Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-12

saloon across the grade al Snnnyside
ON Wednesday. The place Is the
haunt Of tin horn gamblers and their
followers Of both Exc The killing
was done by = woman named Bessie
The family Ut the dead man, In San
Angelo, Texas. have been Informed OF
his death.
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During the past five years over III
Oo0. 900 acres Of public land were
homesteaded In New Mexico. Besides
this, 100000 acres were taken up
undcr the desert land act. Ncvertne'
lees there remain In the public do
main SS.0O0.000 more acres st lsszt,
IS. 0 900 acres Of which are arabic.
fertile and just " good ~ the land
now under ~irrigation and cultivation.
70 lNRloAvg LARGE egcvIoM-
The New Eden Ditch Z Land COM
pany. which proposes to construct. =
ditch that will irrigate the whole Of
the Bloomfield mesa, seems now to be
IN Z prosperous condition. We are
reliabiy informed that . number OF
parties Interested are arriving 10 the
cOunty ready for businsss. The
scheme 4 backed BY wealthy men Of
Colorado ana elsewhere which II a|
gusrantee Of plenty Of capital. The
new ditch viii be zone thirty feet
higher than the present a and will
open up = large area q fine farm
Iaad<-FArmington Enterprise.
NAV INCORPORATE
The Peoples Development Z I'm.
provement association. formed some
weeks ago, held . meeting Wednes'
day night o Green's hall IN AStec and
considered business matters. The a.
scctation appointed : committee to In
vestigate fully the scheme Of incor'
porati0n and report next Wednesday
night. The promoters wish to get
the new cOncern started In the right
way. q its success II practically ~.
sured II 10 begun. One member ex.
pressed his willingness to pay up hls
$500 share 1t once and help ket N.
corpomted. and II u thought that
the 5000 required BY law can be
raised for that purpose. Several new
names we're added 10 the membership
wednesday night.
ANOTHER ptoNggN coNG-
John Pisrson, vino settled In Eiiza
bsthtown IN tho spring Of 1855, died
at lowell, Aris. Ian. ~. Mr.. Pier
~ n many years va prominent u
business affairs ~ this county. Start
ing N q his trade Of shoemaking. b,
soon drtfted Into general merchandis
iDg ana was one Or the leading nleT
chants Of the tarritory. Eevera
years 40 reverses overlook him, IN
I'll he finally left the territory an
went 70 Arizona, thinking 70 retriev'
his fortunes By again engaging in tn
shoemaking business. He soon lei
sick and died after q short Illness
his ron John Of E'town arriving at HI
bedside shortly before the end came
His eight surviving children, fiy
boys and three girls, reside in TIL
CONTEMPLATION Range.
Evils KAHN DEAD-
Lewis Kahn died 1T 4 hotel In Wa
on Mound Wednesday morning witt
out ailments o. struggle. He can
to San Miguel, then county scat I
San Miguel county, In 1852; In a
latter part or the sos he moved
oapelio. where Henry Coke reside
ana there lived until 1875 when !
moved TO Mora and there he reside
H was visiting With Miss Mary ~
Regina, his daughters. who run II
Santa Clara hotcl It Wagon Noun
His wife. Candeiarla. preceded him
the grave two Years ago. He VI
sc~venty<lght years old At the time
his death. He leaves TO mourn h
death MiaH Mary. Antonio and Regil
Kahn. Mrs. Charles U. Strong. MI
Ravos X. Trujillo. daughters OF Mn
uel Kahn. Mrs. John Strong and Mi
Celia BvAgx, grandchildren. II
family Of Mr.. Kahn are first cousl
OF N. N. Salaxar Of this city. Nj
sCandelarlo 3. Kahn was a sister
Thomas SalaxaT. father Of our towr
man. who died In 1897. Spring
Stockman.
WATCH WITH A HloToRy-
walter r. Kibbsy, who last We
rendered hts resignation ~ assists
United States district attorney. q
Who has moved from Tucson to Pr
colt, where he will practice law VI
Attorney General Clark. has Just
ceived Z gold watch which has 4 h
tory. says the Tucson Citizen. I
time piece Was Inherited by MT. X
hey from his grandfather. Judge n
hank. who died In Indiana about
month ago. The watch had BE-
owned by the grandfather for 70
n and was made to order to du
cate an ohier one which had b,
lost. While Judge Burbank was
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