Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-18
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The annual Field Day OF the A. & n.
college will take place May 1.
The Hardscrabble mine, owned by
X. b. and H. G. Thomas and others,
and considered q valuable property,
is increasing its force of miners daily
or as fast as they come into the coun
try. 1t is now employing about forty
men. ,aAA
There is the best outlook for good
crops this year at Algodones than
there has been for many years past.
The Jemez and Santa Ana rivers are
running bank full at present. There
Is also plenty OF water in the Rio
Grande.
1t looks just at present that it is
possible the Albuquerque Eastern or
Santa Fee Central will build a branch
road to the Algodones coal fields. The
surveyors have already surveyed the
line to this place and prospects are
good that it will soon be built.
At a meeting of the Presbyterian
Aid society Of Carlsbad held last We'd
nesday afternoon the following ON
GERS were elected: Mrs. N. Cunning
ham, president; Mrs. l.. s. Osborne
v~ice-president; Mrs. Louis Crawford,
treasurer; Mrs. Charles Adams, secre-
tary.
Letters recently received from
present at Alberta, In southwestern
Canada He describes it as being a
splendid cattle country, grass every
where stirrup high. He has about
concluded to make that his future
home.
George Riddle, engineer on the Den
vap r. Din Cwon6n noccon0o. train
did not go out on the regular trip
north from Santa Fee yesterday. He
is suffering from an att. k of con-
gestion Of the lungs. b. .. Wetzel,
the fireman on that run took the
train out.
Company F, First regiment of in
fantry New Mexico national guard,
has been recruited to so men and is
having nightly drills preparing for in
spection by a regular army officer
which will occur in a few days. Cap
tain John Shoemaker is conductin;
the drills.
Santos Ortiz, who was taken from
Santa Fe to Albuquerque to answer
to a charge of contempt of court,
having failed to respond to a subpcela
to appear as q witness. was found
guilty on Wednesday in the second
district court and SENTENCED to sixty
days in taj1. tK
The IfolloWing marriage license has
been NsIss<ed at the Office of probate
clerk and ex-oficio recorder of Santa
Fee county: E. w. Chandler and Miss
Belle Arnott, both of Bland, Bernalillo
county. The ceremony was perform
ed on April 9 by Rev. w. A. Cooper,
pastor of the NJ. E. church.
Thomas Moran and his daughter,
Miss Ruth Moran, of New York. are
in Albuquerque. stopping at the Alva-
RADIO. Mr.. Moran is celebrated
throughout the country for his land
scape paintings, and some Of the best
drawings today of the Grand Canyon
OF Arizona are his productions.
David Padilla, a native claiming AL
ameda as his home. was arrested by
Marshal McMillin OF Albuquerque with
the harness stolen from BrOckmeier
& Cox more than a year g in his
possession. When arrested PadilIa
was in the northern part of the city
trying to dispose Of the harness.
Governor Otero has appointed the
following officers of Company a, First
regiment infantry, stationed at Las
Cruces: John ID. May, captain. vice
Usual l0GiSAC0 49,
CODY first lieutenant, vice w. Chef
ham Strobe. resigned: Thomas Rou-
alt, second lieutenant, vice Henry Ry-
nerson. resigned.
n~ehitect La Driere is pushing work
on the handsome new Barnett build
ing, corner of Second street and Rail
road avenue. Albuquerque, and says
taaf IL is the intention to have the
building in such a shape as to prac-
tically hand 1t owe to Mr.. Barnett as
completed in about a month or at the
farthest in six weeks.
The Military Institute baseball team,
under the c~aptaincy of Captain Nc
Whorter, is putting in hard ticks, pre-
pairing for tho cries of games mapped
out when the school session ends. The
boys do good work in the daily prac-
tees and hope to have a string OF
scalps on their belts when the decls-
ions have been pronounced. They
will play Carlsbad, FL Paso, Albuquerj
que, Deming and probably Las Cruces1
Robert p. Howie of the new Hayes
man ranch, about % miles east OF Ros-
well has of late been greatly annoyed
by the depredations of loafer wolves
among his cattle. He missed a cal
every night for some time, and then
patience wore out. He went after
his enemies. located the wolves hole,
and killed two she wolves and ten
cubs. Aside from Kidding his ranch OF
these mcrauders Mr.. HOWE Will Sc
cure a l.. sntY of $240.
The flower concert given In the pup
lie library hall in Albuquerque under
the auspices of the Ladies' Home MIS-
sionary society of the Lead Avenue
church was. taken as a whole, one Oh
the most pleasing musical events that
has taken place there for a png time.
II was altogether new In It's concep-
ton although most Of the songs were
familiar and there we're among the
singers most of the best voices in the
CITY. The audience was large n ap-
~preciative. .
Thomas H. Kearney of the bureau
NJ plant industry was in Carlsbad dur
ing the past week. Last year he trav.
eIed over much of Algeria and Egypt
doing work pertaining 10
his bureau. While in the Pecos val
lev he made arrangements with r ".
Tracy. general manager OF the fecos
irrigation company, to make an ex-
detrimental test. for the government
with two acres of Egyptian cotton. a
norton will be planted in soil known
10 contain a large percentage of al
kali. and the remainder in SOIL Tree
from tina salt, and from which me
results are expected.
The grading on the main n spur
from the santa Fe tracks to the Amer
lean Lumber company's plant In Al.
buquerque. which was begun about
and the laying Of h rails has com
menced. The American Lumber cora-
pany has a force of men at work on
the mill site -,ding and getting
ready for the cor truction OF the mills
and buildings. which will be in ordel
as soon as the Santa Fe spur IS READY
for trafic. Many cars Of building ma
ferial have been laying in the santa
Fe wards for several weeks waiting