Taiban Valley news., 1917-08-17


the newly organized w. G.. T. U. at
Carrizozo.
Bernalillo county will oil its princi-
pal roads if oil can be purchased at a
reasonable price.
The A, r. & S. F. railway paid
more than one-fifth of all the taxes for
1916 in New Mexico.
East Las Vegas is to have more
street lights, and contracts have been
let to pave more streets.
The old turntable, in use since 1881
at East Las Vegas, is being torn out
to make room for a new one.
Members of A battery, New Mexico
field artillery, buried Ted, their mas
cot with full military honors.
o. N, Marion and Francis E. Wood
OF Albuquerque paid their fine of $500
each imposed for contempt by the
State Supreme Court.
Governor Lindsey expressed his
disapproyal of the Gallup deportation
in a message sent to John r. McFie
OF the Mckinley County Council Of
Defense.
The State Boundary Commission or
ganized by electing Supreme Court
Justice Frank W. Parker chairman
and Attorney James G. Fitch of So
corro secretary.
The State Corporation Commission
announced q formal hoarinU on Auo
Is of the request of the railroads for
Is cents per ton increase in inter
state coal rates.
A machine gun company is being
organized at Camp Funston, Albu-
querque, which will be an additional
unit to the first regiment of the Ma
tional Guard of New Mexico.
1t has been discovered by the coun-
ty registration board that at least
nine men of draft age failed to reg
lister in the Cerro precinct in the
northern part of Taos county
Additional county councils of de-
fense, to serve in cooperation with the
New Mexico Council of Defense, have
been appointed by Governor w. E.
Lindsey for all remaining counties.
The total expense to the U. s. gov
ernment for the registration of 32,943
New MeXcans was $3,42501, accord
ing to figures in the office of r. C.
Reid, federal disbursing officer
Seventeen counties of the state in.
creased their tax collections in June,
1917, over the collections in June,
1916, according to figures compiled
by Secretary Asplund of the State
Tax Commission.
The advance in the price of wheat
is resulting in the holding of over
100000 bushels of Curry county wheat,
much of the wheat being held in the
stack pending the high mark in the
demand for it,
Governor Lindsey wired leaders of
the party of miners at Belen, de-
ported from Gallup, granting the
party permission to return to Gallup
and suggesting that they do not re-
turn in a body.
w. P. Musaus of Los Angeles has
been appointed by the War Depart
ment to be district auditor in charge
OF all the accounting work to be done
TOR the big army camps at Deming
and Linda Vista, Cal.
The Richmond precinct in western
Grant county was the scene of a kill
ing. Porfirio Morales, employed on
the Foster ranch was shot and killed
by Jose Franco during a quarrel be-
tween the two men Franco claims
he shot in self defense.
Seven Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation buildings and thirty-five paid
secretaries will be at Camp Cody,
Deming to look after the spiritual
and physical welfare of the $4,000
men to be quartered in the camp, on
which construction has been begun.
The greater part OF the Sebastian
Martin land grant, comprising $4,000
acres, which for several years has
been the property of the La Joya Land
and Irrigation Company, has been sold
to Field Bohart of Colorado Springs,
who has recently acquired nearly So
600 acres of the Cebolita grant.
Thirty men, all that remained of
the band deported at the order of the
Mckinley County Council of Defense,
boarded Santa Fe train No. 21 at
Belen, bound for Gallup, following
their receipt of telegram from Gov
ernor Lindsey which told them that |
they had permission to return to their |
homes.
Considering that Curry is a new
county, and dry farming county at
that, which few years ago had no
residents, no settlements, no railroad, |
its assessment return of $1O,O63,97O, |
as heavy as that of Santa F6 county,
is very gratifying to the State Tax
Commission
A request for 5000 rifles and 10000 |
rounds of ammunition, for use in arm
ing home guards in New Mexico, has
been made to the secretary of war by |
Governor T,indsey The governor also |