The copper era., 1902-07-24
NEW MEXICO NEWS

Senators Quay and EIkins are -ched- uled among the attractions at the ter ritorial fair next fall.
 The wool outlook in New Mexico is reported a. very good and the ship menls this season will be heavy.
 The published report that the citi- zcus Of CIoudcroft have ordered all negroes to leave there is denied.
 Last month the freight receipts at Dcming amounted 70 nearly :2OD OO0. Dcming Is becoming railroad center and big shipping point.
 The friends Of Hon. ". 5. Hopewell have started boom for him for Unit ed States senator in event Of New Mex ico'9 admission to statehood.
 It is reported from Washington that the chargas made against Judge Me Milan, of the fifth judicial district, will be dismissed by the attorney general.
 w. w Gatcwood, Of Eddy county, asprcd To be the democratic nominee for delegate to congress, but his own county convention refused tO endorse him.
 The Rev Father Pitaval Of Durango, Colo, appointed auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Santa Fe, will be consc- cratcd as bishop on July 25, at the cathedral at Santa Fc.
 The sulphur deposits of tine famous hot springs of Bernali!lO county are attracting attention. Capitalists are Investigating their possible resources as sulphur producers.
 The Albuqucrque eastern road is al- most assured. The road will be forty seven miles in length and it will rrob- ably be completed to Albuquerque by the first of next April.
 The steam fire engine at Roswell l paid for itself several times over by saving property ata recent conflagra- ton in that city. The property loss is approximatcd at $50, 900.
 Grand Chancellor William Kilpat- rick, of the order of the Knights of | Pythias, instituted new lodge at No gal. Lincoln county, under the name | of William Mckinley Lodge No p.
 The department of the interior has | upheld the territorial land board in cancelling the lease of Thomas Lyons for school section in the Mule Creek | country and the issuing of lease to 1 T. l.. Stockton.
 During the past year 10I .325 acres Of government land were entered upon | by settlers in the Santa Fc land dis | trict. There remains open to settle | mont in this district l3,OOO, GOO acres 1 of public domain.
 Reports from tho Navajo reservation 1 have it that the Indian, are on the | verge of starvation owing to the | drouth. One Of tine trading stores | holds 1000 pawns which the Indians | are unable to redeem.
 The Lena cOnccntrator at Lord sburg Ina. been leased by E. l.. Bcrklev, who ! proposes to do custom work. This is good thing for that section, but one wonders why the Lena company should not use it themselves.
 One hundred thousand dollars has been appropriated for the improve mcnt of the sanitarium at Fort Bayard. Tho number of patients in the insti- tuition is l5O. This is the usual sum- mcr number. During the winter months the average is 200 and oyer.
 At the request of Hon. Joshua <. Raynolds. who presented the Reynolds academy building to the city of AIbu- qucrquc for a public library, the name of the institution has been changed from "The Rayuolds Library" to The Albuquerque Public Library"
 The Capital Power & Light company has asked the santa Fe ci:y council for a franchise to erect its proposed line in that city. The company proposes to build dam across the Pccos near Macho and will use the 5000 horse power developed for industrial cnter- priscs al Santa t'c.
 One of the features of the coming cncampment of Company II. at Socor- TO will be a sham fight representing tho attack of the Apachcs in Lake Valley in 1879, and the gallcut defense made by Fronticrsman Sligh as he re- tired to the rocks and covered the re- treat of his boy and brave wife from their burning home.
 Luna is on, of the new counties of New Mexico, and small ono at that. but she is proving that small counties can be run more economically than large ones. The tax for this year for Luna county has been fixed at S. 50 being a reduction of four mills on the dollar. The total assessed valuation of the county for the present year is very close to the million mark. being S999.- 9CS
 \ game which brought back vivid recollcctions ot old times was played in the club house saloon yesterday afternoon, the players being gentle men well known throughout Grant county. The game was "slufT," and the stakes were $500 each, the pot be- ing Sl 300. Tho game lasted from one until six, and attracted much attcn- .iop -SNntinpI shaw fbaf'- ,D.b