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NEW MEXICO NEWS

be annexed to Grant county. This should have been done years ago.
 County division schemes are numer- ou7 and it is quite probable they will take up large share of the time of the session Of the legislature.
 The Victoria Land ty Cattle Co. has shipped from Hachita 1000 head of their Mexican cattle by way Of Dem- ing aud Albuquerque, to Bakersfield, California.
 Word comes from RcIen that there are now 700 men and Joo teams at work on the cutoff. Several big grading outfits have been brought in. The force is increasing every day.
 New Mexico never before had
 legislature in which such q large pro- portion Of the members were men Of extensive legislative experience, as the body now in session al Santa Fe.
 It i- assured that the Denver & Rio Graude railroad will broad guage its New Mexico division from Antonio to santa Fc this coming spring, and will have traffic arrangement with the Santa Fe Central raL.wav. Th!s means much for the Capital city.
 < fare-t ranger on the Gila reserve made an interesting discovery in some cliG dwcllcr's ruins the other day. An excavation wa, made in the ruins and a number of curious things were un- covered including the remains of an Indian mummy perfectly preserved, hides of various animals, arrow heads and pottery.
 A wire from Shcrin Higgins Of Chavco county announces that he has captured one of the murdcrers Of his brothcr-in-law, Will Rainboldt, who was shot near Roswell several years ago. He captured Nate Hendricks, | thc man who did the shooting. at Pennington, <. D.
 New Mexico contains about 79,00O,- | GOO acres Of land, of which great area about GO OO0, GOO acres, or an area twice | as large as the state of New York, is | still public domain subject to entry by ! citizens of the Un nitcd Sates. A million ! and q quarter acres of lard has been ] taken up as homcstcads in the terri ] tory since the date of the last census. 1
 4 dispatch from AlamogOrdo states ! that somewhere between this place l and Fl Pa-O, in United States bond, on | a train in transit from Fl Paso to Chi | cago loaded with GOO bars of silver 1 bdlliou ear was entered and So bars l stolen. At JarillI Junction d broken | seal was discovered and investigation | revealed three McXiCans in the car. ! A fight between them and the crew ! followed and the Mcxicans were thrown od. At Dog Canyon Sheriff Hunter saw three MeXicans who took . to the brush He called them to halt which wa5 not obeycd. He opened fire, killing one Mexican. A running fight with the others followed but they | escaped. \ posse is now in pursuit 1 Officials believe the car was entered and the bullion thrown off to be picked | up by their confcdcratcs.
 The plan for the rebuilding of the 1 santa tr'S Pccos valley lines and the l Panhandle division will come to ! naught, for the through traffic of the santa Fc will not be sent south | through Wichita, Wellington and | Ava. but will go west from Newton to | Hutchinson. kinsley and Dodge City, ! thence south on the proposed new line i tp Liberal. When asked whether or not the Rock Island has secured any voice in santa Fc affairs by means of . the purchase of stock, Manager Nudge . said: "That is something which . know nothing about. All l know is that at present it is the plan to build cur lines south from Dodge City in- stead of making our main line over the Panhandle as contemplated The santa Fc and the Rock Island have for some time been on the verge of q serious conflict and the cousummation Of the traffic alliance has been brought about, it k believed, by fear that such a conflict might result disas- trously to both roads.
 Tho Silver City Independent is au- thority for the statement that the Phelps Dodge people have definitely . decided to immediately commence the . erection of d large smelting plant at p'ming. The chemists of this ,om- pany have been engaged for the past four months, in determining the most advantageous combinations of ore pro- duo: of the company's various mines. | The result is said to be decision in l favor of mixture of the old DOmin- ion ores of Globe. in Arizona, and the | ores of the Hanover mine, in this . county; aud DemiuE has been selected | as the point at which. considering fuel 1 supply, Eaul. etc, these combined ores ! can be most economically reduced. l The company has decided that, in . view of the wide extent of mining country tributary to Deming, and the ! varied character Of the ores produced, ! there k profit in q custom department . connected with their proposed plant. ! II k certain that the miners of this .