Taiban Valley news., 1917-07-06

Las Vegas is full of visitors for the
cowboys reunion, July So
The national guard enlistments
have reached the 1900 figure.
Over $4,000 was raised in Silver
City in two days for the Red Cross
fund
A record enrolment was made at
the Las Vegas Normal school, 765 reg
istering.
1t is reported from Roswell that
are to be arrested.
Acheson McClintock, for years post
master and merchant at Rincon, Dona
Ana county, died at his home.
Mrs. Felix NASH a patient in the
New Mexico hospital for the insane
at Las Vegas, committed suicide.
There died at Silver City probably
the oldest woman in the state, Mrs.
Juliana Guerrero, at the age of 1O1.
The Cobre Plata Mining and Smelt-
ing Company of Deming, capitalized
at $25O,OO0, filed incorporation papers.
Locomotive Engineer John Law of
! Santa Fe had leg crushed when the
passenger engine of the train was de-
rallied and Law was pinned under 1t.
The town of Ell Vado, in the north
western part of the state, was not de-
stroyed by a forest fire. A lumber
mill there was destroyed, causing q
loss OF $1,000
w. d. Walker of Wagon Mound,
is the first citizen to pay in full his
note to the Council of Defence, to
cover money which the state loaned
to buy seeds.
There are 1900 men in the camp at
Albuquerque, sheltered in dog" and
wall tents pending the construction
of the wooden cantonment to be pro-
vided by the government.
Officers of the New Mexico Nation
al Guard have been busy this week
preparing lists of the men in their
commands and filling them to the
credit of the various counties of the
state.
The provost marshal general fur
nished the governor and council of
state defense with the list of men,
bers of county drafting boards for
New Mexico appointed by the Presi-
dent.
Because of desire for a joyride
the state penitentiary gets two re-
cruits, J. C. Mcbride and J. A. Swe-
tax, two young men who helped them
selves TO the car of d. E. Jones of
the mining camp of Hurley.
A fine of 500 and 100 days in Jail
was the punishment given by Judge
David ]. Leahy of Las Vegas to Mexi-
can Pete Everett for uttering lam
guage disrespectful to the flag and
the government of the United States.
Girl students of the United States
Indian School at Albuquerque donated
$50 for material for the Red Cross
and sent Red Cross headquarters nine
bathrobes, twenty-one pajamas, fif-
teen bed coats and a dozen pair of
bed shoes.
Col, j. H. Lockett, U. s. A., is now
stationed in Santa Fe as examining Of
ficer for the officers reserve, which
will be trained at Leon Spring, Tex.
All applications from persons in New
Mexico should be directed to Col
Lockett, Santa Fe.
The New Mexico Health Associa-
tion of Artesia, Eddy county, filed in
corporation papers with capitalization
OF 100000.
Former Congressman B. C. Herman
de-, who arrived at Santa Fe with the
Council of Defense, of which he is a
member, states that the agricultural
prOductiveness in Rio Arriba bids fair
to show an increase of 25 to 80 per
cent this year He says that the cut
worms have given some trouble.
Attorney A. A. Sedillo of Albu-
querque has brought suit in manda-
must against Auditor w. G. Sargent
tn compel the latter to issue a war
rant for $500 appropriated by the
Legislature in addition to $4,000 al
ready paid him for translating the
codification of the laws of New Mex
leo.
Actual drilling commenced at Camp
Kitchener, when members of Battery
A and Company / we're given prelimi-
nary instruction in foot movements on
the athletic field at the State Uni
versity at Albuquerque, which so far
is the hardest and best drill ground
discovered in the neighborhood of the
camp.
Elmer ]. Feemster, a trapper, in
the employ of the government on the
Jemez reservation, and formerly color
sergeant for the First New Mexico in
fantry, arrived in Albuquerque bring
ing three half-wolf puppies, one of
which, June Bug, is the new regimen.
tai mascot.
EollOWinp the killing at Hurley of