The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-30
State Capitol News
Schools TO TAKE
PART N FESTIVAL
Students to Get Prizes
for Work in Various
Lines


SANTA FIs, July 30.-A program
~ contests and other events TO he run
In connection with the harvest fes-
tlval to be held in Albuquerque In
October, has been arranged by Nrs.
Ruth G. Miller. director Of vocational
training OF the state department OF
education. Announcements are beink
made for prizes and medals which viii
be awarded the winning teams and 70
the indiu uals making the highest
scores. A list of the prizes Will be
given later. IL IN announced that the
counties nnd communities Will finance
the sending Of teams and delegates
to the extern Of paying t~ransporta-
ton 60 Albuquerque and return.
The committee on contests In agri-
culture will prepare h rules and
regulations and forward them
TO the schools at an early day.
This committee In composed OF
Il. Il. Lahman, of Las Cruces;
II. w. Foard. OF Las Cruces
and c. w. Humble, Of Alamogordo,
all instructors In vocational agricul-
economies Will be composed OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Roger. Las Cruces, Miss
Sadie Stuart, Las Cruces. n Miss l..
Belle Read, Las Vegas. The rules
and regulations I'm manual training
VIII he prepared by "a. u. Anderson
OF Santa re, state supervisor of trades
and Industries under h Smith
Hughes act.
In the judging contests students
will be required to show their expert
Knowledge OF stock. poultry n nelu
crops.
Competition In home economies will
include team work In h following
canning preparation and serving oil
n breakfast; cootbng OF meat In a
aa.aussa a.Alrnr Uul ANhnH nhnCaA nl
onle making.
In agriculture the following branch
es will be included: Garden products
field crops, animal projects and othei
home project work. Farm shop WORK
VIII relate to projects related to ag'
riculture and the home. as feeding
troughs, breeders, gates, milking
stools, seed testers. labor saving de
vices and projects in metal work.
In the individual work In the home
economies contests there will be cam
ing and drying OF fruit and vegeta'
bles, making bread, sewing and Other
home project work.
In the manual training contest there
will ,bo. demonstrations cf practica
working skill. A prize will be giver
for the best piece OF wood work sub
mittsd by any high school. II Il
ruled hat only one piece may b,
submitted by any n high school
and the piece must not weigh owe
five pounds.
Car Shortage heller
Relief for the wheat shippers o
Curry county has beer. pomised In
telegram from tn director OF servicl
of the interstate comerce commission
10 Hugh IL. Williams, chairman o
the New Mexico corporation. Tn
situation as reported both Ia the at
torncy general and the corporation
copmission, was described as des
pernte on account of the shortage o
cars. IL was represented that 10000
bushels Of wheat were stored on tn
ground and being held to await tn
Furnishing of cars by the railroa'
company. The Interstate commerce
commission advises now that specia
attention Ii being given to the Glow
situation; that box ears are now rap
idly moving westward and II II hope.
that the situation will soon be reiieV
ed.
Bridge Company
The Midland Bridge company, in
c%orporated under the laws OF Mains
and having It's principal office II
Augusta, has filed Its charter wit
the New Mexico corporation commits
sion. The company Will maintain II
New Mexico office In Santa Fe, vii
A. l.. Morrison as resident agent. TN
il the that recently wa
awarded the contract for building I'll
steel bridges across the Canada
river, near Logan, in Quay county.
Two New SOcOFTO Firms
Joseph o. Morris, OF Socorro,
the principal stockholder In TWO com
panies hat have just flied their ar
ticles Of incorporation with the stat
corporation commission One
the Sncorro Syndicate, incorporated
Tho other is the Rancho Siempr
Verde, Incorporated. both having III
principal office In Socorro. Tn
stock of the FORMER Is $4,000. I'll
latter SIS. 200, both beginning bus
ness with $4,000 subscribed. MI
Morris suhscribes 81 ,9S0 In each com
pany, the other two incorporates dc
ing J. j. Kenney n II. II. VIRGIN
both Of Santa Fe. subscribing ~
each.