Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-08
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New Mexico News Sclssored Bodily
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Architect Krause of Ell Paso vas in
Alamogordo, with plans for the new
bank building, Tuesday last.
w. j. Cartright, a former Red Riv-
erite, came up from Taos, Monday.
He will move his family there soon
and again be a resident of that camp.
George Walters is working on the
Copper Hill Lode No. i on Moad
Mountain. George reports a big cop
per lead and believes he has a oman
"a.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. s. Beatty left
Santa Fe yesterday for Ojo Caliente,
where they will spend a month at
Antonio Joseph's celebrated hot
springs.
Arthur Keetch, the efficient assist
ant in the legal department of the Ell
Paso & Northeastern resigned April
1 to remove to Portland. Oregon. A.
F. Sidebottom of Santa Fe, resigned
as our stenographer there, to sue
coed Mr.. Keetch.
Mrs. Mary Garner died at ST. Vim
cents hospital at Santa Fe, Saturday
afternoon, aged about 76 years. She
had been ill for some time. Death was
due to nervous prostration- Mrs. Gar
nier was the widow of the late Levi
Cornio~ who AfaI Il, 1000
Governor Otero has appointed the
following notaries public: Maximil-
iano Duran, Los Pinos, Rio Arriba
county; j. b. Block, Jemez Hot
Springs, Sandoval county; Bias San
chez, Mora, Mora county; F. w.
Brooks, Wagon Mound, Mora county;
ames A. Nabb Santa Rosa Leonard
Wood county.
alton OF the Hydes in preparing an
exhibition for st. Louis. In addition
to the collections of pottery, ancient
basketry, turquoise ornaments and i'm
plements of defense which are to be
found in old ruins, Benham is pre-
pairing an exhibit Of the industrial
work Of the modern IndianNk si1&11
Bids were opened at Fart Stanton
April 2 for certain repal and I'm
provements to be made to I. govern
ment sanitarium buildings at he old
military post, to cost in the aggregate
about $50, 200, including an $4,000
electric plant and a library building
Messrs. Laurie, Warnock and Fisher
of Alamogordo, sent up a bid. The re
suit will not be announced for some
days yet.
The Alamogordo & Sacramento
Mountain railway is being extended
four and a haff miles, from Cox can
on into Russian canon, to a new ium
Der camp. Laying of steel has been
commenced, but must IA to await
the building of a bridge and the ar
rival Of more steel. Russian canyon
about ten miles long and is to be
cleared of selected trees. Lumbermer
say that the railways will not go IL
Pierce canon, a reported destination
Many inquiries about the Rhodes
Scholarship have been received a
albuquerque. Prof. C. Z. Hodgin. wht
represented the University Of New
Mexico at the recent Rhodes schol
arship conference in Denver. The let
tiers come from young men all Ovel
the territory desiring information al
to what course to pursue to become
candidates for the honor of repre-
senting New Mexico in Oxford Uni
versity. The inquiries are being an
swered as well as is possible since 1T
ce;nrse of competition has not We
been outlined by the trustees.
The Fort Sumner Irrigation com
pany was INCORPORATED by Henry B
Jones. Luther n. Shelly and Edward
II. Settle OF Santa Rosa. William Il
McGil of Est Sumner. and Lizzi'
Jones of Marceline. Mich. The mai
.ne to be constructed is to begin OIL
The east side OF the Pecos river. j
Will be thirty miles long and will eS
tend into Leonard Wood and Chave
counties. The capital stock is 500
600, divided into 1000 shares of tn
par value of 800 each. The term o
existence is fifty year, and the prir
cipal place of business is Santa Rosa
The directors are Henry B. Jones
Luther NJ. Shelly and William r. Nj
Gill.
Several thousand acres Of land
New Mexico, rich in preColumbia
ruins and treasures. will shortly b
offered to Yale or Harvard with tn
proviso hat n of these college
will utilize the tract in furthering tn
archaeological education of its st'
dents. This is a statement made !
Phoenix by j. w. Benham, geners
manager of the Hyde exploring an
scientific expedition. The Hyde
have just concluded the purchase {
lands lying in San Juan valley, IN
New Mexico. The tract abounds in e
tensive ruins of what was once tn
communal houses of the inhabitan1
OF the southwest and which seen
likely to yield valuable discoverit
that will parallel In importance the r
markable archaeological finds uneart
ed by a similar expedition at Puebl
Bonita three years ago.