The copper era., 1906-01-25
NEW MEXICO NEWS
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 James Yates, living in the White Lincoln county, lost him. self in the snow last week and was found dead.
 Leading business men and promi- nent citizens of Raton have estab- lished third national bank for that rapidly growing city.
 Reports from over the territory are to the effect that the losses by sheep men, as a result of the snow and cold, will be considerable this winter.
 Hon. Pedro Perea, ex-delegate to congress and insurance commissioner of New Mexico, died last week at his home in Bernallio, Sandaval county.
 The greatest crop of apples for sev- eral years has been harvested in Lincoln county. They were shipped in carloads principally to Fl Paso and other Texas points.
 Claude Dragoie, boy 13 years of age, was shot and killed with g. calibre target rifle in the hands of Bert Yeager, 12-year-old chum, at Albuquerque.
 According to R. c. Dun & Co.'S. an- nual report of commercial failures, New Mexico in 1905 is not charged with single failure, while in 1904 there were seven, aggregating 42,- S66 in liabilities.
 Work on the Hondo reservoir is be- ing pushed as rapidly as conditions will allow. When completed it will hold sufficient water to irrigate from fifteen to twenty thousand acres, de- pending on the amount of the flow of the Hondo.
 Excluding the areas which will be contained in the new forest reserva- tion shortly to be declared by the president, there are yet over 50,00O,- 900 acres of public land subject to entry under the public land laws open to settlers in New Mexico.
 Justice Newcomb, of Silver City, d days in jail for attempting to be un- pleastantly familiar with lady on the street. The justice also informed the masher that he would double the sentence for the next offense.
 The president has appointed Eugene VanPatten, of Las Cruces, as 0f Aa% town, in place of Jeome Martin, who died few weeks ago. MT. VanPat- ten is an old timer, having lived in Las Cruces for many years.
 The board of county commissio D. CTS of Santa Fe county has instructed the district attorney to bring suit against the bondsmen of George W. Knaebel, ex-treasurer and ex-col- lector of that county, to recover the balance due the county from such ex-official.
 Gregory Page, prominent busi- ness man and politician of Gallup, stands accused of the murder of Walter w. Jones, surveyor in the employment of the government. In a controversy Page struck with blunt instrument, and later while in delerious state, Jones fell from a sec ond story window to the sidewalk, dying soon after. The verdict of the coroner's jury holds Page re- sponsible for the surveyors death.
 There are number of localities in New Mexico where it is claimed that earth or stone suitable for paint coloring is found. One deposit is in the southeastern part of Dona Ana county, about 100 miles north of the Texas line. This is said to be big deposit and that several beautiful shades of distinct colors exist. John M. Lindsey, an employe of Chicago manufacturing paint house that makes a speciality of mineral paints, has lately visited these mines, which are owned by Las Cruces and AL people, with a view of as- certaining their commercial value.
 Judge A. A. Freeman insists that he is right in his charge, that the president of the United States on one hand and Chairman Bursum and National Committeeman Luna on the other hand, has made a bargain by which the former has re-appointed of federal officials for New Mexico and the latter, in return, are to support joint statehood for New Mexico and Arizona. Messrs. Bur- sum and Luna have emphatically de- nied the truth of Judge Freeman's inuendos and insinuations. | This closes the case as far as re- spectable citizens, who know the | situation and the men concerned, are | There is no doubt, in the | minds of fair minded people, who | are not daft on the joint statehood | situation, that the statements of | Messrs. Bursum and Luna are abso- utely correct and that there exists | no agreement or bargain in the least iustifying Judge Freeman's asser- lions, despite the childish twaddle in favor of the assertion by the Albu- Iuerque Fakir Journal and few yell ow weekly papers in New Mexico.- New Mexican.
 The territorial board of equaliza- ion was in session at Santa Fe last