The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS

did about 5000 damage.
Tho brick work hiss been finished on
the new gymnasium at Ration.
Arrangements have been made for
an inaugural. ball for 0overnor-eleei
o. A. LarraEolo.
oovernor-ele LarrnEolo left Las
Vegas Tor 81 louis and indianapolis
TO continue what may be described a.
bis intensive training In reconstrue.
ton.
Max Gutierrez has been appointed
county commissioner by Governor W.
e. Lindsey 10 nll the vacancy cat aed
by the death Of Thomas n. Duran.
commissioners for district No. a.
Governor Lindsey pardoned two con
ylcts. One was Teodoro EsparE. who
was sentenced to serve two to three
years In 1871 He has dependents and
the governor decided to grant him
olemency.
Following are New Mexican namea
In the lists OF casualties: Crecenslno
Romero. Truchas, wounded severely;
Jose A. sena. valerdo. missing In &C
ton; Telesfor segura, san Jose. miss.
Ing In action.
An effort will be made by cattlemen
In the Carlsbad section Of the state. In
conjunction with water users, TO get
the coming session Of the Legislature
TO pass a law for the regulation and
control Of stray cattle.
The third executive meeting Of the
New Mcsico Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' Association has been called In ses.
sion Dec. 20 At Clayton. Tho meeting
was postponed from November on &C
count Of the nu epidemic.
W. n. Bartlett. al one time a promi
nent broker on the Chicago Board Of
Trade. died nj his ranch near Ration
from heart disease. Bartlett was 81
years old and a widower. lie leaves
In sta valued at ~i3,0OO.O0O.
State School superintendent J H.
Wagner. federal state director OF the
boys working reserve. addressed a
letter 10 the boys Of the reserve In
New Mexico presenting them with the
honorable service bar which he de.
shares II the highest lnsugnia given
the boys 40 far.
Word was received at Albuquerque
from NJ l.. Johnston. acting food ad'
ninistrator for New Mexico. In Wash.
lngton. attending a food conference.
that there will be a decided decrease
In departments ana the general office
iorce OF the state food administration
beginning Dec. rs.
d. c. Trigg a Son, owners OF the
/, Bell ranch. are planning to hold what
. they claim will be the biggest round
/, up ever staged In the state Of New
Mexico. They have 10000 acres on
/. which thousands Of head OF cattle are
dispersed and they propose to gather
hem all In that they may be dipped
! by government inspectors.
That the national forests have been
I. profitable to New Mexico during the
! present year II seen from the fact
I that the states n quarter OF the
! gross proceeds from the working OF
the forests have amounted TO more
than $4,000. In addition TO this N
I tho 10 per cent which will he used
! for the building OF roads throughout
; the forests.
The Masonic grand lodge Of New
! Mexico. In session at Tucumcari
1 elected the following officers: Alex u
~3oldenberE. Tucumcari. grand master
. Nn.N.W0 a naaa Rat - N.aua
senior grand warden; Francis r.. Les
or. Mcsilla Park. Junior grand war
len. 3. spitz. Santa re, grand treas
irer. Alpheus A. Keen. Albuquerque
grand secretary.
Governor Lindsey appointed Man
Gutierrez county commissioner IN Der
nalillo county, successor 10 Thomas II
Duran. who died recently.
Secretary OF State Antonio Lucero
has submitted his annual report TO the
q governor. the final OF the seven which
he has framed during his incumbenC
OF the office. which he In to surrender
on January first to Manuel Martinez
Of Union county. In the document he
points out that the automobile license
Industry In New Mexico has been
much more OF a success than Il has
A ben In the adjoining states OF Colo
RADIO and Arizona. He goes on to say
that the proposal 10 create a separate
automobile department would involve
useless expense 10 the state as the
secretary's office Ia competent and
I has the time 10 carry on the business
~ the department. Mr.. Lucero recon
mends some changes In the Australian
ballot law 80 as to make II more work
able and effective and specially In
Sists that there should be some sort 81
mandatory provision with penalty
\ which would prevent such delay IN
forwarding election returns 10 The
state house as have been the case thl'
year
o. w Smith Of Mogollon. who sho.
Frab nIchards az the anna tnun from