Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-02-04
The TERRITORY.


Brief Resume Of the Important
Doings in New Mex
leo Towns.
MINES, FARMS, RANGES. ETC
The First National bank Of Artesia.
Eddy county. has opened is doors for
business.
A p~ostofice has been established at
Meek. a growing settlement about IS
ffofa Captain T. b. Meek has
been appointed postmaster.
Sixty boxes Of Yuma oranges have
been purchased for exhibition at the
81. Louis Worlls Fair. They have
been taken 10 Phoenix and placed in
cold storage.
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An epidemic Of marrying and giving
In marriage has again broken out in
Magdaiena, The stirring town up on
the mountain never has d light ATTACK
Of anything.
" f. p Grover Of Mesa. reports
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that 10000 sheep hare ALREADY been
SHARED and he expects that 1900
Will be clipped at his station this year.
ss against 5000 last year.
In thirteen years. Phoenix has had
only two snows. One Of these, the
last one. was 1--WE years ago. and the
people suspended business and every
thing else to have a snowfall frolic.
New Mexico has twice the popula-
tion Oh Idaho. more than three times
that OF Wyoming. more than that OF
Utah, more than that Of Montana, and
eight or nine times that Of Nevada
In Las Cruces the experiment has
been made successfully OF sprinkling
streets with petroleum and AIamogor-
do will follow suit A portion OF a
street at Las Cruces ~sprinkled with
oil three months ago Is still free from
dust.
George Kramer and Miss Bessie
Stevenson were married on Sunday
evening Of the past week In Alamogor-
do at the home or the Reverend Mr..
Taylor the officiating clergyman.
Both OF the young people are from
Jarllla where they will live In future.
The saw mill OF Alamogordo has
been working night and day for the
past two weeks without the intermis.
sion Of an hour. Logs are coming In
rapidly and the prospects for a steady
supply are good. A force Of brick
masons are at work putting In the new
boiler and II is expected that the work
will hc completed In about d week.
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Captain has experienced quite q va.
riety Of weather during tho past week.
On Monday q storm prevailed which
develop into a hurricane towards
evening and was followed by an ex-
tremely cold wave. Monday and
Tuesday nights were the coolest OF the
season No snow has fallen In Capt.
tan this season. though Sierra Blanca
and the mountains around are covered
with snowy white.
Frank Bolton, superintendent OF the
Tampa mine. and Miss Simodosella
Ortega. daughter OF Mrs. Rosarita Or
tega o. Tres Pledras. were married on
Saturday of the past week. Justice OF
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the Peace +. A. Elliott, performed the
ceremony. Mr.. Bolton has lived In
The mining camp for the past 20 years
and II considered a very experienced
miner.
The Improvement company OF Ala
morgordo Is clearing MP large tracts
Of land IN the vicinity OF the town and
p preparing 70 SOW them In alfalfa,
Considerable water that has gone "a
waste up til this time will be utilized.
Both tracts which are nov being pre-.
pared lilo near the railroad whore they
a DO Gen by travellers passing
through this section.
Road tax Is being collected from ey.
cry individual liable In precinct No.
1. Of Alamorgordo by Roard Superyi.
Q Carmack. About 80 persons in
that precinct are subject 10 this tax
and IL will lake nj least n month 10