Taiban Valley news., 1917-08-24
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
estern Newspaper Union News Service.
COMING EVENTS.

| sept. 5-2S-Seventh Annual Northern
New Mexico Fair at Ration.
Sept. 262S.-Farmers' Fair at La.
Cruces.
Sept. 26-29.-Dona Ana County Fail
at Las Cruces
Oct, 2-5-Convention of Women'i
Oct. 11-12-Woodmen Of the World
rally at Santa Fe.
Luna county is to have new $25,
600 Jail.
Baptists are to re-establish a church
at Santa Fe
The Pennington cherry harvest is
about at an end.
A company of home guards has
been organized at CarriZozo.
The Colorado-New Mexico fair will
be held at Durango, Sept. 1928.
The new Deming mill has about two
million pounds of wheat in storage.
New Mexico land owners have ap-
piled to the Federal Farm Loan Bank
for $3,5O0,0O0 in loans.
The annual meeting of the State
Bar Association will be held at Ros-
| well on Sept. 18TH TO 2Oth.
John w. Corbett, a pioneer of Tor
rance county and the founder Of
Mountainair, died at Pasadena, Cal.
The A. T. & S. F. has awarded to
the Pullman Company the contract for
| 100 ore cars to be used in New Mexi-
co.
New Mexico has seven men more
than her quota for the second series,
officers reserve corps, to go to Fort
Leon Springs to get intensive train
ing from the government army Of
| ficers.
A. /. Murray of Silver City has been
appointed by the board of commits
sioners, meeting in special session, to
be probate judge of Grant county, sue
ceeding Judge Hyman Abraham, de-
ceased.
During the present season there has
been a total of 4S fires on the Gila
National Forest and in spite of the
extreme dryness and the large num-
ber of fires the area burned over has
been very small.
Forest supervisors throughout the
southwest are making a study of the
fuel situation with view to helping
relieve the threatened coal shortage
by encouraging the use of dead wood
from the National forests.
Erwin E. Parsons, private of the
Fifty-fifth Company, son of w. o. Par
sons of Albuquerque, is with the first
expedition of United States marines
to place the American flag on the fir
ing line in France.
The opening of coal mines on state
lands is again being considered by
state authorities, so that in case of a
tie-up that coal could be furnished
state institutions which otherwise
would have to close down.
Rosendo Hernandez, national
guardsman from Santa Fe, was bound
over to wait the action of the grand
jury at Albuquerque in the sum Of
$1,000 on a charge of taking criminal
advantage of fourteen-year-old girl.
Forty prisoners from the state penl-
tentiary are to be employed on tho
Tijeras canon road in Bernalillo
county, under the new arrangement
recently entered into by the State
Highway Commission and the peni-
tentiary management.
A big deal was consummated at Ros-
well when R. c. Worswick and A. D.
Jones bought the A. d. and R. ]. Jones
ranch and 1900 head of fine sheep,
located about sixty-five miles north
west of Roswell. Something over
100000 was involved in the deal
The county commissioners havo
greatly improved the condition of the
Santa Fe trail through Otero county.
One of the nineteen Villista pris-
oners confined in the county Jail at
Silver City, awaiting the meeting Of
the grand jury, died following an op.
Grafton performed at a local hospital,
where he was taken for treatment
when his condition became serious.
1t is most interesting to note how
the social affairs given in the various
communities of the state are made to
assist in the wartime activities of
the women. The Mesilla Park Sew
ing Club gave program whose pro-
ceeds were added to the Red Cross
fund. At Alamogordo, Red Cross"
party was given in honor of some Wis
iting ladies. At Socorro, dances and |
bridge parties have increased the Red |
Cross fund and at Carrizozo, a bridge |
party was made the occasion for talks |
to the guests on the work of the |
Woman's. Auxiliary to the State |
Council of Defense A popular GUS
tom is that of giving the winning play
er at bridge club meetings the amount
of money the prize would have cost
so that the winner may contribute it |
to the Red Cross funds.
Messila valley cantaloupes are be-
ing marketed 1t is estimated that |
200 carloads will be shipped from Las
Cruces.
A great Woodmen of the World
rally, at which 500 candidates will be
initiated is to be held in Santa ne