Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-23
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

Dec. s.-zuni Indians shakaio dance
March, iSis-wool Growers convention
at Roswell.
Las Vegas is to have a civic inn
provement association.
District Judge Reed Holloman is
sued a temporary restraining order
closing up the saloon at Glorieta.
L. d. Lemley, a rancher from the
Jemez country, wants a road built to
Jemez Springs and says he is going
to get it.
A sewer system to cover the entire
flats district of East Las Vegas is
to be built early next year, according
to the decision Of the city council.
That maintaining public dance halls
in East Las Vegas may soon be legis-
lated out by the city council is the
belief of some Of the municipal Of
ficials.
The arrival Of nine prisoners from
Socorro county, four Of them murder
ers, sent the population figure at the
~penitentiary at Santa Fe above the
500 mark.
District Judge Reed Holloman ap-
pointed Col. r. E. Twitchell re.
ceiver of the New Mexico Fuel &
Iron Company, vice Charles S. Easley,
deceased.
The United States District Court for
New Mexico opened a special session
in the federal court room in Albuquer-
que that probably will continue into
December.
1t cost Louis Savio and Guy Pane,
of Dawson, 1928 each for killing two
does in the mountains recently, when
they were tried before a justice of the
peace at Roy.
John w. Harris, Jr., of East Las We
gas, has been recommended by the
ordnance department of the United
States army for a commission as sec
ond lieutenant.
The enthusiasm at Artesia regard
ing development Of a big oil field died
down when it became known that the
big flow of oil from the Brown well
vas short-lived.
Las Vegas liquor dealers have a
nounced semi-officially that they in.
tended to bale the alfalfa while old
Sol is in the heavens. In other words,
they will raise the price of flicker"
New Mexico has a growing herd of
buffalo. over in DeBaca county, on
the Yese creek, r. E. Mckenzie has a
herd which has 10Y reached 40 in
number, counting calves of this year.
Jake Levy, chairman of the wet
campaign committee at Santa Fe,
turned over to the prohibition commit
tee unused funds of the ''wets" to
wipe out the deficit incurred by the
"drys."
The United States Army will pay
~ cents a pound for Colorado and
New Mexico pinto beans, according to
a telegram received by State Food
Administrator Ralph c. Ely from the
U. S. Food Administration at Wash
ington.
The % per cent share of national
~ > ANNNAPAo Ddlh ONtA W AAb GOuAi-
ties Of New Mexico for the support
of roads and schools is $5S 900, which
represents an increase of $4,000 over
last year, according to figures com
piled by the forest service.
Following a lingering illness, due to
tuberculosis, Miles w. Burford, we'll
known cattleman and public-spirited
citizen of Silver City, died at his
suburban home a few hours following
the arrival from Indianapolis, Ind, of
his father, who made a record trip
half way across the continent to see
his son before he passed away.
After a visit to the properties Of
the Socorro Mining and Milling Com
pany at Mogollon, the plant of which
company recently was almost totally
destroyed by fire, causing a loss Of
$250,OOO, officers Of the company de-
cided to have the plant rebuilt.
The war work given most emphasis
was the laying aside of all the usual
club work by the women Of San Juan
county and that region generally to
concentrate upon canning of this
years monster fruit crops. The wom-
IN also aided in gathering the fruit.
The mounting price of coal in Santa
Fe has brought about a return of the
old manner Of bringing fuel to the
city. Every morning the past few
weeks long lines of burros, laden with
cedar, juniper and scrub pine, travel
the roads leading into Santa Fe.
Thomas Murphy, paroled from the
penitentlary recently to take a job at
the sawmiI at Buchanan, left there,
taking a horse and firearms. He was
located in the Jemez country, through
the assistance of forest rangers, and
taken back to the %penitentiary in
charge Of a Sandoval county deputy
sheriff.
DR.. Sam Eckles, now a lieutenant
in the medical reserve corps, United
States Army, left Silver City for New
York City, where he was ordered to
report for a special course Of train