Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-12-10
MINING AND
LIVESTOCK
In Grant County
Cause General
Prosperity.
RAIN IN SILVER CITY
And Vicinity Heavy---Many
Houses Being Erected.
Labor Needed.

Hello there, | am glad to see you,"
said w. H, Jack of Silver City, man
ager of the Crow Foot Cattle Company
and member of the Territorial Cattle
Sanitary Board, who was seen by a
representative Of the New Mexican at
the Claire Hotel last evening. Mr..
Jack was in mood for talking and
after seating himself very comfor.
tably, continued.
Il have lived in New Mexico for a
number of years, but have never seen
as bad weather as we have had re-
Gently at Silver City. Nature took
away from us the greatly desired sun
shine for little over two weeks, eX-
cepting. perhaps, an hour or two dur
ing two or three days of that time.
This have never seen before in the
Sunshine Territory. 1t is unprece.
dented and hope will never occur
again, as our people of Silver City as
well as your people of Santa Fe are
great lovers of sunshine. | remember
out at the ranch there were several
mornings that were very foggy; you
could not see as far as across the
street. This is also the first time that
| have seen anything like this in New
Mexico. 1t would do for New York,
Boston and any other of those Eastern
cities or states, but cannot account
for it here.
1t Rained in Silver City, Too.
"That it rained in Silver City can
assure you | got there one night
when it was raining very hard, looked
out into the street and | noticed the
water was almost up to the side walk.
The water was at least eighteen
inches deep and | think | am safe in
saying that the street was wider than
any you have in Santa Fe. The streets
in Silver City are lower than the side
walks, especially to keep the water
out of the houses in occurrences of
this kind However, believe that
the residences of our town will never
be again flooded as there has been
washed what you might call canal
through the city which is sufficiently
large to carry off all the water that
might flow through the town.
Prosperity is the word of the day
in our town. The demand for labor
cannot be possibly met with the num-
Der of laborers we have. This is on
account of the great increase in the
mineral output of the Burro Noun
tains. | roughly estimate ten or twelve
big mining companies doing an i'm
mense amount of work The excite
ment is high but in two years, the
mining work there will be more than
doubled, believe. The Comanche
Smelter has doubled its capacity and
finished construction of narrow
gauge railroad to the mines, which
will be of great value when COM
pleted.
Silver City Growing Rapidly, But
Building Material Needed.
"Our town is spreading very rap.
idly, but it could grow faster if we
could get building material was
speaking to Robert Black, a contrac.
tor well known in Santa Fe, recently,
and he told me that he had eighteen
houses under construction but could
not continue on account of lack of
lumber and labor which have to be
brought there. Silver City is building
north and west, extending up into the
hills away from the flood waters The.
odore Carter, a prominent mining
man, has under construction resi-
dence which, when completed, will be
the finest in Silver City.
"Say have been telling you all
about mines, | am not a mining man;
] am cattle man.
well, what about the cattle?' said
the reporter.
Sales have been very good, and |
see no reason why they will not con-
tinue," said Mr.. Jack. "This year we
had the largest calf brand that I ever
remember. This wet weather and
SHOWS have put plenty of moisture in
the ground and believe that the calf
brand next year will be as large If not
larger than the one this year. The
range is fine and stock, is doing fair
ly well. The cold weather did not
damage our cattle as ! know Of"
Mr.. Jack was a candidate on the
regular Republican ticket at the re-
cent election for commissioner, but
was defeated. When asked to what
he attributed his defeat, he said:
"In the first place there were too
many Democrats and in the second
place there was not enough organiza-
ton and work done on Ahe Republi-
can side"
Bouquets for Mr.. Murray.
Mr. Jack expressed a very high
opinion of Mr.. Murray. who was elect
ed to the Legislative Council from
the Tenth Council District. He thinks
he is the right man in the right place
and will do the right thing for the
people.
When asked If he would be in this
city during the sessions of the Leg
islatlve Assembly, Mr.. Jack said:
"Why of course, l will be here-a
member of the third House ! am a
Republican, but do not mind seeing
one Democrat in the Council. O..
Cameron of Roswell. | do not think