The copper era., 1903-01-01
NEW MEXICO NEWS

te - @1 The Placita ranch near Las Vegas was sold for $57, 900. New Mexico this year has 42,ooO pu- pils enrolled in her public schools.
 There are now sO,OOO acres Of land under irrigation in San Juan county. The Hanover Iron mining company are shipping six car loads of ore daily to Fl Pa5o. A. R. Gibson, mining expert and pro- moter, predicts that the Black range is destined to lead all New Mexico mining districts.
 The California Short Line railroad Of New Mexico has been incorporated It is proposed to build railroad from Las Cruces to Deming,
 John w Werney, an old time resi- dent of Grant county, was crushed to death at Gold Hill by the roof of his dug out falling upon him.
 The large lead furnace at the Cerilios smeltcr has started up, thus greatly ipcraasing the output Of the works and the number of men employed
 Governor Otoro's annual report shows that there are more than 3OOo miles Of irrigating ditches in the ter ritorv. the cost Of which has been over sG,OO0, ,OO0
 w. A. Heather q merchant at Clif, on the upper Gila, was married at Temple. Texas, last week to Mrs. J. D. Lee. who formerly resided on the Gila,
 A telegram was received in Silver City last week announcing that Alfred Sublctt. an old time Grant county boy, had been killed at Globe, Arizona, by a premature explosion in mine.
 W.R. Patterson of Los ngeles re- ports a recent shipment from Demlhe of 1000 head Of cattle to the 9al Joaquin valley, California, and expects f, send 1000 more by the end of the month. The shipments are part 0 inc 20 900 head contracted for with C w. Gravson, of Sierra county.
 The santa Fo New MeXican says "It is reported that the El Pa5o an' Southwestern railroad company dc sircs to buy the Silver City branch O Inf the Santa Fe, but that the latte does not care to sell, in Tact, cohtehl nlates the building of more railroad in southern New Mexico rather Una the selling of any it possesses.
 The Independent is informed tha the new concentrating process whlc' Ina. been established at Cooks peaK D inc Faywood Lead company, the loca branch of the General Concentrate company. is proving an unquaIihe success, and the capacity oi the plat is already being increased. The hor' mower is being enlarged from iort four to nincty-siX, which will douo the daily capacity and brings It up ton ions. A concentrate averaglI - Der cent, is being turned out, U saving being fully ninety per cet Tn, treat advantage of the process tntS country lN bhN
 which the ores can be treated It understood the company Is making vcstigatious preparatory to crectl one or more plants in Grant county
 marty of Fl Paso business mt numbering probably a hundred ,,or, intend to leave that village ne sunday to make a trip Nover the Blst road. They expect to travel In fu man cars and stop and make camp often as they get hungry. Ihey have q large supply Of frijoies' $ meat and Arbuckles coiiee' D. Frcudenthal has been engaged chief cook. The party will take Uachita, Douglas, Naco, Blsoee, lo' stone and probably make trip d' ,o Caranca. On returning they make a trip over the Lordsourg Uachita to Lordsburg, and over Arizona X New Mexico to Clliton' will visit Morenci. On behalf oi ucoplc to I.ordsburg the Liberal sures them that whcn here the 10" theirs ifs contents likewise. II
 
 see anything they want they arr vitcd to appropriate it.-Lioeral'
 The new schedule Of pay for tho rincers on this division of the SC ern Pacific goes into effect on the of January, and the men arc saul ,t the change. According to the
 cnt schedule tho freight men rec St3O per hundred miles, and the
 encer men received S3.5O, the ir' men received forty cents per not
 overtime, when the overtime aino'
 to more than two hours over the s' uIo. The passenger men recelV'
 overtime, and there was no Ieri
 overtime. Under the new sen
 the freight men receive Sl.'S per
 drsd miles, and the passenger
 from S3.65 to SS.92 according t
 size of the engine. When UT
 dslaved thirty minutes past its
 uls the freight men receive III
 cents per hour overtime, ana the
 encer men forty-si1 cents. The
 est improvement is being allowed
 terminal delay. II a man Is cal
 leave at a certain time, anu ms
 does not leave until thirty m
 .l, ,i,,o for which he IS