The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-11-22
Pithy News Items
Gathered From Al Over
NeW Mexico

GREAT procession, with bonno nf.
ins. celebrated the fall Of the Hun at
Ration.
Raymond W. Sebastian. FitEwiriAm.
h wounded. degree undetermined. 90
eordIng to the casualty list.
The State C~anvassing Board will
meet At Santa VI on Nov. 2b. 10 q n
vase the vote Of the recent election.
n. u. Putney presented HE reslenA.
tion a. head Of the milling division OF
the United States Food AdmlniatrA-
ton for New Mexico.
Three fires look place at Tucumcari
within t~wenty.four hours, causing an
aggregate loss Of more than $4,000.
and i~neendiarism IA suspected.
Jess ingram. accused OF the murder
Of HE sister. and who has been In Jail
At carriso1o for practically a year. ~
capped from the Lincoln county jail.
The Carlsbad cotton gin has found
II necessary 10 double its running time
IN order 10 handle the big crop In the
Peoos valley which 10 now coming In
for market. .
In New Mexico. whore may
not aspire 10 elective offices other
than those concerning the schools.
four ome we're elected county
school superintendents.
Torrance county has manifested la
Interest In good roads by informing
the state engineer that u has raised
1880 for the Abo highway between
Willard and Mountainair.
while on a business trip to the Nav
aJo mining camp. Pete Rolando and
Henry BaloccO. OF Gallup. were severe.
iy injured when their team became un'
manageable and ran away.
The corn crop OF the state averaged
twenty-five bushels per acre. whicA
means q production Of 100000 bush.
els for the state. or over one.half mil.
lion bushels more than last year.
The election OF senator Albert b.
Fall. Republican. 10 a second term 10
the Senate by the voters OF New Mea
leo. makes the Senate SURF OF forty
aine Republican senators. M moro
than . majority,
The "nu" epidemic. which has been
raging In several New Mexico citien.
seems 10 be subsidlng In Albuquerque.
and reports from several other cities
Indicate that II Ia not causing so many
deaths a. formerly.
The New Mexico casualty list In
oludes Harvey p. Alderman, Las
Cruces. killed in action: Arthur Jan
neg. Hanover. dead OF wounds reealypd
In action. and william Anderson, Van.
houtsn. dead OF disease.
A German helmet. covered with dry
mud and blood stains. taken from the
head Of a Hun killed by Lieut.. W. l..
Grace. formerly a member OF the it4th
machine gun company. was received In
Albuquerque by Miss Halle Mitchell.
Consolidation Of schools and trans
portation OF pupils to and from schools
BY motor trucks are Developments In
/, chaves county which mean better
schools. better equipment and more In.
tellectual development. according 60
the report OF Mrs. Ruth G. Miller.
4 state Industrial supervisor. submitted
to the state school superintendent.
Santa F6 turned out In mass to de.
nounee the kaiser and all his works
and all his pomps. IN a magnificent
parAde-the largest ever seen In San
Ia FS-the people OF the capital O..
New Mexico expressed their Joy owe.
; the victory OF Americas allies. an
then cheered wildly as the kaiaer-ai
one time king OF Prussia'a scientific
barbarians-was burned in effigy.
The signing Of the armlstlce wa.
celebrated In all parts Of New Mexico.
Tho percentage OF reflections amonE
New Mexico re%gistrants indicted Int
> the army under the selective draft ha
been remarkably low. Only Rhode lei
and. according to figures made publ,
by Gov. W. r. Lindsey. has a lowe
percentage. OF 1855 men New MeA
A leo has sent 20 environments for TRAIN
ing At the time OF the governors an
nouncement 500. or $40 per cent ha
r been rejected as unfit.
4 With the victory OF the straight Il
, publican ticket conceded. interest
the moribund election Is now confine
: largely to those persons who have IN
statistical bus. On the basis OF thu
returns In. the following Republics
majorities are Indicated: Fail for seE
8 ator. 1888; Hernandez for Congress
n i,7tb: LarraEolo for governor. 1854
Panksy for lieutenant governor. 2,
t6s; Martinez for secretary OF state
1867; Sargent for auditor. 2.i43
n strong for auditor. 2.4f3; Wagner 70,
school superintendent. 1879; Field fni
land commissioner, 2.222; Luna fol
corporation commissioner. 1911: Ask
rem for attorney general. 2.if5. Ray
mold for Supreme Court, sac.
: For 1917. the total amount Of taxes
: due for state, county. municipal. school
district and taxes on special classes OF