Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-10-19
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

Many attended the patriotic cele-
bration at Albuquerque.
The sawmills at Alamogordo are to
resume operations.
About 200 cars Of apples will be
shipped from Hope and Artesia.
The cowboys had a royal time at
the Frontier Days celebration At Dem
Ing.
Forty thousand native trout have
been distributed In streams In the
Tonic forest.
Albuquerque has been chosen by the
New Mexico Medical Society for its
1918 convention.
The Mesa Mining G. Milling Com.
pany OF Ration. capital SIS, 900 and with
1880 subscribed, was incorporated.
Rev. e. e. Mathes of Albuquerque
was again elected synodical mission
airy by the Presbyterian synod, at Las
Cruces.
Riley Cole Of Koehler shot and
killed George Garrett following a quar-
rel at the Cole home. The two men
are colored.
For the Improvement Of the high
way between Alameda and Bernalillo
the Sandoval County Board will levy
a special tax.
The Masonic Grand Lodge. the
Templar Grand Commandery and the
Grand Chapter held their annual meet
ings in las Cruces.
Messages received from members Of
A battery have made It known that
the a~rtillerymen reached Camp Greene
near Charlotte, N. c.
For the past month a force Of men
has been engaged in improving the
Ozark trail road between Las Vegas
and the county line.
Incorporation papers were filed by
the Lake Arthur Oil Company of Lake
Arthur, capitalized at $3.50, 900, Of
which $4,000 is paid up.
The main smelter plant of the EN-
pire Smelling and Refining Company
was destroyed by fire at Deming, with
an estimated loss Of $4,000.
An old man named A. H. Nicholas
was run over by a a in front Of a
Magdalena garage and received iniu-
ries from which he later died.
Cowboys, experts at fancy roping,
trick and fancy riding, bulldogging,
etc, took a prominent part at Albu-
Querque's patriotic week celebration.
The only Japanese in the state,
James T. Kosuki, who has been draft
ed, was given a banquet at Las Cruces
at which Mayor ]. II. May presided.
An additional livestock inspector is
to be appointed by the New Mexico
cattle sanitary board, to have charge
Of the district south Of Albuquerque
along the Rio Grande.
Gladys Cooper Of Belen has been
awarded $4,000 in Federal Court for
the death of her husband, which oc-
Cured on the Santa Fe railroad at
Belen in June Of last year.
The First regiment is now known
as the 159th infantry regiment Of the
National Guard. The regiment will re-
tain its identity as a guard organiza-
ton from New Mexico throughout the
war.
Walter D%anburg, who resigned from
the state tax commission force as spe-
cial agent, assumed the duties as sec
rotary pro TEN of the state council
of defense in place of Secretary Lee
noir.
District Judge Reed Holloman has
appointed Col. Ralph e. Twitchell spe'
cial master in the New Mexico Central
case to succeed Judge Lorin C. Collins,
Col. Twitchell is already receiver OF
the road.
Official notice was received at Camp
Funston that the regiment would moi
leave Albuquerque before Oct. 18th.
Governor Lindsey has named forty,
six New Mexico physicians as dele
gates from this state to the South.
western tuberculosis conference
which is to be held at Grand Canyon
Ariz., Oct. 20 and 20.
The tWenty-first Scottish Rite reun
ion opened at the Scottish Rite cathe
dral at Santa Fe with a class Of q
present. Preliminary to the opening o.
the reunion, the Scottish Rite choil
gave a splendid concert at the cathe
dral.
The October crop report for New
Mexico forecasts a crop of $780, 0C
bushels Of corn. 100000 bushels o.
wheat, 2,O1O,0 600 bushels Of oats, /,
$4,000 bushels OF potatoes. 2S7, 900
barrels (of three bushels eaeh) Of ap
pies, and $4,000 tons Of hay.
Sixty-two men. comprising all blu
nine Of Bernalillo county's third con
tribution to the new national army
the latter number to journey to For
Riley, Kan, from various parts of tn,
country, left Albuquerque for CAM
Funston on a special train.
Lieut.. Howell d. Ervien Of CAM
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