New Mexico Hunters Lambaste Liars Contest Items
The New Mexico Weekly Newsletter relays a string of humorous and tall tales from hunting season. Lies top the list in a Liars' contest with tall boasts about mountain lions, wild turkeys, and pheasants, plus anecdotes from Otero County and Santa Fe papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliott Barker
Game Association
Los Alamos W
Sissel
Hillsboro
Springer Tribune
Tom Bushnell
Milligan
Tony Garcia
The
Santa Fe New Mexican
Portales man finds ten rattlesnakes near Delphoe
Gordon Greaves notes a Portales resident Jim Boyle discovering ten six foot rattlesnakes nailed to a board two miles from Delphoe. The unusual find caps a week of light news in a satirical roundup that mocks local typos, odd anecdotes, and holiday wishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
Gordon Greaves
Portales
Jim Boyle
Delphoe
Gordon
Elliott Barker
Turkey scraps fund a buck left over in Grit
A humorous Ken Burns style note from Chas. D. Rice in Grit cites a mother with half a jewelry store and a turkey finished with scraps given to Rover, ending with a request for a single dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rover
Nick
Chas. D. Rice
GI Home Loan Program In New Mexico Tops Expectations
The GI home loan program in New Mexico shows strong results with default losses totaling only 4,714 on almost 21 million dollars in VA guaranteed loans. VA regional manager Gene A. Robens notes no lender has lost a dime on a VA guaranteed home loan in the state. The office has guaranteed about half the face value of 5,787 loans totaling 20,924,034 dollars, with total government losses averaging 80 cents per loan and a 0.002 percent loss rate, well below the national average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Mexico
New Mexico
Veterans Administration
Gene A. Robens
Martin J May
New Well Drilled On James Reeves Farm
James E Reeves owns a farm near Lordsburg and has a 12 inch well drilled to 325 feet with water at 90 feet. Drilling will continue through 34 feet of coarse gravel. George M McKensie of Southwest Drilling Co El Paso is the driller. Bailer tests show favorable water potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Reeves
Lordsburg
Reeves
George M. McKensie
The
Southwest Drilling Co
el Paso
Reeves plan big 80 acre truck garden near Capitan roots
Mr Reeves intends an 80 acre truck garden on irrigation land. The Reeves, once residents of Capitan New Mexico, moved here two years ago with their one and a half year old daughter Martha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill F. Daniel
Hunter
Reeves
Mrs. Reeves
Capitan, N. M
Martha
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Sreelings
Kitts Twins
Bill and
Zeke
Dr. G. Ward Fenley
Charles Milligan
Oteroounty Times
LEE Rawson & Sons
Ellen and
Sis
Westerner Cafe
Run of the Mill News
Los Angeles
Philip Burrows
Gallup Independent
Joe Martinez
Independent
Martinez
Little
Argus
Jack Litton
Merry Tree
Jimmy
Janie
Susie
Og Low
B & B Motor
Mr. and
Mrs
Art Blanscet
Mr. Robens
James Reeves
Scason Cvet
Yucca Motor
Cerest
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