The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1902-04-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS



Pima Altos last week.
Robert Lee Brown, OF San Marcial,
has been indicted for bigamy in the
Las Cruces court.
The Rose Copper company will soon
have a diamond drill at their property
just east OF Santa Rita.
It is expected that an iron and steel
plant will be erected at Captain with
in the next few months.
The FL Paso Live Stock & Commits
sion company have Messrs. Fink and
Buagy looking the ranges oyer for
steers. These gentlemen want 10 pur-
chase $4,000 head.
William Conant received a telegram
from Decatur, H., Friday, stating that
his wife was seriously i'll and not ex-
pected 20 live. He left on Fridays
train fer that place.
Mrs. o. 5. Warren, the most promi-
nent and successful business women in
tho territory, was signally honored by
being elected Grand Worthy Matron
OF the Eastern Star Lodge for New
Mexico.
Five heavily loaded freight wagons
passed through Silver City Saturday
morning with the boiler and other ma
chiner,,'- used in the old Lone noun
tain 1t has been purchased by
the WNss6n Mining company at STEMS
Pass, where it will be installed in their
mill.-Independcnt
The cattle movement over the Pecos
system will this spring be doubled
over last years shipments, because SO
far this year 1000 cars have been order
cd for the transportation OF cattle from
west Texas, New Mexico and the Pan
handle to transport cattle this spring
to northern grazing grounds via the
Santa Fe.
Statistics from the eleventh annual
report of the superintendent OF public
instruction on the school work in the
territory during the year ending Octo-
Der |, 1901, show: School population,
c. 864; increase over previous year,
9, $50, or 1876 per cent. Enrolment Of
pupils in all schools, A., 925; average
daily attendance, ~, S25.
A suggestion comes via FL Paso Of
the possible formation OF base ball
league which will sail under the cap
tion OF the "Ncw Mexico, Arizona and
West Texas League" The circuit will
likely comprise the towns OF Albuquer-
que, Deming, Silver City and Lords
burg, n. NJ; Bisbee, tucson, Globe,
Morenci aud Clifton, Ariz., and FL
Paso, Texas.
Emerson Hughes, the six year old
boy, who wandered away from home
near Albuquerque and was lost, was
found after three days and nights, but
was so exhausted that he died three
hours afterwards. Hundreds Of men
secured the country for him. He was
found by some Mexicans, late at night,
bravely struggling along in the moon
light. He was found seven miles from
home. The poor little fellow died be-
fore his parents got to him.
Upon the request OF the county com
missioncrs, Engineer David NJ. White
has completed the plans for the first
stone bridge to no built in Santa Fe
county. 1t is to be over the Santa Fe
river and leading to the capitol. 1t
will he eighty feet long. and twenty
eight feet wide, two thirty foot clip
tical arches to span the water way.
1t will be built by convicts who will
get the stone from the nearby excel
lent stone quarries on public land.
The sad news comes from Las CRU
ccs of the death by burning of little
Mary Loham, the four-year-old daugh
ter of Oscar Loham. The little girl
was playing with matches in the back
yard OF her home, when one OF them
ignited and fired her dress. In a mo-
ment she was onYeloped in flames and
in two hours death came. The little
girl was Il particularly bright and low
able child and pct and protege OF
Collector Garrett. Her death is es-
pecially distressing to the family, since
every member of it is such n homelov-
ing body, and so devoted to every 9TH
or member.
Petition has been submitted to the
Santa Fe Railway company by the
mining men of southern and central
New Mexico for Il reduction of freight
rates on ore to the Ccrriilos smelter,
the ou9d custom smclter in New Mex
fcu-wNd a concern not in the trust.
The ~tSclter trust having closed the
smelter at Silver City, the miners
have found it Improbable to send sill
cious ores of ten or less per cent OF cop
per to the smelter at FL Paso on ac-
count of the exhorbitant charges
The charges Of the Cerrillos smelter
are much less and with rate OF $3.50
per ton OF ore freight, the low grade
ores of the territory would be sent to
Cerrillos.
Two men held up Frank II. Winston's
store at Fairview last week. They
came in the store about . o'clock.
There were two customers in the store.
They held up the men and made them
line up and went at it coolly. They
had Mr.. Winston open up the sale aud