Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-19
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John Bumback, the Tularosa con-
tractor has several buildings to erect
in Alamogordo.
The baseball suits, bats, balls, etc.,
arrived in Las Cruces for the col
large teams and the boys are practic-
ing.
J. j. Draper, the owman recently
in Carlsbad from Midland, began
work last week on his new $4,000 res
idence, to be built on the ten acre lot
just north of Town.
Our popular county clerk and his
brother. Catarino Armijo. are kept
quite busy these days recording liens
against the Southern Pacific, says the
Las Cruces Republican.
J. r. Strock. of Colorado Springs.
came in to Pennington on the stage
for the purpose OF looking over ur
country with a view OF purchasing a
ranch and locating there.
l.. ]. Barker, the Las Cruces Jewell
cigar case of his invention. He
er, has applied for a patent on a new
is at work on a model now and ex-
poets to have ii ready in a few weeks.
%~1 ~ ltIA 10 AatlQH a
unique fence built in front of his res
idence on McCutchen avenue in So
zorro. The fence proper will be OF
wire and it will be REINFORCED with
a hedge of tamarisk.
ASSESSOR McKeen, of Eddy county,
has appointed J.. l.. Emerson as his
chief deputy, and both are hard at
work on the 1908 rolls. Make your
rendition now and save the officials
the trouble later on.
l.. s. Osborne sold his two-stOry
stone building block, in Carlsbad, to
W. u. Dannelly, for 1920. Mr.. Dan
nelly bought for investment, and Mr..
Osborne expects to lay out his money
in other building operations.
A jury trial in justice court at
Carlsbad, Allison and Hancher VS.. E.
A. Bingham, suit for recovery of COM
mission on sale of sattle. resulted In
a compromise verdict of s42.10, which
Xas just half the sum sued for.
w ID. McFerran, Wells-Fargo agent
in Albuquerque, received a telegram
from his wife which announced the
death of the l2dy's mother in Denver.
Mrs. McFerran left the city Thursday
and was with her mother at ia end.
Work vas commenced in Harrington
on grading down Wall street opposite
the school house. This will add great
1y to the beauty and utility OF that
thoroughfare. A bridge should
be placed over the Star ditch on that
street.
S. T. Biting, w. A. Finlay and J..
A. Darlington. of Stegma, have been
named by Judge Mcmillan as the com
mission to draw juries for the ap-
preaching term of the district court,
which opens in Carlsbad Monday,
March 30th.
G.. T.. Fitzgerald and H. l.. Dessar,
prominent mining men. spent several
days at the Torpedo mine near Las
Cruces. Mr.. Fitzgerald will have
charge Of the property for theFeder-
al Smith company, who will begin ac-
tive operations on this mine in the
near future
Miss Brown and Miss Hulst, the
ladies from New York city who
have been stopping at I. w. Daniels
residence in Pennington for some
weeks. left for Ojo Alamo. where they
will visit a couple of days and go
from there to Pueblo Bonito. They
are making the trip horseback.
Mrs. N. o. Letcher and Miss Wight
man. while out driving near Carlsbad,
had their horse run away with them,
throwing them out OF the buggy. but
fortunately not hurting either. They
were five miles east of the Heights
aRT a long. tiresome walk home was
the worst feature of the accident.
w. T. Mularky, F. r. Hickman, and
A. Sewer. trustees of the Halford IT.
rigation canal. were in Pennington
comforting with the trustees Of the
Independent ditch. concerning the
construction of a couple Of fumes in
which both companies are interested.
The contract was let to Fish & Rush
for $500.
A meeting of the principal property
owners of Las Cruces was held at the
Offices of Messrs. Forester & Frenger
or the purpose of appointing a COM
mittee TO represent the interests of
Las Cruces in connection with the
proposed railroad from Alamogordo
TO Deming. The following committee
was appointed F. c. Barker. Martin
Lehman. r. Day, Thos. Rouault and
Numa Frenger.
II would be well for everybody
along the river bottom to prepare for
a flood. warns the Socorro Chieftain.
According to all reports there is a
tremendously heavy fall of snow in
the mountains of the northern part
of the territory. The season is now
so late that when the snow melts 1t
is likely to melt rapidly. and the re-
suit will be hat a very unusual vol
m of water will come down the
river.
A resident of Socorro who is extern
sivaly engaged in the sheep growing
inGIstry asked the Chieftain to urge
more care and thoroughness in the
shipping of sheep. He says that ex-
treme are should be exercised in
compromising the dip and that the
tank through which h sheep pass
should be at least a hundred feet
Along. He is of the opinion that un-
less this matter receives more pains
taking attention New Mexico will be
placed under a quarantine that will
be disastrous to all concerned.
Capt. A. b. Fitch of Magdaiena left
Socorro Wednesday morning for Dem
yer. He was joined at Lamy by c.
+. Brown, who had beer in Santa Fe
on Business. These two gentlemen
went TO Denver to observe the treat
ment of a car load of r from the
Graphic mine. They will probably
so TO Joplin. Mo-. for the same pur.
pose before they return home. II
these treatments prove successful. as
there is good reason to believe that
they will the result will mean several
years of work in the Graphic mine.
Thomas Garcia. who lived near Be-
len, died from the effects of a bullet
intended to put an end to the career
Of another man. w. s. Tucker and a
Mexican, both employees Of n Of the
grading outfits on the short cut. had
imbibed aqua fortis in such generous
quantities that the feeling of brother
ly love. which for some time animat-