Taiban Valley news., 1918-03-22
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS


Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pledging the support of the associa-
tion to the food administration for all
necessary measures to win the war,
the resolutions adopted at the closing
session of the Panhandle and South
western Stockmen's Association at
Roswell also called upon the food ad-
ministration to make such corrections
as would insure the steckmen cost of
production plus a reasonable profit.
L. l. Brite of Maria, Tex, was elected
president; Thos. F. Moody Canadian,
Tex, first vice president; Norwood
Hall, Ell Paso, second vice president;
w. l.. Amonett, Ell Paso, reelected sec
retary, and John NJ. Wyatt, Ell Paso,
reelected treasurer.
"Officers and men from New Mex
leo who are serving in the national
army at Camp Kearny, Linda Vista,
Cal, are proving their efficiency and
patriotism, and, when the'supreme test
comes, they give every indication of
being fit physically and mentally to
acquit themselves in manner that
will be a credit to their country and
the state that claims them as her
sons" This is the statement of Adjt.
Gen. James Baca, on his return from
Camp Kearny, where he went with
Governor w. E. Lindsey and members
of the executive staff to attend mil
itary review.
The Wheatland hospital has grown
in popularity to such an extent that its
present capacity of sixty rooms is in
sufficient to supply the demands and
the adjoining business block consist
ing of three stores and opera house,
has been purchased and will be con-
verted into modern hospital rooms.
When completed the hospital will have
$50 rooms.
Development of the tract of land
near Lingle which was abandoned by
the government, will be taken up i'm
medately by a syndica,o composed OF
Cheyenne and southern Wyoming bus
mess men and bankers who will spend
$1500OO on the 54SO-acre tract. The
entire acreage will be sown in wheat.
Through the February distribution
of automobile license money collected
by the office of the secretary of state,
$16,047S5 has been set aside for the
improvement of New Mexico high
ways.
New Mexico College of Agriculture
and Mechanics Arts has been selected
as one of the institutions where mill
tary registrants in large number are
to be given instruction and training.
What is declared to be the largest
well in the entire Lander district has
been brought in by the Wind River
Petroleum and Refining Company. 1t
is reported good for 200 barrels day.
The state school superintendent an
nounced an apportionment of 70 cents
per pupil in New Mexico as the March
apportionment, or total of $S5, ,2S0. 80
for 121,S29 pupils of school age
construction quartermaster has ar
rived in Deming, and will take charge
of the erection of improvements at
! Camp Cody to the value of approx
mately million dollars.
Tomacita Vigil, young woman who
had been employed as an orderly at
the Rocky Mountain hospital at Gar
diner, committed suicide by swallow
ing nitric acid
Protest has arisen in Albuquerque
and Gallup to the proposal to increase
the acreage Of the Navajo and Zuni
reservations by taking in a portion of
Mckinley county.
March 8, the second anniversary of
the Villa raid, was observed at Colum-
bus as memorial day by proclama-
tion Of Mayor T. H. Dabney.
At Cuervo the 14-year-old son of c.
j. Mitchell killed wolf with an axe.
At Alamogordo Reymundo Perez is
in serious condition as the result of
being stabbed near the heart by Juan
Martinez
| Las Vegans are talking about form
ing company for the erection in that
city of a modern hotel.
Frederic Winn succeeds o. Fred
Arthur as head of the Gila National
forest at Silver City
Anton Chico, Guadalupe county, has
voted $4,000 bonds to build a new
school house.
Deming will vote on April 2 on the
proposed adoption of a commission
form of government.
The Center street Methodist church
In Tucumcari was dedicated on Sun
day, March IT,
New Mexico will furnish 127 of the
$4,000 men called to training camps on
March 20.
The Eastern Star at Clayton pur-
chased S150 worth of war savings