Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-29
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

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June I4-lT-Cowboys' Reunion at Las
Vegas.
Cimarron shipped about 5000 head
Of live stock during the past season.
The Maxwell beet dump was closed
with a total tonnage OF LOO tons.
Five stores at Las Vegas we're gut
ted by fire, causing a loss Of $4,000.
Guy E. Mason, the Y. M. G. A.
evangelist. will go to Santa F6 for two
weeks in January.
Estancia valley bean growers raised
large crops and secured high prices
the past season.
The election Of police judges and
justices Of the peace all owe the state
takes place Jan. 9.
Cattle in New Mexico are valued at
$40, 900, 900, according to the annual re
port of the State Sanitary Board.
Announcement was made that the
Toltec Oil Company will drill at least
Of Roswell.
DR.. Carlos Silva, who was shot and
seriously wounded by Valentin Baros
at Chaperito. was taken to Las Vegas
for treatment.
Word has been received by the Las
Vegas friends of William G.. Rustin
that he was killed recently on the bat
tlefield in France.
The Mountainair State bank Of
Mountainair, capital 5000, has been
Incorporated, making the sixty-first
state bank in New Mexico.
Paul o. Couch, alias Robert Allen,
was arrested in Las Vegas upon the
request of the Trinidad police. The
man is charged with forgery.
The poultry show conducted by the
Eastern New Mexico Poultry Associa-
ton attracted much attention at the
Elks' auditorium in Clovis, and was a
success in every way.
A second attempt on the life of
Thomas ]. Belisle of Ration was made
by an unknown person who fired
through the glass door of the room
where Mr.. Belisle was at work.
Charged with murder in the first de-
gree for the ~stabbing to death of Mrs.
Sara Lemos at Hurley, Pablo Ybarro
has been bound over without bond to
await the action of the grand jury next
March.
The advisory board of the New Mex
leo Cattle and Horse Growers Associ-
alton, and the s%heepmen, held a meet
ing at Albuquerque and discussed the
increased grazing fees proposed by the
forest bureau.
The Santa Fe railway was a benevo-
lent Santa Claus to many Of its EN-.
ployes, distributing approximately 81
100000 among them during the holi-
days, says al announcement of Pres
ident e. P. Ripley.
That a move will be made by Span
ish-American members of the next
House of Representatives to elect a
Spanish-American speaker of the
House is nov regarded as probable in
political circles.
Advices from Pinos Altos gave the
death list as two with another proba-
BILE victim, as a result of an accident in
the Silver Cell mine, when a score of
miners we're rendered helpless by gas
while driving a tunnel.
The present calendar year will close
with a record of probably $3.50 auto
mobiles licensed in the state. The IL
censes issued up to Dec. II totaled s.
22S, or 1925 more than licensed during
the twelve months of 1915.
The small safe in the outer office of
the Normal university at Las Vegas
was robbed of about $40 in cash.
Roy Mcdonald held fast to his title
in the final match of the open state
championship tournament, played on
the links Of the Albuquerque Country
Club. He defeated DR.. Brady of Daw-
son W up and one to go.
The board of directors of the Santa
Fe Chamber of Commerce met and took
up with passenger representatives the
matter OF special rates for the Museum
dedication and fiesta in July and the
teachers convention next November.
The State Corporation Commission
has secured from the Ell Paso and
Southwestern a more favorable rate
on fire wood for Columbus from Vic
toria, Hachita, Playa and Rodeo, the
rate to range from $22.5O to $35 a car.
During the calendar year 1916 the
rangers OF the Santa F6 national for
est e%xtinguished fo%rty-three fires. OF
this number twenty-five originated on
forest lands, two outside the forest
boundary that burnt into the forest
and eleven were confined to lands out
side of the national forest.
T. 2. Winter of Santa Fe was en-
dorsed by the Santa Fe Game Protec.
tive Association for the position OF
state game and fish warden, an ap
pointive office to be filled by Gov
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