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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1920
Page
6
Local items report El Paso business travel and upcoming mining talks. Crowds expected at the Court House Saturday. Christmas trade shines for merchants amid rising taxes. Church watch nights and Christmas programs noted. Social visits span Globe Deming Steins and Los Angeles. Chamber cards, memberships and dues highlighted for the new year.
On Sunday January 2 1924 the Christian Church schedules Bible School at 10 am followed by a sermon at 11 am titled Growing in Grace. An Endeavor Meeting at 6:30 pm precedes a long service from 8 to 8:30 pm with the topic What Owest Thou My Lord.
Miss Shirley Belch hosts a Saturday evening gathering with friends while Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Walker host bridge. Several families and individuals from Lordsburg and nearby areas attend Christmas celebrations, dinners, and parties at the Trimble, Wood, Chase, Fisher, and Chase households with names including Inez Trimble Mildred Trimble Eunice Williams Helen Chase Doris Vonauron Havymond Fuller and others.
The Columbus Courier notes daily exodus of Mexican laborers and their families returning to Mexico due to cold weather and the belief that peace has been established. An additional notice invites readers to join a candy making business offering $30 weekly.
At the Bankhead Highway Association annual meeting a Beautifying Commission was created to enhance rights of way along the Bankhead Nations Highway. It will plant memorial trees and flowers, place tablets in historical cities, and install monumental mile markers. The 14 member panel spans many states and will appoint local chairs to oversee beautification work this spring.
For sale incubator and brooder sized 140 eggs used two hatches price 20.00 or will trade for hog. Harry B. Hull Lordsburg N M.
The Young Men's Business League plans a major Championship Cowboy Contest in El Paso Texas produced by Tex Austin of Las Vegas New Mexico. Austin promises top danger and spectacle with bucking horses from Cheyenne Frontier Day and Chicago event as organizers push for a high profile western entertainment.
The New York World reproduces state secretary figures showing total national vote 27,101,673. Harding 16,693,378. Cox 9,151,701, a 7,507,677 plurality. 1916 result cited for comparison, Wilson over Hughes by 591,385 in one of history’s closest elections.
A tentative program for the annual convention of the American National Livestock Association is issued. The El Paso gathering begins January 12 with speakers including W P Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Board W S Culbertson US Tariff Commission S F Tolmie agriculture minister Dominion of Canada Prof W A Cochel Will C Barnes and Sam H Cowan. Senator J B Kendrick of Wyoming will review the legislative program.
State tax commission, after three days of study, cut livestock assessments for the coming year. Sheep, horses, goats, and swine are reduced by a percentage below last year’s figures, while cattle rates change on a freight basis. The state is split into districts for this purpose, with overall reductions roughly aligning with other livestock.
The Hidalgo County Board of County Commissioners meets December 6 1920 at Lordsburg New Mexico and adopts a resolution calling an election on January 10 1921 to elect a Justice of the Peace and a Constable for each precinct. Precincts 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and 9 list election sites and appointed judges. A $650 warrant for County Road Superintendent J L Augustine is approved. The meeting adjourns.
Notice is given that the regular annual meeting of Lordsburg Printing Company stockholders in Lordsburg New Mexico will elect directors and handle other business. The meeting is at the corporation office on Monday January 10 1921 at 2 o clock p.m.
A civic pledge from many Lordsburg residents supports a bid for Justice of the Peace in Precinct 4 Lordsburg New Mexico with an election slated for January 10 1921 The platform promises justice to all and favors to none.
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