Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-01-29
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FROM THE TWO TERRITORIES


FArhgN JullLANo Ill
Rev. Father Juillard has been seri
ously III for the past few days. He II
now somewhat better.
vRlP 70 INLAND
John p. Kennedy. the local railroad
agent 1T Estancia, and John McGii.
livray are planning q trip TO Ireland
and Scotland this summer.
pLoWs ARg ousv-
The people Of Puerto are beginning
10 realize that good crops of all kinds
can be grown with the right sort Of ef.
fort. The prospects were never better
for good crops than this year. The OBJ
server may now see the plows going
q every direction. turning the soil In
preparation for crops. Dug0uts. stick
and dirt houses viii soon be . thing Of
che past. - one can now count =
number Of stone and substantial farm
buildinss throughout the community.
--EstancIa News.
DEATH or JgPFgReoN cHRlerlAM
J~efferson Christian. one Of the old.
time residents Of this part Of the coun.
Try. died at his home In the northern
part Of the city yesterday afternoon
1t two O'Clock Of paralysis. Mr..
Christian sustained Z fracture Of the
skull some time ago by accidentally
falling of Z freight wagon which he
was driving. He vas partially paraly.
esd - . result and % . last resort an
operation Of t~rephining ri performed
several months ago. He improved for
awhile. but his age vas against him
and ne continued to grow worse until
death came 70 relieve his suffering
Silver CITY Enterprise.
RgcgivgN ron TORPEDO MINE
Nicholas Gales. president Of the
First National bank ct Las Cruces,
was last week appointed by Judge
Parker d receiver Of the Torpedo
mining property. A number OF the
stockholders made application for a
receiver. II has been alleged for rev.
eral years that the property was being
held Idle for speculative purposes to
freeze out minor stockholders. The
Torpedo mine ID located at Organ, in
the Organ mountains, and At one time
was considered one Of the most re.
Variable mining properties In the ter.
rit0rys until It became Involved IN liti-
cation. II produces high grade cop.
per ore and wan rated a. a paying pro.
position from grass roots.
RICH LANDS IN GAN JUAN
The land In the valleys and on the
. : and divides ID ~ rich and pro-
ductfve . can be found In the west,
and Thousands Of arces Of It can
Be irrigated BY the waters Of the San
Juan rivers. The fail In the Animas
river between Durango and Farming
ton averages rs feet to the mile. while
that Of the San Juan and La Plata Il
slightly less. but great enough 10 that
Il II an easy matter to take the water
out through canals and bitches and
carry It over the mesas and divides
to large tracts Of rich and fertile lands
which can thus be irrigated and made
exceedingly productive. Only about
one-third OF the land now under ditch
n utilized and In cultivation. but the
coming of the railroad has made It
possible TO market large crops and
this condition IA now rapidly chang.
Ing. and lands heretofore little used
Will be farmed intensely and others
which untouched will be trans
formed by the magic wand OF use.
AN ENORMOUS sTRucTuRE-
A. p. Wood. Of Omaha, Neb., J. n.
Ksg. Of Hastings. Neb., and M. o.
Ronrke, Of Newton, Kas.. were in the
city last Sunday, says the Springer
'6tockman. These gentlemen have the
contract for the Santa Te work Ut this
point. and returned after completing
contracts for feed and other supplies.
for their outfits. They are bringing
'about sixty teams and 4 full quota Of
men. The estimate Is that there will
be l75 to 200 me- employed in the
work, which Is expected to be COM
pleted by the latter part Of June. but
those acquainted with the enormlty
Of the work say that It will take at
least six months to complete II. The
bridge over the Cimarron will be an
enormous structure, having . clear
400 feet waterway and twelve or four
teen feet higher from the bed Of the
river than the present bridge. Work
on the new pipe line will commence
noon and this will employ . large
force OF men also.
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