The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-02-06
NEW MEXICO NEWS !
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The Sisters OF Mercy, Of Silver City,
will build a $50, 900 sanitarium.
Nicholas Gales, OF Hillsboro, has
been appointed register OF the L. ;.
land Office at Las Cruces.
The editor OF the Independent is
still worrying his readers over the
town cow" Why, William, let her
eat a little o. the grass-no harm in
that.
Report has II that Hon. Charles
Springer, Of Las Vegas, is about to lay
out townsite on his Horseshoe ranch
in Colfax county. The new town is TO
be named Denver. The Vermejo river
runs through the middle Of the pro-
posed tOwnsite.
Through passenger traffic over the
Rock Island railroad through New
Mexico will not begin until February
10. Freight trains will commence TO
run on February l. and local trains
have been running since the beginning
ofJanuary.
At Weed, Otero county, burglars en-
tered the store Of J. Van Wrinkle and
secured SO in cash and part OF the
stock Of merchandise. The night be-
fore the buildings of the Bluewater
ranch were burned to the ground, the
manager, Mr.. Davenport, barely es-
Gaping with his life.
A strike Of high grade ore has been
made in the FL Orc mine in the Hills
boro district. AT u depth OF 100 feet a
crosscut OF twenty feet opened up a
BODY Of ore from four TO six feet wide.
The best will 90 800 per ton and the
entire body will average $50 per tou.
Pedestrians and teams passed over
the new viaduct on Coal avenue at AL
buquerque Sunday night for the first
time. The viaduct is 1900 feet in
length and extends from Second street
to Broadway and its cost will be about
S32 900, to be equally divided between
the Santa Fe railroad company and
the city OF Albuquerque.
Representative Lacey, of Iowa, has
introduced bill in congress to set
aside certain lands in the territory OF
New Mexico in Santa Fe and Rio Ariba
counties as the Cliff Dwellers' Nation
al Park, for the purpose OF preserving
prehistoric caves and ruins and other
worksand relics. Also bill to sot aside
the Petriiied Forest National Park in
Arizona.
The richest find of gold ever made on
the surface in New Mexico was discOv-
cred on the south fork of the BOnito
in southern Lincoln county. y ledge
that il seven feet wide and can be
traced for miles was found to contain
wire gold visible to the eye, the ore
averaging 800 to the ton. The first
claim staked off was sold within five
hours for $4,000 aud five hours later
s75, 1000 was refused for it.
The president has re-appointed Artie
+. Galloway postmistress at SILVER
City. Mrs. Galloway las held the
Office for the last four years, and has
given entire satisfaction to the patrons
of the Office. Mrs. Galloway was APP
pointed four years ago because her
husband had given up his lie while
hunting for postoffice robbers. This
time she was appointed on her merits,
having proved she could satisfactorily
conduct the affairs of the Office. Lib
eral.
Mrs. A. Veitch was down from Cliff
ton Saturday visiting Mrs. S. NJ. Chase.
She told the Liberal that her uncle,
Lloyd Payne, well known in Grant
county, was married in London, Eng
land, on the eighth OF this month.
Mr.. Payne is the proprietor OF hotel
in London, and his many friends in
this section will be glad to know he is
doing well financially, and the an
nouncemsnt of his marriage indicates
he has been doing well ocially.--Lib-
eral.
The death of J. \. Whitmore, edi
tor and proprietor of the Oxnard, Cali
fornia, Courier, occurred last week.
Mr. Whitmore was formerly a resi-
dent of New Mexico. He published
paper at San Marclal, was one Of the
regents of the Agricultural college,
aud was one of the delegates from New
Mexico to the Minneapolis convention
in 1892. About two weeks ago Mr..
Whitmore went to San Francisco
hospital and underwent an operation
fer the removal of Il carbuncle on his
neck. He improved after the opera !
tion and appeared to be on the road 20 |
recovery, but change came last Sat |
urday, and he died Tuesday. Among
his associates MIR. Whitmore was
known as 4 high-souled, liberal-mind
ed man, and his death is mourncd as |
distinct loss in the community where !
no had cast his lot.-Liberal.
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