago from Logan, Utah, and
proved n valuable addition 10 the fac
ulty of the State University. He is
looked upon as one of the best agricul-
turists in the West. and has a broad
acquaintance all over Utah and Wy
oming among men interested in that
branch of industry. His experiments
last winter in sleep and his reports
and bulletins have been accepted as
authority in the care and handling Of
sheep.
From reports it seems that Gauda-
lupe county has doubled its population
since the census was taken, the great
est increase in population being along
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railroad extension. but also a great in
crease in population being noticeable
around Fort Sumner and other points
a distance away from the railroad.
Similar reports come from southern
Union county and western Lincoln
county, and it is estimated that the in
crease of population which has come to
New Mexico from the building of the
4 Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail
road through the territory alone al
ready amounts to 10000, and if present
plans for settling up the country
through which it passes are carried
out, will amount to five times as much
until the next census is taken.-Santa
Fe New Mexican.
A report from the upper ella river
recently reached United States Mar
shall Foraker at Albuquerque, stating
that a party of renegade Indians are
raiding through that part of the coun-
try. 1t is feared that they will do a
great deal of mischief. -Four head OF
cattle on the Burdick II. J.. ranch
have been found shot with Indian ar
rows, one of the number getting away
alive with al arrow shot through the
body. Two arrows have been recov.
cred and, from their construction, are
thought to be Of Apache origin, hav.
ing steel points and feathered shafts
OF the cattle killed the Indians have
made use of the tongues only, adopt
ing the old Indian style Of Buffalo
hunting. Last year there was a party
Of Indians from the Navajo reserva
ton Strengthening game throughout
this section of country, but these ma.
rauders are supposed to be from the
San Carlos reservation, as their trail
led off in that direction. The Indians
managed to keep i'm hiding, but q
posse of cattlemen are on their trai
and will follow them out of the cOun
try.
On petition of the defendant, say
an Albuquerque dispatch, the dam
age suit of Mrs. W.. J.. Freeman
: against the Santa Fe railroad ha,
; been transferred TO the federal cour
at Las Cruces. Mrs. Freeman suei
for $4,000 for alleged damages re
! ceived at the burning of the station
( at La TUNA, she being station agen
at the time ana compelled to sleep II
p the building. Mrs. Freeman alleges
neglect on the part Of the company il
p putting up a stOvepipe which shl
claims anne apart and caused the fire
e She claims that the fire destroyed tn
sight Of her left eye and greatly in