Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-05-03
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

ley is reported at Roswell by J. Phelps
White, owner of the yellow House
ranch, on the Texas border. AS an ex-
pertinent MI. White bought forty Per
sian ewes which he bred to Caracule
bucks. The increase from the forty
five this spring is sixty-eight lambs, all
healthy specimens.
The care OF the unfortunates is ono
Of the states heavy expenses. though
It Is a work of mercy Of which every
citizen is proud. The hospital for the
insane at Las Vegas began the last
fiscal year with a balance Of IS ,O66.97,
received from all sources $131, 7S0.40,
expended $131,432.11. and closed the
year with a balance Of $5,415.26.
Il haven't bought any Liberty bonds
and have no intention of buying any
as the war Is nothing to me-" w IF.
Faust, a Santa Fe railroad freight con-
ductor, is alleged to have said a few
days ago. But before an Albuquerque
crowd got through with him he had
kissed every sta in the flag and
signed up for a $50 bond.
A verbal report Of P~enitentiary War.
den Thomas Hughes to Governor Lind
sey regarding the tarring and feath-
erlng of Maj. ]. NJ. Birkner in the
prison yard at SAINT Fe brought out the
fact that instead OF using tar the con-
victs used printers ink from the peni-
Tertiary plant, and smeared Birkner
with it before rolling him in feathers.
Southwestern oil men manifested a
new interest in New Mexico when it
was announced that the Gypsy Oil
Company leased the Antonchico grant
in New Mexico, consisting Of 320,0OO
acres.
Louis A. Lee, the man who refused
to buy Liberty bonds in the recent
campaign at the Santa Fe shops at
Las Vegas, was branded with a yellow
coat before a crowd Of over 500 PEG
pie.
albuquerque real estate dealers
have formed themselves into a branch
Of the Chamber of Commerce. One Of
the first tasks they will undertake is
raising money for a $15O,OOG hotel.
Forty delegates to the win the
war for permanent peace convention
which will be held in independence
hall, Philadelphia, Pa, May 1918 were
named by Governor w. E. Lindsey.
A report Of the Forestry Service at
Albuquerque shows that during 1917
there were Killed in the national for
est of New Mexico 429 deer, $50 tur'
keys and 6S bears by hunters.
Judge David ]. Leahy denied bail to
Fayette Moore. indicted at the recent
term of the District Court in Guada-
lupe county for the murder Of Charles
Baber at Vaughn, March H..
There will be fully 1000 graduates
for the eighth grada of the public
schools Of New Mexico this year, in
the opinion of State Superintendent
]. H.. Wagner.
Second degree murder was the YER
dict returned at Santa Rosa in the
case of the state against Lon Seymour,
accused OF the murder of Andres In
DURAN on Nov. q, 1917.
Word was received at Roswell that
Bill Fluker, a foreman employed on
the Mayberry Bond ranch, had shot
and killed a native sheepherder, Car
los C~orrales.
Prospecting on the Catherine mine,
near Pyramid, has brought to light a
great body Of ore. the values running
nearly 800 to the ton for eight feet
Of vein width.
John Middleton, a rancher near
Santa Rosa, was found guilty OF muir
der in the first degree for killing Dep
uty Sheriffs Noises Varela and Fran
cisco Serna.
After a trial lasting six days, Sam
uel L. Hunt and Joseph s. Hunt, bro
theirs, were found guilty by a jury in
the District Court at Silver City of
murder in the second degree, for the
killing near Cloverdale, Sept. 10, 1917,
OF Chester Bartell, a homesteader. The
jury recommended the convicted men
to the clemency Of the court.
District Judge Holloman at Santa
Fe sentenced IsadOro A. Martinez TO
hang on May 3 for the murder OF his
wife, Beatriz Martinez at Santa Cruz
lest August.
Section men employed by the Santa
Fe between East Las Vegas and Al.
buquerque purchased $4,000 worth OF
Liberty bonds.
The third Liberty loan drive under
the auspices of the woman members
Of the Grant County Red Cross was a
big success.
State Treasurer II. L. Hall invested
$4,000 Of the states permanent
fund In Liberty loan bonds of the third
series.
At HondO Daniel Perez was killed
and Charlie Fritz seriously wounded
in an auto accident.
The new high school building at AL
amogordo is fast assuming its com
pleted proportions.
Herb J. McGrath. former sheriff OF