Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-05

AS ANAN.
HARosHsP; Thslirouseh Is work
ing hardship to st6ckmen OF Hills.
boro. Cattle are dying on the ranges.
ana should no rain fall oon the loss
will be heavy.
ONLY rs PER CENT: Scipio Sal
AGAR was over a short time ago from
his Puerta Cita ranch. Mr.. Salazar
Is lambing his sheep, and, owing TO
the drouthy conditions, says that out
of 1000 ewes he thought he would
be fortunate II he saved 500 lambs
CAPTAIN News.
CYANIDE EXPERT: Mr.. ]. b.
Harsh, a distinguished mining en-
gineer from Denver, spent q portion OF
one day looking into the work Of the
School Of Mines. Mr.. Harsh Is an
expert on cyaniding in all of its
phases. He was particularly interest.
ed in the experimental plant now be-
Ing constructed at the school.
/ E#&W
GOING TO FAIR: Mrs. John Green.
valid left Socorro Thursday morning
for Kansas City where she Will visit
d month with relatives and friends.
Mr.. Greenwald will join her about the
first Of June and they will then visit
st. Louis accompanied BY Miss Is.
ltelle, who has been at school In Kan
sas City during the past year.
70 COLLECT MINERALS: DR..
Walter Hough Of Washington. D. G.,
was a visitor at the School OF Mines
Monday. DR.. Hough has charge OF the
chronological department In the nation
al museum. He expects to spend
some time In the western part of New
Mexico surveying mines and making
collections.
NOT GUILTY: The case III Terri
tory VS. Manuel v~alenzuela and Ru
maldo Ramirez occupied the attention
OF Judges Green's court three days last
week In Socorro. The defendants
were accused OF the murder OF Ale
jandro Bustos In San Antonio some
time ago. Bustos received q blow
on the head In a saloon brawl. Some
time afterwards erysipelas set In and
Bustos died. The defendants wer,
found not guilty.
SOME FRUIT: George Il. Allen o
Pennington has made a careful OK
animation OF his trees since the heaY,
freezes Of last week and Sunday nigh
and reports that cherries, apples ant
pears are all right. Some varieties o
peaches, among them the Elbertas
are badly injured but not wholly de
stroyed. and may possibly have nearl.
enough left. as they were full o
, bloom. Other varieties he is sure
will have enough left for a good crop
A few aprieots are left, but the crol
will be a light one.
LAND OFFICE BUSINESS: III
following Is the land ONCE bushes
for the month Of April, 1904 In tn
Santa Re court. Twenty-Five home
stead entries, 2,996.55 acres. $195 fee
! and $l2l.3s commissions. Fiftcel
final homestead entries 2.279.iS acre
and $3.50 commissions. Three del
! ert land entries. 800 acres, and IS
cash. No final desert land entries dun
I Ing the month. Eight coal land dt
Iclaratory statements. 1.259.42 acre
and $2a In fees. No final coal declar,
; tory statements during the month
One soldiers declaratory Statement
100 acres, So fees. Two cash receiT
entries az acres, $3.50 fees.
.
MAD MARCH: The report Of tn
New Mexico section Of the climate an
b crop service for the month OF Marc
was issued yesterday. The MONTH
mean temperature st the twenty-thre
. stations was 47.8 degrees or 81 d
grees above the normal; the higher
was 81 degrees at Carlsbad: the lov
est Ave degrees at Winsors. III
greatest daily range was at carlsba,