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------— -1 ^ UP*Oil 120 HM MY NOW HAS asla on .11 sun: oi tiik n:\n:In fIk* ceaseless, relentless c rc.achment of the lair s«x into vocations ami occupations presumed in-it 11fly to belong to men, one office ,y lias remained fairly free from am- n((. lotion* of fair ones - the office of jus-* w|n tire Of I he peure. I %s U,However, Otero county may now !)u boast of and boost its one lady justice ,f?| of the peace, who will preside digni- ^a % Ha m - . m ^ «H a a H« H w / tofoi « •«» ’ v ----- alitdly. no doubt, and also doubtless m with stern justice* in the precinct .of nig Marcia, more generally known as the (,UfLog ( amp. faljAt the rec ent meeting of the hoardor county commissioners, Mrs. Nellie? for’Shields, wife of I)r. Shields, was ap-printed as justice of the peace. It is ^not reported here whether or not Mrs, ^Shie lds comes into the office with an ^intent at any particular form of law* ^ lessness, or not. There have beenrumors in the county seat now andhe!i iniMM n ^then that occasionally groups of thelumberjacks and others git rathercolobstreperous, influenced by c opious draughts of “Mountain Dew. There have been whispered suspicions, also, that “cohn Juice” is manufactured not Ilfmore than two or three thousand miles from Marcia, whicih has an adverse effect at times on certain of tin*,citizens there.It remains to he seen what effect retthe lady J. P. will have on the peace Me and dignitv of the community. Here’s an hoping that her official duties will he foi pe rformed wisely, so Justly, so effec- fnt lively, that she will serve as a model si: for other Justices of the peace. So th far as known Mrs. Shiids is the only ; in Justice of the peace in the commonwealth of New Mexico.
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Alamogordo News
Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Thu, Jun 16, 1927
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