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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1927
Page
3
Community column from W. F. Ritter Lumber Company notes editor interests, local camp improvements, and Scouts camping plans. Garden chatter on dandelions, paint tips, and a sales push for shingles, roofing, lumber, cement, and paint. Mentions local figures J Jeffus and Mr Codding, with shop activity and reader contributions.
Lordsburg Land and Investment Company advertises quick sale bargains across 80 acres near town with irrigation, 4 room house on deeded lot, blocks and lots in Simpson and Crocker Additions, several homes and unpatented mining claims, and large farmland with wells and windmills. Terms include low cash down and extended payments.
R M Reynolds announces changes at Lordsburg Land and Investment Company with new train schedules West Bound No. 10 17 p m and East Bound No 12 5 37 a m and 12 5 15 p m. Clifton Branch arrivals No 474 at 9 90 a m and No 73 at 9 50 a m. Ceming Angelus Oil well to start in June.
A Skunk Canyon party ends with Arizona Slim leaving town after a boisterous piano dispute at Poverty Flat. Townsfolk and lawmen clash over the borrowed piano tied to Poorman School, with vengeance sought and the instrument returned to the school.
Arizona Record at Globe notes new standard rig shipped from New York to Dear Springs for an orl well on patented land led by M. Trumbull and H. Proctor near Glenbar and Cork Siding. Utah Petroleum resumes Willcox drilling. Whitlock Oil Co plans rigs, bunk houses, and water tanks near Bowie. multiple wildcats eyed in next days.
Las Cruces hosts the Southern New Mexico Association convention August 16 and 17 with a publicity committee of three newspaper men headed by P. F. T. Bingham. The event is expected to draw about a thousand delegates, with Silver City and Roswell among top competitors for the miles times delegates trophy.
James McCarthy forwards a clipping from the Washington Post praising Midshipman Ferold Overfell of Howell NM for a brilliant United States Naval Academy record. The note, dated May 28 1927 from 924 Second Street NW Washington DC, transmits the Santa Fe New Mexican editorial context.
A new post office building is set to be constructed in Las Vegas. Local officials announced the project aims to improve mail service and create office space in the city. Construction timelines and contractor details were not disclosed in the brief.
June 6 meeting of the Aldalgo County Board records approval of supervisorial and medical reports, appointment of Dr C D R Austin as County Health Officer, jail store purchase, and bond security for Public Depository. Claims filed and paid from multiple funds. building for permanent boy scout camp under construction in the Sacramento Mountains.
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