Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-08

1901. 1t was confirmed by Congress many
years ago. and has since been entirely
fenced in. This Is one Of the most val
liable tracts of land in the southwest. The
Rio Grande flows through 1t for fifty-eight
miles, and more than 1900 acres are under
irrigation and planted to corn. alfalfa and
other crops The rest of the ranch Is used
Tor breeding cattle. which are fattened on
alfalfa and shipped to California. where
they are sold on the hoof to Independent
butchers. In competition with the beef
trust 1t Is said to be a very profitable
business.
Senator Elkins and Judge Catron have
secured title to the TERRA ArmariIla
grant OF $4,000 acres which Is one of the
richest mineral sections In the territory
II apounds In gold. silver and copper. and
sether with several valuable tracts of tim
Der. The mineral deposits are being
WORKED, the timebr is being cut, and the
pastures are being used by seven or eight
uunurea Mexican squatters-most of them
neIrs or the original owners who have
Always claimed that there was a defect in
.Iie ueed py which the grant was alienated
IN 1880 1t has since passed through the
hands of fifteen or twenty different owners
mere was so much uncertainty about the
titie that 1t has been kicked about more
ic ca" a suy other piece of land in New Mex
lco. Although the ownership of Elkins and
NatIon mas been confirmed, they are re-
ceiEing no revenue from the propertv and
P ,.'9, never will. because the sq,latters
nd
- i'ey are so numerous and determined that
~ wooio require al army to evict them
,rsnt ssoseIhinent has reserved large
tarrit VI FOREST In different parts of the
.Iiitoiy, winch will insure the safety of
many or the most important streams and
pIeseiNe from vandalism some of the great
.t atuiai wonders of the territory. The
bnsS is are peing stocked with trout, black
o"sn anu other fsh-not only by the fish
I, fhinlsSloner at Washington Int alco h,,
me santa Fe Railway COMPANY which 90
d d. purely business matter is spending large
sums OF money every wear IN nrotoot ar
game and increase the fish in Tho fo,o ~
anu streams of New Mexico II has ra
go. stocked several small streams with
Dstl TWO million speckled trout from the
Hatcherles of Colorado. The game Ia VIC aro
peiEg strictly enforced and New Mexioo
VIII soon become fishermen's paradise,
iona, Little Navajo Girl
iona is a little Navajo rtrI ubo ,o,.os
animals Mr.. Crandall sunerintandsnt of
inc lndlan school at Santa Fe, where IONA
Is being taught domestic science and the
arts of civilization told us that sbe rooda
friends with all the beasts and fowls and
Insects on the place; that she seemed to
nave hypnotic influence over horses.
Ghickens and other living creat lures;
-. Sie handled snakes without fear or
naih ana carries beetles around in her
pockets. She was fairly crazy he said
aot tHe company, of the brute creation And
yer. he told us, the child had never owned
- a. PC She had always been compelled to
iooe ana coddle other peoples animals
iona Is eight years old sturdy. square
punt. earnest little girl who stems firmly
IN ner coarse little shoes and wears a big
blue sunbonnet that almost hides ber f.ce
Her eyes are big and round and hrouyn.
her skin is darker than people consider
good taste, and her fingers were very dirty
~hen we saw her, because the matron said
she had been digging in the dirt for huge
a habit they have not been able to hreak
ne: or. Little girls. as a rule, do not care
1or bugs. but IONA prefers them as play-
n naaes; She Is one of $50 Indian girls who
IKE other children. They play with dolls
ana romp on the grounds, build NAV
houses and do almost everything that girls
OF thelr age do. Children are pretty nearly
All ankle. be they white black or red-aiI
pus iona. She never plays with the other
chlidren, but spends her time with the ami
mas about the farm and wishing for net
Of her own. f
When | asked her what kind of pet she
referred she blushed and whispered softly:
"A dog or a goatr'
When we drove back to town Mr. Tracv
Simpson of Chicago, a Young man Of praat
energy and determination, started on a re-
ieltiess hunt for a dog and had quite an
~ - experience 1t Is always his de-
SIRE TO succeed and on this occasion he was
more determined than usual He was
potnd TO get pup of some kind for IONA.
"hether ne bought. begged or stole If He
met some boys on the plaza and INQUIRED IL
. .ney kne" any one who had a dog for sale
1hey treated him with scorn He went to
me motel, with no better results; he in
CURED at several stores and went to a
newspaper office to examine the ADVERTISE
ments, but all in vain. Nobody had dogs
ID sell or give away. Then he determined
" hiuhap one and, of course, ran straight
up against policeman. That suggested a
possible alliance, Offensive and defensive.
ana IN diplomatic manner he began to in
qure as 10 the number and character of
the dogs in the city of Santa Fe
The policeman immedia tely confessed that
ne was not posted on the subject and de-
clared the fact that the town marshal ner-
formed the duties of poundmaster and was
authorized 10 SEIZE restrain and If neces-
sary exterminate all offensive members of
the dog persuasion in Santa Fee Mr. Simn-
son inquired where that important official
could be found and, overtaking him en-
tered into negotiations for the only dos, in
the pound. 1t was a mongrel cur1a NAV
eIlck-and stranger in town. The mar
snal ala not know where he came from or
why ne had come to Santa Fee but offered
10 sell him for 81. Mr.. Simpson thought
tEat was too much and proposed 80 cents
LOT the animal After prolonged negotia-
S SINS compromise was reached Mr..
simpson paid the marshal a dollar and
walked on with the dog, which he carried
70 the indian school and presented to IONA
ne young woman was overcome with low
she could scarcely realize her own happi-
ness. fF
The next morning supt. Crandan tele-
phohed that iona was the happiest girl I'm
New Mexico; that she had washed the chr
and combed It's hair, had slept with II TAX
en- II to the breakfast table in the morning
and had named 1t Santa Fee Curtis"