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The Lordsburg Liberal presents G. Sage as owner and editor with I. M. McInnis serving as manager in the publication’s byline.
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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
2
The Lordsburg Liberal presents G. Sage as owner and editor with I. M. McInnis serving as manager in the publication’s byline.
The Fifth Cavalry Horse Show Association stages its two day event August 22 and 23 in Las Vegas New Mexico. Top polo ponies from major ranches and open and ladies sweepstakes steeplechases highlight competitions at Col Norman King Memorial Stadium. Major Norton notes national interest in polo ponies and military contests, with 27 events including jumpers, steeplechases, and point to point races. The show recognizes best horse, polo pony, and sportsmanship awards among exhibitors and crews.
The screw worm control campaign aims to share practical, economical treatment and prevention information with live stock raisers. Conducted by the USDA Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine in cooperation with extension services, it covers many southern states and aims to improve animal husbandry through demonstration ranches testing various practices and worm control methods.
Lieut Colonel Thrasher reports recruitment drives in Los Angeles will enlist more men in the next three months than in five years past. The base at San Diego will accept unlimited entrants. figures aim to fill a 600 man shortfall by June 1, 1936.
The New Mexico exhibit at the Exposition draws broad attention from visitors and staff. Housed in a reproduction of the Old Spanish Governor's mansion at Santa Fe, it stands out as one of the two state displays alongside Texas. It features a large, reliable catalogue of New Mexico’s progress and resources. The display includes white and yellow Early Grano onions and fine potatoes from the Experiment Station.
Byron Jones of Midvale Utah has logged over 5000 miles in a home made motor driven wheelchair. Powered by a washing machine motor, the chair travels to football games and other events across towns and states with Jones driving and his son in law building the device.
Skilled workers on Works Progress Administration jobs in New Mexico will receive a higher wage rate than less experienced colleagues. Those on lower rates can earn the same by working more hours per month. Teachers, writers, musicians and other professionals were given higher rates.
The wage schedule effective July 1 retroactively sets maximum hourly rates for skilled trades. Class A workers receive up to 1.25 for bricklayers 1.12 for electricians carpenters plasterers and plumbers and 1 for others with 65 hours monthly cap. Class B ranges from 0.75 to 0.90 with 97.5 hours monthly. Class C pays 0.55 an hour for all occupations with 130 hours monthly. unskilled and intermediate workers are not affected. A group including Mr and Mrs Dewey Jones Miss Helen Johnson and Dudley Robertson visited Safford and Fort Thomas Arizona on Sunday.
An considers Dick Cureton and Company subdividing Uncle Bam’s land under Taylor acts. The piece critiques legal fees and enforcement as transport and tech evolve from rails to bicycles to cars and planes, noting the evolving, elusive taxation and regulation challenges across American life.
Dr J K Earp reports Taos County birth and death facts funded by the Children’s Bureau. Of 214 mothers, only one third near Taos used a doctor. cost and distance deter care. 745 of 1 005 children born are alive. over a quarter have died within 18 months. Read English or Spanish varied among parents. many favor midwives or avoid doctors. A donor list of New Mexicans in Berkeley is included.
A party led by Walker Trammell visits Playa de Cortes Guaymas in the Gulf of California where J M Sykes lands a 518 pound marlin swordfish and David A Crawford releases a 350 pound broadbill swordfish. Since May 1 over 200 swordfish and other catches enhance the resort’s reputation. The group praises Guaymas' fishing as among the best worldwide.
Mr Tolle has been granted a leave of absence as Executive Secretary of the New Mexico Educational Association for a year. He is attending summer school at the University of California in Berkeley and will continue studies there for the year.
A partial sentence notes Mr and Mrs Bill living in a place over the past month with unclear details and names.
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