Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-11-17

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Is being harvested.
The New Mexico public utilities
commission has given the railroads
permission to increase demurrage
rates to SO per day.
There were only five cloudy days in
October, according to the monthly
summary just issued by Section Direct
or Charles e. Linney of Santa Fe.
Mayor Henry Westerfeld of Albu-
querque appointed delegates to the
Ozark Trails convention, to be held in
Oklahoma City, Okla, on Nov. 81 and
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Incorporation papers we're filed with
the state corporation commission by
the Western Mineral Products Com
pany of Denver, capitalized at
100000.
OF the 7S,4S5, 200 acres of New Mex
leo, nearly half is public and and IA
100000 state land, according to a re-
port issued by the United States geo
logical survey.
The state tax commission adjourned
after ten days session, during which
the levies by the various boards Of
county commissioners we're examined,
corrected and approved.
LaVerne Kerschner, a contractor of
Roswell, filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the federal court at
Santa Fe, giving his assets as $3.50
and his liabilities at $8,124.
Academy of the Sacred Heart of
Mary is the name of a newly founded
Catholic convent at Chaperito, county
of San Miguel, by Rev. Peter Kupper,
parish priest of that place.
The school census of Eddy county
just received by the department Of ed
ucation shows that there are 1896 per
sens between the ages Of 5 and 81
years in the county, 1,489 being boys.
Nathan Boyd of Las Cruces, the or
iginator of the Elephant Butte dam
project, motored into Santa Fe from
Washington, D. G. With him was his
niece. Mrs. George c. Dewey, and
children.
The Texico-Farwell Creamery Com
pany of Texico, Curry county, filed
incorporation papers with the state
corporation commission. The capital
ization is &c. 900 and $4,000 of the cap
ital stock is paid up.
Homestead entries made by soldiers
who are now doing duty along
the Mexican border are protected, and
service time is to be counted on the
entry fluctuations, according to a rul-
ing of the general land office received
at Santa Fe.
At the county court house in Dem.
ing, Fritz Mueller, representing Rob.
ert P. Ervien, state land commission
er, sold 40,476.25 acres of state and
school lands, the actual sale occupying
one hours time and the state will re-
ceive $4,000.
Because congress failed to make the
Grand Canyon a national park, 1t be.
ing merely a national monument at
present, the Santa Fee system will not
expend the million dollars it had set
aside in its budget for work at the
Grand Canyon.
The discovery of a poisonous spring,
which appears to be poisonous only
part of the time, and whose poisonous
principle is of such an obscure nature
as to BATTLE even the experts of the
national bureau of chemistry, is an
nounced by forest officers at Albu-
q%uerque. The spring is located on the
Canjilon district Of the Carson nation
al forest.
Teofilo Lujan, aged 40 years, was
found dead in the garden of F. e
Nuding, at Santa Fe. 1t seems that
Teofilo tried to sit on a fence separ
ating the premises of Leo Hersch and
Nuding and lost his balance, breaking
his neck by the fall.
The next meeting of the New Mex
leo Federation of Labor will be hello
at Las Vegas. The state federation
selected Las Vegas at the final SEES
sion accepting the invitation OF Jose
Sena, representative of the Typograph
zeal union of the Meadow city. Tht
state federation's vote upon Officers
was canvassed and resulted in the re
election of H. B. Carr, Of Albuquer
que, as president.
Seven counties in New Mexico show
a total gain of $3.50 pupils of schoo
age this year over the census returns
of five years ago, or in 1911. The
biggest gain is in Bernalillo county
which shows 5000 increase. The otl
er counties to report gains are:
Chaves, 765; Eddy. 81; otero. $40
Quay, 439; Socorro, 944; Union, 472
Roosevelt county shows a loss OF 545
having had 1869 in 1911 and but SOP
In 1916.
Great preparations are under way a
Tesuque. nine miles from Santa F6
for the annual deer and eagle dance
Indian visitors are expected not onl!
from Santa Clara and San udefOns,
but from more distant pueblos an