Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-02-10
EXTRACTS FROM EXCHANGES.
New Mexico News scissored Bodily
From the Newspapers.

J. W. Gould was owe TO Alamo
gordo from the Weed country, to visit
his family which IS wintcring there.
The Alamo telephone company. VIII
have a line from Alamogordo to La
Luz in working order by he 18th
inst.
Photographer Banner left Alamo
gordo for Mescalero. where he will
take some views for government ex-
hibit.
VIM. Ellis. of Lincoln. was in White
Oaks. He left his wife with her faith
er. Judge friedrich. at North Captain,
for a few days.
John Sterlin, an employe at NO.
coal mine for some time, neal White
Oaks. was killed by falling rock 10
one else was injured.
The peach trees at A~lamogordo got
a little fooled on the weather recent
", as some of The blossoms were out
when the cold snap came.
j. E. Kirk OF the Cashier Mining
and Milling company, wa down from
Anchor and reported the snow at that
place about three feet deep
Judge Shefrs and attorney +. Z
Hutchinson Of A,amagordo were in
Tularosa taxing evidence in the case
of LnmbIey. VS.. the ditch company
Mrs. Allen moved to her arm
from Tularosa and is one 81 e many
who believe truck farming can be
profitably done in the canyons near
TIaarosa.
A fine flow of Il has been
struck near Carrizozo. 1t is said
the wen viii furnish pleI oil
water for the town and tie E. L. &
N. E. railroad.
T. C. Hill will take charge OF the
mercantile ~company's business IN
White oaks while H.. s. Wallace will
go to A~Iamogordo N be employed
as q travelling man.
The Ell Paso & North Eastern rail-
road will establish \ division point
at Carrizozo, Lincoln county. where a
round house and other necessary
buildings win be constructed.
Prof. r. II. CIaypool reports the
Baptist college at Alamogordo as
progressing nicely with an enroll
ment of over one hundred pupils and
very aattering prospects for the fu
ture.
Col. Edgington. who went over &
Hope a couple Of weeks ago after
his family. returned to Alamagordo
He was delayed Tor a while on ac
count of the illness of w Of his
children.
The oyster supper given by th'
nj. f.. church at The Messer ranci
a Alamogordo was q pieasan
little social event. The night was tc'
cold for a large attendance. Blu SD
was melted for the ladies'.
The house oil Martin Brown. owe
on the Ruidoso. was burned las
wask. Mr.. Brown being away from
home at the time. He had recent
moved to the place, and the fire
supposed to be of i~ncendiary origin.
II. B. Holt. Esq. Las Cruces a
torney. and secretary of he board G
regents of the College of Agricuttur
and mechanic arts has spent sever
DAYS in Santa Re On business befor
The legislative committee in the inte
est Of the college.
Reports reached Rec River frol
ouesta that q large company hacke
by Minnesota capital will take chars
Of a large body of placer ground
Questa and viii put a large fore
- xrCrix on tho same aG SQ{
as the weather will permit.
H. Jay Stone, who has been on Il
sick list has resigned his positi'
at the Albuquerque Citizen cflce
b~ookkeeper II collector, and W
take up life insurance business. ha
ing accepted q position with I
Northwestern Life and Savings
surance company Of Des Moines,
TO Mexicans who escaped FRI
Sheriff Hunter of Otero county,
Dog Canon, were captured at I
Modoc camp in he Organ mountal
by Capt. Wilkerson and his pos
who brought them in. They We
bound oved on the charge of robbi
a car of bullion, TO await the act
of the grand jury.
A disastrous fire was naTToN
averted at the Block ranch in L
coin county. II seems that 50
children used too many matches {
started a blaze at w. }. PridemoI
house. Luckily Mr.. Pridemore b
pened along at the right time !
got help to stop the fire.
John c.. Wharton, manages OF
firm of NJ. A. Wharton & Co.,
Hondo, was in White Oaks settl
up a deal with the Jackson-Galbrs
company for lumber they have II
in their new building at HoE
They used 10000 feet and nov h
a fine building, glass front. so,
which viii be completed by the !
prox.. and will BIZ stocked with a {
eral merchandise assortment.
The body of a man was found
the Captain mountains near
Water. Judge Walters of W
Oaks impaneled a jury and held
inquest. Parties who were there
port he was found in a dense thi'
and the mountain so steep that
were compelled TO walk several II
TO reach the place. The body
been there several months and
badly decayed. Two front &
were out; he had a rozor in his p
r0ckat and IN the hack of his