The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1914-11-20
STATE NEWS
loF TO ALI
NEW MEXICO


western Newspaper Union News Service.
There is a demand for. more and
better houses at Clovis.
Nov. % ls the day set for the open.
ing OF the Miesse townsite east OF
Deming.
Farmers In the plains section will
plant double the wheat acreage of the
past season.
fostoiiice receipts for October were
the largest In the history OF the Farm.
ihston Office, being Si,339.3G
d. N. Miers, sent up from Quay coun.
" Tor forgery, made his escape from
'he penltentiary at Santa he.
G.. b. Coffman OF Springer cut fifty
acres OF broom corn this season. has
II stacked and ready for the seeder.
The Santa F6 planning mill closed
down for the purpose OF enlarging the
plant and installing new machinery.
Six hundred and forty pounds OF ore
recently taken from the Langston
mine at Pinos Altos netted $4,000 In
gold.
Townships "a and % s. range 4 T.,
north OF Fort Bliss. have been leased
to Uncle Sam by the state for a rifle
range.
A. N. Hilton OF San Antonio has
secured $1,000 worth Of mohair, Dur.
chased in the Lordsburg section OF
the state.
The resignation Of Gerald II. Buxton
as United States commissioner az Bux.
ton, San Miguel county. was received
at Santa F6.
II Is reported at Santa Fe that the
forest headquarters for the Carson
Forest have been moved from Tres
Piedras to Taos.
A company has been organized to
fatten cattle for slaughter. It will To-
cate In the Mimbres valley and start
with 5000 head Of steers.
Silver City Lodge, B. p. 0. T.. will
give a banquet In honor OF District
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler Hickey
when he visits that lodge.
The Elephant Butte dam at Engle
Is three.fourths finished, about 1920
men being employed, the largest mum.
Der since the work started.
Two hundred and fifty square miles
OF land is to be surveyed by the Uni.
ted states government in the vicinity
OF San Antonio, Socorro county.
Producers Of Sudan grass seed have
perfected u selling organization at
Clovis and are now prepared TO dis.
tribute seed throughout the southwest.
About forty tons OF beets were de-
liVered the first day TO the place re-
served for them p,ior to their ship
ment to Garden City, Kan, from Max.
well.
The completion OF the state bridge
across the Rio Puerco has reopened
the Sunset Route as the highway
through that part OF New Mexico Is
known.
New Mexico has l,79l teachers, l..
22l schools aud buildings and lO5lOg
persons OF school census age; that is,
one teacher Tor every sixty persons
OF school age.
Articles OF incorporation were filed
with the State Corporation Commits.
sion by the Bear Creek Cattle Com.
pany, an organization with a capital
stock OF S25O,OOO,
After pending eight years, the gen.
eral land office has at length affirmed
he decision Of the federal land office
In Santa Fe, In "A contest involving
valuable coal laLis In San Juan coun.
~.
Alleging that no acts OF conspiracy
to smuggle Cinnamon into this coun.
try had been proved against Sam Hee
and Lew Moy, who were found guilty
In the Federal Court at Santa Pc. AT.
torneys a few days ago filed a formal
motion for a new trial in the Federal
Court.
In a report filed with the State Cor
poration Commission, the Denver a.
Rio Grande railway shows that the
change In train service on the Santa
Fe branch will a v the road $SS9.S5
monthly.
How ranges which ordinarily can not
be grazed because OF inadequate wa
ter facilities can be opened up for
stock, Is told by the Department OF
Agriculture In Farmers Bulletin No.
500 on the development and improve
ment OF stock watering places upon
national forests.
The only trees In Santa F6 antedat.
Ing the American occupation were cut
down on the Plaza facing the Cover.
nor's Palace to make way for paving
the street by the state, They were
four huge cottonwoods that were re.
garded as landmarks, having been
planted In lS45.
Wheat shipments out Of Melrose so
far have totaled %forty-one cars. The
amount would easily have reached IN.
~ carloads except for the fact that the
recent heavy rains stopped wheat
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