The copper era., 1901-06-20
NEW MEXICO NEWS

New Mexico is making steady prog
res5 as a gold producer.
Elmore b. Norman, prominent
citizen Of Silver City, died last week.
Now Mexico has more churches per
capita than any otherstate or territory.
The largest class in the history OF
the New Mexico university graduated
at Albuquerque last week.
Eastern capitalists are going to
build a 500 900 sanitarium at Captain.
The building will be of stone.
New Mexico Pueblo Indians taken to
the Colorado sugar beet fields are prov
ing the best kind OF laborers.
John Bryan, formerly section fore
man at Santa Fe. while drunk. shot
and killed himself at Magdalena, So
zorro county.
Six carloads Of machinery Of the Ber-
nalilio Oil company OF Mckinley county
have arrived in Gallup. From there
will be transferred to the oil fields.
The city council OF Las Vegas has
decided on the construction Of 1000
square feet Of sidewalking along GER
tain business and residence streets.
There have been l0S new companies
incorporated in New Mexico the past
five months representing capital
amounting to more than $40, 900, 900.
In nearly every part OF the country
greater rainfall has been characterized
in the month of May just passed than
any other May since the weather bu-
reau was established.
Territorial woods meet the bulk OF
demand in Boston and fair sales are re-
corded on secured basis of 40 to -
cents for fine medium and fine with
staple lots ranging from A to 10 cents.
Mr.. Il. r.. Price and Miss Edna Good
all were quietly married at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. II. II. Smith of Deming on
the evening OF the 4th. They left for
their future home in Iowa the same
evening.
Jesse Carson, OF Carlsbad, has recent
ly received a check for 81 ,07O from the
department of the interior in payment
for Indian dopredations committed
years ago 10y the Comanchc and Kiowa
Indian tribes.
In I;uidosO, Lincoln county, the sum
of $7,347.47 was received last year for
apples sold by seven farmers. The
acreage of the whole was only thirty
and Il half acres or little over four and
half acres each.
When the Rock Island and the FL
Paso & Northeastern railway extern
sions are completed in September OF
this year there will be only one county
in the territory that will have no rail
road and that will be San Juan county.
The Rio Graude Merchandise store
at Rincon, of which Lee Elliott and
Thomas Brownrigg are the proprietors,
and in which is located the postoffice,
was held up last week by two masked
men and robbed of about $l75. The
robbers made their escape.
\ deal has been consummated by
which the FL Paso & Northern and the
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific rail
road companies have secured the Daw-
son coal lands, comprising some 10000
acres. The lands lie about the center
of the Maxwell land grant, situated in |
ColfaX county, n. NJ
James Peasc, an old timer. died at |
the Sisters hospital in Silver City last |
Saturday evening from pneumonia. !
He was aged about IS years and was |
well known throughout the county. A |
daughter resides in Clifton. He is also |
survived by Il son, whose present where |
abouts is not known.
The commissioner Of the general land |
Office has recommended that II $50 ad-
ditional sheep and l,I50 goats be al
lowed 10 Craze in the ella forest re-
serve, New Mexico. Permits hereto
fore approved cover 80, 400 head, while
the limit is fixed at 225,OOO. The COM
missioner approved applications to
Craze eighty-two additional head OF
cattle and l25 horses in this reserve.
BY permits heretofore approved 81, 1855 |
cattle and 1922 horses are now author
lied to enter the ella reserve. The
limit is 10000 cattle and 5000 horses.
Deming had hold up on Saturday
the Sth for which boldness is quite the
equal of anything of the kind ever re-
ported from the southwest. \ bout
ten o'clock Saturday morning, w.
{. Wallis, the hardware merchant,
was busily engaged in his store ON Gold
avenue looking after the wants of two
customers, Henry Coleman and \. Wal
lis. y man dressed in cowboy attire
rode up, threw down the rein OF the
bride, and walked in. As he got in
side, he pulled out a six-shooter, and
very quietly asked those present to
hold up their hands, to which request
they readily acceded He then told
Mr.. Wallis that "he wanted his money
and wanted it quick, as his business lay
rolling" Mr.. Wallis handed over be-
tween SO and $50, which was all he
had in the store at the time. This the
robber took and walking to the side
walk, mounted his horse and rode away.
During this scene, Mr.. Coleman re-
marked that If he had a weapon, he
would not get away with the booty So