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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1920
Page
2
Subscriptions are payable strictly in advance and discontinued promptly at expiration. Local notices ten cents a line per insertion. Local advertising accepted at thirty cents per single column inch per insertion with five cents extra for one time ads. Legal advertisements charged at legal rates. Mail filed as second class matter at Lordsburg New Mexico.
The Republican party endorses Joe A. Leahy of Hidalgo County for United States Marshal citing 35 years as a Republican standard-bearer and 1 year as an efficient Hidalgo County sheriff. Proponents say he has kept the county orderly and would fit the federal post, urging fair consideration of southern candidates.
The annual Surgeon General report lists 34 240 killed and 224 089 wounded in World War I. Mortality from gunshot wounds was 8.26 percent, with improved medical care saving 5.34 percent of wounded. One thousand soldiers sent to France saw 110 battle casualties admitted, and 9. per thousand died of wounds. Infantry suffered the heaviest losses. shell wounds proved most deadly.
Judge Reed Holloman of the district court made perpetual a temporary injunction against the income tax law. He found the law unconstitutional on eight grounds including a 3 to 5 percent graduated rate and discrimination against domestic firms. The minimum taxable income was set at 5 000 dollars, while those earning less paid nothing. Assistant Attorney General Harry Bowman appeals to the supreme court seeking an early hearing before legislative action.
After a month with us the Organ-Stender Evan gelistic party leaves, having done much good. We will miss their work and hope other communities benefit from their saving efforts.
Bishop H. M. Dubose arrives to spearhead a movement in the mountain states. He has arranged or is building 61 Methodist Churches with costs ranging from 75,000 to 150,000 dollars. The text notes western unity and mentions this week’s council ordinances passing unanimously.
The Liberal highlights bringing prominent figures like Merton W Wentworth Cyrus J Goodrich and Alford Hoos to develop vast natural resources. Wentworth heads Lakewood Farms and the Michigan Holstein Association while directing at Battle Creek's Old National Bank. Goodrich, a rising lawyer and businessman, backs projects. Hoos, a skilled engineer, favors large winning ventures.
The prohibition enforcement bureau in Washington issued an order restricting Jamaica ginger to prescription use after February 16 1921. Since prohibition began it was popular in soft drink parlors where it was called Jake.
In a letter to the editor Judge George Edmonds of Hachita urges Americans to raise their voices and oppose what he calls indiscriminate flooding of the United States with Europe's riffraff. He favors selective immigration and keeps outsiders outside the gate, while supporting room for desirable immigrants. Senator Johnson is cited as largely correct in advocating shutting the doors for two years.
The Bowie Enterprise urges calm after a Douglas Chamber of Commerce party visit to Lordsburg. It notes Cochise county highlights lie beyond the Bankhead highway and promotes touring the Warren district, Tombstone, and Douglas smelters along the seventy five miles of highways as attractive tourist features.
A Railway Age editorial argues the public rejects radicalism and Plumb plan union tactics. It predicts a management shift through strikes failure and suggests workers gain power by thrift while rail employers could invest in railroads.
New Mexico municipal progress is discussed at the Municipal League meeting in Albuquerque. Advocates push for enhanced home rule and state legislation enabling cities to better manage sanitation, extended police power beyond city borders, greater revenue from automobile licenses, bonding for fire equipment, refunding bonds at favorable rates, and pledges of future earnings from public utilities to cover improvement costs. The aim is more efficient local government and less state interference.
The Literary Society postpones its meeting to next week. The Sand Storm Jazz Band will play at the benefit dance for the Athletic Association. Reports from December 3 include multiple student performances and a talk by Mr. McLeskey about Albuquerque. Lordsburg and San Simon basketball games ended with the girls losing and the boys tying. Donations totaled $11.73. A game with Hurley is set for Saturday at 3 o clock.
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