Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-07-20
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
western Newspaper union News Service.

Mountalnair is now an incorporated
town.
Fire destroyed three buildings in
Melrose.
Lea county is to vote bonds for new
buildings.
The fiber factory at Tucumcari will
be in operation soon.
The new round house at Las We
gas is nearing completion.
Curry county's big wheat crop is
ready for the threshers.
New Mexico National Guards have
been called for federal service
Aug. 5.
Arrests and convictions for viola
tions OF the New Mexico game laws
continue.
Six hundred acres Of cantaloupes
are being grown in the Mesilla val
ley this year.
The Oaks Company at Mogollon,
have a gang Of men on the new road
to the Central shaft.
Timoteo F. Martinez, aged 2S years,
was killed by lightning at his ranch
IS miles west of Springer.
Miss Frances A. Veitch OF the fed
eral forestry office at Santa Fe, has
been transferred to Albuquerque.
At Mogollon the Pacific mine is
shipping Is to 20 tons Of ore daily,
being handled by aerial tramway.
A large amount of knitting for the
sailors of the American fleet is to be
done by Las Vegas women this year.
A total of 67,696.93 acres of state
land were sold in June, bringing a
total price of $493,411.35, or an aver.
age of 1929 an acre.
Battery A, part of the national
guard modified at Camp Funston, has
received 1928 artillery horses from Ell
Paso, completing it's equipment.
Jealousy, bottles and booze, accord
ing to the police, formed a combina-
ton which caused a bloody fight
among four Indians at Albuquerque.
The ranch house and barn at the
Linwood ranch, four miles northeast
of Ration, were destroyed by fire of an
unknown origin, resulting in a loss Of
about $1,000.
Miss Virginia Bean, a former resi-
dent Of Santa F6 and famous as a
violinist, is the inventor Of a scrap
pers' scrapbook" for the entertain
ment of the soldiers.
Alexandra Madrid, a resident Of Ro-
meroville, six miles south of Las We
gas. became insane suddenly and his
actions we're so violent that Deputy
Sheriff Felipe Lopez was sent for.
A little boy who was playing at Gal
lup In one OF the houses vacated in
the camp Of the Gallup-American Coal
Company, found fifty sticks Of dyna-
mite explosives so placed hat it would
have exploded when the house was
cleaned.
To Miss Ada Coleman OF Elida be-
longs the honor OF winning high aV-
erage in examination for the eighth
grade diploma, among the 1165 stu.
dents in the rural schools of New Mex
leo who successfully passed these ex-
aminations in March, April and May
OF this year.
Word was received at the district
headquarters of the United States For.
est Service at Albuquerque that L. v.
Slonaker, telegraph engineer, and
Harold B. Ricketts,, clerk, had been APP
pointed sergeant and first class pri-
vate, respectively, in the forest service
regiment.
DR.. James Naismith, professor Of
physical education in the University
of Kansas, founder of the game of
basketball, gave his second lecture at
the Army Y. M. c. A. tent at the ma.
tional guard camp in Albuquerque.
The harvesting of Curry county's
wheat is now on in full swing. The
carly harvest is due to the fact that
the long dry spell caused an early ma.
turing and heading out Of the wheat.
There is still a chance to enlist In
the forestry regiment, according to
word received at Albuquerque by
Listing officer Paul G. Reddington
from Major w. B. Greeley It Wash.
ington.
The contract for the Garfield irriga.
ton canal, under the Elephant Butte
dam. has been awarded for $34,816.
The contract covers only the earth
work, which INVOLVES the removal OF
some 10000 cubic yards.
Governor w. E. Lindsay has or
dered the -postponement of the execu-
ton OF Pedro Monies, Of Silver City,
convicted Of the murder of Rufina
Villanueva, until July 27, in order that
an Investigation of the mans sanity
can be made.
Miss Clyde Lindsey OF Leedy, Okla,
was injured during the Cowboys Re
union parade when the horse on
which she was riding ran away with