Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-02
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the storage reservoir and dyke at the
United States military hospital at Fit.
Bayard were opened Saturday, and
Matthews & Laird, of Silver City were
awarded the same, having made the
best figure, $S,725.
A youth who was working in the
Cenno mine in Santa Rita met with
what might have been a fearful acct
dent, falling down the shaft 120 feet.
He was brought up and the only harm
found to be done him was the spine
which was slightly injured.
Minnie V. Henderson and ID. nj.
York, well known and popular young
people residing in the ella river Sec
matrimony by Justice of the peace W..
II. Newcomb, in Silver City, last
Wednesday,. Mr.. and Mrs. York will
make their home in Lower ella.
Theodore Carter, of Silver City,
who is a hustler in every sense of the
word, is showing his friends a clothes
line. which he has recently patented,
and which is destined to relieve the
~over-worked house wife of all the
trials of blue Monday Mr.. Carter
has a good thing in his patent and IT
will unquestionably make him some
good money.
Lieut.. +. Shoemaker, u. S. r. C. S.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Shoemaker, SUI
-perintendent of irrigation on the Ma
vajo reservation, has gone to his faith
er's home near Fruitland where he
will visit for a few days. Lieutenant
Shoemaker has been in service for
some time off the Atlantic coast, ana
will embark shortly for a trip to ST.
IBERIA, where ne goes to secure rein
deer for the government.
The final negotiations for the sale
of the Silver City smelter ave e
completed and the present state of
the case is that the Comanche Min
ing and Milling company have made a
payment on it and will take possession
Immediately. The plant will be en-
larged and improved and the mines
near Silver City will again have oppor-
tunity for smelling their ore without
shipments to Ell Paso. The smeltcr
will probably be opened again on the
first of May.
Saturday afternoon about . o'clock
a Mexican by the name of LIS Lo-
PEE was killed on the railroad bridge
over the HOndO river near Roswell.
Lopez, who had but one ear, and con-
sequently could not easily hear the
approaching train. was walking Y
the bridge going - town when TIA,
heavy freight train. wung around the
curve and ran down he steep grade
toward him.
Clinton j.. Crandall, superintendent
Of the Government Indian school at
Santa Fee, would like very much to
have President Roosevelt stop of dur
ing his trip through this section and
visit the quaint old pueblo of San
Domingo. The superintendent said
that he was willing to wager that the
Indians would not allow ever such a
distinguished visitor as he immortal
where the sacred ceremonies are OBJ
served.
Santa Rita. one of the progressive
mining camps of the southwest, will
celebrate Ghe Fourth of July this
year on a grand scale. The days cele-
bration will consist of base ball match
eS, drilling matches, basket ball
match, sports for children and a grand
display of fireworks. terminating with
a grand ball and bale in the evening.
Company ID of the First Territorial
regiment, under Major 0. G.. Myhre,
may go from Silver City to A1buquer-
que lin May to help receive in good
and worthy style the president during
his brief visit there.
Quite a large and enthusiastic meet
ing of the Odd Fellows of Aztec was
held in their lodge room in the school
house last Saturday night, when the
proposition of building a two story
lodge building on their lot south of
Col. Williams store was discussed. 1t
was the largest meeting the order
has ever had. and it was the united
opinion of those present that steps
should be taken at ono TO begin the
work of constructing the building.
Superintendent II. o. Bursum, of
the territorial penitentiary, is taking
a vacation at his ranch east of San
Antonio.
At a meeting Saturday night in AL
buquercsss the committee on organi-
zaticn CT the Central labor union com
pleted the organization of a federal
labor union. This union includes all
branches of trades where there are
not enough of any one class to l
a charter OF their own. Among its
members are stone masOns, pressmen,
wheelwrights, tailors. cooks, walters,
mattress makers. liquor compounders,
and many others. This promises to
be the strongest union in point of
numbers in the city.
Col. Charles II. Morgan of Lamar,
Mo-, and Hon. Thomas Conner of
Joplin, Mo-. have returned to the
Alvarado after a visit of six weeks in
Southern California. The Missouri
men have greatly enjoyed their winter
in the west ard are now hOmeward
bound for the summer. MI. Conner
still continues to believe firmly in n
stone-throwing cure for all classes of
ailments. His chief occupation this
season has been the firing Of stones
at convenient telephone poles and he
that there is a vast improve
in his physical condition as a
result.
John III. Harris, formerly an Of
fetal of the Choctaw & Gulf railroad,
was recently absorbed by the
Rock Island, was a visitor to Farm
and Fruitland the past week,
going from there for Durango. MIR.
mission was to gather such
statictics of as could be
during his short stay, and
to personally inspect the San Juan
coal fields. While not inclined to
talk much. he incidentally stated his
associates represented fully $25, 000.- |
300 n that he was at Pennington
for the purpose of INVESTIGATING the
of previous reports. He
predicts the early building OF a rail-
road to that vicinity.
On Friday last NJ. w. Porterfield,
who is well known in Silver City as
one of her most active and prosperous |
men, with q party OF
easern capitalists. who represented |
the Shamrock Mining and Milling |
company, to Pinos Altos, where they
over the property known as the
Silver Cell group. These gentlemen
are the chief officers of the recently |
Incorporated Shamrock Mining and
company, whose capital stock /
amounts to 100000 The property |
purchased by this company will be
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