Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1916-05-19

The fruit crop In the Espanola val
ley will be abundant this year, says
Samuel Eldodt, OF Camita.
billie" Alberts. veteran passenger
conductor on the Roswell line Of the
Santa Fe, died in a hospital at Clovis.
That cattle shipments from New
Mexico will be unusually heavy this
spring is indicated by calls for stock
cars.
Dave and Alex Yeket, wanted in
Clayton on a charge OF horse stealing,
have been returned there from Okla
hOma.
@. W. Adams has been elected
mayor Of Hot Springs, Sierra county,
the first place in that county to In
corporate.
A fire Of supposedly incendiary orr
gin took place in a resort in Las We
gas. It is said coal oil was poured on
a bed and ignited.
Permission to start a new state
bank at Gallup has been granted by
State Bank Examiner Rufus II. Car
ter to c. N. Cotton.
Prayer Miller. who has sheep
ranges about fifty miles northwest of
Roswell, lost 300 lambs as q result Of
the recent cold rains.
Two hundred thirty entries for a
total Of $4,000 acres of land we're re-
corded in the Federal Land Office
at Santa Fe in April.
Alfredo Aragon, charged with lar
ceny Of federal property--olive drab
uniforms-was acquitted in the Fed
eral Court at Santa Fe.
Salamon Lucero and Benjamin Sal
azar, each aged II years, have been
held to the grand jury in Santa Re
on charges of larceny.
s. M. Miller, who was found suffer
ing from burns and exposure lying
just outside his dugout in northern
ChaVes county is dead.
Eugenio Nieri Of Albuquerque filed
a petition in bankruptcy with the
Federal Court, listing his assets at
$3.50 and his liabilities at $1,OS9.40.
The farmers Of the French tract in
colfax county, have formally APP
proved the $685. 900 bond issue of the
Antelope Valley Irrigation district.
Joe Terrell has been bound over at
Clovis for assault with a deadly
weapon, It being charged he struck
Joe Boris over the head with a poker.
Al. Woods, a fireman at the Gallup
electric light plant, was arrested on
a charge Of implication in an attempt
to wreck a Santa F6 train two years
ago.
A company Of the National Guard
will be organized at Alamogordo.
1t appears that the proposed A1bu.
qusrque-Las Vegas road race, to be
staged July 4 as a feature of the Cow
boys reunion at the Meadow city, is
6 certainty.
Dave McCullom, a Guadalupe
mountain goatman. has reportedin
Carlsbad that the mountain sheep re-
naming in the Guadalupe mountains
IRE bong hunted continuously.
At it's first regular meeting the
ately elected board Of trustees of
Demlng received a petition asking
that a vote on prohibition be taken
and ordered such an election held
June "a.
Pedro Rios. an employee of the
Chino Copper Company at Santa Rita.
lived over two hours after being
buried under tons of sand and rock,
only TO die of his injuries after being
extricated.
Mrs. Mary C. Prince. wife of OK.
Governor L. B. Prince. in the recent
D. A. r. congress in Washington, Of
fered a resolution TO provide pensions
for the bereaved through the
Columbus massacre.
Deming citizens have organized a
vigilance committee Of 100 members
to maintain order in case Of any dis
turbance or disorder because Of the
Mexican situation.
Springer farmers are discussing an
offer from a Chicago firm TO build
a creamery in that section, the enter
prise to be financed by a cooperative
company Of farmers.
The ninth set Of state bank ineor.
poration or capital increase papers to
reach the corporation commission
was filed. the articles being those Of
the Merchants Bank Of Gallup.