During the past three or fqur
months Silver City and Demiug have
shipped about 39,000 head of cattle,
destined mostly for Colorado points,
which were valued at $1,000,000.
Ernest Carper was chosen artesian
well inspector to succeed Byron O.
Beall at a meeting of the Artesia well
board in the office in the court house
at Roswell.
The first green peas were shipped
from Farmington last week, and cher
ries are beginning to be placed on the
local markets from the neighboring
fruit ranches.
Arrangements are being made for
the organization of the thirty-fourth
annual Farmington fair. Farmington
has the oldest fair organization in the
state of New Mexico.
A fire at Clayton destroyed the M.
G. Tlxier building, facing the C. & S.
depot. A building adjoining, occupied
as a saloon, was also destroyed. The
$2,000 insurance will not cover the
loss.
A tract of 47,000 acres of land in
Otero county was recently secured by
a syndicate from the state. The prop
erty is near Tularosa and will be cut
up into tracts for colonization pur
poses.
Four hundred and fifty pounds of
cream was shipped from Montoya in
one week, which means about $37.50
in cash distributed among a few men
who have decided to try this branch
of farming.
According to information given at
Roswell before Justice of the Peace R.
D. Bell, by Mrs. Fannie Landau of
Lake Arthur the lower valley town is
the home of a brigade of window
smashers.
The convention of the Disciples of
Christ at Roswell was well attended.
The Disciples expect to build a sani
tarium in New Mexico the coming
year. The next convention will be held
at Las Vegas.
The residence of James M. McDou-
gal at Demlng was destroyed by fire.
