The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-08-05
What's Doing
Around the State


RoswELI-Thc pecos Valley can
ming factory IL now running steadily.
At present tho factory Is working on
honns. One titouafrnd cases. OF 1000
dozen cans haze already been turned
out. The present force consists OF
a. women and seven men. w. s.
Kelley, manager of the factory. has
sold the entire output OF beans and
SAYS he could sell all OF this quality
he could can In 90 days. He expects
10 keep at work on the beans until
September. ~
las cRucEs-on account Of the
speed that In being made In the pick
Ing and packing OF pears, ana the
possibility OF all pears being shipped
BY August ~, the date for the sale
Of pears at the packing house has
n sen moved forward TO August 10
This pear day In set for the sole pun
pose Of providing for the local neeus
and only n or two boxes VIII ne
sold TO any one household. None but
spot cash sales Will be booked.
LAS VEGAS-The" Hon. Eugenio
Romero. for many years prominent an
the affairs OF the state and San Miguel
county, and a. member or The Las
Vegas Grant board OF trustees since
It's inception In 1908. has been forced
to resign because OF advancing years
Anu UOOI htANNha ~ wac NANh -
Iuctance that Judge David J. Leahy
accepted the resignation of Mr.. RIO
nero because OF his many years OF
faithful service on the board.
TUcUMcARI-fD. ID. Branson WINS
seriously injured in a truck wreck
on the all south OF wi The load
ed truck stopped on the hill n Mr..
Branson threw tho engine into re-
verse instead of putting on the brake,
The truck went TO the bottom and
turned over. Branson sustained n
fractured skull He was brought 10
the hospital and the lifted
the fractured piece OF skull on the
brain, II is believed that Branso
VIII recover.
PoRTALEs-C. O. Leach this week
loaded and shipped the first CARLOAD
OF wheat ever shipped from Portales
rhe greater part Of this shipment
was raised In tic Rogers n lnei
neighborhoods and according to IN
formation. has proved u very valuable
business this year. Quite n number
OF tho farmers of the south part o.
the county are making arrangement
10 put In considerable ucrcagc thi
fall aud predict that wheat will b.
one OF the main crops Eere within !
few years.
TUCUMCARI-The Light Grain 4
Elevator company have commenced
to buy grain ON the Santa Fe. The!
have placed a man az Meirose 70
that The unfair rates iron
!. Melrose. and Tucumcari have con-
, PEELED the elevator company here 4
buy at Mclrose in order to compete
I Tho rate from Melronc TO Galveston
Z is considered less than from Tucum
curl, and the Melrose buyers OF whea
: can pay the farmer the diferenct
The Chamber OF Commerce here ha
1 boon working on this for some tim
and t.le railway commission OF tn
q state had a hearing here with IN
1 representatives OF The rate commits
|, sion last month for the purpose Q
4 getting the rates adjusted from Tu
!, cumcari to Galveston in order thn
Itho market ban be opened here
a competition with Santa Fc point
= Until this Is done Tucumcnrl buyer
a are handicapped.
: CARLsBAD-A decision OF the pre-
tests filed by numerous irrigntio
:, systems along the Pecos river again
y tho granting OF an application for us
. OF the waters for n power plant o
u the river at Red Bluff. n. NJ, wa
= reserved by State Engineer l.. p. Gi
iette. following the hearing OF III
!. protests in this city. The petitione
y @. q. Thorp. of Forth Worth, faile
= 10 nuke his appearance and was d.
y clared In default rs far as ~introducin
:. oral evidence was concerned. NJ
Gillette is 10 give his decision art
reviewing the records IN the case an
y those OF his office at Sapta Fe.
70 TUCUMCARI--A. T.. Sweet. VIZ
u president and general manager OF u
El pnso A. Southwestern with heat
quarters here. will represent Il
" Southwestern system at a nation
Is conference OF railway executive
X which Will be held in Chicago
&c work out a fair and uniform distf
ot button Of the 5000, 100000 in wal
lie increase awarded TO railroad worker
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l.. An easily controlled electric whee
chair, for invalids. has been in''ente