The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-06-09
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS


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su ta,c Hcuuion at
out. &c.
ny t.6-Cowboys' Reunion at Las
,uR rs Republican state Convention
,ug. 30 bcmIcratic state Convention
.rt. =. state Tennis Tournament a.
Roswell
,cl. q Sew Mexico Bankers Asso'i'
alton convention 90 dr''nd 'N"'"
Ariz,
The Santa Rosa jail was damaged
by fire.
The Roy scout enrolment in Bele1
s growing.
Ration is planning a fg Fourth OF
July celebration.
A rest room Tor farmers has ueen
tarted at Roswell.
The frame work is up for Dayton's
new canning factory.
a branch Of the Red Cross Society
has leen organized at Gallup.
Chester Judd Of Maxwell, had his
kull crushed in q bruwl at Ration.
Roy people own % total OF twenty
SIX tractors witch now are IN use
plnus for o. big Fourth Of July cello
bration at silver City are maturing.
A Magdalena sheep raiser reports
" per cent OF the lambs saved In hIs
section.
Charles Parsons. 10 years Oh. wa
drnpred 10 death by d mule at Ro.
uneIUNllle.
MagCa,cna and Tucu..cari have
sent c%outlngonts to the state Guard
camp at Columbus.
There Is talk in Roswell OF estab
fishing a FIGURING mill to care Tor the
alleys wheat crop.
Work has been commenced on the
construction OF n fine highway from
Deming TO Columbus.
Fees Tor bank examinations and
filings during the month Of May
amounted to S37S.
The water now in the Elephant
Butte reservoir amounts to more
than 500 900 acre feet.
Gallup will hold II cowboy reunion
with broncho busting and other from
tier sports, June eli.
The Rev. J.. G. Gage Of Hope, one
OF the pioneer preachers of the state
died after a brief Illness.
Tyrone. q copper camp in the Burro
mountains, is to have a bank. The
capital stock will lie Si0,oo0.
Jose Mora OF Bernaiillo county aud
Felix Gonzales Of SoCOrro county
were restored to citizenship.
The III Moro Mining Company hat
found some very rich ore, and Is
working day and night shifts.
A fare and II third has been grant.
ed by the railI oads Tor the Scottish
Rite reunion at Sauta Fc, June 1921
The state Land Commissioners Of
flee is taking steps to end timber
trcspass on state lands in western
New Mexico.
A movement for a FIGURING mill al
House has assumed proportions
which ind cate the early erection Of
such a plant.
II is expected that the surveyed but
%unapproyed for settlement sections
south Of Springer soOn viii be thrown
open for entry.
Excavation for the foundations Of
a new building on the site OF the old
Sacred Heart church in Gallup has
, been commenced.
Harry NJ. Steece Of the Department
OF Agriculture, is touring the stat.
looking for new varieties Of plant
: suited for growth in the arid regions
Tucumcarl is to have a big grail
elevator.
Construction started at ColuIhbu
on a modern, up to date hotel at thu
place where the old Commercial wa
destroyed by fire In the villa raid.
DR.. c. e. Briles, the Chico home
steader charged with the killing o
= Voolfolk brothers, waived prelimi
. mars examination at Ration and va
bound over TO the grand jury, with
= out bail. Briles admits the killinI
4 but declares the same was done Il
p self-defense.
Attorney General Frank w Clanc
has ruled that the expenses OF teacl
ers attending the State EducationS
Association meeting and the expense
OF superintendent in attending stat
and national meetings may be inclut
= ed in the estimates OF boards Of ed
cation with propriety.
The general manager OF the
Nero Mining and Milling Compan
left Albuquerque for the mines wit
a sufficient force to work day an
night shifts In the future, This cor
pany has encountered gold ore Of II
value OF above $500 per ton at
depth OF twenty-five feet.
Deming has organized a Red eros
Society whose first work will be pr