Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-05-26

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cOMING EVENTS.
May 2t-pemocratic state Convention
June e.sITeaehers' Meeting at East
Las Vegas.
June 9-ii-Annual Convention New
Mexico sunday School Association
July 4-s.-cowboys' Reunion at Las
Aus. ss-Repnblican state Convention
Sept. 4-7-state Tennis tournament at
Roswell.
oct. s-e-New Mexico Bankers Associ-
alton Convention at Grand Canon
Ariz.
Colfax county expects a big apple
crop.
Las Cruces has a home guard Of
ESQ members.
Dexter is to have a large, modern
alfalfa milling plant.
A home guard company is being or
ganized at Albuquerque.
Dayton, Eddy county, is to have a
new canneFy and cotton gin
Governor Mcdonald granted a full
pardon to Charles d. Recanzone.
The state Fair this year will be
held the last week in September.
Silver city has raised a budget
fund Of $4,000 for work of town boost
ing.
The coal production in 1915 was g.
S17,94O short tons, valued at S5,4Sl'-
361.
From 1895 to 1915. there were
shipped put of the state 100000
head of cattle.
superintendent of Schools David
Martinez, Jr., of Rio Arriba county.
died at Santa Fe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Haynes
of Santa Fe, celebrated their silver
wedding anniversary.
The heavy storm in the Carrizozo
section is reported to have caused
heavy losses to stockmen.
]. S. McTavish and his wife, have
given the town Of Magdalena a block
of ground as a city park.
While fooling with a loaded shot
gun, G. j. Barton, of Des Moines,
met with a fatal accident.
Carrizozo, White Oaks and oscura,
Lincoln county, will vote on the ques-
ton of local option, May 20.
Juan N. Vallejos, a native resident
Of Blanco, was drowned while cross
ing the San Juan river at Blanco.
James A. Winans, for thirty years
the village blacksmith at Watrous,
Mora county, died in Las Vegas.
Albuquerque Pythians gave Su-
preme Chancellor r. s.. Young a royal
welcome when he visited that city.
The Elephant Butte dam has been
completed. 1t will store water enough
to make fertile $4,000 acres of land.
Governor Mcdonald granted a 81
day reprieve to the eve bandits
sentenced to die for the raid on Co
lumbus.
The Cattle Sanitary Board reports
that 1926 new brands have been re-
corded this year.. Last years total
was 1851.
The Sacramento River Cattle Com
pany, a $500, 900 corporation, filed
articles with the State Corporation
Commission.
The shriners of Ballut Abyad
Temple of Albuquerque will hold
.heir next ceremonial on June "a at
Elephant Butte.
Martin Delgado of Las Vegas and
William M. Frayne Of Taos have
been commissioned notaries public
by Governor Mcdonald.
The first really accurate agricul-
tural survey that has been made OF
New Mexico is under way by L. M.
Harrison of the Department of Agri-
culture.
National guardsman of three states.
Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.
we're called out by President Wilson
to aid in protecting the border
against Mexican raiders.
Jack Breen has been appointed
chief cattle inspector for the Cattle
Sanitary Board in the district com
prised by the counties Of Grant and
Luna. He has named Lee Caldwell,
Of Rodeo. as a deputy.
After celebrating about ten min
utes the jury, in the case OF the gov
eminent VS.. Emmit Goodin, charged
with violation of the white slave act.
found a verdict OF guilty" at Santa
Fe. u. S. District Judge Pope
promptly sentenced Goodin to serve
four years in the federal penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth. Kas., and or
dered him to pay the costs Of the
case.
Governor Mcdonald appointed As
sistant Secretary Of the Interior Al
pheus A. Jones and United States
Senator Thomas B. Catron. delegates
to the first annual assemblage OF the
League to Enforce Peace, which will
meet in Washington, D. c., May 26
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