Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-07-09

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had a glorious Fourth and a successful
one. The stars and stripes were rails
ed In the morning and a salute Of
twenty-one guns was fired by the mill
tia, and a parade and exhibition drill
by company A. Orations of the day
were delivered by q. e. Day and Judge
Parker. In the afternoon there were
COW pony races, 14-year-oli boy races,
100 yard dashes. and q pie eating con
test for the little chaps. On the base
ball grounds the married men con
tended for honors with the single men
Of the town. AT the close of the sew
enth inning the game was in the
hands. Of the benedicts by a score Of
6 to s. but a momentary weakening
Of the battery in the eighth lost them
the game.
Gruesome Find: The skeleton re-
mains Of a Mexican named Jacobc
Luna was found a little over a mile
northeast of LOrdsburg and a half a
mile north OF the 8. p. railroad track,
Near tht remains lay an iron fish
plate which had no doubt crushed the
back part of the skull when the man
was killed by unknown parties. He
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had been dead. 1t appears, since last
December, for at that time he left
Lordsburg to go to California, and his
uncle. Sabinia Rodriguez, who Is now
In Sonora and who lives In Lordsburg
n. NJ, had written to parties at his
| proposed estimation in California, II
is said, but OF course. had no answer
Two letters were found in the victims
clothes, n from a mar at Metcalf
Ariz.. named Solias, the other from
his uncle. Rodriguez directed to ia
cobo Luna, Central, N. M. The corpse
had been covered with greasewood
bushes slightly, but coyotes had drag
| ged the body twenty fet away. His
clothes were very much torn, but his
boots were nearly whole.
No Water Famine: Foreman Tarr
| Of the Southern Pacific Company wat
or service department, arrived Ii
Lordsburg Tuesday. with his entire
| gang. While there he will complete
the new six inch pipe line from east
Lordsburg and install the new Dow
pumps. With these Improvements
Lordsburg ned not fear a water fam
inc.
Inspecting Mines: w. d. Griffith
Chris. Yeager ami #. M. Pearson. ac
cmpanicd by Thomas Lister, made a
| trip to Gold Hill for the purpose of In
sepcting a valuable group Of claims
the property Of MI. Lister. The inspec,
ton was made with a view OF begin
ming development work. These claims
are within twelve miles Of Lordsburg
and an excellent wagon road connects
| them with the railroad,
Looks Good: Frank NJ. Pearson. d
Milton, Pa, a heavy stakeholder in
| the North American Mining company
wasat ~Lordsburg this week making
careful examination OF the company's
| property. After a most rigid inspec-
tion, Mr.. Pearson expressed himself rs
being more than satisfied with both
the property and the development
work, both of which he found far bet
ter than represented by the manage
ment. He is of the opinion that there
Is a great future for these claims, es'
pecially the Cobra Negra, which has
the making of a big mine. The com
pany has just installed a steam pump.
ing plant which is in working order
and will be in active operation In a
few days. The president, Thomas A.
Lister, has been on the grounds for
the past ten weeks, personally super.
vising matters. Mr.. Lister left Lords.
burg on July 4th for Williamsport. Pa,
but expects to return early in Octo-
Der.
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