04 Oct 1888
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Newspaper
Santa Fe Daily Herald
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1888
Page
1
Scattered OCR text notes events and prices from Snowfell area dated Oct 3. Mentions a basketmaker crime, a Catholic farmer banning money collection at chapels for a fund, plus The Earl Company selling two cars of pears and other items with winter prices listed such as Tokay and Mus cats.
An unidentified miscreant in Missouri on October 3 removed a rail from the Wabash Western Railway track. The wreck heavily damaged a passenger train but, by a miracle, no one was killed. Local investigators pursue leads as crews repair the line.
Sam Wah, prominent Chinese American, was brought before the Grand Jury in Chicago on October 3 on a charge of attempting to induce white girls to marry him. Mary Kee, a German girl, named him as an accessory to her elopement.
The record shows Burns of the acting chairman of the appropriation committee noting a possible adjournment after October if not before the election. The discussion hints at limited windows for adjournment and ongoing political timing.
Fragmentary OCR from a newspaper page lists mixed names and terms such as Argentine Republic Mexico China California Mississippi River and Wyoming. The passage contains garbled phrases about people, titles, cattle, horses, thefts, and an annexe, without coherent narrative or verifiable facts.
Cattle receipts and shipments show market strength for best dressed beef while grass range steers weaken. Texas cows and stockers vary, with prices from 1.25 to 4.80 for various grades. Sheep receipts rise with good mutton values around 3.75 to 4.49 for natives and western shorn. Chicago listings mirror steady cattle and dull sheep markets with typical ranges.
A fragmentary 1885 clipping lists facts about Jackson Tilden and Cleveland being born on March 1, describes Indians’ hats spreading, cites Charles Dickens as a 14 year old black preacher in Macon Georgia, and notes a deaf day listening to music. It mentions a San Miguel California cannon five miles shell drop, Chicago’s quirky citizens, a fruit dealer named Anguish and a button maker from Boston, and tallies lifetimes distances and heartbeats. It also notes Grant burial on the second Saturday in August 1885 and Sheridan burial on the second Saturday in August 1888.
Director Powell outlines a transformative irrigation program in the Southwest claiming it will make New Mexico blossom. The discussion notes the need to gather ninth statistics on irrigation land values and the effect of population, transport, and facilities on them. It also addresses vested rights in water timing, storage, and reservoir losses.
James W Powell reports on a two part approach to develop irrigation: local district surveys with topographic maps and water storage estimates, and a national general inquiry. He calls for rapid, phased field work, gauging stations, soil classification, and evaporation observations. An appropriation of 2500000 is proposed for the first year, under the Interior Department.
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