Albuquerque evening citizen., 1907-05-27
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Benjamin NJ. Lee has been ap-
pointed postmaster at Lanark Dona
Ana county.
The following notaries public have
been appointed by Acting Governor j.
w. Reynolds: Fidel Gallegos, of Co
lonias Guadalupe county; Claudio
ortega, of Chapelle. San Miguel
county.
A recent rich strike is reported on
the we'll known Philadelphia prop
erty at Hanover. The strike was made
on the 50-foot level and is high grade
copper ore. About twenty men are
being employed at the present time.
Among the recent improvements on
the property is a new gasoline hoist.
Surveyor General Morgan o. Lie
wellyn has returned to Santa Fe
from a visit to the Pecos valley. He
went on official business for the COM
mission in charge of the selection of
lands donated by congress to the ter
ritory of New Mexico. He stated that
part of the range i'm Chaves and Eddy
counties looks dry, but there is an
abundance of grass and plenty of wa
ter for irrigation.
Sixty girl students of Loretto acad-
emy enjoyed a pleasant outing i'm the
woods near the old saw mill north of
santa Fe yesterday. Several sisters of
the Institution were chaperones and
the trip was made in tally-hoes, car
riages and other conveyances. Well
filled lunch baskets were taken and
all had jolly time. Loretto academy
Will close for the summer on June 20.
Governor Kibbey has commission
Af
as chaplain of the Arizona ranger
force The office is new one and
carries with it no financial emolu-
ments, but 1t is felt that there are
times when the rangers, fully as much
as anybody else, need the prayers of
good people as well as good eyes,
plenty of ammunition and double-act-
ing artillery.
The following cases were disposed
of in the Luna county district court
this week Francisco Ocosto Muir
randa, placing distractions on rail-
road; sentenced to seven years in the
penitentiary. Lee Swanson. robbing
Harvey house; three months in coun-
ty jail. Gillermo Mata, one year in
the penitentiary for horse stealing
The two hombres have been taken TO
the pen and Swanson placed in Jail
here.
The board named by the legisla-
ture TO make over the laws of New
Mexico, will begin its work on June
3. Rooms have been fitted up in the
Capitol at Santa Fe for the accommo-
dation Of the board and Secretary
Read, of the commission, has finished
the annotating of the volumes TO be
used by the members. and other pre-
liminary work has been done. The
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take more than year, it is thought
Before they become bone fide the re-
vised laws must be approved by the
legislature. The members of the
board are Charles A. Spiess, b. NJ
Read. e. f. Studley, r. f. Twitchell
and the attorney general
c. T. Brown. acting for an east
.ern syndicate, has just obtained pos
session of seven claims east of the
Kelly mine and south of the Mine
Development company's properties I'm
the Kelly camp. Mr.. Brown has Just
completed an excellent trail to the
Germany claim that will be used as
a base of operation on the newly
acquired group. The syndicate has
commenced and will prosecute an eX-
tensive system of development on its
property. The geological conditions
of the property warrant the assump-
tion that it will soon become a large
producer of both lead and zinc ore.
James w. Stevenson is superindent-
ent of the mines.
w. j. DeWeese, a man about 7Ol
years old who was travelling overland
from Rockwall, Texas, to Alamogor-
do, was killed near the Bass ranch
In Cox canon last Saturday afternoon
by the turning over of his wagon,
says the Otero County Advertiser.
One of his horses was killed also. IL
is not known exactly how the acci-
dent occurred as he was alone and
dead when found. DeWeese was
stepfather of b. L. Williams, who
lives on the Kearny ranch about eight
miles north of here. and was COM
ing to pay his relatives a visit. The
deceased was a member of the Odd
Fellows and after instructions were
received from a son In Fort Worth
funeral services were held In Alamo
gOrdo Tuesday forenoon under the
auspices of the odd Fellows, inter-