should bo called upon to remedy these Publ had conditions. perIn tomorrow’s issue of 1 his paper °*y* there will appear an interesting article 11(01 describing an episode during the Civil wor war in (lie southern part of the Terri* l)0^1 torv and written by Captain George If. Pettis, who served in New Mexico in ,K1S( the California column and as an ofll- ^ar cer of the First New Mexico Volun* * ' ^ teers. The article contains a graphic to * description of the crossing by a com- ,)0C( pany of infantry of (he Rio Grande ( ity near Paraje at. high water and when \4' it was a very dangerous thing so to 1)uiI do. Captain Pettis, who returned to whilt; his old home in Providence, Rhode acrc Island, in .1868, is State Sealer of housMeasures and Weights and a respected nial citizen. He is still greatly interested rhe in New Mexico and is a regular reader som of the daily New Mexican.Ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison and °Ut,