Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-06-16

Santa re.
July t.s.-cowboys' Reunion at Las
Aug. 2s-Republiean state Convention
Aug. so-Demicrntic state Convention
Sept. 4-7~state Tennis Tournament at
Roswell.
oct. s-s-New Mexico Bankers Associ-
alton Convention at Grand canon
Aria.
Ration is planning a fig Fourth Of
July celebration.
Heavy cattle shipments are being
made from Silver City.
Burning lard was the cause Of the
fire tina wiped out Roy.
About 500 students are enrolled at
the Silver City Normal school.
The Santa Fe will spend $4,000
in Clovis station improvements.
The foundation for the new alfalfa
mill at Dexter has beef completed.
Nearly 10000 acres will be planted
to cotton in Chayes county this year.
Indications are that Curry county
will have another bumper wheat crop.
A Magdalena sheep raiser reports
90 per cent of the lambs saved in his
section.
Charles Parsons, 10 years old, was
dragged to death by a mule at Ro-
meroville.
The outlook for the erection of a
$4,000 Y. NJ. c. A. at Tucumcari is
said to be good.
Three hundred and thirty acres Of
tomatoes have been planted in the
Lakewood district.
A permanent Y. M. c.. A. building
is 10 be erected at Columbus for the
use of the soldiers.
Fees for bank examinations and
filings during the month of May
amounted to 1878.
The water now in the Elephant
Butte reservoir mounts to more
than 5000 acre feet.
Gallup will hold a cowboy reunion
with brOnchO busting and other from
tier sports, June gil.
j. C. Swain, appointed postmaster
at Wagon Mound more than a year
ago, has been confirmed.
A deal was closed in Tueumcari
whereby that city is assured of the
building of a grain elevator.
James Glover, a Santa Fe brake.
man, was shot accidentally and died
from his wounds, near Ration.
A number of Silver City guardsmen,
rejected by the federal examiners,
have returned to that city.
Plans for a 100000 sanitarium for
AlamogordS has been launched by a
syndicate of Oklahoma men.
Arrangements have been made for
the taking Of moving pictures on the
Carlsbad project in Eddy county.
Good progress is being made on the
east-and-west state highway from
Roswell to the Chaves county line.
The salary of Postmaster A. R,
Wagner at Clovis has been raised
from $4,000 a year to $1,000 a year.
Prison supply contracts %aggregating
$4,000 were let at Santa Fe by the
board of ~penitentiary commissioners.
Silver City had but one cloudy and
one partly cloudy day in May, the
remainder of the month being sunny.
Paul Huebler, accused of killing
Jeff Woodward in Otero county, has
been held to the grand jury without
bail.
Souvenir programs for the reunion
of the Scottish Rite to be held in
Santa Fe. June 10 to 81, are being dis
tributed.
The Santa Rosa Jail was damaged
by fire.
The Carlsbad water users have
filed formal protest against taxation
of their lands by the state. basing
their action on a recent decision of
the Supreme Court.
An appeal for Jose Medina, sen
fenced to be hanged for the murder
of lose N. Chavez, vas granted by
Judge II. f. Reynolds, of the District
Court at Albuquerque.
The big forest fire w-lch swept
over the southern part of the Alamo
National Forest. destroying every.
thing in its path, is now under con
troll.
Mrs. Katherine Lyons OBrien.
widow of the late Chief Justice James
o'Brien of the Territorial Supreme
Court, died at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. David j. Leahy, in Las
Vegas.
Thomas B. Catron was named by
New Mexico Republicans at the Chi
cago convention as National Com
%mitteeman. A. B. Fall to serve on the
resolutions committee. and ]. M. Cum
ningham as a member of the com
mittee on credentials.
A two-story brick hotel is being
built on the site of the old CONNER
cial hotel at Columbus, which was de-