Ringing The Bell   In the 1970s, the Lane Family of Chicago bought the Bell Ranch in northeast New Mexico. The land has supported cattle operations since the 1820s. Dotted with Apache and Comanche petroglyphs, some buildings date back to the 1800s. The 1930’s Hacienda has hosted glitterati including Howard Hughes, Clark Gable, Shirley Temple and Roy Rogers, and it is listed on the National Register. Now, some 250,000 acres of the land is for sale at a price tag of $100 million. The buyer gets


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