Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-03-24
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The Democrats held an Indignation
meeting at Santa Rosa on of
the removal Of the county ofhcials.
Rock for the foundations OF the
Hirsch block, in Hillsboro is being
hauled. and the adoDes for the walls
are being made.
Mr.. r. B. Wood is having a well dug
and is going to put up a windmill at
Chloride. He is making some very
fine improvements on his town prop
critics.
Mr.. John Winspear spent a few
days in Hillsboro. Mr.. winspear is
more than e convinced that that
district will some day be a second
Cripple Creek.
Deputy Sheriff r. T. Mansker left
Clayton for Santa Fe, having in charge
John Mcqueen, whose sentence was
committed to life imprisonment by
Governor Otero.
Mr.. Thomas Fitzsimmons of Lords
burg, a photographer of many years
experience. a just received and
~ lie OAAl III Tic C0SL Cuu
OF the city a. first class photograph
tent.
The people of White Signal want a
p%ostofice n are circulating a petit
ton to have the mail route between
LOrdsburg and Gold Hill extended to
Silver City SO as to take in White
Signal.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. NJ. Chase of Lords
burg are at Fit. Thomas, enjoying the
celebrated baths at that place. Mrs.
Chase has been suffering from rheu-
matism and hopes to get relief at the
springs.
c.. Cortinas OF Socorro has been suf-
fering for several days with q felon
on one of his thumbs. 1t was report
ed al tone time that blood poisoning had
developed but the report was without
foundation.
Capt. A.. B. Fitch returned to Socor.
C. T. Brown to observe a test run o.
ore from the CIR phic mine. Mr.
Brown went t. Jopl.i, Mo-, on a sim
liar errand.
E. A. Clemens Of Magdalena stopped
in Socorro OF his way home from at
tendance upon the meetings of the
cattle growers associations in Ell Paso
and Deming. MIR. Clemens was elect
ed vice-president of the territorial or
ganization.
r. L. Faulkner and DIR. Campbell
purchased 500 head of fine Angora
goats from Oscar LOhms Of Las Cru
ces. They expect to purchase more
and will locate them in the San An
dreas. where Mr.. Faulkner has Sc
cured a fine location.
Work has commenced on the South
Percha Gold Mining and Milling com
pany's mines. They commenced work
on ore in n of the leads. which, if
follows up, will give tn emine depth
of 700 feet under Animas peak. They
have an exceptionally good showing.
Mr.. Barker of Las Cruces received
news Wednesday morning that his son,
Fred Barker was appointed law
clerk by our government. Fred Is
now located at Manila, Philippine Is
lands. He has a very important posi-
ticn. being at the head of the appeal
department.
Drs. Sinclair and r. M. Luton, and
Prof. Stevens. went up to Steeplerock
from L~ordsburg to make a further ex-
animation of the machinery the Stee-
plerock Development company has for
sale. of which they expect to use q
good deal in the erection Of their
mill at Malone.
DR.. G. NJ. Sinclair of Grand Rapids.
Mich president of the International
Gold Mining company. arrived In
Lordsburg. He has been out to the
mines at Malone. and is greatly pleas
ed with the showing that has been
made since his las visit to the prop
critics. last fall.
Drs. c. r. Luton and w. A. Dorland.
who i.s..e largely interested In the
Michigan New Mexico copper compa-
ny who have been in L~ordsburg for
some weeks left Monday for their
homes in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Thcy were entirely satisfied with the
condition of their property.
MIR. and Mrs. Ed. Armer, Of AngOra
goat fame, were in Hillsboro. They
have just shipped their spring clip to
mdhair amounting to over four tons
to st. Louis where they get thirty-fiye
: cents a pound for 1t. They are about
to ship 1000 goats to the Ozark coun,
try: Mr.. e. d. Ludlow will also ship
1900 to the same place.
nj. C. Taylor was in Lordsburg just
returning from a trip Town inMexico.
Mart tells Of some wonderful strikes
of gold that have been made In the
Tigre mine, where instead of being
in flakes and grains it is in slabs
critics of his own in h same neigh.
borhood, which he hopes will equal
the Tigre, but they need work done
on them before they will make a show
ing.
At Chloride as Mr.. J. L. Terry, SUI
perintendent of the New Era mine
and a mar by the name Of Tucco were
working in the bottom of the shafts
there were two long Pinch planks be
ing owered to them. For some unac
countable reason n Of the planki
worked loose and came out OF the
bucket, plunging down the shaft Mr.
Terry and Tucco sheltered themselves
as best they could. and there were
fow moments IF terrible suspense q.