Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-01-19

Vegas.
Silver City Is to have a new hotel.
Fire destroyed the Royal hotel at
Clovis.
The saw mills at Romero were de-
stroyed by fire.
]. A. Murray. 70. was killed in an
auto accident near Clovis.
Santa F6 employees in Clovis re-
ceived bonus checks to the amount OF
S~17,733.69.
Dennis Chavez of Albuquerque was
appointed state game and fish war
den by Governor de Baca.
Two more cars of beans have been
shipped from Mountainair, bringing
the total to eighty-two cars.
One Of the immediate tasks that the
Legislature will be asked to take up
is the amendment Of the finance law.
The new state Reform school build
ing at Springer, which has been under
construction for several months, has
been finished.
Beans, copper, potatoes and cattle
we're the chief factors in giving New
Mexico a year of unprecedented pros
perity in 1916.
S. Murray, an old Confederate sol
der, was run down and killed north OF
Melrose, by a car driven by another
old soldier, j. B. Simmons.
1t is expected that an election will
soon be held in Grant county to vote
on a proposition to issue 100000
bonds forsroad improvement.
The ice house belonging to the
Santa Fe railway at Deming, located
nea the round house west of the
town, vas destroyed by fire.
Word has been received at Albu-
querQue that the Santa Fe will begin
operating passenger and freight trains
into st. Louis by Jan. /, 1918.
New Mexico's sixty-fourth state
bank incorporated. 1t is the Santa
Rosa state bank, of Santa Rosa, and
the authorized capital is $685.
Harry s. Clancy, for the last eight
years assistant attorney general, has
taken a position with the State Cor
poration Commission as law clerk.
DR.. r. F. Hare arrived from Wash
ington to take up his duties as crop
reporter for the Department Of Agri-
culture in the state Of New Mexico.
Mrs. Ezequiel C. de Baca, wife Of
Governor de Baca, and seven of their
nine children, arrived at Santa Fe
from Las Vegas to make their home
at the executive mansion.
One member of the Eighth Ohio in
fantry died and one other soldier of
the same command is sick with spinal
meningitis, according to Col. Edward
Volrath of this regiment, at Ell Paso,
Tex.
!. w. H. Copeland of Captain has sold
his 10000 pound crop OF beans at s
cents, which, with other products of
his farm, have brought him over ST.
700 more than he offered to sell his
place for last spring.
Luis Madril, who is accused of kill
ing Cristobal Martinez by striking
him with a teacup, was bound over at
Las Vegas to await the action of the
grand jury, under a bond of $4,000,
which has been furnished.
The publicity department Of the
State Land Office, now in charge Of
H. B. Hening, sent to commercial or
CARNATIONS and individuals in New
Mexico thousands of illustrated New
Mexico folders, for distribution by
them outside of the state.
The postofRice at Gardiner, Colfax
county, was entered by thieves and
$254.54 of the office funds taken from
the safe. A sum of money amounting
to over 500, which was being kept in
trust for a Jap laborer was also
stolen.
r. N. Maxwell of Estancia reports
that the state has at last got water
on the state land in the Palma dis
trict of Torrance county. One 700
foot well furnishes a fair supply, and
one 1926 feet in depth furnishes q
copious supply.
Marcos c. de Baca of Sandoval
county, has been named a member Of
the board Of trustees of the Deaf and
Dumb school at Santa Fe, succeeding
Cipriano Lucero, of Cerrillos, one o.
the new Santa F6 county representa-
tives, who recently resigned.
Henry G. Coors of Las Vegas hal
been appointed a member of the boarC
of directors Of the New Mexico insane
asylum. to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Ezequiel c. de Baca
New Mexico's new state executive
who served as president of the boarC
during the administration of Governo.
Mcdonald.
Building activity was greater in Al
buquerque last year than it was in thu
preceding year. Figures furnished b,