Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-08-12


aud owned by the Waddineham ram.
ily, a widow and several children. nv.
INK IN Boston, One OF the daughters
BE- the wife OF Chief Justice Mills OF
New Mcxi,A The property originally
belonged 10 a Spaniard. who received
aH reward for military services
iiis heirs sold Il TO Mr.. WaddinFham
a yankee pioneer n la an unusually
valuable tract uf land. because y has
so much water upon n. u Ia inter.
aectad by mountain streams. which
nevcr dIy. They are not only good
Tor cattle, bat furnish plenty OF water
for Irrigation. Tho entire grant IA
fenced. and lhCro are no sauatfers
J living upon g. IN fact, that adds much
to the peace OF mind of the manager
Judge sioddard OF Boston. who h tho
administrator and trustee OF the Wad.
bingham estate. he has about 30 600
head OF cattle and 5000 head OF
ahoep, and $4,000 acres are under cul
uyatlon, chiefly IN wheat. alfalfa and
indian corn. q Is leased 70 200 or 300
, different tenants, who work u on
shares. The family have built III
large and comfortable ranch house,
. which ls surrounded by various office
buildings, cOrrals, store houses ans
s
men on the pay rolls
The Victoria Land and Cattle Com
nany a stock corporation. controlled
. hy the naggln brothers. William
TCvis. n. A. Jastro. and other Call.
/ iOruig people, owns two large tracts,
With $4,000 acres IN one and 10000
Z acres I'M the other. granted tn Pedro
Z Nrmcn6ariE by the Spnnish govern
~
f, cungrcss many years ago. and has
+ since been entirely fenced In. This
: 's one of The most valuable tracts OF
land ln the southwest Tho Rio
7 Grando flows through % Tor iity-elght
Z miles, and more than 150u0 acres are
: Under irrlmtou aad planted 20 corn.
4, alfalfa and other crops Tho rest OF
b De ranch "a used Tor breeding cattle.
; which are fatieued on Cd ia and
. shipped 90 California whore they are
sold on the hooi to lHlero1 % butch
3 era In competition wn fto beef
! trust &c ls said 60 hc. yry profit.
. able business
; sea@ior Elhlns and Judge Cairon
! have secured q title 90 the TERRA Am.
, lrilla amt OF $4,000 acres. which "a
Z one of the richest mineral sections
IN che territory u ahounds IN gold,
! silver and copper, and has large de-
7 pOsifs OF iron and coal together with
several very valuable tracts OF timber.
! The mineral deposits are being work
, cd, the timber is being cut. and the
f. pasiuros are being used by 200 or 500
2 Mesicnn squattCrs-m most of them
. nors ~ the original owners. who nave
always claimed that there was dc.
, feet In tho deed hy which the grant
) was allenatod IN 1895. Il has since
, passed through the hands OF fifteen
J on twenty different owners. There
, was so much uncertainty about the
title that % has been Kicked about
3 more than any other piece OF land ia
3 New Mexico. Although the ownership
! OF Elklns and Catron has been CON
) lirmed. they are receiving no revenue
= from the properly, and probably never
I VIII. because the suuatters viii not
4 obey an order from the court and they
/ are 80 numerous and determined that
!. 4 would require an army to eyict
> them.
al Tho government has received large
p tracts OF forest IN different parts OF
. the territory, which will insure the
3 safety OF many OF the most important
+ streams and preserve from vandalism
e some ~ the great natural wonders OF
g the territory. The screams are be.
! ing stocked with trout. black bass and
& other flsh--no, only by the fish com
4 missioner az Washington. but Rlao by
IA The Santa 20 railway company. which.
J. ms q purely business matter Il spend
, ing large sums OF money every year
1 20 protect the game and Increase the
8 flsh in the forests and streams OF New
s Mexico. Il has recently stocked sew.
\ cral small streams with over 2000..
1 0n0 specified trout from the hatcher.
= los OF Colorado. The game laws are
4 hoing strictly enforced, and New Mex
/. leo will soon become fisherman's
y paradise
IONA ls little Navajo girl who
/ loves animals. Mr.. Crandali surprlu-
4 toDdenr OF the Indian school at Santa
/, ne. where iona Us being taught do
4 nestle science and the arts of clVlliza.
I ton. told us that she made friends
. with an the beasts and fowls and ina.
sects on tho placo; that she seemed
\ 20 have a hypnotic Influence over
4 horses. COWS, chickeus and other llv.
I inn croaturos that she handled
snakes without fear or harm, and car.
/, ries beetles around 10 her pocaethi
Z she "was fairly crazy" he said for
!. The company of brute creation And
4 set. he told us. the child had never
I owned pet She had always been
I compelled % love and coddle other
Z peoples animals.
a IONA Is 5 yoars old. a stur1y square
built earnest little girL who stops
\ firmly 10 her coarse. little shoes and
. wears a big blue sun bonnet that nj.
. most hides her lace Her eyes are
/, bis and round and brown, her skin ls
darker than people consider good
4 taste. and her fingers were very
4 dirty when we saw her, because the
I matgon said sac had been dlgging In
a the dirt for hugs-a habit they nave
n not been able to break her o. Little
girls, ns a rule, do not care for bugs,
+ hLt Iona prefers them for playmates.
I She Is one of two hundred and flfty
1 Indian girls who attend this school,
\ and they have games like other child
|. rem They play with dolls and lomp
= on the grounds, build playhOuses and
do almost ovrythlng that girls OF their
4 age DO. Children are pl tty nearly
A an aliko-bo thoy white. back or red
4 ALI but iona. She never plays WITH
: the other children. but spends her
4 time with the animals about the farm
o and wishing for a pet OF her own.
a When ! asked her what kind OF a
n pet she preferred. she blushed and
: whispered softly
= "A Hun ar aoaffh