The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-09-01

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oct io-I3-Dona Ana county Fair At
Las Cruces.
An ancient battle-ground has been
found near Gallup.
The ned spillway for the Carlsbad
project will cost Sl5o,OOo.
shoes left behind by a thief al
ouesta may prove his undotrg
Ration is suffering from an epi'
demic Of automobile tire thefts.
Csballo complains that quail have
been destroying the a crop
The 7year-old son OF r j Shirk OF
Levy. was bitten by a rattle'nake
The Piuos Altos p%ostoffice was
robbed OF $500 In money and stamps.
Herman Seitz. OF Mills, received an
accidental gunshot wound IN his leg
There has been an outbreak OF
measles at the McGattey lumber
camp.
4 new p~ostottice has been estab'
ushed in the Kiowa valley and chris
tened "Hatodd"
Arthur Kaiser. Il, came near being
killed when he fell from a load OF
nay al Dayton.
About a dozen Old Mexl,o natives
engaged in a small riot among them
selves at Blossburg.
Morlarty. Torrance county, has
gone dry by four votes The vote was
~ for and rs against
Tucumcari business men are max.
ing plans for a Cowboy Carnival"
10 be held there in October
Farmers OF Torrance county are
talking OF the establishment OF a CO.
/ operative egg n cream station.
In a sand pit on a tract
north OF TeNico numerous bones OF
prehistoric animals have been found.
The land office commissioner at
Willard Is exceptionally busy. Many
new filings and contests are coming
IN.
There is a petritied forest 100 acres
in extent in Chaves county. It lies
about for,y.seven miles east Of RIOS.
well.
Cerril,os. once the dirtiest town In
Santa F6 county. is now ne ]cleanest
as the result OF a sanitary crusade
there.
The county agent estimates that the
Estancia valley bean crop is worth
half a million dollars. II is the larg.
est on record.
The Santa Fe Railway Company
has let the contract for 4 Sl50,O0O
r]oundhouse at Las Vegas. It will have
thirty.four stalls.
lightning struck a pole on the San.
"a Fe-Cerrillos telephone Euo and in
he swift destruction that followed 100
feet OF copper wire disappeared in a
puff Of smoke.
a iOO.ton mill for the treatment Of
copperiron ores will be erected at
Fierro.
a preparedness parade will be held
at Albuquerque on Thursday Of state
fair week.
Ne" Mexico will get S42.622 o; the
amount appropriated by the govern.
ment for forest roads and trails.
A aew process for the smelling OF
zinc ore has been discovered by
George w. Wright, who lives at Dem.
ing.
David solomon Lowitzki. for many
years a successful merchant Of Santa
re, died at the state hospital for the
insane.
Grant county leads the state in cor.
per production, and the Hanover.
Santa Rita mining district is C
TO none.
Mrs. David Marquee, who resides at
Antonchico. narrowly escaped being
killed when she fell into a well forty.
two feet deep.
Edward Chesak, a young farmer
near Albuquerque, committed suicide
by chloroforming himself in a corn
field nea his home.
II. j. Hagerman, president. and A.
+. James, director OF the TAXPAYERS
Association Of New Mexico. went 10
indianapolis to attend the annual con
ference OF the National Tax Associa
ton, as delegates from New Mexico.
On Sept. 27-2S-29 there is going To
be held in Tucumcari The First An.
nual Cowboys General Roundup" II
VIII be a reunion Of real wild western