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Newspaper
Lordsburg Liberal
Location
Lordsburg, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1925
Page
2
General J G Harbord, head of RCA, says radio will end isolation of farm life and become a major factor in modern times. With 31 million on farms and only 150 thousand in agricultural colleges, radio can bring scientific schooling to millions, aiding interrupted courses and instructors to continue.
A nostalgic poem describes the local weekly paper as a keeper of village life. It laments distant readers relying on hometown pages for news about illness, sales, and events, and ends with a nod to Jown Kelley who runs the paper in the Chicago Tribune.
The General Electric Company plans a compact automatic refrigerator operable wherever electricity is available. Although not labeled a medicine, its use is hailed as advancing universal health, comparing the inventor to Pasteur and pioneers of anesthesia.
The Department of Agriculture reports total net returns for 1924 25 at 2 712 000 000 up from 1 002 000 000 the prior year. A nearly 750 000 000 boost to one American income group increases purchasing power and spurs industry. Farm funds stimulate distant factories and city wages, reducing unemployment risks.
In Berlin the owners of 300000 dogs threaten a street parade in response to a mayoral plan to raise the dog tax from 87.50 to 10.00 annually. The dispute echoes local fiscal tensions.
Hachita New Mexico October 17 a sensational strike by H H Shelly AR M Reynolds and associates reveals a bonanza copper sulphide ore body adjoining Little Hatchet holdings on the Wyoming mines fringe. The contact ore zone extends about a mile under Little Hatchet claims with open cuts trenches and pits showing ore bearing width over 100 feet and potential for greater. Management urges rapid exploration including a shaft to reach deeper ore with expectations of continued rich finds. The Monte Cristo mines development proceeds with ongoing incidental production.
Developments in the Dantes ore shoot show the Little Hatchet company controls five contiguous mines over about 600 acres with a separate lead-silver mine two miles away yielding copper gold and silver. A K Bader manager of Little Hatchet secured one of the district’s largest gold nuggets recently.
Bill Robinson in Roswell Dispatch mocks scientific Darwinism with a satirical rundown of human traits mapped to animals and beasts. The prose catalogs colorfully labeled examples from birth to old age, ending with a wry jab at science as merely monkey business.
The article notes early 1892 training for New York City telephone operators and cites wide reach with over 16.3 million telephones in use. It mentions a Cleveland Toledo cable span of seven rivers and a Boston Globe use of the telephone for news on February 12, 1877. It adds air mail stations along a central line and about 1.3 million daily calls handled by Pacific Telephone and Telegraph in Washington.
The New Mexico Weekly Industrial Review reports diverse energy and mineral exploration across the state. Notes include Haswell’s $600,000 silver fox farm proposal, oil discoveries near Roswell and Springer, new wells planned in DeBaca and Spaulding Dome, and pipeline plans from the Juan Basin. Additional items cover road and depot projects in Tucumcari, school and hospital construction in Albuquerque, and mining advances at Monarch in Nogal and Hachita.
At the National Convention of the American Legion in Omaha from October 5 to 9 Commander James A. Crain lauded the American Red Cross for aiding ex-service men since World War I. Judge John Barton Payne, Red Cross chairman, spoke as a principal speaker, highlighting cooperation in rehabilitation work and debt owed by the Legion to the Red Cross.
Home cooked fried and stewed chicken dinner at the Randal house offered from 12:30 to 2 on Sunday. Room and board priced at $40 per month. Adv
Notice announces bids for sale of the old school building in Valedon New Mexico. Bids due by October 30 1925 with the School Board reserving the right to reject all bids. Send bids to the Secretary of the School Board in Valedon. Dated October 15 1925 with dates October 15 22 noted.
The American Junior Red Cross reports a new peace time membership high of 5,738,648, up 142,000. The group expands its service programs, launches a regular Junior Swimming Program, contributes to disaster relief after Missouri Illinois and Indiana tornadoes, and extends to Indian and Alaskan native schools while expanding international correspondence with 34 countries.
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