El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-06-15
STATE NEWS BRIEFS

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SOCIALISTS of Union county
have formulated a protest against
keeping American troops in Mex.
leo. ON the ground Of threatened
complications with Mexico, and
have sent it to President Wilson.
INCREASED postofice receipts
at Clovis has resulted in an in
crease in the salary of Postmaster
A. i. Wagner from $4,000 to ST.
400 a year.
oRREAN BEATTY, newly APP
pointed county agricultural agent
OF Union county, has opened an
office in Clayton, and is now
ready TO enter on his duties.
J. !. RRoPHY, a pioneer resi-
dent Of Union county, and well
known in that section of the state.
died in Clayton a few days ago,
THE CLAYTON school board
has elected ]. d. Chamberlain of
Ellis, Kas., superintendent Of the
Clayton schools for the coming
year.
E. ALEXANDER POWELL,
noted war correspondent, is now
spending a vacation at the Bart
lett ranch in Colfax county. He
has been recently IN European
war zones for the New York
World.
CONSTRUCTION work on the
new reform school building at
Springer Is progressing rapidly.
Upt to this time most Of the work
has been done by inmates Of the
school, but outside labor will now
be required.
PROF. q. G. WOODWARD, for
the last two years principal Of
the Soeorro schools has been
elected superintendent of the
schools at Mountainair.
pEMING has sold its $4,000
issue Of sewer bonds, voted at the
town election, to Powell. Garland
& Co, Of Chicago.
AN ADDITION to the Lakewood
cannery, 75x47 feet. is being built.
The addition was made necessary
by the increasing demand for the
Lakewood tomato. The land now
devoted to tomatoes in that dis
trlct amounts to $50 acres.
THE CLOSING exercises Of the
New Mexico Institute for the
Blind at Alamogordo will be held
tomorrow. June Is. They will in
clude a play, THE Sleeping Beau.
ty."
THE MEMBERS Of the Texas
Press association, who visited Ala
mogordo and Cioudcroft last week,
were given small packages of the
Otero county white sands as SOU
venirs. Literature describing the
sands and their possibilities was
included.
THE BOARD Of trustees of Al
amogordo, which has Just taken
over the water and light plants
of that town, has elected g. A.
Cunningham manager Of the pub
lie utilities.
THE AoELlTA Stock Farm
company is a new concern in Lin.
coin county, having taken over
properties about four miles east
of Carrizozo. The incorporators
are Lewis Powell, Adele Powell
and James p. Colp.
THE NEW BRIDGE over the
San Juan river at Blanee, San
Juan county. which was built by
the Blanco Bridge company, a
private concern, has been com
and opened to traffic. 1t
is a suspension bridge and cost
$1,000. It win be operated as a
tool bridge Engineer Farwell,
Of the state engineers office, is
completing a bridge over the
Harrington glade near the Pow
ranch, in San Juan county.
col. W. E. MOSES OF the
Tribuno-Progress has or
ganized a company to build a
bank building and hotel in Glen
rio. Quay county.
n. T. coeseshaH, Indian agent
at Shiprock, San Juan county, re-
ports that the San Juan river has
taken out some Of the rip-rap
that holds the channel of the
under the Shiprock bridge.
THE LAW AND ORDER
of W. Sumner has issued
to bootleggers and other
indesiFables there TO move on.
resolutions recently adopted at a
mass meeting there, held under
he auspices Of the w G. T. u.
the enforcement of the
aw against gambling and liquor {
and condemned laxity on
A RECENT severe sand storm