The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1919-02-28
Pithy News Items
Gathered From An OUR
New Mexico


Western Newspaper Union Ne~r Service.
The Baptist church II planning 10
establish a s%anatorium somewhere In
New Maxlco this rear.
The fourth annual convention Of the
New Mexico Cattle and Horse Grow.
crs' Association win be held in Aibu.
querque. March -. % and q.
s. s. Miller. switchman. was shot
and seriously injured, II Is alleged. by
W. Delaney. an engineer, in the yards
AZ Gallup. The shots were fired from
q locomotive.
Charles A. Spices. a resident Of New
Mexico since 1883. member Of the Re
publican national committee. both In
territorial days and since New Mexico
became a state, IL dead at las Vegas
The epidemic Of influenza ia sub.
siding and many Of the sufferers are
back at their place Of business again,
according to reports from Pennington,
The nurses from the outside are being
released and but few new cases are
reported
The wcll now going down at Colum.
bus and the one at Bowie cen to
have gotten nolsed about considerably,
Cor capital from n considerable dis.
lance IL now apparently Interested In
the possibilities OF southern New Mex
leo as the next big oil field.
+. 4. Vidal il preparing 20 open q
candy and ice cream manufacturing
shop at Gallup AZ oncc and work has
already started on the building which
Is to house the enterprise. Mr.. vidal
has had six years experience pre-
viously In the same line Of business.
The body of n young man identified
rs william Miller OF Pueblo was found
In the tender Of train No. : when Il
reached Ration. Another young man,
calling himself Victor Caldwell, who
was his companion In stealing the
ride. notified the tralnmen OF the acct.
dent.
The Modoc mine. one 81 the best
known properties IN the southern sec
ton Of New Mexico, and located In the
organ mountains, Il 10 be a producer
no more. when the organ district was
nt IT, height. the Modoc was one u
the hest known and paying Of them
ALL The mine Ia now being disman'
tied. and the machinery removed.
The first session Of the District
Court In Grant county which has been
held for a year will be convened on
March 3 at Silver City. The grand
Jury Is expected to be In session only
three or four days. Two murder trials
are expected to be disposed Of during
the term. that OF :. T.. Bailey. charged
with killing J. NJ. Bedorc at Nanadlum
last summer aad OF Manuel Lopez,
charged with staying Doc Catlln, a
former saloonkeeper In Stems.
A contract has been awarded to Ten
Eyck, representing n bridge company,
10 build a pile trcstle 200 feet long
with n 7 per cent grade as m ap.
proach to the bridge spanning the riv
er near Pennington. n. NJ. In addition
to this a contract also was let to the
bridge contractors Ia build a iO0-fool
dirt e~mbankment. This will form o
connection with the steel work OF the
new bridge twenty feet higher than
the old bridge, which was washed out
by high waters.
indictments, Il Ia said. have been re-
turned by the grand Jury against sew.
ernl prominent citizens Of Cloyis
charging them with assault In connec
lion with a tar and feather incident
That took place here last April. The
action Of the grand jury IL understood
Ia have been taken In connection with
he case Of \. Smith, 81 Melrose. y. NJ.
Who alleges that just prior 10 ths
Third Liberty Loan campaign, last
April. he received n coat of tar and
feathers at the hands Of certain cit
liens Of Clovis.
Charles A. spiess, n resident Of New
Mexico since 1855, member Of the Re
publican national committee, both IN
territorial days and since New Mexico
becnme a state, died at East Las We
n after an Illness Of several years
Ills death. however, was hastened hy
an attack of pneumonia which he con
tracted n few days ago.
Local officials at Columbus have
been notified by Senator Fall that the
War Department has formally np
proved the proposal TO make Columbus
a permanent landing station for air
planes. As already a good deal Of
equipment has been removed from
Camp Cody 10 that place this move Il
thought TO precede a general military
establishment there,
Bids have been asked OF local con.
tractors OF Gallup within the pas
week by Louis Liberato for the con
struction OF a modern office building
and hotel on three lots which he 70
fSntly purchased. The building ls "a
be s5xilO feet. two stories, three bus
mess raoms, a 2f-room hotel on the
second nSor and m auditorium FOL
public meetings and dances.
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