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Newspaper
The Old Abe Eagle
Location
White Oaks, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1895
Page
4
Readable fragments show Ridgeways promising low prices on goods and bakery hours tightening. Mentions of Miners camps near St Joseph and Port Stanton, revival meetings, and a school tax discussion with local officials, all reflecting a late period frontier town scene.
Last Friday's flood diverted water from Eddy Lake into the river and canal drawing thousands of shad into irrigation ditches. Many fish, especially shad, bass, and catfish, were left stranded or gathered below the dam. Wheat at Malaga shows a promising twenty acre stand, and peach crops along with various garden produce are noted in Eddy and southward areas. A broad list of crops and plants grows in local gardens and fields, including oats, sorghum, sweet potatoes, lettuce, onions, melons, and strawberries, with commentary on credit practices and local miners.
Public notice announces reduced round trip tickets from El Paso Dering and other New Mexico points to Yaris and northern destinations. El Paso agents offer through tickets and checked baggage to northern cities with new stock of maps and travel aids. Contact Wo Hi Paliavr San Antonio or C H Mormovsr for rates and arrangements.
The Old Abe mine complex shows rapid growth with new adobe buildings and iron roofs. The shaft reaches seven hundred feet, with a storage room, blacksmith shop, and dressing rooms near completion as operations resume and repairs proceed after the March disaster.
Obituary notes the death of Asbury C. Rogers near Roswell at age 57. Born in Alabama, he moved to Texas, practiced law, and settled near Burnet before relocating to the Pecos Valley Roswell. Survived by Mildred Jacobs and six children, he developed an advanced farm and was respected as a lawyer and community contributor. The community expresses deep sympathy for his widow and orphans.
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