Taiban Valley news., 1918-02-08
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS
y estern Newspaper Union News Service.

of education in civic preparedness.
Mrs. Neil B. Field OF Albuquerque and
e. c. Champion OF Ration have been
named by the executive as New MeA-
ico's other two delegates.
With favorable season, New Mex
leo will produce this year an amazing
quantity OF cereals, more than ever
before in its history. Judging from re-
ports received by Dr. A. d. Grille, pres
ldent OF the State Agricultural ana
Mechanical Arts College at Mesllia
rarK, the acreage devoted to these
products is to be increased even be-
yond the immense total of last year.
designations OF Chief of Police Ia
Dor and Police Captain ]. A. Kealy
were the aftermath OF the resignation
of Mayor M. A. Nordhaus of Deming
because of failure of certain officials
to cooperate with him in the suppress
slon VI wee" Inc City Council post
poned action on Mayor Nordhaus res
Ignation.
The annual report Of the Eddy Coun.
ty Hospital Association shows receipts
4.o.-4 .il sources were $4,l40.O2 and the
disbursements $4,07837. One hundred
anu unlrIy patents were cared for, and
and the number of days treatment
was 1,l82. OF this number 1885 were
of pay patients.
With reports from all the banks in
the state with the exception of ten, in
the hands of the tax commission, it is
indicated that the financial institu-
tions of the state have made gain
of over a million dollars in valuation
of stock during the past year.
Eight enemy aliens were discharged
from the military service at Camp
Cody, seven being Austrians and one,
Albert E. Lipp, German. He enlist
eu in an Akron, Iowa, unit and was
naturalized, according to the informa-
tion obtained at Deming.
While attempting to resist arrest
by Deputy Sheriff George Rusby on a
cnarge OF having stabbed ranchman
named Robb, at Isador, Rob StorKes
was shot through the right lung by the
officer The young man is said to
have first shot at Rusby.
With new $4,000 modern high
school at Des Moines, school consoli.
dation rapidly effecting big improve
ments in efficiency and fine spirit
of advancement everywhere, Union
county is making great strides in edu
cation.
The State Highway Commission has
issued map showing the condition Of
the state roads. The map shows clear
ly the surfaced highways, graded
earth highways, ungraded earth high
ways and proposed state roads.
The fourth annual convention of the
New Mexico Electrical Association, tc
be held in Silver City on Feb. IL, Il
and 13, promises to be the largest at
tended and most important meeting
ever held by the association.
Thirty day options on 100 cars Of
New Mexico pinto beans at TN cents
are asked by the U. s. Food Admins
tration at Washington in a Telegram
received at the office of the State
Food Administrator.
Governor Lindsey will be at Albu
querque for the annual meeting of the
New Mexico Wool Growers Associa
tion. He has accepted an invitation tt
attend the opening session on Marcel
18.
That unpatented homestead i'm
provements are taxable was the opin
ion handed down by Assistant Attor
ney General G. A. Hatch in reply to al
inquiry by the State Tax Commission
Major Edwin Page Webb, assistan
adjutant general OF New Mexico, re
ceived telegram from Adjutant Gen
eral Mccain, United States army, no
tifying him of his commission as ;
captain in the aviation section of thu
signal corps and ordering him to re
port as soon as possible to the suppl!
depot in indianapolis.
Governor Lindsey announced thu
appointment of Fred Miller of Roswell
as county commissioner for the Sec
Ouu ul5bL1CJ VI SAdNOo SO0AIyy " ouS
ceed w. A. Berryhill, who resigned.
! Arrangements for the Panhandle
Stockmans convention are under way
The convention dates are March 5,
Z, and Roswell is expecting hundred
of visitors for the convention.
The number of automobile license
issued by the secretary of states OF
flee Is 10000. This is within 1000 o
the entire number Issued last year.
!. According to City Manager Redine
ton Of Albuquerque, extensive stree
paving will be under way in that cit,
soon.
Socorro county has available TO
road work $196,500 If 1t cares to util
ize it.
? In some of the rooms of the Glow
schools, attendance has been cut a
much as so per cent by the epidemi
of scarlet fever, measles, tonsilitis an
2 colds that is prevailing
e The snowfall record of 1873 inche
for all of last winter has been exceed