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Newspaper
El Paso Daily Herald
Location
El Paso, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
6
A fragment from a textile listing notes pricing and options for cotton or lisle fabrics in fine cotton styles. It mentions single or multiple counts and ranges of cost per unit as part of a larger price sheet.
All in Allison New Mexico report very dry weather with crops thriving, melons blooming, bay harvest underway. A Methodist revival starts June 12 led by Rev. R K Higgins from Oklahoma, while B F Miller reports a promising copper prospect near the area. J W Chandler 61 from Oklahoma dies of heart failure, leaving a wife and four children. W M Taylor returns from Silver City after county duties. The piece notes a coming Carlsbad carnival.
Otis New Mexico June 20 Corn will be the main grain crop with double last year’s yield. Much is contracted at eight to ten dollars per ton by stockmen led by Mr Benson. Range is fine and stock are doing well. Sheep prosper. wool is strong. Scouring mill runs full time and fruit ripens with a large crop to be marketed.
Charles S. Fritz oversees operations as the second alfalfa cutting begins. Acreage for corn and beans surpasses prior year by half. Pat Coleman contracted to cut R. Jackman hundred acres of mixed alfalfa and wheat hay. Charles Roush to bale it. Hay praised as superior etable feed.
Rosy Texas June 18 reports Fisher county health officer Dr. F Keifer lists nineteen mild smallpox cases and notes good county health. The Stillwell railroad proposal could pass Roby boosting El Paso county land value. Stock holdings are strong. cattle trade is slow. County court opens first Monday in July with a full docket.
Algodones New Mexico reports scarce news since canal suspension but crops look strong with wheat corn alfalfa peas and grapes yielding well. Irrigation water is plentiful though ranges are dry and stock suffers. Locals welcome a proposed railroad to the Cochiti mining district to create a home market for farm products.
Mrs. Charles Yaple stays in San Marcial as Dr. Walker travels there to greet his wife returning from the east. The Walkers plan to reside in Grafton. Reece Jackson relocates his family to the Wood ranch near the Gila river head. Bears in the Black range threaten cattle. Lou Terry and party prospect south of Grafton at Dry Creeks head.
Ochiltree district courts are in session with Judge Baker and District Attorney Coffee arriving Wednesday night. A Sunday school picnic and a large Wolf Creek event are planned for the Fourth of July with singing, baseball, dancing, roping contests and fireworks. The quarterly meeting on the sixteenth and seventeenth drew a large crowd and another is set for August eighteenth. James H. Whippo is named deputy clerk of Ochiltree County and L. L. Bates plans a well and windmill installation.
Special correspondent reports in Anthony New Mexico on June 21 that the wheat crop, likely the largest in years, is moving and the roller mill is nearing readiness to operate.
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