Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-06-16
|GRANT COUNTY FOR
JOINT STATEHOOD
Says Colonel H. H.
Belts of Silver
City.
PROSPERITY IS EVERYWHERE
Mining Industry Increasing.
County Seat Improving.
Cattle Doing Well.

a resident or Silver City for twenty
years and who is one of the most
popular citizens of that town and of
Grant County, was in town yesterday
and today on business. Colonel Belts,
who is so well known to and popular
with the voters of the prosperous town
he lives in that they have elected him
seven consecutive terms as city clerk,
although the town Is strongly Demo
ca!tic and Colonel Belts Is strongly
Republican, upon being interrogated
by an attache of this paper, said.
Joint Statehood.
81 am for statehood in any form. |
was primarily and in accordance with
the drift of my party for separate
statehood and would like that boon to
day, but, as 1t Is evident we cannot
attain it, | shall accept the situation
and do all | can In my humble way,
10 help the cause and induce voters
on November 9th next to vote yea
Oh the Hamilton law, which, under
stand, was signed by the President
today. | am reasonably certain that
Grant County will give handsome
endorsement of the measure and that
its citizens will vote for the adoption
Of the provision of the law. State
hood is what our people want and have
been desiring for many years, and, a.
it is in their grasp now, / believe they
will show their true desires by favor
able action on election day, and there.
after by voting in favor of constitu-
tion, provided this is the right kind
of document and contains the need.
ed provisions for strong. honest and
efficient state government.
Mining.
"The Burro Mountain District Is in.
creasing in life and in work. More
men than ever are employed in the
district and more claims and proper
ties ere being developed. The results
are evidently very satisfactory to the
owners and claimants, as there is not
only no cessation of work, but an In
creased number of miners are being
put on and more machinery is daily
going to the district.
"The Pinos Altos narrow gauge rail
road reached the Pacific mine in the
Pinos Altos District yesterday, dis.
tance of thirteen miles from Silver
City. This is one of the properties
owned by the Comanche Mining and
Smelling Company. Ore via the mar.
row gauge road will be hauled from
there to Silver City by July 1st The
mine has big gold output to it's
credit and is known to contain still
greater mineral bodies. The ore
runs partly in gold and is well
known property.
"In the Hanover District the Her
mosa Mining Company is doing large
amount of development work on its
CLAIMS, over fifty In number, and the
district is very busy.
Silver City Prosperous.
"Our town is more prosperous than
have ever seen it and I have lived
there twenty years. cannot claim
to be one of the original settlers who
came to San Vicente in 1871, but
have been there long enough to be an
old.timer. This is probably the rea-
sen why the citizens have voted for
me for city clerk during the past
seven years. Last week a contract
was let for a block of five stores on
the corner of Spring end Texas
Streets by the Abrahams' est The
buildings are to be Of brick and will
cos. lii the neighborhood Of $4,000.
They will be rented for business ,nr-
poses. The Elks' Lodge will lay the
,rner stone of the Opera R1'se anil
T.lks' Club rooms to be built at Il cost
OF s25, 900 on July 4th, under IL posing
ce' erlories. Contracts for six new
re sciences were let this week, ore Of
them for the assistant cashier of the
American National Bank. Cne tf
these residences will cost in the
neighborhood of $1,000 and will be
erected for Aubrey F. Lee of Phila.
Gelphia, who is in i'll health and pro
poses to make Silver City his future
home. He is a wealthy citizen OF the
City of Brotherly Love.
Livestock.
The cattle men Of Grant County
have Jared very well during the win
ter and have made remarkably good