The Socorro Chieftain, 1902-02-22

The Cattle and Horse Protective Association of Central New Mexico Convenes in Magdalena. The Cattle and Horse Protec Protective - tive Protective Association of Central New Mexico held its first annual meet meeting - ing meeting at Magdalena Friday, the 14th instant. There was a large attendance, business of import importance - ance importance was transacted, much inter interest - est interest and even enthusiasm was manifested in the proceedings, and the meeting was pronounced a success in every way. The as association - sociation association was organized a year ago for the purpose of promoting the interests of cattle and horse raisers in this section of the ter territory. - ritory. territory. The good already ac accomplished - complished accomplished amply justifies the organization of the association. Following is a list of the mem members - bers members of the association who were present at the meeting: Frank F. Smith, of Smith & Ewing, and Frank M. Dodds, of F. M. Dodds & Son, Monticello; Chas. Gatlin, Jas. W. Medley, E. A. Clemens, Sam'l Locke, J. M. Allen & Son, Win Gardiner, James S. Mactavish, and Win. II. Sanders of W. II. Sanders & Son, Magdalena; Jerdan Rogers, San Marcial; N. A. Field, and Rob't II. Wylie, Burley; C. F. Blackington, G. Biavaschi of Biavaschi & Giancra, and Abran Aleyta, Socorro; A. Kiehne, Frisco; John W. Cox, Dátil; Jas. Patterson and II. T. Maybery, Patterson; Antonio Tappero, Kelly; and Victorio Escojeda. Thirteen others were represented by proxy. New members were admitted as follows: Abran Abeyta, Victorio Escojeda, Jas. Patterson, II. Williams, and II. E. Adams. Also many new ap applications - plications applications were filed. A pamphlet issued by the as association - sociation association contains the following paragraph: The admission of other cattle and horse men who believe in the principles of the Association will be cordially welcomed and the present members can advance the interests of themselves and of the organization greatly by inducing another reputable neighbor or responsible cattle man to join. The executive committee elect elected - ed elected for the year 1902 isas follows: Jas. W. Medley, chairman; Chas. Gatlin, treasurer; E. A. Clemens, secretary; Frank F. Smith, A. E. Rouiller, A. Kiehne, and Wm. Gardiner. The association seeks to ac accomplish - complish accomplish its purpose by ridding the country of rustlers, improv improving - ing improving the breed of stock, attracting buyers, and by such other means as may de practicable. The fact that a dozen or more cattle rust rustlers - lers rustlers have already sought a safer field for their operations is an in indication, - dication, indication, merely, of the good that this association is to accom accomplish - plish accomplish hereafter. NOTKS. James Patterson is again in the cattle business and has join joined - ed joined the Association. Wolves are finding their lot, like the policeman's, not a happy one. II. T. Maybery has killed eleven of the brutes on the west end of the San Augustine plains since December 5, and "Wolver" Wittenberg has disposed of six in the Gallinas district in the same period. Jorden Rogers and his charm charming - ing charming wife came up from San Mar Marcial - cial Marcial to attend the meeting and enjoy the festivities. Rob't II. Wylie cut his Cali California - fornia California visit short and returned home in time to be present at the conference and session. Nat Straw, the champion bear hunter of the world, was on his way east but "laid over" to regale his friends in the Association with an entirely new repertoire of original stories. Wm. II. Sanders delighted an appreciative crowd" during the evening in parlor A of the Allen House with a fine rendering of some phonograph selections rec recently - ently recently secured in California. The appointment of Sam'l Locke to the inspectorship of the seventh district met with many expressions of approval from cat cattlemen - tlemen cattlemen present. Sheriff Blackington laid over a day, took iu the meeting and all fiee for all events in his usual breezy manner, and then started west on a flying trip with a iock-

Fon rent, $17.00 7 room, modern brick residence in first-class condi condition, - tion, condition, repair, &c. :$10.00 8 room adobe, shingle roof, city water. Wantkd Houses to rent. Wc are having many inquiries by letter and in person for modern cottages of 3 to 6 rooms. FURNISHED. 22 4 large rooms, furnished. $17 all of first story, four large rooms, furnished. FOR SALE. $ 500 5 rooms, modern adobe cot cottage, - tage, cottage, shingle roof, bay-window, 2 porches, large garden, 35 fruit trees, city water, stable, &c. S250 new 4 room adobe cottage, iron and composition roof, gar garden, - den, garden, fruit, stable, &c. ,$1 (!(),) 1W) acres, 39 miles from Denver, Colo., fenced, house, spring, well, farming land, hay land, grass lahd, outside range. Will exchange for So Socorro - corro Socorro property. i?10O 10 acres bottom land, under ditch, 3-4 mile from postoflice Socorro. SdOO 5 acres, house, barn, fruit, well and wind mill, city water etc., close in. $225.00 3 room, adobe house, 2 rooms new, tar roof, 2 acres, fenced, fruit, shade trees, stable, city water. $350 40 acres, more or less, bot bottom - tom bottom land, fenced, under ditch, one mile from Socorro county court house. $350 1()0 acres, patented stock ranch, never failing water, foot hills San Mateo moun mountains, - tains, mountains, good cattle, horse, sheep or goat ranch. $1,300 Modern cottage, brick linish, repair as good as new, beautifully furnished, two porches, large and handsome grounds, tin roof, city water and well, nicely furnished throughout, fine piano. .$1,500 7 room, adobe dwelling, shingle and iron roof, city water in house and grounds, house well and substantially furnished, including one grand square Emerson piano, 3 acres, 315 fancy assorted fruit trees in bearing, 228 fancy assorted grape vines in bearing, 25 ornamental trees, shade trees, 'shrubs, bulbs, roses, straw strawberries, - berries, strawberries, etc., close in. $7,500 paid net $2,500 in 1S90. SO acres 9 miles from county seat, mile to post office, one mile to station, including 7 acres prunes, 7 acres peaches, (i acres apples, plums &c, all in bearing. 35 acres alfalfa, all fenced and cross-fenced. Good home, large barn and out buildings, best of soil, no alkali, good water right on one of the best of acequias; steam pump with abundance of water in case of necessity. Will sell all or part, will take part trade, stock of goods, live stock &c. Also 100 acres adjoining the above will be sold if desired. $.1.00030 acres, more or less bot bottom - tom bottom land, 5 acres above acequia with first class well, wind mill .pump, horse power pump, large rod: cement tank, 4 room new adobe, 2 room old udobe house, well and hand pump, new corr.il, stable and hay barn, chicken house, bee house, wagon shed, 350 assorted fruit trees mostly lien Davis apples set out live years, 1000 grape vines and about 2000 sprouts; balance of land is below acequia, much of it adapted to growing grass, hay, alfalfa without cost of irrigation, all fenced with three and four wires, 2 native marcs, 2 American mules, 2 sets double harness, farm wagon, mowing machine, horse rake, plow and all other implements and tools on the place. One span horses, set harness and side saddle. 100 two year old steers. .')(i5 long yearling steers, 75 per cent white faces. IK) heifers ones and twos. 100 cows, twos up, northern New Mexico. 45 early calves. Undivided 'i interest in general merchandise business, good paying miningand ranch trade. Notwithstanding live stock matters are quiet, we are receiv receiving - ing receiving inquiries about same. Tell us w hat you have for s,a,le. It costs you nothing if not bene- fcted. HARRIS &. SMITH, Socorro, n. M.

OF HOME INTEREST. Baseball this afternoon. Fresh eggs 25c doz. at Bycrts. Ducks are quite numerous along the river. Prof. C. L. Ilerrick registered at the Windsor this morning. Fresh eggs 25c doz. at Bycrts. Col. E. A. Levy arrived in town yesterday morning from El Paso. Some early fruit trees in So Socorro - corro Socorro and vicinity have bloomed this week. Jim Willerton was in from Water Cañón yesterday greeting his friends. Ernest Harrison arrived in the city yesterday morning from Sil Silver - ver Silver City. Hon. Frank A. Hubbell of Al Albuquerque - buquerque Albuquerque was a guest at the Windsor Monday. Charles B. Adams of Datil was appointed notary public by Gover Governor - nor Governor Otero yesterday. John F. Fullerton arrived in town Wednesday from his ranch west of Magdalena. Hon. II. M. Dougherty was absent from the city Tuesday on professional business. Fruit growers are expressing grave fears that the early fruit will be nipped in the bud. Oscar Redeman of Magdalena registered among the guests of Landlord Yunker yesterday. Lou Terry recently had the good fortune to kill a mountain lion out in the Black Range. Hon. Solomon Luna came in from his sheep ranges in the western part of the county this morning. The tennis club extends to those interested in the game an invitation to present themselves for membership. J. N. Broyles vs. Star Grocery Co. et al, account, is the title of a case filed in the office of the district clerk this week. Harry Patterson of Magdalena came down on Thursday's train. He expected to do some "carpenter work for G. Biavaschi. Max B. Fitch registered at the Windsor Tuesday morning on his way home from a visit of several weeks in California. H. A. Buckley and family left Monday morning for Las egas. They expect to return to Socorro to reside in a month or two. Chas. Gausc came down this morning from his cattle ranch near Las Vegas. Mr. Gause will be in the city several days. The prospects are bright for the organization of a military company in Socorro. The pre preliminaries - liminaries preliminaries are almost completed. S. T. Reynolds of New York City arrived in Socorro Wednes Wednesday - day Wednesday and will remain for a time as the guest of Ross McMillan. Doctor L. E. Kittrell has been in Magdalena for several days on professional business. He ex expects - pects expects to return to Socorro Mon Monday. - day. Monday. Adam Emig arrived in town Saturday from El Paso for a visit of a week or ten days. Mr. Emig spent the first of the week in the mountains. Mrs. A. F. Katzenstein return returned - ed returned home Monday morning from a visit of two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Tabacchi of Clifton, Arizona. Ross McMillan, J. B. Squires, and S. T. Reynolds left this morning for a tin days' wagon trip to the San Andreas and Sac Sacramento - ramento Sacramento mountains. The records of the circuit court this week show in the case of Seaman Field vs. Dan'l A. Bcch Bcch-tol - tol Bcch-tol the sale of certain real estate in Mogollón confirmed. Price Bros. & Co. ire now of offering - fering offering their winter stock at greatly reduced prices. Read their ad. in another column. Now is the time to buy. The Palace Saloon furniture, said to be as fine as any in the territory, is now being put in place. Liles & Torres expect to

weeks duration during which he was confined to his bed the greater part of the time. Workmen are busily engaged setting out trees on the School of Mines campus. When these trees have taken on a little growth the campus will present a most attractive appearance. The Territorial School of Mines at Socorro is in a prosper prosperous - ous prosperous condition. The attendance this winter is increased and Prof. Jones is hopeful of the future of the institution. Albuquerque Citizen. A. F. Brown of San Francisco, general agent for the? California Powder company, was in town Thursday on his regular biennial visit to audit the accounts of C. T. Brown, who is the company's local agent. v Doctor C. F. Adams of West Union, Iowa, arrived in Socorro Thursday morning and is a guest of his father-in-law, M. W. Philips, and family. Mrs. Adams has been in the city sev several - eral several weeks. , A. B. Richmond is now cm cm-ployed - ployed cm-ployed at a smelter in Mexico at a salary of $200 a month in American gold coin. Mr. Rich Richmond - mond Richmond spent several months at the School of Mines to fit himself for the work he is now doing. C. T. Brown received notice Thursday of his election as a member of the executive board of the International Miners' Asso Association - ciation Association to represent New Mexico. This act is a fitting tribute to Mr. Brown's standing as a min mining - ing mining man. In the circuit court Hon. J. R. McFie, acting for Hon. Dan'l II. McMillan, this week entered final judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the case of Simon Sanders & Co. vs. Chas B. Bru Bru-ton - ton Bru-ton for collection of a note of $142.50. II. C. Medley and L. V. Medley eame down on the Magdalena train Tuesday to meet their brother T. W. Medley, who had been in Houston, Texas, since September 1 in attendance upon the Massey business college. All returned home Wednesday morn morning. - ing. morning. Hon. W. E. Martin is in the city today greeting his many friends. Mr. Martin came up from San Antonio this morning having in charge a trusty who took Scotch leave of the peniten penitentiary - tiary penitentiary last July and was arrested a few days ago while at wwk on Charlie Bruton's ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dodds came down Saturday from the meeting of the stock association at Magdalena to visit their daughter, Miss Lilly, who is at attending - tending attending Mt. Carmel convent. They expected to return home Monday but were delayed a day or two by a slight illness of their daughter. Miss Maybelle Kerr, who had been a guest at the home of her uncle and aunt, Professor and Mrs. F. A. Jones, since Septem September, - ber, September, departed Monday morning for her.home in Missouri. Miss Kerr was highly esteemed by the young people of Socorro and her departure j3 much regretted. Professor Jones accompanied her as far as Albuquerque. Miss Pearl Helfrich, who was $n Socorro two or three weeks as ilje guest of her cousin Mrs. Oliver R. Smith, left Tuesday mqrning for her home in Bowling Green, Ohio. Miss Helfrich was in the city but a short time, though long enough to make everybody who was fortunate enough to make her acquaintance wish that she might stay longer.

A Summary of Important Event Con Condensed - densed Condensed from the Tres Dispatches. Miss Stone has been released. Boer envoys are on their way to the United States on a polit political - ical political errand. The Pope entered upon the twenty-fifth year of his pontifi pontificate - cate pontificate Thursday. Western Oklahoma was buried under from two to four feet of snow Thursday. General Funston has entirely recovered from a second opera operation - tion operation for apendicitis. New England was visited by a terrific blizzard Tuesday, the worst of the winter. Trans-Caucasia was visited last week by an earthquake by which 2,000 people perished. A strike of gold and copper" ore assaying $260,000 to the ton is reported from Jicarilla, Lincoln county. The Santa Fe has reduced its force in the Albuquerque shops by 200 men on account of slack business. It is expected that Morgan O. Llewellyn will take charge of the office of surveyor general of New Mexico on March 1. The United States senate has under consideration a measure for the establishment of a perma permanent - nent permanent census bureau. The store of F. G. Davidson at Pinos Altos, Grant county, was burned to the ground Wednesday morning. Loss, $9,000. The house committee on terri territories - tories territories resolved yesterday to rec recommend - ommend recommend statehood for for New Mexico and other territories. Robert Crockett, son of David Crockett, hero of the Alamo, died Tuesday at Stuttgart, Ar Arkansas, - kansas, Arkansas, at the age of 70 years. It is reported that the Cerril Cerrillos - los Cerrillos smelter has been blown in and will soon be operating to its full capacity of 100 tons a day. A detachment of Scots Greys, one of Great Briton's crack dra dragoon - goon dragoon regiments, was cut up by the Boers a few days ago at Klip Klip-dain. - dain. Klip-dain. Georgia was visited by the heaviest snow storm of the sea season - son season Saturday, the fall in some localities measuring fifteen inches. Some of the largest coal mines at Gallup have been closed down owing to the fact that oil has been substituted for coal on the roads west of Gallup. Honorables J. W. Raynolds, territorial secretary, and II. B. Fergusson, ex-delegate to con congress, - gress, congress, have just returned from Washington. Both gentlemen express grave doubts that New Mexico will be made a state dur during - ing during this session of congress. They are of the opinion that the house favors but the senate op opposes - poses opposes the measure,

ctful of warrants for the arrest of trespassing sheepmen. H. S. Van Slyck, representing the live stock department of the Santa Fe, appeared upon the scene. Information afforded by him on transportation and mark marketing - eting marketing questions added much to the day's program. Members all reported the win winter - ter winter most favorable for cattle, and stock in good condition. The west end of the San Augustine plains and vicinity were reported overrun with tramp sheep from Las Vegas, Santa Fe, &c, belonging to Ilfelt, Padilla, Chavez, and other public spirited patrons of Socorro county's free range. This report led to a liquid air display of unusual merit on part of interested cattle cattlemen - men cattlemen and county ofliciáls. The day wound up with a dance for the young set in the K. of 1. hall. At midnight an dalord,te supper was served at Allen's by the new chef, "Chinee Charlie." Socorro sporting men were in evidence with big bank rolls and were open for contracts on all speculative questions. Joe Hilton's enlarged and new newly - ly newly furnished place aiforded a con continuous - tinuous continuous performance to those who wanted to sec the elephant. At the close of the day's proceedings Joe's cash drawer fairly bulged. NEWS OF THE WEEK.

ana tried by biting and kicking to drive away the animal that was brought to take his place. Mine Sale. It is reported that P. J. Savage has just sold two mining claims in the Caballo mountains to the Abby Mining company for $8,000 cash. This company is becoming quite a factor in New Mexico mining circles. In one of its mines the shaft at the 100-foot level shows a vein two feet wide running 12 per cent copper, 20 ounces of silver, and xi ounce of gold. A large flow of water has been encountered, however, and the company is figuring on put putting - ting putting in a pumping plant. Kohert S. Kutzner. Robert Simington Kutzner died at his home in Stanberry, .Mo., Thursday, January 30, 1902, aged 50 years, 7 months and 10 days. In 1883 deceased married Miss Nannie A. Fullerton in St. Louis. Mrs. Kutzner will now make her home in Socorro with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fullerton. Mr. Kutzner spent several months in this city about seven years ago and was very much esteemed by all who made his acquaintance.

Killed by the Train. Maria Vallegos, a woman about fifty years of age, was killed at Lemitar Wednesday morning while attempting to board a moving passenger train. As near as could be found out Mrs. Vallegos was struck by the train in quite rapid motion and thrown some distance, her head striking against some hard sub substance - stance substance and being bruised so badly that death resulted almost instantly.