Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-04-14

elton Convention at Grand cason,
Curry county teachers will meet at
Clovis April Is.
Arbor Day was generally observed
throughout the state.
The depots at Tularosa and Dayton
we're destroyed by fire.
The Santa Fe will build a five
stan round house at Carlsbad.
The governor appointed lose J.
Montoya Of Cuba. a notary public.
April IA is Bird Day according to
Governor MoDOnald's proclamation.
Fire destroyed the barn and con-
tents belonging to D. j. Owen, Of
Clovis.
The big sawmill in Alamogordo win
run again after having been idle for
more than eight years.
The Deming Chamber Of Com.
merce has decided to work for a Luna
county fair in September.
The Santa Fe depot at Dayton and
several stock cars were destroyed by.
fire. The loss is placed at $4,000.
BY a vote Of LOG to 6, the business
men Of Albuquerque have decided
that they want q state fair this year.
The Santa Fe railway is getting
ready to make extensive improve
ments on its line through the Pecos
valley.
Castillo Silva of Dilia and william
e Kelley Of socorro have been com
missioned notaries public by Cover
nor Mcdonald.
The Deming creamery is now re.
ceiVing from 800 to 1000 pounds OF
cream weekly, and is producing from
300 to $50 pounds of butter.
Mrs. Maude Hawk Wright and baby
have returned to Silver City from Ell
Paso. Mrs. Wright was taken pris-
oner when villa bandits raided Colum-
bus.
Several hundred soldiers were put
to work at Columbus preparing a new
aviation field for the eight new aero
planes purchased by the Var Depart
ment.
A shocking accident occurred al
the Koehler mine, resulting in the
death of Arthur Reed, the 2~S-year-old
son Of Mr.. n Mrs. William Reed of
Ration.
announced that he would accept the
Craftsmanship of the state fair ON
mission, which Governor Mcdonald
announced.
A total OF $1O3,65O is appropriated
for the United States Indian school
at Sauta Fe in the general Indian APP
preparation bill passed by the Senate
at Washington.
Seth Aston bought of Mr.. Hewett.
Of Dunlap, 1,S4O acres of land, $50
head Of registered cows, forty graded
cows and 1900 head Of sheep at a
price of S47,5OO.
Wolves, lions and coyotes took
heaV toll of stock on the forest
ranges in the Albuquerque forest dis
trict during last year. A total of A.
500 head were killed.
The United States Supreme Court
granted the state Of New Mexico
permission to sue the secretary of
the interior to compel him to grant
title to coal lands in school land
grants.
A brakeman by the name of Shaw
running between Roswell and Clovis
had his foot cut off in the railroad
yards at Clovis.
Crescencio Molina, the third Of
three defendants to face a jury in the
District Court at Silver City It the
present term ON an indictment charg-
ing murder. was acquitted, the jury
being out but five minutes.
Prof. Rupert T. Asplund, for the
past seven years chief clerk of the
State Department of Education, ten
dered his resignation to the State
Board to take effect April 80. The
resignation was accepted.
What appears to have been a foul
murder was committed at Tyrone.
The body Of Mr.. Brainard, bartender
In the saloon, was found lying in a
pool of blood near the cash register
with two bullet holes through his
head.
The State Corporation Commission
hearing on intra-state rates, at which
final arguments by shippers and rail-
road representatives will be heard.
and which will be followed by an or
der %readjusting freight rates in New
Mexico, win be held in Santa F6
April p.
Edwin Lyons, well known in Las
Cruces and a nephew of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. D. Bowman. of Mesilla Park,
and who lived there since early
childhood. with the Bowmans. who
are his foster parents, is now at the
front In Mexico with Col. Dodd. be-
ing second lieutenant in the Seventh
Cavalry.