Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-05-21
THE TfRRITORY
Brief Resume Of the Important
Doings in New. Mex
leo Towns.
MINES. FARMS, RANGES AND pfoptf

Deputies Appointed: Page B. Otero,
territorial ash and game warden, to-
day appointed the following deputies:
Marion Littrell, Ration. for CoifAx
county; william &. Steadman, Las
Vegas tor San Miguel county.
The business men Of Santa Fe gave
4 smoker Ct the Palace hotel com
plimentary to President w. H. And
rews, Of the Santa 70 Central and
his following Of distinguished Penn
syivaninns. The railway magnate
went to the Duke City yesterday.
Dr.. e. D. Sinks. OF the United
States military sanitarium ~ Fort
Bayard. has returned from Fort Bliss
convinced that ! certain injection
treatment for consumption in .
there by Or. Bayard II valuable. II
viii be tried It Fort Bayard and the
public Will have less faith in what
Fort Bayard can do In the way Of com
batting the disease.
Fatssul Prairie Dog Hole: Henry
c. Harris, who wen from Colorado
Springs not long age to manage the
Bellies cattle ranch, near Carlsbad.
while riding the range the other day
was thrown and seriously injured.
The horse stepped In q prairie dog
hole and fell with Its rider who sus.
tained a fracture Of the thigh and q
conclusion Of the brain. Harris Is
moi expected to recover.
Territorial Funds: The following
territorial funds have been received
by Territorial Treasurer j. II. Vaughn:
Grant county taxes for 1902. S571.84;
John w. Fleming, collector and ex-
officio treasurer, Chavcs county, taxes
for 1902. 3l34.34; Mark Howell, col
lector and ex-offcio treasurer. San
Juan county taxes for 1902, 3131.52;
w. q. Blackwell. collector and ex-of.
iici0 treasurer.
Holiister-Armijo: Al the home of
Ambrosi0 Armijo, In albuquerque,
Miss Laura. the beautiful daughter u
Jesus Armijo. was married 70 L. D.
HOLSTER of Denver. The groom is
the sor OF ], M. HOLSTER. yice-presi-
dent OF the Continental Oil company.
The young q and his fair bride Will
reside at Leadville. where Mr.. Hollis
ter has charge Of the business OF the
Continental Oh company.
international Case: Chief Justice
Reid OF the court of private lard
claims has returned To Santa Fe from
III Paso, where he heard an int est
ing suit involving international law. |
Romulo Barela. a Mexican farmer
who lives near ~Juarez. and Juar San.
chez claim that before the Gadsden
purchase their forebears were granted
Two tracts OF 5000 acres each In land
afterwards coded to the United States.
These grants were made by Mexican
commissioners In order to enable the
grantees to fortify Juarez against the
Indians. The case will have its final
hearing in Santa Fe June IL.
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May Be Murder: A special to the
Denver News from Silver City says:
A telephone message from Pinos Altos
tells OF finding a body Of an unknown |
colored man at the mouth OF the Sa-
pello river. where 1t empties into the
Gilla, about forty-nve miles from this
place. The information was brought
70 Pincs Altos by John rollis, fore
man OF the @. o. s. Cattle company,
who, with his men. made the discov.
cry while working on the range yes
terday morning. While positive iden-
tihcation has 0 yet been made. It
Is practically certain that the body is
that OF Kelly Whitaker. the Silver
City colored man who, It was claimed ,
~ his companions of a hunting trip.
went suddenly insane and escaped
from their custody. an account OF
which appeared In the News some ,
time ago. A. B. Smith. one OF the col |
ored men who accompanied Whitta. I
ker on the trip. was arrested this ar. !
In this city. whittier he had
70 draw his wages as cook for
. cattle company twelve miles from
The other man. known as Ike !
Long. has been located In Tucson, and !
his arrest will follow. Both men will
be held pending an investigation.