The copper era., 1902-02-13
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NEW MEXICO NEWS

WORK on the NoS"eII 7t"cI ~ otCIii
i. now in progress.
Walter w. Page and Miss Mamie
Halson were married at Lone Mountain
last week.
The New Klondyke is the name Of
the new gold camp on the south fork Of
the Bonfto in Lincoln county.
Fifty miles from Carrizozo, at the
point generally known in Lincoln
county as Gallo Lake, new town re-
Gently sprung up.
The Southern Pacific has decided to
construct cut Off between III Paso
and Strauss, Dona Ana county. The
cost OF construction will be over $780,
900.
Tho Union Ore Extraction and Re-
duction company of Denver, has made
a proposition to the Las Vegas board
of trade for the erection Of a $4,000
plant in that city.
1t is stated that grading will begin
carly in the spring on the Cimarron
River & Taos Valley road from Max
we'll City to lizabethtow New Next
co, fifty-four miles.
On April / OF this year all drift
fences" on the public domain must be
abolished, the year of grace granted
the cattlemen by the interior depart
ment expiring on that date.
Ill - ~ ,.ood ,,,.Ii+,, ~ boroy no
been found in Pennington Glade near
Pennington, San Juan county. In the
same vicinity a lime quarry is being
opened. A coal bed has been also dis
covered within six miles of Pennington.
There is every Indication that by Oc
tober OF this year the construction Of
the Santa E'e Central railway to Tor
renee on the FL Paso and Rock Island
railroad. a distance of l20 miles, will
be completed and that trains will be
running over the line.
A rich strike is reported to have
been made on the Lake Valley mines
company's property, near the old Brid-
al chamber. The Lake Valley camp is
attracting great deal OF attention at
the present time and several big oper-
ations are scheduled for the near future.
Mrs. Ana freeman has been placed
in the penitentiary to serve term OF
ten years for grand larceny and arson.
She set fire to the station at Lava. So
zorro county, while she was station
ta1 tharn in
order to hide the fact that she had
robbed trunk left at the station.
The New Mexico papers are boom
ing Charles l.. Ashton, 4 prominent
citizen of Silver City for chief deputy
u. S. marshal under Ben Daniels.
Mr.. 4 shton is not a citizen Of Arizona,
but he would make good chief deputy.
He is an old timer and has many friends
in Arizona.
Superintendent l. b. Hanna Of the
forest reserves in New Mexico has re-
ceived an intimation from the interior
department at Washington, ID. c.. that
sheep and goats will be permitted to
graze on the ella forest reserve in
Grant and Socorro counties, but under
no circumstances on the PecOs river
reserve.
1t is authoratively stated that oil has
been struck at the Deming oil fields.
At depth of about 200 feet the borerS
a small pocket of oil, but proceeded to
dig deeper as they say they feel sure
there is big OIL deposit deeper, and
that this strike is only seep from tho |
main body lower down.
There was a Wholesale delivery in
Deming Friday night. Tho three in
mates of the county bastile sawed |
through the steel bars of their cages |
and made their escape. All were
grand jury prisoners. Owing to the !
lack OF funds, Sheriff Baca is unable to |
employ night guard, SO that the men |
were uninterrupted in their work.
Childers, who murdered Thomas S. |
Helm, prominent Silver City at
torney, few weeks ago, was denied
writ of habeas corpus by Judge Parker, !
and was remanded to Jail to await the |
action of the grand jury. The feeling
against Childers is very strong all over
Grant county. He will be most lucky |
If he gets off with a life sentence.
l.. w. Brown, prosperous Socorro |
county stockmau, is making a survey |
for big storage reseroir thirty-eight !
miles from San Marcial near Dripping |
Springs. The proposed dam is to
carry au average depth of tuenty-feet
Of water and will cover go acres of
ground. 1t is estimated that with its
help 10000 acres can be put under
within another year CoitaX county
will have added at least a half million |
dollars to its taxable wealth aud be- /
tween two and three thousand souls to |
its population. This will be due priu- |
cipally to the Rock Island extension to /
the Dawson coal fields and the Dawson /
City Coal company, which is develop (
ing its mines and erecting several hun |
dred coke ovens.
James $. Carter. assistant cashier Of
the Silver City National Bank, died at