The Lovington leader., 1916-11-17

The Maxwell and French beet crop
L. being harvested. i
The New Mexico public utilities
commission has given the railroads
permission TO increase d.murrage
rates TO - per day.
There wer. only five cloudy days in
October. according To the monthly
summary Just issued by Section Direct.
or Charles T. Linney of Santa Fe.
Mayor Henry Westerfeld of Albu
qucrque appointed delegates TO the
Ozark Trails convention. to be held In
Oklahoma CITY. Okla. on Nov. 81 and
-.
Incorporation papers were filed with
the state corporation commission by
the Western Mineral Products Com.
pany OF Denver. capitalized at
100000.
OF the 1886. 1G0 acres OF New Mex.
leo. nearly half is public land and IA
oO0.0o0 state land, according to a re-
port issued by the United States geo.
logical survey.
The state tax commission adjourned
after ten days session, during which
the leyies by the various boards OF
county commissioners were examined
corrected and approved.
LaNerne kcrschner. a contractor OF
Roswell. filed voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the federal court at
Santa Fc. giving his assets as $3.50
and his liabilities at sS.l2i.
Academy of the Sacred Heart OF
Mary is the name of a newly founded
Catholic convent at Chaperito. county
OF San Miguel. by Rev Peter Kupper,
parish priest of that place.
The school census of Eddy county
Just received by the department of ed.
ucation shows that there are > 800 per.
sens between the ages OF and II
years In the county, 1889 being boys
Nathan Boyd of Las Cruces, the or.
ifinator of the Elephant Butte dam
project. motored into Santa Fc from
Washington. d. G. With him was his
niece, Mrs. George e. Dewey, and
children.
The Texico.Farwell Creamery Com.
pany OF TeXico, Curry county, filed
irfnrnnratinp nan.ru u.itb tho .,atn
corporation commission. The capital.
ization is $l0.ooo and $1,000 of the cap.
ital stock is paid up.
Homestead entries made by soldier
Who are now doing duty alonG
the Mexican border are protected, and
service time is to be counted on the
entry tabulations. according TO rul
ing OF the general land office received
ct Santa Fc.
At the county court house in Dem.
ing, Fritz Mueller, representing Rob
ert Z. Ervien, state land commission,
er. sold io,i7G.25 acres Of state and
school lands, the actual sale occupying
one hours time and the state will re.
ceive sl30,0Oo.
Because congress failed 10 make the
Grand Canyon "A national park, it be.
Ing merely national monument at
present, the Santa Fe system will not
eApend the million dollars it had set
aside in its budget for work at tho
Grand Canyon.
The discovery OF a poisonous spring,
which appears 10 be poisonous only
part OF the time, and whose poisonous
principle Is OF such an obscure nature
AS 10 BATTLE even the experts of the
national bureau of chemistry. is an.
nounced by forest officers at Albu,
querqne. The spring is located on the
Canjilon district of the Carson nation.
al forest.
Teoiilo l.ujan, aged 80 years was
found dead in the garden OF +. L.
Nuding. AT Santa Fe. It seems that
rcoiilo tried TO sit on fence scpar
dting the premises of Leo Hcrsch and
Nuding and lost his balance, breaking
his neck by the fall.
The next meeting of the New Mex
leo Federation of Labor will be held
at Las Vegas. The state federation
selected Las Vegas at the final ses
sion accepting the invitation OF Jose
Scna, representative of the TypoSraph
ical union of the Meadow city. The
state federation's vote upon officers
was canvassed and resulted in the re.
election of II. B. Carr. OF Albuquer.
que, as president.
Seven counties in New Mexico show
total gain OF G,S59 pupils of schoo!
| age this year over the census returns
of five years ago, or In 1911. The
biggest gain is in Bernalillo county,
which shows 3,093 increase. The 9th.
er counties TO report gains are
Chaves, 7G5; Eddy. 81; Otero. 500;
Quay, i39: Socorro, 9ii; Union. 472.
Roosevelt county shows a loss of 545,
having had $500 In 1911 and but 1924
ia 1916
Great preparations are underway at
Tesuque, nine miles from Santa Fe
for the annual deer and eagle dance
Indian visitors are expected not only
from Santa Clara and San lldefonsc
but from moro distant pueblos and
even from the Navajo and Apaches
reservations.
Heavy steel has been laid on the
Elida line of the Santa Fe railway
through to a point about six miles
| north Or Elida Thay hounu i,v;nc