Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-02-20
COVE RNOR CALLS
FOR 100 MEN To
JOIN j. 8. NAVY
United States Asks New
Mexico for Recruits to Fill
Vacancies Caused by the
Granting of Discharges.
Especial Correspondence to The JournalJ


Especial Correspondence to The Journal
Santa Fe, Feb. 19.-GovernoI
Larrazolo has issued a proelama.
ton calling for one hundred ana
fifty recruits t. fill vacancies on
board Uncle Sans fighting ships
In his proclamation the governor
says:
THE United States government
has asked the state of New MeXic
for one hundred and fifty go. :,
clean young men for the months
of February and March to help
fill the vacancies in the navy
caused by the granting of discharge
to men who enlisted only for the
duration of the war.
"Our navy, often termed the ma
tons first line of defense, is re-
Cognized here IS elsewhere as OF
Il. utmost Importance, and Il must
be kept up to the full standard OF
it's strength. TO its enlisted pc =
sonnet the United States navy Of
fers fair treatment and opportu
n,ty for education, wholesome re-
creation, interesting and instruct
i've travel, and a general atmos-
phere of right living and right
thinking.
1T provides a training that any
young man will find of marked
value throughout his lifetime"
Federal Aid In Road Building.
Federal aid in state road con-
struction is beginning to take a
most tangible and practical form
which gives promise of good work
for the state during the current
year. State Engineer Gillett has
received from Uncle Sam checks
for the following amounts for inn
mediate use in road work to be
distributed in different sections OF
the state: s41,33S.52; $17,570.6O;
1,S02.62; 1,934.67, totaling So
264.41. This will give to the state
a much needed aid and will put lis
on the map as a progressive state
with the rans-continental trave'
Work on the road to Taos is be-
ing pushed and will be in good
shape the coming summer and
rendering a much better route a.:
the new road cuts off the sand hill
that has caused much anguish to
travellers, and takes a turn to the
left at Cieniguila, reaching the
mesa on a good grade and joining
the Taos junction road farther on
To Open Bids February 81.
Bids will be open for federal aiC
on district No. 10, on February "a
this being the road from Myndus tc
the Florida mountains. This is
Luna county project.
State Water Board Meeting.
The meeting of the state boarc
Of water commissioners will bt
held at Carlsbad on the goth Of
this month when appeals will b(
heard from the decision of the stat'
engineer on certain matters II
which the board is interested. A
j. Fischer, secretary of the board
| leaves on the 18th of the month Il
be present at the meeting.
Blackbirds Fight Quail.
Game Warden Thomas p. Gable
| is in the southern part of the STATE
on a mission beneficial to tn
sportsmen. He is endeavoring Il
trap enough quail to bring int
parts of the state for propagation
where this popular bird is beinl
more or less extinct, so that in tn
future there will be enough t.
make glad the heart of the hunter
| The trouble that Warden Gable i
| having is a new one and grows gu
| of the fact that blackbirds ar
usurping the rights of the quail ant
are taking possession of the traps
Not only this but they are fighting
the quail when they appear in tn
neighborhood of the meals set TO
their benefit, and will not even al
low the quail to touch the bait. TIL
farmers are getting in the gam
and are turning into trappers L
aid the game warden in his effort
to ensnare the quail. Anothe
thing that mitigates against Gable
efforts grows out of the attempt
of the farmers to get rid of TIL
predatory animals and the shooting
continues to scare the quail from
the neighborhood so this adds t.
the difficulty in drawing them t
the traps.
Beaver Causing Trouble.
Down in the Mesilla valley tn
beaver are making trouble that vii
| open the way for trapping then
without limit. These valuable ami
mails are making their lives the OBJ
ject of attacks as they are causin
what may be great danger to tn
lives of the inhabitants of thi
neighborhood and also are destroy
ing the dams that have been put u
under great expense and are tn
making of the country. Gam
| Warden Gable who is in this sec