Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-12-01
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.
June 14-17-Cowboys' Reunion at Las
Vegas.

ganized in San Juan county.
The Springer water-works system il
rapidly nearing completion.
Fifty-seven cars Of beans have been
shipped from Mountaineer this season.
A Nebraska sheepman has bought
$4,000 lambs in the Magdalena sec
ton.
The recent cold spell has damaged
the celery crop in the Roswell dis
trict.
Governor-elect De Baca has gone to
California for the benefit Of his
health.
The New Mexico Bankers Associa-
ton held its annual meeting at Albu-
querque.
Bean growers around Mountaineer
have received over 500, 900 for the
seasons crop.
John Gentry of Pinon had a finger
taken off as the resul, Of trying to
rope a yearling steer.
The majority OF w. B. Walton, Dem
ocratic candidate for congressman, in
Grant county, was 1888.
Josef Alderette of Las Cruces was
found a short distance from town with
several bullet holes in her body.
The Sisters Of st. Anthony's SAM.
tarium at Las Vegas have decided to
have a tag day" on Saturday, Dec. 2.
c. E. Mitchell's residence in Alamo
gordo was entered while the family
were away and $500 worth Of goods
stolen.
From Pennington and Aztec 157 cars
Of sheep. containing about 10000 head,
worth $4,000, have been marketed in
November.
Miss Leona, daughter of Congress
man-elect and Mrs. W. B. Walton OF
Silver City, was married on the goth
inst, to VIM. H. Neblett.
State Engineer James A.. French
awarded a contract for the construc.
ton OF a steel bridge across the Tram
pas arroyo, in Union county, for ST.
BIG.
Mrs. Lucia R. de Baca, wife of Full
gencio c. de Baca Of a Vegas, has
been committed to the state hospital
for the insane by District Judge
David.
The Elks at Santa Fe that
their ~commodious building will be
turned e for the use of the teach
ers during the Educational convention
Thanksgiving week.
Sentiment seems crystallizing for
the election OF DR.. Frank H. II. Rob
erts to the presidency of the educa.
tional association of the state at its
Santa Fe convention.
Twenty-one pounds, ten ounces of
butter in seven days is the record of
Rochette's Golden Princess, a four
year-old heifer in the Mesealero ranch
herd of Jerseys at Roswell.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed
at Santa Fe in the U. 8. district
clerks office by William Arthur Tu-
lip, a mechanic of Ration, giving his
assets as $1S5 and his liabilities as
$65s.9O.
District Forester Redington an.
~nounced at Albuquerque hat on a de.
cision of the forester it is proposed to
make one-third increase in grazing
fees, effective March l, 1917, on all the
national forests of Arizona and New
Mexico.
The State Board of Education will
v,nak - Al. aunEt.I E-tI,v ~. nla.
meeting will be held Immediately after
the adjournment Of the Teachers
State Convention and 1t will likely last
a week.
A peculiar condition of affairs ex
lists at Manzano, the p~ostoffice at that
place having been discontinued, owing
to the unwillingness of any competent
person to assume the duties of post
master.
A dinner in honor of Secretary OF
the Treasury w. G. McAdoo, Senator
elect A. A. Jones and the members Of
|, the Federal Farm Loan Board, was
given by the business men Of Albu
querque.
The month Of October shows no lei
up in the desire for public lands. The
U. S. land office at Santa Fe had 1886
entries recorded, covering an area Of
7O,ss2.s5 acres and bringing in the
? sum of $6,O8O.64.
The Blue Star Mining Company hai
I been incorporated at Mountainair. Tht
, capitalization is $3.50 900. Some four
, teen or fifteen claims are in the grouI
covered, and work is expected to b,
pushed on these at once.
Sergeant John D. Kelley of the Unit
ed States army has been assigned e
| the task of getting one recruit fol
every 1000 of New Mexico's popula
ton to aid in bringing the army VI
to the strength authorized by Con
gress.
Maurice A. Pedigo, alias Fred Ben
, ton, pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to I
charge Of theft, and was sentenced by