El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-05-25
Boiled DOWn Items of Fresh
NeWS From All OUcr New Mexico

The $500 automobile fire truck
ordered by the city Of Roswell
has been shipped from Elmira, N.
Y, and is expected to reach Ros-
well this week.
oRREN BEATTY, an Ohio man.
has been appointed county agri-
cultural agent for Union county,
which recently entered into an ar
rangement with the Extension de-
partment of the State College. Il.
Divelbiss has been appointed
county agent In Chayes county to
succeed j. w. Rigney, who re-
Gently resigned to take up other
work.
S. S. CARROLL, photographer
Of the state engineers office, is
making arrangements to test the
flow of a number of the wells in
Torrance county. Money to de-
fray the expenses Of Mr.. Carroll
and his assistants is being raised
by Torrance county residents.
A TEMPORARY injunction re-
stPaining the Lincoln county COM
missioners from proceeding with
the local option election in Carri-
zozo, May 20, has been issued by
the district court. The petition
for the injunction alleges that
the election was improperly cal
led.
THE FOUR STATES Seed com
pany is being Incorporated in
Clayton with a capital of $4,000,
and the erection Of a 10000
busheI elevator there is planned.
Denver men are interested with
w. l.. Franklin, of Clayton. in
the enterprise.
THE PECOS Water Users as
ISOLATION, composed of Carlsbad
Project farmers, have filed no
tice on Assessor Waller, Of Ed
dy county, that under a recent
decision of the supreme court of
the United States it appears that
all taxes heretofore levied against
the Project lands have been lille
gally assessed, and that further
assessment and collection of taxes
will be contested. The decision
in question holds that until all
liens of the United States on rec
lamation project lands are salts
fed, the lands are not subject to
taxation. The government still
has liens on all lands Of the Carls-
bad Project.
RECENT freezing weather in
San Juan county killed the great
er part of the fruit that survived
previous frosts. The apple, pear
and cherry. crops in that county
this year will be small.
MRS. CECILIA NJ. Harrison,
wife of Raymundo Harrison, reg
lister of the TT. Sumner land Of
fee, died there last week. The
body was taken to A%ntonchico for
burial. \
A CONSOLIDATION Of the
Clovis Mill & Elevator company
and the ]. A. Latta Wholesale
Grocery company. of Clovis, has
been effected under the former
firm name. A second grain eles
vatoy in Clovis, and elevators at
Portales and Elida are planned
by the consolidated concern,
which has already acquired the
elevator at Melrose.
BEAN GROWERS of San Mig
uel county have been notified by
County Agricultueist Gonzales
that there is a shortage of pinto
beans for seed, and he advises
them to hold any supplies they
may have for re-seeding in the
event their first planting is killed
by frost.
NINE DRIVERS Of army trucks
We're recently arrested for gambl-
ing at Columbus, and were taken
to Deming, where they were fined
IS and costs each. The arrests
were made by Jack Thomas, re-
Gently appointed chief Of police
at Columbus.
A BRANCH of the American
Red Cross has been organized in
Gallup. with Mrs. Gregory Page
as president. and Mrs. J.. E. Could
as secretary.
FRAkANpA Apodaca de San
chez. who shot and seriously
wounded Desiderio Vialpando on
the street at Wagon Mound re-
Gently, has been held to the dist
riet court on bond OF $500
HORSE BUYERS for the Unit
ed States army will be in Alamo
gordo today or tomorrow, with
the object Of purchasing Otero
county horses for cavalry and
artillery service.
THE sWAsTiKA of D e S
Moines, Union county. announces