Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-09-14

Oct. 11-12-Woodmen Of the World
rally at Santa Fe.
Albuquerque has a curfew law.
A charter vote will be taken at Al
%buQuerque Sept. 20.
Magdalena has a population Of 1000,
and will incorporate.
There are $1,000 acres in Mora
county under cultivation.
The Cowboys roundup at Tucum-
carl was largely attended.
Bean growers are urged to start
laying In see for next year.
The New Mexico Military institute
will open the fall term Sept. IL.
Lieut.. w. H. Neblett, of Silver
City, has been ordered to France.
q. Bachus Of Hot Springs was
named a United States commissioner.
The new socorro county high school
at Magdalena has been formally dedt-
Gated.
Roland Hart, 16, was killed by
lightning at his home near TERRA
Amarillo.
During the past year, 212 corpora
tons filed papers with the State
Commission.
G. J.. Smith, owner Of the San Fran
cisco mine neal Golden, died in a hos
pital at Santa F6.
Now is the time to SOW winter
wheat, says agronomist at New Mex
leo Agricultural College.
Twelve murder cases are on the
docket of the Grant County District
Court for the September term.
Prof. Dowden, formerly superin.
tendent of the Gallup schools, was &C
cidentally shot on his ranch south Of
Gallup.
Albuquerque has been selected as
the next meeting place of the National
Game Commissioners and Fisheries
societies.
Secretary of Wal Baker has ruled
against an all Spanish-American regi-
ment from New Mexico, according to
a telegram received by Governor Lind
sey.
The State Corporation Commission
asks all buyers of coal to preserve
their freight receipts until final settle
ment of the rate controversy, for pos
sible refunds.
Private Clarence L. Craig, Company
E oath U. s.. Infantry, died at tho
base hospital following an operation
for appendicitis. His remains were
shipped to Orrville, Ala.
The Pueblo Indian day schools will
take part in the contest for the $4,000
in prizes which will be distributed
this fall by the National Emergency
Food Garden Commission.
The national forests of Arizona and
New Mexico are carrying 10000 more
cattle and $4,000 more sheep than
last year, according to statistics COM
piled by the district forester.
For the second time since the ia.
nous Villa raid on Columbus, of May,
1916, men convicted of participating
in that raid have been taken to the
state penitentiary at Santa Fe.
Upon petition of C. N. Cotton of Gal.
lup, the State Corporation Commits
sion has obtained more favorable
freight rates on dry pelts, goat skins
and hides to Gallup from Albuquerque
and Bernalillo.
Charged with holding George Ech.
oils of Tremintina prisoner while they
drove away eighty head of his cattle
Ross and Claude Carter were taken tC
East Las Vegas by Sheriff Lorenzo
Delgado for trial.
A motion to remove Ralph G. Ely al
receiver of the New Mexico Contra
railway on the ground that he is un
fit for the position was filed in th'
District Court at Santa Fe by an attor
ney for the P%ittsburg Trust Company
Ten thousand small brook trou
from a Colorado hatchery we're PLACED
in the Santa F6 river, in Santa f,
} canon by Adolph Fischer. The fist
| formed part of a shipment of 100 .00I
that has been brought into the stat
, by the Santa F@ railroad.
That the Springer-Hawkins min
tax law is nothing short Of "uncon
scionable" and that 1t discriminate
IN favor of mines as against othe
! property to such an extent that !
p amounts to a Communication or partia
{ exemption, are declarations of Attol
ney General Harry l. Patton in a writ
ten opinion on the constitutionality O
! the law, which was submitted to tn
State Tax Commission.
A reduction in the rate on stat
I penitentiary brick from Santa Fe I
. Carrizozo from Is TO 10 cents per huE
dred, has been secured by the Stat
Corporation Commission, acting on
petition filed by Thomas Hughes, 81
4 p~erintendent Of the penitentiary.
= Charles B%irchfield. a Tyrone del
uty, whose duty it is to meet train
{ and keen n lookout on suspiciou