Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-02
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IDte 20 report Tor Cuty.
Some fine ore is being taken out on
the Smuggler at Elizabethtown and
a shipment will be made soon which
will enrich the leasers on that mine.
o.. f. Watkins of ElZabsthtown has
a force of men pushing work on the
cross-cut at the Legal Tender, and in
a short tine will encounter the vein.
Thos. A.. Lister, president Of the
North American Mining company left
Lordsburg for williamsport, Pa, via
Albuquerque. He expects 10 return in
about two months.
The masquerade at L~ordsburg was
a very enjoyable function. nnc ali pres
ent had a good time. There were more
thoroguh disguises this year than
there generally are.
Sheriff Jim Park and Mrs. Tom
Ryan, of Duncan, were married last
week This was a great surprise to
Jim's many friends in Lordsburg who
thought he a matrimony proof.
T~hespiing term of the district court
for CcIfax county meets on the 10th
or this month. The docket. both civil
and criminal, is said to be light and
two weeks will probably be the length
of the term.
Conductor Yoder wss savagely as
sauitgG one day last week by a hobo
who xas refused g free ride on his
train. He IA knocked down n bad
~ beaten. The offender was lodged
in Jail at Ration.
G. ". Nichols of Ration and Miss
Daisy Thompson. Of Shuanee, okla
homa. we're uni.ed in r.ereiage at
Fir Nichols home on Fourth street
at o'clock v"f1c:day afternoon,
Rev Armstrong Officiating.
Mr.. Hunt, manager of the Orc
dredge boat. came in to Elizabet swn
and is now getting the big boat in
readiness for another season of bring
ing TO surface the yellow metal bur-
led in the bed of the Moreno.
Mrs. Olander of Ration is suffering
from a broken arm, the result of a
fall on the icy sidewalk. Both bones
in the left arm were broken and the
shock of the fall was quite severe.
The annual ball of Silver City Lodge
u. =. O. Il. No. 413. given in NewcomD
hall. was one OF the social event OF
the season and will long remain in
the memory of those fortunate enough
10 attend.
The debate at L%ordsburg was thor
oughiy enjoyed by all who had the
privilege OF listening. and the young
men put up some pretty strong talk
for both George Washington and Abra-
ham Lincoln.
An evening of more exhiliarting en-
ioyment than was given by the Inter
national Association of Machinists at
their second annual bail held at Co
iombo hall in Albuquerque would be
hard 10 produce.
Marshal Mcmillan of Albuquerque, III
preparing his monthly police reports
month of February; $3.50 for fines
aiond speaks well for the twenty
eish, days of activity in the police cir
Gle.
Mr.. and Mrs. i. Kempenich are soon
TO have a handsome new HON in AL
buquerque. II will be modern in every
appointment an dlocated directly
across The street from Robinson Park,
one OF the most desirable resident
portions Of the city.
AT a meeting of substantial business
and professional men held in Silver
City. n company was organized for
the purpose of erecting cottages and
tents for health seekers on he beau
tiful ranch of Thomas Parker in the
foothills Of the Burro mountains.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Hill of Ration
back Charles Wilson. the colored
porter who stole some tools from Mr..
Coulter's barber shop belonging to
Frank Reliamy and forged a check
which he cashed at the Blue Front
cigar store up there.
The district degree team of Knights
Of Columbus. composed of Q n. Mar
ron. r. +. McCanna. J III. O.Riley, DR..
Baldus and C. Il. Burg. of Albuquerque,
who went to El Paso Thursday morn
ing and assisted in comforting the
third degree on a number of Ell Paso
knights returned home.
The Southern Pacific company has a
force ct men at work at the pumping
station east of Lordeburg. drilling an
other well. IL now has two unfailing
wells oil that place. but owing to the
smallness Of its pumps 1t has occa-
sionally been shy of water.
T. ]. Curran. president of the Mo
COLON Gold Mining and Milling COM
pany. passed through Silver City a
few days ago returning from the Coo
ney district. While there Mr.. Curran
ranked the lever thai started the ma
chinery In the big Cooney mill which
has Just been completed by his compa-
ny.
Two shifts are at work on the Badly
tunnel neal Elizabethtown and are
now pounding steel 500 feet from the
mouth and are expecting to encounter
any day some of those rich veins
which IL through the mountain,
among them being the BLACK Horse
+Montezuma.s Aztec and many 9th
ers.
One of the most enjoyable evenings
of the week was spent in Albuquerque
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston,
on West Hazeldine avenue The oc-