Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-03-30

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New Mexico Fair at Ration.
A new state bank is to open at
Carlsbad.
"Dress-Up" week at Deming begins
March 31st.
Two new banks at Lordsburg have
filed articles of Incorporation.
The Granite Peak Copper Company
has been incorporated with a capital
of $25O,OOO.
Bids for the new Clovis school build
ing were considerably above the $780,
600 bond issue.
The contract for. the erection Of
the new high school at Santa Fe has
been let for $4,000.
The seventh annual Northern New
Mexico fair will be held in Ration on
Sept. rs, 26, 81, 2s this year.
The November Mining Company is
hauling lead-silver ore to the loading
station at Stems for shipment.
1t is understood that another big
corporation is in process of formation
in the Burro Mountain mining district.
Workmen have begun the repairs
on the Tansill dam, which was mater
tally damaged by floods almost a year
ago.
T. ]. Guilfoil of Albuquerque has
been appointed secretary of the Fed
eral Farm Loan Bank located at Wich-
tia, Kan.
A flock Of goats numbering about
$50, belonging to Manuel Torres,
burned to death near the Hutchinson
saw mill in Baca canon.
The Burros Development Company,
office at Silver City, filed articles Of
Incorporation in Santa Fe, its capital
stock being 100000
The Australian ballot law passed
by the last Legislature vas signed by
Governor Lindsey. 1t will become eff
fective in ninety days.
Rev. A. M. Baker, lately of Silver
City and now of Las Cruces, has UNI
dertaken the erection of a new Pres
byterian church at Las Cruces.
Judge Colin Neblett of the United
States Court has appointed ]. B. Nc
Chez Of Roswell as his Official court
st~enographer and private secretary.
The home of George H. Webster, Jr.,
on the Urracca, in western Colfax
county, was destroyed by fire while
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster were in Ration.
The Elephant Butte reservoir is to
be stocked with perch, black bass and
croppies, according to the recently APP
pointed game warden, Theodore Rou-
ault.
Federal Judge Colin Neblett at San
ia Fe fined Leandro Leon 5000 and
costs for shipping sixty cases of whis-
ky not labeled from Ell Paso to New
Mexico.
Irving Gibbs Stephenson, the Agar
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John r. ste
phenson, was burned to death at Por-
tales, in a fire that destroyed the Ste
phenson barn.
The citizens training camp for the
instruction of civilians in military
matters will be held in Las Vegas,
on the National Guard range, July 81
to August 20.
The governor appointed Reed Hollo.
man, C. w. Bolts of Albuquerque, and
J.. M. Hervey Of Roswell as the com.
mission on uniform legislation, under
House Bill 449.
w. M. Duke of Rainbridge, Ca, has
leased a Intersection ranch from r
L. Hicks of Tucumcari and has also
bought $50 head of Hereford stock cat
tie, paying $4,000 for the stock.
The land offices have been notified
that Secretary of the Interior Lane
has designated an additional 461, 800
acres in New Mexico as subject to en-
try under the 320-acre homestead act
The fifth big fire within ten days
in New Mexico is reported from An.
thony, in Dona Ana county, where the
horse barn and tool shed of the Doury
Farm Company burned to the ground
In the opinion of dry" enthusiasts
Senate Bill 1888, which passed the Sen
ate and House and which has been
signed by Governor Lindsey, will
make six New Mexico counties aDso
lutely dry"
Deming will have a tomato cannery
This was definitely decided upon
when a stock subscription list was
opened and more than $4,000 of tn;
stock of the company subscribed by
the. business men.
]. E, Winfrey has been placed un
der $4,000 bond to appear before the
federal grand jury at Santa Fe mex
month. He is charged with violation
Of the Mann anti-white slave act on {
trip from Chloride, Ariz., to Albu
querque.
A. B. Smith, alias Dasley, was con
victed at Las Cruces of murder in tn,
first degree. Smith was one of sew
eral prisoners who escaped from tn,
Luna county jail more than a yea