Sierra County advocate. [volume], August 28, 1886, Image 1

About Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960

Image provided by: University of New Mexico

                
-I )
! ''
VOLUME IV.
II LLSIJOUOlKi I f, N. M., AUGUST 28, 188(5.
NO. 27.
CoantM
Va . -The
0-
aV,
.! .
STOCK BRANDS.
J. W. Lo welllptfN Mark and Brand.
.(rands nn
mark. Kur mark
across the left and
under the stoop lu
right.
S. S. Sta.lcj's Brand.
Ilrands used by J.
S. and .1. II. SlHilryS
. for tirundinir their
HA A
ieuttie; mantis on
lelt side; and for
li(it-Mi film triflliirltJ
I on left shoulder.
P. . address, Chloride, N. M.
(Jrnysoti & Co.
Placed on left
cattle.
Placed upon
eft shoulder
liorscs.
Placed upon the
I..O HlHll (if 1-lllVO.
w I
mid yonrllnirs
MlIIIC ICILPIIUUIUI'I
f horses.
Ilrand on left side,
a si raiirht linrlirand
under half crop in
right ear.sonic with
4 1 1 1 1 aliove crop in
cur.
P. O. address, I.aa
I'ulomiis.Kierral o.,
N. M.
Thomas Abcjliiis.
Horses branded
ou cither ahoulder.
On cattle, other
ide. Any branded
wice, same brand,
i have sold.
Sectindino IloiiilnRiicz.
Ilrund used on
calllc and horses.
Joseph Franklin.
""y Horses branded
mi left de or lelt
!i.. Same on vat
:lc, with the addi
tion of ear mark,
loft oar belnjf split
and under b.t.
Herman (.it ho & Frfd Shaw.
Cuttle branded
'wlee, once mi left
lipand on o on left
de; alsooiie-tliird
if eaeh car cut off.
Hi and on horses
is above ou left
hoiildcr.
-A- i
John It Alley.
Ttrand for rattle;
lrvt on shoulder,
wond on aide,
lb rd on hip.
p, O. address,
Urattoa, N. M.
r.iebli.a lnlflavi Chaves.
Slock on lefl
I and car mark
both ears.
M;;rjf Yaple.
it.
A. v J Hranrt for stock
'ar marks cropped
to the right
I r-irie boo to
ell.
Juba Sullivan.
Ear mirk In swal-
1 ow fork right ear.
nmn4 fin Ptork:
Kur mark a hn)i
timiifth i-ft fmraod
W. F. Ornbaun.
ilrand usd onthn
left side of cattle;
WU I
pllt on riirht ear;
ine-hall left ear out
oft.
P. O. address:
tllllsboroiiKh, N. M.
Mr
B. S. (iret'ly.
Kiveineh on lrft
t fttde; ends of both
learn cut off and a
notch In under aide
ot rlffht ear, near
I the head.
I. (), HddrPH:
J,ako Valley, N. M.
William ( otton.
Stock brand used
ou riKlil sidu.
of
llonliton & Bono.
the
of
rattle sold lnva
rtatily bear tho
counter brn nd, thua
and
Ilrand of font I
nentnl Catllo Co.
used as above slat
ed.
Ranee hendqitar
lersof (iHaand Hcd
(.'anyon.
Sec Hlaclt HiinRO.
'oet-olni-o:
Oral ton, N. M.
Jlowrll & Head.
Horse brand same
.is cut, only entailer
on left hip. Ulher
brand it V and
dewlap silt once.
Kar marks,cropantl
split both. 1 11 her
ear marks as abova
Ksporidnn TafoTa.
Tlrand for stock
used on right side.
Francisco Apotlacft.
L
Itranded on riirht
side of horses and
nit tie,.
Jose Tafoja J (iarcla.
rost-ofllee:
Cuehtllo NeR-ro,
Ifew MtJKO.
Cuntitii Tail ilia.
hip
on
Ilrand used on left
hip of horses and
attle.
P. O. address:
HlUlboro, N. M.
Itafael Olquicn.
and
the
Ilrand user! on
Cornea, mules, cat-
le and burros.
Cattle brand nc4
n !p fj siiio.
TT1
Anlonio Vprc
Sagri ii i ifiy Tlrand used on
y . liorses, mules, bur
7 I I M roa and cattle.
JT f ut Ls Tolomaa.
Oilmen, Wolf k Ohlsen.
Kill
Siena Land and Cat Ho Company.
X
The lirnnit I. naed
on the lot t aide in
ollowlaft nian
H on shotilder,
fide and C tin
acniss tho rump.
The rump mark la
used In place of the
ear mark as record-
ed Id book "A," p. 16, Sierra Co. recorda.
The above Is also one of our brands fop
Stock on the left stdo.
K. H. Hopper, flcnera! Manager.
S. S. Jackson, Kauch Manager.
P. O. address: Kingston, N. M.
Samuel (iretrp.
linneh on Indian
'reek, frht mliui
mith of Lake al-
i.v Itmnil on lift,
side of cattle and
in either aide ol
tutrse stock.
P. (). Mddrpaa:
Luke Valley, N. M.
James Knlflit.
3K (connected) on
eft thitfh.
P. O. addreaa:
Uftku N alloy, N. M.
R. F. I'lirkH,
Thla brand naed
on the rlKl side of
cattle and on the
left thltth on horses.
V. t). address:
1 nli., Vnllnv N M
J. II. Hunmnn.
Cattle branded on
the left side; horses
hranded on tho left
hip and a lewhrand
ed on the rlg-ht hip.
1. (). address:
Klainan, Hlorra
I'ounty, M.
Luke Valley Land ami Live stock Co.
On cattle, horses
Hid mules tho 11
ires Wt on the rlaht
hip. On sheep and
bolts an under half
clipp in the loft ear.
A. M. James, Sec'y
I,. V. I,. & I,. 8. Co.
P. O. address:
Lake Valley, N. M.
Kubf-n Shiver.
P. O. address:
lairvlew, Mlerra
Co., N. M,
11. F. (irolip.
Ilantre at and
around White Hock
Spring-.
P. o. address:
Lako Valley, N. M.
1'erkins, Slinron & Co.
W on left ahoul
ler. E3 on left
P. 1 1. address:
Fairvli w, Sierra
Co., N. M.
lVHIiuin Cotton.
T'sed oil ritflit sidft.
Kar mark: Hound
hole in each car.
P. O. address:
Lako Valley, N, M.
J. W. Tato.
Cattlo branded on
jell side. Horses on
left hip. Home cat
tle on the raiifrn
marked and brand-
branded on the left.
P. O. address; Urafton, N. M.
W, Slator.
'J'he abovfi Is used
for a ranch and
mau uriiiu. niiii I
branded on left I
mde. tnme cattle !
now on the rantf- a
are branded thus: :
ESFl
P O S'lre"!-
Grafton, N. M.
connected,
used on
lift tbiga
as nurse brand.
P. O. address:
Graf too, N. M.
Mosv
Mr mark and
brand used on cat
tle and horses: cat
tle liranded on rlatit
hip. horaes on lell
shotilder. .tompcflt
t'e brand,! thui
"A" on le't hip.
J o. adsrf-ss:
Urafitu, S- -
fm 1 I X I .a'V A
J.
1
S. B.
H W
MY HATED RIVAL,
Ph takes h s head upon her brenM;
She kiKKCrt iuhI en tessew linn;
File's nil iinlinppy and opprccd
Jl any thti'K distresHcs liliu.
Fhe slnifs h' praises to his face,
Until he swells w.th van ty
Int i lent takt it h lb the iHto
(1 ItiMilcnt iiixuiiitv.
lie isn't w tty, wise nor I id r ;
M s vu re is not melinl ims;
IIik imumer-i are leond compare
Cou.pill- Still! lire od. otis.
And v I'd take his v'saye trrhn
And eliiiiiy tnrin, ami :iy lor It
lEilit rially, tn l-e like him
Thr ce lutppy tlotr! her favor-te.
Jtniti Jffirtft tt-hr, in Life.
ALMOST A TI;A(JKI)V.
How Throo Brnvo Hon Escnpod
Coiimiittino; Ono.
"l'nek on llie niitlnilil triiin if I enn
iiiii'm' it. One chance in a thousand.
I'll try, llioii.'li. Ami don't ytm voting
folks oversleep vottr-elves lo-niiiirow.
or you'll lose n day's INIiinj; hound to
rain Thursday. Ity-ln !"
The Colonel was half way across llie
law n as he shouted tho warning to the
little knot alliered on the veranda and
in the hallway. The whistle of the loco
motive roiindinir the liend at Potter's
Point woke Ihe echoes. If Dan, the
Colonel's relialile ser ant, reached the
station in time the down train would
stop for the solitary pa-senger, other
wise he would come hack to us
Uiiimh in jr. Hut the train slowed
'
i
I
up as soon as it came in sijrht, almost
stopped, then started again wilh a .sud
denness and fury as if to make up for
lost lime, and the little ;roup looked
blankly at each oilier.
The Colciiud's wife, meantime,
jrlanced over the telegraphic message
that had torn the Colonel away from
its just as we were beginning to enjoy
ourselves. Her unrutlled countenance
reassured us. Not hing serious threat
ened. "A matter of business to serve a
friend," said Mrs. Poller, smiling, ns
she rejoined us. "It is annoying, but
it can't be helped, so we will jusi man
ago lo do without him."
Then all the gentlemen voted her a
paragon, and the ladies said there nev
er were two people so well matched.
We were a merry party . .lust ten be
fore thci'dlnncl was called away: The
Colonel and Mrs. Potter and four
young couples there by express invita
tion. We had explored the mysteries
of I.uker's Cave, "done'' the mountain
ridge, ten miles distant, on horseback,
and on (he morrow would go lishing.
" The evening has not been so dreary
filler all," said the Colonel's wife'
lirehly, turning to Fred ISIylhe.
Fred, who was pretending loturn llie
music for Miss llaldane, looked at his
watch and exclaimed:
"Half past one, by Jove!"
There was a loud protest, but when
live or six watches were covertly
glanced al, as many tongues averred
the thing was incredible. Time had
never sped so swiftly. And as all
all'eeled horror, and expressed contri
tion, the Colonel's w ifc scarcely needed
lo remind us of the necessity of an
early start on the morrow. There was
a scurrying lo bed that attested a dis
position to make amends for Ihe dis
sipation indulged.
I id you cvcrrcinark how soundly one (
sleeps after a day and evening of rare
enjoyment? The entire household was
enjoj ing Ihe bounty of "Nature's sweet
restorer balmy sleep," when a hand
was laid on mine, and a voice 1 knew
well electrified me w ith the whisper:
"There's a man in the house. Alick."
I sat bolt upright in bed. The door
of the room was closed. Between the
door and my bed Fred Ulythe stood in
his night clothes. There was just
enough light to discern him.
'You are sure?''
"Positive. Mayberry is sleeping with
me. lie heard liim. Whoever it was,
Dick says he was in our room. He is
dressing himself. Come to our room
quietly."
"Will we waken Slow bridge?''
Vt hispered Mayberry.
"No!" 1 answered promptly. "Ar
thur is a heavy sleeper and would lie
sure to make a mess of it."
1 led the way in the upper hall, in the
dark. I had put out n hand - my left
to feel for tho sta r rail 1 thought
should lie near, when a door 'opposite
to me, on the right, opened. 1 held
my breath, and reaching back, grasped
Mat berry's arm with my right hand.
Dick grasped my hand, and pressed it
in ret urn, just as a low voice, in a lone
I shall never forget, said, wilhotit a
tremor, indeed with perfect composure:
"Whoever you are, I warn you to
leave instantly, or 1 will alarm the
house."
It was Alice Trevino, whose voice
always thrilled me, and whose indilTer
eliee inade life miserable until we were
cast together at Potter's Point. Very
lew wonts snlli I to explain the situ
ation. A whispered consultation was
held at the entrance lo her apartment.
She, oo, bad heard some one, and she
.pecdily convinced us that it would lie
unwise" for us to meet a burglar unless
we were prepared to hold our own.
She was resolved lo "arouse, her com
panions, that they might understand the
true position of affairs, and, first of all, !
fcbe would wake our hostess. I
The Colom Ts wife displayed the im- !
pi rtuihalde spirit one expects lo lind
in lb.- wife "fa soldier win. lias panic- j
ipated in tlr-i dangers of lite on the ,
plain. Mic put pMois in our nanus,
and t!l"ll We lliree. MiiyhcliV. HFyliia
HI. I IHC-l'i, siicllll iliWClnlet UlB
stairs 'n Ihe dark. What my compan
ions felt or thought as we descended
the stairs I do not know. There wero
live lovely women overhead, listening
wilh beating hearts for the sounds ol
what might prove a desperate, pos
sibly a fatal, struggle. The mo
ment I placed my foot ou the upper
step, llie ludicrous side of the picture
struck me so forcibly that 1 smiled.
Here was the man in t)ie house that we
had beard so much of, that we had all
jested about only a few hours since,
upon reinemla ring the Colonel was
not at home. "A man in the house."
was the warning that caused three
frightened girls to huddle together
tremblingly, while Alice Trcv inn and
Mrs. Potter endeavored to allay their
apprehensions. And there was abun
dant cause. The Colonel was know n
to have very large sums of money in
his house at limes -sometime he was
compelled to keep it lliree or four days
before he could conveniently deposit it
in the city.
Then there was Ihe Potter plate.
Some of it had served three genera
tions. It was know n over the length
and breadth of Ihe land. It had been
honored by the police of three Presi
dents and no cm! of Senators and (lov
ernors, to say nothing of (he superb
solid gold and silver serv ice presented
10 the Colonel bv his regiment, his
Stale ami two or lliree orders he was
active in. The Potter plate alone would
have proven a load for a horse.
My band w as placed on Dick lay
berry's mouth in the nick of time. A
moment later he would have revealed
our presence. I caught Tom ltlythe's
wrist, and held my companions at the
foot of Ihe stairs, listening intently.
About twelve feel from where we stood,
a dnor in the hall opened upon a strip
of lawn hclwecn the main building and
eon.-ci vntorv. dust beyond the con
servatory, and underneath the stairw ay
used by the servants, the safe wasbuill
w hich contained the Potter plate and
other valuables. We could see light
glimmering under llie door intervening.
11 was safe to assume thai tbfdoor
opening upon llie shot! ball leading
inlo the dining-room was open. The
light we saw would otherwise have
been concealed. While we were
whispering to each other in the hall, a
liguie glided dow n the stairway
silently, and Mrs. Potter's hand was
laid on my arm lightly as she listened
lo the sounds that were now loud
enough to hi' heard in any part of the
house. The audacity of ihe burglar or
hnrsrlars amused us.
"I think there must be morn than
one," said Mayberry.
"There may be three or four," I re
plied. "I will go out of the ball door
ou the right to the kitchen or dining
room. They got in from the rear; so
much is plain. You and 111 the w ill cu
ter this door when you hear me
vvhislb "
Here 1 was interrupted by Mrs. Pol
ler, who in the meantime had been
joined by the dear girls, w ho, terrilied
'beyond measure, could not remain
longer in suspense in the upper hall.
"I fear something may happen, Mr.
Adair, if you go around to the kitchen.
A shot aimed at a robber may hit one
of our defenders."
My companions stood beside me as
I placed luy hand on Ihe knob of the
door. The door opened noiselessly.
We could hear Ihe grating sound our
cars are accustomed lo in daily life.
The fellow, or fellows, were cutting;
Ihe door ot the safe open.
Once more I signaled to my com
panions, grasped the pislol in my right
hand, and seeing both were prepared
for the onset, suddenly opened the
door b; lvveeu us and Ihe burglar.
"Well:"'
A face I knew well we had seen Ihe
man a score of times in the vicinity of
Poller's Point the face of ii man up
ward of sixty, was turned up to us.
His torn straw hat was pushed luck
from his forehead. His straggling
gray locks fell upon his open wrinkled
shirl collar. The strong leather sus
penders supporting his faded blue
overalls wen? polished by long wear.
He held in his right hand a carpenter's
chisel, while his lefl grasped n window
sash, from which three pane had been
removed. As he looked at us (he was
on bis knees), a merry twinkle lit up
his eves, lie moved his lower jaw
rapidly, squirting a stream of tobacco
juice into a spittoon beside him, and
acain exclaimed :
"Well?"
The Colonel's wife immediately
rushed inlo Ihe breach.
"Jerry, these gentlemen did not
know you were here. They are re
hearsing a litlle play."
(oid bless IheColouel's wife. I will
always believe (he other boys and I am
indebted lo her tact for 'taking the
ridiculous edge off (he ullair.
"No? We'll, I don't reckon you
knew. Hut the Colonel 'lowed these
lights oi l to be put ill 'fore the next
ram, n oem s n"' i eg"i ;.
town fer a day or two, begin me the
key to git in the back way fus' thing in
the morning, so's nol to disturb you.
I'm nigh throo."
Another stream of tobacco juice
punctuated his peculiar sjieech, and we
retreated ill good order, l'hanks to the
Colonel's extraordinary forethought
and the "man in the house," we were
all, including Slow-bridge, who to this
day persists in looking at the whim
sical side of the picture, up early and
prepared for the tishii.g excursion w hen
the- Colonel returned on the early morn
ing train.
The Colonel craves, fairly year.'s. for
another war. He says he knows Jut
v. here to put his hand on three bruvf
iiu-ii, --'le'id l9''Ttij, (' t'1'Mnryh
COST OF CRIME.
The National Held and Ihe Hut I mil led Valae
of Vice Nlarlllna Figures.
No doubt there are many who think
that interest in the care of the criminal
and the unfortunate is nn idle senti
ment, more creditable to the heart than
the head of him who feels it, or at
least that (his is a matter with which
men in ordinary life have no concern.
The. growth of a spirit of indill'erenco
to the whole siibjee, is promoted by
our system of local self-government
and divided authority. If the budgets
for Ihe support of institutions devoted
lo Ihe care of these classes could Iw
consolidated and the actual amount of
Ihe drain upon the people of the coun
try which they involve were known,
popular Interest in them would receive
a sudden impulse. It is pitiable to
Ihiuk that human nature is so gross
that liiiaueial considerations have mora
weight than itnv other. Hut inasmuch
as dollars mid' cents are a universal
language, intelligible to everybody,
we will try to give our renders soiun
idea of Ihe magnitude of the burden
which Ihe Nation has to carry by reduc
ing it to a money standard.
Four hnudrcd'aiid lifly thousand in
sane, idiotic, deaf, blind, pauper or
criminal inhabitants of the t'nited
States cost, for their annual main
tenance, probably not less, on an aver
age, than I7.'i each, directly or in
directly, or let us say 7.'),tKHl,IHK) in Ihrt
aggregate. Si vcnly-iive million dollar
is a per capita tax of tJl.fiO ou every
man, w oman anil child in America which
we pay almost without our knowledge,
Al three per cent, it is the interest oa
sc,,'iiM,iKM,faMl. And what is fc-VSHK
IHHI.tKio? When Ihe census of lKKOwnv
taken the National debt of the I'li'ited
was P.'b, 1 lo.MVO. The investment iiv
the debt did not eipial llie per
manent investment in mil'oriutni
and crime represented in thu
returns of the defective, depend
ent and (lelinipienl classes. The total
permanent investment by the railroad
corporal ions, including construction,
cipiipiuetit, lands, stocks, bonds, tele
graph lilies, etc., were l.),lH2,U.",KIMi.
Our investment in crime and misfort
une was about half of that in railroads.
The amount invested in railroads is
about equivalent to the valuation of
the yearly products of manufacturers,
which was reported at Mtj,...7t, 1 ! 1 .
Wen- one-half of all the m ys re
ceived by manufacturers in any single
year to he set apart as n special fund
for Ihe care of the criminal and mi
forliinate, and Invested at three per
cent., the whole of the interest re
ceived would be absorbed. 'J'he vnllia
of farm products is not quite half that
of manufactured articles; ll Is 2,4 17,
.'i,!,ti.'iN. 'J l- whole of (he farm prod
ucts of Ihe I'niled States for one year
would not be more than sulllelent for
the creation of the fund suggested.
The assessed valuation of the Stale of
New York in 1MH0 was if-.'.li.'il.tiio.ooo.
or no greater (ban Ihe amount of capi
tal required lor Ihe care ol our union ii
nates and criminals. The assessed
value of the six New Kuglamt Slates
was .'.(u'.'.oiiil.iMKl All of New Kng
land, with her cities, her mills and her
batiks, would not be more than enough
to appropriate to this special purpose,
if Ihe capitalization of this expeiidiluro
were a necessity. .
And yet Ihe men who see these rela
tions are dreamers, while those w ho
shut their eyes lo them are not. The
world esteems and applauds him who
shows il how lo add to its gains by in
creased receipts from agriculture or
the n hanic nils, or by diminished
charges for doing Ihe business. Hut it.
has no word of commendation and
no hand of help for Ihe man who
points out thai a further clement
must be taken into the calcula
tion before the balance is struck
between gains and losses, that tho
stoppage of the leak occasioned by the.
grow lb of classes cf population who
nre, to a large extent, incapable of self
support might prove to Is- n fresh source
of income. Such reasoning is too re
mote and circuitous: il is visionary,
and with that word it is disrois-.!.
hut why should students pore over
lables of ligures on every other suit
ject under Heaven and neglect this,
which lies so much nearer to the life
of Immunity? Is it nothing, to seek
to improve ihe cllieielicy and economy
of a n ssary but painful service? lo
labor for the' mitigation of siiDcring?
to assuage w here we can nol cure? and
lo hunt for means of preventing Ihe
spread of Ihe contagion of grief? Hut
n truce lo sentiment. What we desire
is to coin inee hard beaded business
men that Iheir linancial interests de
mand thai some one -hall pay attention
to the question of the prevalence of
social evils, their prevention anil their
cure. For this s ial work Ihe very
highest order of intellectual lab nl mid
moral integrity are essential and should
bo secured. The wounds 111 the laxly
politic iinisl tie pioiied, or llie pnlieiil
w ill die. It is not every ignoramus or
charlatan who can ! trusted to per
form this service. Wherever you sea
a good and competent man willing to
engage in it. keep him at it and en
courage him Iiv an occasional word if
appreciation, if you have it lo spare,
AIkivc all, sustain whatever promises
to improve the rrgani.ation of cliariU
able and correctional work, which is
at present ill n more or less fragmcn
larv state, and be assured (hat you will
lind, in so doing, a pecunia-y reward.
titlcrnttliiintit itituril.
- The Kansas City 7Vwir sent one re
porter to a prize light, and detailed an
other to aecoinpaiiy the jxillce and '
sist in arrcMliiji the pMlujf icjPiHT
t'm i in'tr Ctosw.
il
I
:V -
i