Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1917-07-20

Mountainair is now an Incorporated
town.
Fire destroyed three buildings in
Melrose,
Lea county is to vote bonds for new
buildings.
The fiber factory at Tucumcarl will
be in operation
The new round house at Las We.
gas is nearing completion.
Curry county's big wheat crop IL
ready for the threshers.
New Mexico National Guards have
been called for federal service
Aug. s.
Arrests and convictions for viola
tons OF the New Mexico game laws
continue.
Six hundred acres OF cantaloupes
are being grown in the Mesilla val
ley this year.
The Oaks Company at Mogollon,
have a gang Of men on the new read
to the Central shaft.
Tlmoteo f.. Martinez, aged 2S years,
was killed by lightning at his ranch
rs miles west OF Springer.
Miss Frances A. Veltch OF the fed
eral forestry office at Santa Fe, has
been transferred 70 Albuquerque.
At Mogollon the Pacific mine Is
shipping 10 to 20 tons OF ore daily,
being handled by aerial tramway.
A large amount OF knitting for the
sailors OF the American fleet Ia TO be
done by Las Vegas women this year.
A total OF 81. G96.3S acres of state
land were sold in June, bringing a
total price OF $493.411.35, or an aver
& of 1923 an acre.
Battery A, part OF the national
guard mobllized at Camp Funston, has
received 1873 artillery horses from FL
paso, completing It's equipment,
Jealousy, bottles and booze, accord.
ing to the police, formed a combina'
ton which caused a bloody fight
among four Indians at Albuquerque.
The ranch house and barn at the
Linwood ranch, four miles northeast
OF Ration, we're destroyed by fire Of an
unknown origin, resulting in a OF
about $1,000.
Miss Virginia Bean, n former resi-
dent Of Santa Fe and famous as a
violinist, is the inventor OF a SCRAP
pers' %scrapbook" for the entertain
ment OF the soldiers.
Alexandra Madrid. a resident of Ro-
meroville. six miles south OF Las We
gas, became insane suddenly and his
actions were 30 violent that Deputy
Sheriff Felipe Lopez was sent for.
A little boy who was playing at Gal
lup in n OF the houses vacated In
the camp OF the Gallup-American Coal
Company, found fifty sticks OF dyna-
mite explosives 30 placed that II would
have exploded when the house was
cleaned.
To Miss Ada Coleman OF ElidR be.
longs the honor OF winning high av'
erage IN examination for the eighth
grade diploma, among the ties stu
dents In the rural schools OF Few Mex
leo who successfully passed these ex'
%aminations in March, April and May
OF this year.
Word was received at the district
headquarters OF the United States For
est Service at Albuquerque that l.. V
Slonaker, telegraph engineer, ant
Harold u. Ricketts,, clerk, had been ap
pointed sergeant and first class pri
vate. respectively, in the forest service
/, regiment.
DIR. James Naismlth, professor o
, physical education In the Universal,
OF Kansas, founder OF the game o
basketball, gave his aecond lecture a
the Army Y. NJ. G. A. tent at the ma
! tional guard camp in Albuquerque,
The harvesting of Curry county
wheat Is nov on in full swing, Tn
+ carly harvest Is due to the fact tina
the long dry spell caused an early ms
turing and heading out OF the wheat
There Is still a chance to enlist II
! the forestry regiment, according u
word received at Albuquerque b,
Listing officer Paul @. Reddingtol
from Major w, b. Greeley at WASH
lngton.
; The contract for the Garfield irrigS
D ton canal, under the Elephant Butt
dam, has been awarded for ss4.st(
o The contract cover only the earth
work, which involves the removal q
e some 10000 cubic yards.
, Governor w. E. Lindsay has o.