The copper era., 1903-07-09
NEW MEXICO NEWS


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 The Christian church wiI have d vampmce'ing on lhe Gila, commence ing July oth.
 Judge II. E. Hamilton. formerly judge or the district court or Socorro, di.Ia his home in El ra-o last week from h.art failure.
 Improvements at Fort ota'on begun .evcra mouth- ago. when completed. wID reach an expenditure a1Ire-atin@ total way up to"ard Sloo0oo.
 The b.- engine which op,ratc- the brcs plant and aynamo- al thc terri tora. p.ul'euliary at santa fe e&- pioJ.d Friday morning. eutaiing d los of about 5000.
 TO add to tne horror of the water famine Ia-t week there Wa also d beer famine. and that caused actual suffer
 u~. though there vcrc no fataiitic-.- Liberal
 The Ctuau,a copper company h pro ducu- more copper than it can handle io tt- furoar~- and i- shipping ore to tHc El Ta-o -me.ter. lt i- announced tbAt ,h, company w.u double it7 fur uae" capacity.
 Thomas Bush wa, arrested hear Plca-anfon !a-t week. charged with the tbtrto( a mare and t&o mules, the property of Bentura Valencia and
 Rafael Taiamautes of this city. He WA held to await the actiCn Of the grand jury, and lodged iu Jail in de- fault oi bail
 The a-t legislature appropriated ,,o0o to Silver City to build dam 90 as to control the water that nows through jhc town ou occasions. There were some objections to paying the money, hut finally the officers decided lt wa- legal appropriation and the money Wa paid oyer last week.
 The report of the commission ap- pointed to examine into the insane t-yum -caudal La- been completed Ind forwarded To Governor Otcro. Ill I- understood that six members have viudicat,d the management, while Attorney l.. Y. Chavez, in separate hudiu., takes exception to some of thc conclusions reached by the ma Iorlly.
 Banking business at this place has for years been transacted through other cities, th" merchants here sim ply carry ing an account with banks which were most favorabIy located to their business. The management of lhc Eagle Drug Mercantile company ha- concluded, in order to keep sup ply of money in town, and in view of the fact that banking i- generally con -ldcrrd a profitable business. to open a bank in tho west end Of their c7tab- l-hmout. The formulation for the vault |, now completed and within the ur>t thirty dav- Lurd,burg will be able to hud-t ol bank of ii- own. Liberal.
 C. F. GIal-on has returned to New York and i- now in the latter city at i.ndlu. tu hu-iu"--. IIr remained in Eo-ion lurrc wook7 cudcaycriuS to, got jh" Case pending in th" superior court of that city against him upon chIre. or Mr. sarah Cohen, brought to jriaL Thi. could not bo done and | It wilt br eom" tim, before the case VIII come mp tot hearing. The friends | uf Nr. Graz on c>prcs, themselves d. ! absolutely confident that upon trial he wilI ho fully acquitted ot the charges against him 'pon conclusion of the c,-r he expect. tp come to New Mex lc" for d timy to close up important business matter, in which he i, iu- i'r,.'cd Independent.
 ouo Weruey, who ha- goat ranch at Gold 1llI, Ina, been troubled with wild eats. who have fin, ta~tc for -olt.. Dlo and his men are armed for m" visitors. The other night Otto heard d kid hIrajjug and wen; out to .rta wild caf, tbr kid having been caH"ht In th, fence. While working th" kid loose lt made 20 much noise hat it awakened one ol the Mexican h''d'l-. who came uIi with his gun, hJ' dd not stop to sec whether if was :, wild cat or not, bu' hIal,d away. Alo-to ol tlc bucb>ot caught Otto in the right leg. amt he i- now in the hos. pItU undergoing rcpdjr~.-I.ib,ral. Tho international Gold N silver company H. Malone are making d num- hrr oi Improvements on their prop Tiy. A fine wagon road i, almost from the mill~itc to the several shafts. The timbcr;ug is be- ing rushed in main shaft and d hoist j- to be installed at once. With the exception of the large boiler, nearly all the machinery for the mill i5 now on the ground. Prof. w. II. Stevens. superintendent of this company, has just returned from Denver, where he had the ores from the Malone district thoroughly tested by the cyanide cx- ports. and as result will construct a -pccjal plant which i9 to treat the ores to the greatest possible advantage. The smclting plant of the Silver City Reduction Works company was totally destroyed by fire Thursday last The big plant is d total wreck with its expensive machinery and thorough equipment. Absolutely