Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-03-08
NEW MEXICO
STATE NEWS


life. will be reopened and coal mining
operations resumed soon, President
Powell %Stackhouse Of the fuel com
pany announced. Fire was discOv-
cred in the mine Feb. 81, when all the
coal miners were brought out safely
and the mine sealed.
The paving Of the Albuquerque
Santa FG highway from Mountain road
to the Sandoval county line with con
crete is virtually certain, Col. Alfred
Grunsfeld, chairman OF the county
commissioners. stated at Albuquerque
after the commissioners had formally
agreed to appropriate Bernalillo cOun-
tvs share OF the cost of the improve
ment.
The Toltec Oil Company, which has
a lease on state lands for exploration
for oil and gas, has s%pudded in a new
well thirty-one miles east OF Moriarty.
A we'll at Roswell is down 3,100 feet.
Drilling is continuing at the Pankey
ranch, according ia officials Of the
company.
Mrs. r. II. Case of Santa Fe, &C
cused of killing her husband, is out
under $40. 900 bond, although stu at
st. Vincent's sanitarium under medi-
cal care. She waived preliminary ex.
animation before District Judge Reed
Holloman and was held to the grand
jury.
In order to help out with the food
situation, and to assist in reducing
the cost of living in New Mexico.
Game Warden Rouault states that he
will, on application, issue special per
mits to fishermen permitting them to
use seines and nets in the various
streams and lakes in the state.
One hundred and seven million dol
lars is the value placed by the De
partment of Agriculture upon live
stock in New Mexico, being almost
one-third of the entire assessed valu.
alton of the state. The grazing lands
and improvements IRE valued at
another 500, 0 $1,000.
State Food Commissioner Ralph c..
Ely appointed A. ]. Maloy of Albu-
querque a member of the State Food
Administration to TAKE charge of the
grocery division in the state, giving
his entire time to the work.
At Eel Paso, Tex, the jury in the
Lyons murder trial brought in a YER
dict against Felix r. Jones of murder
and fixed his sentence at twenty-five
years, after being out three hours and
forty-five minutes.
Colfax county, as a result Of in
creased coal mining activity, will pay
on a 81, 900, 900 more mineral produc-
ton this year than last year, the pro
duction for 1917 having increased by
that amount.
C. w. Hunt, employed as hoist engi-
neer at the Grounding mine at Han
over Junction, was crushed to death
in the hoist house at the mine when
his clothes became %entangled in the
machinery.
A dinner given for mothers and
daughters at the Lead Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal church in Albuquerque
was attended by 23s women and girls.
The dinner was prepared and served
by men.
Because of the illness Of his attor-
ney. the rehearlng before the Supreme
Court of J. o. STAIRS appeal on the
Judgment Of the lower court sen.
fencing him to hang, has been de.
ferred.
Clarence Hardy, a negro waiter EN-
ployed at the Cottage Sanatorium
four miles north of Silver City, shot
and wounded Fred Ruiz, the chef, and
George Slaughter. another waiter,
During the fiscal year ending Dec
/, 1917, a total OF $4,000 was ex
pended on the roads of Grant county
exclusive of sums spent on what are
designated as state highways.
Ignacio Lizan, proprietor of a trad
ing store at Lupton, on the bordeI
line neal Manuelito, is under ares
on a charge of having killed FREQ
Thompson, a young Indian.
An $4,000 home or "hutment' for
the Salvation Army is to be erected
in Deming. The building will be use,
as a recreation place for soldiers.
Deming is priding itself on the fac
that it is to have the most moderE
jail in the state, Luna county havinl
voted $4,000 for its construction.
Mrs. Roy Prentice of Las Vegas ha.
been appointed by Secretary Meade.
as chairman Of the Wal Savings com
Nlittee for San Miguel county.
Santa F6 will make an effort I
capture next years convention of tn
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow
ers' Association.
Silver City is to make a determine
effort to secure the location OF tn
proposed 100000 Baptist nationa
% sanatorium.
Farmers of San Miguel and Nor
counties are willing to sell their bean