Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-22


WESTERN
Plans have been perfected for n
$4,000 motor speedway at Dalworth,
midway between Dallas and Fort
Worth. Texas, and construction Will
start Immediately.
Claims for damages inflicted during
the Mexican revolution totnled 21,5OO,-
600 pesos on Aug. 2. This amount does
not include American. British and
French claims, which have not been
filed.
Five large Union Pacific railroad Ice
houses and the plant OF the Utah Ice
\ Cold Storage Company, leased to the
Pacific Fruit Express Company, were
destroyed by fire Mt Ogden, with a
loss OF $4,000.
Jack Heating confessed In District
Court at Des Molnes, that he was II
of a gang which robbed the Iowa State
Bank here Inst March Of approximate
ly $4,000 In Liberty bonds ana cash
and was sentenced to ten years In the
Fort Madison ~penltentlary.
Whether a property owner Is also
owner of the air above his land Is TO be
determined through II court action
action brought by Frederick Hoene-
mann, a farmer In Kansas. He seeks
TO restrain n company owning alrplanes
from using the air above his farm.
Fifteen leaders of the conspiracy to
u mutlny In the chihuahua City
federal garrison last week, and to de-
liver the city over to General Francis
CO villa, were executed following the
discovery OF the plot, according to IN
American who arrived In I'll Paso from
Mexico.
A number OF saloons which have
been closed since Los Angeles went dry
In April, 1918, are reported to be open
and selling 2.75 per cent beer, and
many Of the soft drink places also
ara dlsposlng OF the beverage. Under
an opinion by the city attorney, saloon
licenses again will be issued. The city
attorney bases his action on the fa-
yorable decision recently given by
United States Judge Bledsoe.
WASHINGTON
The International Labor Conference
provided for In the pence treaty has
been called by President Wilson to
meet In Washington, October Goth.
Request that the secretary Of war
declare Il surplus Of motor trucks and
automobiles held by the department In
this country and to sell them lmmedl-
ately at reasonable prices, Is mnde In
a resolution introduced by Represents
tive Goody Koontz, Republican, West
Virginia. The resolution specifically
calls upon the secretary for n state
ment MS 10 why - surplus has been
decfhred heretofore and why the cars
were allowed to stand out In the
weather"
A cotton production of 1~1,Ol0,O0O
bales this year has been forecast by the
Department of Agriculture, baslng It's
estimate ON the condition of the crop
July 20, which II announced as 07.t
per cent of Il normal. The forecast
shows an increase Of 10000 bales over
the forecast made n month ngo. Inc
condition of the crop showed "A decline
OF 30 per cent during the month com
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per cen during the period In previous
years.
without opposition or debate the
Senate adopted Il resolution nuthoriz-
ing the foreign relations committee to
make a sweeping Investigation OF out
RACES against Americans and property
IN Mexico and to report what, II any
means should be taken TO prevent such
outrnges.
Frederick Mears, who acted as gen
ernl manager OF the American railroad
lines In France during the war, was
appointed by President Wilson as chief
engineer I'm charge OF the construction
Of the government railroad In Alaska.
He viii be chairman OF the Alaskan
Engineering Commission. William q.
Edes has been named consulting en-.
gineer 10 the commission.
Income tax returns we're filed by g..
$500 persons, about 3 per cent OF the
population, for the calendar year OF
1917, according To final reports Just
completed by the bureau OF Internal
revenue They showed total net IN
come OF Si3,052, ss3, 2OT. The Increase
over 1915, before the law was expanded
To meet war expenses, was a,O15,S5l re-
turns aud 81, 1893, 1857 In net Income.
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