Rates Lowered on Interchangeable Money Scrip for Passenger Transport
State commission announces lower rates for Trans-continental Money Scrip Coupon Books for passenger transport and excess baggage payments on all regularly chartered railways operating through New Mexico. Scrip will be honored by a long list of carriers in NM and adjoining states from June 4, 1913, with refunds explained in contracts and at selling agents.
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Ana
New Mexico
State of
Elench Lines
Arizona and New Mexico Railway Company
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Coast Lines
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company
Cimarron and Northwestern Railway
Colorado and Southern Railway Company
Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company
el Paso & Southwestern System
New (Mexico Centre
New Mexico Midland Railway Company
Santa Fe, Raton and Eastern Railroad Company
Southern Pacific Company
St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Railway Company
Pecoy
el Paso
Texas
Colorado
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
California
Helder
Santa Fe Systems
Hostidney
Peasenger
Puch
Ea Im
Company Eyes Secondhand Drilling Outfit Purchase
The firm is considering a nearly new drilling outfit used for one well and believes it could save about 1500 dollars. If the deal falls short, they will arrange for purchasing a new outfit, having previously ruled out several unsatisfactory four to five secondhand options.
New Mexico 9.8 Association Convention Set in Santa Fe
The twelfth annual convention of the New Mexico 9.8 Association will be held in Santa Fe on July 1 to 3. The sixteenth annual convention of the New Mexico C E Union will follow in the same city on July 4 to 6. Railroads post one and one fifth fare for the round trip.
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New Mexico
Santas Pe
New Mexico C. E. Union
Geological Survey Office in Denver Promotes Public Access
The United States Geological Survey maintains an office at 390 904 Chamber of Commerce Building in Denver Colorado. Complete files of Survey publications are available to the public for reference. The publications detail geology mineral resources topography runoff waters underground waters and water supply for western states. The good roads movement is attributed to topo graphic maps showing best road locations.
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Rocky Mountain States
United States Geologial Survey
Chamber of Commerce
Denver
Colorado
United States
Geological Survey
Man Sets Fire to Store and Dies in New Mexico
According to trader C. C. Pinckney of Crown Point New Mexico Abe Sopognakow a storekeeper at the head of the canyon consumed his life by starting a blaze in his own store He began firing a rifle and continued for hours terrifying nearby sheep shearers who finally dared to approach only after the flames had taken hold.
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C. C. Pinckney
Crown Point
New Mexico
Mamea Abe Sopognakow
Cgnon
Cevera
Wimont
Care of Roads and Rural Road Maintenance Tips
The article explains crowned road design to shed water, proper side ditches, and underdrainage. It promotes dragging with a two log rosa drag to smooth ruts, puddling the surface, and regular maintenance by rural farmers to keep roads passable and dry.
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Lana
Logan Waller Page
Pub He Ronda
Surface Water Supply Report for New Mexico 1912 23
The state engineer of New Mexico published a cooperative overview with the U.S. Geological Survey detailing the surface water supply for 1912 23. The document includes step maps of drainage areas and lists gaging stations, with data for rivers and creeks such as the Rio Grande Pecos Chama Gila and many others. Copies are available free from the state engineer and the U.S. Geological Survey in Santa Fe.
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New Mexico
United States Geological Survey Water Supply
Animes River
Brazoe River
Bluewater Creek
Canadian River
Camenon Creek
Chico Rico Creek
Gimarron
Chama River
Delaware River
Gallinag River
Gila River
Horn River
Sempbright Draw
Laplata
Los Pinos
Mimbres River
Mora River
Navajo River
Piedra River
Pecos River
Rio la Lus
Rio Fresna
Mayado
Rio Grande
Rio Antonio
Rio Colorado
Rio Hondo
Rio Pueblo de Taos
Rio Fernando de Taos
Rio Vallencitos
San Jose
San Juan River
Stevens Creek
San Francisco
Santa Fe Creek
Urraca Creek
Ute Creek
Whitewater
United States Geological Survey
Santa Fe
N. M
Western Governors Conference Ends In Salt Lake City
The three day meeting closed June 7 with a unanimous declaration favoring broader state jurisdiction over land and resources. Governors Carey of Wyoming and Ammons of Colorado were elected president and secretary respectively, urging rapid state conservation and federal withdrawal from land management.
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Conference of Governor's
Salt Lake City
Denver
Carey
Wyoming
E. M. Ammons
Colorado
Fedeal
Shidler Sees San Juan Basin Prospects For Health And Growth
Mr. Shidler, recently back from Ola Mexico and southern California, praises Farmington and the San Juan Basin. He notes Imperial Valley heat, irrigation from the Colorado River, and local alfalfa, dairying, and Sea Island cotton ventures. He cites Los Angeles interest in a regional railroad and praises Farmington as a healthier, more affordable farming hub with strong seed for development.
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Shidler
Ola
Mexico
California
Farmington
Bl Centro
Imperial Valley
Sea Island
Mr. Shidler
el Centro
Colorado
Clark Spool Thread Company
San Juan Basin
Los Angeles
County Commission
San Juan County
Doud
Farnington
Shialer
San Juan
San Diego
Hero
Staplin and Noggle Promote San Juan Basin Subscriptions
Frank Staplin and John O Nog gle visited Fruitland last Saturday to raise subscriptions for the San Juan Basin Oil Company.
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Frank Staplin
John O. Noggle
Fruitland
San Juan Basin Oil Company
New President Named for New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
The state board appointed Dr. George E. Ladd of Oklahoma as president of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, effective July 1, succeeding Dr. W. B. Garrison. Ladd, Harvard PhD, has directed the Missouri State School of Mines and led the Oklahoma State School of Mines, with plans to relocate to Silver City area before assuming duties.
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State College
Board of Regents
George E. Ladd
Oklahoma
New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
Ladd
W. B. Garrison
Dr. Ledd
Harvard
Missouri State School of Mines
Oklahoma State School of Mines
Wharton
Silver City
Missouri
Ana
New Mexico
Western states seek equality by privatizing lands and taxes
A fragment argues that western states must sell lands into private ownership to secure equal treatment with older states and to reform taxation.
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Corporation Commission
Office of Public Roads
Surface Water Supply
A. F. Thompson
Ecene Ofe Christian Endeavor
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