Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-04-28
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New Mexico News Scissored Bodily
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From the Newspapers.
The closing down of the Old Abe
gold mines at White Oaks has had a
depressing effect on the business Of
that city.
Mr.. Oliver j. Van Wagner formerly
of that city, and a university gradu-
ate. has returned to Albuquerque af-
ter spending the winter months in Ell
Paso.
The Eastern Railway of New Mexico
has filed maps at the office of the ter
ritorial secretary of the 18th, II and
18th sections and of the amended sta
tidn YARDS at Belen.
A heavy rain and hail storm swept
over Santa Fe. The hail was very
heavy and the ground was covered by
IL in a few minutes. Blossoms were
knocked from fruit trees, but the fruit
is not damaged.
Morgan o. Lleweliyn. surveyor gen.
eral. and N. L. King. chief draughts-
man in h surveyor generals office,
left SUNDAY afternoon for the Pecos
forest reserve, where they will spend
a few days hunting.
Miss Elizabeth II. Cross returned to
Santa Fe. after an absence of five
months at Golden, where she had
charge Of the public school. Miss
Cross held a very successful term Of
school IN proved herself to be a very
competent teacher.
The San Andres Mining company of
Colorado, with principal office at Col
orado Springs. which has a capitaliza-
ton of 500. 900, filed nc : at the Of
fee Of the terr1/brial SCI atary of the
appointment in the territory of an
aengt. H.. NJ. Daugherty, whose office
is at Socorro.
Letters received from tee Philip
pines today by Santa Fee people have it
hat Judge w. III. Pope has resigned
as judge OF the court of the first IL
stance, anG will return to Santa Fee,
as the climate of the Philippines is
too severe on his health, viii 1 has
never been very robust.
During the term of the district court
for the southern district Cf Colorado,
held at Pueblo last week, j. a. Archu-
leta of Lumberton, Rio Arriba county,
was tried and found guilty of illegally
selling liquor to the Indians on the
Jicarilla reservation and sentenced to
a fine of 500 and costs and 60 days
imprisonment in the county jail.
j.. l.. Goodall of Captain who receiv-
ell his appointment on the first of the
month as Forest Reserve Ranger, left
Monday to take up his duties. The
district over which he will range is
on the Tucson mountain, and is about
80 miles square. His principal bust
ness will be to prevent the cutting of
timber. INT ~trespassing of sheep, goats
or other domesticatej quadrupeds,
who will have to keep off the grass"
The funeral services of the late Miss
Jeanette Wheaton were held al the
undertaking parlors of Mr.. A. Borders,
corner If Fourth and West Gold at A
o'clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Her
man J. Powell. pastor if the Baptist
, church conducted the services. The
brother of the deceased left with the
remains Immediately for Kalamazoo,
Mich, where the interment will take
place. Mr.. and Mrs. Wheaton will re-
main nj Albuquerque for the present.
The prospects for securing a Carne-
gle library for Silver City have gone
a glimmering. as the following letter
written by James Betram, secretary
10 Andrew Carnegie, and addressed
to Mayor Fleming will show: Yours
of the 10th received. If it is impossi-
BILE for the Ct to support h library
by taxation. A.r. Carnegie can not take
up the mater. as it is only on that
basis hat he treats with commune
ties" Pity it's tits true.
+. A. Plimley of Los Angeles. Calf.
was in Santa Fe Saturday and depart
ed in the afternoon in company with
Genera Manager w. s. Hopewell of
the New Mexico Fuel & Iron company
for Hagan. Mr.. Plimley is a diamond
drill expert. and went to Hagan to do
some testing for the company. Mr..
Plimley will spend five months in the
Hagan coal fields. and during that
time holes will be bored a~ggregating
1000 feet. The drill used brings to
the surface a sample of everything IL
passes through.
Charles b. Ward, of Newark. N. j..
was in Albuquerque yesterday from
Graham. Arizona, from which place he
superintends the care of n of the
largest herds of Angora goats in the
southwest. Mr.. Ward has just re-
turned to the southwest after a visit
i'm his home. The Angora herd which
he now has on h range in the great
Postofice land grant is considered n
of the finest graded herds in New Mex
leo. Many Of the thousand goats arc
registered animals. and all of them are
of pretty nearly the top grade. The
ranch is proving a bonanza
Last Monday a warrant for the ar
rest of Mel Gosnell. for perjury, was
placed in the hands of Constable Rob-
bins of Santa Rosa. Gosnell is sec
lion foreman at Guadalupe and the
constable. accompanied by Jack Lynch.
went there to make the arrest. Gosnell
was found near his home n the con-
stable began the reading of the war
rant CosneiI as soon as he learned
what the office was after, ran into
his house. closed and locked the door.
Tho ofscars uarN about to resort to