Show barney clarke an old timer and deputy sheriff was wag shot and killed in a WOOD saloon at raton baton N M on sunday morning the ae assassin fired the ibe shot rom from a light shaft on the second floor and escaped unobserved the motive for the crime is a mystery dave collins Coi linB who had a quarrel with clarke was arrested on suspicion although there la Is no evidence against him clarke was of a quarrelsome disposition it Is in said and had bad many enemies enem iee the late joseph spencer cone of red bed bluff cal owned one of the largest ranches in the state says an exchange xo hange it la Is situated on the east bank of the sacramento river and extends from a point near the town of ef red bed bluff bluel south for fourteen miles mile and thence eastward embracing th the entire valley lands land and reaching int into the foothills for ten or twelve miles most of the products known to farming life are grown there the ranch produces bushels of wheat each year anu and on CD the northern boundary along the mountain side sheep are grazing the yearly wool output of cne chi ranch to is pounds |