Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-01
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From the Newspapers.

W AldIuOSOIuO III company Will lbs
brother-in-law, VIM. Monday, fel! from
his horse n broke his neck. The
accident occurred about three miles
from town.
Simon Coin and family have re-
turned home to Ration . Mrs. Cohn
n children have been visiting in
New York for several months. Mr..
Cohn went to New York abou five
week ago on his regular semi-an-
nual purchasing trip.
The machinery is all in place at
the new steam Touring mill in Farm
ington and it is now ready for bust
ness. A larger acreage of wheat is
being sown this year than heretofore
and the hun of the mill wheels will
be a daily feature in the fall.
Charles McDermott, a machine OPP
orator at Frank ~Traversey's place
near Cloudcroft, hade the misfortune
to get mis- hand crushed incOgs Tues
day last. He was taken to the hospit-
al and b wounded membe was am
putated between the wrist and elbow.
Several wag loads of supplies
were sent from Alamogordo to the
Ash canyon camp in the San Andreas
for b Michigan Mining company,
which is preparing to sink several
prospect shafts on its property.
John Hazard left in charge of the
supplies.
Word was received in Pennington
the first of h week that a Mexican
murderer from Huerfano county was
in that vicinity. Several parties havc
been out on the search, among them
Sheriff Elmer, Vic Brown, Sam Rush
and Constable Hill, but no trace of
the criminal was found.
Mrs. +. +. Baker, who has been
conducting a kindergarten school in
A~lamogordO FOR several eeh past,
Will cave for Manila about April
list to join her husband, Prof. Baker,
who holds a very important position
d the government of Manila. Mrs.
Baker came home on account OF i'll
health.
The dirt work on the indie eadent
ditch of Pennington will be All com
pleted in another week or ten days
and the enlargement makes it the
equal of any ditch in the country. J.
B.. Ashcroft has completed his o
tract in the stol work and it ha
been measured an accepted by En-
gineer Holly.
The recruiting part for the Unit
ed States navy received -four applica-
tons at Santa Fe of which three
we're rejected and one was taken
under consideration. Those rejected
were Felix Sandoval, Frederick Cart
wright and Tranquilino S. Armijo.
The one taken under consideration
is Severiano Jimenez.
The New Mexico Oil and Develop
ment company has struck water in
the well being sunk near Flat Top
mountain, N. M. The str Ike was made
at q depth of 240 feet. The water Is
strongly impregnated with sulphur
and is decidedly similar to the Carri-
zobo well. The water rose 100 feet
Immediately after it was struck.
W. FL. Long. a prominent sheep
man of that section, walked into the
Roswell wool, hide company's place
and accused Harold Hurd of giving
short weight. AS this Is an "abomin-
alton in the eyes of the Lord M.
Hurd did not relish it, and he pro-
ceeded to physically chastise Long.
He was assessed $3.50 for the privi-
lege.
The people of AlamogorGo gave ii
reception to Hon. w. A. Hawkins,
councilman from that legislative dis
trict. when he rturned from Santa Fe.
The recipient enjoyed the unexpect-
ed demonstration and evidence OF ap-
probation, so he said. The cause OF
thS W0o AO uoOo lhS 4oSN
that Mr.. Hawkins brought home in his
vest pocket an asylum for the blind.
William Davis is the wner of the
Ontario mine in the Lordsburg dis
trict, q nice gold and silver prospect.
MIR. Davis has the development Of
the mine down eighty feet, and has
q -four foot vein of ore that gives Ell
Paso smelter returns of $26.3O to the
ton. The company a determined
to sink 900 feet deeper on the shaft,
and viii install a pump and some
electric drills this season.
The survey of the Hondo reservoir
that has been going on since the 23rd
day Of February. is about. completed.
w. NJ. Reed, who has had charge of
the work has had a corps of -four
men at work continuously. The sur
vey simply ~verifies the facts already
known, About fifteen to twenty
thousand dollars spent on construc-
ton work will build a reservoir COW
ering two thousand acres.
The district court adjourned for
Santa Fe county until the regular
September term. The only business
transacted yesterday was the appoint
ment by Judge McFie of a commit
tee to appraise the property of Will
Spiegelberg in precinct No. A which
the Santa Fe Central railway is en-
deavoring TO acquire by condemns
tion proceedings. The committee Is
composed of l.. Sparks, w. r. Price
and Elias BreyoOrt.
Hon. w. A. Hawkins has told tho
Alamogordo News that there is$15,000
on hand from the proceeds of lands
selected for the benefit of an asylum
for blind. which the legislature decid-
ed to locate at Alamogordo. The in
situation will be in the hands of a
commission which will decide when
to build. Hon. III. o. Bursum, warden
of the territorial prison, volunteered
to furnish free of cost, brick for con.
struction of this public charity build
ing.
The Felix Irrigation company, at
Roswell. N. NJ, has a canal twenty
five miles in length, which is irrigat-
ing about 5000 acres OF land, and is
capable of irrigating more. Being fed
by springs and the overflow of arte-
sian wells, as well as by a river. IL
can hardly run dry. The land under
irrigation is principally planted in al
falfa. which produces four crops oil
hay per year. yielding n ton
per acre for the first three crops. and
a little less for he fourth.
The ballot box and poll book used
at an election over the issue or
bonds for the erection of a new
school house at Hagerman were re
ceived by J.. Mel. Gardiner. superin,
tendent of schools. The vote stood
twenty in favor and four opposed to
issuing bonds. Work Will be COM
menced as o as the bonds can be
sold on a large and beautiful building
hat will be a credit to the town.
T.. p. Arlington, Jay n Frank
Fulcher OF Pennington, are expect
ing to burn a brick kiln on the mesa