Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-01-31
Pithy News Items
Gathered From Al OUer
NeW Mexico

for the citizens Of Taos.
Building prospects in Columbus are
good In view Of the confidence which
moneyed men have In town.
New Years night, January /, 1919,
was the coolest in the history Of Ration
as far back as the records have been
kept.
A proposition was laid before the
city council of Mountainair the past
week proposing TO install a water and
electric lighting system for the town.
The village board Of trustees Of
Columbus has granted a franchise to
the water and light company and re-
jected the proposition Of W. II. Miller
to take them over.
Coal mining has been New Mexico's
most important war industry. In this
activity the state has made a credit
able record without more than touch
ing her vast deposits.
Nestor Montoya, president, and d.
A. MACPHERSON, secretary, of the New
Mexico Press Association, have called
a meeting Of the newspaper men Of
the state TO be held at Santa Fe this
week.
Three reclamation projects, affect
ing approximately 100000 acres Of
land in New Mexico, are being planned
by the state and federal governments
for rapid development during the COM
Ing year.
An innovation was introduced into
the public schools when the domestic
science class began the serving Of hot
lunches TO pupils living at a distance
In the country districts contiguous TO
the Carlsbad High School.
The extension Of the railroad from
Bayard station to Fort Bayard, a dis
lance of four miles, has been author
lied. Fort Bayard Is the largest hos
pital conducted by the United States
government for the benefit of tuber-
eulosis patients.
Colonel G. Arthur Hasdel has be-
come the commander of Camp Fur
long at Columbus, being senior in rank
to Colonel George Biegler, who Is in
command Of the Twelfth Cavalry, and
who has also been post commander
since his arrival.
New Mexico is TO get the sum of
$319,514.31 from the federal govern
ment for the fiscal year ending June
20, 1920, according TO announcement
received from Washington. This is
the sum Uncle Sam is putting IN for
road work in this state under the act
Of July IL, 1916.
According to plans of the War De-
partment, the Mexican army in 1920
will contain 100000 men. Recruiting
has been stopped. Only native Mexi-
ans will be admitted into the mill
tary service. Soldiers Of immature
years are being discharged and other
reforms calculated to increase the eff
hciency Of the troops are being
adopted.
Word comes from Washington that
New Mexico has been created a sep
arate internal revenue district and
that the internal revenue office will
be established at Santa Fc, from
where II was removed TO Phoenix,
Ariz., at the beginning Of the Wilson
administration. Adolph p. Hill, until
q few days ago Assistant Secretary
Of State, has been appointed %collec-
tor Of internal revenue Of New Mexico.
The Food Administration grain cor
poration announced in New York that
In the near future II will formulate
a policy Of disposing Of n portion Of
It's reserve stocks of wheat to the
mills, in order that the prices being
asked for -four and mill feeds may
not be increased unduly because Of
the excessive premiums being paid by
the mills for wheat in certain portions
VI the United States, especially in the
Southwest and Middle states.
The annual meeting Of the Mimbres
Valley Farmers Association was held
At Deming and a new board Of direc-
tors was elected for the first time in
Two years. II was impossible TO Sc
sure a quorum at the meetings last
year, and the old board held over for
another year. That this was not in
the least detrimental TO the associa-
tion was shown by the balance sheet
that was read by the secretary, Fred
Moffett, which showed that he net
profits 70 the year amounted TO S.
p22.4S. The profits from January till
April, when a trial balance was made
BY Clyde Crotchett, the secretary who
resigned then, were S1,665, 80, and
rom the end of April till the end Of
December they we're s4,266.b4, or q
profit Of 9A.s per cent aimee Anrll.