Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-10-13

registered HerefOrds.
Twenty births we're reported in Al
buquerQue in September.
]. C. Barnett, of San Jon has re
covered from a rattlers bite.
The annual conference Of the NJ. e.
church south, was held at Clovis.
Arthur Stokes, Of Gallup, was stab
bed by a negro named Chas. Scott.
The state fair at Albuquerque was
largely attended, and the exhibits
fine.
Gold ore. worth Sc, has been found
in the Hopper Mining district in Quay
county.
Burglars took a lot Of knives and
other small articles from a Tucumcari
hardware store.
A Guadalupe county jury returned
a verdict against Thomas Riddle, who
was tried for larceny of cattle.
Governor Mcdonald and wife led the
grand march at the Montezuma ball
in Albuquerque during state fair
week.
In the death at her home near Ty-
o of Mrs. G. l.. Turner, another
pioneer woman of New Mexico passed
to her final reward.
Eastern New Mexico farmers are
sowing a large acreage to wheat, and
next years crop in that section will
probably exceed a million bushels.
Efrct ~ 4bo fooN,ro o,,or4. -,oultn.
Albuquerque day, the annual fair pa
rade scored a striking colorful open
ing for the biggest day of fair week.
Richard Graham, age 70, son of VIII
liam Graham, a prominent rancher,
living near Nolan, north Of Wagon
Mound, was run down and killed by
an automobile.
]. Lonney, agent of the Denver g.
Rio Gtande railroad at Monero, Rio
Arriba county, is dying from a blow
on the head made with an iron poker
by a man who broke into the station.
An Italian coal miner named Luchitti
has been arrested charged with the
crime.
Grant county had one of the most
interesting and attractive exhibits at
the state fair in Albuquerque, carried
off the first prize for minerals, be-
sides a large number of cash prizes
and blue ribbons for exhibitors from
the various mining districts of the
county.
The Mora county commissioners are
planning the construction of a bridge
across the Canadian river on the road
connecting Wagon Mound and So
lano, and have sent a profile to the
state engineers office. The bridge
will be more than 800 feet long, and
will be a steel structure.
The three-day cowboy roundup at
Tucumcari wRs Of unusual interest to
the people of that part of the state.
The Taxpayers association Of New
Mexico, held the first of its two opeu
sessions, for the discussion of taxa
ton problems at the High school au-
ditorium at Albuquerque.
Thomas Mix, motion picture impress
sario, well known in Las Vegas, Santa
Fe and Albuquerque, in which cities
he took motion pictures Of cowboy
and other dramas, has been sued for
divorce. A well known picture ac-
tress is given as one Of the reasons
by Mrs. Olive Stokes Mix, who is
also well known in New Mexico.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed in the U. s. district clerks
office at Santa Fe by Noble NJ. Ian
don of Albuquerque. He is a boiler
maker by occupation. He gives his
assets as $1O5 and his liabilities as
$3S9.95.
Just before %adjourning the /. o. o.
F. grand lodge decided to meet in
Albuquerque again during fair week.
Adoption of a new constitution both
for the grand lodge and subordinate
lodges was the most important work
transacted.
Vernal Williams Is in the county
jail at Silver City charged with muir
der. Leslie Butler is dead and Annie
Smith is in the hospital suffering
from probably mortal wounds as a re-
suit of a shooting affair at Fort Bay
ard, nine miles from Silver City. All
the parties to the tragedy are negroes.
Batteries B and c, Colorado nation
al Guard, with Mai, w. f. Sharp, COM
handing. u%nloaded at Camp Deming
in f%orty-seven minutes. They made
a record. The two batteries arrived
in fine shape-without a man Ill.
They pitched their tents next to the
Wyoming infantry. The infantry Of
Arkansas and Delaware are close by.
A thorough discussion Of the effect
iveness Of the present bounty law oc-
cupied the attention of the executive
board Of the New Mexico Cattle &
Horse Growers association at their
meeting at Albuquerque, and plans for
a better bounty law were proposed.
Voters at the November election can
fill in any blank space on a ticket
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