Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-08-24
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

New Mexico Fair at Raton.
Sept. 26-2S.-Farmers' Fair at Las
Cruces.
Sept. 26-29-Dona Ana County Fair
at Las Cruces.
Oct. 2-5-Convention Of women's
Clubs at Gallup.
Oct. 1l-12-Woodmen OF the world
rally at Santa Fe.
Luna county is TO have a new $685.
600 Jail.
Baptists are to ~re-establish a church
at Santa F6.
The Pennington cherry harvest is
about at an end.
A company of home guards has
been organized at CarrizozO.
The Colorado-New Mexico fair will
be held at Durango, Sept. 25-2S.
The new Deming mill has about two
million pounds of wheat in storage.
New Mexico land owners have ap-
piled to the Federal Farm Loan Bank
for $3,50O,0 900 in loans.
The annual meeting of the State
Bar Association will be held at RIOS
well on Sept. 18th to goth.
John w. Corbett, a pioneer Of Tor
rance county and the founder Of
Mountainair, died at Pasadena, Cal.
The A. T. & s.. F. has awarded TO
the Pullman Company the contract for
100 ore cars to be used in New Next
co.
New Mexico has seven men more
than her quota for the second series,
officers reserve corps, to go to Fort
Leon Springs to get intensive train
ing from the government army Of
ficers.
A. l. Murray Of Silver City has been
appointed by the board Of commits
sioners, meeting in special session, to
be probate Judge of Grant county, sue
ceeding Judge Hyman Abraham, de-
ceased.
During the present season there has
been a total of 4S fires on the ella
National Forest and in spite of the
extreme dryness and the large num-
Der of fires the area burned over has
been very small.
Forest supervisors throughout the
southwest are making a study of the
fuel situation with a view to helping
relieve the threatened coal shortage
by encouraging the use of dead wood
from the National forests.
Erwin f. Parsons, a private of the
Fifty-fifth Company, son Of w o. Par
sons Of Albuquerque, is with the first
expedition of United States marines
to place the American flag on the fir
ing line in France.
The opening of coal mines On state
lands is again being considered by
state authorities, 30 that in case of a
tie-up that coal could be furnished
state institutions which otherwise
would have TO close down.
Rosendo Hernandez, a national
guardsman from Santa Fe, was bound
over to wait the action Of the grand
jury at Albuquerque in the sum OF
$1,000 on a charge Of taking criminal
advantage of a fourteen-year-old girl.
Forty prisoners from the state peni'
Tertiary are to be employed on the
Tijeras canon road in BernalillO
county, under the new arrangement
recently entered into by the State
Highway Commission and the peni
Tertiary management.
A big deal was contaminated at Ros
we'll when r. c. Worswick and A. D.
Jones bought the A. d. and r. j. Jones
ranch and 1900 head OF fine sheep
located about siXty-five miles north
west Of Roswell. Something ovel
500, 900 was involved in the deal.
The county commissioners have
greatly improved the condition of the
Santa Fe trail through Otero county.
One of the nineteen Villista pris
oners confined in the county jail a.
Silver City, awaiting the meeting o
the grand jury, died following an op
Grafton performed at a local hospital
where he was taken for treatmen
when his condition became serious.
1t is most interesting to note how
the social affairs given in the various
communities of the state ere made e
assist in the wartime activities o
the women The Mesilla Park Sew
ing Club gave a program whose pro
ceeds were added to the Red Cross
fund. At AlamOgordo, a Red Cross
party was given in honor Of some Wis
iting ladies'. At Socorro, dances ant
bridge parties have increased the Re,
Cross fund and at Carrizozo, a bridg.
party was made the occasion for talk
to the guests on the work of tn
Woman's Auxiliary to the Stat
Council Of Defense. A popular Gus
tom is that Of giving the winning play
er at bridge club meetings the amour
OF money the prize would have cos
so that the winner may contribute
to the Red Cross funds.
Messila valley cantaloupes are b.
ing marketed. It is estimated tina
200 carloads will be shipped from La
Cruces.