Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1915-01-22

April 2-3.-Annuai Meeting Southwest
ern New Mexico Cattle Growers As
ISOLATION. at DeminR.
The postoffice at Harrington has
been discontinued and mail is now
sent tc Gladstone.
New Mexico's Representative in
Congress, Hon. Harvey b.. FERGUSON
voted for equal suffrage.
A broom corn buyer in the Clovis
section claims to have paid out $780,
600 for the article during last year.
Three cars Of broom corn were
shipped from Rock Island by farmers
from the district northwest Of town.
The Meioche ranch people recently
bought 1000 tons of alfalfa at Max
well, paying 50 per ton for the bale
article.
The wool production in New Mexico
in 1914 was 100000 pounds, being
exceeded only by Montana and wy
oming.
The New Mexico counties received
a total revenue Of SIPS, O15.5O from the
liquor traffic in the fiscal year ended
Nov. 30 last.
Joseph Goodale OF Arizona claims to
have earned 81 from each hen in his
possession the past season. He now
has n Thousand.
@. Z. Dennis OF Clovis. receiver of
the defunct American Bank and Trust
Company, announces a payment of IL
per cent on all deposits.
A report Of the city manager for
the year 1915 shows that at the end
Of the calendar year Roswell had on
hand a balance Of $12,49O.1S.
The residence Of William S. Prayer,
one Of the finest in Roswell, was al
most entirely destroyed by a fire that
started from a defective flue.
e. A. Wayne, for the past several
years general manager of the Ernes-
tine Mining Company. operating ex-
t%ensive properties at McgolloA has re-
signed.
The attorney general, in an opinion
informs r. G. Marmon Of Laguna. that
he knows of nothing which should ex-
empt ~able-bodied Pueblo Indians from
the road tax,
The Enterprise Coal Company Of
Gallup. capital $4,000. has filed arti-
cles of Incorporation with the, com
mission. The company starts with
$4,000 paid in. =
At the annual meeting Of the state
corporation commission Matthew s..
Groves was unanimously reelected
chairman and Edwin F. Coard was re-
elected secretary.
The ella river, which became a rag
ing torrent as the result of the recent
rains, has washed out big areas Of
agricultural land along its banks, ac-
cording to reports from Bedrock and
other points.
over 1000 applications for 1915 au-
tomobile licenses have been received
at the office of the secretary Of state,
and the total of the checks and money
orders accompanying the licenses is
more than $4,000.
The Elizabethtown mining district,
b. one of the best-known and most i'm
portant mining centers in New Mex
leo, is reyiving again, and will, dur
ing the present year., become an i'm
portant gold producer.
The boys and girls of the Artesia
section of the Pecos valley are being
interested in the raising of stock and
hogs as well as poultry. A Baby
Beef and Pig Club" is being organ
izpd nv q NJ. Trotfar
Wright and Stauber, operating the
Pacific No. 2 mine at Plnos Altos, the
scene of recent rich gold strikes,
struck another gold pocket, which is
said to equal In extent and richness
those pockets formerly encountered.
Rio Arriba county erected seven
new school houses the past year.
Life and death entered the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Mariana Mares at Gal
lup almost at the same instant. Just
as the year-old daughter of the family
after IN illness of several days. passed
away. the mother gave birth to an.
other daughter.
Rev. Father Maria, S. j.. of Las
vegas ID m6nNAOncu prominently lOl
selection as head Of the Society OF
Jesus, It is learned upon apparently
good authority. Father Maria left
Las Vegas som time ago TO attend a
conference of representatives of the
order in Rome, which will select a
successor to the last Black Pope, who
died about the same time as Plus X.
There has been a marked increase
in the salaries paid both men and
women teaching school In New Mexico
in 1884 over the previous educa
tional year. but there are still CSC
teachers in the state receiving less
than $500 a year. These are dis
closures made by the salary report
completed by Prof. Rupert f. Asplund
and Statistician Paul A. Hall, of the
department OF public instruction.
Governor Mcdonald honored a requi
sition from Governor 'Colquitt Of
Texas for the return to the state Of
VIII Pierce. who was under arrest al
Clovis, Curry county. Pierce Is wanted
on an indictment for forgery in Hunt
county. Texas.
Il believe our showing here means
much more to New Mexico than ans
citizen now suspects or comprehends,
says Fayette A, Jones, president Of
the New Mexico School Of Mines, in q
letter to Governor Mcdonald concern
ing the New Mexico building and az