Enterprise  this 
week.  He  has  one  of  the  best  farms  and  ranches 
in  Socorro  County.  His  cattle  are  in  splendid 
condition.

From  ihe  April  27,  1888,  Issue  of  The  Enierprise

A crazy  Mexican  woman  who  was  con- 
fined in  the  county  jail,  has  been  sent  to  her 
people  at  Albuquerque.

The  team  of  Wm.  Kimball  was  stolen 
last  week.  There  is  entirely  too  much  work  of 
this  kind  going  on  in  the  country.  Some  of 
these  thieves  should  be  left  where  they  are 
caught.  This  would  save  the  county  a needless 
expense  and  would  have  a good  effect.

Pat  Kelly,  who  is  in  from  the  Mogollons 
to  be  treated  for  a cancer,  is  improving  slowly. 
This  spring  his  lamb  crop  numbered  2600.  As 
he  is  the  only  sheep  man  in  this  section  he  is 
usually  referred  to  as  the  “Mutton  Monarch 
of  the  Mogollons.”

From  ihe  May  4,  1888,  Issue  of  The  Enierprise

In  the  Mangas  valley,  about  twenty  miles 
from  this  city,  James  Metcalf  owns  52  acres  of 
fenced  bottom  land,  and  also  several  hundred 
acres  on  the  low  hills.  He  has  over  1000  goats, 
mostly  Angora,  and  1500  sheep,  grazing  on  the 
hills.  He  also  has  in  the  valley  600  bearing  fruit 
trees,  mostly  apple,  which  yield  fine  fruit.  He 
has  2500  grape  vines,  600  of  which  will  bear 
this  year.  The  varieties  are  principally  Isabella

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