Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-02-09

union or the Scottlsh lite MhsohH NJ
July s-5-Annual Reunion of Cowboys
association at Las Vegas.
The Santa F6 railroad is making
plans for the identifying Of their
ground at Gallup.
State School superintendent ]. H.
Wagner at Santa F6 granted state aid
in the sum Of 1925 to district No. AZ,
Union county.
Roswell has a new road. The
Amarillo Roswell-El Paso Short Line
Association was organized and perma-
nent officers elected.
The civil case Of Salome VS.. Goze,
for $4,000 for alleged Islander was
settled out Of court at SocorrO, and
the Ease was dismissed.
There was a meeting Of the farm
ers of southern Colfax county at
Springer recently who organized a
Farm Loan Association.
According to the best information
available at Columbus, the New Mex
leo national guard is to remain on the
border for the present at least.
The town of Las Vegas is working
up sentiment in favor of a sys-
TEN. 1t is proposed to build a system
for the two towns, with n adequate
outlet.
1t is only as a matter of form and
custom that Governor e. G. de Baca
has called for the designations OF
members of various boards through
out the state.
The California State Normal School
asks the museum at Santa Fe for a
set of New Mexico lantern slides to
use in teaching history, geography
and archaeology.
e. M. Delk, one of the long time
residents and well to do gardener of
Rocky, was almost killed by dyna-
mite, both eyes and the left hand be-
Ing blown to shreds.
A verdict of murder in the second
degree was returned against Frank
MCGEE for the killing of Alvaro Ara
gon, by the jury of the District Court
in session at Socorro.
Congressman B. C. Hernandez has
introduced a bill in Congress for the
purchase Of q site and the erection Of
a federal building in Silver City, to
cost not less than 100000.
Smugglers are using the withdrawal
of the American troops from Mexico
} as an excuse to smuggle quantities of
goods across the border without the
? payment of the export duty to the Car
: rama government.
A total Of S85,SS6 sheep were ship
} ped out of New Mexico in the fiscal
l year ended November 80, last, accord
: ing to the annual report of the Sheep
Sanitary Board, which has been filed
} with the governor recently.
: Santa F6 railway police believe they
| have broken up a daring gang of car
robbers which operated in the vi
clnity Of Belen, by the arrest of Trini'
: dad Martinez and Pedro Sanchez,
whose homes are at Belen.
/ ]. NJ. Spengler, a New Mexico pio-
} neer, died in Dona Ana county a few
4, days ago at the age of rs years. He
| was a native of Leipzig, Germany
and came to America when % years
old. He arrived in the Mesilla valley
thirty-four years ago., and leaves nc
) known relatives.
New Mexico stood forty-fourth in
the list of states according to the
value of their farm crops during 1915
/, in a record announced by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture at Washington
The value of the New Mexico crops
was $22, 1900, an Increase from that
of last year, which was $15,376,OOO.
The state Department of education
[ has just issued an attractive booklet
on the subject of flag day at Santa Fe
The warmest year since 1910 in
New Mexico was the year just past
according to the United States wealth
er report issued today. The average
} at Santa Fe was SO degrees, while the
total precipitation was 1896 inches, &
little less than during the two years
preceding, but somewhat above the
average.
All previous records of enrolment
were broken at the State Norma
School at Silver City when a second
semester opened with a total of 51C
students. The school began last Sep
TENDER with the largest registration
in its history, but this was surpassed
when the new count was made at the
mid-year enrolment.
The First Arkansas infantry, which
/ has lost so many men through pneu
monia, and the First Delaware infan
try, which has not had a single deatl
on it's rolls through either disease o
, accident in its seven months servic,
} on the border at Deming, learned to
; night that they would be sent home
in the first week in February.
Apportionment of $40. 5000 0 to al,
the states in the construction Of rura
postroads, the second annual distribu
ffo, IN a~ocoFdonca with the fodo~,