The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-09-09
What's Doing
Around the State


0ALJuP.=A sawmill IT. now in
operation at Thoreau. Il being report
ed that alrcndy 100000 feet have been
sawed. Lumber In now being sawed
FOR the necessary buildings. includ-
Ing a hospital The mill is owned
and operated By local parties. a
bank Is another institution which
stock for which has been subscribed.
Lots are being sold and buildings are
going up. which givea the town an
air Of prosperity and permanence.
PENNINGTON. The surveyors
who were scnt up to the Pine river
country by the government. after n
wcck's survey. determined that the
TURKEY project. which they were In
~vcstigating. was not feasible and have
broken camp. They are now located
on the south side nf the san Juan
river opposite the Pennington steel
bridge. und are surveying d possible
ditch 10 cover the several hundred
acres Of land west OF hero. The
cost ~ building the canal az planned
by Jay Turlcy would be around $780,
200, 600, they estimated. Thus bursts
one Of our fondcst dreams.
GALLUP-Dcputy Tax Assessor
House a completed the Mckinley
county tax assessment rolls. showing
n total asscsscd valuation OF over
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about $4,000. 900. The rolls are now
In the hands OF the state board or
equalization, or tax commission. 4
number OF soldier exemptions viii be
deducted from the total. as also other
exemptions which the commission
must deal with. and not our tax as
SCISSOR. and such exemptions will
bring down the total.
GADLUP.-The wind OF last Fri
day. August %. was followed by "a
frost the night following, which was
quite heavy, resulting in considerable
damage to crops In the mountain and
irrigated districts of the county.
claire Dowden. who resides Is miles
south or Gallup. avs hat his corn
was completely killed by the frost,
II being only In the roasting cay
stage, II mean n complete loss. po-
tatoua also were killed, but AS the
crop had nearly matured, the LOGS will
not be heavy. other reports are to
the same general effect. Both at Zuni
and at Remah damage IL reported.
According 10 old-tlmers, so damaging
u frost has never occurred 80 early
before. The first frost In the county
usually occurs around the mlddll Of
september. aays Il close observer OF
weather conditions. In southern Col
orado a heavy hail In said to have
accompanied the wind of Friday.
AaN3 Nv ANAAA VI HNllINN
montA OF cnntaloupos from Donn ANA
county up to Wednesday of last week
was S94 cars. Cars ARE now leaving
ut the rate Of about ten per day. and
the end or the week will practically
wind up the shipments for 1920. al
though a few more cars will leave
neN week. The total will be very
close to the estimate of 1000 cars.
OLOVlS.-A big delegation on n
aV.auNul NUaaNaa -. A.
city band, is the plan OF Clovis democ-
racy for September 30, when Cover
nor Cox Is scheduled to speak In AL
buqucrque. a committee IN investi.
eating the cost OF the special trair,
the number OF democrats who will
make the pilgrimage, and what tho
cost to each member will be.
CLOVIS.-lnformation from defl-
mite sources last week states william
Gibbs McAdoo will make four
speeches In New Mexico In October.
These speeches Will he made In Clo-
Wis, Roswell, Ias Vegas md Albu.
qucrque. II is also announced that
Franklin ID. Roosevelt would make n
complete our Of the state. beginning
at Dcming. Governor Cos Is expect
cd to make at least one abeech In
New Mexico, and this will probably
be made at Albuquerque while tho
democratic nominee IL on his way to
the west coast. Thus New Mexico
Will be honored with three OF the
nations biggest c%ampaignors this fail.
SO far II IL not known what rcpub-
llcon speakers Will visit the state.
HOT SPRiNGS.-Thc United states
government will take fun charge of
tho hot springs at Hot Springs. Sierra
county. They are on federal land,
u the department OF tho interior
now has the question Of their care