Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-01
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

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Bride Of a few hours, Mrs. Lena
Crisp spore. separated from aer young
husband by her irate father, pledges
unfailing faithfulness and will rewed
the man Of her choice even though the
present marriage is annulled. But
that will be some time later, because
Mrs. SpOre is but IA years Of age, and
she cannot marry without her fathers
consent until she has reached the age
OF IS. The young people live in the
Thomas neighborhOod near Clayton.
Stanley and vicinity are going to do
their best to lick the kaiser by raising
the largest possible amount OF vege-
tables. The Woman's Auxiliary Of the
State Council Of Defense will take
charge of the vacant lots and the
school house yards and see that they
produce potatoes and other vegetables.
w. X. Lomax says that potato clubs
have been formed In each of four COM
munities, each to plant at least fifty
acres.
A conference Of county, state, feder-
al and military heads was held at
Deming on the question of police con-
ditions, especially in the military zone
at Camp Cody. General Blockson
stated that he was we'll pleased with
conditions and greatly appreciated the
spirit manifested by the state and
county peace officers in keeping NOR.
al and social conditions in accordance
with the wishes OF the War Depart
ment.
Twenty-Five officers and ~privates
from Camp Cody are members Of the
largest class on record, sixty-eight in
number, to receive degrees at the
twenty-sixth Scottish rite reunion held
at Santa Fe with nearly 300 promi-
nent Masons present.
The State Tax Commission elected
A. w. Pollard Of Deming to succeed
to the Craftsmanship caused by the res
ignation from the board of Capt. R. G.
Reid. ]. z. Saint of Albuquerque, re-
Gently appointed, was chosen vice
president.
Felix r. Jones, on trial for the MUIR
der of Thomas R. Lyons, New Mexi-
co cattleman, was found guilty at Ell
Paso, Tex. The jury fixed the pen
atty at twenty-five years in the peni-
Tertiary.
George Wilson, a farmer living five
miles west of Clayton, is waiting ex-
animation by the Union county grand
jury on a charge upon o. M. Terrence
with intent to kill. His bond is fixed
at $1,000.
Liquor is given the blame for the
shooting affray IN Wagon Mound Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Enrique Maestas and
Nicholas Rivera. The latter is dead
and the other two are painfully
wounded.
The Seventh Day Adventists have
decided to open a mission to the Nav
ajo Indians at Tsin-naz-baus-sa or
Lake Grove, fifteen miles northeast Of
Thoreau in Mckinley county.
Mrs. ]. T. Coronel, principal Of the
Longfellow school at Ration, has de-
vised a system Of bilingual teaching
that is proving successful in teaching
AN0h khAAaA IA
The Texas OIL Company, an Ari-
zona corporation with a capitalization
Of $4,000, 900, has been admitted to
New Mexico with an office in Endee.
1t is stated that the Fort Bayard
army hospital is to be increased to a
5,00O-bed institution. Recently it was
ordered increased to 1900 beds.
A baseball league in the grant coun-
ty mining camps is assured this year.
Hurley, Santa Rita, Tyrone and Fort
Bayard will make up the circuit.
Four persons arrested at Gallup on
b%ootlegging charges were held to the
Federal grand jury.
An enthusiastic meeting of sheep
men at Roswell decided upon the or
ganization OF an Eastern New Mexico
Wool Growers association.
Lieut.. TORI Harris, Battery A, 125th
field artillery. Of Duluth. Mimi, died
at the base hospital at Camp Cody, at
Deming of pneumonia.
The National Charitable Tuberculo-
sis sanatorium has filed with the cor
poration commission its articles Of in.
/ corporation.
A special election will be held at
Gallup to vote on the proposition OF
, municipal ownership of the electric
/ light plant.
The women Of Deming have organ.
lied a relief society to assist in caring
for the soldiers at Camp Cody who are
i'll.
| Estancia passed an ordinance re
quiring saloons to open at G o'clock a
! m. and close at 8 o'clock p. M.
r State and county aid has been grant
ed Road IS, Section 2, in Quay county
' the Logan-Nara Visa highway.
May II is the date for the Demo
cratic primary election in Curry