Doings of the Legislature Show House Aims to Pass Fifty Bills
House leaders predict at least fifty bills will pass this week and move to the senate at about ten per day. The senate will act on meritorious house measures while redrafted state funds administration bill moves forward in committee. The process aims to avoid obstruction accusations and begins with the senate’s review of major bills.
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House
Senate
Senate Committee On Public Lands
House Bill 31 Proposes Gage County Formation
The house passed last Friday the bill creating a new Gage county from Eddy Chaves and Otero with Hope as the county seat. Introduced by Mr. Gage the measure aims to establish a new county government and geographic jurisdiction.
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House
Gage
Gage County
Eddy
Chaves
Otero
Hope
House Bill 8 on liquor traffic advances in committee
The House adopted the committee report on House Bill No. 8 introduced by John Baron Burg by request. The act aims to regulate liquor traffic with detailed enforcement machinery and license commissioner powers, under governor accountability, not immediate prohibition. The bill is lengthy, carefully drafted, and not yet scheduled for a floor vote amid pending support and opposition.
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House of Representatives
John Baron Burg
Legisature
New Mexico Senators Face Flood of Federal Office Applicants
The Republican committee crowds applicants for endorsements as incumbents look to be challenged for desirable posts. Manuel Otero of Santa Fe is nominated to be collector of internal revenue for the district of New Mexico and Arizona, with support from the New Mexico delegation. Other posts, including surveying and military officer roles, see ongoing reshuffles as appointments are discussed.
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New Mexico
Repubican Rave
Manuel B. Otro
Santa Fe
Internal Revenue
District of
New Rice
Arizona
Senate
Otero
Vu Aean
Republican Organizatate
Forier
Bauer
Ted
John W. Merch
W.B
Mershalship
Beet sugar drive gains San Juan Basin acreage progress
James Van Daniker, acting as Ward Darley’s assistant, reports securing about 600 acres for beet sugar in San Juan County. He moves to Bayfield then plans return to finish work. Farmers are urged to back beet sugar as mortgage relief and a 10,000 acre target nears, paving factory plans.
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James van Daniker
Ward Darley
San Juan County
Bayfield
San Juan Basin
Darley
Free Seeds Offered by Bureau of Immigration in New Mexico
The Bureau of Immigration in Albuquerque offers garden seeds to subscribers. Over a thousand recipients have already received seeds, with more on hand. Names and addresses of applicants are recorded for next year. Peas carrots lettuce radish beans parsley tomato beef watermelon seeds available now with generous supply. Recipients should report growing results at season end for advertising and statistics.
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Bureau of Immigration
A.buquerque
New Mexico
Immigration Bureau
Bureau of Immigraton
A Splendid School Entertainment Highlights Fundraiser
Crowded opera house last Friday evening hosted a school program to raise funds for the school piano. Notable numbers included Uncle Sam's Veterans by Gradqa I and Louisa Schmidt by Grades E and VIII, the latter encore drawing prolonged applause. The event is praised as one of the best school entertainments ever presented here.
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Uncle Sam
Gradqa I
Louisa Schmidt
Backyard farming yields high returns for Major Meyers
Major Ernest Meyers of Albuquerque illustrated backyard farming by planting 6 square feet with beans tomatoes corn radishes onions and lettuce. The crop was cared for and valued at market worth totaling 76 dollars or more than 78 cents per square foot or at 3453 dollars per acre, a strong example for future seed experiments and growing efforts.
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Ernest Meyers
Albuquerque
Major Meyers
Legislative notes on traveling libraries and county bonds
Bills introduced in this session include No 63 by Pankey funding traveling school libraries with a professional librarian in charge and No 68 by Walter permitting interest on bonds in Grant and Luna counties. Other items cover advisory primaries, anti trust measures, civil practice, and state boundary questions with several entries poorly legible.
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Senate
Pankey
Barth
Evans
Texas
New Mexico
Hinkle
Sulzer
Walter
Grant
Luna
Holt
Audit report of Farmington town finances raises concern
The auditing committee reports the Town of Farmington New Mexico treasury shows 565,501.43 paid out with 58,286.14 receipts taken from bank books and no receipts from clerk or treasurer. Missing pages from minute records and cash books hinder verification as reenesisary report filed by J Bellstrom.
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Farmington Transfer Co
C. P Cronin
C. C. Mumme
Amma Aee Ee Water Works
First National Banok
Suthertine & Co
Frank Staplin
Ming
J. D. Taylor
General Fund
Warra
Pierce Mercantile Co
Warran
C. P. Cronin
Realance
Masonic Lo
E. P. Woods
E. A. Martin
L. A. Johnson
H R Elliott
W. M. Danbury
E.B. Holmes
Orval Ricketts
Wm. Butler
R. M. Wikes
H. B. Lo
W.A. Hunter
F M Pierce
Hendrie & Bolthoff Mig. Co
Eureka Hose Mig. Co
Durango P. M& L Co
Wm. Utler
le R E. Smith
Firstational Bank
R. H. MeJunkin W. M. Danburg
First National Bank
San Juan Co. Nat
Ee Ee
Ed. Hudson
L. Safford
R. Drolet
H . Nielson
Ee San Juan Co
Natal Bank
Ee Ae
Ceres
Newspaper Changes Rumor on Aztec Papers Merger
In Durango Democrat chatter says Aztec and San Juan county papers seek plant consolidation and a single independent paper that shuns politics. If true it would benefit both papers and local merchants should oppose itinerant journalists seeking start ups with a sack of type and gas. One five cent home print paper would compensate owners and patrons.
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Aztec
San Juan
Durango Democrat
Guffey and Gary Drill Two Weeks in Seven Lakes Field
Reports from the Seven Lakes oil field indicate Guffey and Gary, Pennsylvania operators, have drilled for two weeks with favorable signs. Drilling on NE 14, Sec. 19 T 18 N R 10 W lies southwest of the Brock well as they pursue extended tests within about a hundred miles of the initial discovery site.
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Seven Lakes
Guffey
Gai.y
Pennsylvana
Guffey and
Brock
Gary
Brock Outfit
San Juan County Democratic Convention Chooses Officers and Delegates
The Unterrified hosta met in Aztec for a county convention electing John C. Hubbard as Chairman and Frank Sharp as Secretary. Delegates to the state convention include William Butler J C Hubbard Wayne Walling R P Hopkins H D Abrams J B Hartman and Frank Sharp. They back Champ Clark first and Woodrow Wilson second. The convention urged Governor McDonald to veto the prize fight bill allowing Johnson Flynn to fight in Las Vegas. A bid to retire William Butler from local politics failed except among Farmington and three Aztec delegates.
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San Juan County
Aztec
John C. Hubbard
Frank Sharp
William Butler
J. C. Hubbard
Wayne Walling
R. P. Hopkins
Farmington
H. D. Abrams
J. 8. Hartman
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
McDonald
Las Vegas
Raising Sugar Beets in San Juan Basin Prospects
George A. Smith argues Beets offer profits for San Juan farmers despite slow contracts. He compares Arkansas Valley yields and costs, estimates 6–7 ton local crops for $30, and projects profits near 100 percent with high sugar content and pulp values, urging early participation in the Durango sugar factory plan.
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George A. Smith
Bayfield Blade
San ‘Jin County
Warn Darley
Durango
San Juan Basin
Pine River
Severa
Arkansas
Timay
Railroad to Durango and Gallup Gains Momentum in Albuquerque
Albuquerque Herald reports Northwestern New Mexico and southwest Colorado residents push a railroad to connect Farmington Aztec and Durango with Albuquerque. Durango business leaders favor routing to Gallup if feasible, arguing reduced construction costs and broader regional investment.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Farmington
Aztec
Durango
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Herald
B. N. Freeman
United Securities Company of
Sellers
Gallup
Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Fruit Prospects Good in San Juan County Orchard Belt
San Juan County reports a bumper crop outlook as frost danger wanes and apricots peach and apple trees progress. Wet season delayed buds but future ten days without killing frost could allow Rio Grande to carry fruit out of the country.
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San Juan County
Rio Grande
Supreme Court forces water main tapping fee shift
The Supreme Court rules a water company can be forced to pay for tapping mains to supply city residences in a suit by Albert L. Hatch of Couer d Alene against Consumers Water Company. The city claims ownership between main and curb line. Farmington plans an ordinance to have the town pay tapping fees while the user digs the trench and covers plumbing inside the curb.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Albert L. Hatch
Couet
Farmington
Great Work Rebuilding Coolidge Ditch After Flood
The sustained rebuilding of the Coolidge Ditch continues after last year's flood. A large rock ledge near the San Juan meet below Laplata is being faced to form a new line expected to resist washouts. Farmington residents have watched the blasting work, with thousands of dollars invested to restore water supply for farmers in the Kirtland country.
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Coolidge
San Juan
Laplata
Farmington
Kirtland-3
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Farmington, N. M
Pwr Bot
T. Bellstrom
Supreme Court
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