The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-12
State Capitol News
|NDORSE HISTORY
OF NEW MEXICO
Mora County Teachers
Want Reads Works
in Schools
~ sra.r eoanssronpsnr

FE, July lE.-Ichcners ol
Mora county favor the adoption OF
benjamin Reads History of New
Mexico as a textbook to 10 used In
the public schools OF New Mexico;
and also strongly commend the eff
forts OF J. II. Wagner. state super
OF public instruction. which
resulting In substantial Increases
In pay for teachers. At the close OF
their annual count teachers insti-
tute the following resolutions on
these two points were adopted:
''Eighth-Be II further resolved,
that we recommend the adoption Of
BENJAMIN Reads History Of New
Mexico az a textbook for the public
schools of New Mexico; II is more
clear and concise history and there
fore the best adapted for the school
children to learn the real historical
facts OF their own state.
"Tenth-That we. the teachers OF
Mora county most heartily and CRATE
fully thank our state superintendent
for his great efforts In securing the
means ny which teachers salaries
will he increased"
Excursion Ca Estancin.
Citizens Of Santa Fe aud vicinity
have arranged for a special excursion
train on the New Mexico Central rail-
way to take a big party OF boosters
ara sightseers to Estancia mex sun
day. July is. Residents of the valley
have arranged for automobiles to
take the visitors to the principal
places NJ interest in the valley. \
baseball game between Estancia and
Santa Fe will be played In the after
noon. The excursion train will leave
Santa Fe at : u. M, arriving at Es-
tnncia Mt 10 IA. M; returning, leave
Estancia at Z y. M. arriving at Santa
l'e at lO:lS y. m. The Estancia val
les people visited Santa Fe on June
90.
Want to Cut Freight Rate.
The Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe
railway has sent to the New Mexico
corporation commission copies NJ APP
plicntions made to the interstate
commerce commission for authority
TO make two freight rate reductions.
one is to reduce the rate ION coke
from Gardiner and Kochlcr to Clay
ton from $3.50 to $500 per ton This
will put the rate on a level with the
rate from Trinidad. The other l. to
cut the rate ON coke lust from Ration
In waldo from s3.l0 to $3.50 per
ton.
juno Weather Intn.
Juno was u month hat ran low
in temperatures and high in precipi'
tntiOn. with Albuquerque leading al
other localities in percentage OF sun
shine. IL Is shown in the monthly
bulletin issued by the federal weather
bureau. The average precipitation
was 2.3i inches. which was 81 incl
above normal. This high mark hai
been exceeded only twice In 30 years
in 1903 with $50 inches and In 1871
with 800 inches. Several people ana
some head OF livestock were killed u!
lightning. The report says:
Daily local showers II thunder
storms occurred. hut they were mos
general yer the state on II End Il
tho 5th. 9th to 13th n 26th IN @Sth
West Of the Rio Grande. however
practically no showers occurred from
the 18th to the 25th. aud they wcr,
almost lacking from the 9Th 60 tn
ION, so tina at least half OF tn
month in that part Of the state wa
without showers. Three or fou
deaths were caused by lightning an
the loss Of several hend OF stock
while the heavy rnins the last Of Ma.
continued the floods in the. ri
Grnnde during the first week of tn
month.
The heaviest rains of the mont
occurred In the southeast mountai
district, exceeding z inches In niue
nf Lincoln. Oter0, southwest Chnvo
and southwest Eddy counties. tn
fall Mt Carson Seep range static
amounted Ia 7.Si inches. On III
other hand. precipitation N h
northern mountain areas was con
pnrntiveiy light. hut over the prime.
pal dry farming districts shower
were frequent and heavy. givin
promise Of an unusually favorabl
crop season"
Low night temperatures prevaile
late in the month. and as late as IN
goth a few OF the northern station
reported light frosts. The MONTH
mean temperature for the state WI
GG.7 degrees. which was IL degree
below normal. The month, howeve
averaged IL degrees warmer tina
the month last year. The highe.
monthly mean was recorded at Ell
phant Butte, rs degrees. and the low
est was 81 degrees, a Elizahethtowl
In ColfHx county. The highest ten
perature recorded was los at he El'
phant Butte, the lowest %, mes
SenoritO.
The humidity readings at Albuquel
nue. averaged 90 per cent at b a.. ~
30 per cent at q y. m, an average Z
45 per cent for the month. tn
general average was / per cent hlgh'
than santa Fe, 10 per cent lowe
than Roswell. Z per cent higher tina
the Agricultural College and ! ~
rent higher than III Paso.
The greatest amount Of precipit'
ton was 7.SI inches at Carson Sec
ranger station; the lowest O.l6 inc
Mt the Tiieras conyon station.
A. Albuquerque the average VIII
movement was SO miles per hou
with the highest velocity Of ~ mil
from the southwest on the lst NJ
from tile northwest on the 10Th;
Santa Ie the average was al mil
per hour. with highest velocity
miles from the southwest on the IN
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